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Shepard moved through the Crew Deck as a few soldiers saluted him as he walked by before he finally made it to the Med-Bay door, the metallic and electrical chirp of the door opening as he walked through.

"How's he doing Dr?" asked Shepard as he moved towards the capsule, watching the mystery man silently float inside the liquid.

"Not good I'm afraid, his nervous system looks as if it's in the beginning stages of shutting down. I've already had to direct more power to his lungs and kidneys to keep them operating. I'm not sure if he is going to pull through this Commander, what should the course of action be?" Dr. Chakwas asked as she walked up alongside Sheppard as he looked at her, her eyes filled with a hollow sadness.

"Take some blood and tissue samples, if worse comes to worse: you know what to do." Shepard said before looking back towards the mystery man. He raised his hand towards the glass of the capsule as he pressed it against it. He noticed how the man's fingers seem to twitch at this gesture. He could see the man's eyes begin to flutter open, half lidded as the man began to look around temporarily before closing his eyes once more.

"Can he see us?" Shepard asked as he pondered over the man's movements.

"I'm not sure, his brain has been showing activity of REM sleep. It's been coming and going the past few hours." Chakwas said as she walked back to her desk and sat down, typing something into her holographic keyboard.

"I've got to go report to the Human Councilor, she's awaiting a call from me. Keep me informed Dr." Shepard said as he turned to walk out of the Med-Bay once more, turning his head back momentarily to take one last glance at the mystery man before walking out. Shepard moved towards the elevator before he noticed movement in the corner of his eye.

"Hello Shepard, any news on the human?" Liara asked as she walked next to Sheppard, her blue skin radiant in the light of the hall.

"It's not good...I wish there was more we could do." Shepard said as he walked up to the ship's elevator before pressing a button causing the door to open on command.

"I'm sure Chakwas is doing everything she can Shepard." Liara said, giving a faint smile as Shepard nodded his head in agreement before they both felt the elevator begin to move up a floor.

"It's weird, every time I go in there, he starts to move again. It's like he knows I'm there, it's weird." Shepard said before the doors to the elevator opened once more, both of them stepping out.

"Didn't you say that he was going in and out of it when you carried his body to the Med-Lab and that he saw you? Maybe he can detect your presence, maybe your a form of stimulus?" Liara said, arching a eye brow as she stopped alongside Shepard as he stared at the Galaxy Map.

"I'm not sure, I've got to give a call to the Human Councilor aboard the Citadel." Shepard said as he gave Liara a slight nod before she nodded back and walked off in the opposite direction. Shepard pressed a button on the console, his Comm Specialist, Samantha Traynor standing off to the side as she worked on something.

"I've been expecting you Commander. How are things with our patient going?" came a voice as Shepard looked back to see Miranda Obelski, the Human Councilor, standing there.

"Chakwas has informed me that his nervous system is beginning to shut down, we may lose him Councilor." Shepard said as he watched the younger woman raise a hand to her forehead as she began to rub it lightly.

"We can't lose this man Commander, there's so much we could learn from this opportunity. If it comes down to it, you know what to do Commander." Obelski said before disappearing from view as Shepard stood there and leaned against the console, his mind racing.

Ethan's POV

Ethan felt like he was floating through a abyss of nothing as his eyes opened once more, darkness flooding into his line of sight.

"Don't let go Ethan, don't let go!" came a voice off to his side as he moved his head to the right to see nothing there.

"My baby boy! He's gone!" came another voice as he turned his head to the left, only to see nothing there as well.

"Ethan...where are you? I'm so sorry Ethan." came a voice.

"Mom, where did Ethan go?" came another voice.

"My son...why did you do this Rory?" came another voice.

Ethan blinked away a few slow forming tears as he tightened his eyes shut before taking in a quick breath before letting out a loud scream.

"STOP! STOP WITH THE VOICES!" Ethan screamed before he began to sob, the voices continuing to ring inside his mind like a torturous reminder of what once was.

"It'll be okay, stay with us! You can fight this!" came another voice, this one unfamiliar as Ethan slowly opened his eyes to see two bright green orbs of light in the distance.

"Who are you?" Ethan asked, staggering to his feet as he felt his legs begin to shake before he took a step towards the orbs.

"How's he doing Dr?" came the voice again as Ethan took another shaky step forward towards the orbs of light.

"Can he hear us?" came the voice once more. It was almost soothing to Ethan as the rest of the voices disappeared all together. Ethan continued walking towards the green orbs as he focused on that voice. He could feel the pain in his head and body begin to disappear before he felt everything melt away as it had done time and time again. As he felt himself fade away, the green orbs stayed with him this time.

Shepard's POV

Shepard awoke from his bed as he heard a soft alarm off on the table beside his bed going off. He pulled aside the sheets as he brought his legs over the edge and stood up before walking over and pressing a button on the machine.

"Commander, it's the patient. He's gone into cardiac arrest. Get down to the Med-Bay as soon as you can." came Dr. Chakwas voice over the intercom.

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