The air grew thin, biotic energy swirled around both my and Matriarch Benezia's bodies as we collided, knocking anyone in the room to the ground with extreme force. We were both neck at neck, neither of us showing any signs of letting up, which very much surprised me. I didn't think I'd be able to go head-to-head against a Matriarch, but somehow I managed to keep up. She was initially impressed.
"Impressive human, your power is on par with mine. Your biotics are almost as strong as an Ardat-Yakshi"
"THanks, it'd be nice to be an Ardat-Yakshi only you know without the risk of killing someone during bonding" Now that she was shocked to hear, as well as every Asari watching us fight, which was pretty much obvious from the large amount of gasps coming from every corner of the room.
"Well, there's a surprise. Not a lot of humans would bother to learn something about other alien cultures"
"*chuckles* well here's another surprise, it comes in the form of a riddle: have a nice flight."
"Have a nice flight? I- I don't understand, is that supposed to-" right in the middle of her sentence, I blindside her by hitting her with a Throw, sending her flying into the wall, stunning everyone in the room.
"Get it? 'Have a nice flight', it's an old human saying, and it is hilarious" *laughs* Oh my god, I can't believe I managed to pull that off. Aaaannnnnnddddd then my good mood shortly passed, because Matriarch Benezia got up from the grow and dusted herself off like it was nothing.
"That was pathetic human." See, like nothing. It looks like my attack was nothing more than a teddy bear's punch. " I thought you had more power than that."
"Grrrr, I DO. Let me show you!" Suddenly I was full of rage. I don't know why but somewhere in my heart I had this feeling-this need- to prove to BEnezia that I was strong enough to survive. I'm not sure she'll go through on her promise to kill me should I fail to meet her standards, but I don't think I'm in a position to doubt the power of an Asari Matriarch.
"Well human, i'm waiting on you now." Huh, oh right, we were still fighting, guess I dozed off in my mind again.
"Geez, you'd think you've learned how to stop doing that by now" …..Ummm just what the hell was that? "Oh and also you may want to look in front of you"
"Wait wha-" Too late, and because of that, I got hit in the face with a full on Reave courtesy of Matriarch Benezia. I did not know she could do that. "GAHHHH, OH GOD WHAT IS THIS?! WHY?" Every part of my body started screaming out in pain: My head, eyes, arms and legs, EVERYTHING! I tried to summon the strength to get back up, couldn't withstand the pain.
"So I believe that this is your first time experiencing a Reave human" Gee I don't know, maybe the pained look on my face and throbbing and twitching body gave it away. "I'll take your silence as a yes. Now get up." She slowly began to raise her hand, and with it, me, into the air. "This is how you Throw human." I think you know where she's going with this. SHe threw me halfway across the room, with my back sliding across the floor, taking a bit of my skin off with it, which combined with the pain from the Reave only made it worse. Afterwards, the Reave finally wore off, but I still had a hard time getting to my feet.
"Doesn't look like you're doing so well Ross. It's only been a few minutes and you're already having a hard time standing up on your feet, and that back rub isn't exactly helping" And just what the hell is that? Why am I hearing a voice in my head? Am I going insane, "No you are not. Look, I can't explain it right now, but i'm an ally….sort of."
"What are you talking about?" I asked.
"You shouldn't waste time talking to yourself human. It's very distracting." Eee, BEnezia is charging right towards me in full biotic fury, ramming herself into my gut and sending me into the wall.
"Oh shit, even I felt that" I tried responding to that voice, but the only thing that came out of my mouth was a spurt of blood, "Mmmm that bad huh? Well I guess a Biotic Charge attack would cause that sort of effect on someone like you." Oh fuck you
"I have to say human, I'm unimpressed." Benezia was now standing over me, with disappointment in mind, "You seemed to have shown promise before, but maybe it was just a fluke." Damnit , if I don't get up, she's gonna kill me.
"*sigh* Guess I gotta take over again." Huh?
"Looks like this is the end for you. Sorry it had to turn out this way." I was sure I was dead as soon as she swung he biotic fist at me, but then I grabbed her fist, stopping her attack dead in it's tracks. But….I didn't do that, or at least I don't think I did. I mean I know that my body made the move, but I didn't do it of my own will.
"My turn, squid head. Let's see how she handles this shockwave." My body became clouded in the black and gold aura again, except it was more black with barely any gold, and it seemed a little crazier than before. Almost unstable. Suddenly my fist slammed onto the ground, and set off a shockwave in all directions, pushing Benezia away from me.
"How did I do that?"
"You didn't do it, I did." Out of the shadows of my biotics, I saw something forming, something with the appearance of a human. "What the-"
"Shh, do not say anything. The others cannot hear me, only you."
"Sneak attack Human? How cowardly!' SHit, Benezia was back on her feet, and heading straight towards me.
"Oh shit!"
"Let me take over" Just as BEnezia was about to slam into me again, my arm, against my will, caught her before she could do the deed. The rest of my body began to follow suit, blasting Benezia off of her feet. Benezia quickly got back up to her feet, and hit me with a Lash, pulling me towards and over her. Luckily my reactions were just as fast(well, my body's reactions were at least) and I broke through easily, and came crashing to the ground , sending my fits into the floor causing a powerful Nova. How the hell am I doing this? I asked myself. What I also want to know is how the hell my attacks are actually affecting her now. Before they barely made a dent, now: Benezia wasn't happy to be wiping blood off of her face.
"Eeee! She looks mad" I said.
"Well of course she looks mad, you made her bleed." That was you!
"No, this was me" Oh crap, there it goes again. My body begins to move against my will again, and hits Matriarch Benezia with a Stasis. I charged towards her ready to strike, but she breaks through the Stasis and matches my attack with her own.
"Enough back and forth human. Fight me face to face" I didn't expect her say that, and I surely didn't expect Benezia to knee me in the gut and hit me with a roundhouse kick. For a nearly 1000 year old Asari, she still has some kick, pun intended. I quickly recovered from the blow and retaliated with a flurry of biotic punches. She blocked most of them, but I managed to punch her in the stomach, making her lose balance and allowing me to tackle her to the ground. She was about to hit her in the head, but she teleported 5 feet away from me, grabbed me by my leg, picked me up and slammed me to the floor. I've never seen her fight this fiercely, guess that's one difference between the game and real life. She tried to land a killing blow by striking my head, but I pushed her away, picked her up and use a Slam to send her into the ground. I thought I was good for another Biotic Charge, but then my body started to feel very heavy.
"Huff, huff,huff, wha- what's wrong…. with my body." My vision started to blur again, and my breathing became very heavy. I heard something drip, and looked down and saw a pool of blood forming beneath my bare foot. At first, I thought the blood came from Benezia, but then I saw a drop blood fall from my nose. I wiped my nose and saw that purple blood was oozing from it. "What...the fuck?"
"is that….purple blood?" Benezia asked me as she approached me. I tried backing up, but I began to stumble and fall. THen everything became shapes, then shadows, then I lost consciousness.
…
"Wake up." W-what?
"Wake UP!" I don't think I can.
"GET UP ROSS BEFORE I SLAP YOU UPSIDE THE HEAD!" My eyes snap open, and I found myself surrounded by a gray fog. IT seems to go on for miles.
"Where the hell am I now?" I asked
"We're inside your head. Your mind was on the verge of snapping due to the overuse of your biotics, so your consciousness here to heal." There's that voice again, but where's it coming from?
"But if this is my mind, why is so foggy in here? I thought a person's mind was supposed to be filled with past memories"
"I cannot answer that. But if I had to guess you seem to be missing some of your memories." I can't be missing memories. Wait, unless:
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"Besides shouldn't you know more about the galaxy than me?'
"Hey I can't recall anything that happened to me in the last 24 hours." What if I'm wrong? What if it wasn't 24 hours since I arrived in this universe? Jesus that's scary. I could've missed a lot more than I thought, which could explain the Asari blood in my body.
"This is getting even more confusing by the day" I said.
"And I believe it's only going to get even more confusing down the line Ross, I can guarantee you that. But right now you must return to the waking world. It seems that someone wishes to speak with you."
"*Grunts* forget about them, what I want to know is just who the hell you are and how you know all of this?" I demanded, "Are you the shadow that I saw in my biotic aura?"
"I cannot reveal that to you yet. In time, you will learn who I am, but learn to survive in this new world in order to do so,as your existence is tied to mine. Farewell for Ross"
"Hey wait don't go!" But the voice had already faded, and my eyes snap awake again, and I find myself back in my hospital room on Thessia, only this time I have a splitting headache. I wonder if this is what all my experiences using biotics are gonna end in.
"So you've awakened?" Benezia was standing by my side, alongside a nurse who was working on a monitor, "You gave us quite a scare when you started to bleed from your eyes." she said in a calm, comforting manner.
"I was bleeding that badly? Shit, Guess I don't exactly know my own limits do I?" I said rubbing head, but something felt off. I looked up to see my head had a bunch of these nodes attached to my head, which in turn were attached to this gigantic machine. Guess I know what that monitor that nurse is using was for.
"It seems your suspicions about him were true Matriarch Benezia" said the nurse.
"I see. May I have a word with him alone? just for a moment?" asked Benezia.
"Of course Matriarch Benezia. I'll be outside if you need me" The nurse got up and walked out of the room, leaving just the two us.
"Ross is it?" she asked, and I responded with a nod, " Well Ross, first off i'd like to apologize for putting you through that previous ordeal. I just had to be sure that my theory about you was correct, and apparently I was correct"
"What theory? Does it have something to do with these weird biotics?" I asked.
"Yes. Like you've been told before, you're a natural biotic, which is something is utterly impossible, considering that you're a human. Some of our scientists were skeptical about the idea, so I had them run tests on you."
"I'm guessing you didn't find any traces of element eezo in my system did you?"
"Not one, and you show no signs of implantation, so we had to conclude you were a natural. However, it still didn't make sense, until you fell unconscious during our fight, as you started to bleed purple blood."
"Ah-ah- Um I'm sorry I think I must've misheard you. It almost sounded like you said I was bleeding purple blood."
"Yes, I do sound skeptical, but if you don't believe me, check for yourself." she said pointing to my arm. Apparently I still had an unhealed cut on my arm. I squeezed and to my horror, the blood oozing from my wound was purple.
"What the-no this doesn't make sense. How is this possible?"
"THat's what I asked myself, so we ran one last test, this time on your genetic code. Certain sequences in the pattern of half of the strands of your DNA don't match with a normal human. These sequences are either mutations, or the result of genetic modification, which in turn was able to create someone such as you."
"What are you saying?" I asked
"what i'm saying human is that technically, You're an Asari."
Writer's Notes- I'm SORRY I'M SORRY, FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME I'M SO SORRY. I know I haven't posted in a while, and I apologize for that. Apparently my computer is deciding to crap out on me so I had to send it to computer repair store to get it fix. Plus since I'y finishing preparing for college, and a few other personal matters I can't go into right now. Please forgive me everyone. I'll try to update sooner than later.