A/N: Time to finish Thane's mission and start Garrus'. This should be fun.


At the precinct, Lissarkh removed her helmet and told Prudii everything. "With everything before you commando, what will you do now?"

Aay'han was expecting Prudii to fight their Jedi General, but instead Prudii was still calm. Prudii replied, "You both look ready for me to attack. You've taken care of us and allowed us to deal with problems our way. You've covered for us to save our brothers in danger or were missing. You've also taught us that we can't judge a species by its individuals. The thugs that gave me my scars are all dead. The Trandos that captured the Prosecutor are all dead. You're a Jedi first, our General, you being a Trandoshan doesn't change anything."

Lissarkh bowed to Prudii in respect, "I am most fortunate to have been able to work with such a level-headed individual as yourself. It has been an honor to be your leader and I do hope you return to your brothers safely and soon."


Thane walked out of the room alone as he rejoined Shepard. Shepard asked Thane, "How'd it go?"

"Our problems—they aren't something I can fix with a few words. We'll keep talking, see what happens."

Bailey reminded them of the situation Kolyat was in, "Your boy shot some people. No one I feel sympathy for, but there it is."

Aay'han walked up to Bailey, "I watched those guys shaking down businesses and threatening humans. There scum."

Bailey wasn't expecting him to say such, "You were hired to protect Talid, right? Why would you speak up against them?"

Aay'han sneered, "I don't like Talid. But we fulfilled out end of the deal and protected him. He's paid us and we have no allegiance to him. The kid hasn't done anything wrong as far as I can see."

Bailey couldn't do it, even if he wanted to, "But he can't just get away with it."

"The kid wants to make a difference. Give him community service," Shepard was hoping Bailey would be willing to give the Krios another favor.

Bailey scoffed, "Community service for attempted murder? What jury would agree to that?"

Shepard clarified, "None that I've seen. This would need to stay out of the judiciary. Strictly within C-Sec."

Bailey got out of his seat as he debated the thought, "Interesting. I'll think about it."

Thane shook the captain's hand as he said, "Thank you, Captain."

Lissarkh assured Thane, "His heart is still a pure one, yet to be tainted by the darkness of the galaxy. I'm sure the captain will be able to help your child grow into a respectable officer of the law."

Thane could only agree with her assessment, "Yes, I'm sure he will."


Garrus fitted his battle-scared armor, ready to kill Sidonis for the crime he committed against the squad he betrayed. Garrus boarded a shuttle to Shepard's location, and along the way Garrus sent a message to Aran. "Hey, Aran. This is Garrus. I don't know if you'll get this message before I get there, but I'm going after the traitor that got my squad killed on Omega. If you guys want in, I'd really appreciate it. Look for us in Zakera Ward, level 26."


Thane had returned to the Normandy as Garrus arrived to take his place. Aay'han and Lissarkh stayed with Prudii for a bit longer. Shepard learned from Bailey that the Fade had begun his operations about a year ago, working for the Blue Suns. Bailey was also able to point them to some of the Fade's contacts who work out of the warehouses in the marketplace. An aircar flew down and landed close by with its only passenger, Araniik Tervho.

Garrus greeted the Mandalorian leader, "Glad you came." Garrus paused hoping another skycar was coming, "So are the others going to be fashionably late?"

Aran shook his head as he answered, "Sorry but this is all we're getting. Kix is too steamed about what happened with the Collector Cruiser incident, Vren and Rang are busy working on a few things, Bev is working with the Professor on something a 'special project' he called it, Rasen is with Swoop and Dagger shopping for parts, Forta has Sal and Jak getting supplies, this isn't something I want Tare a part of, and Nyona is busy being herself. Besides, I had a feeling you guys would end up finding each other somehow." Aran then addressed Aa'yhan, "It was because of Talid, right?"

Lissarkh answered in a rather unusual manner, "It seems that the Force still has its way here, connecting individuals such as you and your brother from time to time."

Aay'han finally asked the group, "I'm happy we're all together and everything, but why exactly are we doing this?"

Aran answered in Mandalorian, "Aruetii kyrayc alit. Gaa'tayl Garrus skira."

Lissarkh replied to Aran, "Normally a Jedi does not condone such actions but seeing as Jedi do not exist here, I will join you only to ensure you don't get yourselves killed."

Aran graciously replied to Lissarkh, "Thank you, General. I wasn't expecting you to help us. If we're lucky we'll only have to confront the traitor."


Agreeing a large team might scare the Fade or his contact away; Garrus, Shepard and Aran confronted the contact. Walking down into the area and the warehouse had been cleared excepted for two krogans in matching light green and black combat armor and green crests. One of the krogan's signal to someone out of view and as Shepard moved forward a volus in a dark exosuit walked out from behind a few crates.

Shepard was surprised to find a volus, "Fade? You're not quite how I imagined you."

The volus started to act tough as he used the old proverb, "Looks can be deceiving." He quickly turned back to business, "So…which one of you wants to disappear?"

Garrus cut in as he hinted to their true intent, "I'd rather see you make someone reappear."

"Ah…that's not the service we provide."

"Make an exception." Garrus pulled out a pistol as he took aim at the volus, "Just this once."

The volus turned to his bodyguards as he shouted, "Damn it. Quick…shoot them! Shoot them, you lumbering mountains!"

Araniik pulled out both of his ACP repeaters aimed at the two krogans as Garrus continued to hold the pistol to the volus, "I think you two can find someplace else to be while we talk to the volus."

One of the krogans nodded as both walked away. The volus yelled, "Just like that? You're not getting paid for this! What's the point of hiring protection if they won't protect you?"

Aran put away the repeaters as Shepard tried to get answers from the volus, "We're looking for someone. A client of yours."

Without his guards the volus quickly became submissive as he corrected the Commander, "Not mine. I'm not Fade. I just work for him. Sort of."

"I knew it," Shepard slightly gloated of his disbelief in the volus.

Garrus lowered to the volus as he placed the pistol to his chest, "Well then maybe you'd like to tell us where to find him."

The volus quickly complied under the circumstance, "Yes. Of course. He's in the factory district, works out of the old prefab foundry."

Garrus was familiar with the area, "I know the place."

The volus was a coward and warned the group, "Uh…he's got a lot of mercs there…Blue Suns. Harkin thinks they're protecting him."

Aran asked the volus knowing full well the organizations reputation, "What do the Blue Suns have to do with this?"

The volus explained, "They use his services…to help their people infiltrate businesses and various organizations here on the Citadel."

Garrus was disgusted, "Bastard. He's using C-Sec to help those scum."

"No, no, no. Well, not really." The volus continued, "He got fired from C-Sec a while ago. But he still knows the systems."

"Interesting. But it changes nothing. We still need to find him before we can get to Sidonis."

Shepard turned to the others, "Well, let's go pay Harkin a visit."

Garrus added, "We'll need to go the transit station. I can get us to him from there."

The volus was hoping Garrus had forgotten all about him, "So I…I can go?"

Garrus didn't mind warning him, "Sure, but if we don't find Harkin, we'll be back for you."

"Oh good," dreading the possibility of them not finding Harkin.


Taking two skycar, the team moved to the factory district following Garrus close behind. As Garrus landed a team of Blue Suns were moving a crate. Shepard spotted Harkin as he walked out from behind another crate, "There he is."

Harkin saw the strangers and paused as he saw a ghost, "Shepard?" Harkin turned to the Blue Suns as he ran into the factory, "Don't just stand there…stop them. Stop them!"

Garrus pulled out his assault rifle as he shouted, "Run all you want, Harkin. We'll find you!" The two Blue Sun mercs took cover just as Garrus and the others found cover. Aran tossed a frag grenade causing one of the mercs to jump out of cover and right into the crosshairs of Garrus and Shepard. Thinking they were busy killing his partner, the second Blue Sun was about to fire on them until a beam reach out of the fog. The shot pierced the small circular eye cover of the merc's right eye. The shooter was Prudii using his DC-17 sniper as the X3M flew down with its canopy open.

Aran expressed amazement in Prudii's shot, "Excellent kill as always Prudii."

Prudii was not so content about the kill, "No, my shot was off. I was aiming for his left."

The team proceeded into the factory where they immediately found a rather poorly maintained desk with an active computer, it seemed Harkin did much of his business here. Just as Aay'han moved in one of containers opened as a pair of LOKI mechs activated and opened fire on the team. Aay'han opened fire on the machines, quickly dispatching both. "Are we expecting more surprises like that?"

Garrus answered, "This place could hide a small army if Harkin's as corrupt as I think he is now." Without warning two more LOKI mechs had walked through the maze of crates to attack the team.


Vren was fine-tuning his modifications to the Z-6 when Rang walked in. "Whatcha doin'?"

Vren has learned the hard way that it was easier to just tell Rang and be done with it, unless someone wanted to end up with food on their face on a later date. "I've just made this chain gun even deadlier. I thought you were testing on those corpses."

Rang examined the barrels of the Z-6 as he explained his presence, "I was. Now I'm waiting for a few of the cultivations to grow and react to the samples. Huh…" Rang then noticed, "The gears seem to be a bit loose."

Vren corrected his assessment, "I had to do that if I wanted the new motor to push the barrel's fast enough to fire two-hundred rounds at full speed. I'm also trying to get the shots to cluster a bit better at distance. I did a few test fires and noticed the shots start to drift around a hundred meters or so."

Rang wasn't sure what Vren was expecting, "Well it's a blaster cannon, not a sniper rifle. The thing was built for two things; crowd control and blasting the fierfek out of anything in your path. Now it's even more devastating with a faster firing rate. I've got a suggestion though, if you could feed a belt into the chamber, you could carry around a pack full of thermal clips so you can go on a rampage for a good time."

Vren started back up on the weapon as he asked, "Should you be getting back to your bugs?"

"Well, until Prudii gets back, I guess you're the new grump of the ship. See you around, groucho."

Vren jokingly asked Rang, "Should that title go to Nyona's first?"

"I'm crazy at times but not stupid. If I ever say that to her face she'd rip my head off with her biotics, or worse…destroy my lab."


The owner of the store yelled, "And don't come back to my shop!"

"That's the fifth store that's kicked us out. Why is that?" C3 guess the possibility she may be to blame. Swoop patted her doomed head, "Nah, you wouldn't do, maybe because we look like Aran and the others?" referring to the design of their armor.

Dagger wasn't so sure as he continued to keep their conversation between themselves, "Well they might have scanners to detect AIs but I highly doubt it if they don't delve into that kind of research."

Rasen knew the real reason, "It's probably because of me. Many people blame quarians for the geth attack on the Citadel two years ago. I'll go back to the ship so you guys can get the parts we need."

Swoop stopped her, "Hey now, Sigma Squad treats you like a sister, that's good enough for me in my book. Ain't that right Dagger?"

Dagger nodded, "Anyone that Sigma Squad respects, we respect. Come on, we're going to get those parts we want. And we're not letting some store clerk kick us out this time." Rasen wasn't expecting the two pilots to be willing to support her so openly like Sigma Squad had in the past. And as the promised, the two pilots stood their ground over the store clerk as they looked through the catalogs for parts and equipment.


Garrus and the others were cutting through the Blue Suns and the mechs quickly. Lissarkh crushed LOKI mechs using her Force powers as Araniik covered her, leaving the mercs to Garrus and the others to gun down. Now the only forces stopping them were two batarian legionnaires. Lissarkh grabbed one of the batarians and exposed him to the others, lifting him into the air. Prudii however had set up the Widow sniper rifle for the second legionnaire waiting for him to expose himself. Just as the batarian was about to shoot at Shepard, Prudii fired. The Widow's powerful shot easily broke through the shields as it penetrated his skull, his nerves pulled he the trigger, spending the clip.

The next area looked like another office. They checked the area as Garrus found the controls to lower the walkway. Lissarkh could feel the anticipation and hate Garrus was feeling as he noted, "We're getting close."

Lissarkh stopped the team from crossing the bridge as she warned them, "I can sense several of these Blue Suns waiting for us up ahead. They have a heavy mech ready for us."

Prudii grabbed the Widow and set it up again on one of the crates next to the computer. Aay'han took lead and continued to walk forward cautiously. One of the larger containers opened as two Blue Sun mercs charged out in a surprise attack. Unfortunately for the turian, Prudii spotted him and took the shot. The round broke through the turian's faceplate as Aay'han was able to kill the other merc. The team broke off for cover as more Blue Suns joined the fray.

One of the turians got close to Aran as he tried to hit Aran with his rifle. Aran dodged the swing and grabbed the butt of the rifle, pulling the weapon and turning it on its owner as it now rested against the turian's helmet. Aran forced the turian to pull the trigger, killing him almost instantly. Shepard's Revenant ripped through the Blue Sun Commander's shielding as the incendiary rounds burned through his extra armor plating. Garrus was about to snipe the last merc until he heard the distinct sound of a crane moving closer. The wireless crane was carrying a folded YMIR mech to their location, and Prudii shot the crane itself.

The Widow devastated the machine, leaving a small entry hole that destroyed its transceiver. The crane lost control as it and the inactive YMIR crashed into another crane holding a larger crate. The crate fell, crushing both the YMIR and the smaller crane underneath. The commotion of the crane crashing gave Aran time to close the gap between him and the last merc and jab him with his knuckle vibroblade into the gut.

The team gathered again as they entered a small office, "What the hell is Harkin up to?"

Shepard opened the shutters as Garrus looked out the window. Shepard had a run in with Harkin two years ago, and he was a drunken ass back then, "So, Harkin's finally gone completely bad."

Garrus started out into the next area as he noted, "He was always a pain in the ass. But I'm in no mood for his games. If he doesn't cooperate, I'll beat him within an inch of his life."

Shepard was starting to get worry about Garrus, "You seem to be getting tense, Garrus."

Garrus told Shepard what he had concluded, "Harkin may know why Sidonis wanted to disappear. If so, he knows why we're here and I don't want him tipping Sidonis off." Off in the distance there was movement as they took cover, "Did you see that?"

Prudii answered as he prepared his DC-17, "Yeah. Clanker."

Aran didn't like the area's layout, "He's already has his pawns waiting."

Aay'han asked the others, "So what's your plan if this Harkin guy doesn't want to cooperate?"

Garrus blatantly commented, "He's a real criminal now. Working for the Blue Suns. I should just shoot him on sight. But I need him alive, so I won't do any permanent damage. Just enough to loosen his tongue."

Lissarkh could only express her disproval of Garrus' actions, "As a former officer of the law, you of all individuals should know such actions are not correct."

Garrus quickly answered the Jedi, "Don't worry. Harkin's a coward. He'll talk long before I can really hurt him."

Shepard peered back at the window, "What do you think Harkin's got waiting for us in there?"

Aran didn't like the area as the Mandalorians had to fight in a situation similar to it, "Harkins is cornered, he might have an escape route, but I'm sure he'll try to throw Blue Suns at us. If he's smart he'll have snipers and heavy weapons ready to pin us down so they can send in the fodder or the heavy mechs to try and finish the job."

Shepard turned back to Garrus questioning about his decision, "You still planning to kill Sidonis when you find him?"

Garrus was only fired up even more for the shot, "That's the plan. It'll be quick and painless. Unlike everyone he betrayed, he'll be spared the agony of a slow death. It's more than he deserves, but as long he's dead, I'll be satisfied."

Lissarkh interrupted as she openly stood out and gazed out the window, "Revenge is a dark path that only leads to more destruction. The death of one will not make amends for the death of others."

Shepard agreed with the Jedi, "She's right Garrus. Do you really think killing Sidonis will make things right?"

Garrus looked up to Shepard as he remembered how Shepard taught him to handle situations, "I know you don't like it, Shepard, but I have to do this."

"Is there no other way?"

"Maybe. But this is personal." Garrus seemed to have put a lot of thought into this and he wasn't willing to change his mind, "I'll pull the trigger. And live with the consequences. All I'm asking is that you help me find him."

Aran was ready, "It's now or never."


A/N: So my updates are going to be even more sporadic than usual as I now have three stories to try and keep up with, and I'll try to update all around the same time. I'll be sending this message to the others who are only readying the other stories so I don't feel bad about it,

Mando'a Translation:

Aruetii kyrayc alit. Gaa'tayl Garrus skira(ah-roo-AY-tee keer-AYSH ah-LEET. gah-TAY-le Garrus SKEE-rah)- A traitor killed his own clan. We're going to help Garrus get revenge.