Paths to Vengeance
Chapter 14 bounties and thieves recruited
Authors notes I don't own Mass Effect Bioware does and this fic is a slight crossover with the film War, just so you all know.
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Well that's enough of an authors note on with chapter 14.
The Citadel Henry Radcliff's mansion
As the best mercenaries on the Citadel were escorted into the Mansion by Radcliff's men they were led to his office and as they entered Radcliff stood up from his chair and said "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I assume you all know who I am, if not let me tell you, I am Henry Radcliff the leader of the Roma 1 Mafia. Please sit down help yourselves to some food and drinks on the table there".
As he pointed to the table at the back of the room several merc's got themselves drinks before they sat down to learn why they were asked to come here at this late hour.
Radcliff then said "Now I know who each and everyone of you are and I have s job that I want to offer you all. There is a man I want dead, he is well known in the underworld as a myth, a man who apparently a ghost. Its Rogue".
A few of the bounty hunters tensed as they heard this information and Radcliff asked "This isn't a problem is it people?". No one said a single word or moved a muscle as Radcliff said "I have heard that all of you have reputations, you all get jobs done as is the talk. Do you know what reputations are truly, they are people talking and only gossip. Now I also have a reputation not as pleasant as yours and I think you know that, Alan".
Alan then opened a closed door and the bounty hunters saw a dead body hanging from a hook on the ceiling. Radcliff smiled as he said "Now you all know that my reputation is not from gossip. That stole from me and I showed what was done to him so you all know that if Rogue isn't dead by next week then that's your fate. And as a added incentive I'm offering 4 million credits to the man who kills him with 10 million alive, so I can make him pay for what he has done myself. So will all of you accept the job I'm offering ?".
All the mercenaries accepted the job and soon left to get to work as Radcliff sat down and looked over the latest figures from the weapon smuggling ring.
Unknown to anyone at the mansion the Terminus Organised Crime Unit was watching the mansion and now knew something big was going down and what ever it was they would stop it.
John Crawford knew what to do about this and as he looked through the recent information that had on recent sightings of Rogue and knew what he had to do.
Crawford got his guns and said "Danny, Andrew your with me, we have to meet someone in the Zuckera Wards. Lets go". As they left the headquarters and headed to the nearest public transport service to get to Zuckera Wards Danny knew who they were going to see and that was Commander John Shepard.
The Citadel Zuckera Ward
As Shepard, Garrus and Zaeed headed to the shops they heard a advertisement say "Commander Shepard enter the password and receive a free gift. Got problems with Collectors. Try Kasumi's credit services".
Shepard and the others walked over to advertisement and as Shepard said the password he was soon talking to Kasumi Goto and once told that Kasumi had been contracted to join his team by Cerberus in return for help with a heist she was planning and Shepard agreed to help her in return for her help in the mission against the Collectors and as Kasumi went off informing Shepard that she would see him on the Normandy Shepard and the others were about to go to the presidium level of the Citadel to talk to the Citadel Council.
But they didn't get to go anywhere as Crawford, Danny and Andrew walked over to them and Crawford said "Commander Shepard glad to meet you, I'm John Crawford Spectre and leader of the Terminus Organised Crime Unit and I want to talk to you about an assassin on your ship you might know him as Rogue".
Shepard only said "I assume you want to take him into custody don't you Crawford? Well if so, here some news for you, I need Rogue for the mission I'm now on and I need people who are good at what they do to get it done and he is the best at what he does. Abd I warn you Crawford if you try to come after me and my crew to get to Rogue we will have no choice but to take you down, now if that's all good day Crawford I have to go talk to the Council".
With that Shepard and his team walked off as Crawford and his team were left shocked at what Shepard had told them and that made It clear that whatever the spectre who took down Saren and saved the Citadel when Saren and the Geth attacked it over 2 years ago was very important, but it didn't matter to Crawford nothing was going to stand between him and Rogue if he could help it.
At that moment Crawford got a message from Jeremy telling that the last of Rogues plastic surgeons had finally been found and he was on the planet Razib Prime in the Terminus Systems.
Crawford replied to Jeremy that the two of them and Danny were going to head there immediately to talk to him and find out once and for all if the man they were after was Rogue and if he was that would all the evidence Crawford needed to go after the Cerberus assassin.
Authors notes well that's chapter 14 completed please let me know what you think of it read and review no flames though ok.