A/N: I left the last chapter at a bit of a cliffhanger. So heres the conclusion to the fight!
I don't own Mass Effect
Eric pumped his legs as hard as he could as he chased after the Spectre. He couldn't let her get away with the data, it was their only chance at finding the Shadow Broker.
He ran out onto an open balcony and ducked down when several shots were fired in his direction. Peering around his cover, he saw Tela behind a chunk of debris trying to get a line on him. He took out his Incisor and fired several three round bursts.
The Spectre ducked down and brought up a barrier to block the shots. "Is that all one of Shepard's best can do?" she taunted. "Actually...no." She looked up and recieved a kick to the face. Eric had used the shots as a distraction so that he could run to her cover.
Tela stumbled back, Eric stood fast with his handcannon and his knife out in a CQC stance. The Spectre glared and swung out a kick that Eric was just barely able to dodge. The soldier swung out with his knife but was blocked by the experienced Asari.
She launched a singularity into his chest sending him flying back into a wall, "You'll have to do a lot better." Eric got to his feet and aimed his handcannon, but he was surrounded by mass energy and lifted into the air before being brought toward the Spectre. "You wanna know something?" She asked darkly, "When I'm done with you. I'm going after that mate of yours. It'll be fun watching her will fall away when I tell her that the love of her life died a horrible death at my hands."
Out of nowhere, a powerful singularity struck Tela in the chest sending her crashing into the wall, leaving a body sized imprint in the metal.
Eric fell to the ground and stood up and looked back to see Liara standing there in her combat suit. Mass energy gathered around her form with a look of hatred on her face, "You mean this mate?" she asked venomously. "How did you find us?" asked Eric grabbing his dropped handcannon and aiming at the Spectre. "I tracked your omni-tool to these coordinates. Looks like I arrived just in time." said Liara.
Tela looked at her opponents, behind her back she activated her omni-tool and hit a few keys. Her sky car swung around the building, she lept off the balcony and got into the car before flying off into the city.
Liara ran to another sky car that was parked nearby, Eric lept into the driver's seat, starting up the engine and chased after her. "Talon, its Eric. We're tracking Tela through the city by air." Eric said. 'Go get her, we got everything under control here.' replied the Turian.
Eric floored the accelerator, the hovering vehicle zoomed off around buildings and around traffic as they tried to catch up to the rogue Spectre. "We cannot let her get away with that data." said Liara. "She won't." said Eric taking the car down a tunnel. He spun around several other sky cars held up in traffic and kept after the one trying to get away from them.
Tela went around another building, "Traffic! Oncoming Traffic!" Liara exclaimed. "I got it!" Eric shouted back flying over the oncoming cars and keeping up with the chase. They turned down the back sections of a few buildings when they caught sight of something left behind by the Spectre's car. "Shes dropping proximity charges." said Liara.
Eric gritted his teeth and swirved around the explosive and going around a corner at the same time. They flew through a shipping yard, dodging more charges as they moved around several cargo carriers that were moving about.
An explosive went off on their right shaking the car, "Eric be careful! We take a direct hit and we'll go down!" said Liara. Eric focused as hard as he could on the air infront of him. There was a flash as a barrage of missiles flew past them hitting a neaby sign. "Dammit! Shes got reinforcements!" Eric shouted as they entered a tunnel.
Another sky car flew by them and stayed close to Tela's. "Liara what guns does this thing have?" asked Eric as he navigated the tunnel. "Its a taxi, it has a fare meter!" she said exasperated. "Fan-fucking-tastic." muttered Eric.
As they went through a tunnel, a truck flew out infront of them taking out the enemy sky car. "Truck!" shouted Liara. "I know." replied Eric. Their car drew closer as the truck crashed, "TRUCK!" Liara screamed. "I KNOW!" hollarded back. He spun the wheel, their sky car clung to the wall of the tunnel and dodged the wreckage by mere inches.
They flew out of the tunnel, Liara started to hyperventalate a little. "There we go." said Eric with a slight smile. "Your enjoying this?" she asked horrified. Eric looked at her oddly, "Your not?"
The car flew into oncoming traffic again. They swirved around another truck that stalled, taking several other cars with it. They pulled up along side the other sky car. Tela glared at them and slammed her vehicle into theirs. Eric and Liara were jostled from the impact, Eric got his wits back, dodging an incoming car and smashing the Spectre back.
The two cars struck each other again and again. The windshield in Eric and Liara's sky car started to crack with each impact. Eric spun the wheel hard one more time and hit the Spectre's car as hard as he could. Tela's car was launched out and struck by an oncoming car. The vehicle spun out and crashed into a nearby rooftop where it sat motionless.
Tela stumbled out of her sky car and shot a nearby security mech. "I've crashed on Azure! Send me some damn backup!" she shouted into her comm as she headed inside.
X
Eric set their car down onto the same rooftop and he and Liara piled out. "Theres Vasir's car. Come on, she can't have gotten far." said Liara. The duo started to move toward the door when another sky car flew down and started to drop reinforcements. Eric didn't give them a chance as he pulled out two grenades and threw them at the car, landing them inside the back area where the mercs were.
The car exploded taking the mercs with it, giving Eric and Liara a clear path to the door. Liara turned and lifted several others who got dropped in behind them and threw them off of the building with her biotics.
More merc started to drop in. Liara and Eric stood back to back using a combination of biotics and gunfire to lay waste to their enemies.
When everything was finally clear, they entered the small penthouse on top of the building. They passed by an Asari dancer who was begging for her life. Ignoring her, Liara looked at the floor. "A trail of blood, she must have been hurt in the crash." "That should have slown her down." said Eric as they followed the blood trail.
The purplish blood lead them through several rooms and out onto a balcony where several civilians were sitting around having drinks. Tela stumbled passed them trying to stop the bleeding from her wound.
"Vasir! It's over!" said Liara. The Spectre reached out and grabbed a young woman, pulling out her handcannon and pointing it at them. The other civilians fled during this. "Whats your name?" asked Tela. "M-Mariana." said the frightened woman. "Mariana, you want to live, don't you? Tell those people that you want to live." said the Asari.
Eric gnashed his teeth in anger. "Please..." Mariana pleaded. "We'll get you out of here safely." said Eric keeping a calm exterior. "Well thats good to hear." said Tela as she pointed her weapon at the woman's head. "All you had to do was walk away. Now it gets ugly."
"Please...I have a son." Mariana begged. "A son? I hope he gets to see you again. I've heard losing a parent is just horrific for children. Scars them for life." said Tela evilly. Eric suddently had flashbacks of when he was told of his father's death. Seeing the fear in Mariana's eyes and the tears on here face...something inside of him snapped.
A white aura started to gather around Eric shocking everyone in attendence. He raised both his hands freezing the Spectre in place. With a slight wave of his right hand, Mariana slowly drifted away from Tela's grasp and was set gently down a safe distance away.
Eric lashed his other hand out violently sending the Spectre through a nearby table. The soldier walked slowly forward toward the downed Asari.
Several Mercs entered the area and surrounded Eric with weapons drawn. "Looks like you lose after all." said Tela getting to her feet slowly. Eric's face was unseen because of his recon hood, but he wore a passive expression. Energy condensed around him and he started to levitate. He curled into a fetal position in midair as the energy grew more intense.
Before any merc could fire a shot, Eric snapped all of his limbs out and the energy was released. The mercs struck with the blast were turned to ashes and flung out into the winds.
Liara was both facinated and terrified at what she had seen. Eric lowered to the ground and turned to face Tela who was on her back again struggling to crawl back away from the being before her. "What in the Goddess are you?" she asked in fear.
Eric took two steps toward her, before he fell to the ground on his hands and knees. The energy around him vanishing. "Eric." Liara said running over to him. Eric yanked his hood off and took several deep breaths, "I think...I over did it." he gasped out.
Helping him to his feet, Liara saw the disc that was stolen from Feron and picked it up. "This is it. The data that will lead us to the Shadow Broker." said Liara.
Tela started laughing, "You're dead. The Shadow Broker has been in power for decades. He's stronger than anything you've ever faced." "Is that why you sold out the council to work for him?" asked Eric finally able to stand on his own. "You think I betrayed the council? Like Saren? Go to hell!" she spat. "The Broker's given me damn good intel over the years. Intel that saved lives and kept the Citadel safe! So if the Broker needs a few people to disappear, I'll pay that price without hesitation!"
"Spectres don't blow up buildings killing innocent people!" Eric roared. "Sure we do. We get our hands dirty so the council doesn't have to. The councilors might complain about our methods to soothe their consciences, but they never look too closely. You want to judge me? Look in the mirror. How many people have you killed in the last few hours?" she asked.
Eric looked at the dying Asari, "Thats the difference between you and me. I kill people like you, who kill others without reason. I fight for the safety of the innocent, you fight for yourself." The Spectre laughed humorlessly, "Guess my best challenge...was my downfall.." her head fell and she was gone.
X
'Eliminate T'Soni and Lachance, retrieve the data. Civilian casualties are not a concern.' spoke the message from Liara's omni-tool. "Shes dead." said Eric walking into the room. "I'm putting the data through to the Shadowed Light's computers. We can be at the Shadow Broker's base in a few hours." said Liara.
She turned to her mate and noticed that he looked a little pale, "Are you well?" Eric chuckled, "Kinda worn out. I should heed the disembodied voices in my head more often." Liara looked into his eyes, "That was freightening Eric. The way you killed those mercs...its as though it wasn't you." Eric sighed, "I lost myself. I let my power take over and let it fill me up. Guess it had its side effects."
Liara walked over and hugged him, "Don't let it happen again. Please. I never want to see you that merciless again." Eric held her back, "I promise beautiful. I won't let it happen again." They looked out at the sunrise over the city. "Lets go take this bastard down." said Eric. Liara nodded.
It was time to end this.
A/N: It has begun, the final showdown with the Shadow Broker starts next. But who do you want to fight him? Thats right, I'm letting you guys pick the team for the final confrontation! Who should join Eric and Liara to take down the Shadow Broker? Feron, Rez, Zen, Talon or Rico? You can only pick two since I'm making a team of four for this, so pick wisely.
