Now fans (if any of them exist) now we are going to fight a spectre
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"Just try it" Thrax said to the four men surrounding him. "I'll tear out your spine and then beat you to death with it" despite outnumbering him they had looks of fear on their faces.
Then one of the men surrounding them decided to be stupid, he glowed blue and tried to toss a warp field at Thrax who backhanded it and charged at him knocking him into the wall and then threw another one before grabbing his claymore and firing it twice killing the remaining two. Spinning around when he heard clapping he saw an asari. Judging by the fact she didn't have any guards that must have meant that she was a powerful biotic or fighter.
"Well Mr. Thrax I must say the stories about you are true. These were some of my best trained men and yet you killed three of them without trouble.
Thrax cut her off before she could keep speaking "four" Thrax said as he stomped on the head of the unconscious salarien near him.
The asari didn't look disturbed by the fact that Thrax had killed one of her men so casually. "Pardon me my mistake. Now I've heard that you'll do any job for the right price am I correct?"
"What's the job asari?"
"Straight to business I like it. Ok I need you to capture a council spectre and bring it to me alive.
Thrax was genuinely surprised. During the rebellion the krogan lost entire space stations to the spectres. One spectre even managed to destroy three dreadnoughts before being stopped. While Thrax gave up on most of he darker urges after the genophage was spread some of those urges remained the biggest was his hatred of the spectres. The council gave ordinary being the power over life and death. Spectres go where they want, do what they want, it reminded Thrax to much of what he use to be like.
Thrax said "for a request like this it will cost you big. Eight million and I want half up front."
To his surprise the asari nodded and brought up her omni-tool typed a few commands into it and said "done now remember if you want to see the rest I want this spectre alive."
Thrax nodded and asked "do you want a specific spectre of would any do?"
"I need a specific one dear bounty hunter. Nix Kanto I've already sent everything I've got on him to you."
Thrax nodded and brought up his own omni-tool and saw. There was a lot of intel to sift through. Thrax turned back to the asari and said "how will I contact you when I've captured a spectre?"
"You won't I'll contact you."
Thrax nodded and turned to go back to the bar. Intending to get hammered. Capturing a spectre this was crazy even for him "alright time to think this through. Spectres usually travel alone so all I have to do is find one overpower him or her and get my remaining four million.
Thrax returned to the bar and got the bartenders attention "hey bar keep rounds for everyone" Thrax said in a loud voice causing the people around him to cheer. Thrax liked this, feeling like he belonged. He hadn't felt like he'd belonged since his clan exiled him.
Back at the ship Thrax got a message a spectre had been found Nix Kanto one of the youngest spectres ever became a spectre after the rebellion at twenty-three and oh a biotic. Thrax wasn't worried turians were idiots instead of having a biotic command them like the krogan. They place them in some group called the Cabal where the only fighting they do is training. So his biotic power shouldn't be to strong. His location was on some planet whose name Thrax couldn't even pronounce. Thrax looked it up, a turian colony that wasn't even developed yet. Thrax went to the cockpit and set in a course for the colony.
To say the turians were surprised to see a krogan would be an understatement. Once he stepped off his ship he was surrounded by turian security Thrax wasn't worried but he did glow blue with a barrier and had his armor on. One turian who must have been the commander said to him "I apologize sir but I must ask for you to release your weapons" he motioned for an office to take his weapons and as soon as he touched his shotgun, Thrax used a biotic throw to toss him into a wall.
"Try it and die. No one touches my weapons, especially not my shotgun." Thrax couldn't help but taunt them saying "I used this when I stormed a turian cruiser. Hehehehe."
While all the other turians looked angry the commander was still impassive and Thrax spoke again "tell me to you harass all visitors like this, or are discriminating against me because I'm a krogan. If I wanted to I could kill all you and anyone else who got in my way with just my shotgun. Imagine what I could do with my biotics.
"Do you want me to lock you up"
Thrax scoffed "I want you to try. I'm here to complete a job and I'm not leaving until its done and if that means I have to shoot my way though this colony, so be it."
Thrax and the commander starred each other down until the commander sighed and said "stay out of trouble krogan or we will take you down."
Thrax just walked away and went to the location his contact provided for him. Looking at the location on a map he found it was outside the colony. Walking to the location Thrax saw him. The turian spectre. Getting his attention "Nix Kantos! I'm here to bring you in. Surrender or don't that be more fun."
"Do you know who I am krogan? I'm a spectre" he said as he activated tech armor.
Thrax took one look at the tech armor and guessed he wasn't a full biotic adept he must have been just a sentinel. Nix kept talking "so why don't you just turn around before I'm forced to kill you."
Thrax did give him a chance and said as much " I tried to give you a chance you pyjack so hmph-" Thrax grunted as he was hit with an almost impressive warp, almost. Thrax shrugged it off and used his biotics on a rock nearby and tossed it at Nix who caught it with visible strain on his face before throwing it aside. Despite catching a rock that had to weigh a ton Nix still managed to speak "throwing rocks, that's just that kind of tactic I'd expect from a member of a species full of savage brutes like yourself."
Nix said launching two spheres of dark energy which Thrax batted away with minimal effort before launching his own at Nix who blocked the first on but got the second one in his chest and was slammed right into a tree and lay there. Thinking it was over already Thrax let his barrier down and started walking over when he felt a sharp pain in his gut looking down he saw orange blood leaking out of a bullet wound. Thrax was more concerned with who fired the shot, and that's when he saw that the Nix on the ground was a decoy. Placing his barriers back up and going for his claymore Thrax got behind a tree "you know spectre I am being paid eight million to take you in. So tell me what did you do to get someone so pissed off at you that they're willing to spend eight million.
"I've done a lot of things. I've shut down trading groups in the terminus system, uncovered and destroyed slave rings, killed politicians who've turned their backs on the council, but I've got to say I've never had someone track me down just to kill me" Nix's voice said from somewhere.
Thrax poked his head from behind the tree to try to get a bead on him but he couldn't see anyone. But he did hear a little sneeze from behind him. Spinning around quickly and reaching out he found the turians neck. But instead of squeezing it and snapping it like he'd usually do, Thrax instead head butted Nix who was knocked unconscious and crumpled on the ground. Thrax then heard something say in a squeaky voice "daddy?"
Thrax saw someone come out from the bushes and was surprised to see that it was a little asari girl who upon seeking Thrax, didn't run away scared like most people who saw him (kids and adults alike) but went up to him and asked "do you know where my daddy is?" They peering behind Thrax she saw Nix and ran to him screaming "daddy!"
"You can't do this!" A voice screamed in Thrax's mind.
Spectres are warriors, loners, they don't have families and they especially don't have little girls who aren't older than four. "Come on" another more sinister voice said. "You killed hundreds of children in the rebellion what's one more?"
"This isn't right she's a little girl who's worried about her daddy!"
Finally after what seamed like an eternity Thrax spoke in a voice he saved when he had to deal with children "hey little one. What's your name?"
She looked at him with tears in her eyes and said "Kreia"
"That's a very pretty name. Now you called him your father right" He asked in a kind voice. She nodded
"I'm going to assume your mommy's an asari." She nodded again.
Thrax kneeled down to eye level and she said "you have a lot of scars"
Thrax chuckled and said "what are you doing here anyway pyjack? Do your parents let you walk through this forest by yourself?"
"Daddy practices here, and I like to watch cool. He glows blue and throws fire.
"I can't separate this family, this child would grow up without a father, and I refuse to kill her."
"Pyjack do you know how to get home from here?"
"Uh huh"
"Alright"
Thrax went over and lifted up Nix and said alright pyjack let's go. They started walking and Kreia asked "is my daddy going to be alright?"
"I think so he's just knocked out"
"Are you a salarwen?" She asked.
"No little pyjack, I'm a krogan."
"Oh cool"
Before Thrax knew it they were at a house that was isolated, surrounded by trees with the rest of the colony just a five-minute walk away. The house was fairly large. There was an asari in front tending to a garden and Kreia took off running towards her yelling "mommy, mommy come quick"
She turned around saying alright little one what's the prob oh goddess" she said once she saw Thrax carrying her husband
"What happened?" She asked looking at Thrax accusingly
"Not sure found him like this. Then the pyjack came out looking for him and she brought me here." Thrax lied.
Thrax always hated lying but circumstances called for it. The asari believed him and said bring him in he can lay on the him on the couch. She opened the door and Thrax followed with Kreia following close behind. It was a nice house well furnished and cozy. Thrax saw a couch and placed Nix gently on the couch. Thrax turned to the asari and said "names Thrax." The asari looked at him for a moment and said "Shara, my husband's name is Nix, I'm assuming you know my daughter"
"Yeah I met the little pyjack."
"Well since you helped my husband, would you like to stay for dinner?"
Thrax though for a minute and said "thank you but no. I really should be going, I've got something to return.
She chuckled and said "so polite, and by the way call me Shara."
They heard groaning from the couch and both asari went over to him while Thrax sat down in a chair that groaned a little under his weight. They said the usual things "what happened, are you ok" and such.
The turian sat up and saw Thrax for the frist time and before anyone could do anything. The chair Thrax was sitting on collapsed and he fell. Kreia started giggling and Shara let out a little chuckle but Nix remained neutral and turned to his family and said "guys I need to thank this man in private. Can you give us some privacy?"
They nodded and left and Nix turned to Thrax who just got up and said "look whatever you want you got it just don't hurt my family. I'm a spectre I can get you anything you want."
Thrax put him in stasis because he wouldn't stop talking, he walked up to him and said " listen carefully do you know why there's an asari that wants you dead? Also your wife invited me to dinner and I think I'll accept." Thrax said and dissipated the stasis.
"Yeah I know her. Look to convince you to come after a spectre she must have paid you a small fortune and I can't match that but please I beg you, she needs to be stopped."
"Why do people keep assuming that I do charity cases? I am a bounty hunter." Thrax groaned "fine I'll do your charity case but I'm staying for dinner.
Nix laughed and said "fine you'll love my wife's cooking"
"Yeah, yeah"
(Back on the ship)
Thrax was waiting for the asari bitch to call apparently she and her sister ran a large slave operation until Nix shut it down and killed her sister. She must have wanted him alive so she could get his spectre codes and be able to start a slave trade in council space and for revenge.
He was shooken out of his thoughts by a beeping indicating a message.
My dear bounty hunter (yeah that's her)
Since your reading this I must assume you've completed the mission. Lovely now I need you to meet me on the K-1 deck of the zakara ward on the citadel.
"Great I'm a wanted war criminal and she wants me to go to the citadel."
(Citadel k-1 zakara)
Thrax had been leaning against a wall on the k-1 deck which was surprisingly close to the docks, for two hours, before she showed up and told him to follow her. She led to her docking port and since there was no one around Thrax assumed this was a private dock. Turning around she spoke "well my dear bounty hunter I believe you have something for me"
"Yeah however you failed to mention that he had a family, and that the council keeps him in reserve only for special assignment and hasn't been on assignment since the rebellion. I don't like it when I'm not told the truth." Thrax reached out and grabbed her neck but she shot a shockwave at Thrax, sending him flying and hit the wall. Thrax just shot up and threw a warp field at her but she blocked it with a flick of her hand and lifted Thrax with her biotics and slammed him down into the ground. Thrax decided to try a head on approach and charged her biotically. This caught her off guard and she went flying and crashed on the ground. Getting up and growling she threw Thrax into and wall as hard as she could which left a huge krogan sized dent in the wall. She walked up to him and hit him in the face with a biotic kick. Thrax spat out a huge wad of orange blood onto the floor before he felt himself being lifted biotically again but this time he was ready and used a nova attack to break the hold she had on him and he prepare to continue the fight when she started to laugh.
"Your out of your league krogan I was fighting in the rachni war when your people were still getting spoiled by the salariens.
She tossed a warp field at him which caused his armor to weaken and become almost brittle. Turning Thrax lifted up a crate and threw it at her which she disintegrated. "Tell me my dear bounty hunter, did you really think you'd be able to fight an asari in a biotic battle, let alone a former asari commando.
"Honestly I though I'd be doing better Thrax said before launching a singularity the same time she did.
The two singularitys hit causing everything around them to start floating except Thrax and the asari, only because of their biotics. But Thrax could feel one of his stomacs and two of his lungs dancing inside of his chest. Even though Thrax was a powerful biotic he couldn't remember the last time he had to push his biotics this hard. The asari on the other hand didn't look tired in the least. "Tell me my dear bounty hunter, did you really think you'd be able to fight an asari in a biotic battle, let alone a former asari commando.
"Honestly I though I'd be doing better Thrax said
Then out of no where a third warp field hit the two singularitys causing a huge biotic explosion which threw Thrax back into a pile of crates and the asari being lighter than Thrax flew across and hit the wall with enough force to split crack the skull of an adult elcor and for an asari it blew apart her head.
Thrax surprised turned his head expecting another fight was surprised to see Nix standing there. "Nix? The hell you doing here?"
"I couldn't send you to fight an asari for me without backup. So I grabbed the fastest ship in the colony used my spectre status took it and here I am."
"And you couldn't have helped out before she kicked me in the fucking face?!"
Well this is the longest chapter I've written so let me know what you think and remember please review even if your a guest