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ROAD HOUSE!
Cody:
Cody fell to the ground in the weirdest way possible. It was weird because he was sitting in a tank and then he was floating in midair, upside down, and in a sitting position. Gravity quickly took hold and then he fell to his up, everyone else's down.
Cody hit the ground with a thud and felt a pain on the top of his head where he hit. He laid down for a moment and let the pain die down before sitting up. He looked around and saw Ty and Danny were both there with him. Cody opened his mouth to say something but was quickly cut off by a sly and well-spoken voice.
"Well, that worked quite well. Did you enjoy the trip?"
Cody looked over and saw Saren standing over them with two Krogan body guards. He had a Turian smirk and a strange aura about him. Something was different with his armor although, it looked pretty much the same. Saren waved off his body guards and walked over to the Users and offered his hand to them.
Ty reached up and slapped it away, "Three things: One, Get away from me. Two, How did we get here. Three, fuck you."
Saren wiped his hand over his face, "Ugh, I'm guessing you are the leader of your little trio."
Danny immediately stood up and walked over to Saren with his hand extended, "Actually, I am the big cheese here."
Saren scoffed, "You're the funny man", then he looked over at Cody, "And I'm guessing you are the odd one out, just lucky to be here."
Cody stood up and cracked his neck, "You can just suck it Saren."
Saren walked around the group but Cody wasn't looking at him. He was looking above them where Vrimire was. The entire map had formed above them, like in Call of Duty or Tomb Raider. Except, they weren't continuously falling, they were standing on a matrix code grid with Saren and his body guards.
Ty looked over and got Cody's attention with a follow my lead look, "So, Saren, how's it going?"
Saren Walked over to Ty and punched him in the face, "How is it going? Well, I have relived every lose you have delivered to me. Whether it be through a male or a female Shepard."
Ty looked over at Danny, "What?"
Saren tilted his head to give a serious look, "It's all because of this."
Saren pulled out a piece of armor that Cody never had seen before. He looked over to Ty and saw him looking at the armor with a fear and foreboding look. Ty reached out to take it but Saren quickly pulled it away.
"Ah, ah, ah, I need this. It has unlocked my mind and allowed me to see what I never could before."
Cody walked over to Ty and Saren, "What's that supposed to mean?"
Saren turned around and began walking toward Virmire, "Imagine, you lose over and over again and yet you never remember your last defeat. The cycle just restarts and you try again."
Ty cut in, "So, you remember every play through I have done?"
Saren roared, "More than that, I feel the pain of dying every single one of those times. All the anger I have faced from losing is now boiling to the surface. It is no longer about the Reapers coming or trying to save the galaxy."
Cody was afraid but he still asked, "What is it about?"
Saren let a dark laugh, "It is about wining in the only 'play through' that counts."
Then, Saren leaped forward and smacked Ty in the head. Ty was sent flying backwards by Sarens power and ended up hitting an invisible wall. Saren then turned to Danny and Cody.
"I have no quarrel with you. I offer you something instead of a fight. Join me and be gods, the power of a User is great and I have seen that but that daft AI Chakwas knows nothing of your true potential. In fact, she puts layer after layer of barrier code on you to keep you from attaining it."
Cody opened his mouth to retort but Danny put a hand on his shoulder and stepped past him. Danny put out a hand to shake Saren's. Saren gave a deep chuckle and reached out to take Danny's hand. Once they were in mid hand shake, Danny pulled Saren close and hit Saren in the side of the head with his elbow.
Saren stumbled back holding his Jaw in pain, "You insolent-"
"Shut up", Danny cut him off and gave an intense stare, "if you think I would betray anyone that is my friend, you got another thing comin'."
Saren turned toward them with a devilish and evil smile, "Fine, I have a backup plan."
Saren walked over to one to the Krogan and put his hand on its helmet, "You see, I have been freed from the process of being a dumb AI. Now, I can access things on the internet thanks to Ty having the program on his Xbox. I then found this guy on a torrent and have kept his coding for just an occasion."
Red matrix code blanketed the Krogan and he began to change. His shape changed to that of a man. His muscles grew and changed into that of a WWE wrestler on more steroids than usual. Then, his hump parted and reformed into two handles. With that the matrix fell and revealed the god killer Kratos.
Saren paid them no more attention and walked over toward Ty. Kratos on the other hand was walking toward them and cracking his knuckles.
Ty:
I got up and leaned against the wall of nothing next to me. I could barely feel my arms and I felt like Drew was saying something but I couldn't hear him. My eyes were still trying to focus but I saw Saren walking toward me with an enraged look on his face.
I began to hobble away but Saren caught up and lifted me into the air by the neck. I looked down at him and saw he pulled out a small round disk and placed it on my chest. Then, he smiled and tossed my again and this time I skidded across the floor for about twenty feet.
I got up and looked at Saren, trying to make and keep a smirk, "What's wrong Saren? Not as much energy as your first hit Saren?"
Saren smiled, "No, I just wanted you to be close enough so that I can see every ounce of pain."
I raised an eyebrow and was about to say something until I remembered the disc. I looked down and saw it blinking fast. I immediately tried to protect myself as best as possible when I finally heard Drew.
"It's an overload."
I gasped and then the overload went off and I felt pure blinding pain. Every cell in my body was firing off and exploding. I fell lifelessly to the ground as a white light over took my eyes.
Then, the pain stopped and I was with Drew. I looked at him and he was sparking and disintegrating from the feet up. He pulled the glaive off his back and it transformed into a knife. He then proceeded to cut his chest open and revealed a bright orb of light in the center of his chest.
I looked at him with confusion, "What is that?"
Drew was speaking in a thousand voices now, "It is the power you were gifted with to create us."
I looked at the orb, "My User ability?"
Drew nodded, "Yes take it."
I shook my head and stepped back, "No, keep it. We can make it."
Drew shook his head, "No, we can't. Saren's overload is killing us off cell by cell. We are about to fully collapse on ourself. You need to take the power and change."
I reached my hand out to shake Drew's and he pulled out the orb and put it in my hand, "It was a good ride while it lasted."
The world around us began to break apart and the disintegration was up to Drew's stomach now, "Do you have a plan?"
I smiled at Drew trying not to show him any sadness, "Nope."
That's when Drew's voice cracked and he fully dissipated while saying, "Well, you're a User-"
I woke up and immediately tucked in to take any blows Saren might give. When nothing happened I looked around and saw I was alone. I looked at my body and saw my old Scorpion armor was back. That's when I heard a boom and saw Danny and Cody running from Kratos.
I clenched my fists and began sprinting to help them, "Improvise."
I caught up and got in between my friends and Kratos. I focused on an armor that could beat Kratos, anything that would give me the edge. I felt my mind come to the last demo I played and it came to mind. I felt my body and armor shifting and a helmet come over my face.
Kratos saw me and jumped into the air to initiate an aerial attack. He pulled back his swords and thrusted them at me. The flew at a faster rate than the normal me couldn't handle but now that I was wearing the Augmented Reaction Suit I could handle it.
I flipped back and dodged the blades, causing them to be stuck in the ground. While Kratos was busy trying to pull them out, I reached forward and activated the electric pulse on the chains causing Kratos to be electrocuted with thirty-two amps of concentrated electricity. I have to preorder vanquished when I get out of here.
I looked up at him and saw his skin was black and smoke was rising from his body. He looked like he was lying on the ground in a position I hoped was dead but he picked himself up with a roar and his eyes blood red. He yanked back his blades and put them on his back. Then, he pulled out the Blade of Olympus and charged even faster than before.
I quickly ran over to Danny and Cody, Danny was sitting on the ground with his eyes closed touching the grid floor while Cody watched as Kratos came toward them. I got within a few feet of them when I head Danny yell.
"I got it!"
Next thing I knew we were surrounded with green matrix code. The matrix code felt less forced like the red and it just dropped away rather than disappearing. It took a few minutes and seemed like it was trying to make everything perfect. Then it dropped away and we were standing on the Salarian base on Virmire.
I looked around and saw the Salarians staring at us with their mouth agape, pointing at us and whispering to one another. Behind that I saw Shepard and the others walking around the Mako that had crashed into the side of Saren's base of operations. I figured that they were the people to talk to now and headed out that way.
I ran over quick when the Salarian's eyes began to follow me and I was over to Shepard faster than I knew I could run. That's when I realized I was in the ARS and transferred back to my Scorpian armor. I have to say it was a weird and welcome feeling to not feel like I was naked and restricted like I was with Drew. Yet, I am still going to miss the guy.
I spoke up once I got close, "Hey, Shepard?"
Shepard turned around and looked at me like I was a new face, "Who the hell are⦠Ty?"
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