A/N: This story just got a reboot as will some of my other stories. One of them would be The Three Wanderers. Reason? Simple. I didn't like it so I wanna change.

"Oh, bloody hell."

Lia kept a blank expression as the platoon of Battle Droids aimed their blasters at her. The Jedi was currently in a Separatist base and was on a mission to gather intel on the CIS presence in the planet. The mission was simple. Gather intel from a safe distance then get out. Simple plan, right? Well, it was until a High Value Target was rumored to be inside the base. Jedi General Lia-nara Chaise and Kale Banal volunteered to infiltrate the base and confirm the Target's identification and, if possible, eliminate them. They spotted the Target moving to the Command Center. Unfortunately, it was a trap.

The Target turned out to be a fake. A double. The real one was off-planet days ago. Now, here she was. Held at blasterpoint by Battle Droids. Where was Kale you ask? Inside the vents above her, Kale was looking down at Lia's predicament through the grating, trying to think of a way out of the mess she was in. The dirty blonde hummed in thought before his eyes widened in realization. He reached under his cloak to his belt and took out an EMP grenade or a 'Droid Popper' as the boys called it.

Kale Force Pushed the grating and dropped the EMP. The Battle Droids looked at the grenade in confusion before the device activated and shut down the entirety of the droids, and electronics, in the room. Kale dropped down the vents and brushed the dust off his shoulder before giving an unamused Lia a smirk.

"Did I miss anything?"

The Jedi rolled her eyes before walking out, bumping the Mercenary's shoulder on the way. Kale watched her go before laughing to himself and followed after her. Women. So hard to please but if it's her? It was worth it.

~Line Break~

Lia crossed her arms as she waited for the elevator to arrive. Behind her, a dozen Battle Droids lay dead on the ground. All of them were cut in two. She heard a whistle behind her and looked over her shoulder to see Kale navigate through the bits and pieces of Battle Droids. He stood beside her and the two waited patiently for the lift.

"So... is it the time of the month already?"

The elevator, carrying four B1s that were flanked by two SBDs, reached the top floor and waited for the lift's doors to open. As soon as it did, a body crashed towards the group of droids. The B1s fell to the ground as Kale's body smacked into them while the two Super Battle Droids looked down in confusion. The one on the left was suddenly lifted in the air and was smashed to the one on the right before it was bisected vertically. The remaining SBD tried to stand up but was quickly impaled.

Lia huffed as she pulled her lightsaber free from the large droid before looking down at Kale. The man rose to his feet before pulling out two DC-17 hand blasters and fired directly into the downed droids heads. Giving the Jedi a look, Kale spun the blasters in his hands before holstering them "Geez. Can't take a joke?"

"Whatever."

Lia walked past him and entered the elevator. Kale sighed before following after her. The Jedi pressed the button for the lift to go to the Ground Floor before contacting their Laarti.

"Burnside, come in. The target was a double and the whole base is probably know where we are by now so extraction in the base is a no-go. We can't risk our only transport off this rock. We'll have to find our own way out and rendezvous from a safe distance. We'll signal you when we're clear. Chaise, out."

Kale bent down and took one of the B1s E-5 Blaster Rifle. He inspected the weapon before nodding to himself and turned to Lia "So how the hell are we gonna get outta this mess?"

"I saw a couple of speeders nearby. That's our ticket off this place but we'll have to fight our way to it."

"And probably fight our way out too, right?"

"Yup."

"...okay."

~Line Break~

CC-2868, or Will, shook his head before calling Burnside. He was currently inside a LAAT with two other Clones and the Pilots. They attached two Z-6 Rotary Cannons inside of the gunship, one for each door. They were currently circling the base from a safe distance after General Lia told them that the base was on alert and extracting them in the middle of it was too big of a risk.

"Burnside... Fuck it. Take us to the base."

"Uh, sir? The General said to rendezvous with them when they're clear."

"I know what she said but take us to the base. We'll provide covering fire for their escape. Just do it, Burnside."

The pilot remained silent but did as he was told and redirected to the Separatist Base. Will stared at the base in the distance before manning the mounted Z-6 on the right of the gunship.

"What the hell did I just do?"

~Line Break~

Kale vaulted over a crate and took cover behind it. Lia soon joined him. Lightsaber activated on one hand and a DL-44 with a smoking barrel on the other. Kale blind fired from their cover and managed to take out two B1s but more were slowly advancing and weren't letting up in their barrage of red blaster bolts.

"Damn it." He cursed before turning to Lia "If we make a run for the speeders, we'll never make it."

"I know." Lia replied through gritted teeth. She peeked on the side of their cover and saw a squad of SBDs exiting a building before she was grabbed by her cowl and pulled back to avoid a blaster bolt meant for her eye.

"What now, Lia?"

Above them, a Vulture Droid was about to swoop down and fire it's weapons at them only for a barrage of blue blaster bolts strike it from behind and forced it to crash near the two. Kale and Lia looked up to see Burnside's LAAT make a pass, the mounted Z-6s tearing apart the droids that was closing in on them. Letting out a frustrated sigh, Lia called Burnside through the comms.

"Burnside, I thought I told you to wait for us from a safe distance."

"Sorry, ma'am. Change of plans. We'll provide cover fire while you get out of here. Commander Will's orders, ma'am. Sorry."

Kale chuckled at that "Insubordination... Never knew he had it in him."

"Kale, the speeders. Now's our chance!"

"Right."

The two dashed and made a beeline towards the STAPs, using the Force to enhance their speed. Kale hopped on the closest one before a B1 could climb up the speeder while Lia kicked off the other speeder's driver. Together, they made their way to the main entrance of the base. Unfortunately, a row of Droidekas stood between them and the gate.

"Damn it. We won't get past that without getting killed."

"Don't worry, Boss. We got you're back."

The Laarti flew over their heads and fired four missiles from it's two mass-driver missile launchers. The rockets hit their mark and scrapped the Droidekas, clearing the way for Kale and Lia to escape. Just as they grew closer to the exit, a AAT came into view and aimed it's main gun at them. Kale swerved to the left but Lia leapt off her speeder just as the tank fired a round that destroyed her STAP. The Jedi landed in front of the AAT and dashed towards the vehicle before jumping on top of the tank's turret, right where the hatch was.

"Lia!"

The Jedi looked towards Kale's voice and saw him throw something at her. She caught the device and looked at it to see a Thermal Imploder. She gave him a two-finger salute before opening the hatch and dropping the primed grenade inside. Lia closed the hatch and jumped off the tank, not bothering to look over her shoulder to see the tank get destroyed from the inside.

Meanwhile, Kale was looking for another way out. He had taken out any Battle Droid that he passed by but there was still the risk of getting shot. STAPs didn't provide much protection for the driver. The mercenary cursed when he realized all the exits where sealed off and the whole base was on high alert. He looked up to see that the Separatists were prepping up AA turrets from the roofs of the buildings.

"Fuck." He cursed before contacting the LAAT "Burnside, you and the boys better get outta here now. They're setting up AA turrets on the roofs."

"Boss, we can get both of you out. Just get to Command Center's roof. We'll extract you from there."

"I'll try. Got any visual on Lia?"

"Hang on... I see her. She's running towards you, Boss."

"Thanks."

Kale sailed past the heads of a squad of B1s before seeing Lia dashing towards him. He slowed a bit and the Jedi jumped on his back, wrapping her arms around his waist as they made their way back to the Command Center.

"Kale, where are we going?"

"Back to the CC. All exits have been sealed off. Burnside's gonna make a hot extraction on the roof."

Just as he finished, the two reached the entrance and ditched the speeder. They made a beeline towards the elevator, using the Force to push back the droids that were blocking their path. They let out a breath as the doors closed and the lift started to move up. Kale looked down at the E-5 blaster in his hand and dropped it. That thing wasn't meant to be fired rapidly if handled by organics. Damn thing exerts so much heat, it could melt off your hands if you held it for too long. No wonder droids use it so much. He shook his head before looking at Lia, who was breathing heavily.

"Hell of a mission, huh? To think, this was supposed to be a stealth op. At least things can't get any worse, right?"

Lia moved to speak but felt something shift in the Force. She looked up at Kale, a worried expression adorning her features "I have a bad feeling about this."

Silence fell between them as they waited for the elevator to reach the top floor. Just as they were about to, the lift stopped and they felt the whole building shake. Struggling to right himself, he called the LAAT.

"Burnside, what the hell is going on out there!?"

"Buil... nstable... trical field... round the CC... rea too- "

"Damn it." Kale cursed before looking at Lia "Comms are down."

"Looks like the elevator is too." Lia added as the white lights were replaced by red emergency lights. Activating her lightsaber, she had Kale boost her up and she cut a hole on the lift's ceiling. She pushed the cutout section and jumped up the hole. She saw that the elevator stopped just before the roof and Lia quickly cut a hole through the doors.

Behind her, Kale jumped through the hole as well and joined her. Once a big enough hole was made, they moved through it and saw what caused the violent shaking and electrical interference. The whole Command Center was surrounded by a dome of electricity. They saw Burnside's Laarti behind the dome before another violent earthquake hit them. Kale moved towards Lia but before he could, there was a blinding flash of light then darkness.

~Line Break~

Will groaned as he pushed the clone on top of him off his body. After the dome 'exploded', for a lack of better term, it let out an EMP effect and shut down anything electronic inside the base. Burnside managed to steer the gunship outside the base but that didn't mean their landing was soft, however. Sitting up, Will tried to call Burnside from his comms but the blasted thing won't work.

"Stupid piece of- "

He was cut off when the other two clones with him started to come to. Standing up, the Clone Commander helped his brothers to their feet before getting out of the gunship. He observed their surroundings and saw they were within walking distance from the base but he felt worry when he saw the black smoke coming from the place.

"Sir."

He turned to the speaker, Holt, as the clone helped Burnside walk over to him. The pilot had his arm over Holt's shoulder and the Clone Commander could see Burnside's limp.

"Anything else broken, Burns?"

"Other than my ankle, nothing sir. Can't say the same for Zip."

"What happened?"

Burnside shook his head with a sigh "Broke his neck on the crash."

"Damn it." Will cursed before looking back at the base.

"What do we do now, sir?" The last clone, Mac, asked as he retrieved their weapons.

"The only thing we can do. Search the base for any sign of the General and Kale. The dome let out an EMP by the look of things but stay sharp. There could still be more droids on standby. Burns, stay here and try to get in contact with the 'Revengeance'."

As the other three left for the base, Burnside sighed and sat down next to the downed Laarti "Sure, leave me alone in the middle of the night where there could be dangerous predators waiting to kill me. Whatever you say, Commander. This is just fucking great."

~Line Break~

Lia groaned as she opened her eyes only to close them as someone shone a bright light over her eyes. She slowly tried to sit up and felt two sets of hands steady her. She can vaguely hear their voices. One talked too fast in a language she hadn't heard before. The other, however, spoke clear Basic. Shaking her head, she finally started to get a clear view of her surroundings... until her body decided to dump all the contents of her stomach to the poor floor.

'Oh, Force. What did I eat?'

She felt a hand gently rub her back while someone handed her a bucket. She threw up a second time before her body decided it was bored of torturing her. She heard another voice, speaking Basic as well.

"I thought the plague didn't affect humans?"

'Plague? How the bloody hell did I get the plague?'

The one speaking too fast replied and the one talking Basic sighed "I think this lady here begs to differ."

"I'd appreciate it if someone tell me what the bloody hell is going on, please." Lia felt her stomach churn again and held up a finger "On second thought... "

'My stomach hates me.'

~Line Break~

Commander Jane Shepard kept the woman's hair back as she threw up for the third time. Good news, they found Mordin. Bad news, looks like the plague was starting to hit humans too. Sighing, she turned to the Salarian "Are you sure the plague didn't cause this?"

"Yes. Most definitely. No other humans affected by plague."

"If you're sure. Anyway, I'm Commander Shepard and I came here to find you. I'm on a critical mission and I need your help."

"Mission? What mission?" The Salarian shook his head "No. Too busy. Clinic understaffed. Plague spreading too fast. Who sent you?"

'Oh boy. Let's see if he'll buy this.'

Jane walked over to the Salarian as he ducked behind a table to do... something.

"It's a covert and privately funded human group."

The Commander nearly jumped back when Mordin popped up from behind the table. Geez, dude. A little warning would be nice.

"Related to plague? Doesn't affect humans. Human-centric interest. Few human groups would know me." Mordin turned away from her as he began to put the pieces of the puzzle in place "Equipment suggests military origin. Not Alliance standard. Spectres not human. Terra Firma too unstable. Only one option."

He looked at Shepard and the Commander just knew what would come next.

"Cerberus sent you. Unexpected."

'Not enough for you, it seems.'

"You're very well-informed. How did a Salarian scientist hear about Cerberus?"

"Crossed paths on occasion. Thought they only work with humans."

"Okay. Now that my stomach doesn't feel like torturing me anymore."

The two turned their attention to the woman from before. She had placed the bucket down and stood up from the bed. Making Shepard actually observe the odd way the woman looked. Black hair with blue tips tied in a messy, half up tail with bangs. She wore a long, white cowl over a black crop top muscle tee, revealing a well toned abdomen. A white pauldron with black markings and showed signs of abuse. A blue crystal tied around her neck and a tattoo of unknown significance on the center of her chest. Matching bracers and black fingerless gloves. She had two, symmetrical capes attached to her belt that reached her calf. Black tights with white knee pads, greaves and boots. She also saw a small pouch tied to her left arm. The significance of it, Jane didn't know. The Commander looked at the woman in the eyes and a pair of cyan blue orbs met her own emerald green ones.

"Mind telling me what's happening, luv?"

"That depends." Shepard challenged "Mind telling me your name first?"

The woman crossed her arms as she and Shepard mirrored her, the two staring each other down. Mordin looked between the two as neither one wanted to back down. Shrugging, he went to check on the status of the other patients. No time for distractions. Other patients need treatment.

After what seemed like hours which was actually a minute, the woman sighed "How about this? I say my name, you say yours. Fair deal, yeah?"

"Yeah. Fair deal."

"Alright, my name's Lia-nara Chaise. A pleasure, luv." The woman, Lia-nara, began before holding out her hand.

"Commander Jane Shepard. 'Sup."

"So, Commander. What's this plague I keep hearing about?"

"Like the name says, it's a plague but it seems humans and Vorcha are immune to it. Turian, Batarian, Asari, you name it, they got it. And they're all blaming humans as the one who started it. How come you don't know any of this?"

"I don't know." Lia replied with a shrug "All I remember is waking up and throwing up everything I ate for the last 24 hours. Bloody hell, I didn't even understand a word that alien said."

"Believe me. I have a hard time keeping track of him."

"So you understand a word he said. Brilliant. I could use your help in translating his language."

Jane raised an eyebrow in confusion "Is your translator busted or something?"

"I don't have a translator."

That simple statement made the Commander wonder what happened to this woman. All she remembered was waking up. No translator equals no Omni-tool. Her eyes then travelled down to the holstered pistol strapped to her thigh and the cylindrical device on her belt.

"Do you know where you are?"

"Nope." Lia replied with a shake of her head "Last I remember was my partner and I getting forced to our knees by an earthquake before a bright flash of light blinded me. Next thing I know, I wake up here. Wherever this is."

"Does the words Systems Alliance, Citadel Council, Terminus System or Reapers mean anything to you?"

"Hmm. Systems Alliance, Citadel Council, Terminus System. Sorry, luv. Doesn't ring a bell."

'Okay. This is getting weird.' Jane thought before asking "Where were you born?"

"I don't remember where I was born and I never bothered to find out but I was raised in the Jedi Temple on Coruscant." Lia hummed as she brought a hand to her chin "Forgive me, Shepard, but I find the situation I'm in very peculiar. Asari, Batarians, Turians. I haven't heard any of these species. Can you at least tell me where I am?"

Jane sighed before clearing her throat and looking Lia right in the eyes "You're inside Mordin Solus' clinic in the space station, Omega."

"Damn." Lia cursed "Still doesn't ring a bell."

"Well, as much as I like to help you with your crisis, I still need to convince Mordin to come with me. See ya."

Jane gave the woman a wave before leaving the room to find Mordin. The Salarian was talking to one of his staff before Shepard decided to get his attention "Doctor Mor- "

"Professor."

"Uh, right. Professor Mordin. I really need your help on this mission. The Collectors need to be stopped."

Mordin paused for a second before turning to Shepard, crossing his arms as he thought something over "Collectors? Interesting. Plague hitting these slums is engineered. Collectors one of few groups with technology to design it. Our goals may be similar."

'Yes! Now we're getting somewhere.' Jane thought with a smile as she nodded.

"But must stop plague first. Already have a cure. Need to distribute it to environmental control center. Vorcha guarding it. Need to kill them." Mordin walked over to a console and began typing.

'Okay. Kill some Vorcha. Administer the cure. Somehow. Recruit the Professor. Easy enough.'

"I'll get in and take out the Vorcha."

Before the Salarian could reply, the lights around them turned red and the vents sealed off. Mordin quickly loomed to his Omni-tool "Vorcha have shut down environmental systems. Trying to kill everyone. Need to get power back on before district suffocates. Here. Take plague cure."

Jane took the offered cure and raised an eyebrow when the Professor handed her a gun, M-6 Carnifex Hand Cannon.

"Added bonus. Taken from dead Blue Suns merc. Could come in handy in the future."

"Excuse me, Professor."

Mordin turned around only to feel two hands place themselves on his temple. As quick as it came, it was gone. Jane looked to the owner of said hands and saw Lia-nara pull back from the Salarian. The woman hummed before nodding to herself.

"I think I can understand you now, Professor."

"Understand? No translator needed. Understand what I'm saying?"

"Yup."

'Wait... what just happened?' Jane shook her head and raised her hand "Woah. Woah. Woah. Hold the phone."

Lia-nara rose an eyebrow at that but Jane ignored her "How come you understand him without a translator on you?"

"I'm a Jedi, luv." Lia-nara replied as if it was the most obvious thing in the galaxy "The Force grants me the ability to comprehend a being's spoken language. The downside? I can't speak the language but I can understand it. A bit."

"Hmm. Fascinating. A new ability for biotics? No. No mention of biotics. Force? What force? What is Jedi?" Mordin shook his head before facing Shepard "No. Can't afford any further distractions. Shepard. Must get cure before district suffocates. Oh, also need help finding assistant, Daniel. Went out to retrieve supplies. Hasn't come back yet."

"Alright, I'll see if I can find him along the way. Oh, and there's a Batarian out there that needs help. I promised him I'll get help when I get here."

"Thank you, Shepard. I'll see what I can do about Batarian. Hurry. Time is of the essence."

~Line Break~

Lia-nara watched the red haired woman go before looking at the Professor, who went to check on the rest of his patients.

'Hmm. This plague is a serious problem. As much as I want to find Kale, I'll have to help these people first.'

With that in mind the Jedi quietly slipped away and trailed after Commander Shepard. She kept her distance. Hiding in the shadows and out of sight. Of course there was the problem of some mercenaries and looters trying to gun her down then rob her when she accidentally slipped on a puddle, of all things. Fortunately for her, they were taken care of accordingly. And by that I mean, they're dead. As Kale would say: It was self-defense.

'I would've been kicked out of the Order if the masters heard me say that. Damn. Kale is rubbing off on me.'

Reloading the weapon she'd taken from one of the mercs, she went back to following Shepard. Speaking of Kale, she wondered where the man could be. She turned around and roundhouse kicked a Vorcha sneaking up on her. The alien staggered back before receiving a powerful kick to the chest that sent it flying to a wall. Lia-nara huffed before leaving. A few minutes of searching later, she found the Commander who was flanked by a dark-skinned man in armor and a beautiful, black haired woman. The three of them walked towards a room and watched as the doors slid open.

Inside, Lia-nara could see three four-eyed beings and one human male. One of the four-eyed beings held the human by the collar while the other two had their guns pointed at him. She didn't need empathy to know that the man was scared. Lia-nara was about to approach Shepard and her team when a familiar voice spoke out.

"You know, it's not nice to manhandle the guy who's trying to help cure this plague."

Everyone turned to the voice as Kale dropped down from... somewhere and landed a few feet from the beings, making anyone with a gun aim their weapons at him. The dirty blonde stopped as he noticed all the guns pointing at him and raised his hands.

"I surrender."

If Shepard hadn't noticed her presence before, she did now. The resounding slap from Lia-nara's facepalm caused everyone to stare in the shadows. Sighing, the Jedi stepped out from her hiding spot and put on a nonchalant facade. She gave the Commander an easygoing smile and a lazy wave.

"Hello there."

~Line Break~

Kale felt himself smirk as he saw Lia approach them. Lowering his hands, he slowly hovered them over his blasters. If things looked like it would end in a fight, he'll draw first blood. Figuratively speaking, of course. A blaster bolt would cauterize the wound before it could even bleed. He then noticed the redhead decided to play the mediator.

"Nobody needs to die. I know you're scared. Of the Vorcha. Of the plague. But this man isn't to blame." Kale spotted the redhead's finger leaving the trigger yet still kept her weapon pointed at the Batarian "If he was spreading the virus, why would he go to Vorcha territory? They're immune."

One of the Batarians turned to the one holding the human at gunpoint "She's right. It doesn't make any sense."

"If we release the prisoner, can we go?"

"You have my word." The redhead lowered her gun and motioned for her companions as well, though he realized they were a bit reluctant to do so. The Batarian lowered their guns before asking to leave. The redhead let them go before walking over to the hostage. Kale felt something in the force before facing to his right just in time to receive a slap to the cheek. Kale blinked before looking at Lia wide eyed.

"The hell was that for?"

"Do you realize what could've happened when you jumped out of nowhere?"

"I don't know. A shootout?"

"Yes. A shootout." Kale wondered if her teeth hurt from all that gritting "And Mr. Daniel over there could've been caught in the cross fire."

"Oh." The man shrugged before raising an eyebrow "But did he die?"

"He could've." Lia argued. She was so close to strangling him right now that it was slightly turning him on. Woah, was he into that stuff now?

"But did he?"

"Ugh. Why do I even bother?" The Jedi shook her head before crossing her arms "Where have you been?"

"Funny story about that." Kale chuckled as he recalled what happened after the light show on the Seppie base "Well, you see. I woke up on this club, Afterlife. Weird name, I know. Anyway, I got woke up by one of those four-eyes trying to rob me and well... "

Lia narrowed her eyes as Kale looked away while rubbing the back of his neck. She was so not gonna like what he was about to say.

"Kale, what did you do?"

The man gently held her forearm and led her away from the redhead's group. He let out a breath and gave her his best 'I'm-a-sorry-but-at-the-same-time-I'm-not' look.

"I may have Mind Probed him and stole his Omni-tool, weapons and translator... yeah."

"You what!?" The Jedi silently screamed "Why the bloody hell would you do that?"

"He was robbing me." Kale argued back "Besides, I got a lotta information from the guy's head and believe me, I did the galaxy a favor in getting rid of his ass."

"You are impossible... What information did you get?"

"It's all so... random. It's a bit hard to explain so why don't you look through my mind."

Lia looked to the redhead and saw that she was still conversing with the former hostage before nodding "Let me in."

Kale nodded before closing his eyes and let her in. He felt the gentle prodding while Lia unknowingly scrunched her face as she shifted through his recent memories. A few moments later and the Jedi opened her eyes before their gazes met. Kale chuckled when he heard Lia's voice in his head utter one word.

'Fuck.'