A/N: April fools has come and gone. But I was more in the mood for writing instead of pranking this year. I can't believe that I've hit over 100 reviews already! It's great to know that I'm doing right by you guys with this story.
One particular review got my attention. It regarded Alex's ability to remove the Nano Suit when it shouldn't be possible. I do have an answer for that little tidbit, and it will be explained later on in the story. So for those who are curious about that, be patient and you won't be disappointed.
For now, I've made you all wait long enough. (I own nothing)
Alexander 'Maverick' Drake
Presidium Service Tunnels
November 25, 2180 - 08:27 hours
The entrances to most of the service tunnels throughout the sector had been sealed thanks to the mercs' explosives. Alex had to backtrack several blocks in order to find a still useable service entrance connected to the main network.
Staying cloaked, he traversed the narrow tunnels. Following the map displayed on his HUD as he kept a sharp eye out for mercs or hidden explosives. Neither had been seen yet, but Alex knew damn well that the Blue Suns had left something in the tunnels for anyone that tried to pass through them.
"IED Device Located." Prophet marked a spot on the wall closest to him on his HUD. A small black package that was designed to explode when someone walked past it.
Alex looked around before bringing up his omni-tool and deactivated the explosive quickly before moving on. "Executor, this is Maverick. There are IEDs placed in the tunnels. Set to explode via motion detection. I'll deactivate as many as I can to clear a safe path." he said into his comm.
"Right...thanks for that. Just give the direction and I can have a unit follow your path into the tower." replied Pallin. He was still very unsure in trusting the vigilante, and Alex couldn't blame him. He was an unknown, and right now the only one that could get them inside.
Keeping low, the soldier continued to move silently through the tunnel until he heard voices around the next corner. "You really think the cops are dumb enough to come this way?" Alex pressed his back to the wall, pulled out his combat knife and aimed it around the corner to see three mercs standing guard by the door leading into the main service network.
"Probably. But if they try our little surprise will alert us when they get close." said another merc as he checked his shotgun.
Alex leaned back and started to formulate a plan. Using explosives or his guns would alert any other mercs stationed in the tunnels, he needed to do this quietly.
While still cloaked, he unfolded his bow and knocked a regular arrow. Leaning out of cover, he aimed at the lone light of the smaller tunnel branching off and fired. The light exploded making the three guards jump a little. "What the fuck was that?" said one of them readying his assault rifle.
"Nano Vision Enabled." The small tunnel lit up, the heat signatures of the mercs glowing brightly as Alex drew back another arrow and fired. The bolt went through the helmet on the merc of the left dropping him. Before the other two got wise he ran forward with his knife out.
Grabbing the merc that was standing on the right and smashing his head hard against the wall before driving the blade into the throat of the merc that was standing in the middle. With the guards dead, Alex stripped them of anything useful before reactivating his cloak and going through the door.
The next tunnel was a lot larger. This proved to be bad strategically because it was a higher chance of detection. Keeping his bow out with a fresh arrow ready, the vigilante kept to the shadows as he trekked in the direction of the Citadel tower.
He froze when he saw a Turian merc heading in his direction. His motion tracker didn't pick up any other Blue Suns in the area as he drew the bow-string back and fired. The lone sentry falling over with the arrow buried in his neck.
Hiding the body, Alex drew another arrow and followed along the tunnel again. "Alex? It's Chellick. Pallin's started gathering a squad to go down to follow your path. How is everything down there?" asked the detective.
"One IED disabled, four Suns dead so far. I'm about halfway to the tower. I'll keep you posted." he replied peering around a corner and seeing two Batarian mercs stationed outside a small access.
"Right, just don't do anything too reckless will ya? Your on pretty thin ice with everyone up here as it is." said Chellick while Alex put his bow away and crept up to the two guards, grabbing them by their necks and crushing them in his grip before they could call for help.
"I got things under control here." said Alex dropping the mercs to the ground and moving on.
The Post-Human soldier kept moving for another ten minutes, disabling four more IEDs that would have caved in the tunnel if activated. He finally reached the end of the tunnel and saw the locked door leading to the basement level to the tower.
A squad of five mercs stood outside on guard duty. "Don't think I can be quiet for this one." Alex muttered to himself as he tagged the four hostiles. "Tactical Options Available." He pulled a grenade from his pack and primed it as he tossed it within their ranks.
The explosion took out two of them, wounding another while sending the last two crashing into the walls. Alex deactivated his cloak and ran forward drawing his Jackel, quickly putting a round in each merc that was still breathing.
Facing the door, the vigilante started to hack the holo-lock as he contacted Pallin. "Executor, I've cleared the path. I'm hacking the door to get into the basement level now."
"We've got your location. I'm sending the strike team down to help clear out the basement. They should be there in about 15 minutes." said the Executor.
The doorlock switched to green and slid open as Alex drew his Grendel, "Can't afford to wait Pallin. I'll soften up the resistance for your team." he said ending the link before Pallin could reply.
The basement of the Citadel tower was huge, several power conduits and terminals were scattered along the ground and upper floors to help maintain the structures immense power output and data archives. A few mercs moved about the room keeping an eye on things as Alex slipped into cover behind the nearest power conduit.
He had Prophet do a quick scan of the room to see what he was up against. "Targets Identified. 2 Designated Turians. 1 Designated Batarian. 5 Designated LOKI class mechs."
Alex activated his cloak as he started to move through the room. Three LOKI mechs and the Batarian were on the ground level moving about. The two Turians and the last two LOKIs were on the upper level close to the door leading to the tower's ground floor. "Tactical Options Available."
Sneaking around to the back of the room, he approached the Batarian first. The four mechs around the room were all milling about with pistols in hand.
Getting behind his target, Alex wrapped an arm around his neck and snapped it before he could make a sound. "Hostile Detected!" chimed one of the LOKIs as they all opened fire in his direction.
The soldier raised his Grendel and fired back. The heavy slugs tearing through the Human sized mechs like aluminum foil. The two remaining mercs and mechs came down to the bottom level guns blazing as he ducked back into cover. "So much for being quiet." he muttered reloading his rifle.
He leaned out and took down one of the mercs before switching to another piece of cover. Leaning back out and shooting a mech in the head causing it to explode before the body collapsed to the floor in a heap.
"Cloak Engaged." He spun out of cover and flanked the two remaining hostiles. Pulling out a Hammer and shooting one in the head before quickly doing the same to the other before they could turn around.
Reloading his weapons, Alex took out his Grendel again and headed up the ramp. All of the lifts were destroyed, but the stairs were still accessable. The problem was that it was probably the same situation like with the service tunnels.
With his cloak still activated, he slipped into the stairwell and began to make his way up. "Chellick, I've cleared the basement and making my way up the stairwell." he said into his comm while checking corners for any surprises.
"Pallins got a strike team inbound following your path. He was pretty pissed when you said you were going in." replied Chellick.
"I don't work for C-Sec. Therefore I don't take orders for him." Alex bit back as he aimed his rifle farther up the stairs. "How's the situation outside?"
"Still a bit rough. The mercs started pulling back in some areas, but their focusing most of their air units on the outside of the tower. My guess is they're using everything to keep themselves dug in there." said the detective. "What's your plan now?"
Alex stopped when the door leading to the ground level suddenly opened and a Human merc stepped out. When the door shut he decloaked, grabbed the man by the back of the head and smashed his face off of the railing before tossing his body down the stairs he just came up. "I'm going to clear the lobby and give you guys a good foothold. As well as cover from the air units."
"Alright. Me and Garrus are setting up with a couple sniper squads on the other side of the front courtyard. Let me know if you need support." said Chellick as the call ended.
Peering out of the stairwell door, the vigilante saw the once pristine lobby to the Citadel tower in shambles. Several desks and chairs were scattered everywhere, blood of various colors were on the walls with bullets holes here and there.
Two YIMR mechs stood as sentries inside the front doors. The mercs had set up makeshift barricades with two heavy turrets set up also aimed that way. Alex tagged ten mercs, including the two manning the turrets. All in cover around the large room, half in front of the turret barricades, the other half behind it.
"Tactical Options Available." Pulling out his Jackel, Alex took a deep breath before storming out the door. The auto-shotgun barked with each pull of the trigger. The mercs were unprepared for an attack from the rear and weren't able to get around their cover in time as the rounds tore through their armor.
One merc tried to rush him with a bayonet on the end of his Avenger only to have his chest blown wide open from an up close shotgun round.
When both gunners fell dead, Alex quickly jumped onto one and power it up. The two YIMRs began to turn when the gun battle started only for the turret's heavy rounds to tear through their armor and cause critical damage before turning on the remaining mercs in the room.
One of the turrets rounds managed to blow the head off of one of the large mechs causing it's chest to start beeping loudly. Alex dropped into cover and activated his suit's armor mode as the YIMR detonated. Blowing the front doors of the lobby clean off and utterly destroying nearly half of the room.
The dust slowly settled as Alex stood back up, dumping the clip out of his shotgun and slamming a fresh one home. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT!" Chellick shouted over the radio.
"YIMR went critical when I blew it's head off. The room's clear for the time being, but every merc in the tower will have heard the blast so you guys better get in here and set up fast." said Alex as he headed back to the stairwell to head farther up.
"Copy that..." the Turian muttered something about crazy Human bastards before cutting the line. Alex shook his head as he began to ascend the stairs once more.
X
Tarak observed what was happening from the tower's main security room. A dark sneer on his scarred face as he watched the vigilante decimate his men and making way for C-Sec to move in.
"What's the status on the tower's controls!" he barked.
"Sir, the room's locked up tight. Our men are trying to hack it as fast as we can but it'll take more time." said on of the techs.
Tarak growled, "Make sure they get it done and fast! Or you'll be learning to fly you little bastard!" The tech quivered slightly before running off to help hack the door to the control room.
"Commander!" shouted one of the Lieutenants "We've located the council and some of the remaining ambassadors. Their holed up in a safe room on the 30th floor with several defense and security measures in place. It's locked up tight." he reported.
"Do whatever it takes to break down the door, you have full orders to kill everyone inside. We have to get the tower under our control before they can reach us!" Tarak ordered before going back to the security feeds.
X
Alex stepped out of the stairwell on the 8th floor, the Human Embassy had been hit hard. Bodies of mercs, security and civilian workers were scattered around making the soldier's blood boil. "These people didn't deserve this." he ground out.
The sound of gunfire caught his attention. Activating his cloak, he moved through the entrance to the floor and into the many offices beyond.
A squad of six Blue Suns were locked in an intense gun battle with a handful of survivors that were holed up in a large office at the end of the corridor. Still feeling anger from before. Alex turned his cloak off and approached with his shotgun ready.
"Maximum Armor." The first merc was grabbed from behind and had his back broken over the vigilante's knee. The second spun to shoot him with his own shotgun only for Alex to grab the barrel and shove it to the side making him shoot his partner in the side and killing him.
Ripping the weapon from the merc's hands, Alex bashed it against his helmeted head sending him slamming violently into the wall next to him.
Rounds bounced off of his suit as he grabbed the next merc by the neck and used him as a shield until the last two mercs' guns overheated. He then threw the now dead body as hard as he could knocking the two over allowing him to walk up and blast them both in the head with his Jackel.
The survivors had watched the display dumbfounded at the display of strength and power the vigilante used on the mercs as he approached them. "Everyone okay?" he asked looking them over.
It was then, that Alex recognized three of the people in the group. People that he'd knew very well from playing the games in his world.
Captain David Anderson and Admiral Steven Hackett stood tall in front of the survivors, each hefting an assault rifle with their dress blues ruffled and damaged. Among the civilian workers stood Ambassador Udina who looked at the vigilante in both fear and calculation.
"Thanks for the assist. We've been trying to get out of here for a while, but they had us boxed in." said Hackett as his rifle finished cooling down.
Alex nodded, "Just doing my job Admiral."'
Anderson looked the soldier up and down a moment, "So your the one everybody on the Citadel has been talking about. Maverick right?"
Nodding again, Alex faced the Captain. "I am. And I'm here to make sure these bastards don't succeed. I cleared the lower floors and C-Sec has established a foothold. You'll be much safer down there with the Suns still occupying the upper levels."
Anderson gave a small smile and motioned for the group to fall out. "Hold it." said Udina marching forward and standing in front of the vigilante. "I want to know who the hell you are. My office has been recieving call non-stop for months about you and how the Alliance and Humanity in general could be responsible for your actions."
Alex narrowed his eyes behind his visor, he didn't have time for this bullshit. "Incase you haven't noticed Ambassador, theres a battle going on for control of the Citadel. I think your petty bullshit can wait until all the mercs are dead."
Udina bristled, "Now you listen to me!" Alex grabbed him by the front of his suit and hoisted him up to eye level.
"No you listen Udina. Right now the only thing stopping the mercs from ending your retched life is me. So shut the fuck up, keep your head down, and get the fuck out of here." with that he tossed the man on his ass before turning to the Admiral and Captain who were both trying to hide smirks. "Stay safe. I'll make sure no one follows you."
Hackett nodded, "Good luck son." he said as they all filed out of the office and into the stairwell.
X
After making sure no mercs would attack the group from behind, Alex continued on toward the 30th floor where the council would be hiding and where most of the mercs would be trying to get to them.
Clearing out several floors along the way, he entered the 18th floor hearing the sounds of a firefight. Entering the large room full of cubicles, the vigilante saw a lone Turian in black and red armor fighting off several mercs with a shotgun.
Seeing him outnumbered, Alex bolted in, Grendel in hand as he gunned down half of the Blue Suns from behind.
With the mercs distracted, the Turian fired into the ones still standing and took them out leaving the room silent. Alex made sure the mercs were down before turning to the Turian. shocked to see yet another familiar face.
"Thanks for the help. Nihlus Kryik, Special Tactics and Recon." said Nihuls venting his overheated shotgun.
Alex shook his head, "Since your a Spectre, you most likely know who I am." he said reloading his own weapon.
Nihlus nodded, "The council's been after you a while. And from what I've read and just witnessed they have every reason to question you about what you can do. But at the moment we're facing a bit of a problem."
Nodding, the vigilante turned to the large wall of windows as a Blue Sun gunship appeared and powered up it's guns. "GET DOWN!" they dove into cover as the windows shatter and the unit's weapons began ripping the place apart.
Alex kept his back pressed to a cubical wall, Nihlus behind the one next to him. "There are several survivors on this floor, I had them hide in the back to avoid being seen. We need to get them out of there." said the Turian Spectre.
"The lower floors are cleared, C-Sec is setting up down there to retake the tower." said Alex leaning out and tagging the gunship with his visor. Taking out his bow and knocking an explosive arrow.
"You think that will be enough?" asked Nihlus looking at the weapons unconvincingly. Alex shot him a look before standing and drawing the string back and letting the arrow fly.
Much like the first gunship he fought, the arrow pierced through the canopy of the aerial unit and just barely stopped before hitting the pilot. Alex hit the detonator blowing the cockpit apart and sending the gunship into a tail spin and crashing into the ground below.
The vigilante folded his bow back up and switched to his assault rifle and looking at the shocked Spectre next to him. "I have to requisition one of those." he said nodding in approval. The two went through the damaged offices and located the survivors. Ambassadors for the Elcor, Volus and Asari were among them as the Spectre and Post-Human soldier escorted them to the safe section of the tower.
After making sure that they were safe, Alex began to ascend back up the stairs. "Where are you heading?" Alex looked over his shoulder and saw Nihlus approaching him.
"The upper levels. The Citadel fleet is needed to help bring these assholes down, and the council needs to be secured." said the vigilante.
The Spectre nodded before racking his shotgun, "Than I'm coming with you. You'll need the backup, and protecting the council is my job." Not wanting to argue with the Turian, Alex motioned with his head to follow as they both started toward the higher floors.
All the while Alex kept asking himself how this day could get any more nostalgic.
X
Tarak was pissed. His forces on the lower floors began to stop checking in. They were losing ground and fast. His units all across the Presidium were being called back to the tower to provide assistance, but at the rate things were going they would lose the fight.
"Commander, this is Beta squad." Tarak pressed his comm, "This had better be good." he growled.
"Sir, we've breached the control room. The guards protecting it are dead, but we found something that could give us an edge." replied the squad leader.
Tarak's omni-tool chimed before displaying an image. A sickening grin spread across his face. "Well, this just might make things work in our favor." he looked at the rest of the men in the security room. "Make sure that anyone that tries to pass here suffers before they die."
He spun on his heel and began to head up to the tower control room. His mind whirling with a new plan to tip the battle in his favor.
X
The higher the duo climbed the harder the fighting got. The Suns had dug in pretty strong on the floors leading to the council's location.
Alex primed a grenade and tossed it over his cover, the following explosion giving him time to leap up with his rifle in hand. "Maximum Armor." the LOKI mechs fired on the vigilante to no success before he tore into them with his own weapon.
Nihlus blasted a merc with his shotgun before slamming the butt of it into the head of a LOKI mech that got too close causing it to crumple to the floor. "How many more floors before we reach the council's safe room?" asked Alex as he kicked a merc in the chest sending him through a window and plummeting to his doom.
"It should be six floors above us!" shouted Nihlus as a rocket whizzed past his head forcing him into cover.
The merc with the rocket launcher turned to Alex only for a hail of slugs to rip through his kinetic barriers and armor. He fell to the floor dead in moments as the vigilante approached and releaved the corpse of his launcher.
"I'll take that." he said as a wall down the nearby corridor blew outward and a YIMR mech stomped it's way toward them. Alex wasted no time, firing every shot the launcher had left. Each explosive striking the large mech with devastating force and damaging it's armor to the point of disrepair.
The last rocket connected with it's chest sending it crashing to the ground before it shutdown completely. Alex tossed the spent launcher aside before reloading his Grendel. He was running out of ammo, and he was going to have to improvise with what he had when he finally ran out completely.
"Nice work." said Nihlus standing next to him. "You'd make a damn good Spectre if it wasn't for you being on the wanted list."
Alex shrugged as they started moving again, "Don't really care. I protect the innocent in my own way. And it's worked out pretty well so far."
Nihlus looked back at all of the mercs the vigilante had killed in the last few minutes. Part of him was weary for being around 'Maverick' after the things he's heard about him. But after seeing him in action, the Turian agent believed there was much more to the suited Human then what he may have first thought.
He kept a cool head under pressure. Utilized the battlefield to fit his advantage over his enemies. And above all, he kept the safety of innocent bystanders as his main objective over everything else. All of them good qualities for the Spectres.
Leaving the cleared floor, they checked the next two before entering the 27th. This floor was empty as well, but something didn't feel right. Bringing up his omni-tool, Alex saw that this floor lead up to the level where the security station was located. "I smell a trap."
"Agreed." said Nihlus scanning the room carefully. He went to take a step forward but Alex lashed a hand out and stopped him.
"Nano Vision Enabled." the room lit up. But what really stood out were the glowing heat signatures scattered across the floor. "Multiple IED Devices Located." said Prophet tagging every heat signature on the floor.
"This place is rigged to blow. One wrong step and the whole floor goes up." Alex said grimly.
Nihlus looked around the room looking for a way out when he saw the pipes in the ceiling overhead. "If we could grab those pipes we could move across without tripping the explosives." he said pointing the route out.
Alex looked from the pipes to the Turian Spectre. He walked over and grabbed him by the back of his armor, "Hay! What are you-" the vigilante used his enhanced strength to toss the alien into the air high enough for him to grab onto the pipes above.
Grabbing on and getting a good grip, Nihlus glared down at the soldier. "A little warning would have been nice!" he growled.
Strapping his rifle to his back. Alex bent his knees, using the suit's energy to give him more strength as he leapt from the floor and grabbed onto the pipes as well.
The Spectre looked at him, mouth agape and mandibles flared. "What in the Spirits are you?" he said wondering how a Human could be capable of such a jump.
"I'm not so sure myself anymore." said Alex as they started to move hand-over-hand across the ceiling over the floor riddled with explosives. They reached halfway when three mercs came out of the door on the opposite end leading out of the room.
The duo froze, they hadn't been noticed yet which gave them an advantage. "Tactical Options Available." "I got an idea. Move slowly until we are directly over them." Alex whispered.
Understanding his plan, Nihlus nodded as they moved as quietly as possible over the mercs' location.
Within moments, they hung over the tree unsuspecting Blue Suns. "Take the one on the right. I got the two on the left." said the vigilante as they got ready. Gripping the pipe tight in one hand, Alex held up his other and counted down from three. When the last finger fell the two dropped.
Alex's heavy boots slammed down on one of the mercs and crushing him to the floor with multiple loud cracks. He quickly lashed out and wrapped his arm around the second's neck, he twisted his arms and broke his neck before could register what happened.
Nihlus landed on the last merc. Sharp talons gouging the man's eyes out before he viciously snapped his neck as well. "We can't leave the explosives active, C-Sec will be slaughtered if they come through here." said the Spectre wiping the blood off his talons.
Scanning the dead mercs' omni-tools, Alex found that the mercs controlled the security room on the next floor. "They have the security room. The deactivation code for the explosives is in the possession of one of the Lieutenants there." he said drawing his Jackel.
As they moved, he got on the comm immediately. "Chellick, the 27th floor is covered in IEDs. I'm working with a Spectre to deactivate them. Don't let any squads up here until they're down."
"I'll do what I can. We've secured most of the floors you've passed already. But the Executor's desperate to get men to the 30th and 40th floors to secure the council and the control room." replied Chellick.
"Then we'll work fast." said Alex as he and Nihlus ran up a small flight of stairs and entering the next floor. The 28th floor was completely dedicated to the security force of the tower. Multiple checkpoints were set up leading to a long corridor that lead to the op center where the camera feeds were set up.
It was then an alarm sounded. Several LOKI mechs activated and unfolded them selves while automated turrets came out of the walls and ceiling. "Shit!" Nihlus shouted as they got behind a couple of desks when rounds flew around them. "They've reset the security system to attack anything that enters.
Alex peered around his cover and saw one of the turrets close by on the wall. He ducked back when the turret spotted him and fired. "Prophet, can you hack into the turrets and reset them to attack the mechs?" he whispered into his helmet.
"Affirmative. Direct Interface is Required." said the AI.
"Nihlus cover me, I got an idea." he said over the gunfire. "Maximum Armor." he bolted from cover, rounds bouncing off of his suit as he ran toward the closest turret.
Behind him, the Turian Spectre fired his shotgun. Taking down two mechs and drawing the fire from the others while the vigilante reached his target.
Alex's energy meter was less than half when he got to the turret. He grabbed it and ripped it from the wall before bringing up his omni-tool. "Accessing...Hacking Initciated." The other turrets stopped firing and sputtered a little. "Hack Complete. Security Protocols Rewritten." The turrets aimed at the mechs. "Turrets Online."
The LOKIs never stood a chance as the rewired turrets tore them down, deactivating shortly after they were all destroyed.
"That was some quick thinking." said Nihlus applying a little medi-gel to a small wound in his shoulder. "Reckless, but effective."
Nodding, the vigilante lead them both down the corridor toward the op center. Stacking up by the locked door, Nihlus began hacking it while Alex primed two flashbangs. When the lock turned green and the door slid open, he tossed the grenades inside.
When they detonated, Alex and Nihlus stormed the room. The five mercs inside, disoriented from the flashbangs, never saw them coming before they were cut down.
Alex quickly went through each of their omni-tools and found the deactivation code for the IEDs on the previous floor. A few keystrokes later and the floor was safe again. "Chellick, IEDs are offline." he reported.
Nihlus looked at each of the terminal screens, a few were black meaning the cameras were either destroyed or offline. The ones that were still active showed C-Sec moving up from the lower floors and the firefights still continuing on the upper ones.
"That's the council's safe room." said the Spectre pointing to a screen that showed a heavily reinforced door with several turrets on the walls, ceiling and floor firing at a large squad of Blue Suns and mechs as they tried to get close enough to breach it.
"Looks like their safe for now." said Alex as he looked at the other screens. He paused when his eyes caught onto one in particular. "...No..."
X
In the control room, Tarak walked past the dead bodies of the tower guards, operators and his own men as he approached Beta squad who was holding someone to a chair with a gun to their head.
"Well, well. Isn't this a nice surprise." the scarred Batarian sneered.
Councilor Tevos looked up at the Blue Sun leader. A bruise on her right cheek and purple blood dripping from a cut on her lip. "You won't get away with this." she said in defiance. "The Citadel will not fall to the likes of you."
Tarak growled before punching the Asari across the face causing her to spit blood onto the floor. "Shut the fuck up councilor. Your political power won't save you now." he approached the control console, shoving the dead body of an Asari tech off of it and pushed a few keys.
X
The whole Citadel shuddered as the five large arms that made up it's size began to slowly close.
The fleet, who had been unaware of what was happening inside. Attempted to turn around to avoid the arms locking them out, but found themselves looking at the now closed off station. All attempts at radio contact ending in failure as the Captains tried to figure out what to do and what was happening inside.
X
Tarak turned back to the Asari councilor grinning maniacally. "The Blue Suns are in control now."
A/N: CLIFFHANGER! I Know...I'm an evil bastard for leaving you on the edge of your seats like that. But it'll make the next chapter all the more worth it in the end. See you next time guys!