Here is the next chapter in the hit television series (yeah right) Users. This chapter was even more fun to write than the last with my- never mind I am just going to leave it for you. Now, please remember that I would like some feedback and to know if you are liking the new direction and chapter.
Before I get into Users, I want you to know that I did some rewriting for chapters 1-5 and gave a little more chase between Tali and Ty. People were right that it was unrealistic just after one conversation. Now without further ado Users. (Been a while since I said that.)
ROAD HOUSE!
Danny:
Danny wanted to burst out laughing when he saw Ty was okay but had a squadron of Geth to pin him down. The bastard survived a ten mile fall to the planet, only to walk right out into the open into a trap. Yep, that was definitely something Ty would do.
Danny walked away from the monitor and out of the meeting room. He walked down the stairs and stepped inside and hit the button for the elevator. Danny was so excited to finally fight on Virmire not only was it his favorite level but they would finally get to see Saren. The baddest bad guy in Mass Effect.
Danny gave a chuckle as he stepped out and saw Cody was already suited up, "You ready for the party?"
Cody looked back at him, "Long as I get to take home the girls afterwards."
Danny opened his locker and began putting on his new armor, "The only pussy you'll get is the gun on your back."
Cody grabbed the re-entry pack and another for Danny, "Just remember that I won't be saving your ass if this thing doesn't work."
Danny grabbed out his chest armor and slid it over his head. As soon as he did that it activated an air tight webbing that formed over his skin. From there he just pulled out the rest of his pads and they easily connected to the webbing. Once all his armor was in place, he grabbed his helmet and met Cody by the ramp.
Cody handed Danny a reentry pack and the two were all geared up for their jump. In the waiting, they just continued their small talk. Both still stood ready for when the ramp opened.
"So, you ever wonder why Ty's Xbox did this? Like, it could have been any of ours, couldn't it?"
Danny thought for a moment, "The way I figure it, the AI needed to gain enough control that it would be able to figure this out. Now, the only way it could do that is with a less secure system and plenty of time to gain intelligence."
Cody looked over to Danny, "So, you're saying because Ty has one of the old Xboxes that it was just too old to keep up?"
Danny gave a thumbs up, "Bingo."
Cody shrugged, "I'm almost jealous of him having an old school Xbox."
Danny raised an eyebrow, "Almost?"
Cody nodded, "Don't get me wrong. I still think my Gears of War one is just fucking awesome."
Danny opened his mouth to say something but the ramp opened and he shut up. Danny and Cody hesitated for a moment and then they both ran to the edge of the ramp and jumped. They both fell at an alarming rate but they felt completely fine.
At about four miles in the air, the reentry pack kicked in and began letting out staggered and short bursts to slow their decent. Though the burst became faster and longer until all the jets were firing nonstop and Danny and Cody were able to land on the top of the AA guns facility.
Danny stood up and scoped their surroundings. He saw a rock that was taking constant fire from the Geth and could accurately guess that Ty was hiding behind it. Danny took out his assault rifle and looked over to Cody. Like he had been reading Danny's mind had made his way over to the overhang near the ramp up to the second level.
Danny walked over to him and they both were good to go. Cody jumped first and began gunning down the Geth on the ramp. Danny followed right after him and opened fire on the Geth snipers on the balcony.
Danny opened fire on one and the rest of the troopers turned and began firing at him. He dodged around a support wall and let his rifle cool down. When he came back around he saw two frozen Geth, a rocket trooper and a sniper, Danny quickly picked those off with short bursts and duct back around his corner as the Geth turned to fire on him.
This continued until all the Geth were dead. After that, Danny ran over to the side and waved to Ty. He saw Ty give a thumbs up and he heard a click as the comms opened.
Ty was the first to speak, "Okay, is that all of them?"
Danny looked around at all the troopers lying by his feet, "Yep, I got a bunch of dead rocket troopers and snipers here."
There was a pause in the comm, "Did you get the prime?"
Danny was confused at Ty's question, "What Prime?"
Danny heard the deep whirr and sputter of a Geth prime behind him. He slowly turned around and did the only logical thing in this situation. He jumped off the edge as the Prime fired a carnage shot.
Danny heard the explosion behind him and turned in the air to see Cody sneaking up behind the Prime. Danny hit the ground big time, landing on his head with a thud. Luckily, the sand broke his fall.
Danny blacked out for a few minutes and awoke to Ty pulling him up the ramp and Cody firing around the corner. Danny shrugged Ty off and staggered to his feet. Now, he wasn't the fun loving guy but someone who was the devil when angry. Danny reached behind him and pulled out his shotgun.
Danny pushed past Cody and began blasting the Geth with his Katana shotgun. Knowing that they would be fighting Geth, he had disrupter rounds installed on it. After one shot the Prime's shields dropped to zero, after two shots the Geth was struggling to decide who to target, Danny or Cody. Danny fired one last shot and the Prime dropped.
Ty pulled up the comm again, "Are we good to go?"
Danny hit the button on the side of his helmet and the mouth protector folded back up into the helmet, "Yeah, I'll meet you guy's up there."
Cody cut in, "Got it."
Danny looked at the Prime; this thing had pissed him off to the extreme for sneaking up on him. He reached down and pulled the core out of the Geth's chest, a fitting gift for his troubles. Danny just spat on the Geth after that and walked off to the AA gun control center.
Danny made his way up the ramp and across the structure into the control room. He saw Cody and Ty messing with the controls of the gun and making no progress. Danny wiped the sand off his armor and spoke.
"Any progress?"
Cody turned from the console, "None and we can't get ahold of Shepard. We have no idea how to do this."
Danny let a plan formulate in his head, "I know what to do!"
Ty continued to work on the controls, "Please, grace us with your wisdom."
Danny smiled, "Step back."
Ty stood up and backed away from the controls, "Okay, what do you plan on do-"
Danny cut Ty off by blasting the controls with his gun. Ty turned around, no doubt to give Danny an ear full when they heard the gun make a low whine and die out. Danny just smiled at Ty.
"Win", was all that was said.
Shepard:
Shepard blazed through the Geth like a hot knife through butter. Today was a great day, no hitches in the mission yet and the only thing that slowed them down was technical issues. That reminded Shepard, he needed to smack Danny upside the head next time he saw him for getting Tali sick.
Shepard rounded a corner in the canyon and saw a Geth Colossus was blocking his way. Shepard gritted his teeth and turned the wheel hard right. This caused the tank to power slide and ram into the Geth Colossus and knock it over.
Shepard hit the accelerator hard and shot off toward the second AA gun where the Users were supposed to be. To Shepard's surprise, it was within firing distance of the Geth Colossus. Shepard sped toward it and got a good look at the AA gun facility. He saw that the gun was peppered with shots from the Colossus.
Garrus said what he was thinking, "That can't be good."
Then, they all breathed a sigh of relief when Ty broke in on the comm, "Hey, Shepard, we are a ways from the AA gun. A Geth ship dropped off that Colossus that you rammed and we took off. It still thinks we are in the AA gun though."
Shepard gave a nod, "Alright, where are you guys?"
Cody cut in this time, "We are about half a click up the beach. I'm watching you guys through the scope of my rifle. I'll tell you if you go off course."
Shepard locked the speed and just headed strait, "Alright, see you guys in a bit."
Shepard just zoned until they got to the Users spot on the beach. Shepard saw Cody waving his sniper in the air to get their attention and immediately swung the Mako into a parking position. He got up and walked to the back of the Mako and hit the button to open up the back.
The ramp swung down and Shepard saw none of the Users were ready. Ty was talking with his armor. Danny was messing with some torn up piece of Geth tech. Cody was looking back the way Shepard came and then he looked back to Shepard.
"That Colossus is on its way."
Everyone looked at Cody and then sprinted into the Mako. Shepard then hit the accelerator and the take shot off down the beach and inland to the STG base camp. Shepard was happy that the camp was close. He had been sitting in the Mako too long.
Shepard was getting tired of keeping hit foot down on the accelerator and hit the switch for autopilot. I figured now was as good of time as any to chat with the guys and spun around in his seat. He saw that everyone was in to a story Garrus was telling except Danny who was messing with a piece of what looked like Geth technology.
Garrus was still talk from a conversation they had before Shepard got in, "So, I was sitting there with the half-naked criminal and my C-sec backup was just showing up!"
Everyone just busted out laughing and Cody spoke up, "What'd your commander say?"
Garrus began laughing even harder, "He called me into his office the next morning and said, 'don't tell me anything about the Santa outfit or the reason your pistol was disguised as a bunny. Just answer me this, why was that Asari hooker giving your rifle a blow job?'"
Even that sounded ridiculous to Shepard and he joined in on the laughter, "Okay, I got one."
Ty cut him off, "Actually Shepard, it's my turn."
Shepard had to hear this one, "Alright, lets here it."
Ty leaned forward and began, "Okay, so it was the day Mass Effect 3 came out. I had just gotten home from picking up the game at the local Gamestop. I sat down and threw the disk into my game system to play. All was fine and dandy until my girlfriend woke up. She was still asleep because she didn't go with me to the store to pick up my game."
Garrus cut in, "What's your girlfriend's name?"
Ty shifted his weight to his left elbow and balanced himself by grabbing his chair arm rest with his right hand, "fatty McBitchface, anyway, she comes out and sees that I am at the title screen. So she goes and-"
They were cut off there when the Geth box sparked and a blood red matrix code flowed from it. The matrix code covered everything and Shepard saw the Users disintegrate and disappear into nothing. Then the matrix just dissipated and left a confused Shepard and Garrus looking forward yelling.
"WALL!"
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