Jenkins
I was back aboard the Normandy and sat next to the bed where Shepard was sleeping. Chakwas was sure she’d be alright, the medi-gel was doing its job and repairing the damage to her arm and back. She had said that this injury was better than the one caused by the beacon since it was straightforward to fix. Brain injuries are tricky like that.
Not to say that the injury wasn’t bad though. Chakwas described it as though a grenade went off in her hand. If it wasn’t for the quality of the armor she was wearing, Chakwas was fairly certain there wouldn’t have been an arm left attached.
Shepard would probably spend the better part of the day being patched up by medi-gel before she could operate at her maximum capacity. Until then she was being kept sedated since Chakwas was certain the moment Shepard woke up she would immediately try to get back out there. In her defense, she was almost certainly correct about our commander. Giving Shepard time to heal would be necessary if she wanted to do any fighting.
Medi-gel was an impressive substance, a horde of nanomachines piloted by a rudimentary VI to seek injuries, stitch wounds and kill hazardous microbes and bacteria. However, unlike in the games, it doesn’t work so well as to heal someone from almost dead to fully functioning in a moment. The worse the wounds, the longer it would take for the nanomachines to heal the individual in question. For an Injury like Shepard's, it would take a few hours before she could move the arm properly, and probably a full day before she was back to normal.
Medi-gel was impressive, but in the case of severe injuries, it wouldn’t be able to heal faster than you would be dying. A bad enough wound and you would still die of things like blood loss or organ failure long before the nanomachines could repair the damages. There have been studies into increasing the effectiveness of nanomachines, but without using something like AI to guide their pathways and processes, there is just no efficient way to accelerate their healing processes.
With that in mind though, I should probably accelerate the speed with which I’m looking into organic interface setups for an AI. Given how Shepard nearly died already, convincing her to get a full biological sync with an AI unit like Alec Ryder would eventually develop would be important. It would greatly increase her already substantial combat ability, and increase her recovery speed from injuries since the AI could take control of the Medi-gel and better guide it in healing and treating injuries.
Something to look into during my downtime. For the time being though I needed to focus on this mission. Things have already gotten worse than I expected. I was cursing myself for my stupidity. I had assumed that since things had lined up so closely to the games, most things would match. I mean sure Saren didn’t have the same appearance as his in-game model, but everything from where you meet people, to what enemies you fought had been the same.
I had become complacent. I knew we would encounter a Geth Armature on Feros, but in the games they were pushovers. You only really ran across them while in a vehicle on the sky bridge between towers, and they went down like pushovers to the vehicle's cannon. Having one in the vehicle bay, and to have it be so damned tough, that wasn’t supposed to happen. Things weren’t supposed to be like that.
Shepard almost died. The hero. The main character of the game series. The woman who would be the one to save the galaxy. She had to survive until the end, but because I had made assumptions about how things would play out, it nearly ended here.
I couldn’t be complacent again, even if it meant I was being more obvious about knowing things I shouldn’t. I would have to ensure our team, specifically Shepard, were all properly prepared and ready for what could happen.
“Jenkins, you should go see the rest of your ground team. Waiting here won’t do you any good. I’m going to keep her sedated for a few hours at least, so she won’t be waking up anytime soon.” Dr. Chakwas spoke to me, reassuring me that things would be okay. She was a kind woman and a good doctor. Under her watch, I knew Shepard would make a full recovery.
“Right. Thank you, Doctor, I will be sure to let everyone else know what’s going on. How are the others?” I asked after the state of the rest of Shepard's group. Before we had got there they had all suffered some form of injury. While Shepard might have got the worst of it, it wasn’t by much.
“Hm, Wrex is practically good as new, Krogan durability is nothing to scoff at. Tali surprised me, I haven’t had much opportunity to study Quarians, and her durability is far greater than I expected. I’d say at the very least they have humans beat in terms of physical durability, so aside from some bruising she’s mostly recovered as well.” That was surprising, or at least would have been if I didn’t know the things I did from the games. There are plenty of cases of Quarians enduring situations that would kill most aside from them, their only real weakness is the dependence they have on their environment suits.
“Kaidan however took a pretty rough blow. Thankfully he had managed to protect himself from the majority of shrapnel wounds with a barrier but it still wasn’t great. If Shepard was holding a grenade, then Kaiden was standing three feet away from one. Better, but not by much. He’ll be mission-ready before Shepard is, but he will still need a few hours for the medi-gel to do its work.” I gave the Doctor a nod.
“Thank you, Doctor. I’ll pass on that information to the others.” I got up to leave but stopped at the doorway.
There was a decent chance the rest of the ground team would want us to continue the mission, even with Shepard in recovery. The problem was that our goal, the thing Saren had come to Feros for, was right below our feet. Beneath the Colony itself was the Thorian, a hive mind plant that existed back during the time of the Protheans. It had studied the Protheans when they were alive and had incorporated the Prothean's genetic signature.
This signature was the Cipher, and it was what Saren came here for. Only with possession of the Cipher could someone truly understand the messages left in the Prothean beacon. Unfortunately, we would only learn about the Thorian after dealing with a Geth ship on the other Exo-Geni tower and rescuing a trapped scientist.
Ideally, defeating the Thorian should mean that the Geth have no reason to remain here, and cause them to evacuate, but there’s always a chance that they would just attack the colony in full force to ensure the Cipher stays buried. It was a risk, but marching over to the other tower, with a third of our team injured and unable to properly defend the camp was foolish. I needed to somehow reveal the Thorian and convince everyone to go on the assault against it, even with no actual evidence.
“Is everything alright Jenkins?” Doctor Chakwas asked me, obviously confused as to why I had stopped at the door. But as she asked, an idea came to mind, there was someone else who wasn’t supposed to be alive, and they could be more useful than expected.
“Actually Doctor, I was curious about the man that Jane had rescued back in the docks. Is he doing okay?” Under Shepard’s orders, we had brought him back aboard the ship to ensure his safety until we could clear the path to the colony. All I had thought at the time was that I was pretty sure he was supposed to die in the ambush.
However, given that he was alive, that meant Chakwas had kept an eye on a member of Feros’ colony, and that meant there was a chance she picked up on the Thorian spores every member of the colony would have inhaled. Strange plant spores that had infected the host's body to the point of being able to control their minds. I’m certain Chakwas would have found it if she checked.
“Ah yes, David. Seems to be alright but he adamantly refused to be assessed.”
“Wait really? Why?”
“Couldn’t tell you, he was in good enough condition that I couldn’t make him receive a check-up if he was unwilling. It was rather strange though, it’s like he was terrified of the idea. Perhaps a phobia of doctors?”She laughed a little as she joked, but it ended too soon. She was breaking the tension, but she was more confused by whatever happened than she let on.
“Chakwas, what's going on? We know there’s something at this colony Saren wanted, any strange behavior from the colonists could be important.” I pressed further, I don’t know why she wasn’t sharing, maybe some kind of doctor-patient confidentiality?
“Well… The way he reacted when I suggested a more thorough examination to ensure he was okay. It was fear. It could just be a phobia, I’m a doctor, not a psychologist, but the fear seemed much more direct than that. I’ve never seen a grown adult be that afraid of a checkup. They’re part of an Exo-Geni colony, they should be plenty used to doctors and scientists being all over. It was strange, but hardly something I would consider relevant to Saren.” The Doctor looked confused, not concerned. It was unfortunate, a deeper suspicion might have helped me justify looking into this further, but I’d need a better excuse.
“Fair enough, by the way, is he in good enough condition to go back to the colony? We can escort him when we head back up. I have a feeling we will be carrying on with the mission, even with the Commander injured.” At least if we bring him along I can ask some pointed questions, and try and bait a reaction that gives us some information.
“Ah yes, as I said his physical condition appears to be perfectly fine, and he may be more open to a colony doctor looking him over. Just message me when you're about to leave and I’ll be sure to send him up.” She gave a nod towards me, and I returned one in thanks.
“Perfect, I’ll let everyone else know, hopefully, we have a plan for what we are doing next.” And hopefully, that plan is open to changing objectives to kill a big angry plant, and to let a strange Asari woman mind meld with our commander.
“Of course, and Jenkins?”
“Yes, Doctor?”
“Come back in one piece, or at least pieces I can stitch back together. I have no interest in losing anyone on this crew, no matter how important you all think stopping Saren is.” She had a soft smile, but there was sadness behind her eyes. I wonder how many soldiers she wasn’t able to save in all her years with the alliance. I was already supposed to have been another, a fate I avoided by knowing when to stop attacking and take cover. A lesson I took to heart.
“Trust me, Doctor, I have no plans on dying. Too much work to do.” I gave her a grin and made my way out of the back room of the medbay.
Kaidan was sat up on one of the beds in the room, his armor had been removed, and he was wearing his regular alliance fatigues. I stopped next to his bed.
“Hey, buddy. How are you doing?”
“Well aside from feeling like I spent 30 minutes inside of an unbalanced drop pod, fine. Pissed I’m not up and at it like the rest of you, I didn’t expect that thing to have a cannon that could blow right through cover like that.” He looked annoyed but seemed content enough with the fact that he was healthy.
“Yeah, I guess after dealing with all those troopers we didn’t expect them to have a bigger weapon like that. Next time though we will know how to handle it, no issues.” I gave him some reassurance, watching him turn to me with a small grin.
“Oh yeah? How exactly would you suppose we manage that.”
“Oh simple, we just group up and shoot it until it dies. Easy stuff I’m not sure why you guys didn’t do that.” I matched his smile and gave him a small punch to the shoulder. He just laughed to himself shaking his head.
“You know what I don’t know either. I’ll be sure to ask the Commander about it when she wakes up.”
“You mean when Chakwas lets her wake up.”
“Ha, yeah that’s what I mean. You know, for a doctor that is one scary woman, I don’t know how you feel comfortable enough to just chat with her whenever you feel like, she terrifies me.”
“Oh, I just lost any sense of fear or survival instincts on Eden Prime. My whole sense of what should scare me has been completely blown out of proportion.” Kaidan gave me a flat look for a second, a moment of panic crossing his face as he realized what he accidentally brought up. I gave him a nudge and smiled.
“I’m joking man, relax. If you can’t joke about tragedy then you're just letting them win right?” He still looked anxious but relaxed a bit.
“Right. Listen, Jenkins, are you sure you-”
“I’m fine.”
Kaidan gave me a look that was filled with both concern and a touch of pity. I felt a pain of emotion course through me, feeling both hurt over the past and angry at his expression. I buried it, as I did whenever I thought about my… Jenkins’ old home.
“Seriously, I’m alright. I’ll fill you in on what we talked about in the debrief okay? Take it easy, you’ll be back on your feet soon enough.” I gave him a nod and began making my way out of the medbay. I could hear him behind me as I left.
“Right. Thanks.” I didn’t bother responding to that, letting the hiss of the closing mechanical doors cut me off from his questioning.
I take a breath, pausing for a moment to calm my heart rate. I hadn’t noticed it at first, but whenever Eden Prime got brought up people looked at me like I was glass. A second away from breaking. It’s like they expect me to be damaged after what happened, to be devastated. It made me upset because I wasn’t, I had no right to be. That wasn’t my family that died there, it was Jenkins’. I had no right to mourn a family that I avoided because I was afraid they’d realize their son was gone. I took Jenkins’ life, and then let his family die. I wasn’t allowed to be sad for them, the only thing I could do was get revenge on their behalf.
Jenkins, you appear to be agitated. Everyone survived the encounter, I had assumed you would be pleased by the result.
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Text from Beta flashed across my omni-tool, and I typed my response.
No, of course, I’m happy everyone got out alive. Thank you again for the help overloading that Armature. I doubt we could have made it out without casualties without you.
Of course not. The Armature had targeted the Spectre. Without my assistance, your overload would have been insufficient to delay its attack. There is a 92.37 percent chance Commander Shepard would have been killed by its next attack.
Beta had been silent for most of our trip to Feros, and even during the mission on the planet. I hadn’t even asked him for help with the Armature, he had simply acted of his own accord and then proceeded to gloat and brag about how helpful and powerful he was. I still had difficulty understanding how Beta made his decisions, sometimes it seemed like he only acted in a manner that logically suited his best interests. Other times it seemed like he genuinely wanted to help me.
Yes yes, without your help Shepard definitely would have been in trouble. But I thought you said you weren’t going to help me anymore unless your existence was under threat. Why help me save Shepard?
The robot paused for a small moment, the text taking a second to appear before it crossed the screen once more.
Well, according to your claims, Shepard is required to defeat the Reapers. Given your claims about their approach to organic and synthetic life, ensuring the Spectre’s survival is in my best interest.
Oh, so you believe me about the Reapers finally?
No.
Once again the machine's answer is simple and doesn’t go into any further detail.
Okay, well then why act as though you do?
While the most likely explanation for your story of Reapers and access to information is either insanity and luck or deception and manipulation, that does not account for the 4.32 percent chance you are being truthful. Until such time that it can be confirmed that your words are untrue, I must act as though they are.
Awe, and here I was thinking it was because you liked me.
There was no response to that message. Of course, I somehow ended up with the only tsundere robot in the galaxy. I made my way upstairs to the flight deck. The comm room was where we held most of our meetings and it’s where the rest of the ground team were discussing what to do next. It was my destination, but another message from Beta made me pause.
You did not answer as to what was causing your agitation.
Because I’m not agitated. I’m fine Beta, I just need to focus on the mission. Why don’t you read through my notes again, a lot of things are about to come up that I shouldn’t know about that are written down there.
Very well.
And with that Beta was silent. I was getting tired of people assuming something was bothering me. I was doing fine, I just needed to focus on the task at hand. I walked through the doors to the comm room that slid open at my approach just in time to hear the tail end of an argument. Less a shouting match, and more just a heated discussion.
“It doesn’t matter if the Commander is injured, our mission is clear, and we have to continue with it.” It was Ashley, her voice was raised and she was facing off with Wrex.
“And I’m just wondering who put you in charge? Shepard has my respect, I wouldn’t say the same for you, grabbing hold of command the moment she’s injured.” Wrex had his arms crossed and was challenging the apparent control Ashley had tried to take for this meeting.
“I’m in charge because that’s how Alliance command works. With Shepard and Alenko out of commission, I am the next highest-ranking soldier. While Pressly might have command of the Normandy, authority of the ground team falls to me.” Ashley wasn’t backing down, but Wrex didn’t flinch. He had the same look across his face and an appearance of indifference or annoyance, it was tough to distinguish the difference on a Krogan.
“Except this isn’t an Alliance crew anymore, is it? This is a Spectre ship and a Spectre mission. Meaning your alliance rank doesn’t mean anything for command.” At this point it was clear to me that Wrex wasn’t bothered by Ashley taking command, he was intentionally pushing her buttons to see how she reacted, whether her orders were something he’d respect or not. I get where he’s coming from but it's a waste of time.
“Wrex that’s enough, quit pushing her buttons. We both know if you had a problem with her you wouldn’t still be in the room.” I spoke, bringing the attention of everyone in the room to me.
Garrus, Wrex, Tali, and Ashley were all we had, excluding myself. Tali was choosing to remain seated, with an arm holding her side gently. It was clear she was still feeling a little sore from getting launched across a room, but compared to Kaidan or Shepard, she was in great condition.
“Hmph, you take all the fun out of it. I was hoping she would agree to spar to prove her leadership.” Wrex huffed and turned away, sitting in one of the chairs on the side of the room.
Ashley glanced between Wrex and me, before letting out a sigh.
“I swear, Krogan are more trouble than they’re worth.” She shook her head and Wrex just chuckled, seemingly not offended by the comment in the slightest.
“Jenkins glad to see you back, what’s the word with the Commander and Alenko?” Garrus spoke from where he was leaning against the rail at the back of the room, his arms were crossed and he looked concerned, although he was trying to hide that under a mask of professionalism.
“Oh, they’re mostly fine. The doctor is keeping Shepard sedated until her arm has time to properly heal. She worries that our Commander would just go and make her injury worse if she was conscious enough to make that sort of decision.” There were looks of concern across everyone, although Wrex just laughed once again. He found Shepard's more reckless tendencies entertaining.
“Well. Shit.” Garrus’ response was short but got to the point effectively.
“Yeah. Kaidan is doing fine as well, but still needs a few hours rest before he can operate at full capacity.” There was a moment of silence as everyone processed the information before Ashley spoke.
“So it’s up to us then. We need to find what Saren came here for and get the Geth the hell off this planet. A small team, three of us, make our way towards the Exo-Geni colony, while two stay behind to defend Zhu’s Hope’s inhabitants.” Ashley spoke clearly, the plan was basic but covered exactly what needed doing. It was a risk though, and I wasn’t the only one who knew it.
“I don’t think leaving only two of us here is a good idea. After we finished speaking with the colony leader Shepard made it clear he was hiding something. There’s a chance that Fai Dan knows what Saren was after. Worse, he could even be in on it.” Tali sounded concerned and unsure, her voice was quiet as she started speaking before gaining more confidence as she continued.
“What? The Commander didn’t trust Fai Dan?” Garrus was as surprised as Ashley and I, although not for the same reasons. While I knew that Fai Dan was aware of the Thorian, and intentionally kept it hidden from Shepard to protect his people, I was surprised that Shepard picked up on it. It was good for me though.
“Chakwas actually said something interesting as well. The guy you rescued down on the docks when we first arrived refused a medical examination. She said he seemed terrified of the idea of it, to the point that it was concerning.” I may have been stretching Dr. Chawkwas’ exact words, but it was close enough for me to get the point across.
“Hm, you think Fai Dan knows something then?” Ashley asked the question to the whole group but looked right at Tali since she had brought it up initially.
“Well, I don’t know for sure. When we were still looking for Jeong it made sense to put it aside and look into it later, but given the situation we are in now? It might be a better idea to make sure he’s not hiding anything.” Tali phrased her suggestion as a question, as though she was unsure if it was a good plan. Given the confidence I knew she would grow into, it was strange to see her so unsure of herself. Of course, the uncertainty might have more to do with how scary Ashley is, not her insecurity.
“We could always go knock him upside the head and make him spill whatever he’s hiding? Seems easier than marching across a bridge filled with a bunch of tin cans looking for a guy that might already be dead.” Wrex slammed his fist into his palm, exaggerating his point of knocking someone upside the head.
“We can’t just walk up to the leader of this colony and start threatening him. Everyone here would turn against us, we’d be fighting a colony, not just questioning one man.” Garrus had a valid point, we couldn’t just start trying to force the guy who’s been running a colony under Geth siege for two days to do anything. The people here would side with him, a hundred times out of a hundred.
“Well, not in front of everybody. You gotta pull him into a side room first. Have someone stand guard and when they ask what the screaming is about you say it's a private mating session. Nobody decent sticks around after you say that. If they try and get in, they're in on it and you clobber them too.”
We were all silent as we just stared at Wrex.
“What?” He asked the question, still smiling as he looked at us staring at him.
“Wrex, do Krogan understand the concept of subtlety at all?” Ashley asked the question, pinching the bridge of her nose with her fingers.
“Of course we do. We just don’t much care for it.” There were sighs all around as we took in what had to be a prime example of Krogan spycraft. However, I had to give credit to the Krogan. As much as their plans often lacked any sense of political awareness of personal consequences, they were damn effective at getting things done short term.
“You know Wrex’s idea might not be the worst.” Everyone turned to stare at me as I spoke, equally surprised. Wrex however, just laughed as I agreed with him.
“See, the kid gets it.”
“Oh no, not about the clobbering people plan. That was awful.” Wrex scoffed and my dismissal, while Ashley stepped forward.
“Well, what do you mean then? You have an idea?”
“Yeah. I think we would be wasting time trying to subtly investigate and draw out whatever information he knows. I think we should just confront him. No interrogation, no accusations of betrayal. We just have to tell him we think there’s something about the colony itself the Geth are after, and we need to know what it is. If he claims there’s nothing, then we can just ask to do a thorough scan and investigation while we wait for Shepard and Kaidan to recover.”
The room was silent as people contemplated my suggestion. Ashley hummed to herself for a moment, speaking quietly as she contemplated.
“If he tried to bar us from investigating it would draw suspicion.”
“If we do it in front of the colonists then they would be suspicious as well. If their leader knew why they were being attacked but didn’t say or do anything about it they would side with us.”
I finished with the rest of my ideas. Subtlety would be a waste of time, and I was tired of being patient by trying to follow the game too closely. If we confront him about the Thorian directly they would be forced to act. Disable the colonists it would control into attacking us and we could take care of things in an hour, instead of half a day like it would probably take if we had to deal with the Exo-Geni tower first.
“That could be a problem, not a benefit though. If Fai Dan does know more than he’s letting on and the regular colonists are in on it, then confronting him could force a fight with them all.” Garrus made himself the voice of reason. Even with our significantly stronger gear, fighting an entire colony would be a bad idea. While I knew that they would only attack us unarmed, as the Thorian couldn’t exert enough control to make them use guns, nobody else knew that. It was a valid concern, but one that had the same solution as what would work practically.
“I could speak with Chakwas, get a sedative gas. If the entire colony goes hostile then we just seal our suits and break open the canisters, knock them out.”
“You want to gas an entire colony!” Tali seemed appalled by the suggestion, and as she said it I realized why.
“Ah, yeah when you word it that way it sounds bad. But in my defense, it’s only for the worst-case scenario. I find it highly unlikely the entire colony is aware of whatever Fai Dan is hiding. Most likely we will force a reaction from him, but he will have to play it off. He’ll let us scan the colony grounds while he gets someone he trusts to try and bury the secret he’s so determined to keep.” I try to convince them.
In the games, you have the opportunity to get a chemical option for grenades. It allowed you to incapacitate the Thorian-controlled colonists without killing them. My plan was to produce something similar and sell it off as a sedative. This way if confronting Fai Dan did trigger the Thorian we could deal with it as non-lethally as possible. But it didn’t seem like it was working.
“I’m against biological weapons boy. It’s cowardly and dangerous.” Wrex was staring me down, any casual behavior completely gone from his appearance. I felt a shiver move down my spine as I tried to defend myself.
“Well, technically it would be chemical, not biological. And-”
“Not the point!” Wrex raised his voice standing as he stepped closer to me. “You have no idea how a chemical will behave in reality. How the winds will carry it, and how strong a dose any individual would receive. If you can’t control who you’re affecting you don't use it. If you want to see the consequences of indiscriminate warfare look at Tuchanka.” He stopped directly in front of me, his large frame staring down directly into my eyes.
I took a step back and realized I was against the railing. I couldn’t move further away and Wrex was closely examining me. For the first time, I was afraid of the creature in front of me. I didn’t see the grouchy grandpa who had won my trust over the course of three games. Instead, I saw a millennia-old alien, one that had his species decimated by a biological weapon. One who spent the majority of his lifetime fighting countless battles. Someone who had been honed into a living killing machine. If he wanted me dead I would be, there was no question of it.
“I… I get it. You’re right I’m sorry. I wasn’t thinking of the risks.” I backed down. There wasn’t another option.
“That’s enough Wrex. We all agree with you, no sedatives. Sit down.” Ashley had a hand on her pistol and was watching the situation closely. The only thing that kept it in its holster was the fact that Wrex never touched his own gun. He turned his head to look at Ashley, before glancing back at me.
“Hm. Coward.” He let out a huff of air in my face, before turning away and walking out of the room without looking back. “I won’t be joining you on the ground for this one. You’re on your own.”
There was silence as the door slid shut behind him. Everyone in the room was watching me, and I felt it. I don’t see what caused him to snap so suddenly. Maybe chemical weapons made him think of the genophage, but this was nothing like that. A sedative to knock a threat out and deal with it discretely was just a smart plan. It saved resources and avoided risk. Yeah, he had a point in its risks but they could be easily mitigated. I took a breath to steady myself and stood back up to my full height.
“Are you okay?” Garrus was the one who spoke up, breaking the silence that felt heavy on my shoulders.
“Um yeah. I’m fine. Sorry about that, he’s right a sedative is a bad idea.” I dismissed the worry, we needed to focus, and that distraction was a waste of the limited time we had.
“Well it's not the worst idea I’ve heard, but I don’t think it’s necessary.” Garrus stood as he spoke, stretching slightly as he did so.
“You have an idea then Vakarian?” Ashley asked as she looked over to him, everyone thankful for the change of focus off of what happened.
“We saw the defenses as we walked through camp to join Shepard. The morale here is terrible, Fai Dan and his aids are the only things holding people together. If things got hostile, we would only need to neutralize those three first and the rest of the colony would surrender. It’s not a great look since we were supposed to come here to help them, but it would work.” Ashley nodded along to what Garrus was saying taking a second to think it over before speaking.
“I agree. Fai Dan, Alicia, and Corporal Manny are the ones holding most of the charge over the site. If things go south, capturing those three would force a surrender. Images don’t matter, if Fai Dan gets aggressive off of some questioning that’s sign enough for me he knew what was happening all along.” Ashley looked annoyed, frustrated at the thought that the person who was in charge could bear some responsibility for these things. She probably found it easier to blame Saren and the Geth for everything. If only things were so simple.
“That’s our plan then. We confront Fai Dan and figure out where to go from there. If it turns out to be nothing then we return to the original plan. Find Ethan Jeong and force the Geth off the planet.” There were nods from all of us as we agreed on the plan.
It wasn’t a bad plan, but I was worried. Not about dealing with Fai Dan though, I was worried about Wrex. His reaction, how he looked at me left me afraid. Wrex would be quite possibly one of the worst enemies for me to have. The fury in his eyes was genuine, and I’m certain the only reason things didn’t get violent was because I backed down. I could only hope that I hadn’t permanently burned any bridges with him. He was too powerful an ally for Shepard to lose just because I managed to piss him off. I’d have to try and patch things up once this was over. If that was even possible.