Chapter 18
The weight of one thousand planets and moons rested upon his eyelids as he struggled to open up his eyes. His grey bloodshot eyes looked around the bleak metallic room. His eyes came across a sight that brought a wicked chill over every inch of his body. Dr Chloe Michel was restrained in some sort of device. He cursed at himself for allowing his guard to slip. His slippage allowed Chloe to be taken prisoner against her will. All he wanted was a quiet night with a good friend. He was startled when he heard a very familiar voice.
"She simply couldn't resist saving one of her own. Anyone can be gotten to with the right motivation. I suspect your new commander is now in route to come save her turian. How could you let yourself serve under a human Vakarian? You had a very promising career within C-SEC until you started looking into Saren's activities." A female turian walked over to the bound turian.
"Ancia… you work for…" Garrus stammered out.
"Yes Garrus. I was in a very dark place when you rejected my family's offer to marriage. We were a good match Garrus. Given more time we could have fallen for each other. I was very, very angry with you. I joined his side when I heard you were looking into him. I quickly rose through his ranks now I am in his inner circle after Lady Benezia was killed. Your future looks Garrus. I will not lie to you. There is a very low chance of you leaving this base alive. I will not be the one to end your life. You human friend on the other hand." Ancia picked up a shiny metallic object off of a tray nearby and quickly walked behind Chloe. She brought what turned out a scalpel up to Chloe's neck. "It would be so incredibly easy to spill her blood onto this pristine floor. It would be a waste that I have another idea in mind to display my displeasure with your human friend." Garrus felt a wave of pure fear as he saw Ancia smile. The turian brought up her omni-tool and a door on the far side of the room.
A geth unit with green shading walked into the larger room. It was a geth unit Garrus had never encountered. The unit was not equiped with any sort noticeable weapon. The geth seemed to be responding to commands from Ancia's omni-tool. Ancia then rotated the table Garrus so that he had a better view of the suspended redhead. The green Geth unit walked up behind the suspended redhead.
"You are in for a treat my love. Most think that the geth are mindless killing machines. I was gifted a blank unit by Saren. He asked me if there was some way I would rewrite the unit's basic programming. It wasn't an an easy feat but I was able to break into the Geth's BIOS. I then rewrote this unit to only respond to commands from my omni-tool. That was the boring part. What I added to this particular geth keeps me satisified on those long lonely nights with nothing but work to be done." Ancia entered several command into her omni-tool.
Garrus heard a whirling mechanical sound coming from behind Chloe. Garrus's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets when he saw very large white, silver and green cylinder flexing between Chloe's legs. A second later, the cylinder became rigid. The geth wrapped both of its hands each containing three long thin fingers around Chloe's waist. Garrus prayed to the spirits above that she was still unconscious. The geth unit lined up his large cylinder up against Chloe's center. With one powerful thrust from the Geth, it buried its entire length inside Chloe. Chloe's gorgeous eyes shot open as a scream of absolute terror and pain. Garrus watched on as Ancia was playing on her omni-tool. Another gut ripping scream came from Chloe as the Geth started thrusting its massive unit inside her.
Garrus could see the geth's dick and it was covered in blood. It pounded Chloe relentlessly. Garrus tried to see if Chloe was still alert but her damp red hair was pasted over her eyes. Her entire body looked limp and was only being held up by the restraints. Garrus then looked down and saw a large pool of blood underneath Chloe. He looked over at Ancia. She either looked bored or pissed off. He really couldn't tell. He heard her mutter something before she brought up her omni-tool. The geth tilted Chloe forwards at an angle and then drove one last massive thrust into the redhead. What Garrus saw next made him vomit what little was left in his stomach. The geth drove his massive cock through Chloe. The cock ripped through Chloe's innards. Garrus could see the shiny silver tip for a few seconds before the tip disappeared as the Geth retracted it back through the lifeless redhead. The geth backed away and then left the room. Ancia sauntered over to Garrus and leaned to the restrained turian.
"Yes Garrus that is what type of demon I have become. I'd let you feel my slit to show you how wet it is. That human was beneath you. Did she need to die probably not but she saw my face and well I never leave witness or take any prisoners." Ancia rubbed her talons over Garrus's groin. She could tell he was almost unconscious but he was a former turian special ops soldier. If she let him go, he'd put up a hell of a fight. She wasn't sure she'd survive one on one against Garrus. However, he had retreated back into his mind but left his body to react to more primal stimuli. Ancia was rewarded as Garrus's long narrow cock slipped out from his pouch.
Ancia lowered herself down before she took in his hard cock into her mouth She quickly lubricated his cock with her saliva. She was impressed with his length. She was used to cocks half his size. She stood back up and aligned her slit up with the tip of his slick cock. "Garrus, just because you ran away didn't change the fact that the contract between our families is still active. You can't just run away from your obligations. Be a man and talk to me. We could have worked something out. You think I was thrilled with the pairing? This was a decision chosen by our elders. My girlfriend was livid when she found out. Vetra is still fuming years later and isn't a turian to be trifled with. Our families were just looking for the next generation. We could have easily fulfilled the contract and gone on our merry own separate ways. You chose differently. I'm going to rectify your mistake."
Ancia pushed herself down on top of Garrus's hard cock. Having him restrained meant that she had to do all of the work. She drove her hips back and forth as Garrus's long cock probed every bit of her slick slit. She hummed with pleasure. She knew his body couldn't last much longer. She had given him a new drug she had concocted that lowered his stamina. She had taken a fertility booster shot before she walked into the room which increased the chance of impregnation by well over fifty percent. She rolled her hips several more times until she felt his cock spasm as hot sticky seed filled her insides. She smiled that the idea of being pregnant as she let Garrus's limp cock slide out of her slit. Ancia would have taken a long shower after her bout with Garrus but a base wide alert for a security breach just went into effect.
Ancia walked over to where she had placed her armor and assault rifle. She quickly pulled on her armor and started priming her assault rifle when the door to the room hit far wall when the room was rocked by an explosion. Garrus came back to consciousness and saw Ancia going for her rifle when her head exploded and blue blood flew everywhere. Heavy footsteps raced into the room. He heard a muffled voice but his head ached from the shockwave of the explosion. Moments later, he fell to the ground as somebody had released him from his restraints. Garrus couldn't move whatever Ancia have given him had sapped away the rest of his energy. He felt his body moving but not under his own power.
Garrus tried to speak but a familiar voice told him not to speak and to save his strength. He rolled his head over to one side and saw a familiar suit of armor with that N7 logo. He squinted his eyes and saw that iconic redhead. Zoe was there and she saved him. A wave of relief crashed over his body as he slipped back into unconsciousness.
The Normandy was hovering in orbit over the planet of Virmire as the crew inside scrambled to pull together an adequate ground team. Zoe sighed silently. She wished Miranda was there. She was one hell of a biotic and could take charge better than most admirals she had come across. She had received an email one of Miranda's doctors. The doctor was happy to report that Miranda was making quite the miraculous recovery but he estimated her return to full duty at six months at the latest but that was merely an educated guess. Zoe was hesitant to ask Liara to join the ground team even if it was Zoe that was going to be the eventual mother to their child. It was the protective side of her.
Zoe stood in the cargo bay waiting for her two other squadmates to join her. They were going to be dropped onto the surface of Virmire. She could have chosen from the pool of marines stationed on board but she didn't trust all that much. Sergeant Forsberg was the best of the bunch and she would leave in charge of security team when the Normandy was in port or docked. Ingrid was one hell of shot and quite the looker but she hadn't made it inside Zoe's inner circle yet.
First to arrive was Wrex. He was carrying his massive shotgun when he could have easily had the gun secured to his back. Zoe put that thought out of her mind as a far better sight. Over near the armory workbench, Zoe saw a sliver of fabric caught between two large fleshly globes soon which quickly disappeared underneath compression pants. Zoe could see the sides of Ashley's large breasts as they were wider than the width of her torso. The busty brunette pulled on a compression shirt and those breasts were nicely contained. Ash then pulled on her armor. Her meticulously cared for weapons were the last thing she affixed to her person. She lastly grabbed her helmet before she spun around quickly.
Zoe's green gems locked on to Ashley's chocolate chips and both ladies couldn't stop from blushing. Ash grabbed her chest plate and shook it around. Zoe shook her head at Ash's antics but couldn't stop smiling. She motioned Wrex and Ashley towards the Mako. The trio climbed into the tank with Ash at the wheel Wrex on the guns. Zoe slipped into the utility seat. Zoe powered up the Mako and ran through the tank's system before she then radioed Joker that the ground team was ready to go. Joker radioed back that they were about to enter Virmire's atmosphere. T Minus ninety seconds to the drop zone. The warning klaxon sounded as the cargo bay went into lockdown before the cargo bay door opened.
Joker counted down as he piloted the Normandy through the atmosphere. As he hit zero, a large green light appeared on Zoe's screen. She pressed a few keys on her digital display. All three seats locked their inhabitants in via strong built in magnets right before the Mako rocketed out of the cargo bay. The tank free fell for nearly thirty seconds before the retro landing rockets kicked in and slowed down their descent. The Mako splashed down in the shallow waters of the LZ. Joker said it was the only way in without setting off the defenses Saren had around his base. They were going to have to fight their way in.
The trio first encountered geth drones which didn't present a challenge to the Mako nor did the several geth troopers. However the several Geth Colossi and armatures quickly drained the Mako's shields faster than Zoe liked. They had to always stop and let the shield recharge after every encounter with a Geth heavy which left them exposed with shitty defenses. They reached their first road block which required the trio to leave the relative safety of the Mako and proceed on foot up a set of stairs to an upper level. The local geth were already raining down hellfire from above. Zoe was right behind Wrex the charging krogan while Ash covered the rear.
Zoe was thrown to the floor right before a bright red light whizzed over her helmeted head. She looked over to her right and saw that Wrex was the one who saved her from taking a geth rocket to the face. She couldn't believe she made a such a rookie mistake. Wrex nailed the Geth destroyer with a well placed blast from his shotgun. A few seconds later, Ash covered her as she got back up to her feet. From her crouched position, Zoe sniped a geth sapper who was charging up its laser. The trio made their way down the corridor as Wrex mowed down the rest of the remaining geth foot soldiers. Zoe saw a console and immediately linked in her omni-tool. The geth had upped their security but Zoe was able to easily exploit left in the operating system by the manufacturer. They could hear the doors retract. Their journey continued.
Zoe had to concede Ash was a far better driver. It was probably for the best that she wasn't the helmsman for the Normandy. There were several large blips on the long range radar. It looked they were about to encounter a swarm of geth tanks. She did all she could to brace the weak shielding and balance the distribution of power between the weapons and shield systems. "Ash drive around the geth as best you can. Wrex deter them as much as you can but we can't take them all head on nor do we have the time to take them all out. The big boys take awhile to charge their main gun so focus on the smaller ones. Our main gun can rip through their shields while our dual machine guns can drop them. Let's run and gun before they turn us into fried crispy bits."
Ash smoothly pushed the Mako up to the limiter. Wrex worked in tandem with Zoe as she locked on to targets so Wrex could plaster the enemies with munitions. Ash gunned the Mako passed the two massive geth colossi and on to another locked down roadblock. The only difference was that this roadblock had a gigantic anti-aircraft cannon built into the cliff above the checkpoint. Ash parked the Mako behind a large outcropping of giant boulders. She stayed behind to provide over-watch with her sniper rifle. Wrex and Zoe slowly made their way towards the roadblock, shots from Ash's sniper rifle rang out. Several geth units dropped in front of the duo. Ash gave them the all clear to climb up the main level of the roadblock.
Wrex once again took point and drilled several charging geth destroyer units until his shotgun overheated. He quickly switched to his assault rifle but Zoe put down the last geth with a well placed shot to its head. Wrex covered the room while Zoe worked on bringing down the checkpoint doors. She used the same exploit on the doors but she was running into multiple firewalls as she worked her way through the AA gun's defense system. She could heard Wrex's annoyance growing as she worked. It took another five minutes for her to deactivate the gun's sensors. She didn't want to alert anyone that they were coming.
"About time you finished fiddling with your computers. I could have shut down that gun with one blast from my shotgun."
"I know you like going in guns blazing but we do have a hostage situation on top of chasing a mind controlled psychopath. You may not be best friends with Garrus but I am at least trying keep the body count under a few thousand. Go ahead and knock on Saren's front door. Ash and I can sneak around the back and take him out and rescue Garrus at the same time. Shit… it feels like I'm writing a cheap action movie." Zoe pulled out her assault rifle as she walked to Wrex.
"I hope it's better than that last Blasto movie. There was no women clad in bikini armor. Just a hanar who talks way too much for an action movie. That and the writers are hacks who steal the real live stories of real warriors. The basis of Blasto 1 was taken from one of my earlier misadventures. That's one reason why I drink alone, those thieves never compensated me for my story." The duo made their way down from the upper level of the checkpoint before climbing back into the tank waiting for them next to the stairs. They then climbed back to the tank before Ash gunned the tank forward.
"You two realize you were both on open comms up there right. I heard everything." Ash said without taking her eyes off of the route ahead.
"What bugged you the most? We were just blowing off some steam. Besides, I think I know somebody who could craft you the perfect set of bikini armor. My set should be almost be ready. Anyways, the radar looks clear…" Zoe was interrupted when she heard oHoHsdfJJoker break mission critical radio silence.
"Commander… we just landed at the clearing near Saren's base. It looks like some group was camped out here. Sgt. Forsberg tells me the ground team found nearly twenty dead salarians in a pile in the middle of the camp. Dr. Chakwas is doing the best she can to keep the lone survivor alive but it's a losing battle. I can't say how he has but I can't imagine he has much time left."
"Alright, Joker thanks for the update. We are about five hundred meters away from the clearing. ETA under two minutes. Mako Out" Millions of thoughts ran through Zoe's mind at once.
"Normandy Out" Joker replied.
"Well shit…" Ash muttered.
The trio remained silence for the rest of the ride. Ash pulled the Mako up the cargo bay ramp and up into the ship. Zoe exited the tank and was in the elevator in less than ten seconds. Ten seconds later, she was outside the med bay. She couldn't go inside she or her suit hadn't sterilized themselves. Zoe activated the outer intercom system.
"What can you tell me Doc?" Zoe asked.
"This is Captain Kirrahe from the Salarian Special Tasks Group. I have done as much as my knowledge of salarian anatomy can take me unless we can get to a proper medical facility. It's really a waiting game. The next twelve to twenty four hours are critical. If he makes it twenty four hours, he has a good shot at surviving his wounds but I will not guarantee any form of survival. Infection could set in at any time. He was unconscious when Sgt. Forsberg and her squad rushed him in to me. I hope he does wake up but I am not optimistic. I know this means that you are going in blind but that is pretty much the motto of any N7 agent is it not?" Despite the severity of the situation, Karin Chakwas could always find a way to put a smile on Zoe's face.
"That is the standard for military intelligence if you get it at all, it's always outdated and useless. Is there anything else you can tell me?" Zoe asked.
"Yes, there is. The captain made a recording some time before he blacked out. Let me play it for you." Karin walked over to the medical table. She gently pressed a spot on the captain's hand and brought up his omni-tool. The video player was already up and loaded.
"This is Captain Odern Kirrahee of the third infiltration regiment of the Special Tasks Group. I leave this message in the event of my death. Our mission was to infiltrate Spectre Saren Arterius's main research facility. We walked into an ambush. There had to be a leak somewhere. It matters little now. We barely mapped the outside area around his base before we were ambushed. Out of my platoon of a hundred soldiers, eighty were either killed or captured. The remaining twenty and I tried to retreat back to our ship but were surprised by a flanking geth aerial patrol. What we were able to gleam from several hacking attempts was that the research going on here seemed to be krogan in nature." Kirrahee coughed several times. Each time, his mouth was stained by more blood. "I tried to call my superiors for reinforcements but I'm not sure my call got through. I…" Several seconds of garbled communication followed. "This place is an abomination. We were planning to raise the building with an targeted air strike after completing our mission. Our ship is inoperable after sustaining heavy damage from AA guns but engine core barely intact. A well placed charge could create a massive nuclear reaction. I…" The feed went dead.
"That's it Zoe. I think his omni-tool sensed that his body lost consciousness and stopped recording. There was a data file attached to the video file." Karin pressed her omni-tool close to Kirrahee's and activated the transfer feature. "I just forwarded that file to you. It's probably all the data his teams collected. I shall keep you informed if his status changes." Karin struggled to keep her face without any form of emotion but this unannounced war starting to get to the Silver Fox.
Zoe saw that far off look in Karin's face. She noted that she needed to check with her chief medical officer soon as she could. Zoe brought up her omni-tool and opened up the voice messaging app. "To all members of the main Normandy Ground Team, meet me in the comm. room in five minutes for a briefing." Zoe send that message out to Wrex, Ash, Liara and Ingrid. With Miranda out for the foreseeable future, Zoe had to rely more on Sgt. Forsberg. She wanted to put the sergeant to the test even though Ash currently outranked Ingrid. Ash was still in Zoe's dog house. Zoe made her way up to the comm. room.
Liara was next to walk in and her outfit nearly gave Zoe a heart attack. Somehow Liara was barely able to squeeze her massive breasts inside of an Alliance hooded sweatshirt just as her sweatpants left nothing the imagination. She quickly sat down and adjusted her pants as best she could to hide her large appendage. The rest of the ground team walked into the room a few moments later.
"I want to keep this meeting as short as possible because time is of the essence. The salarian captain made a recording basically saying that Saren knew he and his men were coming. They were ambushed. His one hundred man team all but twenty were either killed or captured in the initial ambush. Kirrahee and the remaining men tried to retreat back to their ship when they were flanked by geth from behind and all but Kirrahee were killed. They didn't breach inside the inside of Saren's base." Zoe linked her onmi-tool up to the room's several screens. A rudimentary map next appeared on the screen "This is a basic map of the outside area of Saren's base. You can see several routes that lead to the base. I expect lots of resistance. His team was able to access Saren's network somehow and were able to gleam that this place was involved in research on krogan a krogan was leading the research. They didn't have enough time to gather more info or synthesize what they did collect."
Wrex visibly became agitated. "Did these salarians come across any names in their "research" you have there?"
"The only name I came across was some doctor by the name of Droyas…" Zoe was interrupted by a growl from Wrex.
"That massive pile of pyjak shit is still alive? I thought his exile from Tuchanka would have been enough to have him killed. This idiot thought that the genophage was the way to save the krogan. Our old ways and traditions are abhorrent, wrong and slowly killing our people before we were infected this genetic sterilization. Droyas was banished for trying to enhance the genophage at least that's what the elders believed. We come across him. He is mine and no one else's. Bastard called the genophage the glorious salvation of our people." Wrex finally calmed down once he got that off his chest.
"He is all yours Wrex. Now moving forward, we do not have the resources for a full on assault of this base. Even if we had the luxury of looping in with Kirrahee's men, it wouldn't be enough. I'm thinking you three." Zoe pointed at Wrex, Ash, and Ingrid. "As the main breach squad. Wrex, are you capable of being under the command of either Sgts. Forsberg or Williams?" Zoe looked over to her red eyed Krogan? "As for me, I have the best stealth tech, tactics, and training to sneak in on my own. It looks like there might be a way through that large sewer tunnel. Liara will be coordinating the attack from the Normandy because she can reach me even when I go radio silent. I know it's quite a shit plan but we are under the gun and time is wasting away. We should expect resistance from both geth ground and air units plus I'm not ruling out some krogan. Let's go get our friend back."
Ash, Ingrid, and Wrex got up and left the room. Zoe didn't need to look over at Liara to know that her love had that worried look on her face. Zoe gasped when she felt two arms wrap around her waist as hot breath tickled her ear. "You know I would never second guess you in front of anybody but this is one of your worst plans to date. However, I can't come up with anything better. You are my world Zoe just as I am yours. I felt lost until you found your own way into my heart. I would ask to join you but I know you can't stay objective if my armored yet curvy body pressed up against you in a firefight. You make it very hard to hide my physical attraction. That armor isn't thin enough to feel my linga pressing into the crack of your rear." Liara then kissed the hot skin beneath Zoe's ear. Zoe desperately needed a shower but there was not enough time. Zoe turned and captured Liara's lips.
"I will always come back to you even if I have to crawl back out of a grave I probably dug myself. You brighten up the darkest days I've ever had to face." One of her gloves fell to the ground before Zoe slipped her hand underneath Liara's sweatpants but Liara pulled Zoe's hand out.
"Don't start something you have no time to finish. Leaving me hot and bothered right before any mission let alone a critical mission like this really isn't a good idea. However…" Liara pulled up the bottom of her hoodie up over her exposed breasts. "My girls miss their mother. Where as she…" Zoe didn't need to be told twice as she latched her lips onto one of Liara's large hard nipples. Somehow Zoe's ministrations unlocked Liara's sweet milk. Zoe felt new found energy as the biotic laced milk flowed passed her lips. Zoe then moved over to Liara's other breast. She repeated her exact ministrations and got another stream of delicious milk.
"Thank you love. I haven't feasted on something so potent. That is saying something coming from me." Zoe pulled the tight top back down over Liara's breasts. She giggled as two small wet spots appeared just above Liara's hard nipples. Zoe then pulled her blue beauty in for a hug and kissed Liara as like it was her last breath. "I love you Liara Talisli T'Soni."
"I love you more Zoe Maria Shepard. Now come back to me and finish the mission you already started." Liara then looked down at her large erection straining against the thin material of her sweatpants. She pushed Zoe towards the door of the comms room before making her way over to the room's control console and linked her omni-tool up to the secure comm systems. "Comm check. Ashley, Ingrid, Wrex, can you all hear me?"
"Affirmative." Ingrid chimed in properly.
"Loud and clear Liara!" Liara could hear Ash's smile in the brunette's voice.
"So where is your redheaded lover? Are you sure you aren't keeping locked away in her cabin to have your wicked…"
"I doubt even you Wrex could ever pin Zoe down… for long. Good I am reading you all loud and clear. Sgt. Forsberg, Commander Shepard gave me instructions to tell you that you are in charge. I will relay what I can to and from the commander but we are all flying blind here. All three of you are very skilled and should be able to rely on each other. Good luck and happy hunting you three. Normandy out"
You know your authoritative voice really turns me on love. I also wouldn't kick a naked Wrex out of our bed but I would definitely need your help keeping him in check while we have our fun. Besides I want to see who is bigger you or a krogan.
You are terrible love. Wrex is quite set in his ways. Most would not accept the fact that I have such a strange appendage between my heavely blue thighs. Now let's stick to only things that are mission critical. I'm not sure I locked down the comms room after you left. Now get your rifle Marine and get our sweet Garrus back.
I'll have to tell him you called him sweet. It's true he is but he'd never admit to himself. Okay I just activated my location chip. Is Garrus's still active?
It isn't or it's too faint or behind interference. I believe his armor has a secondary chip but one it isn't as accurate not as powerful nor invisible to enemy forces. I could activate it but if he's behind interference, you could be standing on top of him and not know it. I think if you get close to him and ping the area you might find him. From orbital scans, the base isn't the biggest we've encountered. We'll find him love. We have no other option.
I know we will love. Zoe moved their bond's connection off to the side of her mind as she made her way off of the Normandy. She saw Sgt. Forsberg take charge of the trio and lead them off one of the elevated metallic walkways. Zoe decided to stay on the actual ground. She then activated her suit's tactical cloak and drew her sniper rifle with new suppressor. She tuned into her squad's frequency. They were having trouble with those geth drones. Zoe saw off in the distance a satellite dish through her scope. One muffled shot later, she heard that the drones suddenly stopped attacking. As she snuck around she then wired three large fuel tanks to explode in five minutes. Something went wrong and she barely had enough time or space to dive out of the way of the blast.
Zoe ducked behind a large rock outcropping to assess if there was any damage to her suit. She ran a system diagnostic check on her suit. Everything checked out except her cloaking device was shorting out. It wasn't the end of the world but it did make thinngs easier. During her breather she reached out to Liara. Li, you said something about orbital scans.
I did. Liara responded.
In any of those scans did the outline of Saren's ship make an appearance. That ship is friggin' huge. I have to believe that those two wouldn't be separated. If you can't find Saren's ship, have Joker take off and run the scans again. You and I know our connection could probably span the length of the galaxy. I'll call in an air strike if I need to. I'm making my way towards the sewer tunnel. I give you an update soon.
I'll chime in if I have news love.
Once again Zoe had to mute their connection. She saw the trio off in the distance taking down every enemy in their way. She made it all the way up to the sewer tunnel and was glad her helmet filtered out any noxious smells as well as being in a hard suit protected her from stepping in sewage. She saw a door at the far end of the tunnel. She quickly made her way down the tunnel. The door opened easily when she used her homemade security override she stored on her omni-tool. There was no one around as she made her way inside the base. She heard faint voices coming from down the long corridor. Those voices grew louder as she moved down the corridor. She walked into a large room where she saw several large cages. In these large cages, Zoe noticed that the salarians were wearing STG uniforms. Some were muttering gibberish or her onmi-tool translator couldn't decipher. Others were banging their heads against the cell walls.
These soldiers were somehow driven insane. This had to be some experiment gone wrong. These salarians were downright bonkers. She walked up the stairs and bypassed the door security. Zoe heard a raised female voice coming from behind a wall nearby. It was odd because it was distinctly turian. Zoe got the feeling that Saren barely tolerated any other people working under him. Then Zoe heard this turian say the one thing she wasn't expecting.
Liara, where are the others?
They are closing in on your location but they are finding heavy resistance. Several geth units including a juggernaut. They are one elevator ride down from you but I wouldn't count them getting to you any time soon. Liara felt a strange feeling of absence coming from Zoe. She really didn't like when Zoe dampened or outright shut Liara out. It was unnerving until she felt the connection reopen.
Love, I found Garrus. Get Karin and the rest of the marines in here now. Relay that fact to the ground team. His vitals are very weak. The path I used to enter the building should still be clear. This scene is horrific. Truly something out a nightmare. Dr. Michel is here too. She is dead and her entrails are hanging out of a large hole in her midsection. Both Garrus and Dr. Michel were both suspended in some sort of harness. Maybe Garrus can clue us into what happened here. I killed a female turian when I raided the room. She turned towards me and was armed. I didn't second guess myself as I squeezed the trigger of my rifle.
Chawkas and the rest of the marines are en route but it will take five to ten minutes for them to reach you. Wrex, Ash and Ingrid just cleared the main entry way. They should be heading your way shortly. Joker just took the Normandy skyward and we are scanning the immediate area for Saren's ship.
I can hear Wrex complaining from here. I'll give you an update as soon as I can. I love you.
I love you too Zoe
Zoe left Garrus and what remained of Dr. Michel as she left to find her crew mates. She didn't have go far. They were just down the hall. "Guys, down here. I'll warn you now it's not a pretty sight. Garrus is alive but I've already called in for Dr. Chakwas. She and several marines are en route. Ingrid, I really don't to leave Garrus alone but we have another objective here. Saren is still our main priority. So I need you to stay behind with Dr. Chakwas. It may seem like over kill but I will be taking your spot with Wrex and Ash. Anything gets within a hundred meters of Dr. Chakwas and you will be scrubbing the entire ship with your toothbrush in a bikini." Ingrid didn't respond but she smiled and nodded.
"Wrex… Ash… follow me Chakwas is in good hands with Sgt. Forsberg here. Let's move out." Zoe took point as the trio made their way back up to the main hallway. After taking an elevator ride up to Saren's private laboratory. There beyond the door off of the elevator stood an asari behind a desk. "Step out from behind the desk and keep your hands where I can see them." Zoe called out. Her rifle sight trained on the spot between the asari's eyes.
The very pregnant asari fully complied to Zoe's orders. "Where is Saren? I am here to place him under arrest."
"He received a message hours ago and leave immediately. He claimed he had an urgent meeting with someone on the Citadel. I have never seen him so worried before. He is usually calm and collected especially since I am caring little Valelia here. Something spooked him. He would have told me where he was headed. He never lies to me. I always can tell when he does." The asari rubbed her large stomach.
Zoe was baffled with what this asari was telling her. "Are you telling me that the rogue ex SPECTRE is the father of your child? Just exactly who are you?"
"I would have formally introduced myself had you not pointed that assault rifle at my head. My name is Marinia D'nari Arterius. Along with being Saren's wife, I am his head researcher. I will not put up a fight. I value the health my child far too much to risk doing anything stupid with two trained Alliance solders and a Krogan Battlemaster all aiming their high powered weapons at me." Marinia turned around and crossed her hands behind her back. A few moments later she felt plastic flex cuffs around her wrists. "I believe what you seek is just beyond that door. It needs my iris scan to open the door." She felt a hand on her shoulder guiding her over to the biometric lock. Marinia leaned in and let the panel scan her right eye. The door lock sign went from red to green.
Zoe activated the door and stopped in her tracks. The room was bathed in that strange ethereal green light that only could come from a Prothean Beacon. "Wrex, stay with Marinia. Ash… cover my ass." Zoe stored her assault rifle back onto her back harness. Zoe could count on Ash things went pear shaped. Zoe walked down the metal walkway. She really didn't want to intereact with another beacon but she didn't see any other option. Zoe took several long deep breathes before she stepped before the glowing beacon. Zoe felt the intense pull of the beacon lift her up off of the metal walkway.
Zoe's consciousness was inundated with sounds and images of horrific death but the visions finally were clear. The beacon stored a distress message from the Protheans. This just confirmed what she and the rest of her team believed. A race of machines was coming at some point to exterminate every race. Her knees slammed into the metal walkway as she returned to consciousness. Zoe took several deep breathes before she stood back up. Ash had moved down the walkway and was standing next to Zoe.
"You ok Skipper?"
Zoe instead of responding with words, she wrapped Ash up in a hug . The face guard of Zoe's helmet flew up. Zoe locked lips with the gunnery chief. Ash was stunned for a few seconds before she returned Zoe's passion equally.
"Thanks Chief. I wish we locked lips after I interacted with the first beacon. I do remember how well you filled out your uniform. Let's head back to the ship. I don't think there is anything else left for us to do here." Ash remained silent until she reached out and touched Zoe on the shoulder. Zoe turned around and Ash pulled her in close.
Ash then muted both of their radios before she whispered into Zoe's ear, "Skip… I want you to run one of your special scanning tools on this asari. Something just isn't sitting right with me. I also doubt that Saren would ever want someone else in his life let alone want to become a father. I know it sounds cynical but I will be glad to be proven wrong." Zoe saw that stubborn determination she had come to rely on in Ash. Zoe prepped the enhanced scanner she had built into her omni-tool.
"So Chief how big of a bottle of booze will you want if your right?"
"I'd rather just spend some down time with you." Ash replied back.
"I think I can fit you into my schedule but just so you know life always finds a way of foiling my plans." Zoe activated the scanner as the duo made their way back up to where Wrex was keeping an eye on Marinia. Zoe subtly swept her hand back and forth around a few times. Zoe cursed under her breath. Ash was right. That baby bump was complete bogus and in fact was a bomb. "I'll find you later and have two clean glasses ready."
"Marinia, does Saren have a private launch bay or landing pad? I want to bring my ship in to land closer to me. I'm tired and don't feel like walking much further." Zoe hoped she sold her line of BS. Hopefully, she could get Marinia near a rooftop edge where Wrex could blast her off the roof before that bomb could detonate anywhere nearby.
"It's up one level on the roof but you will need my biometric access once again. So follow me if you will." Marinia turned and walked down the hallway back to the elevator. Zoe closed the face plate of her helmet and activated their private radio comm. unit.
"Wrex, Ash, that baby bump is a bomb. When we get up to the roof, Wrex I want to you biotically throw Marinia off the edge. Have your barrier up just in case. Hopefully the throw won't trigger the bomb. Hopefully, Marinia doesn't have access to the trigger or some form of auto detonation function. Copy?" Zoe tried to hide her nervousness with bravado but this whole situation could blow up in their faces and kill them all.
"Roger" Wrex's gruff voice came back over her radio. Zoe looked over at Ash and the gunnery sergeant and Ash nodded back.
Zoe and Ash fell in behind Wrex as they made their way down the corridor to the elevator. Marinia called the elevator. The double doors opened and the quartet entered the car. Marinia activated the elevator with a quick retinal scan. The elevator lurched upwards at a slow pace. Each second felt like an eternity for Zoe. She silently retrieved her shotgun from its secure storage on her back. She then silently primed the gun getting it ready whatever was to happen next. Finally the elevator car reached the top of the elevator shaft and the doors opened up to a large rooftop landing pad.
Marinia was the first exit "I thought you had radioed ahead for your ship to pick you and your team up." Though Marinia was restrained, she was acting strangely confident. "Unless you have changed your plans… AHHHHHHHH" Marinia screamed as she flew off the edge of the roof. She never saw the large blue ball of biotic energy that hit the asari in the back. Seconds later, the trio heard a very loud thunderous clap. Ashley walked over to the edge of the roof and saw that the explosion had created a very large hole in the side of the building.
What is the status of the Normandy love? Have you found any signs of Saren or his ship?
We scanned the entire planet love but nothing matched the electronic signature of Saren's ship. Liara felt that she had let Zoe down as a she felt a wave of disappointment coming from Zoe.
Wrex, Ash and I have secured the landing pad on the roof of the main building. I will radio Ingrid and let her know that the LZ has changed and reroute them up to the roof. What's your ETA?
We can be there in no less than ten minutes. We will have reenter Virmire's atmosphere. There was no way we could have completed the scans as quickly as we did without leaving the planet's atmosphere. Hopefully we will be there sooner. I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to any of you. You all are a large family I wished I had growing up. I want to join you and Ashley if you two meet up. I think you should also check in with Karin. I can tell that something is bothering her but like you she is incredibly private and stubborn but I think you are the only one who can reach out to her. We are en route to your location. Joker says he owes you a drink if it takes him longer than seven minutes to reach you.
Tell him he'll owe me a new ship if he tries to go faster than my ship was designed to go. Secondly he should never ever put you in danger. I noticed that Karin was acting strangely and I had planned on talking to her at the first chance I get.
I want to be in your arms soon Love. My need for you is growing. These sweatpants cannot hide my erection much longer. I will be locking myself away in our cabin. Find me as soon as you can.
I will my love. I will. Zoe was lucky she had on her helmet on and her visor down as the tears started to run down her cheeks. Zoe never felt more loved than she what she felt coming from Liara. "Forsberg come in. It's Shepard." Zoe has made her way over to the elevator's control panel. She whipped out her onmi-tool and brought up her trusted bypass program. She had seen this security system before. It was for the discerning person who could afford the very best. Expensive however didn't necessarily better. Zoe easily found a back door in the ID verification system. She now had control of the elevator.
"Read you loud and clear Commander. Chakwas was able to stabilize Vakarian enough so that he's ready for an evac. We are just about to held back the way we came in…"
"Negative Sergeant. There is an elevator not far from your location. I've sent the car down to you. Ride it all the way back up to the top floor. It's a rooftop landing pad. The Normandy is in route for a pick up. Have the Good Doctor and Garrus be on the first car. Ash, Wrex and I have secured the roof."
"Roger that Commander. Heading to your location now. Forsberg out."
Zoe still felt uneasy and she couldn't put her finger where that worry was coming from. She silently walked around the area near the elevator with her shotgun out and her finger nervously caressing the trigger. She felt somewhat relieved when she saw the Normandy's silhouette coming down from the dark blue sky. Liara was coming and Zoe couldn't feel more relieved. She heard the doors to the elevator slide open. Two of the Normandy's marines carried the stretcher that her favorite turian in the entire galaxy. Following the stretcher was one of closest people Zoe had in her life. Dr. Karin Chakwas tried to hide the thousand yard stare from her face but Zoe knew that stare for she herself had bouts of the thousand yard stare before.
Zoe walked over to Karin. "How are you doing 'Ren?"
"We were lucky you were able to get to Garrus in time. He was given some drug that I haven't seen before but luckily for us… it doesn't seem to be affecting him negatively. He is stable for now and resting on a few light sedatives. Had you…" Karin was surprised when she felt a finger pressed upon her lips.
"'Ren… while I am happy that Garrus isn't fighting for his life, I know he is in the most capable hands in the galaxy. I ask you, Karin Diana Chakwas, were doing? You may be the Chief Medical Officer of the Normandy and can bench even me if you see fit. However, it's my job to check in with all of my crew. Get Garrus settled and comfortable in the med bay, I will be stopping by shortly." Karin nodded silently. She knew it was pointless to debate with the Captain of an Alliance vessel even if Zoe never was officially made the rank of Captain.
The Normandy landed smoothly down atop the rooftop. The cargo bay door lowered. There was a blue blur heading straight for Zoe. Zoe would have drawn down on the blue blur had she not known who that blue blur was. The blur tackled Zoe. Somehow Liara was able to remove Zoe's helmet with ease. Liara tossed the helmet aside before her lips crashed down upon Zoe's lips. Zoe wrapped her arms around her bondmate as Liara's kisses seared into Zoe's neck. Zoe then looked down and couldn't suppress a chuckle. The Alliance hoodie was no match for Liara's most ample assets. Those big blue breasts pressed against Zoe's chest plate. Out of the corner of her eye, Zoe caught a few of her marines along with Ash ogling her and Liara.
"You all have ten seconds to get back to the ship before I either toss you all into the brig, out an airlock or you all can scrub every inch of the Normandy both inside and out with your toothbrushes." She heard boots quickly stomping away from the immediate area around her and Liara. "Love, I have to tell you that your terrific tits ripped right through that cheap Alliance hoodie. I'm also pretty sure that your linga is pressing into my crotch even if I can't feel it through my armor. Let's go home love."
Liara pushed herself up off of Zoe. She pulled off the ruined sweatshirt and tossed it aside. She offered her hand and helped Zoe up off of the roof deck. Zoe collected her helmet and shotgun which had been tossed aside when Liara crashed into her. Zoe looked down at Liara and there was a clear strain on the thin material. Zoe ran her covered hand up and down the clear erection. Zoe took Liara's hand and the two lovers made their way up the cargo bay ramp. The ramp closed behind them. Liara whispered to Zoe that she was retiring to their cabin but that she should go check on Karin first. Zoe nodded as they both made their way to the elevator.
One floor up, Zoe waited outside the Med Bay for several moments before she applied her access code to the locked med bay console. The door unlocked and opened. She saw Garrus laying down on one of the treatment beds. He was being monitored by several machines just as several lines were attached to the turian. Zoe looked over to her left and saw Karin sitting at her terminal working on updating Garrus's medical report. Karin turned and saw that Zoe had walked in but didn't go out of her way to welcome the buxom redhead. Zoe turned around and relocked the door.
"Is he really in that bad of shape Karin?" Zoe asked as she walked over to where Garrus was sleeping.
"Most of what you see is precautionary. Garrus should physically recover within the next few days. However I am worried about his mental state. He was kidnapped with his date who was brutally murdered in front of him. Garrus had a fondness for Dr. Michel. I hope you will keep a careful eye on him after I release him. I don't think he will ever come to me or any trained medical personnel. He might however confide in you a fellow soldier who has seen the same horrors as him. Please Zoe keep an eye on him." Karin ended up standing next to Zoe looking down at the sleeping turian.
Zoe wrapped Karin up in a hug, "I can and will always look after my crew. That includes you 'Ren. What has you rather distracted that both Liara and I have noticed your unease." Karin wrapped her arms around Zoe before she silently started to sob into Zoe's shoulder.
"I… I…I… think it's better if I show you." Karin said as she broke out of Zoe's embrace. Karin then walked over to her terminal, logged back in and brought up an image of an x-ray on the large screen. "This is an x-ray of my right breast taken at my yearly physical six months ago. Everything looks perfectly normal." The image on the screen changed. "This was taken last night after I felt something unusual while I was in the shower." Karin pressed a few button on her console. The image zoomed in to highlight a small but dense area of a lighter color than the rest of the picture. "The area I highlighted is a lump I felt last night. Zoe, I'm not an oncologist but there normal cancer doesn't grow that big or dense in just a few months unless it's exposed to something unnatural like radiation or eezo. I'm really scared not just for me but for every woman on this ship. I'm am requesting to you that I give full mandatory check-ups to all of our female ship mates. Something isn't right here."
Zoe was astonished. She would never doubt Karin's sound medical diagnosis. "I will make the announcement in the morning. The captain shall lead by example I will be your first subject." Zoe walked over to the med bay's shipwide communicator. "Shepard to Bridge… you there Joker or do I have to pry your broken and overused omni-tool from your hand?"
"Jeez you really know where and how much to punch a guy Commander." Joker replied back.
"I think I might as well be called Captain on my own ship even if it unofficial yet. Now I have a new course heading for you. Plot us the quickest course to Thessia if you will."
"Aye Aye Captain, Joker out."
"Zoe… just why are we heading to Thessia. That is probably one of the last places to look for Saren. The mission comes first."
"You may be right Karin but my crew comes before anything mission related. I cannot go into battle with my mum sick on the sidelines. Besides…" Zoe walked over to Karin and got in real close. Zoe's quick and nimble fingers unzipped the top half of Karin's suit which unleashed the Silver Fox's F cup breasts encased in a sheer black lacy bra. Zoe slipped her hand underneath the bra and popped the large tit out from its prison. It didn't take the Captain long to find the lump in Karin's breast. "That's it isn't it? That pesky little bugger scaring my mum? We are going to get the best help you need and to hell with what it might cost. You act more like my mum than my actual biological mother is." Zoe had tears streamed down her cheeks as she gently put Karin's breast back behind the black lacy bra.
"As you heard, we are en route back to Thessia but more specifically back to the T'Soni Estate. Hopefully, the remain staff was able to clean up the large mess from my last visit there. I do not want anyone injecting any of that poison into your body. I know it's probably a long shot but I trust my gut and it's telling me to give this idea a try. Now, I am almost exhausted, I want you to join Liara and I in our bed. It's not an order or anything, I just think a little company is something you could really use right now. If you do decide to join us, be there in the next twenty minutes or so or you'll have to use your override code on the door lock." Zoe smiled as she looked back into Karin's yellow green eyes before she exited the med bay.
Zoe made her way across to her own cabin. The door slid open and Zoe was stopped dead in her tracks just inside their cabin. Liara was completely nude and she was standing at full mast. There was pre-cum leaking out from the dark blue tip of her cock. Zoe activated her suit of armor's emergency evacuation function. Her chest and shoulder plates along with her arm gauntlets fell to the floor. Zoe then struggled to pull off her compression shirt because she could have ripped it off if she truly wanted to but decided against using her biotic powers. Her leg armor fell off as she ran over to the bed and leaped on top of Liara.
Zoe trapped Liara's hard cock between her ass cheeks as he peppered Liara's lips with kisses. Liara was slightly caught off guard but recovered quickly. "Love I want to taste your sweet nectar. I am pretty sure that you want another large helping of Liara's Lusty Libation." Zoe spun herself around. She felt Liara tug down her compression tights. "Your rear is almost entirely the same shade as me. Your small scales match mine too. I hated the idea of what I had been turned into but you my love accepted it and me. I tear up every time."
Zoe couldn't think of a better response other than wrapping her lips around Liara's thick dark blue tip. Zoe should have expected Liara to buck her hips upwards driving half of her long thick shaft deeper into Zoe's mouth on the border of her throat. Zoe pushed her almost blue booty right into Liara's face. Zoe groaned as she felt her auburn short and curlies being gently tugged around. Zoe couldn't concentrate any longer when Liara's tongue parted her soaked folds. Zoe just kept running her tongue around the tip of Liara's cock as she held on for quite a ride. Liara could make a lot of money teaching her specific oral technique. Zoe never could find anything that could top Liara's talent. A major orgasm was mere moments away. Liara's cock fell out of Zoe's mouth as a massive wave of pleasure surged through the redhead's body. Zoe let out a silent scream as Liara's teeth nibbled on her hard clit. Her orgasm crashed down upon her from the heavens. Zoe painted Liara's face with her sweet nectar.
When Zoe opened her eyes, she saw Liara's cock twitching around. Zoe couldn't her lover in distress. Zoe latched back on to the big blue baton in front of her. She wrapped her hand around the base of Liara's shaft and slowly start to suck. She deftly slid her hand up and down the smooth shaft. Zoe loved how smooth Liara's skin is and couldn't wait for her full transformation to complete. She licked the underside of Liara's bulbous head. Zoe first tried to relax the muscles in her throat because she knew Liara could resist thrusting her hips upwards. A few seconds later, Zoe's nose was pressed up against Liara's groin. Zoe felt the telltale sign that Liara was seconds away from exploding.
Zoe let Liara's cock slip out from her mouth. She did keep her hand wrapped around the thick shaft. She stroked Liara as she aimed the tip just above her breasts. Several strokes later, Mt. Liara erupted with streams of thick and sticky light blue coated both of Zoe's large breasts. Zoe smiled as she looked up at Liara. Zoe loved feeling her lover's hot sticky cum filling her up or coating her tanned skin. She took no time in rubbing in Liara's cum. She didn't know it but Liara's cum somehow acted as some form of skin smoother. Once the last drop was rubbed in, Zoe leaned in and kissed her love.
"Well is there enough room on that standard issue military bed for the three of us? Zoe those are the cutest pair of blue panties I've…" Karin walked closer to the bed. "Oh my… that's your new skin. It's quite beautiful. Now I'm not a hypochondriac but I have seen what germs can do to both human and asari bodies. I would prescribe a shower for both of you."
Both Liara and Zoe slowly got up off of the bed. Neither could keep their eyes off of each other nor could Zoe keep her hands off of Liara's backside. Karin sighed because she missed that loving feeling. Her lover had been kidnapped and executed by Batarian slavers over thirty years ago. She thought about her dear Lauren as she quickly changed the bed linens which were quite stained. She pulled off her bathrobe and draped it over Zoe's chair before she lied down on the bed. Karin loved the feel of fresh clean linens on her nude body. She had almost fallen asleep when she saw a blue head on one of her large breasts and a wet mop of auburn on her other. Liara pulled up the duvet cover before the three lovely ladies drifted off to sleep.