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Chapter 4: The Beacon

The four of them moved to the dig site with Ashley leading the way. As they move forward they saw several more spikes with the dead on them. "What the fuck are they doing to the bodies with those things?" Shepard said with a grim look at one of the spikes holding a body in the air. "I don't know but this is something they do for no reason. There just has to be a reason we just don't know yet." Kaiden said. "Whatever the reason I have a feeling we will not like it when we learn of it." Shepard said as they continued.

As they got close to the dig site they heard the sounds of Geth. They hid behind cover and looked over the dig site. The dig site covered a square that's 2/3 a square mile with a few pits with a few ruins poking out showing where they were digging for Prothean artifacts and/or tech. A pair of Geth are seen carrying a crate from a storage building along with several more moving around the site. "Ok Ashley. You and I will use our sniper rifles while Kaiden and Jenkins are to keep them off us. Ashley we'll start off with the geth carrying the crate." Shepard said as he gave his orders to them. He turned to the civ. "Stay down and till we tell you it's safe." The civ nodded before hiding behind a rock making himself small as possible so he will not get hit by stray shots.

"You get the left one. I'll get the right one." He said. He aimed and then fired with Ashley firing a second later. The one of the geth carrying a crate went down with the other losing it's heads\ as well. The rest of the geth turned and attacked the group. As the firefight went on the number of geth became fewer and fewer which in turn have the geth use tactics less often. The firefight ended after the last geth was killed.

"Take a look around people. See if there's anything of use or any survivors." Shepard ordered as they went through the dig site. "Shepard." Kaidan called him over. "I found a couple of Prothean discs in the crates. Five in all." he said. "Bring them with us. They may not be what we are here for but keeping them out of the geth's hands is a very good idea." "Sir! I found a couple of survivors here." Ashley called out. "Let's go." they grouped up with Ashley and the three survivors she found. "Commander this is Dr. Warren the head of the dig site." "Yes and thank you for killing the geth and getting us out of there." she said as she give her thanks. "Dr. is there anything you can tell us about what happened?" Shepard asked her. She told them of the unknown geth ship that landed and the sound it made when it came down. They admitted seeing some AAA fire at it before they were shut down or destroyed by the geth but it took no damage at all to its hull they could see for its shields were down.

"I see. Thank you for telling what you knew. The four of you will stay here and till a squad comes to get you later." Shepard told them. "I understand and if you find others please help them." Dr. Warren said to them. "Will do if we can." Shepard said before they left.

One hour later

They were coming up to the ridge between them and the spaceport. They reached it and looked at the port also seeing the unknown geth ship in person for the first time. "Ashley set up your sniper rifle Kaidan use your helmet to pick out targets for us. The rest of you cover and hold off any geth or husks that attack us. (encountered husks on the way) "Sir I count 15 spikes with husks no geth in- oh sir I'm seeing a unknown Turian down there." "I'm calling Nihlus. Nihlus I got a unknown Turian here at the spaceport we currently got over watch on him." Shepard said. "Copy that will be there in about five minutes." He replied. "Copy that. Be warned he's to calm with what's going on and there's no dead geth around him at all." Shepard warned as he got his sniper rifle train on the unknown.

Nuhlus arrived and said to the unknown with the com to the team on. "Saren? What are you doing here?" Nuhlus asked Saren. "The Council that you may have needed more help." he said. "This is bad the geth attacking with unknown tech. We may be on the brink of another war here." he said walking past Saren. "Don't worry I have it all under control." Saren said about to shoot when two shots ring out and hit him, one on the arm the other on at his chest. His shields held but Nuhlus turned around and pulled out his shotgun. Saren ran while a group of geth came around the corner and attacked. The husks were coming down six were killed before they could touch the ground.

The fight lasted for several minutes before they regrouped. After talking to a dock worker they got on a tram and headed to the other side of the spaceport. The unknown ship started to leave the port midway to their destination. When they arrived at the spaceport and got off the tram and saw a geth low-yield nuke charge. "Kaidan!" "On it." Kaidan disabled the charge. "Sir I'm picking up four more two on each side." Kaidan reported. "Kaidan, Ashley, Jenkins left side. Nuhlus you're with me on the right side." They disarmed the bombs and removed the last of the geth and husks in the area.

While Kaidan was calling in the Normandy Ashley went near the Beacon and said. "How odd, it wasn't doing anything like this when we first dug to up- what the ahh-" she started getting pulled toward the beacon. Then Shepard grabbed and pulled her away from it but getting caught in the pull. Then the beacon blew up and knocked out Shepard.

ME4

As with Jenkins I have plans for Nuhlus later on. And for how the Chapter went. The full team will still be there, I just want to change things some. and I said it before it's near canon with some changes for this one. The other two that are ahead are more likely to go AU. also I'll try to make them longer with without them being filled with unneeded additions