Three Hours Earlier
The Normandy held its position over Haestrom as the sun reflected over the surface of the planet illuminating its source with different shades of light and colour. The crew continued on with their duties as they prepared for the next encounter they would have with the collectors. Down on deck Two Dr. Chakwas continued to watch over Geoff in the Infirmary. Miranda and Jane sat in the mess hall laughing and drinking tea. Garrus continued calibrating the weapons as he could be heard from down the hall nearby. Samara and Thane kept to themselves as they meditated on their current tasks.
Dr. Chakwas sat down at her computer and began running cerebral diagnostics on Geoff. Edi popped into the room "Joker wanted to know about the condition of Geoff." Karin looked up from her computer "Tell Joker for the last time that his condition is stable." she replied in a slightly irate tone. Edi flickered and said "I will pass the message on." the blue light vanished as Karin continued with her checks. Several minutes went by until she noticed a small flicker in Geoff's pattern. "What is that?" she murmured to herself. She put down her tea and watched closely as the small anomaly began to gain resonance and then quickly a pattern formed. She looked over at Geoff as he laid on the table lifeless. She got up walking over slowly she ran a scanner over Geoff's body. The scanner blipped and buzzed until it read [Metallic Composition detected] "What!?" she blurted out as Geoff reached up from the table and grabbed Karin by the collar of her uniform. He rose from the table, slowly opening his eyes. Karin noticed that his pupils glowed red, before she could say anything, Geoff Threw her across the room and onto the floor Geoff moved toward the door, remaining silent as he passed her by. Karin rose from the ground and hit the comms. "Security to the medbay. I repeat security to the medbay." she slammed another button closing the door behind Him. Geoff looked around to find Miranda and Jane standing up from the table.
Jane watched as her younger brother began walking towards them. "Jane Shepard" he said in a rather cold way. He reached out grabbing her by the throat. Jane began to gasp for air as he slowly raised her in the air. Miranda took a slight step back as he continued "You will be terminated." Jane grabbed ahold of his arms and began to struggle. "Hey Geoff!" Miranda shouted as she raised a hand in the air. Geoff turned his gaze as she released a small biotic blast. The blast beamed Him in the chest releasing his grasp enough to allow Jane to retaliate. She quickly her feet and with a quick thrust squared him in the chest sending him to the floor. She quickly landed on her feet and moved back towards Miranda. She massaged her throat as the red markings left a faint outline of his hand. "What the hell is going on?" she spat out gasping for air. Miranda took a step back "I'm not sure." she replied as Geoff got up from the ground. Four guards ran into the room with pistols in hand and began approaching Geoff. "Return to your quarters immediately or you will be fired upon." the one guard warned as they approached. "Do not use lethal force, we need him alive." Miranda ordered as one of the guards suddenly flinched.
Geoff sprung forward grabbing the first one by the throat and with a quick flex snapped his neck. The pistol fell from the guard's hand as Geoff quickly reached down, catching the gun, quickly firing off two shots dispatching the second. The lifeless bodies fell to the ground as blood sprayed across the room. Miranda quickly raised a biotic field."What are you doing?" Jane barked as she watched helplessly as Geoff killed another guard. "I cannot allow you to kill your own brother." she replied slowly moving the field closer to her office. The fourth guard backed up slowly as Geoff's red eyes glowed brighter. From the corner of the room a dark object slid across the ground knocking the guard off his feet and raised a small white pistol towards Geoff. Thane quickly fired three shots at him. The shots struck Geoff doing little to no damage as he backed up towards the medbay door. Garrus Quickly Moved to a nearby locker and pulled out a fire extinguisher. Thena moved closer to Geoff as he began delivering a series of strikes and kicks to his sternum. Thane quickly lept backwards "NOW GARRUS!" he shouted as Garrus heaved the extinguisher towards him. Thane performed a quick roll on the ground returning to his feet and fired a shot which sailed across the room connecting with the extinguisher. The explosion filled the room with gas as the blast sent Geoff to the floor. Garrus gave Thane a quick nod as he moved to Miranda's office to check on them. Geoff's finger twitched as he suddenly sprung to his feet rushing towards the Turian. Thane quickly intercepted and began exchanging blows. Garrus Moved to the office " we got to move." He remarked. Jane quickly moved to the door as she witnessed Geoff and Thane fighting in the mess hall. Jane and Miranda moved to the stairs for the bridge. Garrus quickly picked up a nearby pistol off the ground and began to aim at Geoff. Thane sharply backed off from Geoff and moved towards Garrus "Somethings Wrong, his body is not reacting to my strikes." He looked at his hands which trembled and began to bleed slightly at the knuckles. "I feel as though i've been punching the hull of the ship." he added. Garrus continued to point his gun firmly "I wish this was loaded with a tranq, but I have no choice." remarked as he lowered the gun slightly and shot Geoff in the leg. The round tore a small patch of skin off his leg just above the knee. The answer was then revealed to them as they could see light reflecting off metal in his leg. "What the hell?" Gurrus further added at the sight. Geoff looked dead ahead raising his gun and began to fire. The two quickly dodged the rounds and continued to the stairs.
They continued to run up the stairs until they reached the top. Garrus quickly locked the door as it slammed shut. For several minutes there was no sound. Jane moved to a nearby terminal. Garrus quickly went down the hall into a room marked armoury. Jacob was at his work table fine tuning some new weapons that have been acquired. "What's going on?" he queried as he put down a scimitar shotgun. "Something is wrong with Geoff, do you have any Tranqs in here?" Jacob paused for a second and replied "No, but Mordin might be in his lab." Garrus paused and replied "Which he locked right." Jacob only nodded in agreement. Garrus froze for a quick second and said "Wait.. where is samara?" Miranda entered the room and said "She is actually in the observatory, she will be ok." She moved to a nearby monitor and changed the display to a tracking screen. "Geoff seems to be heading to the engine room, he won't get in, I've sealed the access from here." she remarked. Jane entered the room "what about Jack?" she added. Jane's eyes suddenly sprung open, she turned to face Miranda and said "Can we contact Jack from here?" Garrus took a second "This should be good." he reached for a console and began to ring the comms.
The darkest part of the cargo hold was where Jack liked to hang out. It was the furthest she could get away from anyone. She sat upon her cot which was laid in the corner. The glow of a data pad illuminated her face as she scrolled the entries.
Bang Bang Bang
Jack could hear a noise coming from the upper Floor, she shrugged and continued to read the logs.
Bang Bang Bang
The noise grew louder, sending Jack to her feet "What the hell is that?" he exclaimed to herself as she headed up the stairs. She approached the landing to the elevator to find Geoff pounding on the doors to engineering. Stepping outside the door caused the door to slam shut and lock behind her. "Had too much to drink Geoff?" she chuckled. Geoff turned slowly looking in Jack's direction. Jack quickly noticed that Geoff's eyes glowed a deep red. She quickly scanned Geoff and noticed the gun in his hand. Geoff quickly raised the gun attempting to shoot Jack. Jack quickly moved forward entering into a slide dodging the shot and with her biotic strength sent Geoff to the floor with a leg sweep. Jack quickly launched herself to her feet to Just a s Geoff Bounced back to his. Jack's biotic energy coursed around her like a storm filling the room.. "You Just made a big mistake. I don't care who you are but I'm gonna put you down" Geoff raised his hand to fire his pistol at Jack. Jack quickly flicked her wrist to create a barrier and proceeded to expand the barrier causing Geoff to be pinned to the wall. Geoff began to struggle as the barrier began to apply pressure to his body. "JACK STOP!" a voice rang through the hall. Jack turned to see Jane and Thane emerge from the elevator.
"This is not the time." Jack quickly fired back as she raised her hand to hold Geoff in place.
Jane took a step forward "You cannot kill my brother" she replied trying to contain her emotions.
"He opened fire on me. That makes him as much an enemy as anyone else." Jack half-heartedly replied.
Jane moved closer as Jack slowly charged up and with a quick flick of her wrist sent Geoff flying through a nearby window into the hanger bay. The sound of Geoff crashing into the boxes below. The sound of the crash could be heard throughout the ship. Thane quickly rushed through the window and lept out..Jane grabbed Jack's shoulder turning her to see her face to face. Jack shrugged off the hand "don't thank me or anything." she huffed as she moved down the hall and headed towards engineering. Jane moved quickly towards the stairs to the hanger bay to find Thane searching the boxes. Jane drew her pistol and cautiously entered the bay she moved slowly, scanning the area. Thane moved two more steps when a loud burst opened up the bay and a shuttle lifted up. Thane quickly fired two shots at the hull of the shuttle as it turned and began to leave the ship. Jane fired at the thrusters as the bay doors opened and the shuttle rushed into the void of space. Thane Moved to Jane's side. " Joker! Contact the ground crew!" Jane shouted as she rushed towards the elevator with Thane in toe.
present time
Jane returned to the bridge, she made her way towards Joker as she could hear him calling the away team. Joker turned his seat slightly as he heard the sound of footsteps closing in. "The away team is heading back now" Joker quipped as Jane slowly approached.
"How long until they are back?" she added. Joker turned his chair fully " Probably within the hour" he paused for about a second to notice that Jane seemed rather out of sorts. "Jane, we will find him." Joker pointed out. "That won't be much of a problem." Jane turned to find Thane in the doorway. "As he was attempting his escape I fired a tracker into the haul of the shuttle. Just in case." Thane added in his usual calm way. Jane's attitude changed as she seemed calmer" at least we will know if he returns. Thane looked out the window and noticed a shuttle beginning its approach. "Looks like they are back." he quipped Joker turned to view the controls and began the docking procedures. Jane looked at Thane "Lets head down to the conference room John will want a report." the two headed towards the elevator.
