I had some spare time for once so I could release this chapter a little early. Reviews and Criticism are always welcome.

Updated 8/26/2014: Critiqued a few things and fixed some grammar here and there.

Ch.6

Adrian tried desperately to search for a way out of the room while Baetina kept a close eye on the creatures' movements. He found an air vent, but it was too small. He held his omni-tool to it hoping to get a signal. He waved it once, it's orange glow lighting the room slightly, and he tried to contact the nearest Tech-officer to report on the tunnels and the creatures guarding them. That's when he heard what sounded like choking. Baetina looked up at him and they both moved to see what was happening. They peeked out of the room to see the two creatures facing away. One was choking on what seemed to be a piece of Fater. Not letting his comrade's final sacrifice and chance to slip away go unused, he grabbed Baetina's arm pulled her along and they silently crept away. He looked back once to see the creature that wasn't choking slap the choking one's back to try and help it showing the fearsome creatures had had at least some sentience if they were willing to help each other.

On the lookout for more, Baetina took point until they reached the nearest exit ladder. They both realized they dropped their rifles out of fear when the creatures ambushed them the first time and killed Fater. As they snuck away they were forced use their sidearms. Baetina climbed the ladder and opened to the manhole cover slightly in order to check for hostiles, "It looks clear, but I am not certain. It is too close to the enemy fort to be sure."

"I really think we…" a loud roar could be heard down the tunnel as the creature realized its quarry was gone. Fear spread over their faces as they looked in the direction from where they came. Adrian looked at Baetina "GO! GO!" he yelled as he scaled the ladder behind Baetina and exited the sewers.

"Dammit Drakon, I told you not to eat it. We don't know what they are made of." Drakon continued to choke, his long clawed hands grasping around his throat.

"Hold on, I'll help even if I should let you choke for eating a sentient species," Rotor said while slapping Drakon's back in an attempt to help him clear his throat. Soon Drakon regurgitated the dead alien flesh. While Drakon caught his breath, Rotor realized the aliens left alive could have escaped. Dammit! Drakon!, his mind screamed. He quickly ran to the small room. They were gone. In his anger he let out a loud roar that vibrated throughout the sewers.

Charon looked over the datapad multiple times, after he read it for the fourth time he threw it against the wall of his cabin. It shattered next to a glass case containing an old combat shotgun and the shoulder pad off the Kid's old armored vault suit. It was all he could find after he disappeared. Danvers who sat across from his desk spoke, "The orders were that bad, huh?"

"THAT BASTARD! How can the High Elder agree to something like this?" Charon stood and began to pace.

"Calm down Charon, I don't like it either."

This only caused Charon to growl even more. He pointed a finger at her, "What Williams plans to unleash, that is crossing the line! You didn't hear the High Elder either, the way he justified this. Gahhh! I thought he was a better leader then to give in to Williams. If we do this, the Aliens will not have a reason to hold back and they still outnumber us three to one if yours and Yes Man's data was accurate. "

Danvers sighed and simply let Charon vent for a minute, "In the end, we have to do what the High Elder believes is the best course of action." She said ending her silence.

Charon placed his hands in the table, "I know, but… damn, I still can't believe… If Jack was here?"

"Jack and Sarah are dead, even Vana all people, who I thought would live to 250 out of sheer stubbornness. Yuri died around two centuries ago as well." Charon sat back down and opened his window shutter. He watched the blue streaks of FTL flow by. They were enroot to an alien colony via mass relay. Yes Man said they called themselves the Turians. He wished that he could turn around or throw General Williams out the airlock before they got there if it meant not using such a terrible weapon.

"We'll just have to hope that the High Admiral changes his mind. I rather not poke a yao guai with a stick if I can help it."

There were just under two thousand turian POWs being rounded up. Even after getting word of their fleet being decimated in orbit, they fought. They rushed the fort in a vain attempt and lost many lives on the fort defenses as a last act of desperation and tactic to die fighting rather than being captured. Adrian cursed himself for not being able to warn them in time about the tunnels being real. From his position he could see General Larius being hauled off separate from the others. Adrian knew he couldn't release all the prisoners, but Larius was a good General. If the Aliens went on the offensive they would need all the most experienced officers they could get. Adrian made a command decision that he and Baetina were going to try and free Larius. Getting off this planet would have to be secondary for now.

Jon found himself shooting down a small makeshift target range which used to be a highway. He couldn't get the boy off his mind. He shot down once more hitting the pebble he was aiming at. He took a small comfort that Eleanor was alright, a bit shook up, but alright. Jon lined up another shot and was about to pull the trigger when the small piece of debris he was aiming at exploded. He looked over to see the Elite Ranger he heard took out an alien general, was standing a few feet to the side him. "What do you want?" he said a little vindictively.

"Nothing really," The Elite Ranger said, her voice sounding a bit annoyed at Jon's tone. Before Jon could ask why she continued, "Just get your head out of your ass."

"What!"

"You heard me," she said with a superior tone, "So some kid died, big fucking whoop. Do you know how many died today before we could fully mobilize?"

"Yeah, but this one…"

"What? Was your fault? Did you shoot him?" She said sighting down her scope and firing down the street hitting a rat at the far end, a damn near impossible shot even with his skill.

"No, but I…" the ranger looked at him, the obsidian lens of her helmet almost boring into him. He cringed slightly. In flash she had pulled her knife and had against his throat.

"Wasn't fast enough, not prepared enough, or made a tactical error. These things happen and if you cannot come to terms with this, then the war is over for you, right here and now. I should kill you right now so that you cannot second guess yourself in the next battle when you partner's or my own life depend one you," her voice was ice.

He glared at her. Seeing his defiance and perhaps some resolve to do what she said, she withdrew the massive bowie knife from against his neck. She turned away and walked back to base, her black trench coat swaying in the wild, leaving Jon to ponder.She had a point. Not everyone makes it out alive. The best thing I can do now is make sure it doesn't happen again. In the end he hoped that the top brass had a plan to end this war quickly.

In the meantime, he should probably talk to Eleanor about what happened to her brother and hopefully she will come to terms with Robert's death. Jon knew it would not be easy. He still couldn't get the boy's lifeless face out of his head and probably never would. He also wanted to know why the children's parents were not around to help them.

Codex: Brotherhood Armaments:

Universal Tech: Ammunition is unlimited with the exception of artillery and heavy weapons as all infantry weapons rely on recharging cells that use the excess energy from the shot to recharge the weapon. The only drawback is that no matter how fast they can be fired, the gun recharges at a fixed rate to prevent overloading and hardwired to prevent outside and wireless tampering.

All firearms upon sensing user death or flies too far away after being knocked out of user's grasp has a small charge that destroys the internal components, but does not harm the user. This prevents reverse engineering. (I know I had a Turian get blasted apart from the waist up in chapter 3. I have already critiqued that scene.)

Pistols: Using designs based off the Nova Surge Plasma pistol and the Plasma Defender gave birth to the Phalanx Heavy pistol and Eagle Light pistol variants. The plasma is spooled in the chamber and using mass effect fields compress the plasma to fire longer, faster, and straighter bolts. This advancement lead to the halt in production of all laser pistol variants.

SMGs: are laser based and the Brotherhood used tech from the Laser RCW SMG to create the Hurricane, favored by Wraith squads and light infantry for their suppressing power.

Shotguns: are plasma based and work similarly to the pistols. The larger gun can up or decrease the strength of mass effect fields allowing the user to widen or narrow their blast radius on the fly.

Assault Rifles: are the only weapons that can be scene using plasma, laser, or combination of the two. This is the all-around weapon of the Brotherhood's standard fighting forces as scene in the standard Avenger laser rifle and Valkyrie plasma rifle.

Sniper Rifles: are a more compact and lighter version of the Gauss rifles used at the Battle of Anchorage by both U.S. and People's Republic forces. The only difference is that they fire super compressed bolts of plasma at high speeds instead of 2mm bullets.

A/N: I hope my weapons make some sense. It being a Mass Effect/Fallout crossover I used both kinds of tech in Brotherhood weapons. Like it or not Mass Effect fields are still very useful and wanted to use them for more than just inertial dampeners. Mostly I am just giving a sense of what the Brotherhood is using.