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Darth Jeviso.
Chapter V.
Once people tried to set him on fire.
He didn't cry.
Once they tried to skin him alive.
He didn't cry.
But seeing this structure with knowledge and power of entire race slowly dissolve into nothingness… Beacon already worked at it's limits, it contacted with minds of two people, who didn't have even the slightest talents of mentalists. The first one, Naruto knew this from his work with Beacon was a turian named Saren. Than this idiotic girl, Williams. Interference from him or Shepard didn't change anything. Naruto was one of the greatest force – users in two galaxies he managed to hide right under the nose of Darth Sidius and his gift to persuade people managed to give him a position of "Jedi Ally" of sorts.
But now all he could do was helplessly watch as knowledge of most powerful civilization of this galaxy faded away. He fell to his knees. Nobody knew that because of his mask, but he was on a verge of breaking in tears. So much knowledge wasted… So much power… All because of foolishness of one person. Naruto's eyes glowed behind the visors of his helmet. All... because of her!
Ashley Williams, who lied on the metal floor never realized how close she came to death. If it wasn't for Celeste's and Ahsoka's intervention she would be ripped asunder in first seconds of the Jeviso's outburst.
His rampage was stopped by the sound of engines, small ship started to slowly land near them, something… strange was in it's construction, the strange kind that usually affiliates. When it landed dark – skinned male and several guards left it. Jeviso turned away followed by Celeste and Ahsoka, while dark – skinned male, who went to reach them was forced to stop by move of Jeviso's hand and powerful mental strike, which covered all soldiers staying nearby and ship.
"We are beyond your jurisdiction. We can be here and we don't have a reason to answer your questions. You need to return to your duties." captain Anderson, how second ago called him lieutenant Alenko, who already opened his mouth to question them, nodded turned around and made command to help injured and secure the leftovers of the Beacon.
Sith raised his hand to the helmet. "Sergeant, after eleven minutes we will be at the safe point, evacuation according to the plan. Jeviso out."
"Roger that." replied Ar'alani, preparing her group and their trophies.
Normandy SR -1. Unknown time later.
Jane Shepard slowly returned to her consciousness. She opened her eyes and tried to analize the surroundings. Judjing by the state between "I would be better off dead" and "It was worse but not as much" and specific sent of antiseptic she was in med bay.
"How do you fill commander?" she saw a face of elder woman above her. After a while her memory reminded her that this face belonged to doctor Chakwas, that meant that she was in the Normandy's med bay.
"Like after the feast that all cadets had after the end of our training." honestly replied Shepard. "At least I awoke in familiar surroundings."
"I don't want to know what happened on your feast. Nevertheless if you can joke, than you will not die anytime soon. Now a bit of specifics what hurts, where and how?"
"My head hurts and there are those hallucinations…"
"Hallucinations?"
"Yes, after beacon grabbed me, strange images started to glimpse in my head…" She closed her eyes seemingly trying to focus on what she saw. "Like long – forgotten memories or illusions, filled with suffering and death, they surged through my mind… so fast… so painfully."
"Well you had several phases of "deep sleep". But no signs of poisoning or intoxications haven't been found… ehm, I will send for captain, he already asked how you were… at least five times I think."
"Ehm… should I really stay here?" innocently asked Jane.
"If it was up to me, you would stay here until your full recovery. But since higher – ups wants to see you as fast as possible and you have no health oddities… I can't force you to stay here."
"Thank you."
"Commander." doors opened revealing captain Anderson.
"Captain." Shepard tried to stand up and salute.
"Without formalities." said Anderson, moving his arm and ordering Shepard to lay down. "What the fuck happened there? I already saw reports of your subordinates and we will talk about it later. But first of all, Beacon. Few people can say that they contacted with working prothean machinery and even less survived."
"I can't say, in my head is a complete mess from visions of constant agony and death, like some I can't even describe it… Like metal consumed and melded with flesh. It was horrible."
"We need to inform the Consul…"
"With all due respect sire, do we need this?" Jane had absolutely no desire to report to the consul of her embarrassing faint and following nightmare during the special operation, especially with a dead spectre on that mission. "What we will tell them? That Commander Shepard after being grabbed by telekinetic power of the Beacon fainted and had a nightmare? Especially if we has another contactor, Commander Jeviso get in contact too, while he tried to get me out."
Anderson frowned "That's our main problem. We already contacted our colleagues from espionage department and checked all data. No "Commander Jeviso" had ever served in Alliance. By the way how he get there?"
"He was with soldiers and sergeant Williams they called him my colleague." with titanic effort, she calmed herself, making her voice sound calm and collected. Now she surely will be fucked by higher – ups. Espionage department, counterespionage department, admiral, ambassador… every fucking bureaucrat, who sees himself as center of the universe… And more than half of them, will not even listen and instantly try to make her look guilty. "Counting that the colony was attacked by synthetics with support of superdreadnought I had no desire to check who he was or did he have jurisdiction over us or not.
Shepard sighed. "Judging by his complexion he was human, shoot those junkheads, saved our soldiers from death. His unnatural armor… half of N7 is wearing something like this, either originally crafted or upgraded standard model of armor." She quickly understood how pathetic she sounded and changed the topic. "You managed to capture him?"
"Unfortunately, no…" said captain. "Are you sure about complexion? I saw videos but you know our security…"
"I'm sure his helmet was too tight, drells and batarians will not be able to wear it, but his partner…"
"What is it?"
"It looked like she had something like horns under it." replied Shepard.
"Good, but it may be a trick to get us on the wrong trail, away from the main suspect."
"Who?"
"Cerberus."
"Those bastards may do something like that."
"Yes, but it isn't the worst." continued captain. "When we returned Alenko noted that there are less geth bodies and changed civilians too were taken. It looked like somebody took trophies behind your back. And worst…" Anderson sat near Shepard. "…is how this "Commander" left. I let him go myself."
"Sire?"
"I don't know myself. When he was near I was absolutely sure that he is a member of our counterespionage department. What is worse everyone who he talked with before your arrival is absolutely sure that he is a part of N7, but why they are so sure they cannot tell."
"What our scientists tell us?"
"At first they thought it was some kind of drug, since such level of mind manipulation is impossible for us as well as for aliens. But after they took our blood they found no trace of anything in our blood." Anderson rose to his feet. "Consul is already asking us, how we managed to lose Prothean Beacon alongside their spectre. Heads will roll and our pencil pushers are already trying to blame us for "Not acting fast enough" said Anderson
"With two cruisers and dreadnought on the orbit of the planet?" raised her red brow Commander.
"Add to this that every their transport ship is equal to our frigate, and we counted thirty two in different locations of the colony… Damn it all, the video was already sent to Hackett and if someone tries to say that we should have changed the ship of the last generation for several fucking frigates… But I'm more interested in mention of Saren in this history."
"Saren? Who is he?" asked Shepard.
"A fucker with a lot of political power, he despises and hates humans and also part of turian's radical, political party. If he commands geth it will be really bad for Alliance, war on two fronts we will not win."
"What's with my team?" asked Shepard, as their commander she was obliged to ask.
"They are quite alright; Alenko used several medicines to calm his nerves and is asleep right now. Sergeant Williams is under arrest."
"What?"
"Commander." sighed Anderson. "Her actions led to activation and destruction of Prothean Beacon. That alone is enough to strip her of any rank and send her somewhere far away; also we must add her surname to this…"
"Elaborate please."
"She is granddaughter of "That" Williams, who left our colony to turians in the "First Contact War". As you understand he may be pardoned officially, but something like that will not be forgotten. So unofficially… she will be really lucky if she will be just stripped of her rank and send somewhere. Okay, lets return to creation of your report.., but of course after you take care of your health.
After Anderson excused himself, Commander facepalmed and said
"FUUUCK, and everything started so good."
In another part of the galaxy.
Fortunately for Shepard, Consul will soon need all their political and other kind of powers to deal with other problem: Trench and his fleet emerged near asari colonies and started their assault.
Through hacking of asari security systems they managed to make Consul believe that it's just another attack from sintetics, only on much more greater scale. Many asari were captured and send to Zygerrian slave markets.
They were a gold mine for Zygerrians: their genes didn't mix and raised without elder asari, younger ones will be naturally beaten into submission, and became nothing but the slave race for Zygerrians, all in all, that was the plan.
Dooku on the other hand wanted some other things, he wanted for specters to appear, to use them as diplomatic way to send General Grievous. While other side thought that this still was an army of sintetics diplomacy was still an option.
So he stalled for time and slowly pushed Trench to confrontation with locals, Trench was very careful person, he will not charge into battle with war cry and foam near his mouth, no that one will slowly but surely defeat all his enemies. Time was all he needed.
But time worked against them Republic scientists will finish their gates soon. And he needed territories on the other side to this moment.
He knew how his enemies will work; they would say that local people are under their protection now. Push them and deal with the might of Republic in other words some too cowardly members of his Consul, may bitch about it.
That's why he needed Grievous. He will send him there and he will install fear in asari, they will give up after several months of war and with legal loophole he will blame Consul if Republic will came to the picture earlier than he calculated.
Dooku frowned, there was one thing he didn't think about: Neutral Alliance. Those fuckers were pain in the ass from day one and if they somehow manage to get to the other side… Dooku didn't know how his Master failed to locate such powerful creatures, he also didn't know about them until it was too late. Therefore no plan was created to stop them, allowing them to do as they pleased.
Same thoughts were in the head of Darth Sidius. He could bet that he heard mocking crackling sound of his Master's, Darth Plagueis, laugh. He already cursed the moment when he too hastly killed his Master, he should have found more. It doesn't matter how much he feared and hated the old Muun, one thing he knew for sure: his nickname "the Wise" truly suited him. If Sidius had the sharp mind of his Master his enemies would be already begging for their lives on their knees.
But beggars cannot be choosers. Palpatin grimly looked at the pile of paperwork and cursed tarkin for his stunts, he also thought who he should kill to make scientists work faster. Maybe he should take their families hostage or torture them for showing, how serious the situation is? Hmm, decisions, decisions.
With Darth Jeviso.
Naruto sat behind his table and thought about failed operation. And from any point of view it was a complete and utter failure. Biotics escaped, it wasn't such a problem, by the way galaxy is big he will find more.
Beacon was destroyed, but he managed to lure some knowledge out of it. All that he managed to save though were locations of the other Beacons. So our hero was recreating the star map, but for a simple organic mind lead only by the Force, founding location of the Beacons after fifty thousand years… First one, already activated and prepared for use… Two hours of research… Salarian Union.
The opposite wall was covered by burn marks after this
Another Beacon, also activated and prepared for use… Thessia.
Number of the burn marks increased.
Third one, already destroyed, information about planet was found by Jeviso in Extranet, prothean ruins there were already researched nearly thousand years ago. Massive base in the belt of asteroids near gas giant. Planet was there… without any asteroid belt.
And so on. Jeviso wasn't surprised, when he found out the information about destroyed human Beacon in open access.
After several days of work Jeviso finally found something valuable: information about large functional underground complex, placed in, according to the local's names Tau Artemis, Knoss system. Complex could be classified as laboratory. Judging by saved information it was military laboratory, so with it's security systems complex could have survived the Harvest and time.
Of course there was also massage about some "Ilos", but it was in main part of the Beacon's information, chances that with at least two working beacons something as important as this "Ilos" wouldn't be ravaged by archeologists, when less known vaults are already researched, were miniscule.
Jeviso rose up from his seat and started to work around the room. He didn't have any illusions about current situation. Local races will be destroyed in two maximum three months, he needed to deal a race of mass – murderers all by himself. He grew up in place where power and skill meant everything, but such calamity and destruction were unknown even to his war – torn world.
His thoughts returned to his home world, it was really interesting that his people were forgotten by nearly all but Sith. Nin'Qwei, as warriors of Great Sith Empire called them, fearsome warriors, descendants of fourteenth, The Lost Tribe of the humans and unkown race that inhabited their world long before humans came to it. His thoughts once again had a major turn when he started to think about his family.
Dark Side instantly tried to consume him while he remembered his father – Minato Namikaze. Foolish man, with a foolish dream about constant peace. Naruto didn't notice how hard his hand grabbed the hilt of his lightsaber. He knew that taking his father's hand wasn't enough; they were both too stubborn to stop at such a point.
Minato may brag about Konoha's greatness and fight for his ideals, but on Naruto's side was the Force, even if he knew that his victory was nearly guaranteed, he was in inner turmoil right now. Part of him begged him to not low himself to position of a murderer of his own father, another part disagreed, saying that he himself committed far greater crime when he turned Naruto into jinchuriki.
Both arguments were logical and Naruto found himself a bit confused, from one side his father was his enemy and deserved to pay for his crimes against his own son, but from the other… it was his fucking father!
Anyway Naruto decided that he had much more dangerous problems than so – called Child of Prophecy.
Underground laboratory waited for him.
Meanwhile.
Trench slowly circled around the chained asari. Two magnaguards tortured her with electrical staffs.
"Just give up already." impatiently said Trench. "I just need your confession. Confess that you had orders to kill me, in a way it will not even be a lie, Consul, after all, ordered you to deal with problem."
"No." magnaguards once again raised their staffs. "AGHHH!"
"Submit, or I will be forced to use much harsher methods." continued Trench.
Asari just spitted blood.
"Okay, continue."
Three days later.
During their flight, Jeviso's men researched their trophies from last battle. Most questions were from the changed human bodies. Technology was far above compared to whatever he had seen, he knew that geth wasn't masterminds behind such transformation, he saw creators of the geth in Beacon, what happened to the humans was something entirely different.
The concept of geth themselves lead to several upgrades in Naruto's droid forces he especially liked their walking tank it was more mobile compared to the model that used Republic and from what he saw in CIS examples it would be much more reliable.
He still couldn't understand how geth functioned. They operate as high class droids but their processors belonged to the droids of far inferior class. Judging by the looks of it programming was far superior in that galaxy. But II that were under Naruto's commands gave him hope for a better future.
Under command of doctor Tresphor, whom Naruto get from the mine when Ja'Boag died, medics researched the bodies of local humans. Results were… pathetic. Too much rudimental organs, absolutely no immunity to nearly any kind of radiation and no signs of genetic engineering. And also no signs of mitichlorian.
That was rather strange, Naruto knew that Force doesn't come from them, rather they were signs of it's existence. His ancestors ghost was a prove of such theory, he didn't even had a body for mitichlorians to inhabit.
Naruto's thoughts once again send him somewhere else. He shrugged his head trying to once again gain focus.
"Sire." Naruto turned his head to sergeant Ar'alani. "We are in the system." Naruto slowly walked to the deck followed by Ar'alani and Ahsoka.
"Sire." Once again said female chiss. "We have a slight problem…"
"What kind of a problem?" asked Jeviso.
"During our flight we send message to our base, so one new ship waited for us in the point of our destination."
"And?"
Ar'alani made a deep breath "General Kota sent this ship alongside newly found padavan, Maris Brood."
"Why do I feel that this will lead to a lot of problems?"
"He also found six young padavans, who as they reported you once met, during your "business trip" to Florrum."
"Ohh…"
"It's not the worst news , sire."
"What's more?"
"Since tensions between "Bald Witch" and "Tomboy Princess" raised to unknown heights, General Kota stayed on our base, but sent Assajj Ventress here."
"Wait a minute he stayed there with sexy mandolorian bitches in armor from Nite Owls and dangerous gothic chicks from Night Sisters? And he sent me the kindergarten to deal with while he… I will kill the bastard, or blind him, or castrate him or… I don't know what I will do but certainly something violent."
"Please sir everything can be not as bad as you say, this Maris can be a good person…" said Ar'alani while they walked into the hangar. At this time Maris Brood followed by Assajj Ventress left their shuttle.
"You are right." said Ahsoka, who was suspiciously silent while they talked. "Everything isn't as bad as Jeviso presumed, it's worse." Murmured she, observing toned and sexy figure of Maris Brood, whose choice of wardrobe were tight, black leather pants and straps on her chest."
"Leather…" said Jeviso.
"Sire? Is something wrong?" asked Ar'alani.
"Remember young one: like awesome massive, dark armour with spikes will always have the mark of approval as wardrobe for male Sith, than costume made from tight black leather or the lack of it will always be suitable for female ones."
"Lack of it? Isn't it a bit…" started Ahsoka.
"Vulgar? No it will not be. Sith after all were based on three principals."
"Which are?"
"Sex, drugs and constant rock – and – roll."
With those words he left the girls and went to greet Assajj and Maris.
"What do you think about this statement, Commander Tano?" asked Ar'alani.
"Don't know for first two…" there Ahsoka lied a bit, nights on Onderon were really warm thanks to Sith doctor. "But since I met Jeviso my life is most certainly a constant rock – and – roll. I don't even know what that world means, but the Force tells me, that it would be most adequate describing of our way of living."
"Maris Brood?" asked Naruto.
"Yes, Master Jeviso I presume?" replied Maris.
"So you are here to study in the waysof the Force?"
"Yes."
"Then follow me."
Ahsoka and Celeste went to Ventress. "If it isn't the Bald Witch."
"If it isn't the little Jedi pet, good to see you by the way."
"What do you think about Maris?" asked Celeste.
Ventress crossed her hands on her chest. "I don't know what will happen to them, girl have a spark, so everything should be fine. But the greatest challenge is yet to come." said Ventress when bunch of kids ran from the ship filling hangar with happy noise. "Let's see how he deals with them…"
Meanwhile with CIS forces.
"She was resistant to the last moment. But we managed to finally break her." reported admiral Trench. "Supreme General Grievous can respond to their aggression now. Turian Fleet, well, part of it is on it's way. We can turn them into example of Confederacy's might."
"Good." replied Count Dooku. "I will send General immediately."
"Pretty creepy guy." commented asari.
"Hush, blue my cute little assassin. You will soon get into history books as the one, who caused the fall of your nation."
Trench turned to the illuminator seeing how Greivous' armada along with Supreme General's new flagship entered the system through Star Gates.
He looked how massive battle ship slowly contacted his own flagship. He used the leash attached to asari making her follow.
"Let's go huntress, trust me, after you will meet the General you will pray to your sods, so you will manage to return to my peaceful company."
"I highly doubt it techno – freak." spitted asari.
Trench waited before the metal doors with his captive. Then asari heard it: metal clicking, like something massive and made of metal went in their direction. Second later the doors opened and asari's eyes opened in fear. General was massive covered in dark cloak, she still managed to see massive metal legs with large claws. She also managed to see that most of general's body was made of metal. At first she thought he was sintetic but very organic eyes and his cough ensured her in thoughts that he is just organic with implants.
Then she looked into his eyes, at this moment she thought that maybe it could have been better if he was sintetic. Never in her life she saw eyes filled with such hatred.
"Trench, cough, cough." started this monstrosity. "I have orders for you from count Dooku. You must return to our space and start the Jedi Hunt. We hope for results admiral, you after all, always were a competent soldier. And I have a personal request of sorts: leave several Jedi to me."
"You shouldn't worry, if I manage to capture one of their Magisters, like Master Windu, I will send him to you in carbonite." replied Trench. "I hope enslavement of this asari race will cease your hunger for death of "gifted" people."
Trench turned his back to them before stopping and turning once again to frightened and shocked asari. "I told you, my dear, that you should rather deal with me than with General Greivous, He has a lot of hatred for people with… supernatural gifts. To him war against your kind is like… a second birthday."
After this speech Trench left asari with Grievous. Massive arm slowly raised her into the air. "Cough, cough. Now little asari I want to hear all you know once again, in torture rooms, personally."
Screams of frightened asari and cruel laugh of Grievous filled the hangar, while General dragged huntress to the torture rooms, by her head.
In the Senate.
Palpatine smiled for the first time in many months, while he sent senator Amidala to Neutral Alliance, he decided to continue with his plan. Without Padme, Senate will lose their will to oppose him, there will be no one to rally others against him.
So while he brainwashed the Senate, Padme spent several days with her beloved husband in the Neutral Alliance, those were the best days of her life. She said that she was pregnant.
It was the happiest day in Anakin's life, until they saw translation from the Senate. While Padme was away senators in their infinite wisdom decided to proclaim Palpatine as a new Emperor and because of this, Republic, now turned Empire, made an official statement that all peace treaties are void.
Fights instantly started on the borders of Empire and Confederacy. Imperial forces lead by battle hardened officers and empowered by Dark Acolytes lead by Emperor's Inquisitors slowly but surely pushed Confederacy forces away, reclaiming the lost territories.
Dooku finally understood, that his Master decided to discard him. His position was very… fragile. He lacked what Palpatine had in great numbers: special forces with ability to use the Force, his most powerful enforcer was in another galaxy, waging a war of his own. Fighting war on two fronts with his former Master as one of his enemies wasn't something that Dooku ever wanted.
And he wasn't even counting Neutral Alliance. He heard about them, but most dangerous to his plans were the trio of their leaders: Admiral Thrawn, strategist with unlimited potential, Darth Vader, warrior, who bared the name of the Sith and was as fearsome and powerful in combat and last but not least: Darth Jeviso, Sith, who, judging by rumors, can hide himself even from the eyes of the Emperor himself.
Dooku sat in his office drank some rather strong staff and looked at his sword with very strange gaze. He already considered running into hiding and forgetting about everything. His second thought was making everyone believe that he is dead. This too was hopeless, since Palpatine will easily found out.
Decision to his problems came in form of Admiral Trench. He managed to locate the Jedi.
After long conversation Dooku finally smiled, he will not deal with them now, no he will teach those "Shinobi", who were already good with lightsabers. He will give them more, of course if they will serve him.
Several weeks later.
Minato looked at his right metal arm. He remembered the one who did that. Warrior with double red – bladed sword. He looked at his own yellow one, thinking that there was some hint of similarity between them. But when the doors opened revealing his new Master, Count Dooku, all meaningless thoughts left his mind.
"Are you prepared?" asked Dooku.
"Good, then follow me." Minato followed Dooku, listening to his Master's voice. "As we agreed, I will start to teach your people, if you prove yourself capable in this battle. Yhey hail you as most powerful warrior produced by their world for generations. But even you failed when you faced the true master of the Force." said Dooku, looking at Minato's arm.
"You have just one thing to do: you must go down to the Sluis – Van, to secure our docks, while my fleet will hold the Empire forces at bay, meanwhile you will stop them on the ground by killing their commander. Our intelligence division reports that there is an Inquisitor over there. Hopefully it's not Emperor's new plaything, Tremayne, this bloody monster seeks my head, to claim my title of Darth for himself. Anyway, failure is not an option. Go my apprentice and deal with them."
Minato just nodded leaving the room.
On the planet surface.
"AGH!" screamed clone trooper, being pierced by yellow blade. Minato pushed clones to different sides with his abilities. He grabbed one of the bodies, which laid around, his metal arm gripped the poor man's head.
"Where is your commanding officer?" questioned the steel voice of Minato Namikaze.
"Please…" unlike many troopers before him that one wasn't clone. "I have family…"
"Family…"
"Minato! What are you doing? Shouldn't we go and search for Naruto?"
"Kushina, dear, leave it to Jiraya, he and his spy network will give us results in no time, meanwhile you can train Natsumi."
Minato, there is still no reports about our son's location, I will go myself."
"No Kushina, I need you here to protect the village and train Natsumi."
"Minato! I'm losing my patience! Naruto is missing and my daughter, through your training by the way, is turning into mindless weapon, I'm thick that my husband is plotting war for world domination!"
"Kushina! Kushina!"
Minato returned to reality with body of a trooper burned to a crisp in his hand.
He threw the body away and continued his search of the commanding officer. Until…
Snap – hiss.
"And who you are?"
"I'm Jerec, Imperial Inquisitor." replied a bald man with strange goggles on his face.
"Let's see what you are made from." said Minato.
Yellow and red blades crossed. Jerec without a doubt was skilled, but Minato was faster. His metal arm grabbed Jerec's hand, he hit his face with his own lightsaber, making Jerec fall on his back. Minato grabbed his ankle and threw him into the wall.
"Inquisitor!" he heard the scream behind his back. Minato turned his head to see a squad of troopers lead by Imperial Commander. Minat smiled and threw his blade cutting commander and several troopers behind him.
Blade returned to his stretched hand and after attaching it to his belt, Minato turned his back to chaos and mayhem that he caused and went to report to his Master.
With Dooku.
Count looked at retreating imperial forces and felt how pride for this accomplishment slowly consumed him, he turned his head to see his apprentice, slowly walking on the main deck of his flagship.
"Minato! I have a good news for you. We killed several Saber Guards their swords are now our trophies you can take them if you want and send them to your homeworld."
"Thank you, Master."
"Good, now go. Prepare yourself for new accomplishments, we must destroy much more Empire soldiers to make them fear us."
Minato bowed and went away, once again thinking about Darth Jeviso. He wanted to kill that Sith, but he also knew that he must be patient, all good comes to the one who is patient after all and he didn't want to lose another limb.
Meanwhile on Naruto's homeworld.
"HEYA!" with all might she was capable for, Natsumi Uzumaki landed her blade on electrical staff in hands of her new Master, Jedi Shaak Ti.
"Easy, young one." Said Shaak Ti, who deflected the attack making the girl fall on her back. "You shouldn't run, while you are still learning to walk."
"This is still not…"
"Cough, cough." Coughing sounds from the right side made them both turn their heads to see Kushina Uzumaki, Natsumi's mother. After Minato decided to use found Jedi vault to wage war, she took her daughter and decided to find the only one, who supported her in search for Naruto, young Hyuuga Heiress.
It wasn't easy for them to at least locate, not even speaking about getting to, their destination. But with Force's help they found Jedi Temple on the South Pole. Here in lands of snow and ice, they trained with them; Kushina for a long time didn't feel herself so peaceful.
"Say, Kushina…" soft voice of Shaak Ti returned Kushina from her dreams to sinful earth. "Don't you have another child by chance? A boy perhaps?"
Kushina instantly understood that it wasn't a mere curiosity. "Yes… until that day, until the tenth of October… I had two children, boy and girl." Kushina sighed.
"What happened?" asked Shaak Ti.
"Betrayal. Somebody told our enemy about my pregnancy. Kyuubi was ripped from me and then through Minato's efforts split into two halfs Yin and Yang one, and put into our children. I left with Minato to heal our wounds, Natsumi stayed with Tsunade and Shizune, Third, Jiraya and Kakashi should have looked after Naruto."
"I think it didn't end well?"
"No. Naruto was mistreated, shunned and hated by populace."
"That explains his darkness." said Shaak Ti.
"Yes, that expla… WHAT?!"
"Before Hinata, before other kunoichi, before you and Natsumi, I had another student, very strange one, I must add. He was a young Sith warrior, who tried to learn the ways of the Jedi. And he was successful, I might add. His true name was Naruto, but his Sith name was Darth Jeviso."
"The same one, who took Minato's hand?"
"Yes."
"Kami above, what's wrong with our family?"
At this time at Kronos Station.
Elusive Man sat in his chair and looked over recent reports from his agents.
From one side Consul didn't receive the Beacon it was a victory for him, but destruction of the Beacon… Of course if alternative would be giving it to the Consul he would have destroyed it himself.
Shards found on the Mars gave humanity enough power to rival Turian's Hierarchy, what would have given them the entire Beacon. He hated the situation, he was hopeless to protect humanity fropm this act of nearly happened betrayal. "Integration" was too fast, his loyal followers were too slow, there were too many "too", which meant that there is a spy among his ranks.
Spy will be found he was sure about it, but the consequences were dire and now he needed to deal with them.
Attack of geths on human colony.
New superdreadnought of sintetics, with unreal war potential.
Unknown role of one of the most respected human haters from Turian's Hierarchy, now former spectre Saren Artherius. But Elusove Man didn't have any illusions about this, Consul members are great actors, the only alternative the Consul had was war. Also, counting how long they waited with this decision… turian certainly works accordingly to Consul's orders.
"Are they trying to make us fight geth?" thought Elusive Man, putting cigar into his mouth.
He new strengths and weaknesses of Turian's Hierarchy, Salarian Union and Asari Republic he already knew, then sintetics were a complete mystery. Success of Commander Jane Shepard on Iden Prime, gave him hopes for optimistic results, but superdreadnought… looked rather unpleasant.
War could give Alliance unlimited opportunities or it could crush it, especially if geth has at least seven such dreadnoughts. War with Hegemony… wasn't as fruitful as it seemed. For his organization at least. Back then, humanity was ready. Right now… it's too risky.
Making Commander Shepard spectre, after successful founding of compromising files on Saren, wasn't a surprise for him. Unlike his stunt with quarian. Shepard was from those people, who are on friendly terms with Lady Luck, that alone made him very valuable, he wasn't even thinking about biotic powers, tactical genius, battle skills and believes of the true patriot of Humanity that the woman, who nearly alone stopped enemy' forces, was famous for.
Elusive Man always looked after promising people.
But something get much more attention from one of the most powerful people in the galaxy than geth suoerdreadnought.
His unnaturally blue eyes looked at the two figures clad in armour of unknown model and with even more interesting weapons. Unknown to the Fifth Fleet's Intelligence Deprtment, those figures weren't allied with "Cerberus", Elusive Man even remotely didn't know, where their loyalties lied.
Was is a play of Consul to provoke "Cerberus"? Surrealistic. It could have been something like that, if members of the squad used standard armour and weapons. More than that his specialists already proved that the weapons on the tapes weren't created by any civilization of the known galaxy, principles were too… alien.
Leader of the "Cerberus" could have believed that some scientists from Salarian Union or Asari Republic could create something like this. But giving weapons, which without a doubt will be labeled "top secret" by military department, to unknown mercenaries, who were hired to play the role of "Cerberus'" agents… on that moment the imagination of skilled shady politician… failed, miserably. His brain just denied something like this.
If he was a computer, windows like "Doesn't compute" or "Error, please reload the system" would appear.
But most of all Leader of "Cerberus" was intrigued by mental control, used on the garrison soldiers and Normandy's crew alike. Both while unknown soldiers were nearby.
"Commander Jeviso." whispered Elusive Man, getting his cigar out of his mouth. "Commander… Mental control without a doubt… but his name…"
Jack Harper already gave orders to start a search in the mercenary society, but he didn't believe that there will be any results. Lack of information was troubling him, Hackett and Andersson will not send full reports, they knew about his spies on the flagship, but he had none in Normandy's crew.
Harper breathed out the ring of smoke and thought about risks. Maybe he should just wait, should he risk everything now. He once again filled his lungs with smoke and understood that stakes were too high for him to be stagnant now.
He stretched his hand to console near him. "Miranda, what's with the group send to Iden Prime?" asked leader of one of the most dangerous organizations in the galaxy.
"They will be there in three hours." Replied " Miss Best Booty in the Galaxy" also known as Miranda Lawson.
"Good. Give them orders to search locations of Shepard's groups movement, also search for anything suspicious."
"Suspicious?"
"Everything with unnatural destruction of sintetics. Anything even slightly above normal even."
"Understood."
"Summon Leng." Continued Ellusive Man. "I have new targets for him. Somebody in government needs to remember which race pays their taxes."
With Naruto.
Young Sith Lord looked at positions of the Geth and thought how much will be chances of finding another geth warriors, working against the ones he fought on Iden Prime? Counting that mind of machine didn't understand the point of fighting each other like organics did and geth themselves rarely left their "homeworld"… chances were zero.
So when his forces stormed the positions of the geth, Naruto without any kind of remorse led them into attack. He smiled whe his blade pierced another geth, Dark Side boiled within him demanding a release, but Naruto listened only to the Force and it called him further, under the ground. And Naruto followed the call.
NAruto raised his hand and geth ship before him fell to the ground, it's processor was crushed by the Naruto's Force Grip. "Get it to our techniques." said he to his men. "And be quick, we don't have much time."
To his surprise inside the laboratory aside geth he found krogan, very alive krogan, a krogan, who commanded geth.
Reaction from both sides was easy to predict.
"WAAAGH!" screamed kragan, charging in their direction and instantly forgetting about weapon in his hands. So when Naruto raised his hand and levitated him into the air, krogan only after several minutes of moving into the air understood that something wasn't right.
"Argh! Fucking human – biots! Fight honorably!"
"Yeah, yeah." Thought Naruto, creating a protective shield behind krogan, his charges already decided to not give said lizards to the enemies. "Like a rancor. Only little and smart enough to hold the weapons and wore the armour."
While his men dealt with geth, Naruto put krogan on his knees. "Goal of your mission?" asked he. Krogan just spitted on his helmet. Unpleasant and very foolish. Naruto placed his hand on the skull of the lizard and used the Force Lightning with mind reading. "WHAT. IS. YOUR. GOAL." Mind and body of krogan couldn't resist the pain from Sith Lightning and mind reading abilities of Naruto.
"G- girl… a – asari… inside… the complex…" with the last words krogan lost his consciousness.
Naruto meanwhile looked at the geth, who worked… less than efficient. He noted this strange trait many days ago, when he first fought them, lesser the number the dumber they get.
It was really strange like they were part of one big collective mind. He never thought that it was possible, but this is another fucking universe, so maybe… Naruto moved his head trying to take control over his thoughts. He stretched his hand in direction of the remaining geth and ripped their processors with his abilities.
While his men surprised by his destruction of geth stood on their position he went further… into the inner sanctum of laboratories.
His prize waited for him in the cave, where according to Beacons database were laboratories. Defensive systems were activated and blue energy shields protected the entrances, which led inside the laboratory. Inside the barriers Jeviso spotted the humanoid figure captured by said energy field, judging that figure was inside the barrier, she got there before activation or was the reason for it. Also Naruto finally understood who called for help in the Force.
Raising to needed level, he finally managed to see the girl, who levitated in force fields. From far away he could have mistaken her for female chiss or twi'leck. Same body proportions same skin color, only her eyes were deep blue and instead of lekku she had scalp crests. Asari.
When she saw them she instantly started to talk. "Thank the Goddess you are not geth! I was researching ruins and laboratory complex when machines and that mean krogan charged in. I tried to activate the defensive mechanisms, but something went wrong… and here I am. Can you release me? Pleeease..." judging by her voice Jeviso dealt with rather young individual. He sighed, who the Force thought he was seriously? Several kids and psychotic padawans and now this strange asari.
Force instantly gave him a vision of smiling bald man in wheelchair. Yeah, yeah, thought Naruto, not a chance.
"Hm…" hmed Jeviso, looking at the trap where asari was. "Who are you by the way?"
"Oh, I beg your pardon." instantly blushed the asari. "Let me introduce myself: I'm Liara T'Soni, I'm archeologist and came here trying to find something to validate my theories." She instantly became more cheerful when he said the word "theory", she even forgot about her rather… uncomfortable condition.
"Theory?" questioned Jeviso, while he looked at prothean's symbols. Their language was downloaded in his brain by Beacon, but associations with other terminology and letters from other known languages still didn't appear.
"Well…" asari blushed further trying to put in words what she had found. "I found that protheans wasn't the first race, who inhabited the galaxy, I also found that every fifty or hundred of thousand years happens some… catastrophe, that destroys any sentient species from the face of the Universe!"
Naruto raised a brow under his helmet, looks like his thoughts about unpredictable gifts from the Force manifested in Liara. When he first set course to Knoss system he thought that he will get archieves from laboratory. Instead he got… her. Naruto once again looked at Liara. If only all information holders looked like this… Science will most certainly became much better.
"Very interesting." Said he while all those thoughts surged through his head. "And what happened next?"
"Nothing." sighed Liara. "I was shut down by more "experienced" colleagues and all because of my age!" shouted young asari.
"And what's wrong with your age?" asked Jeviso. He a;ready knew though, very typical situation for nearly every society: a group of "wise men" put in place a young and promising colleague, just to be sure sometimes.
"I'm only one hundred and six." replied asari. Someone from his soldiers whistled. "Psyche of the teenager." Corrected himself Jeviso. That girl was older than him, but only by number of years. Which menat nothing for Sith. You may have lived for a centuries and archive nothing or after a few moments leave a bloody stain in Galaxy's history.
With a move of his hand Jeviso turned off the force fields and used telekinesis to gently place Liara on the floor. "I think we should talk about your theory… in private. Maybe you will keep me company on my ship… Doctor T'Soni is everything alright?"
Liara, who judging by her face didn't listen to Jeviso's words. "A? I'm sorry..." Liara turned her gaze from the panel to Jeviso and back to the panel. "I just thought that I would fell on the floor and not gently placed on it… maybe it wasn't the trap as I originally thought?"
Jeviso sighed: professional deformation in all it's grace, clinical cause, when individual tries to explain everything only from his or her point of view it's not good, hopefully Liara's young age will help with her training.
"Well, let me repeat myself: will you be my guest on my ship?" asked Jeviso.
"But… My research…"
"You can always return to them when it will become a safer place. Of course if you have equipment and diaries my men will get it with us."
"Well, thank you… ehm…"
"Jeviso."
"Em… it's good to meet you and thank you for saving me."
"Not at all." Jeviso smiled under his helmet, while Ar'alani ordered her men to find and pack Liara's equipment and every piece of prothean technology that wasn't nailed to the floor… and what was nailed, needed to be "Unnailed" according to Sith code (Read: use laser cutter). Jeviso all that time looked at the shy girl, who with interest looked at HK. He already could sense that she will be very valuable member of his crew.
With Liara T'Soni, loyal follower of Indiana Jones.
Liara massaged her hands and thought about everything that had happened. Who could have predict that ordinary archeological expedition will turn into run from geth, nearly fructification in ancient prothean ruins in their force fields and then invitation to human ship. She knew that the life of archeologist was dangerous sometimes and she didn't object when her mother put her into basic military training, but even in her worst nightmares liara never thought that it can be so dangerous.
What was the worst is that she once again managed to pose herself as a fool. She blushed when she thought what other people is thinking now because of all her blabbering.
Confused and nearly destroyed morally, Liara didn't remember the way from the cave complex. Only on entrance, when soldiers asked her about her equipment she returned to herself. At that moment she discovered the first strange thing: robots. They were the ones, who got and carried her equipment.
Of course she knew that humans use robots in their army but the white LOKI unites she saw couldn't compare to those models. Their movements were not as mechanical as other robots she saw. Of course maybe it's just a military modernization… right just a military modernization. Sometimes Liara feared where her thoughts could lead her.
Than she remembered her colleagues… Of course due to her shyness their relationship wasn't well and when the geth came she didn't have any illusions, but she still hoped that somebody survived. This hoped was violently crushed when high female in armour replied on her question that all territory near ruins was filled with geth.
Than she found another problem. When female asked the something from commander, who walked forward she asked, as Liara presumed in her native language, her translator gave her rows of strange symbols.
Asari sighed, it looked like it was somehow damaged by force field, she hoped that all data she collected was safe.
"something wrong, miss T'Soni?" liara raised her head only to come face – to helmet with commander of the troopers.
"No – no." instantly blushed the girl "It's just part of the databases in translator was lost."
"Hmm…" Luckily for shy asari, who wasn't so comfortable with commander being so close to her, same female called for him through communicator. "I think you will deal with your problems far better on the ship, please." He made a motion inviting her to go first.
After several hundred meters of following her savior by throught the path filled with remains of the geth, they turned to the left and she saw what rocks and landscape had hidden from her. Giant machine that resembled some strange insect, armoured and weaponized enough to take an entire division. Everything in it's design screamed that it was made for war. Instantly Liara remembered everything she could about System Alliance. She read about their army and successful confrontation with other species before, but she was never interested until this moment. Everything looked really dangerous to her.
Too consumed by her own thoughts she didn't notice how they reached the landed frigate, she didn't even notice when it landed also she couldn't say that it really was a frigate, she just called it because of it's size. With the same chances it could have been the military transport.
"You can sit there." Jeviso pointed to the rows of chairs near the walls. Liara instantly returned to her inspection and raised her head after the gentle coughs and feeling that somebody is standing over her.
It was the same female in armour. "I heard from Commander Jeviso that you have a problem with your translator." started she. "I think it's alright, but… it really cannot have the database on our language." She slowly pulled her helmet off.
Liara looked and cannot believe her eyes, mostly humanoid before her resembled a human but dark blue skin and eyes glowing with faint red light… She defiantly wasn't human.
"Oh… Well… I'm glad to greet you in Citadel Space from the name of all races, which inhabit it… It was really bad, isn't it?"
"Not as bad as I predicted." dark figure of Jeviso appeared to her left. "I thought you will faint."
"Ah… Ah…" Liara lost her words she was really afraid that everything will end like the delegacy to Yaggs. Really unpleasant. After a deep brathe she looked at the female and asked a first question she could thought about. "Emm… what's your race called."
"I'm chiss." replied Ar'alani. "Commander will tell you anything you wish, and he also needs somebody to tell him about local… realities."
"Yes." said Jeviso. "After she will be placed on the ship."
"Aren't we already on it?" asked asari.
"No, this is just a transport for our troopers. This is my ship." He stretched his han the big illuminator in the wall and Liara couldn't hold her gasp. Ship before her surpassed in size even famed "Destiny Ascension", she never saw something so big or… dangerously looking. It was like a predator fish in the ocean, always prepared to stalk and destroy it's prey.
"Malevolence." proudly stated Jeviso.
In Liara's mind name really suited it.