Broken

The night was dark, cold. It didn't affect the people in here though. Unlike the Presidium, there was no artificial day-night cycle in the Wards. As a consequence of this, commercial activity rarely ceases, and residents work an rest according to personal need. But this night was different, silent. Some would say it was too silent. But he didn't. He liked silence, made the job easier. He watched as the last man finally went home, trough the street, to his home, to his family. He waited until he was sure no one could hear or see him before he left his hiding place. He'd stayed in the shadows, moving quickly. Still no one would have heard him. Because he wouldn't let them. He didn't want to be heard. Didn't want to be seen. So it didn't happen. A few times he had to wait. And every time he made sure no one could see him as they passed by. And so he went, as a knife in the dark, to his destination.

It didn't took him long to reach it. He gazed over to the other end of the street. Numerous skyscrapers rose from the superstructure, sealed against vacuum, as the breathable atmosphere in the Wards is only maintained to a height of approximately seven meters. He began to walk faster. He almost ran. But still, he didn't made a sound. He entered one of the buildings. If the people in the hallway had even heard him entering at all, they hide that damn well. One of them looked at the door, she thought she'd heard it open. But he was already gone. It was going all way too easy for him. He liked to be challenged, and this job certainly was not a challenge. With a small smile on his mouth he was thinking about taking the elevator, but in the end he didn't. He liked being challenged, but he was not a fool. The man moved across the upper floor of the hallway up into the ventilation systems. He knew where he had to go, and slowly moved towards it. He also knew that the ventilation systems were getting tighter and soon he wouldn't be able to move any further. So when the stairs where visible beneath him he exited the systems and quickly moved up.

He had finally reached his floor. Outside the window he saw the other arms of the Citadel, it was a long way down. Looking up to the ceiling he saw that it was made from big metal plates. That could work in his average. He pulled himself up and shove one of the plates backwards, making enough room for him to go through. When the plate was back in its original place he crawl towards his target. There was a small access hole for maintenance, so he could get above the room he needed to be. There was another wall that split the room in two, again with access for maintenance. But this time he needed to bypass security to get through it. He'd never been a good technician and concluded that he was satisfied with his current location. With care he shoved another metal plate away so he could oversee the room. He noticed there was no one in there so he had to wait. Nothing else to do, he over thought his mission again.

The Batarian man walked around, nervous. "So you're the famous Mr. Krios?" he said. I don't reply, I just nod. The man continued; "Well Drell here is the problem. People are dying. My people are dying. And you know why?" I know but I don't say a thing. "Some terrorist is killing them!" the man is frustrated, he throws things across the room. "fifteen, FIFTEEN, all dead. Just by one shot in the head. In each en everyone of them. And I lost them in just THREE days!" I'm slightly impressed, killing fifteen people in three days, all with one head shot takes years of training. He doesn't know. "I know this terrorist is after me, I'm the leader of this group. Untill now he has only killed the Batarians that joined last month, let's keep it that way. Their former group leader, Eluam, stays in an hotel in the lower wards. The Batarians who died still saw him as their leader, they didn't know I was. I want you to kill Eluam before he betrays me." I am surprised. "Killing people still innocent is not my job," I reply, "If you have trouble in you're organization you have to handle it yourself." The man smiles. "I think you'd find his death justified. I'm certain he and his group where part of the group that attacked the human colony one year ago. They have ether killed or enslaved everyone in the entire population." My face hardened, the man didn't noticed. "Consider it done." The man is pleased with himself, I can see. "It's a win-win situation." He says as I turn around and walk to the door. "Oh, and Mr. Krios?" I stop. "If you'd happen to run into the terrorist I was talking about, you'd better kill him too."

Thane shook up from his memories when he heard the door open. He moves, making himself ready to jump down. He can't see them yet but he can hear three man walking in, all Batarian. Two of them look suspicious across the room, moving into eyesight, before the other one closes and locks the door. You can never be too careful. If only they knew. Thane can see the one who locked the door now. But they are still too far away for him to attack. He just has to be patient. There was no time for being patient, but he didn't knew that. One second there was nothing. The next he heard the sound of an metal plate hitting one of the Batarians on the head. At the same time a woman jumped down from the ceiling, from behind the wall and door he didn't bother to bypass. Thane is a bit shocked, he never had competition before. Especially not with an assassination. He jumped down, weapon pulled, but didn't fire it yet. He was curious about how this was going to end. Neither the woman nor the Batarians noticed him.

The Batarians where still shocked about her entry and the woman, wel she was busy finishing of the first who'd just managed to throw the plate of his head. She shoot her pistol, a single bullet forced into his head. There was no sound, she must had muted her weapon. One of the still remaining Batarians, he assumed it was Eluam, moved backwards. Closer to Thane. They still hadn't notice him. The woman was already fighting the next, he didn't had a weapon and she had putted hers away so it was a hand-to-hand. Well, not exactly. The Batarian tried really hard to hit and kick her in any way but every time he thought he would, she smoothly dodged and moved away from his fists or ducked under his kicks. She held her hands behind her back while doing this, it almost looked like she was playing with him. Teasing him. In the mean time Eluam had managed to move further away without the woman noticed it. Too bad for him, he bumped straight into Thane who easily tackled him to the ground and returned his eyes to the fight. The Batarian, who still hadn't manage to hit the woman, looked tired. Unlike the woman, who made him think of an Krogan on blood rage. The Batarian stopped his attacks and bow over to catch his breath. The woman looked at him like he was an filthy animal. She tilted her head, "Bored now," She said with mild voice as her hands and arms began to glow with dark energy. With just one movement the Batarian was lifted into the air. He looked like he was going to choke and puke at the same time, but before he could do any of these things he was taken down by a head shot. Thane had moved away from Eluam and did his best to not be in the woman's way. He'd already saw there was more going on here then simple terrorism.

The woman moved quickly, in a few moments she was next Eluam who was begging for his life. She kneeled next to him "Remember me?" She asked with bitter-sweet voice. Eluam studied her, so did Thane. She was, pretty... you know... for a human. She had a thin nose, full lips painted gold/brown, high cheekbones and big eyes which were bright blue, the fact that her mascara, eye shadow and eyeliner where black made her eyes even brighter blue. She wore something that reminded him strongly to an Asari commando exept for the fact the boots had heels and it wasn't brown as with the commando's but dark green, almost black. Her long, blond hair reached to her hips and she had a pale skin, almost white.

Eluam was really panicking now, "No.. No.. I've n-n-never seen you b-b-before in my ent-ire life!" He stuttered. Dark energy made her light up. "LIAR!" She shouted and threw him across the room with her biotics. He slammed against the wall. "Look at me! LOOK AT ME!" She shouted, pointing towards her face as she walked towards Eluam. "AND TELL ME I DON'T LOOK FAMILIAR!" Eluam's eyes widened. "Oh, shit..." he tried to crawl back but he ended up with his back on the wall, the words had sad where nothing more than a whisper but they both heard it. "See that wasn't so hard?" again kneeling next to him, again talking with her sweet voice. "You where a leader of bad people, Eluam. You know that?" Eluam tried to say something but she slapped him with the back of her hand. "LET ME FINISH!" she shouted, she paused, closed her eyes, and returned to her sweet voice. "But it's good you recognized me, I would be offended if you didn't... It only has been one year." Thane's eyes widened as he began to realize it. "You've killed all of my friends... They were good people, didn't hurt a fly." Her tone was so sweet... She was broken because of her loss. "And Jasmine and Rowena, Kali, Lindsey and Yan..." She tilted her head. "You've took them with you, but you may not do such thing... They where my sisters and he was my brother. You don't own them..." She stood up. "YOU DON'T OWN THEM" She screamed, throwing Eluam against the opposite wall. Again, walking right behind, kneeling in front of him to bring her eyes somewhat at the same height as his four. "I was just sixteen and you've took them all away you've killed them!" she looks older than she is, must be the make-up thought Thane "You've even killed Owen, he was nice. Learnt me stuff. They used to say he was the best spy in the Galaxy... Well, I guess he can't wear that title anymore can he? I learn everything I can from him... Except my biotic abilities of course I've learnt them myse-" She was interrupted by a terrifying scream from the other side of the room. One of the Batarians she shot screamed like he was in intense pain.

The other followed soon after him. "Oh Yeah, THAT's my new toy." She said with a smile. "the bullets are poisonous, they can't do damage though, they just for applying the poison into organs. It's a really nasty one, killing all your cells one by one... Just like you did to everyone I know. Everyone that mattered..." The screaming stopped. Thane walked over to the Batarians and snapped their necks in case they weren't death yet. He made sure the girl didn't noticed it. "You've killed Daddy, haven't you? He used to wear a white shirt but the dark red spot is growing, he tries to say something to me, but the only thing that comes out is blood. It's in my hair and clothes. Then our dear Eluam here walks in, shooting him trough his head." The girl focused back on him, "Did you had fun killing him? Watching his blood got splashed all over me?" Her face hardened "WELL DID YOU?" this time she threw him to the middle of the room, against the desk that was standing there. "You laughed after it, so I guess you did..." This time she stood still in front of him. She took a new thermal clip from the belt pouch on her waist and loaded her pistol with it. "You'd still remember what you did to my mother? What you made me watch?" The girl pressed her hand on her ears. "I still hear her scream, the scream of death. But after tonight she has no reason to scream anymore." She took the gun and pressed it against his forehead. "The same thing YOU did to MY mother? Its gonna happen to you." Eluam's eyes grew big, he begged her not to do it. She didn't hear it. She didn't feel. She just... pulled the trigger.


So, I have dyslexia and English is not my first language. Don't be too hard on me.. I'm already writhing the next chapter first I wanted it right after this one as one chapter but this one got longer than I expected ^,^