Re: Fill: Just Another War Story 2/?
anonymous
March 24 2013, 19:04:25 UTC
“Warp on the banshee, Carter! Now!” Stuck behind low cover, pinned down by a couple of Marauders, her Phaeston barks out in vain. The human has not been a total loss on the mission, though he has had a hard time keeping up with their polished and practiced movements.
A sizzling blue ball goes flying past her head, straight at the screaming Reaper unit, and she follows up with her own biotic mnemonic, pushing out a throw for a biotic explosion. That does for the banshee, but instantly she sees the kid do something stupid when he runs out into the open and murderous Marauder crossfire.
“No, idiot! Get back into cover!” Tereena is up and moving before she’s finished yelling, one hand moving to her last remaining cluster grenade and unhitching it from her belt. She slides in behind a concrete wall, and throws the grenade in one smooth motion at the two Reaper soldiers. Carter is somewhere around the corner, and there fire is concentrated on him, so her grenade catches them by surprise. As soon as she hears the solid boom, she’s up and running, gun ready to dispose of anything around the corner.
Carter is sprawled next to an overturned vehicle, bleeding from somewhere near his shoulder, face scrunched in pain.
“You idiot. Fucking son of a varren. Was I not clear? Were you not supposed to stay in cover?” She ducks down next to him, and checks whether the coast is clear. With no enemies in sight, she squeezes out some medigel and looks at him expectantly.
“So…sorry. Got a bit gung-ho there. Just wanted to- I’m not sure. Won’t happen again.” He unbuckles his armour with a look of contrition, and she gently slathers medigel across the wound. “Thanks for saving my life.”
“Just stay alive, boy. Leave being a hero to Shepard and Vakarian.” Her voice is terse, with a note of steel. Carter’s skin is soft under her talons. She’s never touched a human before. She didn’t know what to expect, but it wasn’t this.
“Tereena, status.” Dalana’s voice cuts across the comm channel.
“Carter’s injured, but nothing serious. All Reaper forces in immediate vicinity are clear.”
“Understood. Command wants us to hack some intelligence nodes in the south-west quadrant. Meet us there.” Carter is finished buckling his armour back on as Dalana’s voice cuts out as abruptly as it cut in. He refreshes his thermal clip with a new one, and nods at her, a little less puppy-like this time.
“Lead the way, ma’am.”
“Alright, follow me. Although we have got to get you a better gun. That Avenger is a piece of pyjack shit. Can’t believe its Alliance issue…”
They traipse off together towards the co-ordinate, watching each others’ backs.
Re: Fill: Just Another War Story 2/?
anonymous
March 25 2013, 08:47:23 UTC
Yay! I'm so excited! It's a nice change of pace to see fills outside of the regular Normandy crew once in a while. Carter is cute, and I like how dry Tereena is. Keep up the good work :D
A sizzling blue ball goes flying past her head, straight at the screaming Reaper unit, and she follows up with her own biotic mnemonic, pushing out a throw for a biotic explosion. That does for the banshee, but instantly she sees the kid do something stupid when he runs out into the open and murderous Marauder crossfire.
“No, idiot! Get back into cover!” Tereena is up and moving before she’s finished yelling, one hand moving to her last remaining cluster grenade and unhitching it from her belt. She slides in behind a concrete wall, and throws the grenade in one smooth motion at the two Reaper soldiers. Carter is somewhere around the corner, and there fire is concentrated on him, so her grenade catches them by surprise. As soon as she hears the solid boom, she’s up and running, gun ready to dispose of anything around the corner.
Carter is sprawled next to an overturned vehicle, bleeding from somewhere near his shoulder, face scrunched in pain.
“You idiot. Fucking son of a varren. Was I not clear? Were you not supposed to stay in cover?” She ducks down next to him, and checks whether the coast is clear. With no enemies in sight, she squeezes out some medigel and looks at him expectantly.
“So…sorry. Got a bit gung-ho there. Just wanted to- I’m not sure. Won’t happen again.” He unbuckles his armour with a look of contrition, and she gently slathers medigel across the wound. “Thanks for saving my life.”
“Just stay alive, boy. Leave being a hero to Shepard and Vakarian.” Her voice is terse, with a note of steel. Carter’s skin is soft under her talons. She’s never touched a human before. She didn’t know what to expect, but it wasn’t this.
“Tereena, status.” Dalana’s voice cuts across the comm channel.
“Carter’s injured, but nothing serious. All Reaper forces in immediate vicinity are clear.”
“Understood. Command wants us to hack some intelligence nodes in the south-west quadrant. Meet us there.” Carter is finished buckling his armour back on as Dalana’s voice cuts out as abruptly as it cut in. He refreshes his thermal clip with a new one, and nods at her, a little less puppy-like this time.
“Lead the way, ma’am.”
“Alright, follow me. Although we have got to get you a better gun. That Avenger is a piece of pyjack shit. Can’t believe its Alliance issue…”
They traipse off together towards the co-ordinate, watching each others’ backs.
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This anon agrees with that line so so much.
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Glad to see everyone is enjoying it so far.
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