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Mass Effect 3: Aftermath	By : Royality Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 3529 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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“This is the secret underground passage?” The small group stood next to an open manhole with a service ladder that headed into the depths of the sewers. There was also a large, crudely painted wooden sign right next to the opening that even said, ‘To the Underground Alliance Training Grounds’.
“Yes, well. It’s very confusing once you get down there!” Leliah tried to defend her obvious trickery as she let Chekov slide down the ladder first. The sister followed soon after, hitting the ground with a thud before calling up. “You can come down! It’s safe now!” Rolling his eyes, Kyo was careful about sliding with only one good hand to get a decent grip with while the other hand tried to hold onto one of Shiro’s legs so that he wouldn’t fall to the filthy pavement below. Once landed, the heavy pistol was drawn with a lit flashlight on the tip to illuminate the way. Even though the floor was trailed in small white lights, it was still difficult to see clearly or to even tell what could be running around wild down here. Not seeing any immediate dangers, Kyo started to lead the small pack forward.
“Come on,” he said in a hushed voice as he crept slowly forward with the pistol sharply aimed. The Quarians looked to each other before nodding. Following the lights, the tunnel echoed with muffled voices and dripping pipes, but it was the constant sound of footsteps that made Kyo uneasy. The sensitive ears of the singer could recognize the difference between ambient sounds and being followed.
“So what’s the deal with you and that dead body?” The voice of the younger boy was inquisitive as usual, even though it had the tone of actually being uninterested.
“Chekov! Don’t be rude…Ah…What he means to say is…,” the sister interjected, but was cut off.
“What’s with me and the dead body? I can hear just fine, thanks.” The Sergeant’s tone made Leliah uneasy, forcing out another nervous laugh from her.
“Haha…right…” Continuing to look forward with the weapon still drawn, Kyo answered without removing his gaze from what was in front of him.
“He’s not dead. He’s in some kind of coma, but I have my orders. He’s the best lead I’ve got.”
“But…he’s not conscious.”
“Tell me something I don’t know.” The omni-tool on the pistol carrying arm lit up again and the animatronic voice spoke on their updated condition.
“Subject found. 10 meters. 5 meters. 1 meter.”
“Shit. GET DOWN NOW!” The arrow was pointing behind them as a distant, glowing blue light approached at rapid speed. Pushing the siblings down, Kyo took a knee before his omni-tool reshaped from a small hard-light screen into a large glowing orange shield. It was just in time to absorb the impact of a large biotic mass that would have tossed the party into various directions otherwise. Scrambling, the Quarians took cover to tap away at their own tools while tossing inert little drones towards the direction of the fight. They changed from the shape from small mechanical balls into little insect-like droids that began to shoot off small rockets into the direction of where the blue mass came from. While it seemed like a good idea at the time, the explosions on either side of them indicated that the missiles had been knocked away.
“Major Alenko, stand down!” Kyo shouted from behind his shield as he remained crotched to one knee. Stepping closer, the lit, blue cloud had a distinct shadow of an adult Human male in the middle of it.
“Why are you following me?” This was the first question Kaidan asked from the distance. It was both harsh and hoarse, but gradually getting closer. “Which merc team is it this time? Blue Suns? Blood Pack? Some Drell Assassin? I’ve seen them all.” Still, Kyo’s shield didn’t drop, which was a good thing since Kaidan had teleported over and nearly shattered it with a close-ranged Biotic attack. The few shots that Kyo did manage to fire before having to brace himself for impact went through the Major as if Kaidan had been recreated into the form of water. Even buckled down, he was pushed a few feet backwards as the armored boots scrapped against the slick metal-grated flooring.
“Neither…I’m…with the Alliance. Hackett…sent…me!” It took a great deal of determination and raw strength just to push Kaidan back as the shield recovered power, but it left Kyo winded. It might have also been a good thing there was a body on top of him now, seeing as the extra weight may have been what kept the Sergeant from flying down the sewer tunnel. Pausing, Kaidan took a look to his left to see the pair of Quarians. Watching their fear helped the hostile Spectre regain his senses. The tremendous force that enflamed his body was reduced from a raging blue to a gentle glow.
“Hackett did? Why me?”
“No idea, sir, I just have my orders to find you…and…I was sort of led here.”
“By the Quarians?” Kaidan turned to look at Kyo only briefly before looking back at the younger kids.
“Yes and no, sir,” Kyo answered but still did not trust Kaidan enough to drop his defenses. Exhausted from the short but intense battle, he continued to speak. “If you’re done trying to kill me, I’ll answer your questions to be best of my ability, though it won’t amount to much.”
“Fine. Come on.” Teleporting yet again, Kaidan’s body flickered and reappeared in front of a worn-out Kyo and two terrified Quarians to take the lead. Dark eyes narrowed as Kyo watched the Major move about in such a way. It reminded him entirely too much of how he would watch Banshees flicker about before shoving their arms into the bodies of his teammates. He had a general distain for Biotics to begin with and now this one in particular even more so. Still, he got was he wanted and turned to the Quarians.
“Come out, guys. It’s alright now.” The siblings nodded, getting up as they gathered their tiny bots to cradle in their arms as they followed along. Kaidan didn’t speak for the entire five minutes or so walking before he opened a nearly invisible door that led to a rather clean and well-lit apartment. There were several monitors stationed at a small desk and a well-made bed in the corner with surprisingly white sheets. On the nightstand was a photo, turned down onto its face. Sitting in the only chair at the desk, Kaidan turned to face Kyo with a swivel as the siblings took seats upon the soft bed. Of course, when Shiro’s body was tossed down between them, they quickly scattered off like little mice to stand in opposite corners of the room. Sighing as the weight was removed from his body, the Sergeant took a moment to stretch and look around. “Nice place.”
“Uh huh, so you said that Admiral Hackett sent you over? For what? To hide a body? There are better people for that sort of job around here.” Kaidan spoke with suspension in his voice, eyeing the motionless corpse that was now on top of his clean sheets.
“That’s Shiro, so I call him, and he’s not dead. He’s just…weird,” Kyo pointed out in a minor attempt to clarify.
“Right, you have some drugged body instead? What do you really want from me, kid? I haven’t got all day.” There was another sigh as Kyo reached over to pull the Major up into a standing position. He then took Kaidan’s omni-tool bearing arm by the wrist in order to hold it over Shiro’s body.
“Look, this is gonna sound weird, but this guy wanted me to find you. Just…stand there for a second. Something’s gonna happen.”
“Something?” Kaidan asked in disbelief. “Like what? Look, I…” His speech was abruptly cut off as his own omni-tool enabled a display screen before it started to speak to him.
“Scanning. Scanning. Subject Found: Major Kaidan Alenko. Access granted.”
“What in God’s name?” Kaidan’s screen flickered to show a video playback that was only static at first before it became very clear. It was from a security camera in Huerta Memorial Hospital and what was being played was a recording from right after when he was attacked by that Cerberus robot. From the looks of it, this recording was from while he was still unconscious and bedridden. Kaidan watched as Commander Shepard spoke from the doorway of his hospital room, saying things he didn’t remember hearing in that state.
“I need you,” was Shepard’s final line before the audio cut out. It made Kaidan’s chest tighten.
“…Shepard,” the Major said breathlessly as the screen froze on Shepard’s expression as the Commander eyed Kaidan’s battered body sadly just before leaving. As Kaidan’s fingers touched the digital image of his lover’s face, the display changed to the galaxy map instead. Once again, the electronic voice of the tool spoke.
“Scanning. Scanning. Subject found: Dr. Liara T’soni. Additional subjects required. System shutting down.”
“Liara? Wait! No! Dammit!” No matter how much Kaidan seemed to pound at his forearm, the screen would not return with the same image as before. Kyo had wandered off and taken liberties to turn up the facedown picture upright, seeing that it was the same face from Kaidan’s display.
“You,” Kaidan said as he shot a glare to the prying Sergeant. “What the hell just happened?” He then forced the frame back down as he grabbed it from the Sergeant’s hand.
“Even if I took a guess, you wouldn’t believe me anyway. I don’t even believe it myself” The weary eyes from both men then peered over at Shiro, who still remained as he always had been.
“Try me.” Looking to the Major, Kyo then looked away in youthful rebellion. After taking a seat upon the bed, he then moved Shiro’s arm to rest on top of the mattress instead of dangling off to the side.
“What do you know about Cerberus?” The question was serious enough and unwavering. It also caused Kaidan’s hazel eyes to narrow with even more rage.
“Enough. Get to the point.”
“This guy,” Kyo began with a pointed gesture, “is a Cerberus project. He’s got all these implants in his body and I think he’s leading us somewhere. He does stuff that messes with tech. It’s like a ghost in the machine or something. He only does it for a little while, but his body doesn’t move at all. He’s breathing and there’s a heartbeat, so I think that he’s trying to tell us something, but can’t?”
“What?” Kyo was right about one thing and it was that Kaidan didn’t believe him in the least bit. “You’re saying he’s an AI? Trapped in a human body? That’s completely ridiculous…” Although admittedly, this wasn’t the first time that someone suggested that something like that was possible to him.
“No,” Kyo answered. “I think he’s human…and more. I don’t know. I’m not into that sort of thing. I don’t feel worried about it though. I don’t think he’s a bad guy. He’s just trapped, I guess. He led me to you and wants to find others.”
“Ah…excuse me, but are you saying that he’s what? A program? You think he’s programmed to only give information to certain people?” The female Quarian seemed suddenly fascinated with this idea, but no one could answer her question. In fact, the room remained quiet before Kyo’s intercom went off.
“Sergeant? Sergeant, do you read me? Did you find Major Alenko?” The voice coming in was all too familiar to both soldiers.
“Yes sir, he’s right here.”
“Major, this is Admiral Hackett. Have you been briefed on the current situation?”
Still in disbelief, Kaidan remained quiet for a moment as he looked to the body on his bed before answering. “More or less, sir.”
“Good. I need you to join this mission.”
“No offence sir, but what mission?”
“Then you are not aware? The subject that was found at the Cerberus base flooded our intel with files dating back over twenty years. We are still working on the encryption, but we have some broken information on Project Lazarus. We believe the subject is looking for the rest of the Normandy team. We also believe that we are looking for Commander Shepard.”
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