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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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Kaidan rolled over while still asleep in the bed that really was too large for just one person. His dreams were extremely vivid as the memories replayed themselves in his mind. While asleep, a hand of his had grabbed onto one of the white pillows tightly that still had the lingering scent of Shepard. A tear rolled down a flushed cheek that was wiped away by an invisible caress. The touch was surprising warm and comforting, which helped Kaidan’s distorted sad face release its tension. The held in breath was also let out slowly but it caused the unseen hand to quickly pull away. Above the two bodies, the starlight from the glass ceiling twinkled brightly for a brief moment. The light danced across the holographic cloaking that was being used just long enough to make out the silhouette of the stealthed person sitting next to Kaidan. Their shadow stretched across the floor but then moved to spread itself across the bed as the ship changed directions. Silently, the visitor’s head turned to look at the door before deciding to leave the room as quietly as they came in. The opening and shutting noises of the automatic entryway may have been the reason why the Major finally woke up, but there wasn’t a trace of anyone else other than himself.
Gasping, Kaidan sat up abruptly in the center of the bed. With his nude upper body exposed, he made an attempt to peer through the darkness as tired hazel eyes attempted to adjust to the poor lighting. There was nothing there, of course. Why would there be? Still, the tingle on his cheek could still be felt, even after Kaidan rubbed the area. There was lingering sensation that felt strange, yet familiar. The quietness of the ship made Kaidan even more uneasy and forced him to stand from the bed wearing nothing but his boxers. Slowly, he stretched out his muscled back and followed it up with a few torso twists that helped to release the tension. Lastly, the neck and shoulders were rotated until the joints gave way with a few moderately loud pops. Moving to the closet, Kaidan reached inside to grab a shirt, but something stopped him. Stuffed in the back on a wire hanger, he found a worn black hoodie that was branded with N7 logo and stripes. His brown eyes softened as he carefully removed it from storage.
There was a stronger scent here than that of what was on the pillows and it was something which Kaidan inhaled deeply from the soft warm fabric as it was hugged to his bare chest. How many times did he scold Shepard for wearing this thing? It was entirely inappropriate, but the Commander never seemed to care. After careful consideration, Kaidan finally decided what to wear. Soon after he pulled on a tight white t-shirt, Kaidan slipped the hoodie on top of it. There were even holes in this thing. Some from just being worn too damn much for sure, but he was also pretty certain that some of these were from being shot at. More importantly, the smell of his lover had completely surrounded him and caused the Major to take in another deep breath before making an attempt to find a pair of pants. On the deck below, Kyo had curled up in a chair with his head resting on his armored folded arms at the ledge of the hospital bed where Shiro had been placed inside of the med bay. He wasn’t sure how long he had been asleep when Kaidan walked in. “Sergeant? Kyo! Wake up!”
“Huh? What? What?” Kyo opened his eyes as his head slowly rose with a child-like expression on his face. Still groggy, he even stopped to rub his eyes as he yawned loudly.
“Any changes?” Kaidan asked, looking down at both Shiro and Kyo from where he was standing. The Doctor had been running tests on Shiro with several machines, but retired some time ago to get some rest long before Kyo had fallen asleep at Shiro’s side. Looking to the unconscious man in front of him, the Sergeant didn’t see any noticeable differences. With a yawn, Karin Chakwas emerged from her new bed chambers made up where EDI’s AI Core was still located, however barren. A cozy cot worked perfectly in the little room. Checking the machines, she then took out a datapad and started to type away at it lazily until something seemed to catch her interest.
“I’m afraid I can’t tell you who this is, Major.” Folding his arms over his chest, Kaidan looked onward.
“Why not? No records?” he asked. “Maybe he was a slave or runaway? Not every colony documents births correctly. Some are real backwater, you know?”
“Actually, no,” the Doctor answered as she continued to type at her pad. “There are records, but they have been wiped clean and locked down by our own military. This is not strictly Cerberus’s doing.” Well, that wasn’t an answer that Kaidan was looking for.
“What? That can’t be right. Run it again.” But he took the pad from her before she could get started so that he could attempt to access the files on his own.
“Unlock files A dash four-eight-seven F through A dash four-eight-nine Q. Spectre authority, Major Alenko, Kaidan.” The digital voice chimed in to acknowledge that the command had been heard and processed.
“Spectre status recognized. Accessing data files. Access denied.”
“Denied?” Kaidan was actually surprised about that. “On whose authority?”
“Classified,” the voice answered promptly before shutting the program down.
“There’s something else, Major.” Staring at the pad, the frustrated Spectre finally moved his eyes up to look towards Karin.
“Yes, Doctor?”
“Our mystery man here is not in a coma.”
“Not in a coma?” Another surprise. “What is he doing then? Faking it?”
“Do you remember when you were attacked by the Collectors? How they used those nasty bugs for some sort of stasis field which left you fully aware and unable to move? Because I surely do…” Kaidan lowered the datapad in hand as he tried to consider what the woman was suggesting.
“Are you telling me that he’s paralyzed, Doctor?” In agreement, Karin nodded.
“Yes, I believe Cerberus got a hold of how to make a similar chemical, highly modified by the looks of it.” She carefully reached over to pluck her pad away from the Major’s hand so that she could type out what she meant to originally show him. After a few keystrokes, Karin turned it over so that he could see the diagram of a human figure marked with injection points. “They may have used Mordin’s work to try to make their own soldiers immune, but it looks like this one was being kept for some reason. Perhaps it was the control subject? I’m not exactly sure why they would put all this money into these implants and then make his body unable to move. It doesn’t make sense, but then again, Cerberus rarely did.”
“The Illusive Man was off clean off his rocker near the end, wasn’t he?” Kaidan sighed as he rubbed the bridge of his nose trying to make sense of it all. “Maybe he’s one of the Cerberus defectors? Looking at him, he’d be nasty to have as an enemy.”
“Perhaps, but I would advise against awaking him. He could also be the very definition of a sleeper agent, Major. I ran some scans on the implants, but didn’t get much I’m afraid. They are similar to Shepard’s but more complex; however, every time I try to run a more advanced scan, my equipment seems to fail.”
“He’s blocking your access. I told you already that.” Kyo stood up before he finally forced himself into the conversation. He moved to stretch out his body after speaking since it was incredible uncomfortable to sleep while still wearing heavy armor. “He doesn’t want you to know too much, but he’s helping us. I think he wants to wake up and tell us himself.” Looking to the Sergeant, Kaidan finally gave an exasperated sigh.
“You don’t know that, Kyo. Freeing him from his stasis might have him trying to kill us all. He could be another Kai Leng and I…”
“Who the hell is Kai Leng?” Kaidan seemed to forget for just a second that he was actually talking to someone he just met. It would have been refreshing if he didn’t have to stop to constantly explain himself.
“He’s was a bastard of a Cerberus Agent that killed a lot of good people before Shepard put him down. Miranda…” There was a pause before Kaidan had an idea. “Joker, try to patch us through to Miranda Lawson. As ex-Cerberus, she owes us a few favors.”
“Miranda, Major? What’s she got to do with anything?” Joker asked over the intercom. His voice indicated his usual confusion mixed in with minor skepticism.
“She may be able to tell us more on this dead body we’ve got back here.”
“Sure thing, but you might want to ask Liara too. She’s got this whole Shadow Broker thing down, right? We’re on approach to Ilium now. ETA ten minutes.”
“Roger that. Kyo, grab your friend there and come with me.” After an exasperated groan, Kyo eyed the body.
“Alright Shiro, time to go. Let’s get you dressed first. I know Ilium is pretty shady, but you gotta put on some pants at least.” The Doctor only giggled, deciding to help Kyo dress the mostly nude young man who was only being covered by a thin white sheet as Kaidan turned to leave.
“It looks good on you, by the way. Shepard’s old coat,” Karin said to Kaidan before she turned to take her leave back into her private room. He paused at the acknowledgement, but didn’t to look in her direction as he spoke.
“I plan on giving it back to him when I see him again.”
“Be sure to take care of it then. It may have a few holes, but he always refused to get a new one.”
“Will do, Karin.” The automatic doors opened and closed as the Kaidan left the room to head towards the docking bay. There was hardly a need to go fully armored into the city and attract unwanted attention, even though Kyo refused to change into the basic uniform himself. On his back, Shiro was also in a medium armored suit with his face and impossibly long hair covered with a helmet that made him look like another passed out solider for the Alliance.
“Docking at Ilium now, Major. Liara will meet you at her new office. Updating nav points.”
“Roger that, Joker.” As the cabin pressurized and doors unlocked, Kaidan tapped away at this omni-tool. He hadn’t spoken with Liara in quite some time, not after their failed attempts to recover Shepard’s body from both the Citadel and London. They were both extremely stressed out back then, caring deeply about Shepard while being rather jealous of one another. He knew that she had always found Shepard attractive and that her love for the Commander was never strictly platonic. Kaidan knew this ever since they rescued her for the first time and it was only confirmed again after the second. Kyo remained his ever neutral self and was seemingly unimpressed by Ilium despite its massive rebuilding since the Reaper attack. A lot of credits ran through Ilium’s blood, even more so after it was nearly destroyed.
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