"CAN'T ANYTHING BE EASY!?" Shepard yelled as she threw a bomb into Chora's Den. Garrus gave a laugh in the back of his throat, "Nothing fun is ever easy, Commander." he replied and Kaiden pulled his hand into a fist before firing all biotics to put the most dangerous threat to Shepard into Stasis. His skin tingled from the attack before he poured bullets into the floating man. Jazz ran ahead and felt her shield strain against the attack of bullets, "Garrus anything to contrib..."
She was cut off as a human dropped in front of her as if it were swatted like a fly, "You were saying, Commander?" he asked and she smiled. She liked this alien. Shepard pulled her arm back and threw the last attacker into a glass light. The light flickered as the poor man was electrocuted, "Any one need patching before we move on?" she asked and Kaiden shook his head. The Commander eyes the man and noticed no blood, "And you Garrus, I am unfamiliar with..." The turian put his arms up, "I know that humans bleed red." he offered to make her feel better, "But I am fine." she nodded but stared at her boys for a while longer, "Well my arm is tired." Kaidan said rolling his shoulder and Jazz rolled her eyes, "Let's Move."
She eyed Kaiden carefully, she was already feeling weary from the biotics and Alenko was throwing more powerful energy around. Garrus broke ranks and sprinted to the door. Two shots fired and the surprised Turian went down. Both Jazz and Alenko looked at each other. If only they knew that Jenkins ran through both of their minds. Jazz whipped a ball of energy to one of the thugs with no true purpose than to be thrown. The biotic energy covered the thug in a kind of barrier at first before dissolving and slipping from his form.
"Don't get distracted, Commander, when the biotic energy has no command it is mush." Kaiden supplied as both ducked for cover, "I can tell you are new to this. It's something you get used to over time. Each attack has a different feel, and that will be all you need." Garrus looked up from his position on the ground, "Turian on the floor, unless you don't care about me." The thugs pointed their guns at the turian as Kaiden and Jazz took the head shots.
Shepard walked forward with a cocky sway to her hips this time, "You alright, turian?" she said and Garrus gave a nod of his head, "Just need gel about here." he pointed. Blue poured from a wound in his leg, "Oh that's just a scratch." Shepard teased and Garrus gave a huff, "Well it didn't hurt like a scratch." He watched as she nimbly touched her fingers to the spot and let the gel do it's work. The familiar warm hum of stitching skin/bone/whatever the hell turians were made off ran up Garrus's leg, "Thanks Commander." he said and she nodded before checking her supplies, "I only have two left, so let's try to stay out of the way of any more bullets." her boys nodded as she turned to the standing Garrus and pointed a finger to his chestplate, "If you ever break team ranks I swear Garrus." An explosion to their right had all heads turned to the door, "Save the scolding for another time, Commander." Kaidan said and she nodded leading them into the next room.
They saw two men maybe engineers. They were not thugs holding very real weapons, "Spare yourself the trouble and get out of here." Jazz sneered and the two nodded before booking it out the door, "That was nice of you." Garrus noted and Jazz shrugged, "It was a waste of bullets and energ... GET DOWN!" as the team entered the next room two sets of turrets went off on either side. Jazz slammed her body into a makeshift cover as her team did the same.
Roaring down the hall made each person look, "What was that?" it was Fist on the other side of the room, "Some one you should be more afraid of than me." Shepard yelled. The doors busted open as a very pissed off Krogan walked through the doors, "Do I miss all the fun?" he asked before ducking behind the door frame, "Yeah, it happens when I get there first." Shepard said and the Krogan glared at her, "Listen I have a few questions then he is all yours." the Krogan smirked, "You take care of those turrets, human, and we have a deal." "And Turian, I'm here too." Garrus almost whined. Shepard smiled and rolled her eyes before pointing her boys to the turret on the left. The right turret was all her's.
Fist sat down in his chair out of fear as both of his defences went down in sparkey fire. Shepard looked to the Krogan who nodded. She walked forward and picked Fist up easily from his sitting position, "Where is the informant?" she asked and Fist shook his head, "I don't..." Jazz let rage fill her right arm as biotics covered it in a blue light. She punched Fist in the jaw and watched as he fell, "I'm going to ask you again. Who ever it is will die if you don't say anything, and then I'm coming back for you." Fist smirked, "So what the Krogan here will kill me anyway." the Krogan shrugged, "You wont kill him will you?" he asked and Shepard shook her head, "I can wait a few minutes." he said and Fist looked truly afraid.
"In an ally way just out of here... Please." Shepard felt bile rise in her throat and fought the emotions that would later haunt her dreams, "Just make it fast, please." the Krogan felt like sneering at the woman but the way she looked at him, "Ah... Alright." he grumbled and as she left she could hear Fist scream before the final bullet. Another nightmare to add to her list. The endless dead faces of those that she had killed. Screams only added to them.
Kaiden shook her, "Commander?" she looked up. There were stairs that lead to alleyways she looked to Kaiden, "Remember these?" she asked and he nodded, "Then you remember every escape route and hiding place in here." Alenko took a step back and watched her with awe. She had a secret method to her insane madness. As the doors opened Jazz saw the Quarian first off. She was a woman of slender build and so far from home, "You promised." she pleaded, "And he lied." Shepard nodded and each person brought their weapons up firing at one thug each, including the Quarian. The four bodies dropped at the same time.
"It's okay, we are friendly. Heard you have information on Saren. Anything that could help in bringing him down?" The Quarian smiled from behind her mask at the gutsy human. She noticed a turian in the human's team and decided to talk, "Yes, Listen to this.."
Anderson and Udina looked at each other in shock while Jazz smirked, "Is this good enough for the counsel?" she asked and Garrus couldn't help but feel cocky as well. Udina's face became red as Anderson took a step forward, "Yes, but who is the other woman?" he asked and she shrugged, "I don't know." she said giving Udina a wink. She was on thin ice but Udina just pissed her off, "Let's go to the counsel with this." Anderson interjected again and Shepard nodded. As she walked forward Kaiden followed but not Garrus, "What do you think you're doing?" she asked and Garrus crossed his arms, "This is for you and your team." he said and she nodded, "Yeah, so you should hurry up before we get out of the loop." Garrus gave the turian equivalent of a smirk, "Right behind you Commander..."
Commander Shepard laid out on Captain Anderson's old bed. She was a Spectre, she now commanded the Normandy, and she had three aliens on board, Tali, Wrex, and Garrus. Ashley was not happy at all at the addition but took comfort that the aliens prefered to stay in parts of the ship she never went. Kaiden enjoyed Garrus's company yet was still tense about the krogan.
The comm in the room buzzed to life, "Commander?" it was Kaiden, "Yea Alenko?" she asked. Her fingers traced the puckering bullet scar on her right shoulder. Another bar fight, another memory, "Making something to eat, would you like to come down?" he asked and Jazz smiled. She really did want company right now. Fist's screams echoed in her mind as Jenkins smiled before... "On my way." she answered and dressed in a laid back crew's uniform. She still didn't feel like she should wear the Captain outfit just yet.
As the elevator doors opened Jazz walked out to see an empty room, save the three aliens at the table and Kaiden in the kitchen area, "Where is everyone?" Shepard asked looking over her oval rimmed glasses at Kaiden, "They are not as open minded as us about our guests." he said and she smirked, "Why is it always the biotics that accept the most?" she asked and Kaiden handed her a glass of wine, "Because we know how it feels." she nodded and took a swig to that. She walked over and sat across from Tali, "How does it feel to be one of the few?" Shepard asked and Tali played with her hands, "I'm loyal to my people." she started and Jazz gave a soft giggle, "No, I mean a woman on the ship."
"Oh!" Tali gave a laugh of her own, "Yes, it is amusing. When they are not jumping out of my way they stare." Jazz nodded with a grin, "I know how that feels, eh Alenko." she looked over her shoulder to watch as Alenko ducked to cover a blush, "He is soo sweet." Tali said and Jazz nodded, "I know." they both giggled like girls while Garrus made a crazy motion and Wrex nodded. Ashley looked over from her post and glared. Damn aliens. On an Alliance ship. Damn Commander Shepard for making peace with them. She closed her eyes. Maybe she was being too close minded. The image of turians slaughtering humans in the war and Krogans tearing her friends apart in battle flashed before her eyes. No, they all needed to die. Even the Quarian.