Six rose from his bed and stared out the window into open space. It was a beautiful view from his room on the Normandy. Six decided to go ask Shepard about their next assignment, as noble six made his way across the hall Shepard approached him.

"Lieutenant just who I was looking for" Shepard to noble six. "We're headed to the citadel for something". "You should take some time to explore and have some fun Lieutenant" said Shepard. Shepard wanted six to relieve some of the stress that he might have. "I've asked Liara to accompany you on the citadel to show you around a little" said Shepard.

"I'm fine commander" six replied.

"Come on lieutenant even you have to take some time for yourself now and then" said Shepard. "Look, just give it a shot lieutenant who knows you might like it". Noble six just stood there and looked at the commander. "Once we leave the citadel we get right back to work lieutenant, that's our only break for now, so you might want to use it" said Shepard. " My crew are good friends once you get to know them you'll see that you like them" said Shepard. Liara stepped out of her room and Shepard and six were passing by.

"Oh, commander I'm sorry I didn't see you there" said Liara.

"It's fine Liara, I told the lieutenant about you showing him around the citadel" said Shepard.

"Uhh, yes I almost forgot about that… can I talk to you alone Shepard" said Liara.

"Sure, excuse us lieutenant" said Shepard.

"Commander I don't think I'm very comfortable around the lieutenant yet" said Liara worriedly.

"What's so bad about him" asked Shepard.

"It's nothing bad it's just that he seems a bit cold hearted than… well anybody else" said Liara. "I cant even see his face but every time he looks at me I feel like he just doesn't care about anything or anyone but himself" said Liara.

"Maybe we shouldn't talk about this so close to him" said Shepard. "Lieutenant we'll be at the citadel soon Joker will let us know". Six simply nodded and walked away. "Look Liara we'll talk about the lieutenant another time for now just get some rest before we get to the citadel" said Shepard and walked away.

"Commander admiral Hackett is available in the comm." said Traynor. Shepard made his way to the terminal to speak with Hackett. The admiral's hologram appeared in front of Shepard.

"Hell of a thing you just pulled off commander, curing the genophage

I thought I'd never see the day" said Hackett. Shepard and Admiral Hackett spoke for a while in the comm room. "How has your newest crew member been commander" asked Hackett.

"Good, he's just not very social" said Shepard. "He also never takes off that armor of his" said Shepard.

"Maybe you just have to give him time commander, who knows he might be the friendliest person ever" said Hackett sarcastically. "Well I have to let you go commander, Hackett out" Hackett closed the communication.

A few hours had passed and the Normandy had finally made it to the citadel. Six looked at the citadel from his window.

"Lieutenant the commander would like to see you immediately" Traynor said through the speaker. Six rushed to the cockpit where Joker and commander Shepard were standing.

"Lieutenant we have a problem" said Shepard. "Cerberus has taken control of the citadel, and we don't know where the counselors are" said Shepard. "Sorry Lt. but looks that tour of yours is going to have wait" said Shepard. " We're going to try to take the citadel back but it's going to be tough" said Shepard. Noble six, Garrus, James, and Shepard hopped out of the shuttle to direct gunfire. Captain Bailey and some C-sec soldiers attempted to fight Cerberus but stood little chance. Six took cover behind a flipped vehicle and readied his weapon. Six behind to fire back at the Cerberus soldiers which stood no chance against a Spartan. Once they cleared the area of Cerberus troops they rushed to Bailey. Shepard gave Bailey some medigel to get him back on his feet. Bailey stood and stared up at the Lt. almost in fear.

"Who the hell is this Shepard" asked Bailey.

"I can tell you later, right now we have to take care of Cerberus" replied Shepard. "Can you get this door open".

"If no one interrupts me with a bullet this time" said Bailey. Once inside the room Bailey accessed the terminal. "Cerberus has control of the main channels, but I can setup a new one" he said. "Without it our people have no plan and no chance" he said.

"What have you got" asked Shepard.

"A warning from counselor Valerne" said Bailey. "Be on guard the likelihood of betrayal from the inside is high" bailey quoted the counselors words.

"The counselor mentioned Udina" said Garrus.

"One counselors better than zero" said Shepard. "Where am I headed?" he asked.

"He could be in the executors office, it's a fairly defensible position" replied Garrus.

"I'm on it" said Shepard. They made their way into a larger and encountered more Cerberus troops. Six was the first to pull the trigger immediately taking two Cerberus troops down with head shots. The rest were mopped up shortly after. As they walked across the room the dead bodies of C-sec officers were all over the place.

"Entry wounds in the back of the head" said Garrus as he was analyzing a dead officer. "Looks like a surprise not a execution, we got hardcore traitors here" he said. This reminded six of some of the things the insurrectionists would pull off on the UNSC. The room was smaller but filled with Cerberus troops. Noble six took cover behind a pillar. The Cerberus troops deployed smoke to confuse them but the firefight didn't last very long. They entered another hallway full of dead bodies.

"Ridgefield Lamont you alive" shouted Garrus.

"Hey!… not so loud" said James trying to calm Garrus down.

"If gunfire doesn't put them on notice I sure wont" replied Garrus. They finally ended up in the executors office only to find the executor already dead.

"If you don't see the counselors body don't count him out yet" said Bailey. Shepard looked out the window and found the counselor hiding.

"Found him, he looks unharmed" said Shepard. Just as Shepard turned around a Cerberus assassin named Kai Leng jumped in front of the counselor.

"Commander!" Noble six said as he saw Kai Leng. As soon as Shepard looked he jumped down to help the counselor.

"Don't even think about" said Shepard aiming his gun a Kai Leng.

"Shepard he's going to kill us all" said the Salarian counselor

"That remains to be seen" replied Shepard. The counselor explained Udinas plan to Shepard. "Four on one pal, it's over" said Shepard.

"No now it's fun" said Kai Leng with a smirk on his face. Before Kai Leng could do anything Thane Krios appeared beside him aiming directly at his head. Kai Leng attempted to disarm Thane and they engaged in hand to hand combat. For a moment it looked like Thane had the upper hand but that changed as Kai Leng struck him in the stomach with his sword.

"Thane!" Shepard shouted as Kai Leng made his escape. Shepard rushed over to Thane. "How bad is it" he asked.

"I have time, go get him" replied Thane.

They hopped in a vehicle and began to pursue Kai Leng.

"I got a fix on the council's position, I'm sending it to your car" said Bailey.

"Good work Bailey, we're almost there" replied Shepard. Just as Shepard replied Kai Leng jumped on the car. Shepard tried to shoot the window as he ran to the back of the vehicle. Shepard opened the vehicle and fired but it was useless as Kai Leng's reaper tech was too advanced. Noble six felt the vehicle go down as Kai Leng destroyed the engine forcing them to crash. They were now forced to go on foot through the presidium. Six looked around and saw people screaming and running, something all too familiar. They began making their across the presidium but were being held back by Cerberus troops. Noble six was in cover when he noticed something from the corner of his eye. His instantaneous reactions allowed him to slip the sword of a phantom. The phantom began rushing the Spartan swinging wildly unable to hit the quick soldier. As soon as the phantom swung at six again the Lt. used his forearm to block swing. Six lifted his leg and with a swift hard kick sent the Phantom flying off the presidium and into it's death.

"They don't like to hold still do they" Garrus remarked about the phantoms. They made to another part of the presidium and were engaged by more Cerberus troops. This time they an atlas mech dropped out of orbit to assist Cerberus. The atlas got a few shots of on six that drained some his shield and forced back to cover. Popping in and out of cover six began taking Cerberus troops until there was nothing left but the atlas.

"One of us might be able to distract while the others take it out" shouted Garrus.

"It's not me" yelled James.

"I don't know Garrus moving out of cover might not be the best idea" said Shepard.

"Oh, come on James your not scared are you" mocked Garrus

"Why don't you get your ass out there" replied James

"No way in hell I'm going getting blown to pieces by that thing" shouted Garrus. Noble moved out of cover and sprinted towards the mech.

"What the hell is he…" Shepard said looking at six.

"I was just kidding Lt." shouted Garrus as the lieutenant ran towards the mech.

"Holy shit he took it serious" said James. "Well I hope you know Garrus that if he dies it's your fault".

"How was I supposed to know he was really going to do it" replied Garrus.

The Spartan kept running towards the mech. The atlas fired two rockets at six. Using his enhanced reflexes the Spartan dodged both missiles and the gunfire that was coming at him.

"No goddamn way" James looked amazed at the Spartan.

"I…I…hell no I did not just see that" said Garrus.

"I think that crash was harder than I thought because I'm seeing things" said James.

"Did he just dodge all of that" asked Shepard. Noble six slid under the atlas and began shooting it from the back. The pilot turned around and focused on six. Shepard, James, and Garrus were completely frozen at what they just saw.

"Should we be doing something commander" asked James.

"Uhh…yes, maybe I don't know what's going on" said Garrus.

"Now's our chance" yelled Shepard. They began shooting the atlas from the back until it was destroyed. Once the atlas was destroyed they began starring at six in awe. Six finally broke the silence.

"Should we keep moving" six said.

"Uhh… yes we should" replied Shepard. They finally caught up with Kai Leng but he sealed the elevator before they got to him.

"Okay I'm in the shaft" Shepard told Bailey.

"Hang on this will be a fast climb" said Bailey and the elevator zoomed up.

"Tell me that assassin hasn't reached the council" said Shepard.

"He's trying but I'm making his elevator stop on every floor" replied Bailey

"Nice!" said Shepard. Kai Leng's elevator was right on top of them now. "I found our friend" he said.

"Shoot the power conduit beneath it" ordered Bailey. As soon as both power conduits were destroyed his elevator went straight down. They made to counselors elevator before Kai Leng.

"Shepard?" asked Bailey

"I see them" Shepard replied. "Jump" he ordered his crew to jump. The elevator finally stopped and the counselors got out. They got out of the elevator and found Ashley and counselors.

"Shepard?" asked Ashley.

"Shepards blocking our escape, he's with Cerberus" exclaimed Udina.

"Everybody hang on, what's going on Shepard" asked Ashley. She was confused at what was going on and didn't know who to believe.

"You know me better than this Ash" Shepard tried to reassure her.

"I knew the old Shepard before Cerberus" she said. "Right now I'm not sure who I'm dealing with" she questioned Shepard. Shepard ordered his team to lower their weapons.

"We don't have time to negotiate" said Shepard. "You've been fooled all of you" he continued. "Udinas behind this attack, the Salarian counselor confirmed it".

"Please you have no proof, you never do" said Udina.

"There are Cerberus soldiers in the elevator behind us, if you open that door they'll kill you all" Shepard said frustrated at the fact that they couldn't Udinas motive.

"We've mistrusted Shepard before, and it did not help us" said the Asari counselor.

"We don't have time to debate this we're dead if we stay here" said Udina. He moved to the console "I'm overriding the lock" he said.

"Udina step back from console" said Ashley now taking Shepards side.

"To hell with this" shouted Udina. The Asari counselor attempted to stop Udina but he shoved her out of the way. Udina pulled out a gun in a last ditch effort. The gunshot was heard and Udina fell before he could do anything else.

"Get the council back and cover that door" ordered Shepard. Six readied his weapon for whatever came through that door. Instead of Cerberus troops coming through the door Bailey and some C-sec officers came through.

"Made it as fast as we could Shepard looks like you took care of the things" said Bailey.

"Commander do you have any idea why the Illusive man would do this?" asked the Turian counselor.

"No, but I plan to find out" said Shepard.

"Come on people principles are evacuated, we have a tunnel and a million more places to go" stated Bailey.

Noble six followed behind Shepard as they walked.

"Lt. I'm going to call Liara and ask her for that tour for you" said Shepard.

"I'm fine, commander" said six. Before six knew Liara had arrived to give him a tour of the citadel.

"Lieutenant are you ready for the tour" asked Liara. "Forgive me if I … Uh…stutter a lot it's just that im not that good with people especially not humans" she said with a slight smile.

"It'll be okay Liara" said Shepard.

"Uh… well then I…I guess we should get to it" she said. Noble six simply nodded and began following Liara. Liara wanted to crush Shepard for making her do this. She just this to be over already.