Kali noticed the explosive about a second before it went off. She didn't have time to curse but raised a biotic barrier to protect herself from the blast. She was blown into a wall and grunted, seeing the sniper aim a gun at her. She twisted to the side as the gun fired and a round buried itself in the wall next to her head. That was close . Kali threw a pull at the Sniper but he rounded the corner and it missed. Kali got on her feet and swung around the corner to see the man gone. Kali cursed and shook her head. The guy was good. And Kali had to be more careful next time. Next time she might not be so lucky.

Kali sighed as she responded, "Negative. He laid a trap and tried to rub me out. He rabbited as soon as it failed. Left no trace. Heading back now. Did we find anything on Yarsin?" Kali privately commed Alexa, and she restrained herself from letting her worry into her voice. She blinked a little at that. She was worried? She hook her head and said, "Alexa, how are you holding up?" Kali listened as she made her way quickly back to the plaza, her mind set on revenge.

Alexa stopped chasing after Kali and the shooter as soon as she felt the rumble of the explosion. She cursed herself, wishing she had been there to assist with the chase. Instead she had a big fucking hole in her shoulder and the shooter got away. Not to mention Kali having to deflect an explosion all on her own. Alexa dropped her barrier and checked her wound. As expected, the medi-gel had not held up, and Alexa was losing blood quickly. She felt around her shoulder blade; it was intact, for the most part. She'd have to get that checked out. Alexa turned back towards the plaza; she hadn't even made it fifty feet, even though she felt as if she had been running for ages. As much as she hated to admit it, that gunshot wound was taking a much larger toll on her than expected.

As she started walking back to the plaza, Alexa's head began to spin. Adrenaline and medi-gel were great sedatives, but once they wore off, the reality of her injury hit Alexa like a dreadnought. Kali's words spun around in her head meaninglessly for several moments before Alexa registered that she was being asked a question. "I'm going to kill that piece of shit," Alexa replied, her words slow and slurred. She double checked to make sure she was on a private line to Kali. "This hole is fucking up my day. I'm losing blood and I can't feel my arm. Tell Michael that I appreciate the thought, but his medi-gel application sucked." Alexa had to smirk. She was grateful that he had done what he could, but there was no way she'd thank him without slapping on some kind of negative, as well.

When she reached the plaza, Alexa almost collapsed on the ground next to Michael and Yarsin's corpse, her Locust dropping on the ground next to her. She was much paler than normal and had broken into a sweat, her blood dripping down her arm. Alexa pressed her hand into the wound, hoping to stop the bleeding. She made a silent vow to herself to put one hole in the attacker's body for every ounce of blood she lost.

That inkling at the back of his head that had been telling him this mission was gonna turn to shit? That had become a headache after the Salarian got his brains painted all over the deck, a migraine when the team all decided they didn't quite like being a team by doing whatever the hell they pleased, then a full blown, skull-splitting mind fuck when Michael handily ignored him. If there was one thing Raze couldn't abide it was being ignored. At this stage in his life he felt he'd done enough to at least earn a few seconds attention when he had something to say.

He took several deep breaths, having once heard a human saying it helped to control one's temper. Raze wasn't sure if it had any effect on a Krogan, but anything was worth trying at least once, especially if the alternative was to twist of your new comrades heads. By the time he'd done that, feeling no calmer for it, Michael had ambled over to the dead Salarian. Raze made his way over too, barely even batting an eyelid at the distant explosion. Probably Kali or Alexa tripping some trap the sniper had set, though he doubted it had taken either out. Kali was too good, and Alexa to stubborn.

The Krogan holstered his rifle as he approached the cooling Salarian, the usually satisfying click of a folding gun this time sounding like a cruel taunt, probably owing to the fact that he didn't even get to fire a single shot. Didn't look like he was going to get to now either, seemed the sniper had been working alone (And what an attractive prospect that seemed like now, faced with having to work with the pyjaks he was lumbered with now.)

Alexa staggered into the plaza soon after, looking like she was half way to the dirt. Raze had little sympathy for her, a true warrior must know their own limits, but he moved to her side nonetheless. The wound was beyond his ability to heal, but he slid her hands away from the wound, not un-gently, and applied pressure around the wound himself, his bulk and ham sized fists halting the flow of blood swiftly. Kali arrived shortly after that, and he spoke up before any of the others had a chance to begin bickering again.

“You idiot's done trying to get yerself's killed? Good, then listen up. I ain't in the habit of repeating myself, and twinkle-toes there has pissed me off already by not listening. You all need to decide, right bloody now, who's leading this merry band. Michael, you handed out orders, told Kali to pursue an unknown force without backup, and that's a rookie mistake. Then when Alexa broke ranks you couldn't get her to obey your orders”

“Kali, I've heard a lotta stories about you, but a predisposition for bad judgement ain't one of them. I don't know what’s wrong with you,” In fact he had a fairly good idea of what was wrong with the Huntress, his eyes flickering back to Alexa as he spoke, but that was a conversation he didn't ever want to have with her. His opinion on that was to live and let live. “But get it in order before it gets you killed.”

“And Alexa, you must really hate Aria to be trying so hard to hit the dirt for one last nap. . I've seen Vorcha with better sense than you. You pull a stunt like that again and it'll be my bullet that puts you down.”

“The three of you, and that fuck-head Quarian, is gonna get us all killed. The enemy is organised, and we can't afford having three people jockeying for the position of chief. Decide now who's in charge, or I'll decide for us, and believe me when I say that wont be a pleasant experience for anyone. . . Except maybe me.” Or maybe he'd just cut them out of the whole deal, split the take half way between him and Arlius. So far she was the only one not to piss him off, and that’s only cause she hadn't done anything.

Arlius reached for her radio just as the explosion went off. She took a step back, expecting the worse until Kali came around the corner back into the plaza. She released a sigh of relief at the sight. She then looked around spotting Alexa. The human could have gotten herself killed, what an idiot. She began to walk toward her until Raze started talking. Arlius put Raze in high respect, he was the only one of them who knew what they were doing. He told it how it was and he was not someone to mess around with. Arlius admired that.

After Raze finished speaking Arlius continued her walk to Alexa. She was already bleeding quite a lot before she began running, but running dilates the blood causing blood flow to increase. She was lucky she stopped running when she did or she could have bled out. Arlius pulled out her omni-tool and was a little blinded by the white glow. It was quite dark out but she continued searching for the nearest hospital.

"You... You shouldn't have... have uh.. run... It increases blood flow... We... we need to get you... you to a hospital now," she forced out. Arlius scolded herself for stuttering at such a time, hopefully she wouldn't be like this the entire mission. "I g-g-got us a.. a car... two actually.... we can't all fit... fit in one..."

Yarsin's skycar hovered into view over the plaza, then slowly lowered itself to the ground. The door lifted up and Kerr'Shal climbed out, surveying the scene. This was a shipwreck alright; it was even better than he had expected. Not even a few hours into this job and there were already injuries and name-calling. The quarian was looking forward to the stories he'd be able to tell a few months from now: "Truthfully, I was there when the Huntress met her match. Aria's Fist was already incapacitated, having caught a sniper's bullet with her shoulder. That was when the krogan intervened, and then...."

Kerr'Shal had heard Raze's speech over the comms while he flew in, chewing out everyone else and calling him a "fuck-head Quarian." Mildly amusing. He had set his omni-tool to record the spiel, there would be demand for proof that he had really worked with these people, after all. It was ironic, the krogan was telling them to pick a leader when he clearly thought that he himself was most qualified for that job. Kerr'Shal considered the women's actions to be perfectly logical, himself. With Yarsin dead that sniper had been their only living lead--as far as they knew the whole job was a bust now. Maybe if they had formulated a better plan than "sit in the balcony and wait for something to go wrong," Kali and Alexa's actions could be considered rash.

None of these thoughts would be shared, of course. Arguing was a waste of time, especially where krogan were concerned.

"Well, what will it be? Do we stay here and choose a leader, or send this one to the hospital?" Kerr'Shal asked, motioning towards Alexa. "Perhaps we can hold a vote en route to a hospital?" he added dryly.

Kali smiled to herself as she walked to Michael, no Ghost. Uppity he may be but he deserved the recognition. And if Alexa still had the energy to snark she would get better. Kali smiled at Ghost, "Alexa says thank you." Kali answered Alexa, "Indeed, that Sniper has a lot to answer for but I advise you get in line as you humans say. There's a reason I'm called the Huntress." It was very rare that somebody had been able to elude Kali but they never did so for long. One way or another that sniper would be hers. She promised herself that.

Kali nodded in appreciation as she saw Raze tend to Alexa. She crouched next to her and administered more medi-gel as well as a minor sedative to ease the pain while still keeping her brain functioning enough to think clearly. She let Alexa lean on her for support as she looked at Raze and observed his rant. It made Kali grimace but she had to admit she could have handled the situation much better. He was right. Kali looked at Arlius and her genuine concern for Alexa smiling, "Thank you let's take her there now."

The Huntress picked up Alexa in her arms with a grunt of effort. She had trained her strength for decades and could take the weight. However there was no sense pushing it. Kali brushed Alexa's hair as she passed her into Raze's arms, "You are right Raze. In that pursuit I was not thinking as clearly as I could have been. Now that I see where that line of thinking get's us, I'll modify my behavior at once. Kerr'Shal? Can you search through Yarsin's body and see what is found? Arlius, please retrieve his omni-tool and begin examining any data we can find."

Kali looked at her teammates and said, "I know Kerr'Shal and Arlius don't want to be leaders though you are both extremely competent. And Raze I know you wouldn't have the patience to either despite your experience and skill ousting even mine. Alexa is more suited to physical action and not so much to strategy and leading, she would not be a good leader either despite how furious a warrior she is." She looked at Ghost and stared neutrally at him, "My plan called for us to have all the advantages to scout the area beforehand. You placed us all on a balcony and we were unprepared to respond and the team was not willing to listen to you. You may be a fine warrior but you are inexperienced in leading a team in such situations. "

I have trained my entire life in this discipline. I'm not saying I won't make mistakes, you've already seen I can. But I believe that my experience and my mediating influence can mold this group into a coherent fighting force. I will listen to all of your opinions and consider them when the situation calls for it and act decisively when the need for swift action arises. We need to decide this in order to proceed coherently and I believe I am the best choice."

Micheal stared blankly at Kali, not understanding how to respond to that. He settled with a You're Welcome and proceeded back to examine Yarsin's body. He was as dead as dead can be, but maybe his omni-tool had something. Normally he and Ghost would check it themselves, but now they had Arlius and she was better in this field as well as Kerr'Shal. He looked at Alexa being carefully treated by the team, he thought that she was stubborn and hard headed, resulting in her injury. Nonetheless, she should still be treated. He knew Kali was going to start up a speech after Alexa was taken care of, so he just stood by and waited for her to finish.

"Kali was smart, not really the best choice, but considering our options, we don't have another one. She was a good leader I'll give her that, but a sole leader wasn't going to be the most effective of things. "I agree that you are the best choice, but, we are going up against forces you have never faced anything like before. I suggest you elect a person to either be your "co-leader" or lieutenant. That way, if we ever needed to split up, need a substitute or a second opinion, there will be a person for that job. That position, could possibly be filled by me." Micheal knew he was the least experienced of all of them, but he had been trained by one of the best, or someone he believed to be one of the best. Although he wasn't experienced enough to lead an entire team, he had the proper skill set and personality to assist in leading one.

Alexa frowned. There was a lot of shit that she didn't want anything to do with, but she didn't exactly have a choice at this point. Her reputation might call upon rash behavior, but Alexa had gone too far this time, and everybody in the team knew it. As she was passed around from Kali to Raze, she replayed the mission's events in her head. The whole thing had fallen to pieces as soon as it started; with a lack of clear direction and no solid objective, there was just about no hope for success. Then Yarsin's head exploded and Alexa took a bullet in her shoulder. After that, her memory became a blur. She had simply lost control over her emotions. Without Aria as her stabilizing figure, Alexa had nothing to reign in her anger. She shuddered. She hated analyzing herself, but caught herself doing it more often than she wanted. Self analysis was rough, and it complicated things. Alexa didn't like complicated things. In any case, she had pushed herself much farther than was necessary or than she ever had before, and it was clear that something needed to change in Alexa's mindset if she was going to survive without clear supervision.

Alexa's mind returned to the present. Kali's clear concern for her was both comforting and unnerving. She had never had anyone that actually cared for her wellbeing; if anything, Alexa was much more accustomed to Raze's abrasiveness or Kerr'Shal's nonchalance. Once again, Alexa shelved the thought. Something to think about later on, but there were more pressing matters. As always.

When everyone had finished speaking, Alexa nodded Michael's way. "Hey, asshole. If you're gonna take charge, you're gonna have to do better than 'sit on the balcony and wait.' I'm no leader, but you had four capable people each with their own strengths jerking off in the corner up there. The first thing the Eclipse taught me was to play to your strengths, and Aria hammered that lesson in even more. Why do you think I'm such a bitch? Because that's what works for me." Alexa took a deep, staggered breath. Despite the team's best efforts to fix her wounds, Alexa found herself short of breath. She continued, "Kali and I are biotic powerhouses. Raze is a krogan, which speaks for itself. Arlius is quiet and unsuspecting, but if she can put together a gun like what she's packing right now, she's got to be pretty damn smart, especially if she got placed with us. Kerr'Shal has got to be more useful than finding ignition rods and flying around in our dead contact's car." Alexa speech was slow and slurred, but the harshness in her voice was still there.

"I'm not listening to your orders, especially if they're gonna keep being as bad as today's. Yeah, I fucked up, and I was stupid, but if we'd had the team covering entry points, Yarsin might still be alive and I might not have a gaping hole in my shoulder." Alexa's head swirled. It wasn't nearly as bad as before, but it still sucked. "At this point, I don't give a shit who ends up leading this team, as long as they can do better than this mess we're in.

"Now can we go to a hospital? As much as I like standing around and chatting, I'd still like to get fixed up."

"I consider flying around in the salarian's car to be quite useful. With this, we should be able to find his apartment rather easily," Kerr'Shal said, slapping the side of the vehicle. "Anyways, I suppose I should give my input. This one--Kali--leads. If her decisions create a mess, perhaps I will change my mind, but right now I will listen to her. You, I do not know you. Never heard of you. I will not listen to you again," he said, looking at Micheal during the second part of his statement. "I will examine the body. I recommend using this skycar to reach the nearest hospital. Hmmm, wonder how suspicious they are of bullet wounds on this world...."

Arlius apparently had access to more vehicles, so they would have no trouble meeting up at a later point. Kerr'Shal thought it prudent that one or two them find the salarian's apartment so they could meet there once Alexa was tended to, but he would leave that decision to Kali. Having said what he needed to, Kerr'Shal stepped towards Yarsin's body to begin his given task. There really wasn't much on the salarian's body, but if nothing else, he would need to scan for implants. A tracker chip could explain why the enemy was already in position to take him out when they met.

It wasn't too much of a surprise that they took heed of him this time, after all an angry Krogan is hard to ignore, but it was still pleasant all the same. The conversation went much the way he had imagined it would. Kali looked contrite, then slipped on the guise of a diplomat, all the while strenghthing her own position within the group. Kerr'Shal acted with glib superiority, as most air-heads with inflated opinions of themselves are want to do. Micheal got all defensive, refusing to own his mistake and instead trying to ingratiate himself with the group, spouting some shit about being a co-leader, like that had ever worked ever. Alexa bitched and bled. Arlius just stuttered, but mentioned something about having cars on the way to take them to the hospital.

Still, they mostly made valid points, especially Kali. Contrary to what the others might belive Raze had no desire to lead, to many bad experiences with that sorta thing in the past. Like he had said earlier, a warrior had to know their strengths and their weaknessess, and while his ability to lead wasn't exactly a weakness, it wasn't exactly a strength either, probably owing to how he preferred to work solo. No, his first choice had always been Kali, and by the way the cards were landing that seemed to be the case with most of them present. He would have grinned at how these fools rushed to do just as he wished, but that would have gave the game away.

He accepted Alexa from Kali, knowing that while the rest could probably carry her he would be the least burdened by her. He chuckled at the Fists continuly bad manners and abrasive attitude, even while injured. Still, she put Micheal in the frame, letting him know that he was in no way suited to leadership, at least not yet. Maybe he would be one day, if he stood close to Kali and learnt a thing or two, but until then he would be a grunt, just like the rest of them.

"Kalros's teeth woman, you sure you ain't part Krogan? You certainly got the temper for it!" He ambled towards the skycars with Alexa bundled in his arms.

“E...Everything is paid… paid for… I’m going... going to stay here… and do… do some digging… radio… radio me if… if you need something,” Arlius stammered. She quickly turned from the group and briskly walked off to the body of the salarian. She bent down next to the stiff body and examined the poor fellow. She scanned him quickly with her eyes before pinpointing his omni-tool.

Arlius quickly pulled out her own omni-tool and kneeled next to the body. She disconnected the omni-tool from the dead fool and connected it to her own. She then used her omni-tool to sync up all the data stored inside of his omni-tool. She stared at the salarian quietly, death was a curious topic with Arlius. She was not at all bothered by it, instead she was quite the opposite. It intrigued her, everyone stresses how much they should live their life to the fullest and yet they die all the same, whether or not you achieved anything.

Arlius then was brought back to her attention as she skimmed through his recent bank transactions. She let out a sigh but stopped midway and stood quickly. Right before their meeting Yarsin was given 50,000 credits from some random bank account. There was no description on the transaction, but the group finally had some sort of lead. She quickly pulled out her radio.

“Guys I have a lead.”