Hello everyone and welcome to my little corner of FanFiction. Alright, so after some delay (I had some things happen and some guests over, so no writing :( ) I've managed to write chapter 3 of The Infinite Effect. Just like before, I want to thank the following people for leaving reviews:

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So without further ado, here is The Infinite Effect, chapter 3.

The Citadel

It had been some time since Garrus had last see the Citadel and it's Wards, but it was clear that they had beefed up security since Sovereign's attack; everyone went through customs, where they were questioned on everything. Then they went through a scanner, which insured that they were who they said they were. A scanner that was, right now, complicating things.

Garrus should have seen this coming since he questioned them on the ship, but how could he know what the problem was or how to solve it when he didn't even know that there was going to be a problem.

"I'm sorry but you don't exist in the system, so technically I can't help you." stated Bailey as a matter of fact. Garrus was busy checking in their weapons, which elicited many odd looks from the officer in charge.

"So how does that prevent us from simply walking in and getting some aid?!" Garrus couldn't tell if Booker was honest or not; he didn't have a great feel for the man and therefore couldn't trust him. Still, Booker saved him from walking right into a trap back on Omega, so he owed him that much.

Booker was a mystery; sure, his life story was bad, with his wife a child dying in-birth and his gambling debts to 'people you don't want to owe debts to', but something about him felt... off. Garrus couldn't tell what was off about him, but he would be watching his back when around him just to be safe.

Elizabeth was a far-cry from, well, anything. She was upbeat and curious about everything around her, which nearly got her in trouble the second they stepped on the Citadel; she almost killed a Keeper and poked a hanar, causing it to complain, loudly, to anyone who would listen, which was no one. Still, her infectious happiness was a great change from the feel of Omega and only inspired Garrus to protect her and keep her safe.

And then there were the Lutece's; he had no idea how they got on and off the ship, but they did, which meant that they should be watched. If they could even be watched.

Finishing up with the weapons check, which had caused more than enough curious looks from the officer when Garrus handed them Booker's weapons, Garrus turned to Booker and Bailey's 'interaction', which was now turning sour fast.

"So you're not going to let us in!?" Booker was nearly livid, his eyes darting around in what appeared to be fear, as if he was expecting an ambush at any moment.

"Yes. What part of that are you failing to understand?" Bailey was also at the end of his rope and had a look that he might toss Booker out of an airlock. Garrus stepped in to stop anyone from doing anything they might end up regretting.

"Captain Bailey? Garrus Vakarian, former C-Sec," Garrus strutted up and shook Bailey's hand, making sure to shove Booker out of the way. "Listen, I don't mean to cause trouble, but I found these two about to be sold off on Omega and, well, the group I saved them from is very persistent about keeping their products, so if we could just get in long enough for them to give up…" This, of course, was a complete lie, but Bailey didn't need to know. Booker kept his mouth shut; he clearly understood what Garrus was trying to do. Elizabeth was interested in something else, so she didn't hear the entire spell.

Bailey considered it for several seconds, his eyes on the keyboard, before he made up his mind.

"Garrus, you're clear to enter though you might want to alert the embassy that you're alive, but they aren't getting in. Period."

Garrus flapped his mandibles at the rejection, but there was nothing he could do; Bailey wasn't going to budge on this. Collecting their weapons and going back through the checkpoint, where they leaned up against a wall, next to an ad stand.

"So what now? You're the only one of us that's getting through," asked Booker.

"I suppose I could go through, but that still leaves the problem of what to do with you two..." Garrus rumbled.

"Perhaps I can be of service," a voice interrupted from the ad stand, clearly female despite the electronic distortion.

"And how exactly can you be of help, Miss...?" asked Garrus.

A face appeared on the ad stand next to them, her human features clear despite the hood that covered it. She was asian, with deep purple ink on her lips and eyes that beckoned one to come hither.

"I'm Kasumi Goto, you've never heard of me, but I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. I know a way into the Citadel, one that Bailey doesn't know about," replied the ad.

"And I expect that it comes with a cost, or are we getting the 'milk of human kindness' today?" Booker replied.

Kasumi smiled. "Well, you're certainly rude, interrupting a conversation that doesn't involve you. You're getting it free today, since I have a client whose paying a large amount for my 'services', so I won't be going after you're credits. Besides, I find you two... interesting,"

Booker simply grunted in responses. Elizabeth, however, was interested in everything that Kasumi had to say.

"So... where do we go?"

Garrus, however, was disturbed at this sudden turn of events and made it known. "What are you two thinking?! You don't know if she's a slaver or not,"

Kasumi simply smiled again. "I know who you are, Garrus, and I admire and respect you for what you did. You don't have to worry, I won't harm them or sell them off, that's not in my nature."

Garrus considered the offer for several seconds. It solved the problem of getting them on and while he couldn't trust Kasumi, she did admire him. Still that didn't mean he trusted her. "Alright, but let me distract Bailey before you go; got to get as much on our side as possible," he replied as he slipped a tracker on both Booker and Elizabeth.

Kasumi brought her left arm up to her face and fiddled with her omni-tool, opening up the door on the far left wall sending a map to the group beneath her.

"Up here," Kasumi said out loud as she dropped her cloak so they could see her. "Don't take too long; I have no doubt that they already know about it, or they will soon enough," Driving home this point was the hanar that Elizabeth had poked earlier, who was now talking to a C-Sec officer.

"Damn, time to go Elizabeth," Booker growled as he grabbed her wrist and pulled her through the door Kasumi mentioned as Kasumi jogged down the catwalk, her cloak quickly covering her up.

Garrus simply shrugged and walked back through the checkpoint. Time to make a distraction.

Kasumi wasn't lying when she told those two with Garrus that she was interested in them. Something about them just felt... different. She couldn't quite describe it, not even to herself, what compelled her to help them; maybe it was the girl, who oozed innocent from her every pore. Still, they were with Garrus Vakarian, a turian whom Kasumi respected for giving up everything to do what's right. She might not look it, but she believed in certain things that must be done, no matter the cost.

Kasumi moved quickly down the confusing and intersecting paths of catwalks and walkways, jumping from catwalk to catwalk, her footfalls as light and as silent as cat's paws, a skill honed from years and years of breaking and entering into everything around her, from simple houses to complex vaults.

She knew the way to the pre-arranged room, and while it wasn't very far, she doubted the two would get there quickly, so she had time. Time that was best spent taking credits out of others pockets and into hers. It was practice, childs play really, but the best keep up their skills. And she was the best.

Jumping down onto a catwalk, she startled no one but a Keeper, who didn't even care one bit., only for the sounds of a fight to reach her ears. She wasn't sure if it involved the two, but she planned on checking anyway to insure that the path was clear for them. Not that she doubted in their skills, but you never knew.

Her quick like flint feet rushed down the catwalk, skidding to a stop at the scene beneath her feet. Evidently the two had run into a group of thugs, two human and a salarian.

The male of the two was handling the thugs. And by handling, Kasumi watched with a mixture of fascination and horror as the male brought some mechanisms that was strapped to his left arm into the face of one of the humans, causing the thug's head to snap back with a sickening crack of the neck, causing him to drop to the floor.

The second human took this as a sign to try and punch out Kasumi's target, but he simply side-stepped the punch and delivered the wrist-machine into the neck of the thug, causing him to sputter and choke for breath as he collapsed, out of breath.

The salarian, however, took out his gun and aimed it at the male. what happened next was cement in Kasumi's mind her interest in them.

The male flicked his wrist and out shot a blot of bright, blue lightning into the salarian, who went rigid from the blast. Then, before he could respond, the male drove the device deep into the salarians gut and turned it on.

A shower of blood and gore sprayed from the salarian, as the device quickly ripped him in two, causing Kasumi to gasp and cover her mouth with her hands.

The male breathed deeply before he turned his head upwards, towards the catwalk.

"We heard you, you can come down now,"

Kasumi swore under her breath; how did this man find her when everyone else with the most advanced equipment in the galaxy fail?

She jumped down from the catwalk, her attempts to hide from them no longer effective, her knees bending to taking the force of the landing.

"So, how did you find me?" Kasumi asked, her mind on only one thing.

"You gasped when I killed that, uh, thing. Pretty sloppy for a thief if you ask me," Booker replied.

"So I've got to ask you: how did you get your omni-tool to do that lighting thing? I've never heard of that before; well except for a neural shock, but I don't use that."

Booker looked at her dumbfounded as he scratched the back of his head. "Uhhh… what's an 'omni-tool'?"

Right then and there, Kasumi knew; these two were going to be very interesting.

The Illusive Man lightly tapped his cigarette into the ashtray as he waited for the connection to the Normandy to finalize. He took another drag as Shepard came into focus. Her scars were bright and angry, giving a menacing look.

"Shepard, normally I would have sent you this information, but the uniqueness of the situation demanded that I contact you in person. Shepard, we've found Garrus Vakarian,"

Shepard's face betrayed nothing, but her voice did all the work. "Where?"

"He' on the Citadel, just appeared there in the past day but there's a complication; he appeared with two other humans, both don't appear in any system and one of them is... different. The scanners picked up an anomaly, one that can't be explained away," The Illusive Man stood, using the action to drive home his next line.

"Shepard, until we know more about these two humans, I can't let you contact Garrus; the risks of the unknown is too great. We don't know where he's been or what he's done; as far as we know he could be working with the Collectors,"

"You say that again and I will find and kill you." Shepard replied, her voice full of hate at the words.

The Illusive Man took another drag from his cigarette as he formulated his response. "Shepard, I'm not saying that you can't recruit him, I'm just saying we don't have an idea as to where he's been and what he's been up to. As far as we know, he could have been doing anything. The Collectors could've gotten to him as far as we know. Before we make any choice, we need to observe him and determine where he's been and what he's been up to. That's all,"

Shepard eyed him, her eyes full of hate, her throat working on her response; but she let it die as her brain caught up to her heart.

"Understood," It was terse and tense, with rage barely hidden as the holo of Shepard spun and walked out of the range of the receivers.

The Illusive Man sighed as he tapped out the order for the two humans to be monitored. Shepard was going to be... difficult; her urge to have her old team may be impossible to control, but the re-appearance of Garrus was a variable that just might undo it all. The Collectors needed to be stopped and Shepard needed to keep focus on them; of not, then the Lazarus project did fail, though not in a way anyone expected.

The Illusive Man sighed again, wondering if there was anyone who could provide information on the two. If only to save him resources and time he didn't have.

"Hmm, interesting,"

"Pardon?"

"New variables that require an in-depth study. Both the subject and the girl have learned a new language without ever having taken studies on it,"

"Indeed, that IS interesting. Perhaps something to do with the mind absorbing information via the tear?"

"Or the memories of two different realities combining together?"

"I thought you said they didn't exist in this world?"

"Well, not the way we see them."

"Ah. This begs further study,"

"It does,"

Wow. That took forever. And I'm so sorry for taking so long, I didn't mean it it's just that stuff and crap happened and it kinda makes it hard to write when that happens. I promise I won't let it happen again. And, yes, I am excited about the Burial At Sea dlc for it.

I've also lined up an artist, Orifiel, to make a cover picture for the story, it should be coming in a few months; she has a lot of stuff she's working on but she would always enjoy and look at her stories *hint, hint*.

Like I said before anyone who reveals any plots from Bioshock Infinite in the reviews will have it flagged. Please keep in mind that not everyone has played it despite it being out for quite some time.

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