Here we are again with another chapter on the story so I'll just leave you be as you read down below!

Chapter 12 - Investigating a Collector ship.

Normandy

Shepard POV

"Hard to imagine how a Turian patrol managed to take out a Collector ship." I said looking straight into the Illusive Man eyes as he puffed in a smoke and replied back to me. "Reports indicate the whole is intact but all systems seem to be off line. They could be making repairs as we speak, I'm not saying it won't be dangerous, we can't let an opportunity like this slip by."

'What is he hiding?' I know I can't trust him but seeing how I got no other choice as to check this out by myself I'll have to go. "Send me the coordinates and I'll take care of it."

"Already sent. Once you're on board the ship establish an uplink with EDI she will find information data for the Omega four relay. Good luck Shepard." I saw his hologram fade away as I heard Joker radio in.

"Coordinates punched in. Let's go find us a Collector ship"

"Good job Joker, radio me in when we have arrived." I said as I exited the debriefing room, started to walk straight into the elevator as I pressed the button for deck three. Making it into the floor I walked out heading towards Carmines room and knocked but didn't hear any respond?

"If you're looking for the big guy, his with Garrus putting on the new kinetic barriers he just got." I turned my head around seeing Kasumi appear right beside me as she was smiling under her hood. "Thanks Kasumi and how are you doing today?"

"I'm fine as always Shepard, just enjoying the fun and the teasing on the Normandy." I saw her giggle as she then disappeared in front of me again. 'What does she mean by that?' I shook my head as I started to walk towards Garrus's room and when I walked half way I heard a very loud noise sort of like a chainsaw?

'Chainsaw!' I sprinted towards the door as I opened it up quickly and saw Carmine holding up his lancer up as he brought it down towards Garrus! "Carmine!" I yelled as I saw him ripped a metal fragment that Garrus was holding in his hands as it sliced it in two.

"Oh Shepard what's up." Carmine said as he turned off his chainsaw, I was still shocked trying to put everything together in my head as I saw Garrus set the two pieces down on the table and I walked straight at the two and said.

"Don't what's up me! What the hell were you doing Carmine!" I saw him look down on me as he showed me the new chainsaw belt on his Lancer. "I was just testing out the new chainsaw bayonet that Garrus made for me. This baby could cut grub slices like butter."

I shook my head as I looked at Garrus. "And you let him experiment this on you Garrus!" He shrugged his shoulders and heard him say. "He wanted to test it out and I didn't want him to break my table. So we thought this would be safest way to do it?"

'You called that safe!' I sighed as I knew there was nothing else for me to say actually to these two idiots. But then I wonder something that just made me realize as I looked at Garrus. "So Garrus, care to tell me what new material you just spent on Carmines Lancer without informing me, again."

I saw him scratch the back of his head seeing how I busted him yet again as he said. "Carmine asked me to get him a new chainsaw belt for his Lancer, one that wouldn't break in any combat he is engaged and the only one that came in my mind was, Adamantium."

'Adamantium? I thought that material was extinct long ago' I kept on looking on the bayonet chainsaw Carmine was holding as I looked back at Garrus. "How did you manage to get a hold of this material Garrus?"

"It wasn't easy Shepard but with the help of Kasumi again, I was able to manage to get a hold on this material and thanks to her I managed to get it." 'I knew it' I sighed seeing there was nothing else for me to know I walked towards the metal that Garrus set down and grabbed it examine it how clean the cut went through.

"Garrus how much can this thing cut and the weakness of it?" I set down the metal turning around as I saw Carmine also sitting wanting to know also. "Well I can't really say the weakness Shepard, all I know is it can and will cut to anything it touches, there are no limits."

"How many layers of metal can it cut?"

"I would say at least three or four but I'm not really sure Shepard, I never actually ever tested this material out before."

I nodded my head understanding his reason, this metal was hardly even found in our planet before and it is the rarest. That's why I find it impossible that Kasumi managed to find a metal that was supposed to be extinct long ago. 'She is a master thief after all' I sighed as I looked up at Carmine.

"So how do you like your new upgrade then?" Carmine laughed as he aimed his Lancer up. "How do I feel, hell Shepard I'm already anxious to test it on some grubs!" I smiled at that as I quickly replied to him and said.

"Well gear up and get ready, you, me and Grunt are going to hit a Collector ship." I found it funny how Carmine immediately jumped up from his seat and sprinted towards the exit as I watched him heading towards his room.

"You're spoiling him Shepard." I heard Garrus laugh as I looked at him and shook my head. "What about you Garrus, spending a lot of credits for his equipment without me knowing, so who is spoiling who now?"

He laughed even more as he was calabrating his weapons again and asked him one more question before I left. "Garrus what sort of new kinetic barriers did you install in Carmine?"

"Nothing much really same as a Krogan basically similar to Grunts really."

"Thanks Garrus."

"Anything for a friend Shepard."

-x-

Collector Ship

Normal POV

'This place reminds me of the Hollows' Carmine thought as he gripped his Lancer, looking around the Collector ship he was in, seeing the walls being all slimy and disgusting as the floor also seemed like he was in the mouth of a grub.

"Carmine, how you holding up in that new breathing helmet we installed in?" Carmine shook the thought away as he looked down on her. "It works fine Shepard, remind me to thank Garrus again when we get back on the Normandy."

Nodding her head she took point as they Walked further in, Grunt didn't seem to care of the situation he was in as longest he got to kill something, Shepard in the other hand was looking very carefully of her surroundings and also on her crew not wanting to be caught into an ambush.

"Shepard. I have compared the ship's EM signatures to known Collector profiles. It is the vessel you encountered on Horizon."

"The same fucking ship we faced?" Carmine said as he looked around his surroundings making Grunt also confused as they are in the same ship they faced back on Horizon. 'It seems weird also' Shepard thought as she shook her head and focused her task in front.

"Maybe the defense towers softened it for the Turians."

"Maybe the missing humans are on it. Unless they're dead." Grunt said seeing how there is no chance of survival of the missing colonist, Carmine didn't want to admit it but Grunt did have a point, there was no chance of survival by them. 'This grubs will pay!'

Shepard kept on moving forward as she spotted something that seemed familiar to her, walking closer to the object she examined it closely knowing that it was a container but it was empty? "The Collectors used these containers on Horizon. But these are empty?"

She said as she stopped examining it. "Small, like my tank. Bet they begged for mercy." Grunt said as he walked past the container but Shepard looked at Carmine and noticed that there was something wrong with him, like his mood changed, like he was in a deep anger and managed to hear him say. "Just like the grubs."

"Carmine?" He looked down on Shepard and shook his head as he pointed towards Grunt. "We should keep moving Shepard."

She knew something pissed him off but she didn't have the time or place to talk about it now, she nodded her head as she took point once more as they moved further into the ship but soon they all found out what happened to the missing colonist.

Carmine shook his head as he saw the pile of dead bodies lying in the ground gripping his Lancer even more as he could see the dead bodies all disfigured, men, woman, and children as they were all piled up. "Lots of dead meat."

Grunt said as he looked at the pile of corpses lying in the ground. Shepard kneeled down as she looked at the bodies seeing how they had punctures holes into their wrist. "They must have used for testing. By the looks of it these subjects didn't pass."

"I'll kill them all!" Carmine said in a cold tone, Shepard turned her head towards him and she knew that something was really bothering him. 'I just hope he doesn't go crazy again' Getting up from the ground she looked down once more at the dead bodies and said.

"There are worse things than death… like being a test subject for twisted aliens." Carmine didn't respond as he knew very well what she meant, seeing Shepard taking point again they followed as they kept on moving.

"Hey Shepard, what is that up a head?" Carmine pointed up ahead, making Shepard look also seeing they found that seemed a control terminal. "I don't know Carmine but let's find out." She walked closer and spotted what seemed to be a dead Collector lying inside the containers.

'Why would the Collectors experiment one of their own?' Shepard thought as she opened up her Omni-tool to hack into the system. "EDI, I'm uploading the data from the terminal. See if you can figure out what they were up to."

"Data received. Analyzing. The Collectors were running baseline genetic comparison between their species and humanities."

"Seems like bullshit to me Shepard." Carmine said as Shepard just ignored him trying to find out more from EDI. "Are they looking for similarities?"

Carmine walked away from Shepard as she kept on talking; walking away he kept looking around seeing how this grubs remind him so much back on his past. 'It doesn't change a damn thing that they tortured this people!' Carmine shook his head as he noticed Grunt walking up beside him and said.

"You alright Carmine?"

"Yeah Grunt, nothing to worry about."

"You lie; I can sense your anger, which is good against the Collectors." Carmine laughed as he could understand what he means, but he knew this anger was because of his past; shaking the thought away he looked at Grunt and slapped him on his back.

"Well let's make sure we kill every single grub Grunt."

"Haha, it would be my pleasure."

"Let's move you two." Shepard said as she took point again Carmine and Grunt followed right behind her but Carmine stopped quickly and pointed down. "Hey Shepard, seems like new toys are waiting for you."

Shepard looked down at what Carmine was pointing at as she spotted some new weapons on the ground. 'Hmm, seems interesting. Specially this one' Shepard leaned down and grabbed a sniper rifle called, M-98 Widow.

"Nice toy you picked up." Carmine said looking at Shepard examining her new weapon as she smiled under her helmet. "Garrus is going to be jealous, and I think it may be equally strong as your Longshot."

Carmine looked at her sniper rifle and back at her as he laughed and kept looking forward, Shepard shook her head seeing how Carmine didn't seem to believe that it might be equally stronger as his sniper rifle but she didn't care as she kept on moving forward.

After the group kept moving Carmine looked up the ceiling he spotted more pods on top and pointed to Shepard. "Shepard, more of them pods above us." She looked up and was shocked how many pods were in certain area.

"Hundreds. How many are full?" Grunt said as he looked up also Shepard shook her head as she kept advancing forward and said. "Too many."

"I detect no signs of life in the pods, Shepard. It is probable the victims inside died when the ship lost power."

EDI said as Shepard nodded her head seeing that there was nothing they can do now. 'There still something bothering me about this ship' Shepard thought as she kept on looking around moving up a hill as fast as they can so they can get to the bottom of what's going on.

Making it on top of the Shepard turned wide eye at the view she just witness, her whole surrounding was enormous as she can imagine seeing thousands or millions of pods around the wall. "Holy shit." Carmine said as he looked around the view she was looking, seeing so many pods sticking on the walls of the ship.

"They are going to target earth." Grunt said, making Shepard turned her head and looked at the Grunt. "Not if I have something to do about it."

Shepard said as she moved forward looking down below her she saw something that could answer her some questions in this ship. "A platform, looks like some kind of control panel."

"Should be dead Collectors. Something's… wrong." Grunt said not liking how there are no evidence of Collectors lying dead and Carmine also didn't seem to like were this was going. Shepard walked towards the control panel, opening her Omni-tool she scanned the control panel and said.

"EDI see if you can find anything in their data." EDI began to hack into the ships system but Grunt heard some noises coming from behind him, turning his head he didn't see anyone but in his senses he knows there is someone around spying among them.

"Carmine…" Grunt said but Carmine cut him off quickly. "I know Grunt, it seems we are not alone." Carmine said raising his Lancer up aiming above them but then they felt the whole control panel floor shake and began to rise up from the ground.

"I'm having trouble maintaining connection. There is someone else in the system."

EDI said as all of a sudden the whole panel stopped making almost everyone lose their balance as Shepard hold on to the control panels and looked up above her seeing four other control panels coming towards them.

"Connection reestablished. I need to finish the download before I can override any systems." Shepard took cover behind the control panel as for Grunt and Carmine took cover in front of her seeing the incoming panels were coming closer.

"Then you better get it done fast, EDI" Shepard said as she saw the other control panels landing close to them hearing Carmine yell. "Grubs!"

He fired his Lancer killing one collector down as Grunt also takes one down they began to feel their shields being hit by the incoming enemy bullets. Shepard pulled out her new sniper as she aimed down her scope and took one collector down before he managed to hit Grunt.

'This is quite powerful indeed' She thought as she duck into cover feeling the beam of the weapons going by her as she looked out of her cover to see Carmine jumping out of his cover going to the other panel while Grunt followed right behind him.

"Yeah eat it grubs!" Carmine yelled as he shot yet another grub down piercing a hole through his chest as he watched him drop dead on the ground as he saw one of them fly towards him he shot him on his wings making him fall towards him. "Grunt!"

Grunt turned his head as he shot another collector down as he saw the wounded Collector land on his feet and saw Carmine pointing his finger at the Collector. "Leave it to me!" Carmine nodded his head as he jumped into another panel as Grunt walked towards the wounded Collector and raised his foot up as he brought it down crushing his whole skull apart seeing the blood splatter all over.

'He is learning quite fast' Carmine thought as he felt pain in his right rib seeing how the beam weapon managed to rip through his shields he took cover but didn't last for a while as he saw one of them land on top above him aiming his weapon at him.

Carmine, didn't hesitate as he ripped up his chainsaw and cut right through his legs making him fall on the ground squirming in pain as the Collector felt his chest being pierced right through, he looked down and saw carmines Lancer right through his chest and heard the loud noise of the chainsaw ripping down to his gut.

"Got some on me!" He yelled hearing his chest bones being ripped down as he can see the blood splattering all over his armor and helmet seeing chunks of meat jumping all over as he brought up his Lancer he saw the destructive power of his new bayonet. 'Just like butter'

Shepard shot down another Collector as she saw Grunt lifting up a collector from his hands as he brought it down with full force slamming his head on the panel. "Ha, just like a watermelon." Shepard didn't look away this time as she was already used to the scene thanks to Carmine, she looked and saw that there were no more hostiles in sight, she turned to her left as she saw Carmine holding a Collector in his hands as he shot two down but managed to wound them only.

'What's he doing?' She thought as she then saw him break the neck of the Collector he was holding as he walked slowly towards the other two wounded Collectors as he put away his Lancer and only had his fist.

"Carmine?" Shepard said but he ignored her completely as he looked at one of the wounded collectors crawl away from him but he gripped his hand as he grabbed one of them by the back of his neck and ripped the wings out of him seeing him squirm in pain.

"That got to hurt." Grunt said as he saw what Carmine just did; Shepard didn't like what she was seeing right now, the one in front of her was not the Carmine she knew but the one so called 'Grub Killer'. "Carmine!"

He ignored her again as he looked to his left and tossed his body over the panel seeing his body drop straight down. 'One grub down, one to go' Carmine thought as he saw the other one raise his hands up to him, he knew he was scared, it didn't take any other person to realize that, but Carmine didn't care right now, not even the slightest mercy, he walked towards him but suddenly the Collector rise from his feet and said.

"I am assuming direct control!" Then the Collector dropped in the ground and looked straight at Carmine, Shepard knew who it was and as soon as she saw that Carmine wasn't holding any weapon against him, she raised her sniper rifle and aimed at the Collector but she stopped as she saw Carmine quickly grabbed him by the throat and pinned him towards the ground.

"Your actions are futile human, you will suffer as longest you are alive, there is no escape for what is about to come upon you." Carmine heard what he just said, he didn't care as he kept on gripping on his throat as he got on top of him and got close to his face and replied back to him in a cold tone.

"Then let me show you what suffering his grub!" Carmine brought his right fist up and punched him as his left did the same; he continued the same rhythm as he kept on punching the wounded Collector, Grunt smirked as he enjoyed what Carmine was doing, but Shepard didn't.

"Carmine!" Shepard yelled as she ran toward him knowing that his state of mind right now is not good. Shepard stopped as she saw the brutal beating he was doing to the Collector, she felt a cold chill run her spine once again, as she saw Carmine punched him once more. The Collectors head was not the same anymore he can see part of his eyes popping out of him as he can see dents around him and can see part of his cranium popping out of his felst as the blood keept flowing out of him.

"Carmine?" Shepard said as she walked closer to him and heard him say. "You grubs are all the same. Your nothing but pure savages!"

She stopped not really knowing what he was saying but heard him continue. "That's fine by me though, you brought us to that level, you Locust grubs turn me into what I am today and it didn't take time for us to kill you the same way you killed us!"

'His reliving his past!' Shepard thought as she took another step close. "Carmine, his not a Locust, you're not back in that world anymore, snap out of it!"

He didn't listen as he kept on looking at the grub in front of him. "You monsters slaughter millions of innocent lives that didn't disserve! You kidnapped human lives to just torture them! I seen what you Locust did on the Hollows, I know what you did to one of my brothers, I know what you did to Dalton!"

'Hollows? Dalton?' Shepard heard him say as he lifted up his fist and brought it down with full force Shepard turned away as she heard the head of the Collector pop, hearing Carmines heavy breathing she turned slightly towards him as he over tower the dead Collector as he was covered in thick blood all over his armor.

"Carmine…."

"I regained control of the platform, Shepard."

She turned her head seeing EDI appear right before her and as soon as she turned back to see Carmine he already walked towards Grunt as he popped in a new clip on his Lancer.

"I… thanks EDI, I knew you wouldn't let us down."

-x-

Collector ship

Carmines POV

'I can't stand being in this place any longer' This place reminded me to much of my past, I seen so many people trapped and tortured in some containers that the Locust just captured, I just couldn't imagine how painfully their lives must have experience, and my third youngest brother, Dalton.

"We have to move Carmine double time it!" I heard Shepard yell as she was running through the grubs as she shot one down as Grunt managed to bull rush one of them as he stomped on his head clean, I aimed my Lancer as I shot another one dead seeing his blood splatter on the ground.

We just found out that it was the Illusive Man trap all along, this was nothing but a set up and we had to get back on the Normandy before the grubs take it down. I really wish I can just shoot the Illusive Man in the face or curb stomp him just to see him die.

I looked in front of me and saw one of grubs fly towards me as I ripped up my chainsaw and decapitated him from his waist as his body started to twitch. 'Fucking grubs'

"I am opening a door on the far side of the room." I heard EDI radio in as Shepard yelled out. "Lets go we are almost there!"

But then she stopped as I looked at the same creature we faced back on Horizon, the same grub that had husks inside his mouth as he shot his beam straight at Shepard I heard her yell as she took cover quickly seeing her place her hand on her shoulder.

I aimed my Lancer up and squeezed the trigger as I fired at the damn grub, Grunt also began to shoot too but my Lancer bullets were barely doing any damage at this range. "Take cover!"

I heard Shepard yell but then I felt the grubs beam hit me straight in my chest as it decreased my shields quickly barely able to take cover the heat managed to at least crack my armor. 'Fuck again' I sighed seeing how it didn't puncture through my armor I blind fire my weapon as I saw him shoot his beam at me again.

I looked up and spotted more of them Collector grubs advancing towards us, but they were concentrating on Shepard then us. "Grunt go and help Shepard, I'll take care of this flying grub!"

"On it!" Grunt got out of cover as he roared. "I AM KROGAN!" I saw him sprint towards them as he began to blast his way towards Shepard. 'He sure haves the spirit of a Gear' I ducked down as I saw the beam go pass me as I saw the grub fly towards me more.

"It's just you and me grub!" I said as I got out of cover and sprinted toward him aiming my Lancer at him I squeezed the trigger as I send every single bullet I had in my clip at him. I could see I did some damage this time but he didn't budge as he shot his beam at me once more this time hitting me right on my chest again, making me grit my teeth, feeling the heat hitting through my armor as I heard it crack even more and managed to move away but seeing it hit my right rib.

'Damn he got me' I hold on to my wound as I saw my shields slowly regenerating again but it wasn't enough time as I saw the grub land down in front of me giving out an electric shockwave as it knocked me off balance landing on the ground, I saw his tentacle rise up like a Reaver would as he brought it down towards me with full force.

'Oh shit!' I turned my body away from the impact as he pulled away once more and brought it down again and I moved out of the way again as I got up quickly only to feel his beam hit me straight on my back and feel the pain go through me as I landed on the ground once more.

"Carmine!" I heard some on yell at me, it sounded familiar, it might have been Shepard or Grunt, I don't know anymore. I felt my whole back sting as I forcefully moved my body around having my back on the ground now I looked down on my chest as I saw a slight hole go through my left chest. 'Might of puncture through I guess'

I sighed as I saw the grub walking towards me. "Is that all you got grub!" I taunted him knowing it might not feel any emotion but I didn't quite care at this point, I'm bleeding, I'm wounded, and I'm pissed off because I let this grub injure me!

I saw him aim is tentacle right on my chest as he lifted it up I slowly reached for my Lancer as gripped it I saw him bring down his attack I ripped up my chainsaw and cut right through his leg hearing him scream as he was about to fly away I got up from the ground and plunged my Lancer right under his gut.

"Die already!" I ripped it once more as I cut him open, seeing the heads of the husks drop right under his mouth as the grub dropped on the ground still twitching, trying to place back the heads back into his mouth. I put away my Lancer as I brought out my Gnasher and aimed it at his head.

"Suffer bitch!" I squeezed the trigger as I saw the blood splatter hit right on my armor, seeing the grub stop moving I looked down and saw my blood mixed with grub blood. "Nice kill Carmine." Turning my head to my right as I saw Grunt laugh at me as I then saw Shepard stand their quiet.

I knew she might been mad at me and I just didn't care right now, I know the grub is dead and she is fine. I saw her walked towards me as she raised her arm up towards my chest and heard her say.

"Are you alright?" She applied some medi-gel on my open wound as I start to feel the effects kicking in as I can feel my wounds closing up. "Thanks."

"You're welcome now let's get out of here." She took point as me and Grunt followed right behind her, going through the door that EDI opened up for us, as we kept on running. "Hey, down there… that's where we came in?"

"We must be getting close, let's go!" Seeing that is indeed the same way we just came from. 'Why not just jump down from here?' I shook my head as I saw Shepard move up ahead as we followed her, going to another open door but it was quiet for some reason? 'Something's wrong?'

Grunt moved towards the right pulling out his shotgun as I gripped on my Lancer grabbing one of my clips. 'Damn last one already' I sighed as I popped it in and heard something coming up ahead, Shepard kept on walking then I saw three grubs coming out of nowhere in Shepards position.

"Shepard!" I yelled as she looked up and tried to aim her sniper at them but I knew she didn't have time, leaping towards her I grabbed her by her shoulders and spun her around holding her close to my chest as I felt the beams hit right at my back.

"Carmine!" I heard her yell as I pulled her into cover letting her go I reached for my Lancer as I felt my left shoulder sting. 'Fuck!' I turned to my left shoulder and saw that it was bleeding; guessing that it might have went through.

I slightly moved it and quickly started to heat up in pain, I gritted my teeth knowing that my shoulder was not any good use right now. Ducking under cover I saw Shepard take aim and fired her sniper rifle as she took one of them grubs down, Grunt moved toward the left side taking care of the rest but then I heard that same voice.

"Assuming control!" I saw one of them rise up from the ground and transformed or something, that grub quickly lunched something black at us it was going towards Shepard once agai, only this time I pushed her out the way as it hit me on my left ribcage this time hearing my armor crack as I saw the piece fall on the ground.

'I probably should have listen to Garrus about heavy attacks' I turned my body around quickly feeling the pain increasing not kwoing how bad of the damage he did on me I pulled out my Longshot as I bolted in the bullet, taking aim I squeezed the trigger as I saw his whole head explode seeing his brain matter splatter everywhere.

"Control that grub!" I yelled as I slightly stumble but felt some one hold on to me as I looked down and saw Shepard holding me.

"Carmine! Grunt give us cover!"

"On it Shepard!"

Grunt took the lead as he punched a grub on his head elbowed another and blasted a hole into his chest seeing him make a mess of things. 'His a bit slow but he does the job well' Seeing how Shepard is barely able to hold on to me by her injuries also I placed my hand on her shoulder and said.

"Thanks Shepard, I'm fine now." I know she can tell I'm lying to her but at this point we have no time to slow down, she nodded her head as she began to follow behind Grunt, I placed my hand under my armor at my chest and when I took it out I saw a lot of blood dripping out of it. 'Yet again Carmine'

"We are almost there, just down that hill!" I heard Shepard yell but she stopped right in the front entrance as Grunt also did too, making it toward them I saw a whole hoard of husks grubs standing there blocking are only exit. One of them managed to turn around and spotted it us and gave out roar as they began to sprint towards us.

"Grunt you and me will take them head on! Shepard, stay right behind us!" I yelled and before I can hear her reply I ripped up my chainsaw and saw Grunt smirking at me and said to him.

"Today you showed me that you are indeed capable to be a Gear Grunt and for that I welcome you in the line of our brothers as a Gear!" Grunt nodded his head as we both turned our heads to the incoming hoard of grubs coming towards us I brought down my bayonet as I cut one down and cut the next.

Seeing their bodies being decapitated around I plunged my Lancer into one of them as I tossed his dead body aside I felt two of grubs jumping on top of me, one of them was behind my back hearing him scratch my helmet off as I had the other one on my right shoulder trying to rip my armor apart.

Feeling that my back was not heavy anymore I turned my head to my side seeing the grub drop dead behind my back seeing how Shepard took care of it. Feeling my arm being scratched I tossed the grub towards another of his buddies as I stomped on them both and aimed my Lancer at them as I plunged it through them killing them instantly.

Grunt kept on blasting them away as he ran out of ammo it seemed, as he grabbed two grubs by their heads as he smashed them together seeing their brains splatter all over. 'Damn how come I didn't think of that'

"There is the shuttle!" Shepard yelled as we saw the ship just a few more meters away, running towards it we opened up the doors I helped Shepard get inside the shuttle as Grunt then got on and yelled. "Behind you!"

I turned my body around as I saw a grub leaped towards me and quickly grabbed him by his head I slammed his body inside the shuttle as I snapped his neck clean, climbing on top of the shuttle I pulled out my Gnasher as I blasted the incoming grubs as I saw the doors slowly closing as we flew out of there.

"Get us out of here Joker!" I heard Shepard yell as I took a seat feeling my shoulder sting even more. Leaning my back against the chair I slowly closed my eyes feeling my body relaxing I took in a deep breath wanting to take a nice deep rest, but I knew it was impossible.

Seems like Carmine is reliving his past yet again, lets see how they can manage to help Carmine or someone. Who knows lol

Also for you readers that don't know what it is Adamantium it's a fictional metal that it is based on Marvel thanks to my third favorite Marvel character Wolverine. And yes its not a real metal but hey I thought it would be perfect for Carmine's chainsaw bayonet lol

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