The Flytrap
Gary was sitting on a chair in one of the disassembled freighters looking out of a window as a rather strange group consisting of a human, a krogan and a turian walked past. He was sipping the best-quality beer the Feros colonists could afford.
He got the beer as a gift from the colonists for all his contributions to them.
Gary knew it was a well-deserved beer. After all, he had trudged through the ancient prothean tunnels to reactivate their water pump system, turn off the geth transmitter and then kill a pack of varren for food.
The last one had been fun for him. After he had killed most of the varren with his assault rifle, he wrestled the Alpha varren with his bare hands.
Gary didn't even get a scratch while the Alpha varren's neck wasn't exactly in the best condition anymore.
He smiled at the memory.
He drank the last drop, put the bottle down and got to work.
He knew that it was Shepard, Garrus and Wrex who walked past the window earlier. He also knew that very soon, the colonists will go absolutely apeshit.
Gary was staring out of the window, and noticed something strange.
Suddenly, all the colonists grabbed their weapons, and some were heading towards the large room Normandy had landed in. No one showed any emotion on their faces.
He stood up, his face grim, and went to the door.
He whistled. A man walked in, and Gary slammed his fist in the man's face. Gary proceeded to drag his unconscious body to a corner.
He walked back to the door, and whistled.
Shepard stopped the MAKO in front of the closed garage door leading to the colony. There was something placed next to it.
Shepard, Garrus and Wrex got out of the MAKO, their weapons in hand in case something happens.
"What the hell is that thing supposed to be?" Wrex asked with a frown on his face.
"No idea, but it looks... Humanoid," Garrus added.
"For me, it looks like a green Husk," Shepard added with a joking tone.
Wrex stepped closer to the object in question, and nudged it with his shotgun barrel.
That got it moving. It slowly rose up from it's huddled position until it was standing upright, slightly swaying and emitting low moans from it's gaping mouth.
"Shepard... Got something to add?" Garrus asked nervously, going into his usual combat stance and aiming his assault rifle at it.
Then it looked straight at Garrus, and they all decided to back away from the creepy green Husk.
That decision came too late, because the creature suddenly projectile-vomited at Garrus. He frantically rolled out of the way, and Wrex blew the upper-half of it's body into mush with his shotgun.
Now that it was dead, Shepard stepped past it's legs and slammed the garage door button. Nothing happened.
With a frustrated look on her face, she slammed the button a bit more forcefully.
The door remained closed.
Suddenly, Wrex walked past her and punched the button. The button was now inside the wall and all Wrex could do was give an apologetic look for the now furious Shepard.
She was about to chew him out for doing that, when Garrus suddenly spoke up.
"Hey, Shepard. You hear that? Sounds like it's coming from the other side." Now Shepard and Wrex listened too.
They heard weapons fire, a few explosions and a lot of moaning.
Then something suddenly dented the garage door by slamming into it.
They all had their weapons up in an instant.
Then something slammed into the door again.
Gary, after 'sedating' every single colonist with a healthy dose of fist-to-the-face, went to the MAKO garage and started bludgeoning the dozens of Thorian Creepers that resided there.
He started out with a bang by throwing three grenades at the creepers. Half of them got instantly shredded, blown to pieces, vaporised or incinerated. He took out his assault rifle and started spraying into the crowd that was now slowly lumbering towards him.
Gary noted that the assault rifle rounds only went straight through the creatures, and left small extra holes in them. He prioritised, taking down the closest with long bursts to the legs and then head. Gary took down a dozen of the creepers with this tactic, before the first one got within puking distance.
He whipped out a shotgun he borrowed from a colonist, and blew it to pieces.
Gary then threw his last grenade with one hand while blowing away another thorian creeper with his shotgun. The grenade ended most of whatever was left of the horde, and now only one creeper was left, slowly coming towards Gary.
He grabbed it by the neck, and ran towards the garage door. He slammed it into the door. A small dent appeared. Gary slammed the creeper in it again. Half of it was sticking to the door by now.
He let it go, but it was still standing somehow. He kicked it with his leg. The dent got larger.
He was about to shoot it with his shotgun, when suddenly the garage door exploded, sending Gary flying across the garage.
He quickly stood back up, and saw a MAKO driving into the large room. He smiled, knowing exactly who it was, and made his way towards the vehicle.
Gary, believing entirely in his own abilities, forgot that he was walking towards a MAKO with a nervous but experienced Shepard in it, while he was still holding the shotgun in his hands.
He didn't hear the creeper following him.
The only warning sign he got, was the sudden movement of the cannon barrel, right before a round splattered him along with the creeper across the wall.
Later Shepard's team found the room where Gary had knocked out every single colonist.
Shepard could only sheepishly rub her neck. Garrus glared at her and Wrex cursed at her for vaporising their potential meat-shield.
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I will see you people in the next chapter!