We dock with the Citadel, I gave everyone some R&R. I asked Ken and Gabby, Go to various shops on the Zakara Ward and buy what they wanted. Though I gave them a list of things I wanted. Models, Fish and a VI Fish Feeder. I told them not to worry about guns and ship parts just yet.
I walked to the Advertisement Screen. "Say the password and win a free companion. Once in a lifetime opportunity, Shepard." I smirked, "Silence is golden, Now get onto the ship and make yourself comfortable." I turned and looked up, "I must've given myself away somehow. Better do better next time." She smiles before disappearing.
I then had Gurrus and Mordin come with me. I made my way to the Presidium and I walked in on Anderson talking to the Council. "Councilors please if we can Take a breath before we continue. I believe he's here." The Holograms of the Council looked at me shocked.
It was the Asari Councilor that recovered first. "Shepard you're alive? How?" I stepped up and saluted. "Councilors, I regret to inform you that I have indeed died. However my body was recovered by Cerberus and was reconstructed over the course of two years. I was nothing but meat and tubes. The first time I 'woke' up was during a hostile takeover by a rogue operative."
I then brought up my detailed report on the matter. Including surgeries, organ replacements and other Medical Info. "I do not know that I am the Original Shepard. Or just an Organic Mech controlled by a Highly Advanced Artificial Intelligence that thinks that it's Shepard. But I know one thing, Human Colonies are being attacked. I need Spectre status to help them."
The Salarian Councilor clears her throat. "Professor, have you gone over this data?" He nods, "Yes, quite extensive, Surprise that it took Cerberus to bring Captain Shepard back to life. Not only that, Shepard has found a way to improve the process if only by a percent or two."
The Salarian Councilor nods, "I will have the data looked at. But I trust Professor Solus." The Turian looked at Garrus with a mixture of regret and pride. He nodded but said nothing. The Asari Councilor speaks up, "Then I believe there is only one course of action then. Shepard, By the Right and Will of the Council. We grant you Spectre status once more. With all the power and rank that it holds."
I bow my head, "Thank you Councilors, I'll try harder this time." They looked at eachother and signed off. I turned to Anderson. He nods to me, "I'll be damned Shepard. I didn't think that was possible." I sagged slightly, "I was expecting a fight. But glad they didn't push for less. Now onto a more important business."
I grabbed him and pulled him into a hug. I could tell he was shocked, but he hugged me back. "It's good to see you, Son. How are you doing?" I pulled away, "It's hell out there to be honest. But I'm glad I'm not dead anymore. Though the Nap was better than I expected."
He chuckled as he shaked his head, "Only you would treat death as a nap." I turned to the others, "You guys can go on. I'll catch up in a bit." They nodded and left without a word. "I'm surprised you brought Garrus along." I turned back to Anderson. "What do you mean?"
He looked shocked, "The Turian Councilor is his father. Castis Vakarian." I gave him a blank look, "You didn't know? Wow." I shake my head, "I spent a good while rehearsing my lines to convince them, it must've slipped my mind."
He laughed at that, "You're usually so prepared for things." I rolled my eyes, we headed over to a table and sat down. "So what's been happening since the Geth attack?" He sighs, "The official statement is that it was just a Geth attack. But we've been quietly building up for the inevitable."
I nodded, "I heard about the Quarians, Have they made a push to take back the Homeworlds?" He nods, "They've made a noise or two. But the majority wants to stay still till they don't need to worry about getting sick again. Every now and then they will get an outbreak of fevers and sickness."
He sighs, "Most of the humans on the Colony are doctors, nurses and medical personnel who study Xenobiology. The Quarian People are optimistic that they'll get better. But unfortunately the Old and some young have died."
I grimaced at that, "They've been in those ships for centuries, now that they have a home, They'll look at the dying with hope." He nods, "The thing is that they ask for less antibiotics than they are prescribed. Saying that they need their Immune System needs to fight more."
I shake my head, "Let's move on to a better subject. I heard Kaidan and Ashley are married. How did that happen?" He smiled, "They talked to each other during your Mission. Then after they started dating during their time off. A few months after your death they got married. By yours truly."
"Do they have any kids or are they too busy for that?" He nods happily, "They have a little girl, named Jane Shepard Alenko-Williams." My eyes widened, "They named her after me? She cursed now." He laughs, "Of course she is."
I sighed, "May I ask what they are up to? Or is that Need-To-Know info?" He shakes his head. "They are currently on Earth right now. Enjoy a much needed R&R." I nodded, "Would've been great to have them on for this mission. But I understand the need to think about your kid and their future."
He looked at me, "You have some regrets I see." I nod, "Some, but Cerberus has provided a therapist for me to talk to." He narrowed his eyes. "Please be careful with them. I know they brought you back. But we didn't know what they were doing until a month ago."
"I would've expected them to try to sabotage my relationships. But so far that hasn't happened yet." I shrugged and got up. "I better get out of here. Got to save the galaxy again." He laughed as he stood up. "If you need help, don't hesitate to ask." I nodded, and headed out.
I went to the Spectre Offices, and checked in. There I shifted through everything that I could. I order the Normandy to be upgraded with everything that you could get in the game. The Thanix Cannon, Heavy Ship Armor, Multi-Core Shielding, Med-Bay Scanner, Extended Fuel Cells, the probe bay and the Advanced Mineral scanner.
Not only that I had us stock with every type of weapon and armor available. Including the ones from ME3 and some from ME:A. I even got Garrus and Javian Armor and weapons made for them. I gave EDI access to the station. She then went around and bought up every kind of hacking tool available.
Not only that, she is getting every blueprint that came out in the past ten years. While also getting some that haven't come out. After that I went around the Zakara Ward taking in the sights. I came down to the bottom level and saw an officer and a volus accusing a Quarian of stealing.
I walked up to them, "What seems to be happening here?" The officer sighs, "Sir, I'm handling this." Volus spoke up, "I felt her hand slip into my pocket." I turned to her. "I didn't steal it." She looked away. "May I ask what you're doing here? I thought the Quarians have a home now."
She nods, "Yes we do and but I was on my pilgrimage when it happened. I want to come home with a gift that would help them. A lot of us did." I turned to the room that had models. "A ship would've been a good gift." She looked shocked.
"Yeah it would've been." I turned to the Officer, "Give me a few minutes I'll look for it. "Sir, that is unnecessary, I have this under control." I immediately head to the salarian shop. After that I went back to them. "Your Credit Chit was at Saronis Applications." The Volus breathes in, "Well, she could have stolen it." The officer shakes his head, "Well I'll keep an eye on you, find a permanent place or I'll bring you in for vagrancy."
"Are fucking with me?!" They looked shocked, I knelt down, "You accuse this woman of stealing all you could say is that she could have stolen it." I stood up and looked at the officer. "And you let it happen. And when it was proven that it didn't happen you threatened to arrest her?"
He narrowed his eyes, "What if I arrest you for obstruction of Justice." I grab him by the throat. "I'm a fucking Spectre and the Lion of Elysium! If you have the balls to try, go ahead." I pushed him away, he trips and falls on his ass.
The Volus begins backing away. I then use my biotics to pick him up and spin him for a minute or two. I dropped him and he rolled around the floor. I turned to her, "Listen, would you like me to buy one of the ships? So you can go home and not deal with assholes like this."
She looked at the pair and then at me. "You've done enough, I can't think of a reason for you to do more." I led her away to the ship selections. I talked to the Volus and a few minutes later I got her a new Cargo ship. Not to mention it was now full of supplies to help her and her people.
She was looking to the ground. "Is something wrong?" She looked up, "I-I can't possibly repay this. How do I..?" I put a hand on her shoulder. "Be better than them. Work hard to help your people and most importantly don't let assholes kick you around." I smile and hand her the 'Keys' to the ship.
After that I made my way to the ship and waited for the upgrades to finish. Lucky for modern technology it's scheduled to finish by the end of the day. I even got some extra armors to fiddle with. Some of them were surprising.
Like the Dead Space armor, Halo Armor Mark.5 and Clone trooper armor. I looked them up and they were based off of their respective games/movies. They were made for fans. With a little fiddling I manage to give them proper tech. I switched the old M7s armors with the Clone Troopers. Feeling like Star Wars up in this bitch. Even gave a couple of them the Rex and Cody look.
Near the end I finally went up to talk to our new resident thief. She was reading a book, "Ah Shepard, I was wondering when you would show up." I went to sit across from her. "Sorry about that, I was busy with the new armors that we've gotten."
She nodded, "So what brings you to my little coroner?" I shrugged, "Mostly I wanted to discuss the mission that asked for help." She nods again. "Well I was planning to tell you on the way there. But I guess you can learn now."
I gesture for her to continue. "Well we'll be going up against Donovan Hock. A businessman who kills for money. Big time crime boss. He stole a gray-box from my boyfriend. And it's most likely in his personal vault."
I nodded, "It would be there, Most likely put behind.. Voice password, Finger or handprints and DNA scanner. So we'll need to get behind security. That means finding out who is his Chief of Security, and using their voice to fool other officers."
I looked at her and saw that she had a slight surprised look, which turned to amusement. "Wow Shepard, I didn't know that you had a thieves mind." I chuckled at that, "Well, when you grow up on the Streets of Earth's slums, you learn about stealing and such."
She smiled, "Would like to know about your cover story." I nod, "You are Soloman Gunn, you run a small merc band at the edge of the terminus. You have made the cover of several new articles and magazines. You are invited to his party mostly to build up his, I.E. your reputation."
I nod, "I assume you have a gift ready for him?" She smiles, "Your old friend Saren in solid gold. The base of which will hold you armor and weapons. We'll go in, find the vault, take back the Gray-box and get out before anyone notices."
I arch and eyebrow, "Do you really believe that?" She shrugs, "I'm an optimist. Do you have any problems with the mission?" I think for a minute, "I think you should remain hidden from the start, Mr. Hock is bound to know who you are via association with your boyfriend." She nodded.
"We should have Normandy ready to provide support in case we get into a heated situation." She frowns a bit, "I don't want to bring others into it. This is mostly my problem, I don't want others to get hurt. I know that you can handle yourself, but the less people involved the better."
I shake my head, "Kasumi, if I wanted to storm the place with an army. I can. Everyone of my people can in fact take care of this. The Normandy will be on standby. Just in case." She stares for a moment, then nods, "Okay Shepard, Let's hope it doesn't come to that."
I nodded, "I'll let you finish your book." I left after that and made my way to Hanger Bay again. I had ordered a bunch of personal stuff, such as Weights. Don't get me wrong, I'm perfectly fit, but I like to build up what I have. But I also wanted to check on Rana.
She was sitting at the station that we made for her. Though she was talking to herself. "I'm pretty sure that I shouldn't add that, Krogan Mating rituals are well and good, but not to humans." I tapped her shoulder, and she jumped. "Goddess! Shepard?! Coming to check on your toys?"
I raised an eyebrow, "Does that include you?" Her eyes widen and her face turns a bit purple. "Please tell me you're joking?" I shrugged, "How are your subjects?" She rolled her eyes, "Grunt is doing fine, and your clone is getting compiled. But it'll be a few weeks of activity before he can actually use any of it."
I frown a bit, "But not Grunt?" She shook her head, "No, Grunt is a different species, plus he was designed to be active the moment he wakes up. Your clone on the other hand. Was made for parts, not for activeness."
I sighed, "Well let's get our Krogan son up and running." She steps to the side and behind her workstation. I looked at her, "I'm not going to be on the receiving end of a newborn, Adult-sized, Krogan." I roll my eyes, "EDI wake him." "Waking him up now." The pod begins to lean forward, spilling the water out, Grunt falls to the ground and throws up more of the Fluid.
He looks dazed then he leaps forward in a charge. I activate my biotic, to hold him still. It only slowed him down, He crashed into me. I held my ground, as we stared into each other's eyes. We pushed into each other, Until I used my biotics to lift him and throw him into the wall of a large crate.
He shakes his head, and starts to chuckle. "That was a good throw. I thought humans couldn't do that." He gets up and walks to me. "Who are you human?" I straighten my back, "I'm Captain Shepard of the SR-2 Normandy. I'm on a mission to stop a group of aliens known as the Collectors."
He grins, "Very well, but what is my name?" I turned to Rana, "You didn't give him the name?" She shrugged, "I didn't think it was important at the time." I turned back to him. "Your name can be whatever you want. We've been calling you Grunt."
He thinks for a moment, "Then Grunt is my name. Though you should know this, if you prove weak, I'll crush you." I give him a savage grin, "My enemies threaten entire worlds. You'll get your Fight." He returns the grin. "Good, where do I get armor?" I looked confused till I looked down and noticed his nudity.
"Uh, EDI Order a bunch of armor for My Kid here." "Of course Shepard, Though I do not think there is any type of Adoption that covers this situation." I shrugged and I headed to my workstation. I then began making an arsenal for Grunt. Starting with a new Claymore.
I made sure that it can fire more times and was lighter than its original. Then I gave him the Revenant and the newly made Black Widow. I didn't give him a pistol or submachine gun. But in lue of them I gave him the 420 and the Krogan Battle-Hammer.
Within a couple of hours we had the armors, but then I got to working on them. Make sure to make it as light as possible, but durable too. Not to mention that it has exo-joints to increase strength and speed. His armor can automatically generate fortification and tech armor.
He waited for about four hours before going into the showers, the 'dressing room' and finally coming out to show him in his new Armor. "Hehe, this feels good Shepard. I can't wait for the first battle." I smile a toothy grin.
It was only a few days and I was already teaching Grunt the glories of lifting. In my last life, not in this verse, I was a pudgy guy. I lost most of it when I was in the hospital. Now I'm making sure that I pump iron as much as possible. Grunt likes it, I made sure to get him Weights that would work on him. At the moment we are heading for Jack's Prison. I had EDI scour the Cerberus Data Banks for any info on her, just to make it as easy as possible. On us that is.
It'll be a few hours till we get there and we are making sure we take it easy. Let our muscles relax for a bit, he was looking at products for Krogans. Skin care, underwear, bath products and strangely action figures. I was keeping an eye on him, he's my kid after all.
Rana is currently finishing up on my clone. Though I'm going to wait after we pick up Jack, to open him up. He'll need a name. I went over to him and Rana. "Can you give him a name to latch onto?" She looks tired but nods, "Yeah I can, you have one, I presume?"
I nod, "Garret. It was a favorite of mine when I was a kid." She nodded and went typing. "Hey when you're done with that bit. Go get some sleep, okay?" She nods, types a bit more and gets up. She walks over to the bed on the side of her station.
I shrugged and headed back over to Grunt. He looks up from his sitting spot. "I didn't think that Krogan would need to keep their skin clean. Seems useless.." I sat next to him, "Well it's important to keep a healthy look. The Females on Tuchanka love scars, but they also love a Male who can look good too."
He grunts a bit, "Why should I worry about any female now? I thought I was created to Fight?" I nodded, "You were but what comes after? You won't be fighting forever, and you'll need to look to the future." He grimaced at that, "I think fighting would be better."
"It's certainly easier, Point and shoot, grab and crush. Push button, nuke world." He gave a deep chuckle, "I think I would prefer the up close method." I nodded and continued to look at designs. Thanks to my Spectre status I can gain access to certain techs that wouldn't be available for a few years. Not to mention contacts with Spectre own companies and mercs. I sent messages to a bunch of them to ask for assistance for certain missions that may happen on the fly.
Most said that they'll need time. Others said that they can be there if they are nearby. And the few that don't need a time limit just need a destination. I got a message from the Tankborne, saying that they made it to Tuchanka. They've established themselves in a place called The Old Kiln.
It's a giant Canyon that used to hold the hardest of nuclear engagements. Though the Radiation has gone down by now. I asked several of the nearby groups to assist them in building them up. The Tankborne have made more of themselves.
They are now an even 600. Though they are not the largest of Clans. They are smart enough to make sure they have the armor and weapons. With the groups getting free stuff to not only build up the Tankborne, but also to establish themselves on the planet I gave them full access to every known weapon and new models of mech to help out.
"Captain, we are about to dock with the Prison Ship Purgatory. To docking bay 13-9." I nodded, I got up and changed into my new armor, the N7 Defender Experimental Armor. I managed to get a whole set of them. I haven't had time to change anything for them. But I got one of the new mechs into it.
I've come up with a new name for the mechs, ODIN. Not sure what the acronym is going to be, but who cares at the moment. "EDI get you and Miranda at the airlock." "Of course Shepard." A few minutes later we were waiting for the decom to end.
When it opens we walk to the guards. "Greetings Shepard, as this is a secured facility we can't let you pass without your weapons." I flare biotics, "You think I need my guns to tear a hole in this place?" The door opens behind them. "Men stand down. Shepard, your weapons will be returned to you upon your leaving."
I shook my head, "I'm afraid we're not entering without our weapons." We stare down each other for a good minute till he relents. "Very well, I'm sure we can handle three arm guests." He turns and we follow him. "This facility is made up of 20 levels of self-contained cells. Each one has its own life support system. I've sent a few out into space to prove that they are."
I nod, "How do you pay for all this?" He turns around but keeps walking, "We accept donations from the worlds that they come from." EDI speaks after that, "And if they can't pay?" Wow husky, "If a world can't pay then we will be forced to release the prisoner back to them. At an undisclosed location and time."
I nodded, "I suppose that is one way to make money. What about the worst offenders? Or the ones that the world doesn't want back." He nods, "The ones that pay for them to stay away, we sell to others. There are those who want some payback or another." We stop at a junction. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm needed elsewhere. You'll find what you need at the end of the hallway." The moment he was out of earshot, I turned on the Squad Coms, "EDI can you hack them?" Her normal voice came on, "Not without a hardline connection. Though I can hack into their communications."
I nod, "I guarantee that shit will hit the fan, So prepare to cause some static." "Yes Shepard" We walked around and headed straight to the room. I didn't even stop to talk to the prisoners on the way. The moment we entered the technician nodded to us and stepped past.
"EDI can this console work?" "No Shepard, it has been severed by the technician that was here." I nod and we head to the door. It opens up and that's when he spoke up. "Sorry Shepard, you're too valuable to let you just walk away. Please enter the Cell." I shake my head and turn around pulling my Revenant off my back. Soon the door we came in had blue suns filtering in, then they grabbed their heads. "Good job EDI! Move forward!"
The next few minutes was us mowing down any who came towards us. And thanks to EDI we now had control of any bots that came with them. We found the Techie too and shot him in the head. I turned to EDI, "Can you hack here?" She nods, "Yes Shepard, It'll only be a moment. What would you like me to do?"
"Jettison the pods, and turn every mech against the Suns. But don't wake up Jack yet. We should wake her up when we have the place secured." She nods again. I got in contact with Normandy. "Garrus, Bring in the calverley. I want the rest of the squad on this to defend the ship and to make sure no one stops us."
"Got it Shepard, Grunt has been itching to get out." I chuckled and we heard screaming. Soon we were headed to the main yard. The suns were dying left and right. Every so often we would hear the Warden screaming about getting the mechs under control or getting the prisoners back.
Soon we fought the bastard. The Shielding system didn't work like the game. It didn't shield both sides, it only shielded their side. But we put the Warden down and dealt with the rest of the Suns. Pretty soon I was standing in front of Jack's thawing body.
I was alone, the Heavy Mechs were gone too. I took off the restraints, and she pushed me away. She fell to the floor. "Who.. The fuck are you?" I offered a hand, she smacked it away. I shook my head, "I'm Captain Shepard, I need you to kill stuff for me."
She got up and flared her biotics. "And if I say fuck you?" I rolled my eyes, "I say get in line. Look I'll be up front with you. I'm working with Cerberus." She literally snarled, "But I also know what they did to you. So as a bargaining chip, I had them gather every bit of information on you that they had."
She breathed in and let out a quiet fuck. I nodded to the door. She stomped forwards, and a few minutes later she was down in the Hold. I will have to talk to her in a few. But for now.. I'm going to my workshop. After an hour of optimizing my Defender armor, I went down to the hold and she was there reading the one data pad that we made for her. "The fuck you do you want?" I roll my eyes, "I want you to get outfitted with armor. Something tells me that you think biotics will be enough. It won't."
She grunts, "Just 'cause you're a pussy, doesn't mean I have to be." I stare and she turns to stare back. We stayed like that till she looked away. "What kind of armor would work for me anyway? Every armor I wear is either too heavy or too weak to stand my power outages."
I chuckled, she growled at me, "Tell me did you get armor from a state of the art ship? Or did you get it off some asshole you killed?" She now looked at me curiously. "You're telling me you're willing to waste thousands on me?" I tilt my head, "Thousands?"
She scoffs, "Yeah thousands, I know that the good stuff ain't cheap. I'm not an idiot." I chuckled again. "You must think I'm some Cerberus stooge. I am Captain John Shepard, Lion of Elysium, First Human Spectre, Hero of the Citadel. I died two years ago and now I'm back. If I want to arm you with the Galaxy's deadliest weapons. I'll make it happen. Now get your Tattooed Ass up to the Armory and get fitted."
I step aside and wait, she smirks and saunters up the stairs. I follow her to the armory, "This is Jacob and Tomas, they'll scan you and find what is best for you." Jacob gave Tom a look and they started to scan her. She stood there arms crossed.
After that they began to fit her out with light armor that will enhance her already powerful abilities. "Please tell me I don't have to wear this shit around the ship?" I shook my head, "You can walk around the ship naked for all I care. But when it's time for the mission, I expect you to be ready."
"Wow, I didn't expect you to be a perv." I sighed, "Jack?" She grinned at me, "Yes Shepard?" My biotics flared, with a hint of purple in them. "You are not the top dog here. You're free to go back to your hidey hole." She scoffs and walks out. I turned to Jacob and Tomas.
"Sorry you had to see that. But thank you for helping out." Jacob nods, "Don't worry about it Shep. I just hope she doesn't blow a hole in the ship. We just got everything working." I nodded and saw Tom thinking, "You okay there Tom?" He looked up, "Yeah, but I have a question?" I gesture for him to ask.
"Have your biotics always been that purple? With the little sparkles?" Jacob started to think too. "Yeah Shepard, has that been before? I don't remember you having that before." I flared up my biotics around my hand. It was a bright purple with said sparkles.
It reminds me of… Xcom. "I don't remember my biotics were like this before my death. Did the Project do anything else?" Jacob shrugged, Tom spoke though. "Maybe it has something to do with the fact that you were dead for two years." I sighed, "I'll look into it later. Thanks anyways." I walked out and headed to my cabin. I took a shower and got into bed. I fell asleep a few minutes later. The Purple Sun was there again, The Sun Flares were reaching out. So close I could touch them.
I woke up and shook my head loose from the cobwebs. The cabin door slides open, with Miranda walking in. "Captain? Jacob mentioned that you wanted to talk. I didn't mean to wake you." I got out of bed and checked the time. A few hours, "It's fine Miranda. I just wanted to know did you add anything to the Project when bringing me back to life?"
She thinks for a moment as I gesture to her to sit. I sat on the other side. "I'm sure we didn't use anything beyond the 'normal' projected numbers. Though, bringing someone back to life is beyond anything we've tried before." I nodded, "I figured, but I've been experiencing some weird dreams and my biotics are turning purple. Bright purple with sparkles." I raised my hand to create a sphere of biotic energy. At the core it was dark blue and it was surrounded by purple.
She pulled out her Tool and began scanning it. "This is very peculiar.. How long has this been going on?" I shrugged, "It wasn't there before, but after my resurrection it started to happen more often than not." She begins to read the data but shakes her head. "We'll need to study this more but for now it doesn't seem to affect you adversely. I suggest limiting your biotic uses." She stood up, "I'll get this to Professor Solus." She smiled at me, I hope he doesn't die after all I put into him. I smiled back.
She turns and walks out while giving her hips a slight sway. The door slides shut, Did I read her mind? I went to the shower and got ready for the rest of the day. I went down to see Jack when, "Fuck!" I managed to dodge a datapad. "Oh Shepard, Just the boy scout I wanted to see! Are you here to give me a moral lesson or are you here to fuck off!?" Jack was clearly upset, so I headed over to a crate and sat down. "What's wrong?"
She looks at me like I've grown a third head. She shakes her head, "Cerberus says that the Pruga Station has been taken over by an army of biotic luntics. Not only that, they are doing this!" She pulls up a hologram of a statue of her though with bigger proportions. I look at her with a raised eyebrow, "I don't want to be worshiped! And they made my ass too big!" I looked at the holo again and yes her ass was much bigger. I looked at her again. "I'm a bit confused, are you mad that they made your butt bigger or that they worshiped you?"
She sat down and began looking up more pictures that Cerberus sent her. Then she showed another one to me. It showed them drinking a blue liquid. I hope to god that he knows what that shit is. It showed readings on the side. "Hm, it appears to be liquid Eezo. Though I don't know why." Oh thank god he does know. After I blow that shit up, I'll blow him for good measure. She looks at the image again then at me. "I don't want that place standing. I honestly don't mind being worshiped. But I don't want them fucking up like I did."
I nodded, "Okay Jack, Send the coordinates up to Joker. We'll head there as soon as we are supplied." She nodded, I got up and walked up to the Engineering Deck. I only saw Gabby. "Is she cooled off now?" I nodded, "I hope so, otherwise I think I'll need to slip sedatives into her meal after each mission." Wish he would slip something into me. She continues typing, "Say Shepard, question?" I lean against the consol, before gesturing for her to continue. "EDI sent me a bunch of your Tech Ideas. Though the one I'm interested in is the Nano-Forge. Are you sure you can make it?"
I nodded, "Yeah I just need to find a proper power source. I thought about using a mini-sun. But I would need to test it on a planet." She stops and looks at me like I'm crazy. "A miniature star? How small are we talking here?" I generate a small ball of energy the size of a basketball. She looked at it then started to calculate. "If you want to generate such a power source, you'll need a startup and a place to bleed off excess energy. Not to mention a way to shut down the thing if it gets too big or unstable." I opened up my tool and began to calculate myself.
"Maybe make backup energy dumps, Then those can be used for other things." The door opens up and Ken comes walking in carrying two cups of Coffee. "Oh Captain, I didn't know you were here. I would've grabbed you one." I waved him off, "Don't worry about it, Me and Gabby were trying to figure out to bang out a star." Ken laughs at that, though Gabby was blushing something serious. Holy shit, didn't think the Captain would say that. "Gab, do those calculations in your free time. I gotta get up to the command deck." I walk out hearing Ken giving her a laugh.
I walked to the elevator and headed up, when the speaker came on. "Hey Shepard we got a message from the Illusive Man. Says he wants to talk to you, Urgently." I nodded, "Lucky you I'm heading up now." I can hear him chuckling. "What's next you're gonna start predicting the future?" "That would be too easy, Joker. Besides, we already know what's going to happen." The door opens and I head to the Meeting Room. The Holo-Room activated and I was standing in front of TIM. He takes a drag of his cigarette, "Shepard we just received word that the Collectors are attacking Horizon. Is Dr. Solus done with his research?"
I nodded, "I believe so, we'll head there right away. Do we know why they're attacking there?" Anderson told me Ash and Kaidan were on Earth. Could it be James? Cortez? "We don't know for sure, but we believe that they are trying to draw you out." I nod, "We'll cut them to pieces." He takes a drag on his cigarette, "Be careful Shepard, this is the most warning that we've had. We can't lose it." The Holo-Room shuts down and I turn on coms, "Everyone gear up for full assault. I want to be ready yesterday!" "John, We'll be there within 24 hours." I nodded, "Have the Ground Team meet me in the hangar." I walked out and turned to the lab. Walking in I see Mordin looking at a tiny seeker. "Mordin?" He turns to me and smiles, "I believe I have something." I could help but smirk too.
Half an hour later we were in the Hangar. Everyone was deck out, I saw Tomas wearing the Dead Space Armor. Then I saw Jack wearing the phantom armor, though it's been painted black with words in Hot Pink. Such as 'Fuck Cerberus' and 'Kiss it' Which was written over her ass with little arrows pointed towards said ass.
EDI is in Blood Dragon Armor, Though it was tighter on her. It is colored in Dark Steel, with the dragon gone and replaced with the Dragon Age Inquisition Symbol across the chest in erie green. Javian for his part, is wearing the Terminus Armor, The helmet has been modified to allow all of his eyes to see through.
For my Armor The Defender was going to need more modifications. But I did get a new Spectre Armor. Straight from the Council, Black with red highlights with the Spectre symbol on the shoulder with the N7 inside of it. The helmet was the same type but sprayed painted with a Turian Skull on it.
The Machine army that I had was standing at attention near the shuttles. The squad turns to me, I nod to them. "Listen up people, The Collectors are trying to take Horizon. And we have a small army here. But the size of their ship suggests huge numbers."
"But.. I'll say this, WE ARE THE BADDEST MOTHERFUCKERS IN THE GALAXY! So we're going to go down there and mow the bugs down. Though we are the Baddest, We still need to be smart." I pull up a map of the City on Horizon.
I point to the center of the place, "We will land there in force and hold the place. The Bugs are going to pour everything there to stop us from using the Guns." I point to EDI, "You are in Command of the MechBoyz." She salutes as I turn to Garrus, "Garrus, you're in charge of Javian, Tomas and Zaeed."
He nodded, and I turned to Kasumi, "Do silent strikes whenever possible." Then came Jack, "Keep them from getting cover." She gave a mocking salute with her middle finger. Grunt raises his hand, "Yeah?" "Can I get my Shotgun?"
I nod as he rushes over to his pile and pulls out a Claymore shotgun, Though it was bigger than the original. I turn back to EDI, "Give every mech a Rocket or Grenade Launcher." I turn to Garrus, "Flamethrowers and Avalanches. Jack, pick up an Arc Thrower." She smirks, "Fuck yeah!"
For the rest of the day we went over plans of attack and defense. Mordin was applying his modifications to the armors of the Group and the Mech Squad. Soon Joker spoke up on the Intercoms. "Captain, we'll be there in 10 minutes."
I nod, "Mount up!" We all got into the Kodiaks, Well everyone with organs got into one while those with circuits went into the other one. Within minutes the shuttles launched and Jack decided to sit in my lap. "So Captain, Everybody got a heavy weapon, what's yours?" I looked back and smirked.
"You'll see when it flashes." I couldn't tell because of the helmet but I could tell she was smiling. It was a special idea that I had, It's not a Cain or Blackstorm, but a bit of both. We felt the shuttle shift violently and as we came under fire. I pushed play on my Tool and Paint it black began to play.
Soon we land in the middle of the City and start the Grinder. Of Course the first thing I saw was a Harbinger and a pair of Praetorians. I pulled my heavy weapon off of my back, I held the trigger down and launched the energy at them. It exploded with a tremendous wave and then pulled everything into a tiny ball. We ran into cover as EDI ran to the console. The Gates that led into the courtyard open with a literal hoard of Husks and abominations. But was brought low by grenades and rockets, soon the Scions and Collectors came. I gave everyone Inferno Rounds to make it easier to burn their armor. Grunt on the other hand, pulled out the M-420 and started to mow down everything.
EDI turns away from the Console. "Targeting Matrix is being modified, ETA 15 minutes!" I nod, "You heard the Lady! Keep it up!" After a few minutes there was a lull in the fighting. Grunt growls, "There'll be more, there's always more." However, what came next was different.
"Shepard." I turned to the Gate and saw Saren, "You have a habit of ruining their plans." I step out and with my Mattock aim at his head. "How the fuck are you alive? I remember that you blew your brains out." He rubs face. "A good Pawn shouldn't be wasted." I got a better look at him.
He looked the same as he did in the game but Geth parts were replaced with Collectors. The blue lights with a sickly yellow. On his back was a Collector Rifle and Beam weapon. He bowed his head, "I'm sorry Shepard, But we must fight again." I roared, "FIRE!" Within a second he did a biotic boost away from the kill zone. The firefight distracted us from a renewed assault from the Collectors. I shouted to the squad, "EDI take care of the Husks! Those with Revenants, Kill the Scions, everyone else kill everyone else." That's when I got turned around and punched in the face. Saren was right there.
I used a biotic push to get him away and charged after him. He hits like a mother fucker, I hit just as hard. My coms opened up with EDI Speaking. "Guardian guns online begin firing solutions. Firing." We heard the guns turn towards the Collector ship and fire on it. My fight with Saren continued with him giving me a cut across my lip. I pulled out an omni-blade and thrust it up into his chest and held onto me as he gasped for air. He looked up at me, "They won't let me die, I'll come back over and over. Please.." He turned to ashes.
The Collectors ship fired its engines and flew up leaving behind the dead or un-captured. With the battle over I gave the order to collect the Collectors equipment. I sat down and checked myself, two cuts on my lips left to right, chin to cheek. Mordin came right over with Garrus. Mordin began to do field aid, "Shepard was that who I thought it was?" With Medi-gel in place I nodded. I sat down on a crate. "If the Reapers weren't bad enough they bring the dead back to fight for them."
Garrus sits across from me, "We need to find a way to kill him for good this time. I know he was a monster, but even I wouldn't want this done to him." I nodded as an Alliance rep came forth, he was wearing a full armor set. He saluted me, "Commander Shepard, It's an honor!" I saluted back, "It's Captain now, Saving the Galaxy will do that then dying would do that to you." I put my hand out and he took it, "I'm lieutenant James Vega. I was in charge of the defense. And well.. Yeah." Huh small galaxy. I raised my hands. "Don't worry about it. I'm always willing to help out. Do you happen to work for Councilor Anderson?"
He nods, "Yes sir, The Alliance has been sending out squads to colonize to help them defend themselves." I turn to see the shuttles landing at the edge of the courtyard. "I need you to tell him and the Council that the Collectors brought back Saren. No one else, get it.?" I turned back to him. He saluted, "Yes Sir!"