Ok first off sorry for the delay, but the company who I sent my laptop to didn't talk to each other making me wait for it longer. But then I had a party to help set up and clean not to mention Destiny 2 came out. So yeah, I've been busy as of late. So yeah sorry, however I should mention that I am trying to work on kinda a neo retro/ modern gaming channel but I need a few more things, but if anyone is interested I will let you know when it's up.
As Oriana looked at the computer in front of her checking the information she had a program activated that would look for Ashley Williams of the alliance and send her a message. After she was saved from her father Ashley and met up with her and said that if she needed anything just to ask her. It was strange that a Spectre like her would do something for someone like her. But even so she didn't want to pass up the opportunity if Ashley was still alive.
She was not one to believe in god, but in this case she hoped that whatever watched over her sent her some help.
OOOOO
In her office looking over a few things Ash looked at the information she received recently. This was mostly stuff from Omega giving their inventory lists and other things. She wanted to do this because last time she looked there was something off about the information and wanted to make sure that she didn't miss anything. It was minor, so other things could wait. As she looked at the information her hand drifted to her slightly swollen belly. Slightly smiling she read, she just like Miranda, Liara and Tali were pregnant. But that meant no fighting, John didn't want them to go out with their pregnancy into battle.
While he knew that they could handle themselves even with the nanites, he didn't want to risk anything with them. Ash and Miranda where the only ones to complain about it but in the end dropped it after Chackwas and Shoko backed up John. When your doctor says stop you should listen and that's what the two did. But other then that the only real major thing that they where planning was to get Tavos in bed with John and punish Aria like the slave she is. But for the latter they needed to wait for Miranda to come back on board and she was still busy with her Storm soldier program.
She sighed and focused, but as she did her computer came on grabbing her attention as a video played. But as she watched her eyes widened as did her mouth.
"Hey miss Williams, it's Oriana. Look I cannot talk much but listen I'm trapped in an old Cerberus base, it's hot so either I'm on a lava planet or something but that's not important. Look I've been captured by someone who's trying to make an army! He's using some form of Reaper tech, how he got it I have no idea but… it's not good. Look I need help the program I used should have my location, please help."
Ashley's heart almost stopped as she saw this. Shrinking the video she had to get to Miranda, this was too important to ignore. For what seemed like an eternity Miranda finally came up.
OOOOO a few moments before
In the training area Miranda watched over as the prototype Strom soldier moved fast. Twice as fast as a normal human and with the grace of an asari. The prototype was female because Miranda wanted to create several types of Strom soldier. This one would be more along the lines of an infiltrator and scout which the Empire badly needed. The prototype then got to the end with ease and looked up at Miranda who smiled at this. This was the final trail of the prototype and with everything done, now she needed some form of live test to see if they work.
As she worked her terminal lit up, still with her smile on her face she walked over to it and activated it. Ashley came on screen with a face that seemed like someone was in trouble. Before Miranda could speak Ash spoke quickly.
"Miranda, take a look at this." she said and played the video making the perfect woman's eyes widen.
"Oh my god." Miranda muttered as she fell into a chair and looked at nowhere in particular. "This cannot be happening."
Her feelings were in turmoil, she was happy to see she her sister alive but she knew what her sister was talking about. She shook her head and looked to Ashley.
"Get John, Liara, Tali, Wrex and Garrus on the line they need to hear this."
OOOOO
John, Wrex, Tali, Garrus and Ash sat in the war room while holograms of Liara and Miranda where up. It took a few moments but Miranda soon got the courage to speak.
"What I'm about to tell you all cannot leave this room." she said forcefully and everyone nodded. "Ok, when working for Cerberus I was put in charge of the Lazarus project as you all know. However resurrecting John was one part of it. During the process we had to make a clone in case we needed a lung or something to replace. At a point when we were sure he didn't need the close we moved it off world to a location that is soon to be destroyed by it's sun."
"John has a clone?" Garrus asked.
"Well there goes the galaxy." Wrex said but no one laughed.
"There's more, there was a project called Replica. It was for the most part abandoned or at lest I was taken off it. The project was intended to make super soldiers using Reaper technology. At the time when I was on the project we found some form of well techno liquid that changed people. We wanted it to help with out plans to make Humanity the dominant race. From what I understand it was a failure, we couldn't control the rate of the liquid converting people. After that, I heard very little. Recently I got a message from my sister, she's been captured and being forced to make an army for this copy of John."
The room fell silent but Ash spoke up. "How did the Reaper tech survive?" she asked making eyes turn to her. "I thought that it was gone after the Crucible fired."
"I would think that it's something like we see with the husks. Still around but less effective, however I doubt that it's Reaper tech. Probably something else."
John sighed and rested his head in his hands. "Ok, so what do we do?"
"Well I've been meaning to talk about that. I have just completed one of our Strom Soldier prototypes and I would like to send it on it's way for a life fire trail."
"You'll only get one shot Miranda." Garrus said.
"I know but I think it's worth the risk."
John pinched the bridge of his nose. "Ok, Miranda. Do it, but after that send your sister here. I want Chakwas and Shoko to take a look a her."
"That's fine."
"Ok then, but since we're here there's something that I want to talk about. Even with the nanites, there is no chance that I'm going to live forever, that's a fact so I think it's time we talk about a line of succession. After I die, who's going to be next? Liara's child is going to have a long life, but taking into account you are asari, no offence, not many people will like that even if you are one of my wife's. Haninding the rule to a non human is not going to look well in peoples eyes. Tali, you child is going to be the fist human-qurrain hybrid. But that has the same problems as Lara."
John took a moment to take a deep breath before continuing.
"This is why I think that Miranda or Ashley's child to take over but, 'sigh' this is why I'm saying it now. This is something we need to talk about, but I think it maybe best for all of us to think about this carefully as well as a strict line of succession agreed?" Everyone nodded. "Ok then, dismissed."
OOOOO
She waited, she waited in the room looking at the wall nothing coming to thought or mind. Just waiting for what was to come. Her mistress tested her skills out and was impressed but she needed more of something, maybe a trail? A real mission? She didn't know but she was going to wait anyway. After all that's what she was there for, at least at the moment. There was a chill that made her naked body shiver slightly. Her muscles shined in the light of her room. The door opened and the mistress walked in.
"Proto I have a mission for you are you ready for it?" she asked.
"Yes, I am." Proto said.
"Good follow me."
The two left the room and the mistress lead her to a room with a tube in the middle of it. The mistress then indicated for her to climb in, which she did. Just then a tube above her opened up and a black liquid began to fill the tube. It only stopped at her hips and the mistress came up to the tube.
"You need to cover yourself in the liquid. It's a mix of flexible materials and metal making it a light body armour however stop at your neck."
Proto nodded and she rubbed her body down with the liquid and it attached to her naked form well giving her armour that would suit her role. An infiltrator, a scout, a spy, someone from the shadows no not from the shadows, a shadow. As soon as she covered her body she climbed out and the tube and the armour around her hardened she was then handed a helmet which she slid on and looked up at the HUD.
"Now as for your mission..."
OOOOO 3 days later
Oriana looked at her terminal trying to figure out what to do, she needed to stop this madman somehow but he was smart. He didn't show it but he was smart and could tell if something was off. How she had no idea, but that was the least of her problems. The collar would detonate if she left the base, not to mention that the madman had the controls for it. She needed to show that she was willing to work with him, she didn't have to like it she just had to work with him.
Sighing she looked at her terminal trying to figure something out. Unknown to her, the vent above her bed opened up and a black clad figure landed softly on her bed. The figure then moved up to Oriana and on one swift movement moved her hand over the young Lawson's mouth and the other around her arms shocking her.
"Don't move, I'm Proto and I'm here to help you escape understand?"
Oriana nodded and Proto removed herself from the girl. "Did Ashley get my message?"
"I believe so, come we must leave."
"One moment." Oriana turned to her terminal and downloaded what she could before removing the drive and standing. "Look I don't think I can leave take this show it to Ashley. She'll know."
"Why cannot you leave?"
Ori scoffed and pointed at her collar. "This is an explosive slave collar, I leave boom no more head."
Proto leaned in and looked at the collar closely. Looking around it, Proto then took a knife out and held it hand. Proto then looked over to the sheets and the window, Ori looked as well and nodded.
OOOOO
A body of a naked woman lay in a tube awaiting her awakening. But it wasn't time yet, he didn't need her yet but she was to be his queen. Smiling, he looked to the notes about his army that was slowing taking from. A few more weeks then he would have his army, one to kill John Shepard with. This was his time now, and he was going to rule.
All of a sudden an explosion shook the base. He got up and ran to the source only to find himself in his slave's room. The window to the room was gone and the sheets gave it away, she had tied to escape in the process. The fool, ah well a minor loss but that meant he had to awaken her now. Well it wasn't all bad then he'd have his queen now.