Here you guys go the long awaited update sorry for taking so long, but work got really busy and I had writers block. If you have not seen the new opening chapter I suggest that you do that now. Anyway enjoy.

'This is for thought and conversions the Light and emotion clones'

"This is speech by Ed or EDI"

'This is for speech from emotion clones and Light'

"This is for speech with the mask on (Not face mask that is worn underneath)"


Ch. 4

After dismissing his crew with the order to pick up supplies Commander Shepard and myself made our way to the Normandy. Passing C-Sec Bailey tossed my knife back saying, "Good luck out there kid."

"I don't need luck," I returned, "But I wouldn't mind having some. See you later Bailey," I finished with a two finger salute that turned into a peace sign.

"So what are your conditions? I will try my best to grant them," Shepard said after we passed through customs and the boarding dock.

"I'll tell you on the ship," I said tapping the side of my head, "Less eyes and ears." As we entered the Normandy the voice of Seth Green spoke up, "So Shepard." Joker turned his seat around facing us, "What did you get this time? We already have a crazy biotic, a mercenary that's like you, and Garrus."

Shepard smirked, "Well first we picked up a thief," Joker rolled his eyes. "And now we have another vigilantly, but this one can control electricity."

"Terrific," Joker muttered.

"Actually," I chimed in holding a finger up, "I prefer the term superhero, and it is lightening not electricity," I corrected.

"Great Sheppard," Joker said spinning his char back around, "You can never recruit someone normal can you."

"What's the fun in that?" I asked causing Joker to throw his hands up in the air. "Joker is our pilot," Shepard said through chuckles, "I'll meet you in the Conference Room Shadow Fox."

"Well two things first Boss," I said, 'Time to play stupid,' I thought.

"One, where is the Conference Room, and two is there a place for me to set my bags?" I asked adjusting the straps on my duffel bag. A familiar blue avatar popped up on the console besides Joker, "The Conference Room is down the hall and past the Amory or Tech lab Mr. Fox. As for living space you will have to speak to Commander Shepard about that," EDI answered.

With a raised eyebrow, that could not be seen thanks to my hood, I looked at Shepard. "That's EDI," he said answering my unasked question. "She is the ships A.I. so do you have a room preference?" the commander asked. Pulling a line from Mordin I said, "A.I. and non-human crew members. Cerberus is desperate. As for my room, I would prefer somewhere without any traffic, is closed off, and out of the way."

EDI chimed in, "The AI core room should by sufficient."

I rested my hand on my chin, "I'm cool with it as long as EDI doesn't go all GLaDOS on me." I said with a small chuckle which was quickly cut off when EDI responded with, "Don't worry Mr. Fox I promise I won't run test on you for the sake of science. No matter how much cake is involved." I froze in place and slowly turn towards the avatar. She sounded just like GLaDOS that scared the shit out of me.

"That was a joke," EDI monotone causing me to let out a nervous chuckle, which turned into full out laughter. "You're alright EDI," I said calming down a bit, "So where is the AI Core?" I moved down the hall way a confused Shepard following me.

"The AI Core room is located on the Crew Deck past the Infirmary Mr. Fox," EDI answered.

"GLaDOS? Cake? Test?" Shepard asked with a confused look on his face. I laughed lightly, "Ask EDI about it later," I told him, "I'll see you in a few."

"Just wait for me in the Infirmary. I'll have Dr. Chakwas check do a medical on you while we are down there," Shepard said as we stood in front of the elevator. "No," I said immediately catching Shepard off guard, "That is one of my conditions. No exams. You might trust your doctor, but I don't trust the equipment that Cerberus provided. If you catch my drift." Shepard seemed to ponder this for a moment. Then with a nod he spoke, "Okay EDI," he looked over to the panel next to the elevator.

"Yes Commander."

"Tell Mordin to grab his medical equipment and met us down in the infirmary," Shepard turns to me, "Mordin is an Ex-STG he'll keep the result on the DL. We just need to make sure that your healthily enough to handle our mission."

"Works for me," I said stepping into the elevator. "Wait," a perky red head called out, "My name is Kelly Chambers." Kelly introduced herself with a smile.

'Bitch is to bubbly,' Rude spat out. 'Quiet,' I snapped.

"I'm the Commander's Yeomen and psychiatrist. I'll need to-," I put my hand up cutting her off. "No offense Mrs. Chambers, but I don't you anywhere near my mind, plus it's the last place you want to be in…"

'Got that right,' Light said putting her input in.

"My other condition Boss man," I said getting into the elevator, "Keep all Cerberus personal away from me." Kelly seem taken aback but quickly recovered, "I understand your distrust-,"

"Glad that we have an understanding," I said closing the elevator's door.


'Ahh,' Light groaned as we stepped in to the infirmary and into the AI core, 'That elevator was soooo damn slow. How the fuck can these people be able to send an object a size of a grand of sand at super high speeds, but they can't make an elevator that is slower than a snail. It makes no damn since what so ever.'

I just shrugged my shoulder as I placed a finger on the wall, and sent out a pulse frying all of the bugs that were in the room. I then threw my bags on the flat area were they place Legion on when they retrieve him, 'Who knows,' I answered Light's rant heading towards the medical room.

After waiting for about fifteen minutes Shepard and Mordin stepped in the room. "Ah," Mordin spoke up, "Shadow Fox, pleasure to meet you, heard a lot about you through STG contacts," he said wasting no time with his scans. "Good things I hope," I said leaning into the nearest bed.

"Yes, very good things," the scientist said, "like taking down the corrupt Turian councilman's aid. Impressive. Need you to take off your jacket, blocking scans, easy to take blood work too."

I silently cursed, "I was afraid of that."

"Don't worry," Dr Chakwas said flipping a switch closing the window blinds, "there you go, now you don't have to embarrassed, and you identity will be kept safe."

"Ha, that's not what I'm worried about," I said placing my hand on the wall and repeating the same process of debugging that I used in my room. This caused Mordin's eyes to widen in wonder, "I need you guys to promise to keep what you're about see a secret. The kind that you keep to your dying day."

"Ex-STG, know how to keep secrets," Mordin said and only after Shepard and Chakwas gave their word did I removed my trench coat.

"Whoa," Shepard said taking a few steps back.

"Oh my," Dr. Chakwas covered her mouth.

"Fascinating," Mordin said as he began typing away on his omni-tool. I pulled down my face mask.

"In all of my years," Chakwas said stepping in to get a closer look, "Are they real?" she asked pointing at my fox ears and tail.

I flicked my ears and tail to the side, "Very."

"What are you?" Shepard said, "Did Cerberus do this to you?" I let out a bark of laughter, "If only it was that easy. No my origins are more complicated than that, which I won't tell you so don't ask. I will tell you I have the power of a Nine-tail fox."

"Nine-tail fox or Kitsune no Kyuubi," Mordin said his eye's not leaving his omni-tool, "Human mythical creature. Originated from Japan. Very powerful beings able to wield lightening, fire, can create powerful illusions, shape-shift their form. Even rumored to be able to bend time and space."

"Yea," I said scratching my fox ears, "You don't have to worry about me breaking the laws of reality just yet. I'm still a child by my kind so I can only use lightening and a little fire." I didn't want everybody to know just what I can do yet.

"What else can you do?" Shepard asked his eyes not leaving my ears. Mordin spoke up his eyes finally leaving his omni-tool, "Heighten agility, strength, and speed. How high is unknown at the moment. Senses 10x stronger than regular humans. Wears mask to lower intensity of smells yes?" I nodded, "Also enhanced regeneration abilities, possible that he will live longer than most Asari maybe longer still. Interesting."

The scientist took a deep breath, "If allowed, I wish to run more detail test," he raised his hands up, "Purely for entrainment, a hobby if you wish. Something for me to do when not researching Collectors."

I blinked a couple of times, "Uh…sure," I said taken aback by Mordin's speech speed, "Just promise me that you won't try and copy my abilities." Mordin's eyes got bigger if that was possible.

"Excellent, don't worry, will keep results for myself. Fascinating can't wait. Need a blood sample for now." I held out my uncovered arm while Mordin took some of my blood. He stared in wonder as the small hole where the needle went in healed immediately.

"I have never seen this kind of chip before," Dr. Chakwas said holding up her omni-tool which had a bunch of numbers and letters that I couldn't make head or tail out of. "What's it for?"

She must be talking about the chip that been plugged in the back of my skull. What's it for. Isn't that the million dollar question, "Your guess is as good as mine," I told her with a shrugged. "I've had that chip in me ever since I was born, and no body as could give me a straight answer." The good doctor looked at her tool a little bit longer.

"Well, I'll see what I can get."

"If you don't mind me asking," Shepard said getting my attention, "Just how old are you? You look and sound pretty young to me."

I put on my jacket and pulled up hood and face mask. Taking a deep breath I answered, "I'll be turning seventeen soon." Well if you want to technical about it I'll actually turning nineteen.

"Commander you can't take this child with us," Chakwas said immediately dropping everything she was doing, while Mordin looked impressed I think, "this mission is too dangerous."

I cock my head at her, "I appreciate the concern doctor," I said my voice calm, "but I can handle anything you throw at me. Besides if you didn't need me then my name wouldn't have hit your desk." Shepard gazed at me I could feel him scanning me contemplating, "Look," I said, "I won't just up and leave. Now that I know that innocent people are endanger, I am honor bound to help and protect those people. And I will with or without you." I leaned on one of the beds, "Besides how many humans do you know can take on a fully grown Krogan and walk away, and from what I gathered you're going to need all the help you can get."

Dr. Chakwas let out a weak sigh, "It's your decision Jake," she said before turning back to her work.

"Alright Fox," Shepard said after a moment of silence, "you can stay but you will do exactly what I say when I say. I rather not have to bury a child because he did something stupid."

I rolled my eyes, "Okay Dad when's my curfew and I'm allowed to have friends over." Shepard glared at me, "Look Shepard you don't have to worry about me being a rebellious teenager. I know there is a time to play and a time to work. And I know who's in charge, and I will follow your orders unless they bring harm to the innocent or goes against my no-kill code. Unfortunately I have killed a few times before and I rather not make a habit of it."

I took a deep breath as flashes of memories of my first kill surfaced. He was slaver/serial killer; Batarian of course, one of the few species that still does slavery. In the open at least. It was during my first year as Shadow Fox, I had picked up a trail of kidnappings in the more seeder wards. It was probably one of the most disgusting cases that I have ever done. The things he did to his victims of his killings, I shuddered just thinking about it. Anyway this guys MO was pretty simple; he would find a target, usually a young female, and follow them home. When he got to the targets home he would, well let's just say that if the girl was rescued in time she wouldn't have anybody to go back to, and was mentally scared. I guess he did that so it would be easier to break them for the slave market.

When I finally caught up with him in his warehouse I was angry, but it was a controlled anger. All that changed when I entered and saw the conditions that the would-be slaves were in. My anger changed to fury, but there was one in particular that stood out to me. It was a human girl, she could be no older than ten or twelve, but what got to me was that she looked so much like my sister. The girl looked up to me her faced caked in dirt and dried blood, although I guess it was from her parents or guardians, and she said to me, "Where's my mommy and daddy?"

That's when I snapped I calmly told the girls to look away because I didn't want them to see this. I didn't kill him, I slaughter him like the animal he was. I made sure he suffered for every moment of pain and anguish that he put his victims through. I was only able to stop thanks to Light taking control of my body and pulled my into my mind trying to ease my anger. When I was well enough to control my body again, I was back at my HQ with Shili ushering me into the bath. Apparently Light had taken care of everything calling C-Sec and staying with the girls long enough to make sure that we taken care of. She also explained everything to Shili.

As for the Batarian, well the only way they were able identify the body was through DNA. You can say that the Batarian government was pretty upset about that, apparently that guy was one of their top officials and they didn't take his death to kindly. I believe that they put a very large bounty on my head. I haven't really bothered to check I have so many bounties on my head it's not even funny.

I began to get angry the more I thought about. I was mad at the Batarian. I was mad at C-Sec. Most importantly I was mad at myself.

'Time to come back Sean,' Light said softly bringing out of morbid thoughts, 'and you should blame yourself you did everything you could. You saved them.'

'But not all of them,' I said thinking about the ones I couldn't get to in time, 'I should have been stronger.'

'You might be powerful Sean,' Light said, 'But you're not a god. You can't win them all.'

'No…but I can try,' I said stubbornly.

I looked up to see Shepard nodded his head and stuck out his hand, which I took, "Do you need anything else?" he asked.

"Besides private shower time, and a lock door, for obvious reasons," I told him with a shrug, "Nothing I can thinking of right now.

"Alright then I'll let you know what times are available for the showers-" Shepard was cut off by EDI.

"Commander, The Illusive Man would like to speak with you," she said making Shepard let out a tired sigh. I took that as my queue to leave.

"Well I'll go explore a bit," I said leaving the room.


So after scoping out every possible area of the ship, I went to the armory and placed an order for a pair of M-3 Predator pistols. I still kept the Paladin that I got from that merc back on the Citadel, but I gave it to Jacob so he could upgrade the heat sinks. Jacob asked me about armory to which I tugged at my uniform, he just shrugged his shoulders and went back to work. After that I decided to pay a little visit to Mordin.

"Ah, Shadow Fox thank you again for allowing me to run test on you," Mordin said as I entered his lab, "Can't wait to see what I can come with. Do need something?"

You know I don't know if I should be scared that Mordin running test on my blood. He does give off the 'I'm a mad scientist' vibe. I'm hoping that I don't wake up and find myself strap to the table getting poked and prodded.

"Well Doc," I said pulling out a data pad and began twirling in on my finger tips, "I hear that you're an accomplish chemist."

Mordin took a deep breath before looking at me with a smile, "Very," He said simply. I simply tossed him the data pad, which he caught and wasted no time at all going through it. "Interesting," he muttered, "notes state that it is a chemical compound that can be used as a power source, very unstable, long life span. Hmmm never seen such a element, possible undiscovered? No no no clearly man made." Mordin pauses his ramblings and looks at me, "What is this?"

"Before I answer that I have a question," I leaned forward and asked him, "Can you make it?"

Mordin doesn't answer at first just over the data pad once again before looking back at me. "Possible, will take me a while. Unless it's a chemical warfare, won't do it."

I smirked underneath my mask, "To answer your question and put your mind at ease. That chemical compound will be used for a suit that I'm working on thats it. It won't be used for anything else, and I won't give it to anyone else."

I crossed my arms.

"And it's going to be called Xenothium ore."


So after dropping off the data pad and making Mordin swear not to tell anybody about this project, which he didn't mind at all in fact I looked like a giddy school boy, I made my way back to the mess hall to grab a snack.

And that snack turned out to a tube of the best Turian chocolate. Yep thanks to my regenerative abilities that I got from Light I was able to safely eat Turian and Quarian food. When I found that out Shili became a very happy panda, especially when I started bringing top quality Turian food whenever I could.

I saw Garrus walk by like a man on a mission. "Hey Garrus," I called out, "Why don't you join me for a bit."

"Maybe later got to calibrate the main guns," he said not even turning around.

'Oh hell no,' Light said, 'We are not doing this.'

I couldn't agree more.

"But I got Turian chocolate," I said with a playful tone waving another tube in the air. Garrus paused and turned around eying the tube like a predator. I watched with amusement as the Turian fought an internal battle with himself.

"Well I guess the calibrations could wait for a while," he said finally giving in and walking towards me and taking the tube out of my hand. "So how did you get your hands on Turian chocolate and Galuci's Chocolate at that," Garrus said opening the tube and squirting some of the pasted in his mouth.

I swallow mine before answering, "You know the restaurant next to C-Sec HQ on Zakera Ward?" Garrus nodded, "I saved the owner's daughter from slavers a while back, and when he found out I could eat dextro food he gave me a discount on his wares plus a few tubes of chocolate for free."

Garrus did a double take, "You can eat our food?"

I smirked but of course he couldn't see it, "Yep, it taste good and takes up less space," I said as slurped down some more chocolate. "So Archangel," I said with a crescent smile, "As long as I'm here you'll have the best food around." I heard someone muttered, 'lucky bastard,' next to me. So I'm guessing that the new ingredients hadn't arrived yet.

"How did you know?" Garrus asked me.

"About you being Archangel?" I said getting a nod. I finished off my tube before answering, "Garrus, as you know in our line of work is very dangerous. Information is just one of our tools, and the most important one in our arsenal."

I leaned back into my chair, "So what's the rush?"

Garrus down the rest of his chocolate and stood up, "We got our next recruit and it's an old friend of ours. Who so happens to be in the middle of Geth Space."

"Tali Zorah," I stated while Garrus looks at me with a Turian equivalent of a raised eyebrow. Although it wasn't him that spoke next, "How did you know that?" I turned my head to Shepard.

I smirked, "Well Garrus is here," I motion to the Turian, "Wrex is on Tuchanka gathering the clans together. Ashley is with the Alliance. And Liara is on Illium working as an information broker. So that leaves Mrs. Zorah. Also the fact that the Quarians are the only species that are brave enough to send a group into Geth Space."

Shepard crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes at me, "Okay next question," he said his voice low and eyes full of suspicion, "How do you know all of that."

'Because where we're from this is all just a game,' Light said from my mind. 'Shush'

"Because," I paused dramatically and in a perfectly clam voice I say, "I'm the Shadow Broker."

Pure silence fills the mess hall. I could feel every eye on me.

'They don't seriously believe that do they,' Light said with a scoff.

'Well considering nobody but us knows who and what the Shadow Broker is, and considering that I know a lot of information it is somewhat believable,' I told her.

I chuckled a bit, "Oh man actually you guys actually believe that," I said with a small chuckle, "relax I'm fucking with you guys." Everybody seem to relax a bit, "Man you guys are so uptight," I said to everybody in the room, "I know it's a suicide mission, but damn relax before you have a heart attack or something." I return my gaze back to Shepard, "In all honesty Boss," I said standing up, "Blue Suns and Blood Pack encryption suck ass, and Liara has given me useful Intel over the years."

"I see," Shepard said staring at me for a moment longer before nodding turning towards Garrus, "get ready we'll be at Halestrom in a few hours."

"Good I'll be ready by then," I said making sure my belt was stocked and my staffs were- "No." I looked up at Shepard.

"No what?" I asked, my stomach clenching.

"No your not coming. Its' just going to be me, Garrus, Kasumi, and Zaeed."

I took a deep breath, "And why I'm not going?" I asked as my anger began growing in Light and myself.

"I already have a full squad and I don't know exactly what you can do," Shepard's mouth said, but his eyes said. "Because you're a child."

I felt Light push me aside, "Don't patronize us Shepard," she growled with my mouth.

'Let me handle this Light.' I barked. Light moved aside and let me take control again. I turn around and made my way to the AI core, "Don't try and lie to me Shepard," I said pausing in front of the Infirmary Room, "I maybe a kid in your eyes because of my age." I turn my head a bit and fix Shepard with my coldest glare, "But don't you dare underestimate me and what I can handle."

I quickly went to my room and took a few calming breath, 'that fucking jack ass treating us like children,' Light grumbled before talking to me, 'Hey Sean.'

'Yea.'

'Next time somebody asks about your age FUCKING LIE THROUGH YOUR TEETH,' she screamed casing me to wince in pain as I let out sigh.

This is going to be a long trip.


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