So I was reading some Mass Effect fics (Consuming Direct Control, Glorious Shotgun Princess, etc), and this plot bunny spontaneously spawned.

A lot of this dialogue is copied verbatim from Mass Effect 2. *Jedi Mind Trick* Ignore my lack of imagination in the conversations.

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*Jedi Mind Trick again* Ignore my use of the Jedi Mind Trick in a series that is not part of the Star Wars EU.

"What can you tell me about the project? Were there any other test subjects?" Shepard asked.

Jacob started to answer then paused in thought. "You know, I think there was one more. I don't know the details though. You'd have to ask Miranda."

After a few more questions, Jacob's communicator beeped.

"Check. Check. Anyone on this frequency? Anyone still alive out there? Hello?"

"Wilson? This is Jacob. I'm here with Commander Shepard. Just took out a wave of mechs over in D Wing."

"Shepard's alive? How the hell… never mind. You need to get him out of there. Get to the service tunnels and head for the network control room."

"Roger that, Wilson. Stay on this frequency."

"I think I remember a Wilson checking on me one time when I woke up…" Shepard noted.

"That's him. He's the chief medical tech. Answers directly to Miranda."

"Would he know anything about that other subject?"

"Maybe. I'll ask him as we move. If it's on the way and they're able to be moved, maybe we can pick him or her up. C'mon, the service tunnels are this way."

They didn't get the chance to ask Wilson over the radio, because he started yelling about being found by the mechs. Jacob and Shepard immediately double-timed it to his position.

"Bastards got me in the leg," Wilson groaned.

A quick medi-gel patch later, Wilson was up and mobile again.

"Jacob said Project Lazarus had another test subject. Are they awake too?" Shepard asked.

"Another…? Oh. No. He hasn't shown any kind of response. Physically, he's fine, but he won't wake up. It's probably because his remains were so much older than your own. We had to practically clone everything from scratch."

"I see. Well then, there's no point I suppose. We have to focus on saving our own asses right now."

Of course, that was easier said than done. Right on cue, a squad of mechs came through the door leading to the shuttles and opened fire.

Shepard, Jacob, and Wilson scrambled for cover.

Wilson indicated the canisters on the far side of the room. "We can Overload the canisters to clear a path to the shuttles."

That advice ended up not being needed.

All the mechs suddenly stopped firing and let out mechanized yells of pain. The three humans stopped and stared as tendrils of electricity erupted from the mechs and flowed to a point just out of their sight.

Shepard and Jacob kept their guns trained on the open door as the electricity stopped and the mechs collapsed, completely powerless.

A man stepped into view. Shepard aimed his pistol at him.

"Whoa. No need for that," the man said in a gravely voice, raising his hands. "Wouldn't do you much good anyway."

"I don't believe it," Wilson muttered. "How is he awake?"

"Identify yourself," Shepard ordered, not lowering his gun.

The man blinked. "Wait. You don't know who I am? Thought everybody knew my face. You know, 'The Demon of Empire City'? 'New Marais' Devil'?"

"Those names aren't inspiring me with an urge to not shoot you," Shepard deadpanned.

"Huh. Well in that case, just call me Cole. Cole McGrath."

I'm very annoyed that there isn't a good crossover between Mass Effect and inFamous. Somebody who reads this will be inspired to fix this, right?

Obviously, this is Heroic Cole. After all, if it were Evil Cole, the human race would be comprised entirely of Conduits by this point.

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Actually, that'd be a pretty interesting fic as well.

Relay 314 Incident

*turians attack*

*bombardment by Conduit powers*

Turians: "Holy ****! What the hell kind of biotics are those?!"

I've got the info I wanted from canon, so SNGaP Chapter 11 is in the works. I'm hesitant to set a date, because I've been wrong pretty much every time before now. Let's just say sometime between now and the 4th of July.