"EDI, search Tazzik salarian." Miranda ordered. This was the first piece of evidence toward finding those Collectors. They were testing out the AI program that was originally meant for Sheperd's mission.
"Yes, Mrs. Lawson." EdI's synthetic voice called back. Miranda stared at the hologram of EDI as she searched for Tazzik. Knowing the Shadow Broker, Tazzik must have something covering his footsteps. Miranda thought. "Tazzik 'Taz' Allus," EDI blurted. "Salarian, Male. Born on Thessia. Died in Citadel Factory District."
"Wait, died?" Miranda wondered. "Are you sure we have the right Tazzik?"
EDI's hologram became a picture of a muscular salarian. "That looks like what Liara explained, but he can't be dead."
"No other results under Tazzik Salarian" EDI added.
"Liara! Get down here!" Miranda called on her radio.
Liara was sitting in the conference room where the Illusive Man's hologram was. Liara, get down here now! Her radio buzzed. Jacob turned toward Liara.
"Looks like 'Commander' Miranda needs help to look up one salarian." Jacob laughed.
"Ha-ha, she is easy to take charge." Liara replied.
She stepped toward the door, when her radio beeped, "You forgot to turn off your radio, Liara." Miranda commented.
Liara's eyes widened entirely. "Uh-oh…" Jacob said. "Good luck."
Miranda charged up a biotic warp just for Liara when she came in. No, this would slow our chances of getting Sheperd back! Her arm's blue glow died down, and her office door opened. When Liara entered, she looked very nervous.
"Just because you worked with Sheperd before doesn't mean that you can criticize everything I say." Miranda ordered. "I'm only trying to help the mission, and you are making it very complicated."
Liara stared at the ground for a second, thinking of what to say. "Sor…" she tried to say, but Miranda interrupted her.
"This Tazzik fellow you fought, EDI says that he died years ago in the Citadel factory district." She stated.
"Well, that can't be, because I saw him kill Feron!" Liara protested.
Miranda sighed, "Alright, figure out how he died then."
Liara thought for a couple seconds and replied, "Maybe it is one of the Shadow Broker's cover ups!"
"Of course! If they didn't want Tazzik to be killed, they would have to make them disappear. The only problem is that if C-Sec was hanging around and investigated his death, then we would be sure he is dead." Miranda commented.
"Why don't we pay a visit to this factory district?" Liara decided.
"This is the human's genetic destiny!" the Harbinger called. Ever since the machine embedded itself onto Sheperd's body, the Collector's continued to build more mechanic features onto him. Now, Sheperd's arm was covered with metal and wiring. They now needed to cover the rest of Sheperd's limbs and let it grow.
This thing that the Harbinger was making the Collectors build had some kind of presence like it was a living being. It was synthetic, yet it was not. They were builders of this creature. This creature was meant to grow on Sheperd. It was meant to use his power. Meant to own him.
"Gear up," Miranda ordered, "You are gonna need a lot."
Liara gave Miranda a sneer. She grabbed a pistol and a submachine gun. Miranda reached for her gear. Jacob marched toward the shuttle. "Alright ladies, we are on a mission, no fighting." He commented.
Liara and Miranda reluctantly walked onto the Kodiak shuttle. It reared off the Minutemen Station and zoomed out toward the relay. "So, what are we doing again?" Liara asked.
"We are going to find out contact, Captain Bailey from C-Sec." Miranda stated, "Next, we figure out what happened in the factory district and decide the rest from then."
"Cool," Jacob replied. The shuttle shook upon contact with the relay. BOOM! The electricity cracked. The three of them held onto their seats. Suddenly, the view from the window changed to the amazing sight that was the Citadel.
"Alright, Cerberus isn't very welcome on the Citadel, so Liara needs to take lead. Don't screw up." Miranda commanded.
Liara spoke into the radio, "This is Liara T'Soni, request to enter Citadel, over."
"Ahh, Dr. T'Soni, come right in." Captain Bailey's voice called. The shuttle paused near a dock. It stopped, Jacob, Miranda, and Liara spilling out.
Instantly, all eyes were on the Cerberus operatives. "Don't worry guys, I allowed them access." Bailey said.
"Hello, Captain Bailey." Liara greeted, bowing.
"Welcome back to the Citadel, Liara." Bailey replied.
"Do you have the information we need?" Liara asked.
Captain Bailey padded at his terminal. "Yes, Tazzik's death is very blank. C-Sec doesn't know much about it."
"Why not?" Miranda asked.
"Somehow, we believe he either accidentally opened the airlock and fell out, or he was killed and thrown out the airlock." Bailey informed.
"But that is impossible!" Liara exclaimed.
"Yes, Liara saw Tazzik working for the Shadow Broker." Jacob explained.
"So you want me to believe that it was a faked death?" Bailey asked.
"Yes," Miranda pleaded.
"Well, I guess it could be if it involved the Broker." Bailey assumed. "But how did we not see anything but Tazzik on the cameras?"
Liara looked frustrated. She thought about her next answer. "Show us the video." She demanded.
Bailey tapped on his terminal and said, "Typing in the date, and here we go." On the terminal, a video showed a large salarian walking between some boxes. He went behind a box, and never came back. "See, he just kind of went out of sight and never came back."
Liara pointed at the screen. "Go back!" she commanded. Bailey returned to the part when Tazzik went behind the box. At the bottom of the screen, where it shown the time, it suddenly jumped foreword ten minutes.
"What the…" Bailey gasped. "Somebody deleted the rest!"
"Whoever it was, they had some kind of access to C-Sec." Miranda pointed out.
"So, there is somebody in C-Sec that is working for the Broker." Bailey shouted.
"Or, recently working for C-Sec…" Miranda commented.
"Harkin!" Bailey accused. "He was recently removed from C-Sec!"