The Normandy moved silently through space cutting through the vast void like an elegant whale. John moved about the ship astonished at what had been built but also fairly conflicted over the fact his brother was alive. He arrived at the ship's main engine core. Looking around he noticed that no one was present as It silently hummed while a faint glow lit up the room. "If you were wondering, Commander Shepard is in the communications hub." John quickly looked around "who said that?" He muttered as he found no one was currently around. "I am the ship's A I interface. Designation Edi." John paused to think for a brief second as a smirk drew across his face "thank you… Edi." John stood in silence for a minute as he stared at the ship's core. "Hey Edi.. where is the communications hub?"
Geoff stood in the comms room as the image of the illusive man sat across from him. He continued to smoke as Geoff filled him in on the results of what happened on freedom's progress. Geoff watched as the illusive man put out his cigarette in a nearby ashtray adjusting his posture in his chair "I'm not too sure if I agree with your decision, But at least we got an idea of who is behind the disappearances." Geoff crossed his arms "I still can't see why I can't use my old team." The illusive man stood up from his chair and faced Geoff on an even level and said "I'm sorry but they have moved on to other assignments." Geoff nodded and replied "where should I start?" The illusive man smirked as he returned to his chair "I've sent you two dossiers which are currently on Omega. Once we confirm where the rest are I will send them to you." The room brightened and the hologram faded away leaving Geoff alone in the comms room as the table raised from the floor returning its proper height. Geoff moved to the head of the table reaching for a small panel near the end. "Where to Commander?" Joker echoed through the comm. Geoff looked down at the table "Set Course for Omega." Geoff pressed the button to turn off the comms as he looked down at the grain of the table. His eye began to twitch and burn slightly warm he held still as it felt as if something was moving around. He shook his head quickly which forced the pain to subside. "You must be tired." a voice echoed from across the room, as Geoff looked up to find his brother leaning in the doorway. "It's nothing just these implants, I don't think they have fully healed." John moved away from the door raising a hand in the air revealing a bottle of Relay Brandy. Geoff stood up "Is that Brandy?" John Nodded and replied "I made sure to get the weaker stuff for you. Especially since that batarian ale incident on the Citadel." Geoff let out a small chuckle pointing towards the elevator "To my quarters, We have a lot of catching up to do." John put his arm around his brothers shoulder and said " I don't know, we may need more than one bottle." Geoff slapped John in the middle of the back and said "let's find out." the two moved down the hall laughing merrily, poking fun at one another as if the last two years had never happened.
The silence of space was interrupted by the Normandy quickly dropping out of slipspace before a large meteor. Upon closer inspection of the meteor there were clear signs of mining, and a large station jutting out one side. It was a massive installation teeming with ships coming in and out of port. "Commander we have arrived at Omega, and will be docking soon." Joker muttered through the comms. He reached for the controls plotting in the course he silently added "But personally I would rather be elsewhere than this dump." as he moved the ship near the hanger doors. Geoff began to suit up for the mission as Jacobs MIranda and John approached him. Jacobs stood straight saluting and said "I would like to accompany you on this task. Sir." Geoff waved his hand and replied "Jacobs don't be so formal. Also we are all going, but first we need intel." he secured his pistol to his belt and added "We have no idea where to even look for these people." the four began to leave the airlock as a large looking man approached he seemed to be fairly annoyed as was his nature. "Aria wishes to speak to you." the man barked. John smirked and added "Why would she send a batarian, and not come instead?" The man took a step back "Look just meet her in Afterlife." the man turned and walked away casually murmuring untangable slurs as he drew farther away. Miranda paused by the entrance to the ship waiting to hear what plan Geoff had for this. Geoff looked at his team thinking carefully he said "Me and Jacobs will look for info on archangel and Dr. Solus. She might know where to find them." Miranda smiled casually " a solid plan, but what about John and Jacobs" she smirked at her comment. Geoff looked at John and said "head to the lower slums see if you can find any info on the locals here. We might be able to get a hold of the current situation here." John nodded giving Jacobs a friendly nudge to move on. Geoff looked at Miranda as if he was unsure of his plan but moved on down the corridor to Afterlife.
Omega was a large to say the least city comparable to the Citadel. It was a place of crime and debauchery, where the gangs ran the streets with one at the to Aria. Geoffy headed to the centre of the city where music could be heard for the last three blocks. Loud and violent rhythms that boiled the blood and excited the crowds. Miranda kept a stern attitude as she reminisced about how much she hated coming to Omega for business. Geoff turned the corner to find a large building with the words afterlife in bright yellow neon. The exterior looked like a nightclub with a line a mile long in front. As they approached a large krogan stood outside the door and waved them inside. As they passed through the doors into the foyer. People sat on benches who were either wasted or about to find out what happens if the tab was not paid. The lights flashed blue and red lights as various asari dressed in skimpy outfits entertained the guests around the club. Close to the back of the club an armed guard signaled for Geoff to approach a ramp led up to an office overlooking the raving club below as the two slowly approached the summit. As they entered a bitarian proceeded to scan Geoff. "That's enough he's clean." a voice rang as the guards all stood straight and moved aside. A large couch rested near a window as a lone asari stood poised overlooking her empire. She turned and added "if he wanted me dead he would barely have had a chance." Geoff slowly took a step forward "You must be Aria, I need some intel on some individuals here on Omega." She sat down on the couch as if her confidence were like a warm blanket. "What do you need to know Sheppard" Geoff held his ground, avoiding a simple question and said "I need info on a Dr. Mordin Solus and a mercenary named Archangel" Aria suddenly rose to her feet "Archangel!." Geoff moved forward almost meeting Aria head on and added "I take it he is being a problem." Aria sat back down "He is causing a problem in the wards. The local gangs are having a tough time getting him. They are massing a couter offensive downstairs." Geoff looked somewhat puzzled and asked "how many gangs?" Aria smiled and said "just the Eclipse, Blue suns, and the Blood pack. I'm sure that's not too much trouble for you to handle." Geoff smirked at her sarcastic comment as if he was playing a game. Aria shifted in her seat "As for Mordin, he is in the wards trying to cure the sickness. I rather like him." Geoff nodded in appreciation and turned to leave. Miranda moved to the ramp as Geoff caught up to her. He reached for his earpiece as the two headed into the club. " We are going after Archangel. There is not a lot of time to acquire him."
John and Jacobs continued through the slums as nearby vorcha scurried through alley's hissing and slurring untangable gurgles. As they pressed through the slums they found a door at the end of the hall with two turrets stationed outside. John turned to Jacobs cutting a brief smirk across his face. He said "You think this might be the place?" Jacobs remained silent, shaking his head as if unamused at John's attempt at Levity. As the two entered the 'hospital' they noticed that all the individuals were a mix of bitarian and human patients. All were awaiting treatment patiently while a faint voice could be heard down the hall. John moved down the hall past the reception desk to find a small office with papers strewn about all over the floor. "Hmm. mercenary. No assassin. No armor type is too heavy. Soldier, maybe, perhaps here to kill me. No would have done so already." John turned around to find a tall salarian standing behind him wearing a mix of white lab coat and light armour around his arms. "You must be Dr. Mordin solus."he asked in a somewhat curious demeanor. Mordin walked forward quickly waving his omni tool scanning John and replied "You must be John sheppard, Honored to meet you." John raised his hand preventing Mordin from bridging off on another rant and began to explain why they were there. Mordin listened silently for a good two minutes "Work on a dangerous mission. Gladly, but first need to deal with plague. Curious as to why Cerberus wants me. Hm questions for later." Jacobs looked around the room taking note of the dissaryment. "We can help with whatever you need." John chimined in after patiently waiting as the salarian began to rant. Mordin smiled "help with the dispersal is more than enough. Then I will help you." John heard his comm beep as he moved towards the door reaching for his ear he listened to the relayed message. "Jacobs.. It looks like we are on our own for now."
MIranda looked toward a nearby room in the club, where a man stood standing at an entrance. He appeared to be wearing the gang markings of what appeared to be a blue sun. she turned to face John who was sitting at the bar holding his head. John's head began to itch and pound away as if he was recovering from a three day hangover. "Geoff are you ok?" Miranda queried. Geoff looked in her direction, trying to come up with an answer, but only met with silence. Geoff steadied himself against the bar as the pain slowly dissipated. Miranda paused for a second to view his condition " It must be the Implants, they must not have healed fully." Geoff stood up straight looking Miranda head on "Im fine let's move on." he replied staring at the guard at the other end of the room " let us find archangel." Miranda grew concerned over the development and pressed on. The two headed down to the guard who just simply waved them in without a moment's hesitation. As they entered they were met with another blue suns member who immediately pegged them as mercenaries and ushered them toward a shuttle to head out.
The shuttle began its descent into the lower part of omega near a housing complex near the centre. A blue suns member waited on the platform, Geoff began to feel the pain return to the back of his eye as it slowly moved to the back of his head. The shuttle touched down on the platform flinging its doors open, the two left quickly as it began to prepare for takeoff. The man moved towards Geoff, grabbing his arm he said "Head to the staging area. You will find Sgt Cathka." Geoff and Miranda moved down the corridors passing by several Vorcha, Salarians, Bitarian, Human, and one big Krogan dressed in a heavy red armour with a white skull adorned the shoulder. They pressed on to find several Loki mechs and a YMIR Mech. Geoff paused to stare at the heavy mech and quickly ducked into the room. Miranda kept watch at the door as he began to tinker with the machine's circuits. Without any delay they pressed on down the hall till they found a large barricade blocking the road. They moved closer as they saw a lone bitarian working on a gunship. Geoff and Miranda approached the man as he continued to work welding away. The Bitarian stopped working long enough to notice the two approach. He stood up raising a hand to his helmut changing the density to his visor he said "What do you want." Geoff stopped only to add "You must be Sgt Cathka." the bitarian nodded as he put out his cigarette "You must be the reinforcements. Look i dont have alot of time. I have to finish getting this ship up to one hundred percent if we are gonna take archangel down." Geoff looked at the ship and added "what can you tell me about archangel's base he's got here?" The bitarian let out a large grunt and said "They are discussing the plan over there you should talk to them." Geoff gave Miranda a nod signaling for her to head over to the next room where the bitarian was pointing. Geoff returned his attention to Cathka who at this point returned his attention to the ship. Geoff moved forward noticing the tool on the workbench. It appeared to be some kind of omni tool that was used for welding. His eye began to twitch as a tingling sensation ran down his arms to the tips of his fingers. It felt as if something was scratching away at him until he could no longer think. In a brief moment a voice rang clear in his head forcing Geoff to Grab the tool on the table. Geoff walked closer to Cathka until he reached his side he taped the bitarian on the shoulder "you're working too hard." seconds later he thrusted the tool into Cathka's back. He turned on the device which began to electrocute the man sending him to the floor in blood curtailing agony. Geoff left the room with a cold stern look in his eyes, he moved away from the body with no hint of concern for his action. As he reached the barricade he shivered sharply as if he was in a trance. He looked around curious as to where he had been for the past few seconds. Miranda approached Geoff, she placed a hand on his shoulder and whispered "I think I have a way to get to archangel" Geoff looked at Miranda and said "Ok Let's hear it"
As the Gangs prepared their troops Geoff and Miranda slipped over the barricade and made their way to the building. As the two approached they noticed that no shots were being fired at them. The two crept in through the doors keeping an eye out for their target. Geoff noticed the large room with a staircase at the back. He signaled to Miranda to begin heading up the stairs. The two found a door at the end of the hall which was sealed. Geoff looked at the panel and without a moment's hesitation began to hack the controls. MIranda kept an eye out behind them as the doors flung open. They entered a large room layed out with couches and dressers for cover. At one end they found archangel dressed in full armour inlained with black and blue hues. He appeared to be a turian as he turned slightly, gesturing for a moment of silence as he sighted up for a shot. He pulled the trigger landing a shot on an unsuspecting merch who got carless. Archangel moved slowly to another spot of the room as he leaned on the corner of the table he stared at Geoff while he took his helmet off revealing his identity. "Geoff I thought you were dead." The turian remarked while he placed the butt of the rifle on the floor. A smile drew across Geoff's face as he raised his arms "Garrus. What are you doing here on Omega?." Garrus smiled and added "Just taking out the trash." Garrus picked up his rifle, as he shouldered the weapon he looked at Miranda and said "which groups are here" Miranda looked at Garrus as if she was being tested and replied "it's a full house Blue suns, eclipse, and the blood Pack." Geoff let out a sigh "And one really big Krogan to boot" Garrus smiled "Must be Garm, he's a real pain." as he sat on a nearby table he added "But If the Eclipse and blue suns are here. I'm betting Jaroth and Tarak are there as well" Geoff looked somewhat puzzled as he dared to ask "Why do you say that?" Garrus smirked at the question "Jaroth and Garm were on my list for a while, as for Tarak Lets just say that I tried to kill him once already." Miranda moved towards the doorway to keep an eye out for the merchs. Geoff moved towards cover overlooking the merchs base Garrus moved towards his friend and began to sight up as he rested the rifle between two turned over shelves. "Looks like the blue suns and the eclipse are ready to go." As Garrus scanned he noticed that no vorcha were present in the raid party. "I don't see that krogan anywhere. That's troublesome." Geoff reached out and patted Garrus on the shoulder. "Me and Miranda will cover the stairs, we will trap them in here." Geoff moved towards the door as he readied his rifle he added "Don't worry we have a few surprises for them."
The next several minutes were silent as Geoff and Miranda took up position near two nearby walls overlooking the main entrance of the complex. Garrus continued to watch the barricade as he waited for the mercs to begin their attack. The barricade suddenly erupted with movement as a wave of mechs crawled over and into the courtyard as they began their march. The sound of a crane moved over the courtyard. Its claws held a large YMIR mech. Mercenaries followed as the mech powered up. Jarroth began his march on the house as Geoff watched on his Omni tool. " Lets see if we can level the playing field." he sneered while he typed a few keys. The YMIR mech began to whiz and whir as it stood upright, the lights on its face glowed red. 'TARGETS ACQUIRED' it bellowed as it began to fire upon the unsuspecting Merchs. Jarroth began to panick as the troops fell lifeless to the ground. Garrus took the opportunity to place some well deserved shots to Jarroth and put him with his troops. Geoff and Miranda carried on with the defence as the stranglers were ended one by one. A sudden explosion shook the foundation of the building as Garrus moved out of the room "ITS Garm!" he shouted. Geoff pressed a few keys on his omni tool to power down the mech. "Where is he?" he replied with a rumbling feeling in his gut. Garrus quickly pointed to the stairs "behind the stairs leads to the basement. He must have drilled his way in." Geoff turned to Miranda and quickly said "you stay with Garrus I will take care of the rodent problem." Geoff rushed down the stairs moving towards the door and began to press through to the basement.
Geoff followed the stairs as it led to a small hanger filled with un marked barrels and cars. At the far end of the hall he could see the distinct cutting of fire on metal. He moved quickly to the end to find a series of canisters marked flammable. His mind began to race as the pain in his head returned, he dropped to a knee as his vision blurred. After a few minutes he pulled himself to his feet and began to lob the canisters down the hall. Slowly the cutting made a hole large enough for something big to pass. Geoff stared down the hall and readied his rifle in one hand. The metal hit the floor with a crash as Garm passed through in a huff. The ferocity of a krogan is never underestimated nor ignored, as Geoff focused on the krogan he began to fire the rifle at the hoard of Vorcha clawing there way through the whole. Shifting his weight he raised his left arm quickly releasing two blue orbs which found there way past Garm and near the canisters behind them. The orbs exploded causing the canisters to incinerate the vorcha engulfing them in fire. Garm charged Geoff throwing him to the ground, causing Geoff to drop his rifle. Geoff wrestled to his feet desperately trying to get a shot off on the krogan with his pistol, but was only met with a large fist to the jaw. Collapsing to the floor Geoff activated his omni tool to call for aid. Garm moved closer and reached out to grab Geoff by the throat. Geoff took the opportunity to activate a small emp disabling Garms shields. A bright flash staggered the beast as Geoff rolled on the floor quickly he grabbed his pistol off the floor and began to offload the clip into the krogans chest. The krogans armour was still too tough to penetrate. Garm let out a large battle cry as he drove his fist in his opponents stomach. Geoff let out a large gasp of air as small drops of blood escaped him. Geoff hit the floor in pain as he clutched his gut gasping for air. Garm began to move past ignoring the pitiful human on the ground. Garm reached the door as he heard a faint voice behind him " what are you trying to say welp" he grumbled as he turned to look at Geoff. Geoff raised a fist and said "you forgot this!" He released three small metal rings which hung from his fingers like medals. Garm realised that what he was holding and before he could react the grenades on his belt signaled their charge. Geoff quickly rolled under a nearby car as the grenades exploded, ending Garms terror. Geoff rolled out from under the car to find wreckage and krogan everywhere. Quickly he moved to the stairs to return to his friends as his strength returned, and his vision returned.
Geoff wiped the blood from his face as he reached Miranda and Garrus. Geoff waved his hand signaling that he was okay as he muttered "that's one mean krogan we don't need to worry about anymore." Garrus smirked and added " all that is left is Tarak, where is he?" a rumble shook the floor as a glare of light cut through the room. Garrus took a step back to see an attack ship hovering outside the window. Miranda Let out a sigh as Geoff blurted out "I should have stayed on the ship.'' The ship opened fire, shredding the room as debri and glass littered the room. Garrus hit the floor sharply as blood began to form around his head. "GARRUS!" Geoff shouted, receiving no sign of reaction. Geoff moved forward to a nearby couch for cover as Miranda moved to a nearby wall. The gun fire came to an abrupt halt as a voice echoed through the room. "Archangel, I hope you're dead in there." Tarak bellowed through the room. Geoff quickly picked up Garru's rifle and began to sight up. Miranda quickly flicked her wrist sending a small blue blast hurtling towards the ship. Tarak quickly moved the ship aside dodging the blast. "You call that an attack that is pitiful." Tarak barked as he began to move the ship to the left dodging more and more of the biotic blasts. Geoff moved the rifle slowly following Tarak as he moved the ship toward the clear line of sight. He fired a shot that sailed through the room finding its mark through the ship's glass. Tarak flinched sending the ship sailing to the right. Geoff noticed that the ship's panel was still uncovered. He sighted up for another shot when more rounds began to fill the room again. Geoff kept his focus on the exposed panel as the room slowly disintegrated around them. Geoff exhaled slowly pulling the trigger, firing a shot which sailed into the ships open panel causing the ship to lose power. Tarak tried effortlessly to steer the ship but ended up crashing into the side of the building in a big ball of flame. Geoff quickly moved to Garrus placing a hand on his neck to check for a pulse. Half of his face was covered in blood as he slowly regained consciousness for a moment. Miranda began to call the normandy for assistance as Geoff continued to apply pressure to the wounds.
"Garrus Is tough but he will be fine." John uttered to geoof as the two stood in the conference room of the normandy. Geoff nodded silently as he read the mission report. The doors swung open as Mordin entered the room. "Impressive ship, turian design no human. Surprised that cerberus collaborated with alien tech." he railed on as Geoff shot silent glances at John taking not that John smirked silently. Geoff stood up from the table "It's Good to finally meet you Mordin but there will be plenty of time for questions later." Mordin froze realizing he had rambled on and added "of course sheppard, is there a lab I can use?" a voice rang out from the comms "I will direct you to the labs Dr. Solus." Mordin looked somewhat puzzled and asked "synthesized voice, no to natural for Vi. question is that an AI?" Geoff replied with a smirk on his face "yes that is." Mordin walked out of the room following the voice as it led him down the corridor. John leaned back in his chair as the doors flung open and Garrus walked in. His face was bandaged up as you could still make out the light scaring from under the bandage. John looked at Garrus as he entered and said "Ha! I knew that no one could kill you." Garrus let out a slight chuckle as he coughed slightly "oh please don't make me laugh…..oh...it still hurts." Geoff let out a sigh of relief as to his concerns over Garrus' condition. Garrus moved to the doors and added "I'm gonna take a look at the ships guns. Maybe I can see if I can improve them a bit." he left the room with a brief wave. The doors closed as Geoff looked at the dossier list as he noted that there were two more people to find. "Well time to go for the next." he muttered as he tossed his datapad onto the table. Geoff reached for a button on the desk and said "Joker set a course for Korlus." he said as he leaned back into his chair silently.