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Chapter 7: Impulsive

Kyson's POV

"Dude Steve, I swear it happened!" laughed Kyson as Cortez rolled his eyes.

"You are full of shit Kyson" said Joker who was sitting on the crates under the engineering deck.

"I can't make things like that up, I scared the bastard shitless with a two story tall Krogan hologram. He damn near pissed himself!" laughed Kyson again as he leaned against the Kodiak. He had to get away from everything to clear his mind. His brother was back in full force, no thanks to Kerris, so he had to leave.

He had spent the last half hour helping replace one of the bearings for the right rear thruster on the Kodiak. It apparently was getting sluggish causing the ball joint to catch. Cortez said it was nothing major yet, but he wanted to make it a 'non-issue'. So as time passed, Joker helped loosen him up with a few corny Jokes about the growing cyborg porn industry hence why Kysonhad painted himself up with grease like a robot Indian doing a war dance.

"You almost got shot because of that stunt" replied Steve with a broad smile. Kyson nodded, for he had left out all of the grim shit like the Banshees and the hallucinations.

"This is the most reckless, suicidal, amazing ship the galaxy has ever known" Joker chuckled causing Kyson to light a cigg.

"Ain't that the damn truth" he replied. A rag was thrown at Kyson hitting him in the chest.

"Go get cleaned up. If I remember, you have been up for almost two days now" said Steve who started to put tools away.

"So have you! What's wrong? Not willing to let James take another shift on the Kodiak?" asked Kyson as he got up grabbing his shirt off of the thruster.

"Not a chance in hell, or heaven as a matter of fact" laughed Cortez.

"But I so admired the flying battering ram approach! I was thinking of using it on the Geth dreadnaught the entire time!" Joker said.

"I am thankful you restrained yourself" replied Cortez.

"Well I'm off to pass the fuck out. Catch ya'll later" said Kyson as he reached the elevator.

"Don't let the bed Tali bite!" yelled Joker as the door closed.

"You make it sound like a bad thing…" Kyson said with a smile.

"Aw, your friends are trying to be funny. Too bad you are doomed to be exactly like Kerris, remember? It was only thirty minutes ago" said Kevin. Kyson just kept smiling as he hit for the next deck up. He was going to grab some clean clothes before hitting the shower.

"How many times have you tried this tactic? Ignoring me like you just did to your lifemate doesn't work" continued Kyson's older brother in his head. The doors opened to the next deck. Right as he stepped out overlooking the hanger bay a wave of energy hit his body sending him flying towards Diana Allers' room. A body crashed on him knocking the wind from his lungs. Biotics? Great…

"Ungh…"he grunted as he tried to stand. He saw purple and gold cloth next to him, Tali was slowly getting up as well.

"You bosh'tet! Being cheap by using biotics!" snarled the very pissed sounding Quarian. Kyson looked up to see Kerris standing in front of Javik. The Prothean was glaring at Tali with a level of hate only Kyson knew.

"She didn't mean it, please let us forget this. It's all a misunderstanding" rambled Kerris nervously while laughing awkwardly. Kyson looked at Tali who had her knife out at the ready. What did I miss? He wondered trying to figure out the situation.

"Hmph" snorted Javik as he went to his quarters that once housed Grunt. Tali got into Kerris's face.

"I had him!" she snarled causing Kerris to raise his hands defensively.

"It would not have solved anything, he might be our last hope to solve the crucible" said Kerris.

"Yes I've been briefed on it, a magic super weapon to end our plight. It's too good to work. Keelah, I was better off thinking I was dead…" Tali stopped when Kyson cleared his throat announcing his presence.

"Ah! Kyson…I…I didn't…" she stammered. Kyson sighed heavily as he put things together. Javik probably was curious and pissed her off.

"Don't worry about it, you two hold tight right there" he said. He went down to his room retrieving a pair of clean jeans along with his Opeth band shirt. He was mildly surprised to find both Quarians waiting for him. They followed him into the elevator for the short ride to the crew deck.

"Why do you have grease all over you?" asked Kerris as they got to the mess.

"Did a little re-enacting" he replied leaving the cyborg with a befuddled expression.

"Tali, I told you the Prothean was grumpy" said Kyson.

"He blatantly insulted me! He insulted us!" she replied still fuming.

"Get used to it. Kerris, is there anything else you need 'cause I'm going to pass out after I shower" said Kyson trying to give the hint that Tali was going to be retiring with him.

"Why would I need to know that? I mean, I understand the grease must be irritable. Tali was showing me the Normandy and…" Kerris kept going on about what he still wished to see aboard the ship. Tali held up a hand.

"I think he means that he and I are going to bed, Kerris. It's almost time for you to be under guard anyways…" said Tali. Kerris stopped his rambling.

"Ah…yes of course. I shall take my leave then. Good night Tali…Kyson" said Kerris awkwardly at the end with a quick nod. Kyson just watched as the cyborg met the guards, then turned in for the cycle. Kyson was satisfied that so far this other Kerris was holding true to his words or acting very well for the time being. He walked to the men's room.

"I can't go in there, I'll meet you down in your room" she said.

"Who cares? Just come on in will ya?" he grunted as he tore off his boots. Tali walked in glancing around uncomfortably.

"This is so wrong…not as bad as that one time Liara and I had to pull Shepard out of the men's room on the Citadel. That was really awkward for us" she said. Kyson had already jumped into the shower cleaning thoroughly as fast as he could.

"Did Kerris explain what you were looking for?" he asked hoping that he didn't have to go through the worst of details with her.

"No, not really. He just said that whatever demon that is in his head sees you as a threat to the galaxy. He also told me how bad the Reapers really are" said Tali as she leaned against a sink.

"You are up to speed, awright then" he replied after his ninety second power shower. He got ready for bed while Tali stood quietly brooding on something. They went to his room in silence. In the time Kerris left to entering his room he saw his dead brother staring at him no less than three times leering at him. Tali shut the door activating the decon sequence.

"Will everyone be okay again?" asked Tali as she walked up to the workbench.

"What do you mean?" asked Kyson as he checked something on his Omni-tool.

"Everyone is on the verge of breaking. I thought that coming back to the Normandy, things would make me feel stronger with all of the memories here. I have found that everyone's will is broken" said Tali sadly. Kyson closed his eyes.

"Ha! You can't hide it from her forever! She sees the hopelessness that surrounds you" laughed Kevin causing Kyson to twitch.

"We will pull through. The Normandy always has, John is still in charge so we have hope" said Kyson, the statement was easy for him to say for he didn't have to dig deep to find the words. The decon scan chimed alerting completion causing Tali to take off her visor.

"I know, just hard to see right now" she replied while taking off her helmet. Tali then looked at him with downcast eyes. What she hoped to find obviously wasn't here.

"Here, let me" he said as he got up. He began to gently undo some of Tali's clasps while she worked on the seals.

"Thank you" said Tali softly after she was completely bare. Kyson took his shirt off giving it to Tali, it was way to baggy due to his broad shoulders but it would serve as good pajamas.

"Sure" he replied feeling completely drained. It was so common for him now. While in the N7 program he didn't feel anything but now he couldn't ignore the turmoil. Only delay the looming shit storm that was his psychosis.

"What happed to your side?" asked Tali as she saw the scars across his torso.

"I got on the wrong side of a Krogan. A friend helped save my ass that day" he replied as he rolled into the hammock. Tali grabbed the one blanket which Kyson never used.

"That had to hurt…but your face, how?" she asked while gently running a finger down the straight scar that started as his hair line down to the cheek.

"A terminal exploded in my face sending shrapnel everywhere. I got lucky with my eye" he replied summing up the long story.

"I wish none of this happened" said Tali who hopped into the hammock with perfect balance.

"Can't change that, let's just press on" he replied as his eyes fought against his wish to stay awake. He was so tired his body was cutting his thoughts short.

"I still have some of your things back on the Neema" said Tali changing the subject. She was subconsciously tracing circles on his chest as the comfort was threatening to put him to sleep.

"Oh yeah?" he asked.

"Some clothes, no ciggs…I know it's bad, but oh well. Let's see, there is your acoustic guitar and the Mosin-Nagant" she said. Kyson woke back up with the mention of his old WWII rifle.

"Wow, is it still in one piece?" he asked honestly surprised.

"No more ammo, I used it against the Geth. It is a hell of a weapon Kyson. Left an equally hellish bruise" she said with a broad smile.

"Aww, let me take a look" cooed Kyson as he began to give both of Tali's shoulders a deep message.

"It was almost two weeks ago ohhhhhh… right there…ungh…" grunted the Quarian as Kyson found several knots in the tense muscles. If he thought that he was a piece of work, he had nothing on Tali. She felt like a wound spring. He ran down her back some only to find even more knots.

"Ow! Ah…don't stop it's a good hurt" she murmured as her hair draped over his face hiding the room from view. Every few seconds Tali's face would screw up from the discomfort of his strong hands only to relax in bliss the next. He slowly worked his way back until his hands felt her firm buttocks.

"That felt amazing, I missed that too" she said lying on his chest.

"Wait, did you ever check in with Dr. Chakwas?" she asked.

"Yeah for a few seconds in the mess, she said to get rest I just got banged up a bit. That's a far cry from getting run through or spaced" he said now messaging her scalp by running his hand through her hair. If he didn't know any better he could practically hear her purr.

"Good" was all she said. They lay there as sleep overtook them but Kyson felt something cold run down his side. He crooked his neck to see water on his side.

"Tali?" he asked softly for the presence of tears meant she wasn't asleep at all. Tali looked up at him with the ever luminous eyes he had fallen in love with. But tears had formed a small puddle between his breasts causing a rivulet to fall down his side.

"I'm afraid that if I go to sleep, I'll wake up with you gone again" she said. Kyson didn't use words for they meant nothing at this point. He wrapped his arms around her tightly bringing her up so her lips met his. After about a minute of constant contact they separated just slightly.

He felt the same as she did, for everything was happening so fast he had no idea if he would wake from this bitter sweet dream only to find himself still down in the labyrinths of Tuchanka. For ever since that day he helped face down a Reaper nothing felt tangible. Until Tali had come back that was. He felt her breath upon his neck as she lay on his chest reminding him that everything was real. The warmth of her body reassured his aching bones that he once again despite being a wonderer of the stars; he had a shore to anchor too.

"After all of this is over, you still gonna help me with my little shop?" asked Kyson with a small smile on his lips. It was the first time he thought about something past this war in a long, long time.

"Yes, I want that more than anything Kyson" said Tali softly as she opened her eyes to look at him. He went to kiss her again but his terminal pinging from across the room.

"Good thing I still have pants on" grumbled the N7 as he gently got off of the hammock. He had received a call from Legion. Kyson hadn't forgotten the lack of help the Geth offered back on Rannoch so he called back. The Machine answered instantly.

"Sorely-Lieutenant Commander, are you recovering well?" asked Legion over the terminal's comm.

"Yeah, can I help you?" he asked cutting to the quick.

"Kerris has asked me to further explain what occurred on Rannoch. We know you as an ally, a friend" stated Legion. Kyson sighed as he sat down on his stool, reaching for the bottle of Southern Comfort he had never finished.

"So why did you stand by and watch? I needed my ally back there, Legion" he said with a frown. A long pause followed before he got a response.

"We attempted to dissuade Kerris of his actions. He did not listen. Kerris was the first organic we had ever encountered thus, our trust in him is sizable" replied Legion. Kyson chewed on his lower lip processing the information.

"Shepard told me he was the first one to make peaceful contact with the Geth" commented Kyson.

"That is true. Kerris came to Rannoch with unknown intentions. He was attacked by the heretics causing his ship to make a crash landing on Rannoch. When we found the young Creator, he assumed we were hostile like the heretics. We watched as Kerris gained consciousness he tried to crawl away in fear. It was not a peaceful beginning" clarified Legion. Kyson looked at Tali who was still lying down but wide eyed at the revelation.

"So over time you helped him back to health, gave him a new arm as well showing peace as well. So how do you explain all of the killing he has done across the galaxy?" asked Kyson. If the Geth turned a blind eye to the travesties committed by the cyborg he would be questioning the machines in full of their intentions. Hell he was already on the verge of throwing in the hat with the Quarians.

"We have tried to influence the actions of Kerris for the benefit of himself, yet each being makes its own choices. Kerris has been nothing but a friend to the Geth" said Legion taking a very neutral stance.

"What are you, Asari?" snorted Kyson. He got no response from the Geth. Instead a vid popped up on the Terminal. It was Legion looking at Kerris on a planet he had never seen before.

"I know that place" said Tali as she crouched next to him for modesty from the possibly watching Geth.

The vid panned around some sort of massive dam with Geth hovering over many terminals while Kerris looked preoccupied.

"There is something different about Kerris. We caught sight of this, anomaly a year ago" said Legion. The vid then had audio.

"Kerris, what do you stand to gain from this venture?" asked Legion in his typical machine voice. Kerris smiled wickedly at the sky of the planet.

"Why, entertainment as always. They are but a simple little outpost! Nothing, but twenty or so scientists with their families scouting for minerals, their companies orbiting station is just above them. Why do I care if the team comes up missing? I am merely helping their competition. It is a cut throat business, mining…." Kerris snickered stroking his chin.

"Kerris, they are but a few, why must they perish for a mere fifty thousand credits. The expense of such is greater than just lives. It is a matter of wasted resources" commented Legion.

The vid paused.

"We had successfully dissuaded Kerris from his acts of violence towards others many times, we could not stop them all. In a few seconds you will see why" said Legion as the vid resumed.

"Maybe you are right…" mumbled the cyborg in response.

"We are glad you see our logic. Kerris, we have the newest data on the prototype you have developed, the sphere that will fully encompass Rannoch…" Legion was cut off by Kerris snapping his attention directly at the Geth.

The vid paused again but this time Kyson felt a deeper sense of fear than anything else he had ever experienced. Staring from behind the now manic looking Quarian who had wide eyes full of malice stood a shadowy three fingered being with red glowing eyes. No features could be made out other than the rough shape.

"Keelah! What is that?" asked Tali in shock while her hand gripped Kyson's thigh for support.

"We have seen this anomaly six times including this instance" said Legion as the vid resumed one last time.

"Fuck it! I'm going to drop the station on the piss ant little outpost HAahahahahaha!" cackled Kerris with the shadowy figure just standing over his shoulder.

"Stop the vid" said Kyson sharply. He felt a cold sweat start to form on his brow as those eyes froze in the frame. It was too close for comfort for him.

"Legion, does Kerris know about this?" he asked.

"Affirmative" replied Legion. Kyson thought about what it might be, but kept his mouth shut just in case. He would not allow himself to go down that path of reasoning.

"Thank you Legion for showing this to me, I'm going to get rest now before I decide what to do about this…and thanks for the apology" said Kyson. The Terminal went back to its usual read outs of the drive core's running stats.

"Acknowledged" said the Geth before another soft chime went off, the line was dead.

"What the hell was that?" asked Tali with wide eyes. Kyson frowned as he dredged up old stories from Earth. He was by no means an expert on lore or religion, but something about that ominous shadow reminded him of something.

"I don't know, but whatever it was it looked nasty" he replied before taking a swig of booze.

"And that dam, we built it! It was once a Quarian colony, Arvuna to be exact. That place was abandoned right after the Mourning War" said Tali trying to figure out things herself.

"Whelp, I'm gonna pass out now, my mind has had enough for two years much less two days" said Kyson as he got back into the Hammock. Tali crawled up next to him with a frown still on her face.

"I just don't understand why Kerris was there. Could he be indoctrinated? Kyson! What if whatever that thing was, is how the Geth see indoctrinated people?" asked Tali thinking she had stuck on something. Kyson grunted in response.

"I doubt it, even the Geth could tell that part of their numbers had been hacked" he said. He felt his eye lids close for he truly couldn't function anymore. The last thing he felt was Tali's cheek on his chest before darkness took him.

"Kyson, can you grab your brother and sister for me? Dinner will be ready in a few minutes" said Amelia Sorley, Kyson's mother.

"Yeah, I got it ma" he replied tiredly. He had been playing hard all day with Boomer down at the river. He lifted his head from the table which had two data pads full of math equations half finished.

"Hey, it's not my fault you played out all day procrastinating so don't give me that 'ma' crap" said the dark haired woman slaving over stove.

"I'm getting into college two years early, I earned a few days here and there" he replied as he made his way to the back screen door. He had made it half way out before Amelia snapped at him.

"Don't you give me any lip, just go get them" said Mrs. Sorley. Kyson sighed heavily as he walked out into the back yard, he instantly saw Teagann busy painting something.

"Hey sis, dinner is almost ready" he announced.

"Not now Kyson, I have to finish this for school tomorrow" replied Teagann as she finished a tree in the painting.

"Your ass not mine" grumbled Kyson.

"You shouldn't cuss around a twelve year old asshat" chided Teagann.

"Maybe you shouldn't talk back to your almost sixteen year old brother, just a thought oh exulted one of sophistication" snickered Kyson as he made his way to the tree fort in the woods. But a heavy object hit him in the back of the head making him stagger.

"Ow!" he yelped rubbing the back of his head. He saw an orange laying the ground, she had gotten him again. He looked back to see Teagann sticking her tongue out at him from the back porch.

"Just you wait…" he mumbled as he headed into the trees. Kevin would naturally be up ahead for he would always go to the fort to think about things. After a five minute climb on the hill he could hear shouts from the three level tree fort.

"I don't give a god damn about them James! They are worthless assholes!" shouted Kevin from the top level. Kyson silently walked into the base level that was one large room between three massive oak trees. Kevin was always butting heads with the family. If only the idiot would learn to be quite for once things would be so much easier.

"Bro, calm the fuck down with a hit man" said the familiar voice of James Syphe, Boomer's older brother. Kyson heard the gurgling of a long bong hit before his brother began to cough up a lung.

"Got to cough to get off right? Hahahaha! Wash it down with a beer, now seriously dude, fuck your family! Just get to college and remember what you always tell me!" laughed James. Kevin coughed again before replying.

"If you can't blind them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit I know I know awright but if my psycho bitch of a mother says one more thing to me then Wham! She's going down. Dad left us with her like always James! He can't deal with all of her crazy shit or keep track of which drugs she needs so he goes off fighting the good fight so people won't see how much of a shitty father he is!" snarled Kevin. Kyson couldn't help but pull out his pack of ciggs, he was only fifteen but alcohol burnt the shit out of his throat so nicotine it was for stress.

"Hey! You don't have to fucking remind me ass clown. It was your dad that got mine killed! So here's to hoping he gets his brains blown out by some fucking ugly ass Batarian!" yelled James as Kevin laughed. Kyson decided it was time to make himself known.

"If you two are done, dinner is about to be done" said Kyson in a calm tone.

"Shit!" hissed James as a glass object clinked on the wooden fort.

"Holy shit that was fucking close…that bong cost me three hundred creds….Kyson! What the fuck man?" Kevin asked.

"Hey, not my fault James is a clumsy bitch" snapped Kyson as he headed back to the house as James cursed him from the top of the fort. Kyson didn't care; he couldn't stand the shit his brother was saying or doing. It was everyone's responsibility to help mom out no matter her condition. If Kevin wasn't mature enough to be the man of the house while dad was gone so be it.

Kyson was still brooding when he got out of the woods, he saw Teagann sitting on the porch waiting for him. She looked terrified as if she had seen a ghost that was all he had to see as he approached her.

"How bad this time?" he asked forgetting all about the cigg still in his mouth.

"She is out of meds…" was all her sister said still staring out at the woods. Kyson threw the cigg before walking into the kitchen.

"I said twenty fucking minutes Kyson! Why the fuck can't you kids get to dinner in a timely manner?" asked his mom who was staring at him from the table. Kyson could smell the burning food on the stove.

"Mom, we were just playing is all. I'll finish dinner and do the dishes if that helps" he offered.

"I shouldn't feed you little worthless dependents! After all of the shit you have pulled on me over the years!" shrieked his mother. Kyson just looked at the floor, it was the only way for this to pass. She had to rant and rave to get the nastiness out of her brain. Kyson could feel his jaw clenching but he jumped when the door opened behind him.

"Don't you talk to him like that bitch!" shouted a very inebriated Kevin.

"Petulant child!" howled his mother before she grabbed a steak knife. Kyson didn't know what to do as his mother lunged at Kevin.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Kyson screamed as he bolted up right in his hammock. He was sweating like a pig in his pitch black room on the Normandy. Kyson felt his heart trying to leap out of his chest as he shivered in the cold. His eyes focused on the only light in the room, it was his terminal but it gave off a terrible noise. And how horrifying that noise was! It sounded like the tearing of space but played by a demonic hand! (Mind's Mirrors: by Meshuggah)

Kyson stayed very still in his hammock as an eerie green light enveloped him as his brother's face cold and emaciated came out of the gloom. Kevin had those red eyes once again as he stared right at Kyson.

"The feeding frenzy of my starving soul, gnawing voraciously at the bones, the exo-skeletal patchwork protecting my own refection within" said the specter of Kevin who was cloaked in a mass of black shadows. Kyson tried to make sense of the words but it all seemed so off.

"The twin-and-same engaged in the mirrored act of chewing away, at the shell of my attacking self. The paradox unseen…" Kevin continued to murmur in a distorted voice that made him thing of the Geth. But the words, he knew them, the paradox unseen but why these words? Kevin slowly pointed one of his shrouded arms at Kyson with a long finger pointing at him causing waves of nausea to wash over the engineer.

"Treacherous this deceit to make no choice matter. To have and yet lose yourself, until finally all reasons why are forgotten. To live through one's own shadow! Mute and blinded is to really see. Eclipse the golden mirror, and the reflection is set free!" said Kevin finally as the shadowy mass slowly crept down from his body to form a shadow on the ground writhing as if in agony.

"Kevin! What, what the hell are you going on about? What paradox? I…I don't understand" stammered Kyson as a cold sense of dread emanated from the writhing shadow on the deck.

"You shall see, for we have reached an interesting moment in time. There is a way for this existence to surpass what you know, but can you accept it? Will you fight against me or come back to the fold?" asked Kevin now smiling yet staying in place.

"Surpass what? You are speaking in riddles" snapped Kyson as the shadow moved a foot closer.

"You shall see" said the dead brother as the dark mass inched across the floor towards Kyson, he had no idea what it was. He needed to run, to escape but as the thought entered his mind, the shadow gained mass into a small dark figure.

A hand shot from the darkness latching onto his skin, as a face formed black and charred. The little girl had come back with the howling sounds of the Banshee. Kyson had no time to react for at the same moment the lights flashed on to his room leaving nothing behind of his hallucination. Kyson struggled to get out of his hammock causing him to fall onto the floor.

He should be scared but no, he was furious! He screamed as he clutched his head while screaming at the spot his brother once stood. How dare Kevin make things worse after all that had happened! He kept screaming as he swiped his arm across his work bench sending parts, glasses and bottles crashing to the deck.

"Leave me alone!" he bellowed as glass shattered all around him. He punched the wall causing the skin to break leaving a bloody streak. His eyes found his armor with the N7 designation boldly standing out. He screamed with a primal rage that didn't sound like him in the least as he grabbed the chest plate hurling it across the room as blood droplets from his hand followed it to the far wall.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh" he kept yelling. The armor gave a loud crack as it hit the wall. But he went silent as a metallic object flashed past his vision before ringing off the deck. Kyson saw what it was amidst the broken glass on the deck. The Pal'tec Vis Surden. He knelt down carefully with trembling hands, but he slipped as his hands grasped the medallion. A shard from and old Jack Daniels bottle cut his left index finger coating the medallion with blood.

"Kyson!" came the voice of Garrus from outside his door. Kyson looked at the destroyed room with an angry glare. It was time to get back to work.

"Give me a minute" he yelled as he quickly slapped on the armor making sure not to step on the glass. He was ready in two minutes flat. As he left his room he found Garrus completely suited up.

"What?" he asked calmly somehow slipping back into composure. Garrus looked over his head, not that it was hard for Garrus, to find the glass on the floor.

"Nasty spill, should get that cleaned up" commented Garrus before walking up the stairs. Kyson silently thanked his friend for leaving the obvious outburst alone.

"Indeed, what's going on?" he asked.

"John want's us in the war room. We need to hear something apparently" replied the Turian as they entered the elevator.

"You doing better?" asked Kyson bluntly; if Garrus was suited he was going on whatever mission was next.

"Yeah, I'm pulling through. There is no reason to be distracted right now" said Garrus. Kyson couldn't help but admire how quickly Garrus pulled himself together, how much could he have accomplished if he had done the same? He decided to cast that thought behind him as the war room opened up in front of him. He saw John instantly; he was looking at Legion with an odd expression while Tali stood with Shala. Xen was busy reading something while Ashley stood next to her patiently waiting. But it was Kerris that caught his eye, it was a dead on stare that pierced right through him like a lance.

"Glad to see you two, Legion has something he wishes to discuss with us" said Shala after hearing the two fully armored men step down into the room. Kyson nodded as he waited.

"Go ahead Legion, what's so important that it can't wait?" asked John. Legion studied the room before looking at Kerris who nodded; something that wasn't missed.

"We have discovered something, it can change the future of the Geth" said Legion as it activated the holo display in the middle of the room. A large blue orb appeared with neat blocks revolving around a central point.

"That is a Geth processing core…a single Geth intelligence" said Shala who sounded confused by the conversation.

"Correct" said Legion as the orb grew with many layers working together.

"This is multiple Geth networked together, when in the Archives we found another solution" said Legion. Kyson watched as the orb then turned red with what looked like tendrils flowing from the glowing center of the processor. It reminded him of a neural network in an organic brain.

"That…that is a true AI! How is this possible?" asked Xen who was astounded.

"The Reaper code has shown us how to become something more. Truly sentient…individuals" said Legion with almost sounded like nervousness.

"So you want us to allow you to keep the Reaper code? No way! That is insane and out of the question" snapped Shala in anger.

"This would allow the Geth to make their own decisions, it would end the war with the Creators" said Legion. Kyson saw how that might not be true, but if each individual Geth intelligence could make its own decisions; many might desert to figure out who they were!

"I said no!" shouted Admiral Raan once more only for Shepard to intervene.

"Admiral! Look at that display! That is a living being!" forced John getting in the admirals face.

"Be that as it may we have no assurances that the Reapers will no longer be in control" reasoned Shala. John began to stare down the admiral when from one of the terminals in the room gave off a large burst of static.

"Hel….civilians…..Qwib Qu….." blared the static with nearly unintelligible words.

"EDI! Can you clean this up?" asked John as he went to the terminal.

"There is heavy interference Commander, I'll do what I can" said Edi. The static began to fade.

"Someone help us! This is Dorn'Hazt vas Qwib Qwib! We have crash landed with civilians! We are surrounded! Anybody for the sake of the Ancestors please hear us…" said the pleading voice through the still static laden transmission. Kyson had heard enough.

"John, we have to get there ASAP" he said.

"Meet in the shuttle bay in fifteen, all of you" said John as he sprinted out of the room. Everyone seemed to understand as they followed suit except Shala'Raan. Kyson had enough time to do something, it was asinine but it was worth a shot.

"Admiral, there is something you should know about Legion" he said.

"What is it?" she asked sounding flustered.

"Legion has every right to go ahead with his plan for full sentience" he said.

"And what do you know that can convince me, it better not be some bleeding heart crap" snapped the admiral. Kyson got bumped out of the way by Garrus who had stayed in the room.

"No, this" said Garrus who synched his Omni-tool with the war terminal. A holo came up with Garrus, Kyson, and Legion in the AI core almost a year ago. Music was playing in the background, Daft Punk to be precise as Legion danced to its own chosen song. The vid stopped with cackling laughter from both men in the vid. Shala slowly turned to Kyson.

"If it can dance, it has a soul" said Kyson trying not to smile. Garrus just grunted as he left the two of them alone.

"As, interesting as that was…we shall see Mr. Sorley" said Shala. Kyson then smiled.

"That's all I can ask, well…" Kyson paused as he remembered something he had been meaning to do since he was down on Rannoch.

"Get on with it" snapped Shala whose patience had evaporated. Kyson thrust out a hand in an offer to shake.

"First, just call me Kyson 'cause technically we are family" he said with a toothy grin. Shala glanced at the hand and back to his face.

"Secondly, I wanted to do this right back on the fleet but it's now or never, can I have your nieces hand in marriage?" he asked with his voice cracking just a touch at the end. Why the hell am I doing this now? Oh yeah, cause I'm an impulsive jackass. Shala pushed his hand away but laid a hand on his shoulder instead.

"Why the hell are you asking me? You two are fully bonded I can't decide that. But I know your Human customs enough to know you want a blessing from me? You have it Kyson" said Shala with a nod. Kyson almost couldn't breathe; he figured he would have a fight ahead of him.

"R…really? I…wow uh…" he couldn't find words.

"I know why you are asking at this time young man, you don't see past this war or the war with the Reapers. But you want to give Tali hope, for that I thank you" said Shala once again beating him to the punch.

"I…uh…yes Admiral…" he stammered.

"Now go! Shepard needs you!" snapped Shala as the Admiral came back in persona. Kyson nodded as he ran off, right as the door closed behind him he couldn't believe it so he ran back in.

"You mean it?" he asked still not sure what happened.

"Yes now go you Bosh'tet!" commanded Shala'Raan. Kyson saluted before running back to the elevator. He had already turned his dismal beginning of a day around! He was bouncing on his toes as the elevator slowly made its decent which was purely agonizing for him. As the shuttle bay came into view he bolted right for Tali.

"Kyson? What are you…AAhhhh!" Tali yelped as he scooped her up into his arms!

"I did it! I can't believe it, but I did it!" he laughed as those in the bay stared at him with caution.

"Shala has agreed with Legion?" asked Ashley sounding doubtful. Kyson just smiled as he stared into his lovers eyes.

"Possibly…" he said but lowered his voice so only Tali could hear.

"Shala has given her blessings for us to be bonded outright! I can't believe she said yes!" he whispered excitedly. Tali jerked in his arms nearly head butting him in the nose.

"What? But, why now? How did you do such…" asked Tali.

"I have no idea! But I did it, I'm doing it right!" he laughed.

"You are insane, Keelah I love you though" laughed Tali.

"What did I miss?" asked James who walked over after Kyson's abrupt antics.

"Tali, I know this is sudden but shall I give them the good news?" asked Kyson with a smile that could outshine the brightest star.

"Yes…" she breathed barely able to speak. Kyson turned with Tali still in his arms.

"Why James? Didn't you know? Tali and I are going to be married!" he beamed at his friends. He was met by a stunned silence. It was Garrus that broke the silence.

"About damn time!" said Garrus with a slight smirk.

"Tali? Getting married! Wow this is amazing well done girl!" laughed Ashley as Kyson let Tali down.

"Th…thank you Ashley. I always knew it would happen, but I'm still a little blown away by it being official" said Tali who looked at Kyson.

"I figured to lighten the mood, what better way than fulfilling a few dreams?" asked Kyson.

"Well done both of you, let's get down to it now shall we?" asked the voice of Shepard. Kyson saw John with a smirk of his own.

"Yes, sorry Shepard we should have clear heads for the mission" said Tali quickly with a quick glance at Kyson. The team boarded the Kodiak with smiles on their faces, but not before Shepard pulled Kyson aside.

"John, am I doing this right?" he asked still not understanding what had made him so impulsive. John smiled at him warmly.

"You are Kyson, welcome back" said the Commander before walking to the shuttle.

A/N

Right! So this one was written with some more plot building and what not.

We shall soon be seeing the resolution of the Rannoch situation but as we know, so much more is to come.

Review as you will as always and also be aware that I'm going to do a little competition thing for you fans net chapter. LOL till next time!