No. 17. Grunt and Shepard. Either male or female is fine. Aaaannd shoot.
ayyyy i’m gonna use my feliks shepard cause that’s who i’m working through me2 with atm
17. “Looks like we’ll be trapped for a while…”
Shepard yawned as he left Engineering. They still had a few hours before they got to Omega. Plenty of time for a quick nap.
Just as the elevator doors were closing, a big, meaty, three-fingered hand shot in between them, startling them back open. Shepard raised an eyebrow, then nodded to himself as Grunt came lumbering in after his hand. “Hey, Grunt,” he said, automatically raising a hand to the console again. “Mess hall?”
Grunt nodded with a, well, grunt. “What’re you doing down here, Shepard?”
Shepard shrugged and tapped the button for the crew deck. “I was talking to Tali. We’ll be dropping by Omega to help Samara with something in a few hours, feel like coming along?”
“Only if we get to shoot something this time.” Grunt growled and shook his head as the elevator groaned and started its ascent.
Shepard nodded to himself. Fair enough. The last mission Grunt had gotten brought along on had been a jaunty jog around Illium, running favors for Liara and not getting in fights. He could understand why Grunt might be a little antsy.
Suddenly, there was a creak, and a shriek, and a shudder, and the elevator stopped. Shepard stumbled as the metal box shook, and grabbed hold of the console to stabilize himself. “EDI, what’s going on?” he barked. The AI could hear him in here, right?
Thankfully, yes. “Analyzing... I’m sorry, Shepard, but the elevator has suffered a physical malfunction.”
Shepard stiffened, sharing a look with Grunt. “What kind of physical malfunction?”
“It would appear that one of the gears responsible for moving the elevator has become stuck.”
“Isn’t this ship brand new?” Grunt snapped. Shepard had to agree.
“Engineer Donnelly has complained about slapdash construction of the SR-2 on multiple occasions,” EDI mused. “It is possible this is another consequence of Cerberus attempting to upgrade from the SR-1 in such a short period of time.”
A new voice rose from Shepard’s omni-tool. “That’s what you get when you put a businessman in charge of an engineering project,” Daniels said. “You ask for a rush job, you get a bad job. Don’t worry, Shepard, EDI already told us what’s up. She patched us in to your omni-tool so we can talk. We’ll have you guys out of there in a jiffy.”
Shepard shook his head with a scowl. “Once we get the Collectors taken care of, we’re taking this ship in for going-over with a fine-tooth comb,” he told Grunt, leaning back against the wall and sliding to the floor. “Looks like we’ll be trapped for a while. Hope you weren’t too hungry.”