Me: (lies with Delta on top of a Haestrom building with deck chairs, UV goggles and in bathing shorts) Hello all and welcome back to Delta effect.
Delta: (sips a lemonade pitcher through a straw) Hey everyone.
Me: On today's program we have Delta coming here, to beautiful sunny Haestrom, former home to the ancient Quarians, current home to Geth, 80% of the galaxies solar power and mutant sunburn. If you ever find yourself wanting a sunny vacation spot come here. Just mind the killer terminator bots.
Delta: This message was brought to you by; Kiaraan's Omni-sunblock: SPF 5,000,000
Me: Very useful but the bottles are so small. (smears the stuff all over his exposed skin)
Delta: Hey is there any left for me?
Me: No. You hoarded the French fries. Besides you'll be fine. (lightly smacks Delta's shoulder)
Delta: OW Sonuvabitch!
Disclaimer: Halo nor Mass Effect belong to Zero612. Delta is his mental and creative property whereas Halo is owned by Microsoft and Bioware controls Mass Effect.
Change in Power
"Haestrom's a dangerous planet as it is without the geth, but they seem to be here for the same reason as Tali's team is. Haestrom's sun has progressed dangerously fast and is now pumping out massive loads of UV radiation onto the planet. Any amount of sunlight will start frying your shields, and then you so stay in cover and shade at all times or as often as physically possible. What we're going to do is try to link up with any remaining Quarian forces then move on to Tali. We'll help who we can but she's the priority here. Any questions?"
"Does anyone have any extra sunblock?" Is my first response while I look out of a window at the door. I see the courtyard where Tali is and see the Geth milling about the area along with the fighting Quarians, or the few there are. Ah there's Kal, shooting rockets out at the Geth troopers.
"I don't think any we actually might have will be enough"
"Oh well, I like the shade anyway. Shotgun's be useful if the Geth get too close trying to get some of their own."
"True" Jacob agrees, nodding and checking his own shotgun. "Nice job with the maintenance."
"Why thank you Jacob, I take pride in my work." I lean against the door and smile, still looking out the window as we move over to find a good landing space.
"Alright everyone, stay tight and keep an eye on me, we have to stay coordinated so we don't get forced out of our space. You all know how you can't give the Geth any leeway. They'll notice and take advantage of it too quickly." Everyone nods and I do while looking down. There's the place we land, time for some action and to test out PG.
"Alright everyone, touchdown in 1 minute." The pilot says. His name escapes me, what was it again it was something with a J, Jordan? Jake? Jack? Justin? Oh well, matters little anyway in 5 minutes he'll be back on the ship with cozy AC and I'll be sweaty, getting shot at, and running for my life from either killer robots of futuristic design or a murderous sun.
"Let's go people." Shepard steps out of the doors as they open, we all follow her and walk down a ramp, running between pillars providing shade.
"Black was not a good choice of color today…" Kasumi says a bit angrily. I stay quiet but smirk, which I'm sure she saw somehow and follow Shepard into what looks like a stone office building beside the orange gates blocking our path. I crouch down to inspect the Geth bodies while Shepard listens to the Quarians last message and unlocks the gate.
"Merda… These phasic rifles self-destructed. I can't salvage anything from em."
"Damn… that would've been useful."
"Cheer up Shep, I'll get you a plasma shotgun or a pretzel or something." Shepard just shakes her head and walks out, stepping through the gate with the others while I hang at the back, looking around with my Vindicator drawn. I see a wide open area with an block on the left side and a walkway, all shaded. There's some cubes in the middle that could be used as good cover, sturdy and shaded. Everyone runs to cover as they see a Geth dropship fly over and drop some troopers right in front of us. I delay a second and launch a hack attack at the closest one. Trusting in Legion, I run closer as that Geth stalls and sparks, orange flowing across its eye before it returns to normal lighting and then spins around, opening up on the Geth unit behind it. I slide in beside it, opening my shotgun on the other Geth and taking out their shields before I roll away to avoid their shots. I hear two cracks and see their heads explode, whit goop blowing out across the floor.
"Awesome, it's like science class. Except with more destructive scalpels."
Shepard and the others walk up and point their weapons at the Geth. I ignore that and pat its shoulderplate.
"Well done PG." The Geth's head turns to me and it makes a few clicks. I'm pushed to the side as well as Jacob when phasic rounds start tearing up at us again. PG drops when his shields blow out and a headshot is scored. "…dammit."
Shepard and Garrus take out the foremost enemies, a couple headshots dropping several of them. A Heretic unit is also wounded when a stubborn sniper round tears through its partner's head and then into its shoulder joint. One last Heretic is hiding behind cover and I run over, jumping it and knocking it to the ground before hacking it.
"Rise, Darth PG…" The orange eye of control takes over and then flashes bluish-white once again before the synthetic body rises, phasic rifle slack but ready to come up and rain down advanced rounds of death upon mine enemies! Mwahahahahahaha- ow ow, hot sun, hot sun! We duck back into the shadows and I make a hissing noisein pain, stifling it as the others get near.
"Delta, are you using some sort of new hacking program?" Jacob asks, eyeing the Geth.
"Yep, the best too. This guy wont stop fighting alongside us until the body itself gives out. Then I just grab a new one!"
"Oh wow, that's awesome!" Exclaims Kasumi.
"That is pretty useful. We can't delay and marvel at it though, lets go you guys" Shepard moves past us and behind a column, heading up a ramp. We follow her, me staying in the back with PG. "C'mon PG, we got some bots to shutdown."
At the top of the stairs 3 Geth are waiting for us, one in the doorway leading onto a metal balcony and 2 in a side hallway with crates reaching halfway across. Kasumi takes down the one at the balcony doorway with half a clip of her smg. Jacob shotguns one of the Geth in the hallway while the other takes cover behind the furthest crate. I quickly cloak and move past Jacob once his geth is down, standing at the crate and looking at the Geth. I grab his plasma rifle and pull on it while activating my plasma blade. I use it to cut through the Geth's wrists and pull the shotgun away, smirking and slamming the blade into the head of the Heretic unit. It vainly tries to grab my hand with its broken hands and shakes before its light fades out slowly, the shaking making the blade cut around more inside it. I turn to PG and hand him the plasma shotgun. He takes it and folds it before sticking it on the back of his hip.
"Cool." 5 more Geth come out, firing at us from cover across the open area the hallway led to. A rocket flies at me and I duck behind cover along with everyone else, PG right beside me. "Not cool!"
Shepard and the others open fire right back at them, one Geth goes down and another pops up when the shooting slows down, out long enough for me and PG to take it down with his phasic rounds and my Vindicator bursts. We all stay in the hallway, no open cover available with shade. I pull out my Viper and sight on the Rocket trooper, noticing a trooper behind it and taking that one out before keeping an eye on the rocket Heretic's launcher. I sought to replicate the stunt I did with that YMIR back on Freedoms Progress. As soon as I saw the rocket head I fired and smiled as the Heretic suddenly blew up. The last Heretic was taken down by PG's phasic rounds and we all went over to the walkway the Geth came up from. We see a tunnel and one Geth standing by the entrance so everyone adds in a pistol round and takes it down quickly. As wee head down Shepard finds a case full of eezo, about 500 units or so. We keep moving through the tunnel and Jacob and I shotgun the Geth just inside.
I send PG ahead of us and when he turns the corner he immediately opens fire on some Heretics who turn and fire at him. One falls down shortly and PG stands there while the remaining one shoots at him and he shoots back. I see PG's shields flicker and then his chest is torn apart by phasic rounds. The unit he inhabits sputters and then falls to the ground, inactive.
Groan "Dammit, now I gotta find another body…" I see a Geth Hunter body lying against the wall, limp but seemingly still active. I walk over to it and scan it with my infiltraitor omni-tool, getting additional programs added to PG's core. Shepard scans the Geth and gets a new upgrade then goes over to a communicator and finds Kal Reegar. I sync my comm. line with theirs and walk over to the opening Shepard stands at, seeing the Quarians fighting by the door. I take out my Viper and shoot the Heretics with them, trying to quickly clear a path to a new defensible position to the side of the door. Kal alerts us to the Dropship moving in and my eyes widen.
"Move!" I yell at the Quarians, shooting at the remaining Geth in my intended spot while moving to the side and away from Shepard. Garrus comes beside me and fires as well, taking out the last two Geth and clearing the spot for the Quarians. I look up and see the dropship slow down near the door, about to fire. The Quarians see it too and look at me, waving and pointing wildly at the new cover Garrus and I freed up. Shepard, Kasumi, and Jacob decide to get in some suppressive fire as the 4 Quarians run to the cover just when the two plasma blasts are fired out of the dropship, causing the pillar to fall in front of the door. When the smoke clears we all look away and hear a yell of anguish as one Quarian seemed to have gotten caught in the falling pillar and most of the body was gruesomely crushed. I stand at the side of the area, glad to have at least saved 3 of the Quarians. My happiness is short-lived as the dropship sends out one last blast of plasma. At me. I jump back to avoid it and Garrus dives to the side but I end up getting blasted back further by the explosion and fall down a level into a sublevel corridor.
"Ow, goddammit. Fucking Heretics…" Seems I'm a bit underground. Uh oh, what's that sound? Cave in! Crap! I run forward, seeing part of the roof collapse behind me, a pillar smashing through it. The dropship's blast must've destabilized whatever's up above. Now I'm at a T-junction and behind me is just rubble. Please let Shepard be reachable…
I put my hand to my helmet and activate the comms "Shepard? Shepard, are you there? Can you hear me?"
"Delta! Thank god… The sun's messing with our comm. abilities, you're staticky but I read you."
"Ok… I'm on a corridor and there's a left ad right path in front of me. I don't know which one to take and the part where I came in is going to need an excavation crew."
"No one has any information on the underground structures. EDI can't even get a scan in on the planet because of all the radiation." I hear some weapons fire in the background. "Delta we'll talk later, the geth have come back and they brought some new friends"
"Good luck Shepard… I'll try to meet up with you guys soon." I sigh and take the left path, shotgun up and pointed ahead. The hallway's long and I get the feeling it'll be a dead end.
Well, I passed a couple locked doors and found a dead end. Guess my hunch was right. I quickly head back to the junction and go straight, onto the right path and follow it to a corner ducking back around it as I see two Geth patrolling ahead. Yep, this is the right path. If the Geth are down here then that means there's an exit up and a way back to Shepard and I gotta find it. Considering I'm alone, stealth and the element of surprise should be on my side for as long as I can keep them. I holster my shotgun and activate my tactical cloak, blinking out with a silent crackle of sparks then head to the two Geth. I wait for their backs to be turned to me before activating my plasma daggers and stabbing into the back of their heads, twisting quickly and violently to silence them as quickly as I can. I slowly lower the two to the ground and then move the bodies behind an unlocked door. I move forward again, following the corridor as it turns left for a few meters then turns right and opens into a covered room with stone blocks. I walk through the room quickly, looking around and trying to find some way up to higher levels. A ramp appears around the corner at the opposite side of the room, leading up thankfully. I go up the ramp and crouch near the end, hiding behind a stone block and noticing the soft clanking and scuffle of metal on stone. I peek out of cover and see three Geth troopers, a rocket one and a Hunter. I activate my tactical cloak and move closer, silent as death or damn near to it. I stand behind a filled cart, obscured from view again while deciding what to do. The three troopers are the closest ones, the rocket is on a small ledge and the Hunter is taking up the rear near a door. He'd be a difficult hit. I suppose I could take out the two closest Geth and send PG into one of their bodies. I'll have to cloak though and move quickly to take down that rocket trooper. Then just the Hunter will be left.
Taking a breath to compose myself I slip out as the troopers get near and stab two. The third is stalled by PG's hacking and I cloak quickly, moving behind cover ot break line of sight as I climb up a couple of carts and run to the rocket troopers ledge. When near I jump to the trooper and land on it as its getting a line of sight on PG who just now turns around and starts firing at the Geth Hunter. My cloak fades away in mid-jump and the rocket geth doesn't pause before turning towards me but it's too late. I land on it, pushing its torso into the floor hard and pushing away the rocket launcher with one hand while my other one slams into it's flashlight eye, blade out and stabbing through. I twist and yank it out, turning with the launcher to face the Hunter as its cloak and shields fade. One rocket to its back is all I need to destroy the Hunter. PG's body looks a bit scratched up but he seems good. I drop down beside him and blink in surprise as an orange light shines out of his "face" and flows over behind me. I follow it to see the rocket trooper crawling towards us with its hands. It pauses and sparks as orange data bits appear around it and PG.
"…Delta-Specialist."
What the? "PG?"
"No. Geth."
"What just happened?"
"Data assimilation. We now have sufficient programs for auxiliary functions."
Awesome! "Sweet, you upgraded!"
"Yes. We now store over 500 programs, our limit for this memory core."
"Guess I better find some way to get you a better one. Oh well, we're in too much of a pickle now to worry about that."
The unit whirrs and clicks "Sensors do not detect vegetation of any form within a radius of 15 meters."
"It's a human saying PG. You know, PG's not a good name for you anymore."
"We do not require an individual designation."
"I need one. Makes it easier for me to direct commands. From now on, the group of programs currently included and those included in the future to the core program system accompanying me and assisting with hacking will be known as…Silver!"
"…Acknowledged. We are Silver."
"Perfect, now lets go kick some Heretic ass, eh Silver?"
"Acknowledged." We nod at each other and move on, going down a pathway and sticking to the shade as long as possible. I hope I don't get sunburn, I think I've been out too long in a couple places. Is tep through a door and turn the corner only to scramble back, knocking Silver down behind me as we fall behind the corner again, a large stream of fire blowing past us.
"That was close… go low." Silver clicks in a 'yes' and I stand, turning the corner quickly with my Scimitar up and shooting at the Flame troopers head. Silver turns with me, crouching down and firing up at the troopers torso with his phasic rifle. The flamer goes down in a second and we hurry past it only to bump into and knock a cloaked Hunter off balance. We all recover at the same time but two guns are better than one after all so it's obvious who won that little match as well. As the reigning champs Silver and I keep going along the covered pathway. I look to our left and am very surprised to get a good look of Shepard and the others, along with the 3 Quarians from earlier. They seem pinned down in small alcove by a group of Troopers. About 7 of them and they're also accompanied by 2 Geth Primes. I pull out my Viper immediately and risk direct sunlight to get a shot on one Prime's head, taking it out when I see the shields flicker out from someone's suppressive fire attempt.
The Prime drops and the other Geth look around confused as Silver takes my Vindicator and uses it to fire down on the Troopers nearest us. A couple more shots from my amped up Viper take down the other Prime and the Troopers turn around, finally locking on to us and firing. Shepard and everyone else come out of cover, mowing down the assembled Geth troops between our combined fire. I flash Shepard a thumbs up and get one in return, along with a wave from Kasumi. The Quarians look up and then drop back, weapons pointed up at us. Silver drops down behind cover and I duck into the shade when my shields start beeping a "low power" alert.
"Shepard, you read?"
"I read you Delta. Good to see you're still alive."
"I haven't encountered much resistance as it is. Guess your group still has most of their attention."
"Great…"
"I don't see any safe ways down from here so I'm going to forge on and see if I can find a new path to meet up with you guys. In the meantime, please tell the Quarians not to shoot any Geth seen walking beside me."
"Got it. See you on the other side Delta."
"Later Shep." I turn to Silver and nod at him, patting his shoulder before jogging down the path again, eager to find a way down to Shepard.
We move down a ramp into a building, and look out the right side, seeing an open are that reminds me of the truck loading area in factories and such. I'm surprised as a shotgun blast goes off, cutting my shields down. Two Geth Hunters appear near us, still cloaked but sparking as I let off panic blast against their shields with my Vindicator. Silver takes his phasic rifle against one and takcles it as its shields go out and a round wounds its leg joint. I shoot five bursts of fire into my Hunter's head and shout out in pain when my shields go down and a blast of plasma melts through my armor and hits my leg. I collapse and shut my eyes in pain, suddenly feeling it flare up as I recall dozens more similar injuries of varying size and degrees of damage that I never even got. Silver pulls me behind cover as a swarm of Recon drones come out and start firing at us.
I know I'm yelling in pain but then am vaguely aware of my arm moving on its own and taking a pack of medi-gel out before applying it to the injury. The cool, almost magical, healing half-solid half-liquid medicine helps greatly. I lay still and let it work, only leaning up to add pistol fire to Silver's efforts, helping take down an extra drone with each clip or two. It takes me a few minutes before my leg feels good enough to stand on. The Medi-gel feels odd now, clinging to my body and seeming to serve as a liquid bandage. A highly effective one at that, the skin on my leg is healing faster than normal and the area is sterilized and sealed off to prevent infection. Chakwas will be able to do a better healing but this stuff is great for patch-up jobs. Stings a little though, and smells kind of like coconut and alcohol. I up the adrenaline levels in my blood using the Soldier omni-tool to help with fighting. I stand and walk beside Silver who keeps a slight lead as I'm injured. As I watch him I shake my head at the Quarians. Why would they try to destroy them? The Geth are freaking awesome. Just cause they started asking questions they were considered good for termination. Silver just got me to cover and is now protecting me. Usually you don't know what you got til it's gone, but these guys had no idea of what they had at all. We look out a window and I gasp, seeing the courtyard and the giant freakin colossus standing in front of Tali's door.
"Delta, we have a plan."
"Really? Does it involve destroying that colossus?"
"No, assimilating it."
"…What?"
"Get down!" Shepard yells as she dives to the floor with the rest of her squad and the quarians. The colossus' Plasma cannon fires, the glob of explosive superheated liquid impacting against the wall and thankfully only a little splatters inside against their shields, enough to be handled with little trouble. They all get up and move into the downward ramp on the side of the room and look at each other.
"Just like old times Shepard."
"Yeah. Sadly nostalgia's not going to make this any easier."
"Over here! Get to cover" The group runs down to find Kal in cover behind a metal barrier and get as close as they can without endangering themselves.
"Squad Leader Kal Reegar, Migrant Fleet Marines. We talked on the radio before that dropship arrived. Still got no idea why you're here but now's not the time to be picky. Especially since you saved the last of my squad it seems. Tali's still inside there but the Geth have us cut off from her and the best I've been able to do is draw their attention. Which is really bad since they also have that Colossus stationed there."
"You're welcome but you might want to be thanking my subordinate, Specialist Delta."
"Which one is he?"
"He's not here right now. We got split up and saw each other a short time ago but since then its been no visuals and radio silence. At least for me, has anyone else seen him recently?"
"I have commander." Jacob speaks up.
"Where and when?"
"Right now, and on the ledge above that colossus."
"WHAT?" Everyone yells and pop their heads out of cover. Lo and behold, Delta is there, standing on the ledge above the Colossus with the charging plasma siege cannon of death, his omni-tool active as he waits for just the right moment.
"What the hell is he doing?" demands Shepard.
"He's crazy…" Mutters Kal.
"This wont end well…" Says Garrus.
Man this is stupid, and suicidal, and risky and, and, and a totally AWESOME idea! Props to Silver for the thought though it would be so much cooler without the additional snags but lets focus on the awesome part for now. Ah, I see a small access hatch. That'll make it easier, plus the footholds right there will stop my fall too. I drop down when my chance opens, falling quickly and prepared to crouch when I land to minimize movement and stay on target. I manage to do it and stumble a bit as the colossus moves, registering the sudden impact on its back. I don't give it the chance, nor the Geth at its side as with one hand I draw and fire my phalanx pistol, killing one while slamming the other into the hatch and letting Silver begin his hack. The Colossus shudders and lets out a loud whine, sparking and twitching suddenly which throws me off its back, coincidentally saving me from phasic fire. On the ground I draw my shotgun and go to town on the nearby troopers, switching to my Vindictor instead of reloading and keeping up a good stream of focused fire, my sniper nature trying to make every shot count even in my injured and slightly frantic shooting. The colossus stops makng the high-pitched whining noise and twitching, an orange light suddenly bursting out of its flashlight head as the charged gun is suddenly turned and fired on the heretic geth nearby. I shout with glee and then climb onto the Colossus' back, standing and holding the neck as I raise my Vindicator into the air.
"HI HO SILVER!" I shout with glee. Silver rearing back on his hind legs and raising the front ones in the air before crashing back down and bracing on the wall as the cannon shoots, blowing up most of the Geth in the center of the courtyard. My Vindicator barks out many times at straggling troopers as Silver aims and charges at the Geth on the upper pathway of the courtyard and the leftmost sun-drenched ledge.
Shepard and the others all come by the middle, quick trigger fingers taking down the Geth that survived Silver's blasts, all troopers seeing as how a barrage was sent the way of any Geth Hunter or Prime or any stronger than a rocket trooper. I sit on Silver's back, smiling behind my depolarized visor at everyone. The Quarians all approach tense and weapons up, aimed at Silver. I wave at them and they look at me while I point at Silver.
"Hey Shepard. Didja miss me?"
"How the hell do you manage to get set up so well?"
"I have no damn clue." Prior knowledge to many of the things in this universe sure as hell helps though. "But isn't it awesome? Don't deny it, you know you want one."
"Can't say it wouldn't be useful."
"I know right? Especially now considering we have 2 more Colossi incoming in a pincer attack the Geth had planned for us."
"WHAT?"
"Yeah, we might want to set up now before they get here."
"Dammit, Everyone get to cover now! Garrus, on the high rises. Kasumi, get close but stay safe, your submachine gun will be useful for taking down their shields quickly."
Shepard continues giving orders to everyone, even Kal and his squad. Meanwhile I reload all my weapons then slide down from Silvers back, giving a quick order to stay in cover and not risk the colossus frame he was using. With that auto-repair function this one is far too useful to lose. The colossi arrive by dropship and are dropped down on the other side of the courtyard. The closest one is on our right, by the sun-drenched ledge but doesn't seem willing to move from its spot. I turn invisible as everyone opens fire. Silver ducks down while his cannon is charging and only pops up to fire, using my helmet camera to keep track of the colossi while his own optics are blocked. I sneak up to one of the colossi and stand behind it, my shotgun at the ready. Shepard and the others focus on the other one, slowly taking its shields down while the one I work on fires continuously at Silver's position. Silver pops up and fires back, nailing the torso of Colossus 1 and taking its shields offline. I capitalize on this and jump up, using my plasma blade to cut open the small hatch before jamming the shotgun barrel inside and firing until the clip overheats. I jump off and run, C1 turning to fire at me while Silver pops back up and fires at it again, destroying the Colossus. I pull my Vindicator and fire at the other one, adding my donation of rounds to the others and helping chip way the shields of the monstrous construct. C2 fires a blast of plasma at Kal and his Quarians who dodge but one gets caught in the splash and yells out while plasma seeps into her suit and starts to burn her skin. Silver shoots the second colossus with a constant fire of minguns, letting off on it as he fires his plasma cannon when the shields go down. The colossus staggers back a bit, the impact of the shot melted and warped from the heat of the plasma before sparking as everyone fires into the weakened section of the constructs armored shell. Sparks fly out of its body and joints after the barrage and it collapses before exploding. We all share a quick cheer as we head over to the door the Geth were trying to open. Silver folds up the colossus into a more compact form then glows orange before the light fades. I stand by and wait then see the body of a Geth trooper drop down from the ledge above the colossus.
I pat his shoulder "Welcome back to the small people Silver."
"Thank you."
"Alright, now wait out here by the colossus. We need Tali and if she knows about you, well, she might not help us…" Silver nods and I turn from him, heading inside to see Tali, Garrus and Shepard talking to each other.
"Well I hope the Admiralty board can make use of this data. It cost too much for us to get it in my opinion."
"So does this free you up for helping me again?"
"Of course. I can just send this to them with Kal and the others. They can complete the mission without me. It'll be great to work with you again Shepard, especially if its you calling the shots and not Cerberus."
"You don't know how glad I am to have you back Tali."
I pop up behind Tali out of my cloak and drape an arm over her shoulder "Hello Tali and welcome back to Shepard's in-depth action-packed Galactic cruise. We have a nice frigate sized ship with a stealth system fully equipped for those pesky missions done for people and reasons better left unsaid. We will have plenty of fun shooting bad people traveling the galaxy, fighting to end a great threat to humanity and the galaxy itself and all with free mojitos! For the low price of simply risking your life with each stop on our lovely cruise!"
"…Get off me, I have a shotgun." She pats the shotgun at her waist and I jump off beside Shepard then mock-cower behind her. Garrus and Shepard laugh and Tali seems like she's just raising an eyebrow at me. If she has one that is. I think they do but I'm not sure though.
"This is Delta. He's the one who shot the rocket the YMIR was about to launch at your friends on Freedom's Progress."
Tali straightens in surprise and looks at me again as I straighten up as well, tilting my head and looking back at her calmly.
"Really?"
"Yeah. He has his quirks, but so does everyone else on the ship. Thankfully its just dealing with occasional childishness and not another person bent on killing all they can. Plus he's almost never really childish unless we're in a safe area."
I nod and step back with Shepard and Garrus, heading outside as Tali follows us. Before we get to the door Tali hands Kal the data and tasks him with giving it to the Admirals.
"Will do ma'am and safe journeys. Do me a favor Shepard and look after her will you?"
Shepard chuckles "Of course Reegar."
Tali folds her arms and looks at Kal "You act like I can't take care of myself."
"I know you can ma'am, but still doesn't hurt to have someone watching your back."
The two chuckle at each other and Shepard and Garrus turn away but I keep watching, seeing Kal glance down slightly then almost raising a hand as Tali turns to see Shepard and Garrus while they walk. Kal's shoulders slump for a second but his chest puffs up some as Tali turns back and he lifts his hand. "Stay safe Tali. Keelah Se'lai."
"Keelah Se'lai Kal." They nod at each other and Tali walks over to Shepard. I glance between the two and grow a knowing smile then head out with Shepard.
"Oh yeah Shepard?"
"Yes Delta?"
"About that new friend I made today…" Tali goes stiff as a board when we step out and see Silver back inside the Colossus, his trooper body limp on the floor and the orange light flickering across the light on the Colossus' head.
"Can we keep him?"
Shepard just sighs and places a hand on the visor of her helmet while Tali looks like she's about to panic and is being held down by Garrus.
Oh well, at least she wont make such a big deal about Legion in the future.
Me: And another chapter is done. Special thanks to Dracco, his idea was funny as hell and led me to some of my own.
Delta: My. Skin. Hurts.
Me: Oh quiet, that's the 3rd degree sunburns talking.
Delta: You think? I hate Haestrom! It sucks so much, I have sunburns on my sunburns!
Me: Quit whining so much. (slaps Delta's shoulder)
Delta: AH! YOU HORSE'S ASS!
Me: So there we go. We got Tali and a Colossus! Isn't that awesome? Now if only we can get one of those baskets people put on the backs of elephants when they want to ride them. To, EBAY! PEACE OUT PEOPLES!