Chapter 2: Inquisition

Omega-Roan District a day ago

The Roan district was rough little area in southern Omega, murder and debauchery triple here than anywhere else on Omega which was saying something. Not even Aria came to this area without back-up, which was a perfect place to hide a certain biotic prodigy. However little did they know, they were found and the man who was hunting him was pissed beyond all reason.

"That's them?" an asari in dark grey clothes said. Liselle T'loak, daughter of the empress herself, Aria T'Loak despite her young age she was every bit as dangerous as her mother. She had to be, her mother had too many enemies that wouldn't hesitate to use her against the empress. And so she was trained from a very young age to look out for herself until she could break a krogan's spine with little effort. At her side came a rugged human in his mid-thirties in his old grey and black armor, something she hadn't seen in years.

"Yeah, those bastards better not have hurt her or else…" he said glowing a dark blue. Liselle grabbed his arm and the man stopped glowing.

"Don't worry, Paul, we'll get her out" she said gently. The asari then smirked. "And then we'll mail the men's corpse back to Cerberus as warning" Paul smirked at his lover's attempt to cheer him up. Paul Grayson was a former Cerberus operative, their top sweeper; he made sure Cerberus' little secrets never see the light of day usually by pistol. Years ago, he couldn't see himself falling for an alien or even fighting Cerberus, back then he truly believed in Cerberus ideals to make a better humanity. But that all changed when he met Gillian, his adopted daughter, Cerberus was trying to build her up as the ultimate biotic but instead they were hurting her and so one night he sneaked Gillian out until he met with an Alliance official named Kahlee Sanders. The deal was simple, the Alliance would keep his daughter safe and Paul would go off the grid, he went to Omega as it was the place that drew little attention. It was there where he became one of Aria's top enforcers and where he met and fell in love with her daughter.

The men in black went into the abandon building; it was old and rundown enough where they wouldn't attract any attention. Paul put on his Recon Hood. "Let's go…" Liselle put on her helmet and the duo went in silently taking out the guards. They went up to the stairs where they could hear someone talking in the next room. He couldn't recognize the first man's voice, but he could definitely recognize the other voice…the Illusive Man.

"Do you have the girl?" The Illusive Man said.

"Yeah, I'm just stopping at Omega to lose some unwanted company" the other man said. The Illusive Man looked at Gillian who was bound and gagged to a chair surrounded by two guards. The girl looked absolutely terrified; her eyes were dark from crying which was probably why she was gagged.

"Don't be afraid, Little Gillian, you will give birth to a new era for humanity" he said. "You should feel honored" Paul growled at his voice, it was the same bullshit line he fed him during his Cerberus days. "I will be expecting updates"

"Sir" Paul and Liselle made their move, their first target was the two guard surrounding Gillian; Liselle threw the first guard against the metal wall snapping his neck. Paul shifted behind the second guard and slit her throat, while Liselle held the leader up by gun point, Paul cut Gillian free. Gillian looked at her father and tears ran down her face.

"Daddy…" She ran to Paul and hugged the man sobbing. Paul wrapped his arms around his daughter, it felt good to hold his daughter in his arms, all he had got from Kahlee were pictures of his daughter having a regular life. He desperately wanted to be a part of her life but he knew he couldn't.

"It's alright, baby girl, you're safe…" Paul looked at the man Liselle was holding at gunpoint and glared at him making him flinch. "Gillian, look at me, I want you to close your eyes and cover your ears and no questions" Gillian nodded and closed her eyes and covered her ears. Paul went to the man and shoved him to the floor, the man yelled in pain as Paul shot him in the leg. "Name now"

"Fuck you!" Paul stomped on his wound and twists his heel to make pain more intense. He screamed in agony, Paul looked back and saw his daughter with her eyes closed and ears covered, good he didn't want her to see his interrogation. The man groaned. "J..Jiro Toshiwa"

"Okay, Jiro Toshiwa, question one…what is Cerberus up to this time?"

"I…I can't answer that…they would kill me if I told you…"

"You're going to die anyway, so you might as well tell me" Paul said coldly. Toshiwa looked at him with wide eyes, good he wanted him in fear, a lesson to not screw with him or his daughter. "Damn it…C...Cerberus wants…." Before he could finish his sentence, he started to sputter and scream.

"What the hell?" Liselle asked. Toshiwa started to foam at the mouth until he went limp, he was dead. Paul came in closer to examine the body, he pulled out a little device from his mouth and analyzed it. It was full of cyanide, all Cerberus operatives carried cyanide capsules under their teeth, it was a safeguard in the event that an operative was captured, and an operative was expected to die to keep the organization's secrets from falling into enemy hands. Paul frowned, this device was activated remotely…which meant…

"Shit! Liselle get Gillian and get the hell out of here!"

"What?"

"We're not alone, another sweeper is here!" Out of the corner of his eyes, a man came up behind him with a sword; Paul instantly blocked it with his combat knife. The man had on black and silver light armor, his hair was black and long tied into a pony tail, his face was distinctly Eurasian. Liselle hesitated for a moment, but took the girl by the hand and ran for the exit. The man in Cerberus armor kicked Paul off and tried to shoot Liselle and Gillian, but Paul rammed into wall him giving the two women time to escape. The assailant cracked his neck, and rose out of the debris like it was nothing, Paul stood his ground expecting a tough fight.

"Not bad…for a relic…" he said. "This might be fun…"

Paul snorted. "Huh, a greenhorn…let's see if Cerberus' training has gotten any better" The two men moved forward, both going for the others throat…

The Citadel-C-sec HQ

Kolyat sighed. "Why do they try when there is no escape from the law?" he asked annoyed. Kolyat came in HQ with a rather loud and unruly criminal he picked up for red sand dealing. It had been several months since the young drell had tried to take the life of the turian politician, Joram Talid in the 800 blocks, where he tried to become like the father he barely knew and when that father stopped him. They had talked it out, or tried to after ten years of not seeing his father, Kolyat wasn't willing to listen, at least not yet. After Shepherd and Thane left to continue their mission, Bailey came to him with proposition: join C-sec in which Kolyat accepted. The training was tough, tougher than he thought but he passed with flying colors and soon was working on his own beat.

"Fuck you, frog boy!" his prisoner said angrily. Kolyat sighed and calmly slammed him against the wall.

"Sir, you have the right to remain silent…" he said. "Or you can continue, I have no problems introducing you to the wall all day" The dealer wanted to curse at him, but kept his mouth closed as the drell walked him to be processed. "Captain? Captain Bailey, I've got another suspect" He went to his desk and found the human not there. Someone spoke up.

"If you're looking for the Captain, he's in the interrogation room…" the turian C-sec officer said.

"With who?"

"Councilor Udina…" A couple of days after ousting Councilor Anderson, the council wasted no time in finding his successor. They picked Udina, Anderson's assistant to replace him, he was the easy choice, although he wasn't exactly the popular choice due to his attitude. Kolyat put away the red sand dealer, just in time for the two men to come out.

"Councilor, I'm not sure about this…as stiff and up-tight he can be, betrayal is not his style" Bailey said.

"It is a surprise I know, but the facts are all there, for the good of the council and the C-sec…you know what must be done" Udina walked away, leaving a very confused Bailey. The blonde-haired man rubbed his temples as he looked around at the officers standing around looking at him.

Baily frowned. "What the fuck are you looking at?! Get back to work!" The officers all quickly got back to their posts as Bailey went to his desk to take out headache medicine. He struggled to get the top off; Kolyat came up and helped him. Baliey grunted. "Thanks kid"

"Uh, Captain, you okay? Never seen you so pissed before" Kolyat said.

"No I'm not, fucking Udina…" Bailey cursed as he consumed the pills. "Udina has asked to investigate Executor Pallin" Kolyat looked with wide eyes, Executor Pallin was a legend within C-sec along with Kazen Valkarian, these two men set the bar high for all officers in C-sec.

"On what charges?"

"Treason…"