Just a Mass Effect Fanfic

The End?

(This takes place a little over a month after the previous chapter)

(Joker is piloting the Normandy through citadel space on a routine patrol)

Joker: Disengaging FTL drives. Emission sinks active. Board is green, we are running silent

Pressly: We're wasting our time. For 4 days we've been searching up and down this sector, and we still haven't found any signs of geth activity

Joker: 3 alliance ships went missing here in the past month. SOMETHING had to have happened to them

Pressly: My money's on slavers. The terminus system's crawling with them

Ensign: I'm picking something up on the long-range scanner. An unidentified vessel. It looks like a cruiser

Joker: Hmm... It doesn't match any known signatures...

Ensign: The cruiser's changing course. Now on intercept trajectory

Pressly: Can't be. The stealth systems are engaged. There's no way a geth ship could-

Joker: It's not the geth! Brace for evasive maneuvers!

(A large vessel piloted by a race only known as the collectors starts firing laser blasts at the Normandy)

(Joker does his best to avoid the blasts. He manages to avoid a few shots, but a laser manages to hit the Normandy, damaging it severely)

(The laser blast kills Pressly and Ensign)

Joker: Somebody get those fires out!

(The Normandy's oxygen supply starts dropping dangerously low. A couple of crewmates use fire extinguishers to fight the fires)

(Thorne and Liara are by a computer, with Shepard rapidly typing)

Thorne: Talk to me, Joker! What the hell's going on out there?!

Joker: Kinetic shields are down! Multiple hull breaches! Weapons offline! We're under attack from an unidentified vessel!

Thorne: Shit! Activate the mayday beacon!

(Shepard and Liara rush in)

Shepard: The distress beacon is ready for launch

Liara: Will alliance reinforcements get here in time?

Shepard: I hope so

(The ship starts to rock as it gets pummeled with laser blasts. Everyone who's standing struggles to keep their balance)

Shepard: The alliance wouldn't abandon us. We just need to hold on. Tali and Ashley are getting everyone onto the escape shuttles with Garrus and Kaidan helping trapped survivors

Liara: Joker's still in the cockpit. He won't abandon ship. I'm not leaving either

Thorne: I can get him

Shepard: No. I need you two to get onto the evac shuttles with the crew. I'll go and get Joker

Liara: Shepard?

Shepard: Go. Now

Liara: Fine. Be careful

(Liara runs towards the escape shuttles, but Thorne sees someone trapped under debris)

Crewmate: Help! Somebody help me!

Thorne: Hold on! I'll get you out of there!

(Thorne uses every ounce of strength in his arms to lift some debris off of the crewmate's legs, and he pulls himself out with his arms)