Inspired by Kick-Ass the movie.
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"Omega. What a shithole." Miranda muttered.
"My god woman. Would you stop complaining?" Shepard glared at her 'second-in-command'.
"But why Omega? We could've went to the Citadel or even Illium for supplies. Anything is better than this place." Miranda pointed out, walking alongside Shepard, Garrus, and Tali.
"Okay. One: I'm the Commander. And you aren't. Two: We haven't been to Omega in a long time. And three: Omega has better bars." Shepard named off, using her fingers to count.
Miranda didn't answer back, leaving Shepard silently cheering that she won the argument. Garrus looked between the two human women and shook his head. Tali smiled, relishing in the moment. It has been awhile since Shepard openly joked after finally reading that message about Horizon from Kaidan Alenko.
"I'm going to get the weapon upgrades. Meet you at Afterlife." Miranda said with a swing of her hair over her shoulder, and she walked off toward the general direction of the markets.
"Guess its just us three then." Shepard noted. She gestured for the two to follow as they walked the streets of Omega. "You know what's funny? It actually does smell like shit here."
Garrus chose to ignore that while Tali slightly giggled. "I guess so."
The three old friends wandered the place, gawking at every lit up building they saw. "Too bad the Reapers will destroy it all huh?" Shepard commented, the pessimistic side of her showing.
"Aw come on Shepard. Where is this coming from?" Tali questioned, looking at her friends strangely.
"Doesn't it feel like at times…like its all impossible? All those Collectors? That was just the beginning and we're already tired from it all. Nobody is helping us, not the Council, the Alliance, and barely Cerberus. It just feels like as if we're on our own." She explained, gesturing wildly.
"You have us." Garrus cut in, nudging his Commander a bit.
"I suppose I do." Shepard sighed and leaned into her turian slightly. "Time to kick ass."
Miranda strolled through the filthy streets of Omega, glancing behind her every so often. Even though she was armed with an upgraded heavy pistol, kinetic shields, and biotics, she still felt vulnerable. She was out in the open, an easy target for snipers and close combat thugs.
Hurrying to get her destination, she sped walked. She faintly heard footsteps following her through her genetically modified ears. Cursing underneath her breathe, she walked even faster, nearly running.
The footsteps just got louder.
Miranda gripped her pistol, waiting for the shots to come. None of them came. Only the quick knock-out punch that even her shields couldn't protect against.
"I hate being out of my armor." Shepard grumbled, crossing her arms.
"Then why'd you wear that?" Garrus asked, pointing to her N7 casual wear.
"Wanted to feel comfortable. Besides, that armor can be a pain in the ass to wear." Shepard explained, tugging her white tee down tighter. "I thought you liked this better than that 'restricting' armor anyways?"
"Oh I did. I just think you look more 'bad ass' in your armor as well." Garrus replied back smoothly, silently applauding himself for not stuttering. Tali grinned at the couple, happy to see the Commander enjoying herself.
"Looks like Kelly was right when she said you two would make a cute couple." Tali joined in, causing Shepard to almost blush.
"Kelly said that?" Garrus questioned, looking down at his partner.
"She…might have said that." Shepard replied, trying hard not to snap back at Tali's remark.
Garrus chuckled, bringing his arm around his Commander. "So the only reason we 'blew off steam' was because of Kelly?"
Shepard's eyes widened, "No!" She quickly quipped, slapping his arm playfully. "The decision was all on my own Garrus."
"Okay good." Garrus pretended to wipe sweat off his brow. "Cause I didn't want some human stripper controlling our relationship."
"Kelly is not-" Tali said incredulously but Shepard cut her off.
"She is too! She even has a traditional asari dancing outfit." Shepard said, mortified by the fact.
"That's…not disturbing at all." Garrus said sarcastically, shaking his head once more. "You humans are strange…"
"If I hear that one more time I will-" Shepard griped the turian arm tighter.
"Hey hey! Look over there!" Tali cut in, trying to side track their argument.
Shepard whipped around to where Tali was pointing at and saw a turian running with a sniper in his hands. "Guns people." Shepard grabbed her heavy pistol that was strapped to her leg while Garrus hefted his sniper rifle and Tali charged up her shotgun.
"After him." She ordered, a strange gut feeling welling up within her. Something was wrong. Her survival instincts sprang, making her sprint faster toward the turian. She caught up with him and the turian sniper looked over his shoulder at her, and quickly jabbed at her.
Shepard was NOT expecting that. It threw her off, his fist colliding with her jaw. A noticeable 'crack' echoed and Garrus growled. He switched from his sniper rifle to his assault rifle and fired.
The turian sniper dropped dead, his blue blood dripping into a puddle. A few bystanders barely glanced, and continued on with their business, most likely accustomed to the occasional firefights.
"Garrus!" Shepard clenched her jaw, it was sorely hurting. "Now we can't interrogate him!" She angrily ripped off the turian's belt, searching its contents. Only a holopads containing data.
Shepard quickly read it, her mouth agape. "Miranda come in." She spoke loudly into her comm., pressing a hand to her other ear.
No answer. "Damn it." She muttered under her breathe.
"Shepard?" Garrus looked at her with his steely blue eyes, expecting an answer.
"Business as usual. Group of angry turians want any crew members by my side dead or interrogated while I get captured with them. Ready for hostage retrieval?"
"Wake up human." A gruff turian voice rang out, piercing her ears.
She merely moaned in answer, feeling someone viscously kick her. "Ah!" She yelped out, knowing that bruises were already forming. Working her jaw a bit, she hoarsely yelled out, "What do you want from me?"
"Nothing. Just your Commander." The turian answered, pressing his pistol against the human's neck. "Let's see if she took the bait shall we?"
"Zaged. Come in. Zaged." The turian did his own version of a smile when he didn't answer.. "Looks like she did. Men, prepare for the infamous Commander Shepard herself to grace us with her presence."
"Let me go." Miranda said defiantly, tiny droplets of blood spilling out as she spoke.
"After we deal with your Commander, human." The turian promised, knowing his own statement to be a lie.
"For some odd yet obvious reason…I sense a trap." Shepard stated plainly, reading the contents of the holopads for the umpteenth time.
"Then why are we going there in the first place?" Garrus asked, hugging his sniper rifle closer to himself.
"Ugh." Shepard mentally face palmed herself. "One: They have Miranda. Two: They tried to kill us. Three: Better than fighting Collectors."
"Makes sense. Garrus…have common sense next time." Tali joked, giving her friend a sideways glance.
Garrus grumbled to himself, still tightly holding onto his sniper rifle. "Commander, I don't like this."
Shepard noted his 'Commander' and nodded. "I know. This doesn't…feel right." She squared up her shoulders, wishing that she brought her armor. At least she has the built in shields like Miranda.
Shepard looked down at the holopads again, looking up every so often to check they were heading the right direction. "Big scary door." Shepard commented, staring at the door in front of them as they finally got there. "Looks like typical 'enemy base' style. That's just stupid."
"More than stupid. Keelah, its like having a flashing sign over your head saying, 'Come kill me!'" Tali agreed, checking her shotgun to see if it was loaded correctly.
"Remember what I said earlier? Time to kick-ass." She charged through the door, which lead down a narrow hallway leading into a much bigger room. "Tactically, a good place to get ambushed. Be on your guard."
The trio crowded near each other, guns held out in front of them, ready to kill. Suddenly, numerous shots rang out and Shepard's biotics flared up. "Go go go!"
The firefight was over as soon as it began. "Anybody hurt?" She asked to the silence, realizing that one of their shots must've hit a light. "God…this is just great."
Tali answered her, "I'm okay. Shields down but slowly recharging…no suit-" Her voice got caught off by a loud snap.
"Tali!" Shepard flared up her biotics only to see no Tali and no Garrus. "How the hell did this happen?" She questioned silently, her hands still gripping her pistol tightly.
"Nice to finally meet you Commander Shepard." A distinctive turian voice said from behind her and she turned around, firing off a few shots. A chuckle echoed in the small room. "I have shields of course Commander."
Shepard cursed, mentally willing the lights to turn back on so she could at least see…"Funny this situation is. You don't call for backup. Probably thought you could take us down on your lonesome. Your friends are not here for you. And your human friend is held hostage. How far are you willing to go to risk their lives just so you could kill us?"
"Far enough." She randomly fired off a few shots to her side, her eyes getting used to the darkness. She could barely make out a shape but it was soon gone as the world around her faded into even more utter blackness.
"Commander Cally Shepard. How nice to see how far you fell." Shepard felt something cold against the back of her head.
"Who the hell…uhh…" Shepard groaned loudly, pain shooting up her limbs. Such intense pain…Shepard held back her yelp as a turian foot was jabbed against her throat.
"You humans were always so fragile yet so demanding. Personally, I think you humans grew up way too fast in this galaxy. You are not yet ready for all the responsibilities the Council offers you. So…I think its time to show you humans the price for your actions."
A bright light nearly blinded her as she blinked against the intensity of it. She adjusted, making out more shapes and figures. All turians. But where was Miranda or Garrus or Tali?
"Commander Shepard. They say she died from the destruction of the first Normandy. And she did, thankfully. But here she is again. Want to see your precious Earthborn, Sole Survivor of Akuze, Hero of the Citadel, and first human Spectre? Here she is…broken."
She blinked. What was happening? "Say hello Shepard." Then it hit her. Everybody, and she meant everybody, was watching. On the news, on live reports, and on videos streaming in their omni-tools.
"I think a little action is play don't you think fellow turians and aliens?" The head turian sounded extremely smug, and she wanted to wipe that grin off his face so badly. Reaching her arm to slug him, a turian foot held it down forcefully. She bit back her yelp of pain, as she noted that he broke her arm.
"God damn it!" She let out as the foot kicked her repeatedly. The gun that was against her head was now bashing her arms and back. "Do what you-" She was cut off by a swift kick to the jaw. Her small fingers tracing circles on the cold hard ground beneath her, she struggled not to scream.
"Shall we make a deal Commander fucking Shepard?" The previous turian spoke, standing in front of the camera that was filming this entire situation. "Currently, your friends are safe and sound with a few scars to share, and…"
Shepard weakly lifted her head up to meet the turian's face. "We can either let you go, and your friends can stay for a just a while longer…with even more scars to show and tell about. Or…"
She involuntarily flinched at his words. "We get to keep you, and your friends may go back to your ship in order to finish 'the fight'. Your choice Commander."
Back on her mission against Saren, her old self would've picked the option to let herself go as long as her friends were returned. In the end, they all would've survived but her friends would've resented her greatly, maybe not even talk to her. But now…she had to ponder it.
Ideally and realistically, the best choice is the 'keep friends longer' option. Her friends would be worse for wear when they returned and they would continue on with their mission. But…"Let them…go…I'll…stay."
"Now THAT is the most dumbest decision I've ever heard the great human Commander make. Very well. Enjoy the show."
Shepard could see out of the corner of her eye one familiar looking turian, one pissed human, and one quarian. Garrus looked back at her, shaking his head for the hundredth time. They were all weak, defenseless, and helpless without their guns, biotics, or help.
She knew it would be useless to use her biotics since she could feel an empty loss at the back of her skull, where her biotic implant was supposed to be. She also knew that was going to die. But it would be for her friends.
Her beating continued, various items were used to bashing her skin open, blood gushing out. But not once did she scream. Blue eyes widening in pain, she could feel the waterworks going. When the last kick was delivered, she did scream.
She screamed for Garrus.