Hey, Users is now out and ready to be enjoyed. I hope you all enjoy the chapter and like the end. This is out late because I updated my last fic Losing Humanity. If you haven't seen it, check it out and tell me what you think.
Oh, it is chapter 30 and that means answering fan mail:
Question 1: Will Kratos return?
Answer 1: Kratos can move mountains and killed the gods so I am pretty sure he can break some rules of coding.
Question 2:What does the red matrix code represent?
Answer 2:The red matrix code will show you when someone that is not a User is manipulating code. Outside that I can't tell you because of spoilers.
Question 3: Are you really going to wrap this up by the twenty third?
Answer 3: Sadly, no. I have gotten way too detailed in these last chapters to make it by then. We are at least looking into the deep thirties.
ROAD HOUSE!
Tali:
Tali stepped off the Normandy and immediately polarized her helmet so it looked like it was night. Chakwas had finally found all the right meds to clear the alcohol from her system but the migraine would still be around for a half an hour. That meant extra sensitivity to light and sound.
She made her way down the ramp and over to Shepard who was talking to Ty, Danny and Cody. The way he was looking at them told her that he was worried. His body language made it seem like stress was boiling up inside him. Tali couldn't wait to hear this.
She walked up behind Ty, Danny and Cody as they waited for Shepard to finish, "So, the deal is that I need you guys with the bomb so Williams and Alenko can go with the Salarians and provide them support."
Danny raised his hand, "Does that mean we have to stay with the ship for the fight to the area that we are to plant it?"
Shepard thought for a moment, "I don't think we can afford to have anyone stay with the ship. This isn't adult swim here, everyone needs to get in."
Cody cracked his knuckles, "Ah, yeah, person with the least kills has to buy the drinks afterwards."
The Users began high fiving as Shepard left smiling and shaking his head. Tali looked at the Users and caught a glimpse of something she thought she would never see again. Ty had blue eyes again.
Danny and Cody saw Tali and took off nudging each other. Ty on the other hand didn't see her and was left wondering why his friends just took off and left him standing on the beach edge alone. He began looking around when he finally saw Tali.
"Hey, Tali, feeling better?"
Tali nodded, "Yes, Chakwas hooked me up with some medication. Now, the hangover is gone but the migraine is going to be around for a while."
Ty crossed his arms and let out a sigh, "Damn it, I should have seen that happening when you went out with Danny."
Tali pushed Ty and chuckled, "Hehe, you worry too much. I had a good time with Danny."
Ty looked at Tali confused then he gave that stupid smile he had on Noveria, "Well, I'm glad you and him had fun together."
Tali gave a playful tone, "Well, we will need to have a good time when this is over."
Ty froze for a minute a look of confusion along with his smile, "What?"
Tali nudged Ty's arm, "You heard me."
Ty let out an awkward chuckle, "Yeah, it's just that I have never heard you say that before."
"So, I like to surprise you."
Ty looked over to the water, "Yeah, it's just I have never heard you say anything like that. EVER."
Tali looked out to the water like Ty did. She saw the sun hanging in the air over the water giving it a sheen that told them that this was paradise and it was beautiful. Tali just enjoyed the scenery and took it in as the world around them stopped. It was just her and Ty standing on a beach with nothing to worry about.
"That looks beautiful, don't you think?"
Ty looked at it with admiration, "Yeah, it looks good. If there wasn't the base of an evil mastermind's penitentiary of death behind us it would look even better."
Tali shook her head and rolled her eyes, "You just can't enjoy beauty."
Ty's smile changed into a smile at ease, "I can enjoy beauty. I just can't if I know there is trouble."
Tali slid her arm behind Ty's back, "You need to calm down. Just because it might be the end of the world doesn't mean we have to fret about it."
Ty took Tali into a hug, "This isn't the end of the world. I have seen it and it isn't as beautiful as this."
Tali spoke softly, "So you do admit that the scenery is beautiful."
Ty just kept a calm voice, "I wasn't talking about the scenery."
Danny:
Danny and Cody sat in the Salarian outpost eating some rations before the fight. They would need every ounce of strength to win, especially now that Kratos was in the game. Danny pulled out his desert from the rations pack and began to take a bite.
"What do you have for desert?"
Danny realized that Cody asked him a question on a subject he didn't consider, "Um, I don't know."
He saw Cody look from the desert to Danny, "You are going to eat that and you don't even know what it is?"
Danny looked down at his ration and saw it was white and green meshed together, "It looks like lime pie", Danny then looked at the packaging and was disgusted by what it said, "never mind, it's chocolate cake."
Cody put his hand out gesturing at the desert, "So, are you going to eat it?"
Danny thought for a moment and looked at the desert, he was about to throw it away but food was food. He took a big bite out of it and was cautious at first, chewing it carefully. He was ready to spit it out at the moment it tasted bad. Danny let the taste get to his tongue and then he hesitated.
Cody quickly began to panic, "Does it taste good or is it a complete piece of shit?"
Danny swallowed his bite and looked at Cody with the gravest look ever, "I think I might die⦠from the deliciousness of this treat."
Cody socked Danny in the shoulder, "You fucking troll."
The two had a good laugh as the continued eating there meals in quiet. Danny finished his meal and had the strangest feeling that they forgot something. It was on the tip of his tongue yet he couldn't figure it out. This was going to annoy Danny all day.
Cody finished off his meal and turned to Danny, "Sure is great Ty got his ability to manipulate armor back."
Danny nodded and smiled, "Yeah, who knows where we would be if he didn't stop Kratos by manipulating his armor."
Cody stood up, "well, I'm going to go see how much longer."
"Alright, see you later."
Danny began so sit back when it finally came to him, "We didn't get Wrex's armor."
Shepard:
Shepard swallowed and rubbed his neck. He couldn't put it off any longer, he needed to settle Wrex down or end him for being too much of a liability. Shepard came up to Wrex who was firing his shotgun at a rick giving their position away to any scouts nearby.
Shepard had to resist the urge to hit him for pulling such a stupid move. He needed Wrex with them for sure. Shepard thought of what to say to the guy but decided a question would be better than a statement.
"What's up Wrex?"
Wrex turned to Shepard giving him the evil glare, "I don't know Shepard, you tell me. That's all I am good for here is taking your commands and thoughts right?"
Shepard felt his eye twitch in anger, "I have never been like that with you Wrex. You know that, you are a part of my team and part of this mission. Hell, you probably have a bigger stake in it than anyone else."
Wrex's glare intensified, "Really, because it seems like what I should be fighting for, you want to destroy. You might want to give me some clarity here Shepard because the line between friend and foe is getting blurred."
Shepard intensified his glare with Wrex, "Look at the idiot you're making yourself out to be. You wonder why Krogan are looked down upon? It's because of idiots like you who will fight and fight and fight for whoever you think profits you best and not the moral side, the one that is fighting for the greater good."
Wrex pulled out his pistol and Shepard countered with his shotgun, "You really want a go there? Who has found a cure for the genophage? Who has already started to give it to other Krogan, my people?"
Shepard snarled, "Those people had to pledge their loyalty to a Turian, one of the races that inflicted the genophage on you."
"Who cares? As long as I can have children and restore the Krogan to their former glory, nothing else matters!"
Shepard's grip tightened on his shotgun, "What about us Wrex? We are your family too. They say that if you have bleed in the same trench as the man next to you then you two are brothers. That makes all of us your family. Are you going to betray us too?"
Wrex tightened his grip but slackened his arm. Shepard knew that either Wrex would drop his pistol or they would be taking him home in a body bag. Both men were ready should the other move. Time was at a standstill. The next three seconds are all that matters.
I'm cutting this chapter short because I can't decide if I want to kill Wrex or let him live. Well, guess it is up to you. Leave a review telling if you want him to live or die and your thoughts on this chapter or vote on the poll on my profile page. I already have five votes to die.
