Chapter Two
We enter the Normandy docking bay and walk up to Anderson. "Shepard the Normandy is now yours and your second in command is MSgt. Blaze due to his experience in combat and his tactical mind" Anderson said. Anderson goes into explaining what is going on. Afterwards we enter the Normandy and head our own ways. I watch as Jane walks up to Joker and I sit down in the weapons system operator seat in the cockpit.
I check out all the weapons through a procedure as Jane begins a speech.
This is Commander Shepard speaking. We have our orders find Saren before he finds the conduit. I won't lie to you crew. This mission isn't going to be easy. For too long our species has stood apart from the others. Now its time for us to step up and do our part for the rest of the galaxy! Time to show them what humans are made of. Our enemy knows we're coming. When we go into the traverse. Saren's followers will be waiting for us. But we will be ready for them too. Humanity needs to do this. Not just for our own sake, but for the sake of every other species in Citadel Space. Saren must be stopped and I promise you all... We will stop him.
"Well said commander the captain would be proud" Joker said. "The captain gave up everything so I could have this chance we can't fail" Jane said. I nod my head as I finish the weapons check. I look at Joker and say "All weapons are green along with everything else". Joker nods his head and we depart from the Citadel. I get out of the seat and head for the Commander.
I walk up to the second in command position and ask "Where are we going first out of those three places". "I'm thinking of getting Liara first since we always have room for a someone of her abilities" Jane said. "Then let's go there and get her out of those ruins" I said. Jane nods and sets the coordinates. I head to my room that has been provided and take off the alliance outfit. I put on my ODST jumpsuit and start putting on my ODST armor.
I clip my helmet on my belt and head down to the bay. I walk over to the armory and see my squad is in their armor. I open up a weapon locker and see covenant weaponry. I open up another locker and see forerunner weapons. I open up another locker and see UNSC weapons. I grab a Spartan laser and place it on my back. I grab a plasma pistol and place it on my left thigh. I grab a SAW and place it on my back.
"Good thing we have been augmented to be able to carry more weapons into battle" I said. I see my men nod their heads. I grab a boltshot and place it on my right thigh. I finally grab the Hydra MLRs and close each of the lockers. I see my squad loaded out with their favorite weapons. I hear the elevator stop and the rest of the ground team comes in to gather their equipment.
I heft my gun up and ask "Is the pelican is working condition". I see them nod and I grin. I walk over to Jane and her team. Jane grabs her helmet and puts it on. She closes her locker and sees me with my weapons. Wrex sees me with all the weapons. Soon all of them look at me with surprised looks. "What kind of weapons are those" Jane asked walking up.
"On my back is a spartan laser and a SAW". "On my thighs are a plasma pistol and a boltshot". "The baby in my hands is the Hydra MLRs one of my favorite ways to make the enemies scatter" I said with a grin. "How can you carry all of those weapons" Wrex asked. "I've been augmented to be almost as strong as a Spartan-II and I chose to undergo that augmentation so i'll be able to keep up with you all" I said.
"Well we're nearing the planet with Liara on it" Jane said. "I have a way to get all of us down to the ground but commander you and three others need to clear a path through the Geth that's going to be down there" I said. She nods and head into the Mako with Kaiden Ashley and Garrus. "Move it team we're nearing our destination get into the pelican" I shouted.
The ODSTs get inside the pelican and I follow with Tali and Wrex behind me. "Strap in Tali and Wrex you are about to do battle our way" I said getting in the copilot seat. I close the hatch and see that everything is green. I hold my fist up as the signal for the pilot that the pelican is in one hundred percent. He nods and Joker tells us that we have entered the atmosphere.
The door to the bay opens and the Mako drives out while the pelican flies out of the bay. "Pvt. Walter stay back for now don't want the Geth to know we are here" I said. The pilot nods as we follow the Mako for several miles. It stops and the pilot comes down to the ground. I unstrap myself and I look at the team. "Pvt. Elliot Cpl. Sanders and Cpl. Bass your with me Tali and Wrex the rest of you are staying on the Pelican we might need a quick extraction" I said.
They nod and three ODSTs unstrap themselves. We exit down the ramp with Wrex and Tali to Jane and her team. The pelican closes the hatch/ramp and flies out of the combat zone. "I've got extraction handled commander now lets save us a archeologist" I said. We head through the gap in the rocks and the Normandy picks up the Mako.
I see many Geth behind cover in front of us and above us. "Everyone take cover" I shouted as a Geth sniper misses a shot on me. We dash for cover and I see a cluster of Geth walking toward us. I stand up and fire two rounds at them. They explode on contact and when the smoke clears not single one is standing. I keeping firing my Hydra at the Geth as me and the ODSTs wreck them with our UNSC heavy weapons.
We continue forward with Jane and the others behind us. We see a huge line of Geth and we grin. "Go to hell" me and the ODSTs shout as we unload on the Geth. When we run out of ammo in our weapons the huge line is nothing more then scrap. I reload the Hydra with the last six shots that i'm carrying. I swap it with the SAW and I see my team pull out their own SAWs.
We continue onward turning the Geth into scrap until we reach the top of the place. I check the mag in my SAW at the moment. I've fired twenty-eight bullets so far in this mag. "Aren't those relics how are they taking out the Geth with such ease" Kaiden asked as he catches his breath. "Our weapons aren't relics after all we have fought off killer genocide aliens a parasite and the Prometheans with bullets so I think you should shut up about that relic bullshit" I said in a cold tone.
"Wait you said Prometheans what are they" Jane asked. "Please its not a very pretty thing since I know the truth about my universe's history and if this conduit is some kind of super weapon then we ODSTs we go all out against Saren" I said. "Super weapon why would that make you go all out" Jane asked. I depolarize my visor and look at her.
"Look like you we have uncovered artifacts and that has sped our technology up by fifty years with every single artifact we have recovered and I believe the last estimated count that our tech has been sped up by is ten thousand years" I said. "What is that even possible" Kaiden asked. "Yes it is after all we don't have to rely on eezo to power our ships and our slipspace drives are basically our mass relays installed in our ships". "The slipspace drive now has many different types and grade levels on them" I said.
"How do you power your ships" Tali asked. "Well I don't really know I don't read that much into the ships in that area but I know ships generally run on the slipspace drive since it also counts as a engine but as of this year in my universe the Shaw-Fujikawa Translight Engine is being given to civilian vessels as fusion drives in the UNSC navy and our alien allies" I said.
"You said you don't know very much when it comes to that stuff but you just gave me a answer why is that" Tali asked. "I have been living on varies classes of ships for the past eleven years Tali it comes with being one of the elite" I said. "Sam how many times have you had shore leave in the past eleven years" Jane asked. "Three commander after all when you have the task of protecting humanity and its allies you get very little time off" I said.
I hear the whine of a Geth dropship. "We have contacts closing in on us" Garrus said. We scatter as the dropship unloads the troopers. I hide behind some steam pipes and we open fire on the targets. I reload my SAW with my last mag and place it on my back. I pull out my plasma pistol and combat knife. I charge the pistol up and fire it at the trooper in front of me.
It gets hit by it taking the shields out. I run at it and place the pistol back on my thigh. I jump and knee the geth that I fired upon. It falls down incapacitated and I slash the Geth up from behind. The troopers fall over and I sheathe my combat knife. I see Jane and Tali run over to me. "Their movement joints have been severely damaged thought we could try and salvage some data from the Geth units memory banks" I said.
"I never thought that the Geth could fall so easily" Tali said. "I have fought tougher enemies before so Tali is it possible to salvage some data" I asked. "Yes i'm on it after all this data can help us" Tali said. We form a perimeter around Tali and after ten minutes Tali fires four shots killing the enemy. "I salvaged some data that can improve the engine" Tali said.
Jane nods and we head inside the ruins. I grab my boltshot and take the lead of the group. We see no movement and we get on the elevator. Its a little cramped in here with all of us in here at the same time. The elevator stops and I lead the group out of the elevator. We reach another elevator without contacts so we get in it once again all of us.
The elevator stops and we exit it. I jump down until I see a grunt overlooking three rouge Sangheili warriors. I place the boltshot on my thigh and pull out my combat knife. "Stay quiet everyone only me and my men know the attack movements of these aliens" I said over the team communication. I sneak up behind the grunt without it noticing me.
I grab its mouth and plunge my knife into its skull. I pull the body into a dark area and I see Elites separating. I jump down on one and kill it swiftly. I grab its energy swords and sheathe my combat knife. I see the Elites looking at me. I activate the two energy swords and walk towards them. They activate their energy swords and walk towards me.
"I'll take both of you Sangheili warriors at the same time" I growled. We stare at our respective enemies and we charge at the same time. I clash with them and soon I find myself in a different world where its only the three of us. I keep defending and deflecting the strikes to where their strikes hit my shields barely wasting the battery.
I keep doing this until they both lose one sword due to the battery running out. I start attacking the Sangheili warriors and now push them into defensive stances. I see I have one strike left in both energy swords. I slice in a tornado fashion knowing they are to tired to move to block the attack. My left sword cuts the head off of the right Sangheili. My right sword cuts the left Sangheili in half.
I toss the swords aside and walk toward Jane. "Covenant loyalists this is not good commander" I said. She nods and continues talking to Liara. I see Garrus typing away at a mining drill. The drill comes to life and fires a beam that leaves a tunnel. We go through the tunnel and kill the Geth that are around. We walk up behind Liara and Jane releases her.
We run to the elevator and we head to the first floor. I see a Krogan battlemaster with forty Geth come into the elevator. I grab the spartan laser and place it on my shoulder. "Liara stays with us" Jane said. I pull the trigger and after five seconds it fires a laser into the battlemaster penetrating the shields armor and halfway into his body.
I see the Geth go down easily and I walk to the Krogan. I see that his insides are completely boiled. "What kind of weapon can penetrate shields and armor" Jane asked seeing the Krogan. "The spartan laser ma'am it packs quite a punch as you can see" I said patting the gun in my hands. The ground starts trembling and I switch to the frequency for the pelican.
"Pvt. Walter we need a evac bird fast so triple time it" I ordered. "Roger that sir eta four minutes" Walter said. We run through the ruins as we head for the exit. I see the pelican come over and the ramp is down. "Jump everyone they can't land" I said. I see the fellow ODSTs get on followed by Garrus Wrex Kaiden Tali Liara and Ashley.
I place the laser of my back and I hear Jane scream. I look over and see that she is wounded in her leg. I grab her and jump aboard the pelican. I carry her over to a seat as a fellow ODST closes the pelican up. I set Jane down and I head into the cockpit. "Everyone strap in we're going into outer space in the pelican" I said as I sit down in the pilot seat.
I maneuver the pelican to a 45 degree angle and fly into outer space. "Won't this dropship be destroyed" Jane asked. "You think the UNSC would use things that would burn up no way" I said as we enter orbit. I head toward the Normandy and I say "Passengers this is what we UNSC soldiers call a pelican it can enter and exit a planet's orbit easily it has a emergency medkit there's no artificial gravity so feel free to float around for a bit".
I hear my fellow ODSTs chuckle at the looks on the Normandy team and Liara. "Hey Joker we are coming your way get prepared for us to land in the bay" I said to the pilot of the Normandy. "Roger that the bay is opening now ready to receive your bird" Joker said. "We're on course be in the bay in three minutes" I said. "I got it i'll keep the Normandy still for you" Joker said.
"Thank you Joker that would be most wonderful" I said. I keep on the heading and enter the bay. I softly land and turn the pelican off. I get up as the bay doors close. We all exit the pelican and I hang up all my weapons. I head off to my room and change into my alliance uniform. I clean the armor up using the ships armor cleaning system.
I head to the meeting room and enter it to see that my team isn't here typical. I walk over to my seat and sit down. I stay silent for the entire meeting while taking glances at Jane who is recovering from the wound. The meeting is closed and we file out of the meeting room. I head down to the mess hall and get some military rations.
I sit down at a empty table and I see Kaiden sit down across from me. "Hey Sam I saw you looking at Jane" Kaiden said. "Yeah I was Kaiden I was worried about the wound she suffered down there" I said. "Really is that all well doctor Chakwas is checking on the wound again to see what kind of weapon caused it" Kaiden said. I finish my rations up and get up from the table.
I walk into the medbay and see Chakwas puzzled at the wound. I walk over to the doc and ask "So have you figured out what kind of weapon was used to wound her". "No I don't but I found this tiny crystal in her leg I don't know what it is" Chakwas said. "Doc she was wounded by a Type-33 Needler" I said. "How do you know what weapon wounded her" Chakwas asked standing up.
"I have been hit by needlers before so I knew right away what hurt her when you said crystal" I said. "Her muscles are damaged and the skin looks like it was cut up" Chakwas said showing me the x-ray. I look at it and see that no bones are damaged but the muscles are in need of treatment. "To tell you the truth doc Jane was very lucky with that needler but her leg needs rest and she can't do any combat missions for a week and a half so the muscles can heal up beyond that her leg is fine" I said handing the pad back.
"Really I got lucky that crystal exploded something else could have happened" Jane asked. "I have seen people take a needle to the head and die which I say those ones are lucky when it comes to getting hit in the head now if you survive you watch as it explodes along with your head". "I also have seen a soldier get shot in the heart area and it exploded taking the armor and a huge chunk of the flesh and muscle he saw his own heart before dying" I said.
"I guess I could have lost my leg then" Jane said. "Yes so you are super lucky to have taken a needle in the leg and not lose it" I said. Jane nods her head and I leave the medbay. I head to my room and sit down on the bed. I hate those guns that can sever your limps. I know the feeling to have your limp nearly severed off just for one of them to attach onto my arm so I literally cut the rest of my arm off.
I look down at my left arm and grimace at it since its not a flash clone limp. I keep staring at it even after I hear a knock. "Come in" I said. Jane limps into the room and sees me staring at my left arm. "Is there something about your left arm you don't like" Jane asked. "Remember a few hours ago I said you were lucky not to lose a limp to the type-33 needler" I asked.
"Yes I do did you lose your original left arm due to the same weapon" Jane asked sitting down at my desk. "Partially you see my left arm was nearly severed when one of them latched onto me so I cut my left arm off" I said. "Them who are them" Jane asked. "I rather not share info about them at this time" I said. "I understand so why is wrong with your left arm when it looks biological and read biological on the test in the medbay" Jane asked.
I take my jacket off and say "i'll show you but it sort of requires me to remove my shirt to do so". "I understand do it" Jane said. I nod and take my shirt off to reveal all my battle scars. I use my right arm and reach for my left arm at the shoulder. I take my left arm out after using my neural link to the arm to let it get taken out. I place my left arm on the desk in front of Jane and smile.
"Well this is the truth about me I only have one arm that's still biological" I said. Jane stands up and looks at my left shoulder to see a empty socket for the arm. "Are you a cyborg" Jane asked. "I only have two replacements so I am not a cyborg" I said as I sit down on the bed. I take my boots off and roll up my left pants leg. I detach my leg below the knee including the foot.
I hold it up and say "The price for victory is very high". I set the leg down and smile at misfortune. "So you have lost your left limps that's not very good why show me" Jane asked. "Because these are my reward for the final assault in the war I am not a war hero even though I nearly bled out due to cutting my limps off" I said. "Do you want to be a war hero" Jane asked.
"No I don't Jane I lost my limps so I showed you my state to tell the truth of what I am" I said. "Are these limps synthetic" Jane asked. "Yes they are my neural link is what keeps them attached to me" I said taping the base of my head. "Are you sure you want to tell me this stuff" Jane asked. "Your my commander now and besides you'd find out sooner or later so why not now" I said.
Jane limps over to me and sits down beside me. She places her hand in my socket and she has a curious face on. "How is this possible" she asked. "I have to maintained them or I won't be able use them" I said. Jane looks at my left leg and places a hand on the stump. "Your skin feels like normal skin but it has some sort of gel to it" Jane said.
I looked at her and say "Yeah it does". "You don't know" Jane asked. I lay down accidently taking Jane with me. "What are you thinking" Jane asked glaring at me. "It was a accident I don't have my limps right now" I said looking at her. Jane giggles and says "I'm messing with you". "Thanks for the comfort let's just say war is going end so I am always back on that snow planet bleeding to death while they surround me like what they are whenever I take my limps off" I said.
Jane helps me up to the pillows and she collapses onto one of them. "Your heavier then you look" Jane said. "You dragged me who is 230 pounds of pure muscle which is odd since one of my nicknames is brain" I said. "Brain is one of your nicknames" Jane asked. "Yes it was given to me by a meathead due to always coming up with the plans and backup plans and back up plans for the backup plans if you get the idea" I said.
"Well I think it was a good choice but the name needs to be upgraded" Jane muttered. "No kidding" I said. I hear Jane fall asleep and I look to my left. I see her sleeping face and I blush. Red hair emerald eyes ruby red lips due to make up and a nice body. "Man she is my type of woman" I said. What the fuck am I saying. I have been here for a little over a week and i'm falling in love with my commanding officer.
I slide to the other side of the bed and fall asleep. I wake up and look over to Jane who is still facing me. I watch her and soon she opens her eyes. She sits up and looks around the room. Her face goes red and turns to me. "What happened" she ordered. "You fell asleep while we were talking so I just left you alone and I slide over here" I said.
Her face goes even more red and jumps straight out of the bed. She activates her biotics and tosses me into a wall. I feel my ribs crack and she tosses me into another wall and continues doing so for several minutes. I start coughing up blood and get tossed into the wall on the side that I slept in. She stops and looks around again seeing the place is messed up.
She looks at me and runs over to me. She kneels down beside me and sits me up. "What did I do to you" Jane asked within concern in her voice. "Threw me into the walls with your biotics for several minutes before ending it with one last super charged toss" I said coughing up more blood. "I didn't mean to do this to you" Jane said touching my chest.
I wince in huge pain and she pulls her hand away. "Broken ribs nothing much considering I have been battered around by brutes for six months before" I said. "Still I did this i'm supposed to be the leader of this ragtag party and I hurt one of my comrades out of embarrassment" Jane said. I close my eyes and lean my head back. "No don't die on me hang on i'll get you to the doctor" Jane said.
I feel her pick me up physically and she says "Come on stay with me stay with me". I lose my senses and I start heading for the white light.
There we go it seems our main character has been killed by our favorite commander out of embarrassment of all things. It seems like our MC didn't get the paragon or renegade action to survive.