Beginnings of a Hero Chapter 9

==Ilos==

Aura bounded into the Mako with Ashley and Tali at her side, nearby she saw the empty work area where Wrex and Garrus often stood, when they had made their bid to escape Aura had the pair remain behind hidden on the Citadel. Her hope was that in the worse case scenario of them failing to catch Saren those two could ambush the Spectre and maybe delay him for others to catch up or else stop him themselves. It was a big risk but she felt it was a good chance to take.

"..Dropping in five…four….three …two…one!.." Came Joker's count down. Then the Mako was airborne and in a dive. She saw below through the glass port Saren, and his Geth entering some kind of large bunker. The angle was sharp but Aura signaled Ashley to trigger the cannon.

The boom of its roar went down but instead of hitting near Saren's troops like she had hoped it instead hit a building a few yards to his right. "..Damn miss." She swore then engaged the thrusters at the last moment to slow their decent with a heavy thud the Mako impacted and came to a stop scant feet from the door just as it closed.

"..Damn again!" Aura said hitting the dash.

Hopping out she looked around, "..Alright we need to find a way inside, Saren got in, so will we, let's move people!" she said drawing her assault rifle.

==Two Hours Later==

Aura returned to the Mako with both Ashley and Tali in tow the three had found the release signals for the bunker door. "..Best we take the Mako Commander, it will be a tight squeeze in there but we'll need the firepower." Ashley prompted.

"..Agreed Commander." Tali chimed in.

Aura nodded and the trio set off as fast as the Mako would allow them in the confined space, the twists and turns soon ended with them trapped between a pair of kinetic barriers. "..It's a trap!" Tali cried.

"..I don't think so, no threats are showing themselves." Ashley reported to the two.

"..That door over there just opened, let's scout it out, everyone remember where we parked." She said trying to ease the tension.

The trio soon was listening to a VI program of Prothean make she idly was glad she had not brought Liara along, the scientist would have delayed them by valuable minutes once they had Vigils data file. "..While I would love to stay and chat, I have a galaxy to save. Come on let's move!" She said.

The three soon were off again in the Mako blasting, running over, and generally just avoiding the hordes of Geth in their way. As they neared a rise they found the Prothean relay ahead that would take them to the Citadel. Stamping the pedal to the floor, Aura shouted as a army of Geth opened fire. "..Hold on!" she cried.

==Citadel==

On the Citadel hidden near the main Council chambers Garrus and Wrex waited. "..Ya know this plan of Shepard's is crazy right?" Garrus said softly.

"..Maybe, but it gives me the best shot to take out Saren. You just stay ready with your scope. I'll handle bashing his skull in." Wrex replied.

Then there was a series if shudders from impacts outside. Glancing out a window port they saw a fleet of Geth warships and Sovereign moving in, "..Ahhh crap.." Garrus said.

"..Heh, now it gets fun!" Wrex grinned slamming his fists together. "..Come on let's get ready." He said.

"..Yeah, let's just hope Aura shows up soon." Garrus replied.

AN: Next up! The final show down! And a bet lost :D