I am so sorry I accidentally mixed up which chapter I was posting, this is the correct chapter, sorry for my honest mistake!
"Everyone hold your fire! Shepard, restrain your colleague."
"Did you just get the message?"
"Yes, and I'm sorry for the tense landing, I just found out about the transfer a few moments ago."
"I'd like to avoid a diplomatic incident." Shepard said.
"As would we, unfortunately I'm going to insist that your friend remain under guard." Wrex growled at that statement.
"Wrex, I can handle this, don't worry." Shepard held up his hands in a pacifying manner.
"Fine, but if anything happens to the female all bets are off."
"Come with me Commander, I'm Padok Wiks, I'll be guiding you to the krogan for a good portion of your visit to our facility here."
"Nice to meet you, what kind of experiments go on in this place?"
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"I'd hoped to never see one of those things again." Liara said solemnly as she looked at a yahg.
"Is that a yahg? He makes the krogan species look good." Tom looked at the beast with disgust.
"Yes, their homeworld would make Tuchanka look as comfortable as the Citadel."
"I'm glad he's in a cage then, I'm pretty sure it would take a lot of krogan to down one of those guys."
"Agreed."
"Hey, are you two coming? We're about to enter the elevator now." Shepard shouted.
"Oh right Shepard!"
An alarm sounded as soon as everyone got onto the elevator.
"Alert! Incoming hostiles, scramble readiness teams, threat condition two has been declared secure al-" The elevator door shut, cutting off the alarm.
"Sounds like something is happening." Tom observed.
"You're right, I don't think this is going to be a simple fetch task now, you still have those weapons handy?" Shepard asked.
"I always come prepared, we should be fine, and we have Liara with biotics so we shouldn't have too much trouble if it does boil down to a firefight."
"I'll be ready as well Shepard, don't worry." Liara said readily.
The elevator door opened. "All specimens accounted for sir, I'll secure the perimeter."
"Good." The solider stepped aside to reveal Mordin.
"Mordin! What are you doing here? Are you back with the STG?" Shepard asked.
"Special consultant, had to be me, someone else might have gotten it wrong." He leaned in closer. "Fed information to Clan Urdnot, helped female krogan."
"You must be the mole Wrex was talking about earlier."
"Yes, will go over details later, must get female krogan off world, security warning not normal."
"Let's get her out of here before who ever is attacking gets to close."
"Right, follow me Commander."
Mordin guided Shepard and Co. to the container where the female krogan was, she looked different from how a male looked, most of her details were obscured by a hood.
"I'm Commander Shepard, Alliance Navy."
"Are you here to kill me?"
"Kill her? She must have been through hell and back if she's making that assumption instantly."
"I'm here to get you out of here and back to Tuchanka."
"Then I hope you've brought an army." An alarm was heard in the background.
"We've lost all outside communication!"
"Secure all data to offsite location!"
"Secure the perimeter!"
Shepard checked the call on his Omni-tool.
"Shepard, it's Wrex, Cerberus troops are attacking the base."
"Noted, we might want to keep the female down here then, it might be safer."
"No deal! The salarians might just kill her then, this alliance is off if you don't get the female to me."
"Fine, we're leaving." Shepard sighed as he cut the call. "I'm afraid that we're going to have to leave now."
"I can't do that, protocal states tha-" the salarian was shocked.
"Objection noted, now please release female krogan." Mordin said.
The solider nodded and activated the lift, opening the door for Mordin to enter.
"Meet you at next checkpoint Shepard, Cerberus likely opposes genophage cure."
"I promise you will see Tuchanka again." Shepard assured the female krogan.
"Get to the elevator Shepard!"
"Alright, Tom, Liara, I want your shields and barriers up, we have no idea what Cerberus might be packing this time around, I'm not taking chances." Both Tom and Liara complied to this.
Shepard pressed the call button on the door.
"Something's wrong with the elevator, here try it now."
Shepard tried again, there was a bomb inside. "Oh goddess!" Liara shouted. The bomb exploded but fortunately it did only minor damage to Shepard and co.'s shields.
"Shepard, are you alright?" Tom asked.
"I'm fine, I'm glad we activated our shields now, that could've been way worse." Shepard turned to the salarian that hadn't been killed by the explosion. "Is there another way out of here?"
"There's an emergency exit at the other side of the room, they can't block that one so you should be able to get out of here just fine."
"Thanks, lets move team."
Shepard's comm came to life as soon as he exited the room. "Shepard, it's Wrex, do all that you can to ensure that the females get to safety, I'll try to make life miserable for Cerberus in the air, I took the shuttle."
"I'll take care of her Wrex, don't worry."
"You better!"
"This is worse then I thought." Tom said.
"We'll stop them, Cerberus troops don't have shields anyway." Shepard said.
"True, but they have really good augmentations, no matter how barbaric they are."
"You're right about that, I'm glad that my implants aren't like that."
"Do both of you think the Illusive man is indoctrinated?" Liara asked.
"I'd bet my life on that." Tom said.
"Cut the chatter! We have Cerberus troops ahead."
The salarians were easily dispatched by the Cerberus troops who then opened fire on Shepard's squad, but Shepard was quick to order Liara to use singularity, making most of the troops helpless as they floated through the air to get easily sniped by Tom.
"Nice one people! Now let's keep moving forward."
The next hallway had two Cerberus troopers in it, Shepard was about to raise his gun, but they were both mauled by a yahg which promptly fled the scene.
"There goes another yagh." Tom said in disgust.
"Let's hope that thing doesn't cause trouble as we move forward."
"Shepard, Cerberus troops at containment unit, attempting to kill krogan, need assistance."
"Copy that Mordin, we'll engage them shortly."
"Tom I need you to activate your cloak and flank them. Liara, throw out a couple singularities please."
"I'll stab them Shepard."
"You got it."
Most the Cerberus troops prioritized Shepard when it came to a firefight, making them extremely easy to flank since their sole intention was on killing Shepard, shame they didn't watch their backs since several troopers died by a back stab, the rest of them were taken care of by Shepard and Liara who were easily finishing off the soldiers that were unlucky enough to get caught in a singularity.
"Technician dead Shepard, please clear through checkpoint."
"I'll do that, is everything alright in there?"
"Containment shield holding, cannot speak for krogan's health however."
"I'm fine, Commander, don't worry about me."
"Meet us at next checkpoint Shepard, Cerberus likely to target-" he was cut off by an explosion, a Cerberus shuttle flew into view.
"I've got eyes on the krogan!"
"Hurry Shepard! Next checkpoint."
"Tom, pick them off from a distance, Liara flush them out with warp."
The second set of Cerberus troops didn't last very long either, if they weren't in cover they got sniped, and if they were in cover Liara would throw a warp or singularity down range to flush them out, Shepard was just shooting anything that moved with precision head shots from his Mattock. Even the second wave of reinforcements that come in didn't last very long.
"Alright people, let's get to the next checkpoint."
"Cerberus really wants that krogan dead don't they?" Tom asked.
"They do, let's ensure they don't succeed."
On the second floor Shepard got a good view of Major Kirrahe snapping a Cerberus solider's neck.
"Commander, stay back, we've got hostiles down the hallway."
"Is there any easy way around them?"
"I've got one idea, I'll draw their fire while you advance." He stepped out of cover and shot several sticky grenades from his scorpion, killing three Cerberus troops easily.
"I'll cover you! Move forward!"
"This is Orian Squad, we have eyes on Shepard, moving to engage with turrets."
"They got turrets! Shit, Tom I need you to cloak and find a way to disable that turret, it's got us pinned down, I don't care how you disable it, just do it!" Shepard commanded.
"I know just the thing, it'll distract them too, wait here." Tom engaged his cloak and ran down the hallway, making sure the he didn't catch a stray bullet from any crossfire.
As soon as he got to the Cerberus barricade he immediately engaged his Omni-choke on the turret which effectively made him invincible as the Cerberus troops attempted to pour fire into his shields, this though didn't work as his shields would regenerate as soon as they broke since he was siphoning energy from the turret. Meanwhile Shepard scored a perfect headshot on a Cerberus engineer and Liara got three unlucky Cerberus troops caught in a singularity.
Unfortunately for Tom, the turret spontaneously com-busted just as his shields went down for the fourth time. He managed to roll into cover just after getting shot twice in the thigh. Shepard shot the Centurion right after that.
"Tom are you alright?" Shepard asked.
"They got me in the thigh, but I think I'll be fine." Tom winced as he got up from cover, it was obvious he was lying.
"Acting tough will just get you killed, have some medigel, it'll seal the wound and prevent you from bleeding, I'll have Chakwas look at it later, now let's keep moving."
"Authenticating...Confirmed, access allowed, please proceed." The computer chimed as the door to the lab area opened.
"Mordin is right, Cerberus must have been tipped off." Dialogue being stolen by Tom. +50 style
"Every war has it's traitors." Liara said.
The lab was a mess, there was a varren on the loose that got torn apart by gunfire, and there were Cerberus troops all over the place, the resulting skirmish was bloody, brutal, and not very final with Shepard and co. walking away the victors.
"Get this door bypassed, Cerberus is near the female krogan!" Shepard barked.
"I got it!" Tom had Section hack through it in less then a second, the AI really was fast.
"Get them away from the containment unit! Liara, singularity, now!"
The second skirmish was a bit more drawn out, but Shepard still inevitably won the fight, he was just mowing down the troops one after the other, they didn't stand a chance. Fortunately the containment shield hadn't taken much damage that was critical, it was just the containment shield that was damaged and it wasn't that bad.
"Shepard, Cerberus has cut power, need you to reroute power to the containment unit."
"Copy that, we'll do it now."
The power conduit was nearby, and there also happened to be a scorpion that was lying on the ground, waiting to be used.
"Hey, isn't that the gun Major Kirrahe was using? I call dibs!" Tom shouted excitedly as he picked up the pistol.
"You can have that, I have no idea how to work that mini grenade launcher anyway." Shepard said, he wasn't interested at all.
"Oh nice! I look forward to trying this thing out." Tom slipped the gun onto his holster, he now had four weapons, a scorpion, a Mattock, a M-96 Widow and a Phalanx heavy pistol.
"Let's clear Mordin through the checkpoint now, power has been restored." Shepard said.
"Excellent, now clear us! Wait! Another Cerberus squad!"
"They just keep coming! When are they ever going to stop?!" Tom moaned.
"They'll stop when their dead, let's deal with them quickly."
There weren't many soldiers to fight this time, just three Centurions. These guys got overwhelmed easily as they didn't even have the advantage of numbers on their side.
"Quickly Shepard! This is last checkpoint before landing area."
"I'll meet you two up top, see you there." Shepard said as the containment unit proceeded towards the landing area.
"Shepard we have more Cerberus troops inbound!" Tom shouted before sniping one of them.
"Liara, singularity on one of them!" Liara did as commanded, allowing Shepard and Tom to get easy headshots across the board.
"Good, now let's get up to the land pad area."
As soon as Shepard got to the top area he saw several squads of soldiers being deployed, this was going to be one hell of a battle. The firefight was brutal, if you stepped out of cover for more then ten seconds your shields would get decimated by returning fire, Shepard had to slowly power his way through this one, methodically mowing down one trooper at a time, it took a while, and the containment unit's shields were barely holding, but they still were, Shepard had succeeded.
"I got you Mordin, I'm clearing you through the final checkpoint now!" Shepard said before quickly approving the transfer, causing the containment unit to go up to the ceiling.
That's when an Atlas mech dropped.
"Look out!" Tom said before diving into Liara to prevent her from taking a missile to the face.
"Shepard, I can't land until you deal with that mech!"
"Door is jammed Shepard, can't get out!"
"I'll deal with this Wrex." Shepard reassured. "Tom, can you open the door so Mordin can fight?"
"I'll do it now, I just need access to the terminal, keep that Atlas off me!"
"Copy that, Liara distract the mech with me while Tom hacks the door!"
The Atlas mech was definitively no pushover, it absorbed gunfire and powers like nothing, but it was getting damaged, Shepard would have it down eventually. As soon as Tom fixed the door Mordin got out and use incinerate to damage and weaken it's armor, which was followed up by Liara's warp and Tom's overload, which did a good amount of damage to the armor of the Atlas.
"Keep firing! It can't keep this up fro much longer!" And it didn't, two shots from the M-96 Widow sniper rifle Tom was packing did the trip as it pierced the glass that was protecting the pilot, and immediately after that everyone shot the pilot right in his stupid face.
"Good job team, now let's get that female krogan out of her cage."
A/N: Sorry about the ending, I just have several tests that I have to study for and I couldn't think of any other way of ending it. My spring break was a total disaster, I didn't even get to travel anywhere because I ended up in the hospital. That's not even the worst part, the worst part is that I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, so now I have to take insulin four times a day and have to manage my blood sugar. I'll manage though, it's very treatable and I still live a normal life and I can still eat any food I want. (As long as I take insulin for it) Thanks for reading this by the way, most people just skip the author's note at the end of chapter. My chapters are still going to be once every week so don't worry about that slowing down.
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