Angry Footballs And The Camera of Death
Bob was walking around on the Citadel, in one of the more secluded parts of the Zakera ward. He had no idea what to do, where to go, or where he even was. He was pretty sure that the place would be covered in trash if it wasn't for the Keepers cleaning house all the time.
Bob was pretty sure he had been walking in circles for hours, and everywhere around him he kept seeing volus in white enviro-suits covered in dirt, and who knows what else.
He had also seen another human around here quite often, too. He also seemed to be wandering around aimlessly.
As far as Bob could make out, he had a slightly muscled body. The man had blonde hair, a crooked nose and blue eyes.
He walked around a corner, and very nearly walked right into that same guy.
"Whoah, man, watch where you're going!" the man exclaimed, holding up his hands.
"Sorry. Hey, I've seen you a few times down here. You lost, too?" Bob asked.
"Wait, you're lost here too?"
"Yep."
The other guy then rubbed his forehead and seemed to be pondering on something.
"Well, alright then," he suddenly said, looking at Bob. Then he held up his arm. "My name is Jason. What's yours?"
Bob took the hand and shook it. "My name's Bob. Nice to meet you."
They started walking together.
"Now, how did you get lost down here?" Jason asked.
"I just," Bob trailed off for a moment. "I just woke up around here! No idea how I got here, either!" he exclaimed, waving his arms around.
"What the fuck? You're saying you just woke up here?" Jason asked, staring at Bob with an incredulous expression.
"You got here the same way I did? This is," he gulped, "weird, to say the least."
"Do you think someone is screwing with us?" Bob asked right before bumping into a volus.
Bob and Jason jumped back, and Bob started apologising frantically.
"Oh hell, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to do that!"
The volus only looked up at him for a moment, then turned around, and yelled. "Hey! These humans are racist against the Vol clan!"
Jason frowned. "Wait, what the fuck? We don't hate the volus, it was an accident!"
The little guy didn't pay attention however, and only yelled with a maniacal undertone in his voice: "Let's get the bastards!"
Suddenly, dozens of volus ran out from buildings all around them, pistols in their hands.
Bob and Jason ran like hell.
Thankfully, the little balls were quite slow. That meant Bob and Jason could occasionally take a quick breather behind a corner or a bunch of crates.
They were attempting to reach the C-Sec headquarters.
Soon Jason and Bob reached a stairwell that went downwards. They jumped down. Jason was about to run, when he heard a pained cry behind him. He looked back, and saw that Bob was rolling around on the ground, holding his ankle.
"Fuck me, man! Can you get me up?!" Bob yelled at Jason, growing more fearful every second.
Jason was just about to help him, when he noticed the volus were standing on top of the stairwell, staring at them. They had holstered their weapons.
Jason grabbed Bob and helped him up on his good foot.
Then who appeared to be the lead volus, suddenly pointed his finger at the two humans, and spoke. "You have insulted our clan name by being inside our territory, and dirtying my pristine enviro-suit with your filth, Earth-clan!"
Bob and Jason frowned.
"Wait, so this is just some fucked up revenge trip?" Bob asked Jason, his voice shaking.
"Fucking looks like it," Jason answered.
Then they noticed that all the volus were standing perfectly in a line upstairs. Then they knew the little bastards were up to something.
Then Bob nudged Jason. "Look, let me go. We can't get away from these over-grown footballs like this. I can handle the pain long enough to run to C-Sec, okay?"
Jason looked at Bob for a second in hesitation. Then he shrugged, and let Bob go. "Alright, then. Your funeral. Every man for himself!" he yelled before high-tailing it.
Bob was about to follow, when he stepped on his bad leg and fell over. Bob looked towards the volus, and saw them tucking themselves up into balls. Suddenly the entire clan literally rolled down the stairs, using their bodies to their advantage. Bob didn't even get to stand up, as one of them went right over his body, crushing his spine and skull.
Jason had been running for a full minute, before he looked back, only to see the volus following him.
He frantically ran around a corner, and saw the large sign that welcomed him to C-Sec headquarters.
He did a quick fist-pump and ran inside. The volus came in, not far behind him.
The C-Sec officers were looking at them strangely. Most of them saw the guns and reached for their own weapons.
Jason was making a bee-line straight for an elevator. He ran past a red-haired woman in an N7 uniform being questioned by some reporter with a flying drone camera.
Suddenly, one of the volus tried to shoot Jason, but hit the drone instead. It blew up, sending shrapnel flying in Jason's direction. More than a few shards got lodged in his brain.
He slumped over, only a few meters from the elevator.
"You bastards! My camera!"
"Sucks to be you, Khalisah!" the red-haired woman yelled before pulling out her weapon and running away to help the officers arrest the volus gang.
Another chapter done! Sorry for this one taking so long. I also realised that with the last two chapters, I was nothing but a lazy prick! I promise, it will NOT happen again!
Oh, by the way, sorry for the slow updates! I suddenly got a shitton of literature homework dropped on me. Reading books, writing essays, homework, you name it! Updates will PROBABLY be slow for the next month or so.
But that won't stop this story. I will see you in the next Chapter!