You didn't think I would leave you hanging like that did you. I had to get the actual mission to you guys, I'm not that mean. Just a heads up I have changed the mission quite a bit, hope you like.

"Kolyat!" Shepard yelled from the balcony.

The sudden cry of his name caused the young drell to panic and reflexively turn to the source of the shout. A human woman in black and green armor had yelled his name in the strangest accent, pronouncing it slightly different then it should be; she was staring at him from the balcony above. Shit, that bitch just blew my cover; he thought as he quickly turned back to Tallied and the krogan body guard, who were now aware of him and the danger of this pistol in his hand. The krogan drew up his gun as Kolyat went to fire, pushing Tallied out of the way and into the building as he order him to call C-sec. Lucky for Kolyat he had been a second faster than the krogan, his bullet entered and exited the bodyguards leg, causing him to go down long enough for Kolyat to run after Tallied.

"Thane!" Shepard called as she jumped from the balcony, running alongside the assassin as her feet touched the ground.

"I saw." Thane told her, not slowing his pace for a second.

Shepard and Thane quickly reached the stairwell, running up taking the stairs two at a time, desperate to catch up with Kolyat and his pray. Shepard was barely able to see the tail end of Kolyat's coat turn through the corner on the top floor, before disappearing behind the slammed door. When they got through the door there were only three rooms on the floor. The one on the right at the end of the hall had just closed. Please, don't let us be too late, Thane prayed. They ran to the door, passing through it quickly just to slow down as they walked up the short stairs where Tallied and Kolyat were; the scene before Thane left a chill in his gut.

Kolyat had Tallied on his knees, hands behind his head as he pointed a gun to the back of it. Shepard immediately raised her gun, pointing it at the young drell, watching as his eyes darted franticly from the man on the ground to her. The boy was clearly scared, but he held his gun firmly in his hands and did not make the mistake of panicing again and possibly shooting at them as they had come through the doors. Maria studied his face as he made eye contact with her, his bottomless black eyes identical to his fathers, but where calm and composure was in Thane's, hate, anger and fear clouded his son's. Kolyat's coloring was in complete contrast with his father's bright, vibrant greens and red. Instead the young drell was covered in deep blues that faded to teal; the barest outline of light green could be seen if one looked hard enough. His black drell markings mimicked Thane's, even the octagon shape on his forehead. However, Kolyat possessed jagged cheek markings that ran the length of his face, hugging the border between his scaled face and frilled neck. The ribbing there was dark like the rest of him, a deep purple-red color that of course ended in a V-shape just above his silver necklace. His clothing was almost identical to his fathers, though again their color scheme was much different, Kolyat's being blue and silver and absent of a whole in the center.

"Kolyat." Thane spoke next to her, braking Kolyat's and her eye contact by bring his son's attention to him.

Kolyat look at his father, his face pulling in disgust, "This - This is a joke. Now? Now you show up?" His voice was not as deep as his father's but the normal gravely quality that drell had to there voice was heavier in his own, almost like a thicker accent.

"Help me drell, I'll do whatever you want." Tallied begged from his keeled position on the ground.

Bailey and his officer decided to come in at that moment, guns pointed at Kolyat, ordering for him to put his own down.

"Get out of my way. I'm walking out. He's coming with me." Kolyat told them, not letting the gun leave Tallied's head.

Thane walked forward, frustrated at his son's stubbornness, "They'll have snipers outside."

"I don't need your help." Kolyat sneered at his father. "All of you back off, I'll kill him!"

Shepard saw the lamp behind Kolyat, thinking maybe she could startle him and disarm him. Or he could end up pulling the trigger on accident. Damn, ok time to go with plan B.

"I'm sorry Thane." She whispered, before pulling her own trigger, grazing Kolyat's arm. That's going to leave a pretty mark.

Kolyat screamed, holding his right arm, "Oh my gods!" He fell to the floor, Tallied took that opportunity to scramble to his feet, running behind them.

Shepard walked up to the boy on the ground, holstering her gun, "Never hold a gun up to someone unless you're willing to make them feel pain like that." Kolyat got to his knees in front of her, his eyes glancing to the gun at her feet. Shepard kicked it across the floor, turning her back on him and returning to Thane's side. He doesn't look mad at me, that's a relief. But his son probably wants to kill me right now. "Tallied, get the hell out of here." The scared turian walked out on shaking legs, muttering a shaken thanks.

"Take the boy into custody." Bailey ordered.

"You fucking bitch!" Kolyat yelled at her, murder in his eyes. Oh yeah he wants to kill me. Shepard gave him a smirk just to piss him off even more.

"Your father doesn't have much time left, Kolyat, he is trying to make up for past mistakes, and I suggest you listen." Shepard told him.

"What, so you came to get my forgiveness? So you could die in peace or something?" Kolyat asked in anger, turning his gaze on his father.

Thane walked up to his son. If he cannot have a relationship with my son, so be it. But Kolyat needs to know everything to move on completely and I'm not going to let my son become a murderer, thanks to Shepard we have saved him from that sin. "I came to grant you peace." He whispered. "You're angry because I wasn't there when your mother died." Thane looked lost as he continued, but knew this is something he needed to do.

"You weren't there when she was alive, why would you be there when she died?" The young drell yelled at him, now on his feet, still clutching his bleeding arm.

Thane looked down, ashamed of what he had done. "Your mother . . ." He was cut off by the door swishing open and four big Krogan walking in, the same ones from the bar that Tallied had visited with his guard and two of their friends.

"You're going to pay for injuring our battlemaster drell!" One of them yelled drawing there shotguns.

Kolyat's eyes grew larger before Thane pushed him to the side and took out his side arm, shooting at the Krogan at the same time that Bailey, the C-sec officer and Shepard did.

Kolyat looked between the groups of shooters and knew this was his only chance of escaping. He looked at his father's back, hesitating. Maybe I should listen to what he has to say? He shook his head, his face showing anger, No. He left mom and I, there is nothing he has to say that I want to hear. The two groups in the room were now spreading out, the two c-sec officers were on the far side of the room taking cover behind a metal bar, two of the Krogan were firing on them, far away from the door. The other two were firing on the human and his dad. The woman was crouched down behind a wall shooting a pistol and his father had kicked a table on its side in front of them and was now behind it, also shooting. It only took seconds for Kolyat to spot his pistol; the gun was not too far from him. He slid over and picked it up, hearing one of the Krogan behind him cry out in pain and then a thud on the floor. He turned to survey the scene, now there was just one fighting his father and the human, the other was panting on the ground stunned. Damn these Krogan are regenerating fast. But that was his chance, while the Krogan was down he could rush out the door, past the preoccupied groups, he just had to be fast enough.

Kolyat crawled over to the side staying behind his father so he couldn't see what he was doing, he got on his feet but remained crouched down so as not to draw attention to himself. The woman his father had shown up with suddenly erupted in blue biotic flames. Is she crazy, using biotics in this small of space could hit us all? But then she did a move that he had never seen before, she raised the Krogan high in the air and slammed him back down hard to the floor. Shit! But Kolyat couldn't think about the impressive show of biotics and the amount of control that had taken any longer, he had to move quickly. Kolyat raced to the door, jumping over the Krogan on the floor that his father had shot, just as he was getting up from the ground.

Ah, hell. Fucking kid. Maria rolled her eyes, hearing Thane scream his son's name. Maria watched as Thane stood up, ready to run after him, but was shot at from the other Krogan the C-sec officers were still fighting; his attention had been shifted to them when Kolyat had ran from the room. Shepard was forced to do the first thing that came to mind. She leaped from cover, punching the adrenalin on her suit and charged the Krogan at the door who was staggering to his feet, sending him crashing to the ground once more as she ran after Kolyat.

Looks like I am that mean =). Review or I hold the next chapter hostage!