A/N: I found out that the symbols I used to for messaging sequences did not work with fanfiction. From now on, messages will contain brackets instead of greater than and less than signs.

Chapter 10:

Date: July 15th, 2077, 9:45 A.M.

I pulled out the Acolyte, and tried to shoot the Geth right in it's flashlight eye. I missed a couple of shots due to my inexperience in combat. Out of the six shots that I fired, two shots hit the Geth in it's shoulder and chest. The Geth responded by shooting at me, all of its bullets flew right past my face.

I looked around the room, trying to find cover so I wouldn't suffer the same fate as Xen. I hoisted Xen over my shoulder and ran behind a nearby computer panel. I sat Xen down so I would have a bit more mobility. "You're going to be okay Xen. Do not worry."

Xen shook her head for a reply. "I'll deal with i-"

I was cut off by a collage of plasma hitting the computer panel. A red hot orange circle appeared in front of my face. I stuck my head out of cover to shoot at the Geth, but another collage of plasma flew right past my head. Oh shit. This is not good. This really is not good.

I stuck my head out of cover, while the computer panel that I was using for cover was melting due to the heat of the plasma that the Geth was using. I fired off a few shots towards the Geth, three of those shots took down the kinetic barriers of the Geth before my Acolyte overheated.

I threw the Acolyte to the side, as it would take eight seconds for the pistol to cool down before I could use it again. Eight seconds that I didn't have time to waste. I activated my omni-tool as I stood up out of cover. "Take this you vile synthetic beast!"

Sirius, overload that Geth's systems!

An electric flow shot out of my omni-tool and hit the Geth in its lower thigh. The Geth dropped its weapon to the floor while it was being overloaded. I rushed over and grabbed the Geth's gun, and jabbed the weapon right into its abdomen. I held the trigger down, injecting plasma right into the geth's central motherboard.

The Geth platform fell forwards as a last attempt to kill me. I lept out of the way before the thing fell down ontop of me and crushed every bone and organ inside of me. As a response I put about ten bursts of plasma into the Geth Trooper. I heard a voice in my head. 'It's dead.'

I rushed back over to aid Daro, and kneeled beside her. 'Polonium detected in suit breach. Recommend eliminating the remaining Geth before medically attending to Daro'Xen's wounds.'

Does this structure have a medbay?

'Yes, but one Geth Platform is in the hallway interconnecting this room and the medbay.'

I can deal with them.

"Daro, I'll need you to remain calm. I need to go get you medical supplies, take the Acolyte to defend yourself in the meantime." I told Daro'Xen as I sat her down near a wall.

She weakly nodded her confirmation, so I handed her the Acolyte pistol that was lying a foot away. I got up and lightly jogged over to the doorway that interconnected the medbay to the room that I was in.

I estimated that the medbay was about 100 meters away from where I stood. The Geth that Sirius told me about were marching to where I was currently at. The single Geth platform was a Geth Trooper.

I activated my tactical cloak and lightly jogged towards where the Geth was. I made sure that my feet made little to no noise. I passed the Geth platform, turned around, and activated my omni-tool. I sent out an overload at the Trooper, and then thrusted Xen's T-21 Qunari into the Geth's head. I charged the Qunari up, and let out a fully charged shot into the Geth's head. It froze in it's tracks and fell to the ground, it fell to the ground with smoke gushing out of it's core.

After I eliminated the Geth platform, I broke into a full on sprint to the medbay. As I approached it, my omni-tool pinged, signalling that I got a message from Lyna. '[Kyle, where are you and Daro'Xen? Fifteen minutes ago, the Geth started to attack.]'

Sirius, send a message back to Lyna. '[Xen and I are in the same situation inside a Inusannon structure.]' Also, what types of medication should I get from this medbay?

'Get a tube of Omni-Gel, Medi-Gel, and antibiotics.'

Alright, do you have anything that will treat the Polonium?

'We have ingredients for Dextro-Amino Polonium exposure, I'll need you to mix a few things and give it to Daro'Xen. You'll need to inject the mixture into her neck to avoid the Polonium spreading to the brain.'

So how the hell will I be able to it inject it into her neck?

'You'll have to take her to the decontamination room in the medbay. Bring her into it and await for further instructions after you eliminate the remaining geth platforms.'

I entered the medbay, it was a bit bigger than a standard room. There were shelves and cabinets scattered around the medical bay, all filled with medical supplies. The was one thing that stood out of the open, a shelf was filled with many vials of odd liquids. I didn't have time to inspect the liquids of unknown origins, but I made a note to examine them at a later date.

I saw a few things that would be key to Xen's survival. I grabbed what I needed first, the omni-gel, medi-gel, and the antibiotics. I put both of the medical supplies into my pockets. I saw something on a nearby wall, it looked a Particle Rifle and an Adas Anti-Synthetic Rifle combined into one weapon.

'That's a Anti-Synthetic Atomic Particle Concentrator, it should work well against Geth.'

I took the ASAPC down from the wall, and heard a few clicks behind me. I turned around to see the two remaining Geth platforms, both of which were Geth Troopers. They were both marching right towards me. I hoisted the ASAPC up to my shoulder. I looked through the scope, and aimed at the nearest Trooper's center-mass.

I quickly let out a few short bursts from the ASAPC, a single beam hit the Trooper. I got the amazing idea to spray and pray, I held the trigger down for a few seconds and nothing happened. I heard a small whine emitting from the ASAPC, the whine was becoming louder as I held it down.

I let go of the trigger and all I heard was a loud boom. The ASAPC flew out of my hands and clanked against the wall behind me. Both of the Geth were nowhere to be seen, or so I thought. One of the Geth's arms fell from the ceiling and landed right in front of me. I jumped back, as I was confused as to what happened.

I shook the confusion off, and regained my senses. I ran back to the place where the ASAPC flew against the wall behind me and picked it up. I started to run back to where Xen was. As I ran, I threw the ASAPC to the ground to boost my mobility. 'I do not recommend throwing the ASAPC to the ground, no matter the circu-'

Shut up. Right now I do not care about anything else but Daro'Xen.

I entered the room, where I saw Xen slumped up against the wall where I left her. I sprinted over to her, and took an antibiotic injection out of my pocket. Sirius, where do I inject this?

'Where the projectile impacted her thigh.'

I unscrewed the cap that concealed the needle used for injection. I stabbed her thigh with the needle, a display came up from the top of the syringe.

-Administer 50mg, or 100mg?-

I selected the option to inject 100mg of antibiotics into Xen's body. I heard a slight hiss, the hiss let me know that all of the antibiotics had been injected. After that, I took out the Medi-Gel. 'Do the same thing that you did with the antibiotics, do not inject it though. Apply the gel over the wound for it to heal.'

I did as Sirius said, while I was applying the Medi-Gel, Xen weakly looked up at me. "You need to get out of here to help the others."

"They can wait, I refuse to let you die here." I grunted, and took the Omni-Gel out of my pocket.

Xen shook her head, "You won't be able to treat me. You're too late. High dosage of Polonium."

"You're not going to die. We're in a Inusannon structure with Inusannon medical technology, you'll be fine." I quickly assured Xen.

"You're lying. You're just trying to make me feel better before I die." Xen was speaking in a strained voice.

I picked Xen up off the floor and lifted her arm over my shoulder. "You can walk, right?"

"I just got shot in the thigh. I'm not going to be able to walk." Daro took a sharp breath in and let the Acolyte slip out of her hand, and clatter onto the floor.

"Uh, Yeah. I should have thought that question through. I'm not going to be able to carry you, you'll have to lean on my shoulder."

I leaned Xen against my shoulder and I took a step forward. Xen hopped forwards and cringed in pain. "I really don't think this will work, Kyle."

"Ignore the pain, the Inusannon medical bay is right down the hall." I reassured Xen, and started to step forwards again. Xen stumbled forwards as she lost her balance trying to hop along.

I put my right arm around Daro's waist, I felt awkward doing it. It was a much longer walk with Xen using me as a crutch. My omni-tool pinged again, this time it was Ithera. '[What's taking so long?]'

Sirius, send a message back to Ithera. [Xen was shot by a Polonium tipped projectile, I'm having to treat her wounds inside a damned Inusannon structure.]

'Message sent. When you start preparing the anti-toxin for Daro'Xen, I suggest you follow every single word that I say. Otherwise, you will fail, and Daro'Xen will die.'

I didn't reply to Sirius, instead I focused on getting to the med bay as soon as possible. I stepped over one of the intact Geth corpses that I killed with Xen's T-21 Qunari. As I entered the med bay, I carefully sat Xen down next to another wall.

Alright, tell me what I need to do, Sirius.

'Go to the shelf on your left, find the vial labeled 'Phentro-Compound 19'.'

I quickly walked over to the shelf and I started to scour for the vial that Sirius mentioned in my head. I finally found the vial, I placed the PC19 onto a nearby counter.

'Turn back to the shelf, find another vial with the label of 'Dextro-Radium 225'.'

I turned to the shelf again, still unsure of what I was doing. After a minute, I found the Dextro-Radium-255, I put it on the counter next to the PC19.

'Good, now there's a freezer to the right of the shelf. If my databases have been correct for the past 100,000 years, there should be nerve stimulation injections inside of it. Grab two of them.'

I swiftly walked over to the freezer. Before I could lay a hand onto it, the freezer opened up and almost smacked me in the face. I took two of the nerve stimulation injections out of the freezer, and bolted back to the counter.

'Empty everything you have in front of you into an empty antibiotic injector that you have in your pocket.'

Are you seriously suggesting we use a used needle on Xen?

'Inusannon antibiotic injections do not work the same as 2015 Human disposable needles. In the Reaper war we had to recycle needles, as disposable ones became very costly.'

I shook my head and emptied the PC19, DR255, and the nerve stimulation injections into the antibiotic syringe. I studied the multi colored syringe for a few seconds before laying it back onto the counter. I walked over to Xen and picked her back up, then grabbed the syringe again.

Alright Sirius, where's the decontamination room?

'There should be the decontamination chamber 45 degrees to the left from where you are facing now.'

I faced the decontamination chamber, which Sirius opened for me. I entered the chamber with Xen, where the chamber shut behind me. I sat Xen down like I had down a few times before.

'There should be a small port at the back of Xen's neck. Find a small hole in it to inject the mixture into her neck.'

I carefully inserted the needle into Xen's neck, as I did that, I heard a mechanical voice. "Decontamination in progress, standby for further instruction."

The Decontamination lasted for all of five seconds before Sirius spoke in my mind again.

'Inject the mixture into the internal carotid artery.'

I carefully placed the needle into Xen's internal carotid artery. I injected all of the chemicals right into her bloodstream, and hoped that Sirius's advice would work. I put trust into Sirius, I hoped he wouldn't betray it by having me poison Daro'Xen.

Sirius, will Xen be stable?

'Not for long, you increased her survivability by eight days. If we do not attempt to get her back to her people in that time frame, your friend will die.'

Shit. Send a message to Ithera and Lyna. [I need to go to the Migrant fleet to get Xen immediate medical attention.]

'Message sent, I recommend we get back to your method of transportation as soon as possible. I also recommend grabbing that ASAPC on your way out.'

I pulled the needle out of Xen's neck and picked her back up. I put Xen's unconscious body onto a stretcher before I exited the decontamination chamber. I headed for the exit of the structure while pushing Xen in her stretcher. As I pushed her along, I picked up the ASAPC that I carelessly threw to the ground. I walked past the computer panels that I found 30 minutes ago.

It was sad to think that my day went from telling Xen about my true origins, to her getting shot by a polonium round. I approached the exit of the structure and all the lights shut off as I walked out of the structure. The door shut behind me, leaving the structure looking as if no one was there.

'Do you know how to pilot these shuttles?'

No, Daro was my pilot, as no one else knew how to pilot a shuttle.

'Very well, I can integrate into the shuttle's systems for a few hours. I can also give you a tutorial on how to pilot a shuttle.'

Give me the tutorial when I enter the shuttle.

I entered the shuttle, and pulled Xen into the shuttle along with the stretcher. I didn't care about anything but getting Daro'Xen the medical attention she needed. I didn't care about Ithera, Lyna, or Vodnik, which was rare for me. Usually I cared for all of them, but right now, those feelings were out the airlock.

I sat down in front of the holographic display panels. I was ready for Sirius to start barking orders into my head, I didn't have much choice in the matter anyway. Alright, you may begin the tutorial.

'It's not a tutorial, I've already wired into this shuttle's systems. Sit back and relax, let me to the piloting.'

My omni-tool pinged, informing me that Lyna sent me a message. '[We defeated the Geth, Ithera told me that Xen was shot. I also got your message that you would be heading to the Migrant fleet. Good luck finding it, better luck entering it.]'

Send a message back to Lyna. [Keep the colony safe from any Geth attacks. If worst comes to worst, I'll message Samara.]

Sirius guided the shuttle to the Bermuda and it piloted the shuttle into its cargo bay with ease. I exited the shuttle, and opened my omni-tool. I pulled up a tab to start messaging Samara.

[Samara, we were attacked by Geth, Daro'Xen was shot by a Polonium round. I'm unsure about what happened to everyone else, though I assume that they are fine. As of July 15th, 2077, I'm heading to the Migrant fleet.]

I received a reply back from Samara. '[You should return back to Aite when Xen is back to full health. I can be at Aite in a few days.]'

[That would be nice. Xen has eight days to live if I don't get her medical attention soon, I can talk to you later.]

'[Goodbye, Kyle.]'

I closed my omni-tool and headed for the bridge of the ship. I stopped in my tracks for half a second.

Sirius, if you can, find a relay that has had heavy traffic in the last few days.

'The Pylos Nebula has seen as much as 50,000 ships entering the Nariph system. The ships then were reported heading for the Satent system.'

That must be the Migrant Fleet. How long would it take to get to the Pylos Nebula?

'Five and a half days without potentially killing us. This ship should be similar to the shuttle in terms of piloting.'

I sat down into the Pilot's chair for the first time, it wasn't that comfortable to be honest. I adjusted myself in the chair and cracked my knuckles. I knew this was going to be a long five days of sitting around and doing nothing.

I felt the Bermuda's engines spark to life, and Sirius turned the Bermuda away from Aite, and made a short FTL jump out of the system. The jump took about ten minutes, when we exited the system, it engaged FTL, and waited to arrive at the Nariph system.

Date: July 16th, 2077.

I received a message from Lyna. '[When will you be back?]'

This time, I actually could respond without the help of Sirius. [I don't know, but Samara will be at Aite in a few days.]

Lyna wasn't very quick to respond, infact, it took her 2 hours for her response to reach me. In those two hours, I spent my time browsing the extranet. I found it quite amusing that there were alternatives to Google, and other websites. The alternative to google was ironically called Ruukel.

When Lyna finally responded, it was only one word. '[Fine.]'

Date: July 17th, 2077.

I put the Bermuda into auto-pilot to go check on Xen. Sirius and I ran a few scans on her body. True to Sirius's estimation, the chemicals I injected into Xen's neck were holding their own against the Polonium. Sirius told me that she wouldn't gain consciousness until she gained proper medical attention from her people.

Date: July 18th, 2077.

I received a distress call from a crashing Batarian ship. Sirius wanted to go help them, but we didn't have enough time. Neither did I want to help the Batarians. I had Sirius run a scan on the distress call, sure enough it was just bait for a pirate ambush.

Date: July 19th, 2077.

We exited FTL and arrived in the Tassrah system. Sirius made a short jump to the system's Mass Relay

Sirius put the Bermuda's engines to full thrust and approached the Mass Relay. I felt Sirius spin up the FTL Drive as the final approach was set. I saw blue electrical flashes engulf the Bermuda, it was similar to what happened when I went through the Bermuda Triangle. The Bermuda shook, and Sirius activated the FTL drive.

I felt the Bermuda jolt as Sirius propelled us thousands of light years to the Pylos Nebula. The Bermuda's FTL drive deactivated automatically as I entered the Pylos Nebula. Sirius then piloted the ship out of system.

Date: July 20th, 2077.

We exited FTL as we arrived in the Satent system. The Bermuda's sensors locked onto the Migrant Fleet's location, which was about 747 million kilometers away. I rushed back down to the shuttle where Xen was resting. I shook her sick body awake, where she weakly put her hand onto my wrist.

"Kyle, where are we?" Daro'Xen mumbled, weakness was trailing in her voice.

I calmly took Xen's hand off of my wrist. "We're near the Migrant Fleet. What is the phrase that allows you to return to your fleet?"

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and shoals of dust, I will return to where I began." Xen was consumed by sleep shortly after she finished speaking.

Did you get that recorded, Sirius?

'Yes, I'll be able to play it to the Migrant fleet so they do not fire upon us.'

Good.

Sirius made a short jump so we would arrive 100,000 kilometers away from the Migrant fleet. 100,000 kilometers wasn't that far away. Immediately after I made the jump, I received a hail from the Migrant Fleet. "Dystopia Class Corvette, our sensors have you flagged as Asari Republics. State your intentions immediately."

"After time adrift among open stars, along tides of light and shoals of dust, I will return to where I began." Xen's recorded voice was played to the traffic controller.

There was a short pause from the Migrant Fleet. "Your access is verified. Please dock with the Vertilex until further orders."

Sirius configured the guidance system of the Bermuda. I exited the bridge and made my way towards the shuttle that Xen had been resting in for the past few days. In the shuttle, I had the ASAPC that I picked up from the Inusannon structure. I walked towards Xen, who had fallen fast a sleep due to the polonium retaking effect.

I picked Xen up and put her onto the stretcher, I also picked up the ASAPC. I decided that the ASAPC would be a good gift to the Quarians if they successfully stopped the polonium. I heard a mechanical noise outside of my ship, which appeared to be the docking process of the Bermuda with the Vertilex.

I grabbed an Asari breathing mask that was in the shuttle, put it on, and headed for the airlock. When I arrived, the airlock opened, revealing four Quarian marines all aiming assault rifles and shotguns at me.

A/N: I finally got this chapter done, it was very difficult to write with combat, and with Xen slowly dying due to polonium.