Stealth - Part 1

The plan is as follows. Ok, so I've got to the point where I need to split the story up into three separate ones. They'll each be about three different characters and they'll all come together in the end. And, of course, one of the three stories will be about Emi and Thomson. The other will be following the back story of Epsilon (who in the story has the codename Stealth). The third will be about a Quarian who was sold as a slave by the gang in Infiltration and is out for revenge.


So here is Stealth - Part 1.


He was more than a thief. He was the best in the business.
But he could still not open the damn safe.
"They've entered the building. Hurry up," hissed a voice via the communication device in his ear, "You have less than a minute."
Stealth rebooted his Omni-tool, which cast an orange glow across the dark apartment on the fortieth floor of a building in Vancouver. It was a designer apartment, for sure. You could tell by the granite tables and the smooth marble floor.
He tapped his fingers over his Omni-tool, attempting to break the mutating algorithm that kept the safe locked. Once again, however, he drew a blank, with a red warning flashing up on the hacking programme he had installed.
"Thirty seconds," pointed out his colleague, "Get the safe open or go now. They're in the lift, coming up to you."
"Shut up!" Stealth growled, attempting to hack into the security again.
"Ten seconds. They're drawing their weapons. Take cover."
A green message appeared on his Omni-tool, telling him the hack had been successful. The door to the apartment opened, casting light through the gap. Stealth deactivated his Omni-tool and dived for cover behind one of the granite tables.
He snuck a quick look at the people who had just entered.
Five heavily armed mercenaries, by the looks of things. Heavy armour, heavier weapons. For a small group of mercenaries it was rare to find them all armed with a powerful machine gun slung under their arm. They were also Krogan, judging by their size and shape.
"Fan out," growled one of the mercenaries, "Cover all of the apartment. Find the bastard."
Stealth took a deep breath and held it as a Krogan neared him, but was luckily facing the wrong way, so Stealth was safe.
Still, a good place to engage the enemy.
Stealth clicked a button by the side of his Omni-tool's power button, activating his Omni-bow. Omni-bows were clever things. It was an extension of the Omni-tool, which could fire holographic arrows. Rather useful.
He fired and six arrows with armour piercing tips embedded themselves into the Krogan's back, felling the large creature.
He stood up from behind the table, turning around and drawing his M-11 pistol.
Stealth fired his Omni-bow again, throwing a Krogan over the top of a bar. There was the sound of glass smashing and liquid being spilled.
The three remaining mercenaries opened fire, forcing him back into cover.
Stealth felt the static build up in his hands, blue sparks dancing between his palms. He jumped.
And appeared at the other side of the Krogan in a blue flash. He staggered, but they were too busy firing to notice.
He tilted his wrist quickly, activating a mechanism built into his sleeve. A throwing knife was ejected from its holder and he caught it between his thumb and his index finger.
He threw it at the nearest Krogan, purposely hitting it in the shoulder. The mercenary turned and roared in pain, finger tightening on the trigger instinctively. He shot one of his comrades with his machine gun, and Stealth's M-11 finished off the last with a double-tap to the head.
He doubled over to catch his breath. His biotics were weak, all he could do was biotic jump every now and then, but they left him tired. He only used his biotics when he needed to.
He shot the injured Krogan in the head.
"Well done. Now grab the device and get the hell out of there."
Stealth moved back to the safe, grabbing the small black cube from inside. He pocketed it, then shattered the glass of the window with his pistol.
He sprinted at the shattered window.
Then jumped.
Stealth was airborne for a matter of seconds, before he landed on top of a crane in a roll. He sprinted the length of it.
"They have a gunship," said his comrade, "ETA six seconds."
"Shit!" he yelled, as he neared the end of the crane. He was never going to make the jump to the opposing building, and he couldn't biotic jump that far either. A hum of an engine became audible above him.
Rounds from heavy machine guns shattered the glass of the building and tore up the metal of the crane. He quickly moved out of its line of fire, but the large grey gunship above him simply altered its position and continued shooting.
He fired his pistol in response, the rounds hitting the armoured hull but failing to penetrate it.
A missile shot out of the underside of the gunship, hitting the back of the crane. There was an explosion behind him, and the crane began tilting vertically downwards. He ended up sliding down the side of the crane, and used the momentum to jump the gap between the crane and the building.
His back hit a window and it smashed around him as he was thrown into the inside of the building.
"Adios amigo," he grinned, activating his Omni-bow. He pressed a button on the side, changing from armour piercing arrows to disruption. He fired a single arrow at the gunship, which hit the front of it. White sparks glistened across its armour, and its engines failed a moment later, making it spin out of control.
The gunship hit the side of the building that Stealth was in, shattering the glass and splintering the stone. An explosion tore through the skyscraper, which rumbled the floor beneath his feet.
The building began to tip.