Shepard sat in the storage room behind the med-bay, his thoughts racing on trying to figure out why he was in the past. The last thing he remembered was throwing himself for the synthesis, to get the Reapers out of the Galaxy, but with out sacrificing EDI or the Geth. While he could of try and control the Reapers, he felt the synthesis was a safer choice. Either way, he was going to die. As he felt himself being torn apart, he saw the faces of all of his friends.

Kaiden. The two of them had rough patches to fix on this journey, but he felt that they buried the problem and was done with it. He had no problems with Kaiden. He understood why he acted the way he did, it hurt, but there was nothing he could do about. Still, Kaiden apologized for his treatment to him and owe him a steak. Steak was good apology gift, Shepard thought

Vega. He was character, that he was. A good soldier, a good friend, and a solid person you can depend on. While loud and brash, he showed some intelligence behind his gruff exterior. He help him realized what he could do for humanity and for himself.

EDI. The ship's AI that had growing feelings for her pilot. He was still trying to wrap his head around that one. Her jokes were terrible, she was always cracking one at a bad time, and she accepted and even encouraged Joker's flirting. But, she was becoming a real person and was falling in love with Joker, even if she didn't really understand it at the moment. That was one of the reasons why he didn't chose to destroy the Reapers, he would be killing her too.

Javik. He and Javik never really got along, always calling him a monkey or something or another. In the end. Javik finally understood what drove Shepard. Called him the Avatar of Victory in the end.

Liara. He was glad he manage to repair their somewhat strained relationship. She kept her distance to protect him, and he just bull rushed on in anyways, much to Liara's chagrin. Still, the two spent some time rebuilding their friendship, along with Garrus, and later on Tali as well.

Joker. The pilot extraordinaire. Always ready to crack a joke and fly the ship rings around the Reapers (and he did just to piss them off before hitting FTL to escape) He was the best pilot the galaxy had to offer. And he found love...or at least crush on EDI and her new form. Joker stuck by him, just like Garrus, Tali, and Chakwas. And he was internally grateful for it.

Garrus. The ex-C-Sec detective, the vigilante Archangel, and leader of the 'Reaper Task Force' due to his 'Experience' with Reapers. He and Garrus had many good laughs afterwords when they drank together and Garrus growling about how everyone turn to him to solve the problem of bringing down a 2 kilometer walking squid with only ground troops. But, to him, Garrus was his best friend. He stuck by him, even in his darkest moments. He also entrusted Tali to Garrus, that if he didn't make it, that he stayed close to her so she wouldn't be alone. Garrus was his brother in all but blood.

Tali...there was so many things that he could say about Tali. He loved her so much. He admired her on the original Normandy, watched as she stumbled through the talks with other engineers, always nervous about making a scene or causing problems. When he saw her again after his resurrection, he saw a slowly wilting flower that didn't see the light that often, she was depressed, and only started to bloom when she saw him again. He hated himself for not going up to her before he died. Still, better late than never. They flirted around each other for weeks, always teasing the other and joking around in front of others. And when it finally came time to go against the Collectors, she came to him, offer herself to him so she can at least have closure if things turned bad. She was the most beautiful creature Shepard had ever laid eyes on. He hated the suit she wore more than ever. After the being incarcerated for the FUBAR at Bahak system, she left back to her people, at Shepard's insistence. The next time he saw her, she had became an Admiral, much to her annoyance. Even worse, they had gone to war, much to her horror. After spending so much time with Legion, she finally understood what made the geth tick. She was there with Legion after everything was finished, after Legion sacrificed itself...no himself, to bring the geth to full sentience. The last time he saw her, she was with Garrus and Liara fighting somewhere in London.

Now...now he was back in the past, sitting down in the storage bay of the old Normandy. Seeing Ashely, who died on Virmir, up and running around again nearly got him screaming 'Zombie!' Seeing Anderson again nearly broke him, to Shepard, he just died. He manage to tell Anderson about the Prothean device, just barely holding himself together in front the Captain.

Now here he was, just an hour away from the Citadel...the massive Relay in dark space. The place where the so called leader of the Reapers were.

To think, all this time they could of destroyed the Citadel and poof...no more reapers...

Wait...

A smile grew on Shepard's face. That was it. That was exactly what he need to do.

Destroy the Citadel...

Then frown came.

How was he going to do that. No one would go with the idea...expect...Liara. And Javik! They can see his memories, and pass them along Anderson and Hackett to validate his claims...at least...he thinks they could. He wasn't sure...but he could find out. But first, he had quarian to save when they got back to death trap...the Citadel.

Hows that for a turn of events.