We are Omega

While John and his team took control of the reactor, Jane's team cut through the Cerberus soldiers to get to the Talon camp. They had reached an open catwalk where Phantoms and Nemesis attacked them. Those women had cybernetic implants to handle a sword, but they were minor against Ahsoka's lightsaber skills. Even as two tried to tag team her, she held them at bay with her shoto. The force guided her movements as she decapitated one and pieced the heart of the other. The force guided her down as blue laser bolts flew over her and killed the third Phantom. Rex jumped over her and caught the fall with a roll and fired at the Nemesis. On the other side Jane broke her opponent's sword before doing the same with the weapon in the palm. Behind them Aria and Nyreen bickered about who Cerberus meant by Target Alpha. Jane rolled her eyes and threw a shock wave which threw regular Cerberus troopers off the walk and deep into Omega's streets.

Echo and Fives hacked the elevator and they took it upstairs. While John contacted his sister Jane, Erik and the clones took the chance to check their weapons. The Talon HQ had been under attack since Aria's speech to encourage the people of Omega.

Now the last offensive was about to begin. While they traveled towards the Afterlife Club, Aria got a call from her Lieutenant Bray. "Aria! We have encountered Cerberus engineers in the ventilation shafts. Looks like they're heading for the support columns."

"Delay them. We will come to you." Aria shouted. Jane hold her back. "John, did you hear that?"

"Loud and clear. We're heading for him now. Tell him to leave his omni-tool online so I can find him." Her brother answered.

The elevator changed direction as John programmed a new route. As the doors opened they met Bray's team. "Finally. The Engineers are gone. They left their mechs to deal with us." Echo and Fives immediately went to work. After all they were clones and originally bred to fight droids.

"For the Republic!"

"For the Republic!" Deviss shouted as his men charged. On their way back Hackett had requested them to investigate a communication hub. The station was crucial in tracking the reaper progress, and when it went dark the higher ups feared the worst. K1 attacked the Cerberus cruiser and boarded it to gain intelligence on what Cerberus was doing. K9 went down to look after the hub.

The commander took cover as snipers attacked his position. "Hawkeye, your specialty." His platoon sniper nodded and aimed his DC-15X. While the other clones provided cover and suppressing fire the marksman searched for more challenging targets. "Hello. Who do we have here?"

He saw a shadow moving across the battlefield. "Not so fast there." he said to himself as he pulled the trigger. The bolt flew across the field. Then blood appeared in the air, as a Phantom collapsed, a hole where her eye was.

"Commander, this is Talon Squad. We have found Ms. Sato. No Cerberus harassing her anymore."

"Well dome, Berets, regroup and lets get off this planet. K8 will maintain security until alliance detail arrives."

Javik analyzed the statue. He and Kaidan were down in the temple to look a for an ancient relict. "Wait. This is a Prothean beacon." he said. He touched the ground and let his senses fly free.

"Human. You need to activate them." He directed Major Alenko to the different artifacts around the room.

A VI appeared. "Victory?" he asked. "No. I am Vendetta. The virtual construct of the chief engineer Pashek Vran of the object you call Crucible. You, you are a Prothean."

"Yes." Javik couldn't say more as suddenly the corpses of Asari scientists fell past him. Gas filled the room and he collapsed, along with Kaidan. The major had managed to get his helmet but the small amount he breathed in was enough to make him collapse, too." As everything turned dark, he heard a voice. "Cerberus thanks you for your effort."

Erik worked on the bomb. His cloak kept the enemies off him. John had the same advantage. However Echo and Fives lacked this one. As defusing and defending didn't go one on one the two decided to engage Cerberus and leave the bombs to the two invisible colleagues.

Echo pinned the attackers down with his carbine while Fives picked the most dangerous opponent, the mechs, out. The collapsing mechs electrocuted everyone in their vicinity.

Ahsoka watched the scene with worry. Rex had pulled her back into Cover when the Atlas arrived. Suddenly something appeared out of thin air next to him. Before either could react, the phantom slashed Rex. His armor caught the blade and pulled her down. The phantom had been charging its palm blaster, which now hit Rex' helmet at point blank. "NO!" The force wave pushed the phantom away, disintegrating her and the other cerberus organics, leaving their armor clattering on the ground. Rex' visor had shattered and part of his helmet had caved in. Blood was running over his face. Carefully using her blade she cut the remaining helmet off him. It looked like a part of the fragments had dug deep into his skin. One eye was bleeding and Ahsoka feared that he would lose it. Concentrating her force onto him, she looked for the fragments. If she could at least remove them he could heal. He would lose his eye forever, but at least he would live. She knew that Commander Wolffe had an artificial eye and lived. "Come on, Rexter. Don't leave me now."

"Never, little one. Never again." he whispered in her ear. Jane applied Medi-Gel to keep the wound from becoming infected. Aria kept an eye on Cerberus. "We have to get to Afterlife now."

Suddenly Jane's com-link flared. "Wait!"

"WAIT!" Erik shouted. Behind him the clones held the Adjutants back while John worked on sealing the doors. "We have Adjutants on scene. If you attack the Afterlife Club, wait until we link up with you."

He took his rifle and opened fire on the monster. Echo took the large thermal clipped to the back of his belt and entered the code. As soon as it began to beep rapidly he threw it in the middle of the Adjutants. "We are reaching the end of the Gozu District."

Ahsoka blocked the shots directed at them. Nyreen had ordered three of her Talons to take the injured Rex behind cover. Jane fired her Geth Spitfire while Aria used her Disciple shotgun.

They pushed towards the Afterlife but two guardians blocked them. With a short nod Aria and Jane combined a flare with an Annihilation Field. The detonation burned the guardians to a crisp. Ahsoka stopped to check the other teams progress. They were still a minute out.

Suddenly Aria and Nyreen jumped down the balcony they were on. Ahsoka assessed the situation before she followed.

Echo ran at full speed. John and Fives had separated to take it to the higher ground to provide sniper support. Erik prepped a grenade. His scanners showed a group of Adjutants closing in on the Afterlife. Turning around a corner, they saw the monsters jumping towards their general. Without thinking Echo unleashed hell from his Z-6 Rotary blaster. "This is for you, brother." He whispered as his memory brought Hevy up again. The Stun grenade flew in a high arc before it landed in the middle of the Adjutants. Erik dove under the swing of an Adjutant. Turning around, he slotted it with his two handpistols. But when the next attacked he was too slow. The hook took his helmet off as he landed on the ground with a violent crack. He blinked and checked himself. It was the corpse below him that broke its bones. Echo saw his fellow friend go down, but he himself was holding off an Adjutant of his own. The Adjutant went for the kill when his head exploded.

Fives looked up from his scope. "Bull's eye." He and John resumed shooting. The mix of lasers and projectiles wore the barriers and armor down, leaving them open to the females' attacks.

Jane countered the singularity fired by the reaper and engaged in close range. She punched through the armor of one and detonated her biotics. The Adjutant exploded, showering them with goo.

"That's the last of them." Nyreen said. She turned around to see the locked doors of the Afterlife Club. Aria went to storm, but she stopped when a lightsaber was hold in front of her. "Let me through! You will not stop my revenge!" she hissed at the Jedi.

Ahsoka shook her head. "I sense more of these Adjutants in there along with a lot of Cerberus henchmen.

John and Fives checked their sniper rifles. "We go back up. I reckon that you still didn't seal the ventilation shafts?" Shepard asked Aria. "Indeed I did not." "Lieutenant, do you have a stealth mode on that weapon?" Fives didn't answer but switched the barrel. That answered the question. "Nyreen, you come with us. We need somebody familiar with the tunnels and shafts." The turian nodded as she led the two men to a secret entrance.

Echo checked his rotary blaster. "Time to dish out the pain." he smirked. As a clone he had few chances to unleash his inner child. The only good thing he had at the moment was his relationship with Bo. And even in this war they had nearly no time for each other.

Bo-Katan enjoyed the shore leave in the Purgatory. She and her friends had buried their fallen sisters and were now celebrating again. The first time the went in here a few drunk marines made the mistake to take them as poster girls. After a good barfight the men knew better and left them alone. At the moment she enjoyed a drink with a woman called Jack. A strong biotic with the spirit of a real mando. They exchanged stories of war. Bo hoped to see Echo again. Although she viewed the clones as bastard before it changed after she actually met them and he saved her during the civil war. She waited for him to return from the Omega Station. The war didn't wait for anybody. The 327th was on Dekuuna, evacuating the elcors while the 501st was in charge of training C-Sec and the new civilian militia. The UST brought in a new set of scientists to the Crucible. Legion was on board the Normandy, intercepting Cerberus-Activities, especially after the fall of Thessia. Liara had taken it fairly hard and spent a lot of time with her parent at the Presidium.

The Adjutant collapsed when Echo drilled the Z-6 into its back. While he kept the Cerberus forces back Erik worked on the generators. Impulsive as she was Aria had charged fist first and got herself caught in a stasis field. Their original plan to split up and take the generators our was canceled then Petrovsky revealed the second generation Adjutants. Jane took on the Adjutants. Her being a strong biotic enabled her to fight in the area around Aria unharmed from the biotic explosions. Erik managed to lower the shields around on the first Generator. Ahsoka threw her lightsaber while fending off a Phantom. "Moving to the next." Echo went first, mowing down Cerberus personnel in his path while Ahsoka brought up the rear. Erik threw a frag to distract the various Adjutants left for Jane. John and Fives picked their targets from the two shafts above them. The cross fire rendered any cover Cerberus used useless. "General!" Ahsoka looked around to see Echo waving. Cerberus had been slaughtered. "Doors hacked, you should catch him now." The jedi nodded in response as she jumped over. Jane used a biotic charge to rush to the door.

"General Petrovsky. You are under arrest." She said. The general opened the comm. "All units. Cease fire. Withdraw to the docks. Do not engage anybody." He shut the terminal down and turned towards the two women. "I surrender myself into alliance custody."

"Lieutenant Winston, take him in." "Yes, Ma'am." He and the two ARC-troopers cuffed the man and brought him down to the hangar where the Normandy would meet them. John and Jane stayed behind to talk with Aria and Nyreen. "Don't forget the Omega resources." Jane turned to Nyreen. "Keep order up. Help Aria to stay focused on the current threat." The turian nodded. "I will."

Rex woke with a painful startle in his right eye. He blinked several times as suddenly lines of text scrolled over it. He closed his eyes but the text was still there. "Stay still, Rex-Captain. I am still calibrating the eye." Legion said as the geth pushed him down. "Now you may proceed." He rested on his elbows and tried to assess his surroundings. He was in the med-bay on board the Normandy. Ahsoka sat on the next bed and examined him. He immediately got readings on her from his right eye. He blushed as he tried to ignore it. "You do know it works like your helmet's HuD, do you?" Legion asked. Taking the hint Rex blinked three times and the texts disappeared.

"How bad was it?" Doctor Chakwas held a tablet in front of him. "Multiple sharpnell wounds and a shattered ribcage. You lost your eye. While we replaced it, the right side of your face will remain scarred."

"How did the mission...?" Ahsoka took his hand into hers. "We made it. Petrovsky is in a cell and you are soon fit to fight again. Luckily we have shore leave soon. The Normandy is called back to get updated on the newest tech and repairs."

But the Normandy wasn't the only ship that had to return. The Cobra fleet stopped by as well, performing checks on the reactors and seeing if the combination of Republic tech and Terran tech worked well together.

Admiral Yularen expressed his idea of replacing the standard turbolasers with the new UST turrets. The Acclamators had to be refueled as the had not been fitted with fusion-reactors yet and the Consulars were outfitted with cloaking devices. Also the clones had to rearm. While their blaster's mags regenerated over time the grenades didn't replace themselves. They were taken to a weapon's depot and were allowed to take anything they want from ordinance.

Jane and John visited their new apartment. Admiral Anderson had left it to them as he didn't use it frequently. He practically ordered them to use it. The apartment was huge. It had three bedrooms which the two separated into to master bedrooms and a guest room. They had just settled in when they received an e-mail from Joker. The pilot invited them to the local sushi-bar, calling it a meeting of the only permanent Normandy crew-members during the reaper war. The host recognized them immediately and also the citizens made room for the famous Shepard twins. They were led towards the back of the restaurant and met Joker at a table. Nearby they found Erik and Catherine having a romantic diner.

"How can you eat this?" Catherine asked as she poked the sushi. Erik poured his personal mix of thai curry and soy sauce onto his salmon. "This question coming from the woman, who lives on blood." he commented. He stopped when he saw Catherine stiffing. "Sensing it, too?" he asked, when a warning flared up on his glasses.

Just then a rough voice disrupted the calm atmosphere. "Today's entertainment includes pointless violence and destruction. In a swift motion The Shepards as well as the Cobras took cover. Brooks, being in plain sight with her alliance uniform was captured first.

John turned around. "Joker, get the Normandy crew. I might need help down here." As the pilot limped away Jane grabbed one of the attackers and threw him down. She grabbed the pistol and threw it to her brother. "You'll need it more than I do." John nodded as he activated his tactical cloak. Disguised he ran past the mercs and reached Brooks. She was unconscious so he moved her silently to the bathrooms before his cloak had to recharge.

Erik fired his pistol. He was glad that he decided to pack at least one of his sidearms. Catherine broke a chair and took two legs to wield them like bats. Jane used a singularity to pull mercs from their hiding and smash them against the wall. A grenade flew towards them but Catherine caught it in the air and threw it back. The explosion set the kitchen on fire. Jane used the confusion to clear a path with a nova. Erik rolled over a table, grabbed a knife and stabbed the closest merc into the eyes before shooting at a set of newcomers. John fired the M11-Suppressor at the heads. The weapon was surprisingly lethal despite its small size and the lack of ammo. He met up with the others but just then another merc landed and shot the glass below them. The Shepards fell down first, catching onto a small ledge. Erik was caught by Catherine but the water made her slip and she fell down, too.

They fell onto the Shepards which caused them to loose their grip.

They landed on a catwalk in the Citadel's lower levels. John tried to contact his crew but he received only static, disrupted by laughter. Erik checked his radio. He reckoned that no one could decipher Aurebesh in this world. Combined with mando it was nearly impossible to crack if you didn't know where Jango Fett came from and used the right dialekt.

"I've got a connection. Code Red, I repeat Code Red." In the meantime Jane managed to contact Brooks again. She was using a terminal near a med-station and tried to help them. "On the other side of the road is a skycar retailer. "It's Cision Motors. I'll try to get a shuttle there, but C-SEC has the whole place under lockdown. The continued down towards another level and reached a market place. They decided that it was best to stay in the shadows and attract attention. While Catherine took out the patrolling mercenaries silently, Erik got a reply from his radio.

"Ashley, Bo and I are just at the Castle Arcade. We will move towards you." Tali replied. Fives Kaidan and Echo called in from the Armax-Arsenal-Arena. They, too, were on their way.

Bly called in, too. He had heard from the incident. He was with his personal squad in a gunship while Deviss helped C-SEC to clear the restaurant and the remaining 327th locked the area down. Rex had already sent word to the 501st to stop flirting with the new female shinies and the mando women or at least take it to the docks where the lartys were standing.

Erik shook his head at the picture. Jango clones flirting with Alina Fett clones. He looked down where Catherine and John gave them the clear sign. Proceeding down they were stopped by a locked gate. John went to hack it, instead of using his Spectre ID to get past. The gate opened without a sound. As they continued more mercs ran across them. At the entrance the were pinned down by the fire. Suddenly the resistance collapsed. The four struck their heads out to see their companions.

Tali and Kaidan immediately checked their beloved ones. "Heard you had a bad day?"

Bo and Ashley searched for the terminal to open the gates. Luckily a night guard was in the office who was eager to comply. Fives and Echo gave Catherine and Jane their sidearms.

Just as they stepped out onto the landing platform a C-SEC shuttle arrived.