A/N: I'm so sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out, guys. I've been bogged down with work, new classes, and a whole bunch of family issues. I tried improving the fights scenes, so tell me what you think. Enjoy.
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Sean's POV
"Tali, how close are we?" I asked, peeking around another corner as we moved through the halls.
"The reactor should be down this hallway." She replied, viewing her Omni-tool. "There are active Geth signatures coming from inside."
"So what's the plan?" John asked, hefting his rifle. "Go in hard?"
"Yes, we'll go in, kill the Geth, then Tali can upload her proxy to disable the reactor." I replied, taking my Plasma Cutter off my hip. "Any objections?"
"Nope." John replied, looking slightly happy.
"Alright, let's do i-" I started, when I was cut off by the ringing of my Omni-tool. I answered quickly.
"Did you find the researchers?" I asked in a hopeful tone.
"Yeah, we found them." Weigman replied. "They were a little, surprised, when they found out we were not the C-Sec rescue team they were expecting. They've agreed to keep C-Sec from throwing us in prison in exchange for getting them out of here alive."
"Good deal." I responded with a relived sigh. "For now, stay where you are and protect those researchers. We're about to disable the reactor."
"Affirmative." Weig replied at the line closed.
"Alright, that's one thing out of the way." I said to Tali and John. "You two ready?
They both nodded their heads as we ran down the hallway awkwardly with the heavy footfalls of our magnetic boots. We reached the end of the hallway as the airlock flew open, revealing a Geth Juggernaut that had been waiting for us.
"Holy shit!" John yelled, jumping for cover as the Juggernaut fired a rocket directly at us.
"Oh no, you don't." I yelled, grabbing the rocket with my biotics and throwing it back at the Juggernaut with ten times as much force. The rocket collided, blowing the Geth to dozens of little pieces.
There was a lengthy pause as we all just stood there, shocked by the last few seconds, until John started laughing hysterically.
"Oh my god!" He said between gasps of air. "That was fucking incredible! Why didn't you tell me you could use the Force, Sean?"
"It's not the Force, dumb bell." I said, grabbing all the remains of the Geth and crushing them into a little ball. "I'm using biotics."
"So you're using the Force, basically." John continued, getting off the floor and standing up. "How can you do that?"
"The Force?" Tali questioned, walking up to me.
"Some old science fiction movie." I replied in haste, walking into the airlock. "Come on, guys. They must know we're coming now. Get your bearings and be ready to fight."
We entered the airlock, activating the cycle. After about ten seconds, the doors opened, revealing a massive room, with two large reactors on both sides, and Geth everywhere else.
We all sprung into action, heading off in different directions. I ran down the middle of the room in the direction of a Geth Prime, taking pot shots at me with its Revenant rifle. I took cover behind an exhaust pipe, taking my Force Gun off my back and unfolding it.
I popped out, firing and knocking the Prime off its feet, into a wall, crushing the two Geth flanking it. I quickly took out my Plasma Cutter, shooting down two Geth on the platform above who were pinning down John.
I took a glance at the Prime, seeing it had survived the shot from my Force Gun, and had gotten back up. Since it no longer had its rifle, it started charging at me.
"PERFECT!" I thought, quickly holstering my Plasma Cutter and extending my new Arm Blade.
The Prime quickly took a swipe at me, attempting to knock me off the ground. I leaned backwards, taking advantage of the lack of gravity, as the Geth ran right over me. As it did, I leaned quickly back up, stabbing the Geth in the back several times where it's soft, synthetic fleshy section was exposed. It looks visibly hurt, almost falling over.
Despite this, the Prime seemed to still be coming, as it turned around and tried to swipe at me again. I dodged it once more, but hadn't seen the metal rod it had in its other hand.
It swung at me, knocking the air out of me and sending me flying across the room. I quickly readjusted myself, turning to face the Prime once more and blasting the thrusters on my back.
I rocketed towards the Prime with my arm blade extended, slamming into it. My blade was embedded in its head before it could even react, causing fluids to spew from the puncture as it died.
"I win, bitch." I said with a devious smile, sheathing my blade and picking up the metal rod it had been holding. I saw a Juggernaut turning to face me, so I reeled back, throwing it with all my strength. I was surprised to see that I had thrown it with some extra force, throwing it with extreme speed.
It soared right through the Juggernaut's head, impaling it. The result afterwards was also unexpected, as the Juggernaut fired its rocket launcher after being killed, blowing apart the two Geth who had been behind it. Shortly afterwards, all gunfire ceased.
Then, a loud crash could be heard.
"Status!" I yelled, breathing heavily.
"Contacts neutralized." Tali replied, sounding very calm. "What happened?"
"Sounds like something hit the ship!" John said, as another loud crashing sound shook the ship.
"Tali, shut down those reactors." I ordered, walking over and picking up the Juggernaut's rocket launcher. "We'll secure the area."
"What the hell was that noise?" Weigman crackled over the comm. "It vibrated the entire fucking ship!"
"We don't know either." I told him, keeping a close eye on the airlock. "We've taken control of the Reactor. Uploading the virus now."
"Good, because these researchers are getting very skittish." Weigman replied, sounding tired. "The sooner we get out of here, the better."
"Understood. As soon at the lights and everything go off, make your way to the rally point." I agreed, another loud sound vibrating through the ship.
"Alright." He finished, cutting the call.
"Tali?" I asked out loud.
"75% completed." She replied.
"Why are we not blowing up the ship?" John asked, focused on the airlock. "Wouldn't that be easier?"
"Yes, but these Geth eezo reactors are very temperamental and explosive." Tali explained as she worked. "Blowing up this ship with so many civilian vessels nearby is too dangerous."
"Ah, that makes sense." John said as all the lights went out.
"Lights out." I said in a deep tone, switching on my night vision.
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:unknown: POV
One minute, we were firing HE explosive grenades at the encamped Geth on the exposed hull, then suddenly all the lights go out around the ship.
"Can someone please tell me what in the hell just happened?" I barked out, still trained on the ship with my grenade launcher.
"Sarge, my scans are saying that their main reactor is offline." Officer Nimitz replied. "What should we do?"
"Alright, now's our best chance." I decided, looking at my officers. "Let's get in there, hard and fast, find those damn researchers, and get out. Understood?"
All my fellow officers shook their heads, except for Nimitz.
"You have something to add, officer?" I asked gruffly.
"What about those people we saw enter the ship earlier, sir?" Officer Nimitz asked.
"Damn, I forgot about them." I answered with some annoyance. "Alright, I don't know about them. Just be very careful when we get in there. Arrest them if you can, but if they appear to be hostile, take them out."
"Understood, sir!" Nimitz replied as we all jumped over to the ship through the vacuum.
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Sydney's POV
"Well, there goes the power." I said, switching on my helmet's flashlight as Weigman and the researchers did the same. "We better get going."
We left the storage rooms, walking back down the hallway we came from earlier. The entire ship's blue-ish glow was completely gone, replaced by pure darkness. If it weren't for the flashlights, I probably would have started going into a panic.
"Sydney, stay in the back and keep an eye out. I don't want anything to sneak up on us." Weigman ordered as we reached the other end of the hallway. "All of you, stay between us and keep close."
"Alright." The leader of the group replied, following behind me.
"What's your name?" I asked her out of curiosity.
"Dr. Mary Franklin." She replied, sounding slightly calmer.
"What are you a doctor in?" I asked to keep everyone calm.
"Advanced Radiochemistry." She replied as we turned the corner, moving slowly. "We were studying the ways Geth use and control eezo in the hopes that we could replicate it."
"They use eezo more efficiently than we do, I'm guessing?" I assumed, as Weigman and I pulled open the door carefully so we could get through to the next section.
"Yes, they use-" She started to say, when she froze.
When we saw what was inside the next room, I felt like puking inside my mask. The room was filled with the bodies of four researchers, who were filled with bullet holes. Their faceplates were obscured by their own blood, which drifted through space in little frozen droplets. Everything was illuminated by the sickly orange glow coming from a single terminal.
"Oh my god, what happened to these people?" I asked, holding my arm over the front of my mask.
"It looks like explosive decompression." Dr. Franklin replied in disgust, walking over very carefully. "When their suits were punctured, the pressure of space caused their bodies to implode on themselves, squeezing out all their blood and freezing them solid."
"That's a really shit way to go." Weigman said, shaking his head. "It's a damn shame."
"Marcus, get what data we have off the terminal." Dr. Franklin told one of her subordinates, handing him an OSD.
The researcher walked over to the portable terminal, plugging the OSD in and mass downloading all the data.
I wearily glanced at the screen, seeing a stream of data rolling down it. A few seconds later, the screen shut off, plunging the room back into darkness.
"Alright, we have what's left." The researcher announced, handing the OSD back to Dr. Franklin.
"We need to keep moving." Weigman urged, looking at me. "Everyone stay close."
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Thomas's POV
Ten Minutes Later
I left my room to ask Sydney about something, when I discovered everyone was gone. I walked onto the bridge, finally finding someone. That someone being Allen, who was busy watching YouTube on his omni-tool.
"Allen, where is everyone?" I asked in confusion, walking to him.
"What, how do you not know?" Allen said, looking up from his video. "Jesus, you really are a vegetable!"
I huffed at that remark, leaning on the back of his chair. "Fine, I'm a vegetable. Tell me what's going on."
Allen picked up a pair of binoculars, handing them to me. "Focus on that damaged Geth ship off in the distance." I peered through the binoculars at the wreck, seeing it was surrounded by C-Sec cruisers.
"So shit's going down?" I asked, looking back at him.
"Pretty much." He replied, leaning back in the cockpit. "Apparently, some scientists or something accidentally turned all the remaining Geth in the ship back on, and they were trapped, so Sean and the others shuttled over there to help."
"So what are we doing?" I asked, handing the binoculars back to him.
"Nothing right now." He replied, taking the binoculars and putting them back underneath of the seat. "My job is to keep the ship safe."
"So we're stuck here with our thumbs up our asses?" I asked dourly, resting my head on the back of his seat.
"Pretty much." He answered, going back to the video he was watching, where a guy in a big armored suit was blasting away civilians.
"What are you watching?" I asked, looking closely at the video. "Some sort of snuff film?"
"Nah, it's not a snuff film." He replied, looking up at me. "It's this movie called Rampage, where this guy goes crazy and started killing people with a huge, armored suit because of "over population."
"Looks really gritty." I remarked, watching the guy just mow people down. "Who directed it?"
"Uwe Boll." He answered simply, focused on the film.
"Wait, your watching an UWE BOLL film?" I said in disgust. "Wasn't he like the Ed Wood of the twentieth century?"
"For the most part, but this one was actually pretty good." Allen rated, still focused on the movie. "It's not really the film itself that runs the show, it's the badass suit the guy wears that steals the show."
"It is pretty awesome." I admitted, looking closely at it. "What are those, plates of vehicle armor?"
"I think so." He said, scratching his neck. "It really gives me ideas."
"What, are you going to weld bits of vehicle plating to your suit?" I asked in a slightly mocking tone. "What would be the point? You already have shielding on your suit."
"I know, but that shielding isn't going to be much help when a big explosion knocks them out and I'm stuck with a semi-thick sheet of flexible metal keeping me together." He explained, looking up at me. "Plus, I'm probably going to be defusing a lot of explosives in the future. I need something that withstands explosives better, Sean being a good example. That grenade went off roughly around... three feet away from him, and it nearly blew him to bits."
"Good point." I agreed, looking back at the suit. "And Sean was using heavy armor, too."
"Exactly." He perked up. "He would have been fucked if it weren't for that heavy armor he was wearing."
Suddenly, the radio started crackling as Sean called us.
"What's up, Sean?" Allen asked, answering.
"Send the shuttle back over, we're done here." Sean said in a exausted sigh.
"Saved the researchers?" Allen asked curiously.
"Yeah..." Sean replied, sounding out of it. "Just send the shuttle over."
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