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Chapter 217 - Therum part 1

The Normandy was flying through space as the next destination it was flying to was in the Knossos System in the Artemis Tau Cluster to be exact the Mining Planet Therum.

Two days passed since Vincent and his wives joined the group. Garrus was looking out for Provus a he was a fellow Turian on the first day when he found out that Provus could eat normal food and even taste it without being poisoned by it.

Garrus and Tali were curious about how it was possible when Vincent says that Anra changed his digestion system which Dr. Chakwas confirmed after a quick check-up of Provus.

Tali and Garrus wanted to go through the same treatment when Anra told them that she needed to gather her Magicka first since they were far away from Nirn it wasn't regenerating as fast as normal which was a lie.

They were back in the Cargo Bay as Ellana was teaching them how to control their Magicka when Titania arrived there.

"We have a mission to accomplish on Therum once we arrive," says Titania as she sees Ellana teaching the two children.

"What is the mission?" asks Vincent as he was curious why they don't go directly for Saren.

"We are here to secure a VIP. She is an Asari Researcher that is proficient in Prothean Archaeology. She is also the daughter of Matriarch Benezia, one of Saren's allies," says Titania informing them.

"Is she involved in this?" asks Vincent as Titania only lifts her shoulders.

"We don't know. We only know that her mother is involved with Saren and she could be too," says Titania as Vincent looked at her seriously.

"Well, we in the Empire always say not to punish the child for its parents' crimes. If she is not involved in anything we will protect her," says Vincent as he walked towards his helmet and continues, "But if she is guilty of collaborating she will be punished as she should."

Vincent put his helmet on as he looked at Mina, Karliah, and Mako, before saying, "I will need you three down there."

"You sure about that?" asks Mako as Vincent nods.

They put their helmet on when they followed Vincent towards the elevator. They stopped at the bridge and waited there for Titania and her group.

Soon Titania arrived accompanied by Garrus, Tristan, and Wrex when Joker says, "Commander we have a problem."

"Which is?" asks Titania as Joker points at the emergency signal coming from Therum.

"It seems Therum is being overrun by the Ge... Heretics," says Joker changing the last word of the sentence.

"The more we kill of them the better it will be for the Geth. They have suffered enough under their bad image because of the Heretics," says Karliah as Titania looked at Joker who knew what she wanted and he plays the emergency message.

"Here is Liara T'Soni. We have retreated into the Archeological Ruins on Therum and activated a barrier that protects us from the Geth in the heart of the Ruins. The Geth seem to have trouble in getting to us but we don't have rations to survive that long. We are calling for help or we will all die either at the hands of the Geth or starvation," says Liara in the recording making Vincent look at Titania.

"How old is that message?" asks Titania as Joker looked at the date and what was today.

"Half a month passed since the message was recorded. If they really don't have any supplies the humans could be dead or worse," says Joker as he heard from Tristan what the Geth did on Eden Prime.

"If they turned the people into Husk we will kill them so they can rest in peace," says Titania towards Joker when they looked through the window of the cockpit and see that the Vulkan on the planet seemed to have erupted.

"It seems we will be on familiar ground," says Vincent looking at Karliah and Mako when Vincent opened the luke surprising the Normandy crew as he and Mako jumped out of it.

"Are they crazy!?" shouts Titania as it seemed like suicide to jump out of the Normandy like that when Mina and Karliah looked at them with a smile.

"Don't worry they should appear in a second," says Mina as they now heard something roar outside.

"Commander, we have a problem," says Joker as he had right now two new signals on his radar that weren't there a moment ago.

Suddenly a giant Black Dragon and a giant White Dragon appeared in the view of Joker and the others as the Black Dragon says, {Jump upon my back. We will be faster that way.}

"What did it say?" asks Tristan as its voice seemed to make the ship shake.

"He said to jump upon his back. We would be faster that way," says Mina as she and Karliah jumped first.

They were caught by the White Dragon as the group was watching when Tristan suddenly pushed Wrex and Garrus of the Normandy before following with Titania.

They all screamed as they were free-falling when suddenly the Black Dragon caught them in his claws. He placed them on his back as they flew towards what seemed to be the ruins while shouting at the Heretics that were shooting at them.

This was a new experience for the Normandy Crew as they were on a living and breathing Dragon. Once both Dragons exterminated the Heretics on the ground they landed at the entrance of the Ruins.

They were placed on the ground before the Dragons suddenly compressed themselves into a more humanoid form and Vincent and Mako appeared in the eyes of the Normandy Crew.

"You are Dragons!?" says Titania surprised as Vincent smiles while shaking his head.

"She is, I am a Dragonborn something more complicated than a simple Dragon," says Vincent as he was holding his spear ready to fight.

"Wait, where are your firearms?" asks Wrex as the group just rolled their eyes.

"We should find the Asari before the Heretics break through the barrier or she does from starvation," says Vincent as he and the others walked into the ruins holding their weapons.

Titania had her trusty Avenger in hand while the other had their favorite weapon in hand. They entered the Ruins when bullets fly their way and they get behind covet while Vincent and Mako stood there as if the bullets were just fly bites.

"Why aren't they hiding behind cover?" asks Garrus seeing that in disbelieve.

"They have Dragonskin. The longer a Dragon is alive the stronger and harder its skin becomes," says Mina informing them as she pulled out her heirloom daggers.

She suddenly jumped out of cover and rushed at her enemy followed by Vincent and Mako when Titania looked at Karliah for an explanation.

"Why do you think we allowed you all to keep your weapons back on Nirn?" asks Karliah wanting to see what they were thinking.

"Out of respect," says Garrus as Karliah sighs.

"It's because your weapons can't penetrate our armor," says Karliah as she pulled out her bow on which a dark arrow appeared after pulling the black string of it.

She let go of the black arrow which passed beside Vincent and penetrated through three Heretics before it disappeared when Vincent pierced his spear through two of them when he leaned forward and Mako jump rolled over him before shouting fire out of her mouth which burned a group of Heretics down while bullets were raining upon them.

Mina slide between Vincent and his spear before she pushed herself from the ground facing a group of Heretics which she sliced through when finally bullets came from behind them.

"They are quite good but I think they are limited by fear of dying," says Vincent to himself when suddenly a bullet hit the weakest spot of his armor making him retreat one step.

Then he stomps his foot against the ground making the ground shake for a moment before his body began to be surrounded by lightning in the eyes of the Normandy Crew while his wives knew that it was Arc Energy surrounding him and his spear.

Vincent now became faster than before as he seemed to rush through the Heretics instead of slicing through them. He finally stopped when he was behind the group of Heretics when the Arc Energy stopped and entered his body again.

"How many tricks does Vincent still have in his sleeves?" asks Titania as she catches up with his wives.

"He still has many aces in his sleeves which he still hasn't revealed yet. You will find out sooner or later that Vincent is not someone that only uses one weapon," says Mina as she walked towards Vincent knowing that he wanted to finish this business as fast as possible.

"We should catch up with him. Vincent isn't known for his patience when he can resolve everything fast," says Karliah as the women began to move while the Normandy Crew was looking at each other in shock because of everything they saw until now.

"You shouldn't get more shocked after everything that you have seen until now," says Tristan as Garrus and Wrex looked at Vincent and his wives.

"How can we need get shocked by everything we just saw. Vincent alone is like a nuclear bomb. How many people like him exist in the Empire?" says Garrus as he was holding his Mantis with a tight grip.

"There is only one of his kind. The others are more like mini-nuclear bombs," says Karliah informing them as she was keeping an eye on them since Vincent doesn't want them to die.

"You should move faster or Vincent will leave you behind as he advances deeper into the Ruins," says Karliah as she began to move towards Vincent.

The others followed her fast as they didn't want to be left behind. Vincent stopped in his tracks for a moment as he didn't want to lose them in those ruins.

"Everyone ready or do you need a break?" asks Vincent as they catch up to him.

"Who needs a break? We are all soldiers here," says Titania as they were right behind him.

"Good, since more Geth must be waiting for us deeper inside and the Vulcanic Activity could close our entrance sooner than we expect it," says Vincent as he took the lead for the moment.