I grinned and threw a shockwave across the bridge. The biotic blasts erupted along the floor of the bridge, scattering LOKI mechs and Eclipse mercs everywhere. I grinned and cheered as they scattered, with one merc even rolling off of the bridge! Hah! Between the five of us, Eclipse wasn't getting anywhere. If they somehow made it past the sniping combo of Garrus and Shepard, they were gunned down by myself, Zaheed or tossed about by either Ice-Queen's or my biotics. It was easy going until Jaroth, the Salarian in charge of Eclipse had a YMIR mech stomped into the fight.
Mercs cheered at the sight. Right up until the mech opened fire right into their faces. Then they started screaming. I'll say this though, they were some exceptionally trained mercenaries as they quickly got over their shock and opened fire on the mech. They divided themselves up with some shooting at us and others shooting at the mech. They lost a couple people before the mech started to glow and a warning tone warbled. A second later, the YMIR mech exploded in a flash of light that had us all ducking.
Quickly peeking back up, we downed the last few mercs who hadn't been killed by bullets or the explosion. "I see Jaroth." The Turian called Garrus said.
Jaroth, the Salarian in charge of this branch of Eclipse. The angry type since Garrus had killed his brother. Normally I would have sympathized, but both were drug dealers soooooooo
They deserved it. Jaroth didn't last. Garrus and Shepard turned their sniper rifles on him and dropped him in a few shots. The one or two Eclipse mercs left tried to make a run for it. They didn't make it far. The silence was deafening. A bit of an oxymoron I know. But that's how it is. After the roar of several guns, the explosions of grenades and the blasts from biotics; the sudden silence can be startling if you aren't expecting it. In its own way, it can be just as noisy as the fighting itself.
At least at first, then you quickly get used to it. A nice break in between each firefight. Shepard walked over to talk to Garrus and I quickly checked over my gear and grabbed any spare thermal clips that I could find. I shared the extras with Zaheed and Frosty. Zaheed seemed to be in a good mood, kind of like an old dog back at home. He knew where he was and what he's good at. What more could he want?
Frosty went about with her usual air of annoyance and focus. I couldn't tell if she was all business all of the time or just when she's working. I kind of wanted to find out. On the other hand I didn't because Cerberus. Decisions Decisions..
A large explosion from floors beneath us echoed up and the building shook a little bit. There goes that train of thought. "The tunnels below! They must have gotten through." Garrus shouted. "Well that explains what they were doing with all of those explosives." I said calmly. A lot more calm then I felt, but whatever.
"Miranda and Zaheed with me. Moira stay with Garrus." Shepard rattled off before sprinting for the door. Zaheed and Miranda followed behind, dogging her heels before Garrus or I could say anything. "So. I'm Moira T'sovik." I said, properly introducing myself. (What? Manners are important.)
"Garrus Vakarian." He answered. Hell of a nice gravely voice with a slight flanging to it. I looked at him and actually took in the details. His mandibles hung low and the normal Turian flanging was barely there. He fired first dropping a Vorcha with a head shot. I gave an appreciative whistle before using a shockwave to send a couple off of the side of the bridge.
"Nice one!" Garrus shouted.
Between the two of us, we kept that the bridge clear. If they somehow got past Garrus, they had to deal with either my rifle or my biotics. We weren't flawless in working together, as we had literally just met but we covered each other well and communicated together quickly and efficiently. While we fought, Garrus kept Shepard and others updated as they fought through the basement to close the shutters. Shortly after the second shutter closed the Blood Pack stopped shooting at us for a moment. Enough time for Garrus and I to give each other odd looks before an insane amount of bullets hit the windows. They were badly aimed if they were aimed at all, but there were so goddamn many of them that Garrus and I had no choice but to duck or be ventilated.
When the fire slacked enough for us to look up and open fire on the Vorcha and Krogan charging at us. An explosion beneath us caused us to shake and stumble. "I think they're inside." I said, a little unnecessarily. "I think so too." Garrus said. I grabbed the bookshelf with my biotics and tossed it in front of the door. "That should buy us a couple seconds."
Bullets snapped over our heads just as the door started to thump and creak. Garrus quickly confirmed that the third shutter had been closed and that we needed help. A round bounced off of my helmet and I was glad for shields and the damn thing. I a few well placed shots and a flamer vorcha blew up, taking a couple of his buddies that were standing too close to him with him.
A small explosion behind us and the door opened just a bit. I threw as many biotic blasts as I could and Garrus shot anyone that survived. The good news is that we cleared the bridge of any possible survivors. "Talk to me Garrus. You alright?" I asked as the thumping and growling at the door increased. "I'll live. You?" His armor was more scratched and burnt and he sounded more tired than before. If we didn't end this soon I was worried that he would collapse from sheer exhaustion. I was beyond impressed that he had lasted this long by himself. The door exploded in a shower of shrapnel and flames and Garrus and I opened fire on the now open door way. We dropped a Krogan and a couple Vorcha. A burst of flame had us splitting up and scattering us to opposite corners of the room.
I slammed the offending vorcha into the ground and he exploded. That bought us a couple seconds. Before we could start shooting again, explosives and biotics echoed outside. Oh thank the goddess, our help had arrived. I carefully made my way to Garrus and helped him up. His armor was even more scratched and broken, the shields sparking a couple times before forming again. Drops of indigo-blood hit the floor.
"You know, I'm glad that they attack in waves instead of all at once. Could have really fucked us up that way." I said as I helped him onto the couch. "Please don't give them any ideas." Garrus said with a groan. A loud crash brought both of our heads up and we watched as that giant fuck-off Krogan fell to the ground. Shepard calmly stepped over the corpse before pausing to put two bullets into his forehead.
"Garm's dead." Garrus said. Oh. So that's who the Krogan was. Shepard rushed over to check on Garrus and nearly shoved me aside to do so. I didn't say anything. If it had been Leo or one of my friends I would have reacted the same way. I gingerly made my way to lean against one of the couches. Zaheed stood off in a corner, checking over his gear.
Ice-Queen slowly made her way to me. "You fight well. Are you hurt?" she asked. "Damn Princess, did it hurt for you to ask me that?" I cheeked, wondering if I was being serious or not. While I was appreciative of her asking, I couldn't look past her affiliation for being part of a terrorist group. I don't like terrorists. She frowned at me. Her face seemed tailor made for frowning. I wonder if she was even capable of smiling.
"I'm fine Princess. Just bruises." I said. Even if I was hurt worse than that, I wasn't going to ask for help. I didn't need it. I can handle things on my own. It's why I went to Einganna and Tuchanka. To be strong enough to do that. Whatever Princess was going to say next was lost as gunship suddenly flew by the window and a voice screamed out over the intercom.
"Archangel! You think you can fuck with Blue Suns and get away with it?!" That must be...Tarak! The Batarian. I grabbed Princess and threw her onto the floor and dropped down on top of her, shielding her from the large bullets that were tearing about the room. As soon as the gunship stopped firing, I rolled off of Princess and helped her up. We both dove behind the couch as the first of the Blue Sun grunts jumped out of the gunship and opened fire. Princess and I jumped up at the same time and sent one Blue Suns guy screaming out the window. Zaheed seemed extra interested in shooting the Blue Suns and took them down with extreme prejudice. Shepard and Garrus were an unbeatable team that dropped anyone that got in their sights. Garrus dropped them at range or Shepard beat the hell out of them with her fists or shot them with her rifle. Miranda Zaheed and I aimed at the helmetless woman who was barking orders at the few survivors. We unloaded on her and she danced and seemed to come apart as we shot her. Her ventilated body collapsed against the wall as Garrus shot the remaining Blue Suns.
I rolled my shoulders and glanced at Princess. "Sorry about that." I said, apologizing for landing on her. That got a smirk from her. A smirk! I didn't think her mouth could change shape from a frown like that! "It's fine. I appreciate the thought. A bit of advice though." I grunted a question. "You're heavy in that armor. Find another way to shield someone that doesn't involve bruising them."
I laughed and Zaheed grunted out something that might have been a question. I didn't get a chance to answer because that gunship came roaring back and fired missiles and bullets into the room. I formed a barrier and stopped the first missile, but the second and third one sent me flying back into the wall. I bounced off the wall and groaned in pain. Yup. Forget tomorrow, this freaking hurts now. I forced the pain to the back of my mind and grabbed my rifle.
Standing up, I opened up on the gunship. "Goddamn!" Zaheed shouted as he tossed a grenade at the gunship. Four people were shooting at it and I cheered as it started to smoke. My cheering turned to cursing when a bullet clipped my stomach and put me on my ass. I groaned again. I think this time I might have broken something. Zaheed grabbed my shoulder and yanked me up. "Come on old man!" I shouted. "Let's drop the bitch!"
Zaheed laughed. "Goddamn!" We both stood up and fired away, dodging every time the turret turned towards us. "Miranda! Go left! Zaheed go right! Moira with me up the middle!" Shepard shouted. Zaheed split off to the right and Shepard landed right next to me. "We need to destroy this thing quickly. I don't know how long Garrus has." Shepard said.
"He's hurt?" I asked, worried about the guy. What? For the few minutes that I had met him, he seemed like a likable guy. Tarak tried to compensate for us spreading out by filling the area with bullets and the occasional missile. We poured an unbelievable amount of bullets into the gunship. Luckily for us, Shepard had killed the guy working on it, so it didn't have as much armor as it should have. Burning and spinning out of control Tarak screamed out in rage and fear before the gunship exploded, temporarily blinding us.
Just as well because I was running out of ammo. I was down to one and a half clips. I stood up and cautiously looked around, only relaxing when it became obvious that we were safe. For the moment at least. Shepard nearly knocked me on my ass rushing to Garrus. Garrus! I sprinted to his side as the blood pooled beneath him. Half of his face was blown off and burnt. How was he still alive? Shepard yelled at Miranda to call someone named Joker. I slapped medi-gel onto his wounds. Despite how great medi-gel is, it wouldn't save him completely. He needed a doctor. "I'm getting a car." I said and jumped out of the window. I used my biotics to slow my descent until I could roll on the ground and take off in a sprint. I jumped over the broken and riddled bodies. I ignored them. They had tried to kill us. They got what the deserved.
I jumped over the barricade and ran until I found an air car. A Batarian was checking it out when I flattened him with a biotic punch. What? In a bit of a rush here. I started up the car and nearly broke the accelerator as I sped towards the others. Putting it in hover, I opened the door and jumped out. Helping Shepard load an unconscious Garrus into the car, and I shoved Shepard into the car. "Go with him! Don't worry about me, I'll meet you at Normandy." Zaheed and Miranda climbed in, working to keep Garrus alive. Shepard slammed the door and flew off, leaving me behind in the blasted building.
Humming to myself, I jumped out of the window again and slowly walked back. I needed to find another car. Had to be one around here somewhere. I thought over the day. It certainly was an interesting one. Fought all three gangs, fought with Shepard and still had a spot on her crew. Now to get Serenity and head to Normandy. A hell of a start to this adventure. If this was the start, what the hell else would be in store?
Part of me couldn't wait to find out. The saner and more intelligent part of me wondered what in the living hell did I just get myself into?
I swear the galaxy better be grateful for us doing this shit.
No Moira. They won't be. That's it for this chapter. Hope you all enjoyed. As always, leave those reviews and questions and I will respond when I am able.