"Are you sure this is a Good Idea Tennyson?" Miranda concerned laced in her voice over the com as Ben, Mordin and Geth where in the shuttle, heading towards Atlas station.
"It Be Fine. Plus They can get us through security terminals easily enough" Ben confidents coming through his voice.
"if you sure. We haven't heard back from Jacob team"
"They in thick of a Geth ship. Chances are, they coms are cut out or something"
Prometheus station
Kasumi, Thane and Jacob are driving as fast as they can because whatever catching in the hammer head. Well stress comes in big packages.
"Who Thought it was a fucking good Idea to put a massive tower size cannon at the entrance of a research station" Jacob angrily shouted.
"apparently Cerberus" Kasumi quipped. What is it you must be wondering that they are driving. It the hammer head know for it 'durability'?.
"Why did we get the Hammerhead couldn't we get another mako" Jacob frustrated cried with hands in his head.
"There, there, Thane Nealy got the last conduit, that shut down the shield and allow us to destroy the cannon. Oh look the engine on fire.. again" Kasumi sarcastically said.
3 hours later.
"hmm that took longer than it needed" Thane stated. The cannon has been taken down but not without some heavy damaged to the Hammerhead,
"That thing is a death trap" Jacob muttered towards the hover tank. If you can call it that
"Agreed. Let go, we need to open up the lockdown" Kasumi cheerfully stated but her smile say otherwise. Both Jacob and Thane nod walking in the Geth death trap.
They walk through the entranceway and the group see Geth seal up tight. They ignore as they walk through the station halls and rooms, that are soaked in falling wires and leaked flooded floors. They reach the lockdown room where it held back by a floor puzzle.
"ohh, a puzzle I got this" Kasumi giggled in excitement. After a few minutes of putting together the floor puzzle, Jacob ran up and Unlocked the Lockdown pulling down the control unit.
"Oh right lockdown released, better get…" Jacob was interrupted by a sleeping Geth.
" #e M3& I) £$P" Then the Geth glow green
"Ah shit, Guns out and run" Kasumi and Thane nod and started running, guns in hand. While Jacob pulling out his trusted shotgun. Thane pull open his Omni-tool and made a call to Miranda
"Miranda it Thane. Lockdown control is released but Geth are swarming our location, will be late to meet up?"
"Understood…. There been a change of plans on our end. We meet a talking Geth"
Atlas station
Ben, Morden and Geth? Are standing in the shuttle waiting for the last lockdown to be open so they can enter the last station.
"So what should we call you Geth?" Ben ask the Geth.
"Geth" The Geth spoke.
"but who is in front of me. The person"
"Geth, we are all Geth."
"We?" Ben face measured a confused look but Morden eyes widen as he looks like he understood.
"hive mind intelligence. Must communicate through pathway and simulated experiences. Fascinating"
"So I am not talking to one Geth but"
"Thousand but the doctor assessment is adequate" the Geth spoke.
"Great. Your practically a one man army" Ben sarcastically said, knowing his experience with Hive minds.
Morden chirped "is that experience I here?"
"I had a friend who delt with nano technology. It created a Hive mind which controlled people which later control her. In fact it acted like the seeker swarms that the collectors have" Ben explain sad about a past ex friend.
"Do you have that Nano technology with you?" Morden ask.
"Maybe I have to check if I have the schematics but not the tech itself. why?"
"I want to see if I can if that Nano teach is similar to seeker swarms like you claim. If they are I could make a counter defence against them." Breaths "Maybe improved on my already defences"
"cool maybe get urm"
"Legion for I am many" EDI Chim in interrupting,
Morden smiled "appropriate"
Geth or Legion now , quoted "Mark 5:9, of the New asks the demon-possessed man, "What is your name?"The demon, who is identified as Legion, replies, "My name is Legion, for we are many. This is an appropriate metaphor"
"neat. Also EDI what are you doing Here?"
"The commander is talking to Joker. They ask for privacy" Ben and Morden nod in understanding.
"well tell Shepard we got legion as a guest coming on board soon and may help us in the fight against the collectors. Which remind me Legion one of are companions is an un-corrupted Collector" EDI Signed of and Legion nodded with an affirmative.
"Cluntch!"
The doors are opening and the shuttle flies in the gate towards project overlord. The shuttle lowers down into the open landing pad.
Dr archer voice through the radio "ah you made it. Good. I am get some troubling readings. It seem the Vi manual trying to upload from your location. You need to….."
"Hmm Coms cut. VI wants us to follow" Morden figured out.
"Acknowledge. This VI seems Synthetic. Organic. Scared. What is this emotion? " Legion described. Morden was about to describe it but Ben chims in.
"Hang on there a recording." Ben stated playing the recording.
"Log 55.2. His Autistic mind is the breakthrough we looking for. He can communicate with the Geth"
"Legion inform us if you ever get communicated by the VI"
"Affirmative. No tries have happened but will open channels" Ben and Morden nods.
"Guns out and Be ready." Everyone acknowledge and get going with guns open. They reach a door.
"it locked we can't get past. Legion can you… what are you doing?" Ben ask confused at what Legion was doing. Legion was opening the door to the right of theirs, which open the lock door.
"Morden, are we in a horror"
"No" Blunt Morden described.
"Right lets go" Ben sated but was not convince that they were not in a horror. Was they walk forwards they make to a elevator room. But not before the doors that lead to the room were having a argument as to which door will open. They heard another log about how unless they results the illusive man will such this place down. They got the elevator controls working and it started coming up slowly.
"Units are on the other side" Legion stated factually.
"oh so Geth. Right get to cover. Legion can you hack them as they walk out and Morden fire of a Cyro and Pyro blast after legion hacks" Morden nods and Legion Acknowledge getting into cover. The doors open and the plan worked quite quickly. Though Ben had to put a though pot shots with his proto-tool.
"Alright lets go" All three walk in the elevator. It starts going down. Then stop, then up. Then down. Then it started lit up in flames. Then the elevator crashed down. They make to the lower labs. The walk forward passing any Geth that are in stasis making towards at an end of a corridor. Ben goes to open the door for it to transfer over to the door on the left.
The gang walk in to a open room full of servers and a console. Ben presses on the console only for it to react and Spread in Ben mind.
Omnitrix: Hostile Invasion detected preparing counter measures…. Counter measures failed. Recommend self-destruction. Also new scanned detected. New alien Life form added. But no one heard that last part.
Morden and Legion are trying to figure what going on.
Ben shouted "No Spread the cyber-attack onto legion and Morden, and activates emergency transformation into appropriate form" A green Flash appears.
"NanoMech" Ben scream like a cyber mouse.
"Oh come on. Oh wait this is appropriate" Morden cough. Standing next to him is legion both glow in green.
"Oh right, so the VI manages to interface with me using something similar to VR and this form is to stop the spread further. So I gave it to you guys" NanoMech explains.
"Affirmative, We sense that we in a virtual reality" Legion explains.
"Fascinating. Whatever this VI is it can transfer the mind into cyberspace and that form NanoMech. Based on observation it Nanotech"
"Yeah you know that story about Nano tech I said earlier" Legion and Morden nodded.
"Tardar!"
"Ah so The Nano tech became an alien species then fascinating but we must progress." Ben and Legion agree and walk forward back out to the corridor and towards the door that transfer itself. They make to a long stretch hallway where Geth started attacking them but also a glowing green Ord full of virtual data. Of course they in virtual reality so fighting back was not so difficult. NanoMech was even manage to hit a few in the eye.
The reach a research room where logs start pouring out and the more the logs played the more they understand the VI.
"Morden. I starting to think. That this is not a VI"
"Yes we must make haste" They rush to other side of the research room where it became on observation room. Of course more Geth got in the way and need to die. They hurry to the end of the second hallway and reach a control room and called elevator from the floor where the VI lives. Though they accounting resisting as Geth appeared from the elevator but was delt swiftly from a drone from legion and NanoMech snipe shots. They take the elevator down to the final room.
Boss Fight
A hologram appears showing Dr Gavin archer hooking up, His Brother.
"we ready. Open a connection to the Geth network."
"Quiet"
"No, tell the Geth to stand down,"
Announcer voice chims in. "Establishing a upload link to the Normandy SR2
"Quiet Please make it Stop"
"Fucking hell. His brother is the VI" Ben all but screamed out.
"Monsteras. This type of experimentation leaves no room for imagination. To torture one family member pure evil" Morden shouted in indignation considering the Salarians treat they family like treasure. This is just wrong in Morden eyes.
"mission parameters have change. We must eliminate the connection"
"Agreed/fuck Yes" and so it begins. While NanoMech was flying around shooting the connection balls of light. Legion, his drone and Morden was fighting of the wave of Geth that are coming. When the connection stops a armour shield appears and everyone opens fires to destroy it,
"Pull the plug. tell Vulcan station to pull the Plug!"
"It too late we lost control!"
"attempting to Establishing a upload link"
The same in repeat. Ben and the gang had to fight of the connection to the Normandy, while fighting of waves of Geth.
"David you have to stop this!" Gavin urgently said.
"David does not want to be Here!"
"attempting to Establishing a upload link!"
Once again The gang has to fight off the connection. NanoMech flying around to finds any hidden connections that David Hidden.
"David calm down. I can make this go away if you let me!"
"Quiet please make it stop!"
"attempting to Establishing a upload link
Fourth time the charm the gang fight of another wave and David.
"Quiet please make it stop"
Boss fight ends
Green flash appears. Ben no longer NanoMech mouth gapping at the sight he is seeing. Morden suppressing any amount of rage he has to not kill Gavin archer.
"Quiet please make it stop"
"Wait!" All three turn to Gavin, Miranda, Zaeed, Grunt, Prometheus, Jacob, Kasumi, Thane and Shepard.
Ben ignoring Gavin ask "Shep what you doing here?"
"When EDI informed me of a Geth your working with. I wanted to check it out for myself but then your coms where cut so we got worried. You been gone for a few hours."
"Your Monster" Morden shouted. "to do this to you blood your family. No compassion. No, No No"
"I beg you don't do anything Rash" Gavin pleaded.
"Anything Rash. You're a God Dam Psychopath" Ben angrily retorted. "Morden Make sure David alright and get him out of they. Legion Help him."
"With pleasure/Acknowledge" While those to deal with that Ben Turn to Shepard and the gang, explaining what going on.
"oh my God" Miranda was god smack.
"you sick Fuck" Zaeed all but shouted.
Grunt was growling. Kasumi was not smiling. Thane frowned heavily. Jacob Cracked his knuckles. Shepard walk forward while Morden and Legion was freeing David from his Cage.
"Zaeed, Grunt Guard the Good Doctor. Would you" it wasn't a request.
"it be a god dam pleasure"
"Heheeh" Both went to stand next to Gavin. Making sure he does not do anything funny.
Gavin tried to plead his case "I know how this must look but I never had intended any harm to come to him. You must believe me"
"Fuck you!" Ben angry shouted. Miranda hand touch Ben Shoulder to calm him. Thane and Jecob went to help Morden and Legion. Kasumi was just standing there gobsmacked by all this.
"It not like I planned this. It was an accident seeing David communicate with the Geth. It all seem harmless."
Miranda glittered her teeth "and Before you knew you where running your own private hell"
Gavin looked to her "You understand the illusive man, his demands are high. You know this. He does not broker failure" That word his Miranda hard. Failure. She know the Illusive man is up to something and she going to found out what. Gavin continued.
"Any war we fight with the Geth will be bloody. I was ask to find a way to avoid that"
Shepard been silent up to this point "and how many have already died for this project"
"More souls than they ever forgive me but I won't apologised for radical lives. If my work spare a million mothers mourning the loss of millions sons. My conscious would rest easy "
"look at him. Your brother would never be the same" Thane shouted. It rare to find that emotion in him but to Ben he understood family important and from the nod Mordin given him. He agrees.
Gavin now trying to save face "The damage may not be permanent. He might recover some resemblance of his mind"
Shepard put in "Cerberus would never leave him alone. Your brother would always a lab rat"
"a well-cared for lab right. At least he be alive"
Shepard had a upside down smile "So you sacrifice your own brother happenings for your own ambitions"
Gavin did not answer but just looked at David with a sad expression "square route of 9006.01 equals."
"30.1. What I have done to David is unethical. If he dies it unforgivable. Let me take care of him…. Please"
"Quiet please make it stop"
Shepard shakes his head "I have only been here for a few seconds but I seen enough to know of your cruelty to know he never be free form it here"
Gavin pull out a gun "No he too valuable. Leave him" Zaeed punt him with the hit of his gun and Shepard starts walking away.
Ben comes up to Gavin "If I ever so here that you coming after David. I will Kick you into a black whole."
Gavin breath in "Where would you take him"
Shepard head turn back "Grisson academy. They treat special cases like David minus the Torture" He open his coms.
"Joker, inform Grissom academy that we got someone who needs they help."
"Aye, Aye"
"the Illusive man can fire if he doesn't like it" Shepherd looks to Miranda for that comment. Who in turn looks away.
"square route of 9012.04 equals, 30.2"
Back on the Normandy in the meeting room
"are you sure about this report Shepard?"
"I am sure about it kahlee. Ben never one to mince words when given a sick situation like this" Shepard is talking to a Blond women wearing a Admiral uniform called kahlee sanders.
"Head to Docking bay 2. It leads to are Medical centre"
"Joker"
"On it commander"
Grissom academy
Shepard, Ben, Chalkwas and Morden head out of the Normandy meeting to guards and kahlee sanders.
Shepard raised an eyebrow "Really guards"
kahlee snorted "You work for Cerberus. Sorry if you organization is not trust worthy" Ben snorted back.
"She got you there shep"
"Shut it Ben" Morden walked forward with Chalkwas and David (who on a stretcher) following behind.
"His medical report and… All reported torture done to him" Morden explained handing out a data pad while Chalkwas was transferring her care to a guard.
kahlee sanders read the report. She was not happy "Tell me you shot the brother. Painfully"
Ben shook his head "No but I did threaten him if he ever came near him. I will kick him in a black whole" kahlee sanders, laughed.
"We take care of him. Promise. Now you should leave Shepard before the alliance decide you are here" Shepard nods and give his thanks for the help,.
The Normandy SR Meeting room.
"How can we trust this Geth Garrus"
"He called Legion Tali"
"yes because EDI Named them"
"look I…." The meeting doors open and Shepard walks in.
"Look I spoke to are new guest, you be happy to know he does not work with the Heretics as he calls them"
"Hieratics" Garrus ask?
"Apparently The Geth we were facing back from Edan prime to the citadel was a separate splinter cell faction. They believed that the reapers are Evolved gods Aka the Old machine, Aka"
"Heretics" Garrus finishes. Tali was confused.
"but that does not make sense. Geth don't have a belief system. They never believes in religion."
"According the Legion and I going by they logic here Tali. Is that they were desperate."
Garrus and Tali were stunned "but that shows emotion." Tali stated.
"yes, Legion has not explained it but from what I can tell, The Geth are Evolving and they don't want war"
"Shit" Tali muttered.
