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Wandering New Stars
Chapter-3
No One's P.O.V
3 Months Later
Lucifer bobbed his head to the sound of music in his room as he worked on one of his guns at a workbench. The LW was currently shirtless as a light shine of sweat ran over his body as he pressed some wires together while listening to some rock n' roll.
"Fuck!" Lucifer swore as sparks flew from his Gauss Rifle. "Okay, less Eezo." He said as he got back to work.
It's been three months since Lucifer helped Aria with the Shark gang and a lot has changed. The LW kept his promise to Sydney and told her, along with the entire crew, their current situation. There were a lot of mixed reactions for everyone finding out they were in a different dimension, one where Earth was alive and well. Some thought it was all a joke, but when they found the evidence they were shocked to their core. Others, however, cried at the sight of Earth alive, feeling something they never felt before. And strangely enough, some worshiped Lucifer, saying he did the impossible.
The bottom line was that it took time for all of his crew members to adjust to the strange new universe, and time to teach everyone all the galaxy had to offer.
Lucifer offered everyone who wanted to leave the Revelation a chance to start a new life on Earth. Surprisingly enough only a few people wanted to start a few life on Earth, the rest wanted to stay on the Revelation. Lucifer didn't know if it was a sense of loyalty, or people just felt like staying since they feel more comfortable.
Since Lucifer had so many people under his command he decided to form his own mercenary group, Lion's Pride. The group would work for various people such as Aria or whoever she recommended but Lucifer made it very clear that they were not a raider group or anything like Talon Company.
In the months to fallow Lion's Pride gained a name for itself for bounty hunting, escort, transport, protection, salvage, and raids on slaver and other minor groups. Lucifer was even able to set up a shop on Omega to sell some of the weapons and salvage they gathered. This also allowed everyone in Lucifer's crew to adjusts to the sudden change of life on Omega and space life. And with Aria's help, Lucifer was able to build everyone on his crew identities to make life easier for everyone.
The Revelation also changed in the three months. It took a few jobs from Aria and some trade, but Lucifer was able to get the necessary equipment and parts to convert the engines to use Eezo as the main power source. Onyx explained the Revelation was even faster than before, not only that but the shields and weapons were also stronger to the point they could take a few large nukes and wouldn't even fall.
Lucifer grinned as he pulled up his Gauss Rifle and looked it over. "Not bad, weights barely any heavier." He said while looking down the scope.
One of the major adjustments to everyone's lives was the amount of technology available to everyone. Better armor, weapons, Omni-Tools, and health care, all this was available to every member of the crew.
Lucifer, however, wanted to keep some of his old weapons since he was the most proficient with them, and he wasn't the only one. So over time, Lucifer started to modifier some weapons with the new tech to be more powerful than before.
Right now the LW was working on his Gauss Rifle to use Eezo so it's shot would be even more powerful. Not only that he extended the clip size to allow him to fire five shots instead of just one.
Suddenly a knock was heard on his door, making him glance back.
"It's open!" He called as he looked back to his weapon.
The door slid open and in walked a redhead with a pep in her step.
"Well hey you! See your working on something." Moria said as she walked over to Lucifer, a box in hand.
The LW smiled as he turned to the red-headed woman. She wore a loose blue space suit that showed off all her curves along with a large belt that had some tool around her waist.
Moria Brown was a very... interesting young woman. She was energetic to a fault and always seemed to want to help others, yet was a little bit of an airhead. Lucifer met the woman not long after entering Megaton, she owned a little trade shop called Craterside Supply and managed to help Lucifer a bit after she gave him a reinforced Vault suit she made. Since then Moira has been Lucifer's go to trader and repairer for his gear, the two even became good friends. Lucifer won't lie and say Moria isn't a little different, she did send the LW to a mine infested town, a Mirelurk infested sewer, and told him to get himself irradiated to the point it nearly killed him. Yet despite all, she wanted to help people in her own way and didn't have a bad bone in her body.
Lucifer put his tools down and grabbed a rag to clean his hands. "Hey Moria, what's up?"
Moria grows a big smile on her face as she showed Lucifer the box in her hands. "I just finished our little project."
That brought a big smile out of Lucifer. "Seriously, nice." He said as he quickly took the box from her hands before opening it.
Inside the box was his Pip-Boy, but more different from before. It was thinner, with a slick screen with the Vault boy giving him a thumbs-up, and white paint coating. Turing it over on the back showed a symbol of a lion's head inside a cogwheel, Lion's Pride symbol.
After seeing how useful Omni-Tools were everyone on the crew got their own, but Lucifer was different. Despite his Pip-Boy being low tech compared to an Omni-Tool he couldn't just part with it, it was a gift from his home and it has saved his life more times then he could count. So a month ago Lucifer asked Moria if she could somehow combine an Omni-Tool with his Pip-Boy. The young woman only smiles before she got to work. Despite whatever anyone said about Moria, she was a genius in her own right, one that could have rivaled some of the scribes in the Brotherhood.
Picking up the Pip-Boy Lucifer was shocked to feel how light it was. "It's way lighter than before." He said with some astonishment.
Moria nodded her head with a smile. "Yup, thanks to all the advanced technology and information I can grab from the extranet I was able to make it not only lighter but 1000 times more effective." She said before grabbing the Pip-Boy from Lucifer's hand. "Here, let me put it on."
Grabbing Lucifer's left arm Moria slid the Pip-Boy around his wrist as it clicked closed. In an instant, the old Pip-Boy screen showing Lucifer's vitals.
"This new Pip-Boy can give you a clearer view of your vitals then before or even other people's vitals, not only that it has a constant connection to the extranet and it can even take pictures and recordings!" Moria said in an excited tone. "I also added a hacking function so you can get through some locked doors, but it won't work for every door you come across."
Lucifer grows a big grin on his face as he turned to Moria and gave her a hug. "This is fantastic Moria, only you could find a way to combine a Pip-Boy with an Omni-Tool."
Moria grows a big smile on her face along with a small blush as Lucifer pulled back from the hug. "And that's not even the best part." She said grabbing Lucifer's attention. "Squeeze your fist and flex your wrist."
Lucifer raised an eyebrow at the sudden request but did as he was told. As soon as Lucifer flexed his wrist an orange gauntlet appeared over his arm with a large blade-like object at the end.
"Whoa," Lucifer said with wide eyes as he ran his hand over the blade, shocked to actually feel something. "How did you do this?"
Moria folded her arms with a proud look on her face. "Well since Omni-Tools use kinetic barriers along with Mass Effect fields, I thought why not see if I can turn it into something useful. So I got to some designing and made that after I finish it." She said in a proud tone. "I also used Silicon to really give it some extra damage."
Lucifer let out a chuckle as he shook his head. Only Moria could come up with something like this. "This is amazing." He said with some awe.
"I'm not done yet." She said with a big grin. "Hold it up to your chest and clench your fist."
Lucifer did as he was told without any hesitation. A moment later a giant shield that nearly covered half his body appeared in front of him.
"Whoa!" He said in shock as he moved his arm. "Is this some kind of shield?"
Moria nodded with a smile. "Yup, I figure since I could make a blade why not a shield." She said as Lucifer's shield dropped. "Now both run on the same power source, and using both too much can over heat them, forcing them to shut down and cool off. So you can only use them in bursts, and the shield can only take so much damage before turning off."
Suddenly the Pip-Boy beeped, grabbing both their attention. "Huh, no rest for the wicked," Lucifer said with a grin getting a giggle out of Moria. "Hello, this is Lucifer." The LW said while holding up his new Pip-Boy.
"Oh good, Moria gave you the Pip-Boy, I was just about to send Sally to get you," Elliot said through the Pip-Boy. "Anyway, Aria called, said she has a job for you."
"I'll meet her in Afterlife," Lucifer said as he turned to Moria. "Looks like I'm back on the clock." He said while glancing at his Gauss Rifle with a grin. "And just in time."
"Do you need anything else?" Moria asked while tilting her head.
Lucifer quickly waved her off. "I have nothing," He said before stopping himself as he looked to Moria. "Actually, there is something I need you to do."
"What is it?" She said with a bright smile.
Lucifer rubbed the back of his head with a sheepish look on his face. "Well, you see... It's about Sally and Kenny." Lucifer confessed, getting a concerned look from Moria. "It's nothing serious, I was just hoping if you could maybe school them. They've been on their own for a while and don't have a formal education." Lucifer said with a sigh.
There were only two kids on the Revelation, Sally the pilot, and Kenny.
Kenny was an orphan Lucifer found in a cave in a place called Point Lookout not long after he started building his crew. At the time the 10-year-old was living in a mine he rigged with traps to keep the Swampfolk away and was only armed with a BB gun. Kenny told Lucifer that he was born from the Swampfolk, but he was different so they attacked him when he was only 9 years old. Feeling sorry for the kid Lucifer offered Kenny to come with him on the Revelation if he wanted to.
Kenny jumped at the chance to live on a spaceship and fallowed Lucifer, knowing he was a good person from all the stories he's heard about when Lucifer was in Point Lookout. Now Kenny helps the engineers fix and clean simple stuff and the kid loved it.
Moria grows a big smile at that. "I would love to do that! Oh, we're going to have so much fun!" She said as she rushed out of the room.
Lucifer gave a weak chuckle. "Hope she goes easy on them." He said before making his way to the bathroom. He couldn't keep Aria waiting.
Lucifer climbed out of his personal shuttle and into the Lion's Pride personal shuttle bay on Omega. There he saw some of his crew loading boxes off of larger ships. From the looks of things, they had a good run.
"Oh, hey, boss man!"
Looking to the side Lucifer saw Sticky run up to him with a big grin on his face.
Sticky was an interesting sort of person. Lucifer escorted the young teen when he first came to Little Lamplight on Sticky's 16 birthday. From one look at the 16-year-old Lucifer could tell Sticky would get himself killed traveling to the wasteland, be from Super Mutants, Raider, or even a Bloatfly. So Lucifer escorted the teen to Big Town to see his 'girlfriend' Red. Luckily Lucifer already helped Big Town from a Super Mutant hoard and saved Red and Shorty from a Super Mutant hideout. It also turns out Red and Sticky weren't really in a relationship, though Sticky thought so, Red explained with some embarrassment that she kissed Sticky as she left for Big town.
Surprisingly Sticky was quite talented with nearly any weapon he got his hands on, be it from a Hunting Rifle to a full-on Assault Rifle. He wasn't as good as most trained people, but he was defiantly more skilled than a Raider. If only he could keep his mouth shut with the crazy stories he came up with, luckily the habit calmed over time.
Looking the teen over Sticky was wearing the standard armor of Lion's Pride. It was mostly a Medium weighted armor painted white over a black combat spacesuit. On the front of the combat armor was the Lion's Pride symbol painted black. On Sticky's hip was a high-tech pistol and a high-tech Assault Rifle. Practically everyone on the ship upgraded to the high-tech weapons this universe had to offer, although some like Lucifer, Sydney, and even Brick, liked to hang on to the stuff from back home. They just added a few perks to their personal weapon.
Lucifer gave the teen a small smile. "Hey Sticky, how's it going?"
Sticky smiled and throw his to the larger shuttle behind him. "We got a huge hall from taking out some slave base, we even managed to save some people to, along with a tone of loot."
That brought a grin out of Lucifer. Raiding slavers was the Lion's Pride MO, it provided both credits and loot that could be used. Sometimes the slaves they saved even sent them credits as a thank you. The first group of slaves they rescued sent them a large number of credits, from then on it was routine for them.
The rules of Lion's Pride were simple to fallow to say the least. Mercs would get a portion of the loot and the rest would be sent to the Revelation's treasury, and they were allowed to keep any weapon and armor they found while on mission. The loot they brought back would be sold through Lion's Pride connections and the mercs would be given a portion of the earnings. It was a little hard keeping track of everything but Lucifer somehow made it worked.
"Nice, any casualties?" Lucifer asked with some concern.
Sticky shook his head. "No, a few wounded but nothing serious."
"Good, anyway I need to go, Aria wants me," Lucifer said as he throws his thumb towards the hanger door.
"A job, what kind, can I come?" Sticky asked in an excited voice.
Lucifer raised an eyebrow before pointing to the ship that was unloading crates. "Don't you have a job to finish first?"
Sticky looked back before slouching. "Yeah, yeah." He said as he shuffled back to help.
Lucifer shook his head with an amused look on his face as he started to move. Exiting the docking bay Lucifer made a hard right and started to walk down a metal hallway before opening another door.
Instantly Lucifer entered a busy market with tones of aliens and people walking about. There were a few make-shift stalls selling items and trinkets all around, but there were also tones of shops selling all sorts of stuff from clothing to food, to even ship parts.
Looking to the side Lucifer saw his shop and a small line forming up. After thinking about it for a moment Lucifer made his way over to his shop to see how things were going. Once their Lucifer looked up to see the name of his shop.
'The 101 Locker', it was in interesting name Lucifer came up with but for some reason, it felt fitting. It was an open stall with a bunch of guns and armor in the back along with parts for ships, all out of people's reach. There were also two turrets mounted to the sides that would shoot anyone who became hostels in the market.
Lucifer walked to the front of the line to see Pappy behind the counter.
When the older man saw Lucifer he smiled and waved at him. "Lucifer, how's it going?" Pappy said with a smile.
Pappy was one of the few residents of Big Town. He was once a negative man just waiting to die, but after Lucifer saved Red, Shorty, and even Timebomb things started to look better. Things got even better for him after Lucifer showed the entire town how to fight and fixed up two robots for them. Like everyone in Big Town Pappy jumped at the chance at a better life after Lucifer offered them to come on the Revelation.
Now Pappy wasn't a fighter, he was decent with a pistol and could hold his own, but in a straight-up fight, he was barley as good as a high raider. However, despite being a bad fighter Pappy was actually quite good at selling stuff, and with Moria's help, he was easily able to run The 101 Locker.
"Good, just got a call from Aria about a job," Lucifer said as he throws his thumb to Afterlife's direction. "Also ran into Sticky, got some stuff coming in soon."
"Oh good, we were running a little low on some supplies," Pappy said with a small sigh. "So do you need anything, ammo, some tools?" Pappy offered.
That seemed to catch some of the people waiting in line as they glared at Lucifer and Pappy. "Hey, we were here first, no cutting." A human called out with an annoyed look.
A Vorcha snarled as he pointed at Lucifer. "Leave human, or you die!"
Pappy glared at everyone in line. "Hey, this here is the owner and the guy who helps get you all the stuff you buy. So maybe you can wait five minutes." Pappy snapped.
That got the line to shut up as they shuffled back a bit.
"Well, I see you're popular," Lucifer said with a chuckle.
Pappy sighed as he slumped against the counter. "We provide descent and cheap gear, that's all these people want." He said getting a grin out of Lucifer.
"Keep up the good work Pappy," Lucifer said as he stepped back from the counter.
"Will do boss," Pappy said before turning to the next person in line. "Next." He called.
Lucifer made his way out of the busy district and made his way to Afterlife, the last thing he needed was to keep Aria waiting.
After a few minutes of walking, Lucifer entered Afterlife and made a B-line for Aira's spot. Climbing up the stairs Lucifer was met with no resistance from the guards, only silent nods.
"About time you came," Aria said as she leaned back on her couch. "I was beginning to think you were keeping me waiting."
"You, no~," Lucifer chuckled as he sat on Aria's couch. "I like where my balls where they are thank you very much."
"Well, you learn fast," Aria said with a grin before leaning back. "So I have a job you might be interested in. One of my old contacts called me up for a favor, asked if I can get her in contact with anyone that might be interested in a job she's offering."
"This client got a name?" Lucifer asked as he leaned forward.
"Nassana Dantius, she's an Asari diplomat at the Citadel embassy."
Lucifer gave a low whistle at that. "Someone in political power want's to talk with little old me for a job." He said in a cheeky tone before his eyes narrow. "If it's an assassination gig it better be for some corrupt fuck, I don't target bystanders." He said while narrowing his eyes at Aria.
The purple Asari waved her hand, not even fazed by Lucifer's look. "Don't worry, I made it clear you don't take dirty jobs." She said before narrowing her eyes at Lucifer. "But I'd be careful with Nassana, she's a manipulative bitch."
Lucifer would keep that in mind. "So what can you tell me about Nassana?"
"Only what's common," Aria said with a small grin, she would never give Lucifer too much information for free. "She's a diplomat who owns a lot of property on Illium, giving her a lot of connections, and enemies, I happen to be one of them."
"Contact or enemy?" Lucifer asked with a raised brow.
"Contact... when she's not being a manipulative bitch," Aria added with a frown.
Lucifer let out a snort as he stood up. "I'll keep that in mind."
"I expect my cut by the end of your little mission," Aria said with a smug grin.
Lucifer rolled his eyes at her. "You know I deliver Aria, you don't have to keep asking."
"I'm just making sure you keep your end of our deal," Aria said as she leaned back. Ever since Lucifer started taking jobs for Aria that 3% started to pile up over time for her benefit, so she made sure she got her cut for every job Lucifer took from her.
"See you later Aria." The LW said as he started to make his way to the docking bay. As he walked Lucifer brought up his Pip-boy and called Elliot. "Elliot, you there?"
"Yeah, you need something Lucifer?"
"Yeah, I just got a job from Aria. The client is an Asari diplomat on the Citadel, I'm a need a ship to take me there."
"Wow, a diplomat. We sure are moving up in the galaxy." Elliot said with a small laugh. "So what's the job?"
"No idea, Aria set up the meeting but other than that I don't know the exact details," Lucifer admitted as he opened a door before walking through. "Just have Wadsworth take my Infiltration gear onto my cruiser and to tell... Butch, Charon and... Sydney to meet me on the ship."
"Will do Lucifer," Elliot said before ending the transmission and Lucifer entering the hanger.
Lucifer sat in the pilot seat of his personal cruiser ship as it flew to the nearest Mass Relay to get the Citadel, it was smaller then a normal cruiser, but it was fast. Behind him was Butch, Sydney, and Charon all sitting down watching Lucifer fly the plain.
"So you have no idea what the job is?" Sydney asked while crossing her arms as she leaned back into his chair.
Butch snorted as he pulled out a comb. "No surprise. Lucy always did do whatever he wanted without thinking." He smirked as he pulled his hair back.
Lucifer glanced back at his companions and flipped them off. "Get off. It's called a meeting for a reason. I need to talk to the Asari to find out the job, if it's good we take it, if not we drop it." Lucifer said as he looked forward. "Besides, I want to see the Citadel."
Despite being in the new galaxy for a few months the most they seen were some human colonies and Earth. Lucifer along with others spend a whole month on the planet. It was surreal for the LW, seeing the ruins of his home in their prime was a shocking thing, to say the least.
This was the first time Lucifer was going to visit the Citadel, and from the images, he saw in the extranet it was a sight to behold.
"Hey Lucy, you sure you know how to fly this thing?" Butch asked with some worry as he saw Lucifer behind the wheel.
"Yes," Lucifer said while flipping Butch off from the back. "I might not be pulling any crazy stunts like Sally, but I can get from point A to point B. Now quit your back seat driving."
It wasn't long before the cruiser flew towards a Mass Relay. It was gigantic, sleek white with a large blue sphere at the end.
"Damn, those things are no joke," Charon said as he gazed at the massive device. "How was anyone able to make something that big?"
"Super advanced tech?" Sidney suggested with a shrug.
Lucifer snorted as he flew the cruiser towards the Relay. "Alright everyone, hang onto something." He said just as they flew next to the Relay.
In an instant, the ship was covered in blue light before it shot off in the blink of an eye.
"And now we wait," Lucifer said as he leaned back in his seat, watching the blue light wash over the window.
"For how long?" Butch asked with a raised brow.
"I don't know, a few hours," Lucifer said with a shrug.
"Wait, hours!" Butch said in shock. "What do you mean hours, doesn't this thing move at light speed!?"
Lucifer rolled his eyes at the grease head. "Butch, we are traveling the galaxy in a matter of hours, that alone would have been impossible back in our dimension. Without the Relay, it could have taken us years to travel across the galaxy. Be thankful it's only taking a few hours." He throws back causing Butch's jaw to drop.
"So, what do we do for the next few hours?" Sydney asked as she saw Lucifer lean back in his chair.
"I don't know about you, but I'm getting some sleep," Lucifer said before closing his eyes.
The three blinked as they saw Lucifer start to snore softly.
"Did he just..." Charon looked at Lucifer's face with slight disbelief. "He fell asleep already, how the hell did he do that?"
Butch gave a snort as he rubbed his greased head. "I have no idea, he seems to be able to sleep anywhere. I remember this one time he slept with his eyes open in class, freaked everyone the fuck out."
"You know, I once heard Lucifer slept in a Deathclaw sanctuary and he was so still the Deathclaws thought he was dead," Sydney said in a low tone making the other two look at their boss sleeping peacefully.
"...So what do we do know?" Butch asked while leaning back.
Sydney gave a shrug. "I don't know, maybe tell some stories." The woman then turned to Charon. "Got anything interesting to tell old-timer?"
Charon snorted and tilted his head. "I remember a few good adventures I did with the boss. I remember this one time we killed a small army of super mutants in an old hotel to save Reilly's Rangers."
For the next few hours Charon, Sydney, and Butch went on to tell some of the adventures they had in the Capital Wasteland.
"And that's why you should always fully cook a Deathclaw stake." Charon said while folding his arms.
"Damn," Butch said while shaking his head. "And you still fought a back of Raiders with only a rusty knife."
"It was either that or die while crapping myself, I did not want to go out like that." Charon said with a chuckle.
"I would of just not eaten the Deathclaw." Sydney said with a laugh.
Suddenly the blue and purple light in front of the ship vanished, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Are we finally here." Butch said with a small sigh.
"Look's like it."
Everyone jumped at the same time at the sudden voice. Looking forward they saw Lucifer looking at his Pip-boy with a small grin.
"It only took us a few hours to get here." He said while looking back at everyone staring at him.
Butch looked at the others and pointed to Lucifer. "I swear that guy has an alarm clock in his head."
Lucifer just snorted at the grease-head. "I just have a sharp awareness even while I'm sleeping." He said as he grabbed the ships controls. "Now it's time to see what the big deal of the Citadel... is..." Lucifer trailed off as with his eyes wide as he looked out the in front of him.
Everyone fallowed his gaze and soon their own eyes widen and their jaws dropped. They all though of one word at the same moment.
Massive.
The Citadel was a massive construct. It looked about the size of a small country floating in space with arms so long it would take Lucifer weeks to walk just one.
"How... how the fuck did anyone build something like this?" Sydney asked while rubbing her eyes, thinking she was seeing things.
"Determination?" Charon guessed but didn't tare his eyes away from the large structure.
Suddenly their was a high pitch beep making everyone jumped. Lucifer looked for the beep and pressed a button.
"Um... hello?" The Lion's Pride said while tiling his head.
"Welcome to the Citadel, what is the nature of your visit?" A feminine VI asked through the ship.
Lucifer thought for a moment before he spoke. "We're... sight seeing, we've never been to the Citadel before."
"Then please make your way to bay 34 for clearance, and please leave all fire arms on your ship unless you have the right clearance, thank you." Then line ended and Lucifer was given new coordinates.
"Wait, we can't bring our guns." Sydney said with a slight peeved look.
Lucifer gave a sigh. "We're going in through the normal way, as tourist. I'm sure there's a thousand ways we can not only bring weapons onto the Citadel, but also find them."
"So how long should it take you to find a weapon, 10 minutes?" Charon said with a joke.
Lucifer grinned as he flew the ship. "We'll see."
The LW flew the cruiser to where the coordinates were and easily found bay 34. The ship passed through a mass effect field before landing, a little shakily but nothing too noticeable.
As everyone climbed out of the ship they saw dozens of other ships in the bay with people coming and going. This ranged from humans to Asari to nearly every race discovered.
Sydney looked to the side and let out a loud groan, grabbing everyone's attention. "God damn it, that's a long fucking line."
Everyone fallowed her own line of sight and soon let out their own groans. At the end of the bay were several long lines of people being checked and processed, it was moving relatively fast but it would still take a while.
Lucifer clicked his teeth as he slid his Lucky Shades on and his Shady Hat. "We better get moving, the sooner we get to the client the sooner we can leave." He said before everyone started to move.
To much of everyone's relief the line they stood in was moving relatively fast and it wasn't long until Lucifer's group was in front.
"Welcome to the Citadel, please enjoy your time and try to fallow the law. No weapons are allowed to be carried unless you have the necessary clearance. Names please?" The human female receptions behind the counter said while looking at her computer. They stood in a small room with two C-sec guards to the side, one human and one Turian.
"Lucifer Morningstar."
The woman was about to type in the name before she blinked and looked at Lucifer with a confused look. "Seriously?"
Lucifer grinned and gestured to himself. "God given I'm afraid."
The woman shook her head with a small snort as she typed in his and everyone else's names. "May I ask what's the nature of your visit is?"
Lucifer smiled as he put his hands in his pocket. "We wanted to see the Citadel, we've heard about but never actually seen it." Lucifer didn't want to say he was here to see a diplomat, that might attract unwanted attention to both people.
The woman nodded with a smile on her face. "I can understand, the Citadel is a sight to behold. I've been here for three years and I still find new things that amaze me." She said before shaking her head and looked to her computer. "Before you enter we'll need to scan you to make sure your not carrying any firearms." She said as she started to type.
But before she could get far the human C-sec guard stepped forward. "Hold on there sweetheart, those two need to take off the head gear." The human said while pointing to Lucifer and Charon. "I don't like the look of them."
The woman gave an annoyed sigh as she looked to Lucifer. "He's right, one of are policies is that civilians must show their face unless they have credentials that say otherwise." She said with a somewhat bland tone.
Lucifer took off his hat and shades without any hesitation, but gave Charon a worried look. "Look, can my friend here leave his helmet on, he was... in a chemical fire a while back and it kind of messed up his face."
The woman gave Charon a sympathetic look and was about to open her mouth before the human officer interrupted her.
"I don't care if an Elcor stomped on his head for five hours." The human said with a snort as he stepped forward right in front of Lucifer with a smug glare. "So tell your friend to take it off or we're going to have a problem?" He said while crossing his arms.
Lucifer wasn't fazed in the least as he got a good look at the man. He was in his mid-forties, bald with hair at the side of his head, and dark rings around his eyes that were slightly bloodshot. Lucifer could smell the alcohol on his breath as if he was smelling the bottle itself. The LW knew what this type of guy was, arrogant, a prick to anyone he talked to, abused his position if it meant it would benefit him in any way, and was really just an asshole.
The LW has ran into, fought, and shot dozens of guys just like him, and all of them were more intimidating then this guy.
Lucifer crossed his arms and looked the C-sec right in the eyes. "I told you, my friend has a medical condition." He said in a calm voice making the human guard narrowed his eyes.
The woman behind the counter looked between the two in worry as she started to type on her computer. "Well it's not really a problem, if he has a medical condition we can do a detailed scan. We sometimes to it for Quarians-"
"That won't be necessary honey." The human said while raising his hand, cutting the woman off. "Listen here brat, are you going to listen to me," He then placed his hand on his hip with a smug glare. "or are you going to be a problem."
Lucifer glanced down to see the officer put a hand on his gun, but again Lucifer wasn't fazed, neither was Charon. Butch and Sydney on the other hand were a little on edge, if a fight broke out they had no guns to fight back, then again they had Lucifer, so anything could happen.
Just as the LW was about to open his mouth the Turian officer came of from behind the human and pulled his hand away from the gun. "Are you out of your mind Harkin." He said with a growl. "Are you seriously going to wave your gun at everyone you see?"
The now named Harkin pulled his hand away and glared at the Turian. "Well if they listened to me in the first place then none of this would matter." He said with a snort.
"Then maybe you should talk to them instead of being a decrease to C-sec." He growled before pointing to the side. "Go wait over their."
Harkin glared at the Turian before walking away while grumbling. "Fucking Alien."
The Turian sighed as he looked to Lucifer. "I apologies for that."
Lucifer just shrugged. "No worries, I know how much humans can be assholes."
That seemed to bring a small chuckle to the Turian as he looked to Charon. "Harken wasn't wrong about the head gear. Sometimes wanted people try to put on disguises to bypass certain checkpoints. We could do the detailed scanner, but that could waste a lot of your time since their mostly set to scan Quarians."
Charon just shrugged. "Truthfully I have no problem taking off my helmet." He said getting a surprised look from the Turian. "I just didn't like how that asshole was talking to my boss." He said while glaring at Harken, who glared right back.
Lucifer put a hand on Charon's shoulder and looked at him. "You sure your okay with this, we can wait." He said with some concern.
Charon waved his hand without a care. "I've been living with this face for a long time boss. I've heard every insult anyone could think of and then some, you think some people staring is really going to faze me."
Lucifer chuckled as held his hands up and took a step back. "Point taken," He said before glancing back. "Just so you know, we tried to warn you." He said with a toothy grin.
Charon raised his hands to the base of his helmet before pulling it off in a swift motion, no hesitation. Instantly the two humans and Turian gave the ghoul different reactions.
"Oh my god!"
"Spirits!"
"Kill it, kill it with fire!"
The woman held a hand over her mouth as she pressed her back to the wall behind her. Her face was deadly pale as her legs became weak as she nearly fell to the floor. The Turian had taken a solid step, his eyes were wide open as he stood deadly still. Harken pulled out his gun and pointed it right at Charon, his grip shaky as he stared at Charon with wide eyes and his jaw tight. Lucifer stood in front of Harken and gave him a hard glare, enough to make the officer lower his gun a bit.
Charon wasn't fazed by the reactions in the slightest. The ghoul had be a ghoul for a long time, longer then he'd been a human, and during that time he'd gotten the exact same reactions he was getting now. Truthfully deep down Charon always find it amusing showing his face to people who never seen a ghoul before.
The ghoul turned to the human woman who flinched at his sight. "Is this good enough smooth skin?"
The woman nodded as started to type on the computer. "Ye-yes sir, that is all." She said as she avoided looking at Charon.
The Turian cleared his throat as Charon put his helmet back on. "I... I can see why you were so hesitant before." He said.
"Yeah, a warning that your friend look's like a god damn zombie would of been good." Harken said with a growl as he holstered his pistol.
Lucifer just flipped the C-Sec officer off. "I said he was burned," He said before turning to the woman. "Can we go now?" He asked getting a nod.
With that the group started to make their way out, but not before Harken grabbed Lucifer by the shoulder.
"I don't know who you are kid, but I watch that attitude if I were you. It'll get you killed." Harken said while putting a hand on his gun with a smug grin.
Lucifer just snorted while rolling his eyes. "You know, I'd probably be more intimidated if you had a full head of hair, sucks with the whole pre-mature balding thing." He said with a wicked grin before walking away, ignoring the glare he was getting.
Once they were far away Sydney let out a sigh. "Glad that didn't escalate." She said while wiping her forehead.
"Yeah, that asshole was looking for an excuse." Butch said while pushing back his hair. "That cue-ball was reeking booze."
"Let's forget about him and focus on the client." Lucifer said as he brought up his Pip-boy. "I'm contacting Nassana now."
Using the contact information Aria gave him Lucifer contacted Nassana. It didn't take long to get a response.
"Come to Chora's Den as soon as you can." Nassana said on the other line before it was cut off.
"...Well that was informative." Lucifer snorted as he lowered his arm. "Let's find this Chora's Den as fast as we can, then we can take the mission."
"But how are we going to find one place in a ship this size." Butch said as he looked around, only seeing high buildings
Charon looked around to see flying cars zooming around in the sky. Suddenly an idea hit him as he tapped Lucifer on the shoulder. "Hey, I got an idea." He said while walking off to the side.
Everyone stared at Charon as he walked to the edge of the walkway while raising his hand.
"Taxi!"
A few moments later a blue skycar pulled up right in front of Charon with it's doors open.
"Where to?" A Turian asked while looking at the group.
Everyone stared at the ghoul with confused expressions.
"It's something I remember back on earth." Charon said with a shrug.
Lucifer shrugged as he and everyone else climbed into the skycar. "Can you take us to Chora's Den?"
"Sure, it'll take a few minutes though." The Turian said as he started to drive.
Throughout the flight the group of wastelanders stared in wonder at the Citadel. It was huge, clean, and alive, Lucifer could only compare it to Vault 101, only with an open sky, thousands of people, and so much more to do. Tenpenny Tower was
After about 20 minutes in the skycar the driver parked next to a high sidewalk and opened the doors.
"That'll be 30 credits." The driver said while leaning back in his seat. "If you take a left here you'll reach Chora's Den in 10 minutes."
Everyone instantly looked to Lucifer, making the LW roll his eyes and bring up his Pip-boy. The driver's Omni-Tool peeped and he gave the group a nod as they climbed out.
"Why am I always the one paying for shit?" Lucifer asked with an annoyed look on his face as the skycare flew off.
"Because out of everyone, your the one with the most cash on hand." Butch said as he put his hands in his pocket and looked around.
Lucifer just sighed as he started to walk. "Let's just start moving." He said before everyone fallowed.
Taking the Turian's direction it wasn't long before they found Chora's Den. Walking in Lucifer couldn't help but compare the place to Afterlife. It was cleaner, the music was different, and fewer dancing girls. Their was a giant round bar in the center of the room with dancers on top, ranging from human to Asari.
"Not bad." Sydney said while bouncing her head to the music. "Never seen a bar so clean."
"Eh," Lucifer said with a shrug. "Not really in my taste, I prefer Afterlife's more wild side." He said before spotting a Asari that didn't fit in the type of setting. She was looking right into Lucifer's eyes with a knowing look. "I think we just found our client." He said before he started to move with his crew behind him.
Making his way over to the corner of the room Lucifer said nothing as he sat across the Asari.
"Aria said you would get here soon, I didn't think it would be this fast." Nassana said while taking a sip of her drink.
Lucifer shrugged at the blue woman. "I like to get things done now rather then later." He said before leaning forward. "So might I ask what an Asari diplomat wants with me, a mercenary?"
A worry look crossed the woman's face as she gave a small sigh. "I... I need your help. My sister, Dahlia, was a crewman on a cargo vessel operating out beyond the fringes of the Travers. Her ship was attacked by privateers. There was no repotted survivors."
"But you believe differently?" Lucifer asked.
Nassana gave a solemn nod. "This is where it get's complicated. Last week, I received a massage with her voice on it. Dahlia is alive!" She said before her eyes narrowed. "The rest of the crew was killed, but she was taken prisoner. The slavers demanded a huge ransom from me in exchange for returning her unharmed."
"Let me guess, you paid up and they didn't return her." Sydney said while crossing her arms. "Classic kidnapping tactic. Milk you for all you got until you can't pay any more."
The Asari nodded at that. "I transferred the funds to an account they specified. Only, they never released her. They haven't contacted me since."
"Most likely they thought they could get even more money selling her off." Charon said in a grim tone. "They also might hold onto her long enough to get another ransom."
Nassana rubbed her head and took a swig of her drink. "I've made a terrible mistake Lucifer. I am a diplomatic emissary! By law, I am required to report any attempt extortion to C-Sec immediately."
The LW nodded his head in understanding. "You were worried for your sister so you paid the money, but since the slavers didn't keep their end of the deal you can't go to C-sec or your in jail."
Nassana seemed pleased with the LW understanding of the situation. "If you agree to help me this will be easy money for you Morningstar. I already know where the slaver base is, all you have to do is bring her back." She said as she brought up her Omni-Tool. "I won't bore you with the details, but I can tell you is their base is operating out of the Artemis Tau cluster. Take out the merc base and bring my sister back. You will be well rewarded."
Lucifer was quiet as he prosed what Nassana said. Everything made since to a certain extent and this type of situation was no stranger to Lucifer.
That's why Lucifer instantly knew Nassana was lying about something.
"Alright, we'll take the job." The LW said with a nod.
Nassana sighed in relief. "Thank you Morningstar. I knew you were the right man for the job." She said before bringing up her Omni-Tool. "I'm forwarding all the necessary information you'll need. Come back as soon as the job is done."
With that said Lucifer's Pip-Boy beeped, making him nod. With that the LW got up from his seat and gave Nassana a nod.
"I'll contact you if anything comes up." He said before he and his crew started to make their way out.
Once outside of Chora's Den the wastelanders regrouped.
"So our job is to take out some slavers and save a girl." Butch said with a nod. "Simply enough."
"Except for the fact she was lying to us." Lucifer deadpanned making everyone look to him with shocked expression.
"She was lying," Sydney said while tilting her head. "So that whole thing about her sister was made up?"
Lucifer put a hand on his chin with a thoughtful look on his face. "Mostly likely. When you think about it, her story doesn't add up."
"Like what?" Charon asked as he folded his arms.
Lucifer started to think about the Asari's story before he brought up his finger. "First, if Nassana's sister's ship was attacked by slavers and their was reported no survivors, why did the slavers only take Nassana's sister. Slavers would of taken as many people as they could even with Nassana's sister, the only thing they care about is money."
That made the through pause with thoughtful looks on their faces. "He's right, even if Nassana's sister was the target slavers would of taken as many people as they could, and that would of been noticed."
"But what if the slavers were targeting Nassana's sister specifically, what if they didn't care about collateral damage and only wanted her?" Sydney suggested. "It wouldn't be so far fetched for a group to only target one and kill anyone who got in their way."
"I thought that too." Lucifer said with a nod. "The Slavers could of made it looked like Nassana's sister died, then they would of revealed to Nassana that she's actually alive. Nassana may have been overwhelm with relief that she would of paid anything without any hesitation." Lucifer's eyes then narrowed as he shook his head. "But the last thing Nassana said convinced me their is something fishy going on. She said, 'Come back and see me when the job is done' not 'Please bring my sister back safely' or 'Make those bastards pay'. Don't you think that sounded a little cold for a so called concerned sister?"
Butch, Charon, and Sydney's eyes widen as they remembered that Nassana did say that. Not only that but the tone of her voice was more business like the tone of a worried family member.
"You think this might be a trap boss?" Charon asked while turning to his contract holder.
Lucifer looked thoughtful before shaking his head. "I don't think so, a better trap would of been sending us somewhere to pick something up, only to be ambushed. We know where going into a fire fight and it's on enemy grounds. A trap like that wouldn't have made much sense."
"So then what the hell is going on Lucy?" Butch asked with an annoyed look on his face. "Is the bitch lying to us or is this a real mission? Are we going or not?"
Leave it to Butch to ask the simple questions in a complicated situation.
Lucifer thought for a moment before he gave an answer. "I think we should go, if this turns out to be a trap then I want to find out who the wants me dead this week, but if not then at least we can kill some slavers." He said with a grin as he looked at his friends. "Are you guys with me?"
The three looked at each other for a moment before nodding their heads and giving Lucifer their own grins.
"We're in."
The flight to the Artemis Tau cluster took a while with Lucifer's curser, though luckily not forever. One there Lucifer fallowed the coordinates Nassana gave him to a planet called Sharija. It was a yellow planet that was about the same size as earth, only the air on this planet was lethal to an extent if unfiltered.
"So how are we going to find one base on an entire planet?" Butch asked while looking out the window.
"Nassana gave us a general area of where the base is, so we should be able to find it." He said before putting a hand on his chin. "But now the next question is, how do we get down?"
Butch gave him a strange look. "Can't we just land the ship near the base and go on foot?"
Lucifer shook his head at that. "Not on a planet like this." He said while pointing down. "The air is toxic to breath. Our suits have air and can filter out the oxygen, but not long enough to search the entire area. Plus if something happens to our ship then we're fucked."
"So what should we do?" Charon asked while leaning back.
The LW looked thoughtful for a few minutes before he spoke. "We're going to have to do a drop off. One of us is going to have to stay on the ship and fly the rest of us down before flying away." He then looked back with a small grin. "The question is, who get's to stay behind?"
"Not it!" Butch and Sydney yelled while raising their hands.
Charon raised an eyebrow before sighing. "Fine, move over." He said in a deadpan tone as Lucifer gave a small laugh.
The ghoul flew the ship towards the yellow planet and fallowed Lucifer's directions.
"Shit, you were right when you said this place was toxic." Butch said as he saw a bunch of yellow clouds fly past them. "You sure our suits will protect us?"
"Positive, but we only have about 30 minutes." Lucifer said getting a worried look from Butch and Sydney. "But don't worry, the base we're going to is most likely a building with an air filtration system. We just need to takeout the outer defenses."
"Speaking of outer defenses, heads up."
Everyone looked out the window to see a small building in the distance surrounded by pillars with people on top.
"That's the slaver base." Lucifer said as he slapped Butch on the shoulder before looking to Charon. "Get us down to the ground fast before getting the hell out of here, I don't want my ship to have any bullet holes.
Charon gave a nod as he flew the ship fast to the slaver base. At the same time Butch and Sydney put on their helmets and sealed them on tight. Lucifer pushed a button on his neck and the orange face plate to his stealth suit slid over his face. Thanks to the science of this universe it wasn't hard to turn the Stealth suit into something that could breath in space for a while.
As soon as the cruiser was closed to the building the snipers started firing, luckily the ships shield easily took the shots.
"Goodbye." Charon said with a snort as he turned the ships main guns on all the tall towers along with any ground troops.
In a matter of seconds all the towers fell over in a pile of burning fire with the snipers dead.
Lucifer patted Charon on the shoulder and gave him a nod. "I'll contact you as soon as everything is clear." He said getting nod from the ghoul.
Giving one final nod Charon lowered the cruiser before opening the side door to the ship. The inside of the ship was instantly filled with a cloud of sulfur just as Lucifer, Butch, and Sydney jumped out of the ship. Once they hit the ground the cruiser's door slammed shut and flew off into the sky.
"He better come back." Butch growled as he brought up his heavy pistol, an Executioner Pistol, their was also another pistol of the same kind on his hip along with a shotgun on his back. "I am not getting stranded on a dead planet."
"Then why didn't you stay behind?" Sydney asked while they moved to the building with her own gun on hand. It was her custom Ultra SMG upgraded with some tech thanks to Moria, now it could hit harder and had a small grenade launcher at the bottom.
"And miss all the action and the chance to show Lucy up, not happening." Butch said in a playful tone getting flipped of by Lucifer.
Once at the door Lucifer was slightly surprised to find it was unlocked. The three quickly walked through the air pressurization system before entering an empty room.
Inside everything was clean and not a person in sight. Off to the side were a few large creates.
Lucifer waked up to the creates before nodding his head. "These were on the ship Nassana mentioned."
"So she was telling the truth." Sydney said as she kept her eyes open for anything.
Lucifer was quiet for a moment before he brought out his Gauss Rifle. "Let's find Nassana's sister first before deciding anything else." He said before he started to move.
At the other end of the room was the only other door they didn't come through. Lucifer pressed a button and was surprised again to find it unlocked.
*BANG*
Only for a bullet to hit the wall right next to his head.
"Pirates!" Lucifer yelled as he shot one pirate's head clean off.
Butch and Sydney ducked for cover as Lucifer turned invisible.
"Alright, you want to play rough!" Butch called as he brought up both his pistols with a grin on his face. "Then let's play rough!"
Standing up from cover Butch started to fire both pistols wildly with a surprising amount of accuracy. A Salarian stood up from cover and tried to aim his gun at Butch, only to be gunned down in seconds with several holes in his chest.
"Yeah!" Butch said just before his guns overheated. "Shit!" He shouted before ducking just as the bullets started flying.
Sydney was standing behind some creates as bullets were flying past her. The second they stopped Sydney ran to the other side of the room while firing her gun, she managed to kill a few just before she ducked behind some more cover. As Sydney peeked around the corner her eyes widen at what she saw.
"Krogan!" She yelled to her friends.
The young woman had fought a Krogan once in the months she was in this new universe, and it wasn't fun. To her a Krogan was like a super-mutant, only smarter, with better weapons and armor, and could regenerate, which was a bitch of itself.
This Krogan look tougher, meaner, and more armored up then the one she killed before.
"Die wench!" The Krogan yelled through his helmet as he fired his shotgun at the young woman.
Sydney pulled back just in time as the pellets smacked into the floor next to her, leaving a large dent.
"Damn, that thing could give Lucifer's shotgun a run for it's money!" Sydney thought as another shot hit her cover. "I need some cover fire over here!"
Butch downed another pirate just as he heard Sydney's call. The greaser head saw the Krogan closing in on Sydney as she gave him a worried look. Without any hesitation Butch turned his guns on the Krogan just as the alien was about to reach Sydney.
"Over here you overgrown lizard!" Butch yelled as he fired both his pistols at the armored Krogan.
The Krogan gave an annoyed grunt as he felt the bullets his armor but did little to injure him. Turing to the greaser head with a glare Butch's eyebrows shot up as the shotgun was pointed at him.
"Oh shit."
Just as the Krogan was about to pull the trigger a blue shot smacked into his arm, throwing off his aim as he pulled the trigger. A Turian pirate was sent flying with a gaping hole in his chest as the Krogan roared in pain, holding his bloody arm.
Lucifer's invisibility fell as his held up his Gauss rifle.
"Sydney, now!"
The young woman blinked for a second before she got what Lucifer was saying. Pressing a button on her Ultra SMG the bottom barrel peeped as she stepped out from her cover.
"Eat this!" She yelled as she fired the grenade from her gun, making her step back.
The Krogan couldn't even turn in time before the grenade hit him right on the head, effectively blowing it up. The Krogan fell like a wet sack of meat, making Sydney give a sigh of relief.
Lucifer lowed his rifle as he nodded his head while scanning the room. All the enemies were dead and as a plus all the creates were still intact.
"Alright," Lucifer said as he started to move. "Search the place and see if you can find any surviv-" The LW was suddenly cut off when a purple light wrapped around his body. "What the fuck-" Lucifer was cut off again as his body was sent flying right into a create with enough force to dent it.
"Lucifer!" His friends yelled in worry.
A moment later a group of pirates led by an Asari rushed into the room, and the Asari looked pissed.
"Kill those two and bring me their heads!" She shouted in a furious tone, almost frothing at the mouth. "And find out who the fuck I just killed so I can mount his head on my wall!"
Instantly the pirates started shooting at the two wastelanders, forcing Butch and Sydney to duck behind a large steel create. The pirates weren't giving them any second to look around and shoot back.
"You got any more grenades?" Butch asked as he tried to point his gun around the corner, only to have a bullet graze his hand. "Fuck!"
Sydney looked at her SMG before shaking her head. "It's over heated, I need to wait a few more seconds!" She said before she looked up, and what she saw made a grin spread across her face. "But I don't think we'll need it."
The Asari leader tapped her foot on the floor in anger as her pirates slowly closed in, her biotics flaring up every once and a while over her body.
"Move faster, I want to move this base as soon as you kill-"
*Bang*
A gunshot was heard, but this gunshot was different from the other shots coming from the pirates weapon. This gunshot was loud, and sounded powerful.
A millisecond later one of the pirates heads exploded into a blood mess.
A second later Lucifer stood in the center of the pirates with a smug grin on his face and a smoking Blackhawk.
Before the pirates could even start moving everything slowed down to a crawl.
"V.A.T.S!"
The Vault-Tec Assisted Targeting System. A system made by Vault-Tec to give people the ability fire a gun with pin point accuracy while having a Pip-Boy. The system speeds up the users cognitive function to the point everything is slowing down and only the users could see everything. Before VATS could only slow things down to the point everyone was walking, now thanks to Moria's upgrades VATS was more effective then before. VATS wasn't invincible, it still took Lucifer's own skill to pick and fire each target, not to mention their was a cool down period before Lucifer could use it again.
Raising his revolver Lucifer shot all the pirates in the head until his gun clicked empty. To anyone else it would of looked and sounded like one loud BANG was heard before everyone was dead.
The Asari leader blinked for a second and in an instant all of her men were dead.
"What-"
The Asari didn't even have enough time to activate her biotics as Lucifer turned his Gauss rifle on her.
"Bye."
*BANG*
The Asari leader was sent flying back several feet with a gaping hole in her chest. She was dead before she even hit the ground.
Lucifer glanced around the room before letting out a sigh and lowering his guns. "Okay... people are dead."
Butch and Sydney walked from behind their cover their cover with their weapons raised, just in case more pirates popped up.
"You good over there Lucy?" Butch asked while glancing at the LW. "That trip that chick sent you on didn't seem fun." He said while looking at the dented create.
Lucifer rolled his neck around and a loud creak was heard. "It wasn't fun, I can tell you that much." He said while looking around. "Search the place, see if theirs anything captives."
With that said the three split up, Lucifer and Sydney staying on the first floor while Butch climbed some stairs. Lucifer entered a small room filled with more creates, most were big but some were small. Opening a small create Lucifer found it to be filled with weapons in good condition. The create right next to it was filled with armor instead, also in good condition.
Closing the creates Lucifer walked out of the room to see Sydney making a small pile of guns and gear in the center of the room.
"Their weapons are descent enough to either sell or break them down for parts and resell later." The young woman said as she pulled the large shotgun from the dead Krogan she killed.
"Most of the creates here seem to be from shipping and transport ships. They hit the ships and take anything they think is valuable." He said with a sigh as he put his hands on his hips. "But I haven't found any prisoners anywhere, only salvage."
"So Nassana was lying to us?" Sydney said as she throw a gun into the pile of weapons.
Lucifer gave a shrug. "It could be, or the pirates have a different base they hold their slaves, this one could be just for salvage."
Sydney gave an annoyed groan as she rubbed her temples. "You know, I miss how in the wasteland everything was more simple. Monsters and raiders were the bad guys and both were stupid, it was really straight forward." She said with a small pout.
Lucifer gave a small laugh as he put his hands in his pocket. "Your not wrong."
"Hey Lucy, Sydney, come up here! I think I found something!" Butch called from the second floor.
The two made a b-line for the stairs and it didn't take long to find Butch in a room most likely belonging to the leader of the pirates. The greaser was in front of a safe trying to get but was having some trouble.
Butch finally noticed the two and stepped away from the safe. "I've been trying to get this damn thing open but wasn't having any luck." He said while kicking the wall.
Lucifer rolled his eyes as he walked to the safe. "Give me a second." He said while bringing up his Pip-Boy.
While Lucifer and Butch focused on the safe Sydney's eyes landed on the computer.
The LW's eyes narrowed as he started typing on his Pip-boy. "This is not an ordinary safe, whatever's in here must be good." He said with a grin.
After a few seconds of typing the safe opened with a click making Lucifer and Butch grin. Opening the safe their eyes widen in shock at what they saw.
The safe was filled to the brim with credit chips to the point it was nearly overflowing. Credit chips was basically the same as hard currency, only each chip held a certain amount of credits, like a credit card. Lucifer grabbed a chip that fell to the floor and scanned it with his Pip-boy.
"Holy shit, this one has exactly 1000 credits on it." He said making Butch's eyes widen. "And theirs probably more then 1000 chips in their..." He trailed off as a big grin crossed his face.
Butch throw his hands in the air. "Fuck yeah, best mission!" He shouted as he high fived Lucifer.
"Uh... Lucifer." Sydney suddenly called grabbing the LW's attention. "You might want to see this."
Lucifer raised an eyebrow at the treasure hunter, he would think she of all people would be exited about such a big haul. Walking over to the computer Lucifer started to read the monitor and his eyes slightly widen. Apparently this pirate group was connected to other slaver and fencing groups, names, locations, even tactical information on the groups.
Lucifer patted Sydney on the shoulder as he grinned on at monitor. "Nice one, with this information we can hit a lot of other groups like this one. And if they have half of the amount of salvage and credits here..." He trailed off as his eyes gleamed with greed.
"That's cool... but I was talking about this." Sydney opened a file on the computer as Lucifer leaned forward.
When Lucifer read the file that popped up it took him a moment to proses the information. Once he did his eyes widen and his jaw went slack.
Dahlia, Nassana's sister who was kidnapped, wasn't really kidnapped, she was the leader of slaver group. Lucifer remember the Asari that throw him into a steel create, the same one he shot dead.
Lucifer took a deep breath before letting out a long sigh. "You know what, your right Sydney, the wasteland was much simpler."
After leaving the slaver base Lucifer contacted Charon for pickup and they made a b-line for the Citadel. On the way Lucifer contacted Elliot to send a team to collect all the steel creates and anything useful that wasn't welded down at the slaver base. As for the credit chips, their was more then 2000 in Dahlia's office safes along with a tone of information on other slaver and mercenary groups.
As soon as Lucifer landed on the Citadel he wasted no time contacting Nassana and setting up another meeting with her, only this time she wanted to talk in privet in her office, alone. The LW left his crew on his ship while he left.
Lucifer walked into a clean white room to see Nassana working behind her desk.
When Nassana saw Lucifer she looked at him with a hopeful look on her face. "Did you find my sister Dahlia?"
Lucifer sat across from her and gave her a blank look. "Really, after everything you just made me go through your still going to keep up this act?" He asked while raising his eyebrow. "Your sister's dead, I put a hole in her chest myself."
The hopeful look on Nassana's face melted off and was replaced with a more colder, calculating one. "No need to be so dramatic," She said as she turned her computer off. "You must understand why I lied."
"Well yeah, you sent me to kill your own sister, that's not fucking normal." He said while letting out a sigh. "So where do we go from here, you give me my payment but I turn around to find a gun pointed at my head."
Nassana gave a small laugh, though it sounded cold to the LW. "Nothing so dramatic, with Dahlia out of the picture my position as a diplomat is now secure." She said in an almost care free voice.
Lucifer just rolled his eyes a bit. "Next time be straight with the mercenary holding guns, most are stupid enough to let something like this really piss them off." He said before shrugging. "But with this I won't hold it against you, your sister deserved to die."
"I am sorry I wasn't honest with you. We have trust issues in my family." She said as she raised her Omni-tool. "I shall transfer a little something into your account as a token of my appreciation. I'm sure you will find the amount satisfactory." She said with a calm smile.
Just as the Asari was about to transfer the funds Lucifer gave a loud snort, stopping her. "I might be a merc, but Lion's Pride is different from your run of the mill mercenary group. I can easily get any amount of credits with little effort, hell, your sister's base had a shit load with just her two safes."
"That may be true," Nassana said as gave Lucifer a small smirk. "But I am the only one who can authorize you to purchase prototype Asari mods. I will get you added to our manufacturer's preferred client list. I think you would be very interested in what they have available."
To Nassana's surprise Lucifer shook his head while letting out a small laugh. "No offence Nassana, but Asari mods don't really interested me. All my weapons are unique and specially made, Asari mods won't do me any good." Suddenly a grin crossed Lucifer's face as he folded his hands together. "I think we can come up with a better deal, one that will benefit both of us fanatically."
Nassana raised an eyebrow but Lucifer could see in her eyes she was interested. "What do you have in mind?"
Lucifer looked thoughtful for a moment before he spoke. "As you know, Lion's Pride hasn't been around for very long. Yet in that time we gained a name for ourselves as a mercenary group, and fanatically we're better off then even the Blue Suns." He said as he narrowed his eyes. "More people want to join my little group every day, the Revelation might be a big ship, but I don't want complete strangers I don't trust on my main ship."
Nassana looked board at Lucifer's speech. "That's nice and all, but what dose this have to do with me?"
The LW gave a small laugh as he shook his head. "I guess I should just get to the point." He said as he gave Nassana a serious look. "I want to set up a base, and I heard you have some property of Illium."
Illium was a trade world in the Terminus System. It was a planet that was a lot like Omega in many ways, only with a different set of law breaking for the rich and cunning. Illium was very relaxed when it came to what they do and sell, it was a kind of planet where you could get anything if you know where to look. It was perfect to set up a base their for Lion's Pride, you could do nearly anything their as long as you bought a license.
The reason Lucifer wanted to set up a ground base was because he didn't want to deal with the shit Nassana just put him through. He didn't want his crew to just take shady jobs that might end up getting them killed because some asshole didn't want to pay for the job. He dealt with enough of that shit in the wasteland, it was time he and his crew got something better.
That defiantly caught Nassana off guard before she narrowed her eyes at Lucifer. "You must be joking, do you have any idea how much property on Illium cost. Not to mention it's not a planet just anyone could set up on. If you don't know how to play the game then your screwed." She said with a scoff as she waved her hand. "Just take the mods I offered, you might be able to sell them later on or something." She said as she brought up her Omni-tool.
Lucifer however wasn't going to budge. "Look Nassana," Lucifer said in a serious voice, grabbing the diplomats attention. "You might think I'm just some run of the mill merc that's going to die in the next few months, but I'm here to tell you that I'm not only different, but so is Lion's Pride. I have the man power, the resources, and a giant fucking ship to shake this fucking galaxy. So how about we talk first before you decided if I'm not worth talking to."
Nassana stared at Lucifer for a long minute before she started typing on her Omni-tool. "This is a building I've been meaning to sell for a while, it has no use to me. It has several labs, medical bays, offices, really a little of everything."
Lucifer's Pip-boy peeped as it received images of the building. Looking over the images Lucifer could tell the building was large, though it had seen better days. The building looked worn-down, old, and abandoned. It reminded Lucifer of home.
"What's the catch?"
"That catch is you either buy it now from me or never." Nassana said while narrowing her eyes. "Here's the price I'm giving you, with a small discount."
When Lucifer saw the price appear on his Pip-boy he wasn't ashamed to admit he nearly shit himself.
"Fuck... that's a lot of zeros."
The price Nassana was asking for would take a very large chunk of Pride's treasury, and that was just for the building, repairing it would take another chunk, not to mention buying the right licenses to operate on the planet.
"Now do you see why you can't just buy such property on Illium without a care." Nassana said with a wicked grin as Lucifer stared at his Pip-boy. "You might think you have the right pull, but in then end you just a-"
"I'll take it."
Nassana's voice died in her throat as she stared at Lucifer for a very long moment. "...What...?"
The LW rolled his eyes as he folded his arms. "I said I'll buy the building, right here, right now." He said as he brought up his Pip-boy and pulled up the Pride's treasury account. Lucifer was happy to see he had more money then Nassana was asking for, though he was right to think that it would take a big chunk out of the treasury.
Lucifer may be a cautious man in certain situations, but he was also a risk taker, it was how he got so far in the wasteland.
Nassana just blinked as she slowly brought up Omni-tool. "As... as soon as the money comes through I'll forward all the rights and deeds to you-" Nassana was again cut off as she saw her Omni-tool beeped and a very large amount of money just went into her account. She stared at the money for a long moment before she foreword the deed over to Lucifer, though a bit reluctantly. "I should of raised the fucking price." Nassana thought bitterly, she had been lowballing the price of the building and the condition it was in, thinking Lucifer would be scared by the price alone. Instead he called her bluff and bought the building for way less then what it was truly worth.
When Lucifer received the deed and all rights to the building he grinned as he stood from his chair. "Pleasure doing business with you Nassana." He said before walking out of the room, leaving a peeved Nassana.
As Lucifer made his way back to his ship his Pip-boy suddenly beeped, grabbing his attention.
"Lucifer here."
"Lucifer, it's Elliot." The man said, and from what Lucifer could hear he sounded a bit worried. "Listen, I just reseaved some information that a huge amount of credits was taken from our treasury... please tell me that was you."
"It was me." He said getting a sigh of relief from the man. "I just bought some property on Illium, a new base we can use."
"Illium, you sure it's a good idea to set up a base there?"
A wicked grin crossed the LW's face. "Elliot, we need better connections then just the shady merc jobs on Omega. Don't get me wrong, their fun, but most are too dangerous then their worth." He said as he looked over to the horizon of the Citadel seeing the giant city in the distance. "We're moving up in this galaxy, and we're going to shake it."
21N: Hey, I'm not dead!
So sorry I haven't updated any of my stories. I got a new job recently and it's been very demanding of my time, also my body's been trying to get used to the labor. But I'm going to try to update more, I'm not giving up.
Not to clear up a few things.
1: Some of you have been asking why I haven't given Lucifer the Cyborg perk, and their are a few reasons. 1, in Mass Effect 2 Shepard himself basically becomes a cyborg thanks to Cerberus so their would be two cyborgs in the story, and I felt that would be more Shepard's thing then Lucifer. 2, I wanted to have a different type of super warrior in the Mass Effect universe. It's usually a super Biotic or cyborg soldier, not a biological enhanced soldier. So for this story Lucifer will not be a cyborg, only Shepard.
2: Some of you might not know this, but I made some edits to the story, so I recommend re-reading a few chapters so you can see the changes.
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