Chapter 11: Recruiting a second reptile.

Malen was meditating in his room, waiting for Shepard to call him for the next mission. Malen knew that Shepard would have other questions for him about his abilities, so Malen decided to right a complete profile of himself on his Omni-tool and send it to Shepard. This is what the profile looked like.

Name: Malen Katarn/Hermaeus Mora.

Titles: Daedric Prince of Knowledge and fate, Dovahkiin, Listener, Arch Mage of Winterhold, Thieves Guild Master, Slayer of Alduin, and Thane of all nine holds of Skyrim.

Pantheon: Daedric Princes

Abilities/Attributes/Powers: Master of all Thu'ums, infinite reserves of Magicka, infinite reserves of stamina, Immortality, Indestructability, Shape Shifting, beyond super Genius intellect, beyond super human strength, Telekinesis, Biotic powers, Immunity to all poisons and diseases, Master of all 5 schools of magic: Destruction, Restoration, Alteration, Illusion, and Conjuration: and can create dimensions.

Skills: Master of Smithing, Heavy/Light armor, Archery, One-handed/ Two-handed weapons, Alchemy, Enchanting, Pick pocketing, Security, Sneaking, Persuasion, Blocking, and unarmed combat.

Attachment: audio log explaining Alchemy, Enchanting, and the 5 schools of magic.

End of Profile.

Malen sends the profile to Shepard and decides to look through the extranet for some music to listen to while he waits for the next mission.

After searching through the extranet for the music of the galaxy for a couple of hours, Malen found that classical music from humans was his favorite by far. Malen's favorite classical music piece was Symphony #.9 By Beethoven.

Malen: "Damn. Why couldn't the people of Skyrim make such beautiful music?" He says with a tear in his eye.

Not moments after Malen got through listening to his favorite part of "Ode to Joy" a second time did Shepard call Malen up to join him and Garrus for their next recruiting mission. Malen Arrives alongside with Garrus as the trio enters the shuttle.

Malen:" So Shepard. Who are we recruiting here?"

Shepard:" A krogan warlord named Okeer."

Malen:" Hope he is not a blood pack member or else I might have to eviscerate him."

Shepard:" He isn't, but the dossier doesn't say if he is here by choice so assume hostiles." He says after they have landed and took cover.

As the trio were about to proceed forward, a commanding woman's voice came over a loud speaker.

Woman:" There is only one measure of success: kill or be killed! Perfection is your goal."

Garrus:" Loudspeakers? Someone likes the sound of their own voice."

Malen:" She sounds like a real bitch to work for"

Shepard:" agreed."

They walked down the rocky, rusty metal, and ruined path with their weapons at the ready. When they reach a bend in the "path" that turned right: they heard the same woman shouting over the loud speakers again.

Woman:" Being hired is merely the beginning. You must your place in the mighty army we are building."

Malen thought that she was an arrogant ass and already had enough of her annoying tone.

Malen:" I'll show this bitch an army." He thought to himself.

Malen then pulled out of nowhere a long, black staff that had a pink rose as its head. Malen held the staff above him and channeled a little bit of his power into it.

Shepard:" What are you planning on doing with that staff Malen?" He asked out of curiosity.

Malen:" Watch and you will see." He said with a wicked smile on his face.

A few moments later: Malen suddenly struck the ground with the bottom of the staff that shattered the ground at his feet a good 2 inches deep. When the ground was shattered: Dozens of black, void like spheres with purple outlining appeared everywhere Shepard and Garrus looked. When the Spheres dissipated: there stood a black and red skinned Dremora wearing Daedric armor in each of their places. The Dremora approached Malen and they all bowed when they were gathered in front of him. The one closest to Malen was the one to speak on their behave.

Dremora:" What is thy will my Lord?"

Malen:" There is a mortal here who thinks that she can challenge my might with a puny army. I want you to show her men how terrifying and powerful my might is and teach her to not insult me with such a pathetic force. Kill those who dare stand against you, but leave those who are too weak to even harm you alive so that they can be mocked at and dishonored by showing them that they are not even a threat. Lastly: do not kill the woman who is leading them. I have other plans for her to punish her for foolishness and arrogance." He said with authority.

All of the Dremora were smiling evilly with the possibility of bloodletting and to please their lord.

Dremora:" Your will be done my Lord."

The Dremora in front signaled the others to charge forward. The 80 Dremora that, that were summoned, charged forth in a stampede of war cries and shouts about bringing honor to the master.

Shepard and Garrus were speechless as their mouths hung open in a slight comical fashion.

"He can summon armies?! What can Malen not do?!" they both thought.

Shepard:" What is that staff you used Malen and how could it summon an army?" he said with surprise and curiosity

Malen:" This is the "Sanguine Rose" Shepard: A Daedric artifact of one of the Daedric lords. This staff belongs to my brother Sanguine: the Daedric Prince of debauchery and dark impulses. This staff has the power to summon any amount of Dremora warriors that I desire." He says while holding the staff out in front of him horizontally.

Garrus: A staff that can shattered rock and summon an army? Where do I get one?" He asks with enthusiasm.

Malen:" Perhaps if you are a good boy I will make you one." He says with a chuckle.

While the trio was talking: The Dremora warriors were massacring the blue suns mercs and krogan tank breads. The screams, cries, and pleads of those who got in the Dremoras' way could be heard in the background, even as the trio were still talking.

After Garrus and Shepard had their fill of conversation they moved forward past 3 dead blue suns mercs that were at the top of a ramp. When they got to the other side of the small outpost: they went down another ramp that led them straight into a blue suns merc who only had minor injuries, but was acting like it was fatal.

Blue Suns Merc:" Shit. Shit! It won't stop bleeding… I'm gonna… Son of a bitch!" He groaned in exaggerated pain.

Malen:" Only a flesh wound?! My servants must have really thought that he was a weak pussy."

Shepard:" He doesn't need to know that."

Merc:" I knew it wasn't berserkers. Not at range. You're mercs. Or Alliance. I'm not…. I'm not telling you anything."

Malen:" Would you rather that I call my servants back here and make you talk? You know: the ones who wounded you?"

Merc:" Shit… I just, I don't know anything. I just shoot the overflow from the labs. The old krogan up there, he's been cleaning house lately. Jedore hired him to make her an army, but the krogan he creates are insane, so we use them for live ammo training. It's all crap; I don't get paid enough to goddamn bleed out!"

Shepard:" If you start limping now, you might find a shady spot before you bleed out."

Merc:" shit..Shit" he says as he limps away.

Malen:" I think he really had to shit, thought I don't think there are any toilets here."

Shepard:" Some people need to learn the hard way."

They proceeded down through the only path that they could take. Along the way they could see blue suns and krogan bodies littered along the way: most of them were either impaled or decapitated, while some were burned alive and all that was left of them were piles of burnt ashes.

Jedore Was shouting over the loudspeakers as the team approached Okeer's location. She ocationally shouted things like:

" What am I paying you idiots for? They are not using ranged weapons for fuck sake KILL THEM!"

" They are only using swords SWORDS! Stop being such pieces of shit and kill them already!"

While the Blue Suns mercs shouting into their suit intercoms things like:

"We are trying all we can against these monsters and she thinks we are being idiots?! What a fucking bitch! If she thinks she could do better then let's drag her ass out here and see what she thinks of them."

Over time the com chatter became less and less frequent with each scream being suddenly silenced until there was no com chatter at all.

When the trio made it into the room just before where Okeer is supposed to be: a asari scientist crawled out from under a desk.

Rana Thanoptis: "Shepard, don't shoot! You know me!"

Malen whispers to Shepard:

"Friend of Yours?"

Shepard didn't respond to Malen as he simply approaches Rana to see what she will say.

Rana:" I shut down the security cams as soon as I saw it was you. Never thought I'd say it, but I'm glad you're here and not those black skinned monsters that let me be. Sorry Rana Thanoptis. You let me go when you destroyed Saren's lab on Virmire. Had to outrun a nuke in a utility pod, but it's still a second chance."

Shepard:" I assume you have a good reason for being at this lab?"

Rana:" Don't worry; my work here is strictly beneficial. Not for the mercs, but Okeer is try to do something good, I can tell. Even if his methods are a little… extreme. Now if you don't mind, I'm going to run like hell before those monsters decide to kill me instead of letting me live."

Rana walked out of the room the same way Shepard came in and runs like hell as soon as the door closes behind her.

Malen:" She may change her standings but not her methods it seems."

The trio then proceeds through the unlocked door in front of them which leads into a long room with breeding tanks on the left, a large viewing glass on the right that overlooks more tank breeding operations. Also on the right is a very large breeding tank with a rather large and healthy looking krogan in it. Next to the tank is a terminal with a dead krogan, wearing dark green armor, laying in front of it. In the center of the large room were two Dremora warriors holding down a female blue suns merc who had to be Jedore.

Malen:" Okeer must have resisted." He says with disappointment.

Shepard:" Damnit! There goes a potential ally."

Malen:" not necessarily Shepard. I do believe that Okeer was trying something more than just creating an army of krogan." He says as he approaches the terminal that Okeer was using.

Using his advanced hacking and slicing module on his Omni tool, Malen scanned the terminal for research data. What Malen found in the data was proof of Malen's point that Okeer was not interested in building an army, but instead was trying to breed a "perfect" krogan that would make the genophage a pointless gesture when it would come to stopping the krogan.

Malen:" It seems that he worked very meticulously and hard in order to create this 1 krogan. A "perfect and pure" soldier as he calls him. This krogan was meant to be a template and died defending it."

Shepard:" What makes you say that he died defending it? I don't see any damage done to the tank."

Malen's only response is stepping aside as the terminal pulls up a video log that shows Okeer begging the Dremora to spare his creation, his legacy, this grunt. Since these were the wishes of a dead man the Dremora honored his request and told him that they would not harm his creation and then killed him with a swift decapitation.

After viewing the data from Malen's Omni tool and Watching the video log the only question on Shepard's and Garrus' mind was what to do with this tank bread krogan.

Garrus:" So this one tank bread was worth dying for it seems."

Malen:" If he gets out of hand I'll put him down for you."

Shepard:" A "pure" krogan can pack a hell of a punch. We can always use a heavy hitter."

Malen:" With me aboard that seems unnecessary, but you're the commander. It's your choice. Also, before we go, I need to deal with this arrogant bitch first." He says as he walks over to the Dremora holding Jedore down on her knees.

Shepard:" Normandy? Okeer is a no go, but we have a package that needs retrieval. And he's a big one."

Shepard and Garrus then approach and stand behind Malen.

When Malen is standing directly in front of Jedore: one of the Dremora holding her down punches her in the back of the head.

Dremora:" Bow for our Lord mortal." He said in a demanding tone.

Jedore bows her head so she would not get hit again.

Malen:" Jedore. For your arrogance, thinking that you could challenge me with a pathetic army that does not even respect you, and for your tongue lacking in discipline; I sentence you to a fate worse than death. You will devolve, become less, and be less than what you are. In short, you will be as you should be. You will be nothing more than a rodent!"

Malen pulls out another large, black staff, but this one was hollowed out on top. There were designs of faces ranging from anger to crazed joy that was carved in the wood that surrounded the hollowed point. Inside the hollowed point of the staff was a bright red light that floated inside.

Malen Thrust the staff forward and outshot the red light that was in the staff. When the red light hit Jedore: her whole body was engulfed by red light and smoke. She screamed as loudly as she could as her body began to rapidly change. Her body began to shrink along with her mind.

When the light and smoke finally dissipated; all that was left where Jedore once stood was a hamster. Malen Picked up the hamster and dismissed the Dremora back to his realm of Oblivion. Malen then handed the hamster to Shepard.

Malen:" Here you go Shepard. (Places the hamster in Shepard's hands) A new pet for your captain's cabin. Don't worry; she is a lot quieter now. And before you ask, yes: she will remain this way to the end of her days." He says with a evil, yet happy smile on his face.

Both Shepard and Garrus were speechless and had expressions on their faces that depicts that their minds were blown and their hearts are in their throats. The only thing that they both could think was:

"I hope he does not do that to me."

Author's note: Sorry that took so long to do. Writer's block, volunteering, and Dota 2 got in the way. That and also this is my first Fan Fiction so now the Chapters should be separated now. Hope you like the story so far. The next chapter will be titled "Wrath of a Daedric Lord."