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Turnabout-	By : Spiritwolf71 Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 7688 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The water had been cold, but not cold enough to bring her to her senses. The drug that had affected her was still running its course and she was fighting the best she could. She swore, for the millionth time that she would kill Tiem. He had told her about the packages and she had thought they were guns, had she known they were drugs she would never have agreed to deliver them.
Of course what bothered her more was her behaviour. She took a deep breath as she splashed more cold water over her face. Her body was trembling but she was not sure if it was from her injuries, the cold or the withdrawal. Either way she was not in any shape to take on Kai Leng. Not that she had any choice, The Ambassador did not accept excuses and he wanted that device and Leng dead.
She stood slowly, holding her bad arm with her good one and sighed. He should have let her kill him that first day. Then she would not be here, on this godforsaken planet, injured, cold and high on some drug.
She also would not have the memory of kissing that Asari.
It was not just the kiss, which she could easily chalk up to the drug, which she could have handled. Hell she would have maybe even played with T’Soni some more. It was the feelings that came with the kiss, not want and desire like one would expect. They were there but they took a back seat to familiarity of the kiss, the feelings that were attached to it, like love. When Liara had pulled her closer, Lissa had wanted to stay in her arms.
It had scared the hell out of her. She, who once taken on and defeated a Krogan Battle Master. She had eliminated the entire Cerberus council, killed the Salarian Dalatrass, and faced down a thresher maw. One kiss from an Asari and she was running.
She began to pace, then decided that walking to where she needed to go would be just as useful. The whole time she walked she thought about the Shadow Broker, it was driving her insane. She should have killed both her and the Turian back on Earth but she had not been able to bring herself to do it. She should have killed her when she spotted her on this planet but instead she kissed her. Even now, she should be focusing on Kai Leng and all she could think of was Liara and just how beautiful she was. She wanted to blame it on the drug but she wasn’t so sure.
“Get a grip.” She mumbled to herself as she paused for a deep breath. “Need to concentrate on the job at hand.” Kai Leng was here and he was hosting that auction over the extranet. She needed to get to that warehouse Teim mentioned and shut it down. She needed to get that device and kill him and then she could forget about Liara and get on with her life. She certainly did not want to fail The Ambassador.
As Lissa came closer to the factory she moved to her stomach as she pulled her black widow from her back. She waited for it to extend before she crawled to the edge of the tall grass. He shoulder almost gave out twice. She should have taken the time to get it fixed properly. There was only so much that medigel could do.
There was a slight decrease to the factory from the edge of the grass and she had a clear view of the front door. Looking through the site she counted three guards outside of the door and at least two shadows inside. She scanned the rest of the front of the building and there were two more guards. Slowly she made her way around the building making sure she counted all of the guards, watching to see where the weakness was. She found it at a loading bay, two guards and no one else to see them or to see that they were gone. That was her way in.
She moved to a secure location and set up, adjusting her sights slightly. She was just over 200 meters away. It was an easy shot but still not one to be reckless with. She balanced herself comfortably on the ground and found the first guard. He was obviously talking to someone on his communicator as he two fingers pressed against his ear. She waited for him to finish his conversation, watching intently.
~No matter what happens, you mean everything to me Liara. ~ Lissa froze as the words simply invaded her mind. Creeping in like an unwelcomed guess and trashing it. She had never spoken those words before, ever, had she? Why did it seem familiar? Why did they crush her heart to think about them?
“What the hell is happening?” She shook her head. T’Soni was a Biotic, maybe she did something to her, something mixed with that damn drug. “She doesn’t mean anything to me.” She looked around to see if perhaps someone was there do some weird voodoo to her. That had happened before with the Vorcha they had some weird rituals with blood and dead animals and curses. Not that she believed in it but she had once killed one of their Shamans after he had splashed a bowl of blood on her and told her she was some evil incarnate.
He had gone on and on about her being possessed and evil and some blight on his people. She had been there to kill the leader of this clan so that another, that Cerberus control, would take his spot. She added the Shaman to the list for free. After all, as far as she was concerned, he had attacked her first.
As she looked back to the guards she noticed that the one that had been talking was now walking away, a cigarette hanging from his lips. She slid her hands over her widow, her right hand slide around the grip holding it firmly her finger not quiet on the trigger. Her left hand tucked under her right elbow in support, the butt of the rifle pressing against her bad shoulder. She lowered her head down slightly and looked into the scope. She moved it only slightly until the cross hair met the target, just above the nose cavity to wear the pituitary gland was house. She breathed in slowly calming her mind and her body and as she did she squeezed the trigger. The body fell to the ground unmoving. He shoulder cried out at her when the rifle bucked, but there was nothing she could do, she had a job to do.
She swung the widow around only slightly and let it fall back down to the tripod and set up in mere second. The second target was not in her cross hairs and he still had no idea that his partner was dead. She aimed quickly took the shot, he fell back, wedging himself between some boxes and the jeep. She reloaded the rifle and let it fold before placing it on her back.
Feeling better at getting something accomplished Lissa cloaked herself and ran for the door, pausing to open it and closed it quietly behind her. She was alone in the hallway, slightly surprised there were no guards here. She leaned against the door for a few moments to reapply the medigel to her shoulder.
~Marriage, old age and a lot of little blue babies. ~ She closed her eyes, has yet, another group of words formed unwanted in her head. She had no idea where they were coming from but they were driving her insane. Not just the words but feelings that surrounded them. She threw her head back against the wall wincing slightly. Maybe she was going insane. That Asari had done something to her and she would have to find out what.
First, she had to find Kai Leng. She moved off down the hallway. Teim had given her the blueprints for the building her omni tool gave her the rest of the information she needed to know. He was two levels down and in an auditorium of some sort. She would go to the floor above and hit him from the rafters. Lissa would only chance a face to face with him if she had to. He was the better fighter of the two of them at the best of time and she was not feeling this was the best of times. She was tired and injured and hallucinating.
She moved through the complex her mind was a blur, she almost fell down the stairs as she unexpectedly revisited the kiss with Liara. She stood as still as she could for a few second. “Jesus Lissa, get a grip.” She whispered to herself. She realised as she found a maintenance door to a cat walk that she was probably going to have to kill the Shadow Broker. First though she had to kill Kai Leng.
Using her cloak again she moved quietly to middle of the walk but did not have a good view. Kai Leng was wondering but because the building was old and parts had fallen down under neglect she had no clear view. She cursed and climbed down the catwalk to the top level of the seats.
“There you are.” She whispered under her breath. She pulled her black widow from her back and quickly brought it to her shoulder. She knelt down to use one of the chairs as cover and support.
He had two computers set up on a table and was talking to someone in a head set, most likely a potential buyer. She looked around for the Phantoms that the ex-Cerberus officer always had with him. She didn’t see them, which worried her. However with Kai Leng in the open not expecting her she had to take the shot.
She lowered her head to the scope and was about to fire when suddenly it dark. She opened her eye as she instinctively moved back. The phantom palm came up and fired. She grabbed her widow and rolled but felt the beam hit grace her hip. “Shit.” She screamed out between clenched teeth, this day was certainly not getting better. She fell to the ground. She folded up the black widow as the Phantom came at her. Lissa cloaked and moved quickly.
She half ran half fell down the stairs as she struggled to pull out her pistol. She hit the main floor as her cloak fell. A second Phantom kicked her in the face as she did. Lissa flipped backwards and hit the Phantom with her incinerate at almost point blank. The thing flailed backwards. She threw a sticky grenade on it and dove out of the way. She saw the Phantom crumble to the ground when the grenade went off.
As she stood back up and turned around, Kai Leng faced her smiling. “I knew you would come.” He said.
“Do we really need to exchange a witty repartee?” Lissa said just wanting to get this whole thing over with. This day just was not getting any better.
“Well, I’m not going to give you the device.” He answered his hand self-consciously when to a pouch tied to his belt.
“I didn’t think so.” She said. A second Phantom appeared but Kai Leng motioned her to stand down.
“I’ll take care of this.” He said. He looked back to Lissa. “You look pretty beat up already, you sure you’re up for this. We could wait a day or two.”
“Shut up.” Lissa said simply and charged at him. The first round of blows went to her, but it took almost everything she had. He ended it though, with a kick to her injured hip. She slid back and fell down. She flipped back up and sideways as he charged in for the finish and they exchanged another round which left Lissa back peddling and blocking his attacks.
The third round she considered a draw as they both finally landed solid blows. She got him in the eye, cracking that stupid face shield he wore and he got her in the jaw. They parted again.
“Just hand over the control device, Kai.” Lissa said.
“Now why would I do that, I’m winning.” The ex-Cerberus officer said. He was playing with her and she wanted to kill him for it. “I like this, can we call this foreplay?”
Lissa grunted and attacked again but she was tired now and he easily moved out of the way, punching her in the jaw again as he did. She dropped to a knee and grabbed her pistol spinning around and fired. At this point she was more concerned about getting the device and getting out, than she was winning this fight. He moved backwards and towards the seats looking for cover. She took that opportunity to charge at him and tackle him to the ground. She began to knee him and hit him with her good arm while she lifted the pouch from him with the other and placed the device on her belt. Now she just needed to get away.
Kai Leng threw Lissa off him and her pistol fell from her hand. She scrambled to her feet as Kai Leng circled her. She held her good arm up, ready to fight. He had not noticed he had lost the device.
“Lissa I have the power. The Ambassador can’t do anything without the device.” Kai Leng said as they circled each other. “Come with me and we can beat him together.”
Like that would ever happen, she thought to herself.
“I’d rather rot in hell.” She hissed at him.
Kai Leng’s smile turned into a scowl. Gripping his sword tightly he launched at the woman. Lissa moved back wards ducking from his blade and using her arm plating to block. She smiled slightly as she moved backwards. She held up a sticky grenade and jammed it into his stomach, then rolled back to the door.
“Good night.” She said and ran as the Phantom suddenly spurred into motion. She left the room and jammed a lock on it before taking off down the hall. She was running out of energy fast but she had to make it. She had the device, The Ambassador would be happy.
She cleared the building and headed towards the tall grass. She just slipped into it when she realized she was being followed. She activated her cloak and hide behind a tree. She watched as two figures ran by after her, or where they thought she was going. A Drell and an Asari, ‘the’ Asari. She cursed, that was the last person she wanted to see. She waited a few seconds before leaving her hiding spot and running after them. They seemed to be heading to her ship.
“Lissa!” came a call from behind her. She turned just as Kai Leng smashed into her and they rolled to the ground. “You didn’t think you’d get away from me that easily.” he said with a smile as he pinned her to the ground. He jammed his hand into her injured shoulder, forcing his thumb to tear away the thin layer of medigel, reopening the wound. She screamed out.
The Phantom and two other soldiers were right behind him and she figured this was the end for her.
She punched at him weakly with her good hand but he knocked it down. “Go get the other two.” Kai Leng said, the three ran off following Liara and her friend. Kai Leng looked down to her.
“That was a nice try, but I believe you have something that belongs to me.” He removed the device from her belt. He then removed her Black Widow and threw it into the grass and did the same for her pistol. “Well, foreplay is over. Give The Ambassador my regards. We all know how much he loves failure.” He said and kissed her. She struggled to push him off but no longer had enough strength. He laughed and stood up, leaving her there.
“I don’t think we will meet again. If we do, I won’t be as nice.” He said, with little warning his arm went up, his sword in his hand. It came down into her shoulder and pinned her to the ground. He then turned and walked away.
Lissa closed her eyes as she fought to focus reaching for the sword barely reaching the handle. She looked to see Kai Leng disappear into the factory. She was running out of energy fast. She looked back to where the Phantom and guard had run after T’Soni and the Drell. She pulled at the sword, screaming loudly as it ripped out of her shoulder. It fell to the ground and she rolled to her stomach breathing heavy trying to block out the pain.
“Get up.” She told herself. “Get off your ass.”
Slowly and painfully she pulled herself up. She looked from the factory to where the Shadow Broker had run off. She had to get that device back. She stumbled to her weapon and placed them on her back she held Kai Leng’s sword in her hand, and looked back to the factory. The Ambassador would be unhappy if she did not come back with the device, but T’Soni and company had two mercenaries and a Phantom after them. She needed to get that device off Leng.
However she looked back to the faint trail and simply stood for a long moment. Every logical thought in her head told her to go for the device. She surprised even herself when she started moving down the trail to find the group that was going to kill the Asari.
She thankfully did not have to go far before she heard the fighting. She cloaked and came behind the mercenaries. The Phantom had engaged Liara and the Drell.
“We got them now.” One of the Mercenaries said. Lissa placed her pistol against his head and fired as she came out of cloak, a quick turn and a squeeze of the trigger took out the second mercenary. She moved forward walking purposely firing at the Phantom. It charged back, twisting and turning annoyingly like they did. She hated the Phantoms. When it stopped in front of her she jammed Kai Leng’s sword into its stomach. It bent over slightly then looked up to her. She placed her pistol against its head and fired feeling warm blood splatter over her face. The Phantom slid down to the ground.
As Liara approached her she brought the pistol back up.
“Cayle.” Liara said. Lissa looked at her for a long time; she was now struggling with consciousness as the adrenaline slowly seeped out of her system. She could barely hold the pistol up.
“I’ve had enough of this place.” She said as she fell to her knees, dropping the gun. Liara ran over to her and caught her before she could hit the ground.
“I got you.” She heard the Asari say before she completely lost consciousness.
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