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A/N: Another long wait, sorry. Hey I recently realized that the name 'Forta' was used during the Samara loyalty mission, please note that I did not remember there was an elcor with that name when I named the batarian. Never mind that, here's the exciting invasion of the Cerberus facility and 'rescue' of Prudii...
With the map of the warehouse displayed on Aran's omni-tool, "Our next target should be their communication." The map indicated that communication was upstairs but Prudii's signal was still on ground level. "We need to split up. Bev, take three people and head up."
Beviin saluted then called names, "Sir. Forta, Kix, Rasen, let's move. Vren, if you wouldn't mind, we could use a boost." They looked at the upper level that was exposed from the Rang Special.
"Fine." Vren then moved some debris so he could get a bit higher where he waited to help them get up. First Rasen went up because she was the lightest of the group. Forta was next, followed by Kix. Vren had to remind himself that he was doing this for Prudii and his new clan to get passed his hate for turians. With Beviin upstairs, both teams prepared for combat.
Araniik still had the map on display and Prudii's tracker, "Looks like Prudii is cleaning house. We'll do the same and meet him here." Aran was pointing at a fairly large room. "This is probably where they store most of the gear and supplies."
"If not, then we'll meet one of those three headed dog thing from human stories." Another one of Rang's bad joke he purposefully made.
Beviin was now leading his team as fast as they could to what they believe to be communications. Due to Forta's hacking, with the assistance of Bev and Rasen, all omni-tool based comm. systems were down within the warehouse. They checked every room they passed to make sure they couldn't get sandwiched in the cramped hallway. So far, all they were finding were empty dorms and a closet full of cleaning equipment.
A pair of humans on patrol had just turned the corner into the hall where Bev and his team were in. Instead of opening fire, Bev ordered everyone to hide in one of the rooms. Beviin was using his HUD to track the two Cerberus operatives. He handed Kix one of his Geonosian electric force pikes and showed him how to use it without zapping himself. Now ready, the two of them waited as the Cerberus pair walked past the room the team was using. With that, Bev and Kix rushed out hitting and jabbing the two to the floor. Kix killed his human as he stabbed the pike straight through the heart. Bev didn't, instead, after stunning him, he pulled out restraints and cuffed him. "Araniik will want to 'talk' to at least one of them." Bev then threw the Cerberus into the supply closet they found and locked it from the outside. "Let's hurry. Araniik can only distract them for so long."
With a broken krogan, an asari commando, an occupied commando, and a trained quarian with no true field experience; in his opinion; Araniik had a lot of work to do in order to keep everyone alive within the Cerberus facility. This team was also checking every room they encountered. Rang was of no use as he was carrying all of Prudii's gear in a crate. Aran had Vren watch their back as he had the most experience in this kind of work. Nyona was next to him and Tare was to cover Rang if necessary, otherwise Aran told him to keep his head down.
So far so clean, with no one in any of the room and they were approaching the main storage area for the warehouse. Bev had pinged Aran's HUD telling him he had captured a prisoner so that meant no holding back when they started the fire fight and he made sure the others knew as well. "From Prudii's tracker, he should be here any minute, so let's help clear his path." With that, Aran opened the doors and four out of the five opened fire on the first targets they could find as they all took cover.
There were two Cerberus guards standing next to a door leading to communications. One of them was starting to worry, "Something's wrong, Mark and Jet should have come back by now. Should we go look for them?"
"Nah, they're probably fine. Besides if anything was wrong they would have contacted us about it…"
Suddenly their omni-tools caught a message, "…Goddamnit someone respond!" Weapon discharge and explosions can be heard in the background.
"We read you. What's your status over?"
"Two targets; the red one and the orange one have attacked the facility. Repeat the red and orange targets have infiltrated the facility and the black one is loose. No sign of the blue one but the red and orange guys have brought a small army. We are engaging in the main storage area. We do not have the location of the black one. We need reinforcements now! …Damnit suppressing fire! Suppressing fire!" Without hesitation the two of them ran off to help.
Forta deactivated his omni-tool he used to let Beviin talk to the two guards. "I can't believe they actually left. Are you sure it's OK to send more guys at your friends?"
Bev assured the batarian, "Araniik, Rang and Prudii are the best. If a hundred battle droids can't kill us then there's no way they would let a measly thirty humans kill them now. Besides they'll be getting backup soon…"
Rasen asked Bev, "So all of you commandos can change your voices with that helmet?"
"Actually only the four of us have it." Bev explained, "Long story short, we were tasked with infiltrating and destroying an enemy outpost. We destroyed a few BX droid commandos and then Rang got the creative idea to integrate their vocabulators into our suit's systems. I'll tell the rest of the story later, right now we need to take out their communications, permanently." The team advanced as fast as they could without causing too much noise. Bev pulled out two grenades, a flash-bang and a sonic detonator. Rang may have carry all of the heavy duty explosives but that didn't stop his vode from carrying around a few grenades.
Bev signaled his group to wait for the two explosives to soften up the room. Kix and Forta were at the right side of the door while Bev and Rasen were on the left. Without worrying about a lock to explode, Bev nodded to Kix to open the door and the moment the door began to open, Beviin tossed the flash-bang first. Even outside the room, Beviin still turned his head away until he heard the bang. The rest of the team got the hint as they also looked away. Before anything else could happen, Beviin lobbed the sonic detonator in. The bang was almost immediate as he ran in rifle at the ready followed by Kix, Rasen and Forta. Anyone still alive that survived the sonic detonator were still feeling the effects of the flash-bang grenade which made clearing the room that much easier. There were only five stragglers left who were close to death and four dead. They each finished one person with Bev using his knife to silence the last one. With all Cerberus agents dead, Forta locked the door, "We're in, so now what?"
"Now we terminate their communication capabilities." Beviin was working at one of the stations that looked like the primary computer. "Ah Fierfek…"
Rasen didn't like that tone in Bev's voice, "What is it Bev?"
"Looks like they've already sent out updates to another facility, they know Prudii has escaped and that we have infiltrated this outpost. They don't know how many of us there are so we still have the element of surprise." Bev had to think of something before he did anything else. "This might work," Before he sliced it into the system, he conversed with Forta and Rasen, "Do you guys think transmitting false information would work?"
Rasen had doubts, "I don't know, Bev. A group this organized might not fall for something that simple."
Forta was examining one of the desks in the room, "They probably use special codes or something to confirm identities. If we had one it might work…as the humans say, 'bingo'." Forta had found notes and an OSD marked 'ID CODE'. It wasn't that easy to find as they were buried in a cabinet under piles of useless documents and office supplies.
"Time for me to work my magic." With full access, Bev created carefully timed transmissions to be sent at predetermined times. One would confirm the 'recapture' of Prudii while the other would state that the 'invaders' have been terminated.
Just as Forta was about to open the door, Beviin turned around. "What now?"
"Just something to boost Sigma moral…" After he finished, Bev destroyed all of the computers so no one could undo what has been done. Without warning, the PA system came alive with music but it was strange. Bev had set in play a mix of four chants that he and his clone brothers learned. In order, the songs that would play are, Ka'rta Tor (One Heart of Justice), Dha Werda Verda (Rage of the Shadow Warriors), Gra'tua Cuun (Our Vengeance), and of course Vode An (Brothers All). Bev edited the four songs so they could be played together in one go.
With the unexpected music the two commandos fought with more vigor in their step. "Hey, Aran, you hear that? They're playing our songs."
"Then it's time to show everyone the pride of the Mandalorians, Rang!"
Rang slid the crate with Prudii's gear to Tare, "If anything in there gets damaged Prudii's going to kill me but before that I'll cripple you, understand?" The problem wasn't what he said but how he said it. It was in that bad joke attitude he usually has, unlike Prudii's 'evil' tone. Neither the less, Tare understood what was said and nodded to Rang. With that, Rang ran into the fray, gun a blazing.
Surprising to both Cerberus and the aliens, the two commandos were in step with the beat and were singing in unison with the song as well.
Before the first song ended, Bev and his team had arrived. Rasen had seen them act like brothers amongst each other before, but besides Rang, this is the most emotion she had ever seen them express. Now almost like berserkers, the three of them were destroying anyone in their path. Forta, Rasen and Kix joined up with Tare, Nyona and Vren. Nyona complained about the noise, "What the hell is this?"
Kix answered, "Don't know. The green guy said it was going to 'boost Sigma moral', whatever that means. Do you guys think we should help them?"
Rasen responded, "No…" she had some doubts about what she thought but she felt certain it would be the best thing to do, "they can handle them on their own now. We just need to make sure none of these Cerberus bastards leave this room alive."
"Clean up duty, huh?" Vren normally preferred a straight out fight but from his fight with Prudii he understood, "Well if they are good on their own I'd hate to fight them as a team." Vren began to move towards one of the doors in the room, "Come on Nya, and let's see if that time in the lounge rusted your fighting skills."
"I've told you not to call me that!"
Kixritvira never liked being benched in a fight but it was better than getting shot by your own team. "I guess I'll watch that door. Kid, are you coming?" He was looking at Tare'Nara. "No 'fence but I don't trust batari's with my life." Tare pushed the crate Rang had 'handed' to him to guard.
"I'm used to it. So that just leaves me and you guarding this door, Rasen." She nodded to Forta as the two of them took cover behind a few crates. They watched as the fighting continued. Doran was right, as the three commandos skillfully and almost elegantly moved from kill to kill using everything to their advantage. Rang had tossed a round grenade that exploded with a radius of about twenty meters and destroyed everything in that range and damaged anything close by. At one point Bev tossed one of his pikes at a Cerberus agent that got behind Araniik. The velocity of the pike was too slow for the shields to respond to it and it went through the weaker material around his neck. Without so much as a hint of signaling or a notice, Aran shot the man's head with one of his pistols at point blank, removing the pike from his neck and continued his assault.
In the middle of the second song, the door opposite of Rasen and Forta opened with an unarmed woman being held by the throat by Prudii. Prudii was using both the woman's body and her personal shield. In the other hand, Prudii was using a pistol he took from one of the many Cerberus agents he had killed. His clothing was tattered and his arms, legs and left cheek were cut up, from all of the fire he barely dodged. He too was singing loudly and full of pride, as Prudii continued to shot anyone that got in his way. With only a dozen or so Cerberus members left the four commandos were tearing through them like varrens at a slab of meat. One after another, Cerberus agents fall until all that was left was the four of them and Prudii's prisoner. As the music was ending the four commandos, still singing, moved towards each other. "Dha Werda Verda a'den tratu, Coruscanta kandosii adu. Duum motir ca'tra nau tracinya. Gra'tua cuun hett su dralshy'a." 'We are the rage of The Warriors of the Shadow, The first noble sons of Coruscant. Let all those who stand before us light the night sky in flame. Our vengeance burns brighter still.' With their left arms, except for Prudii who used his right arm and didn't have his armor, extended their vibroblades to make a square and grunted with the end of the song.
Despite the next song just started playing, the four of them behaved as if there was silence. Araniik signaled the others to gather as he began shouting to his vode through their helmets, "Sigma Squad, sound off! Body count!"
Beviin reported, "Two downed in the hallways, one killed, the other waiting for questioning. Nine in the communication room, five were clean up. Personally downed four out here."
The only reason Prudii answered, even without his helmet, was because he knew that a body count would be important in a place like this. "…one interrogator, fifteen guards, eight techs, one hostage. Revenge kills, all but her. Another four from this location…"
Rang answered, "Let me thing…twelve most from my special entrance, then another… six after the song started playing."
"I took down nine." With the rest of the team finally together again, Aran asked them, "How many did you guys kill here?"
Vren spoke first, "I blasted four before that music started playing."
"Three for me, that noise were annoying."
Vren was starting to see the cultural similarities between the krogan and those four, "I guess you can't appreciate real music after living in that club Nya." Nyona started glowing blue as she looked at Vren with nothing but contempt.
Nervously, Tare said his count, "I was able to bring down three…with Rang's help, sir."
Rang slapped his back, "'Coarse you did buddy! I played decoy and you shot down any moles stupid enough to pop their heads out. You're a hell of a shot, especial for your first operation with us…and if you can't tell, that was a complement."
"Oh! Hang on…" Tare moved the crate forward, "This is all of your gear Prudii."
"Hey wait up," Beviin stopped him, "Prudii, did they take all of your 'dummy' gear, right?"
"Yeah, just like you thought." He handed Bev his 'shield' and started to don his gear. Never thought I'd miss being under all of this.
"Sir, we need to verify that was all of the Cerberus here otherwise we'll have a bigger fight on our hands…most likely in their favor." Hearing Bev's dilemma, Prudii tossed him a card. "What's this?"
"Picked up from one of the laandure. You or someone might find a way to use it." The blood covered card once belonged to a Mr. Charles D. Renner, who had top cleanse at this base. "When you're done tell me. Mando'ad draar digu, a Mandalorian never forgets. I still have to kill her to fulfill ner gra'tua."
Beviin pulled out another set of restrains and cuffed the woman's arms behind her. After he finished, Bev tossed the ID card, "Rasen, catch. Check the number of personnel to our kills so far. Kix, Forta go with Rasen and watch over her while she works."
"More orders huh? Whatever…"After Kix's complained, the three of them went to find a functioning console while looking out for any Cerberus operatives they might have missed.
"Sir, I'm going to go through their inventory to see what's valuable here."
Before Beviin could leave, Nyona moved towards him, "I'm going too. You'll need someone to appraise their values so that damn elcor doesn't rip us off or something." Bev nodded and they started looking through all of the crates and containers.
"Vren, Tare and I are going see if there are any spoils worth taking."
Vren looked at the woman, "What about her? Are we not going to ask her questions?"
Rang playfully replied, "Don't worry, by the time you two or Bev and the blue hotty come back, she'll be dead."
Vren couldn't tell if he should have taken that seriously or what but with Prudii nearby there was no way for her to escape…alive.
Rang was just waiting for Tare be far enough not to hear the screaming or to see what's going to happen. "OK, now that everyone is gone, let's start talking." She spit at his helmet. "That's…real original." Wiping the spit from his helmet and flicking it off of his hand. "Listen, I not promising that you'll live after this but…well, he could make your death more painful by about a few minutes…"
"I was trained by Cerberus…"
"And look what that's got you so far. We busted in, kicked ass and are claiming the spoils of battle. Not only did your people lose to use but an escaped prisoner who didn't even have a shield, armor or a weapon and even then he kicked your guys' asses. My teacher always had a saying she would constantly tell us, 'The weapon doesn't determine how deadly we are, our training and our personalities do.'" He walked away from her, "Look we really don't need you or anything, 'cause we got one of your friends tied up waiting for us. Soon as I give the word, my friend here will end it for you, probably painfully. But if you are willing to give us some information then I think I can ask nicely to do it painlessly. What do you say?"
"What do I say? I say this…" She tried to give Prudii an unexpected roundhouse kick, only to be caught by the ankle before the strike could hit. The woman then struggled to get her leg free but Prudii's grip was too tight. Instead of just tossing her to the floor, Prudii struck her kneecap, shattering it. The woman screamed loudly but Araniik and Beviin just told the other to ignore it.
"See, now that's what I was trying to avoid. I'm only a medic and you're my enemy, so painkillers and minimal first aid are as far as I can go as to helping you." With his omni-tool, Rang applied painkillers to the broken knee. It helped but without proper treatment she'd never be able to use the leg again, not that it really matters if Prudii has anything to say about it. "One more time, are you going to answer my questions?"
Even in pain she still answered him, "Go…go to hell…"
"I'm sorry it has to come to this…" Rang nodded to Prudii as he turned away and his helmet muted the surrounding noise. The woman was sitting up when Rang nodded. Prudii extended both knuckle blades as he stabbed her in the neck and back. The pain was excruciating but it would not last long, as Prudii twisted the blades from being parallel to her spine to perpendicular and pushing them in further. The blades were in for about three seconds before Prudii pulled them out. The woman's body fell lifeless to the ground. Rang checked her pulse and a few other thing with his omni-tool to make sure she was dead before removing the cuffs. "Satisfied, Prudii?" Prudii simply nodded as he cleaned the blades of blood and spinal fluid.
A/N: I think I know what your thinking, "How could Prudii do such a thing to an unarmed prisioner?" but really that was payback for letting himself to be captured and she was with the team that did the capturing. It's mostly a pride thing that's why. The door scene with Bev's team, location was if you were looking at the door left, right. Next time you get to read the other painful deaths Prudii caused.
Mandalorian Translation: Not translating the song lines down here.
laandure(LAHN-doo-er-ay)- weaklings
ner gra'tua(nair gra-TOO-ah)- my vengeance
