"Enigma? It's been a long time." Aria said.

"I will get straight to business." Enigma said. "I have the pistol you ordered."

"How? The ship that was delivering it was dest...kill this piece of shit!" Aria yelled. The Batarian guard pulled out a pistol, but Enigma was quicker. Enigma ducked under the guard's gun and hit him in the gut, grabbed his gun, and used him as a shield. The other guards shot the Batarian twice before Enigma used throw on one guard and pull on another, one flying into the bar below and the other flying into a wall, his spine snapping on impact.

"You will help us, or I will kill you." Enigma said, shooting the Batarian in the head. He aimed the gun at Aria.

"What do you need?" Aria asked. She hadn't moved from her position sitting on the couch.

"I am surprised that worked" Kendra said when we got aboard the Allure.

"She has a soft-spot for Enigma, it seems." Mick said

"She took the bounties down, as well as where the main base was." Enigma said

"I know eezo can cause problems, but you got the worse of them, child. Aria'll kill you if she sees you again." Old said.

"She tells me that every time I visit Omega." Enigma said.

"Is your crew always this...opposing?" Kendra asked me.

"Only when a human goes off and does some stupid shit like this." Old said.

"If you had an idea, you should've told us." Enigma said.

"Are you saying I'm stupid, Human?!" Old yelled, jumping up and knocking his chair down.

"Maybe you could figure that out yourself, Krogan." Enigma said.

"Stand down!" I ordered. Old reluctantly sat down. "We're mostly safe now. We need to weaken Hercules."

"I know where several bases are. We could gradually go from little importance to higher importance." Kendra said.

"That's a solid plan. Thoughts, Captain?" Mick asked.

"Tell me where a small one is later. Right now, we need to stock up and rest. Crew...dismissed!" I said.

"Enigma, want to talk?" I asked.

"Actually, yes. I am worried about what the crew thinks of me." Enigma said.

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"They don't see me as Enigma. They see me as a Human." Enigma said.

"You think they see you as xenophobic?" I asked.

"Yes. I'm not xenophobic: I was raised by an Asari and Turian, Captain. If I was xenophobic I wouldn't see my parents every year, or be on this ship." Enigma said.

"You were raised by non-humans?" I asked.

"Yes. After Mindoir, they adopted me. My Asari mom taught me the value of life, and how everyone is equal. My Turian dad taught me how to use guns and my biotics. It was great." Enigma said. "My mom's a little harder to visit now, though. She's a Matriarch. Making an appointment is hell."

"What do you think about what happened during the meeting?" I asked Nora.

"Old is acting more like a younger Krogan." Nora said. "No offense, boss, but maybe he's taking his emotions out on E because of you."

"What do you mean?" I asked.

"Serving under a Salarian after the Genophage can't be easy. It's like...if I worked for a Geth." Nora said.

"I see. You think I should talk to him about it?" I asked.

"Not unarmed. I don't want you getting hurt. You are too valuable a resource." Nora said.

"Thanks I'd better go talk to Old." I said.

"Old, are you okay?" I asked.

"I'm pissed." Old answered.

"I know you might be frustrated working under a Salarian, but-"

"I'm frustrated because of the Human putting us all at risk!" Old yelled.

"He's been on-ship for months. Why are you angry now?" I asked.

"We've never been this at-risk before, and pissing Aria off won't help us out after this!" Old said.

"We're mercenaries: we take things one day at a time." I said.

"I can see the next day, child, and it's full of death. Our death. We need to prepare for the future. If you won't, I will." Old said

"Are you saying what I think you are?" I asked.

"I'm saying that you're unfit to be Captain, and that I'll take your position. By force, if I have to." Old said.

"You'd better be ready to back that up." Enigma said, ready to use his biotics. Old snapped, and tackled Enigma full-force. Enigma used the biotics before being tackled by Old, though, so the duo were fist-fighting in the air. The vicious fight was one-sided, however. Though Enigma was a good fighter, he couldn't stand up to a Krogan. Mick ran out of the lab, clothe in scientist clothing, and tried to stop the fighting, but only succeeded in getting knocked out when the couple fell to the ground.

"Stop it!" Kendra yelled, putting Old in stasis with her biotics. I helped her lift up Enigma, who had an injured arm and was bleeding. After Enigma was put in the infirmary I put Old in a cell I had (a safer-than-sorry addition.)

I went to see how Enigma was healing the next day, but instead I found a muscular Caucasian male with a scar on his left cheekbone and on the right side of his neck.

"Hello Captain." Enigma said.

"How are you feeling?" I asked.

"I have a couple bruises, some scrapes, and my armor is pretty broken up. I'd be more worried about Mick. 500-plus pounds landed on him." Enigma said

"I'm tough. I'm fine." Mick said. "No heavy lifting for either of us. We both need rest, too. A lot of muscles were hurt."

"He's sedated." Kendra explained.

"I'm going to go fix up my armor." Enigma said. "Thanks for fixing me up, Kendra."

"Hey, thanks for having my back." I said to Enigma.

"Anytime, Captain. You'd have mine." Enigma said.