The team advanced and it did not took long before they were caught in another battle. When they entered the ruin, a sleek, white geth dropped down from a catwalk over the site. It was fast and maneuvered around their shots. Jane felt useless with her shotgun and locked in on the robotic creature and charged. The chock wave slammed the geth into the wall and she walked up to the remains. It was like anything she have ever seen before and she used her foot to move around it.
"Good job Jane" her brother praised her. This was a different type then the one he had encountered on Eden Prime so he started scanning it with his omni-tool. He was amazed over the complicated construction.
"This doesn't look good..." Garrus interrupted them and a big ship was hovering itself in their direction. The team took cover as the ship stopped and started dropping geths. Jane recognize some of them as the same model as the one she disassembled earlier. One big, white geth dropped last and created a small quake when it slammed into the ground.
"We are so screwed..."
"Jane, you are not helping." Johns voice was sharp and Jane could tell that he had stepped into the role of the teamleader and now was not the time to joke around. she counted the number of enemies and passed on the result.
" I can see six enemies."
"Seven, there is one moving behind the big one." Comment Garrus and Jane did not know why but on one side she felt as if the turian tried to undermine her capability as a solider by admonish her, but on the other she knew that if they was going to work together, this sort of things was crucial. If she had missed that last enemy, maybe she or someone else could be dead by now.
"The big one moves slow so I think we should take out the smaller ones first as long as we do it from a covered position." John started a quiet conversation to check in with the other team before they took action. Jane used her usual approach, charging in and take out as many shields as possible, while Garrus picked them of one by one. John focused all his energy on holding up a kinetic barrier against the shots from the big geth to keep his team safe. He was impressed by the well coordinated attack his sister and the turian showed off and he think they eased his worries for now. The small geths was gone in no time and the only thing left was the big one.
"Take cover." Commanded John and the team reacted instantly. When John took down the barrier exploded his cover into pieces and he started running, the geth had shifted focus to him. He felt the panic building when he tried to dodge the massive shots, and it turned into a big mistake. Both his sister and the turian tried to take out the geth and their shots slowly lowered its shield. The geth let out another blast and it blew John off his feet, sending him several meters forward and knocking out his shield. He could hear Jane scream after him.
"How much shield left?" Jane screamed to Garrus, he had kept her updated while they tried to take the damn thing down.
"Almost down, a little more and I can take out the canon."
"Okey you do that as soon as the shield goes down."
"Roger that." Jane took a deep breath, focused and then she charged. She hit the geth and it reeled for a little bit when the center of gravity was disturbed. She run under it and puncturing through its carcass with her shotgun only to end with taking off one of its legs. Garrus disabled the canon and the geth went down. Jane did not stop to finish it, she left that for Garrus, but run away to her brother. He lied down, but she could see his chest lifting and sinking.
"Johnny!" he did not answer and she threw herself at his side, pushing buttons to loose his helmet.
"That was to close." was all he said and it was all she needed to hear. He had a jack in his forehead, but it did not look deep. She slammed her arms around him before dragging him up. She was so relieved that her brother had gotten away with just scratches and bruises.
"I told you it was a suicide mission if you didn't take me along. They herd a shot and the geth was down for good.
"Well you didn't do all the work" commented Garrus and walked towards them, supporting his sniper against his shoulder.
"You okey Shepard?" It took Jane some seconds before she realize that he talked to her brother and not her. She was used to respond to her last name, but now it was like that name belonged to her brother. Not like she was not used to being overshadowed by him, he had mostly protected her when they were children.
"Yeah I'm okey. Let's scan that piece of shit and get into that complex." John replied, while applying some medi-gel to the wound.
