Jane refrained herself from going down to talk to Garrus. As much as she wanted to, she decided it was best to give him time after he said he needed to think about what happened with the doctor. She had hoped she didn't push him to wanting to leave. As upset as he seemed, she stood by what she did. Finally unable to stand it, she had decided to go talk to him when Joker announced they were approaching Feros. Damn. She thought. She'll have to wait until after to talk to him so she decided to let Wrex and Garrus know they were there and to suit up.

They had barely set foot on the planet when they saw the colonists were being overrun by geth. Jane immediately started sniping where she stood with Garrus right beside her. She took a second to steal a glance at him. She was still impressed by his skill even after so many battles with him, still hoping she hadn't angered him enough to make him want to leave. She didn't know what she'd do without him fighting by her side. After the last geth was down, she ran for the colonists. As much as she wanted to talk to Garrus, she knew she had to make sure the colony was okay. She had managed to find the leader of the colony.

"How is everyone doing?" She asked him.

"Whoever is left is fine thanks to you guys. We have a few minor problems that the others are looking over, although our big concern is the geth transmitter in the tunnels." He told her.

"Can you tell me why the geth are here?" She inquired. It seemed odd to her that they would attack such a small colony.

"I have no clue. It must have something to do with the Exogeni facility." He claimed.

"Tell me more about your other issues." She said. She wanted to help as much as she could.

"Well food, water, and power. Like I said the others are looking at them. We really need that transmitter taken care of though."

"Well, I think I'll still talk to them." She told him.

Upon talking to the others, she found out about the details of their problems and told them she'd try to help out. She noticed they seemed a little strange and secretive but upon asking the leader about it, he just brushed it off as stress from the attacks. She didn't quite believe him but decided to move on to the tunnels. A little into the tunnels, they ran into the varren pack. After taking down the alpha and others, she turned to Wrex and Garrus.

"Okay. Is it bad that I seriously want one to keep in my room?"

"You're joking." Garrus said to her.

"Sure you could handle one?" Wrex asked.

"Why not? Sure they can be temperamental and not the prettiest thing to look at but I'm sure they just want lots of cuddles. Just like you, Wrex." She told him.

"Ha! Just try it once, Shepard. Though I admit, you might just have the quads for it." Wrex laughed.

"I was talking about the varren."

"Sure you were." He laughed.

"Uh, maybe we should move on." Garrus interrupted.

"Yeah, okay. Let's go." Jane replied, although she really did want one. She grabbed some power cells for the colony before heading out.

Along the tunnels, she had turned on the water valves when they ran into a colonist.

"What are you doing down here?" She asked him.

"The voices... they won't-ugh." He yelled, holding his head.

"What's wrong?" She inquired.

"They won't-argh. Stop. I have to warn-ugh." He screamed, kneeling on the ground.

"Sir, what can I do to help?" She started stepping closer to him before Garrus tried to stop her.

"Uh, I think he might just be crazy." Garrus told her.

"He looks like he's in pain." She replied.

"Just..just go away!" The colonist yelled. She tried talking to him but he ignored her. Hesitantly, Jane decided to go on her way. They finally managed to find and destroy the transmitter before heading back to the colony. They thanked her before she headed on her way to the facility.

She took out more geth with the mako guns on the road.

"Why don't I ever get to drive and shoot?" Garrus asked.

"Because I'd like to get there in one piece and with the mako intact." Jane retorted.

"With how you drive, I'd think this thing was indestructible." Garrus retorted.

"You told me to drive off that cliff." She said.

"No. I said DON'T go over the cliff. Then you told me not to tell you what to do and over we went."

"Hey! We survived." Jane laughed before shooting down another armature. "How many is that now, Garrus?"

"How would I know?" He asked.

"I know you're keeping count." She said confidently while shooting another geth.

"I have no idea what you-- 36." He admitted with a sigh.

"Thought so." She smirked at him. Just then they caught some chatter on the comm and arrived at a tunnel where some scientists were at. They saw a woman and man arguing.

"What's going on here? Why are the geth attacking?" Jane asked them.

"I-I'm not sure but I need to find my daughter, Lizbeth." The woman answered.

"Face it. She's dead just like everyone else!" The man interjected.

"There's some colonists that survived. Maybe you should join them." Jane told him.

"I assumed they were all dead, but no it's safer here." He replied sounding panicked.

"Alright. Just stay hidden then." She said before turning to the woman. "I'll keep a lookout for your daughter."

"Thank you, commander." The woman replied.

They continued on the road until they reached the garage. Upon turning a corner, a shot barely missed Jane. Garrus was the first with his gun up. She realized it was a scared young woman who immediately started to apologize profusely. Jane calmly talked to her, knowing accidents happen. She noticed Garrus had his gun up still and told him he could put it down. She then asked the girl about what she was doing there and the girl explained her name was Lizbeth and she was grabbing some research but ended up being stuck behind the geth forcefield. Jane explained her mother was looking for her and told Garrus to put his gun down again. Seriously he's paranoid, she thought. She admired his vigilance. It actually made her feel safer but she realized the girl was really scared. Lizbeth told them there was a geth ship attached to the facility that was powering the forcefield. Jane told her to stay where she was until they could get it down and headed into the facility.

They took out geth room by room until they reach an area where some geth were bowing down to some orb. Jane discreetly sniped them then turned to her squad.

"Were they worshipping that?" She asked.

"Looks like it but I'll be damned if I know what it is." Garrus replied. Jane looked at it puzzlingly for a moment before moving on. A few more rooms in, Wrex pointed out the legs of the geth ship attached to a cargo bay door. Upon inspecting the controls, Jane noticed a note saying the doors were acting faulty. She set them to max power and pushed the button and then the doors came smashing down breaking the legs of the ship and sent it crashing down. Wrex said something to Garrus while nudging him but when Jane asked him what he said, he told her she knew how to show a krogan a good time.

"Stick with me and I'm sure we'll find plenty of things to blow up." She laughed. She smiled confidently even though she hadn't even been sure it would work but they didn't need to know that.

"Fine, but next time I get to push the button that'll blow things up." Wrex replied.

"We'll see, Wrex." She said before deciding to head back to Lizbeth.

They met back up with her and headed back down the road.

"What happened to all the geth?" Lizbeth asked.

"They, uh, had an accident." Jane replied.

"Accident?" Garrus remarked while raising a brow.

"Yeah. They 'accidentally' found themselves in front of the mako's gun.. and missiles." She laughed.

They had gotten near where the scientists were holed up when they heard arguing. Jane stealthily lead the others behind some concrete cover to investigate. Upon seeing the man aiming a gun at the woman from before, Lizbeth ran over. Jane tried to stop her but to no avail, so they were forced out of cover.

"EXOGENI DOESN'T CARE! WE'RE ALL EXPENDABLE AND WE'RE GOING TO DIE!" The man screamed as he pointed his gun towards Garrus.

"Okay, stop!" Jane confronted the man while stepping in front of Garrus. She wasn't going to let anyone get shot, specially not Garrus. "I know about the Thorian and the experiments on the colonists."

"What are you talking about?" The woman asked, confused.

"I don't--" The man started before Jane interjected.

"Save it. Lizbeth already told me. What you need to do is put your gun down so I can save all your asses and if you don't, I'll be forced to shoot you to protect the others." Jane firmly held her ground. She could tell that Garrus was trying to get in front of her but she gave him a "let me handle this" look pleadingly and he backed off.

"Alright, fine." The man sighed. "The thorian is some kind of plant like creature that uses spores to control other beings. We were studying it's affects on the colonists here. It seems that that's what the geth are after for some reason. It's right below the colony but it'll make the colonists defend it's lair, even if that means running into your gunfire."

"There's gotta be a way to get to it without harming the colonists." Jane said.

"I could concoct a gas for your grenades that'll knock them out safely and not affect you." The woman told her.

"Do it." Jane replied. She got the gas formula from her and they went on their way. She told her squad not to harm the colonists no matter what. Garrus started to interject but she told him they'd find out if it would work and if not, they'd knock them out themselves but wouldn't kill them. He hesitantly agreed and she noticed he didn't argue with her methods very often lately and that made her happy.

Upon reaching the colony, they came across some kind of zombie thralls that were beyond saving mixed with the colonists. Jane instructed Wrex and Garrus to take care of the thralls while she handled the colonists. Everytime a thrall got near her, she saw a shot go through their head. Good old Garrus, she thought. She carefully coordinated her grenades to get the gas explosion close enough to knock out the colonists. After everyone was cleared out, she found a console that opened part of the building which revealed tunnels going underground. She heard Wrex clear his throat.

"What? It didn't make anything explode." She told him.

"Yeah. But it could've." She heard him mutter. She made a note to herself to let him blow something up sometime.

Right before they headed into the tunnels, the colony leader showed up before them holding a pistol.

"It's-urgh no use. It wants... me to kill... you." He strained his words as if he was in pain.

"Let's not do anything hasty." Jane replied, as she and the others put their guns up. "I'm here to help you."

"It-it won't let me-ugh... allow- but I won't-can't...control-" He strained out before putting his gun to his head.

"No! Wait-" Jane tried to stop him but he pulled the trigger. Some blood splattered onto her face and she half turned her face away. She stood there for a second. Dammit. She thought. She just looked at him. She was disappointed in herself for not being able to help him. If only she would've been faster. She got her composure hoping the others didn't notice and led them into the tunnels.

A little ways in, they came across this gigantic plant like creature with tendrils clinging onto the walls. She told they others that they're going to need bigger guns. Just then a greenish asari was ejected out of the thorian. She spoke of a deal with Saren in exchange for a prothean cipher, he would let the thorian be. Then said he went back on his word, sending geth to kill it so she couldn't get the cipher. Shortly after, it talked about making them new thralls. The asari let out a biotic blast that knocked Jane off her feet. Garrus immediately killed the asari. Jane looked around and shot at one of the tendrils, which seemed to cause it pain. She figured if she shot enough of them, it would fall into the depths to its death. She immediately ran towards other tendrils and started shooting them down. Garrus and Wrex took out any thralls that came near her. Finally, she got the last one and it fell. Then the asari came out of some kind of pod, but she was the normal blueish tint. She explained Saren bartered her with the thorian and she had some of its knowledge. She offered to give Jane the cipher and joined with her just like Liara had done. Images flooded through Jane's mind like before but she couldn't make much sense of them and she felt a bit disoriented afterwards. Garrus asked if she was okay and she said she was. She didn't want him to worry. She could see him watching her so she did her best to walk straight.

Once they were back aboveground, they noticed the scientists had come to the colony and the colonists were awake and back to normal. They thanked her and said they were going to rebuild. She checked to make sure they were okay and after they thanked her again, she headed on her way. A few meters from the Normandy, she heard a whine and looked behind some crates.

"Oh! What have we here?" Jane exclaimed while picking up a varren pup that was tan with red stripes.

"Uh, what are you doing?" Garrus asked.

"Well, I can't leave him here. He'll die on his own. He's just a baby." She replied and started walking towards the ship while carrying the varren.

"This outta be fun." Wrex laughed while Garrus shook his head.

"Joker's gonna love this." Garrus said sarcastically.

"He'll deal." Jane said. "I think I'll call you Carnifex. Carn for short."

"Are you naming it after a gun?" Garrus laughed.

"That a problem?" She glared.

"Um, no. That's actually pretty cool." He said.

"Good." She said triumphantly while boarding the Normandy.

In the meeting room, Liara linked with Jane again. She said it was a little more clear with the cipher and it seemed to be some kind of warning but she couldn't tell more.

Finally, I can talk to Garrus. Jane thought. She headed towards the cargo bay without stopping to talk with Kaidan like she normally did. Once down there, Garrus said he wanted to thank her. He explained that he thought about what happened and decided to go back to C-sec after they dealt with Saren. Jane felt a little pain in her chest. She didn't want to lose Garrus. But she shook it off and said she was happy for him. He was doing what he thought was best for him and she felt she should support him. He started to say something else when her comm went off. It was Kaidan asking for her to come up. She told him she'd be there in a minute and turned back to Garrus. He looked a little troubled then said he just wanted to thank her and he couldn't wait to get Saren. She stood there for a second, then told him she was proud of him and hesitantly went to see what Kaidan wanted.

"Are you angry?" Kaidan asked her once she was back from the cargo bay.

"What? No. What makes you ask?" Jane inquired.

"Just you didn't stop by like you normally do." He said.

"I just wanted to check up on Garrus." She told him.

"Oh. Well, okay then." He sounded almost jealous again, she thought before changing to a casual topic. She was still reeling from the thought of Garrus leaving when this was all over.