Dusting himself off after the Vorcha had been dealt with, John and his dozen of Marines noticed that the crowds had come back as well as the guards employed by the Asari Matriarch.  That attack had been planned, that much the SPECTRE knew.  The Vorcha weren't that stupid to attack a full compliment of Marines and foreign guests on a whim, and he hated the fact he had fell for it.  "Yeah, we were.  I'm sorry about that Avelo, but since you and the rest of the representatives were coming in this way, it was decided that this station would be the best place to gather before moving onto the capital.  The rest of Alliance space is better than this.  Anyway, let's head to Afterlife, there's an Asari I need to ask a few questions...probably at gunpoint since the guards that patrol this place are all employed by her and they just happened to be gone right before those bastards showed up."  Then he noticed that the centaur was quite calm despite being shot at.  "You're no stranger to battle, mind telling me about your training on the way to Afterlife?"  He asked as he led the way to the only 'safe' bar and club that was on the station.  The Marines John planned to leave scattered about the entrance of the place so they could send him information on arrivals as they showed up and take sniping shots if the need arose.<br/><br/>Seeing that the human bouncer that was stationed at the front door was on the floor, a hand to his throat as if he'd been in a choke hold of some sort made John wonder if there was trouble ahead of him already after giving orders to his team to scatter and keep in radio contact at all times.  Leading the group into enemy territory was probably not a good idea, but he didn't know what else to do at the moment.  "Alright, I won't lie to you Avelo, the person in charge of this station is more dangerous than she seems.  The Asari are a powerful race, and the one in charge of Omega is no exception.  Matriarchs, as the one that I suspect is waiting for us within, are respected for their wisdom and experience given their age which is far more than my own, easily reaching in the thousand mark."  The reason he was telling Avelo all this was because he wanted him to understand she wasn't an enemy they wanted to make if they could help it, but if she had let the Vorcha know what was going on, then that was in effect an act of war.