"So how did your visit to the good doctor go?" Garrus was looking over his shoulder at Feral, a smirk adorning his face as he kept on calibrating his prized weaponry.

Feral growled as he let his vision glance towards the Turian, his eyes quickly darting back to the data-pad in his hands. His red eyes skimming left to right across the information stored within it. "Karin was a joy. I missed our 'let's run every single test I can think of' sessions." Sighing and waving his hand in the air for effect before he slumped back even more, the super-human occupying the small bed that Garrus was using so he never had to leave the battery.

Laughing as his talons struck the keys; Garrus hit a few more buttons before turning to face Feral. "I may not have it as bad as you, but at least now I can say I know what it's like to have Dr. Karin Chakwas giving me her speech." The two sharing a laugh as Feral briefly looked up at Garrus, before going back to the data-pad. "By the way, have you met Mordin yet?" Garrus threw out to Feral, cocking his head slightly to the side.

Feral raised an eyebrow at Garrus before letting the data-pad drop down between his knees. "Mordin? As in the professor who enjoys performing genetic experiments?..." Cocking his head at the turian. "No I haven't met him yet. I can't imagine why but I might be trying to avoid him for a little while." The super soldier sighed out as he snickered to himself slightly.

Garrus just turned his head back to his console, exhaling noisily. "Fair enough, I get it. That being said, considering you're a tech you may want to consider saying hello to him. If you can get over how fast he talks and thinks, he's pretty interesting…..by our standards anyway." Smiling towards Feral before his eyes widened as a data-pad came flying at his face.

Laughing and grinning as he sat on Garrus' bed, Feral just watched as the sniper fumble the pad in the air before finally getting a hold on it. "I'll think about it Garrus, now as soon as you get a hold of that." Baring his canines in a big toothy grin while Garrus just glared at him. "You should read the dossier of the Krogan we're off to get. And! Guess who we'll probably be fighting through to get to him." Sitting up and resting his elbows on his knees as Feral waited for Garrus to scan the pad.

Feral laughed again when Garrus sighed and let the pad drop down to his thigh. "Seriously? Blue Suns again? I've fought nothing but these bastards since I got off Omega." Throwing the pad back onto his console before he sat back, rubbing his forehead before finding himself smiling from the infectious nature of Feral's grinning.

"I know right? It's almost as if Shepard is trying to annoy you." Feral flicked his eyebrows up as he slumped back onto the cot, grinning at Garrus. The two laughing as the door opened, two pairs of eyes greeting the visitor to Garrus' comfy abode.

"Oh please, I'd find a much more creative way to annoy him." Shepard stepped in and let the door shut behind him. Crossing his eyes and smiling as he leant back against the opposite wall. A triangle formed between the three men. "Besides I'm sure I could find some more angry Batarians with Gunships." Shepard and Feral laughing while Garrus rubbed the sore, mangled side of his face.

"Hah, very funny Shepard." Garrus laughed dryly at his Commander. Shepard calming down but Feral still giggling to himself as he laid back. "So….have you come to visit or just to make Feral laugh at me?" His mandibles flickering outwards in annoyance, mainly at Feral but also at Shepard because he had encouraged him.

Shepard smirked at Garrus "I'm just here to talk about Korlus and how it's going down and I'm sorry, but Garrus I want you to stay behind on this one." Shrugging slightly as he noted both Feral and Garrus looking at him dubiously. "Intel on this place says it's pretty close quarters, no place for a sniper…..yes Feral?" breathing out when he noticed the super soldier had his hand up.

"I know Garrus is more or less just a sniper but he's still damn good with an assault rifle. Plus he and I have the most experience against Blue Suns so… other than the CQB reason, why isn't he coming?" His eyes darting back and forth between Garrus and Shepard.

"Fair enough. The other reason is I now have two squad members I've yet to really take into the field. Now if the stories about Mordin are true, he can handle himself and against a tech heavy group like the Suns it's a great way to make sure. Then there is Jack…." Shepard sighed and rubbed his neck "The truth is I have no idea what to expect from her, so I need to get her into the field."

Feral and Garrus just nodded in silent agreement, they both knew that she was even more of a wildcard than the super soldier had been when he first broke out. "…..so you, the professor and Jack? Sounds like a match made in hell…." Feral just chuckled to himself quietly before Shepard spoke again.

"Oh it won't just be us three. Kasumi is coming along and so are you" Shepard grinned at Feral as the man just looked back blankly. "Like I said, the place is going to be really close quarters. You and Kasumi are the two best CQCs I have. Plus we're going to get a krogan Feral, and in my experience. They only really respond kindly to strength." Walking out before Feral could respond again, leaving the red-eyed man to slump back against the wall again.

Feral just sighed and hit the back of his head against the wall before standing up "Oh this is going to be fun…..guess I am meeting Mordin today….." puffing up his cheeks before breathing out, glaring at Garrus as the turian snickered when he turned back towards his console. "What?"

Garrus' mandibles flared slightly "You plus a Krogan? Mordin isn't the only doctor you're going to end up seeing today….again." The turian gave his version of a smile before he turned back to his console before Feral could retort. Listening to the man mumble under his breath as he walked out of the gunnery suite as he happily went back to calibrating his beloved gun.

As he walked back towards the elevator, Feral muttered to himself in Khellish. Ignoring the odd looks the Cerberus crew members were giving him because that was exactly why he was speaking in another language. He didn't care what they were thinking and he'd really rather not have them over hear his out loud thoughts.

To tell the truth Feral was looking forward to the mission, but that didn't stop him from moaning about it. Blue Suns and a Krogan? This'd probably be the most fun he'd have on the job since he helped Garrus royally piss off every single gang on Omega when he was in town. But what was giving him real cause for anxiety was Mordin and Jack. Shepard had told him that Mordin was more curious than dangerous, and the hyper-active Salarian was relatively harmless, but regardless scientists still sent a chill up his spine. Karin Chakwas was barely an exception to his 'phobia', the only reason he'd visit somewhat willingly was because the woman terrified him.

Jack on the other hand, he had no idea how to approach that whole minefield. When he had been taken he was in his early 20s. Jack on the other hand had a criminal record stretching all the way back into her teens, the horror's he had faced as an adult were one thing. But she had faced them as a child, how young he didn't know. Talking to the psychotic biotic was going to be like treading on eggshells, despite the similarities in their pasts. They were nothing alike, not anymore.

Feral sighed as the door to the elevator opened, the windows looking over the cargo hold waited in front of him before he finally stepped out and into the hall. Heading immediately towards his room at the end of it, reaching forward and hitting the button in the middle of the door with his omni-tool. Hitting the light switch on the door near the wall, before he could fully step into his room a voice from behind stopped him.

"You and me, we need to talk." Jack stood behind him in the middle of the hall, her standard angry look coating her face as she glared into the Feral's red eyes.

The super soldier sighed and let his arms fall to his side and his head tilt back, before slowly turned around and letting the door close behind him. "No we don't….not really". Leaning back against the door, interlocking his fingers and using them as a platform.

Jack's face contorted "That's bullshit and you know it! I don't know a lot about you but I've heard things, we're both Cerberus science projects and we're both on a Cerberus ship. This whole situation is totally jacked up and you think we don't need to talk." Growling as she half-shouted at Feral, the soldier keeping the same calm expression on his face for the duration of her rant.

Finally when she was finished and looked like she was waiting for a response "I just think we shouldn't talk about things I'd really rather these bastards didn't know about. Like you said we're on a Cerberus ship, and trust me when I say this. They are watching and listening…..right now…." Flicking his eyes and head up, looking past Jack and at a certain point in the ceiling.

Jack groaned and clenched her fists. "Let me guess the Illusive Man and his pet bitch the cheerleader? I should just go up there and tear her limb from limb"

Feral laughed, looking down into the cargo bay before looking back at her. "As much as I'd love to help you with that, unfortunately it's not on the cards….yet anyway." Grinning playfully at Jack who just snorted. "The truth is we could tear this place apart if we wanted to….but…we won't, not because of Cerberus; but because of Shepard. I assume he held up his end of the bargain didn't he?" raising an eyebrow as he turned around and opened his door again. "Talk to you later Jack, oh and by the way. You might want to get ready for some action, you've been picked for the team kid." He laughed again as the door to his room shut, leaving Jack standing in the hall.

Glaring at the door for a few seconds before huffing angrily "Asshole" shaking her head as she walked back down into the area of the ship underneath the engine room that she'd declared hers. At least she'd get to go out and cause some mayhem straight away, after so many years on Purgatory she was itching for a fight. And while she'd have loved to have gone straight up and beaten the cheerleader into a messy pulp, Feral had been right about one thing. Shepard had been straight with her, within minutes of settling in a crew member had nervously brought her a box filled with data-pads. All of the ships information on Cerberus for her to pick through at her own discretion. So for now, she'd leave the crew be. God help them if they didn't leave her be though.

- Korlus' Atmosphere –

"How is he that relaxed?" Kasumi was sitting in the Kodiak shuttle as the small craft tore its way through the upper atmosphere. Poking Feral in the seat next to her as he slept locked in his seat, her finger slowly prodding at his arm before she pulled away quickly when he twitched. "Is he really asleep?" looking up at Shepard, the commander standing at the end of the shuttle and holding a bar above his head.

Tilting his head to get a better look at Feral Shepard just snorted, "Probably, compared to the Mako drop the first Normandy put us through…" Losing his balance slightly as the Kodiak rocked hard, making Kasumi and Jack grip tightly onto their restraints "…this thing is pretty much lowering us down not dropping us in."

Jack grunted as another shake of the ship knocked her back in her seat. "Bullshit, this thing is throwing me around and I'm holding on as tightly as I can. How the hell is he managing to sleep?" gritting her teeth as she sat back, noticing the looks she was getting from Shepard and Kasumi "Fuck off, I'm not used to being this unsecured."

Shepard laughed through his teeth "You have to remember Jack, he's only slightly smaller than Jacob Taylor but he's heavier and a lot stronger." Pointing at the man when Jack looked at him blankly "Look at his arm, he's locked it around his restraint. Trust me when I say he's more than strong enough to hold himself steady…..even when asleep. "

Jack sighed and tried locking her arm in the same way Feral had, having to use both arms but finding it did help her steady a little more. "Ok fine, but excuse me for being in prison a lot but what the fuck is a Mako drop?"

Shepard was about to respond but the hyperactive voice of their resident Salarian beat him to it "M35 Mako. Anti-Personal Vehicle used by Alliance Military. Possible to drop the tank and its occupants into any environment. Drop generates large G-Forces. Got to try during time at STG" Mordin breathed in deeply "Very fast, slightly painful…incredibly exhilarating." Smiling to his team mates "Salarians not as robust as humans though, didn't end up adopting the insertion method."

"What he said" Shepard just shrugged as Jack shook her head and sat back into the seat, he wasn't sure what she understood less. All the facts Mordin had rattled out in a few seconds or the fact that Cerberus had decided not to give them the large anti-personal tank with the drop equivalent to an express elevator ride into hell. He sighed as the Kodiak's lights dimmed and the combat lights took their place.

"Ok people we're almost there…." Forgetting that Feral was actually fast asleep and not in fact just pretending so he could ignore everyone else. "Kasumi wake him up will you?" Letting his briefing sit on hold as Kasumi poked the man as hard as she could until finally giving up and pinching his cheek hard, making Feral jolt awake instantly.

"What the fu….I fell asleep didn't I?" noting that the combat lights were lit and everyone was staring at him. "Sorry I was just…..I didn't mean to." Sitting back in his seat and grinning at Shepard until the commander carried on.

"We're about to land on Korlus, we know the Blue Suns are here and we're looking for a Krogan Warlord by the name of Okeer. What we don't know is if Okeer is here by choice. I wouldn't expect any less but expect the Suns to be incredibly hostile. Now Mordin I'm sure you know the drill but this is for you and Jack as the newest members of the drop team. Follow my orders, I'm not going to ask you to do anything you can't do but if I tell you to do something you get it done ok?"

"Just point me towards anyone you need destroying and we'll be fine Shepard." Jack flippantly replied.

"Of course Commander. No trouble from me." Mordin smiled and nodded in his usual way.

"Good" Shepard nodded as he held onto the rail above his head with both hands, the Kodiak being buffered by more and more turbulence as they closed in on the drop zone. "and of course, Feral and Kasumi you know the drill by now."

"Since when was there any doubt Shep?" Kasumi smiled happily as she readjusted her position in her seat.

Feral looked at Shepard blankly "…what? Oh right, yeah, yeah. Jumping, kissing turians. I got it don't worry." Rolling his eyes at the commander before sitting back in his seat and pushing his locking mechanism up, standing up to grab his rifle from the rack over his head. "Now let's go get us a Krogan.

Shepard took a position next to Feral, one hand up on the rail with the other tightly gripping his rifle's grip. The two men standing shoulder to shoulder as they waited for the door to hiss open, the soldiers would be the first out. "You know you're still such a marine at heart." Shepard spoke at the door to Feral.

Feral looked across at Shepard. "What?" looking slightly confused at his face.

"Jumping, kissing Turians? That's a marine mantra….Ashley said it to me the first time I talked to her about following my orders." Shepard kept his eyes on the door, seeing Feral turn back and facing it as well.

The men were silent for a few seconds before Feral chuckled slightly "Yeah well Cerberus may have made me super, but the marines taught me how to kick ass Shepard. There are some things you never forget…..I never leant how to ride a bike though." Shrugging as Shepard starting to laugh as well, their laughs becoming quieter as the engines of the Kodiak started to hum even louder.

"Let's go and put that training to use then Feral" Letting go of the rail and patting Feral's shoulder before they both put their hands on their rifles. The Kodiak's engines humming constantly, the doors seconds from opening. Until finally, those few seconds seeming like an eternity. The door swung up and the ship graveyard of Korlus came into view.

Shepard and Feral instantly leaping out, landing and running to the nearest cover they could find. Putting down area's to watch in case anyone did open fire as the rest of the team unloaded from the Kodiak. Luckily for them, they had either not been seen, or unluckily there would be an ambush up ahead waiting for them. For now though they were in the clear.

Hearing the Kodiak fly off back into the atmos behind them. Feral kept his eyes forward, his rifle trained on the corridor ahead of them as Shepard turned back. Making sure the rest of the team had disembarked, before giving his next orders.

"Ok listen up, we either got lucky and no one saw us or we have an ambush waiting for us up ahead. So Kasumi I want you to cloak and try and get up high, keep in radio contact and don't fire unless fired upon." Kasumi nodded and disappeared from view, the small pattering of the light woman's feet disappearing into the distance as a loud speaker boomed over the valley.

"There is only one measure of success. Kill or be killed. Perfection is your goal." The woman's voice bounced off the derelict ship parts in the valley. Shepard saw Feral turn back to him and mouth 'What the hell?' to which the commander just shrugged.

"Ok it seems the Sun's commander has a bit of a silver tongue. Keep an eye on what she's saying everyone. But back to the plan, we're going to move off assuming we're going to be ambushed. Feral will lead off and I want Jack behind him. He'll take the brunt of the attack at the front so you can concentrate on doing your thing. Mordin you'll be behind her and then I'll take the rear. Everyone got that?" Mordin and Jack nodded at Shepard, before the commander tilted his head to the side. Jack and Mordin moving up to Feral's position before the super soldier stood up and started walking up the corridor.

The group slowly but surely made their way past and through the 'roads' made out of the spaceships that lined the background and directly ahead of them. A massive body of a ship ahead seemed to be their destination and as they got closer they started to hear the pattering of gun shots and explosions. "Shepard are you hearing that?" Feral spoke over his radio, keeping his pace just above a walk.

Shepard looked forward to Feral, the soldier was 20 metres ahead thanks to the spacing he had told them to take. "I hear it Feral. Kasumi can you see anything?" Shepard looked up to the ridge above them, knowing Kasumi was probably looking back down at them.

A few seconds passed before the radio crackled to life and Kasumi's voice whispered through their ear pieces. "Not sure Shep, but the Suns seem to be fighting something. Can't see what it is from here but you do have a small group up ahead of you. Top of a flight of stairs, they aren't looking you're way though. Have fun team."

The radio clicked off and almost if on a cue the loudspeaker started up again. "Being hired is only the beginning. You must earn your place in the mighty army we are building."

"Keep talking you crazy bitch" Jack muttered to herself as she kept up with Feral, who started to move a little bit faster as he reached the corner. The soldier peaking around before turning back, beckoning Jack to close the gap.

"That group Kasumi talked about are right around the corner, maybe 50 metres away and up a ramp. You got anything that can deal with a bunch of idiots standing in each other's personal space?" Feral looked down at the woman as she peaked around him, before coming back and holstering her pistol.

"Oh yeah, I've got the perfect thing for these clowns. Just make sure if they see me they don't get a chance to shoot me." Jack stood back and her arms started to shimmer with blue light as she collected biotic energy. Breathing deeply and growling as she built it up more and more. By the time Shepard and Mordin had joined the group, Jack's arms had vanished in a thick blue aura.

Finally the biotic stepped out around the corner, aiming up her energy in a split second and then releasing it straight towards the group ahead of them. The biotic wave thumping along the floor as it raced towards them, the group only just spotting it before it collided with one of the Suns and exploded. Despite their last moment reactions the energy sent all of them flying in different directions.

If any of those men had survived the huge amount of energy that catapulted them from where they stood, the second wave quickly dealt with them. Both Shepard and Feral had watched the energy race towards them, following it up as quickly as they could just in case. Standing is silent awe at the strength of Jack's attack before regaining their composure and running up the stairs. Rifles up and ready, the only shots they fired were to make sure the mercenaries were dead.

"Bloody hell Shepard" Feral spoke over the radio as the two cleaned up "Her dossier is probably right about the whole most powerful human biotic." Kicking over one of the Suns before shaking his head and walking away "5 guys and so far we're 4 for 4…..where did that last guy go?" Before he could get a reply a small scream came from up ahead, Shepard and Feral immediately running towards it with Jack and Mordin coming up from behind.

Feral couldn't help but stop and laugh and what he saw in front of him. The 5th Sun had attempted to run off and judging by the look on his face, the last thing he expected to find was a small Asian women to appear from nowhere and throw him back onto the ground.

"I believe this is the one you were missing guys." Kasumi smiled happily to herself as she kept the mercs hand and arm twisted up and behind him. "By the Jack, that was incredible. Keep it up and you'll leave nothing for the rest of us….well the boys mainly. They do so love getting their hands dirty."

Shepard was about to get his team to concentrate on the mercenary they had again but the Sun himself brought their attention back to him. "Seriously? You guys kill my friends and leave me bleeding to death and you're joking about it? I'm going to die and this is all fun and games for you?" the Sun was panting and groaning in pain as he lay half slumped on the floor. Falling to the ground when Kasumi released her grip on his hand.

The group of 4 were standing close together as Feral leant in "That wound isn't actually lethal is it? I've been perforated like that and it hurts but that can't kill him right?"

"Very unlikely, if the wound had punctured anything vital he would have bleed to death by now." Mordin whispered back, his voice quieter but still as quick as ever.

Shepard shrugged "Well…he doesn't need to know that does he?" Flicking his eyebrows up quickly as he stepped forward towards the sun.

The Sun looked up at Shepard as he stepped up towards him, Shepard squatting down in front of the man "I knew it wasn't the berserkers, you guys are Alliance aren't you? I knew it! I'm not telling you bastards anything!" The merc spat towards Shepard before groaning and holding the wound in his side.

"You know I do have medi-gel here and I'm sure it'd help a lot but….if you'd rather we just kept on walking." Shepard practically teasing the Sun by waving his omni-tool in front of the man "Of course if we kept on walking we wouldn't want you to be radioing anyone ahead so….what's it going to be?"

The mercenary groaned in pain again before sighing, his voice getting more and more exasperated "Look…I…I don't know anything. I just shoot the overflow from the old Krogan's lab ok? He's really been cleaning up house lately. Jedore hired him to create an army but the Krogan he creates are insane so we use them for practice." Grunting again as he squeezed his side "I don't get paid enough to bleed out in this dump."

Feral and Mordin just blinked at what they both heard. "Did he just say creating an army of Krogan?" Feral had to make sure he'd heard that right, while Shepard dealt with a radio transmission by threatening the Sun again.

Mordin had his hand up by his mouth, rubbing the sides of his face "Yes. Very troubling news. Only one possible reason a Krogan would be creating clones." Taking a deep breath "trying to cure genophage."

Jack barely understood what they were talking about but she recognized the genophage "What? That's insane how can you possibly know that's his goal? Krogan are tough bastards, maybe he is just building an army of them."

"Because Saren tried the same thing, his goal was to create an army of Krogan clones but he convinced a bunch of Warlords to join his cause by promising that it'd end up with a cure." Feral quickly rattled out "Trust me, this can't mean anything good…..plus it means we're going to have to fight through an army of insane Krogan as well as Blue Suns."

"Well thank god I brought you with me Feral." Shepard walked back to the group as the mercenary scuttled past clutching his side that was now coated in medi-gel. "Convinced him to tell the groups ahead that nothing had happened and we weren't here. Threatened to let him bleed out if he didn't." Shepard just smiled before he turned around and walked up to Kasumi, leaving the three behind.

"Strange. Almost sounds like he enjoyed that." Mordin said as he watched Shepard walk away.

Feral walked past and looked back at Jack and Mordin "Yeah well…..you have to learn to enjoy the little things in life….otherwise you end up totally unbalanced." Laughing as he ran off after Kasumi and Shepard, Jack quickly following suite. Mordin contemplating that sentiment for a second before silently agreeing, quickly catching up whilst his thoughts turned back to the Krogan.

The next area the group ran into was littered with Blue Suns, despite the guard radioing on that no one was coming the Suns were clearly not that trusting of their own men. Several squads of mercenaries were waiting for the group up on the walkways. Luckily for Shepard's team though Kasumi was able to make her way back up while cloaked, and that combined with Jack's biotics they were able to force Sun's out of cover. Letting the combined rifles of Shepard and Feral to pick the men off and Mordin's incinerator certainly dealt a blow not only to the Sun's numbers but also their morale.

The war machine of Shepard's squad never let up, slowly pushing forward at a constant rate with the two soldiers providing covering fire for the rest of the squad. Scoring kill shots as the Suns tried and failed to retreat back into better positions. Biotic energy dragging them out of cover for Kasumi or Mordin to finish and with Kasumi almost providing a bird's eye view of the battlefield it made their pushes more tactically sound. The Blue Suns could barely get their suppressive fire near them let alone kill shots.

The fighting was tough but once the Suns were on the run it was just a case of moving from cover to cover, the 'motivational' loudspeaker of Jedore was doing nothing to bolster their ranks. Shepard was happy with the way it was all turning out until Kasumi called back from her forward position that she'd spotted one of the Krogan the merc had told them about, but despite the claim that all the Krogan were insane. This one was fighting off a group of Blue Suns. As soon as that call came through Shepard called for the group to double time, if the Krogan was going to turn on anyone it saw. It'd be better to get there while it was still occupied.

The group entered the clearing and kept their heads down as much as they could, getting into cover as they watched the Krogan and the Suns fight. "So, what? Do we waste them all?" Jack spoke over her radio, whilst she sat behind cover with Feral. The two of them were as close to the Krogan as possible.

A few seconds past before Shepard responded "Negative, take out the Suns but leave the Krogan." The young biotic was taken slightly off guard by the hail of gun fire that erupted the moment Shepard finished his sentence. Mordin and Feral had wasted no time and immediately started to squeeze their triggers, sending rounds towards the Suns in short and sharp bursts. Quickly regaining her composure and glad she started to grab any Sun dumb enough to run for more cover, pulling them up into the air for the rest to pick off.

Thanks to Jack practically creating a shooting range, turning the Sun's into flying targets, the Suns were quickly picked off. Jack was panting slightly as the gun fire died down, leaning forward onto the metal she was behind. She'd be fine once she caught her breath but exerting so much biotic energy in such a short time, especially that very first huge shockwave, had caught up with her as the adrenaline started to wear off.

As he leaped over the cover and started to walk towards the Krogan, Feral turned back briefly to face Jack "Hey Jack" laughing and grinning at her when she gritted her teeth at him, "That was…the most fun I've had killing Suns. Clay pigeon shooting Blue Sun style." Laughing again as he gripped his rifle tightly and walked towards Shepard, who had stepped up to the Krogan.

Feral and Mordin kept their weapons trained at the Krogan as it turned around to face Shepard, who quickly waved his hand down to the floor. The professor and soldier exchanging looks before slowly lowering their weapons, keeping their fingers near the trigger just on the off chance. Kasumi was still sitting up on the walkway and put her pistol down onto the metal floor, sitting over the railing to watch the events below her unfold.

Shepard could feel his team tensing up behind him as the Krogan stepped towards and leant into him, standing as still as he could and letting the Krogan do whatever he wanted to do. He couldn't see what the Krogan was doing behind his helmet but he was sure he heard the sound of sniffing.

Finally it spoke "You…..are different. New. You don't smell of this world. Seven night cycles, and I have felt only the need to kill but you….something makes me speak." Stepping back and eyeing Shepard up as if he was the strangest creature he had ever seen.

"I think I'm going to call that the S-factor" Kasumi chirruped from her seat above the rest of the group, the rest of her face hidden but her Cheshire cat smile gleaming from her hood. "but did he say seven night cycles? As in seven days?" Her feet swinging slowly as she leant forward onto her knees.

Half expecting Mordin to answer Shepard waited half a second before seeing the Salarian was deep in thought "They must be bred full sized and ready to kill. Not that much improvement over mercenaries though if they need to be trained." Shepard shrugged as he looked up at Kasumi. "That being said…..an army of Krogan even an inexperienced one would be one hell of an army."

"Kill? No, I kill because my flesh and bone tell me to. But it is not the reason I was flushed from my tank mother" the Krogan spoke, his tone slightly monotonous. "Survival is what I hear in my head but I failed, even before waking. That is what the voice in the water said, that is why I wait here."

Now Mordin spoke up, clearly he couldn't hold himself back anymore "Failed? Create a cure for the genophage?" The salarian talking almost as fast as he was thinking.

"Cure?" the Krogan shook its head "Cure was never whispered in the water. Survive, resist, ignore."

Feral looked between Mordin and Shepard, ignoring Jack mainly because she was busy playing with a rock she'd found. "So…if it's not about a cure….how did you fail?"

Shrugging as he looked at Feral "I don't know. It was decided before I left tank mother. I was not perfect." Stepping up towards Feral and leaning in again "You are not of this world, nor are you of tank mother. But you smell familiar and your eyes remind me of father's. What are you?"

Feral rubbed the back of his neck as he stepped away from the tank born Krogan. "Erm….long story, way too long for now…..so….can we get back to the whole army for Jedore thing?"

"Jedore….I know that name, it causes anger and laughter. It is not a name that shall be sung when we march" The Krogan once again answered as if reading off a script.

The group quickly exchanged glances with each other, Shepard noting that Jack was looking more and more bored by the second. Time to wrap this up and get moving again, the last thing he wanted was a bored biotic wanted to throw her abilities around a bit. "Can you show us the way to the lab? We need to speak to Okeer."

The Krogan looked up and then pointed into the air with his thumb "The…glass mother is up. Past many more of you fleshy things. I will show you the way." The tank born then immediately pushed past Shepard and the rest of the group, walking up to a piece of the broken ship. Gripping onto either side of the metal and grunting as he picked it up, before throwing it to the side. Revealing a passage into the inside of the derelict vessel.

"Seven days old and already that strong? Cool…..well not really because we need to fight these guys but still…..besides I could've done that." Feral stated, rolling his shoulders and trying to forget that the main reason he'd come along was to deal with a Krogan, not an insane army of them. Stretching slightly as he followed Shepard through the gap in the hull and into the depths of the ship.

Shepard and Kasumi were the last to come through, Kasumi having to jump back down from the walkway and Shepard talked to the Krogan for a bit longer. Feral and his other two squad members were more interested in the path that lay ahead of them, and the dead Blue Sun laying at the entrance.

"Deceased human male, perforation to thorax and pericardium." Mordin breathed in "Appears Krogan have been armed with Graal Spike Throwers. Very dangerous, should proceed with caution." Mordin stood up and carried on inspecting the quick scan he took with his omni-tool while Jack leaned over to Feral.

"The fuck is he talking about? Peri-what?" Jack growled and looked back down at the dead Sun, the hole in his chest was big but that was all she understood from Mordin's babble.

"Hmm?" Feral barely paying attention as he looked on ahead "Oh right, erm. A really big fucking spike flew into his chest and basically made his heart explode. He died more or less instantly….basically don't let one of those things hit you." Feral sighed as Shepard came up and patted him on the shoulder and before he'd even opened his mouth, the super soldier spoke up "I know, I know. Close quarters, Krogan etcetera. I'll take the lead."

Shepard just laughed to himself quietly as Feral talked to himself under his breath as he headed down the slope, breaking into a short jog when the others started to follow. This time Kasumi stayed close to Feral, Jack staying back with Mordin and Shepard so she could provide cover to the two close quarter fighters.

As Shepard followed, not far behind from Feral, he saw him suddenly start to hug the wall and move a lot faster. It wasn't too long before he realised why, there was gun-fire coming from around the corner and it was getting louder. Then he heard the scream call out, "They're loose! They're all damn free, run for your lives!" and then he saw the two mercenaries come around the corner.

The moment they turned the bend they were met by Feral, his fist colliding with the front runner's helmet and instantly knocking him to the ground. The helmet having cracked along the edge where Feral's fist had connected with the material, the loud crack catching the attention of the second man but before he could properly react to the new threat. Feral had barreled down on top of him, kicking him back hard before putting three rounds through the dented chest plate. The two men were on the floor in seconds with Feral finishing the second off and Kasumi making sure the first was dead by putting a few rounds into the merc's chest.

Feral and Kasumi then proceeded around the corner, moving on straight away while the rest trailed. The pair were building up and they clearly wanted to keep the ball rolling by moving on as fast as they could. He smiled slightly when he noted Jack made a comment on the fact Feral probably had turned the first merc's head into paste with a single hit. The moment the rest of the group turned the corner they were met by a Krogan firing a grenade launcher towards Kasumi who was bolted down behind a fallen piece of metal plating.

As soon as the Krogan saw the rest of Shepard's team he began to change his focus to them, luckily they all managed to make a mad dash to any remaining cover. Shouting over the explosions and thumbing return fire his team was putting down. "Where's Feral?!" Shepard screamed across the room at Kasumi who just pointed back towards him.

"He said he'd back in a minute! He said you'd know what that meant!" Shouting back at the top of her voice, shrugging as she tried to keep her head as low as she could.

Shepard groaned and remembered the last time Feral pulled that line back on Virmire. "Everyone stop shooting!" Shepard spoke over his radio this time, he didn't want the Krogan catching on and as long as they kept its attention Feral could make his move. Silently he started counting in his head waiting for the moment the super soldier would strike, ignoring the looks the rest of his team were giving him as they waited. Jack especially was itching, clearly desperate to unleash hell on the Krogan, that being said hopefully she'd enjoy the show.

After a few moments the Krogan stopped firing and from his position in cover he could see it turn and lift its weapon off to the side. But before it could Feral had come flying off from the side, his rifle now strapped to his back; brandishing his blade tightly in his hand. Bringing the knife straight down into the Krogan's helmet, the sharp tip piercing straight into the material thanks to Feral's strength and momentum.

Gripping tightly onto the Krogan's collar, Feral fell down onto the floor bringing the Krogan with him and slamming it into the ground. Quickly pushing the reptile onto it's back before consolidating his initial attack with several rapid but powerful strikes into the crack on the helmet. The tough material shattering under the weight of Feral's fist until finally it gave out completely. Tearing a piece of the helmet off Feral drove his knife straight into the Krogan's eye, panting hard before yanking it out again.

"Now that!...That is how you kill a Krogan." Grinning and laughing back towards his team as he cleaned his knife quickly before sliding it back into his sheath and grabbing his rifle. "Come on then, I here there's an army left." Laughing as Shepard jogged up to him, his typical 'What did I tell you about doing dumb things?' look on his face "What? Oh come on, Jack made her statement earlier and now I'm making mine. I just beat a Krogan to death."

Shepard just rolled his eyes as he ran past with the rest of the squad filing in behind him as they heading deeper into the complex. Jedore apparently wasn't happy with the sudden influx of Krogan in her base as the loudspeaker boomed again through the hollow metal ship.

"Sounds like we're doing this bitch a favour by clearing out the Krogan Shepard!" Jack shouted ahead as they ran through, moving up walkways onto giant platforms as the went deeper and deeper. They ran into a few more Krogan along the way but quickly developed the tactic that the rest of the team would distract while Feral moved into whatever position he could to take down the tank born clones head on.

Jack and Kasumi were the most pivotal in this plane, Mordin and Shepard could definitely piss the Krogan off and keep their attention but Jack and Kasumi could put them off balance. Jack's biotics may not have been able to throw the creatures as hard as the Suns but combined with Kasumi's sneak attacks they could put them off balance. Keeping the entire team safe from harm until Feral's blade or fists arrived, putting the Krogan down for good.

Eventually the team arrived near the edge of the hall and started to make their way deeper into the ship, heading up it's levels. Thankfully, and much to Feral's relief having taken a couple of punches from the Krogan himself, the number of tank born started to dwindle. The large foes replaced by the familiar but still unwelcome sight of more Blue Sun mercenaries.

Thanks to Kasumi's light fingers they had managed to get their hands on one of the mercenaries' radios, Jack of course giving some flippant comment over Mordin and Feral's 'bonding' session as they hacked into the system without setting off any alarms. Shepard just glaring her down as the stream of noise began to fill their short wave radios, letting them know that the Suns up ahead were still dealing with some Krogan.

"Good work you three, now if the outside was anything to go on we have a lot of stairs to climb…that should keep you happy Feral." Shepard gave Feral a small smile, to which the super soldier gave a very pathetic laugh before growling at the commander. "Let's get moving, up we go people." Shepard lead the way this time, Feral could bring up the rear this time with the three lighter combatants placed between the two life time soldiers.

The team kept moving, the ship seemingly stretching on forever as they moved deeper and deeper through the hollowed out craft. Occasionally coming across pockets of Blue Sun resistance, the mercenaries seemed to be tired by their fights with the Krogan. Bodies littering the halls and stair wells as they moved on, closing the distance on the position Okeer was supposed.

Jack was enjoying herself more and more, the close quarters and environment letting her use her biotics to the utmost potential. Flinging mercenaries off the side of platforms and letting them plummet down onto the bed of debris that lay at the bottom, even if they did survive they wouldn't be a problem for the rest of the mission. She and Feral had even started playing a small game between themselves, Jack would pull Suns as hard as she could straight towards her and Feral would punch them in mid-air, some would go flying off the edge but most would collide with steel walls. Adorning the already damaged ship with even more dents, the two former experiments clearly enjoying the abilities fate had handed them.

Watching the two high five as they ran on ahead slightly, Mordin voicing his observations "Both incredibly powerful, very dangerous. Enjoy killing. Worrying behaviour. Should be careful around them." Shrugging as Shepard just tilted his head to one side with a small smile on his face before running off after the two.

Kasumi patting the professor on the shoulder and tugging him only slightly as they both went to try and catch up to the two over powered specialists. "That's just his way of saying, at least they aren't attacking us Prof. So as long as it's not us, I say batter up." Grinning happily as the three moved to catch up with the two rampaging squad members.

Once again the group started moving on throughout the ship, cutting a swath through the Blue Sun's defenses. The team taking turns in the lead position, almost moving around in a giant circle as they kept pushing forward. The Blue Suns were barely prepared for the Krogans to get loose, how on earth were they supposed to be prepared for the combined might of Shepard and his team? Two Cerberus-born super soldiers, a master thief, a member of the Salarian STG and Commander Shepard. A barely raised Krogan army was practically a warm-up routine.

Pushing on further into the ship, they could hear Jedore screaming orders over her p.a. system. Asking for a reason why five people were tearing through her private army, shouting at Okeer for releasing the Krogan. Jedore's rants turning more and more infuriated as the team got closer to their goal. The only thing that seemed to slow down Shepard's squad was the door to Okeer's lab itself, Shepard was about to get Feral to work on getting it open when Mordin stepped forward and took his place.

"Please. Both Jack and Feral have had a chance to showcase their abilities. My turn." Smiling as he stepped to the door and began tapping at his omni-tool. Feral letting his own curiosity take the better of him, watching Mordin work through the programming.

"That's some serious software for a door that looks like its rusting away." Feral flicked the door as he watched line after line of programming run down the omni-tool.

"Agreed. Only one reason for such precautions. Okeer has something worth protecting." Tapping away at the holographic computer on his arm. "Let's go see what it is." The display on the door turning green before Feral tapped it, the door hissing open and revealing Okeer's lab. Several huge tubes lining along the sides of the room with the large Krogan Warlord at his own terminal. "After you Commander." Mordin stepped to one side and Feral followed suite.

"Yeah after you Shepard…good luck with the large, possibly furious Krogan." Feral grinned happily as Shepard rolled his eyes at the two, Mordin he was sure was just being polite but even so he did look very happy to let the commander go first.

The group slowly walked into the lab, keeping their weapons half raised as they fanned out. Occupying as much space in the lab as possible whilst Shepard moved up towards Okeer. "About time, the batteries on these tanks will not wait while you play with these idiotic mercs." The huge Krogan kept working at his computer, not even turning around to face Shepard.

The commander turning around to look accusingly at Feral and Jack, who both just shrugged and high fived again. Sighing as he knew that neither of them would feel bad for toying with the Suns, he was always sure that Garrus would whine a little and demand to be included in the next mission so he could join in. Regardless there were more pressing matters at hand. "So you must be Okeer, you don't seem to be caged or that happy to see me." Crossing his arms as he stood up to the Warlord in his own way.

"You may aim to be here to help, but the formerly deceased Shepard is not a sign of gentle change." Turning around finally to face the Commander, taking note of Shepard's expression "Surprised? All Krogan should know of you and your actions on Virmire, or has death left holes in your memory?"

Moving slightly uncomfortably, unsure of which way Okeer was taking the destruction of the lab on Virmire, he decided to play it safe. "I didn't have any room for finesse. If there had been another solution you can be sure I would've taken it."

Raising his hands to show he meant no harm with his statement. "But I approve. Saren's horde were not true Krogan. Numbers alone mean nothing. The mistake of an outsider, the same mistake these mercenaries are making." Turning back towards the window that overlooked the rest of the tanks, at least a hundred or so pods that looked like they were still carrying Krogan. "I gave their leader my rejects for her army. But she grows impatient. It is time for you to take me from this place."

"Will help in any way possible. But true purpose of our mission is the collectors. Need your help." Mordin chimed, trying to keep Okeer on track. The slightly mad Warlord was spouting out a clearly well planned out speech.

"I see. Yes, collector attacks have increased. A human concern though. My focus has been elsewhere." The Krogan walking up to the pod directly adjacent to his computer terminal. "I acquired the knowledge to create a pure soldier. With that, I will inflict the greatest insult upon the genophage that an enemy can endure. To be ignored."

That caught Feral's attention, picking his head up and speaking out loud "Survive, resist, ignore. That was what the tank born said on our way in. You really aren't trying to cure the genophage. You're going to make it redundant by creating an army of Krogan, pure Krogan." Looking at the tank with Okeer's creation, shaking his head slightly before everyone looked up at the tannoy.

"Attention! I have tracked the krogan release. Okeer of course." Jedore scoffed down the microphone. "I'm calling a 'blank slate' on this project. Gas the commandoes and flush the tanks. We'll start over from Okeer's data." The room suddenly began to hiss, a white cloud started to form as valves opened. Shepard's squad raising their weapons as they waited for orders.

Okeer, fuming, punched the glass between him and the room filled with his rejects. "She's that weak willed? She'll kill my legacy with a damned valve? Shepard. If you want information on the Collectors, stop her. She'll to access contaminants in the storage bay."

"Or we could just go right now, we can replicate this experiment later on. Why stay?" Shepard countered as the hissing got louder and louder, his team getting more and more twitchy as they waited.

Okeer sighed and started to hit buttons along the side of the tank. "This one is pure. It involved as much trial as data. Starting over will not duplicate it. This must survive. Jedore will be with the rejected tanks. I will stay here and do what must be done."

Shepard quickly looked over at Mordin, wanting conformation for Okeer's theory. The Salarian simply nodded after a few seconds but didn't voice his reasons, they could wait but right now they had someone to take care of. "Ok move out, down into that bay. We've got a Sun to kill." Shepard shouted over the hissing, his team immediately reacting and rushing towards the other door, heading down the stair and into the bay as fast as possible.

The squad had to dive for cover the moment they entered the bay, somehow Jedore had hidden away a LOKI mech and it had fired a missile straight at the door as Shepard had burst in. Luckily the explosion mainly caused more damage to the ship than anyone else. Feral took a few burns to his arms but everyone else's shields held strong. Jedore herself was at the other side of the room and started to open fire on the squad, forcing them all into cover.

Shepard was thinking as fast as he could, so far he had a LOKI and a heavily armed Blue Suns leader attacking him. Plus it was only a matter of time before she realised that there were Krogan still in those tanks. "Feral! You need to take out that LOKI! Same as Purgatory! We'll keep their attention fixed on us." Shepard shouted across the room and over the sound of machine gun fire and explosions to Feral. The super soldier instantly reacting and scuttling from cover to cover before disappearing from his sight.

Unfortunatly for Shepard, Jedore had gotten her act together far too quickly than he would've liked. All of a sudden a couple of tanks had hissed open and fully grown, heavily armed Krogan soldiers leaped out. "Oh fantastic.." Shepard groaned "Kasumi, you need to get to Jedore and take her out from behind. Mordin you and I will knock her shields out so she can get a hit. Jack! Slow those Krogan down!" again as if on a cue, Kasumi vanished from sight and Jack immediately started trying to push the Krogan back for as long as possible with her biotics.

Shepard and Mordin were trying their best to shoot at Jedore, struggling as the LOKI kept shooting its weapons towards the main group. Luckily for them though Feral had moved quickly and before the machines programming could react, the super soldier had climbed up onto it's shoulders and torn its head off; throwing the metal object down at one of the Krogan and knocking it down onto the floor.

The LOKI was down, now to concentrate on Jedore before the group could take on the two Krogan Jack was succeeding to slow down for now. Now with Feral joining in on the attack to take out her shields, Mordin was able to work much more effectively. The two techs working as fast as they could to drain or disable Jedore's shielding and before too long the woman's systems powered down.

Ducking down behind cover Jedore thought she was safe, at least from here she could release a few more Krogan. In her half panicked state she had missed the shimmer move across the room, the tiny sound of feet barely registering over the sound of her own heart beat in her head. When she did finally notice it though, the last thing she heard was a small Asian woman whisper "I'm sorry." Kasumi's cloak dissipated as she squeezed the trigger of her pistol twice, both rounds passing straight through whatever protection Jedore had left. The Blue Suns were down, now they only had the Krogan to deal with.

The two reptiles were getting closer and closer to Jack, the biotic doing her very best to push them back. The Krogan had dropped their shoulders down, using their weight and strength to their advantage and overcoming the force of her biotics. Thankfully the full force of Shepard and Feral's concussive rounds flew into their chests, followed by bursts of assault rifle fire. The rounds bouncing off their shielding but it gave Jack time to move back and into cover.

One of the Krogan eventually went down in a blaze of flames as Mordin sent an incineration straight at it. Watching its tank brother go down in a ball of flames the remaining warrior raised his weapon and fired a single spike straight at the group. Aiming at the nearest human with a rifle and hitting his mark, the spike hitting the red eyed one in the shoulder and knocking him down. With a smile on its face it watched as a blue covered fist collided with the side of its head, the biotic energy exploding from Jack's fist. Killing the reptile instantly and leaving Jack panting next to its body.

"He ok?" Jack grunted as she stood back up to her feet, shaking her hand as even with the biotic aura surrounding it. Punching a fully grown and armoured krogan in the head hurt. Looking over as Shepard and Mordin picked Feral up onto his feet.

"Yeah, yeah I'm good. Seriously though…always fucking me." Feral groaned as he poked around the spike that sat just below his collar bone. "I got it, don't worry. You lot get going, let's get Okeer and get the fuck off this planet." Grunting as he gripped onto the spike as best as he could, slowly pulling it out. Taking a few seconds to ease it out before stopping to catch his breath.

Shepard nodded and nodded back towards the door. "Kasumi, keep an eye on him and make sure he doesn't bleed out. Jack and Mordin, back to Okeer." The Asian woman stood back and watched Feral as he pulled the spike out, wincing as she watched the huge metal object seemingly last forever.

Shepard stopped in his tracks when EDI's voice rang through his radio "Alarms in the lab. Coinciding with a systems failure. The remaining systems are unprotected and I have gained limited access. According to lab scanners Okeer's life signs are rapidly dropping. I recommend haste." He quickly looked at Jack and Mordin and with urgency he waved his hand forward hard, breaking into a sprint. The two following him quickly from behind. Feral and Kasumi eventually following suite when he'd finally worked the spike out of his body and convinced Kasumi that it wasn't a good souvenir.

The thief and the soldier entered the lab to find Okeer slumped down on the floor and Mordin inspecting him, from the look on the Salarians face they had been too late. Shepard was however looking up at the screen, playing Okeer's last message. Kasumi went over to Jack, not really wanting to get involved and seeing as the biotic didn't care she would just enjoy the company.

Feral walked up to Shepard, rolling his shoulder to keep the regenerating muscles moving and relaxed. "So no Okeer then…..what now?" he sighed slightly, groaning a little as he rubbed the hole in his shirt and armour.

Shepard shrugged and then pointed at the tank "Okeer's legacy, a pure Krogan. Guess he wants us to take it along….so no Warlord but still a Krogan." Looking over at Feral who was just staring up in slight awe at the creature.

"Shepard….of all the Krogan we've met. Wrex was the most terrifying." Feral sighed and laughed slightly "But if this thing is perfect….and I assume that means more pure than any other Krogan….what the hell are we getting ourselves into?"

Shepard just began laughing "Hey, it's not the first 'super soldier' I've rescued from a base in the middle of nowhere. Look how that turned out the first time." Smiling at Feral who just rolled his eyes and smiled back. "What could possibly go wrong?"

Authors Note: Hey guys! So first and foremost, I AM BACK! I am back and I can't apologize enough for the lack of updates recently. Now I know I said last time I was going on holiday for a month and then to expect an update in the last week of July. Well I know it's now August and I am very sorry but life caught up with me slightly and writing hasn't been so much of a priority. Just to give you the brief run down, the first week I was back I was horrendously jetlagged and barely slept at all for 7-8 days. This meant I really wasn't in the mood to write much and unfortunately I am one of those people who have to want to write so yh ^^;; then in the second week my dog of 13 years (I'm 20 and I've had him his entire life) had a stroke and he's improved now and he's much better but at the time it was very scary and really shocked me and my family. So I am sorry but for two weeks I really had no motivation to write BUT! Now the motivation is back and here is your next chapter :3 I'm sorry it took so long to write but as promised it is a longer chapter and 10,000 words takes time :P but I promise I will strive to return to a more regular update schedule :3 just please be aware that my life sometimes takes precedence but I do love this story and I will keep writing whenever I can :3 So I hope you still enjoy this chapter and you continue to enjoy the chapters I write in the future. You're kind words help keep me motivated so much SO PLEASE ENJOY!