Lieutenant Paladine: I wasn't really planning on changing too much.

Kasanra: Sounds good.

Scorpio-666: Thank you!

Subsider34: Maybe I can find one for you. I'd like to see them myself. Hah! Vanilla Therum. That's funny.

A Fan: Alright. I'll try to keep Chakwas from doing that then.

Kaiya Smith: I'd like to see her reaction as well. It would at least be funny.

Arael Tenebris: Alright.

Hopelessly Blue: You've been quoted in my stories before… But I don't think that unicorn dream is going to come true. Now, now, no need for the worship. But yeah, she probably is going to make more faces. Yeah, I'm not a big fan of a lot of action-y bits either.

"Glad to see you've returned." Chakwas said upon my arrival to the med-bay.

"I just wanted to make sure it was alright before we did all this stuff." I replied with a small sigh. She helped me up on the bed again and I squirmed to get a little more comfortable.

She regarded me questioningly, "Is there anything I should know?"

I avoided her gaze as I answered, "Deep scan tests and coding recognition are off-limits. But other than that Tela said it should be okay."

The older woman's brow rose at this but she didn't argue. "If you say so." She conceded. "We'll just do a surface scan then, and make sure you're not injured anywhere new." She said, lying me down on the bed. I kept my hands in loose fists, already feeling that familiar anxiety. I avoided the med-bay for four days for a reason.
"After that I will check your ribs and your acromion to make sure they're still in line and healing as they should." I nodded and closed my eyes to try and concentrate. Every time I was in the presence of a medical lab or facility I got these scary flashbacks. Any sort of medical procedure- even the words themselves- had a slinking chain of fear coiling in my chest.

The scanner began to run over my body at a medium pace, and I could see- almost feel- the laser as it moved up and down my body. My heartbeat increased but kept at a steady pace, pounding against my chest. I shut my eyes tighter, hoping it would be over soon.

"Let's see what we've got here…" a dark, slimy voice was the first I heard. It made me feel scared. Where was I? Why did they take me?

The rag they tied around my head came away so I could see again. It was so bright that I had to squint just to see. The man that stood above me was staring at me with a scary look. I felt like he was going to hurt me.

My eyes darted around the room. Where's mommy? But I didn't see anyone other than a few more doctors walking around.

It looked like a lab. Everything was white. Even the machines. But the smell wasn't clean. It was like chemicals and darkness. It smelled like blood. I tried to move my arms and legs but they were held down. When I looked I saw I was strapped down. The table I was laying on was hard and cold.

No one looked at me when I whimpered.

"Looks like we found a match." The scary man's voice startled me and I looked up. He was staring at a screen while a machine went up and down. It was scanning me, like the machines they used when I went to get my check-up at the doctor's.

"Wh-where's mommy?" she had been with me. She was with me at the classroom. Before that explosion happened and a bunch of scary people in armor came. They yelled loudly and they had guns.

The man looked at me and smiled, but it wasn't a nice smile. "I'm afraid she isn't going to be taking care of you anymore."

I began to get really scared. "W-what?"

He grinned. "It turns out that you're a match to some of the DNA we've collected. You won't be going home."

"B-but I-" I tried to talk but I was beginning to get too scared. Tears jumped up in my eyes and I began to breathe faster.

"You're ours now, little Calista." He crooned and stroked my cheek. His hands were cold and clammy.

I wanted to cry.

"Calista?" a voice asked. A hand pressed on my good shoulder and I jolted from the flashback with eyes wide open. "Are you alright, dear?"

I glanced around and saw Chakwas standing over me instead of that guy. The room was blue. It smelled clean. There was no blood and no white machines. I was safe.

"Yeah." I muttered. I noticed the scanner was already in standby again. I must have gotten a little more absorbed this time. "Yeah, I'm fine." I repeated myself as if to reinforce the fact that I was okay.

I sat up and made a point to move my arms and legs. They weren't trapped. I was safe. "Are you sure?"

I nodded and forced myself to look at Chakwas. "Yep. I'm good." I forced a half-smile.

Residual memories still existed in my head because I was still in Calista's body. She really did have amnesia. But sometimes these things triggered flashbacks. I turned into that little girl and felt what she felt, thought what she thought. I was terrified in those visions, and completely alone. In some ways those flashbacks were worse than the Prothean visions that kept flashing up and burning out behind my eyes.

I hated them.

Chakwas regarded me suspiciously for a moment before taking a breath and looking to the monitor. "Well, everything looks normal. I wasn't able to do a full scan but from what I see you're healthy. Your bones are doing fine in healing so far and as long as you don't move around too much they should stay that way. Do refrain from stretching do much as well, please."

I hummed an affirmative and bowed my head to show I understood. "Sure. Anything else?"

She shook her head and I felt relief wash into me. She helped me off the bed and I rushed out of the med-bay as fast as I could without looking conspicuous the Chakwas. As soon as I was out and the doors slid shut behind me I felt my body relax and I took a breath to steady myself.

Hopefully I wouldn't have to deal with another one of those anytime soon.

…

As Shepard pulled on her helmet next to the mako she was joined by Wrex, Garrus and Ashley. Thanks to Tali getting absorbed into learning about the ship's drive core and Kaidan still recovering from Calista's attack they weren't going to be joining. Shepard kind of wanted Nihlus there to help out but as he said, he was running intel and gathering information.

"Ready for the drop?" Shepard asked, glancing over her team to make sure they were suited up and ready to go.

Wrex smirked, "Huh. I'm always ready to kill things."

Ash nodded once, "Right behind you Commander."

Garrus looked toward the mako, "Well I can't say no, now can I?"

Shepard nodded to herself, satisfied they could get going, and gestured for everyone to hop into the mako. They climbed up the small ladder and dropped down into the hatch before closing it behind them. Shepard claimed the driver's seat and Wrex took the main gun while Garrus and Ash strapped themselves into the passenger seats.

As the Normandy's cargo bay doors opened and Joker sent them off, Shepard couldn't help but wonder whether what Calista said would come true.

A/N: As it turns out many people want to see how the team thinks of Calista and how certain people will react upon seeing Calista's prediction come true or not. So I will be writing that. But please forgive me for not putting it in today. I'm just not having a good day and I won't do any good if I push myself through Therum. I'm sorry about the inconvenience.

TU: 7:30 PM