John sighed but nodded, motioning for her to follow before he headed back to Avelo and his attendants.  Seeing him at the bar didn't bother the SPECTRE much as he nodded to the bartender in greeting.  "Keep your eyes sharp, Aria has probably arranged her goons around the club in case trouble comes up."  He offered in warning as he went upstairs to speak to the Asari Matriarch.  The woman herself was surrounded by a number of Batarian guards, the blue skinned alien just as intimidating as Shakar was in her own way.<br/><br/>"Zatheral, or should I call you Shepard?  I was wondering when you were gonna show up."  She was facing away, looking out over the balcony and thus, over her 'kingdom' as she liked to call it.  "You don't have to say a word, the attack outside the docking bay was indeed planned, but not by me.  Someone bought off my guards so that the Vorcha could make a move on the aliens visiting Omega on official Council business.  I am many things but I am not stupid, the offender has been dealt with already.  That's not why I called you up here though."  John nodded as the Asari turned around and motioned for him and the two that were with him to sit down or stand as they wished.  "You are not the only group that is going to be attacked, and as much as I hate the Alliance, I won't have a war started over a petty reason as new tech brought in by your arrivals.  The Blood Pack is making a move on the last of the arrivals that showed up shortly before you did.  She's located in the markets right now, her group having lost their way among the many alleyways.  I suggest you get there first since the krogan mercs have hired on some Asari bodyguards."<br/><br/>"So why are you telling us all this besides the obvious, you don't want a war between the Terminus and the Alliance, you don't play nice last I heard."  John asked, leaning forward and locking eyes with the woman despite the fact he was still wearing his helmet.<br/><br/>"You really want to know?  Let me put it in terms that you'll understand then.  There's no ruler to Omega and only one rule."  Leaning forward as well, Aria spoke her next words with all of her considerable power behind them.  "Don't fuck with Aria.  The balance of power has stayed the same for far longer than you have been alive, and I don't plan to have it shift now."