Zaeed looked up from his scope and saw Shepard's surprised look, "You all right Shepard? You look like you've seen a ghost."

It wasn't a ghost but it was someone just as bad. Dalatrass Linron was the head of the wealthiest salarian bloodline. That practically made her the leader of the whole Salarian Union. During the Reaper War, she represented the salarians during a war summit to determine the course of action for the different fleets. Unfortunately things got complicated when Primarch Victus, the turian representative, insisted on inviting the krogan to the summit. To negotiate an alliance with the krogan, Shepard had to cure the genophage virus that affected krogan fertility rates. The Dalatrass disapproved and even tried to get Shepard to sabotage the cure in exchange for full salarian support. In the end, Shepard knew that not curing the genophage was wrong and that the Dalatrass' price for support was too high. He went ahead with curing the genophage. The Dalatrass sent him a message condemning his actions, claiming that after the war with the Reapers was over, the resurgent krogan would attack the Salarian Union to get revenge for the salarians creating the genophage and that the blood of all the salarians killed would be on Shepard's hands.

Despite her disapproval and refusal to give salarian support for Shepard's war effort, several members of the salarian Special Tasks Group went against her and agreed to help. Also the salarian councilor gave Shepard the salarian third fleet to thank Shepard for saving him from the Cerberus assassin Kai Leng. When the war was over, the salarian soldiers involved were hailed as heroes and the Dalatrass' reputation took a major blow. There were even some reports that the Linron bloodline was trying to strip her of her title. During all that, she was constantly quoted saying that someday the krogan would seek revenge and cursing Shepard's name for being the reason they would.

"I know who that salarian is," he replied.

"Who is it?"

"She's a salarian Dalatrass and if she's involved then this mission just got a lot more complicated. I know you promised that you would wait until after the meeting ends to kill Vido but I need to stress it even more now that the Dalatrass is involved in this."

"Understood Shepard, I won't even put my finger on the trigger until you tell me to."

"For now we just need to listen and find out what these two are doing together."

Inside the meeting room, Vido was pouring himself a drink from a bottle on the table. He held up the bottle towards the Dalatrass to offer her a drink. The Dalatrass declined the drink by holding up her hand and shaking her head. After Vido took a sip of his drink, he sat back in his chair and gestured for the Dalatrass to speak. The Dalatrass called one of the guards who had a briefcase forward. The guard put it on the table and opened it. Vido smiled when he saw what was inside.

"It's half the amount we agreed," said the Dalatrass, "you'll get the other half once you've delivered the package."

"I have to say Dalatrass it's not often that we see someone dealing in hard currency," Vido said, "it was completely unnecessary. We are good at covering up our finances."

"It's not for your protection."

"I see. Do you also have this package that we are supposed to deliver?"

The Dalatrass called the other guard who also had a case. This one was not a briefcase. It was boxed shape and it had a label to indicate it contained biohazard material. Vido shifted uncomfortably in his chair when he saw the briefcase. Some of his men even started moving towards the door. The Dalatrass sensed their concerns.

"Relax it's completely safe. Your job is to take this to Tuchanka and release it in a populated region. It doesn't matter where. As long as it's released in a place that will have a large body count, that's all that matters."

Vido began rubbing his chin, "Tuchanka may not be one of the more technologically advanced planets but I doubt that we would be able land on the planet without someone seeing us and trying to shoot us down. Even if we had a reason to land on the planet, they would search the shuttle and no doubt find that package."

"That's already covered. The krogan are expecting a diplomatic shuttle carrying salarian, turian and human representatives on an aid mission. They are supposed to help offer aid to the krogan in their rebuilding. What the krogan don't know is the only diplomat on the shuttle is going to be me. The turian and human representatives are going to actually be you and your men."

Vido smiled, "And since diplomatic shuttles aren't usually searched thoroughly, we can hide the package on the shuttle without having to worry about it being discovered. Brilliant."

"It is. On top of that, all appearances would indicate that the alien diplomats betrayed the krogan. The krogan will go to war and the other races will have no choice but to do what Captain Shepard should have done months ago, wipe out the krogan once and for all."

All the members of the Blue Suns group flinched when the Dalatrass said her last statement. Every member of the group knew who Shepard was. When Vido heard the name, he squeezed his drinking glass so hard it shattered. The Dalatrass almost jumped in her seat when the glass exploded.

"I take it you know Shepard," she said.

"Know him?" Vido growled. "He tried to kill me once. It forced me to go into hiding and temporarily give command of the suns to my second in command Darner Vosque. The first thing Vosque did once he took command was give control of the group to that bitch Aria T'Loak. If I hadn't had Vosque killed and taken control back when I did, I would have lost everything."

"I know how you feel," replied the Dalatrass, "I always thought Shepard was supposed to be some kind of hero. Then he decided to cure the genophage despite my strong warnings that it would doom the galaxy. Even my own people have decided that he made the right call and are deciding on whether or not to remove me from my post as head of the Linron family. After this is over they will see that I was right."

The Dalatrass turned towards the guard who had the biohazard briefcase and gestured toward Vido's group. The guard nodded and pulled out some vials from his pocket.

The Dalatrass continued, "there is one more thing. Before we leave we need to make sure that you and your men each get this vaccine. Otherwise what is in this package will kill you within seconds if you are exposed to it."

"What exactly is in the package?" Vido asked as the salarian guards went around handing vaccine vials to the Blue Suns soldiers.

"An experimental bio-toxin that was created on Noveria. Binary Helix, the company that created it, calls it Thoros-B."

Back on the hill outside the building, Shepard had nearly dropped his binoculars when he heard the Dalatrass' last statement. The mission was complicated enough with Dalatrass Linron entering the equation. Now he finds out that she is planning to attack to the krogan with a bio-toxin. To top it off, this particular toxin was one Shepard had come across before.

Shepard had previously come across the bio-toxin Thoros-B when he was chasing the rogue Spectre Saren Arterius. His search brought him to a Binary Helix research facility on the planet Noveria. Thoros-B was one of the projects they were running when their facility was locked down due to the escape of some experimental rachni. The Thoros-B project was designed to create a toxin that could kill a creature discovered on a frontier world. It was later decided that a toxin that could only kill one species would not generate a profit so they altered it to affect multiple species. There was no doubt in Shepard's mind that this toxin could kill the krogan if it was released on Tuchanka.

Shepard looked down to Zaeed who was still lying on the ground with his eye pressed to his sniper scope. He decided it was time to let Zaeed get his revenge. The plan was simple. Zaeed would fire one shot to shatter the window thus removing the only obstacle between him and Vido. Shepard would spot the bullet to see where it ended up and then give Zaeed instructions to adjust his aim for the kill shot. If it worked, this would all be over in a few seconds.

"I've heard enough Zaeed," he said, "take the shot."

"With pleasure," said Zaeed.

Zaeed took a breath and fired. Shepard followed the bullet with his binoculars and watched as it went through the meeting room window causing the glass to shatter. The shattering glass caused everyone in the room to either duck under the table or step to either side of the window and out of view.

"The bullet went up and about a foot to the left." Shepard said to Zaeed.

"Roger that," Zaeed replied, "as soon as I see that bastard's head again I'm taking it off."

It felt like minutes but it was only a couple seconds when Vido slowly started to peak his head out from under the table. Once Zaeed had it in his scope, he began to slowly pull the trigger. Shepard's tongue slid across his upper lip as he anxiously waited for the shot.

"WHACK!"

The sound that Shepard heard next was not a gunshot. He turned towards the source of the sound only to discover that Zaeed was lying unconscious with his rifle lying next to him. There was also a slightly noticeable lump on the back of his head. Shepard turned around further to find himself staring down the barrel of a shotgun held by a turian. Standing next to the turian was a batarian that was keeping his weapon focused on Zaeed. The weapon had a noticeable scuff mark on the butt from where it made contact with Zaeed's head.

"Well, well," the turian said to the batarian, "if it isn't the legendary hero Captain Shepard, Alliance soldier and Council Spectre. Call the chief and tell him that we found the person that human woman was sending messages to."

While the batarian made his call, the turian gestured to Shepard to get up. The shotgun pointing right at his head severely limited Shepard's options. He put his hands on his head and got up. After the batarian finished the call, he picked up Zaeed and threw him over his shoulder. The turian then proceeded to lead Shepard to a shuttle with the batarian carrying Zaeed right behind him.