She's the real Reaper

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Home planet of the krogan race, a waste land after the nuclear wars they waged on each other. Personally Spider blamed the rest of the galaxy for the mess the krogan became after the rebellions. Oblivion she blamed them for the rebellions, they were so short sighted in giving a race that was just starting out weapons of mass destruction.

She, Shepard, Garrus and Grunt had landed on Tuchanka and were on their way to figure out why Grunt had such an anger issue suddenly. When walking down the ramp they were stopped by two Krogan drawing their weapons. Shepard and the others stopped but Spider just kept walking.

Even as the krogan raised their weapons to her she just looked at them with puzzlement.

"Get out of my way." Spider told them

"You're forgetting where you are human." The Overcaptain stated.

Spider suddenly reached forward and ripped the weapon out of his hands and used it in one hand to smack the other krogan upside the head with such force he dropped his own weapon and fell back from the force of the blow.

Turning back to the Overcaptain Spider took the weapon in both hands and snapped it in two. She threw the pieced either side of her and stood with her arms folded.

"I'll wait while you think of a human that can do that."

Instead of being angry the Overcaptain seemed to smile at Spider and gave a chuckle. "We had heard of someone like you travelling with the Commander." He then turned to Shepard. "The clan leader wants to see you, but keep your rutting pet on a leash. Get him the Rite soon, or put him down."

"Watch your words, I don't take well to people judging others they have never met." Spider warned him.

"So you know what's wrong with Grunt?" Shepard interrupted Spider.

"There's nothing wrong with him, just go and see the clan leader." He replied to her.

Corridors later and they entered a large room where a throne was at the top of a small hill. Spider wandered away from the group, her excuse being she didn't want to cause a second scene, really she had felt the mind of the one on that throne, this was someone Shepard would want to meet without her.

Spider instead found herself bartering with a krogan shopkeeper named Ratch.

"I'm telling you, if you drink that ryncol it'll tear your insides apart and I don't want to clean that mess up... again."

"Good thing you won't have to." Spider told him. She took the bottle and started to drink. It didn't take long until it was empty and she was stood there feeling the burn of new alcohol. "A rough taste though it does have a certain charm." Spider told the krogan.

"I'll be damned, no human has ever done that and lived." Ratch said to her.

"Sorry to dissapoint you but I'm not human any more." Spider said. She continued when she saw the puzzlement of his face. "I came here from a different universe, one thing lead to another and now I have the soul of a dragon along with the power of all the souls I take."

"Now I'm not sure if that's the truth or just the ryncol talking." Ratch replied.

"Think what you like, it won't change what I am. Nothing can kill me now, believe me I've tried."

Spider told the krogan honestly.

Ratch nodded to her. Spider said goodbye and headed back towards Shepard but saw she was still talking with her old comrade, so instead she headed inside a room that seemed to hold some importance. She saw a shaman of the krogan arguing with someone.

"You go beyond yourself Gatatog Uvenk! The rites of Urdnot are dominant."

"How do we know it will challenge him? He's unnatural-" He didn't get much further.

"Another word out of you and I will rip out your tongue!" Spider spoke with passion that could ignite the room. Both krogan turned to Spider at that point yet it was Uvenk that spoke next.

"Who are you to challenge a krogan battle master human? Get out of my face before you end up making a mess." He spat out at the now pissed off Spider.

She had spent years, no. Centuries dealing with the ignorance of others, no matter the race they would treat her as if she were nothing more than a minor issue. This could only continue for so long before patience ran out. Could Spider truly be blamed for resorting to violence instead of her words.

She reached across and picked up the battle master from the centre of his chest piece and drew her sword pressing the tip to his abdomen. High over her head she held him there for a while, this caused a scene of course and drew Shepard over almost as soon as it started.

"Spider!" She warned her. "Put the krogan down." She ordered.

"You may have authority over your crew Shepard but I am far from being that powerless. You may be a paragon but my days of dealing with the bullshit that comes with it are through." Spider pulled Uvenk closer to her. "It's about time people knew just who they were dealing with."

Spider used what magical power she was allowed to invade this krogan's mind, his head was filled with a thousand tortures, even he was nervous at the pain she could cause.

"SPIDER! STOP!" Shepard rushed forth and grabbed Spider's shoulder causing her to look at the commander. The look of determination in her eyes, the youthful yet passionate power that sparked within the Commander snapped Spider back. Power was getting to her head, a dangerous game to play.

Dropping Uvenk Spider backed off. "Apologies Shepard, I may have gotten a little... over protective." Spider told her.

"You're a monster that should be destroyed!" Uvenk choked out in his disoriented state.

"I'd invite you to try but I believe I'm in trouble enough as it is." Spider responded and a look from Shepard confirmed her suspicions. It mattered little in the long term, Shepard was the forgiving type. Unfortunately in some cases.

The krogan continued on from his earlier statement except this time he made it a little more personal. "For this insult I invoke a rite of denial. My krannt won't take him, he has no one."

At this the Shaman stepped in. "He is right, you must find allies who are willing to both fight and die by your side, your krannt must be strong enough withstand battles you can not win alone. Do you have such a team?" He asked.

"Grunt is part of my crew, I'll die myself before I see one of them hurt." Shepard said to the Shaman.

"This shows strength I haven't seen in long time, most would save themselves before thinking about others."

"Aliens don't know strength-" Uvenk started. Until Spider coughed loudly. "Your power does not change that everything about Grunt is a lie."

"Hmm.." Spider spoke. "Strange..." She walked up next to Grunt and gave him what they both considered a light shove. He gave her one back which is something few others would dare.

"He seems pretty real to me." She taunted.

"You know that isn't what I meant!" He growled at her. "He brings radical change that threatens our core. We have gone too far already."

"This is about politics. You maneuver like the Citadel Council. Does your krannt also fight with words?" Shepard asked Uvenk.

"You dare slander me in such a way!"

"Impressive. You challenged him with words – their natural weapon. And your krannt sees how your position weakens, Uvenk.

"Shaman, you cannot decide in his favour! What about krogan tradition if you pollute the Rite?" Uvenk was shocked.

Perhaps once all this arguing is done I'll get to meet this Citadel council. Spider thought to herself.

It will probably end in bloodshed. But ignorance of any kind when a threat of this scale looms over the galaxy must be dealt with. Shepard will just have to forgive the measures I take to ensure they all survive.

Damn, what were they saying again?

Spider snapped back to reality as the Shaman said "Excellent."

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Fighting against hordes of enemies was something Spider could do until even the seemingly endless were depleted of soldiers to throw at her. To her it was a dance of death, only she could never quite embrace her partner as so many before her had been able to.

But when the ground starts to shake and a monster of a forsaken planet erupts to the surface. That's when things start to get interesting. The reactions were almost comically different, Grunt looked excited, Shepard gained a hardened gaze and Garrus looked as if he were about to just up and leave.

A hailstorm of gunfire rained upon the beast and yet it just kept rising back, seemingly revitalised.

It was wearing them down, even Grunt looked a little worse for wear after a projectile hit him directly in the chest.

"Enough of this." Spider strode towards the railing and stepped over on to the Thresher Maw's territory. She strode toward the creature and didn't try to stop her. The closer she got the more the hunger in it's eyes grew.

Spider could hear them shouting for her to come back but she was beyond the point of no return. It's not like it wasn't going to end this way. Spider readied a simple spell and threw it at the creature. It began to glow with a purple hue.

Rearing up the thresher maw cam crashing down and had what it thought was an easy meal. It was wrong. Even as the sensation of a glorious kill filled the beast, Spider used her blade to tear it's head asunder. Blood spilled from every orifice, natural or one Spider made herself from the inside.

As the creatures life drained away Spider siphoned it's soul away using the spell, this new wild creature within her was going to be yet another fun defence to anyone who tried to enter her mind.

When the beast finally fell with a crash Spider tore open another hole and climbed back to the outside world, looking to Shepard and her team Spider gave a small wave before jumping down the huge drop like it was nothing, sticking the landing too.

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