Chapter 7: Salarian meets Argonian.
Garrus:" don't need any guns Malen?" he said as the trio walked out of the Normandy and were heading to the quarantine area.
Malen:" nope, but it's not like I don't have something that can do ranged attack" he said with a grin on his face.
But Malen was not going to reveal his surprise just yet; he wanted to be in a much more exciting fight to show it off, since it would look more badass that way.
As the trio approached the door, that had a security screening grid in front of it, they noticed a human female arguing with a turian guard in blue armor. She was arguing with him about wanting to go inside to get her things, but the turian guard would not budge, mostly due to that the quarantine zone went down into a shit storm of violence and crime because of the plague a couple of weeks ago that is killing everyone except humans and vorcha. Shepard decides to approach and persuade him to let them go in.
Shepard:" look this problem isn't going to go away anytime soon, what you need is someone to solve your problem quickly and that's what I do, solve problems."
Turian guard:" well if you think you can handle it go right ahead, I'll radio command ahead, let them know you're coming."
Shepard:" Thank you."
Women:" hey you will let them go in but not me? You ass."
Turian:" you don't have a grenade launcher lady!"
Shepard, Garrus, and Malen proceeded through the door and door a flight of stairs to an open area where there was 2 blue suns mercs a good 40 feet ahead of them and a batarian who looks like he is suffering from the plague huddled against a corner of a wall to the north east. Malen remembers that batarians despise humans, so Malen comes up with the plan to have Shepard and Garrus wait by the stairs while he deals with the mercs and then heals the batarian in exchange for information about Mordin Solus.
Malen:" Shepard, you two stay back, I will deal with the mercs and then go heal that batarian over there for information on Mordin Solus. It is best if you are not noticed by the batarian since batarians hate humans, and this one probably hates humans even more since humans are not getting sick from the plague."
Shepard:" good call. Garrus stay next to the stairs until Malen gives the "good to go" signal."
Garrus:" Roger that Shepard."
So Shepard and Garrus stayed next to the stairs while Malen turned invisible and proceeded down the small street to the two blue suns mercs in the distance. When Malen got behind the one on the left he decided to have a little fun with him and grabbed the mercs arms, made him pull out his assault rifle and shoot his friend in the head before he could even react. After the merc on the right was dead Malen twisted the other merc's head 190 degrees, killing him instantly.
The sick batarian who witnessed this was frightened and wondered what could have killed the mercs when he saw a figure emerge out of thin air in front of him.
Batarian in a startled and surprised voice:" whooo who are you, did you kill those blue suns mercs?"
Malen:" Yes I did, now hold still. This won't hurt at all; in fact, you may like It." he said with a reassuring voice.
Batarian:" what the hell do you..." he began to say with a puzzled look on his face.
Malen waved his hand over the batarian's face as a golden light enveloped both Malen's right hand and the batarian's entire body, causing the batarian to feel as though he was in a hot spring on a frozen mountain. His body tingled with pleasure as the pain and sickness of the plague was being washed away into nothingness. Once Malen's hand returned to his side he stood up and offered a hand to the batarian.
Batarian with a curious and awed look on his face:" What did you do? What was that light? I feel….better. No more than better! It's like I'm back in my prime again. The pain is gone!" he said with joyful praise.
Malen:" I cured you of the plague and other ailments that were present in your body. You are now a picture of health for batarians." He said with a smile on his face and closed eyes.
Batarian:" thank you for your kindness stranger! You have given me the rest of my life back. Is there any way I can repay this kindness of yours?" he said in a humbled voice.
Malen:" do you know where I can find a Doctor. Mordin Solus?"
Batarian:" yes I know where he is, he has a clinic down further in the quarantine zone helping plague victims. Even if you had not arrived I would not dare go to him." He said in a worried tone of voice.
Malen:" o? Why is that?" he said with a curios tone of voice.
Batarian:" A couple of days ago a group of blue suns mercs tried to pressure him for protection money, so he injected them with some kind of toxin that paralyzed them, then gunned them down. He's not just a doctor; doctors don't gun people down and display the bodies as a warning."
Malen:" thank you sir that is all I need. You may go about your new life as you wish."
Batarian:" I will, I hope my people hear word of your kindness." He says with a grateful attitude, and proceeds to walk down the alley way behind him.
After the batarian is out of sight Malen turns around and notices the pile of bodies that were gathered up and burned inside what looked like a small pit in the middle of the street.
Malen:" poor souls, they did not deserve to die like that, perhaps I will give them back the life that was taken from them." Malen thought in a sad tone to himself.
He walks up to the pit and stands next to the south wall of the pit and shouts:"Slen Tiid Vo" .The strength in Malen's shout blew the fire on the bodies out.
Shepard and Garrus were confused as to what Malen was intending to do to the burnt bodies, they thought he must be crazy if he thinks he could do anything for them when they are in this state.
Shepard and Garrus:" What the hell does he think he's is going to acomple..."
They both thought, but their train of thought was suddenly halted when they noticed the bodies started to float in the air and land to the north a bit, just 6 feet away. As they were floating in the air and were preparing to land, both Shepard's and Garrus' mouths dropped as low as their jaws would let them; their eyes were bulging out of their heads in a comical way as they watched as the burnt bodies started to become less and less burnt until there was no sign of the burning at all, then healthy muscle tissue formed around them in a way that looked like time itself was being reversed.
When the bodies finally landed, there were now 12 very healthy and very ALIVE beings stand with surprised, confused, and awed expressions on their faces. There were at least 7 turians and 5 batarians. While they all started saying different things to each other, they pretty much saying things like:" what's going on?", "Am I alive? How is that possible, I died! What could have brought me back." That's when they noticed Malen approaching them with closed eyes and a smile on his face.
Malen:" I noticed the way that you probably died, due to your bodies piled up and burnt in the street, I thought that you didn't deserve that kind of fate, so I decided to use the power of my voice to give you all your life back."
All of the now resurrected individuals now looked at Malen in sheer awe in a way that resembles what people would look like if they saw an angel or a god. Malen looked at them worriedly since he did not want to be viewed as a god; he was born a mortal argonian after all, and he just wanted to have friends and be loved, not worshiped and treated like they were unworthy to even speak to him.
Malen while raising his left hand:" please don't look upon me with such religious intentions and astonishments to explain to yourselves why I was able to do this. I am no greater in value of the soul than any of you; please just live the rest of your lives in what way you wish." Malen said with a fake smile on his face in a worried and slight pleading tone of voice.
They looked on Malen with amazed eyes that someone with such power would also be so humble, so they decided to obey Malen's plea and treated him as they would treat themselves, but this could not hold back their bitter sweet tears in their eyes.
All of the resurrected plague victims at the same time:" ttthhhhank yoou, thank you thank you, we are in your debt." They said while they all profusely cried and some of them with horse voices.
Malen:" it was my pleasure to give you all another chance in this life, perhaps to atone for your sins, or spend time with loved ones that you have not seen in a long time, and besides, it does make the place less scary don't you think?" he says with a chuckle.
Resurrected plague victims:" we will, we will not forget what you have given back to us!" they said in strong, glad voices.
Side note: the reason I made this shout ("Slen Tiid Vo") work on other dead creatures besides dragons is that the translations of the words do not specify dragons specifically (Flesh, Time, Undo).
The 12 resurrected victims then walked down to the stairs where Shepard and Garrus were, still with their mouths open and eyes bulging out. As soon as they passed the two by the stairs, Shepard and Garrus slowly approached Malen, still unsure if what they saw was real, but there was no illusion about this, the people they saw walk by them were real, and alive. When they got to Malen, Shepard stood in front of Malen with a threatening and curious look on his face.
Shepard in a commanding voice, but still trying to hide his astonishment:" How the hell did you do that?!"
Shepard wanted to hold this line of questioning until after they recruited Mordin and set him up in the Normandy's lab, but seeing Malen's "voice" bring back the dead like nothing had happened to them was too much for Shepard to hold back for later. This act, without the aid of technology, was thought to be impossible to all the science in this galaxy.
Malen:" That commander was the power of my shout. I can speak in a language that contains words of power that can be used in all sorts of different ways, which includes reviving the dead. I cannot say the exact words I just used again without causing power to flow from me in tremendous amounts, so I will type them on my Omni tool along with their translation."
Malen brought his right arm in front of him and typed on the Omni tool and displayed what he wrote on a screen produced by his Omni tool to Shepard.
Language: the ancient tongue of dragons.
Words of power used: "Slen Tiid Vo"
Translation: (Flesh, Time, Undo)
Shepard and Garrus would have thought anyone who wrote that was bat shit insane to say that there were "dragons" and they had a language that had certain words and phrases that had great and terrible "power" in them, but after witnessing what Malen had accomplished with these words, and remembering that Malen was from a planet they never heard of, they were willing to believe that Malen had used words in the language of "dragons"; after all, what else could they believe in order to explain what just transpired.
Shepard:" all right Malen, we believe you, though when we get back to the Normandy I want a detailed list of what you can do with these words of power, understand?" he said in a calm, understanding, and slightly demanding voice.
Malen:" I would be disappointed if you didn't commander."
Shepard:" good, let's move out"
And with that the trio pushed forward through the quarantine zone with Garrus using his sniper to get head shots, Shepard mowing down vorcha, varen, and krogan with his assault rifle, while Malen just used his hands and feet to either punch holes into his enemies, or punt their heads into another person.
-Side note: the reason why I'm sometimes a little less descriptive during some scenes is that this is going to be a long story and I don't want for either me or you to lose interest with repetitive details, but that does not mean I won't be detailed when it gets to the more exciting parts.
When the trio finally made it to the clinic where Mordin was, one of the look outs in front of the clinic stated that when they entered for them to holster their weapons unless they wanted to deal with a big mech. The trio obliged and entered the clinic, The clinic had roughly 12 people, ranging from turians to batarians, sitting or lying down on metal benches either waiting for treatment or got treatment from either the plague or injuries caused by the recent influx of violence. Shepard looked around to see where the doctor probably was. When he turned left he could hear a Salarian talking with a human, Shepard guessed that the Salarian was Mordin and motioned to Garrus and Malen to follow him to the small medical operating area (think of it as a makeshift hospital room). The trio stopped in front of a table that Mordin was currently behind.
Shepard:" I assume you are Doctor Mordin Solus, I need your help with a mission."
Mordin:" mission, what mission? No, can't think of that now, sick patients to treat, need to disperse cure in air, already have cure made and ready for release. Though curious as to how sent you?" He said with his voice going a hundred miles an hour
Shepard:" We are working with an organization called Cerberus, they are helping me stop the collectors from abducting human colonies."
Mordin:" hmm Cerberus, have had dealings with them before, pro-human, will join you once cure is dispersed."
Once Mordin said that the emergency light came on and there was a sound as something was being powered down, which in this case was the ventilation system.
Mordin while examining his Omni tool:" Vorcha have shut down the ventilation system, need to bring them back online quickly before district suffocates. Also need to ask favor, my assistance went with some vials of the cure further into the district to help plague victims, he hasn't come back. Here take this cure, once the power is back online, inject cure into ventilation system, cure should disperse. Vorcha will try to halt your progress, need to kill them. Also take this pistol before you gun, found it on dead merc as a sign of good faith."
Shepard:" alright people let's move out"
And so Shepard, Garrus, and Malen made their way out of the clinic, out through the streets, killing vorcha along the way, and saving Mordin's assistance from a group of batarians without killing any of them, until they entered a very large open room where there was a large computer console on the back, that suggests that it is the ventilation controls. As the trio walked forward, a group of 3 vorcha approached them with one standing out in front.
Vorcha:" Collectors want plague; we break machines, break fans. Everyone choke and die, then collectors make us strong. You you work for doctor turn on machines, put cure in air, WE KILL YOU FIRST AAAAAAA!" he said menacingly
Malen had enough killing for one day, so he decided to spare their lives and make the vorcha do the work for them. Malen took in a deep breath and shouted "Gol Hah Dov". When Malen shouted, a yellow and blue wave spread outwards from him and enveloped all the vorcha and krogan in the area. Once the yellow energy stopped enveloping the hostiles, Shepard and Garrus notices that their targeting computers didn't register the vorcha in front of them as hostile anymore, which confused them both as to what just happened.
Vorcha in front:" what do you desire master?" he said to Malen.
Malen:" Go to the left and right sides of this chasm and have the others turn on the power, we will insert the cure to the collector plague."
Vorcha all together:" at once master!" they said eagerly.
While they were not that surprised anymore, Garrus and Shepard were still deeply impressed by what Malen could do and wondered what he could do, or couldn't do. They watched as the vorcha walked down the inclines of the left and rights sides of the chasm they were in, and apparently enter a small room and activate the power generators since they could now hear the hum of the power system come back online. Once this was done, Shepard got out of his stupor and walked forward to the ventilation console and injected the cure, which began to spread throughout the district. Before they left, Malen thought it a good Idea to make sure that the vorcha and krogan don't regain their free will.
Malen:" I need you all to do me one last thing, I need you to jump off the ledges into the abyss below." He said with command as the vorcha had come back and were waiting for their next instructions.
Shepard and Garrus thought this would never work, who would throw themselves off a ledge into an abyss just because someone told them to. They were dumb founded when all the vorcha and krogan in the area were hurling themselves off the ledges into certain death without any fear or hesitation while they all were shouting out things like "Your will be done master." With a zealous like tone.
Shepard and Garrus took note as to what the power of Malen's words probably was so that they could ask Malen to use it later when they needed it.
The ability to sway a hostile into unwavering devotion with a couple of words would be invaluable in certain combat or diplomatic situations, even if they don't quite understand how these words cause such things to happen, but admired their potential.
Shepard while patting Malen on the back:" Nice work Malen, I think you might need to teach me that one, that could come in handy in many situations I'm in, especially to shut up political assholes without having to deal with the trouble of losing my cool and punching them in the face." He said with a loud, friendly laugh.
Malen:" can do, though it could take you a while. I'm special in terms of learning how to use these words because of the circumstances of my birth, which I will tell you later, but it lets me learn the language that you have heard me using on an instinctual level. it could take as long as learning a new language for you to learn how to use that shout."
Shepard:" fortunately for me, I'm a quick learner; after all, it's one of the reasons how I've manage to stay alive this long." He said with a smile.
Malen:" good, though it's more than just learning the words in order to use them, but that will be for another time, though I am not sure if we have enough time in this war for me to teach you, perhaps after the reapers have been dealt with I will teach you what you want to learn."
Shepard:" good call, the reapers won't wait for me to learn another language before they strike. Let's head back and recruit Mordin."
So the team left the area and went back to Mordin's clinic.
Mordin:" good the district should be stabilizing now, and I see you brought back my assistant, thank you.."
Shepard:" I'm Commander Shepard of the Alliance, and former specter."
Mordin:" thank you Shepard, now that the plague has been dealt with, my assistant can take over here, since now I can join you and your mission of course."
Shepard shaking hands with Mordin:" Thank you Mordin, we certainly need a person of your expertise on this mission. See you on the Normandy." He said with a glad voice.
Time Skip: Shepard in the Normandy's quantum communicator room (a very small room, roughly 14x14 feet) where he was going to do an overview of the mission and what they need of the doctor, as well as assign a place for Mordin to accommodate.
Shepard:" Welcome Mordin, we recruited you for this mission because the collectors have been abducting human colonies in the Terminus Systems, whole colonies have vanished without traces of combat."
Mordin:" hmm, air born virus, no works to slow.."
Shepard as he raises his hand:" you don't have to sit there and guess Mordin, we already know how the collectors have been abducting them, we have a specimen for you to analyze."
Mordin:" yes of course, will conduct tests to find solution to collector paralyzing variable. Going to need a lab."
Edi chiming in:" the Normandy has a fully stocked lab across from the armory."
Mordin:" pilot or crew member maybe, no voice synthesized. Hmm have to ask is that an AI."
Shepard:" this ship is equipped with an artificial intelligence."
Mordin:" Cerberus recruiting non-human crew members, Cerberus more desperate than I thought."
Jacob who was also in the room:" the collectors abducted thousands of colonists; we need everything we can get to stop them." Jacob said with determination in his voice.
Mordin:" good, will set up and begin my tests now. Will be in lab if you need me."
With that, the group dispersed; Mordin went to the lab and set up shop there, Jacob went back to the armory, and Shepard went down to the Cargo hold to see how Malen was fitting in.
