Chapter 2: Jack
Date: 2186
Location: London - Earth
Brown eyes opened to see the world for the first time in what seemed like hours, but were really only a few minutes. The eyes belonged to the woman name Jack, once called Subject Zero; but that was a long time ago. Jack had been in the middle of a biotic attack when she had been thrown off her feet by an explosion that had been caused by a piece of the something large falling behind her. She was now on the ground, ash falling around her. Marauders, banshees, and husks nowhere to be seen. The soldiers around her were looking up at something. So pushing herself up into a sitting position she looked up to see what had their attention, because if it was another reaper she was going to fucking kill Shepard for not holding her end of the bargain in killing these things up at the Citadel.
What she saw made her heart stop and stomach drop. The Citadel was in pieces and some of the larger ones were crashing into the surface of the earth, especially around London, where one had just fallen. So that's what threw me off my feet onto my ass. She thought as she suddenly saw a child crawl out of a hole just in front of the large piece of debris. Shepard, you fucking idiot! She screamed in her mind. You better not fucking die! She took off in a dead run, though along the way to the large piece of debris she saw several of her kids running towards her as she continued to run towards the piece of the Citadel. Once there she turned around and saw not only her kids, but several soldiers. "What the fu-hell are you all waiting for, start looking for survivors!" she turned and was face to face with Rodriguez who looked like she was about to cry at seeing her. "Don't." she said to the young girl. "There will be time for that crap later."
Hours pass as they made their way through the large pieces of the Citadel and all they'd found were small children still clinging to their dead parents hands. Jack would order somebody unlucky enough to be near her to take the children to the nearest medical center. They left the dead bodies behind, though she was smart enough to look for their names in the Omni-tools and tag the children with the last names of their parents or guardians so that they would be found by whoever was still alive in their families.
They were halfway through the fourth large piece of debris when she came face to face with Grunt. She had first thought, because of how bad he looked and smelt that he was a surviving Marauder; but when she realized who he was she was both pissed and elated to see him. "You stupid take-bred Krogan!" she yelled at him. "I could've killed you." The remnants of a biotic attack vanished as she calmed down.
Grunt laughed. "Like to see you try." He turned to look at her group of soldiers and civilians. "Who are they?"
Looking back at the people she frowned. "Survivors who wouldn't do as they are told and soldiers helping the injured back to a medical field hospital. Why?" she raised an eyebrow at him and gave her best Shepard impression on that she gave a fuck.
"I've been told Shepard is in this piece of debris. I've been digging my way to her for…" he paused when one of the people got a bit a closer.
"Did you say Shepard?" came the woman's voice.
"And if he did?" Jack turned to her about to yell at the woman if she had something bad to say about Shepard; a woman she called a friend.
"She stopped the Reapers." was the reply. "I'm a nurse and if she's in here then she's probably very hurt. I can help."
"I'm an engineer; I can tell which ways are safe to her location." came a man's voice from behind the woman.
More people began telling Jack that they wanted to help find Shepard and help her. Soon Jack realized a little too late why Shepard hated big crowds, but loved helping people. Big crowds meant too much noise in one space, but helping people gave you a sense that you'd done something right. Damn you Shepard! You've made me soft. She groaned. "Shut the fu-hell up!" she looked at the three remaining kids from her group. Sanders would kill her if she cursed in front of them. Everybody went silent immediately. Turning to Grunt he gave her the location that he'd been given and the two, with the survivors began, making their way through the maze of broken pieces of the Citadel hoping against all odds that Commander Faith Shepard was still alive.
M-Angel: I love Jack and really hope this chapter brought out her personality from the last game. She's just awesome! Review please?
