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Mass Effect: The Helldiver Saga, Alpha Origins	By : Veyron722skyhook Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 6171 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Still alive, I assure you.
Believe it or not, this did actually take some time to write but I got there in the end. Decided this time we'd delve into the past of the villains a bit here. This whole story is about Origins after all.
Slight warning, chapter contains some nudity near the beginning and also a really huge sex scene at the end. So just warning in advance those whoa rent' into that stuff.
Enjoy!
YEAR 7, The Gathering Darkness
2179: 7 Years after the battle of Elysium
8 Years before the Battle of Arkadia
"Nothing hugely important really happened at this point in our story to be honest, but I feel it's important that the stories of the enemy be told as well..."
Chapter 21
Origins of the Enemy
Austin was up earlier than the others so that he could take care of a few things before it got busy. If he knew the Arkane Council as well as he did, chances were they were going to be given another mission.
Right now he was typing a message to send to Nyarra. He hadn't seen her for a long time now and he felt bad for it.
Fortunately, Alpha finally had some shore leave again. So he hoped he'd be able to use some of that time to pay a visit. That was assuming of course she wasn't too busy. Lately her business had soared hugely so there had been a few times when she'd been too busy during shore leave.
Austin finished typing the message and reread it just to make sure he hadn't made any mistakes. Especially since Dash used to make an odd comment of how his spelling and grammar mistakes were so similar to the author's (even if they were purely accidental)
Despite everything, Austin doubted he'd ever understood how Dash's mind worked, or why the scout kept making references that their universe was some kind of story.
After finishing his check, he pressed send.
My squad and I have shore next week. You free at all?
Austin didn't expect to get an instant reply. Especially with the time difference on planets and all that. Right as he was about to close his omni tool however, it suddenly bleeped. Nyarra had replied.
Absolutely! Come on Friday and we'll have the whole weekend to ourselves. I've also got a surprise for you.
That alone was enough to peak Austin's interest. Usually when Nyarra had a surprise for him, it was quite a big one. Mostly it was something new for them to do or try during their more... intimate moments, but still...
Pleased with the outcome, Austin typed a reply.
See you on Friday then.
Friday was actually perfect for him. He'd be able to spend most of the week on leave with the rest of Alpha, most likely hitting a bar or night club, and could then spend the whole weekend with Nyarra. Overall, a week to look forward to.
Nyarra then replied one last time.
I'll look forward to it. See you soon.
Austin smiled and closed his omni tool.
Sandra yawned as she woke up. She could already feel the familiar feeling of a hangover. Last night had been a hell of a party. It hadn't been any special occasion; Alpha had just decided to have a party last night. Although Helldivers had a much higher resistance to alcohol than their usual kind, they could still get drunk.
It was as Sandra became aware of how sticky her skin felt that the memories of last night began to come back to her. Sure enough, she found a naked Alaara sleeping next to her, feeling equally as sticky. It was anyone's guess who's dried up cum was whose.
Unable to resist, Sandra gave one of Alaara's large breasts a lick and sucked gently on it. This was enough to wake Alaara from her sleep who simply smiled upon seeing her bondmate.
"Man, what did we do last night?" she groaned slightly as she became aware of how hung-over she felt.
"What didn't we do last night?" Sandra smiled naughtily.
There was a sudden third voice that joined them in the form of a groan. Alaara and Sandra's heads both whirled round to find the sleeping from of Kraan lying next to them. It was also now that Alaara and Sandra realized they weren't even in their own quarters... they were in Kraan's.
Kraan stirred and groaned again as he slowly woke up. He rubbed his head as he sat up.
"Oh yeah. Nearly forgot about you." Said Alaara.
Kraan was momentarily shocked when he saw the naked couple in his bed. Despite the shock however, he seemed to remain calm. Then a confident smile slowly crept onto his face. If anything he seemed quite pleased with himself.
"Well that was certainly unexpected." He said. Even he appeared to be somewhat hung-over as well.
"What, you didn't enjoy it?" Alaara teased, sitting up slightly while Sandra rolled onto her front.
"I didn't say that." Kraan smiled. His look however quickly turned serious. "It was just for fun though, right?"
"Of course. Nothing wrong with blowing off a bit of steam with a Krogan." Said Sandra.
"And you say I'm the horny one." Alaara laughed.
At that moment however, much to everyone's surprise the door opened and Hawk walked in.
"Hey, Kraan. I was wondering if... OH MY GOD!"
The sniper immediately threw his hand up to block the view. In fairness, it took more than just one hand.
"Hawk. How's it going?" Kraan asked casually.
The Krogan didn't even seem to care that he was fully exposed in front of Hawk. Not to mention that Alaara and Sandra were also nude and weren't making any attempt whatsoever to cover up.
Before anyone could say anything Leena then walked through the doorway.
"Has anyone seen..." as soon as she saw the sight however, she immediately had the same reaction as Hawk."Oh Keelah!"
"Can we help either of you with something?" Sandra asked, somewhat cross at the fact that everyone seemed to just be coming in without even knocking.
"I'm so... sorry." Hawk said in embarrassment, still trying to hide the view with his hand.
"Finding it hard to block the sight." Said Leena.
"Not like you'd miss it." Said Alaara, causing both Sandra and Kraan to chuckle.
And then to just add to the situation, Telrass walked in as well.
"Is something the matter...? OH!"
"Oh for fucks sake!" Kraan sighed.
"Do you see this?" Telrass asked crossly.
"No." Hawk replied.
"So... you three..."
"We had a lot to drink last night." Kraan simply said.
"God only knows how you'll be able to walk properly after..." Alaara said but Leena interrupted her.
"We'd... rather not hear the details... please." She quickly said.
"Well then, if you're quite finished staring please shut the door and don't disturb us again." Said Sandra sternly.
"Yes, errr sorry." Said Hawk as he immediately pushed everyone else out and shut the door.
"Thought I fixed the lock on the door. Sorry, you two." Kraan apologised.
"Don't be. I believe we may have blinded poor Hawk." Sandra chuckled, causing the others to laugh.
"Heh. Yeah, the look on his face." Kraan laughed.
"Tell me, love. Do we have anything planned for this morning?" Sandra asked, in an undeniably seductive way.
"Not that I can think of. I'd say we've got plenty of time for another round, if Kraan's up to it that is..." Alaara replied suggestively.
"You two are worse than a fertile female Krogan." Kraan sighed with a smile on his face.
Blade clashed against blade with a loud clang, sending sparks flying. Shadow breathed deeply as she kept herself relaxed as she thrust, parried, countered and blocked a combination of moves and attacks from her master.
The Commander mostly stuck to defending. This was after all a training exercise for Shadow, so it was mostly her attacking. Occasionally he would attack so that he made sure she kept her guard up though. It was no good going for an attack if you didn't have some kind of defence.
"How often must I tell you? Control my central line!" he said.
Shadow obliged and swung her left blade down, which the Commander side stepped. She then swung to the side with her right and the Commander side stepped this too.
"Good."
Shadow attacked with a thrust from both blades, but the Commander countered both. He then followed this with a kick which knocked Shadow onto her back. The Bounty Hunter though almost immediately leapt back onto her feet as though she hadn't felt a single thing and resumed her attack.
"You're holding your sword too tight..."
Before he could continue more, as he blocked another one of Shadow's attack, the force of his block knocked the sword right out of her hand. It spun in the air a few times before falling right into the Commander's hand.
"Now too lightly." He said.
Understanding that the fight was over, Shadow relaxed. It was as she did that the Commander couldn't help but notice how she had a new piece of Helldiver armour as part of her collection.
"Hmmm, a new one?" he asked with curiosity.
"Your training has served me well. It has awarded me many trophies." Shadow said as she sheathed her sword.
"Don't let your pursuit of trinkets cloud your reality." Said the Commander. "Remember what I taught you. If you're to succeed in combat against the best of the Helldivers, you must have fear, surprise and intimidation on your side. For if any one element is lacking, it would best for you to retreat. You must break them before you engage them."
He then gently handed Shadow's other sword back to her.
"Only then will you ensure victory, and have your trophy."
With a bow of her head Shadow accepted the sword and placed it back in her other sheath.
"Yes, master."
"Nevertheless, you've come a long way from the woman you once were." The Commander said admirably.
"I could never forget those days. After all, it was only the start of my new life..." said Shadow.
FLASHBACK
The transport touched down and it occupants stepped out. Among them was a fairly fit looking woman with black hair and a cybernetic eye.
It had only been two days since the murder of Tyrany Azula's former CO. Already she was a wanted criminal. This part of the galaxy however was safe for her. The Alliance after all had no jurisdiction in the terminus systems, and Omega was the absolute perfect place to hide. Not even the Helldivers had a huge presence here. Some did occasionally come here, but very rarely, and only ever on business.
Immediately wanting to take her mind off everything that had recently happened to her, she made for the bar at Afterlife. She had to admit, the sight of all the dancers along with the loud music and dark lighting made her feel somewhat less stressed.
The Salarian bartender took notice of Tyrany as she sat at the bar. He tried not to stare at her glowing eye.
"Something strong." She said.
The bartender simply nodded and a few seconds later handed her a green drink which she immediately downed in less than a second.
"Another."
As the bartender handed her another drink, a nearby Turian seemed to take notice of Tyrany and walked up to her.
"What's a big girl like you doing in a place like this?" he asked, trying to sound smooth.
"Go away. I'm not interested." Tyrany growled.
She reached for her drink again, but the Turian suddenly grabbed her arm.
"Hey, I'm talking to you, lady!"
Before he could continue however, Shadow suddenly drew one of her swords out with almost lightning speed and impaled him right on it.
"I'm not much of a talker." Tyranny growled in his ear before pushing him off and letting him fall to the ground.
With that, she went back to her drink. As she finished it however, one of the Asari waitresses caught her attention.
"Excuse me, miss. Compliments of the two at the back."
Tyrany look in the direction the waitress was indicating. A Batarian and an Asari were sitting in the corner. They appeared to be wearing some kind of merc armour that she was unfamiliar with.
The human beckoned Tyrany over, who reluctantly obliged. She kept herself ready though in case this turned into a fight.
"What do you want?" she asked, crossing her arms and making every effort to accentuate her broad shoulders.
There was a pause as the Batarian seemed to study her. It wasn't so surprising. At 5 foot 9 and with a decent amount of muscle on her, she was quite imposing after all.
"The name's Bolsk and this is Lazaar." He said, indicating to the Asari. "We're bounty hunters, and..."
"We have a problem." The Asari finished.
"Not with me I hope." Tyranny said, her right hand edging towards the handle of the sword on her left.
"You just killed one of our own." Bolsk said, indicating to the dead body of the Turian which was now being hauled away.
"Well you should've taught him some manners." Said Tyrany.
"No kidding. He was an asshole anyway. The problem is though, we need a full team for a job we're intending to do, and right now... you're our first choice." Lazar said.
"What makes you think I'm even capable?" Tyranny asked.
"You don't look like a rookie. You have a presence about you that suggests you're not to be messed with." Bolsk replied. "And besides, where did you get those weapons?"
"Stole them." Tyranny simply replied.
"Bounty hunter then?" Bolsk asked.
"No."
"Ever considered it? You certainly have the right... disposition."
"Never thought about it. Does it pay well?" Tyranny asked.
"Very well." Lazar replied.
"We have a job to do, and you owe us for killing our colleague." Said Bolsk, standing up from his seat. "Take his place and join us for this job."
"And if I refuse?" Tyranny inquired.
"We turn you over to the authorities."
"Omega has no authorities."
"No, but I imagine the authorities on other planets might be interested in you."
"I'd like to see you try."
Bolsk made to reach for his gun, but Tyrany stopped him.
"Fortunately, you won't have to. I will admit, I could use some credits."
"Very well then." Lazar said.
The job… well it ended up going smoother than any of the three could've hoped. Tyrany especially had practically shone when she'd been required to snipe several targets. She'd downed them in mere seconds before they'd even got a chance to try and find her.
They'd already been well paid for the job, plus a little extra due to their employer being so impressed and were celebrating with some drinks and also a pole dance from an Asari dancer.
Even Tyrany had to admit, she felt very happy with how things currently were. Much as she didn't want to admit it, there was something about these bounty hunters that she liked.
"I've got to admit, I had my doubts about you, but you sure proved me wrong." Said Bolsk.
"I aim to please." Tyrany said, drinking directly from one of the bottles in the table.
"Where'd you learn to shoot like that? I'm gonna guess ex-military." Lazar asked.
Tyrany hesitated for a moment before replying, but eventually decided to confide in these two.
"Alliance."
"Why'd you leave?" Lazar asked. "Was it something to do with that?"
She indicated to Tyrany's cybernetic eye as she asked her question.
"Compliments of my C.O actually. Caused an accident that framed me and gave me this. I got my own back." Tyrany replied, a slight bitterness in her voice.
"Well, you've certainly not let that training go to waste. Our... organization could use someone like you." Said Bolsk.
"What do you mean?" Tyrany asked, sounding slightly suspicious. "Thought we were only working together for this job."
"Lazaar and I are part of a guild of bounty hunters. Ever heard of the Black Hands?"
"A few stories here and there. In truth though I thought you were just a rumour."
"Oh we're very real. And we're offering you a chance to join us." Said Lazar.
"Well... that sounds like a really good offer." Said Tyrany.
Admittedly she was somewhat interested. This job had gone better than she'd expected, and further ones certainly could put her military training to good use. And of course it paid well. Perhaps this was her salvation.
"What will it involve?" she asked.
"More contracts than you could ever imagine, access to some of the best hunting gear money can buy, and you'll also work with some of the best killers and assassins in the galaxy. I assure you, you'll fit right in." said Lazar.
She failed to notice that her hand had settled in Tyrany's wrist. Tyrany herself did notice this, but she paid it no thought. Her mind was focusing on the proposal. This would be her new life from now on, and right now she was seeing little reason in refusing.
"Alright then. I'm in." she finally said.
"What's your name?" Bolsk asked.
"Azula. Tyrany Azula."
"And your codename?" Lazar asked, pouring herself another glass.
"I don't have one."
"You should. You earn a reputation better that way." Said Bolsk.
"The Shadow." Lazar suddenly said without hesitation.
"What?"
"You sniped every single one of our enemies without them ever seeing you. All they ever got was glimpses, like a shadow." Lazar explained.
"That… works I guess." Tyrany shrugged.
"Well then, a toast to our new member. To the shadow." Said Bolsk.
Everyone raised their glasses.
2 YEARS LATER...
The chambers of the Commander had more people in them at this very moment than they had ever done since their creation.
Bounty hunters, assassins and all other kinds of killers were gathered here as part of an initiation. The Commander had a job that seemed perfectly simple: kill a certain individual, more specifically, a high ranking Alliance general.
Sadly though, this job was proving far harder than they could've anticipated.
The Commander was not impressed by the overall turn out either. Almost every single person in this room was either a rookie, inexperienced, or lacked any discretion with their work. It seemed that any better bounty hunters found the pay too low, or the job not worth their time. The Commander had intended this in hopes of finding someone more unique.
He was not surprised when the latest two to accept the contract had returned with his money. They'd had the best hopes yet due to being a team, but it seemed that had not been enough. They too had failed.
"Gentlemen… welcome back." He said. Though he hid it well, there was frustration in his voice.
"We couldn't deliver." One of the mercs said.
"Here's all the money back. Every credit." Said the other.
The Commander slowly rose from his throne and walked down to ground level. He then gave a small nod to two of his bodyguards who were stood next to the mercs. The guards immediately forced the two mercs to their knees.
"So…" said the Commander. "My advisor tells me, that the elite mercenary team he recommended to me… that I graciously paid fifteen million to kill an Alliance General… couldn't deliver."
He then drew of his submachine guns. For the moment, he simply seemed to check it was loaded.
"We had a plan to kill the target..." one of the mercs tried to speak.
"I'm not finished." The Commander interrupted. "I've had my advisor replaced as a result. So what should I do about you?"
"Please, sir. Next time we'll know what to do…"
Before the merc could finish the Commander then shot him right in the head, blood splattering over part of his black coat.
"I'm thinking… there won't be a next time!" the Commander growled as he pointed his gun at the head of the other merc.
A shocked silence fell over the room as the many other mercs, bounty hunters and assassins waited for the Commander to pull the trigger.
The merc could not stop himself shaking from the shock of seeing his partner die, his partner's blood landing on his face, and the fact that he was staring down the barrel of the Commander's gun.
He closed his eyes and waited as he heard the Commander's finger slowly squeeze the trigger.
"I hear you have a job opening." Said a voice.
Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the source of the voice.
It seemed that one particular bounty hunter had stepped forward. A late arrival by the looks of things.
Shadow's attire was vastly different now. Her time in the Black Hands had served her well and she now wore better armour, including a helmet that hid her entire face. Even without the armour plating, she still looked as imposing and muscular as ever. Quite a few of the other candidates looked a little unnerved by her.
"Something like that." The Commander finally said in a casual manner.
"You're going to pay me double, and up front." Shadow said directly.
"Am I now?" The Commander asked, uncaringly raising his arm and shooting the merc from earlier behind his back as he spoke.
"And your target will be dead before dawn." Shadow finished.
"You got a lot of nerve making demands like that… especially to someone like me." Said the Commander.
Many whispers and murmurs began to flow around the room between the many other candidates. This message seemed pretty clear. This bounty hunter had forgotten her place and had asked too much.
"I like that." The Commander then said, causing everyone to fall silent in surprise.
The Commander took a moment to consider this. There was something different about this bounty hunter. All the others were novices or rookies at best. This one though had something of an aura about her. As though she had something they didn't. They also that she had so calmly made her demands and had not bothered to try and negotiate… that alone was enough to make her stand out.
But it would take more than words to impress the fallen Helldiver.
"Tell you what then. Prove to me that I'm not wasting my money on you. Prove that you're different from all these other… candidates. They fight you, and if you can beat them all within the next five minutes… Then we'll talk." He said.
Every other candidate cast cocky and confident looks at each to her. Some even chuckled and laughed at this. This one bounty hunter against all of them? Even if she somehow had some skill or experience they did not, there was no way she could beat them all. They outnumbered her 100 to 1.
They expected her to back down. To accept would be suicide… or insanity. The response they got from Shadow however wiped the smiles off their faces.
"Deal."
Was this woman serious? She was actually going to fight them all by herself?!
"You heard her then. She accepts the challenge. Kill her… and I'll triple the reward." Said the Commander, settling back into his throne.
That seemed to lighten the mood a bit. Almost immediately, Shadow was surrounded by every merc and assassin.
"Though we're gonna kill ya… gotta say, that's some good armour." One of them said confidently.
"Try not to get your blood on it when you're dead then. I've just had it cleaned." Said Shadow.
Now she herself readied for a fight. Several long seconds passed. Then…
"Begin!" the Commander said.
Dozens of the mercs all attacked at the same time. Shadow picked her targets wisely and went the three that were closest to her. She ducked under the the swing from one and then made her move. Jumping into the air, she kicked the one to her right, punched the one to her left, and then swung that punch into the one in front of her. All three fell to the ground, dazed and bruised.
Another merc tried to swing a wide punch at her, but she grabbed his arm and threw him to the floor. The merc realized too late what Shadow was going to do as she forced his arm out and then gave it a massively violent twist. The sound of a bone breaking could be clearly heard by everyone as the merc screamed in pain from his now broken arm.
"Jesus Christ! She broke his damn arm!" one of the mercs said.
That… kind of set the tone for the rest of the fight. Try as they might, every merc that attacked either got something on their body broken, or something they owned broken. Some even tried to use their weapons against her, only for Shadow to snatch them out of their hands and break them. One in particular even tried to shoot at her with his rifle but she simply used it bash him in the face which knocked him back and then, within less than a second, dismantled the entire gun into now useless pieces.
Shadow only just reacted in time as she ducked under the sudden attack from a merc behind her. She didn't quite see what he was holding, but it looked big. It was as she righted herself she now saw it was some kind of shield. Similar to a riot shield, but made of metal with a small glass window.
"Try and hit me now, bitch!" the merc said confidently.
What Shadow did next however took the merc completely by surprise that he barely had any time to process it. She grabbed the top of the shield with one hand and then lunged with her other. To the astonishment of everyone, she punched right through the shield's glass and her fist hit the merc in the face, causing him to stagger back and lose grip of the shield.
With the shield now hers, Shadow let the bottom hit the floor and, to even more astonishment from the mercs, kicked it with such force that it bent as though made of cardboard.
"She broke it! How the hell did she do that?!" one of them said.
"Okay, enough of this shit! There's no way she can dismantle our guns all at the same time." Another said.
Shadow immediately noticed as several of the mercs all raised their guns. It was indeed true, she could not dismantle all their guns at the same time. She wasn't' fast enough for that, and there was just too many of them.
But naturally, she was prepared for such an eventuality. Using her biotics she leapt high into the air, somersaulting as she did so. At the same time she also threw dozens of tiny devices, each one landing on the merc's guns.
Only too late did they notice the devices were beeping. The detonators all exploded one at a time destroying the guns, and taking out their users as well.
There were still plenty more mercs with useable guns though. Fortunately for Shadow however, one was close enough as she landed. Right as he attempted to fire, she grabbed the gun using her left. With her other arm placed just underneath were the mercs forearms were, she then forced the gun right down.
Just as before, there was a loud crack followed by a scream of pain as the merc's arms broke. In his desperation, his finger ended up squeezing the trigger. Shadow slowly maneuverered the gun just enough as it started firing, taking out several more mercs in mere seconds.
When the gun's clip was finally empty, Shadow finished with a kick that broke his neck.
It was down now to just ten.
In desperation, another merc attempted to fire at her, but she deployed her wrist grapple witch landed onto him and pulled him right into her uppercut which forced his head back with such that his neck also broke.
Another merc lunged at her with an almost insanely large combat knife but she countered the blow. Forcing the knife out to the side and away from her, she brought her free down right onto the blade. To the merc's horror and shock, it shattered.
"That was my favourite knife!"
The last word barely left his lips though before Shadow used the bit that remained of the blade to slit his neck. Right as she noticed one last wounded merc trying to reach for a pistol she threw the broken knife, which embedded itself right in his head. Death was instantaneous.
Shadow stood. All around her were the corpses of the 100 mercs she all just defeated single handed.
"Bravo." The Commander said, clapping slowly.
"I still have one minute and forty two seconds, if you have anyone else to play with." Said Shadow.
The Commander slowly rose from his throne. He then picked up the two money bags from earlier and threw them to Shadow.
"You got fifteen million now. The rest when you deliver... and perhaps we may even talk further business." He said.
The tone of his voice clearly stated that this subject was non-negotiable. Fortunately, Shadow found it acceptable.
Things changed dramatically in the next few hours. Shadow completed her mission, but before she returned she'd been intercepted by the Black Hands. Apparently, they had discovered the truth about the Commander and his terrorist organization, Hellspawn. They had been both shocked and angered by this and had informed Shadow that they intended to end the Commander's plan now before it ever came to pass.
Shadow had been rather reluctant to go along with this, but she had kept it to herself. Recent events of Black Hands exploits had left her somewhat doubtful. She had once though the Black Hands honourable, and without fault. But now… now she felt conflicted. She no longer felt the same. She no longer felt like she had a purpose.
As much as the bounty hunter didn't want to admit it, there had been something about that proving that had awakened something in her, as though she had found a new calling. A somewhat unsettling question began to plague her thoughts constantly, almost to the point of distraction.
Could it be that her destiny no longer lay with the Black Hands, but with this… Hellspawn instead?
The attack on the Commander's fortress went surprisingly smoother than the Black Hands had expected. They had been certain they would be facing an entire army, but they ended up only meeting resistance that, though a challenge, was hardly what they had originally heard about the vast army the Supreme Leader had at his command.
Bolsk sadly had not been lucky enough to make it this far, having fallen to the hands of a typical Hellspawn trooper. It was just Lazar and Shadow, who had been sent ahead to take the Commander down in his own throne room. Their orders were to kill him then and there, not to take him alive as they believed he was too dangerous. Shadow had bene so tempted to argue with this order, but could not quite bring herself to.
Any further thoughts on the matter however were put out of Shadow's thought as she and Lazar entered the Commander's throne room. The heavy creaking and groaning as the massive doors opened made them both somewhat nervous. Though Shadow had bene inside these chambers before, she had been a guest that time, not an intruder.
It seemed though as if the Commander had not made any attempt to employ countermeasures or contingencies, despite the danger. A grim though crossed Shadow's mind, and she could tell Lazar felt the same. Could it be that the Commander had known all along about this? Had he bene expecting them? Worse still, could this be a trap? Had the Commander deliberately held back the full extent of his forces, keeping them hidden until the time was right?
The Commander sat calmly on his throne, his bodyguards stood along the stairs leading up to it. Though they acknowledged the presence of the intruders, they did not yet take any immediate action. They simply remained where they were, awaiting the order from their master.
"So… you returned, and not alone I see." The fallen Helldiver finally said.
"It was not my choice to bring them here. They say they know your true purpose." Said Shadow, trying to sound respectful.
"He wants to purge the galaxy of non-humans. That alone is enough for us to take action." Said Lazar.
"What your friend says is true. Everything that has transpired has been at my command. My will is the destiny of lesser men." Said the Commander. "Before you decide to kill me here and now, I ask only that you listen first. I have something you need to hear, Shadow."
"Very well. You talk, I'll listen." Said Shadow.
"Are you sure about this, Tyrany?" Lazar asked nervously.
"Let him speak at the very least. For all we know, this could be important."
"Just be careful."
"I do not deny the information that you have found." The Commander said. "It is true, Hellspawn's purpose is to exterminate all non-human life. It is a disease to be purged, nothing more. Merely look at where we are now. We may have an embassy on the citadel, but the aliens still treat us like second class citizens. The Batarians enslave us like we're animals. True, the Helldivers and the Arkanes are willing to do something about it, but they do not go far enough. They should slaughter every last one. And most of all, let us not forget the First Contact war. They say neither side truly started it, but it is all a lie! The Turians started it, and for what? Simply because we were reactivating dormant mass relays. The Council were fools to interfere, as were the Alliance for agreeing to stand down. Those monsters should've all been slaughtered for the many of our kind they killed."
"And you think killing them makes you better than them?" Lazar asked with disgust.
"It doesn't matter to me what you think, Asari. I'm not talking to you anyway." Said the Commander, his gaze now falling directly on Shadow.
"What does this have to do with me? I'm not one of your game pieces, Commander." The bounty hunter said defiantly.
"No. But, you underestimate what that would make you if you were. At my side, you could be so much more than a simple bounty hunter. You've had doubts of late, haven't you?" the Commander inquired.
Shadow was rather taken aback by this.
"How do you…"
But the Commander interrupted her before she could finish.
"I know more than you can possibly comprehend, my dear." He said, an ever so slight smug tone in his voice. "You've had doubts about the sometimes questionable ways of the Black Hands. Your kills don't bring you the same satisfaction they used to. You seek something new, a greater purpose… one that I can offer. By my side, you could help me lead humanity into a new age, an epoch… of true peace and freedom."
"The Helldivers alone won't let you get that far." Said Lazar.
"That is why they are my first target." Said the Commander.
"You want to kill your own people?"
"They are not mine. Not anymore." The Commander said, his demonic voice now sounding a bit more serious, as though Lazar had touched a nerve with her question. "Once I was one of them, until their pathetic love of the aliens made them betray me. In my attempt to escape, my ship was shot down. I survived, but at a great cost. I only continue to wear this armour because it is the only thing in this galaxy capable of keeping me alive. When I look at myself, I see the very thing I've sworn to destroy, and that only fuels my anger and hatred of them."
Something about that made Shadow hesitate for a moment. She saw certain elements of herself in the Commander. He'd been betrayed just as she had, only his revenge wasn't as easy to satisfy as hers had been. She almost hated to admit it, but she felt some sympathy for him.
"Consider what I can offer now. Power, wealth, a place in my vision. I can teach you things you've never even dreamed of. I can make you into one of the greatest hunters in the galaxy, and your prey will be something far greater than any commoner. I can teach you to hunt the deadliest game… the Helldivers. Imagine it, you would be forever known for killing what up till now has bene known as the unkillable. Your life will have meaning again, you will help to free this galaxy from their poisonous beliefs that we must all be united. Together, we can create a true paradise for humanity." The Commander continued.
"What he offers is impossible. You can't kill Helldivers. They're invincible, and besides, they're right." Said Lazar.
"I lost my eye because of them." Said Shadow sternly.
"You lost your eye because your CO grew jealous of you possibly becoming one. That's hardly their fault."
"If they never existed, it might never have happened." The Commander said calmly. Lazar though could tell he was trying to turn Shadow against her with these words.
"There's no way we can know that." Lazar argued.
"It's the truth, and you know It." the Commander argued back.
"I've heard enough! It ends here, Commander. Shadow and I are putting an end to your insane dreams." Lazar shouted.
"Are you now? I'm not so sure." The Commander said so slowly and calmly it almost scared Lazar. "You assume your friend wants to stop me also…"
He turned his helmet to look directly to Shadow.
"…But maybe I agree with him." The bounty hunter finished.
"What?! Tyrany, you can't be serious!" Lazar said in surprise.
"I could explain it to you, but you'd never understand."
"After all we've been through… you'd forget all of that for this?" Lazar said in disbelief. "We're friends, partners…"
"You and the others were never my friends. Not truly. I only tolerated you because the Black Hands were the best place for me." Said Shadow coldly.
"No. That's not true, the woman I knew…"
"A façade, that's all it ever was."
"Then you'll die with him." Lazar said bitterly. "To think I saw you as a friend, to think I… I'm a fool for ever loving you!"
"Say what you will, I've made my choice." Said Shadow, her tone unchanged.
"And a well-made one." Said the Commander with approval. "And as my first command to you, I would like you to deal with this nuisance."
"Gladly." Shadow said, drawing her swords.
"You forget, Azula. I taught you everything you know." Said Lazar, her biotics flaring around her clenched fist and her other hand drawing a large combat knife.
"Not everything I know."
The fight lasted less than a minute. Lazar it seemed had been completely unprepared for some of Shadow's moves. Seemed she'd somehow found a way to hold back during the times they'd sparred together.
Lazar was no on her knees with both Shadow's dual blades at her throat, threatening to cut it like scissors.
"Twice now you have impressed me. It seems I have chosen my disciple well." Said the Commander. "Now… kill her."
"With respect, Commander. Might it not be more beneficial for all of us if we kept her and the others alive? They know much, enough that I am certain it would be a major benefit to us."
There was a temporary silence before the Commander spoke.
"A wise decision, Shadow. To simply kill the Black Hands would indeed be such a waste." He said. "Take her away."
Two of the Commander's bodyguard walked down and marched Lazar off.
"You'll regret this, Tyrany! I swear it! If not by my hand, then another's! One way or another, you'll pay for this betrayal!" the Asari yelled as the guards pushed her out of the room.
"My guards and troopers will deal with the rest and take them alive if possible. They may indeed prove useful." Said the Commander. "When we are finished with them though, I expect you to do what needs to be done."
"Of course." Said Shadow, bowing her head respectfully.
The Commander slowly rose from his throne and began to descend the stairs towards Shadow, who sunk down into a one kneed bow.
"You have proved your loyalty and your strength, and I name you my right hand. In fact, you are more than just that. I will honour my promise. In the years to come, as my student, I will teach you all I know so that one day you will carry a name that Helldiver will all quake in fear at the mention of. One day… you will become the Slayer of the Helldivers."
"Your trust shall not be misplaced, my master." Shadow said.
"Then rise... my apprentice."
END OF FLASHBACK
Hades crossed his arms as he observed the many Hellspawn troopers, engineers and others hard at work below. Thornton could not supply them with weapons directly because there was too much of a risk of unwanted attention being drawn. Instead he provided them with the necessary components to do so. Living on the planet Inferno also provided them with ideal access to many different valuable minerals which they were able to mine and either use in the construction of their weapons and technology or sell them to the highest bidder, even Thornton, if they needed the necessary funds. Combined also with the mysterious technology the Commander had got in exchange for the cleanser a few years back, they were well ahead of many other organizations, even Cerberus.
For a moment, Hades cast his eyes to the view behind him. The entire lighting of the place had temporarily gone bright and blue instead of the usual fiery red.
The main part of Hellspawn's fortress was built right into the side of one of inferno's many active volcanos in order for them to have direct access to the minerals. Because the volcano was always active however, the entire facility had to be protected by an energy shield which prevented the lava and rocks from damaging the facility.
Whenever a massive rock or piece of molten lava was spat out of the mouth of the volcano and landed on the shield it caused a bright glow as the shield deflected or disintegrated it.
The bright glow had become something of a unique sight for Hellspawn as they had grown so accustomed to the constant red glow from Inferno. It did actually happen very rarely. Though the volcano was active, its constant eruptions were hardly violent or cataclysmic. And even if it somehow became that dangerous, they were completely safe.
The glow in a way had come to be seen as a reminder to Hellspawn. A reminder that while they were indeed safe and comfortable inside, outside was anything but. Inferno was a barren wasteland riddled with fire, ash and dust. The very air of the planet was a poisonous fume. In fact, to attempt to be exposed to Inferno's atmosphere without any kind of breathing apparatus was tantamount to suicide. There was even a story that went around about how the very first person to land on this planet merely breathed in once and his lungs burst into flames.
While merely a fictitious story, it had been enough to make the message clear.
Hades watched the glow fade until the familiar fiery red returned. Something about the glow reminded him so much of a day many years ago. A day he would never forget. The day he became what he was.
Years ago it had been, yet at time it felt like it had only been yesterday…
FLASHBACK
The scientists were hard at work preparing the equipment, each one of them in anticipation of what was to come. Today they were going to attempt a brand new experiment that they hoped with give them new soldier like never before.
The Commander had donated a sample of his blood for study in hopes that somehow his scientists might find a way to reverse engineer the serum found in every Helldiver. If they could find some way to extract that serum and apply it to their own soldiers, the possibilities…
Elsa made sure all the final checks were being completed. They couldn't afford to get a single thing wrong or make any miscalculation.
"How are the levels?" she asked.
"100% ma'am." One of the scientists replied.
At that moment, the nearby doors opened and the Commander walked in accompanied by his guards with Shadow bringing up the rear. It had been some time now since she had first become the Commander's apprentice. She'd already made her first Helldiver kill and had a collected a fair few pieces of armour which she now wore.
Elsa and the others immediately took notice and stood to attention,
"Supreme Leader." She said, bowing her head. "All checks have been completed. We're ready to proceed."
At the same time she cast a look at Shadow who gave her a nod of acknowledgement.
"And the volunteer?" the Commander asked.
"We're merely waiting for you to give us the go." Elsa replied.
The Commander simply nodded. That was all they needed. Within just a few seconds, the doors opened again and the volunteer walked in, accompanied by two scientists.
George Dakar had been a soldier in Hellspawn's army for a long time. One of the best. He'd been promoted time and time again until he had reached the rank of Captain, and had become one of the Commander's top captains. Both his loyalty, strength and skill had been without fault, and now he was only proving that further by volunteering for this experiment. While it was true that Hellspawn did perform experiments on live subjects, when it came to humans they only ever used willing volunteers, apart from Helldivers though. In their opinion, human Helldivers had abandoned their humanity and so the rules did not apply to them.
As Dakar was led to the bed lying on and strapped in, the Commander knelt close to Elsa and lowered his voice.
"This is our 7th attempt at this, Elsa. What's more, this solder is one of my very best. I'm warning you now, if it fails like the others then you'd better hope at very least it gives you something that'll convince me to keep pursuing this." He said.
"I have every faith that this time we will get something, Supreme Leader. Maybe even our first success." Said Elsa, trying to remain calm despite that her heart was beating hard and fast with nervousness.
"I hope you are right."
The Commander took a step back and the protection shield raised itself. A precaution just in case.
A recording drone hovered near Elsa and activated. The scientist insisted on these events being recorded as the previous ones had so that they might hope to learn from previous mistakes.
"Is this on?" Elsa asked, checking the drone. "Dr Doctor Elsa Gunther. Friday, July 13th, 10:04am, super soldier evolution experiment number 6."
She then turned and indicated to Dakar.
"The man you see here has willingly volunteered for this experiment. He is fully prepared for whatever may happen, even if it means his death." She continued. "This serum has been extracted for the supreme leader's blood. We are going to test our newest stable on the subject. Various simulations show promising results, but we cannot know for certain until we attempt it. We began with injections into the bloodstream of the subject. Integration with DNA should cause immediate cellular and genetic change."
She then walked up close to Dakar.
"Are you ready?" she asked.
"Just do it." Dakar nodded.
With his consent given, the scientists went to work. All the machines with syringes containing the serum slowly moved into place.
"Serum infusion in five… four… three… two… one.
Slowly, the needles edged closer and closer until they penetrated Dakar's skin. The soldier winced slightly as he felt them penetrate his skin. The serum was then slowly injected in until all vials were empty.
"Anything?" Elsa asked.
"All vitals are reading normal." One of the scientists replied.
"A slight… tingle." Said Dakar.
Elsa placed her hand supportingly on Dakar's arm. His hands then clenched into fists and he grit his teeth in pain. The heart beat monitors started to beep more rapidly as his heart rate elevated.
"Now all my muscles feel like they're cramping." He groaned.
"The serum's integrating with his DNA. No immediate change yet."
Dakar's heartbeat climbed even more. To everyone's shock he then screamed in agony and tried to struggle violently. He was already restrained, but they were simply designed to keep him in place, not to resist an actual struggle.
"Restrain him!" Elsa ordered immediately, trying to not panic.
They'd been afraid of this. It had been the same with the other 6 before. They'd all experienced massive pain as well.
Immediately, further restraints fell into place and locked tightly, keeping Dakar in place as he continued to writhe in pain. His struggles became even more violent and his screams grew louder… and then… silence fell. His struggles and screams stopped… as did his heart.
"No. No! No! No!" Elsa said in panic.
Immediately some of the scientists rushed up to Dakar and prepared a defribulator.
"Clear!"
They shocked him. Dakar's heart spiked for a split second, but then returned to nothing again.
"Again!" Elsa shouted.
"Clear!"
They shocked him again. Still nothing.
"FUCK! Again!"
"Clear!"
The final shock had slightly more charge in it and lasted a little longer.
Relief fell over everyone as the beeping from the heart monitor returned. Dakar remained unconscious, but his heart rate remained steady stable.
"He's still alive?" the Commander asked.
"It would seem so." Elsa panted in relief.
"I don't see any effects though." Said the Commander.
"I know. That's what worries me." Said Elsa nervously.
"He's regaining consciousness." One of the scientists said as Dakar stirred.
"Keep him restrained." The Commander ordered.
"Yes, Supreme Leader."
Dakar coughed slightly and looked around. Remembering where he was and what had happened, his attention turned to Elsa and the Commander.
"Did it work?" he asked.
"We don't know. We're not even sure how you survived where everyone else died." Elsa replied, running scans as she spoke. "Everything seems normal. That's a shame. I would've thought the serum would've triggered."
"Is it even in him?" the Commander asked.
"Yes... but for some reason it's not activating." Elsa said. "It looks like his immune system is fighting it. It's also resisting the traces of your blood."
"So this was all a failure?" Dakar asked in disappointment.
"Not necessarily. I certainly will be able to use this to hopefully perfect the procedure next time. At the very least this time, we didn't lose a subject. But for now, it looks like we didn't get the desired goal." Elsa replied. "But then, perhaps it might just be a matter of patience. For all we know something unexpected could happen within the next few days."
"If you require me to stay for more tests then so be it. I volunteered for this, I'll damn well so it through to the end."
A few days passed. Still no significant change. However Elsa had said that she was seeing a lot of unusual activity going in his blood stream. His cell structure was also changing. Elsa didn't know what it was changing into, but she suspected it was as though it was preparing itself for something. It was the unknown of what it was preparing for that scared her.
Recently however, that had changed. This morning when Elsa had come to check up on him he'd told her that he'd woken up with an extreme pain all over.
"Everything seems the same as it was yesterday. Are you sure about this?" Elsa asked as she finished running a scan.
"I wouldn't lie, doc. It feels like every bone and muscle in my body is being eaten away. Just breathing hurts." Dakar groaned.
Elsa could tell wasn't joking and decided at the very least to try and relieve the pain. She took a syringe from nearby and lined the needle up with a nerve on his arm.
"This won't get rid of the pain completely, but it'll hopefully ease it a bit." She said.
When she tried to put the needle in however she encountered some resistance. She applied a bit more pressure but it still didn't' penetrate his skin.
"Hmm. Odd. I don't remember your skin being this thick." She said.
Finally the needle broke through and she injected the contents of the syringe. Dakar's breathing seemed to improve in a few seconds and he stopped gritting his teeth.
"Feel a bit better?" Elsa asked.
"A little." Dakar replied.
It was as Elsa withdrew the needle however that something very unexpected happened. As the needle came out, attached to it was a flake of skin.
"WHAT THE HELL?!"
"You just... shed some of your skin." Elsa said in shock.
"What really worries me is that didn't even hurt." Said Dakar, now sounding concerned.
"Are you feeling any itching?" Elsa asked.
"Well I have to admit; now that that's happened I am starting to feel a bit itchy all over. What the hell is happening to me, doc?" Dakar asked, starting to panic.
"I don't know. I just hope this isn't your structure breaking down." Elsa replied. "I need to inform the Supreme Leader. He'll want to know about this. I promise I won't be long."
She disappeared through the door but suddenly came back for a brief moment.
"Oh, and try not peel anymore skin off. We've no idea if this is a bad thing or not." She added for leaving, for real this time.
Dakar simply sat where he has. He attempted to give his arm a tiny scratch in hopes of reliving the itching in some way, but even the gentlest touch seemed to scrape off more skin flakes.
Sighing with frustration, he laid back on his bed and tried to take his mind off it. He barely lasted more than a minute before he was suddenly hit with an immense amount of pain and his hand flew to his left chest.
"Agh! My heart!" he cried.
His heart felt as though it was swelling and threatening to burst. He tried to reach for the button used to call Elsa but the pain was just too much. Instead, he ended up falling off his bed and onto his knees.
He could only continue groaning in pain, his fingers scratching and clawing at the ground as the pain continued. Something was definitely happening to him on the inside. He also noticed at this moment that more skin was falling off on its own.
At that moment, Elsa and the Commander arrived. They were both shocked to find Hades on his knees and several patches of skin shredding themselves from his body like tissue paper.
"What the hell..." Dakar tried to say, but he was interrupted by another sharp sting of pain.
This time it was different. Suddenly everything felt very tight as though his muscles and skin were threatening to tear apart. But why? What was happening to him? Cracks and tears began to form on his skin and more and more of it began to peel away.
"He's shedding all his skin. But why?" Elsa said.
Neither she nor the Commander dared not approach Dakar out of uncertainty.
Finally, Dakar couldn't' take it anymore. The pain seemed to be the worst on his back and it simply felt like it was holding something back. He reached up and tore off hospital gown he'd been wearing and then reached up to the stretching and tearing skin on his back.
"No wait!" Elsa yelled realizing what Dakar was about to do.
Dakar grabbed at the skin and ripped it right off. Elsa half expected to need to avert her gaze any minute. However, it ended up being quite the opposite. Instead of seeing muscle and blood all over the place where Dakar had torn the skin from she saw more skin, fresh, perfectly healthy, but something about it looked like it was much harder and tougher than human skin.
And then it happened. All remaining skin that Dakar was shedding either burst open or fell of completely. It was now that Elsa finally noticed why this was happening. He was getting bigger. His arms were expanding like balloons and his limbs were also growing in turn. All the muscles could clearly be seen changing under his skin. The rest of his clothes tore off, unable to contain the size.
Both Elsa and the Commander stood rooted to the spot in surprise and shock as Dakar grew to over 3 metres and his muscle mass grew to insane sizes. Veins throbbed as they expanded underneath the skin and his body fat percentage became so low it made the muscles look all the more massive as they bulged.
"Gott im Himmel!" Elsa said, sounding like she was going to faint any moment.
Finally it stopped, Dakar was left panting having just endured his somewhat painful transformation.
"Unexpected." Said the Commander calmly, sounding unaffected by what he had just seen, or the fact that this man was now larger than him.
"I don't know how this is possible. They were meant to be like you. Not... like this."
"I don't know why... but that felt surprisingly good." Dakar panted, admiring his now massive and bulging arms, the veins pushing out from under the skin so much that they looked ready to burst.
"Glad to see you're still in there at least." Said the Commander, walking up to Dakar's face that was now even bigger than his helmet. He then turned to Elsa. "Is there any way we can replicate this?"
"I wish I had an answer, Supreme Leader. But I've no idea how this happened. After all, he's the only survivor of the experiments and I don't even know where to begin in finding out how it made him like this." Elsa replied, still in shock.
"All this strength and power... it's amazing!" said Dakar, flexing his new muscles and admiring how tall he was now.
"Never forget who gave it to you though." The Commander said seriously.
"I won't, Supreme Leader. If you'll still have me, I will serve you until my last breath." Dakar said as he sunk down to one knee and lowered his head.
"I shall hold you to that." Said the Commander. "Clothe him and have him put through thorough tests and examinations. I want to know the full limit of his capabilities."
"Yes, Supreme Leader." Said Elsa. She no longer sounded in shock. In fact she now sounded like she was embarrassed.
It didn't' take the Commander long to notice where the woman was looking, despite that she kept trying to avert her gaze. Due to all his clothes during the growth, Dakar was fully exposed, and the growth had occurred everywhere. Even…
"And stop staring at it, Elsa." the Commander added with a sigh.
"I..."
"I'm not blind in this thing thanks to you."
"Sorry, Supreme Leader. It's just... hard to resist staring."
"Then resist."
The Commander left, leaving Elsa blushing as she looked back at Dakar who had a suggestive smile on his face.
"Just book me in for another session if you want a proper examination."
1 YEAR LATER...
Much time had passed since Dakar's drastic change. Since then he had made even more of a name for himself. He now went by the codename Hades. The very mention of the name made the other Hellspawn troopers shudder. They'd all heard what the now massive giant was capable of. Though they were glad he was on their side, it didn't' stop them from fearing him.
Despite the best efforts of Elsa and the scientists, they had been unable to repeat what happened to Hades. All attempts had either resulted in nothing happening whatsoever, or the death of a subject. Six more tires had been attempted before the Commander had been forced to shut the project down. No progress at all had been made, and they had gotten no closer to perfecting the Helldiver serum either.
Hades stood before the Commander, Shadow, Elsa, the Commander's elite guard and several other Hellspawn troopers surrounding him.
His outfit comprised of combat gear specially made for his size along with a suit of armour. Most plates covered his main limbs like they would a Helldiver's. His helmet had a makeshift skull on it combined with a breathing mask in addition to several ammo pouches adorning the armour and forearm mounted assault rifles with blades on his elbows. The Hellspawn logo could clearly be seen on his chest as well.
"Time and time again you've had the chance to try and turn on me. Yet here you stand, bowing before and still acknowledging me as your leader." Said the Commander.
"There is no question that you are still the stronger one, Commander. I would sooner die than betray you. All I ever want is to serve you, so that you may win." Said Hades, bowing his head and sinking down onto one knee.
"I can no longer doubt your loyalty, and you have proven yourself one of our most indestructible fighters. Thus, I have decided to make you more than just a mere soldier like any other." The Commander continued. "Hellspawn needs a second leader, someone to command my forces on the field if I am unable. Someone to command and control my armies with me, someone to fight at my side and perhaps even take my place when I am gone."
Hades expected to see a look of uneasiness on Shadow's face but she seemed completely calm. To be fair though it had already been made clear that while she was the Commander's apprentice it had never been the intent for her to succeed him. She was training under him to hunt Helldivers and help Hellspawn's cause.
Content that he didn't have to worry about being stabbed in the back, Hades lowered his head again.
"Hades, I name you my second in command. Rise." The Commander said.
Hades obeyed and rose back up to his full height.
"I will not fail you, Supreme Leader."
"I hope so."
END OF FLASHBACK
"All is in order I assume?"
Hades was pulled back to reality as he watched Shadow approach.
"Nothing out of the ordinary." Hades simply replied. He noted however the Commander was not present. "Where is he?"
"Trojan's returned from the mission and she brining her findings to him person." Shadow simply replied.
"He'll be a while then?" Hades asked.
"You underestimate the connection between those two." Said Shadow. "It's impossible to question how loyal she is. Hell, she cut out her tongue with her own hands to prove it."
"You remember the day she became a cyborg?" Hades asked.
"Trying not to." Shadow replied uncomfortably.
FLASHBACK
The steady beat of a heart monitor could be heard in the background along with the shallow breathing of the woman lying in the bed.
Sonya's body was covered in bandages to the point where she could be mistaken for an Egyptian mummy. If that wasn't bad enough she was missing all but 1 of her limbs and her breathing sounded almost dead like.
Long story short she'd attempted to hack into a highly secure base. Though she had succeeded, she'd been compromised by a Cerberus spy who'd triggered the alert and triggered enough explosives to level the entire building.
Frankly, it was a miracle that she'd survived. Her injuries though had bene even more severe than the Commander's. In fact, Elsa had just confided to other heads of Hellspawn that there was nothing more she and the medics could do. Slowly but surely, she was dying.
The Commander was very reluctant to lose such a loyal servant and great hacker and had asked Elsa to tell him truthfully if there really was no other way to keep her alive in some form. After a brief bit hesitance, Elsa had finally replied that there was one way, but it was not something done lightly. The decision had to fall to Sonya herself.
The Commander, Elsa and Shadow stood around the bed and waited until Sonya acknowledged them. Despite being pumped full of painkillers she was still in bad condition.
"Tell her what you told us, Elsa." The Commander said.
Elsa sighed and began explaining.
"I can't lie to you, Sonya. You injuries… they're too much for your body to handle. Even with full life support, there's nothing more we can do." She said. "We reckon you have 3 weeks left at the very most. I'm sorry."
In her state, and having also cut out her tongue prior to these events, Sonya was barely capable of making any sound. She did however manage that all three could tell was a sad sigh.
"Our good doctor has told me however that there is another option." Said the Commander.
"As you probably know we've been doing hundreds of experiments into cybernetics, reverse engineering those we've recovered from dead Helldivers. The results have proved incredibly promising to the point where… well, I believe we could essentially make a new body for you… a machine body." Elsa explained. "As I said before however, your injuries are too much for your body to handle, so it is not as simple as attaching mechanical limbs to you. The long and short of it is that the only thing of yours that this new body will have… is your brain."
Sonya didn't make a sound, though what could be seen of her eyes through the bandages did indicate she was taken aback by this.
"However we wouldn't dare force this fate upon you." Said the Commander. "It goes against our rules regarding our own kind. That is why we leave it up to you to decide. It would be a difficult choice for anyone, and the experience… well, I'm sure you can guess."
Sonya simply nodded.
"It is your choice, Sonya. If you refuse and would prefer to die then I promise I will do all I can to make your last days as comfortable as possible." Said Elsa. "If you accept, there'll be no going back. Not to mention also the fact that even if you're willing, we've no idea if your mind will truly adapt to the new experience. As willing and prepared as you are, there's still every chance your brain could go into shock over the experience or it might reject the cybernetics.
Sonya reached for a nearby keyboard and began typing. In her state, this was her only method of communication. The Commander had also insisted that she use it. Technically it didn't break her vow of silence, but it did still go against the basic principal.
"May I have some time to decide?" the message read.
"Of course." The Commander replied. "Take as much time as you need to decide. Do not take too long though, as Elsa said, you don't have long."
The three left, leaving the hacker to ponder this big choice. Accept her fate and pass away in comfort, or live in a new body. True she wanted to live on, but would it be worth it? If she accepted, she would have to give up so much. As advanced as the body would be Sonya still knew that it rob her of almost everything that made her human. Touch, smell, taste, they'd all be gone. And as Elsa had also said, she could still very well be unprepared for the massive change. Was losing all that worth it? Was Hellspawn worth it? Was the Commander…
She stopped herself though at that point. She had come this far, she taken a vow of silence to prove her loyalty, she had cut out her own tongue to make sure she never broke that vow, and now she had sacrificed so much for the fallen Helldiver.
In that split second, her mind had been made up. She knew this was what she wanted. She looked at the clock and note dhow late it was. Admittedly, she did feel tired and in her condition she just wanted to rest. Closing her eyes, she let herself relax and slowly sink into sleep. She would inform everyone of her decision tomorrow.
Despite having a rather depressing dream, her sleep was deep and undisturbed. The second she woke up she was able to have the others come to see her. They had been surprised by her decision and had asked her quite a few times if she really was 100% certain about this. Time and time again though she had replied saying that she was sure. Finally it sank in and they could tell her mind was made up.
For the next two and a half weeks she was put through several simulations in an attempt to help prepare her brain for the procedure and also hopefully avoid her rejecting it or going into shock. Despite her health declining greatly in that time, she made great progress which pleased the Commander and Elsa.
The end of the third week soon came. The time that Elsa had predicted her death. And she had not been wrong. Sonya felt on the verge of death, barely holding on to consciousness. Elsa had assured her though it would be over soon. The time had come. All simulations that they could do with her consciously had been completed. It was now, or never.
Elsa, the Commander and Shadow all stood around the bed. Sonya would be given a special concoction that for all intents and purposes would essentially kill her. The brain of a human however still remained functioning for a short time after death. It wasn't much, but it would be enough for the doctors to remove the brain and get it stabilized.
"Everything is in place." Said Elsa. "Is there… anything you want to say?"
Sonya simply shook her head and gave a slight groan. Despite the painkillers and everything else, she just wanted it to be over. Even though she knew this would probably be the last thing she ever physically felt, she was prepared.
Understanding the hacker's response, Elsa nodded to the doctors ready to inject the liquid. Very gently they switched her life support to slowly pump the liquid into her. Almost immediately, Sonya felt it begin to take effect. She was slipping. Remaining clam, she took one last deep breath… and closed her eyes.
A minute or two passed before the doctors were certain Sonya was no longer conscious. Immediately, they had her rushed into the operating room. They only had around 10 minutes.
Shadow and the Commander stood on a balcony overlooking the whole thing. The Commander remained almost as still as a statue as he watched the entire thing, not moving, not making any sounds, half the time it didn't even look like he was breathing.
Shadow on the other hand was doing all she could to remain still. She had no idea why she had to watch this. Even the mere sounds of the drills and tools alone creeped her out. Then came the sound of bone crunching as Sonya's scalp and skull cap were removed. That alone was going to haunt. But as bad as those had been, it was nothing compared to what came next. The cap came off and Elsa advised everyone to hold their breath. She had not been joking. The second the smell reached Shadow's nostrils, she feared she might be sick any moment, and then there was the fact that she could see the entire thing. Shadow ultimately had to accept that this was probably a test of the Commander's to try and harden her will even more.
The operation went cleanly and smoothly in just under five minutes and the brain was already inside a special jar being fed all the necessary liquids and oxygen it needed. The spinal cord had been kept, but they would trim down what they didn't need later now that they could operate safely while the brain was maintained.
Both the Commander and Elsa observed the brain as it was held in place in the bubbling liquid. Shadow was absent having excused herself when she'd seen the brain in the jar. It hadn't taken a genius to tell that the sight of that had been the last straw. It was anyone's guess how she'd be in the morning.
"Is she conscious of anything?" the Commander asked.
"No." Elsa simply replied. "And I won't dare change that until she's connected up."
The Commander gave an understanding nod and also cast a look to the mechanical body that the scientists were finishing assembling next to the tank.
"How long until you begin further virtual simulations?" he asked.
"We start tomorrow." Elsa replied. "I will keep you updated on our progress."
All virtual simulations went according to plan and although they indicated that Sonya's brain would handle the computer integration just fine, everyone was still nervous, especially Elsa. If they had miscalculated, if they had missed out one single thing, they'd be in a world of trouble. And then there was the unknown. As had bene stated before, there was still every possibility that the brain might reject the machine and go into shock. They had managed to induce certain brainwaves to help further ease the brain into the new changes, but only activation would tell them for certain.
The Commander and Shadow arrived on time. The brain was still in the jar, but was now wired internally to a computer that was externally wired to the body. This was a precaution in case anything went wrong so that the body could be terminated in any way without harming the brain in case something went wrong. If everything went right after this, then they would connect the brain into the body directly where it would stay permanently.
"Everything is ready, Supreme Leader." Elsa said as she bowed her head.
"Then there is no point delaying. Wake her up."
Several long silent seconds passed. No immediate physical activity occurred, but the scanners certainly showed a lot of neural activity. Sonya was now conscious again after so long. The video output also showed what she was seeing. At the moment, the computer merged with her brain was performing diagnostics on both itself and the body.
Once all tests finally completed, everyone waited for Sonya to make her very first physical move. After several tense seconds it came in the form of finger movements.
The arms soon followed, along with the other arm as she brought them into her peripheral vision.
"Status?" Elsa asked nervously.
"Brain activity seems calm for the moment." One of the scientists replied.
After a few seconds of examining her arms, Sonya slowly lifted the body up from its resting place. She seemed to wobble slightly as her new clawed feet touched the floor. She managed to not topple herself though and eventually steadied. Slowly she looked down and examined herself fully.
Finally she looked back at the others. Her gaze fell directly on the Commander. The visual feed even showed that she'd zoomed in on him. Despite Elsa advising against it, the Commander slowly approached her.
"Welcome back… Trojan." He said.
Trojan slowly sank into a low bow.
That appeared to be enough for everyone to relax. Elsa even let out a sigh of relief.
And so it was. On that day, Sonya ceased to exist. From that day forward, there was only Trojan, the woman and the machine.
END OF FLASHBACK
Shadow shuddered slightly as she thought back to the operation. Occasionally she still had nightmares about that. Despite that though she and Trojan had respect for one another and while not necessarily friends had a fine partnership with each other.
At that moment however she was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard the approaching footsteps of the Commander, Trojan following behind him.
"Supreme Leader." Hades said as he and Shadow both bowed their heads.
"Master."
"Trojan's findings have proven fruitful. It would seem the myths surrounding the artifact are more than just myth." The Commander said.
"It's real?" Shadow asked in surprise.
Up till now, she'd feared her master had been chasing a fairy tale ever since he'd heard the stories. But if Trojan had found firm enigmatic proof…
"Indeed. And as of now, I intend for us to find it."
Friday finally came. Austin had to admit he was both excited to see what surprise Nyarra had for him, and at the same time a little nervous about seeing her again given how long it had been.
Nyarra owned a penthouse on the top floor of a massive apartment building, which she also owned. She'd bought it not too long after becoming the boss of the strip club she'd once worked for. She'd even offered some of her dancers the apartments in the building due to them previously having bad accommodation.
Austin exited the elevator and walked up to the door. Since he and Nyarra were seeing each other so much, she'd given him access to her room. Thus, he didn't have to knock or input an access code.
"Nyarra?"
He didn't get a response. The whole penthouse appeared to be dark. He did however notice that there was something on the floor. It was a note. He picked it up and moved it closer so he could read it.
IN THE BATHROOM
Austin looked to where the bathroom was and saw that the door was open and what was undeniably steam was pouring out.
He calmly walked in, a slight smile on his face.
Inside the bathroom was a massive hot tub, almost as large as a swimming pool. The lights were dimmed enough that stuff could still be seen, but dark enough that it really added to the atmosphere.
Sure enough, floating in the water on her back and completely nude was Nyarra. The sight of her wet naked skin and massive breasts half submerged in the water turned Austin on a lot. Already he could feel himself hardening under his trousers.
He was going to announce himself, but he didn't need to. The door suddenly shut behind him and Nyarra slowly rose to her feet, hot water dripping and running down her body. She made no attempt to cover up which was hardly surprising.
"Hello, Shepard. It's been too long. I've missed you." She said, smiling slightly and speaking with a clam and soothing tone. The bath had clearly made her relaxed.
"Well then, let's make up for lost time." Austin smiled calmly. He could not deny though how impatient her felt. He'd missed the Asari's body so much that fantasies and dreams had almost started to not cut it.
"Indeed. Why don't you take off all that armour and come join me?" Nyarra asked seductively as she placed her elbows on the edges of the hot tub, making sure her breasts were still on full display and pushed up slightly so that it really accentuated them.
Austin opened up his armour and stepped out. He then unzipped is suit mesh and removed his boxers as it sealed back up.
Nyarra licked her lips hungrily as she finally gazed upon the sight she had longed been craving, her favourite cock in the galaxy! It was already semi hard and it made Nyarra shudder slightly in pleasure as she imagined sucking it or the shaft rock hard and moving back and forth out of her azure.
The Asari extended out her hand and Austin took it as he slowly walked down the steps and into the tub. The Helldiver let out a relaxing sigh as the warm water washed over his skin.
The two brought their mouths together and kissed as they moved their hands over each other bodies. Austin gently kneading Nyarra's ass and Nyarra brushing her fingers over Austin's hard muscles, shuddering slightly and letting a moan escape her lips as her fingers touched his eight abs.
"This your big surprise then? It's hardly the first time we've had a bath together." Austin asked once they'd finally separated.
"Hardly. The bath's just an added extra." Nyarra replied as her hand slowly drifted lower. "This is the surprise."
Austin heard faint footsteps all around him. Due to the dimmed lights, he couldn't see much. Only the lights from the hot tub provided any illumination. For a moment, Austin worried this wasn't what Nyarra had referred too. Before he ended up panicking however, the source of the footsteps was soon revealed.
Out of the darkness stepped all of Nyarra's dancers, surrounding the hot tub in a circle. They were all in various different stages of undress. Some already nude, some still in underwear, some still partly clothed and even one or two still fully clothed.
It took Austin a moment before he realized what Nyarra was proposing. At first he thought they were an audience, but then he realized they were here for more than just a show.
"You cannot be serious." He said, almost in disbelief.
"I'm afraid I am." Nyarra smiled, trying not to laugh at Austin's reaction. "Ever since we've been seeing each other they've become very interested in finding out what makes you so special. Eventually I found out, and suggested they find out... together. With the place closed for the weekend, it's meant be their weakened off, but I've all given them major overtime and they're more than happy to do some extra work. So, as of now you've got me, the entire weekend, and every single one of my willing girls... all to yourself."
Austin was almost speechless. Was this really happening? He was being offered a massive Harem of hot and horny Asari who were all willing and wanting to have sex with him. For dozens of other males, this would be something they could barely dream of. For a short while, Austin felt sure this was a dream, but in the end he finally accepted this really was happening.
"Honestly... I don't deserve you." He said, trying to remain calm.
"You say the sweetest things." Nyarra smiled as her hand found his cock and slowly stroked it to full hardness until its drumming head poked out of the water and touched her lower stomach.
The other Asari gave aroused giggles and whispers to each other. Some even licked their lips seductively like Nyarra had done earlier and a few touched themselves and moaned arousingly as they caught their first sight of the cock they'd heard a great deal about. The cock that they'd heard brought their boss pleasure each time. The cock that belonged to a hugely muscular and handsome man that was among one of the best soldiers in the galaxy and probably had the sexual endurance of a Krogan.
"Showtime, girls. Let's make this man happy, and let's have some fun." Said Nyarra.
Any Asari that still had some form of clothing on immediately shed it. Within just a few seconds, Austin and Nyarra were surrounded by nothing but blue and purple nude forms. The Asari gently stepped into the tub and surrounded Austin and Nyarra, who moved to the edge so that Austin would have something to lye against later on.
For now they simply stood. Austin's hand went to Nyarra's breasts and he started to gently massage them while Nyarra gave his cock much harder strokes. The other Asari meanwhile took up various positions around them. Some of then went down on their knees around them and slowly began touching and stroking Nyarra's legs and ass. Some remained standing and moved their hands seductively touched Nyarra's stomach or shoulders. That combined with the firm and gentle touching that Austin was giving her tits made Alaara sigh in pleasure.
One of the bolder dancers gave Nyarra's ass cheeks and gentle slap. Nyarra looked at the Asari with a surprised, but pleased look. For a moment the Asari worried she'd gone too far. But when Nyarra made a movement with her head, telling her to carry on, she resumed her erotic touching. Some Asari even licked at Nyarra's skin using their tongues.
Whilst Nyarra was getting plenty of attention, Austin it seemed was getting even more. He had more Asari attending to him than Nyarra did. Most of them were just groping at his muscles and admiring the hardness, though some of them were paying attention to his lower regions. He kept their hands off his cock while their boss continued her long strokes, but two of them did pay attention to his balls. Mostly just giving them gentle licks and a slight suck. Nothing too extreme... yet.
He also became aware that one had pressed her body right into his back and was moaning erotically into his ear as she grinded her pussy against his backside. Nyarra it seemed was getting the same from another Asari, only this one was gently stroking Nyarra's pussy as well.
Nyarra once again drew Austin into a kiss, this time using her tongue a bit more vigoursly. Returning the kiss, Austin let his hands drop from Nyarra's breasts and let two of her dancers tend to them with their mouths. Two more dancers meanwhile took hold of his hands and brought them down to their dripping Azure. Austin immediately got the message and gently eased a finger from each hand inside. A blissful moan greeted each ear. Nyarra also did something similar. While her right hand continued to stroke the Helldiver's shaft, her free hand went to one of the dancers who took it in her hand and touched it to her face as though it were silk. The dancer moaned as she kissed and licked the hand. Even took some of the fingers into her mouth and sucked gently on them.
Austin could feel more hands on his body, most still groping at muscle, but a few hands stroking his skin firmly. He could also feel the Asari planning kisses and licks all over. He then felt two mouths from either side touch his cock. Nyarra continued her strokes, but she now left a spot untouched which her dancers tended to.
Austin also suddenly became aware that one of them was moving a finger rather close to his asshole.
"Much as I love the attention, ladies. I'd rather you didn't." He said with a calm, but firm, tone.
The dancers got the message and did not go further.
"Don't worry, girls. I'm sure he'll be more than happy to give your asses plenty of attention." Said Nyarra, causing the others to giggle slightly. "Clearly you're all getting impatient, so go ahead. His cock's all yours. I meanwhile will get his tongue primed for later."
The Asari let go of Austin's cock and allowed the other dancers to give it their full attention. Austin was caught off guard as hands and mouths surrounded his cock, almost making it vanish from sight.
Nyarra meanwhile gently forced Austin down onto his back until his head rested against the edge of the hot tub. She then gently opened up her legs and spread her pussy lips, hovering it just a few inches from Austin's face.
"I'm so horny." She moaned. "I want your tongue deep inside."
Austin placed his hands on Nyarra's ass cheeks and gently pushed her close until his tongue touched her folds. Nyarra moaned loudly as the Helldiver's tongue began exploring her core. One of her dancers silenced her with a kiss while firmly groping her large tits and tweaking her nipples. Austin also felt another dancer kissing and massaging Nyarra's ass cheeks.
Austin couldn't help but moan slightly into Nyarra's pussy as the dancers continued to assault his cock with their mouths. One of them had even latched her mouth around the head and was sucking hungrily.
Nyarra continued to moan as Austin drove his tongue deeper and deeper, lapping at her pussy juices. One of her hands ruffled his long hair while the other reached round to touch her ass and she began to finger her asshole.
Austin heard the moans get louder. His own moans increased as well as the sucking and strokes on his cock got stronger and stronger.
"Oh goddess!" Nyarra panted, finally forcing her azure away from Austin's mouth, despite the Helldiver's strength pushing against her ass. "Need to recover. Don't want it to be over too quickly."
"Right then, who wants the first ride?" Austin asked.
The dancers' attention was caught by this and they temporarily stopped tending to his shaft. Nyarra, who still needed a moment, simply waited for someone to volunteer first. It took a while before they all realized she was waiting for them, but once they did, they then cast looks at one another. Eventually, one particular dancer who had tits almost as large as Nyarra's stood up. She remained silent, but she was giving Austin the most hungry and seductive look he'd ever seen. She looked so aroused and was panting so hard, it almost scared him.
While the other dancers continued with their touching and stroking of both Austin's skin, and the dancer's as she slowly squatted down until she was mere inches from the Helldivers cock, Nyarra beckoned another dancer over to her and began kissing with her.
The dancer standing over Austin took his raging penis in her hand, and very slowly eased it into her pussy. At first, she only moaned in pleasure due to the girth, but as the length slowly disappeared into her, she suddenly screamed so loud it made everyone jump.
"Oh by the fucking goddess! He's almost as big as a Krogan. How does he have enough blood for this monster?!" she moaned.
"Being a Helldiver has its advantages." Austin smiled as he put his hands on the dancer's hips.
"Please can we keep him, boss?" another dancer asked innocently.
Nyarra temporarily broke her kiss and simply replied with a smile.
The dancer on top of Austin began slowly moving herself up and down, the mere movement of the Helldiver's shaft causing her to be almost gasping for breath. She felt the bumps of the veins drumming hard as Austin also started to thrust gently.
The other dancers continued to move their hands over various different bodies. Once again, most of them were still touching Austin. They'd now changed their hand strokes. Instead they were now scraping their nails firmly, but very gently over his muscles. One even went so far as to gently bite his right chest. Another dancer gently placed herself between Austin and the edge of the tub so that his head now rested on her pilowy breasts and she played with his hear and trimmed stubble. She even occasionally whispered some incredibly dirty porn talk in his. She'd even whisper how she couldn't wait for her turn and how she looked forward to Austin fucking her in the ass.
The pace increased and eventually the dancer began to ride Austin hard, her large tits bouncing with each thrust and her nails digging into his traps.
"Damn, you know how to ride!" Austin groaned in pleasure.
"Look at the sight of these titties bouncing!" the dancer behind him whispered into his ear, licking his ear lobe with her ear ever so slightly. "You like watching these tits bounce, Shepard?! You like it?!"
Austin moaned in pleasure through gritted teeth, the dirty talk only making him more horny and aggressive.
The moans from the dancer on top of him soon turned to gaps and screams of pleasure. She soon took her hands away from his shoulders and instead leant back, resting her hands on his legs and threw her head back as she rode him even harder.
Seeing those large wet naked breasts bounce very close to him eventually became too much for Austin. He moved his hands up from her hips and grasped a tit in each hand and brought them to his mouth.
As Austin sucked and licked at her hard nipples, the dancer extended out her tongue to the dancer in front of her who was behind Austin. Both their tongues touched and licked at each other as the dancer riding Austin stroked her hands other the other's crest.
"Oh I knew I wanted to fuck you hard as soon as I saw you!" the dancer moaned.
The dancer that had been kissing Nyarra broke the kiss and spoke.
"I once spied on him when he was being given a tittyfuck by the boss. I've never masturbated so hard."
The others couldn't help but giggle. A few even shuddered in pleasure as they shared this fantasy. Nyarra even gave the ass the dancer a firm slap, causing her to yelp in surprise.
"Naughty naughty. Now I've gotta spank that pretty little butt of yours!"
The dancer simply smiled as Nyarra bent the dancer over the edge of the hot tub and began spanking her so hard her ass cheeks turned red.
The dancer on top of Austin broke her tongue play with the other dancer and straightened up. Austin knew the look on her face. Her orgasm was coming.
"Fuck her! She can't last much longer! Fuck her so hard she passes out from coming!" the Asari behind him whispered into his ear. She even tried to snake her tongue into his ear.
This made Austin thrust so aggressively that it finally proved too much. The dancer on top of him screamed as her wet pussy squirted onto his front, covering his eight pack with her juices. Some of the dancers even managed to catch it in their mouths while others just licked it off Austin.
The dancer took several deep breaths. She looked so drained it was any wonder she was still conscious.
"By the goddess!" she panted.
"My turn!" said the dancer that Nyarra had been spanking.
For a moment Nyarra gave her a look, as if questioning why she felt that it should be her turn.
"Please, boss. I want his cock between my titties. Ever since I saw you do it to him I've been fantasizing about me being in your place. I want him to fuck my boobs!" the dancer pleaded.
Nyarra simply smiled and motioned for the dancer to go right ahead.
As if she'd been waiting her whole life for this moment, the dancer pushed through all the others and got down in front of Austin, hypnotised by his wet rock hard cock, beating with each heart beat.
She took her tits in each hand and put the shaft between them. She then pushed them together, trapping the cock in the gap between. Slowly, she started to move up and down. Once of the dancers also scooped water steaming water from the hot tub into her hands and gently poured it on Austin's cock and the dancer's tits. Austin felt himself get fully hard again as he gazed upon the wet naked flesh before him.
The speed of her movements increased and she began to bob up and down at a much faster rate. Austin this time did not thrust in time and simply let himself enjoy the pleasure. He moved his head up to look directly into the eyes of the Asari who's tits he was still resting against, and who was still playing with his hair as well. She enjoyed the fact that it wasn't wet yet and found that it felt surprisingly nice to the touch. Clearly this Helldiver took care of his hair, despite its length.
The Asari smiled down at him and leant her head down to kiss him. He accepted it without hesitation and let the Asari's mouth latch onto his. Nyarra meanwhile got down on her knees and began licking at his eight pack, mostly just so that she had something to do while her Helldiver was being given a tit fuck. That didn't stop her though from enjoying how hard they felt and how she couldn't stop herself from touching her pussy as she did so and even allowing other dancers to tend to her tits and ass.
Suddenly, Austin felt an orgasm literally come out of nowhere without warning. He tried his best to hold it in, but in the end he couldn't.
He manged to break the kiss with the dancer above him, but before he even had a chance to warn to the other, it happened.
"Oh shi..."
His cock spasmed and shot a long and thick rope of cum right into the face of the dancer who'd been tending to it. Caught off guard, the dancer moved herself away and let the Helldiver's cock fall out of the gap in her tits. Several more cumshots followed which the other dancers quickly tried to catch by opening their mouths or trying to move their faces so that the cum landed on it. Most caught some strands in their mouths whilst the rest got it on their faces which some of the others attempted to lick off. The last few strands landed on Austin's abs right in front of Nyarra's face.
"Sorry. That rather came out of nowhere." Austin panted.
"Don't be. Nothing wrong with an early shower of cum." Nyarra smiled as she licked up the cum that had landed on his body. "And besides, I'm sure there'll be far more where that came from."
She then reached down and gently cupped his balls. Austin saw the faintest sight of a biotic field before he felt an odd feeling. It was not painful, but at the same time it did feel weird. He then felt a tiny bit of swelling before it finally subsided altogether.
"What did you do?" he asked, slightly confused.
"Just a little refill. Can't have those balls of your going dry on us." Nyarra replied as she took his cock in her hand again and stroked it as well as gripping it firmly to keep it from softening.
"No, you're right. The galaxy would implode." Austin smiled amusingly.
The other dancers giggled and chuckled at this.
"Told you he'd make us laugh." Nyarra smiled.
"I don't know about you and the others boss, but I feel a strong need to dance for him and shake my ass in his face." Said the dancer that Austin still had his head leant against.
"I like your thinking." Said Nyarra.
Getting the message, Austin moved his head up and let the Asari stand up. Two more dancers got on their knees and took her place. Austin leant his head back down, this time on their knees. The back of his head, along with a fair bit of his long hair became submerged in the water. Above him, he could see the underside of two sets of breasts along with the smiling faces of the dancers they belonged to.
He then noticed the other dancer who had stood over him and was now beginning to dance, moving her hips in time with some music that had started playing in the background. Whilst the two Asari he was leant against, treated him to a little waterfalls how by scoping water up in their hands and letting it fall down their bodies, the dancer above kept moving her ass so close to his face he could've kissed it.
Nyarra admired the show while she continued to giver Austin's cock some long hard strokes whilst also allowing some of the other dancers to use their mouths on it.
"That's it, babe! Work that big butt of yours!" she grinned pleasurably as she manged to land a quick kiss on the dancer's behind as it continued to move in an almost hypnotic way.
Nyarra couldn't help but be amused at Austin's smile and stare. She leant down and gave him a kiss too and allowing him to suckle on one of her tits for a bit before letting his attention return to the show.
The dancing Asari now brought her hands down to her ass cheeks and spread them, revealing her Azure and asshole. Both shown from arousal, sweat and water.
"You see this pretty little butt hole?! You're going to put your cock in it. She's gonna bounce that ass of hers on top of you. You're going to fuck her ass so hard she'll never walk the same again." Nyarra whispered in such an erotic moan it made Austin exhale with a small moan of pleasure.
As if she had somehow heard Nyarra's words, the dancer repositioned herself and slowly squatted down until her ass was mere centimetres from his drumming cockhead. The others dancers moved back to give her room and Nyarra allowed the dancer to take hold of it.
The dancer kept the shaft steady and made sure it was properly lined up. Very slowly, she began to lower herself down onto it. Just before the cock was about to enter however, Austin suddenly grabbed her hips with both hands and forced her right down with such force that the Asari screamed in both pain and shock.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaah! Fuck!"
"Unexpected…" said Nyarra, with a slight bit of surprise. "…but I love it."
The dancer on top took a few moments to get over the shock before she finally started to move. She groaned a little while she got used to the pain. Some encouragement was got was a groan from Austin who was also adapting to the dancer's tightness. He'd been prepared for this, but the experience had still come as a surprise to him. What's more, some of the dancers were giving his balls extra attention which was only adding to his pleasure.
Eventually, the dancers speed increased and she began to bounce on the Helldiver's cock, her ass cheeks bouncing and rippling with each movement. Austin was also thrusting in time with her movements.
"Mmmm. That is so hot! Watching that ass bounce!" Nyarra moaned.
Austin had moved one of his hands to her Azure and was fingering it in time with the thrusts while his other hand was firmly massaging a breast from another dancer who was panting erotically due to how sensitive her chest was.
At the same time, Nyarra was also giving the Asari's ass a hard slap each time she came down. She smiled and let out a light exhale of pleasure each time she heard a moan from the Asari with each slap.
She was also allowing two more dancers to suckle on her large breasts. Though this brought her a great deal of additional pleasure, it was times like these that she wished she was able to lactate. Adding a flow of Asari milk to this orgy would've made this even more memorable. Still, that didn't stop the Asari from panting heavily from the almost overwhelming pleasure. Nyarra continued to occasionally spank the dancer until finally she decided to take this one step further.
"Turn around babe." She said.
The dancer obeyed and turned herself around, still keeping Austin's cock inside herself. The dancer to the Helldiver's left meanwhile got on top and slowly lowered her pussy onto his face. Same as last time Austin once again dove his tongue deep into the Asari's folds, savouring the taste and flavour of her juices while continuing to piston in and out of the other Asari's ass.
"Oh goddess, his tongue's amazing!" the dancer sitting on his face moaned.
Nyarra meanwhile put her hands of the back of the heads of both Asari and gently encouraged them to move closer and until they kissed each other while also groping each other's breasts.
Austin continued to lick and thrust as he felt the various hands continuing to roman his body and grope at his muscles along with the various tongue licking at his skin and tracing his scars. The room was filled with moans so loud it was anybody's guess how anyone else in the building wasn't hearing this. Austin closed his eyes and felt himself relax, the moans like music to his ears, the sweet taste of Azure juice in his mouth, and his cock engulfed in a tight firm ass. He'd never felt so much pleasure, nor felt so at peace in all his life. How had he gotten so lucky to have something like this? He was just a simple soldier, and yet he'd become acquainted with an Asari that shared his occasional love of physical sex and had now gifted him with an entire harem of Asari that had willingly agreed to this. What's more, he'd be doing this for the entire weekend, and at the rate things were going it seemed like it was going to be nonstop with very little rest. A part of him was still thinking that this might not be real, or that it was a dream. In the end however, these thoughts failed to change his mind at all. He didn't' care anymore if this was real or not. He was going to make the most of it.
And then he felt it. This time he had a warning as he began to feel it build. He manged to push the Asari on top of him up just enough that his mouth detached from her azure and he was able to speak.
"I'm gonna cum." He said, taking a few deep breathes.
"Oh, you're gonna cum?!" one of the dancers asked in an encouraging manner.
Nyarra and the dancers didn't need to be told twice. The one that had been sitting on his face got off and the one he'd been fucking in the ass also got off. Along with Nyarra they all got down on their knees as Austin stood up and began stroking his cock, aiming it in their general direction as they held their tits in their hands and opened their mouths, excitedly anticipating a far larger cumshot than before.
"Cum for us, Shepard! We want you to shoot your cum all over our faces! Paint our titties with your seed!" Nyarra moaned alongside so many of the others that were practically begging him to cum.
Austin upped the pace of his strokes, his hand almost becoming a blur. And finally… it happened.
"FUCK!"
Dozens of long streams of cum shot out of his cock, landing on quite a few of the Asari's face and breasts. Many of them laughed and giggled in amazement as they watched so much cum being emptied from the Helldiver's balls. Austin aimed more to the left so that the others he'd left out got their fair share too. They too had the same reaction and expressions as the cum landed on their bodies. A few lucky ones even caught some strands in their mouths.
As if somehow sensing he was about fire his final cumshot, Nyarra moved a bit closer and made sure aimed at her face as he continued to stroke his cock and moan in pleasure. Sure enough, one final large shot of cum came out of his cock and landed right on Nyarra's face and tits. She immediately rubbed it all over as though it were oil and allowed the dancers to lick her so that they'd enjoy the taste.
Feeling exhausted, Austin sat down and leant against the edge. After the dancers had finished with her, Nyarra lay on top of him and put her head against as his chest as he put his arm around her.
The dancer also did the same and relaxed against the edge, enjoying the warmth of the water and caressing each other gently. Some even talking amongst themselves about how amazing that had been and how they were looking forward to doing it the entire weekend.
"That was incredible." Austin panted, wiping some sweat from his forehead.
"I knew you would like it." Nyarra smiled, continuing to give his softening cock some gentle strokes.
"Makes me wonder if I'll ever be satisfied by anything less ever again." Said Austin
"You say that as if it were a bad thing that I've spoiled other women for you."
"Well when you put it that way..."
"Just imagine it. Us retired and living somewhere peaceful and isolated..." said Nyarra, beginning to get a bit lost in her fantasy. "And with all of them as well."
Some of the dancers gave interested looks and a fair few even giggled to one another. One even gave a gasp of pleasant surprise. Austin couldn't help but consider it. This alone had been heaven for him, but spending his entire life with this harem of Asari... It seemed almost too good to be possible. But that didn't stop his mind from imagining several fantasies.
"It'd be heaven. Nothing but a harem of Asari all to yourself every day of every week." Said Nyarra, clearly becoming more aroused the more she thought about it.
"It almost sounds too good to be true." Austin admitted.
"After tonight... I wouldn't say so. You've already got us for the weekend, why not life? It's clear my girls like you, I'm sure they'd be more than happy to spend their lives with us. Perhaps even willing to bear your children."
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves." Said Austin quickly.
The thought of having children... well, it just seemed way too early to even consider that. He wasn't even sure what his relationship with Nyarra even was. He didn't know for certain if he loved her enough for that, or even at all. But perhaps...
"Yeah, you're right. I'm just horny." Said Nyarra, her words snapping Austin back to reality. "And it looks like I'm not the only one."
The dancers it seemed had got their breath back and had started touching themselves again as they crawled towards Austin and Nyarra. Some even looked hornier than Nyarra was. It was clear to Austin that they were ready for more, and admittedly so was he. He gave a happy sigh as he wondered how he was possibly going to survive an entire weekend of endless sex with a harem of these horny Asari.
"I love Asari." He smiled as Nyarra kissed him again.
Figured it was about time Shepard got some again after so long. I'm actually very pleased with how that turned out. I felt for certain that whole sex scene was gonna be hard, but actually writing it went rather smoothly. Although to be fair I did complete that bit first while I was still on holiday which probably helped.
As some might have guessed from the earlier bit, the next chapter will concern the artifact that the Commander mentioned. I think its fair to say in fact that the chapter will be very Indiana Jones based. More or less it'll be a race against the bad guys to find something long lost.
Oh and since the next one's unlikely to be this month, I'll say in advance...
Happy Christmas! :)
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