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Previously on Halo ODST: Mass Effect... Shepard accompanied with Javik and Liara have reached the temple of Athame to secure a Prothean artifact which may hold the key to the Crucible a device capable of stopping the Reapers but, as they continued on their mission they were suddenly running for cover as an anonymous object shoots from the sky and into the the temple of Athame and now the continuation !
Chapter 2
Following Commander Shepard's lead Liara and Javik stayed behind his back cautiously while maintaining a tight formation for cover fire. Liara's eyes widen ever so slightly as she was shocked to see the extent of damage the crashed object has inflicted which was stopped directly below the statue of Goddess Athame herself.
Luckily for them the object made a direct and straight descent into the temple so none of the artifacts on the display tables were damaged. Goddess Liara thought, noting what difficulty would have happened in their search for the Prothean artifact if any of the temple's artifacts were to be destroyed by the crash.
Shepard. Now carefully approaching the object pointing his Assault Rifle at it, as he got near he could finally see what exactly the object was. Weird, he thought as the object looked almost similar to the Cryogenic Pods used on board the Normandy but, it was far from being a cryo pod as he noticed the bulky features and its almost heavily armored plating, military perhaps ?
"Hello is anyone there ?" Liara shouted but was met with a cold silence "Something is wrong. Your scientists should be here." Javik questioned waving his particle rifle around to cover all areas in the temple moving along a slow pace behind Shepard
He was right, Shepard thought. Something was wrong now directly in front of the Pod which crashed into the temple until something caught the corner of his left eye. He quickly turned looking on the ground to see what he had guessed "I' m guessing these are the scientists ?" waving the others to join him as he remain in front of the pod while Javik taking the initiative investigated the two scientists corpses
Kneeling besides the bodies, Javik shifted them slightly to see how they have met their demise "Their throats..." he said causing the commander to turn to Javik who was now standing back up "What happened to them ?" turning to Javik making a concern face.
"Their throats have been slit. The Reapers didn't do this." Liara confirmed as she glance from Shepard to the mysterious pod in front of him. "Where going to have to figure this out on our own." finishing her sentence, Liara then proceeded towards the pod preparing her Omni Tool.
Liara began her scans and was astonished "Shepard. What ever this pod is it isn't Asari, in fact I don't even think it's from Thessia." Liara said analyzing the Pod with one of her Omni tool's functions. Shepard then turned to Javik who was now studying the pod "Javik, did you see anything like this while fighting the Reapers in your cycle ?" Shepard asked, but sadly Javik shook his head which ruled out the possibility or if being Asari or Reaper technology.
It was nothing Liara have seen ! Reading the diagnostics of the pod from her Omni Tool not a single trace of Element Zero detected ? not even any matching to any known Pods within any factions human, Turian, Quarian, Salarian ? she looks at it in a wide angle. While it did look like the head of a Salarian she simply dropped the comparison and just left it to coincidence.
He gave a long look at the pod then glanced back and forth between Liara and Javik "Well, what ever this pod is, It isn't going anywhere. Let's see if any of these artifacts are what we came for." Shepard said but unfortunately for him Liara was already deep within her curiosity for the strange pod.
-Beep Beep Beep- Liara, hearing the alarm on one of her Omni Tool's functions she simply shifted through her programmings and found it's source Unknown life sign ? she processed her theories through her head then stopped, now slowly lifting her head to the pod, It couldn't be... "Shepard, I think ..."-HISSSS-
The Trio, shocked from the large sound they all took a safe distance back away from the pod as steady streams of smoke leaked from the cracks within it. now after keeping a minimum distance of safety the three armed and aimed their weapons cautiously, yet precisely on it "Liara ?"
"It wasn't me Shepard." Liara replied to his suspicion arming her Scorpion IV at the pod "Be ready for whatever comes out." Within the contents of the pod a silent warrior awakens, vivid memories flashes, coursing through his mind...
Above one of the UNSCs colonized world a battle erupts between the fleets of the UNSC and the Covenant.
"This is Captain Cruize of the UNSC Wrap Around to all personnel, I m initiating Cole Protocol I repeat, the Cole Protocol is in effect ! All personnel is to immediatly abandon ship !" the captain turns to an ODST "Lieutenant, make sure you get our men to safety. Once you and the other troopers touch down the planet head to one of the remaining UNSC outposts." the Lieutenant nodded "What about you sir ?" he asked but was met with a soft sigh "A good Captain always goes down with his ship." walking back into his seat The lieutenant nodded then running out of the command bridge.
"Hey Lieutenant, I saved an H.E.V. just for you !" a marine shouted, "Dammit Corporal, didn't you hear the captain ? Get into one of the life pods now !" Just as he shouted a large explosion erupted behind the corporal sending him flying to the ramming into a wall, dead. "CORPORAL !" -BOOM !- another explosion took place near his pod now running into it, then hitting coordinates into the H.E.V. for an L.Z.
"Lieutenant, are you set for drop ?" Captain Cruize said speaking through ODSTs radio transmission within the Lieutenants helmet "Ready for hell sir !" the pod's hatch closed swiftly then felt the Pod beginning to move to position, from years of experience he could easily count the distance, 3 .. 2 .. 1 ..
The H.E.V. was now on a free fall to the planet below "Good luck Lieutenant." the Captain said before cutting the line off. Now observing the supercarrier as it faced the frigate in a side way position revealing how long in length it was compared to the frigate "Shiva, Status report. Why isn't it firing at us ?"
A blue hologram of a woman appeared upon a cylnder platform "Sir all weapons offline, Covenant supercarrier's weapons are also offline... warning small class fighters and boarding ships detected." The A.I. said making captain smirked "Shiva ! I want all power diverted to the thrusters, ram this Frigate into that supercarrier !" Ordering the ships A.I. now setting the frigate on a collision course straight to Covenant's capital ship "Collision in 30 seconds ! Sir, Slipspace rupture detected, It's the supercarrier, It's trying to ..."
The lieutenant could see it all as the UNSC Wrap Around rammed right into the Supercarrier before fading into his blind spot all he could here was large explosions setting off one, after another and then "it" happened.
A larger Explosion louder then anything the Lieutenant has heard before screamed, following a large expansion of the slipspace rupture the supercarrier had made "HOLY S..." before the lieutenant could finish his word the Pod which was free falling to the planet was now being sucked into the large slipspace he closed his eyes wishing for the best but thinking for the worst as his pod go through the slipspace.
"GASP !" The Lieutenant inhales a large quantity of air he opening his eyes looking at his surroundings realizing he was on his back his H.E.V. was probably lying down obviously. Now smiling, I M ALIVE ! the thought screamed within his mind.
Looking outside the hatch's glass window he noticed a strange statue of a female of some sort "what ?" Now punching the emergency release buttons for the hatch. As he hit the last button his hatch burst, flying into the air then creating a large crash as it hits the ground, the lieutenant slowly stood up from his seat then finally observing the rest of the area which was still unknown to him "Are you okay ?"
It happened so fast Liara couldn't even say a word, one minute the top of the pod flies into the air the second a figure clad in strange black armor rises from the pod. Shepard walks back up to the pod where the armored figure stood, Liara could see that the figure was looking around possibly wondering where it might be.
"Are you okay ?" Shepard asked the armored figure, but was then met with what appeared to be a pistol being aimed at Shepard's head, Shepard of course did the same aiming his assault rifle at the figures head which was protected by some strange variant of a Cerberus assault helmet, "You with Cerberus ?" Shepard asking its affiliation with them while maintaining a stand off.
The Lieutenant tilted his head slightly by the man's words but replied with the same manner the man spoke "Do you see an oversize three headed dog ?" He then gave his attention to the two people behind the man Covenant ? "Get down !" the lieutenant said leaping toward the man ignoring the rifle that was pointing at him.
The man leaped towards Shepard but no matter how threatening it seemed Shepard did not fire his rifle instead, he used his biotics, throwing him to the left sending the man rolling on the ground head first. As the rolling stopped the man spoke through his helmet "What just *cough, cough* happened ? Ugh."
The ODST got up slowly dropping his side arm from the head bump after being tossed into the air "Javik grab him !" Shepard yelled, "come get some." The lieutenant said, barely having time to get into a fighting stance as the strange alien rushed forward the ODST threw the first punch, fist flying across but Javik easily ducked, then followed by an uppercut but was matched with a block by the alien.
Javik, now in a close quarter combat situation with the figure, he simply dodged all jabs and punches the armored man gave. Not wasting his time the prothean then got behind his opponent, proceeding to form a tight and secure headlock immobilizing the man's arms and head. But in this moment something unexpected happened "GAH !" The Prothean and the ODST yelled as a surge of pain jolted through their brains and in an instant, it stopped "Javik !" Shepard shouted running to him. Javik then let go of the man the two now stumbling onto the ground.