Deaths-Head : Hello everyone. Apologies for the lateness of a update. RL has been rather hectic and I haven't had the time to really sit down and start writing (apart from rewriting ideas and such). I have decided to do some changes to what I originally had planned as well.
Disclaimer : I don't own Mass Effect. BioWare and EA (sadly) do. I also do not own the characters Doctor Evelyn Necker (Marvel UK), Doctor Henry Pym (Marvel), Doctor Julian Bashir (Star Trek Deep Space Nine) or Advanced Idea Mechanics (Again, Marvel). They are all owned by their respective creators. I only own my OC's.
Mass Effect Everyman
YEAR : 2172
LOCATION: TITAN STATION, SATURN ORBIT
Inside laboratory fifty-four, Doctor Evelyn Necker watched the simulation play out on the terminal one last time. The positronic flux capacitor was functioning within tolerable safety limits and her team where preparing for their calculations for the initial test activation. A smile appeared on her face, as she was about to prove her theory of matter transportation and then, armed with the evidence of it's success, she'd present the findings to the rest of the scientific community on Earth. Then she and her team of engineers would finally get the recognition they'd deserve.
It was then, the communication array activated and she heard the voice of the station commander, Doctor Julian Bashir speak.
"Doctor Necker... I trust there is a valid reason as to this request you transmitted?"
Evelyn frowned to herself and rubbed her temples.
"How else am I to conduct practical examinations of my theories, without requesting the resources I need?"
The reply was short and to the point.
"Listen Necker... you and your bunch of 'Advanced Idea Mechanics', are a farce! Not a single one of your so called 'theories' has produced any viable or credible evidence to warrant the requisition of this much element zero. Unless you have proof that your... 'machine'... will work, I'm cutting off your laboratory and will have you and your team assigned to back to the sub-naval station back on Earth!"
Evelyn couldn't stop the grimace appearing on her face at the mention of the name given to her team. True most of them had a background in engineering and her ideas were rather advanced for her time, but they had proved themselves to her to be one of the best teams to work together and she knew her theories were sound. She also knew Julian had used those damn finger quotes he was so fond of, when he used that name.
"Sir... with all due respect, you can not do that. I am fully funded via the University of Tokyo's Advanced Therum and Engineering department, to conduct my theories, both practical and theoretical. I also have tenure under Doctors Lawrence, Smythe and Jayne. I have far more connections than you have and I have a larger hammer to use if I need to. Now... I suggest that you cease your foolish attempts to circumvent my experiments..." She paused, fully aware that her entire team were looking at her and she also had Bashir's full attention "Otherwise Doctor... I shall have to submit a report back through the proper channels regarding the administration of this station and their heavy handed tactics being forced upon the numerous research teams stationed here."
There was a significant pause over the comm, then when Doctor Bashir next spoke, it was in a cold tone.
"Have a care Necker... you are far from Earth... Remember that."
Before she could formulate a response, the channel was cut and left the room eerily silent. With a sigh, Evelyn ran a hand through her hair and then looked over at the technicians next to her.
"That man never makes things easy... Very well, we have a green light. Have all the checklists come back positive?"
One of the technicians nodded, looking at her omni-tool.
"Of course Doctor. Everything is green and ready for initial test fire."
With a nod of her head she faced the terminal once again, taking a quick note of the readings, before she activated her Omni-tool. Taking a breath, she then spoke.
"Ok everyone... let's make history."
With a few presses on her Omni-tool, Evelyn watched as the capacitor activated, the positron relays working in conjunction with the element zero delivery system her team had designed. In the middle of the room, above the capacitor relay, energy arced around a tear which appeared. Evelyn smiled as her team cheered. Phase One was complete, now to move to Phase Two...
Another time and place :
With a snarl, a teenaged male threw his right fist at the breathing mountain in front of him, connecting with the glass jaw of said mountain, sending it tumbling to the ground. Around him, others watched with wide eyed and slack jawed expressions on their face. The mountain, nicknamed 'Ogre', was knocked out cold on the ground. The individual responsible turned and glared at the onlookers, a cold glare in his eyes.
"Alright... who's next?"
A murmur ran through the crowd as they slowly parted way, allowing the young man to turn and leave. Cursing under his breath, he massaged the knuckles of his right hand.
"Who'd have thought that jackass would go down on one punch...?"
A female voice spoke up, as another person joined him.
"Hell... who would've thought that Ogre would go down ever? Face it bro, you did good... and you did bad."
Her brother raised an eyebrow as he looked at her from the corner of his eye.
"Meaning?"
His sister stopped and stretched her arm.
"Good news, you took Ogre down. Bad news... " she turned and pointed "He's back on his feet and looking right at us!"
Both siblings watched as the crowd quickly dispersed, as the young man known only as Ogre glared at them, rubbing his chin as blood seeped from the corner of his mouth.
"Oh... you two are gonna get a beating... " he pointed at them and barked to his cronies "GET THEM!"
The two siblings turned and ran, ducking and weaving through the crowd as a group of neanderthal buffoons chased them. The girl spoke as she spun around a couple and continued to run alongside her brother.
"Well Greg... tell me what are the odds..."
He cut her off fast, as he continued to run.
"Never tell me the odds Gwyn... Just keep running!"
Back in Laboratory Fifty-Four :
The Positron Transporter Transceiver was functioning within optimal limits and Evelyn was pleased. She opened a channel to the counterpart laboratory on the station and spoke to her colleague, Doctor Henry Pym.
"Henry, the transceiver is at ninety eight percent charge, is the receiver ready?"
There was a pause, then the nasally sound of Doctor Pym's voice came over the comm.
"Everything is ready on our end Evelyn... we are at ninety-five percent and climbing. We should reach a hundred percent in a few minutes."
Evelyn nodded as she looked at her readings, her smile small.
"Understood... once we reach a hundred percent charge, we shall commence umbilical linkage. If the tunnel holds stable, we'll send a object through from our end."
Henry's response was prompt.
"We have just reached ninety-six percent. We may not be able to reach a hundred percent charge, as the streams are syncing out of alignment."
Evelyn looked at her Omni-tool, a look of dread on her face.
"No! We can't have the streams out of alignment! Quickly get them back in sync and do not cross the streams!"
Before there could be a reply, the umbilical link occurred far early than what Evelyn and Henry had thought. Unfortunately, as Evelyn looked at the 'tunnel' above the capacitor... she did not see the inside of laboratory of her colleague.
Rather she saw what looked like a overpass of some sort, with a blue sky and white clouds. She also heard what sounded like voices, coming through the tear. One of her technicians looked at her, shock on their face.
"Doctor Necker... wha... what do we do now?"
For the first time in her life, Evelyn Necker was speechless...
Back with the siblings :
Greg cursed at himself for being a idiot. He and his sister had been running from the group of idiots for ten minutes and now, they were trapped on the concrete bridge running over the freeway. On one side were two thugs, one cracking his knuckles as they started towards the siblings. The other side, Ogre and the rest were grinning and walking towards them. Grimacing, he looked at his sister... noticing the same look on her face.
"Sorry... "
Gwyn turned back and saw Ogre was about fifteen metres from there, taking his time approaching them.
"Well, you did say today was going to be a interesting day bro... any ideas on how we get out of this?"
Greg looked out over the freeway and saw a truck was heading towards them. In a moment of pure bravado, he climbed onto the railing, holding his hand down to his sister. Gwyn saw the truck, then looked behind her. Ogre and his bunch had stopped and were watching Greg. Swallowing, she grasped her brother's hand and climbed onto the railing.
"I hope you know what you're doing bro... I really do..."
The truck was five meters away, when Ogre called out.
"Go ahead and jump idiots... I dare you!"
The siblings looked at each other and nodded, before jumping off the railing and over the edge... falling down...
And disappeared.
Back in 2172 :
The tear grew wider, with the power readings jumping into danger levels. In Doctor Pym's laboratory, the machine had shut down... but was rerouted through the umbilical back to laboratory fifty-four. Evelyn gasped as she saw what looked like two humans jump off and fell towards the tear... her eyes widened even more, as the two landed on the floor in front of the Matter transporter she and her team had worked on for the last five years.
Before she could say anything, the flux housing burst, positron streams erupting forth and cutting deep cuts into the walls and consoles. One technician was sliced in half by the streams as the alarms wailed, the room bathed in red and blue illumination of the alarms and positron energy. Quickly she ran down to the two humans, grabbing them by their arms and pulling them to their feet.
"No time to argue, move!"
Stumbling out of the laboratory, the other occupants of the station were running towards the shuttle bays, as a automated voice rang out from the PA system.
**ALERT, ALERT. THIS IS A ALPHA DEGREE STATION ALERT. ALL HANDS ARE TO EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY. THE STATION HAS SUFFERED CATASTROPHIC SYSTEM DAMAGE AND THE CORE IS APPROACHING IMINENT COLLAPSE. REPEAT; THIS IS A ALPHA DEGREE STATION ALERT...**
Evelyn hurried the two young people with her towards the nearest shuttle bay, one of her team members holding one of the remaining shuttles. She waved to Evelyn.
"DOCTOR NECKER! OVER HERE!"
As Evelyn headed towards the shuttle, Doctor Bashir stepped in front of her, anger etched on his face.
"YOU! You have destroyed all of the hard work we have worked on here... All of the unpublished successes, the working prototypes... Everything! I am going to..."
Before he could finish, the floor underneath him gave way, as a fuel line ruptured and upon exposure to the air, a large gout of flame enveloped the administrator, burning him alive. Evelyn and the two young humans with her, made it onto the shuttle as it launched into the vacuum of space. Panting, she looked out the viewport... watching Titan station, her home for the last eight years, tear itself apart due to her experiment running awry. Completely encasing the station in blue energy, the positron capacitor finally shut itself down... and with it, the entire station imploded... being pulled away somewhere else.
With a sigh, Evelyn leaned back into the seat, taking note of the remaining four technicians aboard the shuttle... and the two... 'guests'. Clearing her throat, she leaned forward and looked at them.
"Now... I don't suppose either of you would like to explain who you are and how you got here?"
The male, who had his arm protectively around the female, looked at her with a guarded expression.
"All I'll tell you... is my name is Greg and this is my sister Gwyn. As to how we got here, we have no damn clue." he paused "Now... how about YOU tell ME who you are and where the Hell are we!"
Evelyn nodded slowly.
"Fair enough... my name is Doctor Evelyn Necker, former team scientist about the Titan Station in orbit of Saturn, in the Sol system."
Shock was on Greg and Gwyn's faces, the young female speaking for the first time.
"H... how is that possible? I mean... " she looked at her brother "It isn't possible... right?"
Greg meanwhile had taken a look around the shuttle, taking note of the technology. He then faced Evelyn, then eyes narrowed as her Omni-tool appeared. Evelyn looked and saw that a message from a nearby Systems Alliance vessel, the Saratoga, appeared. Raising her hand to pause Greg, she activated the message. A automated response read the message.
Attention all survivors of Titan station. The SSV Saratoga is enroute and will rendevous with you in approximately thirty seven minutes. Please stay on your current course.
Closing the Omni-tool, she motioned for Greg to continue. He had narrowed his eyes during the message reading.
"One more question... if I may. What year is it?"
The technicians looked at each other then to Evelyn. She looked at Greg and Gwyn, studying them.
"What year do you think it is?'
Gwyn responded.
"It's 2014... September twenty-second, 2014... " she looked her brother "Our birthday."
Evelyn frowned. The scientist in her was fascinated at what their response would be when she told them the date, but the human... the woman in her, felt nothing but sadness for them...
"The date is March eighteenth... 2172. Nearly a hundred and sixty years... from the date you stated."
Greg and Gwyn's faces had nothing but shock on them... and Evelyn felt herself go out to them. She wondered what would happen to them now. Greg and Gwyn wondered where the Hell they were and how were they going to get home... if ever...
Deaths-Head : Another chapter done and I admit the story has changed (as early as it has) from my original idea and I hope it all flows well. Hope you enjoy and any reviews would be appreciated. Any advice and tips etc are more than welcome. Anything negative will be ignored.