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Disclaimer: Mass Effect is not mine and it is not my creation or my property. This is done purely for entertainment purposes and not for profit.
This story contains extreme violence, excessive profanity and very graphic sexual content, all of it interspecies erotica. If that's not your cup of tea, turn back now. Also this contains spoilers for Mass Effect 3 so if you if don't like spoilers then don't read.
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Thanks to all my readers for awesome suggestions, wonderful reviews, and great feedback in message reviews and private messaging. There is also a kissing scene for all the readers that asked for a little bit of kissing. Hope you like how it's done.
Also the next chapter is going to take a while for me to churn out. Maybe a week. Is Nova pregnant? Was there more to Liara's and Aria's murder? Where are the Krogan? What happened to the Justicar? What do the omnipads mean? There is so much I want to incorporate and tie together so it'll take me some time because I want to do it right. I might even split it into two parts. Enjoy chapter 6 for now.
Justifiable Homicide
Chapter 6
By
DarkLaraJade
Nova was plagued by the news she had received the night before. She never knew the fake cure was an actual deadly weapon. Despite that, it didn't change the fact that this was all her fault. Even with unforeseen consequences the part she played in the destruction of the Krogan civilization would never go away.
It was early and she hadn't bothered to change out of her clothes from the previous day since she had fallen asleep next to Wrex in her clothes the night before. Her sleep hadn't been an easy one; if she could call three hours rest sleep at all.
She sat at the table in the kitchen and took a sip of her coffee slowly. She guessed Krogans didn't care for sugar because there was none onboard and the bitter coffee was a nice change from the water she had been drinking for a month straight. Then suddenly Miranda walked in wearing her usual Cerberus body suit. She had such nice big tits, but oddly enough they never bounced in the constricting leather.
Wreav announced this morning that he was going to let Miranda "stretch her legs" as he called it. He decided Miranda had started to calm down so he didn't mind her coming out of the room. He hadn't intended on locking her in the room at first, but she had tried to escape far too many times.
Wreav even had to disable the locking mechanism on the inside of the room because Miranda kept using her biotics to open the doors. But the longer she was on the ship, the more complacent she became. And ever since the first night Wreav had sex with Miranda, she heard them having sex every night since then.
At least someone was having sex. Wrex was usually all over her but since yesterday he refused to look at her and his demeanor was cold and unfeeling toward her.
Miranda stood there staring at her as if she didn't know what to say. Nova could see Miranda's hesitation and stared back; she obviously didn't know what to say either. She hadn't seen Miranda since that night a few days ago.
After an uncomfortable silence Nova decided to take the lead, "Hi Miranda. Come on in. Do you want me to get you something?"
Miranda shook her head.
"Well at least come in and have a seat."
Miranda came into the room slowly and when she sat down across for her, Nova got up to get her some food anyway. She knew Miranda hadn't eaten this morning.
"So how are you coping?", Nova started. She didn't know what else to say.
"I don't know. You don't look well Shepard.", Miranda said behind her. Nova began to boil some vegetables; she remembered Miranda was a vegetarian. Then Nova grabbed a chair and pulled it closer to Miranda so she was sitting beside her.
"Well I haven't been sleeping well. At least not recently. More importantly Wreav didn't hurt you did he?", Nova said with concern. Miranda quirked an eybrow at her.
"Of course not. Had he tried one of us wouldn't have come out of that room alive.", she said with her sexy British accent.
"Then tell me what's on your mind?", Nova said.
"Well what isn't on my mind. I mean I was kidnapped by Krogan to be some kind of love slave." Nova got up and crossed the kitchen to get Miranda's food.
"Not a love slave Miranda. To try and have children."
"And that's not much better Shepard! And I'm not interested in having a Krogan baby! Wreav told me everything! And there is not guarantee you, me or any other human woman can get pregnant for that matter.", Miranda said angrily. Nova returned, sat Miranda's plate in front of her and sat down again. She stared to sip her coffee again.
"You are absolutely right. But I still want to try. And I know you didn't have a choice and I'm sorry. I tried to tell them, but they wouldn't listen. I swear I didn't know what they were planning until they brought you to the ship."
Miranda nodded, "I believe you Shepard. I just hate to be used like puppet. All the trouble I went through to escape my father that used me as a guinea pig and then the Illusive Man who was just the same kind of asshole except he expected his prick sucked every week. I escape all that just to wind up in the same fucking predicament. I'm just so sick of this shit! I mean I so tired of people trying to make their problems my problem!"
"I know, I understand perfectly."
"No you don't understand. You're the one who chose not to cure the genophage not me. And to be honest, I can't believe you're conceding to them! You of all people!"
Nova shot Miranda a dirty look, "Don't lecture me Miranda. I know what it's like to feel like you're in an impossible situation. Why does it have to be me all the time who fixes everything?! Why?! And yes I didn't cure the genophage and I was wrong. So now I'm doing what I feel is right Miranda, so I'm not conceding."
"That's irrelevant Shepard! I was dragged aboard this ship to be some kind of alien baby-maker. I mean what kind of life is that?"
"I know you're upset, but the bottom line is that we are here now. We can't change that and to be honest I don't want to change it. I want to be with Wrex, Miranda. And I know Wreav isn't that bad. Just give him a chance. I mean we have to try to make the best of this."
Miranda glared at her, "Why?"
"Well for starters, I'm not sure where we're headed but I know I don't want to be without these Krogan when we get there. Plus we are the last salvation of a dying race. And if you can't have babies I'm sure they'll let you go. You don't know how lucky we are to be able to have children in general. Imagine not one woman on Earth being able to conceive, sharing the same fate as Krogan females. They're trying to survive Miranda."
"What about Eve, the female Krogan we saved on Virmire?"
So Wreav didn't tell her everything. "I can't right now Miranda."
"You'd damn well better. What happened to Eve, Shepard?"
"She died."
Miranda glared daggers at her, "That much is obvious. I mean how Shepard? How? And what about the other Krogan women? I mean we all found out later on that the cure was a fake but I don't get why we have to help out. Get the Salarians to make a real cure and leave us out of it. I doubt the Krogan are going to ask, but I'm sure we can find Mordin and set things right."
Nova took another sip of her bitter coffee and kept silent.
"Come on Shepard! You're usually the first one with ideas like this."
Nova's soft grey eyes traveled to Miranda's pretty face, "Mordin is dead Miranda."
The brunette nearly jumped out of chair. She saw all hope of freedom drain away accompanied with a deep feeling of pain she felt at the loss of a friend, "Dead?! Why?! Who?!"
"The three of them, they killed him."
Miranda slammed her hand on the table and gave her an accusatory stare, "You knew about this and you're still….sleeping with Wrex? How could you?! What's the matter with you Nova?"
"It's not what you think. The cure was a fake."
"That's no reason to murder someone! It could be fixed."
She was so tired of everyone yelling at her, "No Miranda it couldn't! Eve and all the females are dead. The women, the female children wiped out. It wasn't just a fake cure. It was a biological weapon of mass destruction and the Salarians used me to set it off!"
Miranda sat down quickly and looked sick, "Are you serious?...So this whole time the Krogans were killed by disease? And the universe doesn't even know? Why?"
Nova shook her head, "I don't know. But the way Wrex tells it the Citadel definitely knew the disease was confided to the Krogan and didn't bother to help. That's got to tell you something."
"Shepard, you didn't…..know it would do that did you?"
The pretty platinum blonde stared at Miranda as if she had lost her mind, "Of course not! Fuck! Miranda how could you say that?!"
Miranda reached out to touch her arm, "I was just asking. That's all."
"I didn't find out until last night that…..that…..I helped kill all those people."
Nova started to cry again, "I spent my whole life trying to do the right thing and help people and the one time I do the wrong thing for the supposed greater good, I wind up killing an entire civilization in one day. How do you get over that?!"
Miranda didn't know what to say. She had been so ready to form a plan to get off this ship and it started with Mordin. But none of that was possible now. And part of it made sense now; her abduction and Wreav wanting to mate her. Even if humans could carry Krogan babies why make hybrids unless you had to. Full Krogan were obviously a better choice and much stronger offspring, well at least she would assume so.
"So that's why he killed Mordin."
"Yes, well that and the babies."
"What Babies?!"
Nova dropped her head down slightly. No Wreav definitely hadn't told her everything. Maybe he felt it wasn't his place or maybe Wrex had ordered him not to. Yes it had to be Wrex; Wreav was never that respectful about anything.
"What babies Shepard?"
This is not something she wanted to get into now, but she owed it to Miranda to tell her the truth since she was stuck in this situation because of her. Her steely grey eyes gave Miranda a downcast look, "Let me start from the beginning. Liara and I never got back together after she became Shadowbroker. She became cold and distant so I started to see Wrex. We were sleeping together on the Normandy for a while and then Mordin and I went on the mission to fake the cure. Then a few days later, the Reapers were destroyed and Wrex went back to Tuchanka. I started to have these weird stomach pains so I went to Mordin and he told me I was pregnant with twins. They were Wrex's Miranda. Mordin told me right away we had to get rid of them. I wanted them so bad but I knew a war would begin if I had them. So I never told Wrex and I….I….I let Mordin kill them. I started to really lose it so I resigned from the military. I just….wasn't fit to serve anymore. Around that same time, the fake cure killed all the Krogan females. (Nova took a deep shaky breathe)
Wrex killed Liara because she was the Shadowbroker and needed information from her. That's how he found Mordin and you. Initially he wanted to find Mordin to kill him and find info on me to come for me as well. But when he found Mordin over a month ago, he found out I was pregnant all those years ago with those babies and what I did. So he killed Mordin and came looking for me and now he knows human women can have Krogan babies so here are. I'd say I'm sorry but don't think it would matter in this case."
Miranda was so overwhelmed. There was so much to process at once. So Wrex killed Liara? And Mordin? What the hell had happened to Wrex? To her Wrex was the perfect anti-hero. He fit in better with mercs than cops but did the right thing when it counted. This was all so upsetting and strange. Now suddenly Miranda understood the method to the Krogan's madness but the rest of her was still torn about how she had been roped into this ordeal. What could she say about it? What was there to say?
Miranda finally said, "Does Garrus know? About any of this? I mean he's chasing a dead end and undoubtedly looking for you."
"I'm sure he doesn't. Really no way he could know. Wrex made me send him a message stating I couldn't get over Liara's death so I was going away for a while to think. I'm certain he's looking for me and I'm certain at this point I don't want to be found. I mean I need to try to make things right if I ever want to move on with my life. But I'm so torn Miranda. I mean I loved Liara and I think of her constantly. But at the same time, I know Wrex was pushed over the edge and what happened to her was because she was the leader of a criminal organization and had she chosen a better path in life she would still be here. And Mordin I just don't know. Part of me still really loves him as a friend but the other half of me says there is no way that he created what he did and didn't know. How could Mordin do something like that? And all of this is my fault Miranda from the start. The fake cure, you being here, me being here is all my fault. So how can I blame Wrex and hate him and curse him for wanting to survive and make those responsible pay for their mistakes? How?"
Miranda looked her food and sighed, it was clear she had no appetite. The vegetables were cold anyway by now. Miranda reached up and rubbed the back of her neck. For some reason out of nowhere a cramp had begun to form there. A painful one.
"Wow, that is a lot to consider. Well I don't know Shepard. I mean none of this is fair. But at the same time, I understand what you mean. Does Wrex forgive you?", she sadly.
The sadness in Nova's eyes deepened, "Of course not. Could you? I mean I've tried to talk to him so many times. I've tried to tell him how sorry I am but it won't change anything."
"Maybe you need to stop apologizing and just speak the truth Shepard. Just admit what's in your heart, that can't steer you wrong."
"I guess you're right. I should get cleaned up and try that at least. Are you going to give Wreav a chance?"
Miranda groaned slightly, the pain her neck was beginning to wane. She sighed sadly and stretched a little, "Do I have a choice? I mean salvation or not I just wish I had been asked first."
"Come on Miranda, when have you known Krogans to ask for anything. Would you have said yes?"
"Course not."
"There we go. If I had the power to change any of this you know I would."
"Yeah, I do."
Nova tried to lighten the mood, "Besides at least we'll get good sex out of it."
Miranda blushed alittle, "Yes I do have to admit sex with Krogan is rather exhilarating isn't it?"
Nova giggled, "Exhilarating isn't the word. Now eat up even if you aren't hungry. You need your strength. You just need time to adjust but you'll be fine soon. You'll see."
Miranda then reached over and put her hand on Shepard's, "Shepard….I'm glad you're here."
Nova smiled, "I'm glad you're here too."

Nova needed to clear the air with Wrex and approach the situation like she should have when she was first taken aboard a month ago. After talking with Miranda she went to take a shower and get changed. Nova had dressed in a white leather dress with a v neck cut that clung to every inch of her curvaceous body. It zipped in the front and came down to her knees. Her large breasts were packed into the leather confines of the dress and a large bulge of cleavage escaped the top of V neck where the zipper ended. She had seen Diana Allers where it aboard the Normandy once and she just had to have it afterward.
Nova had put some gel in her platinum blonde hair after she showered and as a result her long hair dried with shiny waves. She hadn't bothered to wear any makeup, but was pretty enough without it. She went barefoot today and a shiny pearly white polish adorned her tanned toes which she had painted days ago in her own boredom.
She had painted her hands to match which was once again to kill time on the tedious flight. Nova went to the only place on this ship that could fit three testosterone driven Krogan and undoubtedly Wrex was in the Cargo Hold once again, testing the limits of younger weaker Krogans.
Nova walked in just when Wreav tried to rush Wrex and lower his head to avoid blows. He then wrapped his arms around Wrex's waist and buried his head in Wrex's stomach as he attempted to lift Wrex off his feet. Nova shook her head; even she could see it was a sloppy maneuver. Wreav was so wide open you could see it from space.
Wrex stumbled backward only so he could plant one solid foot backward for stability before he grabbed Wreav in a choke hold with one massive burly arm, pinning his head into his stomach. Wreav struggled and grasped for breathe as his air was cut off from the tight painful grip around his neck.
The larger stronger Krogan then used the other arm to reach over and grab a small section of Wreav's back armor and secure a tight grip before lifting Wreav off his feet and swinging around, slamming him to the thick metal floor. Wrex backed away and Wreav began to cough as the wind was knocked from him.
"You'll have to do better than that whelp. At least pretend like you've passed the blood rite." He then reached an arm out to help Wreav.
"Or should I start calling you Grunt again with a sloppy move like that."
Wreav shot him a dirty look which made Wrex chuckle but he took his older brother's hand nonetheless and allowed him to help him to his feet.
"Wrex I need to talk to you. Please.", Nova called to him.
He surveyed her attire and he looked her up and down. "Happy to see you finally cleaned yourself up.", he said coldy.
He then turned to look at Verren who had been standing on the sidelines holding his side through his armor. Apparently Wrex had put him in his place first. "Verren, continue to spar with Wreav. I'll be back shortly."
The Krogan Leader then walked past Nova as if she wasn't standing there at all and left the cargo hold. He went to the bedroom and Nova followed him. He stood apart from her, far on the other end still reliving the conversation from last night.
Nova took a deep breath and closed her eyes to gain her composure. She walked closer to Wrex within arms' reach and spoke in a calm and sincere tone.
She was ready to speak from her heart, "Wrex, you're right. I lied to you. Openly. The reasoning doesn't matter, greater good or not, good intention or not, I lied to you. If I wanted to cure the Genophage, I would have told the Salarians no and demanded they give you the real cure. Even if they weren't going to help build The Crucible it was a chance I should have taken. But I chose to lie because I wanted what I wanted. And I wanted their help and I put your people at risk and you and your reputation at risk to get it. I had the power to change all of this and this is the path I chose. I was wrong. Very wrong. And I put everyone else's life above that of your own and your people. And I was wrong. I even put everyone else's lives, thoughts, and opinions about our union over the lives of our children.
And I should have told you about them as well. And I was scared and selfish and rather than tell the man I knew loved me and would do anything for me, I chose to take the advice of the Salarians. People who never loved or understood me, or cared about you or your people. And I was wrong. But I am here to tell you now, that I want to fix this in any way I can. And I want to carry our children again and help create a new way for the Krogan. I do not ask your forgiveness because I have no right. But I will ask that you give me a chance to redeem myself. And that all…..that's all I have to say."
That had been so hard for her to do. She hadn't wanted to face that for so long. Suddenly Wrex came forward and she got tense, unsure of what he would do. Then he brought forward his massive arms and embraced her.
"That's what I've been waiting for Nova. Ownership. And yes, I want to try and rebuild this.", he whispered in his ear.
That's all he said before he carried her to the bed and climbed on top of her. Nova brought her hands up to his armored chest and stared into his green eyes and she saw the love there. His large fingers tugged at the zipper of her dress and the tight leather garment came undone with one strong pull.
He used one strong finger to hook the side of her white panties and the tiny garment gave way with one jerk of his wrist. Nova looked up and admired Wrex's strong muscular body when stood up and removed his armor.
His rough black and red skin told the stories of every battle he ever fought with deep scarring. He was easily the most amazing man she had ever met. And no one could measure up to his standards. His massive length was already rock hard and standing full length. Nova looked over his cock with excitement and wanted it inside her so badly. Never had she had so much pleasure in her life. She reached her arms out and Wrex climbed onto of her, his cock caught between them.
"Kiss me", she whispered softly.
Wrex wrinkled his face a little. "Krogan don't kiss Nova.", he said.
"I know. But try. It's not so hard."
Then Nova pursed her lips together and kissed the middle of his hard Krogan mouth. Wrex reveled in the soft touch of her pouty lips against his own.
"See. Just put your lips together and press.", she said underneath him.
"Hmmmm.", Wrex said with uncertainty.
"Come on.", she whispered sweetly.
And then he leaned down and pinched his lips together slightly before leaning down and touching them to hers. Wrex then did it again and then looked down at Nova, "I like this…kissing."
"Hehehehehe. I knew you would.", Nova giggled.
Nova then parted her luscious lips and started sliding her tongue across Wrex's bottom lip. Wrex caught the hint and slipped his own forward and began gently rubbing her tongue with his own. Nova knew he could never French kiss her as his tongue could never fit in her mouth. But this was close enough and it was wonderful!
Her tiny pink tongue slid around Wrex's which dwarfed her own. They closed their eyes and they could taste each other in their haze of lust. She smiled around her tongue, thinking how she was probably the only one to kiss a Krogan ever.
She suddenly felt frustrated when Wrex pulled away from her, thinking her didn't want to kiss her any more. Her feelings were misplaced; he kissed her again before nuzzling her bare neck in his typical Krogan fashion.
Strong rough hands grabbed her thighs and pushed them further apart so her Krogan lover could position himself between her legs. His cock rubbed against her wet pussy lips and Nova clung to him tightly as Wrex thrust forward.
"Ahhhh Gods Wrex", she squealed as she was forced to accept a cock as long as her forearm and as thick as her wrist.
Nova squirmed beneath Wrex, feeling her walls stretch to the brink to accommodate him. She could feel the thick veins in his cock and his ridges rubbed her gspot constantly as he built a slow rhythm. Nova looked up at the Krogan above her and wiggled on his cock when he leaned down to lick her massive breasts. His rough tongue sliding up and down her sensitive nipples making her arch her back.
Nova's squeals turned to hot screams when Wrex tossed her legs on his shoulders and rode her as deep as could. Her pussy gushed as Wrex hammered her gspot with every hard thrust he gave.
"Fuck me, Wrex. Ahhhhh.", Nova cried.
He was so big; there wasn't one part of her pussy that couldn't feel his massive Krogan dick. With every thrust he hit the bottom of her sensitive pussy and her walls clung to large bulbous cockhead every time Wrex pulled back.
"So fucking wet Nova. I'm going to fuck this pussy open.", he groweled
She loved when Wrex talked dirty to her, it made her so hot. She felt a surge of pleasure inside her belly like most women do when they're aroused. The surge of arousal coupled with Wrex's deep, hard thrusts overwhelmed her with pleasure. Nova struggled now, wiggling her legs on Wrex's shoulders, who had pinned her underneath him so he could pound her harder.
Nova could feel her juices running from her pussy all the way to the bed sheets below. "Wrex I'm gonna cum!", she cried.
Usually it would take her longer, but she had been so hot and ready for Wrex. Kissing was one of the most passionate things in the world to her. She arched her back and came as wave after wave of pleasure wept over her.
She could feel her pussy twitching and grasping Wrex's cock which forced him to empty his quad in her. When he pulled out of her, his cum slid out of her widened pussy in ropes.
Wrex rolled over to his side of the bed still breathing heavily. She was still shivering from the orgasm she had, Gods she loved his big cock and her eyes swept over him to find it. His large dick was coated in her juices and lay flaccid against his thigh. Even soft he was still huge.
She closed her legs and pulled the sheets up around her waist. She had wanted to shower, but hadn't the strength yet; her muscles were still like jelly. Wrex recognized this and pulled her close to him.
"I love you, Wrex.", she said softly.
He then leaned his head down and nuzzled her; his classic Krogan sign that said he loved her back. She snuggled next to him and fell asleep in his arms with a smile on her face.
When she awoke later on that day, she found him gone; not that it bothered her, there was only so many places he could be on this small ship. Nova climbed out of bed a little sore between her legs but deeply satisfied. A shower was in order since she had fallen asleep before she had gotten a chance to have one. What a slob.
When Nova reached the bathroom she found the floor soaked with water and the large Krogan footprints on the metal floor portrayed the identity of the culprit. Wrex always left this floor filthy and soaking wet. Nova grimaced in frustration and threw a towel on the floor, intent on raising the issue later. The shower was so hot and relaxing and she scrubbed her hair with her sharp fingernails. She was going to give Wrex a piece of her mind later on.
Everyone had cabin fever and everyone was getting on the others nerve. For some reason, she was more irritable than usual. That night she and Wrex were in the kitchen eating dinner and he was breathing so hard she could swear she could feel it across the table.
"Could you breathe somewhere else?!", she burst.
"What?"
"You heard me!" Wrex just blinked at her like she was nuts.
"Don't look at me like that. I can't stand that. You just suck up all the air in the room and blow it at me like I'm not even here. Like what kind of shit is that Wrex?"
Wrex shook his head, "I don't know what you're talking about Nova. But you're the one who whines over everything and its starting to get on my nerves. What's wrong with you?"
How dare he say that?! "Fuck you. You leave the floor in the bathroom soaking wet, you throw your towels on the floor to mildew, and you toss your armor and filthy boots everywhere right after I tidy up that room."
Wrex stood up and leaned over the table so he could stare down in her face while she glared up at him. "Well I don't know what "mildew" is woman but I do know that cleaning up is your job! I'll not do women's work."
Who didn't know what mildew was?! Gods she hated dealing with aliens, like Mordin they didn't know what the hell she was talking about. "I am sick and tired of you leaving your shit everywhere.", she hissed in a deadly voice.
"And what are you going to about it Nova?"
Nova smiled in a sickeningly sweet way and batted her eyelashes at Wrex but her voice was deep and hateful, "You are grown man Wrex. As a matter of fact, you're practically at death's door as we speak you're so old. If you don't start picking up after yourself, not only will you wake up to find your quad missing a ball, I just might help you into that early grave."
Wrex gulped a little, he had no idea what her problem was. She didn't usually flip out over anything, but everything was irritating her lately. It was odd to him.

The next day Nova went to the cargo hold to bother Wrex again. She was lonely, bored to tears and wanted off the fucking ship. Like yesterday she was unusually irritable. Wrex was sparring with Verren when she came in and suddenly they both stopped to look at her.
Wrex's green iridescent eyes and Verren's blue shiny orbs gleamed with a predatory gaze. Then Verren started salivating lightly and spit slightly dripped along his sharp teeth.
"Nova you smell so good.", he said roughly and his broad tongue came up to lick his lips.
This earned Verren a murderous look from Wrex, which was confusing because Wrex never looked that anger when Verren spoke about her sexually. Jealous yes, murderous no. Nova was equally confused by the comment Verren made and reached behind her to bring her silvery ponytail across her nose to smell it. Hmmm she didn't smell anything different. Her shampoo was the same and she wore no perfume. What was he talking about?
"Well I'm wearing any perfu-"
"COME HERE NOVA!", Verren yelled, making her jump from the unexpected change in octave.
All of sudden Wrex grabbed Verren in a full Nelson, causing the younger weaker Krogan to try to shake him off. Wrex's strong arms were fastened under Verren's armpits while the large fingers on his big hands were laced together and painfully pressed against the back of Verren's neck.
"Fucking bastard. Let me go!", Verren snarled.
Wrex tightened his grip, causing Verren's shoulders to pull back further on an awkward angle, making him yell in pain. Verren tried to shake Wrex loose who forced him painfully to his knees since he had control of his upper body.
As he forced Verren down he slipped him arms from under his armpits and grabbed his forearms firmly, his claws digging into the other Krogan's flesh. While Verren was on his knees, Wrex began stomping him between his shoulder blades forcefully and continuously with one foot while he held the smaller Krogan in place. This was no sparring match; Wrex was really trying to hurt Verren.
"Wrex stop!", Nova yelled fearfully.
But he wouldn't and Nova could hear the sickening sound of Wrex's iron boot smashing the smaller Krogan's flesh, who was unable to move given his position and haze of pain.
"Wrex!" She ran over, trying to distract him. "Stop it!"
She tried to pry Wrex's massive fingers off of Verren and had to use one hand to grab just one of his large fingers and pull with all her might to loosen it.
"I'm going to fucking kill him WOMAN!", Wrex yelled while he bared his sharp teeth at her.
He wasn't joking! She didn't know what was happening or what brought this on. She had never known Wrex to act like this before! He was acting like so crazed and animalistic. Nova flared her biotics and with a burst of energy blasted Wrex causing him to falter and stumble backward.
Thanks to her superiors, its real effects were suppressed. But it was enough to release Verren, who she expected to try and cross the room to safety. Both Verren and Wreav knew better than to cross Wrex. Even in sparring when a fight was over it was over.
However, Verren took the opportunity to jump to his feet and tackle Wrex, causing both the titanic Krogans to roll around in a furious and vicious struggle. Nova quickly accessed her situation; she had very little biotics and no weapon.
Wrex was like the average male adult Krogan; weighing one ton (about 2,000 pounds) and he was built like a tank at 7 feet tall. Verren was the same height, except weighing a little less as a smaller younger Krogan. There was no way she had any hope of separating two Krogan out of kill each other on her own.
Nova ran from the Cargo hold; Wreav she needed Wreav. He would be with Miranda, that much she knew. Nova ran down the hallway of the small ship, hearing the distant banging and tumbling and loud Krogan yelling from the Cargo Hold below. When she reached Wreav's room she began pounding on the door with her hands.
"Wreav! Wreav!", she yelled at the top of her lungs.
The door came sliding open and Wreav had hurriedly thrown on some loose pants.
"What?!", he yelled back.
Nova tried to explain the situation but before she could she saw Wreav's expression change. A growl emerged from his throat and he grabbed Nova by her wrist before she could react and tossed her inside.
Nova slid painfully across the metal floor of Wreav's bedroom and Miranda quickly came to her side dressed in loose pants and tank top that she had given her a few days prior.
"Wreav! What the hell is the matter with you?!", Miranda yelled.
"That hurt!", Shepard screamed.
Wreav looked absent and his eyes gave away the hungry thoughts in his head as he stared at Nova with his shiny blue eyes. He was walking forward and was about to close in on Nova and Miranda when Wrex appeared at the door. His armor was lightly scuffed and he had no visible injuries which meant Verren had plenty.
"She's my female whelp!"
"Mine now!", Wreav hissed.
None of this made any sense, what the hell was going on? Wreav and Wrex never fought like this; they were blood brothers. And Wreav had Miranda, he didn't need her. Wrex responded by rushing Wreav who had no maneuverability in the small bedroom. Wreav was hit in the head by the stronger larger Krogan and barely able to hold his own. A barrage of punches flew between the two and Miranda helped her get to her feet quickly.
"Stop it. Stop fighting.", Nova yelled.
All of a sudden Nova and Miranda found themselves running around the room, narrowly escaping being squashed by the fighting Krogan. Nova pushed Miranda out of the way and ran behind Wreav, yelling, "What's wrong with you guys?! Stop it!"
Suddenly Wreav ducked and Nova just barely managed to jump to the side and roll out of harm's way. It felt like her heart was going to leap out of her chest from where she was lying on the floor. Deep claw marks outlined by rough jagged slivers of metal were engraved in the wall where she once stood. Thank the Gods for her military training; if she was anyone else Wrex would have taken her head off! Although unintentional, but she would be dead nonetheless.
Nova rolled out of the way as she lie on the floor, barely escaping Wreav who almost fell on her. Miranda ran up to her side and helped her get to her feet again, dodging the massive Krogans that were destroying the room the whole way.
"Come on Shepard we need to get out of here and hide! There's something wrong with them!"
Nova and Miranda ran down the hall to the storage room and turned the light on. Miranda used her biotics to lock the room from the inside and jam the outside locking mechanism while Nova ran to back of the room the search her boxes.
Miranda came up behind her, "Shepard are these your boxes?"
"Yes, help me."
"What are we looking for?"
"A weapon! Anything!"
"Where's your omnitool?"
"Somewhere in here. Where's yours?"
"Wreav confiscated it."
Miranda began tearing through the boxes on the left while Nova began tearing through the boxes on the right. She had packed them in a hurry and under much stress. After looking through them, she realized she did not remember what was in the majority of the boxes. BAM! The noise made them both jump. Clearly the two Krogan were fighting in the hall now. Cursing and sound of knuckles hitting flesh and steel erupted in echoes in the small storage room. Nova and Miranda took one look at each other and hid behind a wall of boxes in the back and began to search the boxes closest to them. Then out of nowhere it was quit.
"NOVA! NOVA!", Wrex's deep rough Krogan voice cut through the air suddenly.
"Holy shit Shepard. What's the matter with him? With all of them? Did you do something wrong?"
Nova crouched down to the ground, looking around an opening in the wall of boxes as she heard Wrex getting closer. His massive Krogan feet giving away his position.
"No, I don't know what's going on. I didn't do anything! Look Miranda, the military dampened my biotics when I left the service. Your biotics are the only weapon we have. Get out there!"
Wrex's voice boomed outside the door, "I CAN SMELL YOU NOOOOVVVVAAA!"
Miranda's jaw dropped open and her eyes practically bugged out of her head. "Are you out of your FUCKING mind?! Listen to him out there! My biotics are not strong enough to kill a krogan, I have no omni tool, no weapon and I'm COMPLETELY unarmed! There is no way in hell I'm going out there to fight a Krogan who's clearly lost his mind! Beside I'm not the one he's looking for!"
A beeping noise could be heard outside the door as Wrex was trying to open the door with no success. Then grinding metal could be heard as he began to punch the door with frustration. Miranda and Shepard then doubled their efforts to find her omni tool. At least they could make an omni blade with it.
"Ahhhh here we go", Miranda said.
"My omni tool?", Shepard asked hopefully, still hunched behind the boxes with Miranda.
Wrex began to rush the door and the two frightened women watched in awe as his outline of his shoulders could be seen in the metal door.
"Here!", Miranda said hurriedly and slid the object to Shepard.
Nova picked it up and now it was her turn to stare at Miranda as if she were crazy. Holding up the item and waving it around, Nova said, "What is this?!"
"A weapon."
"This is 6 inch carving knife. What the hell am I supposed to do with this?!"
Wrex shouldered the door again and now slitters of metal could be seen around his shouldered outline as the door was giving way.
"Well don't blame me. Blame your shoddy packing. Where are your guns?"
"Wrex made me leave them at my house on Earth."
"Well there you have it, that's all there is then. It's better than nothing."
Suddenly the metal door gave way as Wrex literally broke through the metal door of the store room. Nova and Miranda crouched behind the boxes in fear, not moving a muscle and afraid to even breath. The two women could hear Wrex sniffing the air and he walked over immediately to where they were hiding in the back. Nova could feel Wrex's hot breathe on the back of her neck as he leaned over the boxes to stare at her. She was still ducked in fear with Miranda.
"Didn't you hear me calling you?", Wrex said above her.
Nova stood up in a shaky manner came out from behind the boxes. She made sure to brandish her knife at the Krogan. Wrex lurched at her with one quick motion and pinned her against a wall.
"Didn't you hear me call you I said?"
There was enough space between her and the giant Krogan that she could bring the knife between them.
"Yes I heard! And I didn't answer because you're acting crazy Wrex!"
Nova then took a swipe at him and he caught the blade easily in the palm of his hand. He even squeezed it and fought her for the knife, jerking in back and forward. His skin was too thick to be cut by such a blade. Nova had no choice but to let it go, and Wrex turned the knife horizontally, grasping it with two fingers on each hand and snapped it half like one would do a tooth pick. The small useless weapon hit the floor behind them with clank when he tossed it over his shoulder seconds later.
Nova stood there with her back to the wall and out of the corner of her eye, she caught Miranda escaping out of the room.
"How dare you go around here smelling like that?", he said.
Nova gave a blank stare of confusion; Wreav had made the same reference to her smell.
"What smell? What are you talking about?"
Wreav pressed himself into her and low growl came from his throat, "You're in heat Nova."
"In heat?"
"Yes. You're in full rut woman! Letting the whole world know that you're ripe for the plucking. Just begging to ridden by any male that can catch you!"
Nova was lost and then she began to think about what was different about her today. Now she got it. She had started her cycle today, the very reason she was irritable lately. On the Normandy she always stayed away from Wrex on the five days she was having it since it was such a taboo on Earth. It was considered dirty, unclean and unattractive. So she had cleaned herself up and went about her day, unable to avoid Wrex and intent on telling him she couldn't have sex if he tried.
However a lot of things made sense now. She did notice on the Normandy how Wrex was always especially excited after the cycle just ended when she was still very hormonal. She never understood it but now she did.
"So is that why you're all acting crazy? That's insane."
"No Nova, they wanted to seed you. You're mine to seed when you're in rut. Usually Krogans wouldn't be affected by your smell this violently but in such close quarters its…..maddening.", Wrex said with a low growl.
Then he began to press himself into her and the low growl that had been in his throat was now emanating from his strong Krogan chest, causing her to feel its vibrations through his armor. It was odd and frightening to her. She had never seen Wrex with such a serious primal look in his eyes.
"You smell like….what can I compare it to for your species. Like cinnamon and deep musk. I can't describe it Nova. It's a deep spicy smell mixed with the sweet heaviness of cinnamon. It goes straight to my cock Nova. Like I could tear into for hours and never stop."
Nova gulped, "Are you always going to act this way?!"
"No, realize it wasn't me but the young ones. I did get carried away, but the brats still can't handle it. Wreav and Verren probably would have torn you apart and torn each other apart trying to get to you. If this ship had better ventilation and wasn't so small, this wouldn't have happened at all. I would have had to give them a crack or two, but nothing this serious. Oh well, whelps will be whelps and what's done is done."
Wrex then grabbed her and tossed her over his shoulder. "You're mine now woman and I'm going to pin you down and make you scream till your throat is raw."

Wrex spent the entire week having her to himself and follow through on his promise he did. Then Wrex told her if she was meant to bear his child then she would. He literally ordered Verren to keep away from her. Wreav was still with Miranda, and would be presenting little problem if it weren't for her heat. Wrex had to crack him a few times but he got the hint.
At the end of the week, Wrex told her they would be arriving tomorrow at their destination. "Bet you'll be happy to get off this tin can. I never want to see another space ship again as long as I live after a trip like this one. ", he said before he went to bed.
Wrex was snoring loudly as Nova slid quietly out of bed. Her Krogan lover slept hard thankfully and she knew it. So they were arriving tomorrow, she had to find out what was in that desk. She had spent days contemplating the combination code, it was eight digits long.
Between trying to get pregnant and Wrex's unpredictable entrances she didn't have time to try cracking the code. But it was now or never and whatever it was had to be important. Wrex wasn't the type to lock things for no reason. She had never seen him open it which meant one of two things. He only looked inside when she was gone or he did not need it until they landed.
No matter how many times she demanded the code, Wrex outwardly denied her entry so now she had to take matters into her own hands. Nova snuck up to the desk quietly and switched on a small light, hoping it wouldn't wake up Wrex. She looked over at the bed; he was still very much asleep.
The desk drawer had a blue fingerprint access square above an eight digit combination. Nova flared her biotics slightly and used the magnetic charge to short the fingerprint access. However it didn't work on the combination lock; it was much too sophisticated and probably biotic hack proof.
Nova sat down Indian style in frustration; she needed her omni tool. She hoped she didn't but she had no choice now. The platinum blonde commander stood and slowly crept out of her room into the hallway. She had to reach the storage room where her belongings were still boxed. She walked past Wreav and Miranda's room that echoed with loud cries and heavy breathing for obvious reasons. When she made it to the storage room, the boxes were clearly marked and still in the back of the room where she and Miranda had hidden.
She found her omni tool after some serious searching and made it back to Wrex's bedroom. Figures she would find it when it wasn't a life or death situation. He was still sound asleep and she quietly yet quickly made her way to the desk. She put on the omni tool and synced it the desk lock. Randomly it began scrambling numbers and it didn't work. Every time it got a number to the combination, the lock reset itself. Just as she thought biotic hack proof.
She needed the real combination and began looking around the room for clues and thinking hard. She really knew nothing of Wrex's past accept for the battles he had been in. Wrex was old and he had been in countless battles, but it could be anything.
"Hmmmm maybe the dates of the Krogan Rebellions 1000 CE and the Krogan wars 2185 CE .", she whispered.
She tried the numbers 21851000 and even tried them backwards and nothing. She used the dates for the Krogan Invasion and the date of the original Genophage and even the New Genophage created by Mordin and nothing.
She sat plopped next to the desk, frustrated. The oversized Krogan bed loomed in front of her and she could just barely see Wrex sleeping on top from the angle she sat on. What would that code be? What? She then looked at her omni tool and began skimming through everything she had on Tuchanka. Nova was about to give up when something caught her eye: the numerical coordinates to Tuchanka.
It was a long shot, but it was eight digits long and what did she have to lose. The ex Commander rolled over and got on her knees in front of the desk again and entered the sequence. And it worked! The lock disengaged as she heard the locking mechanisms give way. She looked over at the bed hurriedly to see if she had awakened Wrex and he was still asleep.
Inside the desk she found three omnipads. And they were bank records and statements? Nova sat against the wall that was next to the desk and brought her knees up so she could cradle the omnipads in her lap.
The first omnipad was a series of bank statements and financial reports and investigations conducted for the losses during the Reaper Wars. The bank accounts involved the government accounts of all the Citadel races: Human, Turian, Salarian and Asari coupled with losses research. They were files concerning the Citadel Races Government funds prior to and after the Reaper Wars. A few interested her in particular.
The accounts were from First Irune Investment Trusts. Where had she heard of that bank? She recalled vaguely that she had gotten the financial reports from the Citadel during the War three years ago. It stated that the Citadel couldn't afford to fund the war beyond another year and anything beyond that would result in a galactic financial collapse. Luckily the war did not last another year but the galaxy's financial situation did not come out unscathed and continued to worsen.

First Icon: Citadel Race Government Funds
Combined Citadel Races funds prior Reaper Wars: 852,965,452,254,451 trillion credits
Investigation launched into Citadel Race Government Funds Post Reaper Wars:
Teams sent to survey damaged Citadel worlds
Result:
42,000,000,000,000 trillion credits of damage surveyed
Natural resources scarce and funds created by mining natural resources are no longer a viable profit. Most planets with land best suited for food growth and agriculture destroyed or scorched beyond repair. Funds obtained from agriculture profit are not a sustainable means of profit. Most planets that retained profits for recreational purposes or renting for optimal living conditions are destroyed. Funds for planets that gained profit through tourism, renting, recreational purposes, etc. are no longer a viable means of profit. Planets that obtained funds through trade and commerce have insufficient resources to build, create or generate high and medium demand products due to resource shortage. Profits obtained through trade and commerce is not a sustainable means of profit at this time.
Combined Citadel Races funds post Reaper Wars before repairs: 200,256,865,725,114 trillion credits
5% of repairs can be conducted at this time

The Second Icon: Citadel Funds
This Icon led to the government accounts for the Citadel all together. The Citadel Council had funds gathered from each Citadel races government which went strictly for Citadel business; completely separate from their own consulates. It went towards repairs for the Citadel, paying Citadel employees including C-Sec police, building accommodations, etc.
Citadel Funds prior Reaper Wars: 102,695,852,985,422 trillion credits
Investigation launched into Citadel Funds Post Reaper Wars:
Teams sent to survey damaged Citadel
Result:
10,000,000,000,000 trillion credits of damage surveyed
Damages to Citadel far exceed its current value and current funds. All funds derived from trade and commerce have dwindled due to the state of the Citadel. Due to lack of funds the Citadel cannot repair itself thus further inhibiting any profit to be made from commerce. In such circumstances, the Citadel would use the credits set aside in the Citadel Funds to function while no profit is being made from sales. However the Citadel governing races are experiencing a severe financial crisis of their own and the Citadel funds have nearly been depleted since they were heavily relied upon as funding during the Reaper Wars.
Citadel Funds post Reaper Wars before repairs: 6,500,745,256, 111 trillion credits
2% of repairs can be conducted at this time. Repairs to the Presidium and the Embassies are top priority.

The Citadel Funds had been created since the formation of the Citadel Council so its existence was unsurprising, but what did surprise Nova was how empty it was. This must be undoubtedly the information Wrex was talking about when he spoke of Shadowbroker information. There was no way he would have obtained it any other way. The accounts ranged from before the Reaper Wars to now and the Citadel government and its races were essentially broke.
The Citadel Races Government Funds accounts and the Citadel Funds accounts ranged in the high multi trillions in credits for each planet before the Reaper Wars. Now they were nearly bankrupt. The Citadel Funds were in the same condition. Although to one person a trillion credits sounded like an extraordinary amount of currency but an entire galaxy trying to function on such funds was essential poverty. Planets were functioned on multi billions and the rich ones on trillions.
The Citadel was impoverished and she had wondered how they had been keeping up the guise of repairing the galaxy on such funds. There was literally no way to repair everyone's planet with so little currency and now she knew why even three years later, the Citadel was not fully repaired. Nova sighed and shook her head, how sad.

Then she clicked another icon

The Third Icon: Citadel Lawsuits
It was about a serious of class action lawsuits filed against the Citadel by civilians. The civilians used Presidium Commons Bank or other common galactic banks. The civilians claimed that the Citadel emptied their personal accounts to fund the Reaper Wars. People who had very little money in the banks had no money left at all, while those who had plenty were not worth half what they were before.
The civilians were accusing the Citadel of stealing their money to finance the war without their knowledge and/or without their consent. As a result, they were suing the Citadel for billions.
The Citadel's defense was based upon a law that was created during the beginning of Citadel Space formation. There was a clause that stated the Citadel Council and/or any Citadel governing body could commandeer any funds in any Citadel controlled bank for the preservation of Citadel Space during a time of war.
The only problem was the clause was never disclosed in any term and/or agreement when you opened an account at the bank nor was it ever disclosed to the account holders that their money had used to finance the war. Most of them went to use their accounts to find it empty. When First Irune Investments Trust was borrowing funds to fund the war, it included Presidum Commons Bank where the civilians' accounts were held.

Nova remembered being on a mission on the Presidum and hearing a bank teller arguing with a Salarian who worked for Presidum Commons Bank. The bank teller was demanding to know why funds were being depleted and the Citadel had siphoned the funds to finance the war. At the time it seemed necessary to her, but now that the war was over the government could atleast make an attempt to pay some kind of settlement. But given their financial state she didn't think they could afford it. So what did all of that mean? Was Wrex stealing from them? Why was any of that important to him? Everyone knew the Citadel was broke, so what was the point of gaining specifics on the matter. She set her thoughts aside and read the second omnipad.

The second omni pad was titled at the top: Food Shortage
It stored investigations into the food shortage. It stated approximately 55% of the planets used for the galaxy's agriculture were either destroyed or in extremely poor condition. Those deemed in poor condition would require massive repairs for facilities, homes, and terra forming plants. Security would be required for all these plants and civilian settlements. And payment of teams for debris removal would be a cost factor along with transporting usable, fertile soil in most cases. The cost of such renovations to the agricultural planets far exceed Citadel funds and Citadel Governing Races funds. The estimated costs for repairs are in the high multi trillions. Only 10% of planets can slowly undergo renovations at this time.
The omni pad also stored a series of intercepted messages from the outer colonies that talked about riots and crime surges which were up 30% as result of the food shortage since the beginning of the war. The messages were from settlement leaders, civilian militia groups, and even Citadel soldiers stationed on the outer colonies asking for additional rations and military support to quell the uprisings. Most received no response for the Citadel and when they did, it was a clear denial based upon lack of funds and available soldiers.

Nova knew the bad state the outer colonies were in. Miranda's sister, Oriana, had gotten married and lived with her husband on the outer territories. Her husband had volunteered to serve during the Reaper Wars and died in the last battle with the Reapers.
Nova had spoken to Miranda about it during Liara's funeral when she inquired about Oriana's health. Miranda was sending her food when she could and wished she could bring her closer to the Citadel and the inner territories. But she was still worried about the Illusive Man coming after Oriana to get to her.
She was stuck between a rock and a hard place. And even now Miranda was terrified what would happen to Oriana without her since she was with Wreav. In any case it still didn't make any sense what Wrex wanted with this information. Were the Krogan on the outer colonies trying to start over?

The third omni pad was titled at the top: Humans
It was pages upon pages of about the human female body and psyche. Regarding mental disorders, hormonal changes, anatomy etc. And then another it talked about human pregnancy. She clicked another icon and it melted her heart.
"Awww, the big softie.", Nova whispered.
It was a 3-D rendering of a human fetus in stages by month. She touched her finger to the 3-D image on the omnipad and made a swirling motion with her finger. It made the image swing around and the baby moved around as if it were in a real womb.
Then when it reached the last stage, it showed a real hologram image of a fat adorable human infant with fat cheeks looking up at her in first person as if she was holding the baby herself. It brought tears to her eyes a little and she smiled. The child gurgled and smiled a toothless grin and she wished again that her babies were here.
"Cute isn't.", a voice said across the room startling her.
The tan blonde jumped at the voice and looked in its direction. Wrex was sitting up in the bed wrapped in a sheet. And suddenly it dawned on her that she had broken into the desk and she sat up quickly causing the holographic infant to disappear. She stood quickly still sniffling and threw the omni pads back in the desk and shut it causing it to lock automatically.
"Wrex, what was that all about?"
"Like I said, we'll be where we need to be tomorrow and everything will be clear then. If I tried to explain it now it wouldn't make any sense. Did you take a test yet?"
Nova sighed about the omni pads, but she trusted Wrex. She had waited this long, she could wait till tomorrow. "No, I haven't. Afraid to try. Just afraid. What if I can't ever get our children back?"
Wrex exhaled hard from his large nostrils and looked up at the ceiling. "Then we take it as we go. But we have to be sure.", Wrex said.
Nova nodded quietly and went to the drawer beside their bed. She and Miranda had nearly gone through all thirty and neither of them were pregnant. When she opened it, there was only one left. Nova went to the bathroom and peed on the test. She prayed quietly and left it on the sink. She looked in on Wrex who was still laying in bed but he now had his arms crossed and his eyes closed. He wasn't asleep, perhaps he was praying too. She pulled down the white satin camisole she was wearing over her tight hip hugging panties. She didn't want to look, she didn't want to know. But she had to. Nova grabbed the test and read the results. Wrex came running in as she burst into tears.
"What? What happened? Are you pregnant?", he asked quickly.
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