Chapter 2: Safeguarding Eden. Eden Prime, That is.
This chapter is dedicated to Johnwolf234, thanks for giving me just enough of an ego boost to try my and fire off as many chapters as I can. To everyone else, you might be wondering why I'm making myself so OP if you've read the first three chapters to MLTI VRSE. Let me address that before anyone asks. This is a series of stories about a self-insert. Therefore, it is my MORAL OBLIGATION to make myself more powerful than anyone else in the worlds I put myself in, using every power I can think of from other games, movies, and TV shows. (I slowly get closer to the screen of my laptop, and stare into directly into your souls. "You know who you are.") No disrespect to those stories, I'd be a hypocrite. But, admittedly, it can get somewhat repetitive. Now on with the sho- err, reading.
"Someone was doing some serious digging here, Captain." Came the voice of our pilot, Joker.
The Captain, Anderson, noted but didn't respond to that. Now was the time to let the Alliance's most dangerous operative off his leash. Not that one existed in the first place. Or if any would really hold him at all for that matter. They just hoped he would keep things intact.
Duncan, and the original Shepard from other realities, had a tendency to completely destroy everything that looked hostile in sight until there was no evidence it ever existed.
Respect. That is all.
Anderson might have explained what the objective was to Shepard. Might have. But as the "Ultimate Gary-Stu" confirmed earlier, along with his knowledge of being chosen to become a Spectre, he already knew.
Okay, Shepard. I'm asking this as a favor. Don't utterly annihilate everything. And don't let the beacon get destroyed. That would be even worse." Anderson ordered our me.
"I make no promises."
"Goddammit, I've got enough to deal with right now! I don't need to add explaining to Alliance brass how we need to replace everything on one of our colony worlds to the list! You WILL listen to me this one time." He firmly ended.
"…Fine. But only because you're awesome."
And with that final sentence/fact, I, Kaiden, and Jenkins dropped onto the battlefield, Nihlus had already left.
To himself, Anderson noted out of character "Yeah. I am pretty awesome."
"Ship perimeter secure, Commander." Kaiden Alenko told the Multiverser.
"Good. Now it's playtime." I maniacally giggled.
"Um, I don't know whether that's a good thing or a terrifying thing." Jenkins said, frightened.
"…I think it's both." Kaiden said.
It wasn't long before they reached were Jenkins was supposed to meet his end. Had he quickly updated his shields, like I implied he should, he'd survive.
I decided not to test that here.
As the drones were about to try and fry the Private, the distinct sound of Bright Shadow firing itself out of its sheathe. The sound of thunder marking their end, the drones fell to the ground in pieces.
"Oh thanks, Commander. I thought I was a goner for a second there." Jenkins said.
"You might have been. You update your shields?"
"Y-yeah. Once I heard there'd be combat, it seemed smart." He said.
"Good. Now always expect combat, and keep upgrading your shields."
There were a couple more drones, but they proved to be no difficulty. We soon found Ashley Williams, escaping two actual Geth. Well, Heretics, but whatever.
After saving her life, she joined our squad to direct us to where the beacon was. Not long after, the Dragon's Teeth had finished converting colonists into Husks.
"Oh God, they're still alive!" Kaiden exclaimed.
"What did the Geth do to them?" Ashley was horrified.
"ZOMBIES!" Jenkins screamed, then opened fire as close to their heads as possible.
He managed to kill one. Ashley and Kaiden killed the second. I killed the third, by kicking it up into the air and slicing it to bits. Inside, I hated doing that. This used to be an innocent farmer. My need to overdo things was instinct at this point. But it was a monster now. So I showed no mercy.
"You three, check that building. I'll scout out ahead real quick. First sound of gunfire, come quickly." I told them as I sheathed my sword and pulled the hilt down, switching Samantha into rifle mode. Then I ran to a good position to save Nihlus from Saren.
He was in cover, just about to see the traitor. Once they started talking, I took aim at the evil Turian, I had to let him survive long enough for the threat of the Reapers to be known. Didn't like it, but it was necessary. So I aimed at his pistol.
When Nihlus turned his back, and Saren aimed at his head, I acted. I managed to shoot the gun out of his hand. Nihlus turned to see Saren had his hand raised as if it still had a gun aimed at his head. Before he could act, Saren socked him and ran.
'Coward.' I thought.
The others joining me, we sprinted to Nihlus' aid. Dispatching the machines was easy, I was good at destruction. Then we got to Nihlus.
"I can't believe Saren just tried to kill me. He was a fellow Spectre, my friend." He said.
"He's likely here with the Geth. That makes him a traitor to the Council. He's doomed now." I said. And since I was gonna be sent after him, he basically died seven times already in my book. "We should get going. We can't let that beacon fall into their hands."
We made our way to the tram, faster than we would have if I wasn't acting like a whirlwind of death with my blade. The fact I was using a sword did shock my companions, but they were trained to focus on their mission.
Saren had already set the nukes by the time we got there. They were even more rushed than they were supposed to be, so it wasn't even a challenge for a rookie to disarm them. After doing that, we were just a few Husks and Geth away from our objective.
"Normandy. The beacon is secure. Requesting immediate EVAC on my coordinates." I radioed as I approached the device. The others were noting how amazing working Prothean technology was while the Spectre jotted down my performance on his Omni-Tool.
As I neared the device, its ability to imitate the cosmic imperative kicked in and I began to float in the air. Jenkins and Ashley rushed to try and save me, but the other two held them back due to the danger.
Sensing the imminent destruction of the beacon, I converted enough of my thoughts into a saving code right back into the thing as it sent the warnings of the Reapers into my mind.
A lesser mind would be knocked unconscious by all the visions of an entire race being slaughtered… But I'd seen and done things just as bad in my long lifetime.
With the beacon secure, and Nihlus alive we had gained at least two assets against the Reapers. Hopefully, they would help prepare the galaxy.
I mean I could, and would, take on the Reapers single-handed and would win.
But I wasn't going to.
I was here to teach this reality to be capable of defending itself. And make people that would become heroes completely unshakable in their conviction to protecting others. And, unfortunately, whore myself out as a huge icon for the galaxy to look up to. And that's what I would do.
And I was content with that.
Anderson was distraught, pleased, and angered.
Distraught at the Geth now striking out at us.
Pleased that I listened and secured the beacon.
And angered at Saren's involvement in the whole affair.
I knew their history, and I could easily understand his hate. He asked me what I saw from the beacon.
"Synthetics of some kind, not like the Geth, were slaughtering people. They might have been Prothean or other races, I couldn't tell. It was an incomplete distress signal. It was damaged a long time ago."
"We need to report this to the Council."
"Thankfully, the things intact. That way, someone else, as gruesome as it is, might see what I saw." I noted.
"A sad day when we have to hope that. But right now we need to focus on getting Saren kicked out of the Spectres. Nihlus should provide a good testimony against him, we'll see. For now, get some rest Commander. We have a few hours until we reach the Citadel."
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