Spectre Squad Chapter 2
Sitting in the silence of the Shuttle Cadet decided to start some conversation. "So... where are you guys from?" Wyvern was quick to respond "Like 99% of Drell I was born and raised on Kahje." Wyvern was proud of his home planet. "That's cool any family or anything" The young human asked curiously. "Yeah two sisters and a mother. Dad died during the Reaper war." Wyvern was very close to his father and his death still hurt him almost 20 years later. "Dam, sorry to hear. I was left orphaned after the war as well as millions of others. Was adopted by an Asari human couple not long after the war. I owe them everything. Taught me how to survive. They were pretty proud when i joined the Spectres" Cadet bragged. "What about you Onzul?" The turian disliked talking about himself but figured he owed the kid a bit for agreeing to come on this mission. "Grew up on Aephus. Had a pretty nice upbringing. Enlisted when I turned 18 and have been fighting ever since." His AI suddenly bleeped. APPROACHING KITE'S NEST RELAY SHORTLY. Wyvern locked his new pistol and Scar checked his Sniper. Cadet pulled out his Avenger. It was clearly a new model and was covered in art of Alliance flags and a picture of Earth. This weapon must of meant a lot to Cadet. "So Cadet what's your life been like so far?" Wyvern was interested in learning about the Rookie. "Was born on Earth in the United North American States. Was only 6 when the Reapers struck Earth and my family was killed. Like i said before a human Asari couple adopted me and raised me my dad and mother got on well considering the Asari's decline in recent years. Joined the alliance when I was 18 and got really good scores and finished my training earlier then most" Although he was new Wyvern had already found himself impressed by the young Recruit. Perhaps he saw himself in Cadet as they both were young and wanted to impress the galaxy. "Guessing your scores impressed the council then" Scar finally joined the conversation. "Yeah i hope i won't let you guys down." A sudden change from a cocky attitude to a more serious tone showed that he could behave under pressure. "Don't stress it kid we are all pretty much winging this." Scar really was hoping Wyvern would of come up with something by now.
The shuttle entered Erszbat's atmosphere and the horror of the planet was put into view. The trio looked out the shuttles window and saw a graveyard. Nothing but remnants of war and destruction. It was covered in decaying Batarian architecture and overgrown wildlife. "DAI please perform a thermal scan" Wyvern had a feeling something was wrong. SCANNING FOR HOSTILES: ERROR SOMETHING IS BLOCKING THERMAL SCANS. "No wonder the council can't find anything on this planet someone is intentionally blocking scans. I'd say our Batarian smugglers are here somewhere" Cadet was no means an expert on Tech but he was a fairly decent Engineer thanks to his Alliance training. "If we can find the source I might be able to turn it off." Wyvern and Scar nodded. "If we combine our AIs we might be able to find it." Wyvern decided to take leadership. "Sounds like a solid plan. DAI HAI TAI work together and see if you can find the cords to the jammer." Cadet was preparing to disable the jammer. An explosion would work of course but best not to kick a hornets nest. The shuttle land and the VI switched to stealth so no scouts would find their shuttle. Wyvern pulled out his M-77 Paladin, Scar grabbed his Black Widow and Cadet pulled out his Avenger. "Alright team lets move forward. Scar find a high position and keep us covered. Cadet you with me. Equip suppressors we have no idea how many Batarians are down here." Wyvern had not lead a team before but Cadet was new and Scar had back experiences leading teams. "Got it kid i'll find a good spot." Scar split from the team and moved towards a destroyed skyscraper. "I have your back boss" Cadet and Wyvern moved forward and equipped their Tactical cloaks as they moved around the destroyed colony. "Millions lived here once, not many people I feel sorry for but a lot of people were slaves" Scar said over his radio. "Yes the batarians were pretty ruthl-" Wyvern quickly stopped and called for radio silence as he noticed a few batarians walking across a field covered in debris. "You really think anything will change?" One batarian said. "What. You starting to doubt Balak again? He'll bring back the glory of the Hegemony!" Two batarians were at each others throats as another broke them apart. "Quit it you two or i'll have you thrown to the varren. Or we could always put a chip in you. The colony sure needs cleaning" This was clearly the Batarian leader of the group. "N-o No Sir that won't be necessary" This made the two batarians quiet. "Their in our way" Cadet whispered. Wyvern nodded and activated his omi tool. "Scar take the guy on the middle i'll take the left Cadet you take the right." Cadet aimed at the right batarian and lifted his hand to show he was ready. "Affirmative. I've got him in my sights" Scar was also ready. "Alright one..two...three" 3 shots were fired and 3 batarians dropped dead. "Nice shots"
Wyvern and Cadet moved up towards another ruined building. "I can't see you from here if you enter. Watch your sixs" Scar warned. "Got it. Cadet watch our backs i'll go in first" Wyvern entered the building where the AIs said the jammer was in. As they entered they noticed a hatch on the floor and they opened it. "Odd. The signals not coming from underground though lets look for the jammer" Cadet nodded again. "Huh you say something man" A batarian voice from another room caused the duo to panic into cover and reequipped their cloak. The batarian enters the room and looks around and sees the opened hatch. "By the Pillars of Strength those HQ dummies always leave the hatch open." He mumbled and walked towards the hatch but before he could close it a knife entered his throat. Cadet grabs the body before it drops and pulls it away from easy view. "You hear that Wyvern? HQ?" Cadet was very excited now. "Affirmative but the jammers our top priority, Scar make your way to our position and we'll storm it together." Wyvern commanded. "You got it making my way now." Wyvern approached the room the batarian was in and saw the jammer in the corner. The room was empty. Now he felt like something was defiantly wrong. One guard for a jammer covering the whole planet?. "Cadet something isn't right. They can't put a jammer and the entrance to their HQ right next to each other. Our AIs tracked it to easily." Wyvern was growing worried. "Perhaps but it took all 3 of our AIs. Spectres don't normally work in teams... but the jammer? Yeah something isn't right." Suddenly both their omi tools bleeped. "Cadet Wyvern you gotta get out of there!" Scar was out of breath. He was running from something. "What's going on Scar? What are you running from?" Wyvern was now extremely worried. "I don't know what it is. Some Batarian pet. Its the real defence for the jammer. Looks like a varen and a Kilxen had a baby." Scar had seen some terrifying things and this scared him which Wyvern knew it wasn't a good sign. Wyvern and Cadet both retreated to the corner of the room with the jammer. "Cadet get it disabled now!" Wyvern was trying not to panic.
"Alright give me about a min" Cadet got to work splicing the batarian anti hacking software. Suddenly a loud snarl was heard from the other room. It was the purest form of terror. Not even a thresher maw could make a noise so deep and terrifying. Cadet began speeding up. Then another snarl. This one was even louder. It was getting closer. Wyvern was almost shaking. "Cadet you better hurry." Cadet was trying not to show his fear as he tried disabling the jammer. A third snarl. Like nails on a chalkboard. Wyvern then saw its face as it scouted the room. It was monstrous. The face of a varren with the horns of a kilxen. Its teeth looked sharper than chefs knifes. It also appeared to have no eyes and was using scent to find its prey. Their cloaks were useless. "Cadet!" Wyvern quietly whispered. "Jammer down in 3...2...1. Lets go now!" Both spectres ran towards an exit and this clearly alerted the creature causing it to quickly pounce on Cadet. "Shit!" Cadet narrowly avoided death. "Scar gonna need help killing this thing!" Wyvern launched himself out of a window and landed on his feet, quickly followed by Cadet. "I'll try finding you watch its teeth and claws and Spirts Sake don't get cornered!" Scar was rushing to save his friends. The creature burst through the window they escaped in and its full body was shown. It was built like a tiger only bigger. Its front paws had been replaced with Klixen claws and had horns from the Tuchanka creature as well. Its teeth were pure Varren and its removal of eyes struck curiosity into the team but all they cared for the moment was surviving. Wyvern fired a few shots at the monster while Cadet prepared a few grenades. The creature jumped at Wyvern while he rolled out of the way and fired another shot at it. The shot hit but it appeared to do little damage. Cadet threw a grenade at the creature and Wyvern threw himself out of the way. The creature jumped out of the explosion and threw itself towards Cadet. Quickly overwhelmed the creature tried biting the human spectres throat and before he could kill the spectre a shot flew out of a building and hit the creatures back causing an explosion of blood all over Cadet. The creature fell dead. "Hahaha. Sure glad i brought this now!" Scar said over the radio. "As am i. Shit what was that?" Wyvern inspected the dead creature. "No idea but it weighs a lot please get it off me!" Cadet was struggling to move the creature off him. Wyvern quickly used his biotics to lift the creature off Cadet. "Thanks. I am definitely needing a shower after this" The human was completely covered in blood from head to toe. "Alright well the jammer is down but the HQ was a lie. We triggered some sort of trap that alerted that thing" Scar was reading some planet scans on his omi tool. "Correct. DAI anything on the scanner?" SCANNING: NO JATH'AMON DECTECTED ON ERSZBAT. "Well that complicates things. Say we head back to the shuttl-" ALERT ALERT. DAI quickly interrupted Cadet. HIGH RANKING BATARIAN DECTECTED. "What've you got DAI?" Wyvern's ai was finally able to fully scan the planet for hostiles. BATARIAN CAPTIAN BROLS INDRIS IS HIDING ON THESE CORDS. RECOMMEND CAPTURING TARGET. "Alright. Let's get the bastard. Cadet get the shuttle we'll need it for a getaway. Scar your with me. Alright lets move it squad!" Both Cadet and Scar nodded and moved towards their objectives. DAI had found Indris in a small area on the planet but thermal scans showed a significant batarian force was deployed there. It was not going to be an easy fight.
Wyvern and Scar had begun scouting around the area using a drone and checked for alarms or traps. "I count 15 hostiles on the east entrance, TAI says there's possibly another 20 indoors." Scar was strategizing the best decision for attack. "Similar numbers on the west side. How do we wanna play this?" Wyvern was a little unsure on what to do. "Maybe Cadet could cause a distraction and we grab Brols in the confusion?" Scar was watching a batarian through his scope. "Could work, but he might have an escape plan. We lose him here we leave empty handed." Wyvern watched two batarians on a smoke break. "Lets attack from both sides and confuse them. Hopefully if were quick enough we can get him." Wyvern fired two shots from his pistol and the smoking batarians dropped dead. "Alright i'll do what i can. Good Luck" Scar switched to radio silence. Wyvern moved up and used his cloak. He quickly got the jump on a batarian on guard and stabbed him through the neck. Another batarian saw him but before he could shout for help a shot from Wyvern's pistol silenced him. Moving closer in he runs for cover by a door. His scans show 5 enemies indoors and he decides its better to avoid than engage.
Jumping through several rooms without making a sound he sees Scar take down another foe with the end of his rifle. They have both reached their target. In the next room contained the person they were hunting for. Wyvern planted a breach charge and Scar prepared a flashbang. Wyvern prepared the charge. "3...2..." ALARM! ENEMY HOSTILES PRESENT IN THE BASE
A batarian VI had alerted every batarian of wyvern and scars location so they quickly rushed the room and killed all but one batarian "What the? Who are yo-" Wyvern smacked Indris in the face with his pistol instantly knocking him out. "What's all that noise over there?" Cadet says over the radio. "We tripped an alarm. Gonna need a pickup and now!" Wyvern grabs the batarian over his shoulder and Scar covers him while they prepare defensive positions. 3 batarian recruits run into the room and before they could fire a bullet Scar kills them all with a single shot. Wyvern cuffs the prisoner and throws him be hide some cover while he prepares to hold his ground.
A team of batarians come in guns blazing firing shots all around the room. Wyvern throws down a biotic throw and launches a batarian in the air and shooting him right in the face. He then throws a biotic grenade killing another 2 batarians only leaving a few left. Scar runs out of cover and uses his secondary smg to eliminate a batarian sniper hiding be hide cover. He quickly switches back to his sniper and hits a another foe right in the stomach killing him instantly. Another batarian fires a shot torwards Scar and narrowly avoids his shoulder. Wyvern covers him with a warp saving his life. Scar and Wyvern move out of the room into a courtyard outside. A group of batarians were waiting for them, but before they could do anything they are blown apart by an airstrike from Cadet in the shuttle. "Looks like you guys kicked the hornet's nest! Let's get the hell out of here!" Cadet opens the shuttle doors. Wyvern throws the knocked out batarian onto the shuttle using his biotics. Scar jumps on board and helps Wyvern on board. The shuttle doors close and the cloak activates. "Cadet get us out of here quickly!" Wyvern sits in the co-pilot seat. "Scar watch the prisoner!" Wyvern helps Cadet with the shuttle. "Alright boss!" Scar makes sure Indris can't escape. "Time we get back to the citadel?" Cadet asked. "Yeah let's get back to the council." Wyvern sighed. A job well done he supposed. "What...what? Where in pillars are i?" Indris had awoken confused. "On your way to face justice" Scar laughed at the injured smuggler.