Chapter 10: Finishing Saleon.

I put on my Recon Hood, and I see the HUD come up. Jeez, it's cool. I see heartbeats, security systems, lifeforms and my weapon overheat counter. I see a mini-woman come up to the screen.

Hello Vera.

Hello Jack. I'm getting enviroment checks, and lead on Doctor Heart, AKA Saleon.

"Alright. So Ex-Detectives, we're to go to this abandoned warehouse. We will try infiltration, but we may have to go loud. If we see any test subjects, we're to try to help if possible. But your main objective, deal with Saleon. Dismissed."

I nodded, with the objectives showing on my HUD. I pull out Soap, and I follow Garrus.

"So, we finally taking care of Saleon, huh Garrus?"

"Yeah. Veronica wanted to see if there was any personal stuff going on. So she approached me, 'asked me nicely', so I spilled the beans. Now, we're here, finishing Saleon's sick experiments."

I nod in return.

A few minutes later, we're on the roof of the warehouse. We're complaining on who should go in the vent system to infiltrate.

"I died asshole! You go in!" I say, pissed look on my face.

"You can't use your death crap on me Jack. It's not fair."

"Then don't pull the 'You should go in the ventilation system due to your expert infiltration skills."

He sighs. Screw it. I'm going to go in. I jump into the vent system, and I'm surprised. Even through my Recon Hood, I can feel the warmth.

Vera, pull up databases on 'Dr. Saleon/Heart.'

Extracting...Extracting...Found. Reports say that has a cover buisness selling biotic implants. However all workers claim that is very secretive, shadowy. Even fewer have claimed to seen 'Ghoul-like creatures'. has invested in several Citadel hospitals, as well as possible black market dealings. That's all primary information Jack.

Uh huh. See if you can find all cameras, anything that can be incriminating evidence against him.

I will. Logging you out.

I keep crawling through the vents. I hear talking below me.

Vera, amplify talking.

Will do.

" 's insane! Did you see that freak thing shambling after him?"
"Yeah, I did. C'mon. Let's not talk about it, he might be listening."

The talking stops, and I keep crawling. I see a grate, and I lightly kick on it with my foot. It falls off easily, and I jump down. I unfold Soap, and I move around an empty hallway. I crouch walk over to a locked door.

Vera, security?

Easy. Hackable.

Alright, hacking.

I start typing on my Omni-tool module, and shortly, the door opens. I see nothing important, but I do see a camera.

Vera, the camera. Loop it for around...ten seconds.

Looping.

I quickly run to the other side, before the camera is functional again. I lean on a wall, which leads to a corner of a not-so-empty hallway. I quickly peek out, and I see two armored guys with their backs to me. I lob a Lift, and I quickly shoot them with Soap. I move over to their bodies, but I don't see anything of interest.

Vera, who were these guys?

Searching through databases...These men were Eclipse mercs, but they were under the employ of .

Seems like a certain Salarian's been up to some trouble, and wants some protection. Well, no protection is going to stop us...

I keep walking through the hallway.

"Jack, Garrus here. I've got Saleon. Well, he's in a camera room, and he's overlooking everything. I'll need your back-up due to quite a few guards."

"Aye aye Garrus. I'm moving to you."

Vera, upload map schematics, and Garrus's position on the HUD.

Uploading...Uploaded.

I see that Garrus is only two rooms away so I keep crouch-walking through the hallway. I see a room, but it's not marked on the HUD. I walk through it, and I'm shocked.

I'm surrounded by Ghouls.

Feral Ghouls.

Oh crap.

I quickly back out, but the Ferals follow me. So these are Saleon's test subjects. I quickly run through another door, and I'm only a room away from Garrus.

"Garrus! I got some of Saleon's test subjects chasing me, and they ain't friendly!"

"Alright, I'll get ready!" He responded, a little bit of panic in that flanging voice of his.

I quickly open the last door, the one leading to Garrus's position. I vault-jump over a turned table, and I turn around. Garrus is behind said table, and he starts shooting. I start shooting with Soap, trying to aim for the Feral's heads. I let off a few shots, before I switch to my pistol. I shoot quickly in succession, a few Ferals falling. Garrus snipes them easily, without too much stress. Where the hell is Veronica?

That's when Veronica comes in, using her biotic powers to destroy the Ghouls. Garrus and I provide cover fire to make sure she doesn't get swarmed by the freaks. I feel the pistol overheat, so I switch back to Soap. I let off a few shots, and now there's only three Ghouls left. I Lift them, Garrus Incinerates them, and Veronica Shockwaves them. After their horrific animal screaming, they finally die. I reach up to my Recon Hood, and I take it off.

"Holy crap. That was...intense." I say, panting slightly.

"Spirits yes! Those creatures...hard to believe that once they were Asari, or Turian or even Human."

"Aye. Alright, Saleon's just up there. I managed to kill off his guards. Let's finish him."

I put on my Recon Hood again, and I put Soap on my weapon rack on my armor. I pull out Erode, and I make sure it's not overheated. We jog up a set of stairs, leading up to a locked door. I quickly hack into it, without too much problem. We see cameras on our right, and a bunch of dead test subjects to our left. Up ahead is Saleon, sitting on a chair casually. He's smoking a Salarian equivalent of a cigar. He has no weapons on him that we can see, but he could always be hiding a detanator for some bombs hidden away.

Vera, scan the warehouse for any bombs.

Scanning. Scanned. I have found two bombs. Both are in this camera room. One strapped to Saleon, and the other is inside the camera network.

Alright. Disarm them if you can.

Will do.

We walk up to Saleon, our weapons raised.

"You bastard. We found you. And now...we're going to finish the case." Garrus says, as his Turian finger/talon slowly presses on the trigger. Veronica then jumps at Garrus, making his pistol shoot somewhere else.

"Spirits! Commander, what are you doing?!"

"This isn't justice. We can bring him in to C-sec. This is vengeance, not justice."

I walk up to Saleon, as the two are arguing. I grab Saleon, press my gun into his mouth, and I squeeze the trigger. His Salarian blood, brains, and part of his head leave his body, leaving a mess.

"Case closed, you bastard."

Silence falls, the two shocked.

We finished Saleon. About damned time.