Recap: "Come on everyone let's get out of this place." Shepard said as he told everyone to leave to the Normandy now. Shepard walked after everyone, thinking of what to do when he needed to help Wrex. His thoughts drifted to the organization after him. He briefly wondered when they will make their next move before shrugging it off. Come what may, he'll be ready to meet the challenge head on... with his team by his side.
Now
Shepard was back in his room, taking off his armor. As he finally got his gauntlets off he heard someone knock on the door. He made a quick once over himself and the room before saying, "Come in!"
To his surprise it was Wrex off all people.
"What's up Wrex?" Shepard asked. The krogan looked at Shepard for a moment before answering him.
"That was impressive with what you did with Garrus, Shepard." Wrex said. He had seen what Shepard had done to try and get Garrus to calm down with Saleon despite how it ended with Shepard killing the salarian. He mentally snorted at the thought of the late geneticist. Salarians had fucking minds like a maze. That salarian was the type that probably would have altered the genophage on a more fatal scale.
"Thanks Wrex. I've got to admit though, for a second there, I thought Garrus would go ahead and shoot him regardless of my decision." Shepard said as he walked out of his room with Wrex following.
"You and me both Shepard." Wrex said. Shepard looked back to his krogan friend and noticed the look on his face.
"What's on your mind Wrex?" Shepard asked having stopped walking. Wrex looked down before looking back up at him.
"Do you remember when I gave you those coordinates to that turian bastard Ton Actus?" Wrex said.
"Yeah?" Shepard asked nodding wondering what Wrex was talking about.
"Well I might have forgotten to mention that all I knew was that he was somewhere in the Argos Rho." The krogan mercenary said sheepishly. Shepard stared at his krogan friend. And stared. And stared. After a full five minutes he finally spoke.
"Are you telling me that all you know about the man we are hunting is that his name is Tonn Actus, he's turian and that he is somewhere in the Argos Rho cluster?" Shepard asked with a deadpan tone. Wrex actually looked nervous as Shepard continued to stare at him.
"Yeah." Wrex said.
"Not even a system location?" Shepard asked with a raised brow. Wrex shook his head no. Shepard pinched the bridge of his nose and sighed.
"Great, that means we could be searching that cluster for an entire week, maybe two weeks." Shepard said as he thought of what could be done.
"Yeah, sorry about that Shepard." Wrex apologized. Shepard looked at him again.
"Don't worry about it Wrex. Everyone makes mistakes." Shepard said.
"Thanks for understanding Shepard. And good job with stopping Garrus again." Wrex said as he walked to the elevator.
"Yea no problem Wrex." Shepard said as he walked to the CIC. As soon as he got up to the galaxy map, Joker called to him.
"Uh Hey Shepard, someone's calling for you." Joker said unsure of what to say. Shepard raised an eyebrow to his pilot.
"Really who?" Shepard asked wondering who was calling him at the Normandy.
Uhhh someone who's calling themselves... Aria T'Loak. You know her?" Joker asked. Shepard rose both eyebrows this time.
"Yea. She's my boss. Connect her to the comm room." Shepard said as he quickly made his way to the comm room. Joker eyes widened upon hearing that it was Shepard's boss of all people calling.
"Ummm sorry for the wait Miss T'Loak. I'm connecting you to Shepard now." Joker said as he quickly pressed a few buttons.
"Don't be sorry, just hurry the hell up and connect me dammit." Aria said before the comm connected.
'Jeez Shepard's boss can be a bitch.' Joker thought as he rolled his eyes. Shepard was in the comm as he waited for Aria to link up. After a minute, Aria's hologram appeared before him.
"Aria." Shepard said in a business tone.
"Shepard." Aria retorted.
"How have things been on Omega?" Shepard asked.
"Not bad. Ever since you reveled your identity to the galaxy, things have gotten more lively on Omega." Aria said with an annoyed stare.
"How lively are we talking here?" Shepard asked curiously.
"Lively as in people were in utter shock for a few seconds before cheering your name. Granted a lot of cursing got involved too from other criminals who were stopped because of you." Aria said smirking at him.
"Wow." Shepard said as he scratched the back of his head in mild embarrasment.
"Yeah, your going to want to watch your back. Now more than ever." Aria warned.
"You don't know the half of it." Shepard muttered before turning serious.
"What's the reason you called Aria? I know for a fact it wasn't to just chat." Shepard said as Aria's smirk vanished and turned into a serious frown.
"A woman going by the name of Helena Blake contacted me saying that she gave you a job to, for lack of a better word, whack her associates. From what she told me, you are behind schedule." Aria said. Shepard was mentally kicking himself for forgetting that.
"Whoops. Guess it slipped my mind." Shepard said. Seeing his response, Aria sighed closing her eyes in thought.
"While I wouldn't normally interfere in these kinds of things, I want you to do this as a chance to help me absorb this little crime syndicate of hers." Aria said.
"And so the truth comes out. Not that it wasn't obvious." Shepard said, crossing his arms. Aria glared at his attitude.
"Is that it?" Shepard asked.
"There is one other thing." Aria said as she too crossed her arms and began to glare at him making him freeze.
"It's about Lis, isn't it?" Shepard asked nervously. Aria nodded.
"After this whole business with Saren and the geth, you are comming back to Omega." Aria ordered darkly to him.
"Umm what exactly is wrong?" Shepard asked having a feeling he knew what it was.
"You, John Shepard, my Ghost of the Terminus, got my little girl... pregnant." Aria said growling at the end. Shepard froze when he heard that. The silence that followed was deafening for Shepard as he just stared at Aria who continued to glare at him. On the outside he wore a stoic expression, but on the inside he was freaking out.
'I'mgonnabeadad! I'mgonnabeadad! I'mgonnabeadad! I'mgonnabeadad!' He thought frantically. Part of him was happy. Part of him was terrified.
"R-R-Really? Umm W-Wow. I-I-I don't know what to say." Shepard said as he walked to and sat in the nearest chair. Aria continued to glare at him.
"The second you get back from this mission your going to come back here and die like a man. Do you understand?" Aria all but snarled. Shepard looked at her for a minute before smirking.
"Sorry Aria but I have no intention of dying now that I know I got a child on the way. Once I come back you can kick my ass all you want, but I'm staying for my daughter." Shepard said with full confidence. Aria's eye twitched at Shepard's response. After all the years he had worked for her, she has never once actually frightened or intimidated him. No mater how hard she tried, he always responded with confidence. It irritated her greatly.
"Hmph, fine. If you're serious about what you say then get your ass back here after you finish with Saren. Liselle misses you terribly and I'll be damned if my daughter raises her child without a father! And don't forget that business with Helena Blake. I want you to see if she can't join that little organization of hers with mine." Aria said before her hologram winked out. Shepard on the other hand just sat there, numb at the shocking news: He was going to be a father.
'I-I still can't believe it. I'm actually going to be a dad!' Shepard thought excitedly. He quickly got up and walked out of the comm room in a trance. Shepard wore a gentle smile as he walked towards the cockpit. During the walk however, he realized something. Since joining the Normandy he had come to view them all as family or at least close friends, but with the fact that Liselle was pregnant with his child he was going to have to leave them after this. He knew Aria wouldn't let them move anywhere away from Omega. If she would, he would have moved them immediately to Ilium. Right on the border: All the darkness of the Terminus mixed with the refinery of the Council. Before he knew it, he found himself right behind Joker's seat.
"Joker I need you to go to the planet Mavigon in the Han system of the Gemini Sigma cluster. Can you do that?" Shepard.
"On our way right now." Joker said without turning around. Shepard nodded and walked as he continued to think things over. Chances were the only one he would be able to maintain contact with would be Wrex considering a bounty hunter had much use in the Terminus while Alliance soldiers won't have much clearance out there. Liara might be able to keep in contact but it was slim to none. Tali and Garrus wouldn't be much better at keeping in contact either. As he brought himself out of his thoughts, he found himself in the crew bay. Thinking about his current dilemma, he believed that there was only one person who could help him here.
'I never thought I would go to her for advice.' Shepard thought as he walked to the med bay. As its doors slid open, he saw Ashley was asleep and Chakwas was typing medical reports. The doctor turned to him from hearing her med bay doors open.
"Shepard. I never thought I'd see you come into my med bay willingly." Chakwas said smirking until she saw the troubled look on his face. "Shepard what is it?"
"I uh," Shepard said as he stuttered making Chakwas raise an eyebrow at him.
"Yes?"
"C-Can I talk to you in private, please?" Shepard asked. Chakwas nodded and walked out as he led the way to his room. When she entered it, he quickly sat on the bed and looked to be thinking over his words. As the door closed he begn talking.
"I just got some news recently and I need some advice." Shepard said without looking at her specifically.
"Why me? I would think that Kaidan may be a better choice." Chakwas said crossing her arms in thought.
"Well to me you seem more wiser than Kaidan and Wrex, being the only other person who could probably help, I doubt that he would be... caring enough to take it seriously." Shepard said as he wrung his hands nervously.
"Well okay then. What kind of news would cause you to come to me?" Chakwas asked as she took a seat in the chair across from him. Shepard cleared his throat before answering.
"I have recently learned that... I'll be becoming a dad within 9 months." Shepard said as he looked at her. Chakwas eyes widened at his answer.
"I-I don't know what to say to that. Umm congradulations?" Chakwas said trying to get things straightened out after that bombshell.
"Uh Thanks." Shepard said awkwardly. A silence permeated the room before Chakwas broke it.
"Soooo is that it?" She asked.
"No umm, over the course of being here, I've become... attached to everyone mostly. The thing is chances are I'm going to be unable to move the baby and her mother away from Omega while being able to stay in contact with everyone. And I know that when this Saren business is over, I'm going to be faced with a choice." Shepard explained.
"To either stay with us or go and raise your child." Chakwas said seriously.
"I know, I know. I have no intention of leaving my child fatherless, hell I know what it's like to grow up like that, but now... I don't want to break off all contact from you all too." Shepard explained as he looked down at his feet. Chakwas wore a light smile as she watched him. It made her happy that he wanted her advice over everyone else's. It showed that he took her word seriously. Now that she thought about it she realized that in front of her wasn't the rude man who was brought into her med bay after Eden Prime, but now in his place was a mature man trying to keep everything together while struggling to figure a way to keep his friends close as well as spend time as a father.
'And to think the baby hasn't even been born yet.' Chakwas thought, still smiling.
"I believe your going to have make a choice here instead of finding some middle ground. I'm sorry Shepard but I can't help you here. In my opinion as much as I would like for you to keep in contact with everyone, being there for your child takes precedence over that." Chakwas said as she looked at his expression. Shepard had the look of a man who was having a hard time making a big descion. She quickly got up and prepared to leave before patting him on the shoulder.
"Whatever you choose, I want to say I support you and congradulations Shepard." Chakwas said before leaving. After she exited the room Isaac spoke as Shepard's omni-tools lit up.
"So becoming a dad uh?" Isaac said.
"Yeah." Shepard responded.
"Are you really ready for this? I'm mean I wouldn't know much about these things, but I do know it can be a big deal for organics." Isaac asked thinking Shepard could use someone to talk to about this.
"No, not really but who is?" Shepard said while chuckling at the end. Isaac could see that his friend was very nervous about it though.
"Well I think you will be a... decent enough father i suppose." Isaac said with a fake tone. Shepard glanced at his omni-tools and gave a dry glare.
"Decent enough?" He asked. If he didn't know any better he would have thought that-
"Well I can't exactly give you a perfect score. I'm mean look at yourself: you fight most days with either words, guns, tech or biotics at least twice a day. When you get really depressed you drink like a hanar on Kahje and lets not forget your not exactly the most faithful of lovers in an organic coupling." Isaac listed off trying to make Shepard forget his troubles. From what he was seeing, it was working. That last one really got him.
"Not faithful? What the hell are you talking about? Ever since she broke up with me I haven't had so much as a real relationship! Not even a one night stand either!" Shepard defended. He knew he couldn't defend against the fighting and the drinking was only because of real bad times, but that last one wasn't going to slide.
"Okay let's see the data we've collected since the break up shall we? Ever since you've saved and stood up for both Ashley and Liara, they have been interested in you." Shepard winced.
"Let's not forget that since saving them from the Thorian, they have been a little less subtle since both of them kissed you on the cheek. And we both know you're interested too." Shepard was about to say something until Isaac cut him off.
"Don't even say anything, I'm not through yet. Now let's see. I've caught you enjoying their actions too. Not only that but I have seen you stare at them too. And then there was that silence in the med bay when they turned away during your examination. Don't think I didn't see you looking them either, not to mention that their body temperatures raised up around the cheeks and erogenous zones." Isaac continued on making Shepard get embarrassed.
"Christ what is it with you organics and hormones? It was like a fire got lit right between their legs, seriously." Isaac complained.
"Isaac!" Shepard chided before he started to snicker at his friend's small joke. If Isaac had been in his hologram form, he would have had a smile on.
"Seriously though, what do you think you should do now?" Isaac asked. Shepard stopped snickering and held a more relaxed expression than he had before.
"I'm going to need more to time think things through, but right now I'm going to put it on the backburner. I mean I don't need to choose right now do I?" Shepard said as he got up.
"No I suppose not." Isaac agreed.
"And Isaac... thanks I needed that." Shepard said gratefully.
"No problem. Someone's gotta watch out for you anyway." Isaac joked before the omni-tools went off. Shepard smirked before walking out. All this worrying had him hungry.
A Couple Days Later
The whole team was on Mavigon inside the mako. Shepard was silently grateful that the mako could resist the frigid temperatures of the planet. He drove with everyone towards the location that was given to him by Helena Blake. After a few minutes a silent driving, they made it to the coordinates when they were suddenly fired on by three heavy turrents. All it took to beat those was some dodging and careful firing. After the turrents were out Shepard could see that the entrance to the crime boss' base was the type usually for an underground medical research station. He relayed it towards everyone making them think over the layout. Upon knowing the standard layout allowed them to have a rough idea of what kind of cover spots that can be used. Quickly moving into the main control room, everyone used their respective abilities with Tali, Garrus and Shepard using overload on several of the mercenaries.
Almost instantly Wrex was double-teamed by two krogan mercs. He was able to kill one by shooting his face off with his shotgun, but the other charged him and began to push him back. Seeing this, Wrex used his biotics to lift the krogan merc and keep him suspended in mid-air before finishing him off.
Garrus had seen the 2 snipers in the far back. Taking cover, he quickly got out his sniper rifle and set his sights on them. As soon as one of them popped out to try and kill Kaidan, Garrus immediately took the merc out with a headshot. The other sniper saw his fellow sniper's head explode as a result with blood and gore spraying out. This startled the sniper into taking one step back out of cover and into Garrus' line of sight. Without even blinking, Garrus took the shot ending the remaining sniper.
Tali, Liara and Kaidan ended up fighting the other mercs. Liara ended up using warp on her enemy before using a biotic blast on him, sending the poor bastard flying into the wall. Liara noticed he hadn't started to move so she walked. When she finally got close enough she saw that the merc's neck was bent at an odd angle. Her eye's went wide at the sight and realized that unlike the all the other times she had gotten into a fight that this was actually the very first time she killed someone with her bare hands.
Tali had ended her oppenent quickly with an overload and carnage combo courtesy of her shotgun. It didn't bother her much since it wasn't really her first real kill. Kaidan finished his opponent with a quick neural shock and dual omni-blade slash, tearing out the merc's throat.
The Crime Boss could see that he was outnumbered as all of this happened and ran further back into the base as he saw Shepard stalk toward him. Shepard didn't even bother to run after him, knowing that most bases like this only have one entrance and exit. Besides, most criminals think that once they have found a safe and remote place like this they don't even bother to think of an emergency escape anyway. Shepard continued to use Pulse to keep track of the Boss as he continued deeper into the base. After a minute, the boss had stopped having come to last room which held all of the power generators. He silently entered the room before locking the door behind him.
'Got to think, got to think. How could they have found me? Doesn't matter now. I need to find a way out fast.' The Crine Boss thought as he looked for a way but realized it was a dead end. He noticed the generators and began to plot something.
Shepard kept following until he came to a locked door. He had Isaac hack through the door easily. He would have done it himself but he thought Isaac should have some involvement in the missions, no matter how small. As the door opened, he walked in and saw the Crime Boss at the wall furthest from the door. Shepard would have continued to move forward if he hadn't noticed something was off.
'He's calm in here. Does he have some kind of trick up his sleeve?' Shepard thought as he narrowed his eyes, scanning the room. His Pulse was useless since he was too close to the generators which were causing interference. He could see that the crime boss was smirking at him.
"Come on, what are you waiting for? I'm right here." The Crime Boss said. Shepard disabled the lights and slunk back into the shadows. The Crime Boss looked for him as the red back lights came on, but Shepard had effectively disappeared from his sights. The Crime Boss hit the deadman's switch in his hand knowing whatever happened to him, if his thumb came off the button, the generators would self-destruct with the mines he had equipped to them. He frantically looked for any sign of movement until he felt the barrel of a pistol at the back of his head.
"Aria T'Loak and Helena Blake send their regards." A cold voice said before Ghost pulled the trigger. The Crime Boss fell to the ground, dropping the detonator, dead with a hole going from the back of his head to right between his eyes. Shepard looked at the dead man in front of him before he heard a beeping sound. He didn't have time to identify what was making as the beeping accelerated. On instinct he burst out of the room with a mix of adrenaline and biotics. He had just barely gotten to the door when the explosions started. He kept moving until the blast had knocked him off his feet and the shrapnel got him on his right arm.
"Dammit, that hurts." Shepard groaned out as he kept back up. His arm stung in protest at the movement but he kept on going. He limped over to where he had left, feeling that some of the shrapnel caught him in his right leg too. He kept limping until he came to the control room his team was in. Kaidan was the first to see him.
"Shepard! My god what the hell happened?" Kaidan said as he ran to Shepard. Everyone saw Shepard's state and the trail of blood behind him before moving to him. Shepard didn't answer as he stumbled forward only for Kaidan to catch him.
"What the hell happened?" Wrex asked.
"Deadman switch." Shepard said before passing out. Kaidan quickly looked him over and found that his armor had been pierced by multiple splinters of metal and glass.
"We need to get to the Normandy fast." Kaidan said hefted Shepard over his shoulder and carried him to the exit with everyone following.
An Hour later in the Normandy's medbay
Chakwas was currently still picking out bits of shrapnel from Shepard's forearm. She had managed to patch up his leg quite easily considering they hadn't gone as deep as the one's in his arm. She currrently kept him in a medically indused coma seeing as how he really didn't like being near medical equipment or having things removed from him surgically. She had to admit though, most would have been groaning or hissing even while unconscious, but Shepard was only wincing a little. Must be made of sterner stuff than she thought. She also took the time to notice that when she extracted the shrapnel, the wounds would start to close. If she had to guess it must be that the wounds heal as much as they can while the offending object is inside, but it won't heal completely until it was removed. After another hour she had finished extracting all of the shrapnel from his arm. She couldn't help but marvel at how well he had healed from it in such a short time. She did some scans to be sure if there was any more internal injuries, though she wasn't surprised that there wasn't any damage. That was when she took Shepard off the medication.
"You know, out of everyone who is on this ship, you're the one who gets sent here the most Shepard." Chakwas said as she put away her tools. Shepard sat up carefully before looking at Ashley who was reading a book. He then looked at Chakwas who was staring at him, waiting for a response.
"Yea but I'm usually the fastest one out too." Shepard retorted as he got up and grabbed his white t-shirt that Chakwas had placed right beside his bed. He looked toward Ashley before asking, "How are you feeling Ash?"
Ashley looked at him before responding with, "Good. Still hate being in recovery but at least this book will keep me from climbing the walls."
Shepard chuckled at her response. Of course she would probably be the only person reading something besides Liara. He had chanced upon seeing everyone getting examined after Feros and couldn't help but smirk at them. Liara and Ash were reading something. Garrus and Wrex were cleaning their sniper rifle and shotgun respectively. Tali was tinkering with her omni-tool and Kaidan was playing with his biotics. It was very amusing to Shepard.
"Well don't worry. I'm sure you'll be out in no time." Shepard said smiling. Ashley smiled back at him.
"Maybe you can get out of here fast but I can't. I still have a week left." Ashley said. Shepard looked sheepish at her response. He kept thinking that humans had the same regeneration abilities as he did for some reason. He then felt Liara's biotic signature whirling around.
'Something as her stressed out.' Shepard thought before bidding Chakwas and Ashley goodbye. He went to the backroom where he found Liara curled up into a ball rocking herself in the corner. Shepard waited for the door to close before asking what was wrong. Liara flinched having not noticed he had come into the room before answering him.
"S-Shepard I-I killed one of them." Liara managed to get out. Shepard raised an eyebrow at her.
"And? I thought you said you had taken care of things like this before?" Shepard asked confused. Liara shook her head no.
"I did say that I could handle it with my biotics but I've never really killed anyone before. Only knocked them out." Liara said as she continued to rock herself back and forth. Shepard sighed before walking to her and sitting down beside her.
"So it was your first real kill then?" He asked gently. Liara only nodded her head. Shepard put an arm around her while she leaned in to his embrace.
"It is rarely easy the first time, hell it rarely gets easy ever for anyone." Shepard said.
"What about you?" Liara asked making him look at her.
"What?"
"What about you? Was it easy for your first kill?" Liara asked again. Shepard thought over his first kill or should he say kills.
John felt his blood boil in rage. For John things started to slow down as he took is stiletto pistol, aimed at one the guys heads and fired. With a load crack, the guy on the left died from having his head explode. The one on the right was shocked and looked behind to see who would dare attack a warrior of the Hegemony from behind. That was when John finally saw who was invading his home. At first he thought it was pirates from how human they looked from the back, but now he knew it was something far worse than human pirates. The beast he looked at had sharp teeth, multiple nostrils and four eyes. John knew now what was attacking his home: batarian slavers! The batarian was shocked. 'This puny little brat actually killed one of my comrades? This child could be more trouble alive later on!' The batarian thought. He made a move to shoot John, but just before he could he was shot in the chest by the young terror.
"Yea. For me it was pretty easy." Shepard said remembering that day. Liara looked at Shepard in shock.
"How?" She asked nearly speechless. Shepard didn't answer immediately, thinking of how much he should tell her before explaining.
"If you saw 2 batarian slavers beating your mother to death, what would you do?" He asked her in a dead tone. Liara got quiet at the unexpected question, looking down at the ground.
'Of course it would have been easier for him the first time. He's lost so much it has to be easier for him to take things back.' Liara thought seeing how strong Shepard could be.
"But you know, I think it's better that one feels some remorse when we kill." Shepard continued making her look up at him.
"I think that feelings of emorse and guilt actually help keeps us people instead of monster who just kill and kill. I mean when you fight and kill someone, there has to be a reason right? Even kill of be killed is a good reason in some cases too." Shepard said wondering if what he was saying was for Liara or himself. He still had some traces of guilt about the things he's done here and there over the years.
"I'm sorry Shepard. I've put my problems on you again." Liara said sniffling a little. Shepard looked at her this time with some shock.
"It's no trouble Liara. I like to help my friends." Shepard said getting up and lending her a hand to do the same. Liara stood up and gave him a hug.
"Thank you for coming to make sure I was fine." Liara said letting go with a smile.
"Like I said it's no trouble." Shepard said before leaving. He quickly made his way up to the cockpit to tell Joker to get them to Klensal in the Dis System of the Hades Gamma Cluster. They needed to get to the other Crime Boss before he finds out what happened after all.
In the outer reaches of the Kite's Nest
"Sir, now that we know who he is we can finally deal with him and restart slaving operations. All we need is the go ahead!" A batarian grunt said eager to kill the Ghost of ther Terminus. Most of his comrades had been watching the trial of Saren when the Ghost of the Terminus revealed himself. To say the announcement had caused an uproar was a massive understatement. Many of them who had family working as slavers had lost someone to him and his little crusade several years ago. Many were calling for his head on a spike while a few more were saying they should capture him and force him to be a slave. They were almost ready to send out multiple mercenary and pirate groups after him, but then his very unexpected spectre inauguration crippled that dream. Some still wanted to go after him but the ring leaders were more than a little cautious for several reasons. One being that this man had effectively crippled their operations before in just a few years. The second and third reasons was that he was also the current person who could practically walk free in any place in the galaxy because he was a Council Spectre and Aria T'Loak's Spectre Equivalent. Taking on someone with just one of those titles would be difficult. With both, it was near impossible.
"No! Don't you get it?! We can't just attack whole-heartedly! We need a careful plan or at least wait for him to lose one of those positions! Are you stupid enough to cross both Aria AND the Council?!" The batarian leader growled out while slamming his fist on the table.
"Please the only one we should really be concerned about his Aria. The Council will just cry about it for a couple before shrugging it off like they did before those humans came onto the scene." Another batarian said, eager for blood. All the while only one other batarian was in room and kept quiet. Normally he would be speaking out about trying to kill Ghost as well but he was smarter than that. He didn't have anyone on Elysium or Torfan like the other 2, but what Ghost had done had practically damaged a major source of income and resources for the Hegemony and that wasn't going to slide. Such acts of terrorism would not go unpunished.
"Yes and do you really want to spurn one of the few allies we have left by killing one of her agents? And what of the Alliance? Those fools see him as a hero more than the butcher that he is." The second one retorted.
"ENOUGH!" The quiet batarian shouted. All his fellow comrades instantly shutup and look toward him in fear. They knew better than to disobey him. He quietly stood up and came into the light in the dark room. Unlike his other comrades who looked similar to each other in appearance, he wore red heavy armor and had yellow marks on the side of his head showing his station as a captain for the Hegemony External Forces. For a batarian he was a very well built, obviously due military training. Some of his own comrades would not have obeyed him if it were not for his reputation as one of the best military officers in the Hegemony with all four of his eyes showing a very lethal intelligence.
"This man has made a mockery of us time and again since he was 16. Ever since he showed up, we have tried over and over to find him with brute force. We never thought that he would become so strong as to cripple one of the Hegemony's vital trades. We can not keep falling into his traps! He obviously let himself be known because he knows we are currently unable to touch him and even if we were able to, he has obviously prepared for it. Now this is what we shall do. We will send small groups of soldiers under the guise of getting revenge, but in actuality are going to study his moves, strengths and weaknesses." He said. One by one, each of his comrades gained a look of determination and nodded.
"And when we know all that there is about him, we will strike when he least expects it!" He roared. His compatriots all agreed with him before the more cautious one voiced his thoughts at the last second.
"But how will we lead him to us... Captain Balak?" He asked. Balak smirked at the question.
"Isn't it obvious? We take his crew when he seperates from them." Balak responded before laughing with his comrades joining in.
Oh man! I'm so sorry that I took this long! College is keeping me busy and tired. I literally start at 9 in the morning and don't finish till around 4:45 most days. But it's here finally and whoohooo! 150K on the word count! Tell me what you think about this chapter. Happy Reading!