Chapter 1 - Exodus
Loud music was playing in the streets outside Club Violet Nova, which wasn't an unusual thing. This was one of the Citadel's less known clubs, located in one of the five arms in a back alley neighborhood. As such the club was frequently visited by many shady figures of the Citadel underground. Leaning against the wall at the entrance of the club was a young Asari. Her curves were perfect, her skin was a deep blue. Her face was round and smooth and she was wearing a rather revealing dress. This picture of beauty was getting some air outside when she was approached by several men who intended to have some "fun" with this seemingly defenseless girl. As they advanced towards her the Asari was noticeably getting nervous. However once one of the men grabbed her arm a white flash of light filled the street. But a moment later this beautiful young Asari was gently walking back inside the club as the men lay unconscious on the floor. Her hips had a lovely swing, as her perfectly shaped behind went back and forth several eyes turned her way admiring the sheer beauty of this lovely young lady.
Her name was Sira I'riane, the daughter of an Asari dancer who worked in Club Violet Nova. A stunning beauty as well as a skilled biotic, Sira lived on the Citadel with her mother who still took care of her. As mature as Sira was, she still hadn't reached her maiden stage yet and was as such bound to live with her mother until she was ready to leave the safety of her home and explore the galaxy. It wouldn't be long until she would leave though, already at her young age of 49 Sira was showing the signs of a maiden. Her body was growing and showing more and more signs of becoming a real woman, as well as her mentality which was slowly becoming more intrigued by the idea of exploration and experimentation. The most noticeable change would undoubtedly be her growing fondness of intimate relationships with other species. While her mother was in the club working, Sira would regularly visit and pick up what she found the most attractive of men, women and other genders.
Sira had already melded with a few humans and other Asari when her mother became aware of her daughter's growing desire for experimentation and as mothers are she prohibited Sira from melding until she had become a maiden. However Sira didn't agree with this and did as she saw fit anyway, to which her mother eventually succumbed and let Sira do whatever she wanted. The tension between the two of them was enormous. Sira was the complete opposite of her mother, partially because her father was a Turian. She was very strong willed and more than capable of taking care of herself, and wanted to show that she was in fact already a maiden. On her own Sira ventured through the entire Citadel, exploring as much as she could without leaving the station, to great distress of her mother at times who would find Sira had left their home again.
Then came the day that would change everything. In her travels across the Citadel, Sira had heard rumors of a war going on in the galaxy. That fabled machines called the Reapers had come to the galaxy to wipe out all life. She didn't believe it, she had heard on the news about Saren and Shepard but always thought that the Reapers were a story to scare people into submission and never took the whole thing seriously. But as the rumors became more and more present Sira had become increasingly worried that her life as she knew it would abruptly come to an end. Unfortunately that is exactly what happened. During the Cerberus raid of the Citadel, Sira was at home sleeping in, but her mother was in the presidium commons for a business meeting concerning employment in Purgatory Bar. When Sira woke up she couldn't find her mother, she went to Club Violet Nova to look for her only to learn what had happened. How the Citadel was raided by Cerberus, how the presidium commons were the most heavily hit areas, and that her mother had been there.
Sira rushed to the commons herself, not knowing if Cerberus was still there or not. She searched and searched but could not find a single sign of her mother. This at first reassured her, her mother wasn't in the commons when the attack hit, but something in the back of her head continued to make her feel a certain tension in her. On her gut feeling Sira decided to head down to the nearest hospital and asked if they had any records on her mother. Shaking as she asked the cleric if her mother was ok, if she had been taken to a hospital or not. Before the answer came Sira already knew what it was going to be, her mother had indeed received medical treatment but unfortunately died because of her injuries several hours before Sira arrived. The shock of it overwhelmed Sira as she fell down to her knees, she wanted to cry but for some reason she couldn't. It wasn't sadness that had taken hold of her heart, it was anger.
A deep hatred for Cerberus had nested itself inside Sira, the desire to destroy them, to avenge her mother. To avenge the only person who ever really cared for her, even though she disliked so much about her. Disheartened by the news Sira headed to the docks, she wanted to dream away that she could catch a ship off of the station and fight Cerberus, fight these reapers that caused Cerberus to be so aggressive. As she sat on the balcony watching the view she overheard some Alliance Marines talking. Apparently there was a special operatives program where any capable body could volunteer to fight off the reapers. It was a no-brainer for Sira, she knew what she had to do. She rushed home and packed some stuff, including several of her mother's black and red dancing outfits. She knew that she would join this operatives program and fight reapers, and that she would do so wearing her mother's dancing outfit, as a last tribute to her deceased parent. She was motivated and convinced that her biotic abilities would help her reach her goal of taking revenge on Cerberus. Sira went back to the docks, approached the marines and asked about this program. And not much later she was on an Alliance vessel heading towards the operatives HQ, ready to wreak havoc.