The Council
"Fuck!" I whispered to myself, waking up from my nap in a sweat from that damn nightmare. Bioware did not do the vision justice at all. Checking the time, I see I got thirty minutes of sleep, so we should be at the citadel in an hour, plus the time it takes to dock. I decide to go ahead and take a quick workout, sticking to working on cardio, my arm's still sore from that shot through my shoulder.
"Hey!" I look over to see Ashley, nearly giving me a heart attack, got way too entrenched in my workout.
"Yo, what's up?" I asked, continuing my jog, "I thought you'd be relaxing"
"I could say the same about you"
"Okay" I said, "I take it that you wanted to ask me some questions?"
"Is it that obvious?" she asked
"Nope" I deadpanned, "Did Shepard send you?"
"No, I just wanted ask you a question about Alenko" and I just sighed
"Look, what happened between me and Kaiden was a long time ago and in the past, and I'm over it"
"Didn't seem like that on Eden Prime"
"Yeah, some old feelings boiled over. But I'm over it, you can go ahead and let Shepard know" I muttered
"She didn't send me"
"Then why are you here asking about it?" I asked, and she got squirmy
"No reason"
"You got a crush on him?"
"I'll see you when we get there" she muttered, walking away. Interesting, she's worried about Kaiden, who follows Shepard like a puppy. That's going to end well.
-Two hours later-
"This is an outrage! If these were Turian colonies, there'd be a fleet!" Udina yelled
"Turians don't found colonies on the edge of the Terminus Systems, Ambassador" the Turian councilor replied
"This conversation is over. We'll discuss this and the findings of the investigation at the meeting, Good day Ambassador" The Asari councilor said, ending the call
"That ended well" I muttered, catching the eye of Udina
"I see you've brought your entire crew Anderson"
"Just the ground team, and our tagalong"
"Yes" he went on, "the man who does the dirty work for the Alliance, such a reliable person"
"More reliable than you" I deadpanned
"I am the Am-"
"I don't care" I interrupted him, getting slap to the head from Shepard "Fuck!"
"This outcome is horrible, the beacon being destroyed is putting your candidacy for the Spectres in jeopardy", and I just put the best surprised face on for what Udina just said, and Shepard just smirked
"I did nothing wrong" Shepard demanded, "The council has to see that"
"We'll make them see it" Anderson butted in
"Y'all are a little too positive" I whispered to myself, only Shepard hearing it
"Anyways, I'll get you all access to the tower, including your dog" Udina said, walking over to his console
"No need, I already have clearance to go up there" I said, getting a few looks from everyone, and a glare from Udina
"I see, we'll meet you all there" he said, looking at his door, and we all walked out.
"That went pretty good" I said, meaning every word
"Excuse me?" Shepard asked, clearly not happy
"I don't do well with politicians, that was good for me" I said, and we started walking, making it out of the embassy. "I'll meet you guys at the Tower elevator, I need to go see my banker"
"For what?" Kaiden asked
"Everything I owned was on Eden Prime, and I'm pretty sure my ex-boss burned it all by now, need to pull out some credits"
"We shouldn't split up" Shepard said, crossing her arms
"I'll be fine" I said, waving at her and walking away, making my way towards the Financial district. Getting there, I walk into his office, and immediately get greeted by him.
"Welcome Earth-clan", "Ah, Mr. Coates, how're you today?"
"Barla" I said with a nod, "My money please"
"Of course," he said, pulling out a chit, "I must wonder what you did to get such large, and frequent payments from the Shadow Broker" he questioned, pulling the Chit closer to his chest
"I bet you do, and would you like to know what happens to the agents who ask that question, keeping me from my money?" I paused for dramatic effect, "I'll give you a hint, you won't find them, turns out the Shadow Broker can be very vindictive" and I could here the gulp through his suit, and he handed me the chit. "Good choice"
I put the Chit onto my omnitool, transferring the money to my account. I walk out, make a quick stop at a coffee shop for some hot chocolate, and make my way to the Towers entrance.
"Shepard" I said, getting her attention. "Where's Williams and Alenko?"
"Williams saw someone she knew, went to say 'Hi'. I sent Alenko with her, that's them coming" she nodded, and I could see them about 150 meters away.
"Oh? You didn't feel that I needed a buddy to go with me, keep me safe?"
"You almost never let your guard down, so if Saren sent people after us, you'd be ready. Ashley on the other hand…"
"Good point, and there's something I need to tell you" I said, getting a concerned look from her, "I kind of had a run in with the council before"
"Explain, now" she said ominously
"I was dating this girl, her name was Tela, and she happened to be a spectre" I put my had up to stop her from interrupting, "she recommended me for the spectres, I thought it was funny and a joke, but it turned serious, got me a meeting with them. It did not end well, also, breaking up with an Asari who can kill you with her mind is terrifying"
"I don't even know where to start"
"Break up over long distance, especially if they have anger issues" I deadpanned, "Say nothing to anyone, I'm only telling you because I don't trust anyone with this information, and thought you should know in case it comes up"
"Asari?"
"I don't discriminate, is that what you're getting from this" I questioned, "Why are you so interested, interested in Asari?"
"Not my type" she answered quickly, turning to wave at the two
"You're avoiding the topic"
"What're you guys talking about?" Kaiden asked
"Nothing" Shepard replied
"Her love life" I said, getting a slap on the back of my head, I think I'm starting to develop an immunity to it, it didn't hurt as much. We finally take the elevator up to the council chambers.
"I need more time!"
"There is no more time, your investigation is over"
"Stall the council"
"Stall the council? Are you insane?" he said, walking away.
"I take it you're investigating Saren?" I asked
"What? Yes. That must make you" he looked at Shepard, "Commander Shepard, Detective Garrus Vakarian" he nodded
"Based on that talk, your investigation didn't go too well" Shepard mentioned
"If I had a little more time, but everything he touches is classified"
"Why do you want to take down Saren? He's a Turian" Ashley asked
"Yes, because cops wanting to hunt murderers is only a Human thing" I deadpanned
"Sarens dirty, I know it, if only I had more time. Well, good luck, maybe you can convince the council" he said, walking away, and we make our way to the council's chambers.
"The Geth attack is the matter of some concern, but there is nothing to indicate Saren way involved in any way" Councilor Tevos started
"The investigation by Citadel security turned up no evidence to support your charge of treason" Sparatus threw in
"We have two eyewitnesses of him, one seeing the murder himself!" Udina claimed
"We've read the Eden Prime reports ambassador; the testimony of a traumatized dock worker is hardly enough. And on the matter of the other witness, a mercenary-"
"Private Military Contractor" I interrupted the Salarian
"The eye witness testimony of Mr. Coates is not sufficient for us" he finished
"And I resent these accusations, Nihlus was my friend, and a fellow spectre" Saren said, looking creepy as hell
"That just let you catch him off guard" Anderson accused
"No, David" I whispered to myself, Shepard and Ashley giving me a look
"Of course, Captain Anderson, like usual your involved when humanity makes up false charges against me, and that must make her Commander Shepard, I hear we have you to blame for the destruction for the beacon" Saren said
"Oh, that? That was me, I reacted too slowly to stop it before it was too late, sorry?" I said with a smile
"Okay?" Shepard said to me, "That mission was top secret, how could you have known that, unless you were there"
"I'm a Spectre Commander, I have a key to top secret, and I just read the report, I was unimpressed. But what can you expect from a human?"
"You despise Humans, that's why he attacked Eden Prime" I claimed
"Your species is young, and needs to know its place, Mr. Boats? Humanity isn't ready for the council, let alone the spectres!"
"He has no right to say that, that's not his decision!" Udina argued
"And its Coates damn it!" I yelled, giving Saren the bird
"Shepards admission into the spectres in not the purpose of this meeting" Tevos interjected
"This meeting has no purpose, they're just wasting our time"
"You can't hide behind the council forever" Shepard threatened
"And there's still one outstanding issue" Anderson spoke up
"Don't tell me I have to defend myself against dreams, that they claim two people had. This is a joke!" Saren exclaimed
"Saren's right, our decision must be based on hard evidence, not dreams, or visions you claim it to be" Sparatus pointed out
"Anything else Commander Shepard?" Valern asked
"No, I won't waste my breath" Shepard responded
"The council has found no evidence of treason, this meeting is adjourned" Tevos said, hitting a button on her console
"Hey Saren!" I said, getting his attention before he disconnected, "I'm going to put a bullet though your head, and nothing's going to stop me. Not you, or Nazara!"
"How do you know that name!" he yelled as I walked away, and he faded away quickly after
"You shouldn't have come, you and Saren have too much history" Udina barked
"Okay" I interjected, not wanting to go through all of this, "History aside, we know he's with the Geth, and behind this attack. Question is, what's our first move?"
"He's a spectre, virtually untouchable. We need to find a way to expose him"
"What about the Detective? He said he was real close to something" Kaiden chimed in
"But how do we find him?" Ashley asked
"I have a C-sec contact, Harkin, he can help"
"Forget it" Anderson cut off Udina, "He's a drunk, suspended for it, let's not waste our time"
"You won't, you have too much history with him, if your involved it'll give them reason to throw out anything we find, Shepard will handle this"
"You can't cut the Captain out" Shepard said, getting frustrated
"He's right though" I said, getting a glare from Shepard, "Anderson's got history with Saren, this investigation is too important to get thrown out on a technicality"
"They're right, I need to step aside"
"I have business to conduct, Captain, come meet me in my office later" Udina said, walking away
"Harkins probably drunk and at Choras Den, crappy club in the lower section of the wards, sketchy little place" Anderson said
"Perfect, I'll fit right in" I deadpanned
"Are there any other leads?" Shepard asked
"Talk to Barla Von, over in the financial district, rumor is that he works for the Shadow Broker, he might know something about Saren, but it won't come cheap"
"Thanks Captain"
"Shepard" he said with a nod, "I'll go find something to occupy my time, in a public place, notify me if you find anything" and he walked away
"What's the plan?" Kaiden asked
"Well, it'd be best if we chased down both leads" she suggested
"I could go hit the Harkin lead" I recommended, "I'd blend into Chora's den"
"You're right" she said, "You and Kaiden should hunt down Harkin, Ashley and myself will go see this Barla Von"
"Uuuhhh" I spit out
"Commander" Kaiden protested
"It's not a debate" she growled at us, "Chase, you're in charge, given the scenery. Give us a call if you find anything", and the two of them just walked away
"So" I said, "do you want to get the awkward conversation out now or later?"
"What?"
"Oh, come on" I muttered, "don't play stupid"
"Fine" he sighed aloud, "for what happened"
"I forgive you" I interrupted him, "I learned awhile ago to look forward, and not dwell in the past. What happened is in the past. But don't get me wrong, I have no plans on being your friend, but I'll work with you"
"Thank you"
"Let's go" I muttered, and thus we began our journey to Chora's Den, much longer travel time than in-game. We exit the elevator that brought us to the same floor. "That must be the door that accesses Chora's den" I muttered, and suddenly we got a call coming from Shepard
"Miss me already?" I asked
"Shut up Chase, I'm just calling to let you know that we ran into some goons hired by Saren"
"Oh? How'd they end up?"
"Well, we're not rushing to get them to the hospital" she responded
"Alright, we'll keep an eye out, thanks for the heads up. I do find it cute that you were worried about me" I said, hearing a quick grunt before she hung up
"Why do you mess with her like that?" Kaiden asked
"It's fun to see her reaction, and sometimes she plays along. Jealous?"
"What!" he yelled, "Of course not, let's go" he said, and I just busted into laughter, and we went through the door, and right on cue three turians from across pointed their guns at us.
"That's him!" one of them yelled before I put three rounds into his face and dove into cover. I looked over to Kaiden, and with a quick glance he understood what I wanted. He stood up, threw up a singularity, catching one of them. As he did that, the other one left cover to fire at Kaiden, but I quickly took him down. And Kaiden finished the last one that was stuck in his singularity.
"You should go ahead and notify Shepard, I'ma see if I can learn anything from them" and I looked at the bodies, definitely can't get anything from them. Once Kaiden finishes his call we walk in and confront Harkin, goes pretty quick when you put a machete length blade to his neck threaten him to talk. Even got kicked out of the club, not that it matters though. We start our walk through the back allies, but taking a quick side trip to the markets, I'll need a rifle so I don't have to be so dependent on my pistol.
"We should be heading to the clinic" Kaiden groaned out
"Oh, calm down old man, I just need one thing" I said, going to the nearest gun stall
"Welcome to-"
"Yeah, I just need to know if you have a Mattock in-stock" I interrupted the Salarian
"Yes, however it's stock, no mods"
"Perfect, I'll take it" I said, transferring the necessary credits over to him.
"A mattock? I haven't seen one of those in years"
"Yeah" I responded, "but properly modified, it's amazing", and we moved out of the markets, making it over to the clinic that Garrus will be in. We walk in, and quickly see five thugs, Dr. Michel, and Garrus is sneaking along the wall. He quickly turns around the corner, dropping the thug next to the doc. I immediately pull up my new rifle, pumping three rounds into the next thug, and Kaiden threw up a singularity entrapping two of them, and we both took down one each, and Garrus finished off the last one.
"Great timing Chase, gave me my chance to take him out" Garrus said, chest puffed out
"Yeah, great and all, what happens if you hit her, dumbass" I replied, a little angered
He spins around, talons in the air, "Dr. Michel, are okay!?"
"Yes, I'm fine, thank you, all of you"
"Why were those thugs here?" Kaiden asked
"They were here asking about a Quarian patient of mine"
"What's with this patient that has those guys threatening you?" I asked, feigning ignorance, harder than it sounds
"She came in a couple days ago injured, said she had information on Saren, and wanted to meet with the Shadow Broker. I sent her over to see Fist, those were his thugs threatening me to keep quiet"
"Oh great" Garrus said sarcastically, turning towards me, "Fist cut his ties to the Shadow Broker, he works for Saren now" and that's my que.
"Alright, let's go see this Fist"
"Wait!" Garrus said, "I w-"
"You're in, let's go" I interrupted, getting a nod from him, walking out the door, making our way quickly through the alley ways, once when we make it into the room with the elevator I stop and call Shepard.
"Hey"
"Hey Shep, we found Garrus, good news is we got a bead on a Quarian with information on Saren, bad news is, so does Saren"
"Understood, we just picked up a Krogan, we'll be there soon, you should wait for us" she suggested
"Got it" I muttered, closing the call. "Alright, we're moving in"
"The commander said we should wait" Garrus muttered
"She suggested that we wait. I have a gut feeling that we shouldn't wait" I responded
"That's a technicality" Kaiden chimed in
"I thrive on technicalities, and she put me in charge" I claimed, "Okay, game plans simple, I'll go left, Kaiden will throw a singularity behind the bar and go right, you'll be on over watch, and focus on the Krogan bouncer", they both nodded and followed me over to the door leading into the club. "Go", and we burst into the club, Kaiden threw his singularity straight at the bar, and I took down three guys on the left, then overheated my gun. I switched for my pistol, and went for the bar, taking out the two that were stuck in the singularity. I peak around the corner, and see a guy pointing a gun at my head at point blank range, but he lost his first from Garrus's sniper. I round the bar, ending up at the rear, seeing Kaiden through my peripheral on my right, along with a dead Krogan. We finished up the rest of the goons, clearing the club.
"That wasn't so bad" I said with a grin on my face
"Yeah, you're not too bad" Garrus deadpanned
"Well I'm usually the one with the sniper, don't worry, I'll give you some pointers, you didn't do too bad" I said, pulling out my rifle and heading for Fist's office
"Don't come any closer, I'll shoot!" some guy yelled
"Warehouse workers?" Garrus asked
"Look, you guys getting paid enough to die?" I asked
"No, you're right" he responded dropping his pistol
"Maybe you should consider a new career path" I said, nodding towards the door, "Alright, you guys should get overloads ready, just in case"
"In case of what?" Garrus asked, and I just shrugged, feigning more ignorance, and we enter through the door
"If you want something right, just do it yourself" Fist yelled, and we barged in, my cohorts' overloads destroying the two turrets, and with three shots I took down his shield, and I put a round through his shoulder. "Please, I give up, just don't kill me"
I pull put my sword placing it on his wound, "Where's the Quarian?"
"I don't know!" he proclaimed, and I dug the edge of my sword into his shoulder, pulling it out and placing it on his neck
"I'll ask you again, and next time I won't go so soft" I threatened
"Okay, okay" he said, "I set up a meeting for her in the ally not far from here to meet the Shadow Broker herself, but it's just an ambush with Sarens men, she thought she's actually meeting with the Shadow Broker"
"Let's go" I said, walking about the door
"What about him?" Garrus asked nodding towards Fist
"I hear there's a Krogan with his name on a list" I muttered, walking out the door to the club, coming face to face with a Krogans shotgun at my face, and I immediately pull my sword up to his head plate on instinct, and we come to a stand still
"Seems like we're at an impasse, Mr. Krogan" I said, recognizing him
"I will kill you when you don't have that blade on my plate" Wrex threatened
"Chase?" I saw Shepard come around the corner
"Hey, come here often?" I deadpanned
"Is this really the time?"
"I take it that this is your new Krogan that you were talking about?" I asked, and she nodded "Fist is in the back if you want to finish your contract, saved him for you" I said, sheathing my sword, and he just grunted as he went into the back, hearing a shotgun blast.
"Why did-"
"No time Shep, we need to go" I interrupted her, starting into a run for the door, with Kaiden and Garrus on my tail, quickly followed by Shepard and Ashley. We make our run through the alleys, and as we run up the stairs I pull out my sniper, get up to the top, and scope down to see the exchange going down. The Turian is feeling her up, what a creep. I put him in my eye sight, wait for him to back up and I take him down fast, and with the combined fire from everyone, including Wrex apparently, finish off the two Salarians with ease.
"Are you okay?" Shepard asked, and I just tuned out the rest of this conversation, I already know what's going to happen.
"You know, you're pretty fast for someone your size" I said, starting a conversation with Wrex, but he just glared at me with a grunt
"We should go to the embassy" I heard Kaiden recommend to Shepard, and we started up the stairs toward the skycars.
"I've got a bounty to collect" Wrex said, walking away from our little group
"I'm going to miss that guy" I said
"Why?" Ashley questioned
"Krogans are fun" I replied, massive smile on my face
"Ashley, Kaiden, Garrus, you all can take this first shuttle, we'll take the next one that comes along" she said, and I gave Ashley two thumbs up and mouthed 'good luck' to her getting her to blush as she climbed into the car.
"So, how long have you been on you're pilgrimage?" I asked towards Tali
"How do you know about the pilgrimage?"
"I've uhhh," I stopped, thinking how to word this, "I've dated a Quarian before, learned a lot about your kind"
"You've dated a Quarian?" I heard Shepard question, "What exactly is your type?"
"I told you that I don't discriminate, and women who interest me are my type" I said
"Okay" she sighed, "why did you go into fist's without waiting?"
"One, you suggested for me to wait, two, I had a gut feeling to not wait" I said pointing towards Tali, "And good thing I didn't" and as I said that a skycar pulled up, and we entered
"How exactly did your meeting with the council go so bad?" she asked, jumping from topic to topic
"Well since you're fishing for info about we, let's just say I don't like when people talk down to me. I may have talked back towards them in the same manner, and they didn't take my threatening lightly"
"Threatening?" she sighed, "Who the hell is Nazara?"
"What?" I asked
"You said it towards Saren, and he looked like he was going to have a heart attack"
"I don't know" I muttered, but she wasn't buying. "Did I mention that my banker also works for the Shadow Broker?"
"Don't tell me-"
"Yep, Barla Von's my banker" I said, but she just scowled, "he just told me the name, I have no idea"
"You're a mystery Chase" she started, "You're one of the best shots there are, you've got history with the council, and you've been around the block, and trust your gut. And you have information contacts. You sure you're not a spectre, because you can't do as your told"
"I didn't do as I wasn't told" I said with a smile as we pulled up, "What can I say, I've had an interesting time at it since I've left the Alliance", and we walked down towards the Embassy, linking up with the rest of our little entourage. We walk into his office, and it starts off exactly as the game.
"You're not making my life any easier, Shepard. Firefights in the wards? A full-on assault on-"
"Would you just shut up, we got the damn evidence" I interrupted him, getting a slap to the head, even though she was smirking.
"What's this? Turian, Quarian?"
"We had a Krogan too." I muttered sadly
"Like Chase so ineloquently said, we have the evidence" Shepard said, nodding towards Tali.
"And you are Ms." Udina spoke up
"Tali, Tali Zorah Nar Rayya"
"We don't get many Quarians here, what brings you to the citadel?" Udina asked
"I was on my pilgrimage. But I heard rumors of Geth outside of the Perseus veil, so I investigated and found one on a planet that separated from it's group, and was able to pull some information out of its memory core"
"That's impossible" Anderson started, "Geth fry their memory core once they're captured, how could you've had done it?" he asked, and I decided to go and lean against the back wall.
"My people made the Geth, if you're good enough and fast enough, you can get a little amount of information out of them, I was able to salvage something from its audio banks"
"Okay" Udina said, "and this evidence?", and Tali started typing on her omnitool, bringing up the recording.
"Eden Prime was a major victory; the beacon has brought us one step closer to finding the conduit"
"That's Sarens voice! This proves he was involved in the attack" Anderson said cheerfully
"But what's the conduit?" Shepard asked
"It must have something to do with the beacon, some sort of technology"
"Wait" Tali interjected, "There's more, he wasn't working alone"
"And one step closer to the return of the Reapers"
"I don't recognize the voice" Udina said, "the speaking about the reapers"
"That, that sounds familiar" Shepard stated
"I'm with Shepard, I've heard that somewhere" I yelled across the room, they all just noticed I'm over here
"According to the Geth, the Reapers were a hyper-advanced machine race that wiped out the Protheans, then vanished, they revere them as gods, and Saren's bringing them back" Tali claimed
"That's it!" Shepard exclaimed, "Our vision, it's the Reapers wiping out the Protheans!"
"Sounds farfetched" Udina put in, "The council will just love this"
"The reapers are the threat, we have to tell them" Shepard barked
"We'll tell them" I muttered, getting their attention, "but they won't believe us"
"Regardless" Anderson said, "this proves Saren's a traitor"
"The Captains right, we need to present this to the council right away. I'll notify you when we get our meeting" Udina said, walking over to his console, and we all walked out of the office, minus Anderson, and into the hall way.
"What do we do about the Quarian?" Ashley asked
"Her name is Tali" I growled at her, going to have to work on her anti-alien attitude
"You saw me in the alley, you saw what I can do, let me come with you" she asked
"When this comes out, Saren will put a bounty on her head, there won't be a safer place" I said, and Shepard just nodded
"I'll take all the help I can get, welcome aboard", Shepard said, looking over to Garrus
"I want Saren to pay for his crimes, I'm in too" Garrus said, she looked over to the two Alliance soldiers, "You don't even have to ask"
"Chase?" she asked
"You had my answer back on the Normandy" I said without hesitation, "but we should probably not bring such a large group to the council" and Shepard just nodded, and took a minute to think.
"Okay, I'll take Tali, she had the evidence, Garrus too since he was investigating it, and Chase since he saw Saren on Eden prime, and saw the vision as well" she said, "Kaiden, go ahead and get two rooms ready for them, and order up on dextro food and medicine" and Kaiden just saluted and walked off with Ashley.
"Shamefully: I don't know" I heard, and so did Shepard as she started walking towards the office.
"Hey Shep, you can go ahead and message me when they're ready, I some errands to run" I said as I walked away, avoiding those damn side missions. I make it to the skycar terminal, and take a quick five-minute trip down the wards in order to get some much needed supplies.
"Gerry" I said, walking into my favorite store on the citadel
"Chase, what can I help you with today?"
"Yeah, I'll need a case of Cubans, and three bottles of your best whiskey" I said, getting a questioning look from him
"Okay, how long do you plan on being away? That's a lot for you"
"Yeah, I don't know. You can go ahead and send it to the Normandy"
"That sounds like a military vessel" he said, pulling down the whiskey from his shelf
"It is, so if you can hide it…"
"Of course, do you know how many Alliance officers are clients of mine? I'll get it on the ship, no problems. It's 450,000 credits" he said, and I transferred it over to him, along with a tip.
"I'll take these two with me" I said, putting two cigars in my small pouch on my hip. I go ahead and leave, finding a clothing store to grab some lounge ware. I just grab some hoodies, pants, t-shirts, along with some jeans and a leather jacket. My omnitool starts ringing, and of course it's Shepard.
"What's up" I started the conversation
"We have a meeting with the council in five, where are you?"
"Oh, damn. I'll be a little late, you'll just have to start without me" I stated, and I could feel her wanting to slap me through the omnitool
"Why?" she sighed
"How was I supposed to know Udina was this quick, I figured we had a couple of hours till then, I'll see you there" I said, ending the call and making a quick walk towards the skycar. The trip took only five minutes to complete, but then the elevator up took forever. I walk out the elevator, make my way up to the where the council is, and take a spot next between Udina and Anderson.
"We understand your reasons Commander, but the person in question-" Tevos started
"I don't know" Councilor Valern interrupted, "this isn't the first recommendation, and he has quite the list of contacts throughout the galaxy, including access to certain information" the Salarian stressed those last four words, "and his skills are indisputable"
"What's going on?" I asked to Anderson, honestly confused on the situation, and he just gave me a confused look. I look up at the council, who just nodded at each other.
"Commander, Chase, please step forward" the Asari councilor demanded, and Shepard did as she asked
"Wow, I don't know what I have to do with anything"
"Chase, go!" Udina whispered and yelled at the same time
"For what? Why am I needed?" I asked, and I just got shoved up there next to Shepard
"It is the decision-"
"What hell is going on?" I asked, interrupting Tevos, receiving a slap to the back of the head, "I just got here you know"
"You're about to become the second human Spectre, now shut it!" Shepard said quite forcefully, nodding towards the Asari Councilor
"It is the decision of the Council that you be granted all the rights and privileges of the Special Tactics and Reconnaissance Branch of the Citadel"
"Spectres are not trained, but chosen. Individuals forged in the fire of service and battle; those whose actions lift them above the rank and file"
"Spectres are an ideal, a symbol, the embodiment of courage, determination, and self-reliance. They are the right hand of the Council, instruments of our will"
"Spectres bear a great burden. Both our first and last line of defense, the safety of the galaxy is theirs to uphold"
"Congratulations, you're first mission is to bring in Saren Arterius for treason, whatever methods you deem necessary, meeting adjourned" Tevos finished, and all three left
"What the fuck?" I asked
"I figured two Spectres are better than one, and so did the council, because they agreed" Shepard said
"That was really fucking dumb" I stated, surprising Shepard
"Congratulations, to the both of you" Udina interrupted our little disagreement, "Even if there were unexpected turn of events" he commented while looking at me
"I'd be careful, I have a license to kill now" I deadpanned
"Anyways, me and Captain Anderson will figure out getting you a ship, and all the other details" he said, and they both walked away
"Dumb?" she asked
"Putting up your candidacy for someone you don't even really know was idiotic. What happens if they decided that you weren't ready for recommending my then, huh?"
"That wasn't an option" she responded smugly
"God, you're stubborn"
"Well, congratulations" Garrus said towards us, "Now you have access to spectre grade stock, it's at the C-sec academy"
"You hear that Chase? Your welcome" she said, with a lot of sass behind it
"Sweet, lets go" I said sarcastically, and we make our way over to the skycar, and Shepard takes the seat next to me. "I take it you're a little mad?", and she just looks at me, "Okay, I want to make something very clear, I don't read signs from women very well. If you don't tell me what's going on, I don't know" I whispered, not wanting to make Garrus or Tali uncomfortable
"Okay, I'm mad you're not happy or thankful for making you a spectre"
"Look I am, really" I started, "But I don't like that you risked your job for it. But thank you, you were right", and the rest of the ride to C-sec academy was quiet.
"You're welcome" she said as we got out of the sky car, and as we're walking towards the requisitions officer, I spotted a wild Krogan.
"Shepard, Chase" he started, "You're going after Saren, and I want in"
"Yes" "Why?" me and Shepard answered at the same time, and she just gave me a look
"You're going where the fight is, I want in" he responded
"Pretty sound reason" I said nodding my head, Shepard giving me a confused look at me, "He's a Krogan, that's a good reason"
"Alright, you're in" Shepard answered, and you could see the excitement in his face, and we just continued to the requisitions office. We walk in, and he quickly gives us access to the spectre stock once he see's us, word spreads fast. Shepard's practically runs over to some shotgun and rifle. I decide I want to smoke a cigar.
"You can't smoke that in here" the clerk said
"I'm a spectre" I said as I browsed the stock, and I could here want to say something, but had no comeback
"I don't think I could afford a single thing in this store" she said as I was paying for some mods I want on my Mattock.
"How much for the both of them?"
"1.3 million credits" she said, and I almost choked on my cigar
"Yeah, that's a lot"
"You do get a free set of Colossus heavy armor, I can have it sent to your ship" the officer said
"Thanks, we'll be going, you can have it sent to the Normandy" Shepard said, walking out with everyone, I just hung back and out of ear shot.
"I'll take that shotgun and rifle, send with the armor" I said, quickly transferring over the credits, and we make our way up the elevator to find Anderson and Udina waiting.
"Commander, I have great news!" he said, but I just walked by and towards the ship.
"Chase?" Shepard asked
"Oh, I already figured it out, they're giving you the Normandy. I'll see you inside" I said, walking inside, I need to find my whiskey, it's been a long day.