The Normandy hummed gently as we made our way to Sur'Kesh. I went to the cafeteria to actually choke down something if anything. There were hot dogs, burgers, sushi, typical earth and foreign cuisine. Nothing seemed appetizing, even though my stomach grumbled; I felt no desire to quell the hunger.

Mindlessly, I sat at a table, drinking a soda waiting for the time to pass by. I needed to do something productive in the downtime between each mission. In the corner of my eye, I saw Kaidan sit next to me.

"Sitting by yourself isn't healthy either." He laughed quietly. I smiled warmly back at him.

"Spying on me isn't wise, I'm a decent shot. Besides, I like unhealthy earthy food. Burgers are fantastic."

"There's nothing wrong with burgers," Kaidan giggled, "then again our appetites are not satiable like non-Biotics." Kaidan piped in.

"Kaidan, have you heard from your family lately?" I seriously inquired. His faced darkened for a moment that passed, "They're still in Canada, but they're fine. Garrus even told me to tell you that his family made it out. Are you worried about your brother?"

I nodded, "I haven't heard from him in a while. It's probably nothing." I had to shrug it all off. Kaidan grabbed my hand, "Call him, he might answer."

Heading to the Comm Room, I started a holographic call to my brother. The deep space signal was busy, and then hope blossomed. "Jane."

"Hey, Jack. I wanted to check in on you. Are you ok?" I asked John quietly.

"I'm fine, definitely in the safe zone. How are you? Garrus told me that you foolishly went in front of the barrier on Menae." John accused.

"You talked to Garrus?" I raised an eyebrow, snapping. John looked uncomfortable.

"Who else did you talk to?" I barked.

"Kaidan and Tali also told me what was going on. I'm sorry, it's just you were busy and I was worried." John tried to gain my favor but rage burned deep in me.

"You had no right to contact them to ask about me. You should have called me only! I'm the only family you have and yet you won't speak to me?!" My voice strained at the yelling.

"Jane, I know you're angry I didn't call, but-"

"No John, I care about you. Had the roles been reversed, I'd nag the shit out of you even if you didn't answer, just so you'd know that I was worried." My voice cracked.

John was silent for a long moment. "Jane, perhaps we should talk later, when you cool down."

"I agree, bye John, love ya." I mumbled.

"Love you too Jane, good bye." John said brokenly. The signal was cut. I sent an e-mail to Admiral Hackett and Anderson of the Alliance naval section, informing them of the alliances I made.

I walked over to the elevator to go to the shuttle bay; I felt in my gut, that this was going to be messy.

However, the mission went better than expected. We gathered the females that Wrex needed, but with Wreav I made the choice to imprison him on Sur'Kesh rather than kill him. I couldn't afford the possible complications of a human killing a Krogan that could later affect our alliance. After all, I'd rather him hate me than the whole race I need to defend ourselves with. Hanar, Drell, Batarian, Vorcha, Salarian, Krogan, Volus, Turian, Elcors, Asaris, Quarian, Geth, and every type of alien it seemed were our allies against the Reapers. We needed this desperately.

I was now mulling over the immediate progress we made on Tuchunka to gain so much support from the Krogans after curing the Genophage. At some point we needed help from the students we rescued from Grissom Academy- a school for gifted Biotic Students all across the galaxy. Too bad I was never really gifted; in my mind I'm a scared stupid weak human girl who only knew how to run and when I felt brave enough to aim my gun at my enemies heads. On other days I feel like I was unstoppable monolith, a titan. Those students though, they helped with the Crucible, and I knew my brother would appreciate the company. It was just a relief to me that these kids were safe from the horrors of terroristic synthetics in the galaxy.

My mind immediately flashed to the war between the Quarians and the Geth and how it paralleled our ongoing war with the Reapers.

We went to Rannoch, to gain allies for my Summit in this fight, but sadly there was the problem of this thousand of year old civil war between the Geth and Quarians.

I remembered everything that had happened during my visit there. Kaidan and I got off the shuttle with Garrus, locked and loaded. The others remained on the Normandy or the shuttle. I knew that our visit would shift the odds of gaining allies against the Reapers, but somewhere in the back of my mind I knew this was a gamble that could take such a worse turn…