Kai dropped down onto her hands and knees the second the girls returned from the physical test, soon joined by Keo who dropped down onto her siblings back in a dead weight. Due to her bones, muscles and aura being in complete agony Kai's arms caved in from under her and she just lay there with a whale on her. "Seriously... What the hell was that?" Keo made a noise in response, unable to even speak. By now the other girls in the barracks had gotten use to the two so simply stepped around them when they returned without questioning them. However at least they made it to their beds before dropping in exhaustion, unlike the two known as K2.

"That was death." Keo finally mumbled, rolling off the tomboy to lay beside her after hearing some uncomfortable grumbles. "I understand fitness tests because.. Y'know.. We're in the military but sweet baby Jesus I didn't expect that.."

Kai sighed into the flooring before managing to muster strength from somewhere to push herself to her feet. "Remember why we're being trained so hard though.. It's the Alliance and from what I heard the rumour is the higher ups are scared of some impending invasion."

"Thanks, Avina. Do you come with a brochure?" Keo mumbled with an eye roll.

Kai shook her head, managing to have at least sat up whereas Keo remained sprawled on the floor. "Oh hey, look, you finally figured out sarcasm. Gee, I need to mark this down on my omni. What I meant was... Do you think there will be an invasion?"

Keo went to brush off the comment with one of her lines she believed to be witty which weren't in the slightest but she noticed Kai's expression. She was worrying over it. The biotic unattractively rose to a sit, probably looking like a husk. "I don't know..." She admitted, much to Kai's disappointment. "But if there's going to be.. You can be damn well sure we'll be ready for it."

"One things for sure.. I believe what Shepard's been yelling about all those years. I think the Reapers might actually be coming." Kai lowered her voice, aware that the other girls in the barracks might react negatively to such assumptions.

"Look at the facts." Keo nodded, agreeing with Kai. "It took a whole fleet to take down one of those bastards and that couldn't have been the only one. There's just no way it'd be that easy. And if it took a whole fleet to kill just one single Reaper... Imagine the wreckage of what an entire invasion would cause."

Kai frowned at the very idea of it. It sent chills down her spine. She didn't like not knowing about her opponents. What they knew about the Reapers wasn't enough, which meant if the invasion was going to happen they'd be at a disadvantage and if there was one thing Kai hated more than not knowing about her opponent; was being at a disadvantage in a fight. Before she had been treating the base like a school and a punishment but the more she thought on it the more she decided to buckle down. She wanted to be ready for whatever was going to happen. Even if it wasn't an invasion, she'd rather be safe than sorry. "...I'm going to train some more." Kai muttered as she got to her feet.

"I'm going to the biotics room." Keo also stood. When the two slackers of the base started to take things seriously, that's when their room mates started to worry. As the two left the barracks became a beehive of gossip, clearly having heard their conversation. Unease grew amongst the girls at the Lunar alliance base that day and the unease would linger for longer than anticipated.

For months they trained and honed their skills and for months all remained quiet. No sign of invasion, no alerts, not even any sign of Cerberus. The two were about to drop their idea about the Reapers when one day they were on route to the wreck room and ran into a gathering which infested the whole hallway, blocking their path. Kai shot Keo a look and the two made their way through the crowd to see what the fuss was about. They had expected it to be nothing more than two soldiers brawling but they weren't that lucky, not that day or any day to follow after. Emily Wong was on one of the vid boxes reporting on the carnage down on earth. Keo and Kai watched in horror with the group of recruits as the footage showed Reapers descending and obliterating everything in their paths. The Reapers had arrived in the Sol system with no warning. A horrible noise emitted from the machines and Keo couldn't help but grasp onto Kai's hand, her other hand clamped over her mouth in complete shock as tears threatened to spill. Kai however remained as still as a board, rooted to the spot. She had no idea how to react but like Keo, tears were welling in her eyes. She had hoped to have been wrong in her ideas but there she was watching terrible twisted things emerge on the ground and destroy her world.

"Move, move, move!" Yelled the superior officers as warning tones started sounding out all throughout the base, alerting everyone to battle stations. Just like that the hall way became a sea of bodies all running and scrambling this way and that to gather their gear and hop on the next shuttle off planet to help.

"Kai!" Keo yelled, having lost her sibling in the hysteria. "Shit.." She cursed under her breath, looking around frantically. Bodies bumped and pushed at her and soon she was washed away with the group only to find herself in the armoury.

"Get your weapons, get your armour then get the hell out there! This is what you trained for soldiers!" Screamed a sergeant to the scared recruits who blindly followed orders. "We will go where we need to, fight what we need to, protect who we need to! Today you are no longer recruits, you're soldiers! So move it!"

A hand grasping her arm caused Keo to all but jump out her skin but when she was met with the eyes of Yongguk her heart managed to stop beating like a jack rabbit long enough for her to calm herself. Yongguk had become quite the soldier in the short months so at least she was with someone capable. More than capable in fact. "Babydoll, what are you doing here?" Had it been anyone else calling her such a name she would have shockwaved them into space but for some reason when Guk called her Babydoll she was alright with it. The soldier was something of a fatherly type to the biotic, he looked after Kai and Keo just as he did his boys and this had gained him Keo's utmost respect.

"I lost Kai.." She mumbled finally. "We were watching the vids when the alarm went off and.. I lost her in the crowd. Oh god, Guk, did you see what those things were doing? Did you see the size of them? Shepard was right..."

Yongguk frowned and pulled the girl into a hug, having seen her trembling a mile off. "It's alright, we'll find her. Don't worry." He placed his hands on her shoulders and pushed her out to look into her eyes, having to bend down a little to become eye level. "I saw but listen to me, Babydoll. They won't win, alright? We'll stop them. It doesn't matter the size.. We'll stop them." He assured her before taking her hand. "C'mon, lets get you geared up." Like always Yongguk was efficient, he was already fully armoured up and full of confidence that they could beat such a force. On the outside anyway. Inside he was just as scared as the biotic and just as unsure of their victory but he had no time to cry or worry, all he could do was fight and listen to his superiors. That was how a war was won. Yongguk pushed his way through the bodies that raced around in all directions, keeping a firm grip on Keo's hand so as not to lose her until they reached the biotics division. Upon arrival he spun her to face him and dropped a hand atop her head, smiling his gummy smile to ease her worry. "Go on now, you get yourself ready. I'll go find Kai."

"No, I'm coming too!" Keo frowned, batting his hand from her head. "I'm not a baby, stop treating me like one. Kai's my brother.. So I'm coming too."

Yongguk chuckled and shook his head, arms crossing across his stomach. "Oh, I see. Keo, I know you aren't a child... But.. Listen, I'll find her and bring her here, alright? You just get ready."

Despite the feeling telling her to refuse and go with him, she ended up nodding weakly and watching him jog back out and down the hall. Keo couldn't place it but she had a terrible feeling about letting him go alone. Every inch of her body wanted to run after him but she knew he could hold his own. Besides the Reapers had completely bypassed the moon and went straight to Earth, plus what could happen on a military base? Just as she turned to go to her locker a loud bang exploded from the hallway and the blast tossed her forwards with enough force to knock her out cold. By the time the biotic drifted back she could hear muffled yells and felt arms propping her up on either side. "What.."

"Thank god, you're alright." One of the biotic girls known as Sophie spoke up. "We thought you'd be out for hours after a hit like that."

"Quiet Sophie, can't you see she's disorientated?" A mans voice scolded.

"Sorry sir.." Sophie deflated and adjusted Keo so she wasn't sloping to one side too much due to the males height difference.

From her eyes everything seemed like a blur and her head was throbbing but Keo managed to regain her own footing so that the two carrying her weren't struggling as much. "What happened?.." She asked, only remembering the explosion.

"We've been cut off from the rest of the base." Sgt. Davis informed her. "The other biotics went with their teacher to the shuttles after the attack, we were taking you to the shuttle with that Salarian doctor on it but it seems you've came too. Still, best be careful and see to that head, private."

"Attack?" Her disorientated view on the world straightened up instantly, of course her head still hurt and if they let her go she'd be too dizzy to stand on her own but at least she could see everything now. "Sir, pardon my language but what the fuck?"

Davis flashed her a small smile which soon turned grim. "I didn't get a good look. I'm in the dark just as much as you are and I hate the dark, kid."

"It was Cerberus!" Sophie squeaked in horror, her panic climbing in her like a pyjak. It was obvious by her expression and the fact tears were starting to bubble up within her that Cerberus terrified her. Possibly more than the Reapers did.

"Enough! Christ, just because Cerberus are a threat we've to keep an eye out for doesn't mean every attack is them. From what I saw when we were helping your sorry ass is that it was a rock. A meteor or even debris. Not a Cerberus vessel, Sophie. Get a grip, girl." Davis rolled his eyes. "You aren't in the girl scouts you're an Alliance soldier so even if it was Cerberus you'd be expected to swallow that fear and stand up and fight."

"Y'know sir.. When I first met you I was scared shitless of you and dreaded those punishment days.." Keo winced as a sharp throbbing sensation stung at the wound on her head at each movement they had to make to manoeuvre through the wreckage done by the debris. "Now I couldn't be happier to see you. Your ranting I could live without... But I'm glad you're here."

Davis paused in his steps for a brief few seconds before continuing towards the alternative shuttle area due to a blockage in the pathway. "Thanks, kid. Now enough chatter..Let's get you to a medic." Sophie and Sgt. Davis took it in turns to hold Keo up while the other cleared the debris in their way to the best of their ability. It was no small feat as some of the debris was half the size of them but with Davis's muscle and Sophie's biotics eventually they made it to the escape shuttles, at least the only working one on this side of the base. "Do you guys hear that?"

"I don't hear anything, sir." Sophie looked up and around nervously due to her superiors serious face. It never boded well when a seasoned soldier had a look of unease about him.

"The other shuttles haven't taken off." Davis frowned. He passed Keo's weight onto Sophie and helped set her down into a sit which resulted in the red head crouching next to her. "Alright girls listen, I'm going to go back and see what's going on. We should have been met by other people not a desolate shuttle. Now if I'm not back in twenty you get the hell off of this base, understood?" The sergeant linked his omni-tool to Sophie's before standing and pulling out a pistol for security measures. "I'll keep checking in to let you know..But under no circumstance do you engage if there are hostiles. Use your barriers." With that he gave a nod and went back the way they came leaving Keo with the shaking mess.

Keo glanced to Sophie who's eyes were locked on the leaving sergeant. She remembered how Sophie had been even more prone to panic than she was. "Well this is nice." Keo joked to lift the atmosphere.

"Nice!?" Sophie snapped, red curls falling around her shoulders. "Our last hope just walked out the door and you think it's nice?"

"It was a joke Soph.." Keo sighed, propping herself against some ceiling that had collapsed while scanning her surroundings. One thing was for sure, the damage done by the debris or meteor was insane..If it was even that at all. Of course she'd never voice her worries with the anxiety queen beside her.

Sophie huffed and knelt down beside the blonde, beginning to play nervously with a lock of hair. It was a habit of hers and always had been since she had hit puberty. "It's Sophie.. And how can you joke at a time like this? Earth is under attack, the base is possibly under attack, there's a chance we'll be stranded here and even if we escape we'll be sent to fight those awful things down on Earth! It's all so... Stressful and horrible yet there you are brushing it off like it's a game! All you ever do is joke around and grin like an idiot. Well this is reality Keo.. Chances are we're going to die in here so just once take something seriously!"

Keo listened to the girl go, lips set in a firm line with each word. So that's what Kai dealt with when she ranted and raved. That reminded her that she had to apologise to the girl for at least pretending to listen. She could understand Sophie though as she was known for over thinking and worrying over everything herself, she just put on a smile unlike the young biotic beside her. "I joke because if I don't I'll break down." Keo finally responded after the two shared a silent stare off. "You want to know why I'm brushing it all off? Why I'm joking when I know Earth, my home world, is being obliterated while we're stuck on some rock unable to do a fucking thing? Because I can see you're one comment away from sobbing. I want to scream and cry and yell about how unfair it all is too but doing that won't win the damn war. I understand completely what's going on here so don't think for one second I'm not fucking taking it seriously."

Sophie recoiled back as Keo's hands sparked with the biotic blue hue in her ranting. She glanced from her fierce glare to her hands and nodded in understanding. "I'm sorry.. I just.. I had family there. I thought you were being insensitive but... I guess we all have different ways of coping."

"We do. And it's have not had. Unless you get solid proof that they're gone... You can't count them out. Listen.. We're going to be alright. We'll make it out. Sgt. Davis will come back and we'll leave the base, okay? I promise. Nothing bad will happen to you." Keo smiled faintly. "I won't let anything bad happen to you."

Sophie returned the smile in thanks, once again nodding to the girl. However she didn't dare hope in case they were dead. Her heart couldn't take that but her words had brought a comfort to her. Keo seemed to be able to believe in their survival much more easily than she could but that was enough for her, at least someone believed. After a few minutes beeping caught the two's attention and bright blue eyes shifted to her omni-tool which flashed to indicate a missed message. She was quick to activate it, her stomach soon starting to flip with worry yet again. The message was too full of static to make out much other than a regular sounding update so when it ended Sophie looked to Keo, unsure of what it meant. "That sounded... Fuzzy."

"It'll be the debris." Keo assured her quickly though the message didn't sit right with her. Sgt. Davis was a strong man with a will of steel to match but his voice sounded off to her. "Do me a favour.. Help me stand up."

"Why?" Sophie was quick to ask, panic crossing her features.

"Just do it." Keo ordered. She was reluctant but Sophie slowly helped her get to her feet and held onto her until she was confident in standing on her own. Once the light headed feeling passed Keo adjusted her jumpsuit uniform so she could rip off a bit of the fabric and tie it around the wound on her head in substitute for a bandage. "I don't suppose you have any medi gel on you?" Keo mused with a small smirk.

Sophie scrunched her nose up, "I'm a biotic recruit of course I don't. We don't do anything that means we have cause to carry- Oh.. You were joking." She stopped herself, smiling awkwardly. "Right. Wait.. Where are you going!? Sgt. Davis said to wait here!" Her voice must have went up at least three octaves when she saw the tomboy start to walk off.

Keo looked over her shoulder and grinned lopsidedly, hands gesturing to her bladder. "I need to pee." She felt bad leaving the red head who ended up hugging herself to try and ease her nerves at being left alone but if something bad had happened she didn't want Sophie seeing it. Keo would have taken the girl with her but chances were she'd panic if what she suspected was actually happening. So for now she let her believe she had to relieve herself. She skulked through the halls carefully, ducking under fallen supports and peeking around corners like her very life depended on the art of stealth however soon Keo came to a fork in the road. Before the other passages had been blocked off which made it easy to follow the sergeants path but now she was at a loss, an impasse. "Crap." Hazel eyes glanced between her two options and a sigh emitted from her. "Great.. Right, if I were a tank which way would I choose?" She questioned the air, unaware of the presence hiding in the shadows. "Not a fucking clue.. That's where." Keo huffed in frustration, hands being thrown up in some mini tantrum.

"I believe he went left." A voice came from the darkness, causing Keo to whip around and jump out her skin.