I wanted to apologize for my mistake uploading Ch. 12 so I'm uploading Ch. 13 early thanks for reading, and thanks for Mr. Light-OfTwilight for pointing it out to me. ENJOY!
Ch. 13
I wanna hang a map of the world in my house. Then I'm gonna put pins into all the locations that I've traveled to. But first, I'm gonna have to travel to the top two corners of the map so it won't fall down.
Mitch Hedberg (1968 - 2005)
We set off through the volcanic land scape, "Is it hot in here or is it just me."
"Be a little more serious," Shepard says.
We set off and get into another fire fight with a group of geth snipers. I'm pretty worthless in this situation I think to myself. I sprint from cover to cover, never running in a straight line. I zig zag as sniper rounds impact the places I was a moment before. I reach one of the sniper's nests, I pull out both SMGs and pepper the sniper from point blank range. The geth falls down holes in its body I check its rifle. I have had minimal experience firing a rifle in the past and the computer in the rifle made it much easier. Soon enough I had a geth targeted. I slowly squeeze the trigger and pow. The geth falls over a hole in its chest. Yes, after a quick move, a tactic I learned from enough FPS games. I had eliminated another geth. I continued with this tactic until their were no more geth left. I left behind a good amount of thermal clips, but I had picked up enough to replace them, I had my newly acquired rifle on a magnetic clip on my back.
"Shepard," I say, "I think the dig sites just up this hill."
"You shouldn't run off across a battle field," she says, "your luck can only hold for so long."
"I don't just have luck," I say, "I am modified, but your right I'll stick closer to you." I get into step behind her. We reach the dig site, and true to the game, we get ambushed. I draw the SMGs. I take out two geth who charged our position, but I'm forced to dodge back into cover as the recently dropped armature fires its main gun at me. It makes some kind of electrical discharge. I pop back out of cover and unload both my SMGs until they run dry, I see a spark bounce off the armature, I broke through its shields. I see a rocket trooper, I sprint out at him. The armature sights me, I put on a full burst of speed, and crash into the rocket trooper as a blast lands a few feet behind me. I reach out and start pulling any cables that stuck out. Its "eye" eventually goes dark. I heft the rocket launcher, I aim at the armature. I hear gunfire and a thud as something metallic hits the ground. I squeeze the trigger and a rocket shoots out. The shot, luckily, flies true and the armatures head disappears. Shepard and Tali walk up.
"I know, I know don't charge across the battle field," I say after seeing Shepard's look, "at least it worked." We head up the ramp, that leads to a door that goes into the mountain. I do a dramatic bow, "Ladies first."
Shepard walks in first followed by Tali, I take up the back, I dropped the launcher being too heavy to carry, I pull out my SMGs. We fight our way through the inner workings of the ruins. Across various catwalks geth fell to my SMGs, Tali's tech powers, and Shepard's assault rifle. Until we drop down in front of a blue shimmering barrier, on the other side an asari was floating in a giant blue bubble, Dr. Tsoni.
"Can you hear me out there," Liara shouts, "I am trapped I need help."
"Are you okay," Shepard asks, "what happened to you."
"Looks like a prothean security device," I say.
"Yes, I cannot move I need you to get me out of it, alright," Liara says.
"We just need to figure some way past this energy field," Shepard says.
"Were you using a mining laser," I ask Liara.
"Yes, why," Liara asks.
"Shepard I have an idea," I outline my full plan according to how it went in the game.
"It sounds like it could work, come on lets go," Shepard says and heads for the ramp down.
"Don't worry we'll get you out of their," I say reassuring Liara.
"Hurry, there was a krogan with the geth, they may be trying to find another way around," Liara says.
We head off and are immediately set upon by another group of geth, we fight our way through to the mining laser's control panel. After we clear the area of the geth Tali sets about hacking the controls. Tali exclaims in triumph as a deafening roar fills the area the mining laser burrows into the side of the room. After all the dust clears, we see an entrance into the area beneath Liara's prison.
We walk up to a panel Shepard pushes a few buttons and we feel ourselves rising.
"Hu.. How did you get in here," Liara says, "I did not think there was any way past the barrier."
"We blasted through with the mining laser," Shepard says.
"How could you not hear it," I ask.
She ignores my comment, "Of course, yes, that makes sense."
"Please... get me out of here before more geth arrive," she pleads, "that button should shut down this containment field." Shepard goes over to the console and pushes one of the buttons.
The blue bubble Liara was in fades away, she falls to the ground. I hurry forward and help her up. "You okay," I ask.
"Yes fine," she answers. I walk back to Shepard and Tali.
"Any idea how we get out of this place," Tali asks.
"There's an elevator hack in the center of the tower," Liara says, "at least I think it's an elevator." "It should take us out of here," She says, "come on."
"You gonna give her the order speech too," I ask Shepard as we get on the elevator, she smirks.
"I still cannot believe all this," Liara says oblivious to my comment, "why would the geth come after me, do you think Benezia is involved."
"You are a prothean expert," I say, "and Saren is looking for a prothean artifact, the Conduit."
"The conduit but I don't–," she gets interrupted as the ground shakes.
"Shepard my gut says its time to go," I say.
"These ruins are not stable," Liara says, "that mining laser must have triggered a seismic event." She walks over to the consol.
"Joker, get the Normandy airborne and locked in on my signal," Shepard shouts into her communicator, "on the double mister."
"Ay, ay, Commander secure and aweigh, ETA 8 minutes," Joker replies.
"He needs to move faster," Tali says.
"If we die down here I'll kill him," I say, that was Wrex's line in the game and it always made me laugh. The elevator begins to ascend. I begin tapping my foot impatiently.
We reach the top and a krogan leading a group of geth enter the room.
"Surrender, or don't that would be more fun," the krogan says.
"We don't have time to deal with this idiot," Shepard says, "Charge."
"Heh, I like you attitude," he says leveling his shot gun.
I grab Liara and move to cover quickly. I put her down behind cover and draw my SMGs as the gunfire begins. I pop out of cover and pepper the geth with my guns. I hear a groan as the krogan goes down as one of my allies take him down. The geth are all down we head for the exit. "RUN DAMN IT RUN," I shout pushing them ahead of me. A stone from the ceiling dislodges and lands on Tali's head she falls to the ground. I stop and pick her up in my arms and run full speed. We reach the ramp to the surface I feel warmth at my back I head towards the light. I reach the top and sprint down the ramp that leads back to the tunnels.
"Will," I start to hear Tali's voice the rumble from the mountain quieter, "I'm okay I can run." I ignore her and carry her all the way back to the Mako. I set her down gently in a seat. I notice her helmets cracked. Oh no I think the germs and... I'm pushed down in my seat by Shepard. I buckle in.
She activates the Mako's engines and the jets lift us into the air, "Joker we're up," she says into her comm.
I feel a shudder as we enter the cargo bay. "Come on Tali," I say and pull her to her feet. I bring her to the med bay. "Doctor, Tali got hit with a piece of rubble, her helmets cracked," I say. Doctor Chakwas' omni-tool lights up she moves her hand up and down Tali's body.
"I told him I was fine," Tali says.
"She'll be fine, the helmet kept the damage away and the crack on her visor is superficial," she says, "no air can get through."
I let out a breath of relief and hug Tali. "I'm glad your okay," I say.
