Mass Effect: Gathering Embers
Eden Prime Part 2
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In a split second, a vertical vortex of aqua energy formed around her, launching her at rainboom velocity. She appeared between the two turians just as Saren fired pulled the trigger.
"AAAH!" The shot caught Nyx right at the base of her neck, knocking her away and crashing against the sides of nearby crates. Nihlus, realizing what was happening, barreled behind another crate.
"Saren, what the spirits are you doing?" He popped out of cover, and saw that Saren was nowhere to be seen. Nor would he be seen, unless Saren wanted to be found.
"Shepard, this is Nihlus! Nyx is down!"
"What? What happened?" Before Nihlus could respond, a loud commotion came from behind him.
"LeT's MoVe OuT." Nyx, losing blood, got up, kicked a clip out of her Avenger, and started moving towards the location the beacon was supposed to be.
"Kid," Nihlus replied, placing an objective hand on her shoulder, "You're wounded. You're in no position to~~"
"dOn'T gIvE a DAMN!!" Nyx screamed as she swatted his hand off. "YoU cAn DeStRoY mY aRmOr, BrEaK mY bOdY, bUt As LoNg As ThEiR's BrEaTh In My BoDy, I wOn'T sToP pRoTeCtInG tHe InNoCeNt!" Nihlus had to admire the determination of the pony. Possibly dying, and she wasn't gonna stop doing what she believed to be her duty.
"At least let me patch your wound, kid." Nihlus used some medi-gel to cover up her neck wound, at least letting her speak properly.
Soon, the six soldiers all were grouped together as the massive ship lifted off, leaving Eden Prime. They advanced towards a tram, which would take them to the beacon. However, the tram came back, holding several Geth, as well as a larger red Geth, wielding a Plasma Shotgun. The soldiers got to cover, but Nyx just stayed still. The red Geth fired a shots, which she easily dodge them, before it began charging straight for her. The others tried shooting at it, but the bullets couldn't get past the shield. Nyx put her shield and Avenger away, pulled Longclaw out and, using her magic, pulled a second sword from her Hoofbag.
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She lifted the swords so that they were hovering next so her, pointed at an upward angle away from her. She closed her eyes, letting instincts take over. The red Geth, still charging, saw that the four legged organic was, by it's perspective, lowering it's guard. It increased it's speed, going into a full on sprint.
When the Geth was mere feet from her, she opened her eyes, side-stepped to the right, and slashed both swords to it's midsection. When the Geth passed by, Nyx conjured up two new sheaths, one blue, one red, and placed her swords in their respective sheaths. After she did, the still standing Geth split into two pieces While she dealt with the bigger Geth, her new allies destroyed the rest. The six then got on the tram, and advanced towards the station.
They arrived at the stationed, and advanced towards the beacon. Nyx didn't like it. There were no Geth stopping them. She hoped that they left with the ship, but she learned long ago not to trust on hope alone. Then she saw the beacon. A large glowing rectangular object, located far end of a platform, which was below them. Jenkins offered to stay at the top of the stairwell, so the other five moved down towards the beacon. When they neared it, they scattered, searching the area to make sure it's safe.
Ashley got closer to the beacon, which then proceeded to grab her with some form of telekinetic energy. Shepard saw this, grabbed her, and threw her out of the way. As a result, Shepard got the full force of the beacon. He saw horrible visions. Images of an unknown species, being slaughtered by machines. He was then blasted away from the beacon, which then proceeded to explode.
"Shit!" Kaiden yelled as he saw what happened to Shepard. Then, from behind a large amount of crates, at least 20 Geth soldiers appeared.
"Oh, fuck!" Ashley screamed as the Geth began shooting at them. Nihlus dragged Shepard behind some cover, and the group saw another Geth, this one twice the size of all the others.
"Geth Prime!" Nihlus yelled out to them as it started blasting at them, preventing them from firing back. "Normandy, we're pinned down. Need immediate extraction. Shepard is also unconscious, possibly in critical condition."
"I'll hurry as soon as I can." Joker replied.
"We can't hit that thing if we're pinned." Kaiden replied. The situation did not look good for them. Then, out of nowhere, several rockets blasted at the Geth, destroying them. Nyx looked towards the source of the rockets... and saw Jenkins holding a rocket launcher.
"I guess we're even!" Nyx happily exclaimed as she and Jenkins shared a chuckle.
"To quote a phrase people use," Jenkins said as he raised the rocket launcher up into the air, "LEEEEEEROOOOOOOY JEEEENKI~"KABVVVZZZZ Jenkins looked down at his chest, and saw a massive hole where his heart was. Nyx, looked back at where the Geth used to be, and, out of the smoke, appeared the slightly damaged Prime, with it's gun having a little smoke coming off of it, as well as 7 soldiers. Jenkins then fell off the stairwell, and landed a few yards from the group.
As the other soldiers provided covering fire, Nyx ran towards Jenkins unmoving body. She knelt down, turned him over, and saw his eyes. Life slowly draining from them.
"Did I do good?" He quietly asked. Nyx couldn't help but put a sad smile.
"Yes, Jenkins. You did good." Then she saw Jenkins close his eyes for the last time. "Jenkins? Jenkins! JENKINS!" A rage formed within her.
music effect, start at either 30 or 40 seconds, depending on your opinion. her fighting doesn't start until 1 minute in.
Tears flowing, she closed her eyes. Nightmare Assault When she opened them, purple smoke began flowing out of her eyes. She stood up, and saw that everything was moving slowly except for her. Her hair then started floated upward, as if it was caught in an updraft.
"WRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!" She roared, her hair turning into purple flames, and a powerful aura of aqua energy surrounding her. She pulled out her swords, and, with the speed of a cheetah (even faster from the humans/turian's point of view) charged at the Geth.
She slashed the leg of a soldier off with the blue sword and, as it was falling to the ground, stabbed it in the head with the red sword. She aimed the red sword at two more and a torrent of flame came out, completely melting them. She threw her blue sword at another Geth's head, and plunged her red sword into the chest of another. She then ripped the sword upward, cutting the torso and head sections of the Geth in half. She slightly leaned to the right, dodging a shot from the Prime then ran up to another soldier, cutting it in half. As the last soldier fired it's gun at her, she jumped upward, dodging the shot. She landed her hind legs on it's head and twisted her legs to the point that the circuits of the Geth short-circuited, killing it. Everything started moving at normal again.
She turned around and saw the Prime moving towards her. She casted a spell, which caused the Prime's chest to glow aqua. She swung her right hoof as if she was going to punch it, and a massive dragon ghost hand grabbed the right side of the machine. She did the same with her left hoof, and the machine's left side was grabbed. She then pulled her arms away from each other. The dragon hands then ripped the machine apart.
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As she witnessed the carnage she delivered, she heard what was most likely the Normandy coming behind her. The purple mists also was gone from her eyes. She then felt some strange pain below her. She turned her head, and noticed that her neck wound had reopened. Before she could do anything else, the blood lose she sustained caused her to fall on her side. She turned her head and saw Nihlus running towards her.
"Shit, Kaiden, get Chakwas, tell her we have wounded." That was all Nyx could here Nihlus say before she saw only darkness.
Author's Note
Sigh, I really didn't want to do this to the kid, but I had to choose between Nihlus or Jenkins dying in this chapter, and Nihlus is more critical to the story.
Alicorn Fury is very similar to Biotic Charge. Nightmare Assualt is a modified version of Adernaline Rush Last call for OC characters. Also, probably should have told this earlier, but Nyx head is about the height of a human's shoulder. If you want to know what the idea for Nyx's last attack on the Prime was from, check this out. Skip to 4:15 for the move.

