Unseen: Mass Effect FanFiction (ReWritten)

Chapter 8

At 0300 hours Galactic time, Aster and Mirithea woke up as their alarm began vibrating. They should be touching down on Juxhi's moon soon enough. Aster took a quick shower and got dressed as the Captain announced their arrival on Budmi. Thankfully, he had common sense and had listened to her. It wasn't a good idea to dock a battle cruiser on Juxhi, not if they were just supposed to be dropping her off.

"Dr. Lang," Mirithea said as she packed their bags. "The Captain stopped by to let us know that the Commander and another turian will escort us to Juxhi. If we're lucky, they'll let them stay with us."

"I would rather they didn't," Aster mumbled, putting on low heels. "This is supposed to be an infiltration mission, not a fucking party."

"I have informed Councilor Valern and Tevos of our situation," Mirithea replied. "They're not happy. They were so kind as to remind us that this mission must not fail."

"I know," Aster replied, sternly. "I'd better let them know what's at stake."

Once the battlecruiser had touched down on Budmi, Aster and Mirithea took their bags to the cargo hold where the shuttle was waiting for them. The Commander and a female turian were waiting for them.

"I'm only going to say this once," Dr. Lang said as they arrived at the shuttle. "You fuck this up, and I'll personally put a bullet through you, and I'll even make it look like an accident. Got it?"

"Yes, Dr. Lang," both turians replied.

"Good," Dr. Lang replied. "Let's go."

Mirithea packed their bags in the shuttle and waited for Dr. Lang to be seated before climbing on board and closing the shuttle door behind them. Garrus and the turian got in with Garrus taking the pilot seat. The launch from the cruiser went smoothly until they approached Juxhi.

Approaching shuttle, state your business.

"I'll take it from here," Dr. Lang replied before Garrus could answer. "This is Dr. Lang. Identification number N07BD. Requesting permission to land."

Stand by for confirmation, the voice replied. A few minutes went by. N07BD, request confirmed. Welcome to Juxhi, Dr. Lang.

Juxhi's docking station was relatively small compared to the rest of the facility. There were two main entrances into Juxhi, the north and south entrances, and both of them were heavily guarded. From what Dr. Lang could tell, there were three buildings close to the north docking station: the main building and two other attached buildings to each side. Upon further inspection, there were other buildings near the south entrance, but they looked abandoned.

Each building had another building attached. The blueprints that Dr. Lang had called showed that the main building had three levels. The first level consists of basic equipment for research, second level is where they housed the engineers and technicians. The third level was set aside for conducting experiments.

As the shuttle landed, a human and an asari were waiting for them. Dr. Lang didn't see any guards or security with them.

"No guards," the female turian commented, also noticing.

"Maenia," Garrus warned as he got the green light to settle down.

The female turian chirped at him but kept silent.

"Should I get the bags?" Garrus asked Dr. Lang, going through the landing procedures.

"No, don't worry about it," Dr. Lang replied, looking out the small shuttle window. "I get the feeling one of them is here to help."

"Doesn't look like we will be staying," Maenia commented, also glancing out the shuttle. "Hell, they don't even look friendly."

"No, it doesn't seem that way," Garrus agreed.