Science Fiction

Beyond The Infinity

Humanity as a whole is known as the child of races.  We are young compared to the others, but have accomplished so much.  The exact age of humanity remains unknown, but in the last 200 years more has been accomplished than in the previous 2000.  We have discovered countless other galaxies, habitable planets, other species similar to humans, and have gone beyond the infinity previously thought to be the Milky Way.  The amount that has been accomplished is unfathomable.  There are those who do not agree with the ways of the present, for they are stuck in the past.  Ones who will stand against us, and when they show themselves, we will take care of the issue with utmost discretion.

A synthetic guard walked into the room and said: "Excuse me Ambassador, you have a visitor."
"Who is this visitor?" Tavius asked.
"It is Doctor Alexandros.  He said that it is important." The guard answered.
"Yes, yes.  Send him in."
The door buzzed and the Doctor walked in.  Alexandros was a unique type of man.  Tall, tan skin, dark eyes, and a face covered in tattoos.  His complexion appeared to be rough, but it was hard to tell due to his excessive body art.  Tavius wasn't affected by the tattoos because they were common nowadays.  Style had changed a lot since he was young and it was actually quite the norm for people to have facial tattoos.
"How are you feeling today, Ambassador?"  The doctor inquired.
With only the two of them in the room Tavius answered honestly. "Hungover."  He said.
"How many times have I told you, you need to lay off the alcohol.  It is affecting your biotics in very negative ways.  We're going to have to replace them if you don't change your habits."
The Ambassador nodded in an understanding way.
"Which ones is it affecting the most?" He inquired.
"We'll have to do a scan to figure that out for certain, so if you'd be so kind to lay on your back i'll do a very quick body scan."
The Ambassador turn his desk off, and all of the holographics disappeared.  He went back first on the desk exposing his torso to the doctor.  Doctor Alexandros' omni tool appeared and he began setting up tests.  He waved his hand over the Ambassadors chest and stomach area.  When the test was complete an x-ray appeared against the wall showing the vital organs and bones throughout his torso.
"Your reconstructed liver is near failure.  We will need to replace that as soon as possible.  Try to stay sober until we can set up an appointment."
Without waiting for the Ambassador to respond the doctor stood up and walked out.  As he opened the door to leave another caught the door.  This man was average height, stocky build, a military haircut, and a mean face.  He looked like he was an enforcer.  He had military gear on with a thick bulletproof vest with a name tag that said "Vega".  The vest had a symbol on the chest.  Tavius knew that it was the Legion symbol, and wasn't very pleased about the visit.
The grunt walked in at a brisk pace.
"Mr. Ambassador we need to speak." He said in a stern voice.
"I'm sorry, but you'll need to make an appoint-." Tavius began to reply, but was cut short.
The Grunt placed his M-8 Hand Cannon pistol on the table and skewed it so it faced the ambassador.
"I got a lot of thermal clips and no where to be.  We can do this the easy way, or the hard way. Your choice."
"Alright lets chat." Tavius said unwillingly.
"I'll make this short and not so sweet.  The legion isn't happy with you Ambassador.  You've struck a lot of Caesars nerves, and you know what happens when people anger Caesar."
Tavius knew exactly what the grunt meant.  The last Ambassador of the Citadel was assassinated in broad daylight after pissing off Caesar.  He made a public statement about how the Legion was outsourcing their army, and getting far too involved in smuggling and other illicit activities.  Tavius had managed to get the attention of the Legion by participating in an interview about crime on the Citadel.  He made it very clear that even with crime rates dropping significantly the only way to eliminate all organized crime completely was to eliminate the Legion.  When asked about what he meant and told the reporter that there is significant evidence proving their involvement in crime, and that he plans to fight them, and shut them down.
"Note taken.  Don't make Caesar angry.  Children tend to get pissy when things don't go their way."  Tavius said with a hint of sarcasm.  The grunt just laughed and said:  "We'll be in touch."  He walked towards the automatic glass door, and before it could open for him he kicked it so hard it shattered.
"You might wanna get that fixed!"  He shouted back as he continued to walk away.
"Asshole..." Tavius muttered to himself.
Tavius quickly called his security back into his office.  The mech walked in trying to ignore all of the shattered glass.
"What do you need sir?" The mech asked.
"A bottle of vodka and the phone number for Admiral Alenko."  The Ambassador replied.
The Ambassador spent hours on the phone attempting to reason with the Admiral.  He informed him of the Legions threat, and was now trying to find a solution.
"I just cant spare the men, Ambassador."  Alenko said firmly.
"Then give me just one, but make him good.  Damn good." The Ambassador pleaded.
"Fine.  Im sending Sergeant Soni.  He'll be there as soon as possible."
When Soni arrived he was exactly what Tavius expected.  About 6 feet tall, dark skin (He looked Polynesian),  shaved head, and a tribal tattoo going up his shoulder and on to his neck.  Soni had arms the size of the Ambassadors  body and a chest the size of a boulder.  He was built like a bodybuilder and was equipped with state of the art military gear.
"Im Sergeant Soni."  He said with a stern voice.
"As of now i'm officially putting you in charge of my personal security.  I fear that the Legion may be planning to take me out in the near future.  Caesar wasn't too happy about me publishing my findings." Tavius said to the Sergeant.
"When do you think this may happen?" Soni inquired.
"Not the slightest clue, but i'll need you to stay on your guard." Tavius said.
"I'll assemble my squad."  Soni replied.
A few days had passed with nothing out of the ordinary. Tavius recieved a call from Doctor Alexandros about his biotic organs.
"Based on the results we got we may need to replace a few of your implants,  Ambassador.  Have you stayed sober lately?" The Doctor said in a relatively monotoned voice.
"It's been a stressful couple of days...." Tavius replied.
"I see.  Well come on in and we can do the surgery.  It won't take more than an hour."
Tavius assembled his guard and had them follow a few paces behind his entire way to the Doctor.  Soni  led the group of 3.  Out of nowhere 4 shots went off.  Blood painted the walls behind two of the guards and Soni managed to tackle the Ambassador out of the way, and in turn saving both of them.  Soni grabbed his M-8 Hand Cannon and began firing where the shots came from.  Another shot came and clipped the Tavius in the knee.  Soni spun around and grabbed Tavius by the collar and began dragging him to cover.   He fired off a few more shots before popping out the thermal clip.  He managed to kill one of the assailants.
"Stay here. I'll take care of the rest of them." Soni said to Tavius.
Soni stood up from cover and began shooting towards the other 3 assailants killing one of them.  The last two came out of cover to engage in hand to hand combat.  Pulling out his knife Soni killed one of them, but was quickly disarmed by the last.  The last guy was large.  About his size, military haircut, had a bulletproof vest with the Legion symbol on it, and a name tag that said "Vega".  Soni and this grunt fought hand to hand for a while before Vega ended up on top with a knife to Soni's throat.  Tavius looked over from behind cover and saw this happening.  He crawled out to the nearest dead assailant and took the C-6 Avenger assault rifle that was stuck beneath the corpse.  He stood up, balancing on his leg that hadn't been shot and said:  "Hey Vega!  This is for f***ing up my door!"  and shot a burst into the big brutes chest knocking him onto his back.  Tavius limped over the the still breathing grunt and fired the rest of the thermal clip into him.  Soni stood up and thanked him.
"I think i'd like to keep you as my security, Soni.  You handle yourself pretty well."  Tavius said.
"Thank you, sir.  It means a lot.  I'd be honored to."