4 months after arrival Prison space station Purgatory.
Jack sat in her cell with biotic repression cuffs around her ankles and wrists. Being a powerful biotic that could rival an asari matiarch in terms of biotic strength she needed to be under control and the biotic repressors were the best idea for this bald tattooed biotic. She didn't like it but that's the way it was when she got here. But she smiled and she had a plan, some of the prisoners were planning a riot and soon, during that time she would be moved to cryo.
That would be the best time to break out. The Reaper attack had spooked the prisoners and if they were to die they wanted to die free doing what they did best. But the warden would never allow it and that's why the break out was necessary. Not that she'd blame them, but the only problem was escape but that was were Jack came in. She had listed for the sounds of ships docking for food and supplies and today they were going to receive another shipment and that meant escape. Like the good team player she was she told them, as long as she could escape as well.
They had no choice and thus the plan was created. All she had to do was wait now until they came for her. Around an hour later the guards came with the device they were going to keep her in.
"Turn around!" one of the guards ordered.
Jack simply smiled and did as she was told and turned before placing her hands on the wall. Her cell door then opened and two of the guards entered one of the aimed their weapon at her while the other gave her a pat down. To check for any items that maybe contraband, but she had nothing and the guard turned to the other and nodded.
"Ok turn and move but keep those hands were we can see them." he ordered.
She did as she was told and was lead out into the air. One of the guards then injected her with a sedative making her feel very drowsy. They were sure it was enough to knock her out, but with her metabolic system it would only make her sleepy and wear off soon. Two of the guards then grabbed her and undid her cuffs before mounting her onto the bed they had brought. They strapped her down tightly then moved her.
Several of the prisoners watched as they saw Jack being transported to solitary. They looked at each other and nodded.
OOOOO
Warden Kuril sat in his office reading the latest reports as an email came up. Interested he opened it and read slowly. It was from Alliance command ordering for the transfer of Jack to their custody with a down payment. He had to rub his eyes to double check the amount. He smiled and that and began to write the order when another email came, he opened it and read it.
"Oh spirits." he said as he saw what I requested and the amount making him smile.
But just then sounds of people crying out met his ears. He turned to see the prisoners rioting, not the first time but hopefully the last.
As the guards moved Jack several of the prisoners ran up to the and forced them away from the bed. One of the prisoners then slapped Jack in the face waking her up. She then broke her bonds and stood, her rage burned though the rest of the sedative and she pushed the guards into walls. That winded them allowing the prisoners to grab their weapons. They then unloaded a few rounds into the guards killing them.
"Ok let's go." she then said with a bit of a cocky smile as the station went on alert.
As soon as it went the group then broke out into a run to the airlock.
OOOOO
The main docking area was currently being unloaded of food and water and other supplies when the alarm went off. The workers got into a panic, and dropped what they had.
"WHAT DO WE DO?" one asked to one of the guards but they were in as much of a state as they were.
Just then the door blew open and Jack entered the hanger followed by other prisoners. As soon they they entered Jack threw a warp in the middle of the room attracting most of the workers ans prisoners before the lead threw a grenade into the warp ball. It detonated killing them and the dead bodies fell as the ball dissipated. The others then looked to her.
"We're taking the ship, anyone have any problems with that?" she asked.
No one said anything as the prisoners moved into the ship. Inside one of the prisoners then headed to the bridge and activated the controls. The docking clamps retracted and the ship took off, as it did one of the turrets of the station open fired at the ship but didn't hit it. The ship then hit the mass relay and took off out of system.
The prisoners cheered for their freedom and began to open the crates of food and water to celebrate. But Jack didn't, she has been running for so long that she developed a sixth sense. Something was going to happen, she could feel it in her bones.
"Hey Jack!" one of the prisoners called making her turn to face him. "Join us!"
"No, somethings wrong." she said looking back out at space.
Just then the ship came out of the relay jump into a very bad neighbourhood. The ship came face to face with a Reaper.
"Oh shit." Jack said moving away from the window.
"What is that thing?" one of the prisoners asked.
No one answers as the Reaper fired it's weapon cutting the ship in half. People inside the ship were flung around as the gravity generator was shut down. The prisoners began to panic but Jack didn't and pushed herself off a wall. She moved towards the life pods, the others however were panicking too much and Jack couldn't care less about them. The door to the pod opened and she flew in. Once inside she strapped herself in and hit the launch sending her far away from the ship. However the straps were faulty and she was flung from her seat and hit the wall of the pod so hard it knocked her out.
OOOOO
Jack awoke slowly and found that an asari was looking down at her. The asari wore something akin to a Kasaya, something buddist monks ware, but this was white and had a large blue wrap around her waist. She tried to sit up but her head felt like it was being squeezed by something so she lay back down with some help from the Asari.
"Careful sister." she said. "You took a major blow to the head. You have been out for a week."
"Ugh what happened?" Jack asked.
"We found you in an escape pod that had clear signs of Reaper battle scaring. No one else was in, we believe that you are the only survivor."
"Sounds right. I was on board a ship escaping Purgatory, a prison station when we relayed into a reaper. While the others panicked I got into an escape pod and escaped."
"Sinful, and selfish but understandable. Time is rarely a friend." the asari said in a calming but disapproving tone. "Now rest sister, you need it."
Jack fell asleep again dreaming of revenge. After a few days of rest she awoke and began to move about. The ship she was on was come kind of modified asari cargo freighter for a group of asari monks, or nuns, or what ever term they used. Moving down the corridor she then found a window into a the largest part of the ship. It was a room similar in size to a hall much like a temple. In the middle of the floor was an emblem, it was in a lotus flower like shape with asari swords in a cross behind it.
Other then that the hall was filled with asari dressed with the Kasaya like clothing. Each one was armed with a boe, a staff weapon. Each one of them moved with grace, they seemed to know what they were doing as well. Each one of them moved at the same time as the others like ballet dancers on earth. It was amazing to say the least as they moved. As she watched one of the asari walked up to her and stood beside her looking into the room.
"What are they doing?" Jack asked.
"Training." the asari said.
"For what?"
"Meditation, you see we worship the warrior goddess Anthies. Part of the one of the old Asari religions. We believe that through and understanding of violence, we'll be able to achieve inner peace."
"Sounds boring." Jack said looking away. "Why train if you got no reason to fight? No one to kill?"
"Training in combat does not mean you are looking for a fight. It just a from of exercise, one that increases discipline, reflex and muscles. But others fine a peace within training, it relaxes them, calms them allows them to think. We have fought, yes but only as a last resort. We are monks, we don't believe that lives should be taken so needlessly."
"Drop me off at the nearest space port." Jack said before walking off but the asari stopped her by grabbing her shoulder.
"I know what you have been though Jack, I can feel your pain from here. But you know as well as I do that with this war you will not be able to have your revenge. Your life was taken from you at a young age, and you know you cannot have it back. But all your life you've been betrayed, shunned and attacked. You just want to find peace somewhere, somewhere to call, home. But your anger, and distrust of people is preventing you from doing so. Anger solves nothing Jack."
"How do you know me?" Jack asked turning to face the asari.
"I used to work with the Thessian police. I have a few friends in intelligence, when you came with that outfit my instincts kicked in. you can guess the rest."
"So why not arrest me?"
"Because I'm not an officer anymore, and everyone deserves a second chance. We're going to be docking in a few hours thin about what I said." the asari said before leaving.
Jack returned to her bed in the medical bay and sat on it. What the asari said stuck with her and she began to think about it all. She hated to admit it but the asari was right, she could never find a place to belong due to her anger and how many times she was betrayed. She sighed and lay back on the bed and looked at the ceiling. Something then came to mind, something someone had told her long ago.
'Think about all the people you killed, now think how many families you have destroyed by killing that person. How many life's have you taken, now think about yours. What makes your shitty life any different?'
What did make her shitty life any different? She sighed as she sat up, all she wanted was a place to belong. She spent the hours thinking about it until they docked. The asari who talked to her entered the medical bay.
"We've docked." she said.
"What's the order's policy about sex?" Jack asked.
"It's very leaniant, why?"
"Teach me about the goddess."
OOOOO present.
Jack looked up at the candles in front of her as she finished her meditative prayer. She then stood and hooked her prayer beads onto her waist. She then turned around and walked away and into another room where John Shepard was waiting. He sat cross legged in front of a table drinking some tea. She came and sat at the other side of the table.
"So." John said. "Why did you ask me here?"
"I asked you are to talk about our agreement. You wish me to train biotics here right?" John just nodded. "In that case there are a few conditions which I would like to talk to you about."
"Let's hear it."
OOOOO
Oriana looked over the body fro one of the people in the pods as he lay on the table in front of her. Naked yes, but she had seen it all before. Being a scrapper had it's perks as she brought stuff into the settlement that helped them a lot. As such she was kinda treated like royalty. She looked over the body and typed in a few thing as the man who captured her walked up to the table with a syringe in hand.
"What's that?" she asked.
"Something that will make my army loyal." he said as he pushed it into the arm of the man. "And stronger."
He then pushed the plunger and the liquid entered the man's body. Suddenly his body began to shake and black stuff began to form, it was almost technological but as it grew Oriana knew what it was. The black stuff was Reaper tech, she looked to the man.
'How the hell did he get a hold of it, more over how does it still work?' she thought as the man was slowly corrupted by the tech.
OOOOO
A man dressed in armor, similar to that of what the samurai used to ware but more modern, looked at a galaxy map in front of him. He studied it carefully looking over the movements of the Solar empire. He needed to remove them from the equation, that way he'll achieve his goal.
"For the empire, Earth, Nippon will be mine!" he said.