Author's note: Thanks for the feedback made a few changes in this chapter OH if your wondering what my Shepard looks like here he is ID .LTF. . .16H.141.1G2.E36.6 sometimes I shave his head and give him a goatee or a beard along his jaw line but that's the base of what he looks like his eyes at the moment are brown though the red come later
Chapter 7
On the shuttle leaving Elysium, Logan sat down near Hawke but didn't say anything; he only listened as Hawke was telling everyone what happened in the two days before reinforcements arrived.
"So it was chaos" he said "people running everywhere, being shot as they tried to get away" Hawke told them "the garrison unit ended up all over the place, so we had small pockets of resistance all over the city" Hawke said.
"I made it to the clock tower, a few civilian's followed me in" he said as he took a drink of water "once inside I blocked the doors and made my way to the top" Hawke told them.
His eyes were half closed, he would have taken stimulants to keep himself awake and they were still in his system so sleep would not be a possibility for awhile yet.
"I got myself a bird's nest" he said smiling "full view all around me, high ground and no cover for them" he explained "it was like shooting fish in a barrel" he told them "once I started shooting pirates, civilians headed towards the tower luckily they bought food, water and weapons with them"
"So how many did you tag?" Lieutenant Chavez asked
"On the first day?" Hawke asked before thinking to himself
"Two hundred and fifty six" he answered "give or take" he told her "second day I shot around three hundred and eighty nine" he casually explained "and the third day when you guys showed up I had already shot…" Hawke said before thinking "one hundred and twenty" he told them "but it was still early after all" Hawke explained
"How the hell did you get so many?" Logan asked
Hawke looked at him "no cover" he started to explain "and there were a lot of them, they filled the streets" he said taking another drink of water "it would of been hard to miss"
"You did one hell of a job Gunnery Chief Hawke" Anderson said proudly.
"Shepard, I need to talk to you in private" Anderson told him after speaking to Hawke and lead Logan to his office
"So how do you know these Aztec's?" he asked Logan once inside the office and the door was closed
"As I said, I avoided them when I was a kid" Logan explained
"There is more to it than that" Anderson said "I don't care what you did before you joined the Alliance" Anderson told him "I only want to know who they are" Anderson added
Logan sighed before answering "slaver gang" he explained as he sat down "they would roll though the streets at night grabbing anyone that they found" he said "kids were worth more to them so they were always looking out for them" he said "any guy they came across that they thought they wouldn't be able to sell as slaves they would kidnap them and force them to work in mine's" he said calmly "women that didn't measure up to be sold as slaves were gang raped and discarded"
"Where were your parents?" Anderson asked
"Never knew them" Logan said looking down at his hands "I ran from the orphanage when I was five, took my chances on the streets"
"So how did you end up in the Reds?" Anderson asked
"They offered" Logan explained "I did a few jobs for the Reds, some of those jobs were against the Aztec's" Logan said
"What do you mean by jobs?" Anderson asked
Logan sighed before looking at Anderson deciding if he should lie or not, in the end he decided to tell the truth well some of it anyway "I stole from them" Logan said watching Anderson's reaction while running a hand though his brown hair
Anderson looked at the young man closely before asking another question "what else can you tell me about them?"
"I know the police could never get them to talk" he said "they find Alliance prisons to be a joke" Logan said "besides based on what they do to people who betray them, it's unlikely any of them will talk if captured"
Logan said while studying Anderson's face thinking that he was going to be kicked out of the Alliance now "they only care about profit" Logan told him "they kill for fun and torture for pleasure" Logan added "human garbage"
After a moment of silence before he looked up at Anderson and sighed "so am I going to be kicked out now?" he asked
Anderson who studied Logan he knew Logan was not telling him the full truth, since gangs did not normally let people steal from them but he decided that he would let him keep his secrets "No, that was you then not now" he said "I won't be telling anyone what you just told me"
Logan smiled "thank you sir" he said "I won't let you down" he said.
Over the next few weeks William Hawke was seen everywhere, hailed as a hero on all the news vids and had become rather famous Logan was sure he would be driven insane if he was treated like that, while the attack on Elysium was also spoken about at length and the Batarian Hegemony denied and condemned the attack however this was seen as a lie but since the Alliance couldn't prove it they were forced to only target pirate and slaver groups and not batarian colonies.
Logan was still thinking about Anderson and why he wouldn't tell anyone about Logan's past, but if Anderson was a man of his word then Logan would be allowed to stay in the Alliance.
As it turned out the squad was given shore leave and went out to celebrate Jamal and Rachel had a date planned so everyone left them alone, Wesley was watching the game with a few other marines, Douglas had a poker tournament and was doing surprisingly well and was on the final table which left Melina and Logan at a bar by themselves which Melina spent the whole time drinking heavily by herself until Logan joined her at the bar
"You did well" Melina said
"Thanks" Logan said proudly taking a shot of rum and shaking his head as it burned on its way down
"That wasn't the first time you have killed someone was it?" she asked
"What makes you say that?" Logan asked while downing another shot
Melina turned to look at him and lowered her voice "I have friends who live on earth" she told him "they tell me the Reds are not to be fucked with and I know you have that tattoo" she said lifting up his sleeve on his shirt "plus you knew those guys" she told him
Logan looked at her "I knew of them" he told her "so what difference does it make?" he asked her while trying to be polite
Melina nodded as she poured herself another drink "it doesn't" she told him "I just want to know who I am fighting alongside" she said
Logan studied her for a moment "fair enough" he said "I have shot people before but only in self defence" he lied truth was, not that he was proud of it but he had quite a body count
Melina smirked "if you say so" she said as she poured him a drink "cheers" she said as he held his glass up and then finished his drink
Logan was silent for a moment before speaking up "so was Mindoir as bad as Elysium?" he finally asked
Melina was quiet before she answered "worse" she said simply
Logan nodded "you ok? I imagine seeing another colony like that would of bought up some bad memories" he stated
Melina looked at him before answering "let me tell you a story" she said "there is a man walking though a warzone and he comes across a dead kid that was been killed by a explosion, he cries and says "how could this happen" and "what a shame" and stays there for a few hours even digging the kid a grave" she said "after he is done he walks down the road and after a few miles comes across a dead family and he looks down at them and says "what a shame" and keeps walking" she told him as she finished her drink "after a few more miles he sees a school bus and dozens of kids are dead and burning he doesn't even look at them he just keeps walking he just doesn't care anymore" she finished
Logan listened quietly before adding "that is a pretty fucked up way of looking at things Ma'am" he said
Melina only shrugged "it is sometimes the only way of seeing things" she told him finishing her drink and standing up "Well I am going to see how Douglas is doing" she said as she walked away.
Logan looked around at the dancers to see if there was one free, he could see an asari waving him over "you after a dance honey?" she asked him with a big smile on her face.
Sitting down Logan placed his bottle on the table and poured himself a drink and leaned back with any luck this lap dance will turn out better than the first lap dance he had gotten off an asari
After a few minutes of silence just watching her dance, lost in his own thoughts before he spoke up "so been working here long?" he asked her
The dancer looked at him "for about a year now" she answered "your with the Alliance?" she asked to which Logan only nodded and took another drink
"I was going to join the military" she told him "well the asari military anyway" she added in case there was any confusion
"Why didn't you?" Logan asked pouring another glass and downing before pouring another drink
"Because I love this job" she said smiling as she rolled over onto her back and spread her legs in time with the beat kicking them into the air "I get plenty of money, all I can drink and humans talk while getting a lap dance" she chuckled "you won't believe me but only humans talk during a lap dance" she explained "turian's just stare" she told him "krogan just make grunting noises"
"Asari pretend they aren't looking when they are" she said "creepy" she added "but humans will almost always talk, I like that" she said smiling
"I didn't think us humans would be that interesting to talk to" Logan said as he watched her dance
"Oh don't get me wrong" she explained "it's not all interesting, but at least there is a chance for to talk" she said smiling
Logan nodded as he thought about that "hey so what about salarians?" he asked
The dancer just stopped for a moment "they are the worst" she told him "they act as if getting a lap dance is a scientific experiment" she said laughing
Logan laughed and looked at the dancer as she slid down the pole "I was on Elysium" he told her
"I am sorry to hear that" she said
Logan looked at her and decided she had meant what she said "there was an asari there, she was trying to restart the heart of a human, her bond mate" he told her "I didn't think I would see that" he said
The dancer nodded and slowed her dancing down "we non-humans are not that different from humans you know" she said "we care for those around us" she explained
Logan nodded "yeah I'm learning that" he said
Hours later Logan was staggering back to the ship he was serving on when he saw Jamie "hey!" he shouted out happily clearly drunk
Jamie turned to look at her friend and saw him drunk "how much have you had?"
Logan thought for a moment before holding up two fingers "that many" he slurred
Jamie raised a eyebrow "I doubt you only had two bottles" she said
Logan frowned "two...*hic*...cases" he explained before chuckling to himself "hey did you know you're not allowed to climb on stage to dance with the strippers?" he asked her
Jamie raised her eyes and shook her head "you didn't?" she asked
Logan shook his head "no of course not" he said "krogan bouncer stopped me" he slurred chuckling to himself "and made me put my clothes back on"
"You stripped?" Jamie asked
Logan turned his head and winked at her "well I thought it was only fair since she was naked" he said as stumbled towards the ship he serving on, the SSV Darwin
Jamie shook her head "here let me help you" she said as she helped him inside the ship and towards his bunk 'you know alcohol is normally taken internally" she said before asking "you ok?"
Logan looked at her for a moment before answering "yeah, I'm fine" he could tell that she was worried about him and Logan just didn't understand why, her worry for him just made him uncomfortable.
Jamie stayed silent before adding 'well it is going to get worse before it gets better" she told him as she helped him into his bunk and started getting him undressed "Well I don't know if you have heard but we are going to be working together" she told him "Alliance is increasing raids on known pirate strongholds, so they are swapping people around, your squad and mine will be working together" she explained
"What's your squad like?" he asked her
"Great" she answered "they are good people, they have saved my ass more than once" she told him
"I look forward to meeting them" Logan said smiling
Jamie smiled as she put him into his bunk "get some sleep we have a raid tomorrow" she told him, she wasn't sure if he had heard her as he had passed out by that stage.
The next morning Logan woke up with a massive hangover which didn't help listening to the mission briefings, the Alliance was planning a number of raids. First raid was going to be on a space station, the space station would have intelligence on pirate and slaver activity in the area which the Alliance needed to chase down those responsible for Elysium.
Logan was on a shuttle heading towards the space station with his squad while Jamie's squad would be looking for Intel, Logan's squad would be taking care of the pirates and planting charges around the station to destroy it. Once the shuttle touched down they quickly moved off the shuttle and towards their first targets, Logan made his way though the narrow hallways ignoring the alarms blaring throughout the station, a group of pirates entered the room four batarian's and a krogan.
Logan took aim but before he could fire he was thrown backwards by a blue ball of energy and hit the wall with a thud he recovered quickly and took cover "damn it" he said to himself "watch your selves they have biotics" he said over the radio "copy that" he heard the response, Logan could see the rest of his squad taking on the pirates.
Wesley was laying down covering fire while Melina took aim and killed one pirate while Jamal was circling around to flank the pirates and once he was in position he hit them with a sabotage overheating their weapons before Rachel threw a warp at them killing one but the others dived out of the way.
More pirates were joining the fight bringing with them another four more batarian's and another two krogan, one of the krogan launched a biotic throw which hit Wesley in the chest sending him flying backwards while Rachel threw her own biotic throw towards the krogan sending him into a wall where Melina took aim and blew the top of the krogan's head clean off, Jamal overloaded one batarian's shields while Douglas launched a warp field at the batarian the warp field disintegrated his armour before doing the same to his stomach and killing him while another krogan charged at Logan tackling him though a door and into what looked like a small medical bay.
Logan saw a krogan fist heading towards his face and barely avoided it by moving his head to one side at the last minute the krogan's fist slamming into the wall leaving a dent where Logan's head would've been just moments before, firing back Logan punched the krogan in the throat before reaching for his knife, the krogan was too close for Logan to use his biotics effectively and if he tried it would give the massive alien a chance to tear his head off. Logan got his knife out and went on the attack stabbing the krogan once in the stomach, a non-lethal wound which only seemed to piss the alien off, the krogan head butted Logan breaking his nose before running him into a table his hand around Logan's wrist making sure he could not use the knife again, Logan tried to trip the krogan but the sheer weight and size of his opponent meant the both of them ended up on the ground with the eight-hundred pound krogan on top of him.
The wind driven from his lungs Logan could feel his hand holding the knife be slowly moved towards him, Logan could see the krogan smiling as the tip of the blade was only inches from his face "good fight human" the krogan said smirking as he pushed his weight down on the blade sending the knife closer and closer towards Logan's face "not good enough" the krogan said as the blade drew even closer.
