Chapter 159

Stirling frowned and shook her head while pointing her firearm at Shepard "I don't care!".

She immediately took a shot at Shepard, but Harry just slapped it away with his bare hand, Stirling didn't come alone though, and the trio of ERC officers that were standing behind her, immediately aimed at the group.

Stirling grinned, not really caring how Harry had slapped her shot with his bare hand, and began to order everyone to shoot at the group.

Harry just narrowed his eyes and waved his hand towards Stirling and her group of ERC guards, a wave of darkness shot outwards from Harry's arms and almost instantly engulfed Stirling and her group.

They didn't even have time to scream as their bodies were consumed by darkness, their bodies, souls, and minds just ceased to exist and then they knew no more.

Everyone looked surprised by Harry's reaction, but all he did is scoff and shake his head "What a bitch, she's been nothing but a jerk since we got here".

Shepard nodded "Yeah, she was hostile from the get-go".

Ashley shrugged "Well, she had it coming, really shouldn't have attacked us too, I know she must have known we just killed a bunch of her guys so why would she think she would do better?".

Liara just shook her head "Arrogance and ignorance".

Everyone agreed with Liara's words but was still feeling rather annoyed at the whole thing, Kunou then spoke up "Well, we're done here, so we should go meet with Lorik, we need that pass".

The group nodded to Kunou and soon walked over to the elevator, they boarded it and then rode it down to the first floor.

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They soon arrived and walked out of the elevator, only to stop when they found Gianna standing nearby, she immediately noticed Shepard and spoke to him "Commander, there have been reports of noise from the Synthetic Insights office, would you know anything about it?".

Shepard just shrugged "Of course not, why would I?".

Gianna frowned at Shepard "Don't play me, Shepard, meet me at the hotel for a drink, before you talk to Qui'in, I'll be waiting".

Gianna walked away and left as soon as she said her piece, Shepard raised an eyebrow and seemed very perplexed by her change in attitude "What was that all about?".

Harry shook his head "Who knows? But I bet she wants something, she's been acting kinda shady since we got here and she was the one who told us about Lorik".

Kunou nodded "Well, might as well go and see what she wants right?".

Shepard sighed but nodded, after that small conversation, the group quickly left the area to head to the hotel bar and meet with Gianna.

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It didn't take long for the group to arrive, music once again filled the elevator as it opened and the group walked out of it, together they all walked into the bar and looked around for Gianna.

They found her on the other side of the Hotel bar, far away from Lorik, the group immediately walked over to her, Gianna saw Shepard approach her, as soon as he got in front of her she began to speak "Allow me to re-introduce myself, Parasini, Noveria Internal Affairs".

Harry hummed for a second and then said "Well... shit on a stick".

Shepard could have not agreed more with Harry right now, still, now he needed to know what she was doing here "Why is an internal affair agent here?".

Gianna sighed a bit and then answered Shepard's question "The executive board knows about Anoleis's corruption, I've been undercover for six months.

I want you to convince Qui'in to testify before the board, with this evidence, this planet can run profitable again".

Harry frowned and turned his head towards Kunou "Why is it that we always have to do other people's jobs? This is becoming an odd habit now".

Kunou laughed a little and then shrugged with a small shake of her head, she didn't know why this sort of thing was happening to them often, perhaps its a quirk of this universe, or maybe it was Shepard's luck, but she did have to admit that this was happening oddly often now.

Shepard inwardly agreed with Harry, but was more focused on Gianna right now "You work for Anoleis, can't you just take his records?".

Gianna scoffed at the idea "He's a crook, not a moron, he doesn't keep logs on his computer saying 'This month I stole three million credits', Qui'in's testimony and records are everything I need to prove Anoleis's guilt in one package".

Well, everyone had to give it to Gianna, she was completely right, though that didn't mean they had to like her attitude, especially because she's supposed to be asking for a favor.

Harry huffed "Then why don't you ask Qui'in directly?".

Gianna frowned "I'm Anoleis's secretary, you think he'd believe me? That he'd meet in some dark alley with his evidence?".

Harry frowned "That sounds like a 'you' problem, I still don't see why we should help you, and what's with this planet, why is almost everyone here an asshole?".

Gianna flinched because Harry did have a point, Shepard and his crew also agreed with Harry as well, most of the people they met here, were either very sarcastic, passive-aggressive, or plain rude to them, it really was starting to get on everyone's nerves.

Shepard, then decided to comment on something "I thought corruption was the rule on Noveria".

Gianna sighed and shook her head "The rule is 'don't rock the boat' self-interest is tolerated if it doesn't interfere with business, Anoleis is driving customers away".

Harry shrugged "Again, that sounds like a 'you' problem, why should we care what happens to the businesses here and your investigation?".

Gianna frowned but didn't have a response to Harry's words, he made a good amount of sense and she knew it, Shepard then piped in "Besides, I need Qui'in's garage pass to complete my mission".

Gianna, seeing an opportunity in this, immediately responded with "You help my investigation, and I'll provide whatever you need, favor for a favor".

Ashley sighed "Harry has a point but Anoleis is dirty, it might be best to help her".

Shepard turned his head towards Harry, the dragon god just shrugged letting the commander know, that he would follow what he decided to do.

Gianna seeing the interaction, decided to speak up "Look, Shepard, I don't like this either, you Spectres play fast and loose with the law, that's bad for business".

Shepard scoffed "Alright, I'll talk to Qui'in and see if I can convince him".

Gianna nodded "Thank you, you know where I work, come talk to me once you know if he'll play ball".

With that said, Gianna quickly left, leaving Shepard and the crew alone, Shepard just rubbed his eyes and sighed "I'm getting tired of this planet already...".

Harry nodded and clapped his back "Come on, let's speak to Lorik".

Shepard nodded and the group then walked over towards where Lorik was sitting and drinking, as soon as they arrived at his table the turian immediately spoke to Shepard "Always a pleasure, Spectre, any news on the matter I asked you to look into?".

Shepard nodded "I finished the job, but an internal affairs investigator contacted me, she wants you to testify against Anoleis".

Lorik frowned "Now that you have my property, you want to dictate how I use it? I have no interest in a public spectacle".

Shepard sighed he knew he had to convince Lorik to help so he decided to play with his ego "Look, everyone in this station is chafing under Anoleis' criminal actives, you might end up a hero".

Lorik scoffed at the idea of being seen as a hero "My employers rely on the goodwill of the executive board to work here".

Liara suddenly piped in "The board is investigating Anoleis, they'll be angrier at him than you".

Lorik deeply sighed "All right! It is obvious that I cannot dissuade you... very well, I will testify, make what arrangements you need with your contact, I will wait here".

Shepard nodded, Harry then spoke, "Oh! Your office is squeaky clean, no blood anywhere, so how about a tip?".

Lorik raised an eyebrow but then grinned "All right, fair is fair".

Lorik used his omnitool to send some extra credits to Shepard, the commander just amusingly laughed and then walked away from Lorik's table to go meet with Gianna.

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The group quickly left the hotel bar and boarded the elevator down, once it reached the first floor, they quickly made their way toward Gianna, who was no doubt, waiting for them.

Soon enough, they arrived at her office and walked over to her desk, once in front of them, she spoke with Shepard "Spectre, have you talked to Qui'in?".

Shepard nodded "It took some persuasion, but Qui'in has agreed to testify".

Gianna sighed and nodded "That's a world of stress off my back, I'll take the evidence for safe transport, hmph... I didn't think you'd help me, being a Spectre and all, I guess some of you can be alright.

Kunou frowned and tilted her head "Doesn't this help you? That's not how you thank someone after they gave you a hand, you know?".

Shepard nodded "Yeah, you don't seem particularly happy".

Gianna just grinned and shrugged "I'm ecstatic, but right now, I just feel like a long day of work ended, while you were working on Qui'in, I got you a garage pass, be careful up there, and thank you. Now, I have an arrest to make, wish I had the time to change into something easy to move in, I hate skirts".

Harry chuckled and snapped his fingers, Gianna's dress turned into a whole officer suit, the same one he had seen the ERC officers wear, Gianna raised an eyebrow, but then smiled and nodded in thanks to Harry.

She then immediately left to arrest Anoleis, soon enough the group could hear Anoleis complain out loud about his predicament "This is an outrage! I'll see that you never work in this sector again!".

Gianna came out dragging Anoleis through the ground, she scoffed at him not really caring about his threat, and then said "Yeah, yeah, get a move on!".

The group just watched this happen with small smiles on their faces, they were certainly glad that Anoleis got what he deserved.

Anoleis suddenly noticed Shepard and yelled at him "You! Shepard! I demand you place this bitch under arrest!".

Gianna then frowned "You have the right to remain silent, I wish to god you'd exercise it" Gianna then began to pull Anoleis away again, but as she left she said one last thing to Shepard "See you around the galaxy, Commander, I owe you a beer!".

Harry laughed a bit and shook his head in amusement "Now she seems happy".

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With the garage pass in hand, Shepard and the group were now ready to get on with their mission, so they quickly went to the door that would take them to the garage, once there an ERC guard stopped them "Access to the garage is restricted".

Shepard took out his pass and showed it to the ERC guard "I have authorization, excuse me".

The ERC guard checked the pass and nodded "Yes, that's genuine, drive safely, the weather's supposed to be pretty bad out in the Aleutsk Valley"

Shepard nodded and everyone then walked through the door, however, as soon as they went inside, Harry stopped everyone "Wait... I'm sensing a few digital energy signatures, there's geth in here".

As soon as Harry said that the geth attacked, Shepard and Ashley's armors easily blocked the geth's shots, while Harry and Kunou covered Liara.

Ashley frowned as she saw the geth "I guess, now we know what Benezia was transporting in those crates".

Shepard and Ashley began to return fire, Liara used her biotic lift to trap a few of the geth, that were walking on the walls and the ceiling, while Harry and Kunou blasted them with light elemental spells.

Suddenly, the door to the garage opened and Matsuo came inside, only to duck to avoid getting her head blown off by a geth, she stayed down for a second and looked around "What the- what are those things?".

More ERC guards rushed into the garage, Matsuo then stood up and began to yell orders "Fan out and secure the area! No one gets in or out!".

Chaos descended on the area as a big firefight broke out in the garage, there were a lot of geth around, and Shepard and his crew were too busy fighting back to cover Matsuo and her men.

Harry looked around for a bit and then called out to Kunou "Kunou! You support Liara, I'll keep an eye on the ERC guards".

Kunou nodded "Got it!".

Harry took off running towards Matsuo and jumped into the air, he then kicked a geth that was crawling on the wall behind Matsuo trying to sneak up on her.

Matsuo noticed the geth get sent flying and crashing against a wall to her side, Harry then landed beside her and raised his hand towards the geth that had tried to attack her.

Harry let out a loud 'Hah!' and fired a ki blast at the geth, the ki blast hit the geth and exploded destroying it, Harry quickly turned his head towards Matsuo "Watch the walls and the ceiling! These things can attack you from anywhere!".

Matsuo nodded along with the rest of the ERC Guards, they immediately began to check the walls and ceiling, while fighting back against the geth.

Harry protected them all and blocked any attacks coming their way, soon enough the geth were all destroyed and once everyone checked that the garage was clear, they were able to relax.

Shepard and the group put away their weapon and then walked over to Matsuo who was standing beside Harry.

As he got closer, he could hear Matsuo speaking with Harry "What did you guys do?".

Harry shook his head at Matsuo "This wasn't us, the geth were already here".

Shepard walked up to Harry's side and spoke "The geth ambushed us, we fought back, that's it".

Matsuo sighed "Geth? You expect me to-" Matsuo frowned as she remember the creatures she just fought "Where did they even come from?".

Ashley shrugged "If I were to guess, the matriarch packed them in the shipping containers she arrived with".

Matsuo shook her head "I do not believe that, we did thorough scans of those, there were no power sources, no element zero masses... if Benezia-sama's containers were packed with these things, then there are many more out there".

Harry frowned "Well that's great...".

Shepard sighed and nodded to Harry in complete agreement, this mission just became more tedious with the presence of the geth, still, Shepard needed to know just what number of geth they were dealing with "I need numbers, Captain, a dozen? a hundred?".

Matsuo looked down "A few dozen at least, they are machines, you could pack them tightly"

Matsuo then shook her head and sighed "I must report to the executive board, if word gets out about loose geth, there may be an investor panic...".

With that said, Matsuo and her men quickly left, leaving the group by themselves, Shepard sighed and turned around to address the group "Alright, now we know we're dealing with a lot of geth here so, keep an eye on the walls and ceiling and cover Liara as much as possible, she doesn't have armor like mine and Ashley's yet".

Everyone nodded, and with that said the group decided to keep going, soon they reached the garage's gate, and they opened it in order to get out, only to be slapped in the face by snow, Shepard, Ashley, and Liara stepped away from the gate and looked outside a door distance away from it.

Liara frowned and shook her head at the amount of snow that was falling, the harsh winds were making it even harder for anyone to proceed "We're not going to be able to walk out there like this".

Ashley nodded "Even with Harry's armor we won't be able to move quickly through the snowstorm either".

Shepard crossed his arms as he looked outside and pondered what to do, the Normandy was docked right now, and he doubts they would let it drop the Mako in their location just like that, he then realized something "Hey Harry?".

Harry who was looking at the snowstorm raging outside, turned his head towards Shepard "Yeah?".

Shepard walked up to his side and decided to ask Harry something "Can you teleport the Mako to our location?".

Harry smiled and gave Shepard a nod "No problem, just give me a second".

With that said, Harry teleported back to the Normandy, meanwhile, Shepard made sure to let Joker know, that Harry was taking the Mako out, that way the Normandy's crew won't panic if they notice the vehicle missing.

Harry returned with Mako soon enough, and everyone immediately boarded it, Shepard, Ashley, and Liara inside, while Kunou and Harry hopped on top of the Mako and sat there.

Shepard soon took off driving out of the garage towards their destination, luckily for the group the route was pretty much straightforward, however, like they thought, they soon enough found geth in their way.

Geth shock troopers and Geth rocket troopers immediately shot at the Mako the moment it came into their scanners, Shepard had to maneuver around the rockets sent their way, while Ashley and Liara shot back.

Harry and Kunou, targeted the geth rocket troopers, they were by far the most dangerous enemies to the Mako right now.

Both raised their keyblades and shot Firagas at the geth rocket troopers, the highly condensed balls of fire magic, flew through the air so fast that the geth rocket troopers were unable to even move to try and dodge.

Instead, they were hit by the fireballs, which exploded on impact, the fiery blasts not only destroyed the geth rocket troopers but also made the geth shock troopers lose their balance or get sent flying.

Liara and Ashley immediately fired at the downed geth and destroyed them, allowing Shepard to drive forward without the worry of being shot at, soon they made it to a bridge and had to fight off more geth troopers.

But, they were no match for the group's teamwork and were just as easily destroyed, soon they made it off the bridge and made it to the other side, only to be attacked by a massive ball of plasma.

Harry saw it coming and quickly jumped towards it, as soon as he came close to the plasma ball, Harry kicked upwards and away from the Mako, Kunou immediately rushed forward flying towards the massive geth that shot the plasma ball at them.

She disappeared in a flash of golden light mid-way to the massive geth and reappeared above it, she came down towards the geth while slashing down.

The geth was instantly cut in half and exploded soon after, meanwhile, Shepard drove the Mako towards Kunou, while everyone else shot and destroyed the geth shock troopers running around.

Kunou hop on top of the Mako as soon as it arrived and smiled at Harry, who gave her a thumbs up, Shepard then continued onward, and soon enough they made it to another bridge.

They quickly destroyed the geth shock troopers that attacked them the moment they got close, but there were some geth heavy turrets at the end of the bridge that opened fire at the Mako.

Kunou raised her keyblade up and yelled "'Reflect!'".

A barrier made out of white light shimmered into existence around the Mako, while Harry went through some hand signs at high speed, the moment he finished he yelled the name of his attack "'Demonic Ice Release: God of Rain and Snow!'".

A massive serpentine dragon materialize around the Mako, Harry then waved his hand forward and the serpentine dragon immediately shot itself forward, it flew through the air, and with a roar, it collided with one of the geth heavy turrets destroying it.

The ice-made serpentine dragon didn't stop there, it switch directions and flew right through another geth heavy turret destroying it as well, meanwhile, Shepard continued to drive forward as the serpentine dragon flew in the air and roared before dissipating in the air.

The group continued driving forward and fighting geth along the way until they finally arrived at their destination, Shepard stopped the Mako and then got out, meanwhile Harry and Kunou hopped off the top of the vehicle.

Ashley and Liara soon got out of the Mako as well and got ready, Shepard nodded at everyone and the group then walked up to the entrance of the building they arrived in front of.

Shepard opened the door and everyone walked inside with everyone following him close behind him in formation, the building turned out to be another garage, and once fully inside they were attacked by even more geth.

This time, geth juggernaut and geth drones, not even the geth juggernauts were tough enough to handle the group's Harry-made pistols and were taken down immediately by Shepard, Liara, and Ashley.

Harry and Kunou rushed forward and attacked the geth drones since they had the speed and agility to be able to attack them with ease, however, a krogan appeared out of nowhere and rushed toward Shepard.

Shepard immediately rolled to the side to avoid the rushing krogan, Liara hit him with a biotic lift while Ashley shot him once shattering its shields, Shepard quickly took aim at the end of his roll on the ground and shot the krogan in the head, blasting it off its shoulders.

The group quickly followed after Harry and Kunou who had moved forward, and then everyone climbed some stairs into a metal platform, they followed it to reach a door only for an announcement to loudly play "User alert, all Peak 15 facilities have suffered a great deal of damage, biohazard exposure detected".

The group stopped before they reached the door, Ashley frowned and shook her head "Biohazard? That's not good".

Shepard and Liara nodded in agreement with Ashley. Kunou then suddenly piped in "Shepard, Ashley, your armor can protect you from environmental conditions, you don't have to worry about biohazards".

Shepard and Ashley nodded, they both felt rather thankful that, however, the commander was now curious about something "What about Liara? She doesn't have new armor".

Harry then piped in "Don't worry, I'll cast a ward around her, she'll be unaffected by environmental issues for a few hours".

Shepard nodded, soon after, Harry cast the ward around Liara and the group then walked towards the door, it opened automatically and the group walked inside.

However, on the other side, they found some turrets, but Liara noticed something odd about them "Why are these turrets facing the wrong way?".

Ashley looked around "Hm... maybe they want to keep their people in as much as they want to keep others out".

It made sense to Harry, no one gets in or out until this whole thing gets resolved, sounds harsh and heartless but you really can't expect much from the people of Noveria.

They tend to only care about money after all, ignoring the turrets, the group walked towards the door on the other side, and they found some weapons and stuff on the floor, but nothing better than what they had, so Harry took it instead.

Once that was done, they continued onwards, they followed the platform and tunnel-like passageway until they found an elevator, everyone got inside and rode it up.

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Once the elevator stopped, everyone quickly got out, Harry looked around and noticed that the windows of the building they found themselves in, had been broken, this allowed the snowstorm outside to fill the building with snow and ice.

He then sensed something inside the building "... I sense digital energy, there's geth in here so be careful everyone"

Everyone nodded to Harry and then walked deeper into the building from the elevator that took them there, two doors later they walked into a big room and were immediately attacked by geth.

Thanks to Harry's warning the squad was able to react fast enough and shoot back at the attacking geth, both Shepard and Ashley stood in front of Liara and shot back with their Harry-made pistols, while Liara attacked from behind them with her biotics.

Harry and Kunou went after the geth that were moving on the walls hoping to attack Shepard and the squad from an odd angle, since both Harry and Kunou were capable of surface walking, they were able to reach the geth rather easily and destroy them.

Soon the room was cleared and everyone gathered in the middle, however, there were some odd sounds that alerted everyone, Ashley narrowed her eyes "Animals? Wind? This place is a mess".

Everyone agreed, everything inside this building was a mess, however, before they could further ponder the state of the building, a loud high pitched screech echoed through the room.

Everyone turned their heads towards where that screech came from and stared at some weird greenish bug-like creatures that began to rush out of a door of the second floor, soon after a few more creatures appeared as well.

Ashley gasped as she looked at the creatures that began to rush towards them "The hell are those!".

Liara stared at the creatures with wide eyes filled with surprise "I don't know... Xenobiology is not my field".

Harry frowned as she stared at the creature "What the hell... I can't sense a consciousness in these things, it's like they don't have a mind of their own".

Kunou jumped up and pointed her keyblade toward the creatures "'Ragnarok!'".

Light gathered on the tip of her keyblade and then coalesce into an orb of light, the orb suddenly spun and then shot forward, as it traveled in the air it broke apart into a multitude of smaller orbs of light and bombarded the creatures.

Most died as the orbs of light exploded, but some of the creatures just flew through the air from the blast of light caused by the explosions of the orbs of light, Shepard, Liara, and Ashley immediately shot them while they were on the ground.

The creatures weren't even given a chance to try and get up, they were killed almost instantly by the firing squad, some even exploded upon death splattering green blood everywhere.

As soon as the room was cleared Shepard walked over to one of the dead creatures and stared at it "What is this thing? I've never seen anything like it before...".

Harry walked up to Shepard's side and bent down to take a closer look a the creature "Let's see... Chitinous exoskeleton, four limbs, and they bleed a green fluid.

They also have multiple numbers of eyes, arms, and tentacle-claws, this is an insectoid type creature, but then that raises even more questions".

Shepard looked over to Harry "Like what?".

Harry stood up "Like what kind of insectoid we're dealing with... Hive minded? Predator like? Hunter? Or even a stalker, insects are a very varied species and this thing is a big one, I don't even know how smart it is".

Shepard frowned "We'll have to be extra cautious now, we not only have to deal with the geth but these creatures as well... just what were they trying to do in this place?".

It was a good question, one that, in the minds of everyone was making, this whole situation even more troublesome and complicated by the second.

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Soon after, the group decided to get move on, they walked up to the second floor and then headed towards the door the insectoid creatures came from, it opened for them and everyone walked out of the room.

A small hallway after, they found an elevator and they quickly boarded it, the elevator then took them even higher up in the building, a few minutes later, the elevator stopped and everyone got off.

They follow the hall outside the elevator and found themselves in another room, Ashley looked around "A backup power system, Commander, it must be for the station's mainframe".

Liara nodded "The damage is not extensive, it could be repaired".

Shepard nodded and the group walked inside, three more of those insectoid creatures dropped from the ceiling and rushed towards the group, Liara waved her arm forward and used a biotic push to send the insectoid creatures flying back.

Harry took off running while summoning both Oblivion and Oathkeeper in his hand, he reached the insectoid creatures in a blur and immediately attacked them with his keyblades.

Oblivion was engulfed in lightning as Harry struck down one of the creatures, the moment Oblivion struck, it exploded in a blast of lightning so powerful it disintegrated the insectoid creatures in less than a second.

Harry immediately twirled on his toes and swiped with Oathkeeper, as the light elemental keyblade was engulfed with wind, it began to glow green, it then sliced through the downed creature with ease.

The wind around the Oathkeeper burst out from the keyblade, slicing the insectoid creature into many small pieces, the last creature stood up and launched itself toward Harry.

But Harry just jumped back and dodge it, the creature was about to attack again, but Shepard shot it in the back killing it instantly, Harry stared as the insectoid creature dropped dead in front of him.

With the creatures dead, everyone was now free to look around, like Liara said, it seemed like this room didn't take too much damage, however, no one knew what to do.

Shepard found some sort of room with all sorts of terminals in it, but it was powered down "hm... we might need to get some sort of power source".

Harry walked up to him "Can we find it around here?".

Shepard wasn't sure, but he had to hope "Maybe, there's a chance that the people left tools and parts to fix this somewhere nearby".

Made sense to Harry, this was very expensive and delicate equipment, and the people in charge of it had to keep anything necessary to fix it in case of an emergency nearby.

Everyone looked around for tools and parts, soon enough they found a few things that would be useful and with Liara having an idea of what to do, she, with everyone's help, began to try and fix the terminal room.

So the group spent some time fixing everything they could, after a while, they were able to restore power and everyone cheered for a job well done, they even thanked Liara, which only served to embarrass her a bit.

But with the power restored, Shepard was able to ride the elevator down the core room, once down there he arrived at the lower core room and activated the VI and functions of the power system.

The elevator suddenly took him up, where the VI was already waiting for him, as soon as he arrived at the upper core room, Harry, Kunou, Liara, and Ashley were already there and staring at the hologram representation of the VI.

The VI spoke to Shepard the moment he arrived in front of her "It looks like you're trying to restore this facility, would you like help?".

Shepard raised an eyebrow "Oh? Are you the virtual intelligence that runs this place?".

The VI nodded "This system is monitored to respond to the name of 'Mira' may I ask your name?".

Shepard didn't hesitate to introduce himself to Mira, thinking it would help get her help "Commander Shepard, I work for the Citadel's Special Tactics and Reconnaissance".

Mira shimmered and then said "One moment, please, council authority confirmed, you are entitled to secure access of all systems.

Please note that queries relating to corporation secrets require privileged access, privileged access is only available to Binary Helix executives, this system is ready to process queries, you may access me at any holographic interface within Peak 15".

This was good news, perhaps now they could get some information about what is going on here, Harry walked up to Shepard's side "Well, may as well get some answers".

Shepard nodded and decided to ask Mira the number one question he had "I need to find Matriarch Benezia".

Mira immediately answered Shepard "Lady Benezia departed on the passenger tramway to the Rift Station subsidiary labs... user alert! The tramway system is currently inoperable".

Harry frowned "Shit, that's not good, if I have to I can take us there in my dragon form, but that would let Benezia we're coming for her right away".

Ashley grinned "She might even run away screaming at the sight of Harry's scaly butt coming her way".

Liara sweatdropped imagining her mother's expression and reaction to seeing Harry's massive gold and silver dragon god form, there was no doubt in her mind her mother would have a panic attack.

She didn't know whether she would laugh or feel worried for her.