Heavy TW; Mommy kink. Morinth x Shepard.
Samara's glowing eyes greeted the Commander as he arrived. "I must ask for your help. That is not easy for me." She explained, staring out the big glass observatory. Trailing blue fingers across the switch that closed or opened the view.
"I'll do what I can. What do you need?" Shepard asked.
"When we met on Illium..." Samara began, her Justicar uniform reflecting every bit of the ship's sleek metals. "I told you about a very dangerous person I was pursuing. Using the information you obtained, I have located her."
This was good news, Shepard thought. So, why did she seem so hesitant to tell him what was going on.
"She's been going by the name 'Morinth'." Samara continued. "I would like to...apprehend her before she dissapears again."
"Who is she?" Shepard asked, taking a few steps closer to his squadmate. "Tell me about her."
Samara the Justicar seemed all too eager to share this information now that it was out in the open. "She is an Ardat-Yakshi." She spoke, holding it in the air.
Shepard was all too familiar. He had done a bit of Asari research, mostly at the behest of Liara T'Soni, their ship researcher scientist. He knew about Ardat-Yakshi, but only very limited information. It caused him to be more curious than afraid.
"It is a term from a dead asari dialect. It means 'demon of the night winds.'" Samara continued, only causing Shepard to grow more curious. Liara was right, young males have an unhealthy obsession with asaris. Shepard was feeling the tug of that as he looked out the starry window with Samara.
"Most of the information people know is mythology." She explained, breaking the Commander from his thoughts. "She is simply a very dangerous woman who kills without mercy.
"You are dangerous too." Commander prompted, not sure what she was trying to get at.
A small smile of thankfulness. "As are you. But she is different. Morinth suffers a rare genetic disorder. When she mates with you, there is no gentle melding of nervous systems."
This caused a brief moment of fear from the commander, but he stepped forward. Eyes widened. Listening intently as the blue woman continued.
"She overpowers your nervous system, burns it out. Hemorrhages your brain. You end up a mindless shell, and soon after you are dead."
The two stayed in silence for a long moment before the Commander asked a seemingly stupid question.
"Is she only deadly to people she mates with?"
She turned her head to him, eyes lit up. Face stoic. "Each time she kills she becomes stronger, smarter, and faster. And she has been doing this almost four-hundred years. She confuses her victims. Twists their feelings. They will do anything for her favor."
Shepard nodded once and turned on his heel, heading back out. Samara spoke up before he entirely dissapeared.
"There is one thing more: This creature. This...monster. She is my daughter." Their backs to each other. She faced the stars, he faced the door. Contemplating her words.
Samara could feel the silence and quickly explained. "I present no danger to anyone besides my own children. And this is not easy to speak of, even 400 years after I learned it."
She began to pace, causing Shepard to feel nervous as well. Samara kept going on about her daughter's condition. What caused it, how she blamed herself, talked about her other two daughters at a monestary. And then, after getting every detail, Shepard was off. Going to kill or rescue Morinth, Samara the Justicar's estranged daughter.
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The three approached Aria T'Loak. Shepard and his crew had arrived on Omega only a few moments ago, and Shepard was taking Samara and Liara on a mission to take down Morinth. Shepard climbed the small staircase as his squadmates, both asari as well as Aria, stayed behind. The blue goddess nodded her head towards the couch, beckoning the solider to sit.
"What do you need?" She barked. Clearly too busy for him. In another life, Shepard would have stolen Aria away. Shown her the galaxy and more. But in this life, he had to keep it in his pants. Albiet barely.
"An asari fugitive is hiding out here. She's an Ardat-Yakshi. We need to find her." Shep explained. Aria gave a single shoulder shrug. Clearly uncaring if she was an Ardat-Yakshi or not. Typically frowned upon in their culture.
"I knew it. Nothing leaves a body quite so...empty as an Ardat-Yakshi does. I haven't taken steps to kill her, though. Why would I? She hasn't tried to seduce me."
Shepard chuckled and shook his head. "You can actually be seduced?"
The two rebels shared a knowing look before she changed the subject quickly. In another life, he would have rocked her world.
"Her last victim was a young girl. Pretty thing. Lived in the tenements near here. That's where I'd start looking."
And so, they did. After speaking to the victim's mother, gathering tons of evidence, doing a bit of research around different Omega clubs, and even getting Commander Shepard a new outfit for the VIP area he was planning to infiltrate.
The music was loud and the bass was heavy, thumping through the club and through Shepard's veins as he poorly danced around the VIP lounge.
After getting her attention by riling up a few patrons and flirting with a younger human turian, Morinth finally came out of the shadows. She stopped Commander John Shepard before he was able to go back to the bar. She gave him a gentle smile, painted dark maroon. The color of stained wine. She looked like Samara in the face, but more cat-like. Shepard took the briefest of opportunities to glance over Morinth's figure. She was built like the Justicar as well, though he'd never dare say that aloud.
Big eyes, the color of an exploding star. Painted in thick cat-like liner, sharper than her wit. Her blue tendrils that posed as hair was pulled back tight, darker than her face. She had no brows, just a glow. The tip of her nose, her brows, her high cheekbrones. Her face was star-polluted, freckles painting her t-zone. Lips stained red, like she was just drinking too much wine. She gave him a smile and it sent warm waves through his body. But he quickly had to remind himself why he was here in the first place. He had to take this woman down.
Samara, her mother, the justicar was just standing outside, waiting on her to come home. Help to complete the mission, however it would unfortunately end up.
Morinth and Shepard sat on a couch towards the back to get more acquainted. John secretly wanted to draw this out. She would be dead in a few hours anyways, what was the harm in chatting a bit? They talked about music and art. Traveling and beautiful things. The way she talked was like honey dripping from every word. Or maybe it was tar, he couldn't quite tell. Either she was being genuine cause she figured he would be a victim soon, or she was a very good actress and Shepard was believing every bit of it.
"Do you want to get out of here? My apartment is nearby, and I want you alone." She finally said the magic words. A thirty two minute ride and they were at her luxurious apartment. One of many hidey-holes, he assumed. They discussed far more while here, close on the couch. He liked looking at her in more light. She was so lovely. So dangerous.
"I love clubs -- people, movement, heat. I can still hear the bass. Like the drums of a great hunt, out for your blood." Samara spoke. Her words like poetry, a honey trap waiting for him to trip. "But here it's muted -- and you're safe. Is that what you want, Shepard? To be safe?"
He contemplated this idea for a long moment. "Safety is a lie. I much rather fight than hide."
This reaction caused her to giggle. "Yes, better to take control of your fate. I've never understood the fascination with safety. Some of us choose differently."