Mass Effect: legends

Slipping out of the mass effect field; SSV Normandy had arrived at the star system in need. Joke saw an asteroid heading right for the planet Terra Nova. A human settled and colonized planet; home to millions of innocent lives. Shepard walked up behind him and gazed out the window. She watched as the asteroid moved closer and closer to the planet. From what she could see it was being propelled by three fusion torches.

She looked at Joker and spoke, “Joker can you get us closer?”

He answered, “You're talking to the best pilot in the alliance fleet. Of course, I can get us closer.” He pushed forward on the helm; moving the ship closer to the asteroid.

As they flew closer the ship began to pick up on a distress signal. Shepard quickly ordered everyone to the shuttles. While she took Liara and Ashley with her in the mako. As the Normandy flew by the asteroid the shuttles and the mako were released from the hanger. The mako land close to a broadcasting antenna. While one of the shuttles landed near an outpost bunker. The other landed near a pirate radio station. Spike was with his father and Tali. While Garrus and Kaiden were the only two-person team.

Spike looked at the bunker; he saw energy blast burn marks. He looked at the two and signaled to hold the position. They nodded and took defensive positions behind some crates; they scanned the mountain ridge above them. Wrex had his claymore out and set to the carnage setting. While Tali was ready to use her combat drone. Spike was inside the bunker hacking the computer terminal inside. From what he saw on its files; this was just a typical research outpost. Mainly studying soil composition and valuable resource efficiency. He continued hacking until he found the security node he needed. After the node was down a message appeared on the screen. It seemed to be a security alert; triggered by a shutdown at the main facility. He read the message on the screen and stood up as fast as he could. He sprinted to the exit both guns are drawn and ready to fire. The two outside looked at the entrance as the door opened. They saw Spike his guns drawn and aimed at something behind them.

Spike shouted, “Get down!” He pulled the triggers on his guns.

Both Tali and Wrex ducked down just as two rocket drones were destroyed behind them. The two readied their weapons; just as two rockets were fired from two of the three remaining drones. Spike had to roll out of the way in order to keep from being hit. Tali dropped the shields of one of them; allowing her to hack its mainframe. She scrambled it's targeting parameters and made it fire on the other drones. Wrex used his carnage setting to destroy the one that wasn't being fired on. As the hacked drone destroyed the other; all three of them destroyed it as the hack deactivated and it was back to targeting them.

Wrex spoke, “Clear, everyone okay?” He received nods fro the two; immediately he asked, “Spike, what happened?”

Spike answered, “Security system,” He answered as he stared off and pointed towards something in the distance, “Apparently the scientist stationed here; was trying to get to the main facility. Off in that direction; before he left he activated the defense system.” As he finished their communicators went off.

The commander's voice came through, “Check, Check, can everyone hear me?” they each responded and she continued, “Everyone is careful; we just shut down one of the fusion torches. We're dealing with a group of Batarian extremists.” She finished.

They each responded with an affirmative before she told them each to liberate the other fusion torches. Kaiden and Garrus were on their way to the second fusion torch. Leaving the third to Spike, Wrex, and Tali. The three quickly made their way to the fusion torch closest to them. As they made their way there; they came across a dead body. Possibly the body of the scientist that was stationed there. He had a wound to the back of his head; possibly from sniper fire. Tali searched his body and found his bag. It contained an Omni-tool and a pistol. They soon continued their way to the torch; they had to deal with automated cannons. The cannons were a little difficult to deal with since they didn't have the mako. But, eventually, they did destroy them all. They soon made their way inside; encountering a small platoon of Batarians. They even had to deal with some automated drones and Varren. They had little trouble getting through them. Eventually, they reached the control console and shut down the torch. As they began to walk out; they were greeted by another group of Batarians.

One of them shouted, “Hold it right there! This doesn't have to end in bloodshed.”

Spike questioned, “I thought that was all you Batarians know.”

The Batarian responded, “I've been under orders to destroy you,” He paused for a minute before he continued, “But' I would like to end this peacefully.” He finished.

Tali spoke back, “Peacefully, I'm surprised you even know that word.”

The Batarian rolled his eyes in annoyance; he continued, “Look I just lead the men; Balak is the mastermind behind this.”

Wrex questioned, “What exactly is this?”

The Batarian answered, “It was supposed to be a typical slave grab,” He was silent for a moment before he sighed, “But, now it's gone way too far.” He finished.

Spike growled, “I think this went way too far a long time ago! Take a look if it wasn't for us; your little slave grab would've killed thousands if not millions on the planet bellow!”

The Batarian lifted his hands up, “Hey, if it was up to me; we would have left a long time ago,” He paused once more before continuing, “But, Balak is a mean bastard. Hell, he'd skin me alive if I betrayed him.”

Wrex spoke, “Your boss has no honor,” The looked at him, “He dares to drop an asteroid on his enemies; rather than face them in battle. That's no warrior I'd want to follow. The damn man is a coward and you are no better.” He finished.

Everything was quiet for a moment; the silence was eerie almost too calm. The Batarian sighed heavily before he turned towards his men. He then spoke, “Come on men. Let's get off this rock.” He finished only to have his men aim their guns at him, “Weapons down!” He ordered.

One of them spoke, “Sorry, Charn. But, Balak's orders were to eliminate anyone who interferes with the mission.” The Batarian cocked his shotgun once.

The other spoke up, “That includes anyone who decides to betray us,” He aimed his rifle at Charn's head, “Even you, old friend.” He finished.

Charn growled, “You dare turn on me!”

Before the two knew it he had pulled his pistol; he shot the one with the shotgun in the head. Before he used a biotic throw on the other. Sending him flying back into a fuel tank; which he quickly shot. Causing said tank to explode and kill the other. He stared forward at the flames before he turned back towards the three.

He spoke, “I can get you into the main base; that's where Balak and the other hostages are.” He watched as they put away their weapons, “Come on, follow me. We got a tank out back.” He finished as he leads them out.

It didn't take them long to reach the facility; from the outside, they could hear the muffled sounds of gunfire and grenade explosions. The four readied their weapons; before Charn lead them to a back entrance. The had to run down a series of hallways; gunfire and explosions echoed through them. Screams and yells echoed as well; it sounded like something almost out of a horror movie. Eventually, the reached the main lab; just in time to see Balak and commander Shepard talking, Shepard noticed the four but Balak did not. They could hear them talking to the commander; listening as he informed her about the remaining bombs that were placed about the facility. It left Shepard with only two choices. Kill him and let the scientists die or let him go and save the scientists. Thankfully, she didn't have to worry about them later. She chose to let him leave; only to have him killed by Charn the moment he turned around.

Shortly after another huge gunfight broke out inside the facility. They each provided cover-fire for Shepard as she deactivated the bombs. When it was all over; most of the scientists were safe. While the others made their way back to the Normandy. On the Normandy, the team waited patiently for the commander's return. Charn was the only one seated; the others were standing and looking at him. All of them had good reasons to be leery of him. He had assisted Charn in the taking of the asteroid. And, he was more than ready to defend Balak's insane plan. But, that all changed the moment his men turned on him. The doors to the room opened and Shepard walked in. She had a stern look on her face as she walked towards her team. They each stepped aside as she continued to walk by; watching as she came to a stop in front of Charn. He looked up at her seeing her glaring down at him.

Shepard asked, “What's your name?”

Charn answered, “Charn.”

She continued, “Tell me, Charn. What the fuck would a group of Batarian extremists gain; by causing a mass genocide on a planet. Colonized by humans of the alliance. And, don't give me that bullshit Balak spoke.”

Charn was quiet for a moment before he answered, “Nothing,” He was silent before he stood up and continued, “Like I said before it was supposed to be a slave grab. But, that maniac had other plans. Plans that included turning my men, men that I fought beside during the war. Men who had been my good friends for years. Men, who I gladly would've died to protect,” He was silent again as his hands balled into fists, “It felt good to kill that bastard. But, it hurt more to kill those men I once knew,” He walked up to her, “Our species may not be the greatest of allies. But, I know of a few more outposts and leaders that think exactly like Balak. I'll give you the coordinates, but only on one condition.”

Shepard questioned, “And, that is?”

Charn replied, “You take me with you. That way nothing like this can ever happen again,” He grew quiet before he looked down; he reached for his neck and pulled out a small trinket he had been wearing underneath his armor. He then continued, “And, that way I can stop my former brothers in arms.” He finished.

Shepard pondered for a moment before she gave her answer, “Okay, we'll help you. But, in return, you help us stop Saren.”

Charn questioned, “Saren? Is that the rouge specter I have heard about?”

She nodded, “Yes, you help us after we're done helping you. And, I might put in a word with command saying how a deep cover batarian operative assisted us in stopping a terrorist attack.”

Charn was not passing this up; he quickly answered, “Deal.”

Shepard extended her hand; the moment she felt his hand she pulled him close. She threatened him, “But, if at any moment you decide to betray us. I will personally throw you out of the airlock and have our pilot shoot you with the Normandy's cannons. Am I clear!?”

He replied, “Crystal.” She then let him.

Garrus asked, “Is there anything you can offer to the team aside from the coordinates?”

Charn looked at him and answered, “I have connections in the black market. I can get you illegal mods, weapons, and ammo for you all. After all since were working with a specter “Illegal” weaponry is simply another tool for them.” He finished.

Shepard responded, “If it means getting an edge of Saren. Hell yeah, I'll take it,” She looked at her team, “All of you are dismissed.”

The team broke off and headed to various areas of the Normandy. While Shepard relayed a quick message to the Alliance. Spike is shown heading off to the area he had been resting in. It was a crawl space between the Normandy's fusion reactor core and E-zero recycler. If anyone was caught in the crawl space; they would die from the heat. But, for him, it was a nice warm spot for him to grab a quick nap. As he lay there in the space; his mind drifting off to sleep; his scales began to itch and burn. He began to scratch himself unaware that his body had started to glow. He gasped as he found himself sitting up inside a large cave.

He spoke, “What the hell?”

A roar echoed through the cave; he quickly drew his weapons and aimed in the direction of the roar. Although through the cave it echoed; years of training in the tunnels of Turchanka. He learned how to focus on the origin point of the sound. He heard it in his left ear first; then he heard it in his right. He followed the path down; the sound eventually getting louder and louder. Until he eventually found where it came from. He saw two creatures that looked almost like him; except for some big differences. For starters, one was a red male the other was a pink female. By the looks of it, the red one was going to kill the female. He unfolded his wings and flew up; hitting the male off the female.

The red male growled, “Who are you?!” he glared forward the new dragon.

Spike answered, “Urdnot,” He stared as he aimed his gun at the male, “Urdnot, Spike.” He finished as he pulled the trigger on both of his guns.

The male was knocked backward onto his back. He groaned loudly as he lost consciousness. Instead of the normal shredder ammo, he preferred using. Spike had used a heavy concussive blast; it hurt and felt like hell. But, it did its job when it came to knocking a person out. He turned and looked at the female; she was staring right at him.

Spike asked, “You okay?”

The female took a moment to respond, “Yes.”

Spike turned away and looked back at the male, “Good,” His eyes then drifted upwards towards a crystal formation. Atop the crystal formation was a strange crystal staff with a large red crystal on it, “Hell is that?” He walked towards it; walked over the dragon he had just knocked out. He used his wings again to fly up to the top of the crystal. He grabbed the strange staff; only to feel a surge of power course through his body. A beam of light shot out of the staff; it blinded him for a moment. It was then he noticed the burning and itching stopped.

Spike sighed, “Well, that's a relief.” He then looked at the staff; to hi it was just a piece of jewelry; something useless and not needed for his species. He looked at the other two. The male was still out of it; while the female was bowing?

He growled, “Stand up,” The female stood, “Never bow to me ever,” He flew down and landed in front of her, “You never bow to anybody unless you're their slave. I don't own you and never will; so don't you ever bow to me. Got it!”

She quickly answered, “Yes, Dragon-lord.”

He growled, “My name is Urdnot Spike.”

She replied, “My name is Ember,” She smiled, “Honored to meet you Dragon-lord Urdnot Spike.” That earned her a hard punch to her gut; she coughed loudly as the wind was forcefully knocked out of her.

Spike spoke, “It's Urdnot Spike. I am not dragon-lord; I am not your battle master, I am a Krogan!” He growled before shoving the staff into her hands. He felt the power surge again but he didn't care. He started to walk away from her.

Ember stood up, “No, Wait you're the.”

Spike interrupted her with a growl, “Again, I am not a Dragon-lord! I am Urdnot Spike and unless you want me to skin you alive! You will remember that!” He finished with a shout the echoed loudly through the cave.

Everything was silent for a moment; until he unfolded his wings and began to fly. He searched for an exit and eventually found it. He flew all the way into the blinding light; when the light dimmed he found himself looking up into a small flashlight being held by doctor chakawas. He sat up with a startled yell.

Doctor Chakawas spoke, “Spike, calm down. You're okay.” She spoke to the startled krogan.

Spike asked, “Where am I? What happened?”

She answered, “You're in the medical ward of the ship. One of the engineers found you thrashing about in a maintenance shaft; glowing like a star. Originally I thought of it as radiation poisoning; that was until your scales stopped glowing an hour ago.”

Spike quickly asked, “How long was I out?”

She answered, “About six hours,” She walked over to a monitor, “On a hunch, I scanned your brain. I discovered something; while you were asleep you seemed to be dreaming.”

He asked, “Dreaming?”

She nodded before responding, “Yes, by the way, your brain responded. It was a very vivid dream; is everything okay?”

He nodded, “Yeah,” He started to get up, “Nothing that bottle of ryncol can't fix.” He chuckled causing her to chuckle.

He then walked out of the medical ward and made his way back down to the hangar bay. While in the elevator he looked down at the palm of his hand. He thought nothing of it at first; until he brought it up to his nostrils and took a quick whiff. Sure enough, he smelt the scent of the staff mere moments ago. He also smelled trace scents of the female he had punched. He shook his head to clear the scent from his head. He didn't need the female's scent in his head; he had to concentrate on the mods. With Charn's connections, he could possibly get mods that normally don't get sold at local stores. Plus, he wouldn't have to run the risk with C-sec anymore.

Ember flew through the cloud-filled sky scepter in hand. She looked at it; feeling it's power already coursing through her. Normally any dragon or dragoness would be overjoyed after becoming the dragon-lord. But, she was handed the title by a dragon who hated being called dragon-lord. It was strange, yet it was a good kind of strange.

She smiled as she said to herself, “Urdnot Spike, I hope we get a chance to meet again.”