A/N: Really sorry about the wait folks, I got distracted by my other stories, news of the release of Mass Effect 3 last DLCs and life in general.

Matriarch Benezia managed to convince Admiral Shala'Raan to have the Board attempt to open communications with the geth consensus for an attempt at peace. With the comm unit completely isolated from all other systems, the Rayya sent out a signal asking for a response. It didn't take long for a reply to be sent. 'We have received your message, Creators. The geth are willing to negotiate a peace treaty. We will send a single unit for the negotiations.'

It wasn't long after the message came that a lone geth fighter came to the Rayya, completely alone and disarmed. The fighter was escorted to an isolated hangar where marines were armed with anti-geth weaponry, ready to destroy the ship and its passenger.

The geth emerged from the craft unarmed, and alone. One of the most unusual anomalies on the geth was the fact that a massive hole was in its chest and part of its shoulder was replaced with human armor, N7 to be specific. The other anomaly was the fact that antenna on its back was usually attached to a one of the larger unit, such as a Juggernaut, however this unit looked more like a Shock Trooper. The lone unit did not resist as quarian marines held it at gunpoint while one of the marines ensured it did not have any concealed firearms.

Once all safety checks had been performed, the geth was escorted to the Admiralty Board and Matriarch Benezia where even more quarian marines were at the ready to assault the geth. Stopping, the geth looked to each Admiral, "Creators. The geth have received your message for negotiations. We have accepted are will hear your proposals."

"My, what a fascinating specimen. A lone unit capable of independent, sentient, activity…"

"This mobile platform was designated as Legion by Shepard-Commander five hundred forty-seven days ago. We are a terminal of the geth.

Benezia gracefully bowed to the geth, "Thank you for coming and meeting their demands."

Legion's eye adjusted for a moment to examine her before it recognized her. "Benezia. Matriarch. Asari. Fought alongside heretics. Turned against heretics after Noveria."

"You know much about me."

"After heretics rejoined the geth, they informed us that you somehow broke free of indoctrination. Of the warriors with plasma weapons and telekinetic powers."

"We can discuss all of that after these peace talks." Benezia walked alongside Legion as they approached the Admirals.

With everything ready, Shepard prepped the team to touch down at the Shroud facility, only for a rather big complication to get in the way. A Reaper Destroyer was using the Shroud to poison Tuchanka's atmosphere, wiping out the krogans before they were allowed to get involved any further. This only served to provoke Wrex even more. With aerial support coming from the turians, krogan ground forces would coordinate to lure the Reaper away from the Shroud long enough for the genophage cure to be dispersed.

As Wrex, Mordin and Victus prepared, Trossk was waiting for Shepard in the war room. "So that salarian bitch still thinks she can fool the krogan."

"What do you mean?"

"Don't play coy. I heard what she was offering. And I know that she would go as low as to betray her own people to remove the krogans from the galactic equation." Trossk looked Shepard straight into his eyes, "Do what you will. But I will inform Wrex of this treachery, should you not."

On the shuttle down, Wrex was smiling as he told the others, "I've ordered the clans to assemble at the Hollows. It's our sacred meeting ground. We'll land there and take an armored convoy against the Reaper. This will be the defining moment of krogan history."

To which Mordin pointed out, "Krogan history filled with many defining moments. Most bloody. Hope this one better."

Esura was inspecting her Outland rifle and Trossk turned to Shepard who was heavy in thought. Eve detected Shepard's hesitation, "Commander, you seemed troubled."

"I got a message from—"

The shuttle started rocking from flak as the comm came alive, "Wrex, it's Thurak! The Reapers are attacking the Hollows! Be ready for a fight!"

"Hang on tight! We're heading in!"

The team readied their weapons, Trossk and Wrex were standing next to the shuttle door waiting for it to open. As it opened a husk was there as it turned toward them. Wrex took it out with his shotgun as it tried to get in. Wrex hopped out as Esrua joined him, "Shepard, keep them away from the female! I'll sort out what's happening with the other clans!"

Esura rushed off behind him, "Not without an extra gun you aren't!"

Mordin stayed with the shuttle to protect Eve as Shepard, James and Liara rushed out to the Hollows with Trossk watched their back. They came unto see the krogan valiantly fighting Reaper forces, though some weren't as successful. "Everyone pick your targets and keep an eye on our six! Now move!"

Liara used her biotics to prevent the husks from reaching the shuttle as Shepard and James took the husks out. Trossk pulled out his lightsaber, "Just wipe them out, I'll cut down any that you miss!"

"Shepard, it's ugly over here! Whatever you do, keep them away from the female!"

James moved to the elevated platform in an attempt to draw the husks to him as Liara gave him biotic backup. Shepard move to the right flank, leaving anything they might not be able to reach to Trossk. "This is almost as bad as Palaven!"

Trossk sliced a husk and stomped another against the wall with his foot. "This is just the beginning!"

James swapped his assault rifle for his shotgun, "They just keep coming!"

"We're almost done here, just hold out a bit longer!"

With the fall of the last husk, the door behind Trossk opened as Esura and Wrex, both covered in blood, and several other krogans entered, with Wrex shouting for all to hear, "They'll sing battle-songs about this someday. Reaper blood has finally soaked our soil." Other krogan were roaring with excitement now.

Shepard rushed over, "We have to get to the Shroud. The airstrike is on its way."

Mordin appeared among the krogan, "Female safe, Sheaprd. Vitals are strong."

"Who let the salarian onto Tuchanka?" Several krogan Blood Pack members walked over, the leader of the bunch wasn't particularly thrilled. "They aren't welcome here!"

"Multiple krogan. Problematic."

Trossk hissed, with a deactivated lightsaber in claw, "Who are you?"

"Jorgal Thurak. Our clan stretches back as long as there have been krogan, unlike these Urdnot whelps…" Thurak lean toward Wrex, "I own varren who are older than any of them."

The krogan with Wrex growled with anger, "Thurak and I have an…agreement between our clans. Though that doesn't mean they have any true foresight."

Thurak wasn't amused, "At least we're wise enough to know salarians can't be trusted." The krogan with Thurak were now growling and roaring.

Shepard intervened before Trossk could, "This salarian is not your enemy. He's here to help cure the genophage."

Thurak moved toward Shepard, "You didn't see what his kind did to our people. You weren't there, human. So why should we trust him?"

Wrex head-butted Thurak back and his krogan were roaring now, "Because I do. And so will you, Thurak."

Thurak was insulted by Wrex's impudence, as he and his krogan were roaring in anger. Thurak pulled out his shotgun on Wrex, but before a confrontation could unfold a voice shouted, "Enough!" Everyone turned to find Eve as she entered the Hollows, "You can stay here and let old wounds fester as krogan have always done…" she passed the two leaders and up the small elevated level, "…or you can fight the enemy you were born to destroy—and win a new future for our children. I choose to fight. Who will join me?"

Trossk moved forward, "I will."

Esura raised her blade into the air, "I."

Shepard walked out, "I."

Wrex had a grin on his face, "And so will I." He walked up to the stairs, "Now hold you heads high like true krogan!" he shouted for all to hear in an effort to rally them, "There's a Reaper that needs killing!"

The krogan with Wrex roared in excitement. Thurak was reluctant, though he finally agreed as his men were now pumped for a fight. With the krogans all working together, they moved out to deal with the Reaper.

With several Tomkah loaded with krogan soldiers, they moved in on the Shroud. "Krogan ground convoy, this is turian wing Artimec. Our flight vector to the Shroud is locked. We're ten minutes out and counting."

"Copy that, Artimec. We're on our way, trying to make up lost time. Shepard out."

"Thurak isn't the only krogan who wants revenge for the genophage, Wrex. You'll have to placate them somehow."

Wrex knew what he was doing. "I'll demand that the Council return some of our old territory. We'll need room to expand—recapture the glory of the ancients."

Mordin had some concerns, "'Glory of ancients' led to Krogan Rebellions. Countless deaths. Creation of genophage. Expansion plan…problematic."

Shepard turned to Wrex and Eve, "What were the ancient krogan like?"

"Tuchanka wasn't always a wasteland. In the old times the krogan were a proud people. We had dreams…a future to look forward to."

"Until salarian interference."

Eve shook her head, "No. we destroyed Tuchanka ourselves. Technology changed us. It made life too easy. So we looked for new challenges—and found them in each other. Nuclear war was inevitable."

"And now our planet is rubble. We'll need a better place to live."

Trossk smiled, "I'd say helping defeat the Reapers would be worth a new planet."

"Or ten. You haven't seen how fast we can pop them out."

"Wrex…"

He leaned back, "What? With the genophage is cured, we'll have a lot of catching up to do."

Eve turned to Shepard, whose face was very unsettled, "Commander, on the shuttle—was there something you were going to say?"

Trossk looked to him, though he moved back as Shepard turned to them and just nodded, turning back to Wrex and Eve. "The dalatrass tried to cut a secret deal with me."

Wrex leaned forward with a scowl, "What kind of deal?"

"She said they sabotaged the Shroud years ago. The cure won't work unless we fix it."

Shepard activated his omni-tool and played it back, "Years ago, our operatives sabotaged the Shroud facility to ensure what you're planning couldn't be done."

Wrex was angry now, "And she thought we wouldn't know better?"

"Correctly," Mordin relaxed, "Would likely have fooled tests. But familiar with STG work. Can adjust. Did not come this far for nothing."

"You just spared our race another genocide, Commander."

Wrex smiled as he looked to Eve, "I told you we could count on him." Suddenly they could feel the Tomkah slowing down and Wrex stood up. "Why are we stopping?"

Revan, T3 and the Sith stayed with Oriana Lawson on Sanctuary, wiping out the remaining Cerberus forces on the planet and ensuring the remaining refugees were sent to proper refugee sites and warning the rest of the galaxy of the falsehood of this place. As the last of the shuttles were preparing to leave, Revan turned to Oriana, "That's it. Now what will you do?"

"I'm going to go to the Citadel. Find my sister. I know she's probably worried sick about me."

"Then may the Force be with you and your sister during these dark times." Oriana boarded the shuttle and Revan bowed to her as the door shut and the ship took off.

Scourge appeared, dragging one of the few Cerberus personnel willing to surrender to them for his life. "We have more than enough information to satisfy Lord Dyonix. Shall we return to the fleet?"

Revan turned back, looking to the facility itself, "I would like to purge this place of its Reaper creatures, if that is possible."

Scourge understood, leaving these creatures alive could prove to be detrimental in the long run. "Sergeant, before we leave this world, we are purging this facility. Set the charges." Throughout the facility explosives were attached to the locked down containment areas and a few other areas before leaving. Once they were safely away and leaving the atmosphere the explosives were detonated and the facility was reduced to rubble and ash.

Artimec Wing was forced to engage the Reaper early, costing them a few fighters, and one of those fighters destroyed most of the krogan convey, with Wrex and Thurak's Tomkah the only ones to survive.

Forced into an abandon city, Trossk and Esura were using their sense of smell to find the exit. They found a rather interesting art work, "Fascinating. This painting suggests krogan had an artistic side."

Esura however had a different view, brushing her hand against the wall, "Maybe, but they also had their tyrants and rulers."

Continuing to the lower levels the quakes started to get worse, "There it is again. Okay, that wasn't an earthquake."

"Wrex, are you guys feeling these tremors?"

"Not up here."

Eve got onto the radio, "It could be something else, Commander. It is said that Kalros, the mother of all Thresher maws, lives in this region."

"Which is another reason to get your ass out of there, Shepard. Step on it!"

James turned to Shepard, "So do I really want to know who 'Kalros, the mother of all thresher maws' is?"

Liara looked to James, "If the krogan named it, it must be something…special."

Trossk was at one of the ends of the room, just staring at a wall. When the light was flashed to his back, he raised a hand to point, "I think that's Kalros."

"That's what's crawling around down here?"

Esura took a closer look at the painting, "This art was depicted thousands of years ago. She's probably bigger now."

Trossk however was just smiling, "A worthy hunt for even the most skilled and seasoned of hunters. She could probably give enough Jagannath point to set a hunter in the Scorekeeper's favor until judgment."

James looked to Trossk and Esura, "Are you two actually thinking of fighting that thing."

Esura turned back, "The thought has crossed my mind. It would be a challenge to say the least. Though I fear the blood of her children we've bathed in could enrage her even further."

Esura stopped at a body, poking it with her Shoni spear until Shepard's light shown onto it. "What the hell is that?"

"A Reaper monstrosity."

Shepard came in contact with Wrex, "Wrex we've got rachni here, modified by the Reapers."

"Yeah, my scouts told me about how Cina saved their hides and 'dealt' with the queen, again. We had a few pop up on us ourselves."

Esura grabbed her Outland rifle, "Just more things we get to kill, Commander."

Trossk moved past her, "Come on, we've just about reached the surface."

Unfortunately for Benezia, the talks between Legion and the quarian Admiralty Board seemed to be at a standstill. "Admiral Gerrel, these are negotiations, not terms of surrender!"

"And if you really want to be sympathetic, then be sympathetic for you own people for once, Koris!"

Benezia quietly allowed the Admirals to bicker amongst themselves, turning to Legion to discuss a few matters in the meantime. "Are the geth prepared to fight against the Reapers?"

"Yes. Preparations were put into motion once this platform confirmed that the Old Machines' return was imminent. Former heretics have also provided geth with detailed information about Nazara's specifications."

"That is good to hear. Now if we could get through these talks in one piece, we might be able to help the galaxy at large."

After their first sighting of Kalros, Wrex picked the team up and unfortunately for Thurak Kalros nabbed his Tomkah before he could move. Reaching the Shroud facility they could see the Reaper standing right in front of it. And with the plan to summon Kalros in motion, Wrex dealt with a group of rachni as Mordin and Eve finished preparations for the cure.

Crossing a bridge the Reaper destroyed the support and forcing the team down to a lower level. As the team got back to their feet Shepard looked to the others, "Everyone alright?"

"We'll live!" Trossk and Esura both shock off the dust as they started to move up.

"I just got shot by a Reaper."

Shepard grabbed James' shoulder, "Consider that practice."

The team moved forward, dividing to draw the Reaper so it couldn't target them all. Now at a bottleneck point, the Reaper was waiting for them to attempt to cross. Before Trossk could jump over shots were being fired at the Reapers. "Commander, this is Artimec Wing! We'll try to give that Reaper something else to shoot at!"

As the turian fighters flew around for another attack, James saluted to them, "Now that's some goddamn balls!"

"Goddess be with them."

Esura got her weapons ready, "Forget them, we need to keep moving."

Now beneath the Reaper, it started stomping its legs down in an attempt to slow the team down as it deployed Brutes. Trossk activated his lightsaber, hissing at one of the Brutes. "Commander take right, Esura you've got the left!"

Without warning Trossk just rushed into the pack, slicing off heads and arms. "What about him, we can't just leave him in all of that!"

Esura was climbing the remains of one of the structures before she looked back down. "Trust me, you'd be getting in his way more than you would help, human." Esura jumped to the next structure as she rushed over to the controls.

Trossk jumped out of the group as he landed on the back of a Brute as the others attempted to knock him off, clearing Shepard's path to the hammer controls. The Reaper however wasn't making it easy, blocking access to both controls using its legs to crush anything that would try and cross. Esura got her timing and just barely made it as a piece of her clock was torn off. Shepard waited for a moment before he made a mad dash to the controls, turning back to his squad, "Go! Get back to the truck! We've got this!" the Reaper stomped again, cutting him off from the others.

Shepard and Esura hit the controls and both hammers started to beat. The Reaper stopped deploying Brutes as it looked around to understand what they were doing. As the hammers continued, the sands from the distance started to shift as the activity got closer. The Reaper turned as it noticed the massive maw was moving closer. Kalros emerged from the sand as she latched on forcing the Reaper to use the Shroud to get the maw off so it could try and attack again.

Kalros quickly withdrew into the sands before the Reaper could attack her. The Reaper followed the dust trails but it suddenly stopped. Kalros emerged behind it before the Reaper could turn to Kalros. Forced to the ground, Kalros started to wrap around the Reaper, crushing it and pulling it into the sand. Trossk deactivated his lightsaber, "A being even the great hunters should never hunt." With everything down, Trossk and Esura started to head back to the truck as Shepard headed inside to check on Mordin and the cure.

A/N: I never thought Wreav was needed for the meeting with those of us who kept Wrex alive. Which is why I prefer how I had Wreav killed in a one-shot story I wrote a while back.