Spoilers: obviously content from the games including the Ending.
For the most part this will follow ME lore, just adding and adapting.
Rated M since i don't want to limit what i can and can't do as the story progresses.
Vancouver
Three days, three fucking days and those assholes didn't show themselves. Kaidan hated waiting, every day that passed those assholes got to recruit more people. They couldn't even stop that, refugee camps where filled with people who lost their homes, friends and families. More then enough where willing to join a merc group if it meant they got out of the camps.
The only good news in the last days was that the scientists got the Charon and Arcturus relay working again. But that where two relays from what a hundred? A thousand? If they had to travel to each relay to go and fix it, it could take decades to fix them all. Just traveling to Omega would take 12 years and that was if one could travel straight through the galactic core. Their only hope was that other colonies and homeworlds would start rebuilding their relays meeting somewhere in the middle.
Kaidan had a bad day, really bad he noticed how everyone onboard avoided him. Where ever he went people suddenly turned around. He didn't care anymore, no to make everything worse today was Shepards official funeral. He had to go there and morn a corpse only a handful of people knew was just a fake.
Mourning a fake Shepard, listening to some Alliance bras telling crap about a man they hadn't taken serious until the enemy had attacked them. Yeah it was a really crappy day.
He took a deep breath, it was time to change in his dress uniform.
"Deimos, we have a task for you."
The whispers in the back of his head grew stronger, they where always present. Compelling him to do whatever they required of him. Normally he would barely notice the whispers, only when Phobos wanted something from him would they become louder.
"Sure, whatever just give me damn mission details."
"Good Deimos, read through your mission parameters and prepare for deployment."
He kept his face neutral, it didn't matter what they wanted. He would just do the job and be done with it.
He flipped through the mission objectives, destroy something, cause a mass panic and dispose of all hostiles if possible.
The whispers grew stronger, easy enough he said to himself.
Normally Kaidan would have been happy to see earth again, but standing here looking out over the English Bay in Vancouver reminded him to much of John. Not too long ago John was incarcerated right here and Kaidan hadn't even bothered to visit him once. Worse when he finally had seen him again Kaidan hadn't kept his mouth shut and had to question everything about John, giving him crap about Cerberus. If he just had gone to see him back then maybe they would have had... But it wouldn't have changed anything, John was gone it wouldn't have changed anything.
Kaidan fought to hold the tears back, wen he felt a hand on his shoulder.
The funeral was everything he had feared it would be. Admirals and councilors giving speeches, talking about the things Shepard had done. Making promises to uphold the memory of those who had sacrificed everything. It was nearly the same bullshit Kaidan had to endure three years ago during John's first funeral.
Though the setup was nicer this time. On an open field overlooking the bay there was a small podium with a rocket. Members of different races had carried the coffin to stand in front of the podium as a symbol for how Shepard had united them all.
Wrex had even arranged a bar a bit behind the podium, there was a holo of Shepard there. It looked as if an ethereal Shepard was waiting for them to come to him. After the ceremony there would be time for everyone to have a drink and talk without the cameras that where recording the whole thing.
The ceremony went on for a long time, way to long. The sun was slowly disappearing behind the horizon, Torches where lit around the podium.
In the distance Kaidan could have sworn he saw someone move across the field. His mind must be playing tricks on him, the person in the distance reminded him of how Shepard would casually stroll in a room before all hell broke loose.
Kaidan rubbed his eyes, there was someone coming in their direction. Impossible, security had the whole area locked down.
The coffin was being put in a the rocket. Hannah had her hands on the control, they where ready to send the fake Shepard in to Orbit. Everyone stood up looking at the rocket, music was playing in the background. Kaidan remembered that song ,one of the ancient classics Sinatra, My Way.
The person in the distance was getting closer. "Did no one pay attention to the guy in armor walking towards them?" Kaidan murmured under his breath. Shit armor what the? The person pulled a missile launcher from his back just as Hannah pushed the button and the rocket containing the coffin launched.
Kaidan jumped up, "Take cover!" He yelled at the top of his lungs, while he ran to the podium.
This was a mission he liked, it was almost poetic. Getting past the guards was easy, they already had a few men on the inside. His people had stunned a some of the guards and taken their armor and weapons. The ceremony took a while but he knew his Que when the torches where lit at the podium, he moved from his hiding spot and walked across the field. Easy enough. Wen the Music started playing he had grinned, he liked the song. He should ask someone what it was called.
Wen the song had neared it's end he had grabbed the missile launcher of his back and targeted the rocket. It exploded nicely, only one guy in the crowed had jumped before the explosion but that didn't matter.
"Phase two is a go" He heard over the short range communicator.
It didn't take long already people where scattered and panicking, wen the flashbang and smoke grenades went off.
He stood near a bar, grabbed the glass of Brandy someone had placed in front of a holo. "Can just as well wait here and see how this plays out." He thought.
He kicked against the holo projector, the thing fell over.
"Phase two complete, Deimos proceed to phase three. Your targets are in cover near the podium." The voice said over the communications.
He drew his Heavy pistol and shot a few round in the air, signaling that the game was on for the mercenaries.
Too bad his Helmet didn't allow him to drink the Brandy, it smelled like a really good one, But sadly there was no time for such pleasures.
Kaidan had jumped up right in time to pull Hannah in to cover.
"Garrus, James cover the council." But already the situation was going south, some of the security guards had thrown grenades in the crowd. People screamed and ran away, he couldn't make out who was who through the thick smoke. Then there where shots.
Kaidan pulled the crate with their weapons out from under the podium.
"Damn Major, that's one hell of a great funeral." Wrex roared, off coarse the Krogan was enjoying this over all the talking. Wrex grabbed a shotgun from the weapon stash and jumped right in the action.
Kaidan Grabbed the M77-paladin, to bad they couldn't have just worn armor to a funeral, not as if this wasn't predictable.
"Everyone get as many civilians out of here as possible, evacuate as planned. Watch out for the security forces they seem to be infiltrated." Kaidan issued his orders to the Normandy crew, at least they where prepared for something. Yeah, something but not this.
He loaded the gun and headed of towards the bar, where he had last seen the guy with the rocket launcher. Probably the one in charge of this attack. If he could just get to that one maybe even take him in for questioning.
That one guy came running directly to him, the same one that had noticed him earlier. It didn't matter if the Alliance bras came to him, it just made his job easier. The fool was running directly in to a deadly combat in his dress uniform no less. Quickly he laid a singularity directly in the path of Alliance boy. "That should keep you busy."
Damn the other one was prepared, before even running in the Singularity the Alliance boy had brought up his Barrier. 'Okay so a Biotic then, this was becoming more and more fun by the minute.
The voices in the back of his head grew louder.
"Dispose of him. "
"He is the traitor."
"Kill him before he kills you."
He waited for the fool to come a bit closer, then threw another Singularity. This time his attacker got hit. "Barrier already depleted? Good." He said in a sarcastic tone. Now he would just be nice and help his attacker to get closer. "Let's see how you like flying!" He used his Biotics to pull the other guy towards him.
Damn, the other one was a Biotic, a really powerful Biotic at that. Kaidans barrier barely held up to a singularity from this guy. If he just could get close enough to detonate his barrier he could probably knock the guy out. It was risky but the only chance he saw of taking the Mercenary alive.
He heard the other one yell something, but he couldn't make out the words. One of the grenades had blown a bit closer to his head then he would have liked.
Another Singularity flew towards him, crap this guy is fast. The only thing Kaidan could do was try to evade the damn thing, But before he managed to even get back up his feet he got pulled to the Biotic. At least now he got there faster, he fell directly in front of the guy. Quickly he tried to get back up. Wen he raised his head the Merc held a gun to his head, so this was how it ends?
"Any last words?" A broken and hoarse voice said.
"Yeah, it ain't over till the Krogan sings!" Kaidan detonated his barrier the other one got thrown back and tumbled over the bar. Kaidan leaped over the bar. The merc leaders helmet had a cracked visor, he only saw the eyes. "What the?" No human should have red glowing eyes. Kaidan knelt down to remove the mercenary's helmet, who or what was this guy?
It had startled him, he should have just pulled the trigger and be done whit this. But the Alliance guy had actually risked everything and detonated his Barrier. He had hit his head pretty hard wen he got thrown over the bar, the whispers in his head where shut out for a moment, when he saw the Alliance soldier standing over him he could clearly read his emotions. Wonder, fear, disgust all there the moment the soldier looked at him. Then pity, was this guy actually feeling sorry for him? When he looked closer the soldier remembered him of something.
He couldn't shake the feeling that he should know this soldier, memories where trying to reach the surface. But the Whispers where back, compelling him to shoot the soldier. He fought the Whispers, it wasn't as hard as before, they didn't hold the same power over him as a few minutes ago. The soldier reached out, he wanted to take his Helmet off, he couldn't let that happen.
No one should see the monster he was, especially not the soldiers warm brown eyes.
He reached for one of his grenades while the soldier wasn't looking to closely. Wen he dropped it the soldier was sent flying for a moment and dropped leaning against the bar.
Damn, Kaidan could slap himself. He hadn't noticed that the mercenary had grabbed a grenade. Without his barrier he had made himself an easy target. His whole body hurt from being thrown around so often, armor would have been nice.
Now the mercenary stood in front of him. The guy seemed to be struggling with himself, as if he couldn't make up his mind what to do next.
"Who are you? What are you?" Kaidan said he hoped he could talk him down.
The mercenary shook his head. "Deimos"
"Just Deimos?" Kaidan wondered, the mercenary's voice had been hoarse and raw. But he heard something familiar in there something soft.
"Where are you from Deimos?" If he could just keep him talking.
The merc dropped to his knees, he cryed out in pain. "Just... Deimos..."
The guy was suffering, but from what Kaidan couldn't imagine that their little struggle had caused this.
"I... can't... RUN..." The mercenary grabbed his gun.
"Listen you don't have to do anything, I can help you." Kaidan said in a soothing tone.
"RUN!" Deimos yelled, before Kaidan could do anything the guy had shot himself in the shoulder. While he cursed from the pain it seemed he relaxed a bit after that. Whatever this guy was, he had some serious problems when shooting oneself makes you feel better.
Wen Kaidan moved to take the gun away from Deimos he got thrown over the bar. The Merc had run away in the other direction.
It had been close, the Whispers where getting louder with time, but he had remembered the brown eyes from somewhere. He didn't want to hurt brown eyes. Now he remembered brown eyes had been on the citadel, brown eyes was on the Destiny Ascension. For some reason the whispers wanted brown eyes dead, he wanted to know why.
Only by shooting himself had he been able to shut out the voices, the pain was louder. When he had shot himself he had remembered brown eyes, but slowly the voices where getting louder again. They weren't just telling him what to do they stopped him from remembering something. He would need to find out what.
He had pushed Brown eyes away, he needed to get distance between them before the voices where to powerful to resist.