Chapter 2.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters, movies, tv shows, games, etc... that I mention in this fic. They belong to their rightful owners. All OC's are mine however.
I stared down at destroyed head of a Terminator unit and I started to realize that this wasn't a dream. I was about to comment when Kat beat me to it.
"What the hell is that?" She asked pointing towards the horizon. I held my hand up to shield my eyes from the sunlight. As my eyes slowly adjusted I suddenly realized what it was.
"Shit! We need to find cover now." I said as the HK Aerial was heading this way fast.
"What is it?" Issac and Kat said in unison. I glanced at both and neither was budging.
I noticed the HK Aerial was closer and I quickly explained to them that I would give them a full explanation as soon as we had cover.
Suddenly I heard a noise and looked up as the HK Aerial spotted us and began to drop terminator units.
"Run!" I yelled as the metallic soldiers opened fire at us.
I grabbed Erica's hand and ran as the pulse blasts started raining down on us. Issac and Kat made for cover as Issac returned fire with his pulse rifle. He managed to take two of the terminators heads off before he had to reload. Kat fired her M6G Magnum at the approaching terminators. The bullets did some damage but nothing compared to Issac's pulse rifle.
"Damnit!" Kat cursed as she slung her MA37 AR off her back and began firing with it.
"What the fuck are you doing?" I yelled from cover as a pulse blast nearly took my head off.
"Fighting idiot." She grumbled back. I growled "I'm not an idiot." I yelled back.
"Just shut up and fight." She retorted.
With what? What the hell I was supposed to fight with. I stared down my hands which suddenly crackled with energy. I ducked as another blast came my way. Crap.. I ducked into cover near an old car and suddenly blue electricity seemed to arc from the car.
What the? But I oddly felt a little more powerful.. strange. I turned as I saw two units closing towards my spot. "Oh man.. I wish I had a grenade or something" I thought. Suddenly a glowing blue orb appeared in my hand.
"What the hell?" I gasped. Erica turned to me "Hey, is it me... or is the glowing thingy in your hand pulsating faster."
My eyes snapped open. "Oh shit!" I turned and chucked the orb at the two units. They turned towards me rifles at the ready when the orb struck one and both exploded.
I ducked while pulling Erica to me as the explosion sent shrapnel everywhere. As the dust settle I glanced where the two units had been and only saw bits and pieces. There was one unit that was still partially intact. I looked around and noticed that no other units was nearby. I released Erica and told her to stay in cover. I creeped out and towards the unit that was twitching on the ground. It was trying to crawl towards a rifle that was about ten feet away. I held out my hands and the blue electricity arched from the machine into my hands. This time it was a steady stream that lasted for nearly ten seconds when suddenly it stopped. I stared at the unit as its red eyes went dark and it stopped moving.
Suddenly an explosion rocked the ground and I fell on my ass. I glanced around and saw the Aerial heading right for me. I thought of grenades again and one appeared in my hand. I threw it towards the Aerial who simply dodged it. Fuck!
I turned and ran towards a large stack of cars and started to climb as it got near.
"What the fuck are you doing?" Kat yelled. She watched as the idiot instead of finding cover, started climbing a small mountain of cars in the open.
To be honest I was quite sure what I was doing but for some odd reason I was sure as hell was climbing these cars fast. As I reached the top the HK had drawn so near that if it blasted me at this range, I'd be dead before I even hit the ground.
I heard the wine as its mini gun started to fire up and that's when I said you know what. If I'm going to die... I'll do it my way. I stepped back before I quickly dashed forward at a speed that surprised me and I leaped into the air.
Kat watched wide eyed as Taylor launched himself through the air to land on top of the thing. She mentally face palmed at the idiot. But strangely... he seemed very spartan.
Issac had taken off another head of a unit and glanced at the show that was going down and shook his head as he reloaded his rifle. "Some people are idiots." He thought to himself.
I stumbled as the unit immediately turned and I nearly fell off when I suddenly felt the energy with in me. I held out my hands and the blue electricity began draining from the HK. I realized with the terminator unit.. that I could somehow drain electricity from machines.. not only that but I could use it as a weapon also. I snapped back to reality as the HK started loosing power and the ground was fast approaching.
Fuck... I looked around quickly and only saw ground. Damnit this was going to hurt. I ran along the HK and at the last moment jumped as the machine hit the ground and exploded. The force of the blast threw propelled me into a pile of cars with force and I hit one with a loud grunt.
Kat watched with fascination as Taylor ran along the plane and jumped off before being thrown by the blast into a pile of cars. She smiled as she quickly made her way towards him.
I opened my eyes with a grunt as the blurry world around me slowly came into focus. I heard a click near my head and looked up to see the barrel of a shotgun in my face. I glanced past the gun to see a woman with long brown hair and a cape wrapped around her. Her brown eyes seemed to be studying me.
"Um... hello." I mumbled. She jumped back slightly but kept her gun trained on me.. She seemed to be unsure of me. I couldn't blame her. This was a war for the very survival of the Human race.
"кто ты?" She spoke. I was baffled "Um... I'm not sure what your saying." I sputtered.
"Я сказал: кто ты черт возьми" She yelled while kicking me in the foot. "Ow, that hurt dammit." I said grabbing my foot. I heard the cock of the shotgun she was carrying as she pressed it harder against my face.
"остановки. Мы человеческого" another voice said. I cast a glance at Kat who was walking towards us while keeping her pistol aimed at the newcomer.
"и вы?" The woman asked. She glanced from me to Kat.
"Меня зовут Кэт. Мы друзья. нас послали сюда, чтобы помочь бороться с машинами" Kat said.
She studied both of us for a moment before she lowered her shot gun to her side.
"My name is Galina. And you are?" She said suddenly in English. She had a thick Russian accent. That got me wondering. Why would someone from Russia be here I wondered.
I heard someone speaking my name and looked up to see the woman offering me a hand. I took it and she helped me to my feet. At the moment Issac came around the corner and she brought her shotgun up and fired. He ducked quickly.
"Wait, he's human." Kat said grabbing the woman's shotgun. Issac's helmet retracted to show his face.
"Jeez lady, I hope all you people don't shoot first and ask questions later." He said as he rubbed his shoulder where the blast had grazed his suit.
Erica came around the corner and nearly tripped over a piece of metal. "Taylor, who is she?" She asked as she latched onto my arm.
I opened my mouth to respond when Galina suddenly jerked her head to the right. "We need to move now. They will be sending more units." She said turning quickly and disappearing into the piles of destroyed cars.
I looked at Kat who nodded and she took off at the woman. I turned to Erica and scooped her up.
"Hey, put me down." She said as she pounded on my chest. "Oh shut up, we need to move fast." I said as I tore off at Kat with Issac close behind me.
I felt like we were running through a maze until eventually we burst out into the open and I could see we were in some kind of desert. I heard Kat yell and I turned to see her getting close to Galina who was near a Humvee. It had a 50 cal. Machine gun mounted on top of it.
I picked up my pace as I quickly tried to close the gap between us.
"Shit! Taylor behind us." Erica yelled. I glanced back to see Three HK- Aerial's after us. They soon began dropping troops.
Fuck. I ran fast and soon made it to the truck just as the terminators started firing.
I tossed Erica into the Humvee and jumped inside just as Issac reached the door and was halfway in when she hit the gas and the Humvee rocked across the desert floor.
"One of you get on the 50 cal." She yelled. I glanced at Issac who nodded and he proceeded to hop on it.
He let loose a barrage of bullets as the three Aerial's opened fire with their guns.
A blast hit the ground near the Humvee causing it to swerve sharply. I heard a grunt as Issac tried to keep his balance while firing.
"Fuck, it doesn't look like were going to make it." Erica said.
Suddenly we heard a loud rumble. Issac stopped firing as he saw two aircraft of a design he had never seen before. They were fast approaching their location.
The two ships fired rockets and they impacted two of the HK's causing them to explode in two fireballs. Issac cocked the 50 and opened fire on the remaining HK. He managed to hit one of its wings shredding it in the process. The HK jerked sharply and plowed into the ground and exploded into a giant fireball.
Issac hopped back down into the Humvee as we sped farther away from the burning wreckage's.
"What were those planes?" Issac asked.
"Their gunships, I'll take you to our leader. He'll explain more." She said we hit a bump and Erica nearly barfed in the process.
"Are you ok?" Kat asked me. I looked down at my hands which were shaking violently. "Yeah... it's just a lot to take in ya know." I said as I let out a deep breath and ran my hands through my hair.
She nodded "War always is."
"So, how exactly do you two know each other?" Issac asked as he sat his pulse rifle down and leaned back in the seat.
"Erica worked at her dads bar as a waitress back home. She's trying to earn extra money for college... or she was." I said glancing at Erica who was crying.
Issac nodded as everyone suddenly became quiet.
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After nearly an hour of driving we came across an old abandon building and Galina quickly ushered us inside and down to the basement. Surprisingly there was a hidden door that led to a series of tunnels. We were told to wait as it was protocol for new arrivals to wait before being allowed to enter the tunnels. For security reasons obviously.
..Kat's POV...
Kat looked around at the group. Issac was tinkering with his gun and Erica was huddled in a corner staring at a wall. She looked around for Taylor and couldn't find him. She stood up and picked up her rifle. She walked past a few crates and into another hallway. Eventually she came across another room, there was a small glowing light which she recognized as a candle.. He was sitting in the corner while staring at something in his hand. She could see that he was crying.
"Hey, you ok?" She asked. She walked over and sat down beside him. She wasn't sure why she was doing this.. but something inside her was telling her it was the right thing to do.
"Yeah." He simply stated as he stared at the picture. She looked at it closely. It was a picture of himself, a woman and a small boy.
"Who are they?" She asked curiously. He was quiet for several moments before he answered.
"They are... I mean they were my wife and child... but their gone now.. so is everyone else back home." He said. She could tell he was fighting in order to hold more tears back.
That's when she did something else that surprised her. She placed her arm around him and pulled him to her. She felt the warmth as he cried into her neck.. but there was something else. She was having a hard time trying to understand why her cheeks were getting warm also. She would have to look into it later.
…..
Sometime later Galina returned with several guards. We were told to follow them and we did just that. We took more turns that I care to count.. I just hope I never have to find the exit.
Eventually we came into a circular room with several passageways that lead into different directions. There was light in the room along with several people.
And to my surprise I was looking at two Asari among the group. They appeared to be going over some plans on a map on a table that was in the center of the room.
"Asari?" I gasped. Every head in the room turned to look at me. "You know our species?" One of the Asari asked.
I nodded. Before I could speak further I was grabbed by the collar and dragged into the light. A gun was jammed to the side of my head. "You better start talking." The other Asari said.
In a flash Kat had drawn her pistol and was pointing it at the Asari's head. "I think you better calm the hell down" She growled.
For several tense moments you could practically hear a pin drop. That's when a mans voice spoke up.
"Now Now... is that how we treat all our new guests." A man said from the shadows. He stepped forward into the light and I had to wince slightly. His face had several jagged scars across his face.
"Not pretty I know.. It comes with the job." He said as he took a seat at the table. The two Asari looked at him than at us and quickly lowered their weapons.
"Now.. I think you do owe us a little bit of explanation." The man said as he leaned back and put his feet up on the table.
"Just who are you?" I asked.
He smiled "That name's Shepard.. John Shepard."
A/N: Another chapter done :D