“Alright, well, since we only have one lead at the moment. Lets go meet Barla Von.” Shepard stated, the rest of the group falling in behind him. “We do you know about him, Lonar?”

“Other than him being a volus and a banker for high-end clients, nothing much Shepard. I was in the dark too about him being a Shadow Broker Agent. Maybe Nihlus knew, but he didn't tell me.” Lonar shrugged.

“That not a lot to go on.” Kaiden replied “For all we know, he could be the right hand of the Shadow Broker itself.” Ashley butted in, but not in a way that everyone thought she would.

“What is that Salarian doing?” she asked. Everyone turn to see a civilian dress Salarian waving his omni-tool over the keeper. Lonar frown, expecting the keeper to exploded, but surprisingly it remain intact, ignoring the Salarian.

“Thats strange.” Lonar whispered, Destiny turn to look at her.

“What's strange?” she asked.

“Keepers usually keep to themselves. We don't know how they work or why they do what they do. All we really know is that they maintain the Citadel and have access to locations we can't get to. Any attempt to scan them resulted in the Keepers blowing themselves up to keep some sort of secret of theirs.” Lonar answered “We don't know why they do that either. There is a law to keep people from interfering with the Keepers due to the amount of mess they cause when the blow up.

“So let me get this straight.” Ashley said. “Your people found the Citadel, found the Keepers, but can only work several functions like the arms or life support. Even after several thousand years, your people don't even know what the true purpose of this place is?” Lonar rubbed her arms, shaking her head. Ashley stared at her before shaking her own head. “You have got to be kidding me. For all you know, this place could be some sort of time bomb, and placed several MILLION aliens in danger!?” She turn her head to Shepard. “You know what, I am SO glad Commander General managed to keep us away from this crazy place. This place sounds more like a pretty trap than anything else.”

“She is right.” Kaiden said. “If we found the Citadel first, I can tell you that Commander General would only allow military and government personal on site. It is only after taking the entire station apart that we would of allowed civilians on board.”

“Probably explains why the Queen doesn't like staying on the station.” Shepard said as he crossed his arms. “She said she hears echos of the past. They are mostly screaming in fear and horror to her. That is why she doesn't visit much, and if she does, she stays on the ship.” Lonar couldn't help but feel dread rushed through her when she heard that.

“Well....” Destiny said, gaining a glare from Ashley, “Maybe we should stop him....before he hurts himself.” Lonar nodded her head before marching up to the Salarian.

“Hey! What are you doing!” she called out to him, startling him and nearly falling on the Keeper.

“W-what! Oh...N-no I wasn't....Nevermind.” he muttered, walking away from the Keeper. He turned to see Lonar and the Equestrians forming up behind her. Lonar raised an eyebrow and was tapping her foot, showing she was waiting for him to speak. “Umm....yes....Is there something you need?”

“Yeah, why are you so interested the Keepers?” Kaiden asked, Lonar nodding her head with the question.

“Keepers? I got the no interest in the Kee-” he started, but was cut off by Ashley.

“Cut the crap, Salarian. We all saw you messing with the damn bug.” Ashley growled, startling the Salarain with her gruff response.

“I....uh...I'm not so sure I should be talking to you about this.” he said nervously while looking around. Shepard stood next to Lonar, a small smile on his face.

“We're just talking.” He said calmly, looking at the Salarain in the eyes. “Is there something wrong with that? My name is Shepard.”

“No...” the Salarian said quietly “I...I guess it couldn't hurt to tell you. My name is Chorban and I'm using a small scanner to gather data on the Keepers. So far, I've been getting mix results. I find it difficult getting near the creatures.”

“They do tend to blow up if you do.” Lonar said dryly, causing Chorban to chuckle somewhat.

“Why are you being so secretive about?” Shepard asked. Chorban rubbed his hands, looking around before answering.

“Technically, we're not suppose to disturb them. I don't think my scanners are disturbing them....but the authorities will probably say otherwise.”

Ashley stared at him. “So....you might get arrested if you try to scan them. But you're scanning out in the open! With dozen of people around. Hell, we saw you and thought it was suspicious and we didn't even know about the law until the Spectre here told us.”

“Heh heh.” Chorban rubbed his hands, “This is one of the first one I found.” Ashley threw her hands up and stalked away, muttering 'All aliens are this stupid?'

“She does have a point.” Kaiden said. “Why do it out in the open?”

“My omni-tool has been malfunctioning lately.” Chorban clarified, “It was suppose to only takes a few moments, but because of the malfunction, I had to get in close and stay close. I like to do it more openly....but like your friend just pointed out, I'll just get arrested as soon as someone notices.”

Lonar looked at him, her mind going back to what she told the group. She mentally nodded her head in agreement to the plan before speaking up. “I'll do it.” Causing everyone to look at her. “I'm not worried about C-Sec.”

“I don't even know who you are?” Chorban said, lifting his hand to his chin, scrutinizing Lonar.

“Lonar Maerum, Council Spectre.” She answered. Chorban's eyes widen.

“A spectre! Oh this is most wonderful. That will work, no one will dare stop a spectre! Here, you will need this. Its the scanning device I developed.” Chorban said, giving Lonar a small scanner. “Connect it into your omni-tool and it will do the rest. Activate it every time you see a Keeper. It will send the data to a database at my lab. I will pay you for every scan you send me.”

“How much?” Lonar asked as she installed the device.

“120 credits for every scanned Keeper.” Chorban said, causing Lonar to stare at him.

“Wow, you must have a lot of credits on you if you can fork over that much for every scan.” Lonar said, causing Chorban to chuckle.

“Yes, well, I did create this scanner from scratch.” Chorban said, tapping his skull, “Put a lot of brain power into it.”

“What are you going to do with the data once you receive enough hard data?” Destiny asked.

“Try to learn whatever I can about the Keepers as a scientist; their DNA, their functions, what makes them tick if you will. Anything all. We know so little about them after all this time, but we see them working everywhere and we don't question it.”

“Come on.” Lonar said, “We got someplace to be anyways.”

“Yes, I have much work myself. So long.” Chorban waved goodbye to the group before leaving, a bounce in his step. Lonar smiled and turn back to the group.

“Okay, lets go.” the group piled into the elevator and headed towards the Presidium.

“Hey Lonar.” Kaiden spoke up to fill the silence, thanks to Destiny shortening out the speakers in the elevator earlier. “I couldn't help but notice that something seemed to be on your mind during meeting.”

“Yeah, what Saren said about receiving Nihlus's reports.” Lonar said, her eyes narrowing as she thought about it. “When a Spectre dies or retires, their reports and notes are placed in a state of limbo of sorts. Senior Spectres go over the reports for several days before being released to the Spectre database for us to pick up and to continue unfinished missions of the decease.”

“Is Saren a Senior Spectre?” Shepard asked.

“Not even close. He has only been a Spectre for about 20 years, he needs at least 50 years before being counted as one, that is at least by Turian standards.” Lonar explained. “The fact the Council seemingly forget that puts me on edge.”

“Do you think they know that rule?” Destiny questioned. Lonar thought about it, then shook her head.

“Probably not. Councilor Valern was primarily an STG member before being elected. Councilor Sparatus has been in the elected by his military, and Councilor Tevos was elected 40 years ago by the Thessia Matriarch Council. They deal with galactic laws while Spectres have their own set of rules.”

“I thought you Spectres were above the law.” Ashley grumbled. Lonar rolled her eyes.

“We are, but we still have to answer to the Council about our actions. If they feel that we screwed up badly or turn rouge, they strip us of our rank and have us arrested and tried. Plus there are some rules we have to follow.” The elevator stopped and they walked out into the Presidium grounds, and right there in front of them was a Keeper. Lonar gave a smile before walking up and scanning the Keeper, which dutifully ignored her as it passed. A minute later she received 120 credits to her account. “The easiest 120 credits I have ever made. Come on, Barla Von is this way.” They followed Lonar as they made their past civilians to get to the destination, scanning Keepers along the way.

“This is it.” Lonar said, showing them the entrance to the Bank.

“Some bank,” Ashley said, “Looks more like a hole in wall than anything else.” Sadly, no one could disagree with her. The bank had a simple sign that said 'Barla Von Banking' and a door. Thats it. Nothing else. Hell, they walked by it earlier today and didn't even notice it.

“Um....its a very nice bank?” Destiny tried to say it normally, but ended up sounding like a question instead. Lonar could only chuckle.

“Barla Von deals with rich clients that like to keep their affairs quiet. He has several offices scatter across the Presidium and has several trade agreements with a dozen companies if I remember correctly. Lets head inside.”

The group walked in, seeing a sparsely furnished office with its single occupant sitting at his desk.

“Ah....Spectre Maerum, it is good to see you....I'm sorry for the loss of your partner.” Barla Von wheezed out.

“Thank you.” Lonar said.

“I see you brought friends....Friends from Equestria-clan....Ah, two very very famous ones at that.....The Sword and Shield...Shepard and Destiny......It is a great honor to welcome the heroes of the Blitz.”

“You have us at a disadvantage here?” Shepard said. Barla Von nodded his head at this response.

“Forgive me, Equestria-Clan...... No doubt Spectre Maerum told you who I am.....But a proper greeting must be made....My name is  Barla Von....my job makes it necessary to keep informed of potential clients and business.....I am a financial adviser to many important clients on the Citadel.....When someone as important as yourselves arrive on the station....I take notice.”

Shepard smiled down at him before speaking. “Not to be blunt or anything Barla. But I heard that you work for the Shadow Broker. I don't suppose he can deal me some info about Saren, could he...she...it?” Shepard got a thoughtful look before shrugging. “We will just go with he for now, makes it easier unless he says otherwise.” Destiny simply facedhoof at Shepard's response.

“Hmm....Rumors of your tact is accurate to say at least, Shepard....But you are right.....I'm an agent of the Shadow Broker....I apologize to you Spectre Lonar for not informing you earlier....But your partner insisted that he will be the one to introduce you to me as such.” Lonar nodded her head at his apology. “As for you Shepard....There is information about Saren that I know of.”

“Nothing is free.” Lonar said, “Especially when dealing with the Shadow Broker. I heard some will either pay a hefty price or do some 'tasks' for him to pay it off.”

“And you be right, Spectre..... Normally this kind of information will cost a small fortune.... But several exceptional circumstances has arisen....So I will give this information for free.” Barla Von stated.

“There's a catch attached to this deal.” Ashley said. “Can we just walk away? I don't feel like being under some shadowy alien's thumb...claw....whatever.”

Barla waved his short arms. “No catch. The Shadow Broker is quite upset with Saren right now......They used to do a lot of business together....Until Saren betrayed him.”

“Is anyone else surprised by this?” Shepard asked. “A renegade Spectre turning on his back on his information broker....something tells me that Saren got something in his hands.”

“You are right Shepard....Saren is not stupid or foolish....The Shadow Broker holds many pieces on the galactic scale....Except in anything in Alliance control, he has his fingers in many jars.....He is a valuable ally to have.....Turning on him doesn't make much sense....unless something huge was at stake. I don't know the details....but the Shadow broker hired a former freelancer to deal with it.....A krogan ex-mercenary.”

“Is that it Mr. Von?” Destiny asked, “There is not much to go on.”

“I just told you that the most famous Spectre in the galaxy has betrayed the Shadow broker......Quite the bargain, considering the price.... Speak with the krogan if you want to know more....I heard he is paying a visit to Citadel Security....If you hurry, you might catch him before he leaves the Academy.”

“Umm.....why is the krogan at C-Sec?” Lonar asked “Unless....”

“Unless the visit was not entirely his choice.….You must speak with him if you want to know more.”

Shepard nodded his head at Barla. “Thank you Barla Von. I hope your business blossoms under your care.”

“Thank you for your kind words.... Have a good day, Shepard.”  Barla Von went back to his work. Shepard and the group walked out of the office.

“Ok. Well....we got another lead, lets head towards C-Sec Academy and find-” A ringing noise interrupted Shepard. Lonar looked down at her omni-tool and smiled. “What is it Lonar?”  

“My sources said they saw Garrus heading towards the Med Clinic on the the Upper Ward.” She said as read the information. “Looks like he found a lead as well.”

“So who do we see first?” Destiny asked. Shepard crossed his arms, thinking before looking at Lonar.

“Lonar, take Destiny with you and go to the C-Sec Academy. They won't question why a Spectre will be there. I will take Kaiden and grumpy here to Med Clinic.” Lonar blinked in surprise.

“You sure Shepard?” Lonar asked. “I mean, I don't mind or anything but shouldn't we stick together?”

“Lonar, you're a Spectre.” Shepard said. “I'm pretty sure you can handle yourself. After all, Nihlus thought you had what it takes to be in the Spectres. Besides, Destiny will be there for you as your back up.” Ashley grumbled something negative, but no one was able to make out what she said. Shepard's eyes harden at Ashley's direction before looking back at Lonar. “Also, I got some things to clear up with the Sergeant before we get to the Clinic.”

“Ok...I'll call you on the comms when we find out more information.” Lonar stated. Shepard nodded his head.

“Good, I will see you later.” Shepard then whirled around, grabbing Ashley by the armor collar and dragged her away, much to her surprise. Lonar sighed before turning towards Destiny.

“Well....lets head to C-Sec.” Destiny smiled and nodded her head.

-Shepard, Kaiden, and Ashley-

Shepard drag Ashley by her collar and unceremoniously threw her into an air car, Shepard and Kaiden piled in after her.

“What the hell was that for?!” Ashley shouted at him.

“What the hell is your deal?” Shepard retorted as he activated the taxi. “This entire time you been nothing more than a black hole sucking anything good around you.”

“Fuck you, Shepard!” Shepard and Kaiden look in surprised as they saw Ashley shed tears before them, but was still glaring daggers at him. “I lost everyone on Eden Prime! My Company! My platoon! Even lost a couple of friends that were getting married! I was suppose to be the Best Women for them! And you know what, the only person who walked away was some stupid little unicorn who wasn't even part of my unit!” She yelled at them.

“You can't blame-” Kaiden started, but Ashley cut him off.

“Yes I can! How is it possibly that she managed to walk away with a little more than a scratch when my entire DIVISION was wiped out!” She growled, “I know how! She ran! She ran like a little foal and never look back!”

“You don't know that, Sergeant.” Shepard said, turning around to look at her. “Destiny doesn't run. She fights and she will retreat when it was necessary. But the attack came from out of nowhere, where was she suppose to retreat to if the enemy was falling out of sky?”

“That doesn't matter! She could of-” Ashley started but was cut off with a slap to the face.

“You are just angry because the attack reminds you too much of your grandfathers own attack and loss.” Shepard said, stunning Ashley into silence. “Ever since then, you have been trying so hard to show that you were not your grandfather. That you would of stayed to the last man if you had to and never gave in. But that is both stupid and foolish! Destiny fought hard against an superior opponent until she was the only one left standing. She rushed off to find others and help them turn the tide, but it was too little too late. The difference between Destiny and your Grandfather is that Destiny tried her damnest to keep going knowing that if she gave up, she would be killed and that would lead to more deaths of innocents. Your Grandfather gave up and surrender to keep civilians safe from harm when the turians showed that they were taking prisoners. He had no idea what was going to happen.” Ashley remain mute, tears falling silently. Shepard sighed. “Look....I'm sorry if I brought up bad memories. But your grandfather is a hero and is not something you should be ashamed of. You can't blame the attack on Destiny when the attackers were a machine race that haven't been seen over 3 centuries. True, she survived it, but she tried to save many others. I doubt you could of done better, Sergeant. Destiny has been trained by Queen Celestia and Commander General, so she knew what she was doing. But some times that isn't enough. Sergeant....Ashley.” Ashley looked up at Shepard “Don't lash out at the survivors, they hold a lot of guilt with them as well.”

“How do you know?” Ashley said quietly.

“Because I think of Mindoir everyday, believing that I shouldn't be alive when someone else should be.” Shepard said as the taxi landed and he got off, followed by Kaiden. Ashley remain in the seat, her thoughts of revenge crashing down and destroyed in her mind. All she had was sadness and despair, horrified by what she was planning to do to Destiny as it finally caught up to her.

“How did you know she was thinking about her family circumstances and that they were connected?” Kaiden whispered. Shepard shrugged.

“I didn't, I took a shot in the dark.” Kaiden's eyes widen at the response. “Lets give her some space.”

Shepard and Kaiden walked up to a balcony view of the Citadel ward. They both could see all the wards from their position. Shepard gave a small whistle at the size. “Never seen it from here before, I never really got a perspective of how large it could be from ground level before.” He commented.

“Big place.” Kaiden said. Shepard chuckled while a voice piped up behind them.

“That's your professional opinion, sir.” Ashley said, causing Kaiden to chuckle and rub his neck in embarrassment.  

“Definitely not your standard space station.” Shepard said, “More like a city than anything else.”

“How many aliens you think stay here, Lieutenant?” Ashley said, trying shake off the sadness from earlier.

“Millions....Must be a nightmare to track people coming and going.”

“Makes Jump zero look like porter john.” Shepard barked out in laughter at that. Ashley smiled at the sound before continuing, “Too bad we don't need to go around building big things as a show of strength.”

“Jump Zero is big....but this is just crazy.” Kaiden said. “I wonder how the arms don't go tearing itself apart just by the rotation alone.”

“Well...at least we Equestrians don't have to worry about it.” Shepard said as he rolled his shoulders. “Knowing my luck, I probably find the 'Enject the Ward arms' button.”

“The horror that is called Shepard.” Kaiden joked “The bringer of chaos....you sure you didn't take lessons from Discord, Shepard?” This caused all of them to laugh.

“Come on, lets head to the Clinic.” Shepard said, Kaiden nodded and walked away, but Shepard caught Ashley's arm. “You feeling better?”

“Yes sir....sorry sir....for being an ass.” Ashley said quietly.  

“Just don't let your emotions rule your thoughts all the time Sergeant.” Shepard said.

“Yes, sir.” She said. Shepard, Kaiden, and Ashley stood before the door to the Clinic before long.

“Uh...so what do we do now?” Ashley asked.

“Hmm....lets head inside. We can ask the doctor to see if they saw Garrus.” Shepard open the door and saw the person they were looking for slinking quietly behind a barrier, staying hidden from a group of armed aliens. They were holding an asari at gun point from the look of it.

“I didn't tell anyone! I swear!” the asari cried, sheer terror in her eyes. A sickly looking turian grinned before leaning in close, causing the asari to shrink away from him.

“That was smart doc. Now if Garrus the super cop comes around, you stay silent. You got that?” The turian grin, before looking over her shoulder to see Shepard waltzing through the door and stared at the scene in the room. “Who the hell are you!?” he yelled as he grabbed the asari as a shield. Shepard couldn't help but mentally gag, there was something up with this room. It felt.....wrong.

“Let her go!” Shepard demanded, out of the corner of his eye he saw Garrus slinking around the pillar. Before he could say a word edge wise, Garrus made his move.

*Blam* the turian's head cocked back from the shot before slumping towards the floor. The asari rushed towards cover. “Stand down. You are surrounded.” Garrus said. Shepard was about to speak before the impossible happen.

“THAT FUCKING HURT!”  The 'down' turian yelled, Garrus jaw dropped as he saw the turian he just shot in the head get back up....with the hole that could be seen through to the other side. “YOU'RE DEAD!”

“GAH! GARRUS, GET THE DOCTOR OUT OF HERE!” Shepard roared, shooting his assault rifle at the undead turian. Ashley threw a grenade before an explosion ripped through them, sending them flying....but not down for the count.

'John!' Shepard jerked his head as he heard Destiny called over the comms. 'Shit...I'm in deep trouble' He thought.

“DESTINY! UH...ITS NOT WHAT IS SOUNDS LIKE!” He yelled as he took cover from a burst of gunfire.

“COMMANDER ON THE RIGHT!” Kaiden shout out to warn Shepard, causing him to turn and let loose a full auto blast on the advancing undead, causing it to scream in anger.

“OK....SO IT DOES SOUND BAD!” Shepard said as he mistakenly imbued his weapon with Fire element. Ashley took note of what he was doing. Her eyes widening before shouting at him.

“COMMANDER NO! DON'T SET IT ON FIRE!” but her warning was too late as Shepard let off several highly flammable rounds to the undead salarian, causing it to screamed in agony and began to rush them....while on fire.

“OH SHIT! CALL YOU BACK DES!” he shouted, trying to cut the comms off.

“OH GOD WHY DID YOU SET IT ON FIRE!” Ashley screamed at him as the Salarian made a beeline to her, causing her fall back while shooting it.

“I'M SORRY!” he called out as he shot at it too. Garrus took the doctor and covered her with his body, letting loose several rounds from his pistol, trying to damage the seemingly undead.

“I THOUGHT YOU SHOOT THEM IN THE HEAD AND THEY DIE! THAT IS WHAT ALL YOUR VIDS SAY!” Garrus shouted out as put several bullets clean through the skull of an undead asari. But all it did was blind her, due to its eyes now being non-existence, as she started to shoot all over the place.

“ITS A VID! DON'T TRUST WHAT A VID SAYS ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS!” Ashley shouted. A few minutes later, the gunfire finally ceased. Garrus looked at shock at the amount of damage they caused just trying to take down 4 arm undead gunmen. Shepard shook his head before looking towards the others.

“Okay...so we got necromancy on the Citadel....am I the only who is concern about this?” Shepard asked, gaining two negative shakes from his team. “Good....I can now officially shit myself and not worry about it.” Garrus walked up to them, trying to shake his shock off.

“Great timing Shepard!” Garru said, pointing at Shepard “Gave me a clear shot at the bastard.”

“Oh yeah thats great and everything. I am glad I could- ARE YOU OUT YOUR FUCKING MIND!” Shepard exploded, causing Garrus to flinch away  from him. “Clear shot! You barely took one look before shooting him with a fucking pistol....free handed by the way! What if you missed?!”

“Uh...there was no time...I only...Doctor Batha are you hurt?” Garrus stuttered out.

“No...no I am fine, thanks to all of you.” Doctor Batha said quietly, checking herself unconsciously for any wounds.

“I know those....things threaten you, but if you tell us who they work for, we can protect you.” Shepard said.

“I should hope so.” Doctor Batha, “They work for Fist...a human that rules these Wards. They wanted to keep me quiet about a quarian, to keep me from telling Garrus.”

Kaiden lean forward. “A human? Here? How come we never heard of him.”

“People are scared of him....you already seen what his...'men' are. If word get to the Alliance about what is going on, he would unleash hell on the station.” Doctor Batha said, fear in her voice.

“Whats this about a Quarian?” Shepard asked.  Doctor Batha sighed nervously before speaking up.

“A few days, a quarian showed up at my clinic. She sustained gunshot wounds, light caliber given the little damage that was done to her. I asked who done this to her, but she wouldn't say. She was scared, but was putting up a brave front. She was on the run for awhile given how undernourished she was. She asked me about the Shadow Broker and how to get in contact with him. She wanted to trade information for safe place to hide.” Doctor Batha said.

“What happen? Who did you send her too?” Kaiden asked.

“I put her in contact with Fist....I really didn't want too. But she was desperate and I could tell that she didn't have many options left.”

“Why this Fist character?” Ashley questioned.

“Other than using me as a puppet or science project if he found out I let go of some potential credits? He was an agent of the Shadow Broker.” Doctor Batha spat. Garrus shook his head.

“Well, Fist doesn't work with the Shadow Broker anymore. Now he works for Saren.”

“Hold up.” Shepard interrupted. “Fist...an Equestrian....is working with Saren....who hates Equestrians? Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?” Kaiden and Ashley agreed that something didn't seem quite right with Doctor Batha just said.

“Normally I would say betraying the Shadow Broker is foolish...but Fist....Fist is far more dangerous than some information broker.” Doctor Batha said. “As for working for Saren. Everyone knows that Fist is greedy, and Saren would of payed him a lot of credits to gain his trust.”

“That Quarian has something Saren wants....something that Saren was willingly betray the Shadow Broker to get.” Garrus mused.

“So this information must have something that proves Saren is a traitor.” Shepard said. “Did the quarian say anything else? About Saren or the Geth?”

“Only that the information had something to do with the Geth.” Doctor Batha said.

“She must be able to link Saren to the Geth.” Garrus deduced. “Its the only reason why Saren would work with an Equestrian and set out a hit on some Quarian. There is no way the Council can ignore this.”

“Time we paid Fist a visit, and rescue the Quarian from him...whoever the hell he is.” Shepard said.

“This is your show Shepard.” Garrus said, “But I want to bring Saren down as much as you do, I'm coming with you.” Shepard took a step back from the turian, crossing his arms.

“Why?” Shepard simply said. Garrus blinked at the question before giving his answer.

“I couldn't find the information I need for my investigation, but I knew what was going on. Saren is a traitor the Council and a disgrace to my people!” Shepard simply stared at him, his cool gaze taking in everything about Garrus.

“No.” he said before turning around and leave. Garrus stood in shock.

“B-But I can help! You seen me in action! I am a good shot.” Garrus argued causing Shepard to turn right back around and get in his face.

“I don't need a good shot, Garrus!” Shepard growled. “What I need is someone with a cool head and even cooler trigger finger. What were you going to do? Hmm? What was your battle plan if we didn't show up? Shoot him in the head? Well that didn't work out so well since he got right back up. One versus 4, Garrus. You would have been killed, I know for certain Doctor Batha would be. It took all 4 of us to bring them down. And if you miraculously survived this encounter, what then? Take on Fist and his undead army? You are hot headed, stupid ass, bone head SHIT FOR BRAINS!” he shouted at him, Garrus shoulder's fell at this, for the first time actually hearing the words for themselves being directed at him instead of brushing them off. “So no Garrus, I don't need a good shot. I need a level headed soldier. Not some hot shot wannabe.”

“Please....I'm sorry.” Garrus said quietly. “I'm....just tired of everything slipping through my fingers when I could of done something.”

“Sometimes that will happen whether you could do something about it or not.” Kaiden said, “Just because there is an easier way, doesn't always mean it is the right one.”

“Exactly. If you are going to join me, then I'm going to need you to tone down that renegade shit. This is a dark path you are treading Garrus. If you keep going down this path, you might end up looking in the mirror one day and see Saren staring back at you.” Shepard said, causing Garrus to stiffen at the implication. “Do you understand?”

“Yes Commander.” Garrus said.

“Good. Now come on, no doubt Destiny running over here to chew my head off. I want to beat her to the punch-” Shepard started before the sound of Med-clinic door opening and in rushed Destiny, Lonar, and a familiar Krogan.

“JOHN! WHAT HAPPEN IN HERE!”

“God damnit...”

-Lonar and Destiny-

A sigh escaped Lonar as she and Destiny walked into the elevator, heading towards the Academy to find the Krogan Freelancer.

“Something wrong?” Destiny asked.

“Just....when we were at the meeting, I received a message stating that they are sending Nihlus's body back to Palaven, to be buried in his families halls. It will start next week. I just.....I want to be there.”

“I see.....Were you and Nihlus close?”

“Yes....I like to think so.” Lonar said, hugging herself somewhat. “Nihlus is....was a good person. We did a lot of things together when I was nominated by him. He taught me all the things to know about being a Spectre, how to be a diplomat when it was needed and when it wasn't, how to function on limited resources, how to keep a cool head when under pressure.” She thought back on how she kissed him, startling the turian into a stupor. “How flustered he can get when someone actually showed some interest in him.” she smiled.

“When was that?” Destiny said, a small blush on her face.

“Oh...about 4 months ago.” She said, unaware of the tears beginning to fall. “Nihlus and myself were in Illium, we just finished taking down a corrupted business asari, who was selling tainted red sand in the district. We ended up staying in her condo.” She gave a sad laughed, a small sob threatening to come free. “We cleaned her condo out, ended up getting wasted....I wrapped myself around him, started calling him all kinds of cute things. How badass his face paintings were....how his voice sounds so sexy....his beautiful green eyes...” She covered her face as she sobbed out loud, finally breaking down after holding it in for so long. She leaned against wall before falling to the ground. “And I will never see or hear him again.” She cried. Destiny pushed the emergency stop on the elevator, which prompted Citadel Control to call the elevator to find out what was wrong. Giving a small white lie on how Spectre Maerum was taking a few minutes to collect her data on a ongoing case before heading to the Academy. They bought it, but said that they will automatically start the elevator in 10 minutes. Destiny figured that was enough time and thanked them.

“Lonar....” Destiny walked up and wrapped her forelegs around the depressed Spectre.

“We....we....we started dating after that....we kept it secret. So no one can use us against the other. No one could know....” She cried. “Look at me....I'm pathetic....I'm an asari crying over a turian...who would of died in the future anyways.....too old to keep living...but me? I will still keep going....”

“Lonar....you're not pathetic. I didn't know Nihlus, but I know for a fact that he wouldn't want you to be like this. He would want you to stand up and fight for him. To fight for his memory. His words and teachings...and his love will always be with you. He accepted your love for him, even if he knew that he would die and you will still keep going, because he knew you would be strong enough to handle it.” Lonar gave a small cough before nodding her head at Destiny statement. She wiped away the tears, determination seeping back into her stature.

“You're right...he wouldn't want me to sit down and cry....He would want me to go after his killer and bring them to justice, so someone else wouldn't go through with the pain.” Destiny nodded her head at Lonar's statement.

“Yeah, exactly.” The elevator jerked and began to move again. Lonar stood up, Destiny smiling up at her.

“Nihlus would want me to stop Saren....and that is exactly what I am going to do!” Destiny gave a small cheer for Lonar, giving the Asari light blush on her cheeks with her one person audience. The elevator sprang open and they walked out....right after Destiny casted a spell to clean up Lonar's face.

The walked around to see dozens of C-Sec officers milling about. Lonar and Destiny looker around trying to figure out where to go and find the krogan.

“You think we are too late?” Destiny asked, but before Lonar could say anything, a irritated voice rose above the crowd.

“Witnesses heard you making threats in Fist's bar. Stay away from him.” An asari officer said, glaring at the krogan. The krogan only chuckled at the asari before him before leaning in close.

“I don't take orders from you....especially some upstart asari whose first reaction was to throw a warp at a person willingly standing down.” The krogan gave a vicious smile, “By the way....that needs some work.” the asari scowl at him, biotics flaring around her. A turian officer walked up behind her and pulled her away.

“This is your only warning Wrex.” The turian said.

“You should warn Fist, I will kill him.” Wrex stated to the officer. The turian shook his head.

“You don't know what you are messing with Wrex. Fist can do a lot of damage, damage we are going to pay for in the end.” the turian said to him.

“I know who Fist is....I know what he is capable of. It was the reason my benefactor elected me to hunt him down. I know what I am getting into.” the turian only shook his head.

“Wrex, keep this up and I will be forced to arrest you.” Wrex only chuckle.

“You can try. I'll be sure to only cause a lot of pain, but no deaths.” Wrex turn to see an asari and a pony standing off to side, staring at him. Wrex turn to the turian before walking towards the two.

“Please Wrex....keep the damage to minimum.” The turian said, dragging the asari with him before she tried to warp him again. Wrex walked up to the two, looking down at the pony before smile came on his face.

“Well, would you look at that, the Shield of Elysuim here on Citadel.” Wrex said, smiling at the pony. She looked up in surprise, recognizing the krogan.

“Urdnot Wrex? What are you doing here?” Destiny said in surprise. Lonar looked at the two.

“You two know each other?” Lonar asked. Destiny turn and nodded to her.

“Yes. Spectre Lonar Maerum, this is Clan Chief Urdnot Wrex, leader of the Krogan Clans.” Destiny said. “I met Wrex several times with Shepard on Infestus, the krogan training grounds.” Wrex nodded his head to Lonar.

“A pleasure to make your acquaintance. Destiny, what are you doing here?” Wrex asked.

“Looking for you apparently.” Destiny said, “What are YOU doing here Wrex? I thought you would be busy with the krogan clans?” Wrex chuckled.

“Staying one place got me getting antsy. Need to roam...if only for a bit. While I was traveling I received a package from the Shadow Broker, he needed a task done and that I was the only one qualified to do it. Can't explain it to you, need to know basis only.” He explained.

Lonar crossed her arms, “Well....Barla Von said we need to talk to you about a certain task.” Wrex's eyes widen.

“Barla Von is a wise man to get you to head in my direction. Surprised though, I figured if Destiny is here, Shepard can't be too far behind. I am afraid to admit though, if he is not here with YOU Destiny, then getting off this station might be beneficial to my continue health.” Lonar turn towards Destiny, but she simply waved her hoof at Lonar, indicating to her to ignore it....for now. “Where is Shepard?”

“He is following a lead....or messing with some buttons he shouldn't be messing with.” Destiny said, her face turn into a frown. “Listen Wrex, we were sent to you for a reason? What is that reason?”

“The Shadow Broker hired me to kill the owner of Chora's Den.” Wrex said. Lonar looked at Wrex's back to see a lot of highly modified Equestrian weapons on his back.

“Is there a reason why you are so loaded to kill some bar owner?” Lonar asked. Wrex looked at Lonar before shaking his head.

“This bar owner's name is Fist. A human.” Destiny looked at him in surprise. “A very dangerous and deadly human. His real name is John Wright.” This earned a gasp from Destiny as she recognized the name. Lonar looked at Destiny for answers.

“John Wright is Omega Level Felon. He is wanted for crimes against sentience, use of extremely dark magic, and a score of other things. Necromancy is his prefer magic and will use it to its fullest. He has been missing for 10 years! He was here on the Citadel the whole time!?” Destiny exclaimed.

“Yes, and he was in the Shadow Broker's pocket.....though I think the Shadow Broker only wanted him due to his strength and magic. From what I gathered, Fist is not the type of person you go to for talks. That dark magic screw around with his mind, messed him up pretty bad. Bad enough that he did something foolish.”

“Betray the Shadow Broker....but for what?” Lonar asked.

“Don't know....all I do know is that a Quarian showed up on the Citadel with some info on Saren. The Quarian was on the run, wanted to trade information for a safe place to hide. Asked around and was directed to Fist. He promised a private meeting with Shadow Broker, instead...he contacted Saren.”

“Wait...what?” Destiny was confused. “But Saren hates Equestrians. Why would he employ an Equestrian, especially one so dangerous.”

“Who knows....probably sucked up to his greedy little bastard's hands because he paid him a small fortune. Probably kill him later. Not like Saren had no choice, the Quarian had evidence connecting him to the Geth.” Wrex said. Lonar and Destiny looked stunned.

“We need to get that evidence!” Lonar said, “We can prove to the Council that Saren is a traitor and that will give us free rein to hunt him down. Where is the Quarian?”

“Last I heard, Fist still had her.” This cause Destiny to moan is despair to this.

“Wait....SHE?! Oh this is bad, this is really really bad!”

“Whats wrong?” Lonar asked.

“Wright had a thing for quarians, female quarians to be specific. He would rape them for days before experimenting on them with necromancy....for their benefits he would say.” Destiny looked sick at the thought, “We need to find her, NOW!”

“Help me take Fist down. Not only would you being doing a service to the Alliance, you will be saving a lot of people on this station.” Wrex said.

“What do you mean Wrex?” Lonar said, as Destiny paced around, concern on her face.

“A lot of people on this station are afraid of Fist.” Wrex said, “ The power he wields have everyone on edge. C-Sec and even several Spectres tried many times to take him down, only for their people to disappear or worse, hung up to warn others not to mess with him. C-Sec tried their best to keep the media from knowing, but everyone knows who is in charge right now....And thats Fist.”

“We need to find Shepard. He will want to know.” Destiny said, anxious to get a move on.

“Where is Shepard anyways?” Wrex said.

“Trying to find a Turian name Garrus Vakarian. He is a C-Sec Detective that was on the Saren case.”

“He was here right before you showed up.” Wrex said, “Said he was follow up on a lead in his investigation....Guess I know what that is now.” Nodding towards Destiny. “He wanted to speak to some doctor at the med-clinic.”

“Okay, let me call Shepard.” Destiny said. She activated her comms, what greeted her was not something she wanted to hear.

“GAH! GARRUS, GET THE DOCTOR OUT OF HERE!” Shepard roared over the sounds of gunfire and explosions. Destiny jerked her head back before adopting a 'I should of known' look.

“John!”

“DESTINY! UH...ITS NOT WHAT IS SOUNDS LIKE!”

“COMMANDER ON THE RIGHT!”  A burst of gunfire echoed out and the sound of something screaming in rage.

“OK....SO IT DOES SOUND BAD!”

“COMMANDER NO! DON'T SET IT ON FIRE!”

“OH SHIT! CALL YOU BACK DES!”

“OH GOD WHY DID YOU SET IT ON FIRE!”

“I'M SORRY!” Before the comm cut out

Destiny stared straight ahead, slowly she walked towards the nearest wall and began to hit her head....hard. Wrex only gave a laugh before reaching down and carry the pony to the nearest aircar.

“Come on, Destiny! Shepard found some fun!”

Lonar and Wrex, who was carrying a frustrated Destiny, rushed towards one of the aircar, piling in before setting the destination for the Upper Wards.

“How much you want to bet that the fighting is done with, but there will be a lot of damage.” Wrex said.

“Thats a fix bet Wrex and you know it.” Destiny said. The aircar landed and they piled out before rushing straight towards the clinic, which was easy given the fact that the entire hallway towards the clinic was cleared when the sounds of gunfire and explosions erupted from the seemingly innocent clinic. Lonar manage to get by the taped off area using her status as Spectre, she told several officers that they will take care of situation. Lonar lead them towards the clinic sliding up to the wall and leaning against it towards the entrance of the clinic.

“I'm not hearing anything?” Lonar said.

“Smell that?” Wrex said, taking a few sniffs.

“I smell burn flesh.” Destiny said. She then frown when she felt tainted magic. “And dark magic. Let me go first.” Lonar and Wrex took a step back allowing Destiny to stand in front of the door. Her horn glowing, she reached up and open the door, and rushed forward. Only to see Shepard and his group standing in a destroyed room with bodies piled in the corner and on fire. Destiny's eye twitched as she saw a goofy grin on his face.

“JOHN! WHAT HAPPEN IN HERE!” She saw Shepard flinch and curse before giving Destiny a fake smile.

“Hi Des!”

“DON'T 'HI DES' ME! WHAT THE HELL HAPPEN?!” She yelled at him. Shepard only rubbed the back of his head, chuckling nervously as Destiny ripped into him. Kaiden and Lonar walked up to each other.

“I take it from the fact that I am seeing the Clan leader of the Krogans standing behind you is that he is the freelancer Barla Von told us about.” Kaiden guessed, Lonar only smiled before pointing behind him and pointing at Garrus, who was staring at the one sided shouting match.

“And you found Detective Garrus....with only lot of property damage in return.” Kaiden gave a small chuckle.

“THIS IS JUST LIKE THAT TIME ON NEW CANTON!”

“That wasn't my fault though!”

“LIAR! THE OFFICERS TOLD ME YOU SHOT THAT TANK WHICH CAUSED THE EXPLOSION!”

“I was trying to stop a thief!”

“BY SHOOTING A PROPANE TANK!?”

“I wasn't aiming at the tank!”

“Um....are we not on a timetable.” Wrex pipped up, causing Destiny blinked before hurrying out the door.

“Quick! We got to rescue a quarian from Fist!” Shepard came up behind followed by everyone else, nearly bowling over a small squad of C-Sec officers. Garrus stood behind for a moment to give them a quick run down, which only consisted of “Threaten doctor, extreme force necessary, going to save quarian.” before he turn the corner.

The group ran down a corridor that was bathed in red light, rushing straight towards Chora's Den. All of them unaware that they just ran pass a cloaked figure hiding  in the corner. The figure watched them run by, eyes briefly widening when it saw humans and a pony in the group. It was tempted to shout and gain their attention, but it died when they ran out of the hall.

“Keelah....That was the Sword of Elysium! I bet they could help...Don't be a bosht'et, Tali. Shepard looked too busy to help you anyways. They looked like they were in a rush.... I wonder where they were going?”

Shepard turn to Wrex as they ran. “Wrex....any particular reason why you are here?”

“Got bored with sitting on my ass.” Wrex bluntly stated. “Decided to wander for a bit. Got called up for a job that I was qualified to do. And you Shepard? Any particular reason why you can't go anywhere with out blowing something up?”

“Hey! I am innocent in all those times. That thief took my limited edition Playbox Gold! I had every right to shoot her!”

“And this time?” Wrex said as they turn onto a walkway over looking the aircar lanes.

“Blame the turian.” Shepard growled. Garrus overheard and his head lowered somewhat at hearing Shepard growl. Suddenly a bullet slammed into his shield, forcing him into cover as dozen more rounds came at him.

“There he is! Stop him!” A Salarian shouted from the other side of the walk way. Lonar sent a singularity, but another Asari sent one of her own at the group, causing them to scurry away from the mini black hole.

“Who the hell are this guys?” Ashley yelled.

“Must be Saren's men.” Kaiden called back, “These guys don't have that sickly look.” The group fired back at their attackers, sending them into cover. Shepard manage to get to the corner of the walkway, with Destiny and Garrus sliding up behind him.

“Destiny, what do we know about this Fist guy?” Shepard shouted while leaning out and releasing a burst from his rifle.

“Fist is a human Omega level Felon. His real name is-hold on.” her horn glowed as she grabbed the floating Garrus before placing him back on the ground. Garrus manage to shoot one of the would be attackers while he was floating with his sniper rifle before he was caught by Destiny. “His name is John Wright. Former employee of Cerberus, part of the experimental department before Discord found out about his side experiments. He had been missing ever since.”

“Wait....John Wright? The guy who unleashed that zombie horde on Benning?” Kaiden said while he unleash a force push on a turian, sending it flying over the guard rail into the darkness below. “Great, so now we know where the undead came from.”

“And he had years to practice.” Ashley grumbled, switching her  rifle to a shotgun before unloading it on the advancing Salarian causing him to slump to the ground, dead. There was a single turian left, who pulled his arm back to throw a grenade, however, just before he could throw it, a single loud shot rang out. The hand of the turian drop to the ground with the grenade still in its grip. The turian stared at where his former hand was before the grenade went off, sending the turian flying into the abyss below. Shepard placed his sniper onto his back, his eyes completely white before blinking, retuning them to their original blue.

Nodding his head in approval at the group before speaking up. “Good work people. Now then....how are we going to do this?” Shepard indicating the closed bar. The group knew that if they rushed in they would be slaughtered given the amount of enemies that was just inside that showed up on radar.

“Destiny, can you teleport inside?” Kaiden asked, but Destiny shook her head.

“I need a clear visual of where I am going. If I tried to do a blind teleport, I might end up in a wall.” Destiny grimaced at the painful death if she tried. Shepard mentally looked at his list of skills, before an idea came to his mind, causing him to smile.

“I got an idea.” he sang.

-Chora's Den-

Inisde the bar, dozen of Fist's men sat and waited for the fools to rush in.

“The moment the Alliance dogs and Spectre comes through, light them up.” the krogan ordered.

“By the spirits, what is that!?” Everyone turn to the door, seeing something spilling through the cracks. Black as tar smoke pour in through the sides and cracks of the door, very little at first before it came at gushing through, slowly spreading across the ground.

“I thought these doors were suppose to be airtight!” A turian said. The smoke continue to pour, reaching their thighs before the smoke finally stopped. For a moment, nothing happen, then the smoke began to gather before rising into  large mound with a face, giving and evil smile before opening its mouth.

“AHH! SHOOT IT!” An asari screamed, everyone turn and open fired on the smoke, but it did absolutely nothing. All of them ignored the door, which was exactly what Shepard wanted.

Shepard's plan was simple as well as ingenious. Destiny would slightly open the door with magic, allowing Shepard to use his Dark Shade spell. From there, he would 'push' the smoke through the cracks before finally manipulating it into something that would cause panic. Which was tricky due to the fact he couldn't see it. Hearing the gun fire roar out caused him to smile and nodded his head.

“Showtime!” Destiny's horn glowed and everyone's armor glowed with several runes on them boosting their armor's integrity and protection. The door opened and in rushed Wrex, his shotgun blasting a salarian who tried to take cover near the door. The smoke 'monster' lost its form due to Shepard releasing the spell, by the time all of Fist's men understood that they were duped, Shepard and his group was already inside with guns blazing.

“SHIT! They are inside!” A turian cried out, before a bullet ripped through his throat, thanks to Garrus's sniper round. The fire fight was onesided. Fist's men were too disorganized, weapons overheated from using it on harmless smoke, and were too panicked to put up much of a fight.

“Hmph.” Wrex said as he kicked over the dead Krogan with the black crest. “Too easy. I figured this would have been harder.”

“Do I really got fucking hold your fucking hands!” A voice pipped over the intercom. “Fine, get up fools. Fight for me!” Sickly green runes spread across the floor and all over the walls.

“Wrex!” Shepard yelled as he took note of the jerking 'dead' bodies “Did you really have to open your mouth!?” Wrex said nothing and only began to shoot the jerking dead bodies. Soon the dozen or so bodies began to lift themselves off the floor. Unlike the other undead they fought earlier, these were simple dumb undead, they screamed in a horrifying voices and began to rush them.

“Form up!” Shepard roared over the screams. Lonar sent out a blast of biotics sending the bodies flying back, only for them to get back up. Kaiden pulled his hand back, small white balls of whirling wind formed on his left hand. He waited until undead were right in his face before unleashing the spell.  The first wave was torn to pieces, bits and pieces of dead  flew everywhere, the spell lost some of its power after several feet, only sending a powerful gust of wind blowing everything else back. Shepard unleashed cold hell with his Ice rounds, freezing the dead before he blast them to pieces. Ashley and Destiny just blasting away with their guns, with Wrex backing them up with his biotics. Lonar cover Garrus with her own biotics with Garrus sniping the dead in the eyes, blinding them and causing them to run off in other directions. Shepard turn to Wrex.

“Wrex! We got this in bag, go grab Fist!” Shepard ordered. Wrex nodded his head and bull rushed pass the dying mob, heading down the hall. Garrus and Lonar finished off the last undead.

“Scoped and dropped.” Garrus cheered, while Lonar only smiled and nodded to him.

“Come on, lets go-” Shepard started before a startled roar echoed out. Everyone turn to the hall Wrex ran through, and saw the big krogan come flying out of the hall and slamming into the bar center, destroying dozens of alcoholic drinks.

“Wrex!”

“Shepard! Watch out!” Wrex croaked out, coughing from the blow he received. Shepard looked to the hall and saw Fist come out, his face a sickly pale color, a frown on his face at the surviving group.

“You're still alive.” He muttered.

“John Wright!” Destiny yelled at him. “By order of the System Alliance, stand down and surrender.”

“Its Fist now.” Fist said, looking at his glowing hand. “And no, I will not surrender.”

“We have you surrounded.” Garrus said, “And out gunned.”

“Oh, but Detective Garrus, I do have you out muscled.” Fist said. “Come my precious. Show these mongrels your fists.” Something groan from behind Fist....something big.

“Oh sweet merciful god.” Ashley whispered.

“You monster....” Kaiden growled.

“By the goddess.” Lonar stared in shock and horror.

“You gone too far, Wright.” Destiny growled.

“By the spirits....” Garrus jaw dropped, staring at thing behind Fist. Shepard only narrowed his eyes at Fist while he was helping Wrex up.

Behind him stood a sowed together monstrosity. Standing slightly taller than a minotaur, it had duck its head before standing tall in front of the group. Faces of various species could be made out on its skin, all of them silently screaming in horror and pain. Its head look like a large beak creature, a closer look and everyone could tell that it was made from turian and krogan skulls. Its hands looked to be made of spines of several asari and its feet made from Krogan's humps.

“You like it?” Fist said. “I call it Megalith. And he will CRUSH YOU!” he threw out his fist and the creature roared before advancing on the creature.

“FIRE!” Shepard roared. Wrex stood up and let loose with his shotgun, but ignored the wounds. Lonar let loose a biotic throw, but it simply brushed it off. Destiny tried to freeze it, but it simply trudge forward without slowing. Everyone fire as it raised its fist high in the air. Ashley's eyes widen before grabbing Kaiden and leap to the side, barely avoiding the fist. The monster screamed, causing everyone to cover their ears. Various holes opened on its body, showing large spikes exiting its body. Shepard's eyes froze for a second before he screamed out to the others.

“TAKE COVER!” as he dove behind an flipped table. The spikes shot out, attached to large tentacles. Everyone barely avoided getting impaled, Shepard's table was destroyed, but it served its purpose. Everyone fired on it, but was barely making an impact on it. Shepard changed his imbued element to fire and let loose. Megalith groan as he caught on fire, but still kept moving. Destiny, seeing that it was having some impact, let loose with fire spells. Lonar passed some inferno rounds to Garrus and began to fire, setting the beast aflame. Shepard groan when he realized that it was taking to long. His spells were useless. The thing had no armor, so that was out. Dark Shade can only protect them for so long before the creature got lucky before it crushed or impaled them. He couldn't risk his elemental form in case Fist got some up his sleeve.

“Okay....lets see if this thing gots a weakness.” Shepard muttered as he activated his Eagle Eye. His blue eyes vanished into a pure white. He saw every thing and everyone at once, as he scrutinized the creature, trying to find a weakness. His eyes saw various things he never wanted to see again, but kept looking. 'Come on....come on....COME ON. GIVE ME SOMETHING DAMN IT!' he mentally roared as his eyes switched to various views. He was about to give up when he saw something on Ultraviolet view that he noticed something extending from its back and heading towards Fist, who was hiding in cover. His eyes widen as he saw Fist hand covered in sickly green, but was slowly twitching it. 'That bastard is controlling it!'  His mind thought, as he pulled out his sniper round before taking aim, completely unaware of the monster's intention of crushing his group was now heading towards him.

“John! Look out!” Destiny cried, but Shepard ignored her, in favor of pulling out his sniper rifle and take aim. Shepard took a deep breath, ignoring the rumbling footsteps as he place his sights on Fist. Shepard waited until Fist popped out a little, but held his fire, he need Fist alive.

“Shepard!” Wrex called out as the creature stood in front of Shepard, raising its arm up high to crush the small human. Shepard calmly watched as Fist brought his hand up as well.

'Gotcha!' Shepard fired and Fist's hand exploded into pieces, causing him to scream in pain. The monster was about to bring its fist down, but froze when the spell connecting it to its master cut out. It stood there, frozen solid.

“Destiny, do your thing!” Shepard called out. Fist scream in rage and his other hand glowed, that was until it blew into pieces as well, causing Fist to fall to the floor in agony. Fist roar before he was frozen in a stasis by Lonar.

“I can't hold this forever. Stasis is not my thing.” Lonar said. Destiny's mane began to float off the her back, and her eyes glowed.

“Everyone stand back!” Destiny called out as she began to pour magic into her spell. Runes began to circle her horn in midair. Her eyes focused on the still creature before unleashing the spell at it. The runes floated away from her horn and hovered above head. The runes flashed once before a firestorm was unleashed. The twister of fire engulfed the creature, causing it to scream but unable to do anything due to Fist being out of commission. After several minutes of screaming did it finally stop, a minute later, the spell ended as well. All that remain of the creature was its charred remains.

Shepard stomped up to the down Necromancer, nodding towards Lonar to release the stasis. A groan escape from Fist mouth before he gasped in pain as Shepard stepped on his bleeding stump. He looked up and glared at Shepard. “Alright...alright I give up!” He growled in pain.

“Where is the quarian you sick fuck.” Shepard said calmly, pointing his pistol at Fist.

“She...argh! She is not here. I have no idea where she is. Thats the truth.” Fist gasped out.

“Well....now thats out of the way.” Wrex said, pumping his shotgun and made his way to Fist. “I got a couple of contracts to complete.” Panic set in as he saw the krogan making his way to him.

“Wait! Waitwaitwait! I don't know where she is NOW, but I do know where she is GOING to be.” he said. “She said she will only deal with the Shadow Broker himself. I let her go because she didn't have the data with her at the time. I promised her a meeting with the Broker and that she will meet up with his men there.”

“Face to face?” Lonar said in surprised. “But the Broker never meets anyone face to face. He always deals in intermediates, agents, and drop off points.”

“No one meets the Broker, not even me.” He coughed, looking more pale due to blood loss. “She didn't know that though. When she shows up, it will be Saren's men waiting for her cute ass.” he smiled a bit. “She is one fine little quaria- ACK!” Shepard step off the stump and onto his neck, his eyes filled with fury.

“Where. Is. That. Meeting.” Shepard punctuated each word by putting more weight on his foot.

“ARGH! Ba-ACK The back alley, by the markets! The ARGH! one just outside the club.” He managed to cry out.

“WHEN.” Shepard growled.

“N-argh Now! Right now!”  Fist coughed. Wrex stomped up and  placed his foot on his chest, causing Fist to cough out loud.

“Because of you, several young krogans went out into the galaxy to test themselves.” Wrex said, his voice soft but held a very dangerous tone. “They were suppose to come back after a years time. Most of them made it here, and sent me a message about you....then the messages stop. And now I know why. So...I am going to solve three problems and get paid for two. The last one is a freebie....for my clan.” He stood up on Fist chest, placing all 800 pounds of angry krogan and armor on his chest. Fist barely managed to yell before his chest caved in, his lungs and heart being crushed by the Krogan. Wrex's head lowered before looking back at Shepard. Shepard nodded his head.

“I will make sure you get compensation Wrex, but first we got a Quarian to save.” Shepard stated. Wrex only nodded his head before following Shepard out of the club.

“I got C-Sec coming in to secure the bar.” Garrus said, before turning to Wrex. “Also got to give you a small reward for taking down Fist.”

-Back Alley-

The Turian and two salarians stood in front of the cloak wearing Quarian. It did nothing to hide her figure, which the turian was checking out. The turian stepped up to the Quarian, looking beneath the hood to only see glowing eyes staring back at him. She stiffen somewhat as he got close to her.

“Well...as long as I am here, might as well ask to make sure the boss isn't coming here for nothing. Did you bring it?” He said.

A soft voice spoke out from underneath the hood. “When is the Shadow Broker suppose to show. Wher is Fist?” The turian gave a quiet chuckle, bring his hand up and brush her hood, attempting to see more than the eyes, but trailed down her arm and caress her hips.

“Don't worry....they will be here. How about you and me get a little more-” he was cut off when she smack his hand away.

“No...The deal is off.” She said softly. The turian growled before reaching for his pistol. However he was shoved away from the quarian. The two Salarians also pulled out their pistols.

“Bitch you are so going to get-” he heard beeping on his chest and look down at his chest to see a grenade stuck to his chest. “Fuck m-*BOOM*” The turians upper body exploded, leaving only a pair of legs. The salarians stood in shock for a moment before aiming their weapons at the single Quarian who armed herself with her shotgun.

“Come on you Bosht'ets. I am not some wea-” She was cut off when two loud cracks were heard.The salarians' head exploded into a fine mess, stunning the quarian into silence. She turn around to find Shepard holding his sniper rifle out, by his side was a turian, also holding a sniper rifle. Tali took a step away from the dead bodies, blinking away the stench of death. “Weakling.” She finished lamely.  She then rounded on the approaching group. “I had it under control!”

“Sure you did.” Garrus pipped up as he placed his sniper rifle onto his back. “A little nick of your suit and you would been convulsing in sickness before long.” he chuckled. He looked to the others to see if they agreed, but all they did was stare at him. The humans only cocked their heads in confusion, Destiny only facedhoof, and Wrex only grumbled about racist and stupid turians. Lonar walked up to him and shook her head.

“Pay attention.” She simply said.

“Are you alright, Miss?” Shepard said.

“I'm fine Commander. Thank you for worrying about little ole me.” She said, pulling back her hood to reveal her face. Garrus's jaw drop again as he saw an unmasked Quarian standing before him. Light purple skin with various markings marked her face. Bright bioluminescence eyes shown brightly in the low light. Silky black hair surrounded her face that only reached her neck.

'By the spirits....she looks like a human!' Garrus thought.

“I knew I couldn't trust Fist!” the quarian exclaimed “That bosht'et! When I get my hands on him-”

“Too late little one.” Wrex said, “I already took care of him....by the way, Tali. Does your father know you are here?”

Tali turn and her eyes widen and she leap at the krogan. “Uncle Wrex! What are you doing here?!”

Wrex let the quarian hang off him, “I asked first.” he grumbling.

“Uncle Wrex?” Shepard asked, but only received a glare from Wrex.

“John, don't you remember meeting the quarian admirals and their families?” Destiny asked. Shepard frown before he nodded his head.

“Tali'Zorah vas Nevos Rannoch.” Shepard said out loud, causing Tali to look at Shepard. “I haven't seen you in...lets see....6 years now. I think you were only 14 at the time.” Tali nodded her head at the information. “What are you doing here?”

“Don't worry Commander. I can look after myself.” Tali said, holding her head up in confidence. She then looked at the down salarians. “But I do appreciate the help....but I got the feeling that there is more to this.”

“Yes.” Destiny said. “We are looking for evidence on Saren.” Tali's eye widen in recognition of the name.

“Then I will be able to help!” she said excitedly, then frown, looking at the scene behind her. “Um...but not here. Somewhere...uh....less bloody.”

“We can take her to the VIP section. We can talk privately there and secure the area....also informed C-Sec of this area too.” Garrus said. “I think your Prime Minster would want to see this evidence anyways.” Shepard nodded and turn to the others.

“Lets move people.”

-VIP Room-

Udina's eye twitched madly. Anderson wonder if it was possible to pull an eyelid muscle. Udina looked like he was trying really hard to make that possible. Given the situation, it understandable.

“I can't believe I let Shepard loose.” Udina said quietly, his fist squeezing tightly, making them white.

“You gave him the blessing to go forward.” Anderson stated.

“I said find proof. NOT TURN THE CITADEL INTO A BLOODY WAR ZONE!”

Speaking of the devil, Shepard walked in, a proud look on his face. Anderson covered his face, unable to hide his smile, but at the same time, ashamed of the fact that Shepard looked awfully proud of his destruction spree. Udina snapped his head towards Shepard and let loose.

“SHEPARD! YOU WALKING WMD! YOU DARE SHOW YOUR FACE NOW! MY LIFE WAS HECTIC BEFORE I GOT ON THIS STATION, BUT NOW MY LIFE IS FILLED WITH REPORTS OF YOU AND YOUR BLOODY ONE MAN WAR!!!” Udina roared, bolts of flames erupting from his body. “FIRE FIGHTS IN WARDS, THE COMPLETE DESTRUCATION OF A FREE MEDICAL CLINIC, AN ALL OUT ASSAULT ON SOME LITTLE BAR, DAMAGES RANGING UP TO THE MILLIONS. I WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD SHEPARD!”  Udina took a breath to continue, but was cut off by Shepard.

“Got the proof.” he simply said.

“I WILL....what?” Udina asked numbly.

“I said I got the proof of Saren's treachery.”

“Shepard if this some sort of sick joke, I am going to-”

“Please Prime Minster.” Tali butted in. “I got the info you need.” Udina turn to Tali, who took off her hood, his mouth form in to a frown before recognition settled in.

“Miss Zorah? What are you doing here?” Udina questioned.

“I'm...uh...on a pilgrimage....sort of.” Tali answered. Udina stared before shaking his head.

“Your father doesn't know you're here, does he?” Udina said as he pinched his nose. Tali began to rub her hands nervously.

“Nooooo....” She said quietly. “But! I got the data for your case against Saren!” Udina crossed his arm, staring hard at Tali.

“How did you even get this data?”  Kaiden asked.

“I heard rumors going around on merchant docks on the outer colonies that there were sightings of geth outside the Veil. I got curious and decided to go hunting.” Tali stated. Udina crossed his arms, glaring at Tali, which caused her to shrink back a little.

“A little fool hardy, don't you think, Miss Zorah.” Udina said, tapping his fingers on his biceps.

“W-w-well I was careful!” She defended herself “I manage to secure a shuttle and track a patrol of geth on an uncharted world in the Terminus system.” Udina's eyes narrowed at her, causing her to stutter a bit. “I-I-I waited for one of them to get separated from the rest before I disable it and removed it memory core.”

“I thought Geth fried their memory cores to kept intel from leaking out?” Lonar asked.

“They do. But since my people created the geth, we can understand their function a bit better than other species. If you are quick, careful, and lucky, small data caches can sometimes be saved. Most of the core was clean, but salvage something from its audio banks. Trust me, this info almost got me killed several times over.”

“Is that so?”

“Its true.” Lonar said, “Both Saren and the Shadow Broker were after Miss Zorah for her data. Saren was trying to kill her so the data couldn't be passed or used against him.”

“Well....” Udina said quietly, “Lets hear it.” Tali nodded to him before bringing up her omni-tool.

'Eden Prime was a major victory. It brought us one step close to finding the conduit.' Saren's voice filled the room.

“That's Saren's voice. We got that son of bitch now!” Anderson cheered. Shepard however looked somewhat worried.

“The hell is a conduit?” Shepard asked.

“Conduit must have something to do with the beacon. Some sort of prothean technology....like a weapon.” Anderson deduced.

“Wait! There is more. Saren wasn't working alone.” Tali spoke up. She continue the recording.

'Eden Prime was a major victory. It brought us one step close to finding the conduit.'

'And one step closer to the return of the Reapers.' a elder woman's voice echoed out of the omni-tool.

“Did anyone else get chills....No...Just me....Just checking.” Shepard mutter out loud. Udina shook his head.

“I don't recognize that voice. The one talking about Reapers.” Udina quietly said and he held his chin in thought.

“The hell is a Reaper?” Shepard asked.

“A new alien we haven't met?” Ashley ventured a guess.

“No. From what I gathered from the surviving geth memory core, the Reapers are a hyper advance machine race that existed 50 thousand years ago. The Reaper hunted the protheans to total extinction before vanishing....at least that is what the geth believed.” Tali said.

“Sounds far fetched...but I will add this data to the report for the Queen. Better to be safe than sorry.” Udina said quietly. Shepard wiped his head, his vision springing back up when he heard about the destruction of the protheans.

“The vision I got from the beacon. I understand it now....more or less.” Shepard said. “I saw protheans getting slaughtered by these...Reapers.”

“The geth revered the Reapers as gods. The pinnacle of non-organic life. And they believe Saren knows how to bring the Reapers back.” Tali stated as she read off the info on her omni-tool

“Ok...stop.” Shepard spoke up. “Machines believe in religion. Normally kill organics that try to enter their space. Saren, an organic, has led the geth into believing he can bring back the Reapers, an advance race of machines that the geth believe in....Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?”

“Your right.” Tali said. “It doesn't make sense. How did Saren manage to make the geth believe he was some sort of prophet....its illogical! The geth would sooner add 1 plus 1 and get a fish as an equation than believe that.” Udina just shook head.

“The Council is just going to eat this up.” Udina said sarcastically.

“Then we don't tell them.” Ashley pipped  up. “We keep this kind of info out of it. They will think that we made it up from just to get Saren kicked off the Spectres.”

“Hmm... True.” Udina muttered.

“Doesn't matter.” Anderson said. “As long as this data proves that Saren is traitor, nothing else matters.”

“The Captain is right.” Udina agreed. “We need to present this to the Council right away.”

“What about the her. The Quarian.” Garrus pipped up, then regretted opening his mouth as soon as Udina, Anderson, Shepard, and Destiny glared at him. He counted the Krogan as well due the feeling of something drilling into his back by hiseyes alone. Lonar only sighed and shook her head. Tali whipped her head towards Garrus.

“My name is Tali, turian.” She growled, she turn her head towards Shepard. “You seen me in the alley, Commander! You seen what I can do. Let me join you!”

“Out of the question.” Udina said. “Your father will kill me if I let you go with Shepard.”

“I'm am not a little girl, Prime Minster!” Tali argued, Udina and Tali both stared at one another, both taking a deep breath before Wrex spoke up.

“I'll watch her.” Wrex said. “Besides... I got the feeling that she will just go out on her own.” Tali nodded her head this statement. “It will be easier this way and safer if she was with me.”

“Why do you want to come?” Kaiden asked.

“Before we joined the Alliance, our pilgrimages used to mean that we were willingly give up on ourselves for the greater good. What does that say about myself if I turn my back on something like this? Saren is a threat to the Alliance, and I happen to like the Alliance very much....oh yeah and the galaxy...but mostly just the Alliance.” Tali stated. Ashley smiled at that.

“She gots heart, Commander” Ashley said, earning a smile from Tali. Shepard turn and nodded his head at Tali.

“I'll take all the help I can get.” Shepard smiled at Tali, earning a small blush from Tali.

“Thanks...you regret this.” she walked up and stood next to Shepard and gave him a beaming smile.

Udina only sighed. “I am going to get an earful from Rael once he finds out.” he muttered. He looked at Anderson and nodded his head. “Anderson and I will get things ready with the Council. I will call you when they are ready. Take this time to ready yourselves.” Udina walked out, followed by Anderson  , who patted Shepard's shoulder as he walked by.

“Keelah....I am so going to get it when Father finds out.” Tali murmured.

“Oh he found out already.” Wrex said.

“What!?” Tali whipped her head towards Wrex. “When?!”

“Ten minutes ago.”

“How did he....You told him!” Tali yelped. “WHY UNCLE WREX!”

“Because Rael and Raan would use me as target practice if didn't.”

“Auntie Raan knows as well!” Tali whimpered. “I'm so dead when I get back!”

“You sure are, pup.”

“Fine! Then I am telling Auntie Bakara that you taking jobs when you should be wandering, not working!”

“WHAT!?” Wrex looked stunned as Tali type quickly on her omni-tool. “NO! COME HERE! STOP TYPING!”

“TOO LATE! ALREADY SENT!” a second later Wrex's omni-tool sprang up. Wrex read the message before slumping against the floor.

“Damn you girl....” Wrex  grumbled as the message from Bakara showed her displeasure to Wrex. “Damn you to lowest pits!”

End of The Quarian

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