The Tempest was due to depart from Elaaden in the next hour, Scott was nearly starting to worry that Morda had gone back on her word about Spender. But soon enough, a shuttle lands just short of the docking ramps to the ship. Morda is on it, Spender in tow with her.
Scott waits with Drack as they walk over to them both. "Pathfinder, your new addition," Morda jokes as she pushes Spender towards him.
Scott looked him over, he was skinny, much skinnier than what he last remembered seeing from vids. He was dirty and had the look of a haunted man on him. "Spender, welcome to your new home."
Spender doesn't reply, he glares at the ground in front of him. "Speak, pyjak," Drack roars in his face. Spender steps back, shaking in fear. Scott had wondered what exactly the Krogan had done to break the once sarcastic and confident man.
"I..." The man was too shaken to form words. Scott shakes his head at him, waving Drack to move him onto the ship.
"Thanks, Morda. I'll be in contact when we get Tann sorted," he says to the Krogan. She nods, her lip quivering slightly.
"Don't go back on our deal," she warns with a pointed finger. Scott backs away towards the ramp, holding his hands up in defence.
"I know well enough not to piss you off, Morda," he says with a smirk as he leaves. He lets the ramps close before looking at Spender. "Kallo get us to Kadara."
"Kadara? Are we not going straight to the Nexus?" Drack asks, keeping a heavy hand on Spender. His hands were tied together, but Drack didn't trust the man.
"No, we need to get Sara. She needs to be here for this." Spender almost whimpers at her name being mentioned. "Guessing you don't like my sister?" Scott laughs.
"I... no," he truthfully answers. Drack growls, pulling his body aggressively. He drags him off to the kitchen, Spender and he would now be spending a lot more time together.
"I'll come to see him soon," Scott calls. Drack only nods, pushing Spender through the doors. The cargo bay was empty, and Scott leaned against the crates. He was looking forward to seeing Sara, he'd missed her. He missed Reyes as well.
Thinking about Reyes reminding him to call him. He opens his omni-tool and vid calls Reyes. The line rang for a few seconds before Reyes answered. Scott wasn't sure what time it was on Kadara, but it obviously was late. Reyes looked very groggy as he answered.
"What?" he groans. He finally opens his eyes, realising it's Scott. He looks over at Sara, she is soundly asleep. He puts his finger to his lips, hushing Scott from speaking as he climbs out of bed and heads to his office.
Scott waited whilst he watched a shirtless Reyes sneak through his house. The lights turn on, he could SAM's node at Reyes' side as he sits down in his office chair. "Right, why did you call me so late?" he asks, annoyed.
"Sorry, I didn't know what time it was. We are on our way to Kadara." Reyes stops rubbing his eye, looking at Scott with his open, right one.
"Why?" he asks, pulling his arm down.
"I know you and Sara both hate me, but I took the Pathfinder role to save her and SAM." Reyes laughs out loud. Scott sighs, shaking his lowered head. "Just listen Reyes," he groans. Reyes raises a brow, but drops his head, waiting for the explanation. "Tann's team on the Remnant station found a... understanding of how SAM controls the resident Remnant. They've been able to change it somehow and now have a way of pulling SAM from Sara without killing her."
Reyes sits back in his chair, his hand slapping against his forehead in pure shock. "That should not be possible," SAM spoke. Even he sounded worried. "My connection to Sara is too deep to be forced apart. The Archons' actions proved this."
Reyes looks at his node. "Can you find out if it's true?"
"Yes, I am doing so right now. I will need some time to access Director Tann's files on the matter." Scott groans, he didn't like to know that SAM was going against the Initiative like that.
"Just be careful," Scott calls. SAM does not reply, only assuming the AI had gone to the ground to find out the truth. He turns his attention back to Reyes. "I agreed to become Pathfinder if Tann did not use this against Sara."
Reyes scratches his chiselled jaw, he could understand Scott's reasons to do this to Sara. But she was still heartbroken. "And what do you believe is the right thing to do next?"
"I've got Spender on the Tempest. We are coming to Kadara so Sara can see him. I believe he and Tann worked together." Reyes knew something was off with Tann. The Salarain always backed out of investigations regarding exile or Krogan but finding proof would be a huge task to complete.
"Alright," he heavily sighs. "Let me know when you're close, I'm not telling Sara until you're here." Scott nods in agreement. Sara would only be in a mood if she found out sooner.
Scott brushes his grown hair back against his head, looking down at the floor. Reyes could see he was struggling to say something. "I... never meant to hurt her," he exhales.
"You can tell her that," Reyes snaps as he ends the call. He could understand why Scott did what he did, but the way he went around it was wrong and improper. He rubs the sleep from his eyes, now awake. He knew he wasn't getting back to sleep. Deciding to get a head start on the day, he opens his terminal to see the day's reports.
Scott looks at the blank vid call, he was upset for hurting Sara and Reyes. He cared for them both deeply, he had a lot of making up to do. The Tempest was about nine hours away from Kadara, it would be midday when they got there. He decides to see Spender, he wants answers.
Drack was leaning against the counter in the small crew kitchen. Spender was handcuffed to the table, he glared at the empty space in front of him. Scott walks in, smiling at Drack. "Give us a minute?" he asks.
Drack grumbles, but nods and leaves the room. Scott locks the door behind them, sitting across from Spender. The man was broken, not a soul living inside of his body. "Spender?" he calls.
"Yes, Pathfinder?" he asks, not looking up.
"Did Tann work with you?" he asks. Spender then looks up, his body shaking in pure fear. "Just tell me the truth, Spender."
"I... Morda told me I had to speak the truth," he wearily says. Scott nods, leaning forward to rest his arms on the table.
"Then tell me the truth, she'd be very upset if I told her you lied or withheld information." Spender narrows his brows. He was going to tell the truth, but speaking to Scott was almost easier for him than dealing with Sara. Sara was much scarier to deal with.
He closes his eyes tightly, breathing in before finally speaking. "Tann came to me not long after we figured out Andromeda had gone to shit. He was new to being the Director and was struggling to control people like Sloan and Krogan."
"Sloan is dead," Scott quickly says.
Spender looks at him surprised. "Dead? How? She ran Kadara Port, right?"
Scott nods, "yeah. Reyes Vidal represents Kadara. It's run by Keema, a Angara." Scott knew he had to hide Reyes' true identity. Spender may be under wraps right now, but he could still tell someone.
"Reyes Vidal?" Spender physically shivers at his name. "He... he'll kill me."
"Why?" Scott asks, sitting forward.
"I stole cargo from him... lots of it," he shivers. Scott sighs, rubbing his neck.
"Does he know it's you?" Spender shakes his head.
"No, but if he sees my face he will. He never put a name to face, but he saw me once. Someone pointed out that I did it. I got away before he could catch me." Scott places both hands on the table. Now not only did he have to hold Morda's deal, but he also had to keep Reyes and Spender away from each other.
"That's just great, we are heading to Kadara right now." Spender pulled against the cuffs. "Calm down," Scott shouts. "I'll protect you from him."
"You ever seen that man angry?" he yells, spit falling between his bitter words. He had seen vids of Reyes when he was angry, the man had no cooldown button. Just pure rage when it called for it.
"No, but don't worry. My sister can control him." Spender didn't seem to catch his point, only shaking his head and looking back down at the table. "Just carry on about Tann."
"He asked me to figure out a way to get the Krogan off the station. So I did, tampering with info and causing arguments between the leaders. Then the mutiny happened. I framed a lot of the issues Tann caused on the exiles." Scott rubs his aching forehead. Tann had caused so much shit, much more than even Scott realised.
"What did you get out of it?" Spender smirks slightly, remembering the scenes of a desperate and scared Tann. He wanted to do anything to get the Initiative back under control.
"He promoted me to Addison's second. Promised me her job, though sacking the woman was easier said than done. And other crimes I pulled for my own goals were forgotten by him as well." Scott quivered his lip up at him, this man was outrageous. "That all stopped when your sister and damn AI uncovered everything."
"You deserved to be found out!" Scott exclaims standing up with force. "Will you testify against Tann?"
"Why should I?" Scott laughs at Spender trying to play the high ground with him.
"You want me to let Reyes have you?" Spender quickly slumps back down to shivering in fear.
"I'll do whatever you want... just don't let that man touch me... please," he begs. Scott nods, leaving the room, now content that information from Spender was enough to get Tann sacked and off the Nexus for good.
He hoped Sara could forgive him. He had her best interests at the forefront of all this, but only time would tell if she'd listen and help him bring Tann down.