Just like when I originally posted this story, chapters four and five were released on the same day, talk about deja vu. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter of EE, and I'm only commening on this to keep the word count over a thousand :)
Kyon had gotten off of the longest elevator ride of his life when he entered a room that had C-sec on the wall, and stopped because a bird type creature held his hand up, and spoke in an alien language, "What?" Kyon asked the thing and it repeated. What it was saying wasn't like any language Kyon had ever heard, "I don't understand you," Kyon says.
The alien sighed and called over a human, "Identification please.".
"Kyon Salgrins," he answered and the bird creature pressed a commands into the terminal he was using, but nothing came up.
"Sir, you are not in any known databases," the woman announced, "and you don't have a translator, would you care to explain this to us?" she asks him.
They can not know, a voice in his head rang, tell them that you are an ex-slave, they ordered
Not wanting to deal with any trouble, Kyon knew that it was his best solution, "Because I only escaped slavery a few weeks ago," Kyon answered, looking down. He instantly got sympathetic looks from the two officers. Kyon thought about the consequences he would face if anyone found out he was lying, but thought that he would have to deal with it if that scenario came up..
"I understand," the woman told Kyon, her voice suddenly becoming gentler, she gestured for her alien coworker to move, and began creating a profile for Kyon. "Take these," she gave Kyon what looked like a clear sleeve, and a headset, "They should help you get around until you get a translation implant."
Kyon nodded, "Thank you," he replied, walking past them. He saw a sign that said 'the wards' and follows it to another elevator.
Kyon, amazed by how many people seemed to rush through the streets of the citadel, stepped out of the elevator after it opened, "Damn..." he trailed, fading into the crowd and tried to navigate through the mob of business. Kyon wondered how many people were in this one area, and tried to leave the crowd. Kyon walked up to a balcony saw the citadel from the area he is at and is in awe, "My home town has nothing on this," he says as he looks out of the balcony and leaned on the railing.
Below the balcony he saw what looked like a girl in a spacesuit running from a blue woman and some horned frog looking things with dog legs. He looked for a way down and saw some nearby roof tops that descended in the direction that they are running. Kyon jumps over the railing and rolled as he landed on the roof. He started running, he preformed a speed vault over an AC unit, and a wall run over a gap. He jumped off the wall in the middle of the wall run in order to grab the roof he was aiming for.
Tali was running through the wards as Saren's men chased her not wanting to look back. She ran as fast as she could through the wards and ran down an alley.
Kyon jumped over a narrow gap then turned to run on the rooftop above the Alley that the girl ran into.
The girl ran into a dead-end, and Saren's men caught up to her. She turned around and drew her shotgun, "Stay back!" she shouted, her voice slightly distorted by her suit.
The asari laughed, "You think you can hurt us with that puny thing?" she asks as she pulls out a shotgun normally reserved for krogan.
She let out an audible gulp, and there was only one option if she wanted to live. She would have to make them think she was going to give them what they wanted. She holstered her shotgun and prepared a disc grenade.
Kyon had jumped off the roof of the building and onto a fire escape and began climbing down as he saw the girl put away her gun, but the blue woman kept hers aimed on her prey. As soon as he was low enough Kyon jumped off the fire escape and extended the wrist blades that he had from before he was sent to the future and stabs both of the frog creatures in the back of the neck forcing them into the ground and killing them.
The asari turns around and aims her shotgun but sees nothing, but soon ends up on her back as an unseen enemy sweeps her legs out from under her, "Why are you chasing her?" Kyon asked, as he pinning her to the ground with one arm, and using the other to throw the shotgun out of her reach.
The girl was surprised by Kyon's appearance, but not ungrateful, for all she knew the man just saved her life. The asari's shotgun landed at her feet, and she picked it up.
The tentacle haired woman laughed at Kyon, "Foolish human," she told him as she began glowing blue. She threw Kyon into the wall, "now you are-" There was a loud bang, and the asari went flying.
Kyon was dazed, but he knew what had happened, "Thanks," he told her, trying to stand up again.
Tali helps the man stand, "I should be the one thanking you," she replied, "not many people will help a quarian,"
"Helping someone shouldn't depend on their race," Kyon told her, and saw a hole in her arm, "Let's get you to a hospital," he told her as they exited the alley. He saw a sign outside of the alley that pointed towards a clinic.
"I think that's a good idea," Tali says, "My name is Tali'Zorah nar Rayya," she says, "but you can call me Tali,"
"Kyon Salgrins," he tells her as he leads her towards the clinic.