"I cant believe its you commander, I saw you get spaced." Geoff followed Joker down a long corridor as continued to add "While you were gone all hell broke loose, everything we did was swept under the table. The council just wanted it gone." he stopped near a large window and said "even the team had moved on." Geoff moved to the window which faced into a large darkened room. Geoff looked out into the room and said "so how come you are with cerberus?" Joker tilted his hat up and added "well the council grounded me after what happened. So I left the alliance and besides cerberus lets me fly." he raised a hand to a nearby panel pressing a button he said they told me about this this morning." the lights slowly came on revealing a large dreadnought class ship. The ship suspended in the air silently as Geoff stared at the ship, reminding him of his last ship he smiled "I guess we have to give her a name." Joker nodded and said "I have one in mind."

The hanger doors opened as the ship began to leave the hanger revealing the name Normandy on the haul of the ship it began to collect speed before it shot off into the distance of space.

Onboard the normandy the crew worked hard on the systems, maintaining the proper functionality of the newly built ship. Miranda approached the central console on the bridge as Geoff followed behind her. "This ship is a state of the art vessel with everything we need to accomplish our mission." She stopped before the central station and added we have dossiers ready for you to view in your quarters." Geoff stopped and said "ill get right on that." Miranda smirked and added "Also if you want to set a course you can do that from the console behind me. 'All systems are ready for departure whenever you re ready' Geoff froze and looked around to view no one else nearby he looked at Miranda who stood smirking "Is there a VI system on board?" a large blue orb appeared on the console behind her as it added "I am an AI Construct connected to the ship" Geoff crossed his arms and added "Joker is not gonna like this at all." the orb flickered and added "Mr Moreau's talents will not be wasted, I assure you that I have no control over the main functions of the ship outside of secondary functions." Geoff walked towards the orb and said "what should we call you?" the orb stood silent for a second before replying 'My name is Edi" Geoff looked towards MIranda and said "ok Edi lets head over to Freedom's Progress.

Geoff entered the lift behind the central terminal and headed up to his quarters shooking by all the info that has been given to him. He reached his floor and exited he entered a large cabin that was large enough to fit a small family of five. He entered and saw the desk on the right with a tablet in the middle. He approached the desk and sat down quietly to collect his thoughts. His mind began to race as he slowly began to wonder. Who was behind the disappearances of the colonies. How will his family react to his survival, and how will he beat the reapers. A low untangable ring echoed through his mind as if someone was running a drill in his ear began to eat at him. He walked into a small room with a sink on the furthest wall. He ran the tap he began to wash his face to calm down. Looking at the mirror he noticed something was amiss, he looked closely in the mirror and noticed a slight reddish tinge to his right eye. He paid no ill mind to it and went back to the other room. He found a bed the far end collapsing on top as if he had not slept in ages.

The Normandy broke out of slip space proceeding to descend above the upper atmosphere near freedom's progress. The vessel hung over the planet with the type of grace as light glimmered off the side of the haul illuminating the name on the side. The light moved delicately along the side as a set of large doors opened and a small shuttle flew out of the hanger and speeded towards the planets dark surface.

"Our first priority is to look for survivors, secondly we search for any info as to who could have done this." Geoff barked his orders like a lieutenant with new bars. MIranda smirked as she looked at him with eyes that could cut through steel. " that wont be a problem. All the colonists are missing and there are no signs that any still reside." Geoff turned slightly to see Jacob checking his gear silently as he returned his eyes to her and added "Nevertheless we should always keep an eye open."

The shuttle landed on the ground with a thump as the doors flung open and everyone jumped out ready for combat. they were met with only silence an eerie silence that could chill your spine. As they moved through the complex they each took note that none of the buildings sustained any damage. Geoff moved down the road till he found a lone sentry droid marching down the street. He paused for a moment to assess the scenario. He turned the corner slowly and moved towards the unsuspecting drone. The droid turned to head to the other direction and met Geoff's approach. It quickly raised its gun and shouted "Hostiles Detected" without hesitation it began to open fire.

Geoff ran for the nearest cover which stood nearby an old water drum. Miranda and Jacob moved to his side ready for their orders. Geoff waited a few seconds he raised his gun, aiming for its head he fired a shot drilling the droid in the chest. The droid flinched slightly and returned to its current objective. MIranda moved around the corner raising her hand as a deep blue swirled around her fingers. Quickly she flicked her wrist sending a blue blast hurtling forward slamming its target sending it flying to the ground. Jacobs moved forward drawing his shotgun he moved to assess the droids condition. Geoff looked over across the compound and saw a building in the distance that seemed to still have lights on. He signaled to his team and began to head in its direction. They approached the building quietly as they could hear the faint sound of whispers. Geoff moved to the door and prepared himself for a fight. He turned to face his team which all gave him a quick nod to assure him that they were ready for a fight.

The door flung open as the trio rushed in to find three soldiers in full suit wearing oxygen respirators. The soldiers quickly snapped to their feet weapons drawn to meet the intruders. "What are the Quarians doing here?" Miranda hissed as she focused her sight down her sights. "What is Cerberus Doing Here?" one of the soldiers quickly added, as he kept his sights up. A fourth quarian ran from the shadows in front of the others. This one was different from the others as she wore a greyish hood over her suit. "Prazza put those weapons down!" she shouted, as she turned slowly to look at the cerberus team. She paused and focused on Geoff as she muttered "Is that really you?" Geoff looked closely at the young quarian standing before him, he knew right away who she was a he replied "Yes Tali, its me." Prazza raised his rifle "this could be another Cerberus trick." he barked. Geoff thought for a second on how he could prove it was him, he looked at Prazza then back at Tali and said "Did that info I gave you about the Geth, did that help you on you pilgrimage." Tali turned to signal Prazza and the others to lower their weapons. She paused and turned her attention back at Geoff "It did." she replied with a hint of relief in her tone. Everyone began to relax "We are here to recover a quarian by the name of Veetor. He is not well and we need to take him back to the Flotilla."Geoff nodded understanding the situation looked over at Miranda as she added "Veetor should be questioned about the events that happened here." Geoff noticed Prazza take a step forward and before he could make an argument, he raised his hand quickly and said "What about Veetor's Omni-tool? We could scan that and he still could go back to the Flotilla with Tali." Tali nodded in agreement and gestured to the door. "He is somewhere in the neighboring complex we have not found him yet" she added as she placed a hand on his chest she added "Be careful." Raising a hand to meet hers he whispered in her ear and headed for the door insearch of Veetor.

Geoff was relieved that Tali made it out of the destruction of Normandy, as his mind wandered wondering about his family. He pressed on till he found a large metal door almost like a hanger's with massive metal teeth. The doors began to open as sheppard quickly raised his hand and signaled for the rest of his team to move to nearby cover. Geoff quickly slid towards a bunch of boxes stacked in the middle of the walkway. As the doors opened four quarians ran in terror firing wildly behind them. Miranda looked around the corner to see that they were the team from earlier. She froze in place as she readied her Smg. Jacobs looked further behind them as he focused his attention as to what they were shooting at. A quarian dropped to the ground as a large droid proceeded to step on her midsection and began to fire at the rest. The shots flew wildly killing the remaining quarian strike team. Geoff froze in place assessing his situation and quickly trying to think of a way to put the droid down. The mech moved to one of the crates where Jacobs hid, Miranda signaled to Geoff as she jumped out from cover and began to fire. Geoff raised his rifle to take a shot. Miranda heard a shot from behind her. She paused for a second to feel something warm whiz past her, as the shot tore a hole through the mechs chest. She quickly dropped to the ground and Geoff quickly looked for the shooter. After a few seconds of scanning a second shot tore through the air making its mark into the mechs head reducing it to mere parts. Miranda fired quickly to her feet with her eyes burning red "WHICh one of you fire those shots!" she exclaimed making her team feel somewhat uneasy. Geoff looked at Jacobs for a second to see that he was wielding a scimitar shotgun which could not fire a shot that precise. He returned his gaze to Miranda who at this point was ready to send someone through a wall.

"I did!" a voice bellowed as a tall man walked out of the shadows with his rifle slung over his shoulder. He wore a full suit of N7 Armour with a red stripe along one side. The man approached the team with a smile on his face as he added "I wish you didn't move, I had that bastard in my sights." Miranda turned to face the man when her tone suddenly shifted curiously from furious to infatuated. "John!? where have you been?" John holstered his rifle on his back as it collapsed to standby mode "I went out to help an old friend with some investigating but got a little side tracked with this mechs running around." she took one step forward raising her hand quickly. She delivered a slap to John's face that sent out an echo. "That was for nearly killing me." she spoke keeping her gaze fixed on him. John not flinching at the action he received looked at MIranda as she pounced forward throwing her arms around him delivering a long kiss. Jacobs looked at Geoff and said "we should sweep for any signs of Veetor" John pulled away from Miranda to look at Jacobs "He is in the security shed on the other side of the complex." he looked at Geoff and drew a blank he released his hold on MIranda and walk closer till he was face to face with him. Not a word was spoken between them. Geoff could see no sign of emotion from his older brother as his posture seemed quite fixed in stature. He tried to find the words to say to him John quickly threw his arms forward and gave his brother a big hug. "Welcome back Lil Bro." he released his grip on Geoff and quickly said "I take it everything is back to normal" Geoff could hear a slight ringing in his ear which he quickly brushed off " Im Fine." he quickly turned around and added "lets first find Veetor and then we can catch up." the four of them headed down the courtyard till they reached a small building. John waved his omni tool and the door opened there sat veetor mumbling to himself while typing frantically.

"Did you see. Did you see! . You didn't see." he repeated over and over as Geoff approached the console. Pictures of the compound hung on the walls overlapping windows and scattered details. Veetor focused on the computer not breaking one second to acknowledge the man that just entered. Geoff raised his omni tool scanning fhe quarian and the console. After a few seconds he realised that Veetor was in a state of shock, he moved his hand and the monitor shut off breaking Veetor's concentration. The quarian turned to see the man worried about what happened next he took a deep breath and said "you.. you are not one of them. Are you here to take me away?" Geoff lowered his hand and added "im looking for what happened here" Veetor froze his hand shook for a second, hesitant for his answer he raised pressed a few keys on the console of his omnitool. An image appeared on the screen of several large bug like creatures moving crates. Geoff stared at the screen trying to figure out what it is. "That is a collector" Geoff turned to see his brother behind him. John raised a hand patting Geoff's back "They live just outside the omega 4 relay. It's rare to see them out here in the termanus system." Geoff looked at Veetor and cautiously asked "do you mind if we scanned your omni tool and you can go back to the Flotilla with Tali. With a quick nod he moved his arm murmuring "Veetor… can't wait to leave."