So with Episode VII coming out in 24 hours (For me at least) I decided to release the second chapter of Mass Effect: Deception. Now like I said in the first chapter don't expect any regular updates from here on out. It might be a week before I update next, it might be a month, or even two I really can't say at this time.

Additionally something happens in this chapter that might seem to be very out of the blue and crazy, but its the nature of Nox. He plans extensively but to an outside viewer it might seem like he is acting extremely chaotically. Anyway I'm gonna stop with the A/N and get right to it.

Thanks to all the readers who reviewed. They were very appreciated.

Darth Nox, Dark Lord of the Sith strode into the room that he had been led to upon first boarding the ship, Normandy. Reaching the back of the room he turned to face the three humans who had followed him in. Shepard was standing directly opposite him, at the other end of the table while the other two humans took their places on either side of him. The female human, Nox believed that her name was Miranda, took half a step forward.

"Welcome to the Normandy. I apologize but unfortunately we do not know much about you, so we cannot accurately judge your usefulness on this mission."

The Dark Lord's eyes narrowed as he glared furiously at the human woman, a pulse of rage at her insult flooded through the Sith and he almost shocked the woman for her impudence however at the last moment he stopped himself, instead merely letting his anger manifest in a dark purple mist that began to slowly flow from his body. The eyes of the three humans in front of him widened as they took an unconscious step backward. "It would appear that I am in a galaxy of primitives who cannot even act their place." He hissed angrily.

The two humans on either side of Shepard seemed to bristle angrily at that, but before they could say anything the black haired soldier gave them both a sharp look as he turned back to Nox. "You've mentioned something along those lines before. And judging by the technology found on your ship is it safe to assume that you are from a different galaxy entirely?"

Nox rolled his eyes unseen underneath his mask, but was careful to make sure to not show any further annoyance. He needed to play his cards perfectly if he was to bring the plan he was still coming up with to fruition. Instead, he nodded "I come from a completely different galaxy. Do not ask me which one, I do not know. Not yet at least. Civilization spans most of my galaxy, with millions of different planets and many different alien species. There are many different governments throughout the galaxy, but the two most powerful are the Sith Empire" He said proudly before spitting out the name of his enemy "and the Galactic Republic." He raised a hand in warning "Don't let its name fool you, the Republic is filled with the corrupt, the greedy. The weak. They and the Jedi were the ones that committed mass genocide against my people a thousand years before I… left. It was in the Great Hyperspace war that the Republic attacked us on our homeworld of Korriban. When we retaliated we were declared invaders by the corrupt Jedi who sent their republic hounds after us. Unfortunately the Republic outnumbered us and we were driven back and the Jedi and Republic killed every sith they could get their hands on. Eventually they believed us to be extinct, eradicated by their hand. But we proved them wrong. Refugees escaped the Republic genocide and eventually settled on Dromund Kaas. There we waited, we rebuilt. For over a thousand years we prepared ourselves until eventually we were strong enough. Then we returned to the galaxy to extract our vengeance for the genocide they committed. We won the first war, signing a treaty with the republic. Yet in the years after the republic continued to show themselves for the corrupt dogs they are. They secretly planned for war and eventually they attacked us, they tore the treaty they signed to shreds in an unprovoked attack upon the Empire." Nox's voice hardened with fury and rage as he talked about the events that would happen after "The second great war lasted for many years and it was during this war that I was betrayed. One of my… subordinates led me into an ambush where an entire host of Jedi ambushed and eventually defeated me. Yet proving themselves to weak to kill me, they trapped me in stasis, put me aboard my ship and cast me adrift. I do not know how long I drifted in space before I was found and brought to the facility where you found me." Nox finished his abridged and heavily modified history staring directly at Shepard.

He had to admit, his plans had changed drastically when he has awoken and faced Shepard in person. At first he had planned on either just killing or capturing the three humans, taking their shuttle and leave to hide in the shadows of the galaxy in order to learn more. But when he had freed himself from stasis he felt something that made him stop. Shepard was a powerful fighter and was rather well known to the galaxy. As such he would be a great asset to his plans. Nox would only have to purge him of his compassion but he was a master at that and would especially enjoy corrupting someone as pure as Shepard. However it would take time, but Nox was patient. Certainly there were times when his patience could run out rather quickly, but when it mattered he could wait years. He quickly purged his mind free of other thoughts as Shepard finally responded to his tale.

"So are the Sith and Jedi certain species within your galaxy?"

Nox shook his head. "Not quite. The Jedi and Sith are two groups of the galaxy that use the force. The powers that you have witnessed me use." he said bringing his left hand up and letting lightning crackle and surround it. "Yet at the same time, the Sith are a species of the galaxy."

The human man, Jacob he believed the man was called, furrowed his eyebrows "So which are you? The organization or the species?"

Nox smirked as he raised his hands to his mask and slowly took it off "Both." He took great pleasure in seeing the looks of surprise on the three humans' faces as he plucked a couple of stray thoughts from their minds. "You are surprised by how much I look like a human?" He asked, smirking. Like all Pureblood Sith, Nox had the same basic facial structure as humans, yet unlike humans his skin was a crimson red which was the most obvious trait of him being a Sith. Unlike some purebloods however, he did not have as many visible bone spurs protruding from his face, with only two spurs protruding out from his eyebrows. Smaller ridges ran along his cheekbones, chin, forehead and neck, further enhancing the natural predatorial look of Pureblood Sith. He wore golden jewelry with symbols inscribed upon it that was fused with his skin starting on the bridge of his nose and leading up between his eyes to his forehead. Amber eyes, ringed by black seemed to glow slightly with a sinister yellow light. And hair, unseen by the humans at the moment due to his hood, black with tinges of dark red scattered about the messy strands.

"The Sith and humans are the primary population of the Empire." He continued without waiting for a response, dropping yet another fact upon the humans that they had not yet known. He was rewarded once more by expressions of shock.

"Humans?" Miranda asked disbelievingly.

Nox nodded "Oh yes, did I forget to mention that humans are very common in my galaxy and there are many different types of species that evolved from humans. But I believe that we have wasted enough time on these trivialities. I sense that you have only just begun this mission of yours to hunt the collectors. Tell me, what have you learned so far?"

Shepard recovered rather quickly to the Sith's sudden change of topic. "We learned that the collectors are responsible for a series of attacks on human colonies that started two years ago. The collectors abduct all the people on these colonies without leaving much of a trace. We were only able to learn that the collectors were infact responsible for the attacks when we went to Freedoms Progress, a recently attacked colony and found a quarian survivor who had used the colony's surveillance systems to record the collectors. We also learned that the collectors use seeker swarms to paralyse the inhabitants to allow for the abductions to take place without a trace."

Miranda continued "The Illusive man has given us six dossiers to begin building our team with. We were supposed to pick up Samuel Michaels at the facility that we found you at, but you killed him."

"And who is this Illusive Man?"

"He is the leader of Cerberus, an organization dedicated to the betterment of humanity."

"I would very much like to meet this Illusive Man." Nox's his tone made sure to let them know that this was not up for discussion. However it seemed like Miranda either ignored his not so subtle order, or didn't register it.

"If the Illusive Man wishes to speak with you then you may speak with him other wise-" Nox snarled in anger as he suddenly raised a hand an unleashed a blast of lightning at the woman. The blast lasted less than a second, yet still caused Miranda to let a pained scream loose.

"Let me rephrase that so that a worm such as you can understand. You will get me in contact with the Illusive Man immediately." He hissed, ignoring the alarmed shouts from the other two humans. "Do I make myself clear?"

"Hey! Hey!" Shepard shouted stepping up to Nox threateningly "You can't just electrocute and threaten my crew members like that!"

He merely raised an eyebrow "Do you honestly mean to tell me that you trust these people?"

"Whether I trust them or not, that doesn't give you permission to torture people like that." he hissed. "In fact I'm seriously considering dropping you off at the nearest alliance base."

"But you won't. You need my abilities against the Collectors or you will fail." Mentioning the 'vision' that he had let Shepard see. He had of course modified the vision so that it seemed that his aid was required for Shepard to succeed.

Shepard narrowed his eyes. "Yeah, I'm not so sure about that vision anymore. How do I know that you didn't just make it up in order to get on my ship?"

Nox shrugged "Why would I? It would gain me nothing. If I wanted to escape from that facility I could have done so through many different ways. I would have killed you and stolen your shuttle.. I would then be completely free to do what I wished. No, you require my abilities Shepard."

Keeping his eyes narrowed Shepard studied the Dark Lord for a few moments. "Maybe. But you still haven't told us exactly what your abilities are. You don't expect me to believe that you will be relying completely on this "force" What weapons will you be using?"

Now it was Nox's time to narrow his eyes at Shepard "I have fought many battles relying almost completely upon the Dark Side. I do not need any weapons that you have."

Shepard rolled his eyes. "Look, I am going to insist that you take some kind of weapon with you. In my experience it is foolish to rely completely on one's powers."

"Oh, but I have my own weapon. I do not need such primitive weapons when I have my lightsaber." As he spoke, he used the force to unhook his lightsaber from his belt and sent it floating up between him and Shepard where he grabbed it with his hand and activated it. The purple blade erupted from the emitter with the usual snap-hiss. Spinning it around carelessly he gave Shepard a mocking salute before letting go and letting it float in mid air, still humming dangerously.

"A sword?" The black skinned man asked incredulously. "What good is a sword, even an energy sword against a gun?"

"To those untrained in its use and to those unable to use the force? Useless. But to a sith, it gives me an advantage over all except for another Sith or a Jedi."

Shepard crossed his arms, still extremely skeptical. "Really? Well we have a saying, Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. So unless you can block shots with that fancy sword there we're still going to have a problem."

Kallig smirked, "Oh but I can."

A single raised eyebrow displayed Shepard's continued skepticism.

"And I'll show you. Shoot me." He said taking his lightsaber in his hands and sinking into a defensive soresu form. While he wasn't very skilled at soresu, he was more than capable of using it to block ranged weapons. "I know you have a hidden weapon Shepard. Use it."

"Are you insane? We're on a ship, you expect me to fire a live weapon at you in a spaceborne ship?"

"I prefer the term 'differently rational'. And come now that excuse is one of the feeblest I have ever heard. If your engineers made this ship in such a way that it couldn't handle internal weapons fire then you should execute your engineers for their failure. " Seeing that Shepard was still not drawing the pistol he knew he had, Nox began to goad him. "Come now Commander. Take your weapon. Use it. Shoot me. Or are you afraid that you will miss?"

The man rolled his eyes. "I don't have anything to prove to you. I know my own abilities very well thank you very much."

"Ah yes. You don't have anything to prove. But you want to know my abilities. I am very confident in my own skills. If I could not block a few shots from you here, then I would deserve the pain that would come with being shot. Come Shepard. Or are you too weak. Perhaps your fears are actually true. You are just a pawn to be used and get thrown away when people are done with you. Thats what the council did after all."

"Shut up. If you really want to get shot at then we'll go down to the firing range and use safe equipment."

"You really are a good little pawn aren't you? Always toeing the line, doing what is expected of you, following your orders blindly. Why even your little lover, Williams was it? Yes Ashley Williams. I'm sure that she too has just abandoned you after-"

A warning from the force, a sudden movement and his lightsaber was already moving to intercept the shot that was fired a moment later. A flash of light and the violet blade completely disintegrated the metal shard that Shepard had fired at the sith. Kallig's lips stretched into a gleeful smile as Shepard glared at the sith.

"Shepard. I have detected a weapons discharge in the communications room." A female disembodied voice sounded over the intercom.

Shepard started for a moment breaking eye contact with Nox as he looked down at the gun in his hand in shock for a moment. "Shepard?" Miranda stepped closer to the commander who had yet to answer.

He took a deep breath and looked up "It's alright EDI. Our new team member was merely demonstrating his skills. Do we have somewhere where Nox can stay, preferably somewhere out of the way where he won't be bothered?"

"Perhaps the port observation deck?" EDI suggested.

"That will be sufficient. Now, I wish to speak with the Illusive man." Nox said turning to Miranda.

"The Illusive Man has in fact requested to a meeting with you." EDI said before Miranda could respond.

"Excellent. Then there will be no problems. The rest of you may leave." He motioned for the three humans to leave.

Miranda was the first to leave, walking shakily out of the room, followed closely by Jacob. Shepard gave Nox one last hard look before turning and striding out.

The Dark Lord crossed his arms as the table slowly sank into the floor. Making sure to lower his hood so it cast the rest of his face in shadow he stepped forward onto the lowered table he waited as a holographic cylinder raised from the floor scanning his body and movements. A few seconds later the holographic figure of an elderly human sitting in a chair, fizzed into existence in front of him. Giving a slight sneer at the primitive technology Kallig studied the man in front of him carefully.

"The Illusive Man I presume."

Nwûl tash. Dzwol shâsotkun. Shâsotjontû châtsatul nu tyûk. Tyûkjontû châtsatul nu midwan.

Nox sat on the floor, legs folded underneath him hands resting perpendicular on his thighs, as he let the sweet cold embrace dark side fill him, he pondered the future. His talk with the Illusive Man had gone well. Their ideologies were compatible enough for now and Nox knew that cerberus would be extremely useful for his plans in the future. Therefore Nox had made a deal that the Illusive man couldn't resist. A deal that would cement his position in the galaxy, an asset that would be of much use to the Dark Lord.

He sensed the individual approaching and before he could knock on his door he triggered the opening mechanism with the force, letting it slide open infront of the man who hesitated for a second before walking in. "Commander Shepard."

"Nox. We're going to be arriving at Omega soon and I figured that you can accompany us and provide us with a demonstration of your abilities."

A sadistic smile crept onto the Sith's face as his eyes opened in the dim red lighting "I'm always looking for a reason to cause some Chaos."

"I'm sure. We're arriving in thirty minutes. Don't be late."

Midwanjontû châtsatul nu asha. Ashajontû kotswinot itsu nuyak. Wonoksh Qyâsik nun.

If there was one thing that Nox learned within five minutes of arriving on Omega, it was that he hated it. The aliens that walked around, the dirt. He despised it, as he let his hatred simmer, just bubbling beneath the surface of his mind, waiting to be unleashed on the next person to draw his ire. As he walked past a massive quadruped alien bouncer into the entryway to the club afterlife where they were apparently going to meet the 'ruler' of Omega, Aria he spotted a couple batarians as he recalled Shepard calling them, ugly humanoid creatures with four eyes sitting on a bench at the side watching the group enter. A disgusted sneer grew on his face as he regarded the batarians for a moment as Shepard walked past them. The batarians, unable to see his smirk due to his mask, obviously still noticed the look as they all stood up and walked into Kallig's path.

"What are you looking at?" the lead batarian's tone was confrontational, obviously trying to get a rise out of him.

"Three pathetic worms." Nox answered shortly slowing to a stop.

The lead batarian took a step forward, cracking his knuckles "Who are you calling a worm? You looking for trouble? Well you humans are all the same. Always strutting about like you own the place. Well let me tell you something, human. We're going to be doing the galaxy a favor today. When we're done with you, no one will be able to recognize your face ever again."

A sadistic grin appeared on the Sith's face as he released his hold on his rage. "Is that right? Well I can tell you know that you won't be recognizing anyone soon. Pathetic four eyed beast."

The batarian gave a shout of anger and stepped forward, fist raising for a powerful punch. Before he could do more than raise his fist however, Nox's left hand rose out in front of him as he channeled the dark side down his arm and lightning burst forth arcing from his fingertips at the batarian in front of him, sending him falling backward, convulsing as the electricity ravaged his body. The other two batarians shouted in shock and surprise as Nox's right hand joined his left and the blast of lightning intensified, catching all three batarians and sending them screaming to the ground where they writhed as Nox continued to shock them. He continued the electrocution, intentionally drawing out their deaths by reducing the amount of power he sent at them. The lightning contrasted sharply with the orange that was dominant here . Out of the corner of his eyes Nox saw Shepard and Miranda watching in horror as he slowly tortured the batarians to death. The leader was the first to fall silent, the electricity finally proving to be too much for him and he passed out. The other two fell unconscious shortly after and Nox continued his assault for one last second, bringing his full power to bear which quickly and almost instantly killed the three batarians.

Ceasing his assault, he started walking forward, carelessly throwing the bodies to the side as he approached them.

"Did you have to do that?" Shepard hissed angrily as he approached. "We're trying to not draw too much attention right now."

Nox shrugged carelessly "Of course I did. They attacked me. I only returned the favor." Nox looked squarely at Shepard "Never let an attack on you go without retribution. If you start letting attacks go unpunished then people will see you as weak. And weakness is death. Now I believe that we were supposed to talk to some asari or another?"

As Nox stared at Shepard, challenging him to say something, who merely narrowed his eyes and turned around to continue walking into the cantina, followed closely by Miranda. Smirking under his mask, Nox strolled in behind them. He released his aura when he entered, causing everyone to unconsciously glance in his direction. He tailed Shepard at his own pace, not bothering to keep up with him as he navigated his way to a set of stairs that led up to an alcove overlooking the cantina. The guards standing at the bottom of the stairs let him pass when he walked up to them and resumed their position when he and Miranda had passed. When Nox strolled up to them they stepped forward, barring his path.

"Where do you think you're-" a pulse of the dark side sent him staggering to the side, eyes dilated with fear as the Sith stalked past him.

He climbed the stairs slowly, as if he owned them until he reached the balcony that Shepard had entered to talk to the asari Aria. He walked in just as Aria seemed to be giving some kind of speech to Shepard. "I'm the boss, CEO, queen if you're feeling dramatic. it doesn't matter. Omega has no titled ruler and only one rule." the sith rolled his eyes as the asari sat down on her couch. "Don't fuck with Aria."

Nox snorted softly as Shepard smirked and nodded "I like it. Easy to remember."

"If you forget, Someone will remind you." The threat was obvious in her words.

"Sounds good to me. I'm looking for Mordin Solus. Know where he might be?"

"The Salarian Doctor? Last I heard he was trying to find a cure for the plague in the quarantine zone. I always liked Mordin. He's as likely to heal you as he is to shoot you."

Shepard raised an eyebrow "How so?"

"He used to be part of the salarian STG. He's a genius and has no qualms with killing. Word of warning however, once he gets talking he never stops. If you need to find him, the quarantine zone is not that far from here. Then again it's unlikely that they'll just let you in. It is a quarantine zone of course."

"Thanks for that information. I'm also looking for Archangel. Know him?"

Aria chuckled "Know him? I doubt there's anyone on Omega who doesn't know him. You want him dead as well or are you trying to recruit him like you are Solus?"

"The latter."

"Interesting. You're going to make some enemies teaming up with Archangel. Every mercenary gang on Omega is looking for him. They haven't found him yet though. They seem to be getting closer though. I'd suggest you keep an ear out for news."

Shepard nodded "Sounds good to me."

"I must say though, you're other team member here intrigues me." Aria turned to watch the sith. "I saw your little encounter earlier. Never seen anything like that before."

The sith shrugged carelessly "I wouldn't expect a worm like you to have seen anything remotely similar to my power before."

Aria's eyes narrowed dangerously "You seem to have trouble remembering things that were said less than five minutes ago."

Nox shook his head "You will find that my memory is excellent. It's the 'caring' part that I have trouble with." The words had hardly left his mouth when all of Aria's guards suddenly drew and aimed their weapons threateningly at the Dark Lord.

"I apologise for my companion. He is uh new around here." Shepard interjected trying to head of the inevitable fight that would break out if this argument continued. A small part of Shepard's mind wondered if the fight would go so badly for Nox. He pushed those thoughts from his mind and turned to glare at the Sith who hadn't heeded his warning and had continued talking.

"This galaxy is in such a sorry state. I'm surprised it's lasted this long." He muttered not reacting in the slightest to all the weapons aimed directly at him.

"Listen, whoever you are. I'm going to give you one last chance. Get the fuck out of my face, or I will throw you out the nearest airlock myself."

Nox raised an eyebrow. "An insect defeat a Sith? You are quite enamoured of yourself aren't you?"

"Kill him!" Aria shouted angrily glaring blue as she prepared to launch a biotic attack at the sith. But before anyone could do anything more than twitch a muscle Nox suddenly burst into motion, his movements augmented with the force so that he appeared little more than a blur as his lightsaber appeared in his hands, two purple blades growing from each end as he immediately threw himself into a full rotation, both blades carving three of Aria's guards into pieces before they knew what hit them. He ended his spin in a crouch just as the rest of the guards opened fire with their weapons. They however were taken completely by surprise by Nox's actions and ended up firing completely over Nox's head. Both of the sith's hands snapped out from his sides, hands forming vicious claws as they reached towards two of the four remaining guards, his lightsaber deactivating as he clasped it between his left thumb and palm. The two guards gasped for breath as they felt invisible hands closing around their necks lifting them up in the air. With a sharp violent motion, Nox crossed his arms, sending the two choking guards fly together at rapid speeds, colliding with a loud crack and intercepting the biotic blast that Aria had just sent flying at the Sith.

Releasing his hold on the two now dead guards Nox threw himself into a backwards fall, his body seemingly flying horizontally over the floor before he did a backflip to land on his feet. One of the guards, a batarian, quickly reacted firing at the Sith with his pistol. His heavy pistol bucked thrice in his hands, generally enough to penetrate most shields and kill or wound his target. But this time, the Sith, who had reacted just as he started pulling the trigger, raised his right hand in what should have been a futile attempt to block the shots with his hand only for the batarian to watch in shock as he saw the Sith not so much as flinch as the bullets should have hit him. His eyes widened as he realized that there were three shards of metal floating in front of the Dark Lord's hand. He was unable to do anything else as the shards suddenly reversed their course and hit the batarian in the chest. His shields flared up, successfully stopping the first bullet, however it merely slowed the second which as such hit his body right after the third shot. Both shards tore their way through his heart and lungs sending him to the ground.

Meanwhile Nox's left hand had started sparking as he channeled the dark side and a second later, moments after the death of the batarian he sent a bolt of lightning at the last guard in the booth who screamed as he fell to the ground dead.

In a span of five seconds, Nox had killed seven guards as if it was nothing. However Aria was nothing if not an experienced fighter. The moment that Nox had killed her two last guards he had sent another biotic blast at the Sith. Nox's attention was still on the guard that he had just electrocuted as he was fully confident that the force would warn him of any attacks sent his way in time for him to react, therefore he was rather surprised when he was suddenly and without any warning ripped from his feet and sent flying towards the asari ruler. Surprise quickly turned into rage and he let loose a massive scream, amplified by hate and rage that sent shockwaves all around him. Aria, Shepard and Miranda were caught completely by surprise by the scream that sent them flying off their feet. Shepard and Miranda were sent colliding with a wall while Aria went flying off the balcony down into the club below. Both Aria and Shepard recovered quickly enough however, Shepard quickly rolling to his feet, finally deciding that enough was enough and drew his shotgun from his back. Aria caught herself with her biotics, letting herself float safely to the ground.

Meanwhile with Aria's concentration broken, Nox landed on his feet overlooking club which was quickly emptying of civilians and filling with more and more guards.

"Give up Nox! You're outnumbered fifty to one!" Shepard shouted at the Sith's back he was exaggerating a bit, but if it got the Sith to stand down he would be fine with it.

"Numbers mean nothing to me!" A sphere of electricity seemed to form around the shrouded figure as he drew his arms and legs close to his body, ignoring gravity as he floated in in midair. A second later his arms snapped out from his body, his legs falling back towards the ground. His hands began sparking with electricity that immediately began springing down towards the ground, electricity also began emanating from his feet which shepard realized were still inches off the ground. The lightning hit the balcony underneath the Sith and vanished. The guards on the ground opened fire on the sith, but his shield of electricity merely sparked brightly with each impact. Not two seconds had passed when the air inside the club began to feel heavy, like the air feels like right before a big thunderstorm. Shepard began to feel his hair stand on edge, as if he had just become electrically charged. Shepard's eyes widened as the air near the ceiling of the club began to flash brightly. The shots hitting Nox's shield died down as the guards turned their fearful gaze up at the ceiling where the flashing lights got stronger and stronger. They had just nervously began backing up, heedless of Aria's shouts, when armageddon hit. streams of lightning began arcing from the ceiling to land in the midst of the guards. The first bolt hit four guards who fell to the ground, alongside two patrons who had ducked underneath a table when the fighting broke out. Three more guards and another four clubgoers were hit by the electricity that arced from the floor into their bodies, sending them collapsing to the ground, screaming in pain. The second bolt hit instants later, killing another six people. Then the third, and the Fourth. From where he stood, Shepard was unable to see the people dying, but he did see the bolts of lightning, and hear the screams of those unlucky enough to not be instantly killed.

Hearing the screams, Shepard did the first thing he thought of. he biotically charged the sith. he smashed into the sith, the impact breaking through his shield and sending him flying off the balcony down towards the ground. Shepard tried to stifle a cry of pain as lightning surged through his body, a side effect of him physically hitting the shield of electricity and coming in contact with the lighting that was streaming down the sith's body. The interruption did however almost immediately stop the unnatural storm that had formed inside afterlife as the sith twisted in midair and landed safely on the ground, seemingly none the worse for wear. As he landed he brought his fist, wreathed in a dark purple mist, smashing down onto the ground where it exploded with the force of a small bomb, sending everything nearby flying away from him. Nox stood there, in the middle of the club, surveying the carnage he had wreaked. Bodies lay strewn about him many of them guards others civilians who had unfortunately chosen today to visit arias club. Most of the bodies were dead, a few were still alive though, their moans starting to fill the club from where they lay. Aria slowly got to her feet, glaring at the sith with hate.

"Ahhh." Nox rolled his shoulders releasing a satisfied breath. "Well that was fun. Nothing like starting things off with a little Murder and Mayhem." He turned to face Shepard who was still up on the balcony looking down at him. "I won't kill you Shepard. I will have need of you later. Just as I won't kill you, 'Queen of Omega'. But for now I will leave. I have things to destroy, people to torture." And with that the sith suddenly disappeared in a small cloud of purple mist that fell to the floor, forming a thin layer over the floor. The Survivors of Nox's attack stared in fear, shock and rage at the space that the Sith had been in a moment before. Unseen to them the cloaked figure of Darth Nox exited afterlife through the still open doors, walking past the bodies of the Batarian's he had killed when entering the club and out the main doors where more of Aria's guards were keeping the civilians away from the entrance. At complete ease Nox navigated the streets of Omega, using a newly acquired Omni-tool until he arrived at a nondescript building in the middle of an apartment complex. Without hesitation Nox walked up and triggered the opening mechanism with the force, making it slide open as he approached. Walking through he stopped cloaking himself with the force and let the door slide closed behind him.

"What the-" A man rushed into the hallway that Nox had just entered, a gun held in his hand that he held raised for a moment before lowering it as he saw who had just entered. "I assume you're the one who we are supposed to be on the lookout for?"

The sith nodded "That is correct. Have you retrieved my artifacts from the Normandy?"

The man collapsed his pistol and stuck it into his waistband. "I have agents doing so right now."

"Excellent. I hope they will be careful. I would be most displeased if any of those artifacts were to be damaged."

"Don't you worry sir. The Illusive Man made it very clear that those artifacts were to be treated with the utmost caution."

"Yes. Now I wish to speak with the Illusive Man."

"Of course. If you would follow me, I will take you to communications room."

The Sith lord followed the cerberus agent through the safe house. The building only had a few other agents there at the moment, the others were no doubt out doing other things, including getting Nox's items from the Normandy. He stepped in the circle that served as the method of holocommunication with a slight sneer on his face as he took off his mask, hooking it to his belt.

"Illusive Man. I have had my fun with Aria and I left Shepard's ship. The plan may now continue uninterrupted."

"Excellent. My team has begun work on your ship. They will learn what they can and fix what is damaged."

"Good. I will begin my work on this station. I will require all the information on mercenaries, bounty hunters, criminals- the scum of the galaxy. They will be very useful assets. Prioritise the ones on Omega first, since that is where I am right now." Nox instructed.

"And what exactly will you do with this information?" The Cerberus Leader inquired.

Nox smirked "I will approach them, manipulate them. Soon they will all follow my orders, even if they are not aware of the others. They will no longer be under the command of outside parties, we cannot afford to have them be working against us when the reapers arrive."

"Very well. I suggest that you hurry however. Currently the three major mercenary groups are trying to kill archangel, the turian dossier on Shepard's list. I'm confident that the mercenaries will be severely bloodied once Shepard is done with them."

"Then I suggest that you send me the information quickly."

"It's been sent. Good luck with your investigation Nox."

"There is no such thing as luck, merely power and the will to use it." Nox scoffed as he turned and walked out of the comm room. Where he found the same agent from before waiting for him who led him to a terminal that had the information he was requiring, on it.

Contrary to what some people whispered about him in the Empire, Darth Nox had never been one to just sit back and let others do the delicate work for him. Not all of it anyway, on his rise up to power, he had been the true brains behind most of his moves after he had forced his former master into the body of his dashade, Khem Val. He always was the one to see how a situation could be of use to him and how to properly capitalize on it. It was what ultimately let him defeat Thanaton in the Kaggath. Therefore it didn't take long for him to have a plan in place that would let him capitalize on the mercenary structure and the imminent attack they would face from Shepard. The blood pack would be the easiest, but also the most boring to take control over. They could also wait. Eclipse was going to be more interesting. But they could wait. It was the Blue Suns that he planned to strike at first. And as Nox stood and left the Cerberus safe house, robes billowing around him, he knew that by the time the day was over, the Blue suns on Omega would be under new leadership, his own.

So there it was, yes it might seem very chaotic but there is a method to Nox's madness. It will become clear in later chapters. And there is a reason why I had Nox first be picked up by Shepard and pretend to be willing to join his crew. Nox will now set out to create his powerbase within the new galaxy. Galaxy beware, Murder and Mayhem awaits.