The ship carrying the Espadas and krogan spectre appeared coming out of the mass relay. It speeded towards the planet Feros. Zhu's Hope is this ship's destination. Their target is the unknown supplier of the illegal information.

Alex starred at Feros, trying to analyze the situation. This was not much more than a rookie mission, why did Pein send him on it. It seemed to unconventional for a normal mission. He turned to the others. "Alright people, what's the situation?".

"Alright people, what's the situation?"

Ethan stood up. Ethan began to tell the mission details to the others.

"Okay now that we are finally here it is time to explain everything. I already told all of you what I have been through. We are here because all the evidence we have points to Feros. There is supposedly a very rich person here somewhere. That person or persons supplied vital information to that volus that was killed and also wired a very large amount of money to his bank account. We know that it was not anyone affiliated with ExoGeni because ExoGeni is currently focusing only on colony expansion in the Arghos Rho system. It would not benefit the person in anyway. I believe that the culprit at hand is part of the new colony that was developed on Feros, Zhu's Communion. This colony is part of the Zhu series and it was established one year ago. Three rich families combined their money and moved to Feros starting their own colony. One of these families has something to do with our current mission. Let's not forget though that they have their own private army so we kinda have to be careful."

Getari listend to the speech and thought about the best way to go through with the mission. This wouldn't exactly be easy for him or anyone in the group. Getari wanted to seem like he had an idea, but kept his mouth shut and kept thinking of some way that he could contribute to the mission.
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Taql heard in on the conversation and smirked at the small group of rouges. They were surprisingly well organized for a group with no real purpose as far as he knew. He pulled out his shot gun which he had finally remembered unlike his run in on the Citadel. "Ok so where exactly would I fit in on this little mission?" Taql asked as he spun his shot gun a couple time before resting it on his shoulder.

"Ok so where exactly would I fit in on this little mission?"

"Well you weren't supposed to be here, but I guess you can help if you want. You are a spectre so you can do things we can't. I hope that we can trust you." Ethan replied.

"I would recommend that we break off into groups, so as to achieve the greatest amounts of inconspicuousness and combat effectiveness." Neovgre suggested "Traveling in lone units would be dangerous if we are to be arrested or ambushed for whatever reason, but moving as a group would set off alarms right off the bat. I recommend two-man units, leaving us with three groups. I also recommend that we all try to enter the colony separately, so as to not raise suspicion anymore than we would as new arrivals."

"Great idea, Neo. I couldn't have said it better myself. Okay who wants to party up?" Ethan said. Ethan waited to see everyone run to pick him as a teammate. Ethan felt that he was very popular.

"Neo since you've got the least experience I'll be watching over you." Alex said. It was best to balance their abilities and he didn't want anyone dying on this mission.

'Experience denotes experience... not skill.' Neovgre thought to herself 'But alas, he is my superior.'

"I was going to offer to travel with the Krogan, but I understand and agree with your reasoning." Neovgre said, with a nod of her head.

Taql was rather surprised that anyone was even thinking of being with him in a group but he shrugged off the thought. He looked up at Ethan and smiled as he walked up to him. He smiled a fake smile and grabbed his shoulder. "Looks like you don't have a partner buddy." Taql said as he leaned in close and said in a whisper into Ethan's ear. "So it will be you and me in a group. You will see how trust worthy I can be." Taql then realised the boy and went to sit on a nearby rock.
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Hetari looked at the Krogan as he grabbed Ethan. He wanted to attack but knew that if he hit the Krogan they may end up stranded and wanted for killing a Spectre. He kept his actions to himself and looked to Tyrus. "Guess it will be me and you Tyrus." Hetari then looked up at Ethan. "So when do we start this mission?"

"Why do I have to be teamed up with the krogan? No offense of course Taql." Ethan said with disappointment.

"All teams should leave immediately. Taql we will go through Zhu's Hope first then make our way to Zhu's Communion." Ethan ordered.

Taql began walking to Zhu's Hope without waiting up for the others to get their plan ideas. He wanted to get this over as soon as possible. He needed to find that doctor before he left the planet entirely. "Ethan speed it up buddy, I won't wait forever." Taql said not even turning back to him.
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Hetari looked as the Krogan made a b-line for Zhu's Hope. He smacked his face with his palm. "This should be fun, huh Neovgre." He told her as he began putting his hood on.

"Fun isn't the word I'd use..." Neovgre said bitterly "I just hope they keep the body count down at this point. So, Alex, are we ready to go?"

She already had her hood on, though her 'hair' was making that VERY difficult.

'I probably should just go ahead and cut it...' Neovgre mused as a tendril/hair folical fell out of her hood.

"Now if you did that it wouldn't be so pretty." Alex joked. He brought his hood up and hid Zangetsu inside his cloak. He made for the door leading the way to their assignment.

((Continued in Espada Mission: The Hunters(Alex and Neovgre).))

Zhu's Communion
The colony is located outside a huge Prothean tower. There is one gateway to the colony. The further one goes towards the tower the better the area is. Inside the tower is the location of the founders of the colony. Each of the three families control a section of the city and tower. All the families have a personal militia and a police force. The colony differs greatly depending on what section of the colony one is in.

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Ethan and Taql's transport arrived in Zhu's Communion.

The transport carrying Alex and Neovgre eventually rolled to a stop outside of Zhu's Communion, and for the trip Neovgre had finally found a solution to her hair problem. Rather than cut it, she managed to find a bit of cloth from a shop as they left their last stop, and in the car she had cut it and shaped it so that it would work for holding her long hair back in a tame ponytail ((think what Yuna had in Final Fantasy X-2))

With her hood up, which went on and fit much easier this time, she stepped out of the transport and stretched. Being 7'3" in a transport had it's disadvantages.

"So, Alex, should we give Ethan a call?" Neovgre asked her superior "He is the one most likely to get into trouble after all, and the Spectre with him IS a Krogan."

Ethan and Taql both sat outside of a food stand. They were eating some varren burgers and drinking juice. Ethan knew that eventually the others would catch up, but for now they had to wait for a call from them.

Ethan got up and threw away his garbage. He checked to see how much money he had and he saw that he was almost out.

"I knew I shouldn't have paid for you Taql! We don't get money from the organization for missions! We supply our own money!" Ethan screamed at Taql."

Alex nodded. He lead the way until he saw Ethan complaining about a lack of money. "Don't tell me they still don't trust you with one of these?" Alex asked Ethan as he flashed the Espada account card.

"Whattttttt!!!! Oh come on...why don't I get one?" Ethan screamed and asked at the same time.

Ethan ran up to Alex and took the card. Ethan began to examine the card.

"Oh yeah how was your part of the mission? Did you find out anything useful?" Ethan asked.

Alex nodded "We learned that there could be hundreds, maybe even thousands of Davids going around doing the originals dirty work." He took the card back "This card is for gathering information only. If I use it otherwise I need a damned good reason.".

"You do."

Tyrus emerged from an alley holding a small sample of blood.

"We found a cloning facility in one of the suspect families buildings. Getari will drop by later, he's rigging the cloning facility with remote detonated explosives."

"We came across them after we were lead into an ambush by a salarian trader and David Swarzch. We managed to extract a sample of the clone's blood. Here Ethan, catch."

The vial soared across and stopped just short of Ethan's head as Tyrus used his biotics to stop it.

"Good catch." Neovgre said to Tyrus "And we had a run in with a clone ourselves; he set a trap for me. It was a poor one, but still a trap."

She decided to take a seat at the far end of the stand, pulling her hood down to let her newly tamed rear-length ponytail fall out.

"However, it was fairly simple on our end. Recon, trailing, interrogation and torture. I'm the only one out of Alex and I who had to kill or wound more than desired."

Ethan sat down and listened to all the information the others were relaying. Ethan's right eye along with half of his left eye were red.

"Now we get serious. With all the info we have I believe I know which family to target. Only one out of the three families delve into cloning. The Swarzch family is who we are after. They are located on the right side of the colony. Our man David is most likely there. The Swarzch Towers are there. We will go together this time. We will go outside the colony and scale the tower walls. That is our best plan of attack. We will get a lot of resistance once we reach the top and don't forget that we are climbing up a wall so someone needs to get supplies. This should be an interesting end to a mission." Ethan told the others.

"Climbing will be difficult. We'll need mass field generators and ropes to get up. We'll also need an extraction plan. I suggest we leave the Makos nearby, just in case. We can use them to transport our gear." Tyrus put forward.

"...why are we climbing up a building again?" Neovgre asked sarcastically "Do you not think that will set off alarms, not literally of course? Besides, we shouldn't all enter from the same entry point; flanking would be much more effective."

Neovgre could feel her stomach begin to growl, and if she could blush, she would be at the moment.

"Tyrus? You wouldn't by any chance have one of my special drinks on you, would you?" Neovgre asked calmly "I need energy for my biotics if necessary, and unless Alex wishes to get me something, I can't buy anything to drink."

"I'm sorry to say Neo, but we don't have time for drinks. I understand your logic about splitting up, but right now we all need to work together. We aren't fighting hired thugs, but well trained soldiers. Alex and Taql will bring the makos near the climbing zone. Neo, Tyrus and I will prepare the supplies. I will send a message to Getari telling him to pick the climbing zone. We need to be ready by tonight. I guess since we have to wait for Getari I will get you something to drink Neo." Ethan said.

The two women that have been trailing the team left the rooftops and headed back to the tower to report what the Espada were up to.

Taql looked up at the building and gave a grunt. The fact that anyone could climb up such a distance was shocking. He shrugged and looked at Ethan. "He also you mind getting me some varren ribs. I have been craving a full slab lately." The krogan teased as he knew that Ethan was low on cash.

"I would like some water actually." Screamed Getari as he pulled up a chair. He was covered in ash and obviously looked pissed off. He looked to Tyrus and gave off a cough that spewed out a dark cloud. "Next time Tyrus, lets not buy our remote detonators from the lowest bidder. Shall we?" Getari said in an upset tone. He then looked at Ethan and gave him a nod, as if to say hello. "Got your message there big guy. I will pick the spot I will infiltrate the building at after you buy me a drink as well." Getari said with a joking smile on his face.

"If you're buying me anything, it better be at least Salarian quality; my metabolism far surpasses even theirs." Neovgre stated "That, and it better be a drink or pureed; I can't eat solid food."

She then opened the slit where her mouth would be, showing that she had neither jaws nor teeth. She then shut it a moment later.

"If you want me to be able to use biotics, you better get me a fairly substantial amount of the stuff too... at least three servings." Neovgre said before turning an 'eye-smiling' face to
Getari "And hello Getari, I'm glad to see you survived the destruction of the facility in rather good shape."

"Yes indeed," Tyrus added on after Neo, "Next time someone takes equipment from my shop, they check that it's the premium stuff and not the defects. I do keep them separate."

Tyrus reached into his pack and pulled out one of Neo's drinks. "Lucky you that I stopped off at the Makos before coming here." he said, handing it over.

Taking the drink from Tyrus, she gave him one of her eye-smiles in return.

"Thank you Tyrus. I used up my supply already." she said as she opened up the drink, and subsequently her 'mouth' to begin to drink.

It looked more like draining, since she did not have to swallow in order to take in the drink. It was actually due to that fact that she was done in less than a minute; never having to slow her self by breathing or swallowing, as she had a separate passageway for air from her 'gills'. Finishing off the can, she crushed it with biotics and threw it into a recycling receptacle.

"That'll do me for a few hours." Neo said with a 'smile' "Now that everyone's here, are we ready to begin?"

"That's a tough descision really. The fastest way would be to take out the tower supports and let it come crashing down but it would be way to obvious, too many innocent could be hurt and we don't even know if David is inside. If we scout out the building first it'd be easy to take him out quietly but we don't know what he's really up to and how much time we have. Would it be possible to launch someone to the top and send someone else in at the bottom? Scouting wouldn't take as long and if need be we could detonate explosives, having the one at the bottom set them up with a remote detonator." Alex suggested. There were too many variables for this to be a normal operation. They needed some way to do this quickly and without being noticed.

"We all have the sensor jammers, plus maybe two sets of climbing gear and my own personal store of explosives." Tyrus put forward. "We don't need to much explosives, just enough to drop the floors the Swarzch's are on. Two can scout up top while the rest plant explosives and waits for the signal to move in."

"We'll be on a knife-edge so if things become complicated, we'll have to overwhelm them fast. The faster we are, the more confused they will be and the greater chance we get out intact."

"I'll volunteer to go up." Neovgre stated "I don't have much experience with explosives; and I'm pretty certain you all do. Plus if you do drop the building, I can always save myself with biotics if I need to get to the ground quickly."

In all truth, she also knew that Ethan would probably be the one to go up as well, so he didn't 'accidentally' change the plan. She was wanting to make sure that he stayed in line.

Ethan brought back all the food everyone wanted. He was able to buy it all, but he was now broke. He heard them all talking about the upcoming climb.

"Neo, Alex and I will climb up the building. The rest of you will have to be decoys. I need you guys to cause a distraction. You can be creative with it. We all need to limit the amount of people we kill. I am going to emphasize this KILL ONLY IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY! Our objective is to capture David and find out how he got access to secret files." Ethan told everyone.

Ethan sat down and began to eat. He needed to be ready to lead his team.

"...I thought we didn't have time to drink... let alone eat." Neovgre muttered as she took up the drink that Ethan had gotten her, downing it even faster than she had her own specialized drink "And for your information: I think you are the only person who even knows what the data he retrieved is. What exactly is it that he got? If we knew that, we'd know what questions to ask and would have a better guess at where and who he got the information from."

"Our assignment isn't to gather intel, it's to destroy and stolen information and eliminate anyone who knows about it." Alex told Neo. "We are Espada, not Spectres or spies. Let other people do their job. If Pein says gathering intel is needed he will tell us what it is.".

Taql was starting to get intrested for the first time in what these Espadas were up to. He wrote every detail of the conversation in his mind and was ready to bring it up if necessary in the future. He sat down in his chair and continued to eat his burger.

Getari nodded as he drank Ethan's personnal gift to him. He thought it was a bit bitter as he drank it but decided that it was the ash in his mouth. "Whatever that guy took, we gotta take it and make sure that it never existed in this world." Getari said to his partners and drank a little bit more.

Tyrus grabbed a dextro-amino bar off Ethan, noting the colour of his eyes. He looked quizzically at Alex who gave him a stare that clearly said, 'Don't say a word'. He sighed and studied his comrades. Ethan and Neo were for the low-key approach, Alex was pushing for complete eradication, Getari not inclined either while the Spectre... Tyrus's eyes narrowed. The Spectre was observing them, his body language giving him away. Too many secrets in front of him were dangerous, and threats were there to be eliminated...

"David knows that someone is onto him. The ambushes on all of us show he has sources. We track the sources and eliminate them. We cannot afford intelligence leaks. Anyone with knowledge of us cannot be allowed to roam freely."

Alex nodded and turned to Taql "Spectre under article Recepita Bravo 73449 you are ordered to disregard and forget anything you do on this mission. Once we part this is either going to become a bad dream ..." Alex trailed off for effect "Or YOU will. Is that clear?" Recepita Bravo 73449 was a code only known by the council, Generals, Spectres, and Espada. It was a VERY strict order and needed some of the highest authority to even be mentioned. He finished his food and drink quickly "Let's move out."

Getari was surprised by Alex's somewhat verbal attack on the Krogan spectre. He would never do such a thing. Spectres weren't known for their tolerance of those that threaten them. He only hoped that the Spectre would write it off.

Taql almost laughed at the boy's threat. Not often did people step up to him like that. He nodded and just stood up. He threw his tray away. He then looked back at the Espadas. He shrugged at them and leaned back on a nearby pole. "So what exactly do you want me to do on this mission Espada?" Taql asked Ethan.