Search and Rescue:

Kaidan groaned as he managed to push himself up. His back was in pain from the impact and his vision was blurry. Soon though, his vision cleared and Kaidan saw the other members of the squad quickly pushing themselves to their feet.

"Did Saren really just do all that?" Garrus asked

"It sure looks like it to me." Liara stated

"He just took us all out like nothing." Ashley stated

"Even after all of his years of training as a Spectre, he's never been that strong." Bau added "The things he did are not of Spectre training or even of his prior occupation of being in the Turian Blackwatch."

"He must have new friends." Tali stated "He can't be working alone, they must have given him special training somewhere."

Kaidan then noticed something "Hey, where Shepard?"

Everyone widened their eyes and saw that Commander Jane Alice Shepard was not among them. Where was she?

"Commander!" Ashley shouted out loud but there was no reply.

The team all looked around the area until a squad of battledroids ran into the room "Stand down!" a voice called and everyone looked to see the governor Lott Dol arriving "You guys did it I see, the Thorian is dead." He then looked around "Hey, where's your leader?"

"That's the thing." Kaidan stated "We don't know?"

"Right after we killed the Thorian, we were ambushed by Saren, the guy who is behind this attack." Bau stated

"Well the Geth have been defeated." Lott stated "Admiral Trench arrived with the Trade Federation fleet and destroyed the remaining Geth ships in orbit. Although they didn't put up much of a fight. The Geth were destroyed pretty quickly. Feros is safe."

"But where's Shepard and where's Saren?" Tali questioned

Liara had a horrid thought "Guys, what if Saren has taken Shepard?"

"Why would he take the commander?" Wrex asked

"Remember, thanks to Shiala, Shepard now has the Cipher which would help her understand the vision she received from the beacon from Eden Prime." Liara replied "That's what Saren wanted, that's why he attacked Feros. Now that Shepard has it, she would be needed by Saren although how would get the Cipher, I don't know? He can't just take just take that knowledge from Shepard."

"How do we know Saren even has Shepard for sure?" Bau asked

"I can't think of any other reason why both Shepard and Saren are gone." Liara replied

"I fear Liara's right." Kaidan replied "If Shepard has the Cipher then Saren would have taken her to get the knowledge."

"But where could he have taken her?" Bakira asked "Could he have a base here on the planet?"

Lott shook his head "I doubt it, not long before Trench arrived, a strange shuttle took off from one of the skyscrapers. If that was this Saren's ship then he's long gone by now. But I could check the security cameras; they were on that tower so if it was this Saren then you can confirm it."

Lott led them all out of the cistern and they saw the Trade Federation droids had cleared out the Geth and now the B1 Battledroids were clearing the remains of the Geth. The Colonists had also woken up from being stunned and they were being examined by a group of medical staff. It was likely that they would suffer from side effects caused by the Thorian's mind control. The Highways had been cleared of Geth and Lott quickly took them back over to the Trade Federation's Headquarters tower and into an old security room.

"Why didn't the Geth destroy this room?" Tali questioned

"The Geth were obeying orders." Lott stated "It was likely deemed not important. Anyway, I've got the security footage of when the shuttle left the tower. You might want to see it."

They all looked at the screen and sure enough, they saw Saren walk up the ramp of the shuttle and he was carrying an unconscious Shepard.

"NO!" Kaidan gasped

"So he did take her." Garrus added

"We have to go after them." Liara stated

"One small problem." Bau added "We don't know where he's taken her. We still don't know where Saren is operating from."

"And now he has what he came here for." Wrex added

"So what do we do?" Tali questioned

Kaidan sighed "Well, without our commander, we have no one to give orders. I mean, we all come from different backgrounds but Shepard was the one who kept us all together even when we didn't like each other." Kaidan was right, not all of the team got along well but kept their arguments to a minimum such as Ashley not being rude to the Citadel races as she wasn't too fond of them.

Bau looked at them "I am the Spectre here but it was Shepard we were all following."

"And as a Spectre, you respected Shepard." Ashley admitted "I thought you would try to take command at the start but you didn't."

"Shepard is a smart woman." Bau replied "We need to get her back from Saren not just because she has the valuable data but also because she is someone who I respect. I will have to write a report to the council, I will see if I can try and see if STG has any information as well as any other Spectres."

"We should tell Yularen as well." Kaidan added "RSB may have some more information."

"Well first of all, we should return to the Normandy, the crew need to know of this." Ashley stated. Everyone was in agreement and they soon they all returned to the Normandy.

...

The mood of the Normandy's crew was sombre. Everyone was in shock when they heard the news of Shepard's kidnapping. Navigator Charles Pressly was technically now the Commander of the Normandy as he was the XO but he had gained a strong respect for Shepard while serving under her and decided to follow Shepard's team's advise to try and hunt for Shepard and so Doka Phasa had been sent to contact Yularen while Bau informed the Council of what had happened.

Bau was now in contact with the Council. "So the mission to Feros was unsuccessful?" Valern spoke up.

"Sadly yes." Bau replied "We managed to save the Colony from the Geth and recover the Cipher but then Saren appeared. Now he's got both Commander Shepard and the information."

"So what are you going to do now?" Sparatus asked

"We're heading back to Arturus Station for now." Bau replied

"You mean you're not chasing Saren?" Sparatus hissed

"We don't know where he is!" Bau shouted "Throughout our pursuit, we still have no idea where Saren is operating from. Saren now has the location of the Mu relay which he got on Noveria and Shepard has the Cipher which apparently is meant to help them understand the vision from the Prothean beacon. That might help him know where to go when he reaches the Mu Relay."

"Is there anything else you wished to inform us of?" Tevos asked

Bau sighed "There is, after our encounter with Saren on Feros, it's clear that he's not working alone."

"We already knew he was working with the Geth." Sparatus stated

"No!" Bau interrupted "The Geth are just tools for Saren. Tools to get what he needs. Saren seems to have joined some kind of organisation. He believes that he is bringing a New World Order. How much of a threat this new group is, I have no idea. We need to find a base for him, does STG have any leads?"

Valern looked at a data pad "I did get information from the dalatrass, a STG Squad seems to be following a lead on a base. We don't know where it is yet only that it's located on the edge of the Terminus systems. The information this team has so far found seems to suggest it's a science lab for Saren. I'll inform you when we have the location; maybe it's where Saren's gone."

"I hope so too." Bau stated "Spectre Bau, logging out."

Bau then left the room and found went into the meeting room where everyone else was waiting for him.

"Anything?" Garrus asked

Bau sighed "STG seem to be tracking a lead for a base but there's no grantee that this is where Saren is going. For all we know, he may have multiple bases."

"Yularen has nothing for us either." Ashley added "He's got RSB trying to find us a lead but it may take time."

"Time that we don't have." Liara added "Saren could use the information he has to find the Conduit. We need to find them now."

"But how?" Garrus asked "We have nothing to work with."

"And who knows what that son of a bitch is doing with Shepard." Wrex added "Even if Shepard resists, when Saren gets the information he needs from Shepard, she's useless to him after that."

"So what can we do?" Tali asked "We have to do something."

"Anything we can do it better than waiting around." Bakira added.

Kaidan sighed and thought, he had an idea, an idea that could help them locate Shepard but it was a long shot "There is one way. I may be able to find Shepard?"

"How?" Garrus asked

"This may sound crazy, but the Jedi are actually able to sense people. Feelings run in the force and that could be used to locate Shepard or at least give us an idea where she is."

"You can do that?" Liara asked

Kaidan sighed "I can't, I was expelled from the Jedi order and I don't know this trick. But I could contact a friend, she may be able to help."

"It's better than nothing." Tali stated

"Agreed." Bau added

"Alright, I'll make contact with my friend and we'll meet back at Arcturus Station." Kaidan stated "I just hope that Shepard's alright."

...

Far away from the Normandy in a dark base, Shepard groaned and slowly opened her eyes. She looked at her surroundings and saw that she was in a small black room with little light. She quickly found out that she couldn't move, she was restrained on a device slightly leaning backwards. Her hands and legs were restrained by metal cuffs and a metal strap against her chest. She quickly remembered what had happened, she had retrieved the Cipher from Shiala on Feros before they were ambushed by Saren, she remembered Saren standing in front of her after freezing her and then everything went black.

A door in front of her opened and soon, a smirking Saren was standing in front of her "Well, I see you're awake."

Shepard glared at him "Where am I?" she hissed

"You're my guest here." Saren smirked

"Where are the others?" Shepard demanded fearful that Saren had murdered them.

"You mean you members of your team?" Saren mocked "You'll be pleased to know I left them, all I needed was you."

"What is you want?" Shepard demanded

Saren laughed "You know what I want from you." He stated and walked close to her "I want the Cipher."

Shepard laughed "How are you planning on getting it. You can't meld your mind with me to get the Cipher."

"You're right." Saren smirked "But there are more ways to get something I need."

Shepard looked at her "What is your endgame here?" she demanded "What are you trying to do."

Saren smirked "You'll be made aware of this soon but I might as well tell you. I'm helping to bring in a new world to this galaxy. The Reapers are just a tool, a tool that will weaken the galaxy and then we will take over when we make our move. But to bring the Reapers, I need to Conduit and to get the Conduit, I need the Cipher. And I can just take it from you." He thrust out his hand towards Shepard's head.

Shepard began feeling intense pain in her head, she felt like her head was splitting apart, like something was trying to enter her head. Saren smirked as Shepard closed her eyes and could tell she was trying to resist. "I can feel you trying to resist me." He smirked "Not many can resist the power of the dark side. But I can still read your mind. I can see how you feel about the safety of your squad, particularly that former Jedi. Too bad for you Jedi aren't meant to form such attachments to others."

"Get out of my head!" Shepard growled

Saren smirked "You have what I need in your head. I'm going to get what I need." He tried to reach into her mind and get access to the Cipher. But Shepard kept resisting and she let out a loud scream and glared at Saren and she was forced back.

Saren was shocked at first at how Shepard had forced him out of her mind but then he smirked "I can see what he meant about you. You are strong, you're just unaware of who you are and how important you are. But soon you will learn when you meet him. Although I have to get the knowledge I need." He then let out a laugh "And do you know what's funny, even if I hadn't captured you, you would still be no close to finding the Conduit."

"What do you mean?" Shepard demanded

Saren smirked "The beacon on Eden Prime was damaged so the data was corrupted. To truly understand where the Conduit is, you have to understand a full vision. But finding one beacon makes it easier to find others and soon, I will find another beacon that will give me access to the full vision and when I have the Cipher, I will be closer to finding the Conduit."

"You'll never get it from me!" Shepard spat

Saren chuckled "We'll see how long that lasts. I have been ordered to keep you in one piece but we'll see how long your mind lasts before I take the information." He then left the cell but not before he switched off the lights leaving Shepard in complete darkness. That was his first plan, to leave Shepard in the dark so she wouldn't see what was happening.

Shepard leaned back and sighed, she could do nothing but wait and hope that her friends would find her soon.

...

The Normandy soon returned to Arcturus Station and Kaidan led the team towards his destination. He led the team to a large square building on the outer ring of Arcturus Station. This large building had five large columns built on top, one in the centre which was larger than the others and four others surrounding it.

"What is this place?" Liara asked

"This is the Jedi Temple." Kaidan replied "Only the Jedi are allowed inside most parts. Tours of Arcturus Station allow visitors to look at the Complex but only Jedi and those allowed by the Jedi Council are allowed inside." He then pointed to the large column "At the top of that column is where the Council meet."

"Seems large for an order of monks." Wrex stated

"Jedi come from all over the Republic." Kaidan stated "They spend years here training; there are many different parts of the Temple."

"But we're not allowed inside." Ashley stated

"I know, that's why I asked my friend to meet us outside." Kaidan replied and he saw who he was looking for approaching the, "Ahsoka."

The team remembered Ahsoka from a mission in the Hades Gamma "Kaidan." She replied "I got your message. Is it true, was your commander really captured."

"She was." Kaidan replied "We encountered the man we were looking for on Feros. Saren, but he wielded power just like the force, only this power was full of darkness, I've never felt or seen anything like it."

"Then that must be what the Masters and I felt not too long ago." A new voice called and everyone turned to see a male Kel Dor approaching them.

"Master Plo?" Kaidan questioned

"Master, I do apologize for this." Ahsoka stated

"You've done nothing wrong little one." The Kel Dor replied

"You know him?" Tali asked

"This is Jedi Master Plo Koon." Kaidan replied "He was the one who brought both me an Ahsoka to the order."

"I was." Plo replied "From what I've just heard, you might want to speak with Grandmaster Yoda."

"But none of us are allowed in the Temple." Kaidan stated

"Exceptions can be made." Plo stated "Just stay with me and Ahsoka. Yoda will want to speak with you."

Plo Koon and Ahsoka led Kaidan and the group up the stairs of the Jedi Temple and led them into a large room that didn't have much in except for a pile of cushions in the centre and sitting on top of them was a small little green creature with large pointy ears.

"Master Plo, Jedi Ahsoka." The little green man spoke "Heard you approach I did. Brought friends I see."

"Kaidan, I'm sure you remember Grandmaster Yoda." Ahsoka spoke

"I remember meeting him but I never really saw much of him." Kaidan replied

"You Kaidan, I remember." Yoda spoke "Nasty business it was, what happened to you. Made name for yourself I see."

"Grandmaster." Plo spoke up "Kaidan may have the answers to that disturbance that we all felt not too long ago."

Yoda looked at Kaidan "What you saw, explain it to me."

Kaidan sighed "Not too long ago we were sent on a mission to the planet Feros. We saved the colony from a Geth attack and we were to recover the Cipher. This Cipher was ancient knowledge to understand the Prothean language and the beacons. But before we could leave, we encountered the Rogue Spectre Saren who we had been sent to stop. The power he was using, I've never seen anything like it. Even though I mostly cut myself off from the force after what happened, but I could still sense the dark power he was wielding. And the red lightsaber he wielded, how did he get that."

Yoda closed his eyes "Then, as I fear, it is." He stated in a calm voice "The Sith have returned."

"The Sith?" Ahsoka stated

"In an age long ago, the force had two sides." Yoda explained "The light and the dark side. The light side, the Jedi used, the dark side, the Order of the Sith used. For generations, the two sides fought each other. A galactic war that never ended. Different wars at times, destroyed many civilizations."

"I've never heard of any of this." Liara stated

"These Wars likely happened before the Asari discovered the Citadel."Ahsoka stated

"She's right." Bau stated "Remember, we only discovered the Citadel nearly 2000 years ago, a lot of history came before that in the galaxy."

"True that is." Yoda continued "Eventually, both orders fell to Chaos and crumbled. Sith thought extinct, often fought each other as much as they fought us. Works with the Order of two, only meant to be two Sith at any time, the Master and the Apprentice, prevents infighting."

"Could this Saren be the master or the Apprentice?" Plo asked

"From the way Saren spoke, he seems more likely the Apprentice." Bau stated "He did speak about finding new friends."

"Operated in the Shadows, the Sith have." Yoda added "Ahead of us, Dark Days I fear."

"This is all interesting but it doesn't help us with the issue we have." Garrus added

"Yes Grandmaster Yoda, Saren has captured our Commander, Jane Alice Shepard." Kaidan stated "If we don't find her then Saren will get what he needs to find the Conduit. We still don't know his full plans but whatever they are, they cannot be good."

"And we have no leads to use." Bau added

Ashley then added "Kaidan said that he had an idea but it was a long shot."

Yoda closed his eyes for a few seconds and then looked at Kaidan "I see what you want. You wish to use the force to try and locate her."

"I couldn't think of anything else." Kaidan stated

"A close bond, you have with the Commander." Yoda spoke "Against the code, that is."

"I'm no longer a Jedi anymore." Kaidan stated "But I need to find her, not just because of my personal feelings but because she has critically important information."

"Sit down in front of me." Yoda ordered and Kaidan did as he was told "Close your eyes, reach out into the force, try and find you friend, you shall if you believe in the force." Kaidan followed what Yoda told him to do "Feel the force, let it reach out and find your friend you shall."

...

Back at Saren's base, Shepard groaned in pain as Saren gave her another electric shock. These shocks were minor but they were meant to make it easier for Saren to reach into her mind. Saren didn't want her to be too badly injured as boss apparently wanted Shepard not to be harmed too badly. He had big plans for Shepard.

Saren smirked and reached out into Shepard's mind "Your breaking now." He smirked "Soon I will have the knowledge I need." He then let out a laugh "And my new friends agents have already located the location of a new beacon. Once I'm done here, I will be going to retrieve it. There is no way you'll make it in time to stop me getting this other beacon."

Shepard glared at him "It doesn't matter what you do to me. My friends will stop you."

Saren laughed "I already beat them once and that was nothing." He sneered "They'll never stand a chance against me and my new powers. Now let's see how much longer you last." He pressed the button and Shepard received another electric shock and her mental barriers weakened even more. But she felt something else in her mind, like someone was searching for her.

...

The team watched as Kaidan knelt on the floor in a meditating position. They were all curious to see what was happening. Soon, they began to see Kaidan groaning and moaning. "No, no." He moaned "SHEPARD!" he gasped and then he eyes opened quickly and suddenly

Ahsoka looked at him "Did you see her?" she asked

"I did." Kaidan stated "It's as I feared, Saren's torturing her to try and weaken her so he can get the Cipher from her mind using this dark powers of the force."

"Did you find any information as to where she is?" Bau asked

"I never heard any planets names but I did manage to see something." Kaidan stated "She's locked up in a cell in a base, but the strangest part is that the base seemed to be like it was on a hellish landscape. I mean I saw rivers and waterfalls of larva. It looked like a planet in the early stages of development but I saw native life on this planet."

"What kind of planet has an environment like that?" Garrus asked

"There is one planet that fits that description." Plo Koon stated "The planet of Mustafar."

"Mustafar?" Bau stated "I've never heard of it."

"It's a mining world, a very remote mining world located in the Atravis Sector on the Edge of the Terminus systems." Plo added "It also has an ancient history, legends say that it was once a garden world until a Sith known as Lady Corvax unleashed the energies of the system's sun which resulted in the planet shifting orbits between two Gas Giants, Jestefad and Lefani which heated the planet's core causing the lush world to changed into a volcanic landscape. The natives abdapted to the change and formed a Mining world, now they trade all types of rare elements that form in the volcanoes."

"Could Shepard be there?" Liara questioned

"Pirates and Slavers have been known to use old bases left over on the planet. It's possible Saren has a base there." Ahsoka stated

"It's a lead." Kaidan stated "It might not be the best lead but if Shepard could be there, then we have to check it out."

"Good luck to you all." Ahsoka called "I hope you do manage to find your Commander."

"Any any information on Saren's new friend and Power." Yoda added "Useful to the Jedi, it will be if you find it."

"If we find anything, we'll let you know." Kaidan replied and then he and the team left the room and went back to the Normandy, they talked to Joker and Pressley about what they found. Pressley was doubtful of Kaidan's vision but did say that trying this lead was better than nothing and so Joker quickly set a course for Mustafar. It would be a long trip as Mustafar was a long way and they would have to make sever jumps through Hyperspace to get there.

...

Back at Saren's base, he had just finished gathering the information he needed from Shepard. It had taken a while to get her to slip with her mental barriers but in a brief moment of pain, Saren had managed to enter Shepard's mind using the force and gain the knowledge of the Cipher for himself. Now he understood the vision from the beacon from Eden Prime and now it was time to go and retrieve the second beacon. But first he had to contact his master.

He activated a hologram which projected the image of a large man in hooded robes "Master, I have done as you asked, I have retrieved the Cipher from the girl."

"Well done my apprentice." Saren's master spoke up "You have done well, you still have a way to go before you can call yourself a true Sith lord but you are doing well and so you shall be known as Darth Turia. Now go, retrieve the beacon and then take it to our base on Virmine."

"And what of the girl?" Saren asked

"Leave her at the base." His master replied "I shall send some of my own men bring her to my headquarters."

"Understood master, I shall leave right away." Saren stated "But there is something else, I felt something while I was searching through her mind, that former Jedi companion of hers has reconnected with the force. I fear he may know where we are now and they'll come for us."

"Then I'll send one of my Inquisitors with the Death Troopers." The Master said "Now go, if you're fast enough then you'll get the beacon before they even realise there's a second beacon."

"As you command Master." Saren said and then he deactivated the Hologram. He then left the base and went to start the next stage of his plan.

...

On board the Normandy, Kaidan stood on the bridge alongside Bau, Luke and Joker. "I've been told we'll have to jump into the system quite a distance away from Mustafar." Joker stated "Navigator Pressley informed me that there have been reports of activity above the planet so we'll have to use the Stealth systems. We can't activate them in hyperspace so we have to jump out before activating them and then we can approach Mustafar."

"Alright." Kaidan stated

Soon the Normandy arrived out of Hyperspace and Engineer Adams had the crew activate the Normandy's Stealth Systems as the ship approached Mustafar. To the shock of everyone, they saw a lot of activity above Mustafar. Several large ships were above the fiery planet which seemed very similar to the Republic's Star Destroyers only bigger.

"What is this?" Joker stated

"It looks like someone has taken control of Mustafar and are harvesting supplies from the planet." Kaidan stated

"But who?" Joker questioned "This part of the galaxy is suppose to be lawless. This is too well organised to be just a simple warlord. They could never get so many ships that size." These ships were larger than Dreadnoughts, Warlords normally only had one dreadnought as their flagship.

"This might have to be something we tell Yularen and the Council." Bau stated "They may be the allies that Saren spoke of."

"Getting down to the surface won't be easy." Luke stated

"We'll have to be quick if we're to avoid detection." Kaidan agreed.

"I'll take the Normandy to a safe area until you radio to get picked up." Joker stated "The Normandy can't take on the firepower of those ships."

"I just hope Shepard's okay." Kaidan replied "I've managed to use the force to get an idea of where she is. The feeling's gotten stronger so she has to be here."

"I'll take you in the shuttle but I may not be able to drop you off at the exact location." Luke stated "We may get caught."

"Get everyone to the shuttle Bay." Kaidan ordered "We've got a commander to save."

...

When the Normandy was in a safe position, Luke left the shuttle bay with the team inside. As they flew over the larva rivers of Mustafar, Tali looked concerned "How can anything live here?" she asked

"The locals have gotten use to this planet." Kaidan stated "And the raw minerals here are valuable to anyone. Crime Syndicates used to fight over this planet to control the minerals but it seems they've been kicked off."

"I don't like the new player." Bau stated "They're unknowns and if they are working for Saren then they are a major threat."

"Then we'll see if we can recover anything valuable about them from the base." Ashley suggested

"Good plan, but remember, our primary mission is to rescue the Commander." Kaidan stated "I have sensed her to a nearby base."

"They're one small problem." Luke stated "I can't land at the base, you'll get caught. I've located a nearby rocky cliff to land on but you'll have to make the rest of the way there on foot. Your suits will protect you from the heat but don't get too close to the larva and put your helmets on, there's heavy CO2 readings on this planet."

"Understood." Kaidan stated "We'll call you to pick us up when we find Shepard."

The Shuttle landed on a large cliff and the team quickly left. They made their way to a large cliff face and at the top of the cliff was the base where Shepard was located. "These bases have special shielding surrounding them to allow people to breath in them." Kaidan stated and he pulled out a scanner that he had been given "We can't enter this base through the front door as it may be too well guarded but there's a shaft we can try. We need to get to the information room, that will tell us where they're holding Shepard."

"But how do we get to the top of this cliff?" Liara asked

Ashley smirked "I worked on that, I've fitted our guns with grappling hooks which will help us ascend up the cliff. But go slowly otherwise we may get caught. If we get caught, we'll be in real trouble."

"Everyone ready?" Kaidan asked and they all nodded "Attach cables." Everyone fired their grappling hooks at the top of the cliff and then they slowly climbed up the cliff until they came to the base. They found an old tunnel that was the trash chute that would be used to dump trash from the base. The team quickly made their way through the chute and soon, Tali managed to cut a hole through the chute's entrance to the base and the team made their way in.

"Okay, we're in the base." Wrex stated "What now?"

"We need to find the main control room." Kaidan stated "That will have the codes we need to find where Shepard is being held."

"But we need to be quite." Ashley stated "We don't know if there are guards here."

"I'll check out ahead." Bau stated pulling his Sniper out and placing a silencer on it "I can check if there are any guards nearby."

Bau went ahead and the others followed him and soon they arrived at a large door "I don't like this." Garrus stated "We haven't encountered anyone yet, this is just the right place for a trap."

"Garrus may be right." Wrex agreed "They could be waiting for us on the other side."

"Maybe I can surprise them with my explosives." Bakira suggested

"Fine." Kaidan reported "Place the charges and stand back."

Bakira quickly placed some explosive charges on the door and they all quickly stood back "Fire in the hole." Bakira stated and activated the detonator and caused the door to blow apart. Bakira then threw a smock grenade and then Ashley, Wrex and Garrus pulled out their assault rifles and fired everything they had. The team then charged into the room and they shot at anything that moved.

There were indeed some troops in this room but they were all wearing some kind of Black armour. They didn't look like Cerberus troops, no one had any idea who these troops represented. In truth, most of what had been shot were droids but not the Trade Federation type of battle droid, these droids seemed to be droids that kept the base operation rather than fight. Kaidan quickly found the main console "Tali, see if you can hack this system, we need to find out where Shepard is being held."

"I'm on it." Tali stated as she approached the console and began hacking it. After a few minutes she was in and began checking out the information. "Guys, it seems Shepard was being held here, there seems to be a transmission from Saren to someone using a hologram."

"Play us the recording." Kaidan ordered and Tali did. The recording that Saren and his master had made played and gave them some interesting information.

"So, Saren's gone off to search for another beacon." Wrex stated

"And we've got the location of another base." Bau added "I'll pass that information over to STG."

"But what about this group coming to collect Shepard?" Ashley asked "I don't like the sound of this Inquisitor?"

"The transmission was made several days ago. Saren's ahead of us to the race to the other beacon." Tali stated "I have the location of where Shepard is being held and the codes that will allow us to enter the cells."

"We have to hurry." Kaidan stated "If we lose her, we may never find her again."

"Let me download this data." Tali stated "We'll need it so we'll know where the second beacon is." She quickly downloaded the data and then the team left the room to start their next objective.

The team quickly made their way through the base and they soon encountered more of the black armoured troops. There didn't seem to be many of them but they were highly trained and dangerous. Ashley got shot in the arm at one point but Liara quickly applied medi gel to her wound.

Eventually, the team managed to make it to the cell that Tali had identified from the terminal as where Shepard was being held. "Tali, do your thing." Kaidan ordered and Tali soon hacked the controls for the door which then opened.

But what they saw shocked and confused them. There was no one in the cell. "No!" Kaidan hissed "Where's Shepard?"

"Are you sure this was the right cell?" Bau asked

"Yes I'm sure!" Tali hissed "What happened?"

Liara widened her eyes "What if these people already took her."

Kaidan took out his comn "Luke listen, Shepard's not in the cell, we need you to get the shuttle ready and check out the landing pad, make sure no ship leaves that platform, they may be taking Shepard to a ship there."

"Understood Kaidan." Luke called over the radio "Be careful, I can see a lot of activity on the landing pad."

"We'll be fine Luke." Kaidan replied and then he ended the call. "Come on, we need to get to the Landing pad, hopefully if they have Shepard, they haven't taken off yet."

...

Meanwhile, Kaidan's fears were right. A group of the black armoured troopers were walking from the main building onto the Landing pad where a large shuttle was waiting. They were being led by a female Mirialan who wore black armour with a pointy helmet and wearing a cape. She was walking alongside hoverbed where a stationary Shepard was laying sleeping after she had been knocked out. The Mirialan smiled, she had been happy that she had been given this mission as she would get the chance to prove to her brothers and sisters that she was worthy of being what she was and that she was not weak and was worth keeping around. All she had to do was bring Shepard to a secret location, what would happen to her after, she did not care.

"Is everything in place?" she asked one of the troopers

"Yes" the trooper stated "We should be ready to leave soon."

"Good." The Mirialan replied "We should leave her before our uninvited guests catch us."

"We need to finish packing away the rest of the equipment before we leave and set the charges." The trooper added "Remember, we were to destroy this base after we used it."

"Make it quick!" the woman snapped

...

Kaidan and the team made it to the large doors that would take them out to the landing pad. Once again the doors were sealed and so Bakira set some explosive charges on the door and when she detonated them, the doors blew apart. The team were now on the Landing pad and they were faced with a group of black armoured troopers and leading them was a smirking woman.

"Well." She said "I see you don't give up"

"Where Commander Shepard!" Kaidan demanded

The woman laughed "Why, she's right here in the stasis pod. She's got a meeting to attend with the leader."

"Just who are you people?" Bau demanded

"We are the new Order." The woman laughed "I am the Seventh Sister of the Order of the Inquisitors, the personal enforcers of our Supreme Leader. He has a personal interest in your Commander."

"You're never getting her!" Kaidan demanded

The Seventh Sister laughed "I don't think you're in any position to make any demands of me. Mustafar is under the rule of our Supreme Leader and he has big plans for the Galaxy. Years of planning will soon come together and we shall bring the whole galaxy under our control."

"Your insane!" Ashley snapped

"Oh, I think you're find that I'm alive and you're dead." The Seventh Sister smirked and looked at her troops "Open fire!" she ordered but then Luke Shuttle appeared which surprised everyone and Luke fired a missile which took out a few of the troops.

The Seventh Sister glared at Kaidan "I will not let you ruin my chances to prove myself." She pulled out something from her belt and it was revealed to be a revolving double bladed twin red bladed lightsaber. "Let's see just how well you fight like a Jedi."

"I'm no Jedi anymore." Kaidan hissed as he activated his old lightsaber "But I can still fight with this."

The two of them started duelling each other while the rest of Kaidan's team took care of the remaining troopers. Soon the two of them made it to the edge of the landing pad which overlooked a river of larva. The two of them locked their blades together and glared at each other.

"Your Jedi order is weak!" the Seventh Sister growled "They prefer to use their gifts to just pray and study instead of using them for what they really can do. Fight. I know just how dangerous the galaxy can be. I suffered as a young girl begging for the Jedi to come and save me but they never came. Now I've embrace this power and I'll use it in my masters name."

"Too bad you'll never get a chance to see your master's plan!" Kaidan hissed and he gave a heavy push which sent the Seventh Sister stumbling backwards and then she fell off the edge of the platform. Kaidan walked over to see if she could have survived the fall but all he saw was larva. If the Seventh Sister had fallen into that river, there was no way she could have survived.

The rest of the team had finished dealing with the troopers and they went over to the Stasis Pod that Shepard was sealed in. Tali quickly disabled the controls and opened the pod.

"Commander!" Kaidan yelled

"She's fine Kaidan." Liara stated "That Stasis Pod just kept her asleep. She'll be fine when she wakes up. Let her rest for now."

"Let's get back to the Normandy and then leave this dreadful place." Garrus stated

"Agreed." Kaidan said as he and Ashley picked up Shepard from the pod and carried her over to Luke's shuttle which had landed. Then they went back up to the Normandy where they took Shepard to the med bay, the crew was relieved to see that their Commander was alright. Then Joker quickly set a course to get out of the system as quickly as they could before they were discovered.

Chapter End:

Notes: Well, another chapter complete and now I've brought in more Star Wars elements. I know the lightsaber fight may not be the best but I'm not the best at writing duels but there will be a big one coming which I will try putting into more detail. To be honest, the whole Jedi- Sith story will be more important in future stories of the series but I'm setting the stage for that. Also, Kaidan and the Seventh Sister are not very skilled, Kaidan is an exiled Jedi while the Seventh Sister is one of the weaker Inquisitors. I didn't want to use the Second Sister as I believe she deserved more development and story. The next chapter will also be one of my creation rather than follow Mass Effect story and I will try my best to finish it before the end of March but I have to work on my University Dissertation and I need to put most of my effort into that so I can't make any promises.