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AN, Here's part 2 of the Noveria Arc and the surprise returns reveal themselves here
Wolf Effect
Ch 28. Noveria II
Location: Noveria, Peak 15
Jorge's POV
I just entered a room as one of those doors closed which indicates the mystery woman went in there & I can't tell if she noticed me or not
As soon as I entered this facility all hell broke loose with bugs coming out of nowhere, thankfully I had my turret to blast the bugs & they apparently got smart enough to keep their distance from me
I looked at the door where the woman went through but I decided to explore this area a bit, that's what 6 would do in this situation & that's what I did
I walked around the room I'm in to see that it's some kind of computer core but I then saw a symbol scratched in by a knife, I recognize this symbol immediately & I went through the door & up to the roof where I'm hoping the others are up there
Anthony's POV
"Bugs. It had to be fucking bugs" that's what I'm saying as I look at the dead corpses of the Rachni which was weird because that's what we've been seeing this whole time, we were closing in on the door that will have us in Mira's core
On the way in we noticed a whole lot of dead bugs & I mean they were everywhere filled with hot lead but Geth couldn't do this so it had to be that Spartan but who would be able to do all this? After a few moments I had to guess that it was Blue team, hopefully
I should probably think about the possibility of a paragon Shepard performing a renegade action so I will either do the honors of letting the rachni live or trust that Shepard will make the right choice
Everyone scattered around the room as the door we needed to go through was locked & out of power, I would of easily opened it & Ghost would of been able to turn everything on herself easily but I'd rather make sure there aren't any surprises
"Hey guys, I may have found something?" I heard Ruby as everyone went to see what she found as everyone arrived
I saw knife marks but from what I remember this emblem was made by the only team I remember as Alexis looks at me & asks "Anthony? Is everything alright?"
I chuckled as I shook my head "Shep, you are going to meet some friends of mine" myself & Douglas went ahead & pried open the doors that led up to the roof
Jerome then asks "Anyone we'll recognize?" I nodded as Shepard & myself led the group up to the roof
Once we arrived to the top of the stairs, Shepard was first but I saw her stop until I heard a voice say "Alright, your going to tell me who exactly you are before-"
"Emile?" I called out as I walked past Shepard to see Emile or Noble four
"Six?" He had his shotgun trained on Shepard but lowered it when he saw me as he laughed "Great to see you man" everyone walked up to the roof to meet with Emile as he looked behind him "Hey Noble! Found some more help including a few familiar faces"
I saw the rest of Noble team, Carter also known as Noble one & the leader of the team, Kat also known as Noble two, Jun better known as Noble three, Then lastly was Jorge better known as Noble five as he was the first to speak "Six? Never thought we would find you here along with Red team"
I chuckled "Yeah but we've been here helping her out with chasing down a rouge alien with some help" I gestured to Shepard along with Liara who looked a bit frightened by the appearance of both Jorge & Emile while Wrex seemed a bit intimidated
Carter walked over to Shepard then held out his hand "Thank you for looking after one of our own" she shook his hand as he introduced himself "Names Carter, Noble one." He then gestured to the rest of Noble team "That's Kat & Jun, Noble two & Three. Emile & Jorge, Noble four & five"
Shepard nods "I'm commander Shepard, that's Wrex our Krogan battlemaster & Liara our asari researcher on Protheans"
Carter then looked at me "Six"
I nodded as I stood at attention "Yes sir"
"Hope you've been making a good first contact with a new species"
I nodded as I noticed Anders, Forge, Ruby, & Jason weren't around as I asked "Uh... we're missing a few people?"
Liara explained thankfully "Anders wanted to look at the VI core to see if her & Ruby can get it to work or at least the tram working"
I nodded as I look at Noble team then at Noble one "Sir, I suggest that we go with Shepard since she's gonna need all the help she's gonna get here"
He nods "Agreed" he looks at the rest of Noble team "Alright Noble, new mission priority now is to help the commander on her mission"
Noble team understood & I felt like I was slipping back to my regular Noble six routine as everyone made there way back down to the VI core to see that Ruby got it started up & the door to the tram opened up as everyone got in as it started moving
I looked at Noble one & asked "Mind filling me in on what has been happening ever since me & Wolf pack disappeared?"
Carter looked at Kat as she explained "There has been some incidents ever since you & your team left, mostly it was little activity but then suddenly some of the Forerunner planets disappeared along with a few home worlds of each race"
My eyes widen at this discovery as Ghost materialized into view & screamed "WHAT?!" Everyone tensed up as she clears her throat & dematerialized
Jorge continued "Right after you left six, planets disappeared containing the Elites, Brutes, Hunters, Grunts, all the covenant species & now it seems like whatever you used to get here is the only thing that's causing it all."
Anders was shocked along with everyone as Carter added "To make it worse, Promethans have been showing up all over Earth & her colonies & are attacking everything & everyone, we've been holding out but from what I can tell, the UNSC & SOS will be heading to this universe"
I blinked a bit as I couldn't believe what I was hearing... planets are gone, Promethans are killing everything, & now my universe is coming here to not only search for us but to set up shop... I don't know what to say until Ruby said "Well... guess this means we'll have to make this home"
I smiled behind my helmet & nod as I look at Shepard as she said "Well, guess we'll have to make a few embassies for the UNSC & SOS"
I shrug as I replied "Shepard, we're barely political, the only ones that can come close to talking our language are Krogan, Turians, & Quarians. Since two of those races will know combat & the third will be able to adapt to tech"
Wrex nods "The whelp is right, his kind can be closely compared to the three in certain ways"
Noble one looked at me as I felt a shiver down my spine as he asked "Did you tell them classified information?"
I nod "Well my team were the only ones here along with Halsey so we had to play nice, but only tid bits of info to just get them thinking"
Noble one shook his head "Six, if the info you gave to them affects us-"
"He only told me & my crew" everyone looked at Shepard as she continued "He trusted me & the ground team with whatever intel he had & in return we wouldn't blab about it to anyone else"
Noble one was starring her down for a few moments then said "Fine, but if our superiors don't approve of this action then for your sake, I hope you have a plan on avoiding being put on ONI's list"
Liara replied quickly "What if she becomes a Spartan?"
Jun shrugs as he looks at Shepard "Possibly, but Wolfpack has more time with you then anyone so we'll need to review the intel from them but until then, your going to be a possible candidate for becoming a Spartan IV"
Location: Normandy, Engineering
Tony's POV
I lean back on the wall & yawn, honestly this is a good time to relax since the others won't be back for awhile & I'm just here to help Tali out & keep a eye on Anthony's production
Honestly I'm gonna change his robots to something else because these bots would be too simple minded & also I want them to be cooler, basically I had it to be like the robots from Red vs Blue like Lopez & another like the AK-130's from RWBY, now the Lopez bots I'm calling them Titans because I don't know what else to call them & the AK-130's I'm not gonna use their RWBY name if I can help it, so I'm deciding on calling them ProtoMecha's or something else?
Plus I also had to do the changes because Spyglass fucking destroyed itself due to not being able to compute with all the data he was receiving & I was so focused on the work I didn't notice someone walking over to me as I perked my head up to see Tali there as she asked "Hey... you alright?"
I nodded "Yeah... Anthony is gonna be so fucking pissed that Spyglass fell apart"
"I say good riddance, that thing looked too much like the Geth" I chuckled
"Whelp, this time, I'll be making a mech or two that will be way better then that pile of crap"
She groan & placed a hand on her mask "Keelah, why is it I have to be on a ship with humans that just want to go build machines that will kill everyone"
I laughed then placed a hand on her shoulder "Well, look on the bright side, of the mechs we do make turn out they want to kill us, then it'll just be on this ship"
She shook her head & looked at me "Tony, your a major Bosh'tet"
I chuckled "But I'm yours"
I heard her give a small laugh which was lovely, plus due to her body language she was probably flustered as well
I smiled behind my helmet "Well, I'm gonna go walk around to see how everyone else is doing, who knows, we may find yet another Forerunner structure for you to bring back to your people" I walked out of engineering as I decided to review some intel that Libra was able to get me which points to a... my eyes widen at the one word that I never thought we would ever see & that one word was "Precursors"
Location: Noveria, peak 15
Anthony's POV
We helped around the little area with the survivors including making some medicine for the doctor as well so his patients wouldn't die, plus we were able to gain some access to another are
Now Ruby & myself had to tell Noble Team about everything here to get them up to speed but after that I got a signal from Nihlus as I turned off my external comms & radio Nihlus "Hey Nihlus, we found some more Spartans &-"
[Thats good to hear but right now one of your people are trying to get on the comms with you & he says it's urgent]
"Well put him through" I waited a bit
Soon enough I heard a familiar voice [ANTHONY!] that was Tony alright, shocker [Libra found a signal right where Benezia should be & guess what! It's Precursor!]
The group & I were walking but I stopped after hearing that one word as I my external speakers suddenly came on as I said "... Precursor..."
Everyone turn to look at me as Tony continued [YES! Look I don't know what to do right now but it's obvious now that she's only scratched the surface, you have to find whatever it is & hopefully stop her from doing whatever!]
I nodded as I shut off comms then looked at Anders "Anders, you might get a up close look at a net alien artifact"
I didn't let her answer as I Unholstered my Lightrifle as Red unholstered her SAW as everyone got to the door
Noble Team, Red team, Forge & Anders were on one side of the door as everyone else is on the other side as Liara looks at me & asks "Pardon but... what is a Precursor?"
I didn't say anything as Shepard open the door as everyone moved in as Shepard's team & the Spartans along with Forge, Johnson, & Jason had their weapons trained on Liara's mother
AN, Surprise! Noble Team make their return and we hear about the infamous Precursors
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