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Mass Effect: The Helldiver Saga, Alpha Origins	By : Veyron722skyhook Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 6173 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Firstly, can I just say how sorry I really am that you all had to wait so long for this. I didn't have this fully planned out at the time, I ran into delays and I lost motivation for a time. Fortunately, a little push got me back into gear and I finally finished this.

Once again, I'm very sorry about the delay. Thank you all for being so patient and I will make sure to make it up to you with the next chapter. Should go much smoother since I have basic plans for the next few compare dot this one where I at first didn't quite know how it was gonna go.

Hope you enjoy. Did the best I could without rushing it. This where we meet everyone else. I know some people have been excited for it, so hopefully it's been worth the wait.

YEAR 1, The Formation of Alpha

2173: 1 month after the battle of Elysium

15 Years Before the Battle of Arkadia

"1 month was all it took for everything for change. I was about to meet future legends and begin a 10 year long journey that when I came back from, I knew I would never be the same..."

Chapter 2

The Alpha Dogs

Sunlight shone through the massive windows of the council chambers. Several high conjoined podiums stuck out of the floor on the far end. In each one, sat an alien form. The Arkane Council.

The Arkanes were a somewhat strange race compared to the many other species out there. They were humanoid of course and walked upright, but that was about it.

They were rather tall and very thin, almost looking insect like. With very black skin and faces that did in a way resemble Mantis' they certainly stood out as the only sentient race in the universe that was insect like. There was the Rachni race, but they went extinct long ago.

Some of them even had slightly different shaped head crests. Some big, some small, some even differently coloured.

All the Arkanes here right now were dressed in finely coloured robes to denote their position on the Council. They were the governing the force of the Arkanes and also not just the true leaders of the Helldiver, but also their creators.

Years ago when their kind had discovered ancient technology that predated even that of the mysterious Protheans found by other races, it had changed their way of life forever. Now they were the most technologically and smartest race in the galaxy. Their greatest creation, the Helldiver was that they were best known for. Famous to some, infamous to others.

Right now, the Council had called a meeting to discuss a new matter that had come to their attention. They were planning to commission a new Helldiver Squad, but there was some debate other this one due to a new idea that had been suggested at one point and had prove quite popular among some of them.

"It is hardly tradition, Councillor Avaritia." said one of them. "It has simply been done for so long to prevent complications."

The Arakne that this speech had been directed at, Avaritia was quick to respond.

"Nevertheless, it has been something we have down for many years now. To change it may have dire repercussions." she said, her voice sounding a tiny bit arrogant and high pitched.

"Or could open the doors to many new possibilities." said another female Councillor. This was Councillor Tarnack.

Each Councillor member went by the name of the star cluster in Arkane territory they were in charge of. They only used their real names after or if they resigned.

The one that Tarnack was sat next to remained silent as he listened. Unlike the others, he worse slightly darker robes. His skin was also darker and his seat towered an extra few inches or so above the others. Councillor Spartan was in charge of the Spartan cluster, which Arkadia resided in. Naturally he was the head of the Council and often the final decisions or verdicts fell to him.

"We have trained or soldiers to look past their differences and work together. This would be nothing new to them, just different." said another Councillor.

"In the short run, yes. But the long run is another story entirely." said another Councillor who was on Avaritia's side.

After a few more gentle arguments and debate, Councillor Spartan finally sat up straight and spoke.

"I believe that if this squad is to be the first of it's kind, it should not just be special because it the first, it also would be ideal to use special members. This is to be the first multi species Helldiver Squad, so therefore it should use the very best that each species has to offer." he said, his deep commanding voice echoing through the hall.

"I concur with Spartan." said Tarnack.

"As do I." said another.

"I."

"I too."

Even Avaritia did seem to be more inclined to reaffirm her arguments in light of this.

"It seems fair." she said finally.

"Then it is decided." said Spartan.

"What shall we call this squad? Should they have a special name too?" a Councillor ask.

"Indeed." Spartan agreed. "They will consist of the very best of each of their kind. They will be, as the human saying is, The Alpha Dogs of the Helldivers. Therefore it easy to think of the right name for them."

A month now had passed since Elysium, the events of which had come to be known as the Skyllian Blitz. Already, Austin had found himself bombarded by attention. Reporters, journalists, the Arkane Council, hundreds of people had wanted to congratulate him for his heroism on Elysium.

True some of it had been a bit much, but there were some good points. Above all, were two in-particular he was immensely proud of. He'd been made a part of the Alliance's N7 program, something he was most happy with and the Arkanes had provided their own reward by promoting him to Commander. Austin now reckoned it was only a matter of time before he was either given his own squad or put into one. Either way, he was quite certain that soon he'd be fighting alongside and serving with people he'd be sticking with in the long term. By no means was he reclusive, it was only when it came to Allaince marines who wanted his autograph that he went all silent and mysterious. Other Helldivers however, he was very open to.

And of course there was one final little reward he'd got for saving Elysium, and that reward was lying next to him. Just yesterday he'd been in Arkadia's bar when he'd met a rather pretty female Turian. She had recognised him and eventually had invited him to her place for some... well, it was easy to guess.

Austin managed a yawn as he sat up. He looked at the still sleeping form of the naked female Turian. He simply sighed happily and shook his head. He always was a bit of a ladies man, but this was probably the first time he'd ever bedded a female alien. He had a to say, it was different... but by no means bad.

As he considered whether to have a lie in and wait for her to wake up, then pick up from last night, or whether to get showered and dressed, his omni tool then indicated he'd received a message. As he accessed it, his eyes widened in surprise.

It was an order from the Arkanes, and it told probably some of the best news he'd heard yet. Later today, he was to meet with a newly assembled squad that he'd be part of... and he would be the leader.

Austin almost didn't know what to say. He'd long been anticipating this and he looked forward to meeting the people he'd be working alongside for the supposedly the rest of his career. When he read the list of names though, he became somewhat surprised. Some of these humans were human, but others were aliens. He'd be commanding a multi species squad.

His sudden thoughts on the matter though were interrupted when the female Turian lying next to him, Telrass her name was if he remembered correctly, stirred and gently opened her eyes.

"Morning." Austin smiled.

"Morning yourself." Telrass yawned. "Spirits, that was quite a night. Thank you."

"I should be thanking you. Technically your the first alien woman I've bedded." said Austin as he pulled the covers back and sat on the edge. He had a choice, he could either say goodbye now and leave or stay. After all, he wasn't due to meet his new team for another few hours. He had plenty of time to kill.

"You're not leaving already are you?" Telrass asked.

"New orders. I'm meeting my new squad today." said Austin.

"I can understand, but do you have to go right now?" Telrass asked, a hint of seductiveness in her voice as she put her three taloned hand on his shoulder.

Austin slowly turned and looked at her, a smile on his face.

"No... not yet." he smiled.

He then suddenly pushed Telrass back onto the bed and locked his lips with hers, or at least her own kind's version of lips. Telrass immediately wrapped her arms around him and pulled him in tightly as she welcomed the kiss.

"Mmmm, good. I wasn't done with you either." she managed to say in-between kisses.

Austin began to massage the light mounds on her chest which were her species equivalent of breasts. To the untrained eye they would look like part of the exterior. To those who knew a fair amount about alien anatomy, like Helldivers, however, they stood out more.

True it had taken a bit of time for Austin to get used to the Turian female's rough exterior, different body shape to that of a human women's, and even the mandibles. Not to mention he had to be careful of her sharp teeth. When he had got used to it though, the sex with her was as good as it was a with a human female.

As Austin gently massaged her breasts, Telrass gently gripped his back with her talons. Austin had advised her to not scratch him. He didn't mind having scars, but he had a feeling that some clever people might notice they were like love bites.

Soon, Telrass felt something familiar poking the inside of her thighs. She temporarily brook the kiss and looked down at Austin's now hardened shaft. At 10 inches, he put some Turian males to shame. She simply smiled and Austin got the message. Very gently, he pushed inside of her until he was fully sheathed.

"Spirits!" Telrass moaned, her talons digging a tiny bit deeper into his back.

"Impressive. You're still just as tight as last night." Austin grunted as he pulled back then thrust forward again.

Telrass then suddenly flipped them over so that she was now on top and began riding him as he continued thrusting into her. She still felt different to that of a human female, but Austin was able to look past that given how pleasurable this was for both of them.

The next hour or so was filled with nothing but gentle sex. When the two finally finished they were practically spent.

Austin decided to let Telrass get some extra sleep while he washed up and prepared to leave, which he would need to do soon.

Having finished showering, Austin only had to shave now. As Austin worked on moving the razor over his face though, he suddenly stopped just before he was about to reach the bit around the mouth. A thought occurred to him.

Ever since he'd been promoted to Commander he'd often thought about possibly growing some of his facial hair out. At the same time though he didn't want a complete stubble, otherwise some might mistake him for his father. Then he remembered a particular style he'd once seen before. If he recalled correctly, it was called a French cut.

Very carefully, he shaved off all the facial hair, but left the bit around the mouth and on the chin. He decided he'd let that grow for a while and see how it went. There was a tiny gap here and there because of some of his scars, but that did nothing to diminish the look. In fact it actually added to it. In some ways, it made him look a bit older.

Finally as he finished washing off all the foam, he admired his handiwork. Overall, he felt it was quite good.

As he finished and dressing and now worked on getting his armour on, he heard Telrass moan slightly and gently sit up in the bed.

"Leaving already?" she yawned.

"Duty calls." said Austin.

"Will I ever say you again?" Telrass asked.

"I don't know." Austin replied as he picked his helmet up. "Very likely, you won't."

"I understand. Well, that what it's worth, it was fun to spend the night with you. At least I'll forever remember I got to sleep with The Commander Shepard." Telrass smiled.

"Same here. Take care of yourself, Telrass."

"Spirits be with you, Shepard."

The meeting point for the new squad was an empty hanger bay. As Austin arrived, he noticed he appeared to be the first one here.

The silent solitude though only lasted for about a minute or so before Austin suddenly noticed another figure approaching. To his surprise, the Helldiver appeared to be on what was unmistakably a high tech skateboard. The Helldiver himself appeared to have an armour configuration that was blue with occasional white stripes.

He was also thinner than traditional Helldiver soldiers as well as being lightly equipped. It was unmistakable that this one was a scout.

The skateboarding scout at first remained oblivious to him and performed several wild stunts with his skateboard before he finally slowed to stop, stepped off the board, and with a simply stamp of his foot caught it in his hand as it flew up.

"Not late, am I?" he asked, his voice clearly American if his accent was right.

"Well, so far we're the only ones here." Austin replied.

"And you are?" the Scout asked.

"Shepard. Commander Austin Shepard." Austin replied.

"So… the reports were accurate when they mentioned your name." said the Scout impressively. He then introduced himself. "Dashiell Torres. But you can call me Dash."

The two Helldivers shook hands. Before their conversation could continue though, a Helldiver dropship gently touched down and dropped off another Helldiver. Closer inspection showed that she was a Quarian and an engineer by the looks of it.

"Hmm, nice legs, girl." Said Dash admirably. "What time do they open?"

Dash's reply however was met when the Quarian drew a gun on him and pointed it right at his head. Almost immediately, the Scout got the message and stopped.

"They open the same time I pull this trigger." The Quarian replied calmly. "Want me to open them?"

At that moment, two more Helldivers entered. A Krogan, and an Asari.

"I told you the Quarian had a quad." The Krogan laughed to the Asari.

"Quarian, Asari, and Krogan? Are you sure we're in the right place?" Dash asked, now rather confused by the sudden appearance of these aliens.

"There's no mistake. We've all been selected for whatever this is." Said another voice.

A human female Helldiver then appeared as well. Like Dash, she sounded American, but she had the unmistakable traces of a Russian accent as well.

"Aw, hell no." Dash smiled, recognizing an old acquaintance of his. "They must've really scraped the bottom of the barrel."

"I guess they did since you're here." The woman replied.

"Been a while, Sandra. You look well." Said Dash.

"As do you." Sandra replied. She then looked at all the others. "Curious. I've never known Helldiver squads to be multi species."

"I guess we're the first." Said Austin.

An arrow then suddenly hit near to where everyone was standing. Attached to the arrow was a rope. Within just a few seconds a Turian Helldiver holding a bow slid down the rope until he landed on the ground.

"Now that's an entrance." He said.

"Show off." Said the Quarian, somewhat unimpressed.

"Well, seeing as how we're all here now, I guess introductions are in order?" Austin suggested.

Dash was the first to speak before the others.

"Dashiell Torres, but you can call me Dash." He said.

Simply shrugging, the others soon joined in.

First the Asari.

"Alaara T'onrak."

Then the Krogan.

"Urdnot Kraan."

Then the Turian.

"Ventra Prarken."

Followed by the woman.

"Sandra Whyte."

The Quarian.

"Leena Vas Penthra."

And finally Austin.

"Austin Shepard."

The mention of his name sparked some surprised expressions from the others.

"Shepard? As in Commander Shepard?" Sandra asked in surprise.

"I've heard about you. You're one of the General's kids, right?" said Alaara.

"That'd be one way of putting it. Yes." said Austin.

"Well at least now we know who's in charge." said Leena.

"Still don't fully understand why this squad isn't all one species like all the others." said Dash.

"Because we said so." said a voice.

To everyone's surprise, Councillor Spartan suddenly walked out of the shadows. Everyone immediately saluted.

"At ease, soldiers." he said. "You are correct that the move to have a multi species Helldiver squad is unheard of, but things are changing. As our numbers and army grow we take in more and more different species. The Council has ultimately decided that if we are to keep excelling in our battle against Batarian slavers and any who seek to upset the balance of order, we need game changers."

"Why us though?" Alaara asked.

"For now, this squad is an experiment." said Spartan. "It will tell us if Helldivers from other species can indeed work together in the long term."

"What happens if we can't?" Leena asked, pretty sure she already knew the answer.

"Simple. You'll be disbanded." Spartan replied.

All of the Helldivers cast looks at one another. Some of concern, some of enthusiasm.

"So... where do we start?" Dash asked, finally breaking the silence.

"You're being deployed to a recently discovered slaver colony. Objective is simple, rescue the slaves, eliminate the Batarians and leave evidence you were there." said Spartan.

"Sounds simple enough." said Austin.

"Easy for you to say. You proved yourself during the Skyllian Blitz. Certainly for you at least it'll be a peace of cake." said Sandra.

"And it'll give him a chance to asses all of you and judge for himself who is fit to be this squad's lieutenant." Spartan added.

There was a faint murmur among the others.

"When do we begin then?" Austin asked.

"You leave in a few hours." Spartan replied. He then took something out from under his robe and presented it tot he squad. He appears to be carrying several forearm armour plates, each one with a matching symbol on it. "As you all know, every Helldiver squad has their own designation."

"And our squad name?" Austin asked as he took one and fitted it to his armour. The others ono followed. Some seemed a little more reluctant, but eventually fitted the armour.

The symbol appeared to be an Arkane symbol of some kind. It was one they didn't completely recognise.

"You are the best each species has to offer. I believe you humans have a term for that. "Alpha Dogs." So there is only one obvious name for you all... Alpha Squad."

"Catchy." said Dash.

The ton aboard the Hellhound dropship was rather quiet as Alpha awaited the drop. Some appeared to be occupying their time by either checking their armour or weapons while others simply sat in silence. Kraan even looked like he might have dozed off.

Austin could not deny he was a little nervous about all this. By no means was this his first time in command, but that was with Alliance soldiers. Now he was working alongside other Helldivers who were easily equal to him. Plus, if this mission did succeed he'd be working alongside them for a very long time. Right now, he knew very little about them and only knew what he'd read from their files. Plus, they all seemed a bit reclusive towards each other. Hardly unexpected though, most of them had just met.

Still, he did at least know a few things about each one. Having been given dossiers for them, he did know what their specialties were.

Kraan would be Alpha's Heavy weapons expert.

Alaara had specialties in biotics and she had immensely good fighting skills in hand to hand, even for a Helldiver.

Sandra specialised in field comms, enabling her to hack into any forms of communication, including the enemies even if they used different channels or networks.

Leena was a tech specialist, hardly surprising since she was a Quarian. They often were a very techy race.

Ventra had skills in both snipers and archery. Almost any squad had someone like this.

Dash as Austin already knew was a scout. He'd also had a speed boost fitted into his armour allowing him to run at practically cheetah speeds.

Overall, a pretty good set of skills for a squad like this.

For a long moment, the trip was nothing but silent until Alaara suddenly spoke to Sandra.

"Say, Cutie. You… doing anything later tonight?" she asked, undeniably in one of the most seductive voices ever heard.

"No. Why?" Sandra replied.

"Well, I was just wondering..." said Alaara suggestively. "Maybe you wanna... get a drink or something?"

Sandra couldn't help but chuckle a bit.

"I admire your confidence in trying to flirt with me." she said. "But you can turn off the charm. I'm afraid I'm immune."

Alaara looked momentarily surprised. No one had ever resisted her like that before. Anyone else would've surely jumped at the chance to get a drink and probably "coffee" with a hot and sexy Asari like herself.

Keeping her calm, Alaara tried to improvise.

"Oh you're not the first to say that." she said.

Sandra though it seemed wasn't fooled and went back to checking incoming comms from the Batarian base.

"Okay. You're loss." Alaara shrugged.

"So how's this mission gonna go?" Dash asked, changing the subject as he spoke to Austin who was sharpening Excalibur.

"Far as I'm concerned, by the book." Austin replied. "We do our job, and no one tries to be a hero."

"Interesting hearing that coming from you." said Dash.

"Was that an insult, private?" said Austin, rather sternly and so seriously that Dash's response was practically instantanious.

"No, Sir. I meant that as a compliment." he said.

"Good. Rather we didn't start out first mission with inserbordination." said Austin. He then addressed everyone. "We may not fully trust each other yet, but we're gonna have to put that aside. The mission comes first. You all know that."

Alpha simply gave an unenthusiastic nod. Austin had to a admit this wouldn't be easy. Being in command of a one species squad was one thing, to be in command of many different races that each thought differently, acted differently and responded differently was another matter. That and he still lacked experience with this sort of thing. True he could command, but he still had no idea if he was good at it.

Soon the drop ship's pilot alerted them they were approaching the drop point and everyone stoop up. Those that had had their helmets off earlier quickly put them on.

"Everyone form up once we clear the gunship." said Austin over the howling of the wind as the back ramp slowly lowered.

Finally the green light came on giving everyone the all clear and Alpha leapt front eh gunship. Dash was the second last one out and did his jump in more of stylish way than the proper way.

"Geronimo!" he cheered.

Austin simply sighed as he readied for his jump.

"Here goes nothing."

The Helldiver almost immediately felt the wind resistance again him as he plummeted from the ramp, quickly catching up to everyone as they too skydived. Dash was even showing off even more and pretending to relax whilst in midair.

"This is awesome!" he yelled into his comm.

"Wake me when this is over." said Kraan boringly.

"See you guys at the LZ." said Austin, trying to still keep the tone serious.

Soon the ground came into view and everyone braced for the impact. As everyone alined, they created massive craters from the heavy impact. Only Dash was an exception, partly because he was the lightest of the group, but mostly because he was facing the wrong way up and he ended up crashing in tot he ground and burying his upper half. His legs stuck out of the ground and started kicking wildly while some loud mumbles came from under the ground.

"Heh, now that's funny." Kraan laughed.

"Can someone pull him out?" Austin sighed. Not the best start to the first mission.

Both Leena and Kraan grabbed onto Dash's legs and, with a bit of effort, managed to pull him out.

"You okay?" Sandra asked.

"I just got half buried in the ground with only my legs sticking out. How do you think I feel?!" Dash answered. "That was awesome."

"Save the celebrations for after we've done our job." said Austin seriously.

The whole squad remained silent as they made their long journey towards the base. Despite it being a clear night, the darkness offered them plenty of cover.

Pretty soon, their target was in sight.

"Oh hell." Austin sighed. "This'll be tricker than I thought.

The whole base was a lot larger than anticipated. Worse still there were snipers and sentries and spotlights all over the place. Getting in without being seen would not be easy.

"If only we had that new cloaking technology now." Austin thought to himself.

Recently the Arkanes were working on a brand new technology for the Helldivers that allowed them to mostly turn invisible. At the moment though it wasn't' ready.

"So what do we do?" Alaara asked as she and the others took cover.

"I'm thinking, I'm thinking." said Austin.

He took another glance at the base. First thing they needed to do was survey the compound more and plan out their tactics.

"Dash, you're the fastest of us. Sneak in survey the area." he said.

"Surely you can't be serious… sir?" said Dash in shock.

"I am serious, and don't call me Shirley." said Austin.

Dash groaned. Reluctantly, the scout sped off and into the camp. He was able to move from cover to cover just fast enough that none of the Batarians or the spotlights saw him.

"Lot of guards, too many lights and shit load of guns." he said through the comm. "There's no way we can get in here without storming the gates."

"And we're not equipped for gate storming." said Kraan.

Once again, Austin took the time to think for a minute. True they could try to storm the gates, but the Batarians would call in reinforcements, then they'd be in real trouble.

If comms were cut however...

"Sandra, can you jam their comms?" he asked.

"Not without direct access to their central hub." Sandra sighed.

So that was comms off the list. Then Ventra offered a suggestion.

"If killed some sentries, that might help." he offered.

"Yeah, but the lights will pick that up." said Alaara. "If there was some way to turn them off though..."

Then a thought hit Austin.

"Leena, would it possible for you to cut the power and cause a blackout?" he asked.

"If I had access to a fuse box, then yes, sir." Leena replied.

That seemed like the best course of action. If Leena cut the power, that would give them the time they needed to clear the compound without the Batarians calling backup.

"Dash, can you see a fuse box at all?"

"Affirmative." Dash replied. "Hell of a lot of lights and guards in the way though."

"Not much choice." said Austin. "Leena, you're with me. The rest of you hold here and wait for my command."

The rest of Alpha nodded while Austin and Leena headed in. They would have to time this just right. One slip up would get them spotted and then they'd be screwed.

Rather than go the direct approach, the two Helldivers instead created their own way in.

"Cover me." said Leena.

While Austin kept a lookout, Leena took out what was unmistakably a tomahawk and started cutting the wires until she'd created whole in the fence large enough for them to fit.

Taking cover behind a nearby crate, only a moving beam of light stood between them and the next cover that would get them to the nearest fuse box.

The light moved back and forth across the ground. Not enough time for both of them to go across at once.

"Leena, you first." said Austin.

As the light swept away again, Leena quickly hurried across, pausing only trip up a Batarian guard and silently stealth kill him. Austin then followed when the light made a second pass.

The path to the fuse box was much easier after that. Only a few guards stood in the way. Nothing 2 Helldivers couldn't handle.

As Austin covered, Leena opened the fuse box and began accessing the power grids with her omni tool.

"Ive got access tot he generator and power grid." she said. "Ready to go dark whenever you are."

"Alright, when I give the word take out the towers." Austin said into his comm.

"Roger that." Alaara replied.

Austin nodded to Leena who stood by.

"3... 2... 1..."

Almost immediately, the entire compound was plunged into darkness as the lights went out everywhere.

"Power's down. Take out the sentries and the lights." said Austin.

Almost immediately, Ventra drew an arrow from his bow and fired. His first shot took out the Batarian sentry in the tower which was then followed by another which took out the searchlight. The Turian repeated this procedure for most of the searchlights that had the best chances of spotting them. The rest wouldn't be as much of a problem once the lights came back on.

Sure enough, when they did, a huge amount of the ground was now completely in the darkness, giving Alpha the freedom hey needed to get on with the mission.

"Commander, this is Sandra. I've hacked into the comms. They're treating the lights as if the power outage blew some of the fuses." said Sandra through the comm.

"But, surely that means they'll send a team to investigate." said Dash.

"I'm counting on it." said Austin. "And stop calling me, Shirley!"

From the high vantage point of one of the towers, Ventra was able to better survey the environment now. He could also now see the centre structure.

He then noticed a door opening as two engineers walked out. Fortunately it didn't close behind them due to a malfunction with the controls.

"I've got a visual on an entrance. Two engineers just came out and they're heading your way, sir." he said.

"We've got our ticket in then." said Austin, readying his assault rifle. "Sandra, can you confirm their comms are down?"

"Affirmative." Sandra replied. "It'll take them at least 30 minutes to reestablish contact."

"More than enough time for us." said Austin. "Alright, let's see what this squad can really do."

Kraan was quick to start the fireworks by firing loads of shots from his grenade launcher. Alarms began going off all over the compound and many Batarians quickly opened fire on their attackers. Gunfire and smoke was everywhere as the rest of Alpha made their way into the camp.

Austin and Leena meanwhile managed to flank the defence and soon had the Batarians splitting up as the two Helldivers suddenly appeared out of nowhere and attacked them.

For a moment, many of the sentries had them pinned, but the combination of Ventra's bow and Kraan's missile launcher quickly took care of that.

Soon the path toward the main entrance was clear. As they were making their way inside, Alaara just in time spotted a wounded Batarian attempt one last shot from his rocket launcher.

"Watch out!" she yelled as she pushed Sandra out of the way just as the rocket fired.

Just in time, she managed to throw up a biotic barrier around herself and it absorbed the impact.

With a final breath the Batarain died and Alaara deactivated her biotics.

"You saved my life." said Sandra, somewhat surprised.

"Your too pretty to be spoiled by the impact from a rocket." said Alaara.

Sandra couldn't help but smile. Despite that she'd declined the seduction from this Asari earlier, she felt slightly differently now. This alien had just thrown herself in the line of fire for her. It would be rude not to show some gratitude at least.

"You know, just maybe, I may now be tempted to let you buy me a drink." she said.

Alaara was about to say something, but Sandra, guessing what she was gonna say interrupted.

"No sex." she said quickly.

"Spoilsport." Alaara muttered.

"Still, I owe you for that." said Sandra "Thank you."

"You're welcome." said Alaara as she couldn't help but touch Sandra's behind. The comm specialist however quickly motioned her to back off.

"We were having a moment there. Don't spoil it." she said.

"Certainly is feisty, isn't she?" Ventra muttered.

"Indeed." Austin simply nodded. "Anyway, let's get on with this."

All that was left was to breach the main control center. After that, they just needed information on where the slaves were.

"Set up to breach." Austin ordered.

Everyone immediately got into position, taking cover either side of the door while Austin took point. Leena reached forward and placed a detonator on the door.

"Placing detonator." she said. She then armed the device and backed away. "Stand back."

"Fire in the hole!"

The device blew and the door slid open. Everyoen quickly filed itnot he room signle file and srpead out. The breach was quick and efficent. Within less thana second, every hostile was dead, leaving just one wounded.

"Clear." said Ventra, scanning the area.

"Clear." Austin added as he did the same.

"Area's secure." said Alaara.

"Quite the operation they've got going on here." said Ventra, observing the room.

"That's what worries me." said Sandra.

Kraan meanwhile checked for anything hidden just to be certain. As he cracked open a locker he found what looked like an encrypted datapad.

"Found something." he said, holding the pad up.

'I'll take that, Kraan." said Sandra

Kraan simply tossed the dat pad to her and she caught it. She began trying to decrypt it while Austin began his interrogation of the Batarian they'd left alive.

"Talk! Where are the slaves?" he said, forcing the Batarian's head against the console.

"I'm not telling you anything, Helldiver scum!" the Batarian spat back.

"Wrong answer."

Austin brought his knee right into the Batarian's stomach then threw him hard again the floor. He then picked him up again and pinned him to the wall with his arm.

"Spill it!" he yelled.

"Fuck you!" the Batarian replied.

Austin began tightening his grip when Leena suddenly walked up to him.

"Sir... do you mind letting me try?"

"Go ahead."

"A Quarian. Ha! What are you gonna do? Gently beat me so you don't risk getting an infection?!" the Batarian laughed.

The laughter however was short lived before Leena suddenly drew her combat knife and plunged it right into the Batarian's ribs. He almost immediately cried out in pain.

"You bitch!"

"I haven't even started. Tell us where the slaves are or I'll hack you to pieces." Leena threatened, her tone even darker than Austin's

"I don't know where they are, I swear to..." the Batarian tried to say. He clearly saw that this Helldiver was very different. This one was violent, and would kill him.

"SWEAR TO ME!" Leena yelled.

She picked up the Batarian and threw him so hard against the wall Austin was sure he heard some bones crack. The Quarian then hauled the Batarian up by the throat, her grip just loose enough that she didn't strangle him, but enough that he could only just breath enough to stay alive.

"WHERE ARE THEY?!" she yelled. When the Batarian didn't answer, she pulled the knife out and let it drift lower. "Talk, or I'll castrate you!"

"Alright, alright!" the Batarain spluttered. "They're in the lower levels."

"Thanks for the help." said Leena.

Right as she was about to cut the Batarian's throat however, Austin stopped her.

"Stand down, Leena. Don't kill him." he said sternly.

"You're lucky he's here." said Leena. With that, she simply knocked the Batarian out.

"You didn't need to get that violent." said Austin.

"Why do you care? He's a Batarian slaver. He deserved it." said Leena coldly.

"You know, they'd do the same to us. What makes you any different from them?"

"I don't give a damn if I'm doing what they do. I'm giving these Boshtets what they deserve."

"You and I are gonna have a talk about this later, soldier."

"Note to self, never piss her off." said Dash.

With the slaves all returned, and the mission a success, things were lookign good for Alpha.

Councillor Spartan was currently debriefing just Austin in order to get the Commander's input.

"You've performed well for your first mission, Shepard. The Council is impressed." he said.

"Thank you, sir." Austin simply nodded.

"Have you decided yet who will be your lieutenant?"

"Not yet, but I have narrowed it down to two candidates. Alaara handled herself and the others out there very well. She's also a very powerful biotic and she was a former Eclispe Lieutenant before defecting to us. So she has some experience and the right training. Sandra though is more disciplined and by the book. I don't object to Alaara being her own person, but still..." said Austin.

"I am sure you will make the right decision, Shepard." said Spartan.

As the rest of Alpha was kicking back and relaxing, enjoying the success of their first mission as a squad, Austin rejoined. He was tempted to join the celebration, but decided he wanted to sort out the second in command thing right now.

"Alaara, Sandra, I want to talk you both for a second." he said.

The two Helldivers got up and walked up to Austin. The were unsure whether to be concerned or pleased that Austin had asked to speak with them. So far he hadn't yet removed his helmet so his expression was unreadable.

"As you are no doubt aware, this squad is in need of a lieutenant. Now, I've narrowed it down to you two." he said. "So far, I haven't yet made a final choice. In the end, I've decided to try and let you help me. I want you to both think of reason why you should be in command."

"I have experience leading others." said Alaara. "I can also be... encouraging at times, if you get my meaning."

Sandra was unable to suppress a slight chuckle.

"Encouraging meaning, throwing people onto the bed, tearing off their clothes and popping their heat sinks." she said.

"Ha. That's a good one. I need to use that." Alaara laughed.

"And Sandra? What about you?" Austin asked.

"With all due respect, sir. I'd rather obey than command. And if I may be so bold as to voice my opinion, I think Alaara would be better for the position." said Sandra.

"You're making me blush." said Alaara flirtingly.

"I assure you, I am speaking strictly professionally." said Sandra.

"Yeah right. I bet you'd prefer not to boss me around because you'll feel sorry for me." Alaara teased.

"Why would I feel sorry for you? You've bossed around hundreds of times in bed." Sandra replied back.

"Oooooh! Been checking me out, have you?" said Alaara, slightly surprised by Sandra's comeback.

"I hear what I hear." said Sandra, unable to resist smiling smugly.

"Back to the point." Austin interrupted. "Sandra, are you sure about this?"

"100%, sir." Sandra nodded.

"Then Alaara T'onrak, I hereby appoint you as Alpha Squad's second in command." Said Austin.

"Thank you, sir. I won't let you down." said Alaara, saluting. "And if I do... well then you have permission to spank me."

"Hopefully that won't' be necessary... Lieutenant." said Austin.

With that now taken care of, the three returned to their off duty time. They would need to enjoy it while it lasted however. This was only just the beginning.

Sure am glad to have that out of the way finally.

Alright, chapter 3 should come a lot sooner next time. I have a plan for it, I know what's going to happen and I know how to write it. See you next time.

Sorry again.
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Mass Effect: The Helldiver Saga, Alpha Origins