In response to the guest review, having Kyon be related to Desomond would make this a crossover, and while I have played with the idea. I am hesitant to make this the cannon to this story.
Kyon woke up in a familiar room, he chuckled as he looked around the medical room, "now this looks familiar," he commented, trying to sit up. his arm explodes in pain, and he remembers that he got shot by the alien. He laid back down and sighed, "That's right, I got shot..." he trailed off, and turned his head to see the doctor sitting behind a desk up, "Hey doc," he said with a smile
"Well, look who's back in town? Didn't think you would be back here anytime soon." Chakwas admitted, standing up, and walking over to him. She took out a syringe that looked like the one Ashley stuck in his shoulder.
"Not like I exactly had a choice, right?" Kyon asked rhetorically. "Doc, what is that stuff?
"It is called Medi-gel, haven't you ever seen some before?" Chakwas asked injecting it into his shoulder some medi-gel on his arm, "That should numb the pain," she tells him.
Kyon remembered his cover and sighed, "I didn't have that back in my slave days." He tried his best to sound like he didn't want to talk about it, and hoped that the doctor would leave the subject alone.
"Ah, yes. I remember reading about that in your file. It is very bare, you must have been in it until just recently. Which begs the question about the answers you gave me when you first arrived."
Kyon hit his head against the metal bed, "Doctor-patient confidentiality?" he asked her, hoping that those rules still applied in this day in age.
"I am bound by law to keep your files private, but I can't do that with the Commander now that she is a SpecTRe."
"What the hell is a SpecTRe?" He asked, tired of hearing that title so many times before, but not knowing what it meant. Kyon turned, and sat up, his legs hanging over the side of the metal cot.
"They are the force that is above the law, in order to protect the law and Citadel interests."
He thought about the explanation for a second, and sighed. "Sounds like too much power in the hands of one person. Granted, I see the need for it, but there is no way to control them if they go rogue. So, you going to put my arm in a sling?"
"No," she answered, "I performed a bone weave on your shoulder, it should be back to normal in a day or two. Now, what will your choice be?" she asked, drawing a confused brow from the man
"What choice?" he asked, tilting his head to the side.
"It seems your Quarian friend wants you to join us," Chakwas answers, "Shepard wouldn't refuse the help, but she made it clear that it was your choice."
Help them, the voices returned, it is why you are here, He sighed internally, wondering what the voices were.
He wondered why he had been listening to the voices, and then felt a huge headache hit him. He couldn't help but feel that if he didn't help, he would be subjected to worse things than headaches, "I think I'll stay for the time being," Kyon answered, "Tali seems to want to keep me around, and I'm sure whatever Shepard is doing, it's highly dangerous, right?" he asks.
"Nothing too dangerous," Chakwas chuckled, "just some hunting rouge specters, and an army of geth."
"Geth?" Kyon asked.
"I would ask Tali for more information," the doctor replied, "I'll inform Shepard about your choice. I think she wanted you to say, 'no,' but alas, it seems that our red-headed she-devil will be joined by another." She walks back to her desk, her movements very fluid. It was no doubt that she was up there in age, but she still looked fairly young. Kyon guessed that it was the result of modern medical technology and Darwinism. "You can go now," she announced without looking up from her desk.
Kyon stood up, and walked towards the door, but turned around before walking out, "Thanks doc," he walked out of the medical bay, and into the mess hall of the ship. He thought of all of the things that had happened to him, and shook his head. He saw Kaiden in front of him, and stared, "Hello, Elvis impersonator."
Kaiden gave the red-headed male a glare, "So..." he paused deliberately, "I take it you'll be joining us," he says.
He wondered why Kaiden didn't lighten up, and rubbed his eyes "Yeah," he said, looking away from the biotic. "Don't get jealous if I take the spotlight."
Kaiden sneered, "Why are you even here?" he asked, getting in his face, "What can you possibly contribute to this mission?"
Kyon shrugs, "I don't know," he replied, "probably nothing more than my body. More than some are willing to risk." He shrugged and wondered how Kaiden would react.
Kaiden, disgusted by Kyon's attitude, narrowed his eyes, "Is that all you can say?"
Kyon returned the glare, "It's all you need from me," he stood up, and turned from the navy man "I think I'll avoid this area of the ship," he commented before walking towards the elevator. He pressed the button with his better arm. He heard Kaiden mutter something under his breath just before the elevator doors close, and sighed
Kyon waited for the elevator to go into the cargo bay, "That guy's nerve," he complained to himself, "can't let something go, bet he'll try to get me thrown off somehow," he leans on the wall of the elevator.
Ashley hears the elevator open up from her station and sees Kyon, "Hey!" she yells as she waves him over, "you staying with us?"
"Yeah," Kyon answered, walking over to her.
"I look forward to working with you," she gave her hand out to shake his, "you missed Shepard's speech."
Kyon raised his eyebrows, and took her hand, "What was it about?" he let go of her hand,.
Ashley shook her head and shrugged, "Something about us going to track down Saren, how we are alone, and whatnot," she paraphrased, "not as inspiring to your average grunt."
"I see," Kyon nodded, "So, how did you end up here?" he sat on a nearby crate and rolled his shoulder.
She looked to the ground and sighed, "I was stationed on Eden Prime," she answered solemnly, "I was on patrol, when the Geth attacked." She looked at him, "Lost my whole squad, then Shepard comes out of nowhere and saves my ass," she admitted, "I don't think Shepard wants me here," she followed Kyon's lead, and sat down on nearby crate.
"Join the fucking club," Kyon commented in a dry tone, "neither does elvis up there," he thought aloud, "I think between me telling him he has a bad hair-do, throwing him into a wall, then calling him Shepard's boyfriend," he laughed a little, "pretty much cemented our relationship."
Ashley laughed with him, "I would think so," she shook her head, and sighed.
Kyon stood from the crate, "I'm going to talk to some of the others," he said, turning around to walk away.
"Sure thing," Ashley responded, then returned to her duties.
Kyon saw an avian alien working on what looked like it was a tank, and walked up to him, "Hey there," he says as he leaning on the MAKO.
"Kyon, right?" the alien asked without looking away from what he was doing up.
"Yeah," Kyon says, "that's me."
Garrus nodded, and stepped back from the tank, "Garrus Vakarian," he introduced himself, "I should thank you for keeping the Quarian, and the data safe," he tells him.
"The Quarian has a name," Kyon says, "and I was doing what any good living being should do."
Garrus sighed, "I guess you're right," he says.
Kyon nodded, wondering where Tali was, "Well, I'll talk to you later," he stopped leaning on the tank, and saw a door next to the elevator.
"That's engineering," Garrus answered his unasked question, "the quari- urm, Tali went in there not long after we got here."
"Thanks," Kyon says as he walks towards engineering.
Kyon walked into engineering and saw Tali standing at a console. She was standing alone, separated from the humans, and he thought that she looked lonely like this. He walked up behind her, quietly so she didn't notice him. He taps her on the shoulder, making her jump her jump, "Keelah!" She shouted, earning laughs from all around the room. "That's not funny!"
Kyon stops laughing after a minute, "That's because it happened to you," he snickers, "anyway how are you doing?" he asks her.
"I'm fine," Tali told him, calming down, "are you staying with us?" she asked, a hopeful tone in her voice.
"Yeah," he answered, shrugging his shoulders slightly, "for the time being."
"It seems like Shepard and some of the others already knew you," Tali tells him.
"I was aboard the Normandy right before I met you," Kyon admitted to the Quarian, "threw Kaiden into a wall, and pissed off Shepard," he chuckled, and shrugged his shoulders. He wondered how long he could go without an incident happening. "Kaiden doesn't like me, and I'm sure Shepard will want to get me off as soon as possible."
Tali's eye's widen under her helmet, "Oh," she says realizing what she asked the Commander when she requested that Kyon come with her.
"Don't worry about it," Kyon responded, suddenly feeling tired, "I think I need some rest," he says.
"Oh sure," Tali says, "I'll talk to you later, okay?" she she asks.
"Yeah," Kyon says, "See you," he walks out of Engineering, and to the elevator, "Where the fuck do I sleep?" he asks himself.
The quarter master laughs a little, "There are some sleeper pods up top," he says, "just get in and you should be fine."
Kyon nods, "Thanks," he steps into the elevator and presses the button for the top deck.
When the elevator arrived at the top floor, he ran into Shepard, "You..." she narrowed her eyes, and glared at him.
"Yes me," Kyon smiles, "need something?"
"If you hurt any of my crew again," Shepard says as she puts her finger in his face, "I will personally throw your ass out an airlock."
"Understood," Kyon says as he crosses his arms, "now if you'll excuse me, I need some sleep."
Shepard steps out of the way and let's him pass, "Good," she says, "We'll reach therum in two days, I want to see you in action."
Kyon says, "Sure thing," he walked past her. Without turning around, he added, "I'll need some armor though."
"We'll get you some," Shepard replied, walking in the opposite direction.
Kyon continued until he reached the sleeper pods, which was behind the mess. He spotted Kaiden next to a terminal and sighed. "I thought I was going to avoid this place," he commented under his breath. He opened the pod, and stepped in, "This is going to be a long two days isn't it?" He looked around the pod, trying to find a place for him , "Now how do I activate this," he says as he presses a blue button, "Oh, that's how..." he trailed, falling asleep fairly soon.