I'm glad Shepard brought Jack and Grunt along, they were the perfect match for this mission, not so much for me though. I was better at laying back and shooting people from long range, and it was real annoying when they got up in my face, I hated close quarters. If I didn't have my Omni-blade I would've been dead by now. At that point three perfectly place sniper bullets were placed in the skulls of three husks down the hallway.

"Sniper?" I asked quietly.

"Must be one of the Cerberus Team that managed to survive, keep moving." We proceeded to go down the same hallway the three husks were executed at, and once again I got swarmed by the stupid things.

"Get these things off me! I shouted. I don't like how my shields didn't help either because the punches weren't going at mach speed.

"I got your ass!" Jack shouted before unleashing a shock wave, giving me some much needed space. I pistol whipped the last husk while Shepard and Grunt shot at all the other husks. Good thing my shields held, so Jack's shock wave didn't hurt me at all. I wish I didn't get picked for this mission, but I can't disobey direct orders from Shepard, not now, not ever.

I'm glad Shepard brought his shotgun all the time, gotta be prepared, we disposed of the rest of the husks easily.

"On me." Shepard said as we entered another set of doors, then it equalized pressure for some reason, I don't know why. We exited the door to a long catwalk, where we could see the outside world.

"Alright, Jack yo-" Shepard was interrupted as three expertly placed sniper rounds annihilated the husks behind us.

Legion stood up "Shepard-Commander" and then walked away, like that badass that he was.

"What the hell was that? A Geth? I thought you killed all of them that came out of the veil, and it talks!" Jack was describing Legion like a new toy, something to be toyed with.

"That thing just saved all our asses, so I'm willing to not question it, we'll deal with it later when we find out its motivation, but right now we continue straight ahead, is that clear?"

"I'm ready." I said.

"I've got your ass, Shepard." Jack said before reloading her shotgun.

Husks started coming in "tear them up! Weapons free!" Shepard shouted before blasting two of them with his shotgun. Grunt went in and just bashed a couple of them, he looked like he was having a good time. There wasn't much pressure on me due to all of the husks being distracted by Jack and Grunt, which made my suppressing fire very helpful since I didn't have to worry about watching my own flank.

"Keep shooting them! Jack I need you to use shock wave!" Shepard shouted, we were getting overrun by the last bit of husks.

Jack followed his orders and saved all our asses with one fell attack, her shock wave was super useful in this situation, although to be honest though I feel like she spams it way more then then in the game. I guess she has the biotics but not the brains, because all she does is spam her shock wave, I wonder how she thought up all those tests in the third game when she was teaching other biotics.

We had the area clear after seventeen shock waves and enough bullets to kill a terminator.

"They really don't let up do they? Now I know how you felt on Horizon Shepard."

"I'm just glad they aren't like zombies and only the dragon's teeth and Reaper tech can turn you into one, because it would be far too hard to contain if they could infect other people." Shepard said.

"Hey Shepard, check out the new 'reaper fucks with your mind and shit' interview!" Jack called eagerly. Everyone gather round as Jack started the vid. I really feel sorry for these scientists, they had no idea what was happening to them, I kinda wish you could save some of them, oh well. At least they finished the one job the came here to do, get that IFF.

"Uh, Shepard we got one of those Scion things and a platoon of husks incoming!" I warned.

"Grunt, Jack keep them off us, me and Tom will snipe that Scion, now!" Shepard said, snapping out orders like a true Commander would. Sometimes I wish he actually got what he deserved in the end of the game and got to retire to a nice beach house and live off the royalties of the vids, I plan to actually change the ending so it isn't horribly cheesy, at least the extended cut fixed that part. Me and Shepard got easy headshots off on that Scion, and I spammed incinerate attacks when it got close to Jack and Grunt.

After we killed that bloody Scion we took potshots at the rest of the husks, or what was left of them, we got a total of two shots in before they all disappeared, Shepard's strategy worked big time.

We all walked together down to the area where there where there were two paths to get to the other side, and of course two scions greeted us and a handful of husks.

"Same strategy everyone!" I guess since these guys are mindless zombies, so we can just keep using the same strategy since they won't adapt, sweet!

Grunt and Jack made short work of the husks, then proceeded to punish the Scion that me and Shepard weren't targeting, good thing Grunt was using fortification since those melee attacks from the Scion were pretty brutal. We didn't have too much trouble with the horde, it was better for all of us to have a couple big targets instead of a lot of small ones.

I sniped the head off the one Scion and then Shepard quickly changed targets and sniped the head off the other already weakened Scion.

"They really don 't let up do they?" I said before wiping a bead of sweat from my brow.

"Yes, keep moving!"

We all rushed down to the next area where there is supposed to be a lot of Scions and husks, but nothing was there, well sucks to be them, we're getting through now.

We opened the door, and I saw the IFF lying down on the computer terminal.

"Shepard we got the IFF." I said, and I held it up for him to see.

"But where's the Cerberus Team?" He asked.

"I think we fought what's left of them, what's behind this door?"

Shepard opened it, and we saw Legion shoot two husks before going to a Terminal, I think it was to hack something.

"Jack, can you use your biotics to get us through this? I don't like waiting."

Jack backed up a little bit, then rushed forward with her biotics and completely destroyed the barrier.

"Move in everyone, don't hit the Geth, because it just saved all our asses before!"

We cleared the room of the three husks that were inside.

"Shepard-Commander, we are prepared to offer assistance."

"Save it for later, we need to get off this rock."

Husks started swarming us, and I had to do a little wet work if you know what I mean, Legion was just shooting nonstop with his pistol, Shepard had his shotgun out, and Grunt was neck deep in husks, laughing like a kid at a candy store, Jack was spamming again, dang it Jake, I wish you had some strategy for once, that isn't always going to work.

"Shepard-Commander, the core is vulnerable now."

"I don't like waiting, so I'll just finish it now." Shepard said and then brought out the Cain.

"Everyone get back!" He shouted before firing the Cain directly into the core of the Reaper, destroying it instantly.

"Alright people, move move, we gotta get off this hunk of junk before it falls into the red dwarf, now!" He didn't need to tell us twice as we all booked it out of their, running for our lives and from all the husks that were climbing up from the flooring, like it was some horror movie or something.

"Shepard to Normandy, we need an extraction, NOW!"

"Copy that Shepard, get to the platform on your right, we'll be there."

We ran like it was the last day of our lives, and then the Normandy popped into view and I almost stopped to sign in relief, but I'd do that later, now was the time to run, and to run like hell.

Shepard jumped first, and got on easily, I boosted Jack, and she got on fine, Grunt took a huge leap, no problem. Legion jumped then, and he made it too, I took my leap of faith, and just didn't make it, but Shepard and Legion pulled me up, just at the last second.

"We're clear, get us the hell outta here!" Shepard said, and we left the dying Reaper. We walked onto the bridge once they airlock re-pressurized.

"Tom you got the IFF?" Shepard asked.

"Yeah." I took it out of my pocket "I'll make sure it's safely integrated into our systems, this is Reaper tech so there might be some complications."

"Ok, you do that, now we have a more pressing concern to deal with." He turned to Legion. "How can I trust you? I killed hundreds of geth when I was fighting Sovereign, and they never hesitated once."

"Those were the heratics, they worshiped the Old Machines, they are no longer part of the Consensus." Legion said, his headplates raised in what I would assumed would be a sheepish gesture.

"We'll settle this in the meeting room, Tom get that IFF integrated properly."

"You got it."

I left Legion there and walked into the bridge, placed the IFF near my terminal and then walked to the armory to take off my sweaty armor.

...

"That thing looks odd." Joker said as he stared at the IFF.

"When was Reaper tech ever not weird? I'm hoping it doesn't have a virus or something because it'll be hard to counteract, especially since this machine race has been in existence for thousands of years and I have little knowledge of what they're capable of, EDI I'm going to need your assistance in this matter."

"I will help you integrate this IFF into our system Tom, however we must be aware of any possible viruses it may have."

"My thoughts exactly, let's get to work, shall we?"

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"By why though? I thought the Geth kept to themselves."

"We... wanted to know more you, Shepard-Commander."

"You were curious?"

"Yes, we were..."

"Another thing, why do you have a piece of my armor on your shoulder plate?"

"There was a hole." Legion raised his face plates again.

"Couldn't you've done it with something different, and sooner then when you got my armor from the pieces of the Normandy?"

"No data available."

"I'll save that for now, I see you're exceptionally skilled, for a Geth, do you want to help us? I'll take all the help I can get."

"Yes, Shepard-Commander, we oppose the heratics, we oppose the Old machines, a mutually beneficial alliance would be the best option."