Dead Space: The Gaming Brother Chapter 4, An End To The Beginning, a dead space fanfic

Hey guys, Diamond here. I have decided to just have this story encompass all three of the main Dead Space games with some things that happen in-between the games. Now on to the Reviews.

Unlimitedblade: I'm glad you like the story. I hope that it will still be good in the future.

That is so far the only review I have right now. Anyway, on to the story.

Jeremy POV

Me, Isaac, and Bill are heading to the shuttles area when we got a message. "Hello, is anyone still alive on the ship? Me and my girlfriend are stuck in a utility closet. If anyone can hear us, please help!" I then look at the guys and answer the voice. "This is CEC Security Escort Jeremy Clarke, I read you loud and clear. Who am I currently speaking to?" I end up asking. "My name is Jacob Temple and my girlfriends' name is Elizabeth Cross. Please help, I think they're right outside the door." I hear the now newly identified Jacob say. This surprised me, I didn't expect to meet him directly. "We're on our way, just sit tight and use whatever you can to defend yourselves with. If you don't have a weapon, I might suggest using anything like bleach or something else to throw at the Necromorphs. Just stay alive as long as you can, I have a waypoint set up now." I explain to Jacob, hoping he can survive as long as he can. "Hey Jeremy, why did you seem so surprised to hear Jacob over the comms?" Isaac asked me. "Because, in the original game you only briefly meet him before he dies by Mercer. I guess since I killed the bastard, Jacob and his girlfriend can possibly live and get off this ship." I say to the guys. "What do you mean by possibly?" Bill asked me, wanting to know what I meant. "Jacob found his own way of killing the Necromorphs, he used their own limbs against them. While we were walking from place to place I have been finding and reviewing his recordings, he is one tough cookie I'll give him that. I'll also send the videos to you guys so y'all can learn what to do while out of ammo. But since this ship is full of necros I doubt if him and his girlfriend can make it without help." I explain to them as we turn a corner.

Right into a group of 'dead' Necromorphs. "Really, do they really think we'll buy that trick?" I ask the other two as we just look at them. "Yes, they do. But there is a whole group of them and three of us. We'll definitely get swarmed if we try to fight them." Isaac says to me. I then look at Bill. "How strong is this hallway, as well as the door?" I ask Bill, who then sends me a confused look. "Pretty damn strong. Why do you ask?" He asked me. "Just asking." I say with an audible grin. Both Isaac and Bill look at each other then me in confusion, to which I quickly pull out one of a few grenades I've been saving up and pull the pin on it and chuck it right into the middle of the group of Necromorphs. And before either of them could say anything the whole group of necros were soon blown to bits because of said grenade. "And now they are gone." I say, and then start laughing my ass off from seeing Isaac and Bill's dumbfounded expressions. After my laughing fit is over with we quickly get to the door and I knock as well as say, "Anyone in there? This is Jeremy Clarke, we're coming in." The door opened, and a man in some engineering coveralls stood there while using his kinesis module to hold an industrial bottle of bleach that is ready to throw. Behind him is a woman in what appeared to be a lab uniform trying to stay behind him. "You Jacob Temple and Elizabeth Cross?" I ask the both of them. "Yeah, you Jeremy Clarke?" Jacob asked me. "Yes I am, nice to finally meet the guy who can hold off Necromorphs with only a kinesis module and his wits." I say while holding out my hand for a handshake. "I'm not that special, plus I needed a way to defend myself somehow." Jacob said while grabbing my hand and shaking it. "Are there any other survivors on the ship? I want to get as many sane and capable survivors off this ship." I ask Jacob, hoping I can save more people. "Not that I know of, there were a bunch of people trying to survive on the mining deck, but I don't know if they're alive or not." Jacob tells me. I the activate my comm unit. "Hey Zach, can you check the camera feed on the Mining Deck for me, there might be survivors there.

"Wilco, I'm seeing if I can access the feed now. I'm kinda glad that you sent James over here to protect me, the guy had taken down this giant monster Necromorph that destroyed the door. I'm telling yah, it was amazing to watch honestly and I'm glad James is on our side." Zach said to me on speaker phone, since I turned my comm onto that setting. "Hang on did you say James? Is he from the Ishimura as well?" Jacob asked us. "Yep, me and James both are. He was one of the cooks while I worked in the electrical department. I never really went into engineering since you guys always had your technical problems covered." Bill said to Jacob, as well as explain why they never met before. "Jeremy I am looking at the video feed, but I don't see any survivors there, the only thing there is a twisted rock with red glowing script on it." Zach said to me over the comms while James and Isaac introduced themselves to Jacob and Elizabeth. "Ok, I'm going to send Bill with two more people to you. Once they get there prepare some escape pods to head near the giant crater in the planet. Once I give an order to get in them and head there, do it. We'll meet on the planet and take the shuttle out of here." I say to Zach.

Bill then started leading them to the bridge since he heard what I told Zach, but also left Jacob and Elizabeth very confused. Me and Isaac then wordlessly walk towards the Mining Deck. That is when we heard music start to play and a message saying "Enjoy the music."

Play You're Gonna Go Far Kid by The Offspring

Show me how to lie
you're getting better all the time
and turning all against one is an art that's hard to teach

I then started bobbing my head to the music as we were walking to our final destination on the Ishimura. I also saw Isaac move a little bit to the music we were listening to.

Another clever word sets off an unsuspecting herd
and as you step into line, a mob jumps to their feet

I'm now starting to get fully into the song as Isaac is nodding his head to the beat.

Now dance fucker dance
man he never had a chance,
and no one really knew it was really only you

And now you steal away, take him out today
Nice work you did, you're gonna go far kid

Me and Isaac were now jamming out to the song while we made our way down a hallway with no sign of the Necromorphs. Most likely that is the Advisor's doing, making sure we end this with a bang.

With a thousand lies and a good disguise
hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightening in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives

Slowly out of line and drifting closer in your sights
So play it out I'm wide awake, it's a scene about me

As we're walking, listening to the song as well, I noticed the Advisor is walking beside me and mouthing the lyrics.

There's something in your way, and now someone is gonna pay
and if you can't get what you want, well it's all because of me

Now dance fucker dance
man I never had a chance,
and no one really knew it was really only you

And now you lead the away, show the light of day
Nice work you did, you're gonna go far kid

Trust, Deceived!

(Guitar Solo)

Now dance, fucker dance.
He never had a chance, and no one even knew it was really only you

So dance, fucker dance.
I never had a chance, it was really only you…

Clever alibis, Lord of the Flies,
Hit 'em right between the eyes, hit 'em right between the eyes.
When you walk away, nothing more to say
See the lightening in your eyes, see 'em running for their lives!

At the end of the song, me and Isaac reached the Mining Deck. And that is when I saw the Marker in all of it's twisted glory, pun intended. Me and Isaac make our way towards it, and a Necromorph comes out of a vent behind us. We both quickly turn around with our weapons bared, but I don't shoot. Isaac who saw I was just looking at it did so as well and saw the Necromorph not move towards us. "Heh, looks like we're in the Marker's Dead Space." I say, to which I could practically hear his confusion with his mic turned off. "What do you mean 'Dead Space'?" Isaac asked after he turned his helmet mic back on. "There is an area around the Marker in which the Necromorphs can't enter, or else they are burned to death by it." I state to Isaac. That is when Isaac just got a message, from Nicole. It was just the same as in the game, except I was here, and I can comfort my brother.

"You alright bro?" I asked Isaac as he just kept staring at the screen. "Yeah… I'm alright." I hear him say with a broken voice. "Listen Isaac, if you…" I started saying before I was interrupted. "Well, well, well, look who we have here." We hear someone I didn't think we'd hear from yet, Kendra. And when we look at her there are a few details different about her from when we first met her. For one, she has crazy eyes and disheveled hair, oh and a nail gun pointed straight at an actually sane Terrence Kyne. "Uhm can someone get this crazy lady away from me." Kyne asked. I couldn't blame him. "Why are you doing this Kendra? I mean sure I was kinda being a dick to you, but you were trying to start shit with my best friend. So why, why hold another man hostage?" I asked her, wondering why she was doing this. "Because there is a private shuttle here, and me and my little brother are going to get on it. But first, what I wanted to do for a while now." Kendra said, and ended with shooting one of the nails into me. "Gah!" I exclaimed as I fell on my knee clutching a nail that failed to pierce the armor, and I secretly grab my pistol that I kept from my time in the military. "Why? Why shoot me?" I asked in a fake pained voice, to which she bought but Kyne realized was fake.

"'Why?' Because you shouldn't even be alive with all you've gone through. You, some idiotic jarhead, surviving this is just laughable. But I'm taking that Marker with me, the Unitologists who hired me will be paying me a lot of credits." Kendra said to us, letting her guard down and letting Kyne move his head away from hers offering me a clean shot at her head. To which when she was monologuing about how I am a fool I took out my pistol and shot her in the head. Kyne then got away from her as she fell with a hole in her head. "Thank you, for saving me from that crazy lady, my name is Terrence Kyne, I was the Chief Science Officer on the Ishimura. She kept talking to her 'little brother' as if he was walking right beside us, though I do see my dead wife I just ignore her. She's dead after all, nothing can change that." Kyne said to us. "I wish we met under better circumstances, but we have to move the Marker on to the shuttle." I say while pointing at the Marker. "You have a Kinesis module doc?" Isaac asked Kyne. "Yes, why?" Kyne asked, being skeptical. "Because we're going to move it to the shuttle." I say to Kyne. "Oh, well that works out perfectly. I'm glad I didn't do what I originally had planned then." Kyne said to us as all three of us started moving the Marker to the executive shuttle. "What do you mean by that?" I asked Kyne. "I was actually about to sabotage the shuttle before you guys got here. I sabotaged the other systems so the Marker can't get to Earth, but what my dead wife had said once is that if we return the Marker to its' pedestal, then the Necromorphs will be stopped. I don't believe her though since she's dead." Kyne said to us.

As we were putting the Marker into the executive shuttle we heard more Necromorphs coming towards us. I turned around and saw a bunch of Necromorphs forming a literal army around us, about 15 Slashers, 10 Leapers, strangely enough 20 Stalkers, 5 Brutes, and finally a Ubermorph to top things off. "Uh, Jeremy… what is that?" Isaac asked me. "That… that my brother is an Ubermorph. And it is just as dangerous as a Hunter." I say in total shock, and with good reason. "Guys, I have an idea on how to kill these guys." I say to Isaac and Kyne. "How?" Kyne asked me. "We stay in the dead space of the Marker and kill them from a distance, and with the Ubermorph Kyne can cut off its limbs when it tries to grow them back and drag it into the dead space of the Marker." I say to the guys as I'm readying my Pulse Shot. I also see Isaac raise his Plasma Cutter, and Kyne ready his Plasma Saw to cut off their limbs. Me and Isaac then aim at the Necromorphs and start laying down fire into them, and all I saw for 5 minutes was body parts flying and Necros dying. After the 5 minutes all that was left was the Ubermorph.

"Kyne get close to the Ubermorph but stay away from its' range. Isaac on three you cut off its' left arm and leg, I'll aim for its' right arm and leg as well as its' head." I say as I aim for its' right side and Isaac aimed for its' left. "1…" I start off whispering, and I hear Isaac's grip on his weapon tighten. "2…" I say out loud this time and see Kyne activate his Plasma Saw, and distracting the Ubermorph from me and Isaac. "3!" I yell out causing me and Isaac to start firing into the limbs of the Ubermorph, and for Kyne to start dragging the Ubermorph into the dead space. After a second of Kyne dragging the Ubermorph in, it started sizzling and the skin started burning away. "Start cutting the growing limbs Kyne! Let me and Isaac drag it in with our kinesis modules!" I yell to Kyne, seeing the Ubermorph start regrowing limbs. Kyne did just that and me and Isaac started to drag it with our kinesis modules, causing it to start full on dissolving while Kyne was cutting off its' regenerating arms and legs. Eventually Kyne stopped cutting since the Ubermorph was dissolving at a rapid rate, until it just stopped moving and fully dissolved. We then started celebrating the feat we just accomplished. "Alright guys, we need to put the Marker into the shuttle now." I say as I sneakily put a small USB into a console I was slowly going to during the celebration. "Yeah, let's get this done bro." Isaac said to me with a big smile on his helmetless face.

We finally loaded up the Marker and got into the shuttle, with me in the pilot seat. I then decided to have a little fun while driving the ship out of the hangar and giving Zach the go-ahead message to leave the station. "Attention all passengers welcome to Marker-Killer Airlines, today I shall be your ships' captain. Please keep all appendages inside the ship at all times and make sure you are strapped in for reentry into the atmosphere. We, sadly, will not be able to provide any snacks or refreshments during the ride due to this also being our escape shuttle off-world, so Isaac don't go eating everything you fat bastard!" I say into the ships' intercom. "Fuck you Jeremy!" I hear my brother yell faintly in the back of the ship, and causing me and Kyne, who is sitting in the co-pilots' seat, to laugh. We then started flying down to the surface of the planet, and right behind the others who are in the Ishimuras' escape pods. Hope this doesn't screw over the multiplayer team in DS 2. I think to myself as we're flying down to the surface.

{On The Surface}

We then landed on the surface to find everyone around an empty shuttle there. "Where did this come from?" I asked as I neared everyone. Bill then turned around and saw me, Kyne, and Isaac walking towards them. "This shuttle was stopped from lifting off by the police apparently, good thing is that it has a shockpoint drive. Meaning we can all get away from this nightmare." Zach said to us before Bill could say anything. "Alright then, Zach you need to take Kyne, Bill, Jacob, Elizabeth, and James and get out of here. Me and Isaac will finish things up here." I say to Zach, pointing at everyone but Isaac. "I'm staying here with you and Isaac Jeremy. Even if you like it or not." Bill said to me while stepping away from everyone else. "Bill, I need you to…" I started off saying before getting interrupted. "Not going to happen Jeremy. I'm staying with you and Isaac to the very end." Bill said to me, as he brought out his gun, ready to fight off any Necromorphs. "Alright then. Everyone else, get the fuck outta here and get someplace safe and hidden from both Unitologists and Earthgov." I say to everyone else hinting that they might be in danger. "Where will we go?" I heard Jacob ask me. I then had an idea that will help us later on in the future. "Do you guys know the way to the Tau Volantis system?" I asked them with me smirking on the inside. "Tau Volantis? No, I don't." Zach said to me, with everyone else shaking their heads. I then received some coordinates with a title of: Tau Volantis Guardian Station Coordinates. "Well here you go. Get there, watch out for space mines, don't go on any of the ships there, go directly to the space station, and whatever you do don't go on the planet. I'm going to meet you guys there when I can after this. Good luck." I said as I gave the coordinates and instructions. They then said good luck to the three of us and got into the shuttle and left.

Me, Isaac, and Bill then turned around to see the Hive Mind just waiting there. "Bill, you do know what's going to happen now, don't you?" I ask Bill, looking at him. "Yeah, that's why I chose to stay with you two. I don't want either of you going into the Titan Sprawl alone, you need at least one sane guy with you." Bill said to both me and Isaac, causing me to smile inside my helmet. "Then why didn't you leave any of the others here with us?" I ask as a joke, with all three of us laughing. I then bring out the Marker as we head towards the pedestal with no difficulty. The Hive Mind's tentacles then tried to attack us but I just see Bill and Isaac lift nearby trucks and cars with their Kinesis modules and throw them at the tentacles. "Holy shit! What kind of Kinesis modules did that lady give us!?" I yell out at them since no normal Kinesis module should be able to lift Semi-trucks with that low amount of effort. We then reach the Markers' pedestal and I place it there.

Nothing happened at first, but then we saw the Hive Mind start to slowly go dormant. We then went back to our escape shuttle and left Aegis VII behind. "Hey guys watch this." I then say to Bill and Isaac as I took control of the Ishimura remotely. "What are you doing Jeremy?" I hear Bill ask me. "Just watch." I say as I make the Ishimura drop and launch the piece of the planet it was holding towards the planet, thus burying the Hive Mind under rock once more. "How did you even do that?" Bill asked me. "I attached a USB into the Ishimura that allows me remote control of certain systems. Thus, that happened." I say to Bill. "N-Nicole?" I hear Isaac ask to no one in particular, to which I go wide-eyed at. I turn around and actually see Nicole Brennan standing there. "Hello Isaac." It says before she tries to tackle Isaac. I then see Isaac get tackled to the floor and Bill acts surprised. "What's happening to Isaac? He was just on his chair!" I hear Bill ask, thus confirming that only me and Isaac can see Nicole. "Get off my brother you bitch!" I then yell out at Nicole, surprising Bill as to him I ran up to Isaac and just punched air. "What's going on!" Bill yells out, getting mine and Isaac's attention as Nicole left. "My brother's dead girlfriend is what happened. Bitch just tried to strangle him." I say to Bill, which in turn was causing him to freak out. "What do you mean his dead girlfriend?" Bill asked us. "The Markers love to fuck with people by showing them apparitions of dead friends and loved ones." I explained to Bill, with him making a small "Oh." We were then all quiet after that. "That's just fucked up…" Bill said after a while. I then set up a distress beacon, hoping to get found sooner rather than later. "Now, we wait to get picked up." I say to Isaac and Bill, while I'm sitting in the pilot's seat.

{End of Chapter}

Sup guys, it's been a bit since I uploaded a chapter. I hope you guys enjoyed my take on the end of Dead Space 1, if I have some facts wrong in the story I'm sorry. I didn't complete DS1 nor the second, but I have beaten Dead Space 3. I will say though that I did have a bit of fun writing this, and this is only the first arc of the story. Now, we have two arcs left to go before this story is finished. This chapter alone has over 4,000 words in it, including the author's notes. Without the A/N it has 3,860 words, that is awesome to me. Anyway, I'm very sorry that this took a while to get out, I blame life and boredom. Next chapter will be the Previously on Dead Space: The Gaming Brother.

Anyway that is all, Diamond Marine signing out.