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Took a bit longer than I thought, but this time I'm still happy with the result. This chapter was actually a lot of fun to write.

Not much more for me to say really, excpet sorry you had to wait so long.

Enjoy.

YEAR 2, The Criminal Element

2174: 21 months after the battle of Elysium

14 Years before the Battle of Arkadia

"I was out of action for some time while I recovered from that fight. When I finally did though, it was at least straight back to the action. And not before time, for this next assignment would be the toughest one so far. Now we would find out just how well a Helldiver could do without his greatest ally... himself."

Chapter 8

Life of the Party

The next crime lord was the second Asari named Elarni T'eenar.

Unlike many of the others, she was being much smarter about this. She had elected to remain in hiding as much as possible, thus making her much harder to properly locate, even with Aria's information.

Ultimately though, it had brought them to another city planet in the Terminus Systems.

With T'eenar keeping a serious eye out for them all over the city near her building, Alpha had managed to find a safe house to bunker down in until their plan was complete.

Right now though, there was a lot of planning to be done.

"What do we know so far?" Austin asked as he and the others observed the holo map of T'eenar's building and the surrounding area.

"T'eenar's held up in her penthouse. She never leaves, even for things like meetings and such and ever since we started going after the Crime Lords she's tripled her security. It'll be almost impossible to get in without being seen." said Sandra.

"Why don't we just skydive in?" Dash asked.

That won't work either. She's managed to pull some strings to have airspace around her tower monitored. We'd be shot down before we could get close enough." Alexa replied.

"Well, unless anyone's got any other ideas we may have to go in guns blazing." Austin sighed.

Just at that moment however, Xun suddenly received a message.

"Wouldn't be so sure of that, Commander." she said as she projected the message for everyone to see. "I just intercepted a few calls. The Asari's throwing a huge party at her tower in a few days. She'll actually be there in person. Her security will be even tighter than before though."

"Might be our best chance then." said Austin

"But how do we get in without being spotted?" Alaara asked.

"I think we both know the answer to that." Austin simply replied.

There was a temporary amount of silence as Alpha realized what their Commander meant.

"Without our armour? Shepard, that's crazy!" said Leena. "If they discover us, we'll be completely defenceless."

"Then I guess these next few days are very important for us to learn as much as we can." said Austin. "This may be our most toughest and dangerous mission yet. If we're to have any hope of succeeding, we need to study everything, learn everything, and above all we need to be prepared to go undercover."

"Undercover's not really my strong point." Kraan admitted.

"I actually agree. Besides, a Krogan like you might raise too many questions." said Austin. "Same with you, Leena. With all those muscles, you'll stand out too much."

"A shame. They'll probably have an all you can eat buffet there." Kraan sighed.

"What is it with you and food?" Dash asked.

"Shut up, Torres."

"So what are we supposed to do?" Leena asked, quickly changing the subject.

"You'll be backup for us if it all goes to hell." Austin replied.

So who's going to this party?" Xun asked.

"We'll decide that later. For now, we gather intel."

The streets were well crowded, which made it fairly easy to blend into the crowd. Sandra and Alaara had been chosen first to get what knowledge they could of the building and possibly see what sort of guards it had, and how many.

They could've stayed in their armour, but Austin had felt they'd be able to blend into the crowd much better if they went properly undercover. So right now, they were simply dressed as two casual street people.

"I don't like this outfit. You sure my butt doesn't look big in this?" Alaara asked.

"Quit your whining." said Sandra.

Finally as they cleared the buildings, they came into the large open area of the city, T'eenar's tower was right in the centre. The Asari obviously had a thing for open spaces. Although that being said, it did make it much harder to infiltrate the building since it had such huge distance from any other building.

On the plus side though, it had plenty of nice large park areas were the public was welcome, so it was a fairly popular tourist location. The vast crowds also made it easy for Sandra and Alaara to remain undetected.

The building itself was massive, reaching many stories high, it practically touched the clouds.

"Lot of floors." said Sandra.

"And a lot of guards." said Alaara. "Far too many for me to seduce without a massive orgy."

"Not an image I wanted in my head." Sandra groaned. "Thank you for that."

It was true, the building's ground floors had a lot of guards, guarding both the outside of the entrance, and the inside. The public knew to keep their distance unless they worked in the building or needed to enter. Each guard was also well armed. T'eenar definitely was not messing around.

"Guys, you getting our feed?" Alaara asked, angling her head enough that the hidden on-board camera got some good views of the building and it's security.

"Yeah. So far we know where most of the guards are stationed outside. Inside though, that's another matter." said Austin over the comm.

"Ventra, you got the scanner arrow ready?" Sandra asked.

The Turian was stationed on the nearest building not far off from their location, ready to fire a scanning arrow at the building that would hopefully map a 3D environment of the interior.

"Yep." he replied.

He drew the arrow back and fired. Despite the long distance, the arrow hit its target. The arrow simply stayed in place and cloaked itself without leaving any sign of chipped glass or any damage.

As the scanner activated though Ventra quickly found the scanner being permanently jammed.

"Son of a..." he cursed. "Arrow's a no go, sir. The building must be shielded from scans."

"Dammit."

"And I think they detected something hit the building." said Alaara nervously.

Some of the guards outside had left their posts and were now in the crowds, looking for anyone acting suspiciously.

"Stay hidden." Austin advised.

While no one actually knew what they looked like under their Helldiver armour, it was best not to take any chances, especially since the Crime Lords had access to some rather illegal Intel and tech, who's to say T'eenar didn't have some way of pulling up their profiles?

"Easier said than done." said Sandra. She was suddenly surprised though when Alaara came up to her, a cup of warm coffee in each hand, one of which she handed to Sandra. "Oh, thank you. Didn't know you like coffee."

"I like all kinds of coffee, if you know what I'm talking about." Alaara winked as Sandra took a sip.

Sandra didn't' answer, but her look and smile said everything.

"They're heading in your direction."

The two Helldivers looked to see some guards heading right at them. Normally they wouldn't worry, but admittedly, their disguises did look a bit too suspicious. Sandra was even wearing a hoody and actually had it up.

"What do we do?" Sandra asked nervously.

Alaara didn't' answer. Instead she gently took the coffee cup back from Sandra and put them both on a nearby bench.

"What are you..."

But before Sandra could continue, Alaara suddenly grabbed her by the face and kissed her hard in the mouth. Her first instinct was to push the Asari off and slap her. Had Alaara lost her mind? But her brain soon caught up with her and she remembered how close those guards were. When she even opened an eye she saw that they were frighteningly close enough to see their faces. Quickly closing her eye again, Sandra wrapped her arms around Alaara and eased into the kiss in order to complete the act.

"Hmm. wouldn't have thought of that." she heard Xun say over the comm.

Obviously the rest of Alpha could see them. Sure enough, she then heard Dash make a comment too.

"Does this thing zoom in?" he joked.

This was followed through with the unmistakable sound of someone slapping him very hard in the face.

"Ow!"

After several tense moments, and with the kiss still going, the guards finally moved on.

For a split second, Sandra was sure she'd felt tongue, but then Alaara finally broke the kiss. The two Helldivers simply looked at one another for a moment, Sandra still a bit surprised by this, and Alaara trying to think of the right words to explain herself.

Sandra eventually broke the awkward silence.

"Next time you're gonna do that, I want to know about it first." she said.

"Don't tell me you didn't enjoy that." Alaara chuckled.

"You are a good kisser, I'll give you that. Sandra admitted.

The next day, Austin and Dash were checking out the security checks. Those would no doubt be used to ID party guests, so they needed to know what kind of system they were dealing with.

After some time of waiting, some finally came up to the checkpoint.

"Here we go. Security checks." said Austin, making sure he kept a close eye on everything that happened. Dash even zoomed in his hidden camera on the woman who was being checked, particular her name tag on one of her breasts.

"Becky. Nice name. Wonder what she calls the other one." he said.

"And it's such a mystery why you don't have a girlfriend, Dash." Austin sighed.

"Looks like they're using ID scanners. Pretty good ones at that." said Leena through the comm.

"But you can hack them, right?" Austin asked.

"I don't know for certain. Those particular models are a pain in the ass." said Leena.

"We can't afford any risks, Leena."

"I know, Shepard."

For a moment, Austin considered their options.

"Okay. Until we know if those scanners can be hacked, we need a backup plan." he said.

"Alaara could always sweet talk 'em." Dash suggested.

"I don't know where you get your delusions, laser brain." said Alaara.

Then Austin noticed how the ID scanners worked. They seemed to scan someone and then look up their file.

"Hmmm. Xun, is it possible you can make us some fake ID's?" he asked.

"And I thought this was gonna be challenging." said Xun positively. There was a temporary pause. "Okay. I got you all fake ID's. They should fool the system, at least long enough."

"Long enough?" Dash asked.

"The systems will eventually detect the ID's are faked. Even I can't stop that." Xun clarified. "We'll have a limited window."

"We still need to know the layer of inside. We may need someone on the inside." said Austin.

"Or something." Leena suggested.

"What do you mean?"

"Get back here and I'll show you."

Returning to the safe house, they found the place was almost littered with electrical components. Leena was sat a table completely covered in parts and tools.

"What've you got for us then?" Austin asked.

"This."

Leena held in one her hands a small silver ball.

"Wow. You made a silver ball." said Dash sarcastically.

He was then suddenly surprised as the ball seemed to unfold. It then seemed to transform into a very small spider like robot.

"Meet the spider drone. Remote controlled, so small it'll blend into the environment and can fit in the vents and with a direct secure feed back to us here, this solves all our problems." said Leena.

"Impressive." said Austin.

Dash extended out his hand and the spider crawled up his arm until it stopped on his shoulder.

"Cute little fella too." he said.

On a nearby screen, everyone could see what the spider was seeing, which right now was Dash's face close up.

"Think there's something wrong with the feed. Dash still looks ugly." Kraan joked, causing everyone to laugh, even Dash.

"Fuck you!" the Scout chuckled.

"Shepard, we're in position. Deploying the spider drone now." said Leena.

Despite her size, the Quarian had been able to get close enough undetected.

Very carefully, she piloted the spider drone through the crowds, past the guards and into the building. She then had crawl up one of the walls until it had a full view of the room.

"Lot of security cameras, I must say." said Leena.

"Leena, see if you can slice into them."

The drone attempted to access the feeds, but Leena soon encountered a problem and she aborted.

"Negative, sir. It's too well encrypted and constantly monitored. They'll know if I'm in the system." she said.

"Alright. We'll have to keep the spider in there." said Austin. "For now, return to base. I'd say we've done enough for today."

After a few more days, the night had finally arrived. Alpha had learned as much as they could and those who were attending the party tonight were now getting ready and dressing into their formal wear. Austin and Dash were wearing Tuxedos and Xun wore a dark red Chinese dress. It was weird seeing the Chinese Helldiver out of her armour, but it was nice that she seemed to trust everyone now.

"Ooooooooooooh! Somebody stop me!" Dash smiled as he admired himself in the mirror.

"ID's?" Austin asked.

"Right here." Xun replied as she handed a fake ID to each one.

"James Hyman? Come on, Xun. For one time, give me a cool name!" Dash complained.

"Would you rather have Hugh Jass?" said Xun, causing everyone to laugh.

"Would probably suit him." Sandra laughed from behind a changing booth.

"Screw you all. What did I do to deserve this?" Dash sighed.

"You want that list in Alphabetical order or condescending?" Kraan asked, causing even more laughter.

Knowing that this was an argument he couldn't win, Dash gave up.

"How's the dress, Alaara?" Austin asked as he finished putting his jacket on.

"I can honestly say, I didn't think I'd like it that much, but I actually do. I've never worn a dress that fits this well or feels this comfortable in my life." the Asari replied as she came out from behind her booth.

She was dressed in an unbelievably tight fitting white dress that was completely strapless and low cut to expose as much of her cleavage as possible. To also hide her face a bit better, she'd put on some temporary white tattoos as well.

"Do you have to have that much cleavage on display?" Austin sighed.

"Yes. That way everyone won't be able to keep their eyes off me." Alaara replied.

"Well Dash has made a start on that already." said Austin, indicating to Dash who was now frozen on the spot and drooling as he stared at Alaara.

"Torres, eyes up here!" Alaara yelled nearly making Dash jump.

What about you, Sandra?" Austin asked.

Sandra emerged from behind her booth wearing a black dress, which actually matched her black hair very well. Very long black arm gloves topped it off as well.

"Little tight around the waist." she said.

"Not bad. You should wear this stuff more often." said Xun.

"I think I'm in love." Alaara joked.

Way deep down however, there was a little bit of Alaara that had actually been serious when she said that.

"Alright, everyone. Gather round." said Austin. "Okay, let's run through the plan. Xun?"

Xun once again brought up the holo map of the entire building, this time with all the interiors filled in thanks to the scans from the spider bot.

"We enter the party and mingle for as long as possible until T'eenar turns up to give a speech. She'll then mingle with some other guests for a while. She'll have her guards nearby, but we can handle them. One of us will then try and entice her, start a conversation and charm her enough that she takes them to her room."

"Who's taking care of that?" Alexa asked.

"Haven't decided yet." Austin shrugged.

"I will do it!" Dash said out loud.

Everyone paid no attention however. There was no way they were picking him for that part of the plan.

"We need someone with good people skills." said Sandra.

"I will go!" Dash said again.

"Someone who won't blow their cover." said Xun.

"I volunteer!"

"Someone who really has a way with the ladies." said Alaara.

"For the good of the mission, I will go!"

"Great job, Shepard. Thanks for volunteering." said Sandra.

Seeing that everyone had good reason for picking him, Austin simply nodded.

Dash simply folded his arms and sulked.

"No fair." he grumbled.

"Once she's alone, Shepard then sedates her and we work on getting her out using a zip wire from one of Ventra's arrows. After that, we get the hell out of there." Xun finished.

"Sounds like a plan." said Sandra.

"What about the rest of us?" Alexa asked.

"Backup, just in case. Leena and Kraan, heavy duty backup in case we need our armour and weapons." Austin replied.

"Don't screw up then." said Kraan.

Austin then cleared his throat and addressed everyone.

"I don't need to remind you how important this is. We must take T'eenar alive. This is probably one of the most dangerous and trickiest missions we've ever faced. We're going in without weapons or armour. I've come to trust you all as friends. Now you need to do the same for each other."

Some of Alpha cast looks at one another. Some of concern, some of excitement.

"Anything you want to get off your chest, now's the time." said Austin. Everyone remained silent. "No? Alright then. Let's do this."

Already the park area around the building was filled with guests of all species entering the building from every entrance.

Finally when it came to Austin he took a deep breath and waited.

"One moment, Sir." said one of the guards

The scanners soon came up with his fake ID, much to his and everyone else's relief.

"Enjoy your evening." said the guard as he let Austin pass.

The inside of the building had been specially decorated for tonight with lights, food and drinks, even a full bar that hadn't been there a few days ago.

"Hmm. Big party." said Alaara admirably.

"Any sign of T'eenar?" Alexa asked over the comm.

"Not yet." Xun replied as she too entered.

"For what's it worth, I'm actually gonna miss that look when this is over, Xun. You look very nice." said Austin.

"Thank you." Xun smiled at him.

"Shepard. Alaara and I will be near the bar. We'll keep an eye out." said Sandra.

"Make sure she doesn't get drunk." Austin advised.

"I heard that. I'll have you know I have much better self-control than you give me credit." said Alaara.

"Well, now's your night to prove it."

After some time of mingling with the crowd an announcer finally got everyone attention.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if I may have your attention please. Your host, Miss Elarni T'eenar."

The guests gave a gentle clap as a purple skinned Asari entered accompanied by two guards and another figure that couldn't' quite be seen from Alpha's distance.

"There she is." said Sandra.

She and Alaara moved through the crowds to get a better look. When they finally got a clear view of T'eenar however, an unexpected surprise greeted them.

"Der'mo!" Sandra cursed.

"Is that..."

"Shepard, we've got trouble. Look who T'eenar's got as a bodyguard." said Sandra as she sent a vid feed to Austin's omni tool.

Sure enough, standing right next to T'eenar was none other than the Helldiver Slayer herself.

"Fuck! Looks like the Crime Lords weren't done with The Slayer then." Austin sighed.

"What do we do? We're not prepared for this. If she recognizes any of us, we are almost certainly dead." said Alaara.

True none of them had their armour, but there was a good chance the Slayer had a scanner in her helmet. It was said that one Helldiver she'd managed to kill had been out of his armour. She'd found him by using a scanner to identify him and then struck.

"We continue with the plan. Just keep your distance from her." said Austin.

Once the applause died down, T'eenar spoke.

"Ladies and Gentlemen. I would like to thank you all for coming tonight. Despite some unsettling rumours about me that have been spreading around recently, it is good to see they have not damaged my reputation around you, my friends. Such loyalty and trust should not go unrewarded, so I declare a toast, to all you fine people! Even a hundreds of years old Asari like myself still lives far too short a time among such excellent and admirable people."

This was met with both the crowd's approval and more applause.

Bowing her head, T'eenar joined the party, the Slayer remaining at her side.

"The Slayer's staying close to her." Sandra warned everyone.

"Gonna have to take that risk." said Austin.

"Your call, Shepard. Whenever you're ready." said Xun.

"Okay. Here goes." Austin sighed as he took a deep breath.

"Go get 'em, tiger." Alaara smiled.

Gently making his way through the crowds, Austin finally got close enough to the Asari. Just as he was about to get her attention however, the Slayer suddenly stepped in front of him.

"Who are you?" she asked suspiciously.

For a moment, Austin was temporarily unable to speak as his heart rate accelerated. He was beginning to realize just how vulnerable he really was without his armour. Finally he managed to come to his senses. Just as he was about to speak however, T'eenar suddenly put her hand on the Slayer's shoulder.

"There's no need to be so untrusting, my dear. This handsome young gentleman probably just wishes to speak with Me." she said calmly.

"I don't like the look of him, so he keeps his distance." the Slayer growled.

Austin worried that the bounty hunter recognized him somehow, or maybe found him familiar.

"I didn't hire you for this." said T'eenar crossly.

"You hired me to protect you, Miss T'eenar. It's nothing personal, I'm just doing my job." said the Slayer.

"Let him speak to me." T'eenar ordered. "Besides, you are more than capable of handling someone like him if things get... rough, aren't you?"

For a minute, the Slayer once again glared at Austin, the blue optic glow on her helmet of her cybernetic eye gleaming brightly.

"Fine. But I've got my eye on you." she warned.

"Noted." Austin simply replied, managing to regain enough of his calm to resume his act.

The Slayer let Austin pass and kept her back to the two.

"I must apologize on her behalf. She takes her job unbelievably seriously, especially for what I'm paying her for." said T'eenar.

"Not expecting trouble tonight are you?" Austin asked.

"One can never be too careful, especially on a night like tonight. People like me can sometimes attract certain... unwanted attention in our line of work."

"Still, to hire someone like her... The sort of trouble you're expecting must be quite big."

"Helldivers as your know can be very meddlesome. The nature of a disease requires so sharp a remedy."

"No wonder you have such popularity. A beautiful Asari such as yourself that thinks of every eventuality, not something you always see in this galaxy." said Austin, starting to work his charm on her.

"Am I special enough then for you to buy me a drink?" T'eenar asked, her interest in this human clearly peaked now.

"I'd be honoured, Miss T'eenar."

"How does he do that?" Dash asked in amazement as he noticed Austin and T'eenar heading over to the bar.

"Sometimes it is just a skill that comes naturally. In your case, sadly not." said Alaara.

"Oh yeah? Well, tonight I'm gonna prove you wrong." said Dash.

"This ought to be good." Alaara chucked as Dash marched up to the next Asari he saw.

"My thoughts exactly." said Kraan over the comm.

"Excuse me, miss..." Dash said to the first Asari he saw.

Alaara and Sandra simply watched from a distance. At first, all seemed to go well, but after a just a few seconds, the Asari slapped Dash so hard they heard it over the comms. The two were unable to hold back a little giggle between themselves. Kraan however practically deafened their earpieces with his laughter.

"Hahahahahahahahaaaaaah! Oh that was so funny! Must watch replay!" he laughed.

"Not sure I deserved that." said Dash disappointingly.

"Probably had that coming." Sandra giggled.

As Dash turned back to the Asari he'd talked too, she folded her arms, looking very cross at him.

"I'm not that kind of Asari." she said.

"Well, all evidence to the contrary..." said Dash.

But he was quickly interrupted by another slap.

"Hahahaha! Stop it, you're killing me!" Kraan laughed. There was even the sound of him banging his fist on the desk.

"I may have deserved that." Dash shrugged.

"Hmm, definitely had that coming." Sandra agreed.

Back with Austin and T'eenar, they were now stood at the bar. Austin had bought the Asari quite a few drinks. He'd been careful to merely sip on his whereas T'eenar hadn't done the same. A lot of glasses of Asari wine would no doubt lower her defences. Now came the true part of the seduction.

"You have good tastes, Mr..."

"Smith. Drake Smith." Austin replied, using his fake ID name. Admittedly, it was an okay name.

"And what is it exactly that you are a part of in this corner of space?" T'eenar asked, her eyes now showing a keen interest in this handsome young man.

"I'm what you might call, a Collector. If someone wants it, I like to think I've got it. And if I don't have it, I'll get it. I've earned a bit of a reputation for collecting rare Asari artefacts, and then offering them up... for a price." he said.

Off to his left, Austin noticed how the Helldiver Slayer had temporarily glanced at him while he'd said that. She slowly turned her head away shortly after. This did make Austin suspect that she was listening on the conversation, probably to make sure T'eenar was as safe as she could be.

"Tell me, Mr Smith. Is it only artefacts you collect?" T'eenar asked suggestively.

"Oh no. There have been plenty... other Asari related items I've managed to come across." Austin replied slyly.

"Like what?" T'eenar smiled intriguingly.

Very gently, Austin's left hand began to snake around her waist. She didn't make any attempt at all to resist.

"I'd love to show you up close if you'll allow me."

Very gently, he pulled her closer until they finally kissed. Once again, T'eenar offered no resistance. The combination of Austin's charm and the Asari wine seemed to be doing its work.

The Slayer once again glanced at the two. She sighed and rolled her eyes at the sight of them kissing.

"Should've got paid up front." she groaned in her head.

Finally the two separated. The look in T'eenar's eyes was unbelievably seductive. It was clear from that look alone she was just waiting for this human to say the rest of the conversation that involved him and her going up to her room and... getting to know each other even better.

"And that's just one Asari skill I've learned from your people. There's plenty more where that came from." Austin smiled.

"You'll have to show me in private then. Follow me."

"Goddess, he's good." said Alaara. "Nearly got me turned on too."

"Be careful, Shepard. I've heard some rumours that T'eenar's a dominatrix. I don't know if they're true or not though. Just try not to let her get the better of you." said Xun.

They took the elevator up to T'eenar's private room's right at the very top of the building. Austin hoped Ventra's aim was good if the arrow carrying the zip wire was to meet its mark. The Helldiver Slayer luckily had stayed below with the rest of the party. Austin guessed that T'eenar was so confident in her security upstairs that she didn't think her bodyguard for tonight was needed for this.

As the doors closed and the elevator began its ascendance, Elarni suddenly pounced on him and pushed him against the glass side.

"Someone's eager." said Austin surprisingly. "Thought we were waiting until we reach your private rooms."

"Who said anything about that?" T'eenar smiled as she suddenly accessed the stop button with her Omni tool and the elevator halted.

They were definitely nearer to the top, obviously so no one would see them.

"Well, this is... unexpected." said Austin. The slight nervousness in his voice was admittedly both partly acting and partly real. This was surprising, but it didn't' change anything about the plan.

"Don't worry, I still intend for us to enjoy this in my room, but I'm in such a good mood that I want to be adventurous." said T'eenar seductively.

As she spoke, she unzipped the side of her dress and let it fall into a pile on the floor, revealing her mostly nude form, save for some black panties. From her breast size, Austin reckoned she was either in, or had just entered her Matriarch stage. They really were that large.

"Just entering the Matriarch stage I see." he said, finally managing to put his surprise aside and resume his act.

"Just a few days ago. Right on time I'd say." said T'eenar as she walked up to Austin and pushed him against the glass and kissed him again. "No doubt you've been with some of my kind before, but never a Matriarch I'll bet."

"I like were this is going." Austin acted.

"I bet you do. Now, just relax." she said as she went to unbutton his jacket. "Let Elarni take you to heaven."

Suddenly she felt a light but sharp prick in one of her breasts. She looked down to see Austin had shoved a syringe needle into her and had just finished the injection.

She almost immediately felt the effects of whatever it was and began to feel like she was about to fall asleep.

"Sorry to deny you. But I don't make a habit of sleeping with crime lords." said Austin.

T'eenar simply groaned as she fell to her knees, continuously trying to use all of her strength to fight the sedative.

"You won't get away with this. The Slayer will find your friends!" she said weakly.

"Wish her good luck then." Austin simply replied as he accessed the elevator and made it resume it's ascent.

With that, T'eenar succumbed to the sedative. Try as she might, she was unable to fight it. Despite a Matriarch's extraordinary mind power, that sedative had been specially made to put one like her out completely.

While he waited for elevator to stop, he worked on redressing the Asari in her dress and then began trying to work out the best way of getting past her guards and into her private rooms. Finally he came up with what he believed would be the best solution.

The elevator stopped and the doors finally opened. Carrying the unconscious Asari on his back, Austin took cover at a wall, T'eenar's private rooms and two guards were right around the corner.

"Leena, I need your help quickly. I've got two guards blocking my way and I can't afford to be seen by them, especially with their unconscious boss." he whispered into his comm.

"Okay. Just hold on a second."

Having snuck into the elevator, the spider drone once again crawled on the walls, the guards completely oblivious to it. Finally, once it was close enough it unleashed a massive electrical surge, killing both guards.

"There. That should do it. But be quick. Another patrol may come by." said Leena.

Not wasting any time, Austin hurried into the room and made his way to the biggest window. He didn't' bother trying to examine the room since it was hardly his main concern at the moment.

"Ventra, I'm in position." he said. At the same time, the spider drone attached itself to the window. "Breaking glass in 3... 2... 1..."

The drone emitted a sonic vibration that was quiet enough no to be heard, but strong enough to shatter the glass.

From the nearest building far away, Ventra saw the glass fall apart and immediately readied his arrow. He fired and after a minute or so it hit its target and secured itself in place. Austin then packed the unconscious T'eenar into a body bag and attached it to the improvised zip wire. As it zoomed down, he then fixed himself to the rope.

"Guys, we've got T'eenar. Time to leave." he said as he let himself slide down.

Just as he touched down on the roof to join Ventra however he suddenly overheard the enemy comms.

"This is unit 5. I've got two men down. The boss' window is also smashed. Assume hostiles are in the area."

"Uh oh." he said.

Back at the party, everyone else could hear too.

"Security, we just did another scan of some of the guests. Some of their ID's are fake. We have Helldivers in the building!"

"I knew there was something about that man." said the Slayer.

"We're gonna lock down the building."

"No! We don't want to give them a chance to hide. Leave them to me. I will find them myself. For now, I want you to cover all exits. If anyone leaves, I want to know about It." the Slayer ordered.

"If you say so."

"What are we going to do?" Xun asked worryingly, making sure to keep her distance and back turned as the Slayer began mingling with the crowds as she searched for them. Now they were beginning to truly realize how vulnerable they were, especially now that they were being hunted.

"Just stay calm." said Alaara.

Both her and Sandra did their best to keep up their act, but the Slayer was heading dangerously close towards them. Alaara was left with little choice.

"Gonna have to kiss you again. Just do as I do." she said quickly.

"Well at least you warned me this time." Sandra sighed.

This time, Alaara took Sandra's body in her arms as they kissed. Sandra herself did the same as she acted.

For some reason, this kiss wasn't like the first one. It was different. Very different in fact. It almost felt real, like there was actual love in this kiss. Alaara even became so lost in it that for a moment she believed she was in this different reality where she and Sandra were a couple. Were they were deeply in love, planning to get married and maybe even some little blue children.

As her arms began gently moving over Sandra's form, she noticed how the human was touching her crest very gently. Was she feeling the same? Was it somehow having the same effect? The Asari wished she knew.

For Sandra, this was very different. She'd grown accustomed to kisses from men, but from an Asari ,which were regarded more as female despite their mono gender, it was a different experience. She was unable to deny how Alaara's lips felt against hers, how smooth her skin was, and just how nice this really felt.

Why was it she was feeling this way though? She saw Alaara just as a friend, anything else would just feel... different.

Now that she thought about it though, perhaps it wouldn't feel so different.

The two were interrupted from their thoughts however when they finally separated from the kiss for air.

The Slayer had walked past them. They could relax.

"Big day!" said Dash keenly , having stood rather close to them and had just seen them kiss again.

"Tell me, Dash. When was the last time someone smashed you through a wall?" Sandra asked.

"Surprisingly not that long ago." the Scout replied, clearly getting the message.

Suddenly the Slayer turned back and once again headed their way, her red and blue optic eyes scanning the entire area like a predator hunting its prey.

"Uh oh."

"To the dance floor." said Alaara quickly.

"What?!"

"Just do it!"

The two slipped into the massive crowd of people dancing, practically concealing them. But that still didn't stop the Slayer. She just simply walked in as well, walking amongst everyone as they danced. Her intimidating looks was enough to warn everyone to keep their distance, thus giving the bounty hunter enough room to move where she wanted.

With little choice, Sandra let Alaara take her hand and put her other round the Asari's waist and they began dancing, trying their best to blend in.

"This is crazy." the human sighed, the nervousness in her voice starting to show as her eyes often darted back to the Slayer.

"Try to act normal. Pretend I'm your lover or something." Alaara whispered.

"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Sandra sighed.

"A little bit."

The dance continued for several painfully long and tense seconds before finally the dance ended. Convinced that her targets weren't in the crowd, the Slayer left. Dash spied her as she exited the dance floor right as the next dance began.

"The Slayer's exiting the dance floor... and she's heading my way." he said.

"Stop touching your ear." said Xun.

"Sorry?"

"Put your hand down!"

But it was too late. When Dash looked back, he found the Slayer staring right at him... and he still had his finger on his ear.

"Ohhhhh shit!"

Before Dash could do anything, the Slayer immediately whipped out a pistol and pointed it right at him. Some members of the party immediately backed away in fright.

"If there's one thing I hate, it's uninvited guests." said the Slayer.

Before she could fire however, Alaara suddenly ran out of the crowd and grabbed her arm.

"Get off me!" The Slayer yelled as she tried to shake the Asari off of her. In the process, the gun was swinging all over the place, causing the entire crowd to duck, fearful that it might go off.

Finally Alaara pointed the gun up high right as the Slayer attempted to pull the trigger. The gun fired. The shot went up, ricocheted off of the chandler and shot right through a beer glass someone was drinking out of. Thinking that the person next to him had done that, the man punched him. Immediately, the entire party erupted into an all-out bar fight, with security attempting to quell the riot with little success.

The Slayer struggled even more violently until finally she got free of Alaara. This was short lived though as Alaara suddenly hit her with a biotic punch that sent her flying into the wall, and actually through it, creating a large hole.

"Time to go?" Dash asked, reappearing from under a table that he'd been hiding under earlier.

"Yep!" Sandra nodded.

"Seal all entrances! Nobody leaves!" one of the guards yelled.

Very quickly, the entrances were blocked, and now security knew who they really were.

"Kraan, we've got trouble. We need our equipment, now!" said Sandra.

Rather surprisingly, the second the order left her lips, Kraan suddenly burst through the hole in the wall, accompanied by a small hovering carrier with all their suits on it, completely assembled and ready for action.

"Special delivery!" the Krogan yelled as he charged through several of the security forces. Everyone immediately hurried over to their armour as it opened up and resealed with them inside.

"Targets are in their armour. Take 'em down."

"Still up for another dance, Alaara?" Sandra asked, unsheathing her Sai's as both she and Alaara were surrounded.

"Like you even had to ask." Alaara smiled under her helmet as she too took out her stun stick.

Xun meanwhile was on her own against several of the guards. This didn't seem to worry her though.

The very second one of them attempted to shoot her, she attacked. The Chinese Helldiver moved so fast that she almost became a blur, catching the guards completely by surprise.

Dash meanwhile was being his usual self as a few of the guards raised their guns at him.

"What's up, Brah?! Oh, you think you can handle this?!" he teased as he twirled his pistols.

He then suddenly ran right at them, his speed catching them completely off guard and allowing him to take them all down. The last one though, he actually knocked out by accident by colliding headfirst into him. The Scout quickly got back to his feet, hoping no one had seen that.

"I meant to do that! I meant to do it!" he said quickly.

The guards attempted to all attack at once, but even that didn't make Xun break a sweat. She was all over the place. One single swipe to the legs from her took down all the guards.

"Take it easy, Xun. You're starting to make the rest of us look bad." Dash joked.

"You have your moments, I have mine." Said Xun as she knocked out the last of the guards surrounding her.

A sudden loud thud attracted Xun's attention. She looked to the source of the noise to see the Slayer climbing out of the rubble, and she looked pissed. Xun didn't say anything and simply readied for another fight, gently unsheathing her metal fan.

"Well well well, the Helldiver's information Broker." said the Slayer as she brushed some of the dirt off her cloak. "I've been hoping we'd eventually meet."

"You will answer for the murder's you've committed, Slayer." Xun simply said as she drew her Katana.

"Ha. You're not the first to say that." the Slayer said as she drew both her own swords "And you won't be the last!"

The Slayer attacked first with Xun simply blocking her blows. Despite the Slayer's speed and ferocity though, the Helldiver seemed to have it under control. Every strike she blocked until he finally she countered one and delivered her own attack with a swift kick to the head.

The kick caused the Slayer to only temporarily stagger back, but it definitely told her now that Xun wasn't going to be so easy.

"Very good… Helldiver." She growled.

Xun attacked this time, with the Slayer blocking her attacks.

With a swift movement, she managed to completely disarm the Slayer of both her swords. She swung her fan arm down at the Slayer's legs, tripping her up. As Xun thrust down however, the Slayer quickly rolled out of the way and back onto her feet. What she did next though, caught Xun off guard.

Several knives suddenly extended from inside the arms of the Slayer's cloak. With several quick movements of her arms, she threw several of them at the Helldiver, which she only just blocked, each one falling harmlessly to the floor.

This gave the Slayer the opportunity she needed though, and the bounty hunter attacked again, this time using the blades as her weapon.

Xun though continued to parry and block each strike, despite the Slayer's aggressiveness and ferociousness.

Like Austin, she too found this fighting style surprisingly familiar. The Slayer seemed to be on even skill with her, and only a few Helldivers could fight her that well without struggling. The Slayer was even gaining the upper hand.

In an attempt to reverse the odds, Xun managed to land a swift kick on the Slayer, knocking her to the ground again. The Slayer though almost immediately flung herself back onto her feet and swung her arm upwards. In the process, every single knife left on her right arm shot at tremendous velocity. Xun barely managed to fling herself out of the way in time. One knife even just barely scratched her helmet while the rest embedded themselves in the wall behind her.

For a moment, the two opponents glared at each other. Xun had a feeling she now had the upper hand. The Slayer had just used up all her knives now and Xun stood between her and getting them back.

Thinking that however was Xun's biggest mistake. The Slayer raised both her arms as the slots where her knives had been on her arms opened up… and a blue glow of energy enveloped her hands.

Almost instantly, the knives in the wall began to shake and very quickly became pulled out of the wall and flew at high speed towards the biotic energy calling them back. Xun quickly realised this and immediately jumped, flipping in mid-air as each knife flew past her, just barely missing her. Finally she landed as the last of the knives returned to the Slayer's wrists. Immediately, the bounty hunter drew them out again, pretty much ready to continue the fight.

"Great. She's a biotic as well. Could this get any worse?" Xun groaned in her head.

It was hard to tell, but Xun had a feeling the Slayer was smiling under her helmet. In a duel like this, it was always an advantage to have the element of surprise.

Xun attacked first once again, this time using her sword directly as she swung at the Slayer's head, only for the bounty hunter to duck right under the attack. Xun however then grabbed the Slayer's neck under her arm and using her suit's strength, she threw the bounty hunter to the ground. With her opponent temporarily down and disoriented, Xun charged and attacked. Just in time, the Slayer brought up both her arms and blocked Xun's katana.

Metal grinded against metal as the two women attempted to overpower each other. With a sudden amount of strength, the Slayer suddenly managed to disarm Xun of her katana. The bounty hunter then tackled Xun to the floor and began to punch at her helmet hard.

All the while, Alaara and Sandra continued to fight the last of the guards. As Sandra slashed another guard with her sai's, she suddenly noticed that Xun was in trouble.

"Xun!"

"Sandra, wait!" Alaara yelled.

The Slayer delivered a sharp kick to Xun's stomach, knocking her across the floor. The bounty hunter then threw her hard at the wall, the impact making the Chinese Helldiver even more disoriented and clearly weakened.

Falling to the floor, Xun could only look up as the Slayer stood over her, ready to deliver the final blow.

Without even thinking, Sandra ran at the Slayer and sunk one of her Sai's right into the bounty hunter's back.

The stab caused the Slayer to only stagger and grunt, but it didn't look as though it had hurt her at all. She simply seemed to ignore that she had a Sai in her back. She immediately turned her head to Sandra.

"You stupid little girl!" she growled.

Sandra simply stood her ground, despite the fact that the surprise of the Slayer not being mortally wounded from her attack and brushing it off like it was nothing had made her nervous.

"Sandra, no!" Xun yelled, trying to get back up.

The Slayer lunged at Sandra. The Comm expert however counter her strike and delivered a hard punch to the bounty hunter's back, pulling the Sai out of her back in the process. The Slayer quickly recovered though and spun to attack, her knives just narrowly blocked by Sandra's Sai's. Unfortunately, they'd ended up lodged in the one of the blade guards.

Quickly noticing, the Slayer used this to her advantage. With an immense amount of strength that would've practically broken the arm of anyone not wearing armour, she disarmed Sandra with a sudden thrust from her arms. One arm then grabbed Sandra by the neck and forced her to her knees, the other arm at her throat, with the knives threatening to slit it.

At the same time, Xun finally managed to get back up, both her weapons ready. She stopped however when she saw that the Slayer had her knives at Sandra's neck.

"Xun, drop your weapons, or your… friend will die." the bounty hunter ordered, the knives on her arm extending even further outward and now pressed close enough to Sandra's neck to cut it wide open.

"Don't listen to her." Sandra choked.

"Quiet, you!" The Slayer shouted, tightening her grip.

For a long moment, Xun didn't respond. Finally though, she stood down. With a heavy sigh, she reluctantly threw down her weapons.

"Good girl." The Slayer smiled under her helmet.

"Alaara, now!" Xun suddenly yelled.

"What?!"

The Slayer whirled round to find Alaara standing behind her, with her biotic fields enveloping the chandler above them.

"If you wanna hunt Helldivers, you should know we travel in packs." the Asari said.

With that, she flung both her arms down and the chandler broke free from the ceiling. With the Slayer distracted, Sandra took this opportunity to elbow the Slayer in the stomach, allowing her to flee just in time as the chandler crashed down on the Slayer.

"Are you alright?" Alaara asked, helping Sandra up.

"I think so." Sandra coughed. "Let's get out of here."

With the last of the guards dealt with, they left the building.

At the same time, a large piece of the now fallen and smashed chandler was suddenly smashed away, revealing the Slayer, still alive and from the looks of things unharmed. By the time she'd managed to get herself out however, Alpha was long gone.

"We'll meet again." She growled.

"Well... that went well." Sandra panted.

"I will admit, that was actually a pretty fun party." Xun nodded.

"Who are you, and what did do with Xun?" Dash joked.

"Shepard, this is Alaara. We're clear." said Alaara into her comm.

"Well done, all of you. Didn't quite go how we hoped, but we got what we came for. Mission accomplished." said Austin proudly.

"I quite enjoyed that. I hope we get another invite soon." Dash joked. Fortunately, this time everyone laughed with him.

"Alaara… thanks for saving me back there." Sandra smiled.

"You're welcome. You'd have done the same for me anyway." said Alaara bashfully.

"You know… you're absolutely right." Sandra agreed.

The human and Asari both smiled at each other. To think that when they first started they'd had a somewhat awkward partnership. But now... now they were willing to trust each other with their lives.

"That's what friends do."

Definitely one I'm quite proud of, even if some bits were rushed here and there.

Apologies also to those who thought there was going to be a sex scene. I had actualyl planned for there to be one, but in the end I decided that Shepard wasn't the sort of man who would sleep with a criminal.

Only a few more crime lords left now. Haven't quite decided which one to do next yet though. Hopefully though it won't take too long to do.

Hope you enjoyed this one at least. Let me know what you thought. :)
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Mass Effect: The Helldiver Saga, Alpha Origins