Paths to Vengeance
Chapter 10 debriefing and lines drawn
Authors notes I don't own Mass Effect Bioware does and this fic is a slight crossover with the film War, just so you all know.
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Well that's enough of an authors note on with chapter 10.
The Normandy Deck 2
As Rogue entered the ship with Shepard and his Cerberus team members he looked around and saw that this was a Cerberus ship with a Cerberus crew and for all intents and purposes The Illusive Man was pulling the strings like the dark evil puppet master Rogue knew he was. He was then escorted to the briefing room where Miranda Lawson said to him "Rogue, allow me to welcome aboard the Normandy, I'm sure you'll be happy to work with Cerberus once again, after all you were a valued operative for us, until you disappeared 3 years and now your back working for us".
Rogue interrupted as he said "I'm saying right now and pay attention as I'm only saying it once and make The Illusive Man knows this as well. I'm as Shepard promised that once this mission is done he will help me take down Cerberus, every last operative will be hunted down and killed, every base will be gone, all the cells will be completely annihilated and every last member from the lowest all the way up to The Illusive Man himself will die including you. So enjoy what's left of your life while you still can as your living on borrowed time. And yes I did work for Cerberus once before but things change, now ifs that's all I'll get settled in and have a look around my new home and Shepard be quick with the files as your life may very well depend on them".
With that Rogue left the debriefing room and entered the nearby elevator. And as the destination was set for deck 3 Rogue took a few deep breaths as he thought over what to do next in an effort to pass the time in this slow elevator.
As the elevator stopped Rogue stepped out and headed to the mess hall to get something to eat. And when he sat down at the table with his meal he heard a voice say "So you are the famous assassin known as Rogue are you?".
Rogue looked up at that man and saw he was looking at an old human with a lot of scars on his face and Rogue knew who it was, it was Zaeed Massani the original leader of the Blue Suns. The man sat across from Rogue as he said "I heard about you, most people think your a myth as no 1 man could do so much damage like you did in the underworld and come out of it still alive, though I suppose the surgeries you did helped you. So why are you here helping us in this mission?".
When Zaeed got no answer he said "What's wrong you a mute or are you too busy remembering what you done, I've done things in my life but what you have done its infamous, you have killed so many gang members from all the major gangs, not to mention the political enemies you took out for the Alliance and Cerberus. How do you justify it all Rogue?".
He didn't get an answer as Rogue simply stood up and walked away and headed to the medical bay to get the physical Shepard told him to get to make sure he was in good shape for this mission.
The physical went by quick as Doctor Chawakas was nearly finished but when she used the scanner to do a scan of his heart she said "You have a pacemaker, I didn't think many humans had them anymore but this one looks different then others I've seen, is it modified Rogue and if so who performed the surgery on you?".
Rogue was silent for a few minutes before he answered "When I had it put in 3 years ago after my plastic surgery. I asked the doctor to do me a favour. Doctor Hopkins, put in a switch that can be activated by my Omni-Tool, to shut down the pacemaker. Your thinking why? So that I can kill myself whenever I want, I'll give you 3 hundred grand extra if you do it for me. So he did, its a very useful thing to have if your trapped with no way out, but I assure you, it wont effect the mission. Now if that's all I'll leave now Doctor Chawakas".
With that the assassin left the medical bay and continued to look around the ship.
Citadel Henry Radcliff's mansion
The leaders of the Roma 1 Mafia met at Radcliff's mansion to discuss what to do about the attack on Club Terra, and they were more worried about what to do about Rogue if he was now going after the Roma 1 family they wouldn't stand much of a chance against him and Henry Radcliff himself knew that they needed help and he knew just who could help him.
He went to his contacts and managed to get an audience with the Illusive Man himself and the leader of Cerberus said "I don't usually met with people like you Radcliff, you are a drug trader and trafficker but you do protect Human business in exchange for their hard earned money. So why have you contacted me exactly?".
Radcliff replied "I'll get straight to the point your hit man Rogue attacked my men and destroyed my new club on the Citadel. Now I want to know is he doing this, did you order it because of my loan sharking on humans?".
The Illusive Man said "No I didn't order it, obviously Rogue is working for someone else. It makes sense he has been off the grid for 3 years now, maybe he's working for someone else, the Shadow Broker, Blood Pack are possibles, but it could be anyone. Now how does this concern me exactly Radcliff?".
The mafia leader only said "He is making problems for me and humanity on the Citadel and you obviously don't want the Alliance to get him, so help me kill him and the Roma 1 Mafia will pay you a lot of money has a thank you Illusive Man".
The Cerberus leader then said "I'll have men look for him immediately and we'll take care of him, but just so you know Radcliff, a job like this is going to cost you 4 million credits now and another 6 million when Rogue is dead, is that clear Radcliff?".
Radcliff nodded and the conversation ended and as Cerberus got the money they needed to begin the mission The Illusive Man contacted Kai Leng and gave him a new mission, follow Rogue and kill him once the Collectors were dealt with. And at the same time The Illusive Man sent the money to the Alliance anonymously to use for the Ascension Project.
Authors notes well that's chapter 10 completed please let me know what you think of it read and review no flames though ok.