Parasite - Chapter 16

"Come on, we're leaving." Seth tossed the words over his shoulder at her, and Sage saw other people emerging from the shadows to block her escape.

She recognised Cora and Drack, and her fear spiked. Cora was one of the few biotics who had the ability and strength to overpower her if she got close enough, and Drack was a krogan. She had seconds to act, and even then the chance of Cora catching her was high. But there was no choice, and she could think of only one way out of this mess.

Run!

She gathered her biotics and flared, attempting to fling Seth off her in the strongest surge of power she could manage. He tried to hold onto her, but his grip was torn free and his nails scraped bloodied lines in her skin. Sage moved, charging forward in a move she hoped would surprise Cora. She charged on a wave of biotics straight at the cement wall ahead of her and at the last minute she leapt and sprung off it, ricocheting back the way she'd come and using her biotics to propel her up.

"Sage!" Her brother's roar of fury was music to her ears.

S.A.M.? A little help here?

..... ...ryders georg, who lives in cave & creates 6 ryders each day, is an outlier adn should not have been counted.. ....

im testing out the renewed character creator. could be better, but the whole “previously gender exclusive hairstyles are now available to all” thing is really great~!

the last twins i tried to push into ‘looks like the other gender’ on purpose. i think it worked better with mRyder. oh well

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Parasite - Chapter 19

Sage blinked, struggling to follow what he was saying as a warm lethargy spread through her body. Her arms and legs felt heavy, and her eyes were struggling to focus. Even her thoughts felt sluggish, as though they were moving slower than normal. The room around her tilted alarmingly, and Sage grabbed at Kian's bed, trying to keep herself upright.

"Sage? What's wrong?" Kian sounded alarmed, and she felt his hand on her shoulder. It helped drive the sleepiness off for a moment, but it returned almost instantly, like waves against a beach.

Fuck. This wasn't right. Something was wrong with her.

She blinked rapidly, trying to keep herself awake. "Don't know," she slurred. "Somethings wrong..."

"Ryder, I'm detecting a large amount of a sedative in your system." SAM's voice broke across her own. "I believe you have been drugged."

Parasite - chapter 21

"Scared, Vidal? Rather save your own skin than my sister's?" Seth mocked as he circled around the biotic shield.

"I'm not stupid," Reyes muttered as he kept out of range, watching every move the other man made.

The Pathfinder snorted derisively and with no more warning than that he moved - charging around the shield in a blur of movement that left Reyes shocked. He'd never seen anything like it. Seth slammed into him hard, knocking him back as he rammed a fist into his stomach, punching him twice before he could even draw breath. He went down hard, his breath knocked from him. It was like being hit by a krogan.

Seth snarled and came after him, his omni-blade unfurling in a blaze of orange as he slammed it into his guts. Reyes didn't have the breath to yell as he felt the blade cut into him, straight through his flight suit and through his body, spearing him like an fish as Seth impaled him. For a moment the Pathfinder glared at him, his teeth bared and a rabid animal-like look in his eyes.

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Parasite - Chapter 18

Seth grinned as he watched the recordings of the explosions in Kadara Port. Arenna had sent them to him, and he lingered over the video showing Tartarus burning - fervently wishing for another angle, a clearer image, or footage that showed the inside. The thought of Reyes being in the building when it went up in flames gave him tingles, and he leaned back in his chair and stretched, his smile widening. 

Burn baby, burn.  

Arenna had chosen her targets well, and the blasts signalled the start of a war between her Oblivion cartel and the Collective. One which he suspected the Collective would be hard pressed to win after this. Especially since she had taken his advice, and her attacks had taken out key infrastructure and strategic buildings used by the Collective. 

Even if Reyes Vidal did manage to survive the fiery little surprise at Tartarus, his organisation would be crippled by the mayhem this would cause. Not to mention the outcry that would arise in the Port over the civilian injuries and deaths. The casualties would be high, and the Collective resources would be stretched to their limit trying to help people and get the Port up and running again.

And now that his identity was no longer a secret, everyone would blame Vidal… if the bastard survived. 

He hoped Vidal was dead. 

He hoped it was painful and slow.

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Parasite - Chapter 17

Reyes silently locked the door to Sage's room in the Collective Headquarters and let his gaze drift over her sleeping form. She was curled up asleep on the bed wearing one of his shirts and nothing else, with her long alabaster legs on full display. The sight of her made his chest tighten and his stomach twist with need, and he watched her greedily for a long moment, feasting on the sight of her. 

His gaze followed her legs up to the hem of his shirt, where he could just see the curve of her ass. Lust welled up, thick and heavy, and Reyes hesitated as his body responded to the sight of her, already growing hard as desire overruled common sense. He wanted her again. Even exhausted as he was, he wanted to bury himself between those long legs and make her whimper for him. He was like an addict who needed a fix. 

He would have been appalled at himself for sneaking into her room unannounced in the dead of night, except Sage had made it very clear she was missing him. The sexy photos she had sent to his omnitool earlier that day had almost been enough to make him cancel his meeting and race over here, but common sense had prevailed that time. 

Not so tonight, though even this was risky. His plan to bring Sage back to the Collective headquarters without anyone finding out had gone perfectly, and only Keema, Auriga and Kian were aware that she was here. But there were issues. For one thing, he couldn’t keep her here indefinitely, nor did he want to since the longer she stayed in one place, the greater the chance that someone would discover she was here. 

The other, more personal issue, was that in order to keep up appearances that everything was normal, he was spending most of his days in Tartarus, his nights in his apartment,  and daring only brief moments with Sage. It was torture, and it meant that despite their relationship finally shifting from friends to lovers, they hadn't been able to act on their feelings since that first night together. A few touches, kisses and stolen moments had done more damage than good. 

He felt almost rabid with desire.