A Doctor's Man
Chapter 6 - Dire Situations
Here, Folks, is the Battle of The Citadel!
Dr. Michel stood up immediately upon hearing explosions. Alarms were going off.
She immediately ran for the door, she opened it to only see a Geth Dropship go flying by.
The Citadel was being invaded.
She looked to the right, and ran in that direction. She ran to the stairs going down into C-Sec, she saw several people screaming, being gunned down by Geth units. She ran down the stairs and took the door on the left, leading to the Elevator. She took it to C-Sec.
The Elevator arrived, she walked out to see a group of Officers gunning down a few Geth units. A older man in an Alliance uniform looked to see her. He jogged up to her,
"Dr. Michel?" He asked.
"Yes?"
"Captain Anderson, John told me to keep you safe."
She nodded, "John? Is he ok?"
"I don't know, now, come on,"
She nodded again as she followed the Captain.
"Make sure he's dead," John said to Ash and Garrus, who both nodded in acknowledgement.
John has convinced Saren to shoot himself, but he wasn't going to take any chances.
He heard a gunshot, followed by, "He's Dead," Garrus told him.
John nodded, then looked to see Sovereign fighting off several dreadnoughts, cruisers, and frigates of the Alliance Navy.
Suddenly, the tower started shaking as Red lightning-like energy come shooting all over the place, he heard sounds below and looked for only the platform to come down, smashing the glass below and landing in the garden. He fell off. He looked to see Ash running over to help him up.
"Thanks," he told her.
"Anytime, Commander, but look out!" She said to him.
John looked to see A Skeletal Saren lunge at him, he dodged. He spun to see Saren on the wall.
"I am Sovereign, and this station is MINE!' Boomed Sovereign's voice.
John drew his shotgun. Ash had her Avenger out while Garrus sniped from a corner.
They start firing at the skeleton of Saren. He fired back with lasers that overheated their weapons.
After several minutes of gunfire. Saren fired another one of those lasers, this time, it shredded John's Shotgun.
"Shit!" John cursed, throwing the Shotgun pieces aside, drawing his Predator.
He continued firing dead on with Saren. Soon, Saren sent a shockwave towards Ash, then Garrus, knocking them both down, and keeping them pinned. The Skeleton focused on John. It lunged, faster than John could react. Saren punched John into the far wall, creating a hole. The Commander grunted in pain.
He got out of the wall and fell to his knees, he looked up to see Saren lunging again. He rolled to the side with Saren hitting the same wall, flat on. John got up with a biotically charged fist and slammed it into the back of Saren, knocking him further into the wall. He repeated the process after holstering the pistol with a few more jabs, *BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG*.
Saren reacted by freeing its leg and kicking John back, sending him flying back, hitting the floor with screaming sparks of armor rubbing against the tile ground.
He groaned in pain. He raised his head up with Saren walking awkwardly toward him. John crawled back, Saren increased its pace, reaching him before the Commander could get up. He jumped atop and started clawing at his armor. *CLANG, CLANG, CLANG*, metal against metal, but Saren's Claws penetrated his armor. They cutted enough to cut his skin. He felt his blood warming the skin of his wounds. Adrenaline ran through him, numbing his pain.
The Skeleton grabbed John by the neck with a steel grip of the left arm. John tried kicking free, but failed. Saren carried him over to the nearest wall, then slammed the Commander into the wall.
"Argh!" He yelled.
"John!" Ashley yelled to him, unable to do anything to help her Commander.
Saren opened its right hand, revealing claws, then injected it into John's side, then his shoulder
"Ah! Fucker!" John said, filling with rage. This Bastard wasn't taking him now! Not while he has Chloe to see again!
He drew his knife, and gave Saren the same through the middle. It released the grip on John, backing up.
He fell to his knees once again, breathing heavily. He quickly stood up and walked over to Saren, who was trying to eject the knife, but failed. John's right hand fueled with the last of his Biotic energy, his Implants were on the verge of overuse. He brought it up and took out his energy out into Saren's face. Sending him flying into another portion of the wall. John made his way over to it.
He took out the knife, then smashed Saren into the ground with his right. The Commander took the knife and delivered it to the neck, twisting it multiple times until the Neck was disconnected. The body started dissolving into a red, then black substance called ash.
He activated his Medi-Gel systems, but they failed. Him being slammed into the wall disabled the system,
"Shit," he muttered.
He fell to his knees, he was bleeding everywhere.
"John!" Ash yelled, running over to him, "Oh my god..." She said as she saw the wounds on him.
"Damn, John!" Garrus told him.
They heard an explosion and they looked to see a piece of Sovereign come flying towards the glass of the Citadel Tower.
"Go! Go!" John yelled out to his teammates, they took off, then the piece hit.
"They're in here, Captain!" Yelled a C-Sec officer, as he moved a couple of pieces.
Anderson crawled through, followed by Dr. Michel.
He helped Garrus up, who was clutching his side, "It"s ok, it's over. You're safe now!"
"Where is John, Garrus?" Chloe asked, very worried.
"I...don't know, Doctor." The Turian croaked, looking up.
Anderson and Chloe followed his gaze to see a couple of enormous pieces of Sovereign.
Dr. Michel walked out, then fell to her knees with tears in her eyes.
"John..." She said, with great sorrow.
Ashley and Garrus walked up behind her, Ash was in tears, and Garrus, well, if Turians could cry, he probably would be doing so, too.
"Please, John! Don't leave me now!" She shouted in a deeply cracked voice, before she started sobbing, if felt as if her heart was torn in half and that one half was thrown out.
John groaned as he awoke to consciousness. He opened his eyes to see darkness. He looked about, he was buried under debris. From both, Sovereign and the Tower.
He tried flaring his Biotics, but failed as a headache pounded from the back of his skull. He tried moving a couple of objects, to see a ray of light. He continued, despite the Pain it brought him.
"John! Please don't do this to me!" He heard a feminine voice.
"Chloe...?" He asked himself in a croaked voice.
He increased his pace, and eventually, made a hole big enough for him to crawl out of.
The Commander tried standing, he failed at first, he was weak from the blood loss. He pushed himself. John stood, then started taking baby steps.
He heard crying, it had to be Chloe...it brought pain to his heart to hear her like this.
The wounded soldier continued making his way to the back of the tower.
Soon, he reached the peak of a reaper piece, he saw that same Red and White doctor's uniform.
He made it to the stairs,
"Chloe!" He croaked.
She looked up to see John, limping towards her. She smiled as she stood and ran to him. He ended up falling onto the floor.
She gasped, "John!"
She was followed by Ash, Garrus, Anderson, and a few other folks.
He tried pushing himself off the ground, Dr, Michel helped him up. The Commander threw his arms around her when he could support himself,
"Thank God, You're Ok..." He croaked.
Chloe returned his embrace, she was crying from both Sorrow and happiness. She looked back, then gave him a deep kiss.
"I thought I lost you...!" She said to him afterwards, still shedding heavy tears.
"I'm not letting you live in this Galaxy alone, Chloe. I promise you that," He croaked.
He felt himself slipping away, "And...I'm out again..."
"John!" Chloe yelled as he fell into his arms.
"Hold on, John! Medic!" Anderson bellowed.
And there it is! There will be an Aftermath, then...Mass Effect 2!
This scene was inspired by my friend, Veyron! Who writes The Helldivers in Mass Effect! If you haven't read his story, you ought to check it out!
Thanks for Reading and I hope you leave a Review!
~Dark