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Hello, everyone!

I'm back from my holiday and I've also just started my new College Course.

Right, we have the first Crime lord take-down in this chapter, and... Shepard's "first time"

Even included something I think you'll recognize later on. Two things in fact.

Hope you enjoy. :)

YEAR 2, The Criminal Element

2174: 15 months after the battle of Elysium

14 Years Before the Battle of Arkadia

"So there we were. Now we were on a mission to take down all the crime lords. And unknown to us also, we were forging a new friendship with this Chinese Helldiver we'd just met."

Chapter 6

The Azure Angel

The atmosphere inside the dropship was silent for a while. The presence of Chinese information broker and Helldiver Xun did make some of Alpha a little nervous. They'd heard many stories about her, both about what she was capable of and how she fought in combat.

Zhi Shang Ren had been an information broker long before she ever became acquainted with the Helldivers. She hadn't been desperate for money or anything like that, she was simply trying to make her way in the galaxy. Things had changed however when she came across some leaked information involving a Batarian slave trade that could risk compromising the operation if it fell into certain hands like the Helldivers'. The information also contained the Batarian's plans to attack a critical Helldiver base.

Zhi had originally planned to simply sell it back to the Batarians. The war between the Helldivers and the Batarian slavers wasn't of any concern to her after all and the Batarians were willing to offer an incredibly substantial amount for the information's safe return.

The information broker had been curious however and so she analysed the data in slightly more detail. What she found made her change he mind about the deal almost instantly. The fact that the Batarians were enslaving innocent human colonists made the Chinese Helldiver physically sick that she was even considering making a deal about giving the data back.

With a quick change of heart, she handed the data over to the Helldivers. That quickly became the start for Xun's many dealings with them and even the Arkanes themselves. And eventually this partnership reached the point where she was given an offer she couldn't refuse. They wanted her to become their own personal information broker.

The young information broker accepted and she didn't disappoint. She was even soon given her own set of Helldiver armour as a reward for such great service. Said armour was even still being worn as all of Alpha listened keenly to this story.

Unlike other Helldivers, Xun always kept her armour clean and in perfect condition, which meant it didn't have any paint chips or scratches and was also a very shiny silver. Her armour was also more curved rather than the straight and angular design of other Helldivers.

At the same time, her armour was also designed to look like a combination between a business dress of this age and a trench coat since she had long battle dresses at the back that extended all the way down to her ankles.

Styling wise, Xun also had a few Chinese tattoos decorated over her armour, a large Chinese Dragon tattoo going all along her back and left arm and Chinese symbols engraved on her helmet. Her katana was currently sheathed behind her back on her belt while a metal fan was also strapped to her side. Alpha still had yet to know why Xun had this, but given that ti was metal they did reckon it probably wasn't for show and tell.

"So what are we hoping to find here?" Dash asked, finally breaking the silence.

"Not sure yet. We have rough intel, but it'll be up to us to narrow things down." Xun simply replied.

"Any idea how we do that?" Sandra asked.

"We go around and learn what we can without attracting too much attention." Said Xun. "That means no explosions or guns."

Their target was the Salarian member of the crime lords, Traxus Koran. He was well known for organizing much of the entertainment in this region of Terminus space. Everything from strip clubs, to bars and even art shows. Some of the so called "entertainment" was also illegal. Getting to him would not be easy, especially when he owned a lot of hired muscle.

"We'll attract less attention if we split up. Sandra, you go with Alaara. Someone's gotta keep her out of trouble." Said Austin.

"Hey!"

"Ventra, you go with Leena. And Dash, you'll go with Kraan."

The Krogan gave a slight groan of frustration. Dash did sometimes prove to be a bit of an annoyance to him. Still, Shepard was his Commander and he knew better than to disobey him.

"What about you and Xun?" Sandra asked.

"I work better on my own." Xun simply replied.

"Same." Austin added.

The dropship finally touched down and the doors opened, revealing the bright sunlight of the city planet, Toravan.

Unlike Illium, Toravan was less beautiful and elegant in its design. A lot of it looked like city infrastructure and it had a very dark and dirty feel. Almost like something out of a film like Dark City or Batman Begins. Unless you were a Helldiver or a trained soldier, or even a guy with a lot of muscle, you did not want to be on these streets alone at night. That being said though, day wasn't any safer either.

Alpha separated into their separate groups and Austin instructed them to meet back here in a few hours.

Given that Traxus controlled most of the entertainment, Austin decided to stick to any areas that might have a bar or night club.

Austin did have to admit, even though he was just one Helldiver he was still getting a fair amount of stares from everyone. Helldivers very rarely came here and they had a bit of a reputation in Terminus space for being trouble.

Worse still, the Crime Lords had put a price on their heads. Being out in the open like this made him and the others potential targets for other assassins and bounty hunters, especially the Helldiver Slayer. So far Alpha hadn't yet crossed paths with her again, but they reckoned they hadn't seen the last of her.

As Austin debated on were a good place might be to try and ask questions, his suit's HUD suddenly lit up.

"WARNING! Potential threats detected." His suits computer said.

The HUD highlighted two large thugs in the crowd who'd noticed him. The database recognized them as employers of Koran.

As the thugs began slowly making their way in his direction, Austin quickened his step. He then spotted a dark alley. Perfect.

Quikly rounding the corner, he temporarily vanished from the thugs sight. When they caught up, all they could see was the empty alley.

"Where'd he go?" one of them asked.

A sudden tap on both their shoulders made them turn around only to see Austin uncloak right in front of them and knock them both out with a punch each.

"All brawn, no brains." He said smugly.

Feeling it best to not simply leave the bodies there, he hid them both in a dumpster. No doubt it wouldn't be the best thing to wake up to, but that wasn't Austin's concern.

Just as he was about to leave however, he was stopped when he noticed a sign for what was undeniably a strip club as it advertised a special Asari performer called the Azure Angel. This got the Helldiver thinking.

"Hmm. There's bound to be some dancers who know a few things. I'll just have to pull out my charms… big time." He said to himself.

Given how he'd already attracted some unwanted attention, he decided to take a little risk.

"Retract." He said.

Piece by piece, his armour shifted and opened up allowing him to step out. Now in just his suit mesh, he quickly went back to the dumpster and managed to steal some of the thugs clothes to wear over his suit mesh. He was just lucky enough that he was big enough for the clothes to fit him. With his thick muscles and scars as well, they gave him a tough look that would hopefully allow him to be but a blade in the crowd.

Taking a deep breath, he walked in.

The dark lighting and loud music was an experience Austin wasn't used to. Arkadia did have a few places like this, but in that one the dancers always had outfits, even if they were revealing. In this place however, the dancers had far less clothing and were quick to rip it off for the audiences. The Asari ones especially were getting the most. Even Austin was finding it hard to keep his eyes off them. One or two put even Alaara to shame, especially considering that Austin and the others had seen her nude quite a few times.

As he looked for a good place to sit where he would be relatively unnoticed, he suddenly noticed the Asari performing on the main stage. She was different from all the others.

The Azure Angel.

Austin had heard about her. Apparently her performances were unique because she used her biotics to enhance her performances. She wore nothing but several long pieces of cloth that were constantly manipulated by her biotics to cover her and at the same time weave around her like a living creature. Even when she did finally go naked, the pieces of cloth would still float around her. It was quite the show to watch. It was this performance that had earned her the stage name, The Azure Angel.

As he watched the dancer, there was something about her that Austin found rather compelling. While the large crowds around the stage cheered her on, the Asari continued using her biotics to manipulate the pieces of cloth flowing around her body, still covering her private areas as she danced. A few times she even teased a few lucky crowd members by having the pieces brush or touch them in a seductive way. She even did it herself with her own hands for a few very lucky people. Austin himself had managed to get to the front and was lucky enough to see the Asari up close as she temporarily danced right in front of him and touched one of his muscled arms before blowing him a kiss.

"Lucky devil." he heard someone next to him mutter.

For some reason, The Azure Angel seemed to still be staring at him as she danced. Her stare was almost hypnotic. That combined with her dancing was almost enough to put Austin in a trance. As the Azure Angel kept dancing, she started to manipulate the pieces of cloth a lot more. Her movements became faster and full of energy. She started to dance even more vigorously. Finally she decided that she'd teased her audience long enough.

As the crowd clapped and cheered for her to take the pieces off, she very slowly took ahold of the pieces covering her breasts and ever so slowly, peeled them off. The crowd cheered even more as the Asari's breasts were finally revealed. Even Austin couldn't help but clap. Judging by how large her breasts were, Austin guessed she was at least a couple of decades older than Alaara, who was roughly in her threehundreds.

Once again, as the Asari began giving a few lucky audience members some close ups of her body, she once again came to Austin.

"You're new here, aren't you? I can always tell." She said. "You here on business, or just here to unwind?"

"That depends, I guess." Austin replied. "Officially, I'm here on business, but nothing saying I can't enjoy myself a bit."

"Well in that case, I'll try not to disappoint." The Asari smiled as she resumed her dancing.

Austin was almost hypnotised now by the way the Asari was moving. It was like watching a creature swimming in water. The Asari seemed to dance like fluid floating in gravity, unrestricted and completely free in her movements. Austin was pretty sure now that she seemed to be keeping her eyes on him now, she nearly always seemed to do her very best moves in his direction and her gaze nearly fell to him all the time.

Finally, the last piece of cloth that covered her azure was moved away, now she stood on the stage completely nude as the cloth pieces floated around her in an almost magical way. She gave plenty of views of everything for her audience, but undeniably, Austin got the best views.

Finally, Austin decided that such a show should not go unrewarded. Not knowing how much a good tip for a stripper in terminus space was however, he accidently ended up giving her more than she usually got.

"For that, baby, you get a private dance." She smiled.

This took Austin by surprise. He certainly hadn't expected her to say that, especially since he hadn't expected a big performer like her to offer private dances.

As The Azure Angel finished her dance, the cloud cheered and clapped. Even as she left the stage with Austin in hand, they still applauded. Austin felt it best not to acknowledge that though and simply ignored it. What confused him though was when she lead him outside, and after she'd finished dressing.

"Were are we going?" he asked. "I thought you said private dance."

"I just said that so everyone else wouldn't get too jealous. You're getting something way better than dance, sweetie. There's something about you that I like." The Asari smiled.

"What about your shift?" Austin asked.

"It's taken care of." The Asari replied. "Come on, I promise you won't regret it."

Austin considered his options for a moment. He could either decline and just let her keep the money, which would then allow him to get back to work, or he could accept this most gracious offer. At the same time, he could still maybe find some information. This special dancer was bound to know something. Besides, she'd be his first Asari. Now that he thought about it, it seemed stupid that he was even considering it. Anyone else would just accept on the spot.

Austin cleared his throat.

"Lead the way then."

The Asari lead Austin back to her apartment, which mercifully wasn't anywhere near Traxus. Going near the crime lord without any amour or weapons and with no squad mates would be suicidal.

The apartment was very large and well decorated, obviously due to the dancers work. A massive view of the city could be seen from out of the massive window.

"So, what do I call you? I'm guessing your real name isn't Azure Angel." Austin asked as he admired the place.

"Nyarra." The Asari replied as she locked the door.

"Okay then, Nyarra." Said Austin. "So, do you really like me, or do you treat all your customers like this?"

"Never been with a Helldiver before. Plus, I'll bet you've never been with an Asari yet, have you?" The Asari asked.

For a moment, Austin froze. Had he just heard right?

"How did you know that?" he asked suspiciously, desperately trying to think of something he could use to defend himself.

"I saw you deal with those two thugs outside the club." The Asari replied. "Don't worry. I mean you no harm. Besides, there was a certain aura about you as well. I guessed from the start you definitely were a soldier of some kind."

"You're good." Said Asustin.

"You've no idea how good yet, Mr...?"

"Shepard. Commander. Shepard."

"A Commander? Not bad. I like someone who has power."

"Do you now?"

"Oh yes. Now, why don't you get yourself comfortable? I'll just go and freshen up."

Austin simply nodded while Nyarra disappeared into the bathroom.

Austin removed everything except his boxers and sat on the bed as he waited for Nyarra. Within just a few moments, the bathroom door opened. Nyarra stepped out in nothing but white stockings and a bra. Very quickly she dimmed the lights.

As she slowly walked up to Austin, she took a moment to admire his muscled chest and arms.

"Not bad at all. Most human guys I've been with are either skin and bones or big fat guys. Nice to finally have a strong man."

"I'm flattered." Austin said bashfully.

Nyarra then gently pushed him down until he was lying on the bed.

"Now just lye back and let momma do all the work." She smiled seductively.

Very slowly, she reached up and gently peeled his boxers off, letting his currently half erect shaft pop out. Despite not being fully erect yet, his size still seemed large enough to impress her.

"Goddess! What've you been feeding this thing?"

"Blondes." Austin replied slyly.

Nyarra smiled. She then gently took it in her hand and started stroking it.

"So… what should I do first?" she asked seductively. "What do you think? This is your night after all, and tonight I'm all yours."

"Well, since you ask, I'm happy to watch you slowly take all that off." Said Austin. "The outfit's really sexy, but I always like completely nude women when it comes to this sort of thing."

"If that's what you want."

Nyarra stood up and began to very slowly undo her bra first as Austin took his cock in his hand and started slowly stroking it while he watched. Nyarra let the bra gently fall from her body, once again showing off her large breasts. Unlike last time however, this time she took her tits in her hands and started to massage them and tease her nipples in a seductive way. Austin quickly felt himself starting to get very hard as he watched. Next Nyarra lifted one of her legs up and propped her foot up next to him. She undid the claps on the first stocking at a painfully slow rate. Austin continued watching as Nyarra slowly peeled the stocking off until she exposed her bare leg.

"You can touch me as much as you want, you know." She said. "We're not in a club anymore."

With his free hand, Austin reached up and touched her leg. Although he'd felt the touch of Alaara's skin before when she'd tried to seduce him, actually touching an Asari's skin himself was very different. Nyarra almost felt exactly the same as a human female skin felt. So soft and smooth and warm. The blue though was a nice difference. The Asari's skin had a certain texture too it also. Regardless though, Austin was definitely turned on by this.

"You feel nice."

Nyarra simply smiled and put her foot back on the floor. For the other leg she tried something a little different. This time she instead put her foot on Austin's chest and pushed him down onto his back. Austin couldn't help but like the dominance as he watched Nyarra stand over him while she peeled off the other stocking.

Finally she peeled off the last bit and threw it too him. Now she stood before him, completely nude. After that, Austin's cock finally reached it's full 10 inches at the sigh of the nude Asari standing right before him and ready to have sex with him.

"You're a big boy." Nyarra smiled. "I'm gonna enjoy this."

"Not as much as I'm going to." Austin smiled back. "You know what they say, you never forget your first time."

"Well then I guarantee I'll make this memorable for you."

With Austin already on his back, Nyarra slowly walked up to the bed and as she climbed on, platning kisses on him as she made her way up. She paused when she reached his cock. She stayed there and began planting loads of kisses and even a lick as she knelt down on the bed on top and took his cock in her hand again.

Austin gave a pleasured moan as he felt her tongue lick up his shaft. Then she took it into her mouth and began to bob her head up and down as she sucked. Nyarra started out slow and tender and made her licks very slowly. Austin gave a calm and pleasurable moan every so often as he laid his head back and relaxed.

Gradually, Nyarra then began to increase the speed. Her head then began to bob up and down much more as she sucked hard on Austin's penis. Already this was proving a lot for Austin. Her tongue was more skilled than any other tongue he'd had touch his shaft and she undoubtedly had a lot of experience with sort of this thing.

After only a few minutes, Austin soon felt his cum fast approaching. Nyarra felt it too as she noticed his balls tense up. Within just a few seconds, Austin couldn't hold it in any longer.

"Oh fuuuuuuuck!"

Nyarra took Austin all 10 inches of his cock to the way to the back of her throat as she felt the cum explode from Austin's cock, shooting first into her mouth and onto her tongue, then down her throat as she swallowed huge amounts. With the amount that Austin was unloading she was kind of force too otherwise it would prove too much more than her mouth could hold. How much ejaculate did this human have? She knew he was big, but perhaps she had underestimated just how big.

Finally, just when it looked like Nyarra's cheeks would burst from the amount of cum she was taking into her mouth, after 1 solid minute, Austin finally stopped and his cock began to slowly soften.

When she finally swallowed the last of the Helldiver's cum, Nyarra let Austin's cock pop out of her mouth. The two panted heavily as they got their breath back. So far they were off to a good start.

"I assume that's not it? Because I am definitely up for more if you are." Nyarra finally said as she touched her now wet pussy.

"You bet I am." Austin smiled.

Nyarra resumed her journey upwards and resumed her kisses, pausing very quickly to give Austin's penis one final long lick. She then placed it between her breasts and gently squeezed them together and began to pump herself up and down.

Austin began to moan again as he not only felt the soft skin of Nyarra's tits touching his cock, but also the fact that he could actually see it happening, he could see the head of his shaft appearing and disappearing between the two blue jugs.

"You like your cock between my big titties?!" Nyarra asked teasingly.

"Your tits are the best." Said Austin as he then started to thrust his hips in time with her movements. To help, Nyarra spat on his cock to provide a bit of lubricant as the moved in time with each other.

When it looked like Austin might cum again however, Nyarra suddenly surprised him by completely stopping her treatment. Now she started planting kisses on his abdomen as she worked her way up. She even gave a kiss and lick on each individual muscle of his well toned and firm six pack. She continued upwards until she reached his chest. Surprisingly, she paid even more attention to Austin's pecks. On one she even gave a long lick a playfully gentle bite.

"So much muscle. I could just grope you all night." She panted arousingly.

I could say the same of your tits." Austin smiled as he gave both Nyarra's large tits a firm squeeze.

The Asari moaned in pleasure and actually closed her eyes as she enjoyed the firm massage on her chest as Austin tweaked her nipples.

For a long time, the two simply stared into each others eyes as they panted with arousal. Finally, Nyarra broke the silence.

"Kiss me." She whispered.

The two grabbed each other and pulled themselves into a deep kiss. Austin felt Nyarra's tongue force it's way into his mouth. All the while, the Asari's hand snaked its way back down his body until she touched his cock and again and stroked it again, bringing it back to full hardness.

"I want you inside me!" Nyarra moaned in-between kisses. "Fuck me, human! Make me yours!"

Austin immediately complied and lined his cock up with her dripping azure. Nyarra then slammed herself down onto his cock and began to bounce on him as his shaft moved in and out of her.

For Austin, this was a completely new experience. This being his first time with an Asari, he'd only presumed what to expect. He'd only imagined that Asari felt the same as human women did, but he was wrong. Whether it was because Nyarra had had sex with many others before him or simply that all Asari felt like this, he did not know. But what he did know right now was that Nyarra's azure felt unbelievable. It was a feeling that could not be described easily with words. It was leaving Austin in such ecstasy that he was perfectly happy to let Nyarra be the dominant one in this, because right now she was overloading his senses with a pleasure greater than any he'd felt before.

"Oh your cock feels so good inside of me!" Nyarra moaned as Austin gazed up at her large tits bouncing up and down so close to his face.

Nyarra seemed to notice this and she took both his hands and placed them on her breasts.

"You like my tits bouncing up and down?!" she asked.

Austin was still in so much ecstasy that he almost found it hard to think or even speak, and ultimately resorted to simply nodding.

"Suck 'em!" Nyarra commanded.

"Sorry?"

"Suck my tits, Shepard!" Nyarra repeated as she leaned in close to him so that her nipples were now barely touching his lips.

Unable to resist the teasing this Asari was giving him, Austin latched his mouth onto one of her nipples and began to suck, electing a pleasured moan from Nyarra.

The Asari licked her lips slowly as she ruffled the Helldiver's brown hair while she enjoyed the sucking. She rubbed her hair through her fingers

"You like mommy's tits?" she said, riding him hard. "Put your hand on Mama's ass!"

One of Austin's hands immediately slid down Nyarra's back and grabbed her ass spreading the cheeks. He then went one step further and pushed a finger deep into her asshole.

What happened next however came as a bit of a shock to Austin. He was surprised to feel warm breast milk flowing into his mouth. Nyarra's moans grew even louder as she kept riding him and took her other breast and sucked it herself. She licked her lips and kissed him.

"Tasty isn't it baby? Nice and sweet for cute guys just like you." she said, grabbing his face and pushing it deeper. "Yes suck me like that that! Feels so good!"

Austin continued thrusting while sucking on Nyarra's breasts. He then flipped them so that he now lay on top of her. This time Nyarra recived more of the pleasure, causing the Asari to lay back and moan exoticaly into his ear.

They continued like this for several long minutes before Austin could finally feel another iminant orgasm. Nyarra felt it too though.

"Cum inside me, baby… I want more…more of your cum" She Said. She felt him shake as he started to cum. He was practically filling her. She even worried that he might fill her up to the point of her stomach distendeding, but fortuantely that didn't happen.

Finally, Austins hot his last load and rolled offf of Nyarra, the two panted heavily almost out of breath.

"That was amazing!" Austin panted.

"You were amazing." Said Nyarra. "How can I ever repay you?"

"You don't have to repay me." Said Austin.

He then noticed that Nyarra was sat up and looking somewhat sad.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"That's probably the only time my body's been used like that and I've enjoyed it." Nyarra sighed.

"Why do this then if you hate it?" said Austin.

"Traxus Koran owns me. If I dare quit he'll have me raped and tortured into submission." Nyarra explained. "I don't mind the dancing bit at all, I love that. But my contract requires me to be used for sex as well from time to time. That's the bit I hate. I took this job to be a dancer, not a hooker."

"Wait! Did you say Traxus Koran?" Austin asked with surprise.

"Yeah. He pretty much owns anything entertainment based on this world."

A plan began forming in Austin's mind almost immediately.

"You asked how you could repay me. What if I told you I might be able to correct your contract for you? What would you be willing to do for that?" he asked.

"Anything." Nyarra replied,.

"Well, in that case. I think we can help each other."

The plan was set. Tonight there would be an opening for Traxus' recent art gallery which he himself had made. Nyarra naturally would be performing there, so she'd be able to really keep an eye on things.

The plan was for one of Alpha to head to the event alone while the others watched from afar to ambush the Salarian. For a time it had been a difficult choice for Austin to decide which one he should pick.

Finally though he felt that Sandra would be the best choice. Being a comm. Expert she could jamm communications if need be, create distractions and even hack into enemy comms to listen to them. That would work both ways in case there was the chance Traxus wasn't there. Even if he wasn't, Sandra's presence would draw him to them.

"Are you sure about this, Shepard?" she asked into her comm. "Trusting an Asari stripper we hardly know?"

"She's a victim in all this, Sandra." Austin replied through the comm. "And she's willing to take this chance at being free from the prostitution part of her job. She doesn't even care about the risks if we fail. I wouldn't trust her otherwise."

"Long as you don't trust every single person right after you sleep with them." Said Alaara.

"Shut up, Alaara." Said Austin.

As Sandra continued her slow walk towards the gallery she could already see that getting in wouldn't' be easy. There was a light wind in the air as it began clouding over. Heavy chances it was going to rain later today when it got dark.

As she crossed the road, she found a big long queue waiting to get in and a bouncer stood at the door. There was even a news team there, meaning Sandra could not afford to be seen. If she was too early that would blow it. Upon seeing that the bouncer was on call to someone however did give the Russian Helldiver an idea. If this had the desired effect she'd be able to sneak in without attracting attention.

A quick little command from her omni tool and she jammed all nearby comms. The news reporter's camera evens topped working and the various advertising screens around the area all went to a blue screen error.

"What just happened?" someone asked as they tried to get a signal back.

"Fucking thing!" the bouncer cursed as he stepped away from the entrance in hopes of getting a signal back.

Quickly activating her cloak, Sandra slowly snuck in. As she did, her jamming signal ceased, allowing everything to reset. A greeting video of Traxus appeared back on the wall as Sandra snuck through the artificial smoke into the main hall. Credit where it was due, the art event wasn't all that bad to be honest.

Since Nyarra would have to see her, Sandra was forced to disengage her cloak and try and mingle with the crowd. Though it seemed to work well, it did seem that she wasn't completely inconspicuous.

"Is that a Helldiver?" she overheard someone say.

"What's one of them doing here?"

After a few seconds, Sandra finally spotted Nyarra as she finished her latest performance. She noticed Sandra and walked off the stage towards the Helldiver.

"Where the fuck you been? You've left me standing here for 45 minutes entertaining some real assholes in this frankly dull party bullshit charity show." Nyarra complained.

"You done yet?" Sandra interrupted.

"Straight to the point then?"

"Yes."

"Okay, well I've been here all afternoon. Nothing. I assume you and your friends have a backup plan, because Koran's not even here." Said Nyarra. But then it hit her. "Oh… you're using yourself as bait. Goddess, I love it because it's such a horrible idea!"

"Seems to be working to me." Said Sandra. "I'll make sure Koran knows I'm here. Once he arrives, we'll handle the rest."

"One more thing. I trust no one's gonna know I had any part in this? If they find out, there's no telling what they'll do to me. I'd be better of dead." Said Nyarra.

"I don't even know your name. Be rather hard for us to rat you out." Said Sandra. "And Shepard told me to give you this."

Sandra handed Nyarra what looked like a revised version of her contract. She still had her job as a dancer, but this time the part about her body being used for sex was now strictly prohibited.

Smiling, the Asari turned back to Sandra.

"Okay. Good hunting then."

With that, Nyarra went back to entertaining the guests while Sandra began searching for Traxus' associate. After scanning a few people and identifying them using her suit's database, she finally found the target.

Said target quickly noticed that Sandra was among the crowds and immediately called Traxus. Normally, Sandra would just jam the call again, but not this time. This time she wanted a call to go out. It was all part of the plan.

Instead, Sandra simply hacked into her comm. so she could listen in.

"Traxus. It's one of them. They're here. They're at your show." Sandra heard the associate say through the comms in her helmet.

"What is?" Traxus' voice asked.

"A Helldiver. Think she's even part of that squad that's after you."

"I see. She's brave isn't she. You make sure she stays there, I don't want her leaving. We're heading over there now. We'll be there in a minute." Traxus ordered.

"I've already got security on it. She's not going anywhere."

The call ended and Sandra immediately noticed the two security guards at the entrance heading her way.

"Commander, you catch all that?" she asked.

"Yeah. We've already got an ambush set up. Get out of there." Austin replied.

"Easier said then done." Sandra muttered to herself.

Remembering that there was a back door entrance, Sandra headed over to it at a steady pace.

"I want every exit covered. That Helldiver doesn't leave." She overheard Traxus' associate say to security.

As Sandra rounded a corner she noticed that one security guard was blocking her way. This didn't' worry her though. The area was secluded from the rest of the party and it was just one guard. That wouldn't be a problem.

"I see her." He said. "You! Hold it right there!"

Before the security guard had a chance to act though, Sandra suddenly took what was undeniably a pair of Sai's from her belt, and immediately used them to

As the guard fell to the floor, Sandra took a moment to examine her latest new melee weapons. Though it wasn't compulsory, it was recommended that all Helldiver have at least one form of melee weapon should they ever run in fights that require the use of something other than guns. Up till now, Sandra hadn't been able to think of a unique enough weapon that wasn't already being used by one of the squad. Shepard had Excalibur, Ventra had his bow (which could double as a melee weapon), Leena had her Tomahawk, Kraan had a his strength and club, Alaara had her biotics and stun stick, Dash had his speed and Xun had her katana, fan and fung fu skills. Recently though, Sandra had recently found a pair of Sai's. Although she hadn't chosen to pursue it, she had temporarily had some training with these a few years ago back when she was still in advanced training. Not a bad choice to be honest. In fact, truth be told it had been Alaara who suggested that she start training in how to use them. Maybe she should let the Asari buy her another drink sometime.

"Hey, Alaara. Thanks for convincing me to try these. I just might keep them." She said into the comm.

"Don't mention it, babe." Alaara replied.

"And don't call me babe!" Sandra added.

Sandra then turned back to the downed security guard.

"Vy dolzhny byli nayti sebe luchsheye napravleniye raboty, chto ne svyazano s rabotoy dlya prestupnika." She said in Russian.

With that, the Helldiver quickly exited the building straight into the pouring rain. Almost immediately she began to hear the light sound of water droplets hitting metal as the rain hit her helmet and armour. She could even see it on her visual feed as it hit the front of her helmet and slowly ran down it.

It was also night-time which meant that the lights of the city really stood out. Despite that though, it was still very dark and eerie. Sandra would certainly be glad to go home after this mission was over. This city made her feel rather uneasy.

"I'm out." She said.

"Good. Now head over to the crossing and get into position." Said Austin.

Sandra quickly headed over to the crossing. It was inevitable that Traxus and his goons would come this way. The entrance was right next to it after all.

Very quickly, Traxus' vehicle came into view. Following what the rest of her friends were doing, Sandra knelt down and activated her cloak. The trap was set.

"Ready when you are, Leena." Said Austin. "Do it."

Having hacked into the signals earlier, Leena simply changed all of them to green. Almost immediately vehicles began speeding ahead only to crash right into each other. A combination of metal, glass and even tyres went all over the places as every vehicle hit another at least once. Finally it settled.

Though it wasn't the best solution, Alpha did feel it was better to make it look to the public like an accident, even though Traxus was not going to be there at all. They needed him alive. Plus, no one would be killed in this or seriously harmed. It would be a few minor injuries at most.

"Alright, Alpha. Move in on Traxus." Said Austin.

Arguments among the owners of the vehicles had already started along with Traxus' men who had exited the vehicle while the Salarian remained inside. As the Helldivers decloaked, they immediately opened fire, forcing Alpha to take cover and return fire.

In the process, several stray shots hit a nearby vehicle that still had someone in it.

"Help! I'm trapped!" he yelled, desperately trying to get out.

"Get him out of there!" Austin ordered as he popped out of cover and managed two solid headshots on two of Traxus' men.

"Just stay calm." Said Leena as she tried to get the vehicle door open herself to no avail.

"I can't get out! The door's stuck!" the man yelled.

"Get back! I'm gonna have to rip it off!" said Leena.

The man complied and got as far away from the door as he could. Leena meanwhile took out her tomahawk and managed to jam it into the doors gap. Using both her natural muscle strength and the enhanced strength from her suit, she soon managed to tear the door right off.

"Thank you! Thank you so much!" said the man as Leena helped him out.

"Stay low!" Austin advised him as Leena resumed her own gunfire.

"Flank 'em!"

Alpha split into two. One side remained where they were while the others went around.

Dash even managed to kill another guard by sliding along the hood of one of the vehicles and firing at the same time.

One more guard fella slo as Ventra managed a solid arrow shot from his bow.

As Dasg continued firing from cover however, he failed to notice how close his shots were getting to the filling station that one of the vehicles had managed to crash into by accident.

"Watch your bloody fire! Those things are flammable!" Austin yelled.

But his warning came a little too late. One of Dash's shots hit the fuel pipe and it ignited the fuel. The fire quickly spread and travelled all the way back to the fuel's source. The whole filling station exploded in a massive fireball sending both sparks, bits of burning debris and vehicle parts flying everywhere. The force of the blast even knocked Xun off her feet causing her to roll backwards until she managed to regain her balance.

"Errr… oops." Said Dash, trying to sound innocent.

"This won't look good in our report." Austin sighed as he ducked back into cover.

Only one guard remained. Xun though surprised everyone by jumping over the vehicle and cutting the guard's neck with her fan. So that was what it was for.

"Clear."

"Clear."

"Alright, get him out of there." Austin ordered.

Kraan simply nodded. With a massive head butt, he first smashed in the vehicles door and finally ripped it out. Before Traxus even had a minute, the Korgan Helldiver grabbed him, tore him out of his harness and threw him to the floor.

"Traxus Koran." said Xun.

"You didn't seriously think you and your friends could hide from us forever, did you?" Austin asked as he and the others stood over Traxus.

"This is suicide. You understand that? You kill me, and you'll open a door you'll never close." Said the Salrian.

"Believe me, Koran. We already have, only difference is that the door is going to close." Said Austin, his voice taking on a serious tone. "If your friends are listening in on this, let me make this perfectly clear to all of them. We know how to hunt you all down now, and we will even if it takes us years and years. If you think we're going to give up, I can tell you that we do not have even the consideration of quitting. But what we do have are a particular set of skills. Skills that we have acquired over a long career. Skills that make us a nightmare for people like you. If you turn yourself in now, that'll be the end of it. We will not look for you, we will not pursue you. But if you don't… we will look for you. We will find you. And when we do... well, I think you can probably guess. Terminus Crime Lords, we've dealt with your friend… and we're coming for you next."

And with that, he knocked Traxus out with a simply strike from the butt of his rifle.

"Really? You used that quote?" Dash asked.

"Who wouldn't?" Austin replied. "Alright. Let's get out of here before the authorities show up."

"Well, that's one down. Five to go." Said Ventra.

"You know, I can't help but feel as though this is similar. Reminds me of some game long ago. Looked great at first but it's graphics then got downgraded to the point of looking like crap..." said Dash.

"Torress, shut up." said Kraan irritably.

Thank God for PC modding.

Anyway, next chapter shouldn't be too long away. I now have the next 6 chapters or so planned out, just gotta write them all down.

See you soon! :)
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Mass Effect: The Helldiver Saga, Alpha Origins