Wandering New Stars
Chapter-5
No One's P.O.V
Lucifer sat silently in front of Admiral Hackett and Major Kyle while staring at his Pip-Boy, only one word going through his head.
Torfan.
"Tell me, what do you know about Torfan?" Major Kyle ask.
Lucifer gave a small laugh as he pulled down his Pip-Boy and rubbed his forehead. "What don't I know." He said, making the two man raise an eyebrow. "Torfan is a small moon that's a base for major criminal activity, the kind of activity that makes Omega look like Sunday church. Weapons trade, slavery, information exchange, you name it Torfan has it. It's a haven for the sum of the universe, and it just so happens it's mostly populated by Batarians."
"You've done your research." Hackett said, sounding almost impressed.
"You weren't the only one planning to hit that place." Lucifer admitted, getting a surprise look from the men. "Torfan is a hub for major slaver activity, and Lion's Pride, and myself, all hate slavers." Lucifer said before he let out a sigh. "The only reason I haven't is because Torfan is no joke, but you already knew that." He said while bringing up his Pip-Boy.
Dozens of ships, hundreds of armed criminals, heavy defenses, and hundreds of potential hostages. That's what Torfan had in store for anyone who was stupid enough to attack them.
Lucifer admitted to himself that he didn't have the numbers or the fire power to take on a base the size of Torfan. The Revelation may be one of the best ships in the galaxy, but it couldn't survive a fight with dozens of ships and Torfan's outer defenses on it's own. He also wasn't stupid enough to just go himself guns blazing, he might be the LW, but he was still human.
But with the Alliance backing him up...
"Why are you doing this?" Lucifer asked suddenly, grabbing the two's attention. "I mean I hate slavery with a passion, but what's the Alliance stake in this?"
Hackett had a hard look on his face as he folded his hands. "The Skyllian Blitz was a major blow for humanity, and we need to show that we can't be pushed around, or the Batarians and any other race will walk all over us and continue to attack our colonies." Hackett said before his face slightly soften. "And nobody deserves to be a slave to those pirate bastards."
Lucifer was quiet for a long moment before he nodded. "Alright, I'm in." Lucifer said, getting a surprised look from the men. "But we'll need to go over this with my top people, this kind of operation is not something I can just decide on my own." He said before giving the two Alliance soldiers a serious look. "But know you not only have my main ship, The Revelation, you also have me, Lucifer Morningstar." He said with a cocky grin.
Hackett and Kyle gave each other a silent look before Hackett nodded. "Bring whoever you feel is necessary, but you must keep this operation quiet. The more people know the more likely this operation can leak out."
Lucifer nodded and sent a message to all of his top people, from Reilly all the way to Red.
This operation was the biggest Lion's Pride has ever been apart of, and he needed all hands on deck.
Once everyone in Lucifer's council showed up the LW gave a rundown of the job Admiral Hackett was offering, Torfan.
By the end Reilly was rubbing her temples hard while groaning in pain.
"I blame myself, I honest to god blame myself." Reilly moaned, getting a few strange looks. "I told you to go on a few jobs to loosen up and what do you do, decided to hit one of the biggest slaver bases in the galaxy."
Lucifer gave a wild grin. "Well you know me, I go big or I go home." He said before he grow a much more serious face. "In all seriousness, how do you all feel about this job?" Lucifer asked while looking at his friends. "You know me and how I feel about slavery, so I'm going to help the Alliance take down Torfan and every slaver bastard there, but I won't drag anyone unwilling in. So I'll ask again, how do you feel about this job?"
Everyone on Lucifer's council looked at one another, some looked nervous while others had silent conversations. Finally after about five minutes, Fawkes stood up.
"My friend, I can say with confidence that you have not only mine, but all of our support." The Super-Mutant said, getting nods from everyone. "If you had not saved me from my own prison I may have finally delved into insanity were it not for you. How can I not help you save others from a similar fate."
Onyx was the next to stand up. "You saved not only me but my people from my own kind Lucifer, when you had every right to kill us all and take what you wanted. I want to return the favor as much as I can, and I know my people are behind you."
Bigsley sighed as he gave Lucifer a smile. "When I was with the Brotherhood, the most good I could do with my mind was sign paperwork. Day after day I heard of people dying from raiders and slaver, all while I was pushing numbers. I wanted to use my mind to help others, and that's exactly what I'm going to do."
Red spoke up next. "It's no secrete that, if it wasn't for you Lucifer, I would be dead along with the rest of Big Town. You gave us a chance to fight, and we're going to use it."
Reilly rubbed her temples before giving Lucifer a weak smile. "You are by far the craziest son of a bitch I have ever meant." Reilly then stood up and saluted Lucifer, surprising him a bit. "And I'm proud to have you as my friend. You saved my entire crew from impossible odds for chump change, so yes Lucifer, I will follow you to hell and back."
Lucifer gazed at all his top people with a smile on his face. He then turned to Admiral Hackett who looked slightly impressed. "Well there you have it Admiral, you have Lion's Pride support." He said while bringing up his Pip-Boy, "Now, let's talk about Torfan." Lucifer said while looking to the soldiers.
Major Kyle nodded while standing up. "In two months time the Alliance will launch a full scale attack on Torfan. Our main plan is to hit them hard and fast before they have any time to activate their base defenses. We'll then send a small team inside to deactivate the bases defenses, and allow our soldiers to flood inside." He said before sitting down.
Lucifer nodded to all of this. It was probably one of the best plans the Alliance could offer at the moment, though Lucifer wished their was more then just that.
"So you want Lion's Pride to back you up in the fight." Reilly said while looking at her Omni-Tool, reading the information provided to her.
"We need all the help we can get, and with the help of The Revelation, it may just even the odds." Hackett said in an even voice.
Lucifer rubbed his chin before he shook his head. "I don't like it." Lucifer said, grabbing everyone's attention.
"Excuse me?" Major Kyle asked with more confusion then anger.
Lucifer looked down to his Pip-Boy. "I get what your going for. You plan to overwhelm the Torfan base with numbers and fire power, but the problem with that is lives will be lose, both ours and the slaves." He said with a serious look on his face. Lucifer then looked down in thought before turning to his council. "Hey guys, remember Paradise Falls?"
Everyone gained a look of understanding while the Admiral and Major were left in the dark.
"Paradise Falls?" Major Kyle asked in a confused tone.
"A minor slaver base." Lucifer said with a dark look on his face. "It was small, way smaller then Torfan, but it was well fortified, well armed, and had a decent amount of numbers." He said before letting out a sigh, though the dark look on his face never faded. "They were all the worst kind of scum, kidnaping anyone from full grown adults to just kids. They even put bomb collars around their necks and blow them off for fun." He said, getting a look of discus from everyone in the room. "From what I heard about Torfan, they have similar methods, the temporary slaves are given shock collars before being sold, while the permanent ones are forced to have implants in their skulls. If we go in guns blazing, a lot of people are going to die, both on our side and the slaves."
Hackett nodded with a grim look on his face. "We know, no matter how hard we crunch the numbers, a lot of people are going to die in this raid." He said, looking older then he already was.
Lucifer nodded, but gave the Admiral a grin. "Maybe, but I just might have a plan save some lives." Now that got the two Alliance members' attention. "See, back with Paradise Falls, I barely had any friends to help me with the raid, and if I went in guns blazing, then I would of not only got my guys killed, but the slaves as well. Yet I came up with a simple plan to save a bunch of slaves, and weaken the bases defenses." He said, making the Alliance members lean in a bit. "I walked in and fucked shit up."
"...Excuse me?" Hackett said in an annoyed tone, his eye twitching a bit.
"Let me explain my plan first, then tell me what you think." Lucifer said quickly as he raised his hands. "See, back in Paradise Falls, they were very picky with who they do business with, much less let anyone into their base. So what I did was simple, I put on a disguise and talked my way in." Lucifer said with a serious face, making the two Alliance members' raise their eyebrows. "I know it sounds too easy and a bit far fetch, but it seriously worked."
"Trust me when I say, do not underestimate this guys silver tongue." Reilly said while shaking her head. "You won't believe the number of times I've seen this guy rob someone blind with just a few words." She said getting a nod from Lucifer's council.
"Right," Lucifer said while rolling his eyes. "Anyway, once I was in I was able to survey the area, give details on the numbers of slavers, slaves, what kind of weapons they had, that kind of stuff. Once I gave my guys everything I started to run wild, making sure all eyes were on me and nothing else. When my guys came in they came in fast and hard, not a single one of my guys or slaves died that day." Lucifer said with pride.
Hackett had a thoughtful look on his face as he heard Lucifer's story. "So you plan to do the same, make your way in and become the biggest distraction." Hackett said before sighing. "That might work if Torfan was more lay back, but because Torfan is so big their security is tight. We've tried in the past to do the same, but was always meet with resistance, lost a lot of good man that way."
"Torfan has a strict client list." Major Kyle added in a hard tone. "They only let high paying clients with history into the base to buy, sell, or trade. To make a new identity it would have to be somewhat infamous in the criminal world, the time the Alliance can't, and won't put time into."
That made Lucifer sigh while rubbing his chin. He understood what the two were saying, in this universe the criminals are smarter, tougher, and were much more paranoid, all this was making Lucifer jobs harder. Suddenly an idea hit Lucifer, making a wide grin cross his face.
"Well if we need an infamous identity, then why don't we steal one." That got a confused look from everyone in the room. "What I'm trying to say is, what if I disguise myself as someone on Torfan's client list and sneak my way in as that person. With that I'll be able to move relatively free in Torfan until I'm discover."
Both Hackett and Kyle thoughtful looks on their faces as they mulled over the possibility. "If you were to get in, what would you do next?" Hackett asked.
"Use multiple viruses to take out the communication, defenses, slaver collars, and implants. After that I would create as huge distraction as possible before the cavalry comes in, such as kill a few guards before running away. Basically anything to put all eyes on me." Lucifer said in a serious tone, making everyone stare at him again. "With this Torfan will be completely caught off guard when the Calvary comes in, and I just might be able to save a good portion of the slaves."
Hackett rubbed his chin in thought at Lucifer's plan. "Your plan dose reduce the number of lives that could be lost, but their is too many 'what ifs'. Also, a lot of what your asking his hypothetical, you might not be able to make it into the base in the first-"
"Onyx, when can you start working on the viruses?" Lucifer cut Hackett off while turning to the Zeta being, making the Admiral blink.
"It shouldn't take long, a few weeks to get through their defenses, but you'll need to place the viruses directly into the control systems for each one." The Zeta Being said, getting a nod from the LW.
"Bigsley, Red, think you guys can make a disguise to fool scanners?"
The two doctors looked at one another before they nodded. "I've been working on a way to enhance Biogel and make it mimic very specific cell structures. Using it to make an organic disguise will take some time, but it's not impossible."
Lucifer nodded to the scribe before turning to the last two. "Fawkes, Reilly, I want you to train our troops like never before. Get them ready for the fight to come, but don't let it slip about what their preparing for." Lucifer said before turning back to the Alliance members, who looked somewhat taken aback. "Sorry Admiral Hackett, but their are no 'what ifs' with me. When I say I'm going to do something, I'll do it, no question." Lucifer said with the widest grin he could possible make, which was almost inhuman. "If my plan works, a lot of lives will be saved, so who gives a shit if it's impossible, I'll do it anyway as long as I have one chance."
Hackett was quiet for a long moment as he stared at Lucifer Morningstar. From the reports he read about the leader of Lion's Pride, he learned a few things. He was young, arrogant, and cunning, and what Hackett just saw conformed all that.
Yet their was more to Lucifer Morningstar then the reports led on.
"Alright," Admiral Hackett said with a nod, getting a surprise look from Major Kyle. "If you truly believe you can succeed, then I'll give you one month to show me some results. If you can accomplish all this then I will agree to your plan, if not, then we do things my way and you listen to me."
"Deal." Lucifer said while giving a cut nod. "Now, about the matter of payment. I might want to help you take down Torfan, but I can't ask my guys to risk their lives for free."
Major Kyle nodded and brought up his Omni-Tool. "I'm sure you can agree to this payment."
When Lucifer's Pip-Boy beeped he brought it up to see the numbers. He was impressed by the number of zeroes, but he was the LW, and he wanted more.
"This is good and all, but I'm risking my life, my crew, and my ship to help you. I'm going to need a little more then just credits."
Hackett kept an even look on his face as he folded his arms. "What do you want?"
"...I want Torfan." He said, getting a shocked look from everyone. "Torfan is a well fortified base, stocked full of weapons, armor, ships, you name it. Not to mention the base is in a strategic position of a lot of crime activity. I want to turn Torfan into a Lion's Pride base, and use the information I find in the base to hit nearly every slaver outpost in the terminus system."
Hackett had a long and thoughtful look on his face as he rolled the idea around in his head. "The Alliance will also have full access to any information you find, and we will get to use the base as an outpost freely."
"Deal." Lucifer said with a nod before he looked around the room. "Now let's come up with a game plan people, we only have about 2 month before we hit Torfan." He said, getting a nod from everyone before they started to move. "You guys get working on your projects, I need to visit an old friend." Lucifer said as he walked out of the room, along with everyone else.
After Lucifer left Hackett and Major Kyle he made his way to his private ship, already ready to move his plan along.
Lucifer's top people already knew what they needed to do in order to get him into Torfan's base and take it down from the inside. But Lucifer couldn't let his people do all the work.
One of the first things on Lucifer's list was an identity he needed to steal in order to get into Torfan. It had to be someone with a similar build to Lucifer's body and age, and their was only one woman he knew that might have that information.
As soon as Lucifer walked into Afterlife he was greeted with the pleasant sight of dancing Asari and a Turian sent flying through the air, via by a blue force of energy.
"Poor bastard," Lucifer said with a snort as he made his way to Aria's privet booth.
Once Lucifer reached the familiar purple Asari, he instantly noticed an annoyed look on her face.
"So what's got you so pissed off today?" Lucifer asked from the bottom of the steps, grabbing Aria's attention. "More so then usual I mean."
"Well, well," Aria said with a grin as she leaned back in her chair. "If it isn't the infamous leader of Lion's Pride, Lucifer Morningstar."
Lucifer grinned back and was about to climb up the stairs, but was quickly stopped by one of Aria's guards, a human slightly older then Lucifer.
"Hold on pal, only the boss lady can give the say so," The man said with a glare. "If she doesn't want to take to you, then you walk."
Lucifer just raised a brow at the man before giving him an amused look. "Really now," Lucifer said in a playful tone. "And how are you going to stop me?"
The man gained an annoyed look as he put a hand on his gun. "How about a but a bullet in your head, see what happens." The man growled.
Before Lucifer could open his mouth, Aria already spoke. "Stand down, I doubt that peashooter can put a hole in his thick skull." Aria said with a snort.
"Yes ma'am." The man said in a straight voice as he took a step back.
Lucifer just shook his head as he walked up the stairs. "Really creaking that whip down, huh?" The LW asked with an amused look on his face as he sat on Aria's couch, surprising the man quite a bit.
The Asari sat down as well and scowled forward. "After Bark I decided to be harder on my men. Oh I pay them well when they do good, but punish when their shit." She said, making all of her guards stand a little straighter. "As for the flying asshole, let's just say my girls are not whores and leave it at that." She said, making Lucifer nod.
"Listen," Lucifer said in a serious tone, which grabbed Aria's attention. "I need to talk to you in private, it's important. Sensitive information and all that."
Aria stared at Lucifer for a long moment before she nodded. "Alright, let's talk." She said before waving her hand. "You guys take five, me and Morningstar will have a little chat."
The guards seemed hesitant before doing as Aria said and leaving her presence.
"Talk fast, or I'll start to think you just did this to be alone with me." Aria said with a playful glare.
"Alone with the queen of Omega, what a privilege." Lucifer said playfully as well but kept the serious look on his face. "Do you want the long explanation, or the short one?"
"Short, my men won't wait forever." Aria said with a huff.
"I was hired to hit Torfan in two months and I plan to sneak in under the disguise of one of their clients so I can sabotage the defenses, communication, and slave collars and implants from the inside. I was hopping if you know any human scumbag that is on Torfan's client list."
"..." Aria took a deep breath before letting it out slowly. "I don't even want to know." Aria said while rubbing her head. "As for Torfan clients, I might have a man you could disguise as. Asshole came here a few weeks ago looking for some 'merchandise' only to find my boot up his ass." Aria said as she picked up her Omni-tool and sent Lucifer a massage.
Lucifer looked at the file and started to read. The name of this person was Tomas Biggles Lake, he was a man that owned a small company that studied medicine. Officially the company was known for doing experiments on animals, but Aria found out that Tom pushed for human test subjects. The man was highly arrogant but was also very cunning.
The LW looked at the image of the man on his Pip-Boy. Tom had jet black hair, an angular face, pale complexion, and dark blue eyes. He was the same height and weight as Lucifer, so that was a major plus.
"Wow, even his face makes me think he's an asshole." Lucifer muttered as making Aria nod. "Thanks Aria, this is going to save me some serious time." He said before sending Bigsley the images and information.
"Well it won't do you much good." Aria said while leaning back into her couch. "Torfan has advanced DNA scanners along with finger print scanners. Getting past those will be no joke."
"You let me worry about that, I got a plan." Lucifer said with a grin. "So, you interested in helping me? You'll get a big cut."
Aria snorted at Lucifer. "I have a big enough target on my back, I don't need any more." Aria said in a sarcastic tone before she gave Lucifer a serious look. "Are you sure you want to be a part of this? You take out Torfan every other criminal will want your head just for bragging rights."
"Eh." Lucifer snorted with a shrug. "Where's the fun in life without risking it." Lucifer said as he stood up and brought up his Pip-Boy. "I seriously appreciate this, you saved me tones of time, and the last thing I want is to talk to an agent of the Shadow Broker."
The Shadow Broker is the biggest information dealer in the entire galaxy. Practically anything you needed to know about anything you would go to the Shadow Broker. The only problem was that nobody has ever seen the Shadow Broker, nobody knew if it was a man, woman, robot, or even some unknown alien. The only way to gain information from the Shadow Broker was to talk to one of his many agents.
That's why Lucifer didn't like dealing with the Shadow Broker. He understood why this person needed to hide in the shadows, but the last thing Lucifer wanted was to work with someone he couldn't see. Also the Shadow Broker had sent some of his agents into Lion's Pride HQ to try and steal some of their energy weapon schematics.
"Just try not to get yourself killed on your little suicide mission." Aria said as she leaned into her couch. "I would hate for you to die."
"Aw, I knew you cared." Lucifer said playfully as he made his way down the stairs.
"Yeah, I would lose all the credits you get me, and your such a good meat shield." Aria said in a dry tone but you could see the grin on her face.
"How about I make you a deal." Lucifer called back with a big grin on his face. "I come out of this alive we go to diner together, see where the night takes us."
Before Aria could say anything Lucifer was already gone. "Cocky little punk." Aria said with a snort but still had a grin on her face.
The next few weeks were constant work for Lion's Pride, but almost everything paid off.
"Are you sure this stuff will work?" Lucifer asked as he stared at a metal pan in front of him on the table.
"Yes, we're 90% sure that this will work." Bigsley said in a proud tone.
"And the other 10%?"
"It will burn your face off." Red said with a shrug.
"Lovely."
After gaining some of Tomes Lake's DNA Bigsley and Red were able to create a Bio-Mask that would attach to Lucifer's face. The mask at the moment was completely blue with no indication of any facial features or color. Lucifer was told that as soon as he put on the mask it would only take a few minutes for it to settle in and he would look practically identical to Tom.
"Well, risks are apart of my life." Was all Lucifer said before he grabbed the blue mask.
"Now I should warn you that the mask will not me perfect." Bigsley said while raising his hand, stopping Lucifer. "If a hard force hit's the mask it will disfigure it, it is very fragile. Also it will be uncomfortable to have on, seeing as it's unnaturally attached to your skin, so their may be moments of burning."
Lucifer nodded to all of this but his resolve didn't waver, so grabbed the blue mask and put it on. The LW gave a small hiss as the Bio-Mask burned his face gently as it seemed to fuse with his skin. Lucifer tried to keep his face as still as possible as the Bio-Mask moved along his skin and tighten. After a few moments the burning and movements stopped.
"Fuck." Lucifer said as he shook his face. "That was not pleasant. So, how do I look?"
"See for yourself." Bigsely said while handing Lucifer a mirror, a pleased look on his face.
When Lucifer looked in the mirror he saw the face of Tomas Lake, only this one had red hair.
"Damn, this is scary real." Lucifer said as he blinked a bit and moved his face around, seeing Tomas was doing the exact same. "Now all I have to do is dye my hair and cut it, then we can move."
"That'll only get you past any prying eyes." Red said as she inspected Lucifer's face, seeing it was nearly perfect to Tom's. "But theirs still the scanners you'll have to deal with."
That made Lucifer click his teeth. "Hopefully Onyx has come up with something."
"And you'd be right."
Everyone turned to see the green skinned alien walk into the lab, a pleased look on his face.
Onyx walked in front of everyone and stared at Lucifer's new face. "I see Red and Bigsley did some fine work."
"Speaking of fine work, please tell me you have something Onyx?" Lucifer said in a hopeful tone.
The Zeta being nodded as he brought up his Omni-Tool. "I don't just have something, I have everything." He said as he sent Lucifer the data.
Lucifer's Pip-boy beeped a moment later before he brought it up. "So by everything...?"
"All the viruses you'll need to disrupt Torfan's defenses." Onyx said with pride. "I created them in a way so that they'll be completely undetected until they are all installed. Once that happens they will activate at the same time and switch data between themselves, confusing and backing up the systems, forcing a reboot. Once that happens the viruses will force the reboot into a loop thus making the systems useless."
"...So in other words you got me the viruses I need." Lucifer said simple, making Onyx slump with a groan. "I'm kidding, I get what your saying, it's actually very smart and it'll defiantly throw them off."
Onyx sighed with some relief before he spoke again. "The next one is a specific viruses, this one will upload new data and force scanners to always answer yes, allowing you to bypass security."
That made Lucifer grin as he clasped Onyx's shoulder. "Now that's what I'm talking about, this will let me in easily." He said before noticing Onyx's frown. "...Fuck, what's the downside?"
"The down side is you must be close to the console in order for it to download wirelessly. Also, it will take a few minutes for this to happen and you must use it before you are scanned." Onyx listed on all the problems Lucifer would be facing.
The LW just sighed and nodded. "Well we all knew this mission wouldn't be easy," He said before a grin crossed his face. "But now it's far from impossible," He said before activating the helmet on his stealth suit and the orange dome covered his head. "I need to contact Admiral Hackett and tell him our progress."
"Well make sure everything's ready once everything goes down." Red said while giving Lucifer a thumbs up.
The LW nodded before he turned and walked out of the room.
Lucifer stood in front of a holo-projector and waited patiently for Hackett to answer.
Fortunately he didn't have to take long.
"Lucifer, is their any pro-" Hackett cut himself off as he saw a grinning face of someone not Lucifer. "Lucifer?"
Lucifer cleared his throat before he spoke. "What, can't you tell by my dooshbag face?" He said with a fake British accent.
Hackett was quiet for a long moment as he took in Lucifer's new face. "I see you plan is going well." Hackett said in a pleased tone. "If you somehow pull this off we'll have the upper hand."
"Told you so." Lucifer said in a smug tone, getting a glare from Hackett. "Listen, I didn't just call to show off this ugly mug, I need information on the man who owns this face, Tomas Lake. Anything you can get me on his life will help, but more importantly where he'll be for the next two weeks."
Hackett nodded slowly as he knew what Lucifer was aiming to do. It didn't take a genius to figure out that there couldn't be two Tomas Lake's running around, so obviously one had to go.
"I'll forward you any information I can find in a day." Hackett said in a serious tone. "However, if your caught in any way the Alliance can't back you up in the open." The Admiral warned.
Lucifer however just grinned. "Don't worry, this is not my first rodeo." Lucifer said before he glanced at the time. "Anyway I need to go, still have a few more things to set up before I move along with the mission."
"Before you go Lucifer, I need to ask you something." Hackett said in a serious tone, making Lucifer pause. "Based on the severity of the mission and the fact we're working together on this, high command has asked me to see if you can provide our troops with energy weapon."
Lucifer raised a brow before he nodded. "It would improve our odds of winning." Lucifer said before he sighed. "All right, you contact Bigsley and tell him I gave you the okay to get your energy weapons for a discount, along with the ammo."
"Thank you." Hackett said with a single nod before the line ended.
Lucifer turned around and started to make his way outside the room before he raised his Pip-Boy. "Only a few weeks left. And so much planning to be done." He said before walking out of the room.
1 week later
Tomas Biggles Lake gave a big smile as he shook hands with an Salarian business man. "Thank you so much for the generous donation. With this we'll be able to help so many more lives."
The Salarian gave a cut nod before walking away with a slight smug look on his face.
Tomas' smile fell and was replaced with a repulsed look. "Damn aliens." The man said as he wiped his hand with a napkin. "Jokes on him, I simply give up some sob story and he gives me money just to feel above humans. Oh how I love to be arrogant." He said before he stared to move around.
Tomas was currently at a high class party with many high class business people from across the galaxy. The party was an excuse for the rich to make deals with each other and gain connections.
Tomas glanced to the side to see a human man flirting with an Asari waiter. "Disgusting..." Tom muttered under his breath as he looked away.
Lake was a human spurious. He hated aliens with a passion for how unnatural they were, he hated people who interbreed with aliens as if it was natural.
"With my work," Tomas thought slowly as he grabbed a drink. "I'll bring humans one step above all these Aliens. But I'll need a fresh batch of... test subjects willing to die for my cause."
Tomas was cut off from his thoughts as he pumped into someone, spilling his drink onto the floor. "Damn it!" Tomas growled while glaring at the server.
"I-I am terribly sorry sir!" The man stuttered while adjusting the tray in his hands. "I'll fetch you a drink right away-"
"Don't." Tomas growled while giving a long breath. "Just get out of my sight." He said and a moment later the server practically ran away.
Giving a low growl Tomes made his way over to the bar and grabbed a napkin before dabbing it on the stain.
"You'd think the host would get better help."
Tomas turned to the side to see a young woman drinking next to him. She had long white hair and wore an elegant black dress.
The woman gave Tomas a smile as she sipped her cocktail. "It's such a shame a suit like that was ruined."
Tomas grow a smile on his face as he throw the napkin away. "Well, I have more then enough suits." Tomas said as he sat down next to the woman. "So miss, what's a pretty woman like you doing drinking all alone?"
"Business." The woman said with a sigh. "A client of mine was supposed to buy some... 'merchandise' I acquired. But apparently he didn't have the funds."
Tomes instantly caught the underline meaning and leaned over to the woman. "What kind of 'merchandise'?"
The woman looked at Tomes for a moment before she took another sip of her drink. "Some lethal merchandise." She said before giving Tomas a smile. "Tell me Mr..."
"Tomas, Tomas Lake." Tomas said while extending his hand to the woman. "And what may I call you Ms..."
"You can just call me Sugar." The woman took his hand with a smile. "Well Mr. Lake, what do you know about Lion's Pride."
Now Tomas gave the woman his full attention. Lion's Pride was very secretive on how they made their weapons, getting one of the prototypes would get anyone a lot of money. "A lot of things actually. Despite being fairly new they have been able to make significant breakthroughs in medical, robotics, and-"
"Weaponry," Sugar said with a devilish grin on her face. "Specifically, Energy Weapons." She said as she leaned forward over to the man. "And what would you say if I got my hands on a prototype weapon. One that would kill almost instantly with one shot while also bypassing both armor and shields. Would that be something your interested Tomes?"
Tomes slowly rubbed his palm before a grin crossed his face. "I would say that you have my attention Ms. Sugar. And unlike your last client, I can pay whatever price."
Ms. Sugar smiled as she put her drink down and got up from her stool. "Well then Mr. Lake, why don't I show you the product. It's right at my suite."
"You travel with your merchandise?" Tomas asked in a suspicious tone.
Sugar gave a laugh. "Well I was expecting to make a deal with one of my clients, but instead I found someone much smarter who knows not to pass up an opportunity."
Tomas grinned as he leaned forward to the white haired woman. "You know, I know your playing me... and I don't mind." Tomas then snapped his fingers and in less then a second two human men in armored suits walked behind Tomas. "I hope you won't mind if I bring some extra protection, will you, can't be too carful now a days." Tomas said, the grin never falling from his face.
"Oh I don't mind." Sugar said before her smile turned cold. "But if you try anything, like killing me, just know I have friends who won't mind putting a bullet in your head for me."
Tomas was a little put off by her cold smile before he cleared his throat. "Don't worry Ms. Sugar. I'm a business man, if you have what you say you do, I can only imagine what you'll bring me in the future."
That made a warm smile cross Sugar's face. "Oh we are going to be good friends." Sugar said before she led the man and his bodyguards out of the party.
Sugar led Tomas and his men into a high-class suite before closing the door behind them.
"So, where's this supposed weapon?" Tomas asked, his voice a little on edge and his guards scanning the room, their hands on their weapons.
Sugar walked calmly to a large table in the center of the room that had a large metal case on it. Raising her Omni-Tool the case opened with a hiss before Sugar reached inside.
"Right here baby." Sugar said while holding up the prototype weapon.
Tomas blinked at the weapon before raising an eyebrow. "This is the weapon, seriously?" Tomas asked, his tone a little angry.
The weapon was clunky with a large handle in the back and the end looking like a large TV.
"Say hello to the Mesmetron." Sugar said, not even fazed by Tomas' tone. "It was originally made as a none-lethal weapon, meant to put someone in a stupor state. In that state the person could be suggested to do almost anything, such as put on some cuffs, or tell the code to a safe." Sugar's smile then widen until it almost looked crazed, putting off the men a bit. "Instead Lion's Pride got this." She said while bringing up her Omni-Tool.
Tomas was sent a video message from Sugar and the man didn't waist time to press play.
The video showed a couple scientist working around a computer at a target range. At the end of the range was a caged Varen thrashing around.
"Test 5, subject, Varren." One of the scientist said as a man turned the Mesmetron on the animal.
When the weapon fired a wave of energy flew and hit the Varen dead-on. The animal stilled before it's head started to shake, then without warning it's head exploded into a gory mess.
"...Test 5... Failure?"
Tomas's jaw dropped as the video ended along with his guards.
"So," Sugar said, grabbing the men's attention. "Interested in buying."
Tomas snapped his mouth shut and gave Sugar a charismatic grin. "Let's talk numbers baby."
Sugar laughed as she put the weapon down. "Just for that, I'm going to give you a small discount." Rising her Omni-Tool Sugar sent the man a massage. "So, can you afforded this?"
When Tomas saw the numbers it made him pause for a moment before he nodded his head slowly. "I get both the weapon and any data you have on it?" Tomas asked while keeping his eyes on his Omni-Tool.
"And the special ammunition that's required." Sugar said as she held up a blue cartridge. "So what do you say?"
Tomas was quiet for a moment before a grin crossed his face. "I say we have business." He said as he forward the money.
When Sugar's Omni-Tool beeped a friendly smile crossed her face. "You, good sir, have made a very good investment." Sugar said as she placed the weapon back in it's box. "Now, this may seem old fashioned," Sugar said as she brought up a pen and paper, making Tomas blink. "But theirs just something satisfying about signing a real contract, making this more memorable."
Tomas grinned as he grabbed the pen and paper. "Whatever makes you happy Sugar."
As Tomas looked over the contract he read it was nothing more then a formality, it also said that Sugar would be allowed to contact Tomas for potential buys. Seeing nothing wrong Tomas went to sign the contract, only to find the pen not working.
"Is something wrong?" Sugar asked while tilting her head.
Tomas looked at the pen before clicking his teeth. "Your pen isn't working, I think it's out of ink or something."
Sugar walked over to Tomas before taking the pen and looking it over. After a few moments a grin crossed Sugar's face.
"Oh, here's the problem." Sugar said as she twisted the pen, and something long and sharp popped out at the end. "I grabbed the wrong pen." She said in a much lower tone.
Tomas raised an eyebrow at Sugar. "I'm sorry, wha-"
*SHINK*
"AH!" Tomas screamed in a bloody gargle as he stumbled back while grabbing his throat, which was currently gushing blood.
The two bodyguards were caught off guard and tried to go for their weapons, but Sugar had already pulled out a pistol from under her dress.
*BANG*BANG*
Two shots rang out, fallowed by two thuds. Both bodyguards had gapping holes in their head as blood started to pool out.
Tomas tried to crawl away while gripping his bleeding throat at tightly as he could. Sugar walked over to the bleeding man with a claim look on her until she was standing over him. The woman then kicked Tomas in the side, hard enough to flip him over easily.
Tomas looked up at Sugar with pure fear, so much so he pissed his pants.
"W-what do you want!?" Tomas yelled in a raspy voice as he tried to crawl back. "I-If it's money then-"
Tomas was cut off as Sugar planted her foot into Tomas chest, making him heave and cough up blood.
"Sorry baby," Sugar said in a sickly sweet tone as she pointed the gun at Tomas' head, making him turn pale. "But you need to go."
Tomas' eyes darted to his Omni-Tool before back at Sugar. "D-don't think you can get away with this bitch, my men-"
"Don't know that your in trouble." Sugar said with a wide smile. "When you sent me the money I sent your Omni-Tool a vires, all your information, money, and data were sent to my lover. In other words, you have nothing." Sugar said with a sick satisfaction.
Tomas' body started to tremble in pure fear, all he could do was ask one question. "Why?"
Sugar shrugged her beautiful shoulders, the grin on her face never falling. "Just necessary, but are you really shocked?" She asked with a light laugh. "Men like you put a target on your head the moment you decided to do what you do. Killing, raping, enslaving the innocent, did you honestly expect no one to come after you, just because you have money?" Sugar said with a cold laugh as she pointed her gun right at Tomes' head. "Look who's the fool now."
*BANG*
Tomes' body went limp with a gapping hole in his head, blood and brains pooling onto the floor.
Sugar calmly stepped away from Tomes' dead body as she put her gun back into her holster. The white hair woman raised her Omni-Tool before contracting her boss.
"It's done Lucifer."
"I know, I just got the date?' Lucifer said while looking at his Omni-Tool. "Are you hurt, Clover?"
"They didn't even get the chance to pull out their weapons."
Lucifer gave a sigh of relief as he shifted. The LW was currently standing in a somewhat large stall while wearing a waiter uniform, hanging on the stall door was a large duffle bag.
"Pack everything up and wait for our guys for clean up. I'll see you in a few weeks Clover." Lucifer said as he turned off his Pip-Boy.
The LW started to pull off the waiter uniform before quickly pulling off a black suit the exact same as Tomas'. After putting everything on Lucifer then pulled out the Bio-Mask Bigsley and Red made before putting it on. It took a few seconds for the mask to set in but it wasn't long before Tomas Lake was back in the private party.
Stuffing the cloths back in the duffle bag and hiding hit behind a toilet Lucifer stepped out of the stall.
"Lake?"
Lucifer's head whipped to the side to see a Turian look at him with a confused expression.
"Why are you here, I thought I saw you leave with that white haired woman?"
Lucifer gave an annoyed snort while walking to the sink. "Oh it started out that way, until she throw up just as we were about to get in my Skycar. So I had my driver drive her home before I cleaned my shoes."
The Turian shook his head with a snort. "Today is just not your day Lake."
Lucifer looked up to see Tomas' face in the mirror. Tomas smirked as he pulled away from the sink.
"No, no it isn't."
"To think things would go so smoothly, your plan may actually work."
Lucifer was currently sitting in Lake's office in his company building talking to Admiral Hackett in person. Thanks to all of the data he got from Lake's Omni-Tool, he had access to everything Lake had, and Lake had a lot.
"Did you ever think I would fail, me?" Lucifer said in an over cocky tone as he leaned back in his chair.
Hackett gave Lucifer a flat look. "To be fair, your plan was very far fetched." Hackett said as he looked at Lucifer's new face. "I'm still having a hard time believing in it."
"Well believe it, I get shit done." Lucifer said before a serious look crossed his face. "I'm leaving for Torfan in three days, I managed to schedule a buy their."
Hackett nodded as he leaned forward in his chair. "We gathered as much forces as we can, everyone's on standby." The older man said as he looked to the LW. "Once you send the signal, The Alliance and your people will move in about an hour after. Tofan will jam any signal being sent from the inside,"
"So I have to send the go ahead just before I enter." Lucifer sighed. "Which means I have exactly one hour to upload the virus... and survive on Torfan alone... with no weapons... fighting an army of slavers... is it too late to back out?"
"Yes." Hackett said in a slight annoyed tone at Lucifer's playfulness.
"Kidding, kidding." Lucifer laughed before he let out a sigh. "But on a serious note, this is no laughing matter. I could die on Torfan."
Hackett sighed and nodded his head. While Lucifer's plan would save both Alliance soldiers and slaves lives, it would put his own life at high risk. The chances of him surviving were very slim.
"Do you want to back out?" Hackett asked in a serious tone.
Lucifer grinned and shook his head. "No, I've been in impossible odds before, this is no different to me," Lucifer said before he blinked. "Well, maybe a little different." He said, remembering all the crazy alien shit in the new universe he was in. "So leave everything to me."
Hackett could only nod at Lucifer, the young man was doing everything he could to save as many lives as possible.
"There's one more thing I need to talk to you about." Hackett said while clearing his throat. "It's about the... 'Pilot' of the Revelation."
"Sally, what about her, is she okay?" Lucifer asked in a worried tone.
"Nothings wrong, except for the fact you allowed a child to fly a military grade ship on her own." Hackett said in an annoyed tone. "What the hell were you thinking?"
"Oh, is that all?" Lucifer huffed as he picked his ear, making Hackett even more annoyed. "I was thinking that, out of everyone on my crew, she's the only person who not only knows how to fly that damn ship, but is also the best at it... plus I thought it would be funny." He said, making Hackett's eyebrow twitch. "Look, Sally was practically raised on that ship, she knows the ins and out. If anyone can not only fly it, but own it, it's her." Lucifer said before a grin crossed his face. "Just give Sally some guide lines and let her do her own thing, trust me."
Hackett sighed as he rubbed his face. He wanted nothing more then to say no to the crazy mercenary leader, but now was no the time to fight over ethics.
"Here," Hacked said as he sent Lucifer a massage from his Omni-Tool. "Once you reach Torfan's obit, activate this signal, then we'll come in less then an hour." Hackett said as he got up from his chair. "Until next time we meet 'Mr. Lake'." Hackett said before he walked out.
Once Hackett left the office Lucifer let out a sigh as he leaned back in his chair. Despite his overly cocky attitude Lucifer was feeling very nervous.
Going into enemy territory with no weapons or allies, it was The Pitt all over again, only this time it was with Brotherhood level armor and weapons. Reaching down into the desk Lucifer pulled out an expensive bottle of scotch and opened it.
"No rest for the wicked indeed." Lucifer said in a low tone as he bored himself a shot and downed it easily. "For me or these slaver bastards." Lucifer said in a dark tone as he crushed the shot glass in his hand with no hesitation.
"We'll be approaching Torfan soon Mr. Lake."
Lucifer was currently seated in a private shuttle making a B-Line for Torfan, disguise as Mr. Lack. The LW was currently wearing a special black suit lined with Ballistic Fibers and a pair of sunglasses.
The LW took a calming breath as he tried to relax, though given the situation, it was impossible.
Lucifer was about to enter Torfan, a heavily fortified slaver base with nothing but the cloths on his back, his Pip-Boy, and a single Stealth-boy. He had no guns, hardly any weapons, barely any armor, and not a single Stimpack.
"Well, it's about time I start making things fair for the rest of the galaxy." Lucifer thought with a smirk.
"Were here Mr. Lake."
Looking out of the shuttle Lucifer saw Torfan for the first time and, if everything went well, the last time.
It was a large moon orbiting around an inhospitable planet. The base itself looked to be as wide as a small city, and that was only the suffuse. From what Lucifer had read and heard the base also went deep into the moon, possible a few miles underground. The LW also noticed dozens and dozens of ships flying around the moon, though their were more small ones, their were still quiet a few large ones flying around.
It didn't take long before the shuttle landed in a docking bay.
Lucifer had officially made it to Torfan.
"No turning back now." Lucifer muttered as he activated the signal, starting a mental countdown.
Lucifer Morningstar had exactly one hour to shutdown all of Torfan's defenses, and take out as many slavers he could before the cleverly came, all by himself.
"Well, they don't call me the Lone Wanderer for nothing." Lucifer said with a grin as he stepped off the shuttle. "Time to fuck some shit up."
21N: Sorry this took so long, I had writer's block for a part of the chapter so it took longer then expected.
Now to clear some things up.
1: So, so, so sorry their is no serious action in this chapter. I wanted to show the Torfan invasion, but that would be another 10,000 words for what I have planned, so I think it's best to leave one last cliff hanger.
2: I'll try to bring the next chapter everyone's wanting to see soon.
That's all for know, if anyone has any questions, please feel free to leave something in the reviews.
We will fight!
We will roar!
And we'll shake this galaxy to it's core!
LION'S PRIDE!