"Gah, dammit that hurts" I said as the nurse applied medi-gel to my bullet wounds. MEDI-GEl! I can't believe how quickly my situation had changed in the last….however long it's been, I don't know. At one point, I was laying on the floor of a police station, bleeding profusely from 5 bullet holes in my chest, courtesy of an enraged cop, who happened to be the father of the girl I was accused of raping, who happened to be my bitch of an ex-girlfriend. Now, as far as I could tell, I was lying on a makeshift bed, in the middle of a warzone,in the MAss Effect universe, with Commander Shepard. That's right, THE Commander Shepard. Scarlett hair, tight body and all….god i'm glad I wasn't saying that out loud, something tells me that this Shepard's renegade and wouldn't think twice about hitting a , if I wasn't at risk of bleeding out from my wounds, or in an excruciatingly large amount of pain, I would be jumping all over the place, with everyone else around going 'WTF is this guy on?' The nurse, on the other hand, seemed very nice, and i'm surprised she still is considering that I just hit her in the face after she applied medi-gel to the bullet hole located right above my heart, and let me tell you something: BARELY AN INCH, "Opps,Sorry about that ma'am, I didn't mean to hit you."

"Ah, it's alright, i've been hit by worse" she said wrapping my bullet wounds in gauze, "You should've been more worried about these wounds. Another minute, the infection would've spread to your heart"

"...well, that's comforting to know. I'm so glad that the gunfire and explosions coming from out there never had a chance to kill me " I said sarcastically, oh and that reminds me, "Nurse,ummmm, what's your name again?"

"Oh, i'm Alex. Alex Paxton" she said, putting an ice pack on her eye.

"Right, Alex, where exactly are we? Because I don't remember getting shot and ending up near death on a pile of rubble?" I asked in a slightly panicked voice

"OH yeah, I guess you should know that. Ok let's see" Alex clenched her fist, and in an instant, her entire arm was engulfed by an omni-tool. Just the mere sight of that thing made me squeal. Hell, ANYTHING here is enough to make me squeal. "Ok, looks like we're on Elysium, human colony located in the Vetus System." she said. Ok, now I kinda wished the infection had killed me.

"Wait, now i'm confused. How'd you not know where we were?" That seemed like something someone should know.

"Hey, don't judge me. I'm not as well versed on the rest of the galaxy as most people. Besides, I only just joined the Alliance a year ago, and I don't get a lot of field action." she said, slightly annoyed, "Besides, shouldn't you know more about the galaxy than I do?"

"Hey, I can't recall anything that happened to me in the last 24 hours, I have an excuse." I said, clutching my side.

"Well, it's not a very good excuse" she said, "What's your name by the way?"

"It's Ed, Edward Ross Cohen. But call me Ross, I hate my first name"

"Why?"

"Well, have you ever heard of a book called Twilight?" I think you can see where this is going. See back when Twilight was basically the only thing people were talking about, guys would typically make fun of me because my name sounds like Edward Cullen. And I don't think it helped my case that I had slightly sharper teeth than the rest of my did the fact that I had also previously gone as a vampire for Halloween that year.

"Ohhh, I see. That makes sense, although I didn't know people still read that book, that thing's like almost 200 years old."

"Yeah neither did I? So Alex, if you don't really get any field work, what exactly are you doing here?" I asked.

"Massive casualties. The team sent here didn't have enough medics to tend to the soldiers wounded in battle, so they sent me and a couple of others here to help." she said. THen the explosions began to resume, the sounds of bombs hitting their targets created a vibration that rocked the foundation of the already crumbling building. One of the pieces of the ceiling nearly fell onto of Alex, but she didn't even flinch.

"How are you not scared by that?" I asked

"Scared by what" I pointed to the fallen piece of building that had fallen right beside her. She took one quick glimpse at it, then turned back to me, "Hmm didn't notice that" boy that is one tough nurse. Along with the the bombings, gunfire could be heard right outside what's left of the entrance.

"Damnit, sounds like the batarians are starting to advance. This isn't good." said Alex, she had a look of unease, the type of look you get when like,well….Ok, say if you're walking down the street in the middle of the night, and you get that feeling that someone's following you, even though you think there isn't,but you just can't shake that feeling, like that scene in To Kill A Mockingbird in which Bob Ewell is about to attempt to murder Scout and Finch?. Now take that and multiply it by ten, so if this situation freaks her out more than nearly being crushed by a piece of ceiling, then it must've been bad. I lifted my damaged person off of the bed and straddled myself towards the entrance. The second I look out, i'm instantly blinded by the blazing sun sitting in the sky. Once my sight had adjusted, I finally got a good look at what our situation was: It wasn't pretty. There were barely any Alliance soldiers fending off an invading horde of batarians. Besides Shepard, who I could easily identify by the scarlet hair, there were only 10 soldiers, barely managing to suppress the oncoming fire. Not only that, but from what I can tell there were a bunch of batarian ships fighting off a team of Alliance jets.(I only say as far as I could tell because I had never actually seen a batarian ship. They're actually kinda similar to Klingon ships, but only just.) Guess those ships must've been what was bombing the colony. And man, did they do some damage. There were huge craters scattered across the entire battlefield, dead bodies everywhere, some dead batarians, others were colonists that didn't make it, and they even managed to take down a skyscraper.

"Is there backup coming" I asked.

"No need for it. Understable,You must not see the Alliance in action enough, but the tides are about to turn." Now honestly, I never really knew anything about The Skyllian Blitz, other than it took place on Elysium. MY Shepard in my playthroughs was always a Sole Survivor, so at this point, I was completely in the dark, "Just keep watching, you'll see it." So I continued to watch the battle between Batarian and Alliance forces. NOw I see why the other races are afraid of us. Some of the Alliance forces were hitting the batarians with round after round of Napalm grenades, while the others were laying on heavy fire. Commander Shepard on the other hand, wasn't doing any of that. She was…...being Shepard. She was carving her way through the crowd of batarians, barely missing getting shot, blown to bits, you know etc. I know she wasn't going to die, but I still feared for her life. Then, once she got close enough, SHepard would blow one of the batarians head off with her shotgun, and she had actually managed to send the rest of the remaining batarians into retreating. The crowd of soldiers cheered. Suddenly, an explosion caught my eye and I saw a few batarian ships fall out of the sky and crashed into the surface of the planet.

"See what I tell you Ross. You just can't beat the Alliance. Too bad these guys had to learn that the hard way" said Alex

"Wow. That was impressive. *groans*" MY side had begun to burn with pan again, so Alex led me back inside. She sat me back on my 'bed" and told me to just rest.

"Hopefully it won't be too long before an evac shuttle arrives. Until then you lay down and rest, or you'll risk reopening your wounds."

"Yeah" I said messing with my bandages, which Alex didn't approve of , so she slapped my hands, "While I can't remember it, I'm just glad that bullet barely missed my heart" Alex seemed to be mystified about that statement.

"Ummm No no no no no, that's wrong" said Alex interrupting it, I was kinda steamed, I hated to be interrupt, "You didn't nearly get hit in the heart, You DID get shot in the heart"

….

"WAIT WHAT?" I Exclaimed

"Yeah,that was my reaction too. Care to explain to me how that happened?"

"No, I don't. I mean I can't, I don't recall any of this. One minute i'm on Earth minding my own business, the next thing I know, i'm on a human colony under attack by batarians" I was half lying with that. I mean I was on Earth, but I certainly wasn't keeping myself out of trouble.

"That's impossible, if I got shot in the heart, I would be dead." I said

"That's the point. You were.*groans* here take a look yourself" she said in an aggressive tone. Alex approached me, then she began to unwrap my bandages. However when she did, she looked horrified, then she started to back away from me, "What….the fuck?!"

"What, what what is it?" I looked down at my chest, but to my surprise, I didn't see any bullet holes. In fact, there wasn't a single sign that I was even shot, not even a single scar. I back on my feet and I had discovered that the sharp pain in my body had disappeared. This doesn't make any sense,It's as if I never got shot. But I DO remember getting shot : the pain, the blood, so where the hell did they go?!

"Medi-Gel doesn't work that fast, and it sure as hell would leave a scar. Where the hell are your wounds?" she asked.

"I honestly don't know, i'm just as shocked as you are." I said in a panic, and I don't think it helps the situation if the nurse who was taking care of your wounds pulls a gun on you. "Wait a minute, wait a minute Alex, put that gun down!"

"Shut up, just shut up!" she said in a panic, I can see it in her eyes. Her hands were shaking, sweat began dripping down her neck, and her entire body had begun to tremble, "You're gonna tell me what you're doing here, and don't tell me that 'I don't know' bullshit."

"But I really don't-" she fired a round into the ceiling as a warning, and it looks as though her mood has changed, now she just looks pissed.

"I may not look it, but I will fuck you up if you're not straight with me. So tell me: Why are you really here?" This wasn't good, and I didn't know what else to say, what else could I say? 'The truth is i'm from another universe, where I was arrested for raping my crazy ex-girlfriend, where this entire universe that you live in is actually a game'. No, no one would believe that. But I didn't even get the chance. Suddenly I was shoved up against the wall with my hands held behind me. I could hear Alex screaming. I could hear other voices talking but I couldn't understand a word they were saying. They were speaking in some kind of alien language, they must've been the batarians. At first I couldn't understand why I couldn't understand what they were saying, but then I remembered I wasn't wearing an omni-tool, so I wasn't using a universal translator. I managed to turn my head just enough to see Alex being held by two batarians

"No let me go you fucking disgusting piece of shit" yelled an enraged Alex, who got a swift punch to the face, followed verbal abuse, and a quick spat of saliva to the face.

"HEy leave her alone" I yelled, then I got punched in the faced and fell to the ground. The batarians began to speak again, but then they were pointing at both me and Alex, my guess is that they're planning selling us into slavery, or probably to kill us. Either way, bad news for us. The two batarians restraining Alex started dragging her away kicking and screaming, with their leader following after them, while the rest of them held me down as I struggled to go after them. They punch me again and sending falling back to the ground. One of them pulls a pistol on me, and apparently begin to shout hateful cursings at me. I shut my eyes and prayed that the bullet wouldn't hit hit. I shut my eyes, and then he fired the gun. In that split second, I had imagined that the bullet froze right in front of my face, that somehow by some uncontrollable force I would be spared. I didn't expect it to actually happen. When I opened my eyes, I saw the bullet floating inches from my face, engulfed in a weird black and gold aura. At first I thought I was imagining it, so I pinched myself real quick just to make sure

"Ow that-What the hell?!" I looked down at my arms and legs and saw that they had been engulfed in the same black and gold aura that was wrapped around the bullet. Once I had actually given it a moment's thought I realized,(while I don't understand it) I had become a biotic. The batarians had gotten one look at me and started bolting for the door. Well, they were, before I hit them with Stasis. I wonder what other abilities I have. Time to find out.

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The batarian leader, along with two of his soldiers, were navigating their way through the scarred building, prisoner in hand. Alex was struggling to break free from her captors, but they kept a tight hold on her. Suddenly, there was a loud boom.! All four of them turned towards where the sound had come from, which was right behind them.

"What was that?" asked the batarian leader. He turned his attention toward Alex, "You! What the hell was that?" he asked.

"I-I-I don't know, I swear. I didn't alert anyone outside of the building." she said in a frightened voice.

"Bullshit!" he said, "I was gonna kill you, spare you the torment, but i'm feeling slightly less generous today." he said, leaning down to her ear, "I wonder how much someone would be willing to buy you as their pet." Alex shuddered at the comment. He grabbed Alex's head and began to squeezed her face. "You humans make excellent do make excellent slaves."

"Is that why you invaded our colony? Just because you wanted some damn slaves? You're a piece of shit you know that?!" she said. Then there came another boom, and the batarians were starting to get worried.

"Fuck. You two, go check that out, I'll take the girl." Suddenly, one of the batarians holding Alex jerked back and disappeared behind them. The other batarian grabbed an assault rifle he had holstered on his back and began firing into the darkness behind. Once he ran out of bullets, the hall was silent again.

"Get out here, show yourself coward!" No response. However, out of the darkness came a burst of biotic energy, hitting the batarian and sent him to the ground, screaming in pain.

"Wow, I can also use Reave, that's awesome. Oh but before I forget, I'm gonna ask you again asshole" Someone began to form from the darkness. Ross had emerged, shrouded in a black and gold aura, now carrying a shotgun, and a serious look on his face. " . GO!"