A/N: Delete.

Chapter 24:

Date: February 1st, 2095. A few minutes after initial contact.

Every bone in my body froze up with fear for a few seconds, and I slowly opened my mouth. A small, yet shaky breath slipped from my lips. "My name is Kyle Jonathan Terrah, and I've come to Lidera Kop'ye hoping to broker an alliance between the United Rannoch Government and the Inusannon… Federation?"

"Why do you want this alliance? Are you at war with one of the younger species?" The Inusannon asked.

Uh, Sirius, a little help here?

'I am currently attempting to converse with an Inusynthetic that is attempting to read the Bermuda's systems. Her attempts to breach the Bermuda's security systems are rather hard to counter. I need to focus on this. You deal with the organics, and I will deal with the synthetics.'

Of course.

I shook my head and leaned closer to the display, right up until my face was fully lit up. "We're not fighting any-"

The Inusannon cut me off. "Then why come here? Why seek out the help of our Federation?"

"We're not fighting anyone or anything yet. In fact, we want to avoid war, but as the end of our cycle grows near, that may not be completely possible," I shot back.

Silence reigned from the other end of the line for about a minute before another voice spoke. This one was scratchier and rougher than the last, but it still had a feminine tone. "Tell me, Kyle Terrah," the Inusannon rolled the 'Rs' in my name. "Are you perhaps talking about the Corrupted Fleets, or as the Protheans knew them… The Reapers?"

"Yes, luckily our cycle has yet to face them. As far as I know, we have approximately ninety years until the Reapers invade, and with your help, we can defeat them conventionally."

The Inusannon that I was speaking to paused. "You may not be Prothean, but at least you took heed of our warnings," the Inusannon trailed off and swiped its hand over the screen. "I'm transferring you to Pervichalomar Kochinan Vez'da, as he has requested to speak with you. This will only take a moment," the Inusannon said. Just then, the screen flickered and flashed. I was greeted with the sight of another Inusannon, who looked much more threatening than the previous one. I could only assume that this was one of their leaders. Its eyes flickered in the dim lighting of its ship, but it was still easy enough to see that they stared into my own.

"Before we talk, I'll take the liberty of introducing myself. I already know you three, and all of the rest of the people on your corvette. In your language, I am known as Primary Admiral Kochinan Vez'da, the leader of the Inusannon Federation. From what I know, you are Kyle Terrah, a human that warped through dimensions, and somehow, has an expansive knowledge of this universe. Your two associates are Daro'Xen vas Moreh nar Epsio, a Quarian, and Lyna Nithil Rilac, an Asari. I'm impressed that you've made it this far without being drawn into indoctrination. While my ancestors have knew about you, I have actually had the pleasure of meeting one of our augmented species," the Primary Admiral spoke in a deep and raspy voice, with various synthetic undertones echoing his words.

I raised one of my eyebrows and scratched the back of my neck nervously. I looked back to Lyna and Daro, who seemed just as anxious as I was. "It's nice to meet you, Pervichalomar Vez'da. I hope that we didn't alarm you by intruding into Lidera Kop'ye."

Relief washed over my body as I saw Kochinan shake his head. "We were notified by the scan that Sirius did. This is the first time that a foreign species has arrived on our territory. Of course we were alarmed; and please, just call me Kochinan. It'd be hard for non-native species to even pronounce my name."

"What about completely disabling the Bermuda? We were on emergency power after we encountered your vessels; I'll be damned if we were hit by a gamma-ray burst," Daro'Xen sneered at the admiral.

Kochinan squinted his eyes at Xen, bringing his face slightly closer to the display. "We simply overloaded your ship's computer systems. It was a necessary precaution, so please, don't get snippy with me."

In order to sway the conversation away from the hostile course that it was venturing towards, I turned my back to the display and looked into Lyna's eyes. "Lyna, would you please ask the URG representatives to report to the bridge?"

She nodded and activated her omni-tool, "Would all of our… Guests… Please come up to the bridge?"

When I turned back to the display, Vez'da was holding up one of his hands. I noted that his fingers were fairly long and he had four digits on each hand. His mood had obviously shifted back to the seemingly friendly demeanor that he had sported earlier. "Let us meet in person, rather than speaking ship-to-ship. I feel that there will be less tension that way. Sirius will be guiding your ship into one of our secondary hangars soon enough, we'll continue our talk there."

With that, Vez'da shut off the connection. I stood there, frozen in silence at what had come out of the Inusannon's mouth.

Sirius?

'It's best if we follow their orders… Requests... Defying them will not bode well for us. Tell Lyna and Xen to arm up, then meet up with the guards at the airlock. You'll be talking to the representatives. On a note of good news, the AI that I was talking to a bit ago has since retreated back to its own server.'

Why the hell do we need to be armed? Won't they see us as a hostile force?

'No. I'll tell you what to do, and I expect you to follow my orders. This is for the best. You should also get the ISYLR. This might be a very tense meeting.'

I decided not to hesitate any longer, so I turned to Lyna and Daro. "Both of you, get some kind of weapon. Whatever suits your fancy. Once you're ready, go talk to the Quarian guards at the airlock."

Lyna held up her hand, her face crunching up into one of confusion. "Wait, I thought the Inu-"

"Go, now. Grab whatever you need," I hurriedly ordered. Lyna blinked a few times before she turned her back towards me and began to swiftly walk away. Daro'Xen followed suit moments later. I assumed that it would only take a few minutes for the Bermuda to reach the Inusannon hangar bay, so I'd have a small window of time to debrief the URG representatives.

Glancing over my shoulder, I saw that we were steadily approaching the Inusannon vessel. I didn't get the chance to look any longer as I heard a small, high pitched gasp come from the bridge. I turned my head towards the group of Quarian and Geth diplomats, who seemed to be rightfully astonished by the look of the massive Inusannon ship. "Keelah," one of the Quarians breathed out. The Geth platforms just stood there, probably conversing with each other within the consensus.

"Shake off the shock, because we'll be meeting with the Inusannon soon. The Bermuda is going to dock inside of one of that ship's hangers. Don't make any sudden movements once we're aboard the vessel. Don't touch anything unless you're given permission to do so. Lyna, Daro'Xen, and your guards will be protecting you in case anything goes wrong, which I don't expect will happen. I'll also be armed with that Inusynthetic Long Rifle. We will be meeting with the Primary Admiral, or the Pervichalomar of the Inusannon Federation, Kochinan Vez'da," I told everyone. Just as I finished my sentence, I turned around and was greeted with the view of the Inusannon ship's hangar bay. I blinked a few times before glancing back to the group of representatives who were still silent from the view of the Inusannon ship. "Head towards the airlock. I'll be there once we've docked."

Surprisingly, everyone complied without a word. Many moments passed while I stared out of the Bermuda's windows as the hangar bay grew closer and closer. Shutting my eyes for just a few seconds, I took a deep breath and ventured across the bridge. I grabbed my ISYLR off of the weapon rack and slung its leather strap over my shoulder. Honestly I didn't know what I was expecting, since all I knew about the Inusannon were the 100,000 year old documents that Sirius contained and, well, Sirius for that matter, but I didn't come all the way out here to worry about what-ifs. I took a deep breath, clearing my mind of any negative feelings or thoughts. The interior gravity of the Bermuda was starting to feel slightly heavier than before; it felt as if I was hiking up a hill whenever I walked, but I wasn't complaining. Throughout my twenty years in this galaxy, I had been on multiple planets with different atmospheres and different gravities, this was certainly not the worst.

I made my way over to the airlock as soon as I heard the familiar sound of the Bermuda coming into dock. Right as I stopped in front of the airlock, it opened before me and everyone else. Being the leading figure in this situation, I was at the front of the 'pack,' with Lyna and Daro'Xen behind me. Kapo'Xen and Shala'Raan stood side by side, and everyone else followed the same pattern; groups of two with me at the front and the Geth Hunter back. I took a deep breath and readied myself for whatever was on the other side of the door. Before we could proceed, Lyna piped up, "Alright, whatever is on the other side of the airlock, whether it be soldiers, the Inusannon leader itself, or a bunch of scientists wanting to kill us and study our corpses, I suggest everyone here stay calm. Answer any questions that you're asked, don't speak unless you're spoken to. As for the Protheans and their little experiment, we'll try to find someone that can care for your problems, but right now I suggest shutting your mouths and following our lead."

I turned around for a second, staring at Lyna blankly. "That third part was morbid," I meekly commented, to which she shrugged her shoulders apathetically. She seemed to either be ready for anything, or just stopped caring for the time being.

'I'm opening the airlock now, I sincerely hope you're ready.'

Not entirely, but there's really nothing I can do about that.

Without another transmission from Sirius, the airlock opened and my group was greeted by what seemed to be three different species, each of them towering above me and everyone else for that matter. I took a step back as I gazed up at the one in the middle. By his appearance, I could tell that it was Kochinan Vez'da. However, unlike the statues that were located on Ilos, which had tubes pouring from their mouth into their chest, Kochinan had tendrils of some kind on his head, almost mimicking the shape of hair. These tendrils moved around for a few seconds until they connected onto something on his spine. He had what seemed to be cracked skin on his face, which extended from his jawline over to his lips. Inside of the cracks was a pulsating violet hue. Sometimes the light went dark, only to return to their 'normal' colors only a moment later, just as his irises did. I looked up and down his body, noting that he was wearing a form of clothing, colored in light grey with a hint of navy blue on the shoulders of it. From what I could tell, he stood at around nine feet (3 meters), dwarfing everyone else, even his own kind in comparison.

To Kochinan's left, there was a smaller female figure, or at least I thought it was female. Across her 'breastplate,' if one could even call it that, there were some letters in a language that I couldn't even read. Luckily, I had Sirius in my head, so he helpfully translated the characters out as, 'Khara Venatici-1471H.' She had similar facial cracks as Kochinan, but they ran across her head tendrils, which were in the same 'sockets' as Kochinan had on his back. Her skin color had a hint of olive-drab to it, just like Kochinan's, but was mostly a darker grey color. Metal was encrusted along her fingers, each with a bone-like structure surrounding it.

Meanwhile, at the far right of the group stood a completely different species. It wasn't Inusannon nor Inusynthetic, it was something else. Not even Sirius could figure out what it was. The species had feminine features, by human standards, it clearly was a woman. Bone cartilage of some sort stuck out from the woman's head, taking a shape that was similar to that of a bull, yet with a thicker base and less pointy tips. They pointed towards the floor behind her shoulders, seeming to have a bit of a twisted shape to them. As for the woman's ears, they were much like mine… External, yet they were slightly pointed at the tips. Her irises were fairly wide, with a scarlet sort of coloration in them. Her pupils could be described as being an oval shape instead of a completely round one. Across her face were 'scars' that mimicked a tribal pattern, each glowing bright orange. The rest of her body was comprised of flesh, and her skin color was lavender.

Eventually the silence was broken with Kochinan's booming voice. "We, the three leaders of the Inusannon Federation, welcome you to the Tsetrurana, a Nevualtermisk-class flagship. To my left is Khara Venatici, a seventh-generation Inusynthetic, and to my right is Svesa Voz'avansiro, a Sannokar. I don't doubt that you're confused on Svesa's species, seeing as one of our own Inusynthetics, Sirius, led you to us. He probably told you all about our species from a hundred thousand years ago, but sadly, that doesn't include the Sannokar, or any of our advancements for that matter."

"We'll be updating you on the development of our federation over the last hundred millennia on the way to Teronyks, one of our many dyson spheres on the outreaches of Novayazemira," Svesa added onto Kochinan's statement. She had a deeper underlying pitch to her voice, with the deepest part of it being just a few decibels lower than her actual tone. "If any of our visitors would like to state anything before we move on, say it now."

Delaki separated from the group, and as soon as the Inusannon Federation, or ISF leaders caught sight of her, they were taken back a bit. Before, she must've just seemed like a plated head to them, which could have been anything in their eyes, but a living Prothean right in front of them? That must have been something else, as even Khara, the Inusynthetic, made a small gasping noise. "A Prothean? A real live Prothean? I...We thought you were all dead."

"Your little human experiment found my ship floating adrift in space. However, that's not why I stepped out of line. We have someone that needs medical attention, medical attention that our technology couldn't process or even treat for that matter. We've no idea what has made her sick," Delaki stated, pulling Teval out of the crowd by one of her arms. The Quarian without a suit made a small 'eep' noise, hanging her head as she coughed a few times. She was unbelievably pale, scars painting her exposed skin and her eyes were relatively empty. From what I could hear, her breathing was irregular and her cheeks could be described as being a lightish green. I caught a glimpse of the woman's bloodshot eyes, which also had a green appearance to them instead of red.

Khara nodded, walking over to the small Quarian, who she towered over quite easily. Gesturing towards Delaki, Korlib, and Teval, she led them down the hallway, and quickly out of sight.

Svesa and Kochinan were left after that, to which Svesa simply shrugged. "Alright, we're going to seperate this group up into two. The Quarian admirals will come with me, along with their guards. You three," Svesa pointed at me, Lyna, and Daro'Xen, "will be going with Kochinan."

I held one of my hands up to Svesa's order. "Why the hell are we separating? Shouldn't we stick together?"

"It's the best course of action, trust us," Kochinan tried to assure me as he started to walk away. Lyna followed him without any sort of protest. I turned my head over to Daro'Xen, to which she shrugged her shoulders and walked forward, following after Kochinan.

With me being the only one left, I had no other choice than to quickly follow behind Kochinan. Today was surely going to be a long day, or night. I honestly had no idea what time it was. Some time in the future, I really hoped people had a galactic sort of clock.

[-]

"Where are we going, Delaki?" Teval asked, her body trembling with fear. She was walking along a long hallway, with many odd tall people surrounding her. As per usual, her shoulder was being held by the female Prothean that commonly guided her along.

Feeling Delaki's strengthening grip on her shoulder informed the small Inuquarian of her place, while also serving as a way to stop her from talking. "Shush, child. Your sickness will be cured today if you keep silent."

Teval stayed silent as she walked along the halls, her rather short locks of hair bouncing behind her. She overheard Delaki's conversation with the tall robot woman, but only got tidbits of it at the time. Unfortunately, Teval was feeling like she could faint at any given time.

"You implanted her with implants from a hundred thousand years ago? What were you even thinking?" Khara asked, guiding the group around a corner, and therefore another large corridor.

Delaki squinted up at the Inusynthetic, who stared back down at the Prothean before her. "We had to keep her alive. Without that old tech, she wouldn't have survived past three months. After all, we constructed her from an Inusannon's and a Quarian's DNA. She's a hybrid, an Inuquarian."

"You kept her alive just for an experiment? As if your species didn't already disgust me," Khara synthetically growled, her brows furrowing at Delaki.

After a bit of back and forth banter, the group arrived at an open room with white walls and a black ceiling. In the middle of the room was an operating table, where various silver and violet items were laid upon it. A mirror was placed at the far left side of the room. Teval was guided onto the operating table, where she then laid down. Two more Inusannon entered the room. One an Inusynthetic that had the name-plate of Kamen-Grovoqal, and another that was named Avenali Wravn'kaleshnak. "We'll start by taking the old implants out and putting our latest ones in, Kamen. Give the girl an anesthetic injection right..." Avenali strode up to Teval, who was laying on the table completely still, she patted the back of Teval's neck, "here."

Without a word from the other, Teval was pricked with a two-inch-long needle, and her senses began to fade away. It was like she was dying, and she couldn't stop it. Teval outstretched one of her arms, thrashing it around for a few moments. Kamen, the Inusynthetic, had to forcefully hold the child still to prevent her from injuring herself. "Calm yourself, young organic. Your time of pain will be concluded soon." The synthetic comforted Teval. He looked down into her eyes while a bit of sympathy formed across his face.

"Alright, keep comforting the girl, Kamen. Teval, is that your name?" Avenali asked, glancing down to the Inuquarian for a few small seconds.

Teval shut her eyes, nodding at the Inusannon medical officer. "Yes… Yes ma'am…"

"Alright Teval, relax. You'll fall asleep soon. Everything will be at peace," the medical officer cooed. Teval faded out of consciousness soon afterwards, with Avenali's comforting smile being the last thing she saw…

Something was wrong. She was shivering, and a slight chill was running down her spine. Her entire torso was bandaged and her head felt as if it was throbbing. Bringing a hand up to her forehead, she lightly rubbed it, trying to relieve herself from her dreaded migraine. She coughed a few times, causing a light blue liquid to shoot out of her mouth; it tasted bitter, so she visibly recoiled from the taste alone. When she tried to push herself off of the table, she was met with soreness all over her body as soon as she stood up. Teval fell to her knees shortly afterwards, coughing up a bit more of the bitter blue fluid. Just as she thought that no one was about to help her, she heard footsteps, with a shadow soon glooming over her. Panting, she turned her head up to the figure, who she couldn't see very well. However, she could see that the figure was holding a gun of some kind. Maybe a rifle, maybe a shotgun, she honestly couldn't tell. It wasn't Quarian or Prothean. "Take it easy, child. Your body is not what it used to be," a feminine voice spoke. She could tell that the voice was a bit raspy, but also had a slightly muffled tone to it. Unable to see the figure's skin, she tried to look upwards but was met with pain whenever she strained her neck. Being disoriented and confused, Teval tried to lunge at the figure, but instead of hitting them, she fell right onto her face. Her legs weren't working like they used to- none of her limbs were- which sent the Inuquarian into disarray. Fear washed through her mind, her soul, so much so that she curled up into the fetal position.

[-]

Daro'Xen didn't have much to do during a diplomatic meeting, seeing as how such things bored her, and she'd much rather be conversing with one of the Inusynthetics. She excused herself from all of the conversations and set out to find the one named Khara. Lyna and Kyle could certainly explain everything without her being there, so she made her way down to where she last spotted Khara. It took her about an hour before she reached the medical bay. Xen was determined to find out more about the Inusynthetics. She could have asked any of the personnel walking the halls, but no, the curious Quarian wanted it from possibly one of the wisest synthetics aboard the ship.

Upon attempt of trying to enter the medbay, she was met with the sight of an Inusynthetic, one that was wearing a fully white, one-piece suit. It was standing in front of a console with various buttons and switches on it. Sometimes it pressed one of the buttons. Obviously, it heard her approach and promptly turned around to 'greet' her. "The one that you refer to as Teval'Rithari is currently undergoing operation. If you wish to speak to your Protheans or Khara Venatici, go back the way you came and then take a right. It'll be the first doorway in the hallway that you can enter. Would you like me to inform Khara that you're coming?"

Hearing all of this, Xen was confused. She was unaware that Teval was to be undergoing an operation so soon. Instead of dawdling on her thoughts, she simply nodded towards the Inusynthetic. "Yes, that'd be preferable," she drawled out. Before the Inusynthetic could even react, she followed its directions.

Xen entered the room only thirty seconds later, with Khara staring directly at her. She paused as she saw what was behind the Inusynthetic leader... A full display of Teval's operation. Instead of the pale skin that Daro was used to seeing, Teval was fully cut open, her organs being exposed to air. Inside of the chamber was an Inusannon, injecting some sort of grey goop into Teval's exposed organs. Metal appendages were extending down from the ceiling, all of which were focusing on Teval's head, they entered her ears, nostrils, and some even were stuck in her mouth. Two of the damn things were focusing on Teval's eyes, spearing the pupils with needles and circuitry chips. Khara looked over her shoulder, watching the methodical process of augmenting the Inuquarian with technologies that were almost incomprehensible to Daro'Xen. "Have you come here to observe us fixing the ill monstrosity that these two created?" Khara inquired with a great amount of malice in her tone. She gestured towards the Prothean duo, who were standing side-by-side in the corner of the room.

Stepping forward, Xen shook her head. "I wasn't aware that Teval was being operated on by your people, much less by machines. So no, I didn't come for that."

"Hmph. Then what exactly did you come for, if not to observe this poor child's hybridization?" Khara inquired, taking a small, but intimidating step towards Daro'Xen.

The door locked behind Xen, effectively trapping her inside of the room. She stared up at the Inusynthetic, as if challenging the large synthetic creature. "I didn't come here to discuss our impending doom alongside Kyle and his Asari lover," she growled while pacing from one side of the room to another. "Actually, I wanted to learn more about the Inusynthetics, more about the Inusannon, the Sannokar. Above all else, I'd want to see a sample of your AI codes."

Khara blinked a few times before holding out her hand idly. The palm of her colossal hand was facing the ceiling. "Come closer to me, and I'll give you all the knowledge that you desire."

Korlib piped up, his voice full of absolute concern, "Daro, I'm warning you, do not trust that thing!" He stepped towards Xen, trying to grab onto her shoulder, and pull her away. Before he could even do such an action, his arm was grasped onto. Delaki was the one to do it. She seemed to be worried.

"Quiet, Prothean. I've seen what you've done to the poor girl in that chamber; if there is anyone that this Quarian should not trust, it would be you," the Inusynthetic flatly spoke. Xen, against her better judgement, stepped forwards. Korlib hadn't given her a reason on why he was so frightened, and she didn't entirely trust the Prothean, despite knowing him for years on end. Without any more words out of Delaki, Korlib, or Khara, Xen stood as close to Khara as she could. The Inusynthetic slowly positioned the palms of her hands onto the sides of Xen's head, grasping the woman's helmet. "Daro…" Khara trailed off, quickly analyzing the name, and finally getting used to it. "Your immune system is fairly weak, you are ill. Unfortunately, I'm going to have to ask you to remove your mask if you wish to continue on. If you choose not to, the electromagnetic interference will-"

Xen slowly backed away, completely denying the Inusynthetic's orders. "Or you could easily transfer everything to my omni-tool," she retorted by waving her arm around.

Without another word from the towering Inusynthetic, she stepped forwards, and placed two of her fingers on Xen's wrist. From there, Xen's omni-tool filled up with various files on the Inusannon Federation. She didn't know what to say, or even think, as Khara slowly removed her fingers from Xen's wrist, as a way to say that the transfer of data had been completed. "I took the liberty of reading a small amount of information off of your omni-tool while gifting you what you desired. It's impressive on what your people have done ever since Kyle Terrah united you with the Geth… Even more impressive on how you survived a polonium tipped bullet entering your body. Nice little diary by the way… Very… Amusing..."

"Kyle took care of me. If not for him, then I'd most certainly be rotting on the ground by now." Xen completely disregarded the taunts of the Inusynthetic as well.

"I don't doubt that," Khara muttered. Her gaze snapped back to the window, where the same Inusannon was taking the machinery out of Teval's mouth. "Her procedure is almost complete. If you would be so kind as to go check on Teval, that'd be greatly preferable over these Protheans doing so. Be warned, she may have experienced temporary memory loss."

"I would be happy to… Glad to know that someone else, even a new species, disagrees with what they do," Xen spoke while gesturing at the Protheans. As soon as Daro'Xen exited the room, she opened her omni-tool and browsed through everything that Khara had transferred to it. She was surprised at what she found at the start of the list; the blueprints for an AI core that she had a hard time comprehending. As she grew nearer and nearer to the same Inusynthetic that told her of the location of Khara, she had a feeling of dread deep in her stomach. Today, Daro'Xen could be described as ultimately fearless as she passed by the Inusynthetic and stood before the door. Teval could be seen blinking, looking around the room as Avenali just exited it.

"Keep the door open, Kamen," Avenali muttered, stepping past Daro'Xen. Kamen didn't seem to protest Avenali's order, as he allowed Xen passage through the door. It closed behind her, but that wasn't the issue.

"Take it easy, child. Your body is not what it used to be." Teval had already fallen to the floor as Xen grew closer to her, and to Daro's dismay, the scared and modified Inuquarian threw herself at Xen's feet. Crouching down to inspect the weakened Inuquarian, she started to turn Teval over, to where her wrist was taken in the other's grip.

"Where are... Where's Delaki? Korlib? Where are we?" Teval nervously asked, grasping onto Xen's hand as if her life depended on it.

Daro'Xen patted Teval on her shoulder, watching the small Inuquarian curl up, shivering lightly. "Delaki and Korlib are… Close, but they… They're discussing a few things with our new friends."

Watching as Teval pushed herself up, Xen inched back, still staying in a crouched position. Teval lost her balance, falling down and nearly striking her head on the cold, steel floor. It took a few more times for the clumsy Inuquarian to get used to her body again, but eventually she tried to stand up once again. Ultimately, she fell on her butt, a small whine coming from her mouth. "I'll ask again, where are we? I know, a room, but this… I can already tell, this is foreign architecture. Are we on the Citadel? Omega?"

"We're aboard an Inusannon ship. They fixed you, cured you of your sicknesses. You're alright now, I promise." Xen scooted towards Teval, embracing the equally sized girl in her arms. "Avenali, Kamen, can one of you carry Teval? She's unable to walk and I'm not strong enough to carry around a child of her size."

In her grasp, Teval was stiff, but she was moving her head around, still observing the room that she was in. "I-Inusannon? We're… Are you lying to me? Playing at an elaborate ruse?" Teval inquired, pushing herself away from Xen, a scowl on her unmasked face.

Just then, Avenali stepped into the room and looked down at the two Quarians, her gaze mainly resting on Daro'Xen. "I've been ordered by Kochinan Vez'da to inform the two of you that we'll be arriving in-system soon. As such, it's mandatory that you head to the bridge. Kamen will be carrying the child."

A/N: This is the first part of the Inusannon meeting, and the second part will be released in about a month or two. There are a few things that I should note: Like most of my recent chapters before this, it took a long time for this to be written. I'm not the best at political scenes, and my mind can't really expand on them as far as I want. Secondly, third person scenes will probably appear more often, not in every chapter, but more than before.