Me: Here's the rest of that chapter.

Trin: No more deadlines.

Me: Agreed.

Megan (from my RWBY story): Hi guys.

Me: Wait…why are you here?

Megan: Not sure really, but +looks over at the plate of cookies next to Trin+ can I have some of those?

Trin: You'd take them all, not some.

Helix: +Walks through door and sees Megan+ Should I come back later?

Me: Can I get back to my story please?

Trin: No.

Megan and Helix: Yes.

"Talking."

"Thinking."

"[Electronic communication.]"

{AI intercommunication}

Moon Landing (part 2)

[Nova Galaxy, Turian home system, Menae:]-Jane

Jane ran forward and Blinked into the Turian Husk. The biotic explosion disabled its shields as she fired her Lancer into it. The Husk took several shots to it before falling dead. She then turned to the others and ran for cover. She saw Angel and Garrus staying back near the barricade and sniping the Reaper forces. She also noticed Vega, John and Commander Andrews going close range against several Reaper forces. She turned forward again and saw that Liara and Cortana were with her. She readied her rifle again as another group of Husks charged forward. Jane fired her Lancer into the oncoming group of cybernetic zombies as Cortana fired a UNSC Silenced SMG at the Husks. Liara threw out a few warps and enhanced hers and Cortana's ammo. Jane stopped firing as the last of the Husks charged at her. She readied her Omni-Blade and shoved it into the Reaper soldier once it got close.

"I think we got them all," Garrus shouted as Jane relaxed slightly.

"Confirmed, no Husks nearby," Andrews said as he kept his weapon at his shoulder.

"Still thousands all over the moon, but this airfield's clear," Cortana said in agreement.

"Ok people, let's"

"[Captain Shepard,]" General Corinthus said over the coms.

"What is it?" Jane asked.

"[The main gate is under heavy attack, think you could help them out?]"

"On our way."

"Captain," Andrews said suddenly.

"What is it Commander?"

"I suggest we break off into teams; one to stay here and defend our evac zone, and the other to go with you to find the Primarch."

"…Alright Commander, we'll go with that idea," Jane then turned to face the troops under her command, quickly thinking about who would stay and who would go. "Liara, Vega, Angel, and John, stay here and defend this area, the rest of you are coming with me."

"You got it Captain," Garrus said as he reloaded his rifle.

"We'll make sure nothing breaks though sis," John and Angel said at once, causing them to look at each other confused.

"Good luck, you two. Let's go help out the main gate."

With that, Jane's group ran towards the front gate of the small outpost. Jane blinked to the top of the main barricade and manned the turret as Husks started landing. Jane fired at the large groups of Reaper soldiers as the other caught up to her. Jane looked over to see Garrus switch to the Krysae Sniper she gave him earlier. He fired it at several Husks as Jane turned her attention back to the enemies.

"Here comes another wave," Garrus said as several more Husks, this time with a few Turian Husks, which Jane was now calling Marauders, accompanying them.

"Don't let them get past," Jane shouted as she reloaded the turret and fired again.

"Sending out a drone," Cortana shouted suddenly as a small prowler shaped hologram appeared in with the Husks.

Jane watched closely as the vehicle shaped drone fired Hardlight rounds at the Husks and Marauders. She also noticed that it wasn't always the same type of round. Some spread out like a shotgun blast, disintegrating the enemies they hit; others left behind a trail as all the UNSC's snipers did, also disintegrating what they hit; some worked like explosive, doing the same thing as the shotgun and sniper rounds except the explosive rounds separated into four smaller explosives after the main explosion; the last rounds were small rapidly fired shots that didn't cause disintegration, but still devastated the Husks.

Jane looked over at the AI and raised an eyebrow, unseen behind the visor she was using. Cortana shrugged at her and began firing her SMG at the last group of Husks. Only then did Jane notice that Andrews was on the ground in the middle of the Husks, firing his shotgun and AR at the Reaper forces. The S-II took down the last Husk as another thing landed. Jane looked at it to see what looked like a Turian's head attached to a giant body of unrecognizable machinery and organics.

"What the…what is that?" Garrus asked as the thing charged towards the barricade.

The Commander was barely able to jump out of the way as the monstrosity rammed into the door, causing the three remaining members of the team to stumble and fall. Jane managed to grab the turret as she fell, but wasn't able to pull herself up as the thing rammed the barricade again, causing her to lose her grip and fall with the others. She got back up and the new Reaper soldier pounded its chest like an ape.

"Oh shit," Jane said as she rolled out of the way of its charge.

"Well this is just terrific," Cortana commented as she fired her SMG into the behemoth.

Jane threw several warps before jumping out of the way as the abomination charged. It turned toward the group again and beat its chest like an ape. Cortana's drone was destroyed as the Reaper Behemoth smashed it with its claw. It then turned to the AI and tried to grab her. Cortana jumped out of the way and made another drone. She then lifted her SMG again and fired several rounds at the Behemoth.

"This isn't going well," Garrus commented.

"No shit," Jane shot back.

Jane got back up as a glowing blue orb sailed over her head and landed on the Behemoth's face. The orb stuck there, glowing brighter for a second before exploding. Jane stood there, stunned at what just happened as what remain of the Behemoth toppled forward. She turned around to see Cortana smiling at her.

"I say that was a great throw, what about you?"

"Great work…now let's get moving," Jane said before turning to Garrus. "Garrus, take us to the last place you saw Victus."

"On it Comm…Captain," Garrus said as he lead them towards another area.

Jane climbed a small ridge as the team moved forward. Jane looked to Cortana and ordered her to act as the scout. The AI nodded before becoming invisible and moving ahead of the others. Jane looked around and saw several discarded heat exchanges. She picked them up and looked around. All of the ones she had just found were still usable.

"Usable clips, yet they were just tossed aside as if they couldn't be used…something's not right." Jane looked around to see the hand of a Turian soldier on top of the small cliff behind the clips. "That explains it."

"Captain, we need to keep moving," Andrews said from behind him.

"[The S-II's right, we need to move,]" Cortana said over the coms as Garrus nodded in agreement.

Jane got up, pocketing the clips as she did, and followed Garrus to where Victus was. The got to another cliff face as Husks began climbing up. Jane blinked into the middle of them and detonated a biotic blast. The blast knocked the Husks off the cliff as Jane turned and waited for the others, Cortana having fallen back and become visible again. Cortana's eyes suddenly narrowed as she pulled out her Silenced Magnum and fired toward Jane.

The bullets flew past her head, narrowly missing it as she heard them impact something behind her. Jane turned her head to see another Husk had climbed up after the others.

"Sloppy, I should've been paying more attention," she thought to herself as she nodded her thanks to Cortana.

"We all have off days," the AI told her before holstering the semi auto weapon.

"Let's get going," Andrews said as the group moved forward.

Jane raised her Lancer and looked around through its attached scope. She saw nothing ahead of them and kept going forward.

"Shepard!" Garrus shouted as a Turian fighter hit the ground in front of Jane.

She jumped back just in time to avoid getting killed by the explosion.

"That was way to close," Jane said as they got moving again.

A few more feet and they saw Palaven more clearly. Jane looked up to see giant scars of orange everywhere on the planet. She turned to look at Garrus as he noticed the scars also.

"Damn, look at Palaven. You see that blaze of orange…the big one, in the middle. That's where I was born."

Jane looked over at Andrews, she couldn't see his expression because of his helmet, but she did notice that his fist was clenching. She looked over at Cortana to see the AI looking depressed about it.

"At least the Turians are still fighting," Jane said before turning back towards the way they were heading.

"But how long until the fights kicked out of them?"

Jane jumped over a small gap in the ground as the others did the same. Jane could hear explosions from a bit ahead of them.

"We're almost there, should be around the next bend," Garrus said as he readied his rifle.

"Then let's move, no Reaper's taking this Primarch," Jane shouted as they ran forward.

She turned to see a destroyed gate of a command post. She ran past it, firing her weapon at several Cannibals as she did. Jane jumped over a small bit of rocks and continued to run forward, only stopping when she saw another Behemoth.

"Oh, shit," she said as it charged her.

She tried to jump out of the way, but wasn't fast enough. She activated a biotic barrier just before hitting multiple crates. She got up, clutching at several bruised area before noticing something on the ground near her. She picked it up to see that it was a Reaper tech gun.

"Guess I'm fighting fire with fire," she thought to herself as she aimed the heavy weapon at the Behemoth.

Jane held down the trigger as a purple light appeared at the end of the barrel. The Behemoth noticed the rest of her team, which were finishing off the Reaper forces she had skipped, and pounded its chest. Jane released the trigger and a pitch black orb of energy went flying towards the Behemoth.

The abomination turned to her just as the orb impacted it. It detonated and created what Jane could best describe as a small scale black hole. The Behemoth was destroyed nearly instantly. The black hole then collapsed, creating a large explosion. Jane tossed the gun aside and got up to face the other reaper forces, stopping when she saw a second Behemoth attacking the remaining Turians.

Andrews suddenly ran past her, toppling over every Husk that tried to jump on him, and rammed into the side of the Behemoth before firing his AR's entire mag into it. When that was empty, he switched to his shotgun, firing every shell it had into the creature. It moaned once, and tried to swipe at Andrews. The Reaper tank then toppled over dead, the combined fire from the Turians and the Commander killing it.

"That's the last of them," someone said as Jane moved forward.

"Victus?" Jane asked as a single Turian walked towards them.

"Commander Shepard, I wasn't expecting you to be here, thanks for the help," he said to Jane before looking at Garrus. "Vakarian where'd you go?"

"Heavy Reaper unit on the right flank. I believe your exact words were, 'get that thing the hell off my men,'" Garrus replied.

"Appreciate it."

"You're needed off world to help direct forces," Jane told him.

"It'll take a hell of a lot more than that to make me abandon my Turian brothers and sisters."

"Fidorian's dead, you're the new Primarch," Garrus explained.

Victus' eyes went wide as he walked over to look at Palaven.

"I'm Primarch of Palaven?" he said, seemingly trying to convince himself. "Shepard I'm no politician. I'll be no good for this."

"Which is why you'll be perfect. We don't need another politician right now, we need soldiers and Generals," Jane replied.

"…Alright Shepard, I'll go and help," Victus said, "just…give me a minute."

Jane nodded as Victus walked over to his troops. She then walked over to a cliff and looked out to see several tank shots hit a Reaper. Garrus then walked over to her.

"Without him here, there's a good chance we'll lose this moon," Garrus said to her.

"Without him coordinating attacks up there we could lose everything," Jane replied as they started walking off.

Me: Well that's done.

Trin: No more deadlines…ever.

Me: Agreed.

Helix: Anything to add?

Me: Just the codex entry.

March 12, 2566: The Turian's new Primarch, former General Victus, was recovered from Menea by Spectre Operatives John, Angel, and Jane Shepard. Victus is now helping coordinate Turian assaults on Reaper forces.