Epilogue: Implications
Year: 2183
Location: Minuteman Station
It had been more than a week since the attack on the Citadel, and the galactic community was still licking its wounds. Many tried to understand how it could have happened; others were focusing on making sure it wouldn't happen again. That was her job. She was supposed to look into Commander Shepard and her crew of the SSV Normandy. She wasn't happy, no doubt about it. Some of them were either walking PTSD cases or aliens. But what other choice did she have?
When the Illusive Man assigned her to investigate Eric Grimes, she wasn't sure about it at first. But the more she read through this dossier on the service, the more she understood why. All of this was rather convenient, too, like someone did a thorough job setting it all up for him.
The door by her beeped as it slid open. She turned away from the terminal on her desk to a man with Asian facial features and a dark mop of hair stepped inside the room. "Rasa? The briefing's about to start," he told you. "You don't want to miss it like last time."
She sighed before pinching the bridge of her nose for a moment. "Right, sorry. Lost track of time again. Thanks, Leng."
"Whatever." Kai Leng curled his mouth. "That dossier you're reading… that bad like the others?"
"Not as much, I think. But he has potential," Rasa answered, standing up from her chair.
"Potential?" Kai Leng scoffed, twisting his mouth. "How? I've looked at his file too, Rasa. No parents or any other relatives, no formal education to speak of. He's a nobody from nowhere."
"You're right. By all accounts, he is," she replied as she arms crossed in front of her. "Yet a human C-Sec officer gave him a chance to start a new life. He passed aptitude tests with high marks, defied Alliance orders, hijacked a shuttle, survived a trip to the Citadel against all odds, and saved lives. And that was all just after he finished his training. He stood for something, Leng. Believed in something."
"Doubt he believed in our cause," he remarked.
Kai Leng was a difficult man to work with, Rasa noted, but he had never been this testy lately. Had he woken up on the wrong side of his bed? Did an alien somehow piss in his coffee cup this morning? "Look, I stand by my case. Imagine how much more he could accomplish, even if his beliefs would be at odds with ours."
The Cerberus assassin chuckled as he shook his head, his hands on his hips. "Remind you of anyone?"
She smirked. "Yes."
"Delighted to hear it." His enigmatic smile and tone of his told her he wasn't convinced. "We got something more important to do than caring about some brat and his bleeding heart. Like our briefing we're supposed to attend."
She nodded. As they left her room with the door slid closed behind her, she wished she would look more into his first mission in the Anoat system. After this briefing, perhaps…
It's about time I've finished it, eh? Originally, I plan to add in more chapters that depicted Eric's time with Bravo Squad. However, not only do I have other stories to work on, but I also find that these chapters might be more suitable for a sequel.
Also, Rasa is Maya Brooks from the Mass Effect 3 Citadel DLC. She goes by Rasa in the Foundation comics (no relation to how my fic series was named).
I'd like to thank my friends and family for the support and help along the way. I don't think I would go so far with you all.