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Mass Effect 3: Aftermath	By : Royality Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 3529 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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There was no describing the rage that filled Kaidan’s chest or the tightness that clenched his heart. Pushing the covers aside, he started to search the rest of the bed for any evidence that many have proven that any part of his dream was real. He checked the inside of his own underwear for unusual moisture, but felt nothing outside of a thin layer of sweat from being underneath the blankets. There had to be something, anything, that would incriminate Shiro further in this other than a single strand of damn hair wrapped around his fingers. When nothing could be found, the Biotic gave a forceful pound the mattress that shook the entire metal bed.
The sheets were as clean as they’ve always been, without a spot of dripped sex juice to be seen. Under the pillows that had been recently tossed to the floor, there wasn’t any sign of someone else being in the room either. Not a single extra set of footprints or a piece of clothing had left under the bed either. Standing up straight, Kaidan finally put a hand to his sore forehead and just rubbed. Was he officially losing his mind now? Still, going nuts didn’t explain how this one lone strand ended up around his fingertips. He was fairly certain that he didn’t go to sleep like that and was also pretty damn sure that he made no physical content with Shiro since they met. Kyo was entirely too protective of his stray pet to let anyone even near him and it wasn’t as if Kaidan actually wanted to touch the thing.
“Fuck!”
The Major couldn’t help but curse at himself, still unable to shake off the doubts that what he had dreamt about wasn’t entirely a fantasy. His instincts were stronger and better than that. After getting dressed, he took off to head down a few levels of the ship to the crew area where Shiro and Kyo were supposedly resting as the Normandy made the trip to Rannoch. Down in one of the bunkrooms, Kyo had long since taken off his armor and was on the bottom bunk of one of the beds. There he slept comfortably while curled up around an armful of covers and a pillow in a white t-shirt and red knee-length boxer bottoms. While he did start off at the top bunk, it didn’t take him long to join Shiro underneath it. What was once a peaceful sleep for the first time in a long time, according to the Sergeant’s usual miserable state, was rudely interrupted by Kaidan giving his ass a swift kick.
“Argh!..What? What?!” Kyo rolled over in a half-asleep and thoroughly irritated state while rubbing his eyes to see the Major standing over his body. His messy black hair spiked in various directions as he managed to kick his legs over the bed in an attempt to stand at attention, but only managed to bang his head on the upper bedframe instead. “Ah! FUCK!”
“Where is he?” Kaidan was in obviously no mood for games with his hands shoved deep inside of the N7 hoodie’s pockets.
“He?” Kyo looked to the bed assuming Kaidan meant Shiro, who was no longer curled up next to him. “I don’t know…Think he said something about the bathroom?” Whether or not this was actually true, Kyo was having a hard time remembering between being woken up so suddenly and then promptly shattering his head against a metal beam afterwards. It sounded right though.
“You let him out of your sight? You were supposed to be watching him!” The Biotic then stormed off, leaving the barracks to head across the hall into the men’s restroom. Just as he opened the door, Shiro, wearing nothing but a white bathrobe, came out while drying his long hair. He almost walked directly into Kaidan, but jumped away at the last second. “Showered? Convenient.” Shiro only raised his eyebrows as if he didn’t understand what Kaidan meant. Kyo came out of the room as well a few seconds later, still rubbing the sore spot on his head, before letting out a yawn as he scratched at his own belly underneath the shirt. Giving apparently no mind to his superior, Kyo only smiled to his new friend while still trying to work the sleep out of his eyes.
“Hey Shiro. We were looking for you.” After blinking, the former Cerberus Agent walked around the angry Biotic to inspect the welt on Kyo’s forehead.
“I told you I needed to clean up…” After his curiosity was sated by poking at the bruise and watching Kyo hiss to his own amusement, he then turned to Kaidan. “Did you need something, Alenko?” Kaidan’s eyes only narrowed.
“I need you to answer me honestly and I’m only going to ask this once. Did you go into my room tonight? For any reason at all?” Shiro remained quiet for a moment then shook his head. His wet bangs dripped a bit of water back and forth from it. After removing his hands from his pockets, Kaidan rubbed his face in a short nod before grabbing the robe by the collar. In a quick push, he pinned Shiro to the wall and started to glow with a surge of power. “You know, I’m not mad if you did, but if you’re lying about not going in there, I’ll find out and you and me…we’re going to have a nice short talk about it. I would say that I don’t trust you as far as I can throw you, but I could toss your ass pretty damn far.” Shiro seemed defenseless, at first, but then cracked a smile.
“Do you honestly think you can?” The ex-Agent’s body started to glow as well as a hand moved to grab one of Kaidan’s arms. The Major instantly felt intense pressure followed by a burning sensation just before Kyo managed to jump in between the two of them to push them apart. Shiro’s sinister aura instantly vanished and Kaidan took a step back.
“What the hell, man? What’s wrong with you two? He said he didn’t go in there so just drop it, alright?” Kaidan eyed the Sergeant about to say something but was cut off by Joker over the intercom.
“If you guys are done fighting like a couple of pissed off teenagers, we’re about to close in on Rannoch. Tali’s given us clearance to land.” The three men looked up and gave a unified sigh.
“Roger that, Joker.” Kaidan spoke to acknowledge the conversation as Kyo and Shiro went back to their room to get dressed. Shiro went inside first, ushered in by Kyo who then stopped to speak to the Major.
“You might want to tell the two Quarians downstairs that we’ve made it back to their homeworld. I’m sure they’ll be happy to hear it.” Having seemingly calmed down for the most part, Kaidan gave a nod and turned to head back to the elevator. Kyo went to go back inside the room, shutting down door as Shiro dropped the robe to sit down on the bed in the nude except for the towel he was using to try to get the rest of his hair dry with. The dark-skinned man still seemed pretty irate over Kaidan’s accusations, though if he had anything to say about what just happened, he wasn’t talking. To break the ice, Kyo moved to take the towel from him to help dry the seemingly endless amount of silky white hair, roughing it up pretty good and playfully. Shiro couldn’t help but at least smile about it, especially after the towel was removed and his hair stuck out in various places.
“Thanks?” The one who was dried off wasn’t really sure how to respond to being fluffed up so much, but at least it was dry. Digging into a pocket of the robe that was laid out on the bed, Shiro pulled out a small comb that he salvaged from the bathroom’s storage closet to try to fix what had been done to it. Kyo supposed that Shiro had long hair for a while now and left him alone to fix himself up while he started to put his own heavy armor back on. There was quite a bit of noise as locks pressured, suctioning the pieces of metal to Kyo’s body so it was nice and snug. Afterwards, Kyo played with his omni-tool a bit, recalibrating his shields, both of his body and the oversized one on his arm. He would look up every so often to peek at Shiro’s body, thought it wasn’t entirely out of attraction. The young Sergeant still wasn’t used to seeing such scarring and exposed implants before. They reminded him of ceremonial piercings down Shiro’s spine and other joints.
The dark skin also clashed with the bright white hair and illuminated green eyes, but it wasn’t in such a bad way anymore, he thought. Seeing Shiro awake and moving around on his own, there was finesse to him. A sort of sense of both dignity and pride that maybe only he could see, which is why he felt so compelled to trust him. While he was curious about Shiro’s past, he also had a sneaking suspicion that it also didn’t matter.
“Kyo?”
Snapping out of it, the Paladin looked away embarrassed trying to act as if he was still calibrating his omni-tool. Shiro had long since caught the stares and found them to be quite amusing. “Can you check to see if any of the storage lockers has any light gear? I can’t really function in the heavy suit you put me in.” The pale hair had been pulled up into a tall, dangling ponytail whose tip caressed just underneath the back of Shiro’s neck and he had found some underclothes to put on that sort of looked like a sleeveless catsuit. After giving a nod and minimizing his screen, Kyo went to search the footlockers along the back wall. A few had nothing in them, while others held a bit of trash. He finally checked a large storage locker and found a few sets of armor. Luckily, one of them was a lightweight set of thick material leggings and boots with a jacket-like upper body piece. The helmet was a simple pull over mask with protective goggles and a built-in breathing unit.
“How’s this?” Kyo asked, holding the pieces up as he walked them over. It was a bit long, but that didn’t matter. All these suits self-adjusted after calibrating with omni-tools anyway. Looking it over, Shiro checked for holes and tears before nodding and started to pull it on. It only took him a minute and he tucked the helmet away for when it was needed. The only weapons were assault rifles, one of which Shiro grabbed and popped the thermal clip for reloading.
“I usually don’t use these…but it’s better than nothing. Think Alenko will let me go shopping later?” It was sort of a joke and caused Kyo to sigh.
“Be happy that he lets you even use a gun. Come on, we better get down to the shuttle bay before we get left behind.”
At the bottom of the ship, Kaidan waited by the shuttle door after changing out of his causal gear into his black and white armor set. While he stopped and considered going down there empty handed, his gut warned him to be prepared for any shit that Shiro was sure to pull once they got to the surface. His entire body was still tense from earlier and the throbbing headache brought on by stress against the L2 implant was not helping in the least bit. At first glance, he thought that the footsteps and shadows he saw coming around the corridor was the young Sergeant and his pet, but it turned out to be Liara instead. The facial expression the Major made, however, was still equally disappointing.
“What are you doing here?” It was the first thing that came out of Kaidan’s mouth as Liara walked towards him while adjusting the right glove of her skin-tight body suit.
“What do you mean? I’m coming with you,” she replied in the most obvious manner.
“Why?” The question made the Asari’s nose flare and her eyes narrow.
“Because I’m part of this team, Kaidan. Besides, there may be something I can help with.” There were more footsteps headed his way now as the two young Quarians started to make their way over and were being followed closely behind by both Shiro and Kyo. Kaidan shot another look to Liara, but refused to speak more about it. Instead, he climbed into the shuttle to situate himself in the pilot’s seat. Liara climbed in behind him and soon Kyo was helping the Quarians and Shiro in before climbing aboard himself and securing the shuttle door.
“Ready, Major,” the Sergeant said after taking a seat next to the white-haired Agent and locking in his seatbelt. Shiro idly looked at the wall as if it were a window to avoid the gazes being stared in his direction from both the Quarians and Liara. Even behind their tinted helmets, he could feel their eyes burning towards him. The shuttle launched without a hitch, shaking only briefly as Kaidan left the Normandy to start the descent down to Rannoch. Unlike a car, Kaidan didn’t have a rear-view mirror to eye his passengers, so turned just enough to get Shiro’s attention when he spoke up.
“What exactly are we looking for down there? You said you need some sort of dead Geth technology?” The bright green eyes kept themselves locked onto the wall of the shuttle he sat in the rather cramped area. Letting out a sigh while nodding, he asked the question.
“I need to interact with one of their bases and use a signal booster to get a lock on Shepard’s location. Just because the Geth are no longer online, that doesn’t mean that their machines don’t work anymore…” Leliah chimed in with a knowledgeable, but enthusiastic tone to her muffled voice.
“Yes, that is true. Not all of the Geth ran simple hardware processes. While they did control their own ships, they also created simpler programs to use for lesser tech like AA guns, scanners and other devices. We utilized what was left after they…went dark. It’s very likely that there are several working signal towers still being used that we could modify to boost a tracking device frequency from.” Shiro finally sat up straight then only to shake his head.
“No, I need a more direct interface. Kaidan, you were there when Shepard plugged himself into the Geth consensus, weren’t you? Do you remember those pods that the Geth used as hubs?” Kaidan looked behind himself for just a moment before turning back to the pilot console in front. He tapped in a few adjustments as he nodded. The Ex-Agent moved stand up, grapping a hold of one of the overhead railings. “That’s what I need. My…um…abilities will allow me to interface with their system to get the boost I need, whether there are Geth programs in there or not. With any luck, I can get an exact location of Shepard. Maybe even speak with him directly.” While the last part was mumbled, everyone heard it loud and clear. The shuttle shook heavy as it finally landed on the rocky open terrain of Rannoch and the shuttle door opened.
“Wait, are you saying that you might be able to TALK to Shepard?” Kaidan was now more interested than ever in the statement. Even Liara looked surprised as she unfastened her seatbelt and moved to stand on the desert LZ.
“Are you being serious? How will you be able to accomplish that?” Even the Quarians were impressed, but Kyo had placed himself between Shiro and everyone else.
“Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. He said he might be able to…Let’s just find the place we need to be first.” The Sergeant then nudged his companion out of the shuttle first before hopping down himself. The two Quarians followed and finally Kaidan jumped out. Shiro was immediately regretting his vocal slip and pressed his lips together as he looked into the horizon of the gorgeous golden landscape. It had been years since he had been out on his own and the fresh air felt wonderful against the bare skin of his face. The wind blew sharply through the long white ponytail, causing it to flap like a flag in the wind as Kyo’s short black hair only got wisped around a bit. Kaidan’s brushed back style didn’t seem to move at all, but he still seemed to enjoy the nice breeze.
In the distance, a small land vehicle drove up towards the landing party, parking itself just a few feet away. On the speeder was a male Quarian dressed in red armor with a black face shield. “You guys from the Alliance? Admiral Tali'Zorah informed us that you were coming with a few lost Quarians. Would have bought over the bigger transport if I knew there were so many of you…” Kaidan put on a smile with a raised palm to accept the apology.
“It’s alright. Take the kids down to the compound and we’ll head there on foot.”
“Roger that. Let me upload the coordinates to you for the ruins you requested. They are actually behind you, but you can head to the village to the west if you need to stock up on any supplies first. Without the Geth controlling the old settlement, we just scavenged what we could, but there’s still a lot of junk in there.”
“I thought Quarians weren’t allowed to call anything junk?” teased Liara politely. This caused the older male to laugh behind his helmet.
“It’s not garbage, per say, just a work in progress. The caves are unstable, so blasting it out of the question. We’ve regulated a lot of tech already to rebuilding settlements. You’re clear to use what you need though. It’s the least we can do for Commander Shepard.” The party’s tools lit up as directions were uploaded. Leaving the group first, Shiro headed in the direction of the ruins opposed to the village, but stopped at the edge of the cliff to type away at his screen.
“This seems like a good start. I’ll head there alone if don’t want to come.”
“I’m coming with you,” Kyo’s voice chimed in as he followed Shiro to the cliff’s edge.
“I’m coming as well,” added Liara, which left only Kaidan standing alone after the other Quarians had left. After taking in a deep breath, the Major had quickly found his resolved.
“We’re all going,” he said walking towards the group. “That’s what we’re here for.” Shiro actually smiled at Kaidan, giving an approving nod.
“Let’s take the shortcut down then,” he laughed as he grabbed a very surprised young Singer’s hand. Taking a step back, the younger looking Biotic did a running jump off the steep cliff and took an almost helpless passenger with him.
“Are you fucking nuts?!” screamed the Paladin, who was caught in a free-fall to certain doom, hand-in-hand with his own destroyer. Shiro only laughed as he began to glow blue as their bodies floated briefly before they hit the ground with a thud. Kyo did a rolling bounce once hitting the ground while the other gracefully landed. Looking up, Shiro then gave his best issued challenge face to Kaidan who returned with his best Challenge Accepted look before backing up from the ledge. He then grabbed Liara’s hand, who was only moments away from protesting herself and took the leap of faith.
“I hope you know what you’re doing!” she screamed as they fell together. Liara then surrounded her own body in a glow to slow her fall as Kaidan did the same. They both landed near the younger members of their group. Liara leaned over to hold herself up by bracing her palms against her knees as the Major looked to the cliff, proud with himself that he actually did something so reckless. Shiro laughed heartedly, patting Kaidan on the back.
“I can see why Shepard would like you now. You’re actually good at something.” Kaidan suddenly shot a glare at Shiro for such a comment.
“What the hell would you know about Shepard?” he asked roughly, the blue glow in his hazel eyes intensified. The smile faded from Shiro’s face as he looked away.
“It was a compliment. I was just being general…” Kyo looked to Shiro’s face for a moment than back at Kaidan’s. The little tension that broke seemed to be back again.
“Let’s just…head to the building,” Kyo suggested as he put a hand to his friend’s shoulder to turn him away. Shiro only nodded, heading in the direction that the coordinates led him to as Kaidan and Liara followed behind. Liara then nudged Kaidan, but glared at him when looked at.
“What?” The Major was obviously annoyed and didn’t feel like talking about it. The rest of the walk to the building was mostly in silence with little talking amongst the divided groups of two. There wasn’t any real danger here outside of a few wild animals that had taken up territory since the Quarians avoid the unstable area and the Geth no longer patrolled the skies. Kyo managed to mildly impress with his pistol accuracy and unconventional use of his light shield as a melee weapon. Shiro had stuck to minor Biotic offensives as Kaidan only shielded himself with his powers, but made heavy use of his assault rifle. Liara did little fighting, only shooting some canine-like creature in the head out of annoyance that covered was blocking what seemed to be Quarian writing from before the Morning War. Finally, they arrived at the structure that was entirely way too ginormous for Kyo’s taste with the door seemingly shutdown and locked.
“How the hell are we supposed to get inside of that thing?” he asked, looking to anyone else for an answer. Kaidan seemed to also be a bit taken back as well, attempted to use his omni-tool as a way to find entrance.
“Of course, there are no windows…” the Major finally mumbled, but pointed upwards. “There’s a vent duct up there that we might be able to climb into.”
“No need,” Shiro stated who was already tapping away at his digital screen before taking a step towards the door. With an extended hand, he began to glow again slightly and the once dead door activated as the tool worked its hack. After various echoing mechanical sounds, the door shook the ground as it slid apart to open. Kyo came to Shiro’s side, giving him a sideways smile that made the other man smile back. Kaidan watched, giving a glance to Liara with a head motion for her to follow before walking towards the entryway. The Asari took a moment to gather both her thoughts and courage before following close behind.
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