Author's notes:

So incase you haven't checked the changes to chapter one yet, you should because it affects a huge portion to the story. The note shouldn't be too hard to find since I placed it at the bottom of the chapter.

Anyway, I just wanted to greet you guys a very late halloween, a late thanksgiving for you westerner's and an early Christmas for everybody!

Happy Holidays everybody!

Also, since we don't know what the names are to the alien anatomy, I'm just going on the pretense that they basically have the same names for their body parts.

*-{The Fight for the Stars}-*

Last time on The Fight for the Stars;

A small smile graced his faced as his wife came to mind. He parted ways with Lola as he went further into the gym.

Various equipment came into view as he ventured further inside the Gym that he was so familiar with. As he looked around searching for his wife, his breath hitched in his throat as she finally came into his sight.

No matter how many times Matus saw her, no matter how long they've been together, Elira T'Berya somehow still managed to have that effect on him. Breathless and wanting.

With her purple skin and purple eyes, Eli stood just a few inches below him and while he did tease her on that font a couple times in the past, he knew from experience that it didn't make her any less amazing.

He went over to the room where she was teaching and leaned against the door, watching through the small crowd of parents as she displayed her amazing biotics to her students.

He watched on she slowly started to manipulate the gravity around the small tennis ball onto the floor from the air before finishing in a flourish of blue lights.

"And that is how you use lift, my dear students." Eli said with a smile as she bowed to her class

A round of applause started as her cheeks blushed a faint blue before she thanked the small children and dismissed them for the day.

He saw a small Asari girl, Ysa, go up to Eli before she started to lace her fingers together adorably. Her eyes didn't meet Eli's as she asked her question. "Miss T'Berya, why is your biotics so strong?"

Eli chuckled at Ysa before she bent on her knee's and gave her a small smile.

"It's because I've been practicing and honing my skills for centuries, little one. You'll get stronger over time, you'll just have to be patient." Eli watched as she contemplated on her words before she gave her teacher a bright smile.

"So over time I'll be just as strong and powerful as you are?" The little girl asked excitedly

A thoughtful look crossed Eli's face as she considered her question. "Well...That would depend on you, Ysa."

Yaa made a noise of surprise as she stared at her teacher with her big innocent eyes. "What does that mean, Miss T'Berya?

Eli smiled at her naiveness. "That Ysa, is a lesson for another time."

"But-" Cutting her off, Eli laughed as she stood up and led her to her parents.

"Like I said, you'll have to be patient." With that, she bid the small Asari family farewell.

After exchanging pleasantries with a few of the parents, she was about to close off the room before she took notice of a Turian, a particular Turian.

A smirk came upon her face as she took the image of him in, with his uniform still on and all.

She propped her arm on her hip and used her other to lean against the small table that was next to her. "I don't even know why you even bother to put up this facade for the students. I'm pretty sure they'd be handle it, honey." Matus said.

Eli rose an eyebrow at him."Jorgen can barely handle it, what makes you think a bunch of munchkins will be able to?"

Matus shrugged at that as he approached her."That makes sense I suppose – but wouldn't you prefer them to know the real you?"

Eli laughed at that."Maybe when they're older babe, but right now? This teacher thing-" She pointed to herself "-is all they get see for now."

Upon reaching her, Matus placed a sweet kiss on her cheek before bringing her in for a tender embrace.

Eli sighed as she relaxed into his arms. No matter how many times they've done this before, she always managed to find strength within his loving embrace. He was her rock and she was his. She's lucky that she managed to score a man like him, especially in the line of work that they used to do.

They both are.

She rested her head in the crook of his neck and took a whiff of his scent that was just uniquely him. After basking in his presence, she broke the silence after a couple of moments.

They talked about everything and anything, from as little as the kids progress on their biotics to the random customers that Matus got on his shift. They exchanged a few laughs as Matus talked about random customers that piqued his interest.

*-{The Fight for the Stars}-*

I closed the bathroom door behind me and stretched my arms over my head with a groan

Peeing is weird. There isn't a single doubt about it in my mind.

In my past life, I released my pee through my penis, through a shaft on my pelvis and now that I don't have one, it flows out of my anus and it feels weird.

I don't particularly like having anything going in and out of my nether regions. The thought of it alone makes me shudder in disgust.

I know that I'd have to get used to it eventually because sooner or later, I'll have to deal with periods and all that other horrific crap but right now, I just want to get used to the feeling of actually being in another body that isn't my own.

Even though I'm still the same height, the weight difference is very disorienting. I feel very light on my feet, like I could just do a flip in mid air.

It's very tempting to go and explore it, but I don't want to break my neck in the process.

I really have to stop these inner rants of mine, I need to focus on the here and now!

That's good in theory, harder in practice.

I rolled my shoulders and took a deep breath to calm myself.

So, what I've been basically doing for the past hour and a half was just random research on anything that managed to catch my drift.

I've gotten a lot more insight into the documents that I've found around the penthouse.

To put in layman's terms, the exoskeleton suit is just like any other hard suit but a lot lighter in comparison.

Now, that's basically the simplest way that I could put it. The suit has so much more to it.

The other documents are basically upgrades that you can add to the suit, if my sources are correct.

Always wanted to say that...

What I find so interesting about the suit is that because of all the tech that's added to the it, you would think that it would be impractical because of all added weight to it.

I don't completely understand everything that's going on with the suit because I'm barely scratching the surface, but I intend to figure out what's going on with it.

Now I know that understanding the suit itself will be an incredible feat but, I will figure it out eventually.

And that's saying a lot because I don't usually like getting involved into the technical things in life, so the fact that I'm willing to do this means something.

Just as I was about to enter the office to continue my research, my tummy grumbled in protest.

I blushed slightly as I palmed my stomach. I haven't really eaten anything since I've gotten here and I am pretty hungry so..

I guess it's time to eat now.

*-{The Fight for the Stars}-*

An hour or so later, Eli and Matus were preparing the food at the makeshift mess hall that was found at the gym. Even though it was Matus' turn to make the food, Eli decided to join him because she had nothing better to do.

Currently, she was listening to him talk about a customer that he had that earlier.

"-BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Not a single shot out of place. A hundred percent precise, through and through, babe." Matus exclaimed as he retold the events that he witnessed earlier.

"Oh really?" Eli asked dubiously. "You sure your eyes ain't just messing with you?"

Matus let out a good heartfelt laugh. "I'm sure. These eyes don't miss anything."

Eli let out a laugh of her own at his words. "I can count up a handful of times that your eyes have failed you."

Matus' eyes narrowed as he turned his head at while keeping half an eye on the food. "Oh yeah? Name a few."

Her interest piqued, she faced him as well while keeping a watchful eye on the food. "Well then, for starters…how about back on Elina, Masquala? You had a clear shot yet you missed it."

Matus just shook his head at her as he focused back on cooking. "Have you been there? The weather was impossible, not even I am that good."

"Alright." She said. "Luquina, LetIas. That was easily one of the easier jobs that you've been given yet you just had to complicate things."

"Hey!" Matus exclaimed. "The man was right next to a couple of civilians; I had to be sure I made that shot correctly."

"Fair enough." Eli concluded as she went back to work. Those are legitimate reasons.

"See? These eyes never deceive me." Eli let out a small smirk to herself as she listened to his boastings.

"It's just such a shame that you never do anything whenever I go commando." She said coyly.

Matus stopped all actions abruptly as his head snapped towards her. He gulped as he stared at her. "You – You go co – commando?" He asked slowly.

She made a noise of confirmation as she continued to work, appearing unfazed by her words.

Matus cleared his throat as he tried but failed to act unaffected by what she just said. "When did you decide to go commando?"

"If your eyes never deceive you, then you should off known about it." She said with a victorious smirk.

He was about to respond before the door to the mess hall suddenly opened, revealing no other than Jorgen Tarask.

"I smell chicken!" Jorgen said as he clapped Matus on his shoulder in greeting.

He wasn't all that tall since he stood just barely above Eli and despite his lack of height, his large and muscular size made up for it since he was easily double Matus' body width.

They simultaneously rolled their eyes at him and his love for human food. It was no surprise since the human delicacy was quite tasty; it's just that Jorgen loved it a little too much.

It explains his size.

He took in a large sniff of the food before sighing in content. "Can't you guys go any faster? I can already taste it." He said as he leaned against the table behind them.

"You'd already be 'tasting' it if you actually bothered to help us." Eli said as Matus agreed with a small smile.

Jorgen threw his head back in laughter at her words. "Ha! Last time I tried to help, I almost burnt down the place."

"Yeah, and you almost burnt my suit in the process." Lola dryly said as she came into the mess.

"That was accident, alright. Plus, do you see these hands?" He lifted both his hands to show. "I could barely fit my hands through those little things."

"Whatever you say big guy." Lola said as she leaned against the table that Jorgen was resting on.

They continued to banter with one another as they all patiently, and for Jorgen not so patiently, waited for the food to be finished. They exchanged stories, laughs and chuckles as they killed some time.

Currently, Eli was just about halfway through with the cooking while deciding to stay silent and let Matus tell his story about the customer that he served earlier.

She was about to reach into a cabinet for an ingredient that she needed for the food that she was cooking. Opening the cabinet, she was about to retrieve the breading that she needed before her hand passed through empty space.

Alarmed, she quickly checked the cabinet before finding it empty.

Noticing the state that Eli was in, Matus asked her what the problem was.

"Yeah, we ran of breading for the chicken." Eli said distractedly.

"What?" Jorgen exclaimed as he quickly stood up and helped her search.

Eli just rolled her eyes at Jorgen while Lola and Matus slowly followed suit, not as affected as Jorgen since they were dextro-amino.

"I'm assuming that breading is something important for the chicken?" Lola asked.

Eli eyed Jorgen as she spoke to the dextro-amino eaters. "Yup, it's what adds the flavor to the chicken. Without any breading, you might as well eat it raw since it's what makes it fried."

They nodded in understanding. "Do you want me to go and pick up some breading for you? It would honestly be no big deal." Matus suggested.

"Don't worry about it, babe. I'll deal with it." She said with a small smile as she untied the apron from her waist.

Matus knew from experience that she liked to do things on her own so he didn't bother on insisting any further

"Well, if you're going to deal with it, then you better hurry. The food's cooking." Jorgen interrupted.

Looking over the food on the stove with a frown, Eli agreed silently to herself, not willing to admit that Jorgen was right. "I'll be back in 'bout…give or take…about 5 to 10 minutes."

Bidding them farewell, she was about to leave before Lola dragged her off to the side.

"What?" Eli whispered out.

From Lola's body language, Eli was able to tell that Lola was smiling mischievously behind her mask.

"I don't know why you bother on buying some more breading; Jorgen will probably eat all the chicken before you even come back." Lola whispered with a small laugh.

Chuckling softly at her joke, she agreed with a nod before looking back only to see the man in question roll his eyes at them before turning away to watch Matus cook.

Eli shrugged as she addressed Lola's question. "Probably, but I just wanna' spread my legs a bit, been in that classroom all day." Eli said as she rolled her shoulders.

Lola nodded, accepting her excuse as she herself understood her reasoning. She wanted to join Eli on her small trip since she has been sitting on a desk chair all day as well, but she also knew that someone had to keep Jorgen in check.

"Alright, but be quick. I want to eat!" Lola exclaimed.

Laughing at Lola's exclamation, she shook her head as she left the room, crossing through the main area before exciting the building.

As the doors to the gym closed, Eli crossed over to the other side of the street before heading straight to the grocery store.

Eli shook her head with a small grin as she thought back on Matus, Lola and Jorgen.

Even though they were all far from similar and despite the fact that they drove each other crazy at times, they were the closest thing to a family that she's had in a while and she wasn't planning on letting them go any time soon.

Passing by a human female, Matus' customer crossed her mind.

Eli had to admit, she was impressed by the nameless marksman. It wasn't everyday that someone impressed Matus with their marksmanship and when someone did, it usually wasn't all that impressive.

That's exactly why she was slightly suspicious of the human. You don't meet that kind of person everyday, especially a civilian. If she had a military background then her skills would be understandable but she doesn't.

She was tempted to ask Lola to track her down since the customer was caught on the store's security camera's but thought better on it and dismissed the idea.

Old habits die hard, as the human saying goes.

Checking the time on her omnitool, she didn't see the Turian that was about to bump into her. By the time she looked up, it was too late as said Turian bumped into her causing Eli to stumble over her feet.

She heard the Turian mumble a quick apology before leaving just as quickly.

Eli shook her head at the Turian, mumbling incoherencies under her breath.

Her tummy grumbled in protest as the events prior were forgotten. Luckily, she was already at the grocery store.

*-{The Fight for the Stars}-*

A good distance away in a hidden location, a Turian with red face markings quickly fled to an out of the way alleyway where he fired up his omni-tool.

Accessing a hidden program on his tool, he activated the signal that he planted on the target.

Seeing that the device worked just as planned, he quickly called up a contact on his omni-tool.

Connecting the call to the hidden headpiece he wore on his ears, the Turian heard the call ring a couple of times before it successfully patched through.

He heard a grumbly voice through the earpiece. "Did you plant the device?"

"Yes sir, it's working just as planned."

"Good, just sit tight. Team's Alpha and Delta are about a minute away. Team Beta and Charlie will do the rest."

"Yes sir, over and out."

The Turian heard a small click, signalling that the call has ended. Quickly moving to the ambush location, he bought out his P-7 Suppressor, a prototype based on the Alliance's own version of the Suppressor, that was given to him for the mission.

Meeting up with the rest of team's Alpha and Delta, a small group made up of a total of 6 members composed of a mix of Humans and Turians, if all went according to plan, they all agreed that both teams should come in at both ends of the alleyway for an effective ambush.

After all agreeing on the plan, both teams headed their to their separate ambush locations.

If everything ran smoothly, no one should be any wiser about the excecution of Elira T'Berya.

*-{The Fight for the Stars}-*

Eli exited the store with a smile.

Buying the breading went a lot faster then expected and if she hurried back to the gym, she estimated that she would be able to properly prep the chicken in time.

Looking over to the left, she frowned as she saw a large crowd blocking the way back.

Moving closer to get a better look, she managed to see what managed to get the attention of the crowd.

A fist fight between 3 Humans and 3 Turians.

Eli sighed with annoyance. The small crowd combined with the 6 fighters were blocking the whole street and unfortunately, that meant that unless she wanted to get directly involved, she had to pass another way.

Eli didn't mind passing another path on the way back, it's just that the alternative route wasn't exactly the safest.

She wasn't scared of it though, after serving in the military for a couple of centuries and with the power of her biotics, Eli wasn't scared at all.

It's just that the alternative route took a bit longer then the main route and on top of that, Eli had a chicken to get back to.

Sighing once again, Eli reluctantly pulled away from the crowd as she looked around for an alternate route.

After a quick search, she realized that unless she wanted to go around the entire block, the quickest way back was through a shady looking alleyway that had suspicion written all over it.

Eli never liked alleyways.

Steeling her resolve, Eli went and entered said alleyway as she begun her journey back.

About midway through the alleyway, Eli saw a human and 2 Turians slowly enter through the other side. At first, Eli didn"t think any of it as she went along.

But as she neared them, she started to notice something. The look on each of their faces, their body language and even though they were in civillian; Eli managed to make out the buldge of a pistol in one of the Turians pants.

Big mistake.

Eli turned her head slightly and from her peripheral vision, she saw another group of 3 enter through the other side.

Unless this was all one big coincidence, which Eli sincerely hoped it is, Eli realized that she might have walked into a trap.

She didn't know what was happening nor did she know why, but if there's one thing that life in the battlefield has taught her; its shoot first, questions later.

Eli stopped in her tracks as she slowly dropped her groceries to the floor. She turned around and flattened herself on the wall behind her so that she had full coverage on all of the men.

She fired up a barrier as she prepared her biotics in a moment's notice.

"If you're looking for a free meal, you sure ain't gonna' find it here."

On the outside, Eli was cool, calm and collected. On the inside, Eli was slightly panicking.

Barriers and shielding's were good but only at a distance. Another thing that she was worried about was the fact that they all had guns and she didn't.

Eli had a custom made omni-blade that Lola crafted for her but then what good would a knife do in a gun fight?

A plan was already starting to form in Eli's mind but in order for her to pull through with said plan, she needed a distraction and unless by some miracle chance of faith happened; Eli was screwed.

They all stopped at a short distance away as one of them chuckled. "Just let it happen sweetheart. It'll be over before you know it."

She had a strong feeling that it wasn't his first time to say that line. Eli shuddered in disgust at the possibilities.

She started to panic even more as they brought out theirs guns and aimed it directly at her.

Eli was damned if she did anything and damned if she didn't do anything.

She's been in tight situations before but nothing quite like this. Either way, she wasn't about to give up without a fight.

Just as they were about to fire, she heard someone shout.

"Hey!"

Eli didn't know what happened nor who made that shout, but she wasn't about to question it as it gave her the distraction that she needed.

As the 6 men were all distracted by the other figure that entered the alleyway, Eli quickly used lift on the 3 men to her right.

It proved effective as they started to slowly lift up into the air as their limps started to flail around looking for anything to hold on to.

With them momentarily taken out of combat, she quickly turned to the other 3 only to see them explode in a biotic explosion.

Luckily, Eli had a good reflex as she strengthened her biotic barrier to shield herself from the blast.

As she uncovered her eyes, Eli detonated the other 3 men with a weak warp. She didn't want to end up in prison because of murder.

When all of them were taken out, Eli was about to let her guard down before remembering the other person in the alleyway.

Grabbing the nearest gun, she quickly aimed it at the other person.

That person might have saved her life, but Eli didn't want to take any chances.

"Who the hell are you?" Eli said with an icy tone.

"The person who just saved your life."

*-{The Fight for the Stars}-*

Author's notes:

I'm pretty proud of that chapter, please tell me what you think on it.

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