Thessia space. Outside Thessia
Right now the Normandy is outside Thessia getting ready to release the Krogan prisoner to asari hands.
Commander Shepard who been pacing between the cockpit, with Samara, EDI, Joker and the catatonic Krogan. Ben is sleeping off all those transformation as they tired him out from using 6 forms on Tuchanka.
"This is SSV Normandy requesting permission to dock" Joker exclaims over the coms.
A female voice appeared "Request Granted. Sending designated landing coordinates. Be warned An asari matriarch and the conciliar are waiting as soon as you arrive. Armed guards are expected"
"Roger that control. Joker out" Joker turns to Shepard "You hear that commander" He nods back to joker. Joker smiles and starts to land at the designated coordinates. Samara sees Shepard worry.
"You feel something wrong" Shepard sucks in his lips "It Ben. He"
"Had fun on Tuchanka. Yes Jack express how child like he was on that mission" Shepard nods "We need to find ghostfreak and Eon so Ben pain can end. All that smile. He is hiding a lot of emotion behind it" Samara breathed heavily agreeing but now they sat in silence.
5 minutes later
EDI calls out "We be landing shortly Shepard"
"Understood EDI" He looks towards samara "Lets go" They both pip up The Krogan and get ready to walk out the Airlock. They reach towards to the Airlock bay doors giving it the Exterior pressure speech. They green light is good and they make way outside seeing squadron of guards and a Asari matriarch. They also see the Asari Councillor.
"Commander Shepard. Welcome to Thessia"
Thessia
"Thank you Councillor for the welcome" Tevos nodded smiling " If Justicar samara transfer over the prisoner to Matriarch Ventress. You and I need to talk Shepard. It about Tennyson." Shepard grimaces but nods to both Tevos and Samara signalling for the go ahead. He walks with Tevos.
"Before we start I have Tennyson documentations here. I figure since you coming here that I meet you in person and hand deliver them" Shepard nods and grabs hold of the data pad and identification papers. "Thank you"
Tevos smiles "That leads me on to my second point of why this discussion is happening. I'm afraid The Alliance is none too happy with Tennyson. When I went to collect to documentation from Anderson. He was in a shouting match with An.. Admiral Hackett over communication."
Shepard stop to look at the Councillor with a strange expression one of which was notice by the Tevos " Do you know why The shouting at each other"
"I'm afraid I don't have all the details but to suffice to say. Anderson was angry with Hackett for being left in the dark and surprisingly Udina backed Anderson on this. Hackett seems to know Tennyson was here before anyone else and for that matter Us the Council. Stating 'I'm protecting our interest'. You seem to know what he talking about?"
Shepard nodded and grimaces. Hackett was always a constant vigilance kind of man never trusts anyone or anything. He holds his breath then release after 10 seconds. "What I am about to tell you is on a need to know, even from the other councillors including Anderson" Tevos nods wanting answers.
"To start out. Tennyson has an enemy which we did not put in the data packet we gave you during the council meeting" Tevos nods but is not happy about information being left out.
Shepard continues "He called Eon, and Evil time travel with time space abilities. He also an Older evil version of Ben Tennyson himself" Tevos eyes widen and was about to speak but was cut off "I'm not done. It turns out Hackett knew of Ben arrival before he even arrived and was warned by a Paradox. Haven't meet him or her but Ben knows them and I have a gut feeling that how Ben arrived here."
Tevos stops and thinks "The implications. If what you say is true then." Shepard nods knowing the answer "Then we need to watch out for them. I already warned Omega of the threat as I believe that where Eon holding out. With Ghostfreak. Paradox well. You have to wait on that one"
Tevos grimaces but knowing that Shepard is right on this situation. "I call Aira and I send some commandos to assist her." Shepard gave Tevos a look. She smirk back "How do think I became councillor. She listen Shepard. She owes me more than I owe her. I also have the commandos awaited for your arrival as well but for now they just search and seize".
Shepard nods "it a mess. Isn't it?"
Tevos smiles warily "Yes but at least now I know what I am gearing up for. Final question What happen to the Krogan even his armour the same shade of white."
"Toepick. Ben transformation. It in the data pad and is terrifying"
Tevos nods "I let you get back to what you doing Commander and thank you for the clarification. I am going to have some words with Anderson when I get back to the citadel" Shepard nods feeling bad for Anderson.
"Then I should go" and he does so meeting Samara at the edge of the Normandy airlock. Looks towards Samara and says. "We got a problem. Go to Miranda and Tell her to meet me at the Rustbucket." Samara nods.
Normandy SR2 Hangar bay.
"Are you Sure Shepard with what The Asari councillor said?" As she said this both Miranda and Shepard are walking up to the Rustbucket, where ship and Prometheus are sitting just outside the door.
"I'm sure Miranda. The alliance knows more then they letting on and the Asari are picking up on it. Which is why The Councillor informed me of this. Hell they even offered aid on omega when we hit Ghostfreak and Eon." Miranda grimaces, bites her lips and nods unfortunately agreeing.
"Ship, Prometheus. Is Ben inside" Both ship and Promuthuse turn to look at Shepard and Miranda.
"Yes but he is sleeping at the moment. He exhausted from using a lot of transformations on Tuchanka." Prometheus explained while ship was nodding along with a "Ship." Or a "Ship, Ship"
Shepard nods then knocks on the rustbucket. "That felt old fashion" Miranda snorted.
Ben shouted "I'm sleeping for fuck sack. What do you want?"
Miranda raised an eyebrow "So you don't won't your identification papers then?"
The rustbucket doors slam open reliving Ben topless "Now I never said that"
Miranda looks up and down at Ben body "I'm not impressed. Tennyson" Ben snorts. "Please I don't need muscle to win a fight. I just need skill"
Miranda tilts her head slightly at that but Ben carried on "You coming in or do I need to get a pole to dance the night away" Now Miranda was scowled. Ben laughs. Shepard just chuckled but both he and Miranda step in.
Miranda looks around and sniffs "it certainly has character" The rustbucket has been updated with modern mass effect technology Ben just waiting for a warp drive.
Ben puts his shirt on and turns to look at Shepard and Miranda "So what's up?"
"Well first off Ben. Here your paperwork/ documentations." Shepard puts Ben documentations on the Table. Ben went to go seat and read. Miranda sitting right next to him to see if they up to scratch.
After a short read Shepard continues "Second The alliance knows more about you than we do. Apparently Paradox Told a friend of mine all about you" Ben eyes were yanked out of him.
"And he believed him" Shepard nodded his head "I know my friend is always caution with new information especially around strangers. He has a saying Constant vigilance" Ben snorts.
"but he believes paradox. Look you I can see your face. Paradox is a good dude. The problem is he very cryptic about everything" Shepard squirms a bit "So how…." Shepard was cut off.
"He probably showed your friend a certain future or past. Whichever convenient for you friend to be convinced" Miranda who was reading looked up at Ben "He a time traveller like Eon?"
"Yeah but a good one. I trust him" Shepard nod to him that all he needed. Miranda look on and ask "These documents seem to be very accurate about you. How much is" Ben again interrupts "All off it. Well almost all of it. Different town probably because Bellwood does not exist here" Miranda nods.
"I'm also curious Benjamin your cousin Gwen she seems" Ben slams his first on the table "Not now! I'm not ready" Both Shepard and Miranda jump at ben sudden burst and can see a rainforest coming out of Ben eyes. Shepard look at Miranda. "We leave you to rest". Both Miranda get up and leave the rustbucket.
"Well….. That was"
"Emotional"
"I was going to say. You know what you right" Miranda stops herself.
"Ship" Both Miranda and Shepard look down to see Ship looking up at them. Prometheus is still sitting by the door.
"Ship, Ship" He sounded mad.
Shepard goes down and pats his head "What are you saying?"
Prometheus answers "Don't ask about Gwen again. He scared of what would happened to Ben if she brought up" Shepard and Miranda had a solemn look to each other. "Thank you we better be going" Prometheus nods back.
Shepard and Miranda make it to the elevators "Well shit" They both said.
A few hours later on Zorya
The Normandy shuttle lands on the planet. Open the doors reveal Jacob, Shepard and Zaeed. They on a jungle like planet full of tress and foliage. They here to Help Zaeed to rescue the workers there as they being held hostage by blue sons in a ezo mining factory.
"Comms check. Got to make sure we covered. Never know what the blue suns are up too these days." Jacob nods acknowledging Zaeed play. Shepard is quiet. Zaeed notices this.
"You okay shep?" Shepard turns to Zaeed. "Sorry this is your mission and I am not focused on it"
"You good. I assumed it to do with the Kid" Shepard nods. "It is. I don't know who to trust anymore Zaeed. The Alliance are hiding something from everyone that revolves around Ben. Cerberus trying to do whatever they want with Ben alien DNA. It a huge mess right now and the Council are the only ones that want to help Ben. Granted it for they own gain but they never hid that fact from us"
Zaeed grunt "it sounds like and this is coming from me oh mister mercenary with trust issues. That Ben the new player of the game. Is about to become the new villain of the game."
Jacob cocked his shotgun but asks "Why do you say that?"
"You haven't been talking to Kasumi have you?" Both Jacob and Shepard shakes they head. Shepard stating he wanting to wait till she ready to talk after the Hock mission.
Zaeed hums "She been extremely worried after her mission with Hock. Paranoid even. Apparently with the information she gathered at Hock mansion beside the destroy Kenji data. The alliance may have ties with this Eon Bloke. She trying to get her contacts to find out more because the info she gathered is spotty at best"
Shepard and Jacob blanch "That bad commander" Zaeed snorts and looks at Jacob "is your last name sherlock. First name, No Shit. Look shep. Whatever happening with the kid it getting worse by the day and we still haven't delt with the collectors."
Shepard nods his head. "Let's get going shall we and not waste any more time saving those workers."
All Three walk through the forest like terrain as they walk forward they hit pips and tubes. They also encountered the blue sons.
"God dammit a blue suns checkpoint" Zaeed muttered. Shepard just smirk "Lets rumble" They did just that rumble. Shooting off targets. Freeze them with Shepard Cryo Blast to later burn them with Zaeed incendiary rounds. Jacob pulling a pull allowing Shepard and Zaeed to take pot shots at the blue sons heads. They area was about to be clear until a voice strangely similar to Shepard voice but female.
"Reinforcement incoming" at least 20 more Blue suns appeared.
"I did not know you had a double ganger Shepard and a female one at that" Jacob quipped.
"Shut up"
As the reinforcement grow closer plant like tentacles shot out of the ground encasing the blue sons reinforcements. Then what appeared next was a Plant like monster that drill to above ground. Shepard instantly notice the Omnitrix.
"Ben" Shepard ask exclaiming as he saw the head of the plant open up like a Venus fly trap. Showcasing a one eyed fang plant thing.
"That me all should I say WildVine!"
"What you doing here I thought you were"
"Sulking on the rustbucket. Nah. Decided to go a fly around after joker travelled here"
"In space" Jacob ask incredulity
"Jetway one of my flying forms allows me to fly in space without having breathing problems and As I was flying around after we warp here. I saw the shuttle land on this planet. So I followed you in case you needed help. Which you did. you welcome."
Zaeed gave him the stink eye "I thought you were exhausted from all those transformations"
Wildvine nodded "Oh I am. I had five minutes of Jetray after I landed here. Another 10 just so I have wait for my next transformation. I'm cutting it close today" Then the beeping happened and a red light pop offed to now show Ben in human form. "well it looks like it proto-tool time." He pulls it from his back and locks and loads.
"Plus it be nice change of pace. Plus I need some fresh air. I also need a large sleep when we get back to the Normandy" Shepard and the crew nodded. So now they move forward. Making to a bridge where Zaeed stated that here was a previously co-owner for the blue sons and was betrayed. He also knows that Vido the one who betrayed Zaeed is here. He also the one who shot his eye into blindness. Shepard and Ben had a sneaking suspicion that Zaeed not here for the contract to save the workers. Ben also thought on how the hell was Zaeed a good shot with one blind eye.
They make to the factory entrance only to see. "Vido!" Zaeed Growled. On a balcony. We a squadron of blue suns.
"Ah it good to see you Zaeed. How the eye?" Vido ask with much smugness he can "Well can't stay long. Duty calls. Open fire" The blue suns do so where everyone goes behind cover. Jacob, Shepard and Ben returns the fire.
"God Dammit. He not getting away this time!" Zaeed was looking around to see if… Zaeed grins. Shepard notices
"Zaeed what are you….." He cut himself off because Zaeed the mad man himself went towards a valve. Ben sees this too and in the many times he has been in factories similar to this, one thing comes to mind when he sees a valve like that.
"oh fuck Zaeed NO!"
"ZAEED YES!"
Jacob was confused "What here doing?"
Ben growled "He blowing up the joint" Both Shepard and Jacob did not have time to react as Zaeed already turn the valve and opens fire on the pipes causing an explosion chain to go off.
Vido growled "You were always a crazy mutt Zaeed." An explosion nearly hit his face. "Come on we getting out of here" He leaves with some of his guard.
Zaeed starts fire more but stop by a hand getting in the way "What the hell Shepard"
"I could ask you the same thing!. What the hell was that!?"
"That was me getting my revenge" He growled back at Shepard.
"Our job to rescue the workers if you can't focus on the mission then…". Jacob cuts in "guys lets just get going before more of the fire spreads."
Shepard and Ben nods. Zaeed grunts. So they move forward seeing dead exploding bodies of blue suns. The floor erupting and the wall breaking. As they make it to the next door behind them they heard a shout. They turn to see a worker on the balcony above.
"Hey, Hey!" A civilian in worker clothes. "Hey my friends are trap in there" Zaeed grunted "If we save those workers we loss Vido. We don't have tim…." As Zaeed was going on about his revenge Ben was contemplating and then he smiled remembering the good old days. Saving people, helping them. With his…
Shepard scowled and was going to screw the loyalty until. "I go" Jacob, Zaeed and Shepard turn to see Ben already gearing up to head into the fire.
"if he wants his petty revenge then let him. I am going to do what I do back home" Zaeed face become red "Petty, PETTY! That bastard…" He was cut off.
"And what is it that you did back home." Jacob ask seeing the sad look on ben face also knowing what ben meant by 'back home'. Shepard sees it too but then Ben smiles a happy one unlike the ones before where his smiles looked sad now he just happy.
"It Hero time" Ben muttered before walking off. Then shouts at the worker on the balcony "Get out of here I rescue your friends" The worker nods and leaves.
"Ben!" Ben turns to see Shepard "Good luck" Ben nods back and heads in the rusted metallic door.
Inside the Ezo foundry- rescuing the hostages.
Ben walks in a fiery blaze storming the foundry destroying everything in Ben sight. Ben walks forward inward to what looks like a valve. He reads the instructions to see it a water system.
"Perfect" Ben muttered He turns the valve and the sprinklers start working. Ben notice they are two other valves. He starts walking forward to get them started and save those workers.
A good 10 minutes has passed and he nearly too the final valve but the fire has been spreading quickly and harshly. Ben heard a beeping noise coming from his Wrist.
"Well they only one form that can handle the heat" A slams the Omnitrix a bright flash of green covers him and here comes "Water Hazard!"
"okay I have a few minutes in this form so I need to be careful." He start by firing pressurise water out of the parms of his crabby red, silver metallic claws pushing himself forward to the final valve.
He gets there turns on the valve. The water start sprinkling down causing the fire to be snuffed out. Ben reaches the civilians that are in a computer room "You guys it clear. Leave now before you get with the crossfire" The civilians nodded and leave stage right. Ben follows behind so he can catch up to Shepard and the gang. He does so with heavy breathing.
He get to a crossroads one heading left, the other heading right but as he made a decision a red light flashes. Ben then collapses and everything goes black.