(Chapter 06)
"I'm glad to see justice served" Saren says arrogantly as he stared at the humans, as if mocking them before cutting communication between himself and the council.
Having watched the hearing Naruto shook his head at the council decision then looks to Trance and pulls a spare communicator from his inside jacket pocket and hands it to her "Trance, I'm gonna need you to bring this to Jane and have her contact me right away, so we can find the evidence we need faster" he tells her as she grabs the device.
"Okay but where do I find her on the presidium?" she asks getting a thoughtful look from the blond.
"Umm Anderson will most likely send her over to Barla Von's office, for any information the Shadow Broker might have on Saren" he says to her getting a nod.
Trance started to walk before she stops and turns back around "what about helping Sha'ira?" she asks having remembered why they were in the Wards in the first place.
"I'll take care of that, just get over to Barla Von's ok" he assures her.
"Are you sure?" she asks again
"Yes" he confirms giving her his famous smile.
She stared at him for a few seconds then nods her head with her own smile "alright" and runs toward the presidium, watching her disappear in the elevator Naruto turns around and started walking towards Chora's Den to finish his errand.
(Chora's Den)
Entering the gentlemen's club Naruto bumps into a Quarian knocking her to the ground by accident. Looking down Naruto immediately extended his hand out to her "sorry about that miss, didn't mean to do that" he apologized to her.
Rubbing the side of her helmet the Quarian sees the out stretched hand in front of her and looks up to the person responsible for knocking her over and couldn't help the dusting of a blush appearing on her face. She once again was happy that she had a helmet on "i-it's okay" she says grabbing his hand hesitantly.
Helping her to her feet Naruto had apologize to her again for knocking her over "It's ok but sorry I really need to get somewhere" she says and quickly goes around him heading towards the wards.
Standing at the door he watched her disappear around the corner and stood there for a few seconds before he went back to finding the individual he was sent to find. Strolling around the bar Naruto had found the Turian he was looking for sitting at the back of the bar with a glass in hand taking a drink.
Walking up to the Turian general Naruto saw he was depressed "something got you down general?" Naruto asks him sitting across from the Turian.
Glancing up from his glass, the general saw a blond haired human wearing a burnt orange combat armor with blue strips and a red haori over it. He stared at the blond for a few moments before he saw a symbol on the collar of his haori and realized who it was in front of him "well if it isn't the Commonwealth's one and only Captain Naruto Uzumaki of the Andromeda Ascendant" the general says taking another drink from his glass.
"Now tell me what you want?" he asks with suspicion in his tone staring at the Elementian.
Hearing Septimus calls him by name, rank and organization confused him, since as far as he knew hardly anyone from the council races knew about him with the exception being the Council and Shadow Broke 'who told him that?' he thought to himself wondering how he got that information but he decided to fill that tip bit for later.
"You're well informed general, but back to the topic at hand. What's a man of your stature doing in a…fine establishment like this" Naruto asks taking a look around the bar.
Naruto then looks back to the General with a smile and says "but I guess the real question is, what's the problem general?" leaning forward in his seat Naruto stares him in the eyes and saw sorrow in them.
A sigh escaped the Turian's mouth and leans forward as well "I've seen a lot of horrible things in my days and there was only one woman in this damn galaxy, that helped me forget it" he says taking another drink.
Nodding his head Naruto understood him but asks "if you feel that way, then why spread lies about her?" Naruto asks generally curious.
Anger appeared in the general eyes and slams his fist on the table and shouts "CAUSE, SHE REJECTED ME, ME! Septimus Oraka! General of the Turian fleet" toning it down at the end.
Sitting there Naruto says "I understand how you feel believe me I do, but spreading these lies won't help you" also knowing how it feels to be rejected by a woman he loved.
Leaning forward Septimus looks to Naruto "look Captain, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but…"
(Presidium – Financial District)
We find Shepard, Kaila and Ashley walking out of Barla Von's office "we need to head to C-Sec for the Krogan, Barla Von told us about and find out what he knows about Saren" Shepard said as they each turn to one another.
"We should also check with Garrus on his investigation, while we're there as well" Kaila brings up getting nods from the other two. And just as they were about to leave for C-Sec, a purple skinned girl was in front of them "um would one of you, happen to be Jane Shepard?" she asks looking between each of them.
Studying the girl they saw she had dirty blond hair with red and purple highlights done up in a unique way. She was wearing a dark blue velvet bodysuit, a grey bracer on her left forearm, a pale purple leather belt around her waist and a pair of grey shin length boots. But the thing that caught there attention the most about her, was the devil-like tail behind her.
"That would be me, can I help you?" Shepard says wondering who she was and how she knew her name.
"Oh good I found you right away, my name is Trance Gemini and I was sent by Naruto" she introduces herself whispering the last part to them since Naruto was laying low until the next hearing.
Hearing Naruto's name mentioned got the girls attention "Naruto!? Where is he and why did he send you?" Jane asks looking to the purple skinned girl for answers.
"Well, right now he is down in the wards taking care of an errand, I was in the middle of and had asked me to come and give you this" Trance tells them reaching out her tail which was wrapped around a small rectangular grey device.
They stared at her tail for a moment and felt slightly weirded out by how easily she can move it. While they were staring at it, Trance felt a little unnerved at their stares and retracted her tail "umm is everything ok?" she asks lightly with a hint of concern in her tone.
Hearing her asking if they were ok brought the three out of their staring "huh? Oh yes, sorry about that" Jane said apologizing for the three of them and held out her hand towards Trance's tail to grab the device.
"It's already on Naruto's frequency, you just have to push this button here and it's alright" Trance tells them using her tail to point to the button that turns it on "then hold down this one and call Naruto" she finishes retracting her tail from Jane.
Listening to her instruction she did what was told to her "Naruto? are you there?" Jane asks through the communicator in her hands.
They waited in silence for a moment "hello? Naruto? Are you there?" Jane asks again hoping he'd answer this time.
"…hello? Jane? Is that you?" Naruto responded a moment later appearing on the communicator screen.
Seeing the blond appear Jane immediately answered "yes Naruto I'm here, your friend found me right outside of Barla Von's office, in any case what's going on and how did you know what was going on in the Council Chambers?" she responds wondering how he had listen into the hearing.
"…ah Jane good, I'm glad Trance found you and to answer your question, I was able to listen in on the hearing because a friend of mine, hacked into the video feed in the Council Chamber" he tells her "anyway I had Trance give you this communicator, so we can plan on what to do next" he finishes
"Well, right now we're heading towards C-Sec to talk with a Krogan, who might have evidence against Saren then meet with a C-Sec officer named Garrus Vakarian, who was investigating Saren before the hearing" she says telling him what the plan was.
Naruto nods at that "Okay that sounds like a plan, but most likely Garrus isn't in the office, if some of the rumors, I heard about him are true" he said scratching his right cheek.
Hearing that got Jane's attention "what do you mean by that?" she asks curiously wondering what he meant by rumors.
Shaking his head he says "I'll explain later, you need to get the Krogan right away, I'll find Garrus and with any luck, I'll find him right away" Naruto says then a thought crossed his mind "oh and Trance could you stick with them for a bit and bring the team over here, after you're done" he adds
"Sure thing, Naruto" she says with a nod and smile after hearing his request.
"Take good care of Beka's lucky charm, Jane" he says cutting the feed.
"Wai…damn it" Jane cursed lowly and looks to the purple skinned alien, Trance Gemini "I guess we're gonna be teammates for the time being, come on you three let's get over to C-Sec fast" Jane says aloud getting nods from the three of them and off they went.
(Citadel Security – Ten Minutes Later)
"…And that is how we help the Twi'leks regain their freedom" Trance said as the group stepped off the elevator that led from the Presidium.
Trance had just told the girls' one of the adventures they had in the Terminus Systems "how are the Twi'leks doing now, after helping them?" Ashley asks wondering how they were fairing after their civil war.
Just as Trance was about to answer they heard a commotion coming from their left "witnesses say they heard you making threats at Fist's bar" a human C-Sec officer said standing in front of a Krogan in red armour with two Turians flanking the Krogan.
"Stay away from him, Wrex" the C-Sec officer ordered.
A grunt was heard from the Krogan "I don't take orders from you human" Wrex growled narrowing his eyes at the human.
"This is your only warning Wrex" the C-sec officer said with authority in his tone.
Wrex then got in the officer's face "you should warn Fist! I will kill him"
The officer took a step back because of how close Wrex was then steeled himself "do you want me to arrest you" he challenged
A light chuckle was heard from the Krogan "I like to see you try" he countered with a sneer.
He then noticed Jane and the girls looking over at him and walks up to them "go on, get out of here" the C-Sec officer said as he and his two fellow officers left.
"Something I can help you with human?" he asks standing in front of them crossing his arms.
Jane nods at him "yes there is, I'm trying to bring down Saren and Barla Von said to come talk to you" she answers.
"Barla Von is a wise man, we may share a common goal human" he says to her in a deep matter of fact tone.
Hearing his reply caused Shepard to cross her arms with a raised eyebrow "enlighten me" she asks wanting to know what he meant by that.
Wrex then took a few steps towards her "I've been hired to kill the owner of Chora's Den, a man named Fist" he says shaking his head at the name "he did something foolish" he added looking up to her.
That got her attention "what was that?" she asks in wonder.
Wrex then explained what it was that Fist had done "he betrayed the Shadow Broker" he told them.
"A Quarian had shown up on the Citadel and was on the run, she wanted to trade information for a safe place to hide so she went to Fist, he promised to arrange a meeting with the Shadow Broker, instead he contacted Saren" he finished
"Why did he contact him?" Jane asks with a raised eyebrow wondering why he would give it to him and not the Shadow Broker.
Wrex then explains the detail "Well the Quarian has something that connects Saren to the Geth, he paid Fist a small fortune for her".
Hearing that Kaila spoke up "if we can get our hands on that information, we can prove Saren is a traitor to the Council".
"Saren might already have her" Shepard assumed
"Last I heard, Fist still had her and most likely still over at his bar, you help me take down Fist and she's all yours" he says offering Shepard the Quarian for help.
She nods at the offer but wanted to ask something else "what can you tell me about your employer?" wanting to know more about the Shadow Broker.
Wrex shrugged at the question "can't tell you much, I was sent an encrypted message with the job, standard procedure" he says.
"What about Garrus? He wants to take Saren down as well" Ashley brought up which made Shepard nod at the mentioning of the Turian's name "he could be helpful" she says to her.
Upon hearing who they were talking about Wrex decide to say something "he was here a moment ago, but had left just before you got here" he says to them getting their attention again.
"Would you happen to know where he was going?" Trance asks slightly hesitant of asking the scary Krogan.
This got everyone's attention as Jane, Kaila and Ashley had briefly forgotten she was with them, while Wrex was staring at the sparkly purple skinned alien in wonder "never seen your species before, are your people just getting into space travel?" he asks her with curiousness in his tone?
Hearing that questions asked brought everyone's attention on her once again making her feel uncomfortable by the staring "now isn't the time for that, we need to find this Quarian before Saren gets to her" Trance says trying to change the topic back to getting the information from said Quarian.
Kaila was about to continue with Wrex's question but was interrupted by Jane "she's right we need to find Garrus, do you know where he is?" Jane asks him which received a nod from the red armoured alien.
"He said he following up on a lead in his investigation and went to talk with the doctor at the medical center in the wards" he finished
"We need to hurry" Jane simply said getting nods from the other four and walked towards the Wards entrance.
(The Wards – Medical Center – same time)
Walking towards the medical facility Naruto had his index and middle fingers of his right hand pushed against his neck "…you sure he's here Harper?" he asks wanting to make sure the Turian was there and not somewhere else.
"Come on boss trust me on this time, his Omni-tool shows he's there" Harper groaned out.
"He's telling the truth fishcake, it shows he is in there" Vetra said backing up Harper.
"See! Told you fishcake" Harper chimed in with a smile as he heard Naruto growled at him using that name.
There was silence for a few seconds before Naruto said "Seamus, the next time I hear those words escape your mouth, I'll break the truce for our little prank war".
He was met with silence for a few seconds before hearing "Naruto! it's Vetra whatever this prank war thing between you two is, it seems to have scared the little guy stiff" she said as she was staring at the little man.
A smirk of victory appeared on Naruto's face "I figured it would work, in any case Vetra when Harper comes too, could you tell him to find me a publisher on the Citadel?" he asks her really in need of finding one.
"Sure, I'll tell him that when he comes too" she says before cutting the feed.
Walking up to the door it opens to show the person he was looking for, only he was crotch behind the half wall and heard "I didn't tell anyone I swear" shouted a woman, glancing over to the voice Naruto saw five thugs surrounding a red haired woman in a doctor's uniform.
"That was smart doc, now if Garrus comes by you better stay smart and keep your mouth shu…" the leader was saying before he heard the door shut and looks to see Naruto standing there. The thug leader saw Naruto pull a bronze rod out from the holster on his right leg "who the hell are you?" he shouts grabbing the doctor and using her as a shield while the other thugs pointed their weapons at Naruto.
"Let her go" Naruto ordered with a hard look on his face and his Force Lance aimed at the leader's head.
Having heard the leader shouting at someone by the door, Garrus looks behind himself to see Naruto with his Force Lance pointed at them. This gave Garrus the opportunity to make his move and pops out from behind the wall shooting the leader in the head.
This course of action earn a yelp from her as she was dragged to the ground by the dead guy still holding on to her, once the doctor was out of danger she had skewered for cover behind one of the beds. Garrus took a few steps towards her with his pistol aimed at the other four thugs making them back away slowly towards the back of the clinic for cover.
The four thugs then opened fire on both Naruto and Garrus, one thug had a Lancer assault rifle, another thug had a Predator heavy pistol and the last two both had shotguns. This made Naruto and Garrus take cover to avoid getting shot.
Naruto had took cover behind the half wall as it was the only cover he had then a few beeping sounds came from his Force Lance as he was putting the settings on it to smart-bullets. While at the same time Garrus had shot the thug with the pistol, a couple of times with the last bullet getting by his shield hitting his chest as he went behind a pillar for cover.
For a brief second the shooting stopped as the remaining three thug's weapons over-heated, which was all the time both Garrus and Naruto needed as they popped out of cover. Garrus shot the one with the assault rifle in his left leg then his heart dropping him in a second.
Naruto fired twice at the two with shotguns as they were hiding behind the crates at the back of the clinic. As the yellow bolts went past them, it does a hard 180 and hits the two thugs, one in the back with a spark plum coming from his chest, while the second one was hit on the side of his head splattering pink and red matter over the crates.
With all the thugs dead Naruto and Garrus came out of their respective covers, they cautiously waited for a second before holstering their weapons with Naruto spinning his Force Lance in his hand before holstering it "that was perfect timing sir, it gave me a clear shot at that bastard" Garrus excitedly said.
Naruto wasn't paying attention to Garrus as he was checking over the doctor making sure she wasn't hurt or anything "you could have hit the hostage pulling a stunt like that" Naruto lightly growled out narrowing his eyes at the Turian, after not seeing any wounds on the doctor.
Realization fell on the Turian as he thought back to how close his bullet had come close to her head as he acted on instinct in that moment "ahh I can't fault you on doing that, since I was about to do that myself" Naruto said aloud interrupting Garrus, whom was about to apologizing to the doctor for his action.
They then heard the clinic's door open with five people storming in the room with four of them having their weapons drawn. Upon seeing who it was that had ran in the clinic Naruto, Garrus and the doctor saw it was Jane and her team "Jane! About time you showed up" Naruto says walking over to them.
Walking closer to them Naruto noticed someone new in her group and saw it was…"oh damn" Naruto shouts as he grabs his Force Lance again and points it at Wrex, whom had grabbed his shotgun as well narrowing his eyes at the blond.
(End Chapter)
Re-edited (08/12/2018)
Sorry about the very lateness of this chapter and there is a good reason for this, I had originally finished this chapter back in February but unfortunately my computer started acting funny and the chapter became corrupted, so I tried again and it happened again…and again, not going to lie it pissed me off enough to stop using my laptop for a while until two weeks ago when I bought a new hard drive and started on this chapter.
In any case glad I got this chapter out, leave a review and
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