Shepard:
Shepard didn't know what he just saw. The kid who couldn't figure out how to use an omni-tool just became a killing machine three seconds into a fire fight. After, all he did was ask if they were coming.
"Sir, are you listening?"
Shepard snapped out of his deep thought and to the lady in front of him. She was trying to explain that they don't take well to people killing their security personnel. Shepard just nodded his head and replied.
"Well, since I'm a council specter and these are my deputies we will be going in now", Shepard hated having to use his specter status to avoid punishment but in this case they couldn't be kept by one incident.
"Alright, just please fill out this paper work and you may go."
Shepard took the data pad she brought out and began filling it out. While he was he caught Andrew moving in the corner of his eye. He looked over to see him jumping in the elevator and Tali following close behind, determined not to let n=him escape.
He motioned to Liara, "Keep an eye on those two, Andrew has already started a fight and we are not even in the facility."
Liara nodded, "I'm on it Shepard." She then ran over to the elevator and took it down. I just hope I don't have to shoot my way out of the next scrap.
Andrew/Ty:
We just got done with the fight and Shepard began speaking with the secretary lady. Same boring stuff as usual, I, on the other hand, couldn't put a full thought together. My head was ringing from all the combat knowledge that I had unlocked in a matter of milliseconds. Now, every corner, every hallway, and every room was a danger zone.
I could feel the knowledge of the different video game characters in my head. I knew the inside and out of all my gear thanks to my past Shepard. I had Solid Snake's infiltration ability. I received the accuracy mastered by John 117. All this knowledge was now bouncing around in my head.
Then, it all just stopped. I felt like I had just come off a high. The lights seemed to dim as the knowledge and skill I had received went back in the part of my brain that they had come from. Following this I saw that Shepard was distracted to. Now was my only chance to get out of the stupid receptionist area.
I nudged Tali, "Hey, Sparks, want to go now?"
Tali turned to me, "Sparks?"
"Yeah, a guy you will meet later gave you the name in one of my play throughs."
"Very interesting, and you are telling me this because?."
I took off with her following and led her to the elevator. We got in and I hit the down button. The elevator took off faster than the one in the game. It still, however, took like a full two minutes to get to the bottom. As, soon as the doors opened I was out with Tali on my heels.
We got out and began walking when I looked off to my right and saw the Hanar. I made a right turn and went over to his corner.
"Greetings Human, this one would-"
I cut him off not in the mood for the Hanar third person talk, "Yeah, yeah just show me your alien armors."
Tali crossed her arms, "What are you doing Andrew?"
I gave her a smile, "I figured that I might as well get you something special for our date."
Tali just snapped at me, "We are not going on a date."
I just waved my hand at her, "Outing whatever."
Tali just glared which made me want to laugh, "Not whatever, we aren't going anywhere. We should get back to Shepard. I only followed you so you wouldn't escape."
I just smiled while I was looking at the screen, "Funny, if a girl said that in the real world, it would mean she liked you."
Tali just huffed and walked away. I didn't mind it too much. I was getting her something that I thought she would like more now than a new shotgun. I got her Light Colossus armor.
I then walked over to her carrying it in a box, "Hey, Tali got you a present!"
She looked at me then the door and back to me. I honestly thought she was going to leave but she turned and walked right up to me., crossing her arms trying to look angry.
"Okay, we should go back to Shepard and what's in the box?"
"It's your present", I said as I handed it to her.
She opened the box and her eyes grew as wide as dinner plates. She pulled out the armor and I got the feeling that armor for her was like getting new clothes for a girl back in my universe. Tali immediately put it back in the box and shook her head.
"Why did you do this for me?"
I just smiled, "Because Tali, I kind of like you."
Tali stood up and crossed her arms, "But I don't like you and you barely even know me."
I just shrugged off the comment and changed the subject, "So we going to hit the restaurant or just stay here and chat it up with the Hanar."
Tali picked up the box, "I still don't believe you know the future. I want you to prove it."
Her comment caught me by surprise but I had something that I could tell her that would prove it, "you have something for Shepard."
Tali suddenly began stuttering, "Wh...What...no...no I don't know what you're suggesting."
I got a little bit nostalgic and brought up a quote that she would say in her future but my past, "Really, What could I possibly be suggesting? I mean, a young woman gets rescued by a dashing commander who lets her join his crew and then goes off to save the galaxy. How could she possibly develop any kind of interest in him?"
Tali just looked away, "Would you mind if I take this stuff back to the ship and get ready?"
I let her and she took off with lightning speed. My only thought was that I hoped she would come back.
Tali:
Tali hurried away quickly. She couldn't believe he knew that. He wasn't from the future. That was all she kept telling herself. Then again, He knew her for maybe an hour before making that accusation and being dead on.
Tali put the thoughts out of her head and pressed the button for the elevator. Tali looked over at Ty not sure if this was a ploy to escape or not. Then, it opened and Liara stepped out.
Liara gave a look of surprise, "Hello Tali, what are you doing?"
Tali paid no attention to her reaction, "I need to get up to the ship. Andrew bought this armor for me to put on."
Liara got suspicious, "That was actually very nice of him."
Tali needed to get going, "Um, yes would you mind keeping him "company"while I go to the ship and put this on?"
Liara just nodded her head and Tali hit the button to go up. The elevator took forever as usual but it was still faster than the one on the Normandy. As soon as the doors opened Tali was out and running to the ship. She rushed past security and to the airlock where she entered from and made her way to the med-bay where it was sterile enough for her to change.
Andrew/Ty:
Tali took off in a rush that somewhat scared me. I know she wanted to get the stuff on but she literally sprinted off. If that wasn't bad enough Liara came around the corner and walked right up to me.
"Hello again Andrew."
I tried not to pay her too much attention and turned on my omni-tool. I began working through all the different programs I had and found one that I knew would be useful. I activated it and a green button came up right next to the blue one.
"Andrew, what did you just activate?"
I smiled, "Here I'll show you." I hit the button and spawned a security drone. I sputtered to life and spoke for its self.
"Drone 2405, reporting for duty." It sounded like an army drill sergeant.
Liara looked confused, "Who is that?"
I knew enough to explain, "Well, my last Shepard was an engineer. He had this drone as one of his assets. Pretty cool huh."
Liara just shook her head and turned to me, "Andrew, would you mind if I connected our minds?"
I kind of reeled back at that, "Uh, why would you do that?"
"I feel that if you are telling the truth that you should have nothing to hide from me."
I thought about it for a minute and decided that if she did it there needed to be a condition. "Okay, but if you tell Shepard anything that is up here, I will… destroy you", sure it was a bluff but I needed to let her know that it was serious and the nostalgia was still kicking with Jack.
Liara just nodded her head, "Your request is understandable and I would like you to know that I will honor your request." Her eyes then closed, "Embrace Eternity!"
Everything went in to a flash of matrix and my memories. It just kept flashing from a memory to matrix, my eighteenth birthday, matrix, high school graduation, and matrix. I just kept going, until after I watched myself get sucked into the TV screen then everything went black.
My eyes opened to see Liara fall and me shortly after. I lay on the ground till a pair of Turian feet came into view and stopped in front of my body. Then with a swift motion of the foot everything went black.
Tali:
Tali had finished getting her armor on and checking all of her suits seals before leaving the sterile room. Upon exiting, she ran into Garrus at the door.
"Garrus?"
Garrus gave a look of surprise, "Tali, you look different. Let me guess Shepard?"
Tali shook her head, "No it was Andrew. He just stopped and got me this armor."
Garrus thought for a moment, "Well, that was kind of him."
Tali resorted to her usual naive state, "Yes it was."
Garrus just shrugged, "Well, I figured I'd stop by here and let Chakwas know I am leaving the Normandy."
Tali became perplexed, "Oh, why is that."
Garrus pointed with his thumb over his shoulder gesturing to the stairs, "He said he couldn't find you, Andrew, or Liara and he needed help getting to a security chiefs computer."
Tali just shrugged, "Okay, sounds like you will need me. "
"Let's go then", and with that the two headed up to the airlock.
Along the way Tali noticed that she was feeling something about Andrew and Liara being off somewhere but figured it to be curiosity and nothing more. They got to the airlock and hit the button opening it and reentering the frozen world once again. Tali loved the new armor as it gave her more warmth in the weather.
They passed security and saw that the security was tighter than when she had passed by to go and change. The elevator was slow as usual. Then, finally they made their way to Shepard outside an elevator.
Garrus pulled out his sniper, "Okay Shepard, who needs to be dropped today."
Shepard nodded to them, "We got a Turian Security chief who promised his security clearance to the garage for some files off his computer."
Tali just turned to the elevator, "Why would he need us to get his files?"
Wrex just cut in before Shepard could get a word out, "Security has got the place locked down tight. Can we just get on with it? I want to feel a human skull under my boot."
Shepard just stood there and stared at Wrex, "Don't worry Shepard; you are on my good list. For now."
Tali didn't know what look Shepard was giving Wrex but his body language said to step off. Finally, they all piled in the elevator and started up to the office. The elevator was cramped regularly but today it was like a sardine can with three people in the elevator and one of them being a giant lizard.
The elevator finally opened and Wrex, Garrus, and Shepard ran ahead while Tali stayed behind to give tech support.
Shepard:
It was just another scrap in Shepard's book. They entered the office complex and Wrex immediately charged and trampled the two guards by the door. Then the room erupted into a hail of fire.
Shepard immediately jumped behind a nearby wall and pulled out his shotgun. He let his shields recharge and then leapt into action. He ran into the first guard smashing his shotgun handle into the guards face and then started firing rapidly blowing through two guards behind the first. Then Shepard turned to the first and saw him drop with a hole in his head.
Shepard looked forward to see Garrus give him a thumbs up but quickly draw his sniper back up and shoot a guard that was rushing Wrex. Shepard then turned to Wrex who picked up a guard and started using him as a hammer smashing into guards left and right rushing up the ramp and tackling the sniper into a wall.
Shepard took a look around and saw that all the guards were taken care of. He holstered his weapon and ran up to the office placing the drive into the port and collecting all the data. While it downloaded Shepard called to his team.
"Okay while it's uploading someone try and get ahold of Andrew and Liara."
Shepard was answered with three simultaneous, "I'm on it."
Each tried Andrew and Liara but none made connection. Then Shepard herds the voice of Kiara; the Security Chiefs second in command. Well now I guess new security chief. With two hostages both of which were their missing crew members.
