Here is another chapter, please enjoy. Let's try not to get emotional here now!

Ethan's POV

Ethan's eyes fluttered opened as he turned over on his side, clutching his hand into a fist as he felt feeling return to his sensory nerves. Ethan closed his eyes once more, taking a moment to take long and steady breaths. He could feel his mind swimming in a field of dizziness as he steadied himself and braced his muscles as he felt feeling begin to return to them.

"Take it easy child." came a voice as Ethan opened his eyes once more, a blinding light invading his line of vision as he noticed he was laying on a white tiled floor.

"Who's...there?" Ethan said between breaths, grabbing his chest as he held himself up on one arm and began to scoot away from the approaching light.

"Do not fear Ethan, you've nothing to fear here." said the voice again as Ethan collapsed back onto his back, still gripping his chest as he took in more steady breaths, he felt like he hadn't enjoyed the feeling of air in his lungs for a long time.

"Where am...I?" Ethan asked, looking up into a white abyss before closing his eyes from all the disorientation.

"Your safe for now, just relax." came the voice again, this time it had a soothing affect on Ethan's mind as he finally let his anxiety begin to slip away. Ethan smiled as he took in another deep breath, holding it in for a few seconds before finally letting it go.

Shepard's POV

Shepard walked through the hall of the Normandy before looking out one of the many pressurized windows into the black void beyond. The light from the star Pranas swept in with a incredible warmth behind it. Shepard looked at the planet Sur Kesh in the near distance, it's blue oceans covering the majority of the planet.

"Commander, we've been cleared for docking." came EDI's voice over the intercom as Shepard watched as the planet got closer and closer before finally walking out of the hallway.

"Shepard, Mordin has sent word ahead that a team of scientists are ready at the landing pad. Dr. Chakwas has also informed me that the patients body is ready for transportation." came Traynor's voice over the intercom as well.

"Thank you Traynor, tell Chakwas that I'll meet her when we dock here shortly." Shepard said in return as he walked to the ship's elevator before pressing a button for the doors to open.

"Shepard, will I be coming with you or staying aboard the ship this time?" came a playful voice as Shepard turned to see Major Kaidan Alenko coming up behind him.

"Your welcome to join me anytime Kaidan." Shepard said with a smile as the smaller of the two joined him on the elevator before pressing a button on the console.

"So what's the plan for this guy?" Kaidan asked as he turned to look at Shepard, his brown eyes scanning him up and down.

"Until everything is completed, the Normandy will be on Dry Dock here on Sur Kesh. The Councilor has ordered that I stay here to oversee how things go. They are going to do to him what they did with me after the Reaper War ended." Shepard said, taking a moment to look down as he closed his eyes and thought back.

"Well, if anyone knows how to accomplish something like that, it's the Salarians. You okay Shepard?" Kaidan asked as he reached out and grabbed Shepard's arm as the Commander looked back up and towards the elevator doors.

"Yea I'm fine...it's...I was finally at peace...and to finally be pulled back into the mess of it all...it was kind of a rude awakening. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I get to captain the Normandy and fight alongside my crew once more...but I don't think I'll ever accomplish that feeling of ultimate peace ever again." Shepard said before taking a look at Kaidan and nodding his head before finally looking forward once more.

"If it means anything, I couldn't have asked for a better captain than you Shepard. We are all glad your finally back. I'm glad your back, if that says anything." Kaidan said, smiling at the Commander before they both walked out of the elevator as the doors opened. Shepard smiled back before finally seeing Dr. Chakwas lead a group of her nurses towards the ship's docking door before she waved him over, he knew this would be a long ordeal. As Shepard walked over to Chakwas, the memory of everything before the Reaper War kept playing in the back of his mind, his fake smile hiding it all.

Samantha's POV

Samantha Morgan sat there at her kitchen table, rain pounding softly at the windows of her home as she sat there and looked at a picture of Ethan when he was a baby. She could feel tears moving down her cheeks as she traced her fingers over the picture, looking into her son's beautiful brown eyes.

"It's been weeks sweetie...we've got to start getting our life back together." came her husbands voice as Samantha sat there and continued to stare at the picture of her son. She felt a pair of strong hands encircle her shoulders as she set the picture down and dabbed at her eyes with a a damp tissue.

"Every night I go to bed...I can hear his voice in my head Ross. I can hear him calling out for me, and I try and run to him and I can see him in the distance. Every time I get close enough to stretch out my arms to hold him, he disappears." Samantha said as she hung her head low, her husband trying to comfort her to no end. Samantha acted oblivious to her husbands actions and before long, she felt the hands disappear as she listened to soft footsteps leave the room.

"Ethan...where are you sweetie?" Samantha whispered as she looked down at another picture of Ethan, this time when he was around eight years old and missing most of his teeth. Samantha finally put her head down in her arms, her back moving ever so slightly as she cried, holding one of Ethan's pictures tightly in her hands. Samantha was oblivious to the small nine year old girl standing at the doorway of the kitchen, looking at her mother as she held onto a stuffed animal given to her by her big brother as she turned and walked away from the kitchen, leaving her mother to herself.

"Ethan come back to me! Come back to mommy!" Samantha cried out as she lifted her head and hollered out, her voice echoing throughout the quiet house as thunder cracked in the distance.

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