Pursuing Demons, Bal'Falan + Sirenia [Closed]

"Ran into some trouble, but i'm clear now. I'm on my way."

She didn't respond, anything she'd say she'd have just been repeating herself anyway. A few more minutes past and only then did she dare to peek out from the cubicle that was also showing signs of deterioration from the explosive she had used... fortunate that she'd chosen one as far as she did, it'd be very unfortunate if she had been in the cubicle the next one over.

Sure enough, there was a gaping hole in the ground, melted away and providing easy access to those above it. A brief smirk covered her lips, things were going pretty well, all things considered, aside from the asari she'd left face down in the toilet bowl... unfortunate that. She went back over to the next cubicle and yanked the head from the water, dumping the body on its side, unlikely that after this long being submerged that she'd live but... maybe.

She furrowed her brows, why did she care about whether this solitary asari lived or died? She'd been the one to put her in that condition afterall, that awful pang in her head started oncemore but didn't last anywhere near as long. Clutching her forehead she decided to walk over to the hole, peering over it she could see some desks underneath and databases, the priiiiiiize as it were. "I'm going in, make haste Sirenia" she goaded over the comm before dropping down to the next floor and peering around.

There was certainly a large number of terminals, of them could house the information they wanted, or none of them could. All she knew was that this room housed the information they sought, and she wouldn't be leaving until she found it.

Right. The purple Asari thought to herself as she stumbled around the building. She silently wished that she had listened to the instructions better until she saw a clearly marked sign which read: "Restroom" and a big arrow pointing in the correct direction. That certainly made things simpler for her. Following the arrow, she soon arrived at her destination and opened the door.

Inside she immediately saw the devastation that her partner had wrecked. Another Asari lay helpless on the ground next to a toilet and a gaping hole in the middle of the floor was not far from the body. Moving slowly, Sirenia walked towards the edge of the hole and peered down. Below was her partner beginning the work which she needed to perform. Before taking the jump, the purple toned Asari took one last glance at the dead body at the toilet. "Don't let anyone follow us now, we're counting on you!" With that, she lowered herself down into the room below.

Computers. That was pretty much all that was down here. This large operation would all come down to whether or not they could click a few buttons on some stupid box. While she had no real hatred towards the technology, she simply would prefer if her missions had guns and loud explosions in them while her leisure - which she rarely had anymore - consisted on mindlessly clicking around in computers.

Looking towards Bal, Sirenia cleared her throat and questioned her. The faster they completed this objective and got the hell out of here, the better. "So, whats the plan boss?"

Terminal here, computer there, glowing screen this, desk that. Any of these computers could contain what they wanted, it was just a matter of finding the right ones. Fortunately, Sirenia had finally decided to join her in the room.

"So, whats the plan boss?"

She took a few moments to think, rolling her neck a little while she did so. "Hacking isn't exactly my speciality... fortunately Hotshot had supplied us with a few digi-nukes to crack through most firewalls, find a terminal, apply the virus to force entry access, search for locations of monasteries and or ardat-yakshi, if you find a bust, destroy it... no sense leaving evidence of what we searched for" she said simply, handing Sirenia a few handfuls of the single-use "keys" before she went over to a terminal herself and applied the digi-nuke.

While she was no hacker by any real stretch of the word, she could still use terminals adequately to find information, once she'd had access anyway, and ardat-yakshi would no doubt be a hot topic, especially in a facility like this. She was fairly sure that it wouldn't take too much browsing once the search began.

"Be vigilant for guests, it'd only take one of them to sound an alarm" she warned Sirenia, Bal also taking the frequent glance around the room to make sure no one had either stumbled in or was sneaking up to them.

"Nor is it mine." Sirenia confessed, taking one of the Digi-Nukes that she was supposed to use. It certainly had a nice name. Anything with the word "nuke" sounded fairly promising. Sadly, this particular device was far from interesting. It closed a few programs down and allowed her to click on some more buttons. Yippie. "uhh. How exactly do I use this thing again---Actually, nevermind, I'll figure it out"

Turning towards the first computer and took a seat. With the DigiNuke in hand, she looked for a place which would allow it to connect. Glancing over the monitor, she saw no connections. Back in the day, these things had ports all over them to put stupid shit into, but technology these days has evolved so much that they disappeared from most units completely. Unsure what exactly to do, she looked back at the device and realized something quite silly. It was wireless. "Uh, silly me. I shoulda known." With a flip of the switch, the device was on and she got right to work.

*((No idea what this diginuke thing is, didn't see it in the tech compendium so I figured I was free to make things up about it))*

*((It was the same device Sirenia and Don used in Progenitus, but your right, there isn't a lab thread reference for it, it's pretty much like an ice-breaker.. if your familiar with those items. Used to brute force way into computer terminals without need for codes, though these are single use devices... think omni-gel mechanics in ME1.. but for computers))

"uhh. How exactly do I use this thing again---Actually, nevermind, I'll figure it out"

It was a crying shame, truly, that the Bacalou didn't have agents on the inside of the asari republic... or maybe they did and it just wasn't worth the possible exposure and risk of losing assets. But since this task was handed down to her from Mr. Dust then shouldn't that have warranted all resources at her disposal.. or assets granted to her? Maybe that was a contingency plan.... after all, he could always train a new hand. New asset deep in a government... not so much. It made sense in only a few moments once she cared enough to think about it.

"Uh, silly me. I shoulda known."

She could only stiffle a mild chuckle as Sirenia started picking through terminal files, looking for anything relevant to the ardat-yakshi. Right when Bal thought she was onto something, her senses perked up at the sudden outburst of an unknown.

"What in the goddess are you doing!?" asked an asari peeking down the large hole they'd made, it appeared the next asari in need of a toilet break had come at a very inconvenient time. Bal looked up at the source and gave her a foul sneer, the asari in question immediately showed a flash of recognition.

"B-B-Bal'Falan... Hasati!?" she stammered, itching away from the hole. "B-BAL FALAN.. SHE.. BAL'FALAN IS HERE!" she yelled, disappearing from the hole, no doubt to alert security or sound an alarm.

Bal turned to Sirenia "Find those files! That is your sole task now, 'I' will handle her and whatever security throws at us" she scowled, summoning biotic energies to the forefront as she levitated upwards through the hole and resumed the chase.

--- 5 Minutes Later --- ((OOC Note: Can alter this part if you wish, wasn't sure if you'd prefer some action or continue with a moderately successful covert operation))

The sound of alarms could be heard, you'd have to be deaf not to hear them, but shortly thereafter, Bal'Falan dropped down the hole once more. "Anything?" she asked expectingly.

Without looking up from the computer screen, Sirenia responded sarcastically. "I take it shes not part of your fan club?" Her voice sounded slightly distracted as she clicked on a few files and copied them onto the digi-nuke.

"Yeah yeah." She responded as if to blow her off. Of course the boss would get the fun job and leave the lackeys to do the stupid shit. There was no reason to protest, Bal'Falan Hasati was one of the more stubborn Asari she had ever met in her life and they simply didn't have the time to argue right now. Besides, she stumbled upon some information which sounded relevant already.

Time... something they really needed more of. While Sirenia gladly dragged and dropped files to save them, she had no time to open each one up individually and check to see if they were useful. She was going solely off of file names. If they sounded like what they were after, she stole it. Hopefully one of them would be what they wanted.

It felt as if almost no time had passed before her partner in crime was back again, wondering if she had found anything important. Luckily, Sirenia felt she had. "I have it. Lets get out of here." She responded before turning off her Digi-nuke and tucking it away into one of her pockets. It would be safe there.

Looking around the room, Sirenia spotted an exit and pointed towards it. "Lets go that way. The guards will likely come from upstairs." As she spoke, she found her pistol and checked its heat sink. It appeared to still be good enough. Before even waiting for a response from Bal, she took off towards the rooms exit.

Looking around the room, Sirenia spotted an exit and pointed towards it. "Lets go that way. The guards will likely come from upstairs." Before even waiting for a response from Bal, she took off towards the rooms exit.

She gave a nod, taking one more glance around the room before heading towards the exit Sirenia specified. Once she was at the doorway she started to summon her massive reservoir of biotic energy to the forefront, deductive reasoning by investigators may consider what it was the duo came to that room for but with no evidence pointing directly to it, it will take them a while... by which point it will be too late to stop the Bacalou.

A large sphere of biotic energy manifested infront of Bal, investing as much of her energy into it as she could while leaving a little in the tank, just incase she encounters resistance enroute to the escape shuttle. Slowly the sphere wobbled further into the room as she followed it, threatening to explode... which was precisely the idea. A new brand of biotic discipline she'd been testing out on Lorek, taxing on the body.. but when by yourself it was quite useful, especially for its sheer destructive potential.

Once it had found its way into the middle of the room, she slowly made her way back to the exit, maintaining her concentrating which was much more difficult from range, by the time she'd got to the exit she had beads of sweat pouring down her face, fortunately it was now time to go.

She summoned a biotic warp into her hand and propelled it towards the sphere, once it sailed across the room and was moments away from slipping inside to disappear she clenched her fist and imagined the warp dentonating, a second later.. it did.

An explosive eruption of biotic energy rippled throughout the room like a bomb going off, shattering all manner of equipment on desks, walls and ceilings, nothing was spared and even Bal was knocked off her feet from the blast, not a concussive force but certainly enough to wind her. She picked herself up off the floor, using the wall as a support as she went from shuffling, limping, stumbling, jogging and finally running.

It wasn't long before she'd caught up with Sirenia at the exit, the mission was only a success at this point if they got off the planet and eluded arrest. Sooo... cloooose now!

Sirenia had left the room a few minutes before the blast and had made her way down the hallway. Things were looking good for her and the Bacalou. Unfortunately, that good fortune wouldn't last long. An intelligent guard met her with her gun drawn as she turned around a corner.

"Stop right there or i'll gun you down where you stand!" The other Asari yelled. Her pistol was only inches away from Sirenia's face. A blast from this range would not only kill her, it would paint the walls an ugly shade of crimson. "Drop your weapon and disable your biotic amp! You're under arrest!"

Sirenia hesitated for a moment, knowing that her chance to retaliate was only seconds away. Still, she needed to stay calm and play along with others directions... for now. Slowly, she bent down and placed her pistol on the floor and deactivated her biotic amp. Raising her arms in the air, she showed the other that she was unarmed... and that was when it happened.

An explosion from the room she had left only minutes before shook the walls around her. Light fixtures fell from their place and pieces of ceiling tile hit the floor. The guard was taken by complete surprise. She looked around the room and foolishly took her eyes off of the Bacalou Agent. That was when Sirenia attacked, grabbing her arm and yanking her Pistol from her hand. With a quick jab, she elbowed the poor Asari in the face and she fell to the ground.

Now standing over her victim, she finally spoke up. "That was your second fatal mistake, missy." She said, aiming the pistol at her face in the same manor that she had done to Sirenia only moments before. "The first was messing with the Bacalou" She finished and pulled the trigger.

When the encounter was over, she traded weapons for her own Pistol and reactivated her Biotics. Bal joined her only moments later and they were ready to get out of this damned building.

The asari could only briefly ponder the fate of the lone guard she passed on her way to catch up to Sirenia, a bullet to the brain at close range, probably didn't know what was happening in the span of time that passed for Sirenia to put her on her back and blow her brains out, messy.

Once they were outside, there was a lot of noise and activity, sirens flailing in the ambient light of the complex, hysteria could be heard not too far away, made by scared office workers and the shouts of guards and authorities closing in, though they didn't appear privvy to Bal and Sirenia's location for the moment.

"I think you will have an easier time getting to the shuttle than I will... if but one person in the crowd identifies me, it will take more than fast footing to make a break for our escape" she said quietly.

Bal contemplated suggesting Sirenia make her own way to the shuttle solo then bring it around to where Bal was hiding, but that in itself would draw attention as well. An unauthorized shuttle flying over the police line to keep 'civilians' out. But odds of escape would improve over the both of them trying to make it past the grid.

Though, there was also the unknown number of people actively pursuing them, and no idea how far behind their heels they were or would be. Sure Bal could hold off a small group, that destructive use of biotics had still winded her a bit however.

Sirenia and Bal had both left the complex together with no other resistance after the explosion went off. Hopefully the police were preoccupied dealing with their dead and hurt to go after the two bandits. She knew that was wishful thinking however. It was very likely that the Asari Republics were called in and they would be here within only a few moments.

Taking a glimpse at her Omni-tool, the time of day struck a note in her mind. It had been almost an hour since she had saved the Ardat-yakshi and Salarian. They both should be in the Gardens which happened to be right at the exit they left. "Give me a minute Bal, I have unfinished business to attend to." She said before walking off into the Gardens without her.

Her mind wandered back to the situation which had unfolded earlier that day. The Ardat-Yakshi had been given brutal punishment and was to kill an unconscious Salarian. Or, well, NOT kill if the serum she was injected with were to work. They didn't find out because Sirenia burst in with guns blazing. They were to meet up again here and Sirenia planned to make this other Asari her protege. She would train her to be exactly as herself and help her along the path of success in the Bacalou Skulls. Within only a few years, she predicted, the Ardat-Yakshi could become a skilled warrior and a high ranked official.

Pushing away some bushes, she glanced around at the plants and ornaments inside the Garden. It wasn't large by any means, and you could see the whole way around by only moving your head in a half circle. Sirenia's heart sunk when she came to the realization that she was alone. The garden was empty besides a few annoying birds and stupid flowers. Not only was the Ardat-Yakshi not here, but the Salarian was also not in sight. "Damn it!" She yelled. Anger was her replacement for sadness and disappointment. She had no idea what had become of the two others and would never know either. She had no time to wait.

Re-emerging from the Garden, Sirenia met Bal again. "Best if we took the walkway back to the shuttles." She said, trying her best to not let her anger show. "This is a busy town and we can use the cover of the crowd to buy us time and hopefully conceal us as well. Don't run unless they spot us." Moving forward, she walked into the crowd and began to push her way passed the others to the shuttle. It would be a long, but the security guards would never catch them unless someone from the crowd turns them in... which would be unlikely since both Sirenia and Bal were armed and dangerous.

"Give me a minute Bal, I have unfinished business to attend to." She said before walking off into the Gardens without her.

"We don't have a minute Sirenia..... so make it quick!" she scolded, watching her partner in crime wisking herself away for unknown reasons while they were so close to getting away relatively unscathed. Getting in was all well and good, but right now is where they have cause to be incredibly apprehensive about new comers to the scene. Since any getting in the immediate area are likely law enforcement.

Bal slipped into whatever darkest niche of the building she could find, not inclined to stick out like a sore thumb waiting for Sirenia to come back from.... whatever it was she was doing. She kept a vigilant look around for hostiles, fortunately anyone tracking them down would be following their trail rather than cutting straight to where they are now.

Wishful thinking though...

Re-emerging from the Garden, Sirenia met Bal again. "Best if we took the walkway back to the shuttles." She said, trying her best to not let her anger show. "This is a busy town and we can use the cover of the crowd to buy us time and hopefully conceal us as well. Don't run unless they spot us."

"I hope whatever you were looking for was worth it" she said under her breath as they started wading through the crowd along with Sirenia. It'd be incredibly difficult to get out of this situation if one of the crowd fingered either of them. Infact it could turn into a downright massacre...