Chapter 7-
Ruby woke up slowly as she noticed that Neo was still sleeping cuddled up next to her. Checking the time Ruby saw that she had been asleep for almost nine hours.
"Joker, how long till we reach Therum?" Ruby asked as she opened a channel to the bridge.
"We've got about another hour before we reach orbit Commander, we'll start running scans on the planet once we're in range." Joker informed her.
"Right, once you have a location let me know." Ruby replied.
"Will do commander." Joker said as the connection was cut.
"Neo, wake up." Ruby said as she nudged Neo to wake her up but she refused. "We need to get ready, unless you don't want to go on the mission." Ruby said once more.
"I'm up." Neo grumbled as she moved to sit up, rubbing her eyes.
"Shower?" Ruby asked.
"Please. Want to join me?" Neo asked as she moved off the bed.
"It'll save water, I doubt it's set for two Captains." Ruby replied, knowing that on a ship that water was a commodity for washing with so it would be easier to share, and it wasn't like it was the first time they shared a shower together.
"Who do we want on this mission?" Ruby asked.
"Hmm, Tali and Wrex. Wrex for any trouble and if we're going into Prothean ruins then who knows what we'll encounter so Tali will help there." Neo answered sleepily.
"Alright, I'll get them to gear up while you start the shower." Ruby replied as she opened her Omni.
Forty-five minutes later found Ruby, Neo, Tali and Wrex. All in full armour and weapons stood next to the Mako as they waited for Joker to inform them of what the scans had found.
"Are you both good?" Ruby asked, her helmet in place and hood was up with the cloak wrapped around her body.
"Itching for a fight." Wrex grumbled as he moved from leg to leg.
"I'm ready Commander." Tali said though the nervousness in her voice was evident.
"Commander's, I'm detecting several Geth ships around the planet and I'm getting some readings from a dig site, looks like someone's down there making a lot of noise." Joker informed them.
"Right, the doctor must be there. Let's go. Joker, how long till we reach a drop point?" Neo asked.
"Five minutes, but you'll be a couple clicks away. Only viable drop site." Joker answered.
"Copy that, let's go." Ruby said as she got everyone inside.
"What's a click?" Tali asked.
"Kilometre." Neo said as she slid into the driver's seat and Tali moved to a radar station. And Wrex sat down in a random chair.
Normally only three people could fit into the Mako but theirs was modified to fit four people though the gunner was further back with controls for the gun.
"Stand by for drop. Approaching drop point in one minute, secure the cargo bay." Joker's voice rang out across the whole cargo bay as personnel scrambled to secure everything and move into the engineering room.
"Bay door opening. Ground team, stand by." Joker said and Neo powered up the engine to move them forward slightly.
"Approaching drop point, position marked on your display, confirm." Joker asked.
"Drop point confirmed." Neo replied.
"Five, four, three, two, one. One away." Joker announced.
The Mako rolled out of the ship from the momentum of the ship alongside Neo gunning the vehicle forward and they were in freefall.
"Drop zone spotted, stand by for deceleration." Neo said to them all as she activated the thrusters to slow them down as they reached the ground so it was simply a rough bump on the ground.
"Normandy, we've landed safely on the ground. Move into holding pattern and await the call for extraction." Ruby ordered.
"Copy Commander." Joker said and the communications were cut off.
"Tali, picking anything up?" Neo asked as she started them moving forward.
"Nothing yet Commander, but I'm watching out for anything suspicious." Tali promised them.
The ride was quiet for the first kilometre but then Tali screamed out, "Geth dropship, coming in." Tali called out.
"I see it." Ruby said, the turret tracking the movement of the ship but it simply dropped off something and flew off. "Evade!" Ruby called out as she watched the four-legged robot fire towards them.
Ruby opened fire with the main gun, using the cannon first but seeing it survive the blast she opened with the machine gun as the gun autoloaded another shell before firing again and killing it this time.
"Any more targets?" Ruby asked.
"Up ahead, I'm picking up more Geth." Tali informed her.
"Got it. Neo let's get moving again, double time we have to get to Liara immediately." Ruby said.
"On it." Neo answered and immediately started following the path towards the dig site while Ruby fired at anything that moved.
"Normandy, this is ground team. Are you reading me?" Neo attempted as she drove them along the ground.
"We're being jammed." Tali informed them all.
"Turrets up ahead, take the path to the right to avoid them." Ruby ordered. And Neo followed the directions to take the path away from the main gate.
Destroying the turret guarding the side entrance they pulled into compound where Ruby immediately began to fire on the Geth inside.
"Moving left." Neo said calmly as they moved into the compound which they found that had the gates were locked up both ways.
"Right, Neo take the team to open the gate while I provide covering fire." Ruby said as Neo brought them close to the gatehouse as Ruby started to fire at the Geth in the large courtyard area.
It didn't take the three of them long to open the gate and return to the Mako as Ruby finished up the Geth. "Let's move, the dig site isn't too far away now." Ruby said to hurry them up.
They encountered a few more Geth Armatures along the way but then they got to a rock pass that the Mako couldn't fit through and the thrusters would be unable to get the vehicle over it.
"Right, everyone out." Ruby ordered as Neo climbed out first before waving everyone down.
"Activating the recovery beacon, hopefully the Normandy will pick it up." Neo said.
"Wrex with me on point." Ruby ordered as she raised her rifle and moved forward through the rocky path.
A bullet impacted on her shields causing her to immediately take cover behind some fallen rocks. "SNIPER!" Ruby yelled out to the others who dropped into cover as well.
"There's shock troopers coming right for us." Tali warned them.
"You three take care of the other Geth, I've got the snipers." Ruby said as she rested her rifle against the rocks and looked through the scope.
"Tali, overlord their shields. Wrex, biotics." Neo ordered in short fashion as she took her Locust and started to fire on the weaker Geth as Tali worked on eliminating shields on any of the Geth and Wrex took advantage of this to kill them with his shotgun and biotics.
Throughout this, Ruby's rifle was barking as each shot got a kill from one of the snipers that kept them pinned down in their cover there.
"Juggernaut!" Tali warned them but as the word left her mouth the head exploded off the Geth juggernaut.
"Clear!" Ruby shouted as she ejected both thermal clips as she used the high-powered shot of her rifle. "Ammo?" Ruby asked them.
"We're good." Neo answered for them.
"Right, let's move up and keep your eyes open. There'll be ambush points everywhere." Ruby warned them as she took point again with Wrex as they killed more Geth that attempted to attack them but they moved without stopping.
"Geth dropship! Coming in!" Tali yelled out the warning as the four of them all moved to cover as they expected the dropship to open fire on them but instead it just dropped off more Geth troopers alongside an Armature.
"There's a fucker hopping around." Neo called out as she watched a rather flexible Geth jumping around everywhere.
"Hold on." Ruby replied as her body lit up red and she pulled the Geth to her as it hopped above them. As it was floating in the air Ruby fired a single shot through its head, killing it outright. "Sorted."
"What about the Armature?" Tali asked.
"We destroy it." Wrex stated as he killed another trooper.
"Take out the infantry first, avoid the Armatures fire." Ruby said as the Armature attempted to get a shot on them.
It didn't take them long to take the infantry down, but the Armature hindered them a bit until that was the only Geth left.
"So, got a plan?" Ruby asked as she turned to Neo.
"Of course." Neo said as she pulled her grenade launcher out just as a burst of pulse fire hit the crates they were hiding behind.
"Shit. Who's doing it?" Ruby asked as the two shared a look before raising a close fist to each other.
They shook them three times before Ruby showed a flat hand, but Neo showed two fingers open. "Motherfucker." Ruby cursed as she stored her weapon and moved to the side.
"Only fair." Neo said but only received a middle finger as Ruby run out of cover across to the slight hill part.
The Armature followed Ruby as it tracked its fire to try and hit Ruby but while it's attention was drawn away, Neo crouched out of cover and fired off three grenades towards the Geth, each impacting on its head and legs.
Secondary explosions happened as the Geth blew up from its internal power supply going off. Once it was clear it was dead the group regrouped with each other.
"Are you alright Commander?" Tali asked as she looked towards Ruby.
"I'm fine. No thanks to Neo, but I'm fine. Let's get down into the ruins and see if we can find the doctor." Ruby said as the group moved down the tunnel.
They made their way down the tunnel and further down in an elevator which broke as they reached the next level but as they approached the edge they spotted a Geth.
Raising a closed fist, everyone stopped as Ruby wrapped the cloak further around her body as she turned invisible to the naked eye.
The trio watched as the Geth buckled and was gently laid on the ground with a knife being pulled out of its neck.
"Right, there's a few Geth roaming around down here but I can see some sort of blue barrier down below. We'll move slowly and try to keep it quiet as long as possible." Ruby said quietly and receiving nods from her team they started moving through the ruins.
Ruby took out who she could with her knife as they moved down however they reached a point where there were too many Geth around to take out slowly.
"Engage on my mark." Ruby said as she slowly stood up, as soon as she fired her rifle the others opened up as well and quickly took out the Geth.
Now that the area was clear, at least for the moment they approached the blue barrier where inside was an Asari inside a blue bubble suspended in the air.
"Who are you?" The Asari asked.
"Spectre Rose, with me is Commander Gelato, Tali and Wrex. Are you Liara T'Soni?" Ruby asked the Asari.
"A human Spectre? My mind is going crazy." Liara mumbled to herself.
"No, I am a human Spectre. First one. Look, we'll get you out. Any idea how to take down the barrier?" Ruby asked.
"I'll play along then. I got stuck in here trying to escape a Krogan and his Geth, telling me that I was wanted by my mother, but I knew she would never send a Krogan." Liara explained. "But the only controls are here next to me, and you can't take this barrier down. Some sort of defensive function." Liara explained.
"Right, what's behind you?" Neo asked next.
"There's an elevator behind me but all the other sections are too high for you to reach." Liara answered.
"Let us worry about that. Hang tight." Ruby said, smirking underneath her helmet though the joke was lost on the Asari.
"Move out, I think I spotted a mining laser down below. We'll use that to dig further down." Ruby ordered, and the group started moving further down the ruins.
"Geth all around the laser, seems like they're waiting for something." Neo said as she looked down.
"Right. Fire and advance, Tali once it's clear start working on getting that laser fired up." Ruby said to all of them.
"Got it." The three others all said.
"Wrex, care to kick it off?" Neo offered the Krogan.
"With pleasure." Wrex said as he moved to his full height and threw a warp towards a trooper before jumping down and charging another one.
The others moved up to support Wrex's charge against the Geth who quickly took out those trying to attack Wrex.
Once the area was clear Tali immediately ran over to the console as she hacked the controls. "Commanders, it's ready to go. Are you sure you want to do this? It could destabilise the entire cave?" Tali asked as she was unsure what exactly to do.
"Do it." Ruby ordered.
Tali nodded and silently operated the mining laser to fire into the ground. After a few seconds, the laser burnt out and stopped firing, but it did its work to clear a path down.
"Right, let's move. Who knows how long we actually have down here." Neo said as she led the way down through the Prothean structure and to an elevator at the back.
"So, how does this work?" Wrex asked as he looked at the strange writing on the controls.
Ruby just stood there staring at the controls as a little voice at the back of her head explained all the controls as she operated the elevator to bring them all up towards Liara.
"How did you know that?" Tali asked.
"I've no idea." Ruby said quietly, not completely sure how she knew this.
"It must be the Beacon, maybe impacting some of the language onto you." Neo offered up.
Ruby just nodded along with the explanation as she wondered what this structure could be for, especially with this type of security on it. Perhaps it was a prison of some sorts for them.
"Here's our stop." Neo said as the elevator stopped at Liara's prison section.
"How did you get here?" Liara asked in surprise.
"Elevator." Ruby stated as she wandered over to the console, already reading and understanding the words written on the console.
"I'm guessing you haven't seen your mother, recently have you?" Neo asked as Liara was still suspended in the air.
"No! I haven't even spoken to her in years." Liara replied.
"How about we get out of here first?" Ruby suggested as she pressed a button on the console which released the bubble holding Liara up.
Immediately Ruby stepped back to catch Liara as she fell but stopped her from hitting the ground. "Are you alright to walk?" Ruby asked softly, gently lowering Liara to the ground.
"Yes…yes, I should be fine, thank you Spectre." Liara said as she gently placed her feet on the ground and took a couple unsteady steps.
"Let's go." Neo said as she turned and led the way back to the elevator as the ground rumbled. "So, mining laser, bad idea?" Neo said to the group.
"Normandy, Normandy this is ground team, respond." Ruby said with a hand against her ear.
"Ground team, this is Normandy. Commander are you reading me?" Joker's voice echoed in their ears.
"Copy Normandy, we need a hot extraction at the entrance to the ruins." Ruby ordered.
"Copy that, three minutes away." Joker informed them.
"Let's get out of here." Neo said as she copied the same button Ruby pressed earlier however as they got to the top there was a Krogan with Geth troopers waiting for them.
"Stay behind me." Ruby said quietly to Liara as she nodded towards Neo.
"Hand over the Asari. Or don't." The Krogan said as he approached them, the Geth moving to surround them.
"You do realise this whole cave is coming down around us, right?" Neo asked the Krogan.
"Fun, isn't it?" The Krogan asked jokingly.
Neo shook her head slightly at the Krogan but knew there wasn't anything she could go about it but she knew she needed to delay him.
"Working for Saren then?" Neo asked the Krogan.
"Wrex. Prepare to throw a warp at the Krogan. Tali, grab Liara and hide behind the pillar to our back and start taking out the Geth. Neo, break straight through and take the snipers." Ruby ordered quickly, her helmet speakers disabled as she gave the quiet verbal commands.
Neo nonverbally replied by activating her mic twice. "Well we're not handing Liara over, so unless you wish to leave." Neo said to the Krogan as she looked at him.
The Krogan simply laughed in response but before he could give the order to attack, Wrex threw a warp towards him which made him stumble.
Immediately the others scrambled to carry out their orders as they moved whereas Ruby and Neo's bodies were wrapped up in their biotics as they charged forward, however Neo went straight to the snipers whereas Ruby took a shorter trip.
Ruby smashed into the Krogan like a freight train as the combinations of biotic energy caused an explosive reaction which pushed the Krogan back but somehow, he remained on his feet.
Though Ruby was prepared for this as she had her feet mag-locked onto his chest, one hand diving down while bringing forth her Omni blade, diving down to destroy the Krogan's two hearts. At the same time, her pistol was drawn, and she unloaded the entire clip into his head.
Ruby moved with the Krogan as he fell, dead. Once he hit the ground Ruby deactivated her magnetic boots and rolled off him as she threw a pull straight towards a Geth shock trooper nearest to her, she removed its head as she ducked behind cover to avoid another shock trooper's pulse rounds.
Using this small respite Ruby reloaded her pistol and as she moved into a crouch next to the pillar, she was about to fire at the Geth, but it was blown apart by a shotgun blast from Wrex.
"Clear!" Neo yelled out.
"Sound out!" Ruby called back as she checked for anymore enemies.
"Neo, good." Neo replied.
"I'm good." Wrex stated.
"I'm alright and so is Liara." Tali informed them as the cave rumbled once more, rocks starting to fall.
"Shit. Move it, now!" Ruby shouted out as she pushed Tali and Liara forward to start running. "Normandy, hot extract. Repeat hot extract!" Ruby called into her radio, not waiting for a response.
Neo took up the front as she led them through the twisting paths perfectly as she got to the door leading towards the surface.
"Go, go, go!" Neo yelled out as she pushed people up the tunnel.
Ruby watched as Liara seemed to slack a little and grow weaker so Ruby just picked her up into her arms and carried on running effortlessly. "Move it." Ruby said to Neo and the pair charged up the tunnel together, coming out to see the Normandy hovering just above the entrance.
"You first." Neo said as she pushed Ruby up into the cargo hold as she followed soon after.
"Go!" Ruby yelled out to Joker as they pulled away they could see the volcano erupting. "Whoops." Ruby said as she watched the Prothean ruins being destroyed.
Neo laughed at the comment as she knew what Ruby was like, "Doctor T'Soni, are you alright?" Neo asked.
"I…I'm fine, thank you Commander." Liara replied as she was placed back onto her feet with a gentleness that surprised her, especially after she saw what this woman had done barely minutes earlier.
"You should be checked out by Doctor Goodwitch at least, you're dehydrated and perhaps under nourished." Ruby said as the trio moved towards the elevator, nodding towards Tali and Wrex who were removing weapons and armour.
"Joker, get the ground team assembled in the briefing room in thirty minutes." Ruby called out.
"On it Commander." Joker answered as they pulled away. "Oh, and when do I get my medal? You know, for pulling your ass out of the fire." Joker commented.
"When you do something no other pilot could." Neo fired back as she laughed at the huff she got.
"Your pilot is making jokes? After that?" Liara asked in surprise.
"It's his way of dealing with stress, better just to let him get on with it." Ruby commented.
"Here, we'll leave you with the doctor. I'll have someone escort you to the briefing room once she's finished." Ruby said to the Asari as Doctor Goodwitch welcomed Liara into the medical bay.
"Private!" Neo called over a soldier. "Once the doctor has cleared Doctor T'Soni, escort her to the briefing room."
"Yes ma'am." The Private said, saluting Neo.
"Let's get our armour off and go to the meeting." Ruby said as they went towards the captain's quarters.
They removed their armour quietly, securing their weapons as they remained in the nanosuits underneath their armour and wrapped their cloaks around their body for modesties sake for the others and attached their pistols to their hips.
"Let's go." Neo said as they were finished. At the same time, they spotted Liara leaving the medical bay. "Private, you're dismissed." Neo ordered.
"Are you alright Liara?" Ruby asked.
"I am fine, thank you. The doctor said that I will be fine but am simply dehydrated and need to drink some fluids to catch up and eat." Liara explained.
"Right, that's easily done. Would you like to get some now?" Neo asked.
"No, we should get to the briefing." Liara said.
"Alright then. Are you alright with us calling you Liara?" Ruby asked.
"Of course, it's my name. Why wouldn't I?" Liara asked in a confused tone.
"What she means is, that using someone's given name is rather personal. She's asking if it's alright we call you Liara instead of Doctor T'Soni. It's a matter of preference. If you don't want us to be that familiar with you this early on, then we won't." Neo explained for Liara and the question.
"I see. I'm sorry, I'm not used to human customs." Liara explained. "But yes, it is fine. Thank you for asking." Liara answered.
"It's alright. Come on, sooner we get this done then the sooner we can move onto other stuff." Neo said as they entered the briefing room.
"Joker, set course for the Sparta system and keep an ear out for any distress call." Ruby ordered as she gestured for everyone to sit down.
"Right, the mission as you can see was a success. We also learnt something about Saren. He's not only got Geth but also Krogan but we don't know the extent of it." Ruby said as she started the meeting.
"We'll have to assume he's got quite a few, which means he has quite a few hard hitters." Neo said.
"What about Doctor T'Soni? What are we doing about her?" Kaiden asked.
"Well the council would like for us to hand her over to them, allow her to be questioned and perhaps put her into protective custody." Ruby explained.
"What? Spectre, please don't…" Liara started to say but Neo raised her hand to stop her.
"We're not doing that Liara, not only because we don't want to, we require your help." Neo explained as she attempted to relax Liara as she looked over to Ruby.
"I interacted with a Prothean Beacon on Eden Prime, it implanted a part of a vision into my brain though it is incomplete." Ruby said.
"You interacted with a Prothean Beacon and survived?" Liara asked in surprise.
"Yes, I did. We were hoping that your knowledge of the Protheans would help us to understand the vision." Ruby replied.
"Well I mainly focus on the…" Liara started but Ruby interrupted her.
"The extinction of the Protheans and how it happened. You also found some evidence of a species before the Protheans but evidence of them is hard to find." Ruby answered, "I read your papers, they are rather interesting." Ruby said.
"Oh I see. Well, yes that's where my focus is." Liara said as she was surprised that someone had read her papers.
"The vision that was implanted into my brain, it was like a warning of some kind. Of beings called Reapers." Ruby said, not trying to give too much away in what she knew from Javier.
"This vision, what is it like?" Liara asked.
"Death. Destruction, it's fragmented but I got the gist of it." Ruby answered.
Everyone around them were just simply watching the exchange between the two of them, watching as the two seemed to talk in riddles.
"I…I think if we join minds then perhaps you could share the vision, I could help piece it together with you." Liara suggested.
"I don't think that would be wise." Ruby said diplomatically.
"Spectre, it isn't invasive, and it won't be painful." Liara said.
"I think…" Neo attempted to speak up but Ruby stopped her with a raised hand.
"Alright then." Ruby said as Liara stood up in front of her.
"Relax your mind Spectre, let the waters wash over you." Liara said softly. "Embrace eternity." Liara said as her eyes went black.
"I apologise." Ruby said as Liara moved into her mind.
She felt the first barrier, gently attempting to push through the barrier. "Spectre, please allow me to through." Liara asked.
"The Warrior is not here. You may not enter her mind. Do not try to again." A voice said as Liara felt herself forcefully get thrown out.
Liara was thrown back onto the ground rather hard as Ruby's body lit up in silver for a moment but it was enough for everyone to see.
"Liara!" Neo called, rushing to her side. She fully expected her to be thrown out of the meld, but not like this.
"Nazara." Liara breathed out as her eyes sort out Ruby's.
Ruby looked down towards Liara as she knelt to help the doctor get up. "You should go see Doctor Goodwitch to check on you, and get some food and drink into you." Ruby said, "Everyone else, dismissed. We're heading to the Sparta system on search and rescue as we wait for our next lead." Ruby ordered.
"But!" Williams attempted to say but a pointed look from Neo stopped her as everyone filed away.
"Williams, make sure Doctor T'Soni goes to see Goodwitch." Neo ordered as she went back into the room. "What was that?" Neo asked Ruby who still stood in the middle of the room.
"You know that mind melds don't work with me, something in my mind rejects them." Ruby explained. She'd come across this ability before however it didn't knock them to the ground before.
"What was it she called you afterwards?" Neo asked, pushing her slightly.
"Nazara." Ruby said softly. "That Asari legend I told you about, they call the warrior, Nazara. Messorem is the specific name for one of the Nazara. I…I haven't exactly been truthful about what happened when I interacted with the beacon." Ruby started to say, ready to tell Neo what had happened.
"Commander, I have the council for you. They're asking for a report." Joker interrupted them.
"Put them through, Neo why don't you go check on Liara and ask her about joining the ground team." Ruby said as she effectively dismissed Neo, avoiding the conversation.
"This isn't over." Neo promised as she left to do as Ruby asked her to.
"Patch them through Joker." Ruby said and within seconds the three councillors appeared in front of her.
"Commander." The Turian councillor said.
"Spectre." Ruby corrected immediately.
"Pardon?" The councillor asked.
"It's Spectre, while I haven't given up my commission, yet my rank is Spectre which should be respected, especially by those that have given me such a rank." Ruby stated bluntly as she looked at them.
"How…" But the Turian was interrupted.
"As we should Spectre, but that is not why we have called. You have Liara T'Soni in your custody, correct?" Councillor Tevos asked as she steered the conversation away.
"I do, though it is clear that she isn't in contact with her mother. You've got my initial report of what had happened on Therum. A Krogan was leading the Geth in a rather large assault and delaying action to retrieve Dr T'Soni. I've also found that there were no communications between Dr T'Soni and her mother." Ruby explained.
"How are you so sure? You should return to the Citadel immediately and hand her over to C-sec." The Turian councillor ordered.
"I can't do that I'm afraid, she is invaluable already to my team with her knowledge on the Protheans so I'm afraid I can't do that." Ruby stated bluntly as she stopped them.
"We are giving you a direct order…" The Turian councillor attempted to say but Ruby just cut the connection.
"Uh, wow Commander. I'm surprised that you just hung up on the council like that. Wait." Joker said before coming back, "Commander I have the Asari councillor requesting to speak to you." Joker said.
"Patch her through Joker and isolate this room please. No listening in and inform all crew that I should be referred to as Spectre now instead of Commander." Ruby ordered.
"Copy that Command…Spectre." Joker said and the Asari councillor appeared once more.
"That was rather brave Spectre, though I must thank you for the annoyance I will have from the others about your behaviour." Tevos explained.
"I would apologise but we both know I would just be lying." Ruby replied.
Tevos simply sighed as she knew the truth, "I know. How's Liara?" Tevos asked.
"Dehydrated and a bit hungry but she's well. She's with our medical officer as she attempted to meld with me to help me to understand the vision I got from the beacon." Ruby explained quickly.
"You allowed her to meld with you? Are you stupid?" Tevos cried out as she couldn't believe Ruby.
"You know that with your people, they never believe me if I told them so I just let her do it." Ruby answered though she avoided telling her just how badly it had gone.
"I know." Tevos replied.
"So, why are you so concerned with Liara's wellbeing?" Ruby asked.
"She's my goddaughter, I want to make sure she is safe. Especially since her mother is involved in all of this." Tevos answered.
"We'll keep her safe, though we are asking if she'd like to join our ground team." Ruby informed her.
"I see. It is her own choice, though I would much rather have her in my own protection and away from all of this, but I understand." Tevos responded.
"Thank you. Also, if I send some request forms through, would you be able to have the Alliance transfer some equipment to the Citadel?" Ruby asked.
"Of course, I can ask Summer to help me in this." Tevos said as she didn't see Ruby's wince at the name.
"Thank you, if that's all?" Ruby asked as she trailed off a little.
"Yes. Thank you and good luck." Tevos said as the connection was cut off.
Ruby stood there watching the empty space as she became lost in thought. After a few minutes, Ruby finally left the room but headed down to the cargo bay.
A/N
So, another chapter down, and one that was much longer because I didn't want to split this mission up. Who knows where we're heading next?
Not much to say so see you next time.