Hey, sorry this is late. I had some chairity stuff to do and then got caught up in an all-night marathon of Guren Lagan. Good news is that the marathon gave me some great ideas for the final fight and it was a good series. Bad news is that I procrastinated on this chapter and I am sorry.

Cody:

Cody watched the last Salarian head into the facility and knew it was time to head in. Cody did as he did to get up the building and focused on his omnitool. Soon, it lit up and became an omniblade. Cody gave a nod and did the same to his other arm. Once he had two omniblades he began to climb down.

Cody stabbed one blade into the roof and swung himself over the side of the facility. Cody began to climb down the side like he would a latter, only difference was he was punching into walls with blades. Cody continued and looked down every few minutes to see how far he was.

Cody had gotten down fifteen meters of the fifty meter tall building when he took a glance down. He saw Ty and Danny holding a line at the top of the stairs and it looked like they would be able to hold it for a while. Cody climbed down another five meters and looked again and saw two geth prime at the top of the stairs causing Ty and Danny to have to back to the door.

Cody cursed and began climbing as fast as he could to the guys. Cody was fifteen meters to the top of the entrance when the urge to look was too much and he took a look at how the others were doing. They had killed both Geth Prime and had a Salarian with them. Cody almost let a sigh of relief until four destroyers rushed the trio.

Cody felt his body get taken over by reaction and he brought his legs up and pushed off the wall and began to fall. Cody then spun himself around in the air and aimed at the Cody came down he stabbed his two omnitools into a Geth Destroyer and landed on top of it.

Cody got up and ran to the others who were finishing the last three destroyers. Cody ripped his assault rifle off his back and formed up with the others. They all began to drop Geth until Ty gave an order.

"Everyone inside!"

There was no order or rhythm to their retreat. They all turned tail and ran into the facility. Cody didn't know where to go but everyone ran into an elevator and Cody got in too. Ty hit the button and the elevator went down.

Cody let a breath out and looked over at the Salarian, "I don't believe I have met the fourth wheel."

The Salarian looked at Cody and stuck his hand out for a hand shake, "I am Jean, STG second in command."

Cody shook his hand and Ty cut in, "Why did you stay behind with us Jean?"

Jean reached back into his pocket and pulled out a detonator, "Kirrehe wanted me to make sure you guys got out and we didn't want to light the explosives with you up there."

The elevator came to their stop and everyone piles out. Ty took the lead and headed down the small hallway they were released to and headed to the place Kirrehe set a waypoint to. Cody took the back and saw Jean hit the button on the detonator. Immediately the hallway vibrated and then came back to a still.

Nobody missed a beat or even pretended to notice so Cody just continued to move. They had gone about fifty yards in utter silence for one reason or another. Cody wanted to break the ice in any way he could and so he said the first thing that came to mind.

"So, what's going to be the deal with extraction?"

Immediately Ty stopped and the others ran into him, Danny was the first to collide and knocked Ty to the ground, "Hey, what's the deal?"

Ty got up and turned to Danny, he was pale white, "Shepard has to choose between us or Ashley and Kaiden."

Danny opened his mouth but for once nothing came out. All three of them sat and looked at each other. Cody realized that Ty and Danny hadn't thought about that before. Now was a time to make a decision.

Danny finally found some words, "Do we go with the Salarians or do we head back to Shepard?"

The all began to panic and look to one another in a panic hoping that someone else will make the decision for them. Cody wanted to go to Shepard, he didn't want to stay and die with just a couple computer programs. It wasn't like they were influential to the end anyway.

Cody wanted to step forward and make the decision but Jean beat him to the punch, "Look, I don't know what you are talking about and I can only assume that Shepard won't be able to save us all by what you are saying but I do have some input on it."

Cody felt bad that they were talking about leaving the Salarians right in front of their second in command so he gave the word, "Go ahead."

Jean had an intense look in his eyes as he spoke, "I know that to you and your powers make us look like a small time rooky unit with no way of really helping you later on but we do stand. We Salarians have proved our medal time and time again. Like Captain Kirrehe said before, we held the line. If you need to survive and you think that the only way you can do that is by leaving then go ahead but know that we will hold the line and ensure you can do that."

Jean stood and Ty put a hand on Jean's shoulder, "Alright, if you promise to hold the line. Then we promise to move that line forward, all the way to Shepard."

Danny put his hand on Jean's other shoulder, "Why the hell not, we have faced worst odds in multiplayer and came out alive."

Cody gulped and stood apart from the guys, "I will go, but if we die I am kicking all of your asses so bad that you will feel like heaven is hell."

Everyone began to laugh and Jean spoke for all of them, "Agreed."

Shepard:

Shepard and Garrus blew through the Geth with no problem and quickly defeated anyone who stood in their way. They finished off the last of the Geth and began to nod to each other when they both realized something was missing. Shepard thought for a moment and then called it out.

"Liara!?"

There was no answer at first and then they heard her on the other side of the wall, "Over here."

Shepard walked around the medium and saw Liara sitting by a desk looking through a computer. Shepard stumbled for a moment when he saw the giant Krogan dead by her feet. Shepard knew he was taking her out for a drink after this. If she could take down a Krogan without letting Shepard even realizing that there was a Krogan.

"What are you looking at Liara?"

Liara pulled an OSD out of the computer and put it in a pouch on her belt, "The reports for this part of the facility. It turns out that this Krogan was a head scientist in researching what they call indoctrination."

Garrus walked over to Shepard and Liara and looked down at the Krogan, "Doctor Droyas?"

Shepard pointed at the Krogan and looked at Garrus, "You know our Krogan friend here?"

Garrus gave a nod, "A few years back he was trying to find a cure for the Genophage on the Citadel. He figured that the last place that officers would be looking for a Genophage research lab would be in our own back yard. He was good about it too, we almost didn't catch him… almost."

Shepard looked back at the Krogan, "What happened?"

"We got word of what he was doing and had to stake out a few nights. We saw thirty-seven Krogan enter his place each day. That gave us reasoning for a warrant and we busted his operation. It also allowed us to give him the boot off the Citadel. He must have linked up with Saren after that."

Shepard nodded, "Huh, Poor bastard."

Garrus pulled his sniper rifle off his back and checked the sites, "Not that I don't enjoy story time Shepard but we need to keep moving."

Liara spoke before Shepard could, "Agreed."

The three moved out of the facility and onto a bridge that lead to a building that was entirely away from the rest of the base. Shepard decided it was worth a look and headed over to it. They got to the door and did a simple breaching maneuver. Once inside they didn't see anyone until an Asari peaked from behind the desk.

Shepard quickly pulled a pistol and trained it on the desk, "Okay, get out from there."

The Asari stood with her hands raised, "Don't shoot. I'm just a scientist, not a soldier."

Shepard looked back at Liara and Garrus and nodded to them, they all began spreading out through the room to surround the Asari, "What's up there?"

The Asari gulped, "Saren's private lab. He goes up there from time to time."

Liara spoke to Shepard, "That could mean he is up their right now."

The Asari shook her head, "He's not. He left a while ago to tend to some business."

Shepard fired a shot into her computer, "What business?"

The Asari coward and spoke as fast as possible, "I don't know, I just started here. Look, I can open his lab for you. You can check for yourself and see he isn't there."

Shepard nodded to her and she pulled up a data pad. The Asari hit a few buttons on her pad and the door to the lab lit green. Shepard looked at Garrus and gave a nod. They all put their weapons away but Garrus kept his hand on his pistol.

"Okay, you better start running. A bomb is about to go off and when it does it will wipe out this whole facility and then some."

The Asari's eyes grew wide, "A bomb!? You expect me to out run the explosion?"

Garrus spoke with a Turian smirk, "Clocks ticking."

The Asari let a gasp and took off out the door. Shepard, Liara and Garrus all went in and saw that it was just a front room for an elevator. The three piles in and hit the button. Saren's elevator was the slowest that Shepard had ever been in. He was surprised at the slowness but then again the last one they were in wasn't necessarily the safest.

They came to the floor and immediately sped out of the elevator. They made a sweeping motion through the room and all met on the rise near the hologram of Saren's Ship. Once they were sure that Saren left no guards they holstered their weapons and walked over to the hologram.

"Liara, can you get me the blueprints for Saren's flag ship?"

Liara gave a nod and stepped up to the computer terminal and began hacking. She had only been there for a few seconds when the terminal buzzed and Liara was electrocuted and shot bad into Garrus. Following that they all heard a screeching noise that sounded like a trashcan lid that needed oil.

Garrus helped Liara back to her feet, "What in god's name was that?"

Thea a deep voice spoke in their minds, "You're not Saren."

There is the chapter, hope you enjoyed it. Tell me your thoughts on Jean. Like him hate him. He will be a returning character in the next book if you guys like him enough. Also, to settle a bet. Who is your favorite User. Just PM me that or put it at the bottom of a review if you decide to.