The old bar was empty, people had long cleared out. Ancus sat there quietly on a bar stool, sipping a drink while trying not to think of the riots happening outside. He could hear the yells and explosions coming from a nearby locations but he just continued on with his drink. Finishing the last gulp, he reached over the wooden counter and grabbed a bottle of whiskey and poured himself another.

Ancus was a Turian diplomat who came to earth to establish trade routes and strengthen their relationship with Humans. Just last week he had met with the UNAS to work out a deal, and the negotiating went very well in his opinion. He was taking some extra time for personal leave, sightseeing the states, when the attack happened. The first thing he had tried to do when things started going to hell was get a shuttle off of earth but unfortunately for Ancus, most shuttles had been grounded. The only people getting on and off planet earth now were high ranking political and military personnel.

Considering his situation and getting frustrated, Ancus threw his glass across the room where it smashed into the wall and shattered, then reached for the bottle and took a drink directly from it. He knew that Earth was not the only planet under attack and his situation might not be different anywhere else, but if he was going to face this he wanted to do it on his home world Palaven.
While he was busy trying to forget his problems, at least for a few moments, some people managed to slip into the bar and sit at the table closet to him.

"Most people are running around like headless chickens, did you guys decide to sit this one out? Or maybe the magnitude of the situation hasn't had time enough to set in yet." He said, finally sensing he was no longer alone in the bar.

"We could ask you the same question stranger. How about you do us a solid and pour us a drink" Said a male voice echoing from the table.

"That might be difficult considering I broke all of the glasses. But there's a few bottles over here you're welcome to" Ancus asserted as he threw them a brown bottle with a white label in their direction.

Finally seeing them through the small cracks of the moonlight that shinned into the bar, there was a male and a female that gazed back at him from their table. The man had to be in his late 40's with his hair starting to gray heavily on the sides, the female couldn't have been any older than 20 with short black hair and a narrow face. They seemed pretty beat up; the man had a bloody gash above his left eye that looked fairly recent but the girl was mostly in good shape with just some smudges of dirt here and there. Ancus didn't think much of it considering the mess they probably came through just to get to where they are now so he didn't question it.

"Thank you kindly" said the older man popping open the brown bottle and taking a long drink out of it before passing it to the girl sitting next to him.

"I'm frank and this pretty little thing is dawn. We've been stranded here and I'd imagine you are in the same situation as us and was wonderin' if we might be able to work together" said Frank as he grabbed the bottle back from dawn for another drink.

"What did you have in mind" He chuckled out, entertaining the idea of working with anyone but himself.

"Well its funny you should ask because I couldn't help but notice the nice vehicle parked neatly outside behind the bushes. That must be the only civilian car we've seen that looks like it still flies" whispered Frank with a plastic smile on his face.

"We're under the impression you want to be a good samaritan and will give us that car" he finished

Not taken by surprise, Ancus apathetically answered "And why would I want to do that, exactly?"

"Truthfully I'm not asking, if you catch my meaning partner" Frank pulled out a shotgun and set it on the table pointing it towards Him.

Ancus let out a large sigh of relief and stared at Frank deep in thought.

"What's it gonna be partner? Going to hand it over quietly or is this going to have to turn nasty?" as he said that, Frank picked up the shotgun and stood up from the table and aimed the barrels at Ancus' face.

"I've reconsidered" Ancus said with a smirk on his face
"I think my luck is finally starting to change"

Frank started to ask what he meant but before the words escaped his lips, Ancus has already pulled out a pistol hidden in his back holster and squeezed the trigger, hitting frank in the forehead causing him to fall back, knocking over the table.

Dawn got up and screamed and then starting to sprint towards the door but Ancus was already ready for her, grabbing her by the arm and throwing her to the ground.

Struck with fear, unable to move she just sat there shaking, afraid to say anything knowing that the next sound she makes might be her last.

"You haven't said much since you've arrived, but I don't think you're as dumb as you look. This plan to come in here and steal my ride was not that old geezers plan" Ancus remained still and looking at Dawn lying there on the ground, still frozen in fear

"You made a mistake when you walked into this bar however; I'm not your typical shakedown. Now you're going to give me exactly what I want, do you understand?"

"I don't know what you're talking about! I had no idea what he was going to do and I was only with him because he said he could help me! You have to believe me" Dawn cried out as tears started filling her eyes.

"Nice act, you should save it for the next sap that comes your way. But for now, let's get down to business" Ancus stood up and pointed his gun between Dawn's eyes.

"You're going to take me to your ship so I can get the fuck off this planet!"