Hey, sorry it took so long to update this thing. McAfee was blocking my new document upload page. I hope this isn't that bad of an update.
Carmine was starting to get annoyed with his throat, it felt like it was lined with rubber. His voice was ruff and distorted when he spoke, instead of sounding like a young man, he sounded like an old man, it was annoying. They were approaching the door to the environmental controls, Shepard was taking the lead on the door, I was gonna bring up the rear and provide covering fire. Carmine waited patiently as Shepard worked at the door, pressing the holographic keys till the door sounded off with a chime and opened. Shepard, Garrus, and Miranda charged forward and took up defensive positions, Carmine just walked in behind them with his lancer raised.
There were a few Vorcha in the room, one looked to be the leader and walked up to the group and started to rant on about how they were going to kill everyone and stop them from turning the machines back on. Carmine took out his Longshot rifle and secured his lancer to his back. He took aim at the leader, and slowly squeezed the trigger, unleashing the armor piercing round from the rifle. The round flew through the air and landed on target, directly between the eyes of the Vorcha, said Vorcha's head exploded, splattering his blood onto the others of his group. Garrus stared wide eyed at the power of the rifle, Carmine took aim at the other two and fired, the results being foot wide hole in ones chest, a missing lower body for the other one.
" Can we turn on the fans now?" Said Carmine as he waited for the group to stand up, still getting over the power of the rifle he held. Shepard walked up to the controls and inserted a the vial that the Professor had given him. Carmine stood and put his rifle up to his shoulder, checking the surrounding catwalk, this place was perfect for an ambush. The fans hadn't started up, meaning something was wrong. Shepard walked up to them.
" Alright, the fans need to be activated manually, Garrus, Miranda, and I will take the eastern fan controls. Carmine, you'll take the western ones, think you can handle it?" Carmine nodded, keeping his rifle shouldered as he took the right side of the room, Shepard and the others going left. All hell broke loose, Vorcha pouring in from the control rooms and surrounding the room from the catwalks, a Krogan charged them, Carmine put a bullet in his head to change his mind. The Vorcha quickly started to die, but then there heavies hit, rockets exploding, Carmine took cover and started to pick them off, one by one. He smiled as he shot the last heavy in the chest, blood spattering the railing behind it.
Carmine stood and walked around the corner, only to get charged by a Krogan. His rifle was knocked away and behind the Krogan, Carmine quickly pulled up his revolver, and stood to challenge the Krogan. The Krogan charged at him with full speed, ramming him into the wall and pinning him. The Krogan started to bash his fists into Carmine, his chest armor denting and cracking, smashing his ribs. Carmine started to bash the gun into the helmet of the Krogan, cracking the left lense of the Krogan's helmet. Carmine was coughed as he was punched in the chest, blood spurting from his mouth. Benjamin jammed the barrel of the revolver into the broken lense, and pulled the trigger. The .500 magnum round flew through the eye of the Krogan, causing the Krogan's skull to explode inside the helmet, the round escaping out the back of the helmet. Carmine fell to the ground, the Krogan falling backwards. Benjamin wiped his face on his sleeve, orange fluid and blood mixed with brain bits covered his arm. He stood and started to make his way to the now empty fan control room. He walked in and noticed a giant red holographic button, he pressed it, turning on the fans. Carmine turned around and headed back to meet up with the Commander.
Benjamin could feel his broken ribs shift as he walked down the catwalk and up the ramp. He nodded to the Commander as he walked up to the group. Benjamin walked tall as he came up to them. Garrus nodded to him, and Miranda just looked back to Shepard.
"Alright, let's head back to Mordin's Clinic. We'll get him and then head back to the ship. Move out squad." With that, they headed back, and hopefully to answers.
Sorry that the update is so short, but it doesn't feel right to just thrown the next piece in with this. It doesn't mesh right if you do one and have to cool down between them.