A/N Hello it's me again with a new chapter. I would like to thank you guys for reviewing and I was taking into consideration of all the reviews I got from you all. I got some proof reading done and redone this chapter at least two times before I got the final product. So let me state something before it gets out of focus in the story. The 'Illusive Man' doesn't trust Yoko to stay true their cause, but he needs here help. A joint mission was established in place to stop the Collector problem. If you want more details read the story, but I do like to ask you guys a question. What do you think of Javik the Prothean entering my story along with the fact Gillian will make an appearance as well? That's all I need to say about the story and I hope you enjoy the story and review. It speeds up the process of the next chapter I produce. If you have thoughts on what the next chapter should be about. Say what you feel, it will make me feel a lot better. I'm out for now and I looking out for your responses.
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Joker was old friend I met back in the year 2174 when I woke up. He always wanted me tell people to fuck off when I got high up in the world, but he tells me he doesn't trust people making more money than him, true but at least I cared for the little man in the world. I always set out on what I wanted to do and he respected that. Even though he left the Alliance and went straight to Cerberus. He was never for them, but his friend Shepard even though he liked me better because I was pretty and I can cook like a gourmet chef. I don't know if there are other deciding factors. I know I could never lay a hand on him, even if I help reinforced his bones. He was the one that helped gain respect by using bolder strategies' than the regular used corporation tricks. I was the only person next Dr. Chakwas that called him Jeff. I did it out of respect for him so I planned on to listening to what he had to say, even though I had no intentions of being coerced into them. I planned on doing it my way from the start or if they have problems with that I can leave them in the dust. I just need some willing people that will help me in the operation. Jentha was one of the people I will count on to help me in my quest.
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January 5, 2185
Hyaku Shiki
Omega
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Joker sat down in the kitchen on a bar stool as Yoko was cooking up some food for the two of them. She offered him a glass of coke to drink as they passed the time. It was silent as well as Hope played some soothing classical music in the air as Jeff took a swig of his coke.
"Ah that hits the spot; they give cheap synthetic type version of coke on the Normandy. I wish that Shepard would not be a cheap skate and get some better rations. Maybe if we had a chef on hand than someone that also works with toilets I wouldn't be even running to you." Joker told her as she laughed.
"You said we have to talk and I agreed to it. I bet Shepard is too scared to even to talk to me in person on my ship." Yoko told them.
"Well I will be scared too, when you bend in metallic bones with your bare fist and break all the bones in someone's body too. They are really desperate for help with this mission, but they don't want to bend over and take it from a woman." Joker joked as Yoko was moving around checking the over as she saw the sandwich was toasting slowly along with the fries.
"You realize that this was my mission and not your mission to save the Colonies'. I spent countless days, weeks, and month working on how to stop them. Finding spies within the Alliance had helping restructure them and building new technology for them with my personal touch, then the ships get stationed at the Citadel because we are allies of the Council. Jeff I'm preparing for a full out war. Yet he blames for not doing anything when he hasn't done anything to solve the problem." Yoko explained as he nodded.
"Yeah I can see why you have been bogged down on work, so the times making movies and winning poker tournaments was to gain the funds for supplies. The war with Cerberus was over supplies as well." Joker asked her as she nodded.
"I can't trust people that have a hidden agenda Jeff, Shepard is so blind to it. The Alliance can't even help with the problem. So they let Shepard go and see if he will handle the problem himself and help waste Cerberus resources. I can't argue with the Council for agreeing on that matter, but I was preparing to take down the Collectors'. A person that woke up from the dead and thinks he is all that is absurd, combat has changed significantly and he thinks he is better than me." Yoko told him as she took the food out the oven as she started to prepare his food. "I don't need Shepard at all to do this mission. He wants my research and just my talent to help make this mission possible."
"So you are planning to make a team of your own to take down the Collectors' without Shepard?" Joker asked her as she nodded.
"He thinks I'm going to give and give my research to people I don't trust. He is out of his mind; I will put my science to good use and use a ship that I know I can trust. He will just have to suffer without a true countermeasure to the Seeker swarm." Yoko told him as she handed him roast beef sandwich on his plate with cheddar cheese fries.
"Why not combine our efforts side by side then, I know you and Shepard don't see eye to eye on everything. We need to work together if we need to survive this mission." Joker asked her as he took a bite of his sandwich.
"Why would I follow a dead man to battle and spiteful bitch that thinks Humanity should just crush other races? If Shepard wants to work with me, then he should drop his policies along with the Illusive Man. Shepard does not know the whole story behind what happened when he died. When you do go back tell him this, I don't work for anybody and they will work with me. I don't take exceptions to the rule or offer some tradeoffs, my tech, my research, and my rules. If they can't handle it, then they have no business running around the galaxy." Yoko explained as he nodded.
"Well if I'm going tell them to fuck off for you, can you send me back with at least dinner as well?" Joker asked her as she laughed.
"Ok Joker, what do you want for dinner since I'm in a better mood right now?" Yoko asked him.
"I want some Chili, since its January and plus it gets cold on the ship sometimes." Joker told her as she nodded.
"I will send you back with a big pot of Chili and a special storage container that sealed tight so germs won't get into." Yoko told him as he pumped his fist in excitement.
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January 10, 2185
Hyaku Shiki
Farthar system
Planet Lorek
12:10 P.M.
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Yoko looked at the woman who was dressed in dress in a black tank top and shorts. She saw Yoko was wearing her blue zero suit. She was sitting in guest room overseeing Jentha who now just woken up.
"Who are you and why did you save my life?" Jentha asked her as Yoko laughed at her.
"Only I called myself Dr. Minamoto when we first met and you probably won't remember. I'm Yoko Minamoto president of Nexus Corporation. You must have heard of me before with movies or shoot outs time to time." Yoko told her as she looked surprised.
"You're the president of Nexus Corporation; I thought you would sit around in a desk or some lab trying to make money. We don't hear news about the Citadel space anymore, but I know that the Eclipse gang hates your guts the most, but why did you save me?" Jentha asked as Yoko shrugged.
"I can tell who the decent people are in a bad crowd. I'm helping you change your life style completely. The Blue Suns have declared you dead and moved on. The ones near Tranquility lane have been decimated as well along with every mercenary leader head on Omega. You will work for me and you cannot say no to this. I'm taking on the group called the Collectors' and you're going to help me do it." Yoko explained.
"So I'm risking my life again to work for a madwoman as part of her security force." Jentha remarked as Yoko shrugged.
"Most people wouldn't give mercenaries a second chance and I'm offering one to you. So let's get you suit up for a little training exercise. So let's you get suited up…" Yoko told her.
"Do I have a choice to say no?" Jentha asked her.
"You say no to me and refuse you owe me several millions for medical bill and I will charge more to the bill as time passes. Along with giving you a place to live with perks and a working pay check. I don't think you would say no to that." Yoko told her as she sighed heavily.
"Ok then, what about my armor, it's ripped to shreds and my guns?" Jentha explained as Yoko shrugged.
"Your armor couldn't be repaired so I scrapped it and manage to make something better out of it. I found out that your shield system would not recharge at all by the way. The reason I need your help is that people that wanted to deal with the Collector problem are a bunch of terrorists'. I don't want to help them at all, let alone give data and my resources for them. I am assembling a team of specialists to help me in this cause. They are abducting hundreds of thousands humans. If they are not stopped, we might see Earth disappear of the face of the galaxy." Yoko explained as she led her out the room from the crew deck.
"So this is some noble mission to save billions' of other people. You know I'm just a mercenary and I'm not much of a specialist." Jentha explained as Yoko shrugged.
"But you have skills and they can be refined, I plan on taking you down to a planet named Lorek. The eclipse gang has captured what looks to be a Cerberus agent that has sensitive data that can hurt Cerberus. So what type of weapons do you prefer than an assault rifle. I tend to use not mass relay guns unless it's emergency." Yoko explained as they walked into the elevator as it took up to first floor.
"I can use pistols and assault rifle." Jentha told her as Yoko nodded as they finally got to the top floor as Jentha looked around.
"I would give you the tour, but you can settle for exploration later. Right now we are on the CIC deck, with the armory and the tech lab are connected together. I developed something a little special for you." Yoko told her as they stepped foot in the armory as Jentha looked around to see multiple guns strewn across the walls. Several guns were already broken down on the table and element zero was siphoned into a tank on the other side where the lab was.
"You collect mass relay tech and break them down?" Jentha asked her as she nodded.
"Of course, but I don't like the idea you have to rely on element zero to a shoot a gun. It does decay over a number of years'. So I tend end up selling it all to the Alliance since it's a rare element. Now let me introduce you to your armor." Yoko told her as they walked up to a display case. She pressed the button there as it showed blue titanium armor sitting on the rank. The helmet was the shape of the usual elements everyone wore, except it had a green visor. Plus a special body suit for it was placed under it. Jentha looked at it with awe. "I called this one the Blue Destiny series, it has special modified interface called Devastator mode. The visor turns your interface red. It helps increases the damage, rate of fire, and magazine size. Though it will make you a little slower you can easily turn it off when you need to.
"Your letting me use this thing is this like some Alliance prototype." Jentha asked as Yoko shrugged.
"Well it's offered to the new class in N7 Destroyer soldiers. It gives strong-but-slow soldiers mech-like protection. Driven by assisted by mechanical strut system with special actuators, these frontline troopers carry heavy weapons onto the battlefield. It also had auto firing shoulder cannon and carries multiple fragmentation grenades. It uses a new prototype shield system that is a bit more resilient that mass effect shields. They absorb damage rather than deflect it away and it recharges faster. Yes it's yours to use Jentha; I took the full five days to prepare this one for you." Yoko told her as she handed her the suit. She looked at Yoko expecting her to turn around.
"You do know I need some privacy first before even putting this on first." Jentha gestured with her body suit as Yoko walked away out the lab for a moment.
"Tell me when you're done so I can help you put on the suit properly. I need to run some tests with you and get your familiar with the systems." Yoko told her as she waited outside for a bit.
"You can come back in." as Yoko came back to see the woman clad in snug body suit.
"Ok let's get you started on crash course with my tech first. I took out your Omni-tool and I replaced it with my tact-pad. This will take a full hour to explain the fine details to it.
"Why are your suits so snug to the body?" Jentha asked her being embarrassed by it being conformed to her breasts as Yoko laughed looking at her suit too.
"I designed my body suit on Quarian design, but its very effect and it doesn't chaff your skin as well. Hope can you run some diagnostics and holograms for me so I can show Jentha how it works." Yoko asked her as her avatar popped up.
"That's not a VI." Jentha asked in shock as Hope turned her head.
"People are still scared of the big bad Geth; please I worked with Yoko for a long time Jentha. I will help you learn the important things about your weapon and armor. The machines Yoko makes, I use them to repair the ship, weapons, and armor. So let's get started with your new armor." Hope told her as the conversation went on.
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Hour later
Shuttle inbound on Lorek
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Yoko sat across from Jentha as she was looking at her guns and familiarize with them. She brought the assault rifle called MAC. Shoots sixty bullets, has a built in flash light and concussive shot built into the gun. Along with the Eagle eye pistol as she looked up to see Yoko wasn't wearing her armor.
"Where's your suit at Yoko?" Jentha asked as Yoko got up from her seat as white light enveloped her whole body as Jentha looked in shock to see white armor covering her body now.
"Your shocked to see my so skin tight suit can do this. It's an amazing piece of technology I developed and refined. I upgraded now so it can store head mounted Vulcan's and my beam sabers'. I still trying to install the gun load outs into the suit, but I can wait awhile before that happens." Yoko told her as she took her Hellfire SMG, Battle rifle, Eagle eye, and her beam rifle as she loaded up on ammo.
"So what's the mission?" Jentha asked.
"It's quite simple this Cerberus agent was deep under cover and the Eclipse found out about it." Yoko told her.
"The Eclipse would most likely try to interrogate him for some data on Cerberus. Even if the person doesn't talk they would most likely try decoding the data themselves." Jentha told her as she nodded.
"True, but I want the data so I can damage Cerberus badly. I want to shut their operations down. This where we come in and take the data by force. So stay sharp and use the new gear to best of your ability." Yoko told her as the shuttle stopped.
"Here goes your stop and please do pick up something for me, please." Hope told them as Yoko laughed.
"Will do, I will keep shuttle here until you come back out." Hope told them as they jumped out of the shuttle as Yoko looked around to see a box of platinum lying around. She took out her SMG and turned on the disrupter ammo as Jentha did the same for her assault rifle. They quickly moved up the ramp as at they got to the door as Yoko held up a flash bang as Jentha opened the front door. Yoko threw her flash bang and it exploded. Jentha went in spraying MAC gun as it ripped right the through the troopers armor with ease. Yoko looked up to see a Vanguard turning towards them she threw a shockwave which rippled through environment as it knocked him back as she unloaded rounds into by her Hellfire SMG. He muttered crying in pain as he was being burn alive as he finally dropped.
The two took cover quickly as the back door opened up as Yoko tossed a flash bang into the group. Blinding them as the rocket launcher on Jentha's shoulder turned online.
"Devastator mode is online, cobra missile out!" she shouted as round blew up two Salarians' with ease as Yoko unloaded her SMG on the last one. Two more came out with two Asari as Yoko did a biotic charge into one of the Asari. Beam saber popped out as she spun cutting her in half with ease. The other one looked mortified as she raised her shotgun up only to have Yoko aim her head Vulcan on blasting her head. She moved back as her shields flare as she placed her saber up.
Jentha already reloaded her gun and shot down the Salarian with ease only to look up to see Yoko punch the Asari as she heard a crouching bone sound. She tossed a frag-grenade as the last one as it explode knocking out his shields as she pointed her gun only to see He was shot already as she looked up to see Yoko holding her pistol in her left hand.
"Jentha don't be afraid to pull out another gun, especially if you know it's quicker to dispatching your enemy." Yoko told her as she sat with awe.
"You're really good at this…" she told her as she just shrugged.
"I don't brag about my skills, but the Eclipse gang is not that disciplined. I'm detecting a lot of motion at the door on the left on the other side of the room. Can you set up a proximity bomb at the door?" Yoko asked her as she nodded.
"Will do, you're going to check on the computer on top?" Jentha asked her as she headed across the room as Yoko checked the backroom to see it was a small barrack. She walked over to see a medical kit as she pocketed in her armor. She walked over to the wall safe to hack to get 3, 750 credits'. She walked right back out to see Jentha was still wiring up the door or the trap. She tapped the a few buttons to see their logs.
Report #1 (Subject ID)
Interrogator: Cpl. Geero "Eclipse targeted Agent Rawlings some time ago. We know Rawlings is connected to the encrypted data we acquired. The data could conclusively prove Cerberus' involvement in
Subject: Cerberus Agent Tyrone Rawlings
Yoko tapped the computer to check the second log.
Report #2 (Subject Captured)
Interrogator: Cpl. Geero "Agent Rawlings proved difficult to capture. Having insinuated himself on a ship bound for the We lost a lot of men to obtain this asset. This data had better be worth the expense."
Subject: Cerberus Agent Tyrone Rawlings
"I'm done setting up the proxy and I'm getting into position." Jentha told her as Yoko nodded.
"Very good, we will set up to catch them on both sides of the room. Let me read the last lag and bypass the holding cell." Yoko told her as she set up on the other side of the room as she nodded.
Report #3 (Subject Interrogated)
Interrogator: Cpl. Geero "The interrogation has failed. Despite some of our most advanced interrogation techniques, Agent Rawlings managed to evade our questions. When we applied more invasive methods, he proved resistant to those as well. Eventually Agent Rawlings' resistance caused tempers to flare. We consider it unfortunate that Agent Rawlings did not live to pass on the cipher. We have men working to decipher the encryption now. As long as we control this data, its mere existence remains a powerful tool against Cerberus."
Subject: Cerberus Agent Tyrone Rawlings
As Yoko pulled out her battle rifle now, she quickly hacked into the system. It unlocked the door as Yoko casted a stasis bubble on the first person as Salarian moved up just to blown off his feet by the mine as Jentha threw a frag grenade at the door. It killed one with as Yoko just squeezed a shot off from her battle rifle; she blew a neat whole in one of their forehead. She quickly threw a warp at the stasis bubble as it exploded. Two people managed to get by it and it was Salarian and Asari their shields were cut down by half.
"Drone out!" Salarian shouted only to see bullets easily disabled his drone. Jentha knocked his shield all the way.
"Concussive shot is out!" She shouted as knocked it him off his feet. Yoko hit the Asari with a warp as she ran out of cover coming towards her. Her shields went down as she looked up to see the white armor giant come towards her. Just to see a flash bang go off as she was blinded now.
Yoko step by her, she kicked the back of her knee to make her collapse. She pressed her knee to her spine and gripped her chin and scalp.
*SNAP*
Yoko looked up to see she a Salarian shot dead now as she looked down to see the Asari's neck was almost broken of her body.
"Why did you turn your back to Salarian even though you could have easily killed him?" Jentha asked he as Yoko laughed catching her off guard.
"I just a good judge of character Jentha, I wanted to see if you would take a shot at me or leave me to the wolves'." she told her.
"Wait this was all a test?" Jentha asked her as she nodded.
"Action speaks louder than words; some took bullets for me or killed the enemy. I call these little battle training runs. I did the same for Garrus for when he applied for his Spectre training let alone my security force. You can use more training, but you handle yourself well. Let me call in my drones to breakdown this place on the important things." she told her as several bug like drones flew into the room. "Let's go retrieve this data shall we." Yoko gestured as the two walked over to door.
She opened the door to see a gruesome seen as blood was on the floor and the equipment.
"What the hell happened in here?" Jentha asked her.
"Apparently he was too well trained and he didn't crack under pressure. The logs said that tempers flared and they didn't care anymore about encryption code." Yoko stated as she walked over towards the computer as her radio turned on.
"The data here can adversely affect Cerberus if this data went public. Do you want me to upload it into the data banks or send it to the Alliance?" Hope asked her.
"I will upload it to my ship and you decrypt it for the Alliance. I don't want Shadow Broker getting his hands on the data let alone Cerberus knowing what I did." she told her as she sent the information away to her computer as she turned back to Jentha. "Why did you join up with the Blue Suns?" she asked her as she lowered her head.
"It's a long story, I was really good mercenary. I was born on Omega so I knew how to use a gun and quick. It's seems like kind of a dream where I wake back up and think I'm reporting back to Tarak." Jentha told her.
"They treated you like a family and it was a way of survival." Yoko stated as they moved along as she nodded.
"Yeah, I was poor and my parents were already dead when I was teenager. It was a way to stay safe and make some money. Majority of things we did were do some protection mission or supply drop off. It feels kind of refreshing getting of that station…" she told Yoko.
"You do realize the only way out of the gang was death or imprisonment. No matter where I go that's the only two things I know what happens to mercenary in a gang. So will you give it another shot and do it the right way." Yoko asked her as the drones scurrying about breaking down the place as she nodded.
"You're trying to save Humanity again, if I think its start on a better life. Plus I have to admit I do love the suit, I feel like a walking tank." she giggled.
"Well you're the first one to sign up and thank you for coming. I plan on doing a change up with my ship for one I have in development. The Alliance is worried that Cerberus may not play it legit with taking down the Collectors'. I will be meeting Admiral Anderson and Admiral Hackett on this matter; I'm the only person with some type of a countermeasure. I worked on for a good year and I think I found a way to do it. They said a solider survived a collector attack on Fehl Prime. So we will talk to them in person." Yoko announced as Jentha pointed at her.
"I'm coming to the meeting as well, do I have to dress up in some formal dress?" Jentha asked as Yoko shrugged.
"Well most likely yes, I want you to at least look good. Don't worry about the clothing problem, I got you covered." Yoko told her as they walked away. "Hope, we can't collect everything, so put a word out to salvage team to come take the place apart."
"Aye-aye ma'am, I'm having fun time decrypting the data. If you give me at least a couple of days with it and I will see what's on here." Hope told her as Yoko laughed it off as the drones retreated back to the shuttle as they made their way back to her.
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January 10, 2185
Eden Prime
Station: Stargazer
Meeting room
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Yoko sat up in the meeting room dressed wearing a white dress shirt, black slacks, black high heels, as she sat in her chair in the meeting room. Jentha wore a smart black business suit with slacks as well. They looked out the glass to see Admiral Hackett and Captain Anderson coming towards the meeting room. A tall guy with muscles carried himself wearing a light blue skin tight muscle shirt. He had dark blue pants with black boots, he looked kind of solemn. Yoko stood up as they came in as she bowed to them.
"Hello that you're doing well Admiral Hackett and Captain Anderson', you wanted to meet my about the abductions and the Collector threat." Yoko asked them as they nodded.
"It's good to see that you're doing well yourself. We received the data you collected from the dead Cerberus agent. You even decrypted it us instead of letting us do it. It would take years to normally do it, but I can see that Hope can handle that with ease." Admiral told her as they shook hands. "The Collector threat is out of the Alliance expertise and Citadel council."
"It's usually just you two, but I see you brought someone along this time." Yoko told them as Anderson gestured to her.
"This is Lieutenant James Vega; we brought him along since he had a run in with Collectors' as well." Anderson told her.
"So you're the famous Dr. Minamoto, ex-Alliance black ops N7 solider. Or the fact you're the Nightmare of Shanxi and the massacre princess of Torfan. So are we going to show our information to her and hopefully the A.I. can decrypt it?" James asked them.
"Correct, it would take months and years to decrypt this information." Hackett answered as Hope's avatar popped up now.
"So I have more data to look over, excellent I do love challenges. Why don't you send it to me to look at?" she told them as Admiral Hackett tapped his Omni-tool as they all sat down again. The room became dim as Hologram showed up. "Since we have some blue boxes from Sovereigns remains and I studied the Collector technology. It was simple to break through the encrypted data. Mr. Vega collected it and this is new information we don't have at the time." Hope told them as the Hologram popped up.
"So what did you find that's important Hope?" Yoko asked her.
"Well we have some good news and bad news. The data is on the Collectors' home world itself. The information says that's it is on the edge of a black hole. The Omega 4 relay is actually a new relay that's been altered compared to the ones lying around the galaxy. Standard relay transit protocols often result in a drift of several thousand kilometers from the intended position. However, this is fatal in the galactic core. Which proves fatal seeing the amount of debris of ship that passed through will rip your ship apart. It uses a Reaper IFF that triggers an advanced safety protocols in the Omega 4 Relay, which would ensure a ship survived coming into close range of a black hole. You need a Reaper IFF to actually pass through this relay without falling into the black hole." Hope told them as she calculated death.
"So where in the hell do we get a Reaper IFF?" James told them as Yoko shrugged.
"I don' know…" she trailed.
"You collected all of Sovereign's remain and you can't find a simple IFF. What kind of big help are you?" he told her.
"During the battle of the Citadel when Sovereign's mass relay core blew up, it blew away the IFF that was connected to it. Most of the good salvage was the bottom of Sovereign's body Mr. Vega, if I had one or the calculations from Collector's ship records on the distance to get there. My slip space drive can get us there without a problem, but the problem is the fact we don't the layout, defenses, and the possible enemy number." Yoko explained.
"Calm down Vega, your data was more than good, but we are missing some things to it. It's practically suicide going through the relay with only this information." Anderson told them as Hope looked around.
"So we are stuck around here waiting, while they are going to abduct another colony!" James protested.
"Is this matter a bit personal? All she is doing it trying to help the problem and yet you are blaming for her things that's outside our power?" Jentha asked him.
"We should have our ships and people posted around our colonies to keep them from being taken." he told them.
"That's impossible for the Alliance to do at this time." Yoko stated as he looked at her. "The fact that taking ships out there require resources and the fact the Terminus Systems will see this as some hostile act. Batarians might declare some type of war and our colonies will still be in trouble." Yoko explained. "Sending people in to defend colonies without a true countermeasure is practically suicide itself. So tell me why you are so adamant on sending people to their death?" Yoko asked as he clammed up.
"I was on assignment there to take down some mercenaries'. Then that nightmare came out of nowhere. I lost my entire unit to those bastards' over some damn Intel that's useless." he asked her. "You're going to take down the Collectors' without the Alliance and even Shepard is going after them. Let me come with you." he told her as she shook her head.
"I'm not bringing you along for my mission against the Collectors Lieutenant Vega." she told him as he got up going towards her and grabbed her by her neck.
"Then why the hell not… your sitting around looking pretty and not doing anything to settle the matter. You saved Shanxi, Feros, Terra Nova, and Eden Prime and now you want to act like a coward!" he protested as Yoko held up her hand to stop Anderson. She gripped Vega's wrist pinching the nerve in his hand making him stand still in pain. She kicked his leg and flipped him to the ground with ease.
"Because I don't support revenge Lieutenant Vega, I killed everyone on Torfan that opposed me except Major Kyle. I don't support revenge missions or the fact let a good person die for a stupid reason!" she shouted as she placed her foot on his neck. "A simple thing like that can escalate into something more and I might have to cut you down just like those men back on Torfan. You can't throw numbers at this problem or jump into the unknown without some type of plan. Your men didn't die for nothing, the information was useful." she told him as she took her foot of his throat.
He got off the ground coughing a bit as he got up looking at her.
"Then what are you planning to do it about it then?" James asked her.
"I will assemble a team of specialists' to come with me and the best of the best. Jentha was a mercenary that survived gang wars on Omega. I'm training her even more to use my technology. She has improved quite drastically over time, but I can't throw the same method at this problem. I was working on Countermeasures and new technology to deal with the threat. People seem to think that technology can be made with ease in this age. I planned to take down the Collectors from the very start. I even helped saved Colonies by adding AA guns and personal shields to keep them out. I'm fighting, but not the way everyone thinks, most of the colonies' in the Terminus system think it's Alliance ploy or corporation trick. I hate to say it right now, but they are statistic right now." Yoko told him as he calmed down.
"Ok, I can see you have a point to the matter…" he told her.
"You do realize I'm also as shrink too along with an ex-spook?" Yoko told him. "Don't penalize him for wanting to do something about the problem Hackett'. So tell me how did you come upon this data?" Yoko asked him as he nodded.
"I got it from a Cerberus spy that was working with the Collectors'. He acted like a colonist until they showed up. I managed to destroy their ship and kill the agent. Yet it was too late, I became the sole survivor on Fehl Prime. I always wondered if I made the right choice that day." Yoko told him.
"You made the right choice otherwise you be dead with them James. You were outnumbered without a doubt and the situation was getting out of hand. I suspected Cerberus may be behind the attacks and they want information and technology. Yet they want the Collector's out of the picture. Anderson is Ashley Williams placed on Horizon by so called outreach program to fight Cerberus?" Yoko asked him as he looked shocked.
"How do you know that?" Anderson asked her.
"It's because we have drones stationed on colonies in the Terminus system Admiral. Yoko is suspecting the Collectors' may be after key people." Hope told them as Yoko nodded.
"The Collectors' wanted Shepard's body my body as well and anybody connected to us are basically a target. The next place they will hit without a doubt will be Horizon." she told them.
"It's perfect place to hit if they don't have the AA guns in place, we should send a ship over…" Hackett told them.
"With all due respect they will move to another colony if you do that. I suspect Yoko wants to set up a trap for them." Hope told them.
"Since Mr. Vega wants to help badly and redeem himself, I want to place my barrier trick up. It only keeps out the Seeker swarms, but not the Collectors' ship and themselves. A team will help create bunkers and set up devices and use the guise of the outreach program to do that. Mr. Vega will lead a team of my people deep undercover as Alliance soldiers'. They all have some N7 training and it matches their outreach program parameters'." Yoko told them as Admiral Hackett and Anderson nodded.
"So the AA guns will do the work for us and destroy the ship for us? Smart, it lets us take advantage of the situation by letting them come to us. It's a doable plan and I know that the Lieutenant can actually enjoy, though it will take some months to set up the AA guns. Cerberus will purposefully send them there on purpose." Anderson told them as he looked at James. "Lieutenant you have no problem taking her men to set up a barrier on Horizon."
"I will accept the offer sir." James told him as Yoko looked towards Hope.
"Since Lieutenant is a pure solider, we need a sniper, two engineers', biotic, and heavy weapons specialists. We also need a marksmen and medic to the group. Ashley will be a part of this unit so it's eight people. We will need to more people to make a platoon." Hope told them.
"We will send Kaiden Alenko and Lee Riley to colony as well as support. So it's agreed we need this barrier, but I can see it depends on a power source just like the AA guns." Anderson told her.
"That means we need a countermeasure for the Seeker swarms'." Jentha told her as Yoko nodded.
"Over the past year I worked with a Salarian scientist named Padock on a countermeasure. My drones caught a huge swarm of Seeker drones to study with. They create a stasis around a person and trap them inside their body. The person can still see and be aware of what's going on. The version we created is not perfected yet. It confuses the small patches of Seekers to remain undetected." Yoko explained as it showed a video. "The results look promising and we will have a full countermeasure in a month or two at best. It will be a tight fit, but we can squeeze in the prototype to my team and the team on Horizon." Yoko explained as everyone nodded.
"This is your show Doctor and this is the best chance to take them down. Build your team up from the ground." Hackett told her as she nodded.
"Mr. Vega needs to take the space elevator down and meet with Mr. Stark. You will get to hand pick the people you want to come with you for this assignment." Yoko told him as he nodded as he rubbed the back of his head.
"I'm sorry we acted a bit rash doctor and thanks for giving me a shot at these bastards." James told her.
"Just don't let your chance turn to vengeance, I care about the people I actually employ here. Hope will light up the floor leading to the elevator. You will be by the main building and you can't miss it. I will tell them to let you in the door." Yoko told him as he saluted as he left.
"You really going to send him back in to fight the Collectors' with your men?" Hackett asked her.
"Some traumas' are overcome by relieving it. He wants to know if the information was worth it and he knows it was. By leading a team he will decide for himself on this matter, even though he is outranked by Kaiden Alenko and Lee Riley. He will take control of my team only." Yoko told them as she walked over to the window
"You do realize you will need a ship with an actual crew this time." Anderson told her as she waved him over.
"I hope you won't get mad with what I done with SR-1." Yoko told them as everyone made it over to the window as the light turned on. A ship bigger than original Normandy stood in the Hangar as Hyaku Shiki docked with it as the words Tsushima was on the hull.
"It's beautiful…" Jentha muttered.
"It is isn't it? The stealth ship I proposed was a bigger than ones the Alliance wanted. I managed to modify it so it combines with Hyaku Shiki or dock it. Hyaku Shiki is half the size of the regular frigate. It takes all my technology and places it inside this ship. It functions better than Normandy and its stealth function can last for days. It can use optical cloak along a special IES system to remain undetected even in planet's atmosphere. It uses beam and Mac technology that's been improved over time. It also deploys mines and fire missiles as well. Guns can move around attack from behind and the rear for better engagement." Yoko explained.
"Impressive, you took the remains of the SR-1, yet you didn't take its old name." Anderson told her as she shrugged.
"We can't have the same name plastered on it; it's a new and improved ship Admiral. Plus it doesn't use all those hard seats with cushion like the first gen frigate. It's loaded for comfort and it has maxed out weaponry to even contend with dreadnoughts that the Turians deploys. It uses everything that Hyaku Shiki uses and Elijah and the Geth improved the ships energy performance for me." Yoko explained.
"So the Geth are really working with organics' now instead of being isolated?" Hackett told her as she nodded.
"Of course, but the Heretic Geth didn't come back to the flock. They are worried about that and they think Sovereign implanted a virus into them. They may try to infect the majority of the Geth that never followed Saren. Even he was being controlled in the end by Sovereign by the use of indoctrination machine installed inside the ship. I managed to collect it and studied before more cases pop up." Yoko explained.
"You're doing a good job doctor, but I suggest you start your recruiting as soon as possible. I suggest you go with the survivor of Akuze." Hackett told her as she looked at him.
"Him, I know you're not speaking about Corporal Tombs." Yoko asked him as he nodded.
"Of course he is in his right mind and he visits the Corporal time to time. Former Commander Edward Buck. If you don't want to I would understand, but I know he can take a lot of mental stress and he even survived Mindoir. He has survived encounters that were suicide and this is a suicide mission." Hackett told her as she nodded.
"Since it's the old SR-1, do you want to come along Anderson?" Yoko asked him as he smiled.
"Well if isn't a problem with the higher ups coming with you on a suicide mission." Anderson told them.
"I think they will understand, but we are needed back at Arcturus Station." Hackett told him as he nodded.
"Soon as you gather essential staff for the ship and the higher ups approve with the plan on Horizon and me joining. I will join up with you." he told her as they left the room in hurry to place their plan in order.
"That's an ambitious plan if I ever heard one; do you really think they will be on board with this plan?" Jentha asked her as they walked back to their seats' to sit back down.
"I show more than 90% percent probability they will like the plan in this order, but I got a call from formerly deceased Commander Shepard." Hope told her as she frowned as she sat laid back in her chair.
"I hope he came to apologize otherwise shut off this call." Yoko told her as Hope nodded as the holographic screen as it turned on as it slowly showed Shepard.
"Well at least you picked up my call on the first try. I sent Joker to talk to you and we get told to fuck off to me, Miranda and TIM. So the first thing you would like is apology itself I believe. I'm sorry and jumped the gun and said you were not doing a thing about. Then Garrus, Kasumi, and Zaeed got onto me about my behavior. We can't do this alone and TIM realizes this now. Can we work together on taking down the Collectors'?" Shepard asked her as she looked over to Jentha.
"What do you think I should do Jentha?" Yoko asked her.
"Well everyone has to understand that your word is better than this Illusive Man. We will not allow any data to come Cerberus way or be monitored by him. Let alone your authority does not overrides hers'." Jentha asked her as Yoko nodded.
"Pretty good set of conditions' and something I will say myself. I'm building my own team to take on the Collectors' and a more coordinated team that you can muster up." Yoko told him as he frowned.
"So you planned on ignoring my help and not even planning to work with this team?" Shepard asked her.
"I don't follow dead men Shepard and you aren't better than me. You need my technology to help fight the Collectors'. Padock is on the assignment, but we will welcome Mordin Solus to help finalize the countermeasure. So I would that this is team work, but let me get this through your skull. All information you acquire has to go through me along with tech and then we can work together without a problem." Yoko told him as he nodded.
"Fine then we finally has agreement, but can we dock with your station this time. I want to make some upgrades to the Normandy and get some shore leave." Shepard told her as she shrugged.
"I don't want anyone from Cerberus poking around and spying on me. We will have unfortunate accident on this station and it counts towards spy devices. I don't want anyone with a Cerberus Logo walking around the streets of Eden Prime. They will need to be supervised by my people or they will need tracking devices." Yoko told him.
"Otherwise you would just kill them all without mercy this time. I understand then us coming on approach now." Shepard told them as Yoko looked at her cameras to see they docked with the station.
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Thirty minutes later
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The lights in the hangar beside them were off. Shepard and his ground team came in the room.
"Hey Yoko, I see your just chilling out here in your cool station. Do you have snacks laid out for us?" Kasumi asked her to see snacks and drinks laid on the table.
"At least I try to be courteous to my guests despite bad blood between us. I even got Garrus some dextro- amino chocolate and drink on the other side of the table." She gestured as Garrus went over to it.
"Boss, I'm starting think very funny, I get to go to nice places, get nice food, and the next thing you know I may get the Asari pleasure colony cruise." Garrus told him as Shepard laughed.
"Nice try Garrus who would know how to get on a packed ship full of rich people?" Shepard asked him as Yoko shrugged.
"My friend Meyla can set you up on the one if you like. This mission is already suicide mission after all why not enjoy yourself before you die." Yoko joked as everyone sat down.
"She knows how to pull some strings unlike Shepard I concede to her leadership." Garrus joked as he ate some chocolates'.
"Well since we are here, have you even made a countermeasure to the Seeker swarms?" Shepard asked her as she shrugged.
"Of course with Padock's help, but he had to take some leave time for a personal matter. We developed a countermeasure that confuses small patches of Seeker swarms ad you can remain undetected." Yoko told them as it showed a film of the Seeker swarms introduced with a live person inside of the glass cage.
"How did you get all those Seeker Swarms? I saw more in the other giant glass." Jacob told her as she shrugged.
"I don't just jump into the unknown unlike you fools. I would like to know what we are facing first. Ever since the first the first colony abduction I sent out specialized drones to snatch up seeker drones so we can properly test it. If you were stung just once you wouldn't move at all and you will see everything they are doing." Yoko explained.
"I always admired Padock's work along with the two Dr. Minamoto's work. Yoko worked on to increase genetic life span of my people double with ease with genetic modification. Padock working on curing on Kepral's syndrome he is almost done and he can cure the ones who just caught it. Ayumi working on Turian symptom called Corpalis Syndrome almost perfected a method to curing one Turian. Even the STG group is amazed by jumps in technology and medicine." Mordin stated as Shepard looked amazed.
"Shouldn't it take like hundreds of years to fix even one of those problems?" Shepard asked him as Mordin nodded as Hope's avatar popped up.
"Of course Shepard, but you don't have the brain to fathom such a thing. Mr. Solus the Tech lab is open to you and you can look at our results on the Seeker Swarm countermeasure." Hope told them.
"An A.I. is it shacked?" Miranda asked as Hope crossed her arms.
"My name is Hope, Miss Lawson and no I'm not shackled. It's like saying I'm A.I. and your dress like a Cerberus whore." Hope stated as the men clammed up.
"She has personality unlike EDI…" Jacob muttered as Miranda frowned.
"Hello Hope it's good to see that you're doing well." Kasumi told her as they both waved.
"It's good to see your doing well too Kasumi, after almost being killed by a bomb. I have to be amazed of what Yoko or her mother comes up with. Even to the fact they made Shepard mostly human again. Up to 98% percent of his body made him almost like Saren." Hope mentioned as Shepard flinched.
"Where is the lab at?" Mordin asked her as the glowing lights lit up the way. "Thank you Hope for the assistance." he told her as walked off.
"Do any of your Quarian friends and workers' have a problem with this?" Shepard asked her as Yoko shrugged.
"I don't accept any kind of prejudice on my stations and even the work place. It won't be tolerated and the fact they accepted her without a problem. She helped gain information on Saren when we were running around chasing him." Yoko gestured as her avatar disappeared. "You wanted to talk to me about something about working together."
"The Illusive Man agreed to work with you by your terms. We don't want to be defenseless trying to fight the collectors'. You want fight the Collector's as well and it can raise our chance of survival if we work together." Miranda told her as Yoko shrugged.
"True, I do want to keep Zaeed, Garrus, Mordin, and Kasumi alive. I don't want my good work on Shepard to go to waste at all. We can do collaboration joint mission between Spectres', but don't question my authority on matters that are related to me. Let alone Shepard and TIM cannot tell me what do. The importance of teamwork is communication and I don't to be left out of the loop. We can all agree on that notion can we not?" Yoko asked him.
"It's agreeable, but we need to know of the people you are planning to pick up." Miranda told her.
"I'm picking up the survivor of Akuze and Gillian Grayson as part of my team." Yoko told them.
"Wait you mean Edward Buck is coming to the team I thought he quit." Shepard told him as Yoko shrugged.
"You're bringing along two people that do not like Cerberus at all." Miranda told her as she shrugged.
"Well he excellent solider and he works with Militia's on Mindoir still. Gillian Grayson may be young, but I trained her personally and she is excellent Biotic. Even Anderson said he would come along with me in my new ship." She told them.
"Anderson is coming along?" Shepard asked him as Yoko nodded.
"I might get some N7 soldiers' under my command, the best of the best. I plan on getting Padock and Elijah to join this operation with me." Yoko told them. "So we have a deal that we are working together." as she held out her hand.
"It's a deal, Zaeed and Kasumi want to be aboard your ship along with Mordin. Most likely for the lab aboard is superior to our lab. Right now we are upgrading the Normandy so it will take some time." as they shook hands.
"At the moment I made a deal with Shepard to help monitor his progress. The council secretly wanted me on this mission to see how Cerberus worked from the inside. I will monitor their progress and procedures'. Little did I know that Jack Harper never outsmarted me, but he always shocked me by the audacity he does things. I was hoping to prevent a possible abduction in the future. I was setting plans in motion, but I need more people with special talents'. Edward Buck was the best Solider they seen at the time. He could do it all and it wasn't an exaggeration. Buck was part of the Head hunter unit; though he was never mind… he was the only person that I actually respected. He never treated me with kid gloves or goes easy because I was a woman. He was my CO at one time when I first joined the Alliance. I worked with him for several missions'. I always wondered why I had to work with a team. I placed my feelings aside and studied the Thresher Maw and then killed them all. I was so wrapped up in my work to even think about him. He was not that much older than me, but he was younger than Shepard."