A/N: I am so sosossosososossosso sorry for how long it took me to get this chapter out. First, I didn't know how to start the chapter out. I had to rewrite the first thousand words about 3 times because I didn't like it. I had writer's block. I began another story that took my attention for a bit. My friend wanted to hang out a lot since he is moving soon. But I finally got this done.
So… over 100 follows. Jesus H. Fuck! How the hell did that happen? Anyway, thanks for that. I didn't think I would get even 1 follow. So that's a confidence booster.
Anyway, on to the show!
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It was not easy telling the difference between filtered air and the air on Feros, but when you are lost in thought, it is. Dust practically clung to the air, grating on the inside of your lungs with each breath you took on the planet. I truly noticed it as I sat with my back against the prefab in the colony. My chest ached when I breathed. I honestly thought I was going to have an asthma attack like when I was a kid.
But my problem was my… anger, I guess. Actually, it's whatever the two amps are doing inside my head. For some reason, it's like they effect me when I get angry. I snap easier now. But when I get really pissed, I black out. That's what happened back in the tunnels. One moment I have a krogan's shotgun in my face, the next moment I'm holding his shotgun covered in his blood. It was worrying. I played it off like I was fine, though. I don't think Shepard or Liara bought it, but they had yet to comment on it. Which was fine by me.
I heard boots clanging on metal from the steps outside the prefab. Shepard was rounding the corner with the rest of them. Fai Dan had went inside while we were gone, so she had to track him down when we got back. I guessed she was done now, which meant we would be on our way to ExoGeni. What fun that would be. Geth, krogan, and a geth ship all in one place.
"Ready to get rolling?" I asked as I stood up.
"Right you are, Ironwill," Shepard answered. "Fai Dan informed me of an old Mako down in the garage. Come on. I'll lead the way."
"No one is gonna stay and guard the colony?" Ash asked.
"Won't be a need for it if all of the geth are coming for us. We'll just have to make sure we make a big enough distraction," I said.
Shepard crossed her arms and leaned a little to her right foot. "As much as I hate to admit it, Ironwill's right."
"Why do you hate to admit I'm right?"
"Because it's you," she said with a smirk.
With a huff, I crossed my arms in an exaggerated manner. "I don't feel like a valued member of this team."
She rolled her eyes at my antics and shook her head. "Just get moving."
Like she said, Shepard led the way back into the tower and to an old elevator. The five of us piled in and took the excruciatingly slow ride down. I mean really. Even prothean elevators were slow? That's bullshit. Someone should file a complain. There are no loading screens here, so why should the rides be slow?
The slow ride down eventually ended. When the doors opened, the sight of a few colonists trying to fight three geth drones welcomed us. In a split moment, they were all taken down. Shepard put a single round through the one from her sniper. Tali shotgunned the second. I simply reached out with my biotics and crushed the last one. As we walked pass the two colonist, I said "Amateurs" over my shoulder.
The Mako here looked in tough shape. The paint was faded to hell. Rust dotted the surface of the tank. The massive tires were all different looking. I ran my hand over it and paint chipped off. Somehow there was even a big dent on the thing. How the fuck do you dent a Mako? It's a Mako. It doesn't dent easily.
"Is walking an option?" Tali tentatively asked at the sight of the poor thing.
"Unfortunately not, Tali," Shepard said. "We're on a tight schedule. Everyone get in. Williams, I want you on the turret. I'm driving."
I made a sound that make it clear I was not happy she was driving. "Didn't we want to make it to the building alive?"
"Can it, Ironwill, or I'll tape you to the back of this thing."
"That may actually be safer than riding inside. Can I pick that option?"
"Just get in the tank."
I gave a casual two finger salute before opening the door and hopping in. Tali took up navigation next to Shepard, so it was just Liara and me in the back while Ash manned the main gun. Not that I was complaining about sitting next to a beautiful blue alien.
The garage door opened and I leaned forward to get a look out of the windshield. My eyes widened at the sight of the length of the skyway. It was waaaaaaayy longer than in the game. Guess that makes sense. It is supposed to be a highway… in the sky.
Time to get some rest.
I took off my helmet and leaned back in my seat. This mission was getting tiring, and it wasn't even finished yet. The hunt for Saren as a whole wasn't even halfway done yet. I was gonna feel like I was eighty after the Citadel battle.
"Are you okay, Daniel?" Liara asked me as Shepard began to peel out of the garage.
"I'm fine, Liara," I said. "Just gonna rest a bit. The mission has been long so far, and I don't think it'll get any easier. Thanks for asking though. You should take this time to rest up a little as well."
She nodded. "I believe I may."
The conversation ended at that. I closed my eyes and just listened to the sound of Ash firing the main gun and the Mako's engines. Oddly, it was soothing. Even the rockets and bullets pelting the shield's of the tank… If I found that soothing, there was definitely something wrong with me.
It had to of been three or so minutes later when I noticed something odd. The shaking of the Mako, the sound of it's engines, and the sound of the main gun firing stopped at the same time. I opened my eyes and looked around.
Liara was staring forward blankly, not moving. Leaning up to look at Shepard and Tali, they both weren't moving either. I took a guess and said Ash wasn't either. Then I looked out the windshield.
Stood in the center of the skyway was Rumple.
My biotics flared on their own. When he gave me a little wave, I went to the left door, opened it, and leaned out.
"What the fuck do you want?" I yelled as I hung out the door. Rumple was a good five or ten yards ahead of the Mako.
He let out one of those annoying chuckles. "Just stopping by to see how this mission is going for you, dearie."
"It's going fine. Now you can go."
Rumple shook his head. "Now that's the thing. It has been going almost too fine." I narrowed my eyes at him. "I believe you need a challenge." A small notepad literally appeared in his hand. "Now what should it be. Eight krogan? No. Platoon of geth? Nope. Ah! I got it!"
He wrote something down on the pad. A moment later, a geth dropship flew overhead and dropped a folded Colossus behind a large pile of rubble to hide it.
"Shit" was all I could say to that.
"Well, ta-ta, dearie." With a snap of his fingers, Rumple disappeared in a swirl of black smoke… and time also unfroze.
The Colossus unfolded, allowing it to see over the rubble. It charged up its main weapon and fired at the Mako. Since I was still hanging out of the door, I was sent flying out when Shepard swerved to avoid the ball of plasma. When Rumple froze time, Shepard had been close to the edge of the skyway… which was where I was about to go over.
Remembering the grappling hook Av gave me, I aimed the best I could and hoped it latched onto the Mako as I fired it. It wasn't until I passed the edge of the skyway that the cord became taut and I was jerked back up and over the edge. I rolled a few times before finally stopping on my back.
There was no time for a breather as the Colossus set its sights on me. I rolled and scrambled to my feet. The blast behind me nearly threw me off my feet, but I was able to run into cover. Seeing as a pistol wouldn't work well, I readied my M16 and took a quick breather. I didn't even have my helmet. It was still in the damn tank.
Peering over my cover, I let loose two bursts at the giant machine. It harmlessly bounced off its shields, but it drew its attention to me. I stood up and biotically charged out of the way. Several more bursts from my rifle were sent its way before I charged away. I basically kept its attention on me as Ash used the Mako's gun to bring the thing down.
After the Colossus went down, I walked over to where Shepard had pulled up and climbed back in through the door I flew out of.
"Ironwill, what the hell were you thinking?!" were the words the greeted me.
"I'm fine guys, thanks for asking," I quipped as I sat in my seat.
"Answer the question, soldier," Shepard ordered.
Fuck, I had to make something up. "I spotted the top of the Colossus. I was gonna jump out and distract it, but it fired on us first. The rest is history."
"Stay seated until we get to ExoGeni."
I'm gonna kill Rumple in the most brutal way I can think of.
It wasn't long after until we picked up the radio chatter from the ExoGeni survivors. Shepard turned off of the road and parked by the entrance way to where they were set up.
"Okay, everyone out," Shepard said. When she saw that I was getting my helmet on, she added, "Expect you, Private."
"What? Why?" I questioned.
"For that little stunt back on the skyway. You will remain in the Mako until we reach the ExoGeni building, and that's an order."
I couldn't argue. She said it was an order. I couldn't question my commanding officer, especially when she was using her "I'm in charge, so you better listen" voice. So, all I did was sigh and leaned back in my seat.
Shepard at least left the comms on so I could hear the conversations with ExoGeni survivors. The Jeong guy was sounding like a massive prick, which he was, but even more so than what was depicted in the game. Or maybe I was just annoyed at everything since Rumple showed himself and dropped a damn Colossus in our path.
Rumple was a punk ass bitch.
Hmm, maybe I should call him that from now on.
I was knocked from my thoughts when the Mako door opened and the team climbed back in.
"I kept the car nice and warm for you guys while you were out," I commented in my typical sarcastic way.
"How nice of you," Ash replied. "Now only if you could learn to keep your mouth shut." She flashed me a smirk before manning the main gun again.
"Ha ha. Very funny, Ash. Shepard, let's just get this show on the road."
What I got was the Commander pulling out of there at full throttle. While the Mako was a tank, it was fast as hell. Might have something to do with the six wheels. That had to be it.
It wasn't long after when Shepard pulled up to a sort of doorway that was too narrow for the Mako to fit through. That was after all the bumpy roads, terrible driving, and shouts of incoming fire of course. But we were close now. I even spotted the geth ship attached to the side of the building as we were on approach. It looked too connected to the building to be a threat.
The Commander ordered everyone out of the tank. I slid my helmet on and closed it. The area was dimly lit and littered with debris. It was eerily quiet, too. I didn't like it. That's why I pulled my M16 from my back. The poor thing hasn't seen much use so far anyway.
Shepard took point. While she looked relax on first glance, I could tell she was ready for a fight. It was in the subtle was her head turned side to side. The way her index finger twitched towards the trigger of her sniper every so often. She knew the area didn't feel right. We had plowed through geth defenses on the skyway. There should be a welcoming party here since the geth HQ was right next to us.
"I don't like it," Tali announced in a low voice. "It's too quiet."
"Same here," I said.
Liara was behind me, so I looked back at her. When I did, I saw a red dot hovering over her heart. Biotics enveloped me as I charged to her and moved her out of the way. It was just in time, too, as a sniper round slammed into the wall behind where Liara was.
"Cover! Now!"
Everyone else scrambled to cover as geth began popping out of the woodwork. I took Liara behind a decaying pillar and peered around it. My quick count was three hoppers, two snipers, ten geth troopers, five shock troopers, and a single Destroyer. Fuck us, right?
"You okay?" I asked our asari squadmate.
She nodded. "I am. Thank you, Daniel."
A rocket flew passed our cover and exploded near where Ash was. I guess I missed the rocket trooper. "Thank me by setting up some Singularities."
The asari acknowledged my request by doing just that. She threw two mini black holes into the fray. I spun out of cover, dropping to one knee as I let loose a Warp. The explosion from the one Singularity was large enough to ignite the other. That took down six troopers, sending their parts flying all over.
I took two shots before I stood and dashed to cover myself. A section of the roof that had fallen was a good spot. I covered the last few feet by sliding on my knees. A round striking the top of the cover near my head made me flinch down. There had to be an easy way to clear these guys out.
"Hey, Shepard!" I called out.
"What!" She yelled back after ducking behind her cover.
"Got any grenades on you?"
She gave me this look as if asking why I would ask such a random question like that. Nevertheless, she reached down and detached a grenade from her belt. "I'm kinda not in the best position to throw these."
"Toss me two."
"Ironwill… what are you planning?"
"Just give me two grenades, and get ready to cover my on my signal."
Reluctantly, she tossed over two grenades. I clipped them to my belt and put my M16 back on my back. With a breath, I readied myself. This plan I quickly devised would either work well… or get me killed. Either way, there was only one way to find out.
I vaulted over my cover and closed the gap between me and the geth with a biotic charge into a group of geth on the right side. Coming out of the charge, I punched the first geth in front of me in its little flashlight eye before putting my arm around its neck and using it as a shield. Taking one grenade off my belt, I activated it and dropped it at my feet. A hard push sent my robot shield into one of his comrades. A biotic charge got me away from the grenade and to the other side of the room where the rest of the geth were concentrated.
I tackled a geth trooper to the ground as the first grenade detonated. I took the second grenade and jammed it into the space that occupied its eye. A shockwave sent one trooper to my left flying into a way while a sniper round tore through the chest of another. Seeing as it was time to go, I got to my feet and hauled ass. Rounds pinged off my shields as I ran. I was almost into cover when I round broke through my shields and grazed the unarmored area on the side of my knee. The hit caused me to stumble then fall as the second grenade exploded.
It was only a quick move into cover as bullets hit the ground around me. I examined my knee when I was in the protection of a pile of rubble. It was bleeding pretty good, but not as bad as it could be. I would survive with a few stitches when I got back to the ship. A quick application of medi-gel gave almost instant relief to the stinging pain I had. The bleeding slowed down significantly, too.
That should hold for now.
It was then I noticed the gun fire had halted. Everyone else was coming out of cover. It was Shepard who caught my attention. She looked pissed. It was easy to guess why, though.
"Ironwill, what the hell was that?" She asked, putting her hands on her hips. "You could have gotten seriously injured or killed. Do you have a deathwish?!"
I sighed. "It worked, didn't it?"
"That's besides the point. It was reckless. You could have died, Ironwill. From now on, no more reckless acts like that. I don't want to have another member of my crew killed."
By the end of that, her voice sounded… regretful? Sad? Also, Ash looked towards the ground with a blank look. And what did Shepard mean by another… Oh, right.
Jenkins.
He died on Eden Prime. That planet was his home, if I remembered correctly. He died under Shepard's command and Ash took his place. Makes more sense that Shepard had been scowling me for reckless behavior.
With a breath, I pushed myself off the ground. Putting wait on my wounded knee caused me to groan as it ached.
"You alright, Daniel?" Tali asked.
I nodded. "I'm good. Bullet grazed my knee. Medi-gel should hold until I am able to get back to the Normandy," I replied. To make a point, I took my Phalanx and twirled it by the trigger guard. "I'm good to continue."
Shepard gave a nod. She led us towards that spot we would have to drop down to get inside the building due to the giant blue shield blocking the more obvious route. After a quick moment of looking around to see if there were any alternate routes, she finally jumped down.
Down the rabbit hole we go… except I know what's down there.
The rest of the team hopped down too. The tunnel looked just as it did in the game. A dead varren was at the end of it. Shepard crouched down to examine it. When she did, a round made contact with her shoulder with her shield stopping it. Faster than I could see, she pulled the Predator pistol from her hip and aimed it to her left. Standing a yard or two away was Lizbeth holding a gun with shaking hands.
She dropped the gun to the ground and covered her mouth with her hands. "Oh my god! I'm so sorry! I thought you were geth or one of those varren."
Shepard holstered her gun and approached the scared woman. "It's okay. You're safe now. But I would appreciate if I wasn't shot again."
Lizbeth nodded. "Yes. Sorry… again."
"I understand," Shepard said, offering a small friendly smile. "Why are you here in the first place?"
With a sigh, Lizbeth said, "It's my own fault. Everyone else was running and I stayed to back up some data. Next thing I knew, the geth ship attached on and the power went out."
"Don't worry. We'll get you out as soon as we find out what the geth are after."
"It's not the geth," Lizbeth informed. "It's the energy field they put up. They don't want anyone getting access to the—." She quickly became quiet. Yay, we get to learn about a giant plant… thing.
Shepard too caught on with how quickly she got quiet. "I'm here to stop the geth. I can't do that if I don't know what they are after. Please, tell me. It's very important that I find out."
Lizbeth was hesitant for a moment, but told us nonetheless. "I don't know for certain, but I'm guessing they're here for the Thorian."
"What the hell is a Thorian?" Ash asked.
At that, I tuned the conversation out. I knew what the Thorian was and how to kill the thing. So, I decided to scan the area. If I remembered correctly, a pack of varren would attack soon. I rather have the advantage of seeing them first. And I did.
"Guys, we have some four-legged friends coming," I said, pulling my Phalanx from my thigh. I aimed and fired one shot, that shot tearing through the skull of the first varren the I saw. Several more began showing up after. I count about ten.
Taking down the varren was a brief task. Most didn't even get close. Not with Shepard and her sniper, that it. As she saw the door at the other side of the rubble cluttered area, we were told to keep weapons ready. We were about to walk into the lions den, essentially.
Upon entry into the building, we heard the frustrated sound of a krogan. Shepard turned to us and signaled for us to be silent. She made a point to look at me when she did it though. Anyway, she led the way up a flight of stairs that led to a hallway. At the end of said hallway, was that krogan talking to the VI ExoGeni had here. We walked up the hall slowly, backs pressed to the wall.
"I am unable to comply. Please contact your supervisor," the VI told the krogan.
The krogan growled. "Damn it! Tell me what I want or I'll blast your virtual ass into actual dust!"
I waited for the VI to mention others in line behind him, but it never came. Actually, everything got quiet and froze. That only meant one thing.
"Rumple," I said simply, pushing off of the wall.
At the end of the hall, a swirl of dark smoke rose from the ground. When is dissipated, the crocodile himself stood there with that annoying smile of his.
"Miss me, dearie?" he asked.
"Like a cancer survivor misses his tumor," I replied coldly.
"Oh, you wound me. I thought we were starting to become friends."
My eyes narrowed. "You have a sick idea of friendship then. Now, tell me what you want."
Rumple giggled and began to walk towards the krogan. "I want a lot of things, dearie. This visit now is because I want to tell you something."
"Then out with it."
All he did was smile. "I have been making things easier for you since you arrived."
"What?"
"That's right, dearie! I have been making the enemies you come across… dumber, to put it simply. How do you think you have been able to do the stuff you have been? Because you're skilled?" Rumple scoffed. "Nope! It is because I have essentially turned down the 'difficulty'. Now, I feel that you feel like you can take on anything." He turned his hand over and waved the other over it. In a swirl of smoke, a grenade appeared. "I can't have that now. So, I'm gonna make sure everyone from here on out fight like they are supposed to. You're gonna have to be smarter from now on, dearie. But, I won't make your first opponent be this big lug. I never liked him anyway." Rumple patted the krogan on the back before activating the grenade and attaching it to the krogan's belt.
That couldn't be right. How could he make the people we fight less effective? How was it possible? I knew he pulled me into this universe and he could freeze time, but could he do that? Actually… it would make sense. I have noticed that our firefights have been a bit too easy.
"Well," Rumple speaking brought me out of my thoughts, "I suggest you get back to your spot." He pointed to the space between Ash and Tali. "You don't want the stunning commander you have to question why you were in the middle of the hall when this guy gets turned to pulp."
With a sigh, I got back into my spot against the wall.
Rumple gave one of his insane sounding giggles. "Until next time, dearie." He waved his hand over himself and disappeared in a puff of smoke. The bastard was using his acquired form from the Once Upon a Time character too well. And when he was gone, time unfroze. So did the grenade.
The krogan heard a beeping from his belt and looked down to see the damn thing. Making sure we would get hit with shrapnel fragments, I quickly threw up a biotic wall to shield the team from the blast. The krogan tried to pull the thing off his belt but was too late. It exploded. I saw chuck of his body explode and the rest go flying out of sight. I dropped the wall.
Shepard looked at the bloody mess that was most of the krogan. "The hell happened?" She then looked up and turned towards me. Actually, the others did too.
I held up my hands. "I didn't do shit. The dumbass must have accidentally hit the thing while talking to the VI. I saw the grenade about to go off, so I threw up a wall to protect us." It took a moment of digesting that info, but the others accepted it as truth.
Fuck you, Rumple. You prick.
Unfortunately, when the grenade blew the krogan to hell, the VI terminal went with him.
"Shit," Shepard muttered as she looked at the burning hunk of metal that was the terminal. "We could have figured out why the geth want the Thorian from that."
"They must have other VI terminals in the building," Tali said. "We may come across another."
Shepard nodded and waved us to follow. We all had to carefully step over the chucks of krogan flesh that was basically all over the room. It wasn't a pleasant sight. I got a bit nauseous at the sight. Liara even gagged as her foot nearly stepped in it.
We moved through the place until we found a room with one of the geth ship claws piercing through the wall, a shit ton of cables, and two shock troopers that looked to be… praying? Shepard put a well-placed sniper round through the head of the one while the rest of us riddled the other with bullets.
Bullshit Rumple was making the enemies easier before. That was easy like before. Lying prick.
Since the only other way to go was down, the team all jumped down from the ledge we were on. A glowing orb the geth were praying to or something caught my attention. It looked peaceful actually.
"It appears the geth have attached their ship to the structure using those claws," Liara pointed out.
"Subtle as a boot to the face," Ash commented. "How do we cut off the power if its coming from the ship."
"Perhaps one of the claws has a defect?" Liara offered. "We could remove the ship by exploiting said defect."
"Only one way to find out," Shepard said. "Let's move out."
The building was eerily silent as we moved through it. There was no signs of geth the closer we got to were we needed to be to remove the ship. While my memory of exactly everything that happened in game was perfect, I knew we should have ran into some resistance through here. I didn't like it. They others didn't seem to like it either.
It was when we got nearly to where we had to go when I told the rest to hold up.
"What's up, Ironwill?" Shepard asked.
"Have you noticed the concerning lack of hostiles so far?" I asked in return. "They may be focused around the claws."
She nodded. "He's right. Everyone, make sure you're ready for a big fight. Now, follow me."
It was at the last turn before our HUDs got jammed. Hoppers. But around the next corner was the sound of geth chatter. Lots of it. It was not comforting. And looking ahead, I saw two sets of waist high walls. Shit.
Shepard gestured to us to crouch down. She shimmied into cover that was right where the wall ended and the large room began. Ash did the same thing. Tali was after her. The cover had enough room for the three of them. Shepard held up three fingers. Ash and Tali understood.
Two.
I switched out my pistol for my M16.
One.
My biotics flared lightly. They were a light brown color. Ew, but I was tense for what was about to happen. I guess that color means that. God, I hate this rainbow biotic shit.
The moment Shepard closed her fist, she popped up from cover and fired off a round. Ash and Tali did the same. The three had to quickly duck back behind cover as a damn wall of bullets flew their way.
"Ironwill! Liara! I need a biotic wall now!" Shepard called over the sound of gunfire. "Ash and I are gonna make a dash for that." She pointed to the other set of cover.
"Copy that!" I said. I looked to Liara. "Ready?"
"Yes."
I stood up and held a hand out. A biotic wall appeared, quickly going from a light brown to a deep blue. Liara added strength to the wall and the both of us expanded it. When it could get no larger without risking it breaking, we told the Commander and Ash to go.
When the made it across, Liara and I quickly got down into cover next to Tali. My rifle was pointed over the cover and several bursts were sent at the closest geth I could see. Before dropping back down into cover, I tried to get a read on how many we were going against. The answer was a whole fuck-ton. It was made up of at least four krogan, normal troopers, shock troopers, a sniper or two, and a few hoppers.
I couldn't stay out of cover more than ten seconds at a time. My shields would take a decent hit and I would be forced to get back down before they broke. Maybe Rumple was right. Before I could stay out of cover and take maybe a few hits. Now, it seems like they were smarter. Shock troopers were even using their shields they can put up. It didn't help that there was a lot of them either. But we were taking them out, slowly but surely.
"Ironwill!" Shepard yelled after taking a shot at a krogan.
"I hear ya!"
"I see an explosive container. Take hold of it with your biotics and toss it towards a group of them. I'll shoot it while it's in the air."
"Where is it, though?"
Shepard ducked down as a round grazed the top of her cover. "Center of the room!"
I peered around the side of my cover and saw what she was talking about. "Okay, get ready." Biotics became wreathed around the container. I moved it into the air and then jerked my arm to the right. The container went flying towards a group of geth. Shepard took aim and fired. It hit its mark and the container exploded. It took out only a handful of geth, but it helped.
Right before I could get back into cover, a geth sniper fired at me. The round slammed into my shoulder and knocked me on my ass. My HUD flashed red as my shield indicator blinked empty.
"I'm good!" I shouted to everyone.
The next ten minutes felt longer than they should have. We eventually cleared out the room. Shepard shot a krogan right through his chest and he dropped to the ground to end it. Due to krogan redundant organs and regeneration, he was still alive but in pain. He tried to push off the ground, but I planted my foot on his back and put two bullets into the back of his skull from my Phalanx.
I looked up at the docking claw that was sticking into the room. I knew that was the shuttle bay door we had to use to cut it free. "Hey, Commander? That looks like a bay door. If we can shut it, it may be able to cut through the claw. Even one being dislodged could drop the ship, right?"
"Good job, Ironwill," she said with a smile. "Okay, team, look for possible controls for that door."
It didn't take long to find the controls. They were literally just on the other side of the room. But what was also on the other side of the room was a VI terminal. Shepard went to that first.
"ExoGeni Corporation reminds all staff that the discharging of weapons on company property is strictly forbidden," the VI said right after it turned on.
I didn't pay attention to that interaction either. I knew what the Thorian was. I knew where it was. I knew what ExoGeni was doing. I knew I was probably gonna wring Jeong's neck for doing that to those people.
"Now, time for that door," Shepard said when she finished talking to the VI. She approached the control but turned to face Tali. "How about you do it, Tali? You're better with tech than I am."
"Oh!" Tali said, surprised. "Of course." She went to the controls and began typing away. "Hmm, apparently the door is malfunctioning. It shuts with a lot of force if the PSI is at a certain level. Annnnd… there!"
We all turned to the claw. The bay door shut and cut through the claw with a crunch and groan of metal. There was a loud groan from outside the building followed by screeching and the entire building shaking. It lasted several moments before stopping. The moment the geth ship dropped, our comms crackled to life again. Joker's voice came through.
"I repeat, Normandy to shore party. Are you reading? Anyone there? Normandy to shore party. Come on, Commander, talk to me!"
Shepard answered immediately to Joker's concerned tone. "Is that your, Joker? What's going on over there?"
"We're in lockdown here, Commander. Something happened to the colonists. They're banging on the hull, trying to claw their way insider the ship. They're freaking out!"
"They can't do any real damage. Hold tight, we're going to make our way back now." She looked at the rest of us. "Move out and stay alert. There could be move geth inside or more on their way."
I chuckled softly. "It never ends does it?"
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A/N: So, there is the second part of Feros. I thought I would finish up the mission this chapter. I guess not. This chapter was starting to feel took long. I believe this mission will get close to 18,000 words alone after I get the next chapter done. So that's insane.
Oh, I worked out a sort of idea of what some of the biotic color Daniel has and what they mean:
Red: angry, frustrated
Blue: relaxed
Light Blue: calm
Deep Blue: concentration
Dark yellow: confused
Light Yellow: cautious
Light Brown: Tense
Orange: Determination
Light Green: Happy
Purple: Thoughtful or emotionless
If you have any ideas of what I could add, tell me in a review. Those that aren't italics mean they are set in stone what the color means. But let me know what I could add or change.
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lPriime, signing off.