Interval 4 Haunted

Part 2

In an apartment complex on the Citadel , one day after escaping the Normandy and the morning after a night of making an acquaintance with locals.

Point Man has awaken to a feeling of dismay and to the sight of hysteria.

As Point Man awoke, he looked all around the hotel. The place was seemingly empty, and the others were gone. Clarabelle must be up, she and her friends must have left the hotel, but that seems unlikely, no one would trust their home to a stranger they barely know. He got out from bed to check in on the young 20 year olds.

He began to walk to the door of the room he was permitted to stay in from the previous night. About last night, he never really did have anytime to actually try and have fun. These people showed it to him and he was able to feel at ease, as well as unwind a bit. Unwinding was something he had wanted for so long ever since he had went on his first mission with F.E.A.R. He bothered not on dressing himself, for he didn't want to make it odd with being seen wearing some of these people's clothes. The door whooshed open, and Point Man then walked out of the bedroom he was in. He turned around to the left where the living room was, and he saw that it was empty. Fred was not there nor some of the girls.

As Point Man walked to one of the other bedrooms he was peering carefully inside. He hoped that the sound of the door opening was not enough to wake anyone. He wanted to see if his host were here, but to his surprise they were not present. As Point Man caught sent of what was in the air he smelled something. Something steaming, and yet also rotting at the same time. What was this odor that was developing within the luxurious apartment?

It was when he heard a chuckle, that he knew who was here. Point Man rubbed his eyes and began to walk around the apartment. Walking down a small hallway, he turned to a particular bedroom door. The smell was strong here, not just that. Everything in Point Man's well being told him not to enter into this one small room. His instincts told him that he should just grab a change of socks and move on. But this time his ears were deaf to his inner thoughts.

Point Man pressed a green holographic button and proceeded inside. To his dismay the room was awfully dark, but after a small three seconds the lights turned on. To full terror and utter surprised shock he was now staring at a lifeless Clarabelle. The very woman who had invited him along for a small night of fun and relaxation. Her face was gone, and her arms were twisted apart. Her entire body was broken. Bones bent out of place, and muscle hanging out. Point Man could gag at the sight, but he forced himself unable to.

"I had to brother. She was going to keep you from mother's goals. I had to deal with her and her friends. She liked you...a bit too much."

Said Paxton Fettle appearing behind his older brother. The spectre was looking down at the mess he had created and was looking at his older brother begin to grip the top of his head in disbelief. Paxton himself knew it was a cruel act to play, but he had no choice. These people were a distraction. Paxton was going to be sure not to allow anything from separating his brother from him or their mother.

Paxton reflects back to that night he and his older brother encountered a member of his brothers military unit. Jin Sun-Kwon was only an obstacle. An obstacle that should have been killed, but she was one of the reasons why the older brother of Alma Wade was still alive and on the run. But not this time. This time there will be no distractions and nothing keeping them apart.

Point Man just ignored his brother's voice. He just stared at the gross looking mangled corpse of someone who had offered her home and hospitality to him. This was inhuman, this was evil. But what else would he guess from his younger brother. What can he do to keep him from causing anymore grief. All he could do is just be a pawn and never be allowed to leave from his curse.

Point Man turned away from the scene, he had to leave now before someone comes to find a whole house of gore.

"Yes brother run..run for your short sad life."

Ignoring Paxton completely Point Man ran for the front door after putting on his shirt as well as his boots. He was able to find some fresh black socks and slip them on. Point Man was soon running down a hall, he was going to leave this place; he had to get as far from here as possible.

As Point Man ran across the seemingly never sleeping city, he was hiding in a back ally. The things that he did back in that one part of the giant space city to the strange attackers made it to the screen. Everyone in the city knows about him. Worst part of it all is, is that he can't find a place to really hide. It will only be a short amount of time before he is found and taken into custody.

As Point Man hid in the dark of the ally, he began to think of a way to get out of this giant space port. Anything that will be able to get him away from here, and back to earth. He was being hunted, and this whole city is one big hunting ground. But even though all of that was on his mind, he could not stop thinking of what had happened to Clarabelle as well as her friends. Someone who tried to help was now dead. Dead because of him.

The authorities will arrive soon, and the Point Man will have to make a choice. He can either allow himself to be taken and have his brother free him in the process of killing whoever is in the way, or he could try and fight off the police around here and save them from an even more agonizing death.

The choice was clear and Point Man hid in the dark. Waiting until the proper time to evade the enemy for as long as he can.

Near C-sec headquarters:

Shepard and the rest of the Normandy crew that included her squad mates were now outside of C-Sec, Shepard was talking to C-Sec officials, and was getting them informed about who it was they are dealing with. Garrus was outside with Tali and Grunt, the three were discussing about what happened when they confronted the Ghost Soldier, and how to avoid meeting the same results as before.

"That man can kill us all, he could have killed us all." Garrus said as he was rubbing his head. Grunt was rubbing his shotgun with his massive hands. He was personally thinking of a way to smash the human's head after beating him last time.

"He is fast..." Tali said and then continuing. "but we've handled worse Garrus. You and I both know that if can pull through and make it out alive from a Collector Station, then we can pull through here on the Citadel."

Garrus shook his head. He had not the slightest clue as to how the man moved with blinding speed and was capable of being a hassle to them all. He was one man, but he was an army at the same time. Though his reflexes were great. If they outnumber and surround him the guy would be easy. No one could be able to survive a whole swarm of bullet fire.

"He killed one of us." The trio turned to see Miranda standing right there.

"He killed Zaeed after he saved me. I never got to thank him for it either, someone died because none of us were able to respond in time... I was knocked out cor crying out loud." The Cerberus Operative said as she crossed her arms and stood in silence for a short time until continuing. "What I do know is that whatever happens, we have to put him down any way." Miranda said as she remembered seeing Zaeed's dead body. How his head was completely blown clean off from a shotgun.

"He sure wasn't of modern times, those clothes and guns he possessed suggest such a thing. I even heard Shepard complimenting with Ms. T'Soni about him. Although I was unable to pick up further information of the two." Mordin said walking to the trio holding a data pad in his right hand as well as Grunt at his side.

"How are your legs feeling?" Tali asked wanting to know how her squad mate was feeling, for she remembered that he was shot four times in the legs as well as the chest.

"My legs are fine." He said as he looked back at his knees for a quick second relocating how he was bandaged up by Dr. Chalkwas as well as some of the others of Shepard's team.

"We have to put the bastard down some way. Perhaps if we corner him in one place, we can fill him up with all that we got." Miranda said as she was coming up with the plan they will use to kill the Ghost Soldier.

Ghost Soldier being the nickname of the man since they could find no trace of a name or any identity as well as seeing as he can move from one place to the next. Almost like an actual ghost. If they existed that is.

As Shepard came back with Thane and Samara back from the human embassy on the presidium, she saw the rest of her squad waiting for her patiently. They were all counting on her to get the job done, but they didn't know her well enough to understand that she was just as troubled as they were. "Alright, I have already informed C-Sec that our guy's running around here somewhere, problem is however is that we are going to have to search corner and ally for him." Shepard said to her squad as they all stood there listening.

"I want to tear the fuckers' teeth out for what he did to us. Might even cut his balls off too after what he did to Zaeed. Even though the both of us weren't close Shep, he fucked with the wrong people." Came Jack being wrathful after she and her fellow team members were defeated, and after the fall of one of their own.

"Easy Jack, he is probably stronger than all of us combined even if we manage to pin him down in a complex. We have to suspect that he will also be keeping an eye on us, and is planning a way to take us out one by one. We are going to have to be cautious and be as careful as we can. Liara said he isn't like ordinary people. She said he is do something...different." Shepard said nervously at the ending part.

"Well we're your team Shepard, we will follow you into the unknown, and we will fight, and die along with you if given the chance." Garrus enlightened, and Shepard couldn't help but smile. She liked it how Garrus was always able to say something like that. She liked his loyalty and his ability to always be there for her. He was her best friend.

"That is good of you to say Garrus. Alright, let's find us our guy. I also talked to captain Baily of C-Sec turns out they managed to pace some footage of him somewhere in a warehouse near the industrial district. That place is now closed off and we can start their. And since this ordeal is in C-Sec jurisdiction, they have come to tag along. Investigators are already where they believe our boy is at." Shepard implied as she pulled out her assault weapon. Soon enough the hunt was on.

In an abandoned district of the Citadel that was closed off due to C-Sec officials not wanting civilian casualties, Point Man was hiding in a building.

Point Man however was not all alone. "You have not anything to arm yourself with, you are in a building with only me by your side, and you have lost four people who were close to you...I wonder what is going through your mind now? Hmm?"

Point Man wanted to throttle Paxton, but he couldn't he had nothing to kill him with, and hand to hand combat would prove suicide against his specter brother.

Outside, Point Man could see that some of the police officers were outside, there were twenty of them six of them were asari,and another four human, the rest were turians. Point Man knows that they are just doing their job and keeping the peace, but he knows all his brother wants to do is kill. Just like how their mother has always wanted.

Point Man knows that there is no way through this. The army told him one time that when you are caught in fire, then your only option is to kill or be killed. He could try to talk to them, but they won't let him. He will have to try to stealth it out, but regardless, there will be killing. He can then try to just Rambo it, but then he will kill them all. One of two evils is what he must choose to do.

"So tell me brother? What is it that you are going to do? Kill them all while I watch, or will you try to reason, and allow them to shoot you?"Paxton with his sly smile was annoying Point Man. He didn't want to do it, but he has no choice. He will act in self defense. Hopefully he will be able to stealth it out some of the way, but he knows he won't be able to avoid them without killing a few.

"Area secured." Said an asari as she held her shotgun and looked around the area with the human and other asari. They were looking around cautiously. Shepard and her team will be arriving soon, but until then C-Sec is to search each building for the target. Shoot to kill is what there job is, or if possible then capture him. Either way they walk home in the end.

In the shadows, Point Man was sneaking past them, his brother whispering in his head. Telling him that they are going to find him eventually, and he has no choice but to just kill them.

Point Man ignored his brother and began to creep his way away from the trio. He wanted nothing to do with these people's deaths. He wanted only to get out and find a way out of this city.

As Point Man began to reach a door, while brushing past some furniture of the huge office like complex, he accidentally tipped over a vase, which fell down and alerted the trio of C-Sec after hearing its breaking clattering sound. Like Point Man predicted, his brother would take the opportunity to do what he loved dong so very much if the oldest sibling was compromised.

Point Man closed his eyes, and tried to shut out the screams, but the images of seeing them taken over and made into killing each other would not stay out of his head.

Some of the C-Sec officials heard the sounds of gunfire, and began to run to their allies who had engaged the expecting threat. But only to see one of their own holding a gun to them, and being silenced forever by their possessed comrade. Point Man tried his best to ignore his brothers laughing. But nothing could silence the screams of the innocent.

Three hours later:

As Shepard and some of the rest of the crew made it to the complex that C-Sec had reported seeing the target run into, the early thirty year old woman was looking up to the building. She had that feeling that whatever it was that she would be going into, it would only mean the suffering for her as well as her crew, but the eager and confident side of her was just telling the other to crawl back into whatever hole the other was born from.

Still Shepard didn't like going into the complex, but she knows she can't just skip this over; her team may look down upon her. if they suspect her of being afraid. Not that she was, but she had a funny feeling entering into this building knowing a dangerous killer is inside. Besides the last transmission from C-Sec was coming from within.

"Shepard this is where C-Sec told us our guy was at?" Garrus asked, and Shepard responded without turning to him.

"Yes, but I have the feeling that whatever we may face inside, it will be much worse than the Ghost Soldier had thrown at us before."

"Is that what we are calling him now?" Garrus implied.

"Just something I thought up Garrus, but I just got that feeling. You know that one where you know something bad is going to happen?" Shepard asked Garrus.

The woman and her turian alley enjoyed the slight silence, but then they remembered that they had a job to do, and each of them now were holding in there fear. They know there is something more here, something that took them a while, but they just knew that by entering the complex. They will face unimaginable evils.

Miranda was with Legion and Mordin.

Thane was with Grunt and Kasumi, as well as Jack.

Jacob had Samara and Tali.

And lastly, Shepard was with Garrus.

A few moments had passed, and now four teams were searching for the Ghost Soldier. He will probably be the biggest threat they would have ever faced down in a while now. He was like an army, he was almost unstoppable...Shepard knew not where this fear was coming from, but for some reason it was consuming her from within. She could not tell why she feared this one man so much. There was just something about him.

Shepard couldn't understand some of what Liara said though, she said some thing something about Alma and Origin, but she didn't understand it, but that doesn't mean she ignored it.

Shepard was with her good friend Garus, and she knows that with his excellent sniping and aiming with a pistol he would be able to tag a head-shot. Shepard relied more on the close range fighting. She at times would wish she had a point man to go into the danger and help go on recon. She knows Grunt was good at close encounters, but Shepard felt like she could really use one now by her side.

Point Man watched from the shadows the fish bulb woman and the asari as well as the human man. They were going to be easy, but Fettle really was proving to be a burden. He said something about wanting to just go in there, and kill them all while he has his chance.

The older brother ignored the younger one completely as he slowly slipped away in the darkness, but Paxton's ghost wondered and circled the group. Point Man thought of Paxton being a creep by looking at the trio so closely. They couldn't see in front of them the ghost from hell. The little devil in the family. And good thing too they didn't have psychic abilities.

What's wrong brother? You can't do it an can you?"Fettle asked as he looked at the fish bulb woman face to face. The womanly alien unaware of the invisible specter in front of her. Point Man just hoped that Paxton would not kill the female. The screams of the officers that were killed by his brother were ringing still in Point Man's ears. He couldn't stand his brother.

Point Man began to walk away carefully. He wasn't going to get anyone killed because of his brother.

"Go ahead brother...but eventually, I will have them. Just as I had our aunt."

Point Man then recalled when he found Alice Wade. Fettle ate her. He butchered her. The sick bastard killed a member of his own family. How can someone be so evil?

On another level of the apartment complex:

Shepard and Garrus paused in their tracks. They were looking at the steaming dead bodies of some C-Sec. The bodies were completely naked of flesh and bone itself was left for view. Blood was pooled all over, and it was enough to send frightening chills down anyone's back. Shepard only stared off at the pool of gore, but managed to push away at the fear and radioed in to her team."Shepard to crew. We found the bodies of C-Sec...their all dead." Shepard replied to her team.

"Alright got that commander." Jacob said into the comm, and he turned to Tali and Samara. "Alright you two, keep your eyes peeled, and remember don't go in at this guy alone. We don't want anyone else getting killed." Jacob said as he turned to the other direction and began walking...that was until the lights suddenly flickered on in the dark room, and then flickered off. "What was that?" Jacob asked.

"Mother..."

Point Man looked from his brother, to the lights that flickered. Alma was here, if the three of Point Mans pursuers are to continue any further then Alma more than likely would kill the trio without a second thought. Point Man knew that whenever mother was around she would behave viciously in order to defend him. He needed to act now; he needed to at least draw these people away from her. He needed to find a way to get them out of here so mother won't kill them. She so happens to see them, then they will be killed off immediately.

And then Point Man did the only thing he could. He got out of the darkness, and stood behind the trio, if he is fast enough which he is. Then he can at least lure them to his attention thus saving them from slaughter.

As the lights flickered on, Jacob saw him and pointed his pistol. "There!" He shouted, and Samara as well as Tali turned to face the lone man.

Tali aimed her shotgun, and began to fire as did Jacob with his pistol and Samara used her biotics. She shot out a stasis wave, and the blue energy wave was shot out at the Ghost Soldier.

As Point Man ran, he suddenly felt himself slow down, he didn't know how, but his body just stopped moving. Worst yet, Alma will come and kill them all . As he was stuck in his current hold, the three soldiers from behind him were coming for him.

"Great work Samara!" Tali shouted as she and the asari ran for the Ghost Soldier as did Jacob. All they had to do now, was sustain him. The three highly trained space heroes would be able to do such a thing with him being slowed down. It was a good move for Samara to do such a thing with a stasis.

While Samara, Jacob and Tali were coming for Point Man, the first prototype was struggling to escape. This was it, if they get even near him, nothing will stop mother from ripping them limb by limb. He had to act fast, or else they would surly die. Point Man knew his mother all to well as to just let three attackers of her son just walk away with him. She will defend him because he is her son.

"Ah brother...must I always assist you?"

Unable to protest, Point Man watched as his brother walked past him. The older brother's heart accelerating as to knowing that Paxton was clearly going to kill them in order to assure they don't get their hands on Point Man.

As Paxton confronted the trio, he caught the sight of Samara whom for some reason was the only one who could see him. Was Paxton now powerful enough to appear amongst the living now?

"By the goddess." Was all she said before Paxton shot his plasma ball right into her face from where he stood.

"Ahhhh!" Samara screamed as she fell to the ground, her burning flesh sizzling, and her blood falling from her face splashing to the floor.

"Samara!" Jacob shouted as he crouched besides his fallen comrade. Tali stopped to look at her dying friend. Paxton who had quickly revealed himself, quickly vanished before he could be spotted by anyone else. Point Man could then suddenly move again. He was then running for his own sakes, trying to get out of here, and hopefully his mother would follow, and not shed any more blood like her psychotic son.

Shepard and Garrus:

As Shepard and Garrus investigated further on the upper levels of the complex, Shepard could swear that she saw some flickering child in a red dress brush past her and Garrus, but Garrus seemed to have not seen her. Shepard however did, and was disturbed. Perhaps it was the dark playing tricks on her.

"You seem to be a little bothered Shepard." Garrus asked Shepard, and she only stayed silent. Garrus took her silence as a means of saying 'I know, and I am probably just paranoid is all' and Shepard herself hoped Garrus didn't take her silence the wrong way. He was her friend after all, they had been through much together. She wouldn't want to ruin something so good.

Suddenly, Shepard began to feel a massive headache, and she could not stop herself from falling to the floor holding her head, Garrus was right there trying so hard as to get Shepard back on her feet, and to radio in for assistance. Shepard was under a load of pain, and she was near to the point of collapsing. And she did.

In a strange place that appears almost like a dream:

Shepard found herself in a strange meadow. The place for some reason reminded Shepard of her own dream she had, the one with the Reapers. The very dream that involved the galaxy being doomed. She saw the swing, but it was not the same one as before. Only this time she saw a little girl in a red dress by the swing. She wondered who she was; she wanted to know what she was doing here all alone. So many things were going through Shepard's mind, that it was overbearing.

It was even odd, Shepard felt like she was dreaming for some reason. As if all of this was just conjured from her very mind. Everything else just seemed to be far away.

As Shepard approached her, she could feel her own breath becoming heavier, and heavier. It was as if she was suffocating. It was all too off. What was happening? Why was she seeing this, and why was it that she could not breathe properly?

"What the hell?" Shepard asked no one in particular as she began to fall to the grass covered ground, and crawl. As she did, she looked up to see the swing empty and swinging on its own.

Shepard then looked up, to suddenly see the girl staring at her dead straight in the eyes. Her yellow eyes burning deep into her green ones. Shepard could practically see the fury behind those wicked yellow ones. Shepard didn't know why, but she just asked it anyways. "Who are you?"

The little girl stayed silent and then everything seemed to distance itself and very soon enough everything lit up in a bright yellow light. Soon enough everything was gone.

Wake up.

Suddenly Shepard found herself being shaken by Garrus who was mere inches from her face. "Shepard...Shepard what happened?" He asked her, and Shepard could only moan.

"Damn I thought I lost you."

"Garrus...?" Shepard moaned as she slowly got to her feet, her N7 armor was a little dirty from the blood on the ground, and Garrus helped brush some of it off, but not where personal regions were. "Garrus what happened?" Shepard asked him. "You just collapsed, I have no idea how, but you did." Garrus said as he helped steady his commanding officer.

"It was so real..." Shepard whispered.

"What?" Garrus asked, but Shepard realizing that she was speaking in a babbling manor said. "Never mind." Shepard squezzed her temple with her free hand. It was a few seconds later when she received call from Jacob.

"Come in Shepard do you read?"

"We're here Jacob what is it?"

"Samara...she's...dead."

Point Man:

Point Man was running across the building. Fettle had gone to who knows where, and now the older brother was running for his life from the tattooed woman and a green fish creature. Point Man didn't know its official race, but he just liked to think of it as giant walking fish-man or Aqua Man.

As Point Man kept running, he was being shot at by tattoo psycho bitch and green fish Aqua Man.

Up ahead, there was a window, if he could just reach it, he can escape these guys, but he would have to deal with a seven story fall. He won't mine, he could handle it. He survived a fucking nuclear explosion after all. But with these two right on his tail, then he doubts that they will leave anything of him alive.

As Point Man used his reflexes, he began to run faster, and he was soon enough bursting right through a window, with shards of glass cutting a bit of his skin. But he cared not. As he fell down all of the things were going in slow motion for him. Along with his fall downwards, he could spot the are in which he was falling down in. It was a tight allyway, but he would be fine.

Point Man hit the ground; he landed on the wall and then fell to the surface pavement. His side hurting, but he forced himself up. He wasn't going to die now. He had to rise up and keep going. He took a quick look around and noticed a few boxes around. This whole area seemed to be one massive storage location with a few building where people manage shipment.

As Point Man slowly got up, he turned his face to a cart space wheeling figure, and received a kick to the face. Point Man fell back, and was met with the same asian girl he had knocked unconscious two or was it three days ago? He couldn't tell.

"Remember me buddy?" Kasumi asked the Ghost Soldier, and he just slowly began to stand up, but she quickly drew her pistol. "Not one move." She said as she pressed the gun to his temple.

Point Man looked at the...girl. She was able to pull a fast hand on him. Point Man could only sit there, as the big dinosaur man came from behind the Asian girl. He was wearing white armor and he aimed a shotgun at Point Man's face.

"You're in a world of hurt now." The dino said as he kept the gun fixed on Point Man. The only thing that the first born could do was comply and lay there as he knew that soon enough the one named Shepard will come, and will once again take him to her ship where she will send him to most likely a prison.

Point Man at this point would rather have the bullet in the brain than happening to become just another piece of meat for the hungry dogs of prison. Point Man clenched his eyes, and did his best to hold back his rage. He tried not to look at the negative aspects right now. He needed to plot his next move. If he has any hopes of surviving at all.