Disclaimer {Just going the say that this is my first fic so go easy on me when reviewing it please?:)}

"Live every day with no regrets."

He said that with so much confidence in his voice as he jumped in front of that bullet. I will never forget the man who saved my life.

My name is Samuel. You can call me Sam if you would like. I am currently employed as a mercenary for the alliance military of Earth, well, up until recently that is. Two months ago, I was a soldier in an organization called Cerberus. I am sure you have heard of it, so I wont go into too much detail who they are. I was heavily modified genetically as well as highly trained in biotic warfare. Synthetic upgrades were forced upon me after every mission it seemed. I was a Dragoon; A Cerberus biotic and close combat specialist. But I quit. Stationed at a remote outpost in the terminus systems, my chance to get away from all the unnecessary killing Cerberus had been paying me to do. I was fed up, so I fled to the alliance. They were suspicious at first, but when they realized all the information I could give them, they decided to keep me around. Iwas nick-named a "Phoenix."

So they put me to work in a special task force that worked closely with the N7 operatives. Sent me on missions far and wide to retake key points in the galaxy, or extract vital information from enemy databases. I never knew who I was going to work with on these tasks. It was always a four man squad, but the members were always changing due to reassignments, or death, but I never cared. I never thought anything of my team, or the people in it. All I cared about was getting the job done by any means… And on that day, I realized how wrong I was to think that way.

My second trip to Tuchanka was supposed to be a walk in the park for me and my team. I was leading them there to investigate some reaper activity, and eliminate any threats if possible. The team consisted of myself, Suri the asari commando, a geth infiltrator we called Prime, and Dannek, a curious yellow drell. We had been there for a few hours, but we hadn't seen any activity at all.

"Was your intel incorrect?" asked Suri, "We haven't seen any evidence of reaper activity at all."

A little annoyed at the question, I replied, "I am never wrong. Reaper activity has increased around this system. All centered around this area."

We continued to move in silence, checking every pile of rubble we came across. Even I began to think that this was getting to be a waste of time until..

"Sam! Get down NOW!" yelled Dannek, pulling me behind cover as a hail of bullets started to rain down from a fortification ahead of us. "Be more careful! Letting your guard down, that's not like you."

I was taken by complete surprise. He was right; Letting my guard down was not in my character. I was getting soft, I wouldn't let that happen again. The four of us moved like lightning, zig sagging laft and right sending bullets right back at the reapers now baring down on us. An explosion cut me off from the others, dropping an enormous pillar of stone between us.

A monotonous voice exclaimed, "Samuel Commander, we will find a way to get to you."

"No! Just continue the counter attack, I will flank them from behind!"…To be Continued