Alright fans. First I would like to apologize for some of my chapters being clustered together that is entirely my fault. Now without further ado let's begin on Illium.
"Thrax?" An angelic voice said.
"Yeah babe?" He replied.
"Do you love me?"
He looked down at Cary, she was so small compared to him. Right now they were just cuddling, she fit so snugly against him it shouldn't even be possible with his rock-like plating. He moved his head down and kissed her on the forehead before saying "I love you with both my hearts." He said softly.
"I'm not even sure why I asked." She said with a giggle.
"Because you like hearing a big tough guy like me be all sappy?"
"True." She said before she snuggled deeper into him. Thrax just brushed his hand against her cheek loving the soft feeling of her blue skin.
Thrax woke up with a smile. The dreams like that didn't often happen but when they did it always left him in a somewhat good mood. Close to nine hundred years and the wound was still as fresh as the day he found her. He shook his head. if he started to think about that he'd be liable to get angry and trash the entire ship. Shepard announced that they had reached illium. Thrax hadn't been here in years. Before he could disembark Shepard said he'd need him and Tali. "Great another round of 'what did Rannoch's dirt taste like?"
Thrax left the shuttle bay and went to the air lock. Shepard and Tali were already there and they headed out. Unfortunately they barely got ten feet from the airlock before trouble. An asari flanked by two mechs was coming towards them, Thrax slowly drifted his hand towards his shotgun. Shepard saw this and placed a hand on Thrax, an incredibly risky move given that Thrax didn't like to be touched.
The asari approached and said "Commander Shepard. I've been asked to inform you that all docking fees have been waved."
"By who?" Shepard asked.
"Liara T'Soni."
"Liara's here?" Tali said sounding giddy.
"Yes. In two short years she's become Illiums best information broker."
Shepard turned to Tali and said "this is a far cry from the timid archaeologist we rescued on Theriem." Shepard said his thanks to the asari and they followed directions to where Liara's office was supposed to be.
They entered and Thrax saw a young asari wearing a white dress was talking to a man by holocom and, from the sound of it, was threatening him. She turned and, when she saw Shepard walked up and hugged him tightly. Seeing that this was a personal moment he left them to it and waited until Shepard and Tali came out. "Were going after an asari justicar." Shepard said like it was no big deal.
Thrax however "What!" He yelled. Both looked at him slightly shocked at his outburst. "Sorry. Last justicar I met literally beat me near to death."
"You?" Tali said with great surprise.
"I was young and arrogant." Thrax said slightly defensive.
They went to the officer that Shepard was told to. When Shepard said who he was there for the asari officer's first question was "did she kill someone?"
"Who cares. Just tell us where she is." Thrax said.
"Alright I'll send for a cab. Just be polite. Justicars embody our highest laws."
The ride to the police office was a quiet ride. They sat in silence. When they got there they followed Shepard and spoke to one of the officers who told them where they could find her. "Be careful. I heard the Blue Sun's here are brutal ass hats" Thrax warned.
"Ass hat?" Tali said with a giggle.
"This coming from the girl who calls people a bosh'tet?"
"That's an actual word!" Tali said defensively.
"Not if it doesn't have a meaning!" Thrax countered.
"Oi! Shut up!" Shepard said.
They went to where the justicar was supposed to be but were cut off by a couple of blue sun, with some mechs. One flare from Thrax and they ceased to exist. They walked through a door and Thrax was hit by a flying asari. When he looked up he saw a asari with her foot on the throat of another asari and asked something. The answer she go apparently wasn't what she wanted, and with a twist of her leg, snapped the asari's neck. When he got close enough to hear "I am honored, but I cannot. I am tracking a dangerous fugitive and cannot be sidetracked." The Justicar said in a serene voice.
"I wish you were willing to go with them Justicar." A voice said from behind. Looking back Thrax saw the same asari they talked to before. "I've been ordered to bring you in." She said looking scared.
"My code obligates me to co-operate with the authorities for one day before I leave." She said.
"I won't be able to cut you free by then." The officer said.
"You won't be able to stop me." Hearing a Justicar admit that she would slaughter her way out of a police station caused Thrax to let out a loud laugh.
"Ok hold on!" Shepard said "you said you were looking for a ship name? What if we find it for you?" He asked.
"Then the Code would be satisfied and I would be free to join you."
Shepard looked at Tali and Thrax and said "let's get to work."
They walked past the holographic police tape and walked towards a Volus. "Hello Earth Clan. How may I help you?" He hissed.
"You can tell me how to get to the Eclipse Base from here." Shepard said.
"I assure you I have no idea. I am merely a humble merchant." He said before he let out a scream at Thrax pointing his shotgun at him. "Oh no help!"
The volus shouted at Shepard and Tali. "This is how it is either you tell us how to get to the Eclipse base or I show these two what you look like inside that suit." Thrax growled.
"Ok!ok! The Eclipse gave me a key card for deliveries!" He said as he handed a card to Shepard who was looking at him with a shocked face.
"What?" Thrax shrugged. Thrax put his shotgun away and they walked to where the elevator to the base was. "Are you kidding me?! What kind of dumb ass puts an elevator to a secret base next to a fucking police station?!" Thrax yelled.
They both just looked at him again. When they left the elevator they were greeted by two mechs. Thrax not wasting any time used his biotics to crush them. They walked through the door to there left and an asari vanguard lifted a container and threw it at a wall close to them. Thrax took one sniff of the dust and knew what it was. He pushed Shepard and Tali out of the dust cloud before he jumped out and lifted the asari and threw her off the ledge.
"Thrax, what was in that container?" Tali asked.
"Red sand. For biotics it boosts our strength in limited doses. But in constant exposure its lethal."
"Boosts biotic strength you say?" Shepard said.
"Lethal I said." Thrax said.
They made their way through the base when they saw another large area with multiple Eclipse members.
They also saw one member run away from the fighting. Thrax launched a singularity and Shepard shot off a warp field that caused an explosion. Tali used a drone to distract the solders so she could pick them off with her own shotgun. Once the solders were dead they went through the door Thrax saw one of them run into. When they went in they saw an asari that was whispering to herself. "Wait please. I ran away from the fighting!" She said once she saw then.
"Bullshit. For you to be wearing the uniform you would have had to kill someone." Shepard said drawing his pistol. The asari tried to grab her shotgun but was gunned down before she could even lift it. They kept making their way through the base when they came to a bridge they were attacked by a gunship. Same kind that had attacked them on Omega. They all went to cover and fired they're respective weapons. The gun ship flew backwards and out of sight. When that happened the trio slowly got out of cover and made there way towards the door. Before they got there however the gun ship showed up again and fired a missile at them. Tali and Shepard were knocked down, Thrax managing to stay of his feet threw up a barrier to stop the now constant barrage of machine gun fire. Thrax would normally be able to hold the barrier up for a long time. Unfortunately Thrax had used his biotics to fight his way through this base and was getting tired. Seeing no other alternative Thrax gathered the barrier and hurled it at the gunship. While it was reeling from the force, Thrax used his biotics to grab the gunship and slowly made a crushing motion with his hands while letting out an ear splitting roar. Which caused to gunship to compress until it exploded. Thrax felt like every nerve in both his nervous systems were on fire. He couldn't stand up and fell to his knees, he faintly heard Shepard call his name but he was already seeing black.
"THRAX!"
He bolted up from the couch and was preparing for an attack when he saw Cary. Hands on her hips, face contorted in rage and looking ready for a fight, being only two months into her pregnancy she started to have wild mood swings. "What's wrong blue?" He asked gently, trying to calm her down.
"Don't blue me!" She shrieked.
"What's the problem?" Thrax asked.
"Who was that slut you were talking to last night?!"
Thrax knew what this was now. The asari she was talking about had been hounded the entire time she was there by a turian who didn't know the meaning of the word 'go away' she walked up to Thrax and said that she needed to talk to him to get the turian to back off. Once he explained it she just got even angrier "so you pretended to be interested in another asari? Then why didn't you come right home after your shift?!"
"Aria had a job for me." Thrax said calmly before he walked towards her and said "come on blue, why would I ever cheat on you?" He said before he hugged her.
"I'm sorry!" She said as she started to cry.
"Hey,hey,hey, no tears. You know I can't stand it when you cry." He said as he wiped away her tears. "I know it's just cause your pregnant. But you never have to worry, you know how much I love you." They both just stood there. Cary crying into Thrax's chest and Thrax just holding her and rubbing her back before saying "are you tired?" She nodded. "Come on then. Let's go to bed." He said.
"I'm not in the mood for that tonight. But could you just hold me?" She asked looking so small and upset.
"Of course." He said as he lead her to their room. They both got onto the bed, reinforced to support his weight, they laid down and she snuggled into him saying "sorry I'm being such a bitch. I don't know why you put up with me." In a very small voice.
He rubbed her back and said " I stay with you because I love you. Your my little blue." He said using his pet name for her.
She just snuggled closer and said "love you."
When Thrax's eyes shot open and he saw a white ceiling, bolting up he looked around and saw a human doctor with gray hair talking to an asari. Thrax looked closer and saw that the asari was the justicar. When they both saw that he was awake they walked over to him. "Ah good your awake." The human said.
"How long have I been out?" Thrax asked.
"About two days." She said calmly.
"Two days!" Thrax said surprised.
"Yes. I have seen comas like the one you were in before. They are a result of over extending your biotic. Judging from what Shepard and Tali Zorah said you managed to crush a gunship." The asari, Samara, said.
"Yeah no choice. Wasn't even sure if I could do it." Thrax said.
"Either way, because of your contribution, the Commander was able to find the information I required. I came here to thank you personally." She said.
"Your welcome." Thrax said and he started to get up before he realized what ship he was on and said "was that Cerberus bitch in here?"
"You mean Miranda? She tried but Shepard gave the order that no one was to enter the med bay without clearing with him." The doctor said.
Thrax laughed imagining the bitch not being able to take him apart.