Halo - Series Fan Fiction ❯ The Systems Alliance gets an upgrade ❯ New Weapons ( Chapter 6 )
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Non Anime: Halo - Series Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 05.26.2015 | Pages: 19 | Words: 13.3K | Visits: 125 | Status: Work In Progress
I will be fairly busy the
next few weeks as I am expecting a
baby any day now. So it may take
a while
before I update again please enjoy this chapter.
Charly-120
Chapter 6: New Weapons
2173.02.18
Citadel
Serpents Nebula
Sparatus sat in his office going& nbsp;over his conversation with Primarch Fedorian. He agreed that humanity
needed to be brought in by force. For fifteen years humanity had spat in the face of the Hierarchy. The
Krogan joining the Alliance had brought the citadel close to war with humanity. He was eager to make
humanity pay. But the new salarian councilor wanted more information on humanities military
capabilities. T his annoyed him greatly he needed a reason to start a war with the humans.
2173.02.22
Klendathu System
SSV-Athens
Second squad had spent the last six hours in the debriefing ro om going over the footage of their recon ;
mission.
"Let's just bomb the planet from orbit" one of the Marines finally said.
"No" an unidentified officer said when she walked in.
Wilson looked at the new comer who just barged into the briefing. "No offense ma'am but who the fuck
are you?" He asked.
"Captain Veronica Dare, N7 operative and head of R&D black ops" the officer replied.&nb sp;
"Fuck me sideways" Shepard responded. "Looks like we got the higher ups attention"
"Yeah no shit" Wilson said back to her. "Well sorry captain but what's R&D want with these things?"
Veronica looked at the Cpl before responding that she was going to b e taking second squad back to
Klendathu to set traps. "We are going to capture these arachnids to study and possibly use as weapons".
The whole squad looked at her like she had grown a dick on her forehead. Wilson crossed his arms before
retorting, "We may all have been augmented and genetically modified but those things tore Johnson apart
like a fat kid does chocolate cake".
Veronica produced a set of orders ;that stated the Athens had been reassigned to R&D black ops and that
she was in charge unless active combat was taking place.
"Fuck" anothe r Marine quietly said behind Athena.
"Re port to the armory you're getting new armor. Then get to the hanger bay", Veronica told the shocked
sq uad. She turned around and headed to the armory.
SSV-Athens
Armory
Shepard looked at her new armor then back to the Captain. "What is this thing called again?" she asked.
Veronica had to hide the smile that was pulling at her lips. "It's called MJOLNIR Gen2 armor we finally
cracked the secrets of the Everest". She told Shepard, "Matter of fact the augmentations you received
came from those secrets", she finished.
Athena scanned her armor with her omni tool. "What's this other shield running right under the kinetic& nbsp;
barrier. And why does it look like a mid-evil knight's armor?"
"Energy shields and the shock factor& nbsp;it causes" was all veronica said. "Now&n bsp;get it on were going bug
hunting".
2173.02.23
Klendathu
Planet Side
Wilson set the last trap and made his way back to the pelican. He radioed the captain that he was done and
on his way. Where are we going to put homicidal bugs on our ship in close quarters? He thought to& nbsp;
himself.
Veronica had already captured thirty six of the arachnids in eighteen traps and all seemed to be warriors.
She had forty two more traps to collect. Warnings sounded when the sensors detected pheromones being
re leased.
The arachnids kept testing the barriers trying to get out. They let out pher omones to signal stress to the
rest of the colony. Sounds it had never heard before started to alert its captors.
"Shit&nb sp;things are about to get interesting", Wilson radioed his squad. Just t hen two AC 220 Gunships flew
overhead.
"Heads up ladies, tangos en route they look ready to fuck things up"&n bsp;one of the pilots called over the
radio.
The Marines loaded up on to SA-117MC as eighteen other pelicans lifted the traps to take back to the
Athens. Forty two more pelicans were headed to retrieve the last of the traps.
Once Veronica had all the traps back on the Athens she found she had 136 arachnids. Some traps held
three or more of the creatures.
"ALL HANDS SECURE FOR SLIP STREAM JUMP TO THE RELAY" the artificial voice of the ships
AI said over the speakers.
Veronica was irritated, she hadn't authorized the jump. "I didn 't authorize this jump" she screamed into
her radio.
The ship captain responded that the order came from fleet headquarters. It appeared that the Turians
where hitting Sanxi in force and all SAN Vessels where to make best possible speed to the colony to
bolster the three fleets in orbit.
Veronica had a barrier placed around the cargo hold after each arachnid had been placed in its own cell.
She then made her way to the bridge.
2173.02.23
Shanxi
SA Ground Forces
Chester was down to his last frag, he had no idea why the turians had attacked en mass. The three fleets
didn't stand a chance against the twenty five that the turians brought. Chester coul d see the debris falling
from orbit.
Garrus Vakarian crouched behind cover cursing the stupidi ty of this frivolous war. He had lost friends
just because the Hierarchy wanted to subdue the humans. He readied himself to follow his orders like any
other turian.
Chester rolled from&nb sp;cover bringing his rifle up to engage the turian forces. He never got off a shot as he
was hit in the head by a sniper. His body slumped to the ground.
Garrus saw a human roll from cover. He took aim at his head and fired two rounds from his Mantis. The
first round dropped his shields and the second took him out. "Clear" He called out to his fellow turians as
he got up.
Two explosions sent him right back into cover as a fighter craft flew overhead. Parts of his fellow turians
started to rain down on his position covering him in blue blood and dirt.
In orbit of Shanxi
The SSV Missouri and her sister ships Arizona and Midway exited slip stream space behind the Tu rian
fleets. More SA vessels where coming out of slip stream space by ;the minute. By the time the turians
were able to respond the human fleets outnumbered them by twelve.
The Turian commander cursed the councilor. Nothing he sent suggested that the Systems Alliance had
thirty two fleets not counting the three he already destroyed. He was informed that more vessels were
entering the system and soon the turians would be out numbered two to one.
"Sir we are being hailed" the comms officer told the commander.
"Patch it through" was the on ly thing he said.
SSV-Missouri
"Hail&nb sp;the turians" Hackett told his comm officer. "I want to know why they&nb sp;attacked us unprovoked".
"Aye sir hailing now" the officer replied following&nbs p;the order.
Hackett stood quietly looking&nb sp;at the turian once the hail was answered. After a few tense silent moments
he broke the silence. "Surrender now there is no need for more bloodshed". He said to his turian
counterpart.
The turian commander flared his mandibles in irritation. He wasn't stupid but the turian councilor was
aboard and politicians always fucked things up. "As much as I'd prefer to not shed more blood that choice
is not mine to make".
Sparatus walked in at that moment and spat at Hackett. "Humanity will succumb to the Hierarchy and the
citadel".
"Oh great it's you, should have figured you'd be here", Hackett said dryly.
Diana, the ;new ship AI then hacked and left 3500 terabytes of Hanar prost itute porn in Sparatus's
diplomatic email account. She also sent every video to all his contacts of said account.
Hac kett told Diana to kill the line and jam all communications coming from the&nb sp;turian forces.
"Sir R&D black ops ;is hailing us from the Athens", the comms officer called out to Hackett.
Hackett raised a quizzical brow once Veronica's image came in to view. "What do the egg heads have for
us?"
SSV-Athens
"Sir we captured an unknown species, which we believe will be an asset to the current mission" Veronica
said to the Fleet Admirals image. "I can have reinforced escape pods launched at the lead vessel with the
arachnids in them".
"It's too risky, does the Captain know of this plan?" Hackett's image asked.
"I've been placed in charge of the Athens. The captain has to follow my commands", she said in an
arrogant tone.
Hackett's image crossed its arms before he responded. "You R&D black op types are all the same.
According to protocol that is a ship of the line and as such while in combat the actual captain is in ;
command regardless of the ships mission". He calmly told the R&D officer's image, "Figure out a way to
get them to the closest vessel without sacrificing the crew of the Athens for your personal glory".
"Yes Si -", Veronica started to respond before Hackett cut the line. She called up her personal AI to run a
few scenario's to see what their options where.
They came up with a container that resembled a geth drop ship. It did not take long for R&D to build the < br> make shift delivery system.
"Hail the Missouri&nbs p;again" Veronica told the comm officer. Once Hackett's image appeared she sh owed
him the completed project. "The front is reinforced titanium A armor lined with diamond to cut through
metal", she began briefing the fleet admiral.
Hackett stood listening to ver onica, "how does it deliver its pay load?"&nb sp;
"Once the bow pierce's the hull of the targeted vessel it opens via explosive bolts. A hatch then drops to
expel its contents", Came her response. "I'm sending everything we have on the arachnids"
Hackett reviewed the videos of the attack on the colony on Klendathu. He had to emit they were vicious.
"How will we control them and how many do you have?" he asked.
"136, I'm keeping six of the arachnids for future study. The rest&n bsp;are expendable" Veronica responded.
"We will destroy the ship once this is over" Hackett ordered. He gave the op his blessing then cut the line.
Maxitumus
Turian Frigate
"Sir one of the human vessels is releasing something", one of the CIC officers said.
"Zoom in on it" the captain ordered. It's probably just trash he said to no one in particular.
After optics zooned in on the debris they found that it was in fact tr ash. Little did they know that the
human s were about to unleash an enemy just as bad as the rach ni on them.
Arachnid delivery pod
The arachnids were used to dark cramped quarters. The object they were in at the moment was co ld and
offered only one way out which was blocked at the moment. The arachnids were already agitated from
being taken away from the colony, and were vying to lash out at something other than each other.
Suddenly the pod crashed into a hard surface that jarred the arachnids around. After a loud explosion the
front of the container dropped open. One of the warrior bugs approached the opening cautiously only to
be greeted by a surprised turian who shot at it.
With an aggravated screech the warrior charged forward and impaled the creature that had hurt it. It
tossed the tough skinned creature off of its mandible into the air only to catch it in its massive pincer like
mouth. Shaking its head violently it cut its new prey in half, sending two parts in separate directions. One
was still making noise. It charged the noise and tore at it repeatedly with its two mandibles, send ing blue
blood and chunks of flesh all over the passageway.
Maxitumus Armory
To say the armorer was surprised was an understatement. One moment he had been repairing a
malfunctioning phaeston, the next a strange container had punched through the bulkhead. He grabbed a
functioning phaeston while he approached the container.
An explosion sounded in the container causing the turian to jump. After he steeled his nerves the fron t of
the container opened and a hatch&nb sp;dropped. The armorer stood still as he heard noises come from the now
exposed opening. He saw an unknown creature appear from the darkness, he opened fire on it. The next
thing he knew he was being impaled. Trying to scream while cho cking on his own blood. He was tossed
in the air only to be caught in the creatures mouth. The armorer let out a so ul shattering scream as he was
shook violently and cleaved in two. His legs stayed in the armory while his torso flew into the
passageway.
As the creature tore him apart, covering the passageway in his entrails and blood. The last thing the armorer ever did was scream like a bitch.
Maxitumus Bridge
The captain had heard small arms fire on the ship after the debris had impacted with his ship. "All
sections report" he ordered.
"The armory was hit by debris, no one is responding", one of the CIC officers responded.
"Send a team to investigate" the captain ordered.
A blood curdling scream sounded over the radio catching everyone's attention. Finally a turian Marine
informed the CIC what was happening.
The report sent& nbsp;chills down the turian captain's spine. Creatures that he had never seen were tearing his
crew apart. Those that managed to survive the lower decks barley said a word and jumped at the slightest
noise.
The&n bsp;deck below their feet groaned before giving way to one of the creatures from below. Before one of
the surviving guards could move she was dragged down through the hole. Everyone pointed weapons at
the hole and shuddered knowing what happened to her.
Screaming and clawing at the deck below the CIC trying to get away from the bugs. The one that was
dragging her ripped her right&nb sp;leg off causing her to almost pass out from the pain as she shrieked in
agony. Before she could even catch her breath her right arm was ripped away ;below the elbow. She
prayed to the spirits that she would bleed out just so it would stop.
The captain ordered a distress call sent out and watched& nbsp;as another bug came through the hole in the deck.
Everyone fired at it bringing it down but their victory ;was short lived as more came through other sections
of the deck.
PFS Havincaw
Turian Frigate
"Sir, we are receiving a distress call from the Maxitu mus", the officer said once he picked up the distress
beckon.
The Havincaw's captain listened to the message then ordered a strike team to be assembled. Saren
Arterius was aboard his ship so he messaged him to request his help.
Saren Arterius read the message then got up from his chair in his quarters to meet the strike team in the
cargo bay. What awaited the strike team was nothing short of nightmarish. ;
Ten minutes later
When the strike team breached the cargo bay they were greeted with the slaughtered crew of the
Maxitumus. Blood was splattered all over the deck and severed limbs were strewn about the deck. The
strike team found the body of an unknown creature on the deck surrounded by complete carnage.
"Spirits what is this thing?" one of the turians asked.
"No clue but whatever it is it certainly isn't&nb sp;friendly" another answered.
Saren did not like how quite the ship had become. But he had a mission to complete so he pushed it to the
back of his mind. He heard an unfamiliar screech before a member of the strike team screamed. The
spectre turned and what he saw made his blood run ice cold.
T he arachnids were moving about the ship looking for more anymore intruders in their new hive. They
found four new intruders. One of the warriors charged forward screeching it attacked the newest threat.
The two legged thing made a horrible sound that the warrior did not find pleasing. It attacked and silenced
the source.
Saren remembered the classes about the rachni and seeing vids of battles with them. These new creatures
were just as vicious if not more so. The rest of the strike team had already been viciously torn apart. He
tossed out two grenades out and ran for the shuttle. As he entered his arm was severed by one of the bugs
before the hatch could close. He applied medi gel then radioed the Havincaw to destroy the Maxitumus
before he blacked out from the sheer amount of pain.
SSV-A thens
"Sir the turians are firing at the infested ship", the tactical officer reported.&nb sp;
"Very well looks like our little gift made it", the captain replied. "Get the Marines geared up and ready to
deploy planet side"
The Athens AI sent the order down to the Marines quarter s. "Orders away sir"
Cpl Wilson already had his squad geared and ready for deployment. He just didn't know ;how they were
going to do it. "Get your asses down to the pelican bay" he ordered.
Shepard grabbed her weapons and ran down the passage way to the pelican bay. She loved her new armor
since it dramatically improved her speed and reflexes. The HUD that was displayed in her helmet showed
the status of both her energy shield and kinetic barrier. She had a friend or foe tracker and loved the fact
that the HUD automatically&nbs p;linked itself to any of her weapons. She didn't want to rely on it so she made
a mental note to deactivate it when she got the chance.
T he entire first platoon had formed in the pelican bay. Second squad was the only ones issued the new
MJOLNIR Gen2 armor. The lieutenant was not pleased with that at a ll, second squad was a band of
misfits and retards in his opinion. "Wilson take your squad back and get your old armor" he ordered.
"BELAY THAT ORDER CPL" Captain Dare yelled from behind the Lt. "This whole platoon is being
reassigned to the Missouri for the rest of this mission", Veronica told the assembled Marines.
Athena's attention had been brought full bare on the N7 R&D Cpt. She hadn't been on the Missouri in
years. "Second squad will be assigned to me from here on out" Veronica continued. "Now fi rst platoon get your
asses on those pelicans so we can get out of here, your belongings will be moved for you".
The Marines pilled on to the pelicans that had flown over from the Missouri. It wasn't long before they
had left the Athens and were on their way towards the infinity class warsh ip.
SSV-Missouri
Fleet Admirals Quarters
"Sir the Marines from the Athens are on their way. Athena is one of the Marines Admiral." Diana told the < br> Fleet Admiral.
Hackett smiled at hearing that news. It had been awhile since he had seen Athena and was pleased ;that
she had managed to be assigned to a decent vessel. "Which pelican bay will they land in?" he asked
Diana.
"Pelican bay four" the AI responded.
"I'll be in PB4 then" he told Diana using the seldom&n bsp;used term.
"Acknowledge" she replied.
Pelican RD-000BO
"This is Ghost flight requesting permission to dock" the pilot radioed to the SSV-Missouri.
"Ghost flight you are cleared to dock in pelican bay four", the air officer responded. ;
"Roger copy" the pilot said then cut t he line. "Landing in two mikes ma'am"
Veronica thanked the pilot who was also her brother then returned to the Marines in the hold. "Once we
land head towards deck four", she told the group.
"Yes ma' am" responded the entire squad in unison.
Athena was checking over her armor and found an open port for an unknown piece of equipment. It
looked big enough for a data chip. She'd have to ask what it was for when she had the chance. She felt the
pelicans landing struts gently touch down in pelican bay four.
Admiral Hackett stood watching&n bsp;RD-000BO as it landed and after a moment dropped the rear ramp. He
was in a good mood for two reasons. The first was that Athena wa s back aboard, and he was looking
forward to talking to her. The second reason Diana had informed him that a new class of ship had finally
made it to the fleet.
The bay went quiet as second squad walked off the pelican. No one had seen the new MJOLNIR GEN2
armor. The maintenance workers looked at the Marines and could not believe what their eyes. "Did a
bunch of Mid-Evil knights just go walking through here?" one of them asked aloud.
Admiral Hackett looked at the Marines as they walked away towards&nb sp;the elevators. One of them stopped
and waved at him. "That must be Athena" he said waving back.
Athena had seen Hackett after she came off of the pelican. Just before she made it to the elevators she
stopped and waved at the man who raised her. She smiled as he waved back then stepped on to the
elevator.
"Diana which deck is that lift going to?" He asked over a secure private channel.
"Deck four" replied the ships AI.
"Ah the egg head deck" Hackett grumbled before heading back to the bridge.
Deck Four
"This is a data crystal" Veronica said holing up a small chip. "It contains your personal smart AI. Each
one chose you because of your use of unconventional tactics". Veronica&n bsp;said as she handed out the data
crystals to each Marine.
Once Athena was handed her data crystal she inserted it into the port on the underside of her left forearm.
For a second everything went dark then came but w ith a presence Athena hadn't felt before.
"Hello Pvt&nbs p;Athena Shepard, I am Ares" said a male voice seemingly from nowhere.
"H-Howdy" Athen a replied, "It's my first time actually sharing a suit with an AI be gentle would you?"
The AI laughed before telling Athena not to worry. He then went back to combing through data files.
"These AI's are not like other Smart AI's you have come across" Veronica said to the squad. "Each on can
be active indefinitely if they so choose. Take care of each other" She finished then pulled Shepard aside.
"Ares is a bit of a trouble maker Shepard but he'll serve you well", she then walked away to a table
scattered with data pads.
"So you're a trouble maker huh Ares?" Athena asked the AI now inhabiting her ;armor.
"I wouldn't say that" Ares respo nded.
"Then why did I get a warning from Dare?" Shepard retorted& nbsp;as she walked out of the R&D lab back to
the elevators.
Once the doors to the elevator closed Ares brought up a 3D image of a vessel on Shepard's omni tool.
"This is a new corvette transport" he told his partner. "It is armed with energy weapons that have proved
very effective against mass effect barriers. We'll be going planet side with those".
Athena wa s speechless for a moment, "that's impressive but why switch from using the mass accelerator
cannon?" she asked.
Ares&nbs p;was smiling even though no one could see it. "These ships will punch through the enemy fleet and
e stablish a foot hold for the rest of the attack force. The alliance force will bombard hea vy resistance from
orbit with MAC rounds if necessary".
Athena killed the image when the lift reached the bridge. She removed her helmet as she stepped on to the
bridge from the elevator.
"Athena is that you?" Hackett said with a warm smile on his scared face.
"It's me sir, how have you been?" The Marine asked.
"I'd be better if the fucking turians would get out of Alliance space"&n bsp;he responded.
"Why the standoff sir" ;was all she asked.
Hackett turned and looked out of the view screen as a hole in slipspace opened up. "Waiting on those,
now head to PB4 and get ready to deploy over to the SSV-Sparta.
"Yes sir" Athena yelled as s he ran to the elevator.
SSV-Sparta
Holding Position
Po rt Side of Missouri
This ship is amazing Wilson thought to himself. "So this thing is designed to rapidly deploy troops" h e
asked aloud touring the pelican bay.
"That's the idea" captain Dare answered him.
The ships AI Leonidas appeared on a holo panel, his avatar wore the leather and bronze armor of a
Spartan warrior. All troops report to the pelican drop ships slip space jump in five minutes. The AI told
the Marines in the pelican bay. "ALL HANDS REPORT TO BATTLE STATIONS, PREPARE FOR
SLIP SPACE JUMP", Leonidas sounded throughout the ship.
Athena reported to pelican SA-560MC, she noticed that she craft had an Amazonian warrior painted on
its nose. The warrior stood legs apart holding a sword pointed towards an unseen combatant and a Spartan
shield to her rear. She wore no cloths save for a helmet that only showed her blue&n bsp;eyes and the faintest
trace of her lips. Fiery Warrior was painted under the amazon.
"She's beautiful isn't she." the pilot said walking up behind Shepard.
"Yeah I hope she lives up to her name" Shepard said before boarding the pelican.
"Oh she'll do more than that" the pilot said quietly to herself.
PFS Havincaw
Turian Frigate
20 Minutes Earlier
"Captain I have forty new contacts, they just appeared using that repugnant technology" the pilot
informed his commanding officer.
The Havincaw's captain studied the image of the new vessels. He noted the massive thrusters at the rear of
the craft and thought they could be weakest where they joined the rest of the ship. "Move the ship slowly
within range and fire at this point" he said motioning to the image.
The pilot d id as he was ordered to barely flinching when a severed corpse of a turian hit the view screen.
He did however jump when the dead body of a fierce looking creature left&n bsp;a green trail on the view
screen.
The Havincaw was almost&nbs p;in position when the new vessels disappeared in a blinding flash. The captain
stood angered by the turn of events. "Find those fucking cowardly human s" he barked in an aggravated
voice.
As the Turian captain screamed out that order the human vessels appeared in orbit over Shanxi.
The moment the Sparta came out of slip space Leonidas targeted and fired the ships energy weapons. He
scored a direct hit obliterating a turian frigate. < br> While the corvette transports covered them. The pelicans deployed and gunned for the surface of Shanxi.
After the last pelican had broken atmo and made it to the surface, all but one of the transports retreated
into slip space.
The last vessel sustained too much damage from a collision with a turian dreadnought. The AI activated
the ships self-destruct once the crew made it to the escape pods and down to shanxi.
The alliance had outfitted the corvette transports with three shiva class nuclear warheads. The first being
place d in the bow of the ship, the second was placed mid ship, and the third was placed in the stern with
engineering. The war heads were programed to detonate simultaneously to ensure that the entire ship was
completely wiped from existence.
The turian dreadnought sat in orbit with the crew trying to dislodge one of the engines that anchored the
hum an vessel to it. The crew that was near the human ship never saw or felt the effects of the detonations.
The turian force watched in horror as the Indomitable was cracked in two from the force of the
detonation. The only portion of the ship that actually survived intact was the bow. The rest of the ship
disintegrated with the transport.
Before the turians could regroup the SA forces attacked in mass. This forced the turians to fight on the
defensive instead of the offensive plans they favored. Sparatus spat at&nbs p;the mere thought of it, "savage
monkeys". He hurled the insult at the image on the screen.
Pelican SA-560MC
Athena had grabbed one of the supports to keep herself steady as the pelican was getting rocked around
by turian forces. She heard music coming from the cockpit and r ecognized the song as an old rock song < br> from the twentieth century from a band called Creedence Clearwater Revival. "Is that fortunate son from
CCR?" she radioed the pilot.
"Yep got my own playlist to listen to as I fly" the pilot&nbs p;responded.
"I'll have to raid your list when this is done" Shepard radioed back.
The guns fired whenever a group of turians were out in the open and the side gunners would fire at any
enemy air support whenever they&n bsp;decided to make a run on the pelican. Everyone on the pelican could
hear the mass effect rounds hit the shields some saw the shields flair when a rocket hit them.
"Insert in two mikes" the pilot yelled from the cockpit over the music. "I'll stay and provide&nbs p;air support
until the falcons and sparrow hawks make it planet side". Just then you could hear you shock me all night
long come from the cockpit and over the sound system in the pelican.
"Why the hell is she listening to this old shit" Wilson yelled to be heard. "This stuffs ancient" he finished.
The pilot came over the system saying sh e liked her music like she liked her men. Experienced and been
around the block a few times.
Wilson was speechless and all Athena could do was point and laugh at him. Everyone stopped when they
heard the seal on the ramp break. Readying their weapons and gauntlets they prepared to charge off the
pelican to liberate Shanxi from the turians.
Athena couldn't help but make the comparison to the old Higgins boats that were used during beach
landings in the twentieth centur y. The amount of fire power being directed at them quickly overloaded
their gauntlets.&nbs p;
The turians had opened fire the moment the humans became visible. The armor they were wearing looked
like anything they had ever seen. The shields on their arms blinked out of existence but they were still
sta nding even after their kinetic barriers fell. The rounds were hitting another barrier that they ;hadn't
come across before.
Athena charged the first turian she saw. She deployed her omni blade and ran it through the female
turians abdomen. She then dragged it up to her throat before pulling it from the now disemboweled
soldier.
Ares pulled looks to kill from the extra net and started to play it in Athena's armor.
"Knock it off ares" she said stepping over the dead turian.
"Sorry" the AI replied.
"Play my metallica play list", Athena asked as she pulled out her battle rifle. Holding her rifle at the ready
she moved ahead to locate and destroy any and all enemy forces.
Garrus saw the human charge and disembowel one of his soldiers. These humans looked different. Their
armor did not resemble what the humans had on the planet. They were faster th an a regular human and
stronger too judging by how easy&nbs p;the female human dispatched one of his soldiers. He readied his Mantis
to take out this new threat.
Athena saw the reflection of the scope and immediately rolled behind cover. "Ares how effective are
those rifles against my shields ?" she asked the AI.
"That particular rifle will knock out&nbs p;your kinetic barriers, your energy shield with absorb the round and be
fine". Ares showed her the specs on her HUD.
"Okay so I could theoretically stand there all day", she said aloud.
Ares agreed with her for the most part. "I wouldn't advise that since they do have AA that could kill you if
used against you".
Athena laughed at hearing this, "well that's great".
Garrus cursed that the human had seen him and rolled behind cover. He was compromised so he needed
to move before she came out to gut him as well. The sniper& nbsp;slowly crawled back before standing and
running to a different position.
"Guess I spooked him" Athena told Ares. Getting up out of cover she made her way towards he r squad
leader when she was picked up and launched across the&nbs p;field. She landed unceremoniously on top of
Wilson and groaned.
Wilson wasn't expecting to be hit with a fellow Marine, so when he found himself under Shepard he was
a little confused. "Shepard I'm flattered but we're in the middle of a warzone keep it in your pants" he
quipped at her.
Shepard looked around then heard Wilson over the radio saying something about pants. "Huh? " she
responded before she looked down and saw she was straddling her squad leader. "FUCK, ARES WHAT
WAS THAT" she yelled as she got up. After training with Suleem Ath ena had little to no shame when it
came to her body.
"That was just a turian t ank saying hello", Ares said as he placed a maker on her HUD.
"Sir we've got incoming&nbs p;armor" she said as another Marine received a direct hit. She ran over to her squad& nbsp;
mate and found his shields had been knocked to half strength when she asked for a sitrep. His AI told her
that he also had broken legs, ribs, and back. "What the titty fucking Christ did they shoot at you?"& nbsp;she
asked out loud.
They could hear more artillery ;heading their way. They called fiery warrior ;for air support to knock out
the tank. The pelican roared over the squad as it opened up on the turian forces. The pelican was engaged
by an A-61 gunship. The pilot had to break off her attack to deal with the new comer.
Before the pelican had to leave the Marines of second squad moved up using the heavy fire to cover their
advancement. They engaged the turians as they came across them.
Since landing it had taken the Marines almost two hours to link up with each other. The landing forces
that had not been issued the new armor were being decimated. They only had their kinetic barriers and
gauntlets. The Marines were giving just as much as they received from the turians.
Garrus had shot twenty humans since& nbsp;coming across one of the strange armored ones. But here he was
again looking at one of them again. He fired his rifle and dropped the human's kinetic barrier, firing again
to put the human down, he saw the round impact on a strange yellow barrier. The alliance troops started
to pepper his position with small arms fire so he retreated once again.
"God fucking damn it I'm going to fucking clam punch that twat waffle right after I cunt punt them",&nb sp;
Shepard yelled as she caught a second sniper round.
"I tried to warn you Shepard" Ares said trying to hide the I told you so in his tone. He also made a note to
remind her to do just that if she ever got ;the chance.
Shepard wished that she could punch Ares in the face before she went back to flushing out any enemy
troo ps she could find. She came across one badly injured turian about twenty minutes, she dropped to one
knee and started to apply medi gel to her wounds. Once the turian could walk she escorted her back to the
Marines CP as a POW.
Captain Dare saw Shepard returning with a prisoner and hoped it was a high ranking officer. She
intercepted Shepard and found out that the turian was in fact just a soldier. She released Shepard to
conduct her& nbsp;own interrogation
"What is your name?" Shepard asked the turian woman.
"Solana Vakarian" she replied.
"Why were you just left in that spot?" Shepard fired off the next question.
"My brother found me left for dead, he moved me and went to go find more medi gel" Solana responded.
"Who left&nb sp;you, Alliance or turian forces?" Athena asked knowing it was most likely Alliance. "Alliance" Solana responded. "May I ask why&nb sp;you provided aid?" she then asked her captor.
Shepard was taken aback for a second but then quickly regained her composure. "I was trained by an asari
commando as a child. She was like a mother to me, and watched me even when I wasn't annoying wrex"
she told th e now shocked prisoner.
"You were trained by an asari?" Solana asked surprised that was even possible.
Athena just nodded her head up and down. She smiled at the expression on Solana's face even though she
was still wearing her helmet.
" Who is wrex?" Solana asked once again.
"A Krogan Battle Master, and leader of Clan Urdnot" Shepard replied and could have sworn the female
turain lost some color in her face.
Garrus returned to where he had left his sister. He had found more medi gel for her wounds and dextro
ratios for both of them. He found that his sister was not there anymore, he saw human foot prints next to
turian both sets heading back to a human command center.
Little did either side know but the Asari were massing their forces& nbsp;along with the salarians to force the
Hierarchy and Alliance to cease hostilities.
2173.02.24
Serpents Nebula
Destiny Ascension
Councilor Tevos ;stood across from Matriarch Lindanya on the bridge on the asari dreadnought.
"Are the Asari Republic fleets ready?" she asked her fellow Matriarch.
"They are as are the Salarian fleets" the commander of the Destiny Asce nsion said.
"Let us hope we are not too late" Tevos said before sitting down.
Matriarch Lindanya gave the order for the task force to jump through the relay to Shanxi. She was not
prepared for the amount of carnage that awaited them.
SSV-Missouri
Engaged
Orbit of ;Shanxi
Hackett stood on the bridge surprised that Diana had moved the ship to engage two separate turian
dreadnoughts. So far the two opposing forces had fought to practically a draw. Hackett wanted to break
the turian lines but they could fi ght even with taking heavy losses at the beginning of the battle.
"SIR MORE CONTACTS COMING FROM THE RELAY" Diana turned and yelled at him from her
holo console.
"Shit" he mumbled under his breath. "Have what's left of the corvette transports engage the new contacts"
He ordered.
Before the order could be sent Diana patched a transmission through from the new contacts.
"This is Councilor Tevos aboard the Destiny Ascension. I have come with the intention of ending this
conflict before furt her blood is shed by either side."
Destiny Ascension&nb sp;
Both Tevos and Lindanya were horrified to see the amount of turian and human bodies floating in
between burnt out hulls of once powerful vessels and& nbsp;fighters. Frozen blue, red and some green globs of
blood floated in the vacuum of space.
"Where are the Alliance vessels?" Lindanya asked after seeing only turian wreckage.
"I'm detecting radiation in the area that suggests multiple nuclear detonations" one of the asari rep orted to
the Matriarchs.
"Do you think they self destructed?" Tevos said more then asked.
"It's possible, that would explain why we don't see any Alliance wreckage" Lindanya replied to Tevos'& nbsp;
question.
"Councilor we're ready to send out your message whenever you are", the Asari sitting at the radio
terminal told ;the councilor.
"This is Councilor Tevos aboard the Destiny Ascension. I have come with the intention of ending this
conflict before furt her blood is shed by either side." She began "this conflict should never have happened,
the Alliance was free to walk away from the citadel. They did not agre e with our way of life but that does&nbs p;
not give anyone the right to try and conquer them. Councilor Sparatus you have brought shame upon the
council and the stability we are supposed to represent. The asari& nbsp;and salarian fleets with me will open fire
on any vessel that continues hostilities towards one another. I want whoever is in charge on both sides to
contact me to put an end to this conflict", Tevos finished then turned and walked to a briefing room to
wait for the mentioned parties to contact her.
Admiral Hackett was shocked. He hadn't seen or heard from Tevos in almost two decades. She had
respected the Alliances wishes to be left alone. "Diana, contact the Destiny Ascension" he ordered.
Tevos wasn't at all surprised that Admiral Hackett was in charge of the Alliance forces. When he first
contacted the Ascension he had been professional and displayed all the courtesies befitting her position.
"How is Athena these days?" she asked the man's image.
"She is doing well for herself, still talks to suleem whenever she gets the chance", Hackett left the fact
that Athe na was down on the planet fighting out. He checked reports as they came in about what was
happening ground side.
Both Tevos and Hackett waited for over an hour before&nb sp;Sparatus's came into view. He stalled where ever
he could and hurled insults at the Alliance. It took Tevos finally having the tempora ry turian councilor
Quentius enter the room to usurp command and have the military commander arrest Sparatus.
"Admiral Hackett I sincerely apologize for that honor less whelp's actions. I will see to it personally to
that the Hierarchy sends reparations and Sparatus is charged for his crimes", Quentius told Hackett.
Before he left he also asked for any turian POW's the Alliance had be returned.
Shanxi Surface
Garrus had managed to infiltrate the human CP only having to silence one guard. After hiding the body he&n bsp;
went about the camp keeping to the shadows looking for his sister. What he did not realize was that the
order had already come ;to release her and that she was waiting ;with Shepard while dextro friendly foods
were brought to her. He found his sister still with a human who he recognized as the one he kept running
into.
Athena had remov ed the shackles from Solana once she received the order to free her. She removed her
helmet, glad to finally be able to let her sweat soaked red hair dry. She saw a panicked look on Solana's
face. Shepard saw a shadow in her peripherals charging towards her, sh e combat rolled forward then
turned to face her attacker.
When Garrus lunged at the human she activated her gauntlet and struck him on his side hard enough to
crack the armor and break the device. He jumped back out of her&n bsp;reach before the right hook she thrown at him connected. He heard an unseen male tell her that he was the sniper she wanted too clam punch
right after she cunt punted him. Garrus had no idea what a clam punch or a cunt punt was&nbs p;but assumed it
was painful.
"That's the sniper you want too clam punch right after you cunt punt" Ares told her from her omni t ool.
Once Athena heard this, her demeanor&nbs p;changed. The Marine charged the sniper easily&nb sp;dodging the turians
counter attack. She drove her right boot in between the turians legs, smirking when he grunted in pain.
She then spun around and tossed him on his back punching him in the groin three times before standing
and walking away.
Garrus was caught off guard for only a second when the human charged him. He countered her attack and
was shocked how easily the red headed green eyed human dodged him. He felt her boot connect with his
groin and grunted in pain before his whole world spun and he was on his back. He thought it was over
until he felt her fist hit him three times in the groin.
Solana watched as her brother got his ass handed to him. Once Shepard was done with Garrus she went to
his side and told him he was a fucking idiot. "The council forced Sparatus and the Alliance to a truce by
telling both sides they would fire on anyone who continued to fight" she told her brother who was s till
trying to recover from finding out ;what cunt punt and clam punch meant.
On ce Garrus was able to stand, he slowly made his way to Athena Shepard. He was not surprised when
she eyed him suspiciously.
"What do you want?" Athena asked the sniper she had just humiliated in front of his sister. "You come
back for another ass raping?"& nbsp;
Garrus had no idea why someone would ask him that let alone volunteer for a vial act. He may not know a
lot about human ways of talking but that idiom translated perfectl y. "Tempting offer but I'll pass, thank
you for helping my sister" he said before slowly walking to a shuttle.
Wilson saw the exchange between the two and walked over after the alien left. "What was t hat about?" he
asked.
"He just want ed to thank me for helping his sister" Shepard told her squad leader without turn ing around.
"Oh" was all that Wilson could say before Athena spun around and dragged him to a secluded area.
"About what you said when I was straddling you" she began when they were out of sight.
"I was just giving&nb sp;you shit Shepard" Wilson said. He could see this blowing up in his face if he didn't
handle it correctly.
Athena pinned Wilson against wh at was left of a wall then leaned in and passionately kissed him.
Wilson was shocked but recovered and pushed Shepard back. "You should leave now" he told her once he
caught his breath.
Athena just turned and walked away. She didn't give what she had down a second thought.
Veronica saw Shepard come out from some ruble and called out to her. She walked up to her and told her
that she had received a battle field promotion and that Veronica had nominated her for the N7 program.
Athena was excited to hear the news, though she was confused as to why she received the commission
and not Wilson. He fought just as hard as she did to liberate Shanxi as did everyone else in second squad.
She thought it was complete dog shit that it ;happened because she captured the only POW.
Second squad reported back to the Sparta shortly after the last turian had been shuttled off planet. It had
taken four hours to accomplish this since only shuttles were allowed to the surface.
2173.02.25
SSV-Sparta
Wilson had kept his distance from Shepard since the twenty fourth. After he found out that she was now a
lieutenant and on her way to the N7 program he relaxed a little. He still dodged her whenever he saw her
in the passage ways.
Athena thought it was fucking hila rious that Wilson was dodging her in the passage ways. She still wasn't
bothered by what she did&nb sp;on Shanxi. She was looking forward to attending the N7 program in Rio de
Janerio.
Authors Note-Don't worry the Arachnids will make more appearance's. The turians and humans start
working on the Normandy as well. I need ideas for the training Shepard will re ceive in the N7 program. If
you have one and would like please PM me and I will give you the credit you deserve.
before I update again please enjoy this chapter.
Charly-120
Chapter 6: New Weapons
2173.02.18
Citadel
Serpents Nebula
Sparatus sat in his office going& nbsp;over his conversation with Primarch Fedorian. He agreed that humanity
needed to be brought in by force. For fifteen years humanity had spat in the face of the Hierarchy. The
Krogan joining the Alliance had brought the citadel close to war with humanity. He was eager to make
humanity pay. But the new salarian councilor wanted more information on humanities military
capabilities. T his annoyed him greatly he needed a reason to start a war with the humans.
2173.02.22
Klendathu System
SSV-Athens
Second squad had spent the last six hours in the debriefing ro om going over the footage of their recon ;
mission.
"Let's just bomb the planet from orbit" one of the Marines finally said.
"No" an unidentified officer said when she walked in.
Wilson looked at the new comer who just barged into the briefing. "No offense ma'am but who the fuck
are you?" He asked.
"Captain Veronica Dare, N7 operative and head of R&D black ops" the officer replied.&nb sp;
"Fuck me sideways" Shepard responded. "Looks like we got the higher ups attention"
"Yeah no shit" Wilson said back to her. "Well sorry captain but what's R&D want with these things?"
Veronica looked at the Cpl before responding that she was going to b e taking second squad back to
Klendathu to set traps. "We are going to capture these arachnids to study and possibly use as weapons".
The whole squad looked at her like she had grown a dick on her forehead. Wilson crossed his arms before
retorting, "We may all have been augmented and genetically modified but those things tore Johnson apart
like a fat kid does chocolate cake".
Veronica produced a set of orders ;that stated the Athens had been reassigned to R&D black ops and that
she was in charge unless active combat was taking place.
"Fuck" anothe r Marine quietly said behind Athena.
"Re port to the armory you're getting new armor. Then get to the hanger bay", Veronica told the shocked
sq uad. She turned around and headed to the armory.
SSV-Athens
Armory
Shepard looked at her new armor then back to the Captain. "What is this thing called again?" she asked.
Veronica had to hide the smile that was pulling at her lips. "It's called MJOLNIR Gen2 armor we finally
cracked the secrets of the Everest". She told Shepard, "Matter of fact the augmentations you received
came from those secrets", she finished.
Athena scanned her armor with her omni tool. "What's this other shield running right under the kinetic& nbsp;
barrier. And why does it look like a mid-evil knight's armor?"
"Energy shields and the shock factor& nbsp;it causes" was all veronica said. "Now&n bsp;get it on were going bug
hunting".
2173.02.23
Klendathu
Planet Side
Wilson set the last trap and made his way back to the pelican. He radioed the captain that he was done and
on his way. Where are we going to put homicidal bugs on our ship in close quarters? He thought to& nbsp;
himself.
Veronica had already captured thirty six of the arachnids in eighteen traps and all seemed to be warriors.
She had forty two more traps to collect. Warnings sounded when the sensors detected pheromones being
re leased.
The arachnids kept testing the barriers trying to get out. They let out pher omones to signal stress to the
rest of the colony. Sounds it had never heard before started to alert its captors.
"Shit&nb sp;things are about to get interesting", Wilson radioed his squad. Just t hen two AC 220 Gunships flew
overhead.
"Heads up ladies, tangos en route they look ready to fuck things up"&n bsp;one of the pilots called over the
radio.
The Marines loaded up on to SA-117MC as eighteen other pelicans lifted the traps to take back to the
Athens. Forty two more pelicans were headed to retrieve the last of the traps.
Once Veronica had all the traps back on the Athens she found she had 136 arachnids. Some traps held
three or more of the creatures.
"ALL HANDS SECURE FOR SLIP STREAM JUMP TO THE RELAY" the artificial voice of the ships
AI said over the speakers.
Veronica was irritated, she hadn't authorized the jump. "I didn 't authorize this jump" she screamed into
her radio.
The ship captain responded that the order came from fleet headquarters. It appeared that the Turians
where hitting Sanxi in force and all SAN Vessels where to make best possible speed to the colony to
bolster the three fleets in orbit.
Veronica had a barrier placed around the cargo hold after each arachnid had been placed in its own cell.
She then made her way to the bridge.
2173.02.23
Shanxi
SA Ground Forces
Chester was down to his last frag, he had no idea why the turians had attacked en mass. The three fleets
didn't stand a chance against the twenty five that the turians brought. Chester coul d see the debris falling
from orbit.
Garrus Vakarian crouched behind cover cursing the stupidi ty of this frivolous war. He had lost friends
just because the Hierarchy wanted to subdue the humans. He readied himself to follow his orders like any
other turian.
Chester rolled from&nb sp;cover bringing his rifle up to engage the turian forces. He never got off a shot as he
was hit in the head by a sniper. His body slumped to the ground.
Garrus saw a human roll from cover. He took aim at his head and fired two rounds from his Mantis. The
first round dropped his shields and the second took him out. "Clear" He called out to his fellow turians as
he got up.
Two explosions sent him right back into cover as a fighter craft flew overhead. Parts of his fellow turians
started to rain down on his position covering him in blue blood and dirt.
In orbit of Shanxi
The SSV Missouri and her sister ships Arizona and Midway exited slip stream space behind the Tu rian
fleets. More SA vessels where coming out of slip stream space by ;the minute. By the time the turians
were able to respond the human fleets outnumbered them by twelve.
The Turian commander cursed the councilor. Nothing he sent suggested that the Systems Alliance had
thirty two fleets not counting the three he already destroyed. He was informed that more vessels were
entering the system and soon the turians would be out numbered two to one.
"Sir we are being hailed" the comms officer told the commander.
"Patch it through" was the on ly thing he said.
SSV-Missouri
"Hail&nb sp;the turians" Hackett told his comm officer. "I want to know why they&nb sp;attacked us unprovoked".
"Aye sir hailing now" the officer replied following&nbs p;the order.
Hackett stood quietly looking&nb sp;at the turian once the hail was answered. After a few tense silent moments
he broke the silence. "Surrender now there is no need for more bloodshed". He said to his turian
counterpart.
The turian commander flared his mandibles in irritation. He wasn't stupid but the turian councilor was
aboard and politicians always fucked things up. "As much as I'd prefer to not shed more blood that choice
is not mine to make".
Sparatus walked in at that moment and spat at Hackett. "Humanity will succumb to the Hierarchy and the
citadel".
"Oh great it's you, should have figured you'd be here", Hackett said dryly.
Diana, the ;new ship AI then hacked and left 3500 terabytes of Hanar prost itute porn in Sparatus's
diplomatic email account. She also sent every video to all his contacts of said account.
Hac kett told Diana to kill the line and jam all communications coming from the&nb sp;turian forces.
"Sir R&D black ops ;is hailing us from the Athens", the comms officer called out to Hackett.
Hackett raised a quizzical brow once Veronica's image came in to view. "What do the egg heads have for
us?"
SSV-Athens
"Sir we captured an unknown species, which we believe will be an asset to the current mission" Veronica
said to the Fleet Admirals image. "I can have reinforced escape pods launched at the lead vessel with the
arachnids in them".
"It's too risky, does the Captain know of this plan?" Hackett's image asked.
"I've been placed in charge of the Athens. The captain has to follow my commands", she said in an
arrogant tone.
Hackett's image crossed its arms before he responded. "You R&D black op types are all the same.
According to protocol that is a ship of the line and as such while in combat the actual captain is in ;
command regardless of the ships mission". He calmly told the R&D officer's image, "Figure out a way to
get them to the closest vessel without sacrificing the crew of the Athens for your personal glory".
"Yes Si -", Veronica started to respond before Hackett cut the line. She called up her personal AI to run a
few scenario's to see what their options where.
They came up with a container that resembled a geth drop ship. It did not take long for R&D to build the < br> make shift delivery system.
"Hail the Missouri&nbs p;again" Veronica told the comm officer. Once Hackett's image appeared she sh owed
him the completed project. "The front is reinforced titanium A armor lined with diamond to cut through
metal", she began briefing the fleet admiral.
Hackett stood listening to ver onica, "how does it deliver its pay load?"&nb sp;
"Once the bow pierce's the hull of the targeted vessel it opens via explosive bolts. A hatch then drops to
expel its contents", Came her response. "I'm sending everything we have on the arachnids"
Hackett reviewed the videos of the attack on the colony on Klendathu. He had to emit they were vicious.
"How will we control them and how many do you have?" he asked.
"136, I'm keeping six of the arachnids for future study. The rest&n bsp;are expendable" Veronica responded.
"We will destroy the ship once this is over" Hackett ordered. He gave the op his blessing then cut the line.
Maxitumus
Turian Frigate
"Sir one of the human vessels is releasing something", one of the CIC officers said.
"Zoom in on it" the captain ordered. It's probably just trash he said to no one in particular.
After optics zooned in on the debris they found that it was in fact tr ash. Little did they know that the
human s were about to unleash an enemy just as bad as the rach ni on them.
Arachnid delivery pod
The arachnids were used to dark cramped quarters. The object they were in at the moment was co ld and
offered only one way out which was blocked at the moment. The arachnids were already agitated from
being taken away from the colony, and were vying to lash out at something other than each other.
Suddenly the pod crashed into a hard surface that jarred the arachnids around. After a loud explosion the
front of the container dropped open. One of the warrior bugs approached the opening cautiously only to
be greeted by a surprised turian who shot at it.
With an aggravated screech the warrior charged forward and impaled the creature that had hurt it. It
tossed the tough skinned creature off of its mandible into the air only to catch it in its massive pincer like
mouth. Shaking its head violently it cut its new prey in half, sending two parts in separate directions. One
was still making noise. It charged the noise and tore at it repeatedly with its two mandibles, send ing blue
blood and chunks of flesh all over the passageway.
Maxitumus Armory
To say the armorer was surprised was an understatement. One moment he had been repairing a
malfunctioning phaeston, the next a strange container had punched through the bulkhead. He grabbed a
functioning phaeston while he approached the container.
An explosion sounded in the container causing the turian to jump. After he steeled his nerves the fron t of
the container opened and a hatch&nb sp;dropped. The armorer stood still as he heard noises come from the now
exposed opening. He saw an unknown creature appear from the darkness, he opened fire on it. The next
thing he knew he was being impaled. Trying to scream while cho cking on his own blood. He was tossed
in the air only to be caught in the creatures mouth. The armorer let out a so ul shattering scream as he was
shook violently and cleaved in two. His legs stayed in the armory while his torso flew into the
passageway.
As the creature tore him apart, covering the passageway in his entrails and blood. The last thing the armorer ever did was scream like a bitch.
Maxitumus Bridge
The captain had heard small arms fire on the ship after the debris had impacted with his ship. "All
sections report" he ordered.
"The armory was hit by debris, no one is responding", one of the CIC officers responded.
"Send a team to investigate" the captain ordered.
A blood curdling scream sounded over the radio catching everyone's attention. Finally a turian Marine
informed the CIC what was happening.
The report sent& nbsp;chills down the turian captain's spine. Creatures that he had never seen were tearing his
crew apart. Those that managed to survive the lower decks barley said a word and jumped at the slightest
noise.
The&n bsp;deck below their feet groaned before giving way to one of the creatures from below. Before one of
the surviving guards could move she was dragged down through the hole. Everyone pointed weapons at
the hole and shuddered knowing what happened to her.
Screaming and clawing at the deck below the CIC trying to get away from the bugs. The one that was
dragging her ripped her right&nb sp;leg off causing her to almost pass out from the pain as she shrieked in
agony. Before she could even catch her breath her right arm was ripped away ;below the elbow. She
prayed to the spirits that she would bleed out just so it would stop.
The captain ordered a distress call sent out and watched& nbsp;as another bug came through the hole in the deck.
Everyone fired at it bringing it down but their victory ;was short lived as more came through other sections
of the deck.
PFS Havincaw
Turian Frigate
"Sir, we are receiving a distress call from the Maxitu mus", the officer said once he picked up the distress
beckon.
The Havincaw's captain listened to the message then ordered a strike team to be assembled. Saren
Arterius was aboard his ship so he messaged him to request his help.
Saren Arterius read the message then got up from his chair in his quarters to meet the strike team in the
cargo bay. What awaited the strike team was nothing short of nightmarish. ;
Ten minutes later
When the strike team breached the cargo bay they were greeted with the slaughtered crew of the
Maxitumus. Blood was splattered all over the deck and severed limbs were strewn about the deck. The
strike team found the body of an unknown creature on the deck surrounded by complete carnage.
"Spirits what is this thing?" one of the turians asked.
"No clue but whatever it is it certainly isn't&nb sp;friendly" another answered.
Saren did not like how quite the ship had become. But he had a mission to complete so he pushed it to the
back of his mind. He heard an unfamiliar screech before a member of the strike team screamed. The
spectre turned and what he saw made his blood run ice cold.
T he arachnids were moving about the ship looking for more anymore intruders in their new hive. They
found four new intruders. One of the warriors charged forward screeching it attacked the newest threat.
The two legged thing made a horrible sound that the warrior did not find pleasing. It attacked and silenced
the source.
Saren remembered the classes about the rachni and seeing vids of battles with them. These new creatures
were just as vicious if not more so. The rest of the strike team had already been viciously torn apart. He
tossed out two grenades out and ran for the shuttle. As he entered his arm was severed by one of the bugs
before the hatch could close. He applied medi gel then radioed the Havincaw to destroy the Maxitumus
before he blacked out from the sheer amount of pain.
SSV-A thens
"Sir the turians are firing at the infested ship", the tactical officer reported.&nb sp;
"Very well looks like our little gift made it", the captain replied. "Get the Marines geared up and ready to
deploy planet side"
The Athens AI sent the order down to the Marines quarter s. "Orders away sir"
Cpl Wilson already had his squad geared and ready for deployment. He just didn't know ;how they were
going to do it. "Get your asses down to the pelican bay" he ordered.
Shepard grabbed her weapons and ran down the passage way to the pelican bay. She loved her new armor
since it dramatically improved her speed and reflexes. The HUD that was displayed in her helmet showed
the status of both her energy shield and kinetic barrier. She had a friend or foe tracker and loved the fact
that the HUD automatically&nbs p;linked itself to any of her weapons. She didn't want to rely on it so she made
a mental note to deactivate it when she got the chance.
T he entire first platoon had formed in the pelican bay. Second squad was the only ones issued the new
MJOLNIR Gen2 armor. The lieutenant was not pleased with that at a ll, second squad was a band of
misfits and retards in his opinion. "Wilson take your squad back and get your old armor" he ordered.
"BELAY THAT ORDER CPL" Captain Dare yelled from behind the Lt. "This whole platoon is being
reassigned to the Missouri for the rest of this mission", Veronica told the assembled Marines.
Athena's attention had been brought full bare on the N7 R&D Cpt. She hadn't been on the Missouri in
years. "Second squad will be assigned to me from here on out" Veronica continued. "Now fi rst platoon get your
asses on those pelicans so we can get out of here, your belongings will be moved for you".
The Marines pilled on to the pelicans that had flown over from the Missouri. It wasn't long before they
had left the Athens and were on their way towards the infinity class warsh ip.
SSV-Missouri
Fleet Admirals Quarters
"Sir the Marines from the Athens are on their way. Athena is one of the Marines Admiral." Diana told the < br> Fleet Admiral.
Hackett smiled at hearing that news. It had been awhile since he had seen Athena and was pleased ;that
she had managed to be assigned to a decent vessel. "Which pelican bay will they land in?" he asked
Diana.
"Pelican bay four" the AI responded.
"I'll be in PB4 then" he told Diana using the seldom&n bsp;used term.
"Acknowledge" she replied.
Pelican RD-000BO
"This is Ghost flight requesting permission to dock" the pilot radioed to the SSV-Missouri.
"Ghost flight you are cleared to dock in pelican bay four", the air officer responded. ;
"Roger copy" the pilot said then cut t he line. "Landing in two mikes ma'am"
Veronica thanked the pilot who was also her brother then returned to the Marines in the hold. "Once we
land head towards deck four", she told the group.
"Yes ma' am" responded the entire squad in unison.
Athena was checking over her armor and found an open port for an unknown piece of equipment. It
looked big enough for a data chip. She'd have to ask what it was for when she had the chance. She felt the
pelicans landing struts gently touch down in pelican bay four.
Admiral Hackett stood watching&n bsp;RD-000BO as it landed and after a moment dropped the rear ramp. He
was in a good mood for two reasons. The first was that Athena wa s back aboard, and he was looking
forward to talking to her. The second reason Diana had informed him that a new class of ship had finally
made it to the fleet.
The bay went quiet as second squad walked off the pelican. No one had seen the new MJOLNIR GEN2
armor. The maintenance workers looked at the Marines and could not believe what their eyes. "Did a
bunch of Mid-Evil knights just go walking through here?" one of them asked aloud.
Admiral Hackett looked at the Marines as they walked away towards&nb sp;the elevators. One of them stopped
and waved at him. "That must be Athena" he said waving back.
Athena had seen Hackett after she came off of the pelican. Just before she made it to the elevators she
stopped and waved at the man who raised her. She smiled as he waved back then stepped on to the
elevator.
"Diana which deck is that lift going to?" He asked over a secure private channel.
"Deck four" replied the ships AI.
"Ah the egg head deck" Hackett grumbled before heading back to the bridge.
Deck Four
"This is a data crystal" Veronica said holing up a small chip. "It contains your personal smart AI. Each
one chose you because of your use of unconventional tactics". Veronica&n bsp;said as she handed out the data
crystals to each Marine.
Once Athena was handed her data crystal she inserted it into the port on the underside of her left forearm.
For a second everything went dark then came but w ith a presence Athena hadn't felt before.
"Hello Pvt&nbs p;Athena Shepard, I am Ares" said a male voice seemingly from nowhere.
"H-Howdy" Athen a replied, "It's my first time actually sharing a suit with an AI be gentle would you?"
The AI laughed before telling Athena not to worry. He then went back to combing through data files.
"These AI's are not like other Smart AI's you have come across" Veronica said to the squad. "Each on can
be active indefinitely if they so choose. Take care of each other" She finished then pulled Shepard aside.
"Ares is a bit of a trouble maker Shepard but he'll serve you well", she then walked away to a table
scattered with data pads.
"So you're a trouble maker huh Ares?" Athena asked the AI now inhabiting her ;armor.
"I wouldn't say that" Ares respo nded.
"Then why did I get a warning from Dare?" Shepard retorted& nbsp;as she walked out of the R&D lab back to
the elevators.
Once the doors to the elevator closed Ares brought up a 3D image of a vessel on Shepard's omni tool.
"This is a new corvette transport" he told his partner. "It is armed with energy weapons that have proved
very effective against mass effect barriers. We'll be going planet side with those".
Athena wa s speechless for a moment, "that's impressive but why switch from using the mass accelerator
cannon?" she asked.
Ares&nbs p;was smiling even though no one could see it. "These ships will punch through the enemy fleet and
e stablish a foot hold for the rest of the attack force. The alliance force will bombard hea vy resistance from
orbit with MAC rounds if necessary".
Athena killed the image when the lift reached the bridge. She removed her helmet as she stepped on to the
bridge from the elevator.
"Athena is that you?" Hackett said with a warm smile on his scared face.
"It's me sir, how have you been?" The Marine asked.
"I'd be better if the fucking turians would get out of Alliance space"&n bsp;he responded.
"Why the standoff sir" ;was all she asked.
Hackett turned and looked out of the view screen as a hole in slipspace opened up. "Waiting on those,
now head to PB4 and get ready to deploy over to the SSV-Sparta.
"Yes sir" Athena yelled as s he ran to the elevator.
SSV-Sparta
Holding Position
Po rt Side of Missouri
This ship is amazing Wilson thought to himself. "So this thing is designed to rapidly deploy troops" h e
asked aloud touring the pelican bay.
"That's the idea" captain Dare answered him.
The ships AI Leonidas appeared on a holo panel, his avatar wore the leather and bronze armor of a
Spartan warrior. All troops report to the pelican drop ships slip space jump in five minutes. The AI told
the Marines in the pelican bay. "ALL HANDS REPORT TO BATTLE STATIONS, PREPARE FOR
SLIP SPACE JUMP", Leonidas sounded throughout the ship.
Athena reported to pelican SA-560MC, she noticed that she craft had an Amazonian warrior painted on
its nose. The warrior stood legs apart holding a sword pointed towards an unseen combatant and a Spartan
shield to her rear. She wore no cloths save for a helmet that only showed her blue&n bsp;eyes and the faintest
trace of her lips. Fiery Warrior was painted under the amazon.
"She's beautiful isn't she." the pilot said walking up behind Shepard.
"Yeah I hope she lives up to her name" Shepard said before boarding the pelican.
"Oh she'll do more than that" the pilot said quietly to herself.
PFS Havincaw
Turian Frigate
20 Minutes Earlier
"Captain I have forty new contacts, they just appeared using that repugnant technology" the pilot
informed his commanding officer.
The Havincaw's captain studied the image of the new vessels. He noted the massive thrusters at the rear of
the craft and thought they could be weakest where they joined the rest of the ship. "Move the ship slowly
within range and fire at this point" he said motioning to the image.
The pilot d id as he was ordered to barely flinching when a severed corpse of a turian hit the view screen.
He did however jump when the dead body of a fierce looking creature left&n bsp;a green trail on the view
screen.
The Havincaw was almost&nbs p;in position when the new vessels disappeared in a blinding flash. The captain
stood angered by the turn of events. "Find those fucking cowardly human s" he barked in an aggravated
voice.
As the Turian captain screamed out that order the human vessels appeared in orbit over Shanxi.
The moment the Sparta came out of slip space Leonidas targeted and fired the ships energy weapons. He
scored a direct hit obliterating a turian frigate. < br> While the corvette transports covered them. The pelicans deployed and gunned for the surface of Shanxi.
After the last pelican had broken atmo and made it to the surface, all but one of the transports retreated
into slip space.
The last vessel sustained too much damage from a collision with a turian dreadnought. The AI activated
the ships self-destruct once the crew made it to the escape pods and down to shanxi.
The alliance had outfitted the corvette transports with three shiva class nuclear warheads. The first being
place d in the bow of the ship, the second was placed mid ship, and the third was placed in the stern with
engineering. The war heads were programed to detonate simultaneously to ensure that the entire ship was
completely wiped from existence.
The turian dreadnought sat in orbit with the crew trying to dislodge one of the engines that anchored the
hum an vessel to it. The crew that was near the human ship never saw or felt the effects of the detonations.
The turian force watched in horror as the Indomitable was cracked in two from the force of the
detonation. The only portion of the ship that actually survived intact was the bow. The rest of the ship
disintegrated with the transport.
Before the turians could regroup the SA forces attacked in mass. This forced the turians to fight on the
defensive instead of the offensive plans they favored. Sparatus spat at&nbs p;the mere thought of it, "savage
monkeys". He hurled the insult at the image on the screen.
Pelican SA-560MC
Athena had grabbed one of the supports to keep herself steady as the pelican was getting rocked around
by turian forces. She heard music coming from the cockpit and r ecognized the song as an old rock song < br> from the twentieth century from a band called Creedence Clearwater Revival. "Is that fortunate son from
CCR?" she radioed the pilot.
"Yep got my own playlist to listen to as I fly" the pilot&nbs p;responded.
"I'll have to raid your list when this is done" Shepard radioed back.
The guns fired whenever a group of turians were out in the open and the side gunners would fire at any
enemy air support whenever they&n bsp;decided to make a run on the pelican. Everyone on the pelican could
hear the mass effect rounds hit the shields some saw the shields flair when a rocket hit them.
"Insert in two mikes" the pilot yelled from the cockpit over the music. "I'll stay and provide&nbs p;air support
until the falcons and sparrow hawks make it planet side". Just then you could hear you shock me all night
long come from the cockpit and over the sound system in the pelican.
"Why the hell is she listening to this old shit" Wilson yelled to be heard. "This stuffs ancient" he finished.
The pilot came over the system saying sh e liked her music like she liked her men. Experienced and been
around the block a few times.
Wilson was speechless and all Athena could do was point and laugh at him. Everyone stopped when they
heard the seal on the ramp break. Readying their weapons and gauntlets they prepared to charge off the
pelican to liberate Shanxi from the turians.
Athena couldn't help but make the comparison to the old Higgins boats that were used during beach
landings in the twentieth centur y. The amount of fire power being directed at them quickly overloaded
their gauntlets.&nbs p;
The turians had opened fire the moment the humans became visible. The armor they were wearing looked
like anything they had ever seen. The shields on their arms blinked out of existence but they were still
sta nding even after their kinetic barriers fell. The rounds were hitting another barrier that they ;hadn't
come across before.
Athena charged the first turian she saw. She deployed her omni blade and ran it through the female
turians abdomen. She then dragged it up to her throat before pulling it from the now disemboweled
soldier.
Ares pulled looks to kill from the extra net and started to play it in Athena's armor.
"Knock it off ares" she said stepping over the dead turian.
"Sorry" the AI replied.
"Play my metallica play list", Athena asked as she pulled out her battle rifle. Holding her rifle at the ready
she moved ahead to locate and destroy any and all enemy forces.
Garrus saw the human charge and disembowel one of his soldiers. These humans looked different. Their
armor did not resemble what the humans had on the planet. They were faster th an a regular human and
stronger too judging by how easy&nbs p;the female human dispatched one of his soldiers. He readied his Mantis
to take out this new threat.
Athena saw the reflection of the scope and immediately rolled behind cover. "Ares how effective are
those rifles against my shields ?" she asked the AI.
"That particular rifle will knock out&nbs p;your kinetic barriers, your energy shield with absorb the round and be
fine". Ares showed her the specs on her HUD.
"Okay so I could theoretically stand there all day", she said aloud.
Ares agreed with her for the most part. "I wouldn't advise that since they do have AA that could kill you if
used against you".
Athena laughed at hearing this, "well that's great".
Garrus cursed that the human had seen him and rolled behind cover. He was compromised so he needed
to move before she came out to gut him as well. The sniper& nbsp;slowly crawled back before standing and
running to a different position.
"Guess I spooked him" Athena told Ares. Getting up out of cover she made her way towards he r squad
leader when she was picked up and launched across the&nbs p;field. She landed unceremoniously on top of
Wilson and groaned.
Wilson wasn't expecting to be hit with a fellow Marine, so when he found himself under Shepard he was
a little confused. "Shepard I'm flattered but we're in the middle of a warzone keep it in your pants" he
quipped at her.
Shepard looked around then heard Wilson over the radio saying something about pants. "Huh? " she
responded before she looked down and saw she was straddling her squad leader. "FUCK, ARES WHAT
WAS THAT" she yelled as she got up. After training with Suleem Ath ena had little to no shame when it
came to her body.
"That was just a turian t ank saying hello", Ares said as he placed a maker on her HUD.
"Sir we've got incoming&nbs p;armor" she said as another Marine received a direct hit. She ran over to her squad& nbsp;
mate and found his shields had been knocked to half strength when she asked for a sitrep. His AI told her
that he also had broken legs, ribs, and back. "What the titty fucking Christ did they shoot at you?"& nbsp;she
asked out loud.
They could hear more artillery ;heading their way. They called fiery warrior ;for air support to knock out
the tank. The pelican roared over the squad as it opened up on the turian forces. The pelican was engaged
by an A-61 gunship. The pilot had to break off her attack to deal with the new comer.
Before the pelican had to leave the Marines of second squad moved up using the heavy fire to cover their
advancement. They engaged the turians as they came across them.
Since landing it had taken the Marines almost two hours to link up with each other. The landing forces
that had not been issued the new armor were being decimated. They only had their kinetic barriers and
gauntlets. The Marines were giving just as much as they received from the turians.
Garrus had shot twenty humans since& nbsp;coming across one of the strange armored ones. But here he was
again looking at one of them again. He fired his rifle and dropped the human's kinetic barrier, firing again
to put the human down, he saw the round impact on a strange yellow barrier. The alliance troops started
to pepper his position with small arms fire so he retreated once again.
"God fucking damn it I'm going to fucking clam punch that twat waffle right after I cunt punt them",&nb sp;
Shepard yelled as she caught a second sniper round.
"I tried to warn you Shepard" Ares said trying to hide the I told you so in his tone. He also made a note to
remind her to do just that if she ever got ;the chance.
Shepard wished that she could punch Ares in the face before she went back to flushing out any enemy
troo ps she could find. She came across one badly injured turian about twenty minutes, she dropped to one
knee and started to apply medi gel to her wounds. Once the turian could walk she escorted her back to the
Marines CP as a POW.
Captain Dare saw Shepard returning with a prisoner and hoped it was a high ranking officer. She
intercepted Shepard and found out that the turian was in fact just a soldier. She released Shepard to
conduct her& nbsp;own interrogation
"What is your name?" Shepard asked the turian woman.
"Solana Vakarian" she replied.
"Why were you just left in that spot?" Shepard fired off the next question.
"My brother found me left for dead, he moved me and went to go find more medi gel" Solana responded.
"Who left&nb sp;you, Alliance or turian forces?" Athena asked knowing it was most likely Alliance. "Alliance" Solana responded. "May I ask why&nb sp;you provided aid?" she then asked her captor.
Shepard was taken aback for a second but then quickly regained her composure. "I was trained by an asari
commando as a child. She was like a mother to me, and watched me even when I wasn't annoying wrex"
she told th e now shocked prisoner.
"You were trained by an asari?" Solana asked surprised that was even possible.
Athena just nodded her head up and down. She smiled at the expression on Solana's face even though she
was still wearing her helmet.
" Who is wrex?" Solana asked once again.
"A Krogan Battle Master, and leader of Clan Urdnot" Shepard replied and could have sworn the female
turain lost some color in her face.
Garrus returned to where he had left his sister. He had found more medi gel for her wounds and dextro
ratios for both of them. He found that his sister was not there anymore, he saw human foot prints next to
turian both sets heading back to a human command center.
Little did either side know but the Asari were massing their forces& nbsp;along with the salarians to force the
Hierarchy and Alliance to cease hostilities.
2173.02.24
Serpents Nebula
Destiny Ascension
Councilor Tevos ;stood across from Matriarch Lindanya on the bridge on the asari dreadnought.
"Are the Asari Republic fleets ready?" she asked her fellow Matriarch.
"They are as are the Salarian fleets" the commander of the Destiny Asce nsion said.
"Let us hope we are not too late" Tevos said before sitting down.
Matriarch Lindanya gave the order for the task force to jump through the relay to Shanxi. She was not
prepared for the amount of carnage that awaited them.
SSV-Missouri
Engaged
Orbit of ;Shanxi
Hackett stood on the bridge surprised that Diana had moved the ship to engage two separate turian
dreadnoughts. So far the two opposing forces had fought to practically a draw. Hackett wanted to break
the turian lines but they could fi ght even with taking heavy losses at the beginning of the battle.
"SIR MORE CONTACTS COMING FROM THE RELAY" Diana turned and yelled at him from her
holo console.
"Shit" he mumbled under his breath. "Have what's left of the corvette transports engage the new contacts"
He ordered.
Before the order could be sent Diana patched a transmission through from the new contacts.
"This is Councilor Tevos aboard the Destiny Ascension. I have come with the intention of ending this
conflict before furt her blood is shed by either side."
Destiny Ascension&nb sp;
Both Tevos and Lindanya were horrified to see the amount of turian and human bodies floating in
between burnt out hulls of once powerful vessels and& nbsp;fighters. Frozen blue, red and some green globs of
blood floated in the vacuum of space.
"Where are the Alliance vessels?" Lindanya asked after seeing only turian wreckage.
"I'm detecting radiation in the area that suggests multiple nuclear detonations" one of the asari rep orted to
the Matriarchs.
"Do you think they self destructed?" Tevos said more then asked.
"It's possible, that would explain why we don't see any Alliance wreckage" Lindanya replied to Tevos'& nbsp;
question.
"Councilor we're ready to send out your message whenever you are", the Asari sitting at the radio
terminal told ;the councilor.
"This is Councilor Tevos aboard the Destiny Ascension. I have come with the intention of ending this
conflict before furt her blood is shed by either side." She began "this conflict should never have happened,
the Alliance was free to walk away from the citadel. They did not agre e with our way of life but that does&nbs p;
not give anyone the right to try and conquer them. Councilor Sparatus you have brought shame upon the
council and the stability we are supposed to represent. The asari& nbsp;and salarian fleets with me will open fire
on any vessel that continues hostilities towards one another. I want whoever is in charge on both sides to
contact me to put an end to this conflict", Tevos finished then turned and walked to a briefing room to
wait for the mentioned parties to contact her.
Admiral Hackett was shocked. He hadn't seen or heard from Tevos in almost two decades. She had
respected the Alliances wishes to be left alone. "Diana, contact the Destiny Ascension" he ordered.
Tevos wasn't at all surprised that Admiral Hackett was in charge of the Alliance forces. When he first
contacted the Ascension he had been professional and displayed all the courtesies befitting her position.
"How is Athena these days?" she asked the man's image.
"She is doing well for herself, still talks to suleem whenever she gets the chance", Hackett left the fact
that Athe na was down on the planet fighting out. He checked reports as they came in about what was
happening ground side.
Both Tevos and Hackett waited for over an hour before&nb sp;Sparatus's came into view. He stalled where ever
he could and hurled insults at the Alliance. It took Tevos finally having the tempora ry turian councilor
Quentius enter the room to usurp command and have the military commander arrest Sparatus.
"Admiral Hackett I sincerely apologize for that honor less whelp's actions. I will see to it personally to
that the Hierarchy sends reparations and Sparatus is charged for his crimes", Quentius told Hackett.
Before he left he also asked for any turian POW's the Alliance had be returned.
Shanxi Surface
Garrus had managed to infiltrate the human CP only having to silence one guard. After hiding the body he&n bsp;
went about the camp keeping to the shadows looking for his sister. What he did not realize was that the
order had already come ;to release her and that she was waiting ;with Shepard while dextro friendly foods
were brought to her. He found his sister still with a human who he recognized as the one he kept running
into.
Athena had remov ed the shackles from Solana once she received the order to free her. She removed her
helmet, glad to finally be able to let her sweat soaked red hair dry. She saw a panicked look on Solana's
face. Shepard saw a shadow in her peripherals charging towards her, sh e combat rolled forward then
turned to face her attacker.
When Garrus lunged at the human she activated her gauntlet and struck him on his side hard enough to
crack the armor and break the device. He jumped back out of her&n bsp;reach before the right hook she thrown at him connected. He heard an unseen male tell her that he was the sniper she wanted too clam punch
right after she cunt punted him. Garrus had no idea what a clam punch or a cunt punt was&nbs p;but assumed it
was painful.
"That's the sniper you want too clam punch right after you cunt punt" Ares told her from her omni t ool.
Once Athena heard this, her demeanor&nbs p;changed. The Marine charged the sniper easily&nb sp;dodging the turians
counter attack. She drove her right boot in between the turians legs, smirking when he grunted in pain.
She then spun around and tossed him on his back punching him in the groin three times before standing
and walking away.
Garrus was caught off guard for only a second when the human charged him. He countered her attack and
was shocked how easily the red headed green eyed human dodged him. He felt her boot connect with his
groin and grunted in pain before his whole world spun and he was on his back. He thought it was over
until he felt her fist hit him three times in the groin.
Solana watched as her brother got his ass handed to him. Once Shepard was done with Garrus she went to
his side and told him he was a fucking idiot. "The council forced Sparatus and the Alliance to a truce by
telling both sides they would fire on anyone who continued to fight" she told her brother who was s till
trying to recover from finding out ;what cunt punt and clam punch meant.
On ce Garrus was able to stand, he slowly made his way to Athena Shepard. He was not surprised when
she eyed him suspiciously.
"What do you want?" Athena asked the sniper she had just humiliated in front of his sister. "You come
back for another ass raping?"& nbsp;
Garrus had no idea why someone would ask him that let alone volunteer for a vial act. He may not know a
lot about human ways of talking but that idiom translated perfectl y. "Tempting offer but I'll pass, thank
you for helping my sister" he said before slowly walking to a shuttle.
Wilson saw the exchange between the two and walked over after the alien left. "What was t hat about?" he
asked.
"He just want ed to thank me for helping his sister" Shepard told her squad leader without turn ing around.
"Oh" was all that Wilson could say before Athena spun around and dragged him to a secluded area.
"About what you said when I was straddling you" she began when they were out of sight.
"I was just giving&nb sp;you shit Shepard" Wilson said. He could see this blowing up in his face if he didn't
handle it correctly.
Athena pinned Wilson against wh at was left of a wall then leaned in and passionately kissed him.
Wilson was shocked but recovered and pushed Shepard back. "You should leave now" he told her once he
caught his breath.
Athena just turned and walked away. She didn't give what she had down a second thought.
Veronica saw Shepard come out from some ruble and called out to her. She walked up to her and told her
that she had received a battle field promotion and that Veronica had nominated her for the N7 program.
Athena was excited to hear the news, though she was confused as to why she received the commission
and not Wilson. He fought just as hard as she did to liberate Shanxi as did everyone else in second squad.
She thought it was complete dog shit that it ;happened because she captured the only POW.
Second squad reported back to the Sparta shortly after the last turian had been shuttled off planet. It had
taken four hours to accomplish this since only shuttles were allowed to the surface.
2173.02.25
SSV-Sparta
Wilson had kept his distance from Shepard since the twenty fourth. After he found out that she was now a
lieutenant and on her way to the N7 program he relaxed a little. He still dodged her whenever he saw her
in the passage ways.
Athena thought it was fucking hila rious that Wilson was dodging her in the passage ways. She still wasn't
bothered by what she did&nb sp;on Shanxi. She was looking forward to attending the N7 program in Rio de
Janerio.
Authors Note-Don't worry the Arachnids will make more appearance's. The turians and humans start
working on the Normandy as well. I need ideas for the training Shepard will re ceive in the N7 program. If
you have one and would like please PM me and I will give you the credit you deserve.