I dont know what the hell is going on but now I CANT RECEIVE updates from FanFiction in my email account :( its so stupid. I tried putting a different account and nothing. If you guys could help me about this, much appreciated. Here is Chapter 10! Enjoy and if you can help me about the email thing, please do, as i want to receive any review alerts and messages from fanfiction and not take centuries to respond. DarkDanny, you know my characters, they are bad boys XD
Chapter 10: The Reckoning
Bailey had been sitting at his office for what felt like centuries. He had no choice but to send his forensics team to the site of that overwhelming crime. 'Hope those two have something for me'
He was suspicious of his special forensics team. Always had, but now more than ever; a new gang, no, a new cartel had just taken the place of the Shadow Gang, and obliterated them with an efficiency only seen in movies. Bailey was not afraid, he was scared. 'That cartel is just something out of a book, what am I going to do if…'
His thoughts were interrupted as Luke and Mindus broke into his office. They looked tense, scared. Both men then approached his desk.
"Captain you gotta see this" Luke began as he carefully got out a bloody looking paper out of his bag. Mindus just eyed Bailey, his training in the Turian Military always keeping him sharp and looking for lies. It's not that he didn't trust Bailey, just that he wanted to know if Bailey was keeping information from them. This crime had just told him that some things were not impossible.
Bailey's eyes widened. He was visibly shocked by the level of brutality. He read the message and gave a tired sigh. He then looked at both Luke and Mindus.
"Boys, please come with me to my private office" With that, he got up and went to the halls, flooded by C-Sec agents. Luke and Mindus followed suit, like dogs following their master with a piece of meat. They were that interested in what Bailey was about to tell them.
Bailey's office was large, quite a luxury when talking about C-Sec. His desk was big, and so were his chairs. Two at the front of the desk, and several pictures of his great accomplishments in C-Sec back in his days as a detective. One portrayed the arrest of Turian arms dealer Marek, who was known for his brutality and his 'strange' fetish for human females.
Luke and Mindus proceeded to sit down and look at their captain, who was pacing around his desk, smoking a cigarette.
"Boys this is just what I thought" He managed to say.
"What captain?" Asked a curious Luke, while Mindus looked intently at Bailey.
"This is not a gang boys, these guys are much more than that"
"Much more than what?" Now Mindus was curious.
"This is not a gang, but a cartel. Coming directly from Earth"
Luke was shocked. Mindus' eyes widened. This was about to get better.
"In the early 21st century, there was a bloody gang war in a country of Earth called Mexico. Several powerful cartels fought each other to submission, even had the power to fight the government of Mexico itself. Thousands died in that war, and in the end, the government won, but at the cost of thousands of soldiers and civilians."
"Yeah sir, we get it but what does this have to do with the Black Hand?" Luke was utterly confused.
"One of those cartels survived the war, and went on to work in the dark for centuries, becoming sort of a big mafia organization that had thousands of members. After the First Contact War and the opening of trade from Aliens into Earth, this organization began to hire turians, krogan, even quarians!"
"What?" Both Luke and Mindus asked in unison, effectively dumbfounded.
"Yes, several quarians were hired for their technological expertise, krogan for their brutality, and turians for their organizational skills and discipline. They became so powerful that the United American States government had to expel them from Earth. Instead of fragmenting into several small gangs, like everyone thought, they became even more powerful, took over black trade and arms dealing in Citadel Space."
"Knew this was bad, their level of brutality is just off the damn charts" commented Mindus.
"Indeed. Even the Blue Suns and Eclipse fear them. What is more shocking is that they actually hire former soldiers of all species. They put particular attention to ex Alliance, quarians on their pilgrimage, turians that just got out of boot camp and krogan mercenaries"
"And they are taking over now in the Citadel? Why not before?" Luke was trying to get as much information as possible.
"Because the Alliance had an agreement with them, as long as they wouldn't interfere with politics, they would continue with their dirty work. Plus, they wanted to stay in the dark. They saw an opportunity and took it. Kelham in scared shitless, he's thinking of moving to Omega, like if that's going to help." Bailey managed a small smile.
"So… who's the leader?" Mindus was shocked at the level of this organization. Not even the Blue Suns or Eclipse were this powerful.
"No one knows. We just know how powerful they are and that they are taking over the Citadel dirty business now. Only thing we know is that they dislike pirates, and tend to kill them brutally after getting in their path."
"No wonder the Alliance has kept its mouth shut about this" Luke commented. Mindus nodded in acceptance of his comment.
"Boys, your assignment now is to find as much information about them as possible. Every little bit, every scrap. And we will discuss it at my house. Here is not safe."
"You think some are…" Luke then looked at the cameras, and saw they were deactivated. "You think some here are dirty with them?"
"Most probably, I mean evidence disappears when I'm about to see it. Plus, they have a lot of creds and power, would be surprised if their tentacles hadn't spread to C-Sec"
"Is the Shadow Gang no more?" Luke asked softly.
"I don't know kid; they seem to be completely paralyzed."
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"Come on man, we gotta hurry the hell up!" A dark figure shouted.
"I know! Let me just try to get this done" Another figure shouted back.
"You hear that?"
"I can't hear shit"
"Nothing, silence. They are here! Let's get out of here now!"
A turian figure stepped up and was about to grab the shoulders of the other humanoid figure when his head was destroyed. The human right beside him was paralyzed. He just turned to his back and saw at least twenty heavily armed figures, all standing up and aiming their guns at him.
Then a quarian, armed to the teeth, began making his way to him. He had a black suit and a blue visor. The human saw that he had sort of a commanding step.
"Who… who are you?" the human asked in barely a whisper. The quarian, however, with the audio enhancements in his suit, heard him perfectly. He was now standing ten feet away from the human.
"We are the bringers of death it seems." The quarian said, making his men chuckle.
"I… I… What are you going to do…. With me?"
"Well, I am sorry, but our bosses want this clean and clear of people like you so…" The quarian took out a phalanx pistol from his holster and shot the human right between the eyes. "I have to get rid of you"
The quarian smiled inside his mask and turned to his men. "Gentlemen, we are now the official caretakers of this great shithole so… make me proud and start Operation Dark Wolf"
"Yes sir!" A loud shout came from the men in the shadows. Then they started to pick up every scrap of equipment, every cable, and every little thing that got in their way to build something… Their level of discipline and team work was just extraordinary.
"Hurry up gentlemen, we need a strong base here" The quarian officer then turned his attention to a couple of thermal clips on the ground. He studied them carefully. 'A phalanx, these bullets are strong'
He then shouted to one of his men. "Rojas! Hack into the security cameras and tell me what happened here in the last few days."
The human gave a strong salute. "Already on it sir!"
The quarian smiled. He had a strong platoon of bloodthirsty, loyal fighters. However, he was curious about the apparent fight that occurred apparently days ago, from the evidence he recovered.
"Sir, I got it!" Rojas exclaimed while holding a small monitor.
The quarian then saw a lone human, in C-Sec uniform battling a full platoon of gang members by himself. Then, he saw blue aura coming from the human. He was a strong biotic, plus, from what he saw in the vid; this human was very well trained and disciplined. However, his thoughts were interrupted when he saw a fellow quarian emerging from the shadows, using an omni-tool. 'Hmmm, probably on her Pilgrimage, but what the hell is she doing in there?'
The video then turned into static and fell into a black screen.
"Good job Rojas, now go and salvage anything you can, I'll go with you in just a minute"
"Yes sir!"
The quarian then turned and opened up his omni-tool. He then saw a hologram of several men in suits, looking intently at him. He smiled.
"Sirs, Operation Dark Wolf is on its way and we are set to take the Citadel" The quarian said with eagerness in his voice.
"Good job Vic. Well done. It is time for the Black Hand to show everyone what it's capable of. Do us the honors" The voice came from one of the several men. He was tall and had a tuxedo, and he stood at the center. Vic couldn't figure from what species he was, but he had a lot of command and smoothness in his voice.
"Yes sir!" With that, the hologram disappeared.
'This is just getting better'
Everything was dark. He heard voices, grunts and shouts. He felt like he was in a void, like if he was floating. The shouts turned louder by the second. He couldn't understand them, but they were hurting his ears.
"Kolyat?" Ah the voice was like a whisper, like something the wind carried. It was so light and fragile.
"Kolyat!" That voice was getting louder, but still like a strong whisper.
SPLASH! Kolyat opened his eyes and saw a human holding a bucket of water. Kolyat then felt wet. The human responsible for his awakening looked nervous. Kolyat turned and saw several fellow C-Sec agents standing, looking at him intently. Kolyat then proceeded to get up and clean his suit of dirt. The human with the bucket then asked.
"Kolyat? Are you okay man?"
"Yes. What happened?"
"I don't know, Holx found you here and started shouting for help. Then I got here and tried to wake you up. I had to use the greatest weapon against sleepers, water" The human chuckled.
Kolyat then went into his memories.
"I smile. She is about to go with me to the bar. I heard a voice, a whisper. I turned and saw Jorax, holding a club, and then I look at Lia, but couldn't warn her. No time. No reaction. I feel a strong push against my head. Then everything turns black"
The agents looked at him funny. Kolyat's eyes widened. 'Jorax! That scum'
"I am sorry but you will have to excuse me I need to go" Kolyat then raced through the agents and went past the halls in a hurry.
"Damn that was weird" One of the turians in the crowd said out loud.
"Leave him alone, he did nothing to you" The human growled.
Kolyat then dialed Luke. He was in such a hurry; he was desperate to find him. Lia was kidnapped and Luke had to know.
"What's up Kolyat!" Came the response from Luke on the radio.
"Luke! We have to talk! Where are you?"
"I'm with Mindus about to head to the bar, wanna join us mate?"
"Stay there Luke, we need to talk!"
"Alright! We'll wait for you here"
"Please stay there, I'll be right over!"
Kolyat then hung up and made his way past the tons of people in the halls, it was such a mess of traffic on legs. Kolyat was getting really nervous and thought carefully how to tell Luke to not get him angry. 'It is clear, he loves her. He will go berserk. Oh Arashu, please protect Lia and Luke. Forgive me for not reacting in time'
Kolyat finally saw Mindus and Luke chatting outside of the precinct, both smoking a cigarette. They turned and saw Kolyat, waving at him. Luke was smiling, while Mindus had that stupid smirk on his face.
"So yeah this krogan then…" Mindus couldn't finish as Kolyat finally made it.
"Guys!"
"Come on Kolyat, I was about to crack up one of my jokes!" Mindus held his hands up dramatically.
"Shut the hell up!" Kolyat was angry.
Mindus just made a few steps back holding his hands in the air, as if surrendering. "What the hell is wrong with you Kolyat?"
Kolyat ignored him.
Luke then looked at Kolyat. He looked dread and tired, as he was holding his breath.
"What is this about Kolyat?" Luke asked, tilting his head to the side to make his confusion known to Kolyat.
"It's… Lia… she…"
"She what! What the hell happened to her?" Luke was now shouting.
"She was kidnapped by…. Jorax"
Mindus' mandibles flared to each side. He was shocked. 'Jorax what?'
Luke, however, just stood there, dumbfounded. Kolyat saw the anger boiling in his eyes, a terrible rage, like that of a monster, which had just been unchained off its prison. His hands then clenched into fists. His anger was getting worse. Both Kolyat and Mindus embraced for the worst.
"Luke?" Mindus said in almost a whisper, carefully taking a step towards him.
"RAAAAARGH!" Blue aura appeared in Luke as he exploded into a tearful rage. He shouted curses and rambled in some language not even Kolyat or Mindus could understand with their translators. Luke then got to his knees. He started coughing.
"Luke?" Mindus took a determined step towards him and put his talon on Luke's shoulder.
Luke got up and looked at both Mindus and Kolyat. "That son of a bitch is mine! You hear me? Mine! I'm gonna tear him apart!"
"Luke wait! We have to stay focused! No need to go guns blazing." Mindus tried to have reason with him. He saw a beast about to get unleashed.
"We have to rescue her, that's what we have to do!" Luke shouted towards Mindus.
"I am with you every step of the way Luke" Kolyats voice now was calm and assuring.
"So am I brother" Mindus joined in.
"Let's pay Mouse a visit" Luke said with anger in his voice.
Lia woke up and couldn't move, wondering where was she and why she couldn't move. She then saw chains on her arms and legs. She was so scared. She started looking for any ways of escape, but found none. The chains were very strong, plus she felt dizzy, probably from the big punch she felt back in C-Sec. She then saw light, coming from a steel looking door. Its small holes were the only things capable of letting some light enter the dark, oppressive looking room. She then heard footsteps and saw a dark figure in the door as the door slowly opened.
"Damn she's hot man" it said with venom in its voice.
"Told ya! The boss will be so pleased with this." Another figure said as it made its appearance at the side of the other figure.
"Oh come on! We could get some action with this bitch"
"Orders are orders; she's for the boss only. Here's some food bitch! Enjoy it" It then laughed along with the other figure as they closed the door and disappeared.
Lia saw a tube in the floor. Even though she felt hungry, as her stomach was growling, her pride refused to let her take it. She looked at the door, wondering what was going on and hoping for the greatest man she ever met to come to her aid.
"Luke, I need you" She managed to say in a whisper before feeling dizzy and falling into the land of dreams….
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