my first fanfic written on this site- well here it is :) I hope you enjoy and please leave a review I'd be interested to know what you think... Keep
disclaimer- bioware for characters from M.E- rye, Hato, Elle are mine
Chapter one- break away.
Rye Endo swallowed hard and rolled onto her side staring intently at the flashing com terminal her eyes narrowing.
The beeping was endless, whoever it was wanted her greatly and that in itself made her frown- that terminal was set up simply for purpose of potential employment. She groaned her arm coming up to hide her face as she scrunched her eyes shut, trying and failing to block out the shrill blaring- she'd been home less than three days and now another call... Fuck!
"You goin' to answer that?"
"No" she replied quick not bothering to look at the man who as per usual would have took up place standing against the door frame to her room and would have no doubt been giving her that stupid raised eyebrow look which he knew all too well.
"Rye" he sighed heavily eyeing the blonde who had curled up in her bed, short hair fanning out around her young features- he frowned at her shaking his head softly... She'd changed of late.
Rye glanced passed her arm to him, saw him advancing on the terminal and groaned low... damn it Hato! She snapped mentally as the tattooed man continued on toward the com.
Hato glanced to her, his hazel eyes burned with mischief, as his hand hit the panel.
There was silence for a long time "miss Endo?" An unknown males voice pressed eventually.
hato glanced to the blonde haired girl who now sat up and frowned at him, her stunning blue eyes intense burning into the heavily tattooed man who sighed, "speaking" he replied, the voice changer distorted his voice over the communication channel masking his identity completely.
"Ahh" the male sighed in response, somewhat relieved "I was beginning to give up hope of reaching you- seems that you're almost impossible to contact- I came to a lot of dead ends"
Rye shifted from where she sat and stood up slowly heading to the terminal in the corner of her room and shaking her head, "it's comes with the territory" she responded softly.
The unknown man laughed a little "I understand" there was a serious of clicks from his side, "i require your particular skills for an assignment of great importance"
She arched her eyebrow at this, "doesn't everyone?"
"Not everyone is me" she could hear the cold overtone of his words and frowned this guy was rather cocky or extremely honest, after all she didn't know who he was, he could have been someone of great importance, "miss Endo- I cannot stress enough just how significant this assignment will be and I do require your-" his voice dropped low "immediate assistance"
"I'm listening" she mused lightly, "how Much?"
"15,000 down payment. 30,000 per month and another 15,000 at the end of your assignment"
"Per month?" She repeated slowly.
"This may be an assignment consisting of a considerable time period- I need your decision miss Endo- now"
Rye glanced to Hato and nodded once sternly to his half smile, before turning her attention back to the terminal, "I accept"
"Good- I'll send a directive to your omnitool meet my operative at this location you will be going under her orders understand? She is your employer not I"
Rye ran her tongue over her bottom lip and swallowed "perfectly"
"Good"
"How will I know her?"
"She'll come to you, considering your reputation you should be easy enough to spot" she heard him draw a deep deep breath, "it's pleasure to have you working along side us, miss Endo", rye smiled at her omni tool and clicked on the file the man had sent as the terminal in front of her crackled and died.
She never asked for details it was simple with her, creds and a kill but this sounded unlike her usual jobs- this was different and from the amount the guy was paying her it was fucking dangerous.
Rye Endo was born and bred to be a killer and it showed in her skill, this line of work was all she had ever knew and because of that she was brutal and deadly, calculated and completely ruthless toward her kills- never did she pry about a target the less she knew the better... after all who'd want to know that the man she was hired to kill was married with a wife and kids, a devoted alliance soldier fighting for his planet... It was simpler to be in the dark, a shadow keeping their head down and blade sharp.
Rye quickly scanned the contents of the data and cocked her head slightly, omega? Huh? She whispered mentally people on omega didn't need her kind of help they preferred to do it themselves, There was no need for sneaking around no need for what she was...
Rye's dark eyebrow arched slightly, a smile on her lips before she glanced to her friend who stared back at her long and hard- she'd never seen that look on his face before... well never toward her that is- he looked pissed
"You were going to say no" he frowned his voice laced with disapproval.
"I wasn't going to answer the call- there's a difference" she retorted coolly
"Big fucking difference" he shook his head and ground his teeth throwing his hands up in the air, she frowned at him, "get your head back in the fucking game rye" he snapped pushing on her shoulder sharply, glaring at the scars that marked her.
Rye looked to her left shoulder where the sniper shot had ripped through her flesh, the incendiary bullet doing permanent damage leaving a strange red glow, that only burn victims came to know, to a patch of her skin.
It wasn't big but it was noticeable against her paleness
That little beauty had happened years ago but fuck! this guy would never let her forget her one fucking failure! That c-sec officer was good... She admired him for that, and the fact that he was the hottest turian she had ever encountered in her lifetime kind of made up for the nasty bullet hole.
"My head- is in the game" she snarled turning on her heel her back to him. Hato ran his eyes down her frame taking in the tattoo's that littered her arms and back, her shorts and vest showing them off along...with her stunning body, he swallowed hard.
Her ass and thighs toned from the endless training she'd constantly endured, arms lined delicately with muscle, he could from his position see the side of her small breasts that always seemed to look like a perfect handful but never had he had the pleasure to try them out... Never would she allow him that.
She turned a fraction and frowned at him, yet still although the anger was evident her eyes they still shone like some unknown gem so bright and vibrant that they burned deep into his soul.
"I- I'm sorry" he looked away and inhaled deeply running a tanned hand over his shaved head, "just go- rye..."
She snarled slightly and motioned to the door, silently demanding him to leave, he sighed heavily and nodded exiting the room leaving the assassin to change.
Rye got changed slowly and ground her teeth as she packed a small bag before glancing around her room... She walked to the terminal and ripped the wiring box free from the comm, disabling it permanently after all this was to be her last job... Now she going solo, no more would she have her friends or family, this was it- her decision made it was finality. she was starting a new chapter of a new life.
She looked to her omni tool and deleted comm addresses putting blocks into place.
Rye smiled at this walked to the picture on the beside table and examined it with a half sneer, it was back at YNN Academy her entire class sitting in their grey jumpsuits all of them just a series of numbers sitting staring back at the camera... That academy forged the best human assassins in the galaxy herself being amongst them.
she stuffed the photo into her bag and exited the room.
Hato awaiting in the hallway, "rye- what's up with you?" He pressed instantly staring at the blonde who was now dressed in her armour.
The attire she wore was black tight fitting outlining her subtle curves, flexible armoured plating littering her body curving over her shoulders and chest, her stomach, forearms and and running down the length of her legs, her thick knife belt hung around her hips a pistol peering out from behind one of the knife sheaths, a modded mantis sniper in the holster on the small of her back the woman could hold a fucking armoury and still run as if she were wearing nothing.
It was something that he adored about her, he watched as she adjusted her gloves, noted her hood which was down and sighed at the sentry interface she pushed back in her hair like a hairband. She was fucking hot in armour... And dangerous as hell.
She halted in her tracks and glared at him, "nothing" she replied sternly
"Rye-" her eyes instantly flipped to the young girl who bounded down the hallway toward them, her dark curly hair falling over her features concealing one of her eyes.
she blew it back and laughed shrilly coming to the assassin and wrapping her arms tightly around her leg her head against her hip, "where're you going?" She pressed quietly.
Rye sighed softly and gnawed on the inside of her cheek, she looked guilty as hell Hato acknowledge as she frowned slightly the inner struggle that she was having scrolled across her features, her cheeks flushed slightly as her hair fell over her forehead and into her eyes, "Elle-" she slipped the silver ring from her finger and crouched down taking the girls small hand in hers and slipping the ring onto her thumb, "I'll be back soon" she lied.
every time she left this process took place that ring was proof that she would come back and it settled the girl, although this time she was lying... After she left this apartment she'd never see the child again.
Rye inhaled deeply and turned to Hato, 'after this one- I'm getting out of the game' he frowned at her, at the use of their native tongue, the girl staring idly at them confusion sweeping across her features unable to understand what was being said. 'Im leaving- Elle will be all yours, and I will be gone'
Hato glared at her "Elle- give us a minute, yes?" She nodded and bounded off as soon as the girl was gone Hato grabbed rye's arm and pushed her back against the wall 'you are fucking kidding!' He yelled back at her in Japanese
'No- I'm sick of this' she shrugged off his hold and pulled the strap of her bag up onto her shoulder 'I'm going to get you killed, just like kariko got her friends killed'
His eyes were hard, jaw tight 'I also went to Yosha Na Nai- so You're a fucking idiot for thinking that you would put us in danger'
'Hato- I rescued that girl to give her a normal life... She thinks you're her father. After this job I'm leaving and you two are moving back to earth'
'What? You're insane!'
She fished around in her bag and pulled out a data pad handing it to him before softly touching his cheek 'Hato Kumasi- listen to me... I can't do this any more every time I do a hit I worry for you and for her it's ridiculous... That datapad contains the address of your new home, it has travel details and boarding passed they're open so you can leave whenever'
'Rye- I'm not leaving you...' He grabbed her hand sharply and pulled her body into his 'you'll get yourself killed'
Instantly she pulled away and turned her back to him "goodbye ani" she breathed softly switching back to English.
He frowned deeply and swallowed "we'll stay in touch rye"
She laughed softly and tossed him wiring box from the terminal he glared at her that one piece of equipment was the only way to guarantee contact with the assassin and she'd destroyed it... She was serious there was to be no contact what so ever with her she wanted to be alone? Wanted them to forget her...
He watched as she hit her cloaking device and disappeared.
* two days later.
Rye sat in omega's nightclub afterlife and leaned back in her chair, her hood was up concealing her features as she bowed her head slightly, taking another deep drink from her glass.
The heavy rhythmic bass washing through her as she glanced around the club before shaking her head slightly, this place was brimming with people just like herself...
Omega was a haven for killers and for some reason she felt completely at ease every time she visited anything went on omega.
She ran her tongue over her bottom lip and sighed softly glancing up to the approaching trio who idly sauntered to her.
one glance and she knew all of them, commander Jennifer Shepard. Hmm her mind muttered... She was supposed to be dead? And now here she is very much alive and wearing Cerberus armour? Well that was something you didn't see everyday the first human spectre returning to life and banding together with a pack of racist xenophobic bastards like Cerberus.
She examined Shepard closely the woman's dark hair was pulled back into a high ponytail, wisps of wavy hair still falling over her features features that were laced with small red cybernetic scars, scars which on a face like Shepard's still looked pretty... The woman was beautiful with high cheekbones and just tanned skin, dark brown eyes like melted chocolate and rose lips.
The second of the trio was Miranda Lawson, A head honcho for Cerberus and the third, a one Jacob Taylor, also Cerberus... So, Cerberus was her employer for the moment- what an odd turn of events considering the amount of operatives she'd taken the lives of, the illusive man was clearly more forgiving than herself... Or he was very desperate.
The dark haired commander stopped at the table and nodded to Miranda quirking an eyebrow at the hooded woman, "that's her Shepard" she responded softly
"Rye Endo?" Rye nodded glancing to Shepard's side at the asari who now glared in her direction, hmmm bad blood? She mused mentally, the Asari was going to try something she could feel it in her bones... "I'm-" the asari fired a round off, easily deflected by the biotic shield the assassin had threw up around the group.
she was on her feet in an instant and launched the asari off her own slamming her back into a table before her frame connected with the wall behind her, the trio watched as her body slid down hitting the floor with an oomph sound.
Shepard frowned slightly as the assassin glowed blue with powerful biotics, she walked slowly to the asari who lay gasping on the floor the breath knocked from her lungs the force of the hit had done some fucking damage to her back... The humans biotics were honed that was for sure.
she watched as rye raised a fist, it pulsed furiously with dark energy, rye grunted grabbed the asari with her free hand her fist balling around the material of her top raising her up slightly from the ground, "big fucking mistake" rye hissed as her fist launched into the asari's terrified face making the woman scream blood splashing against the humans clothing.
Rye's lip curled back in distaste as she dropped the asari's broken body to the floor and turned back to Shepard wiping her bloodied knuckles on her thigh before folding her arms across her stomach and bowing, "i apologise for-" she glanced to the asari before frowning and looking back to Shepard, "that"
Shepard cleared her throat and shrugged slightly, "she attacked first" Shepard clarified coolly making rye grin.
"Yes- she did"
"Would you like to leave now?" The dark haired woman pressed softly.
Rye nodded "I believe that would be best" she murmured grabbing her bag following after Shepard.
The four of them entered into the new Normandy and instantly Miranda and Jacob branched away heading off to get changed...
"So this is the assassin huh? Doesn't look like much"
"Jeff her record states she's one of the best known human assassins- her skills alone could prove fatal to you with an accuracy of 0.001 chance of failure"
"Thanks Edi- real way to introduce a new crew member" he made a pfft noise "as a killing machine"
Rye arched an eyebrow and sighed "your statistics are off A.I"
"Huh?"
"Excuse me?"
"I'm assuming with the voice and the way she's personalised that she is indeed an A.I yes?
And you're statistics are wrong I have failed before as has every one- I'd say there is at least a 5 percent chance that the pilot here could walk away"
"Makes me feel so much better"
Shepard laughed "this is-"
"Jeff Moreau?" Rye smiled extending a hand to the pilot "we met- back on Arcturus station about 5 years ago"
"We did?" He muttered shaking her hand.
She nodded "yeah you were giving a girl a grilling about scuffing up her ship"
"Oh! You were talking to Hackett" he laughed slightly
She nodded again, Shepard frowned "what was an assassin doing at alliance?"
"Hackett and my father were friends- he was giving me some bad news"
"Oh I see"
"He was also offering me the chance to train a squad"
"And you didn't take it?"
"I might now"
"I see" she said slowly before smiling at her sadly "I'll show you around"
Rye nodded waving goodbye to joker as she followed.
Shepard's tour of the ship Lasted around 20 minutes and finally settled on showing rye to her room which was in engineering port bow cargo, the room had been fitted with a bed and settee, weapons benches against the far wall and a small computer terminal in the corner, "is this okay for you?"
Rye nodded "yeah it's great- thanks Shepard"
Shepard shrugged "no problem" she watched as the assassin placed her bag on the bed and sighed dropping her good and running a hand through her revealed blonde hair, rotating her shoulders slightly. Shepard ran her eyes down the girls small frame taking in her lean toned physique the suit she wore accentuating it to the point where it was a crime not to look, her weapons glinting in the light.
She turned a fraction and smiled at Shepard, Shepard now focused on her face on how young she looked and how pretty the human was with her shocking blue eyes framed by dark lashes, her pale skin, dark eyebrows and high cheekbones, her glossy lips pulled up into a slight smile.
Her cheeks slightly flushed, she brushed her hair behind her ear revealing an array of piercings her fringe falling over her forehead and into her eyes as she removed the interface band from her head and tossed it onto the bed behind her.
Shepard cleared her throat and smiled "we've got the rest of the night off- why don't you get acquainted with the crew? I'll see you in the mess later on?"
"Perhaps you will Shepard" she smiled in response, the dark haired woman laughed softly and exited the room catching the elevator up to her cabin.