Final Assault
The team knew it was time. No more running, no more hiding. They have hidden for long enough. It was time to put an end to the Reapers. It was time to chase them back into dark space. For too long they have held back. They were afraid what would happen in an assault. After they lost Sheppard, they were afraid of losing more. Now they realize that Sheppard was counting on them. The whole galaxy was counting on them. The fate of everything they know and love is at stake and if they ever want it to see it again they have to fight. It was time to stop Sovereign once and for all. But whatever happens, Sheppard will be fighting with them.
Sovereign was at the master control unit, waiting for it to come back online. The Keepers can repair any damage the Citadel takes. Sovereign snorted at the thought. He thought that he would have to fight C-Sec, but instead, Sheppard's crewmates detonate an explosive below him. Now C-Sec will be busier investigating the explosion rather than stop him. Everything is going smoother than he ever anticipated. There was a hum and everything came back online. Sovereign smiled wickedly; the Keepers have done their jobs. As the Reaper began to type at the controls he began to wonder about his indoctrinated slaves. They have been particularly useful. Perhaps they would make excellent Reaper themselves. Sovereign was still typing at the controls when a bullet flew out of nowhere and smashed them. Sovereign whipped around, his biotics burning with rage. He saw Garrus in the distance with a sniper rifle. That annoying Turian had once again delayed the Reapers' return.
Almost immediately after seeing Garrus, one of the indoctrinated slaves rushed at him, roaring like the monster it was. Garrus watched the creature charge towards him but he did not move. Bane suddenly jumped out of nowhere and fired his grabbling hook at the creature, which got entangled on its leg. The creature jerked backwards in surprise, letting Garrus take a second shot right at the creature's head. Bane retracted his grappling hook as Liara stepped out and blasted the creature with a biotic shockwave so powerful the creature was thrown to the wall. As it fell back to the ground loose debris fell back on top of it. One particularly large one dropped right on the creature's head, crushing its skull.
"Stop them," Sovereign growled menacingly at his slaves. There was no time to wait for the Keepers to repair the master control unit. Sovereign will have to do it himself.
Garrus, Bane, and Liara were all ready to face Sovereign. From the debris Tali, Wrex, Sidonis, and Ashley walked out. The seven of them were ready to face Sovereign and his indoctrinated slaves.
"Time to end this," Ashley said. The indoctrinated slaves charged forwards, eager to fight, already tasting the kill. The team took out their guns and began firing at the slaves, but they were faster than anything the team has ever faced before. The monsters were on them in moments. One of the creatures tore off its cloak, revealing its true form. It was a huge bat-like creature with four red eyes and a menacing beak. The bat flew at Garrus and Sidonis. Garrus jumped out of the way at the last second, but the bat's whip-like tail hooked onto Sidonis's armor and lifted him off the ground. Seeing the bat fly away with Sidonis, Garrus leap and grabbed the creature by its feet.
Another slave jumped between Ashley, Wrex, and Bane. Whatever this thing was it was faster and more agile than the other slaves. Ashley pointed her gun at the thing, but it grabbed the barrel and kicked her out of the way. Wrex pumped a round at it, but the slave dodged the blast and threw a spinning jump kick that sent Wrex flying backwards. Bane considered taking out his gun but had a better idea. He aimed his grappling hook towards the ceiling and fired. The creature lunged at Bane, but the bounty hunter was already propelling to the ceiling. He dropped onto one of the higher ledges and looked down, pulling out both his pistols. The creature growled angrily, but it was not going to let a little height stop him. The slave suddenly began leaping off pieces of debris and the walls, making its way up, thirsty for blood.
Bane began firing madly at the creature but it was too fast. Every time Bane had a shot it jumped out of the way.
"Stand still ninja wannabe!" Bane growled he continued shooting. It was too late. The creature jumped up and kicked bane right off the ledge. The Quarian bounty hunter fell below. Right before he hit the ground he felt a biotic force catch him. Bane looked and saw Liara. Bane suddenly dropped to the floor when another cloaked figure appeared behind Liara and hit her with a massive biotic blast.
Claws extended out of the wannabe's fingers. It leapt at Bane, ready to slice his prey in half. Bane was able to kick the creature in midair and it fell back to the ground.
Liara stared at her enemy in horror.
"By the goddess," she gasped. She could feel the creature's biotic powers as they pulsed through it, full of rage. The creature's biotic powers burned and crackled on its skin like fire. It was a demonic Adept made of nothing but raw biotic power.
Wrex had just gotten to his feet when a huge brute came plowing through him. He lost his shotgun and the Krogan fell to the ground again. The creature had huge gray arms, large enough to crush stone, and a pair of glowing eyes on its human head. Wrex got to his feet and looked at his opponent. Both of them were unarmed so there was only one way to fight. It was time for this creature to taste some knuckles. Wrex lunged forwards to punch the brute in the face, but it moved faster and knocked Wrex backwards. As he recovered from the blow, the brute charged forwards; but was knocked back when Wrex punch it across the face.
Tali and Ashley were staring at a lizard-like creature with a long scorpion tail. It snarled at the two of them before leaping at them. Tali and Ashley both jumped out of the way but the Leaper whipped around. Tali was not sure if a bullet would even hurt the Leaper. Would simply make it attack her instead? She did not even have time to react. The Leaper leapt at Tali, pinning her to the ground. Tali was able to grab the creature by its head as it snarled viciously snapping at Tali's face. Tali stared down the creature's throat, terrified that it might be the last thing she sees. Ashley rushed forwards and shoved the Leaper off. It wriggled on the floor for a moment before it came back to its feet. Ashley was about to shoot when but its tail lashed forwards. Ashley used her gun to block the tail and it was knocked out of her hand. Ashley jumped up at the last moment just as the Leaper lashed its tail at her again.
Garrus began pumping rounds into the Bat's belly. The gunshots echoed the room. The creature screeched in pain before it dropped Sidonis to the ground. Garrus let go and jumped down onto a higher ledge. He watched the bat as it circled the room. It suddenly swooped down at Garrus. The Turian pulled out his sniper rifle and began firing at the bat. Round after round was pumped into the Bat's chest until finally, with a screech of pain and fury, it lost control. Garrus jumped out of the way as the bat crashed onto the floor. Garrus jumped back when the Bat lunged forwards and buried its beak into the floor.
Sidonis saw what was happening from where he stood. The Bat pulled its beak out of the floor and began to flap its wings. If it takes off it will take Garrus with it. Sidonis looked around, trying to find something to use. Shooting it will not do much good. He cannot just hurt it, he has to kill it. Sidonis looked at the ceiling. It was cracked and crumbling. It will work. Sidonis aimed his gun at the ceiling above the Bat and began firing. Bullets embedded themselves into unstable ceiling. The Bat had just gotten off the ground when the ceiling suddenly fell on top of it. The creature's terrible screech was lost in the sound of the chaos of the collapsing ceiling. The creature disappeared as an entire pile of rubble buried and crushed it.
Wrex slammed his fist into the brute's face, throwing the creature back with a grunt of pain. He rushed forwards and was about blast it with another punch, but the brute smashed its fist in Wrex. Wrex yelled in pain as he was punched back against the wall behind him. The brute threw his fist at Wrex, who ducked and let it hit the wall. Wrex roared as he shoved the brute back before he landed another blow at its face. The brute roared barbarically as it punched Wrex in the stomach, sending the Krogan flying into the wall with a loud crash.
Bane dodged and ducked as the wannabe continued slashing at him, screeching savagely. He had to wait to get into position though. The wannabe slashed again, but Bane grabbed its claw and threw the creature to the ground. Almost as soon as it hit the ground the creature jumped back up and kicked Bane in the face.
Liara created another biotic field that blocked the Adept's biotic blast. Liara threw a piece of debris at the creature, but it tore the debris apart before the debris could reach its target, turning it into a cloud of smoke and dust. The Adept suddenly used its biotic powers to lift Liara up into the air. Power surged through Liara as she sent out a massive biotic pulse that threw the Adept back and let herself down. She punched the ground, sending a biotic shockwave through the ground. The ground spat sparks and biotic energy as the shockwave knocked the Adept off its feet.
"Liara, now!" Bane yelled as he kicked the wannabe back into a wall. Power surged through Liara's veins as she threw an orb of pure biotic energy at the creature. The biotic orb slammed into the creature, shoving into the wall and into the wires that surged with lethal levels of electricity. Electricity crackled with mad rage as it surged through the creature, which screeched in pain. Finally it fell limp. Its evil was now gone.
Liara was suddenly thrown back as the Adept hit her with another blast of biotic power. The Adept heard a furious yell behind it and turned around. Bane rushed forwards with something in his hand. Before the bounty hunter could reach the creature, it slammed him back with a huge wave of biotic energy. As Bane fell to the ground, he threw the object in his hand at Liara. The Asari caught it and realized that it was another explosive Bane made. The ground exploded with biotic energy as the Adept sent a massive biotic shockwave through it. Liara lunged at the creature. She had just slapped its face when it threw her off. It was only after Liara hit the ground it realized that Liara had planted the explosive on its face. The creature reached up to pull the explosive charge off, but Liara quickly formed a biotic shield to cover it. The Adept roared furiously as it did everything it could to reach the charge, but it was too late for the creature. The charge exploded on the creature's face, throwing it back and engulfing it in flames. Its charred body hit the floor with a thud.
Tali shot her handgun at the Leaper, but it leapt side to side, dodging the bullets. Ashley pulled out her handgun, ready to kill the monster. The Leaper leapt at Tali, but it did not pin her to the ground. Instead, it jumped off of her and leapt at Ashley as well. Tali was thrown to the ground and Ashley jumped out of the way as the Leaper landed in front of her. Ash immediately got to her feet and aimed her gun, but the Leaper lashed its tail like a whip and knocked Ashley's feet out from under her, knocking her to the ground. Ash rolled to the side at the last moment as the Leaper jammed the stinger on the end of its tail into the floor where her head used to be. Tali took aim at the creature again, but she realized she was out of bullets. Tali looked around, hoping to find a weapon.
"Hey!" Tali yelled at the Leaper. The creature turned and saw Tali had picked up a long broken metal pipe. The creature leapt forwards, but Tali kept it at a distance with the pipe. They both circled each other, looking for an opening to attack. The Leaper was not going to just wait for the kill. It leapt forwards, full force, at Tali. She and creature fell to the ground behind a piece of debris. Ash got to her feet and rushed to make sure her friend was safe. As Ashley looked behind the piece of debris, she saw Tali had impaled the creature with the pipe. The abomination was struggling to get the pipe out of itself, but Tali was ready to finish it off. She picked up a live wire off the floor and tossed it on the creature.
Wrex was shoved back into the wall as the creature pummeled him with punishing blows. Blow after blow was thrown until, suddenly, Wrex caught the creature's fist. He shoved it back, relentlessly returning the blows. He roared furiously as he continued beating the creature with his fists until the brute was thrown back into the wall. Wrex raised his fists again, but instead of punching at the brute, he punched the wall above the brute. Wrex backed away as the Brute took a moment to realize what was happening. It had just taken a step forwards when a huge piece of the wall came down on its legs. The brute fell over as the entire wall began to collapse on it. The creature tried to crawl away but another huge piece of debris fell on its back. The wall gave way and began to bury the creature in debris and rubble. It roared furiously as debris finally crushed the monster.
Sovereign finally fixed the master control unit, but Sheppard's team had already dealt with his indoctrinated slaves. Sovereign turned around to face Sheppard's team. They had all grabbed their guns and all aimed at the Reaper. The entire chamber filled with the sounds of gunfire as they all unleashed a hail of bullets at the Reaper. Sovereign put out his hand, almost like he was saying 'stop' and the bullets suddenly began to slow down and stopped in front of him. Useless pieces of lead and metal floated in front of the Reaper for a moment as the team gawked at the sight. Their attacks were completely useless. There were quiet clinks as Sovereign let the bullets drop to the floor.
"My turn," the demon hissed wickedly. He could already taste his victory. There was not much the team could do but raise their guns and fire again, but Sovereign was already upon them. He moved faster than any of them thought possible. The Reaper was using its biotic abilities to multiply its speed and strength. Sovereign threw Ashley back like a rag doll. He shoved Liara to the ground and she wriggled in agonizing pain like a squid out of the water. Sovereign kicked Tali and Bane back like they were buckets in his way. He grabbed Sidonis by his collar and threw the Turian into Garrus. The two Turians fell back, simple lizards in Sovereign's eyes. Wrex was just some dinosaur that belonged back in the Stone Age in Sovereign's eyes, and the Reaper hit Wrex with a punch so powerful it could have sent him back. Sheppard's team lay on the ground, just pests and vermin waiting to be squashed.
"You cannot stop the inevitable," Sovereign growled at the defeated team. Ashley grabbed her gun and jumped to her feet, but Sovereign grabbed her by the throat and lifted her up into the air. Tali jumped back up, took out the knife in her boot, and rushed forwards, ready to embed the blade in Sovereign's back. The Reaper saw Tali get back up and threw Ashley at her. Tali practically dropped the knife as Ashley landed on her, trying not to stab her friend.
Wrex got to his feet and threw a devastating punch across Sovereign's face, which twisted sideways from the blow. The Reaper twisted its head back the way it was and glared at Wrex, its unseen eyes practically boring a hole in him. Wrex just stood there, stunned that his punch did not even make Sovereign take a step backwards. Sovereign roared with rage before lifting Wrex with its biotic powers and sending the Krogan flying back into a wall.
When Sovereign saw Liara get back up, biotic power burned furiously on his skin as he lifted two huge pieces of debris into the air. Liara jumped out of the way at the last moment as Sovereign threw one of the pieces of debris at her. He then threw the other one at her. The sheer weight of the piece of debris could crush her, but Liara grabbed it with her biotics. She held the debris above her head and looked at Sovereign.
"For Sheppard," Liara said under her breathe. She threw the piece of debris back at Sovereign, but he turned it into dust with a biotic blast and fired another stream of raw biotic power at Liara. The biotic stream hit her in the stomach and sent her flying back into the wall.
Garrus leapt for his sniper rifle, but Sovereign simply used his biotic powers to shove it aside. With nothing in his hand, Garrus lunged at Sovereign, but the Reaper picked him up with its biotic powers. Bane came up behind Sovereign and hit the Reaper in the back as hard as he could, but his blow felt like a tap to the menacing creature. Sovereign used his biotics to pick Bane up and throw the bounty hunter to the ground in front of him. Bane tried to get back up, but Sovereign threw Garrus on top of him.
"We are the end of everything!" Sovereign roared. He was like a demon hyped from a victory. "We will rain fire and destruction on all you know! We will wipe out all who oppose us!" Bane groaned as he tried to get to his feet.
"You know," he groaned as he got up. "I'm not such a nice guy myself," he chuckled. It was then Sovereign realized that there was something on his back. Bane pulled out his detonator and pressed the button. Sovereign was engulfed in flames as Bane's explosive charge blasted apart the Reaper's back. Sovereign roared in pain, his biotics burning on the surface of his skin like fire. The creature tried to heal, but there was too much damage. Bane and Garrus grabbed a nearby gun and took aim.
"Time to end this!" Bane said.
"For Sheppard," Garrus agreed. They both unleashed a hail of bullets against Sovereign. The Reaper jolted with each bullet, stepping one step back with each jolt, until, finally, Sovereign stepped and fell off the edge. He plummeted onto a piece of metal twisted upwards until it was like a spire. Sovereign was impaled on the spire, plunging the tip through his evil heart. Sovereign growled weakly. It could feel the life beginning to leave its body. It almost seemed strange; Sovereign dies in the same place his indoctrinated slave died before betraying him. This was where Saren died before betraying him. As the last bit of life began to leave Sovereign, the Reaper could have sworn he heard Saren whisper,
"You've lost." Bane and Garrus watched as the Reaper's body fell limp. It was over. It was only after Sovereign fell limp Garrus and Bane realized who they were standing next to.
Garrus and Bane both turned and aimed their guns at each other, waiting for the other to make a move. Both of them stood still, glaring into each other's eyes. Every nerve in Garrus's body wanted to shoot Bane, but it did not seem right. Bane had just helped them save the entire galaxy. But, he was still a criminal. Garrus's finger stroked the trigger of his gun. He did not want to shoot Bane, but he definitely did not want to let the bounty hunter go.
"So where do we go from here?" Bane asked. Garrus thought for a moment. He could not stand here forever, holding the gun at Bane's head. Garrus gave a frustrated sight.
"I'll let you go," Garrus growled. "BUT, after this, all deals are off."
"I wouldn't have it any other way," Bane said with an unseen smile. Garrus reluctantly lowered his gun, and Bane did the same. The bounty hunter aimed his grappling hook at the ceiling. He propelled upwards and out of sight. Garrus did not know whether or not he wanted to see Bane ever again.