Shepard went down to the hold to find Jack sitting there looking through the files that Miranda had given her.

"Hey," she said looking up.

Shepard needed to know with her personality would be a liability on the mission. "Tell me about you, Jack."

"I'm still finding out about me," she said holding out the datapad. "Thanks for letting me look at these files."

"If they're helping you, that's good enough for me."

Jack narrowed her eyes at him. "Don't be my buddy. You need me to kill for you. I need you for these files. Let's leave it at there. Your friends at Cerberus are into some nasty things. I'm going to find something out I can use. I just know it."

Shepard was slightly concerned with this. "What happens when you find what you're looking for?"

"I go hunting. Anyone who screwed with me pays. Their associates pay. Their friends pay. The galaxy's going to be a whole lot emptier when I'm done."

Shepard narrowed his eyes. "I won't let you go on a killing spree."

Jack glared at him. "I'm here for your mission. After that, what I do is my business."

"What your history with Cerberus?"

"They raised me in a research facility," she said as she stood up. "I escaped when I was a kid. Been on the run ever since. And they've been chasing me ever since." She then pulled out a pistol. "But soon I'm going to chase them."

Shepard folded his arms. "You think about this a lot, don't you?"

"I go asleep with this. I wake up with it. Everyone I kill, I pretend it's the ones that did this to me."

Shepard looked at the hold. "You don't have to live in this pit, you know."

"It's dark, quiet and hard to find. That spells safety to me." She then emerged from the darkness and jumped onto the table. "You know, this ship is a powerhouse. You could go pirate, live like a king. I could help."

Shepard narrowed his eyes. "We have to stop the Collectors. I don't have time for piracy."

Jack rolled her eyes. "When this is done, we'll either be dead or out of here, in space. With this ship." She then jumped back to the floor and looked back at him. "Think about it: lots of credits. Freedom to go wherever you want. And all the mayhem and fighting I could want."

Shepard raised an eyebrow. "What is it about killing that makes you so fascinated?"

"I think every time someone dies and it's not me, my chances of survival go up. Simple."

"I should go."

Shepard decided it was time to help Kasumi out with her problem. He was sitting in a sky car with her in a fancy suit that was choking his neck.

"You clean up well, Mr. Solomon Gunn," Kasumi smiled. "Hock won't know what hit him."

"I assume Solomon Gunn is my cover."

Kasumi then fiddle with few controls and holographic displays showed the history of Solomon Gunn right in front of his eyes.

"You run a small but talented band of mercs out in the Terminus Systems. Precisely the type of person Hock respects. I took the liberty of giving you a reputation. Papers, witnesses, article in Badass Weekly. Just don't start talking business with him, and you'll be fine."

"Remind me: What kind of man are we dealing with?"

"Hock's a weapons dealer and smuggler. He killed my partner and stole his greybox. Other than that, he's not so bad. Rich, charismatic, willing to crack open a man's skull to get at the neural implant inside."

"I take wearing this getup for a reason," said Shepard gesturing to his outfit.

"You would look really out of place as a society party in armour, don't you think?" She then turned to look at him and smiled. "You look great. You should wear the stuff more often."

"Now is probably a good time to fill me in on the details."

Kasumi nodded. "You have in waiting patiently." She then brought off several holograms began to go through the plan. "Our friend Hock is throwing a party for his closest friends. A couple dozen of the worst liars, cheaters and mass murderers you will ever want to meet, all bringing gifts as a tribute to the man himself. Our tribute is a lovely statue of your old friend, Saren, rendered with loving detail and filled to the brim with our weapons and armour. You can keep your pistol, as long as it's concealed. They won't hassle you have a sidearm.

"Once inside, we'll make our way to Hock's vault door, somewhere in the back of the ballroom. Then we chased the security and start peeling away the layers. The statue should be there, waiting for you to crack it open and arm up. And we just waltz into the vault and take back Keiji's greybox. And I'll finally get a chance to say goodbye."

Shepard noted the tear trickling down her cheek. "You've worked really hard on this. Keiji must have meant a lot to you."

"Was I that obvious?" she asked looking at him. Shepard merely shrugged. "Keiji's greybox holds a lot of priceless, personal memories. It's all that remains of who he was. But the secret he discovered is dangerous. I will bring you here if it wasn't."

Shepard nodded. "This ought to be interesting."

"That's what I'm going for."

Minutes later they landed as a large mansion that belonged to Hock.

"This is our stop," said Kasumi as Shepard closed the door behind them.

They were already unfolding the statue of Saren and one of the guard was standing it.

Kasumi looked at Shepard. "After you, Mr. Gunn."

They soon approached the steps, but one of the guard stopped them.

"Just one moment, sir. There seems to be an issue with the statue," he said as he looked down at his omnitool.

"Is there a problem here?" said a voice.

They looked up to see a man walking down the steps and Shepard was willing to bet that this was Hock.

The guard shook his head. "No, Mr. Hock. Just doing a scan."

Hock then looked at him. "I don't believe we have met. Donovan Hock."

"I've heard a lot about you. Name's Solomon Gunn."

Shepard outstretched his hand to shake his, but Hock kept his hand firmly behind his back. "And I've heard a lot about you. You been very busy lately, if the extranet is to be believed."

"Sir, the scanners aren't picking anything up," said the guard.

Hock look to the statue. "I don't think our guests would come all the way from Illium to cause trouble. Do you?"

The guard merely shrugged.

He then turned to look back at Shepard. "You may pass through, Mr Gunn, with my apologies. But I would ask your companion to remain outside. You understand, I hope."

Shepard could tell by looking at the man there was no convincing him. "No problem. You're the host."

"Enjoy the party."

They moved out of earshot to prevent anyone from overhearing them.

"Well, that didn't go as I expected," said Kasumi.

"Any ideas why he'd sent you away?"

Kasumi shook her head. "No. We've never met each other in person. And no one knows what I look like. Just watching his ass, I'm sure. I can't blame them."

Shepard was an excellent hacker, but he doubt he had the skills to hack into Hock's vault. "What do we do now?"

"We go on with the plan? You'll just have to do all the talking. I'll stay out of sight and stick with you the best I can."

Shepard nodded and they made their way to the party and as they walked up the stairs Kasumi cloaked. "We'll keep radio contact in case something goes wrong."

They soon found the vault in question and it was impressive and as planned the statue was inside. Kasumi said that she could hack into the system, but she needed a few things. First she needed Hock's voice print, his password and a sample of Hock's DNA. Finally they had to cut the power to the barrier.

They had to hack into the radio system, killing two of Hock's guards the process just so they could enter into his private quarters to find samples of his DNA. They also managed to locate his password and getting Hock to talk was unsurprisingly simpl. Then they just simply cut the power and made their way back to the vault.

Kasumi managed to get the vault open. "I'll check the security cams. Go ahead and get dressed."

Shepard was dying to get out of his suit and into something more comfortable. As he strapped on his armour Kasumi fiddled with the security cams to create an endless loop. Sheppard then approached her and get handed her weapons and they began to descend into the vault.

When they ended inside they found a massive amount of artwork from every single culture in the known galaxy. Somehow he even managed to acquire the head of the Statue of Liberty, how he accomplished that Shepard had no idea.

Kasumi looked at it amazed. "So this is Hock's vault. Very nice."

As they looked through the exhibits Shepard found two copies of Kassa Locust. It was a gun that killed two known Presidents after which they became illegal and production ceased.

Kasumi kept on looking for the exhibits in her eyes widened. "Oh my god. There it is!"

Her eyes fell upon a box that laid on the table opposite the Kassa Locust. Kasumi activated her omnitool and began scanning it and downloading the information from it.

"Don't bother, Ms Goto. It's codelocked," said a voice.

Suddenly appearing above them was the holographic image of the man himself, Hock. Shipper knew the heist was too easy and it was clear that Hock had been expecting them or at least Kasumi.

"I had a feeling that was you at the door. I knew if it really was you, you'd get away through anyway."

Kasumi merely smiled. "You know me. I don't like to disappoint."

"I need what's in your greybox, Kasumi. You know I'm willing to kill you for it. I'll admit your still are impressive. You got into my vault like I'd left it open. But you're still going to die, screaming, just like your old friend."

Shepard then pulled out his pistol and shot a vase.

"Noooo!" Hock screamed.

Shepard smirked. "Have I got your attention?"

Kasumi laughed. "That shut him up."

He then looked down at her omnitool and smiled, he had completed the download.

"Kill them!" Hock ordered.

The vault door opened and several guards made their way towards them. Shepard noted that they were watching what they were shooting so they would not damage anything within the vault.

With this overwhelming it was not difficult for Shepard and Kasumi to get the best of them. After which Kasumi brought up her omnitool.

"Checking blueprints… There's a landing pad to the east," she said gesturing to the open door. "Let's get out of here."

Shepard nodded and reached for his radio. "Joker, bring the shuttle in. Now!" He then looked back at Kasumi. "Is this part of the plan?"

Kasumi merely shrugged.

They made their way through the storage rooms which was full of weapons and other illegal goods. They also ran into several more guards they did everything in their attempt to stop and even several mechs at them.

"So how often you are invited to one of these parties?" Kasumi asked as she fired a pistol from behind a crate.

"Not often," Shepard admitted as he hacked the mechs to turn on the guards. "But everything I usually do ends up this way."

"You must have an interesting life."

"Sometimes a little too interesting."

As they made their way through deeper into the storage areas they heard Hock's voice over the intercom.

"Don't fight me, Kasumi," he said in an angry voice. "You know what happened to your boy toy when he fought back."

That hit a nerve. "You don't talk about Keiji like that! Murderer!"

Shepard merely watched as she cloaked and killed ever guard that got in his way. Sheppard then made a mental note never to get a Japanese girl angry.

It took some doing but the eventually managed to get outside and then they heard a noise. Seconds later a shielded gunship and no sooner had it appeared fired at them.

"Incoming! Get down!" Shepard yelled as they jumped for cover.

"You could have done this the easy way, Goto," said Hock's voice from the gunship. "Allow me to show you the hard way."

Hock kept on shooting above his gunship while mechs and guards tried to overwhelm their position. What made matters worse was the fact that every time they shop down Hock's shields he would have tied behind cover and restore them and then attack again.

Together Shepard and Kasumi were able to take down both the mechs and guards, but that matters very little if they got shot down by the gunship. Kasumi what is the gunship lowered its how to do repairs.

"Got a clean shot! Here we go!" she said.

Then before Shepard could stop her Kasumi ran and Hock began to fire at her. She moved with such grace that she dodged every single shot and skilfully jumped from pipe to pipe and moved like a ninja to the main one.

She then ran across it and jumped right onto the gunship and activated her omnitool. Hock tried to shake off, but she held on long enough to hack into the shields and disable them. She then jumped onto the cockpit and smiled at Hock, as he tried to maintain control over the gunship.

She then somersaulted and landed back onto landing platform. "Shields down! Let's spare that thing apart."

Shepard then pulled out a rocket launcher and fired a shot right into the gunship engine bay causing it to explode. They could hear Hock yelling from inside the cockpit and seconds later watched as it crashed to the ground in a massive explosion.

Moments later they were on the shuttle and heading back to the Normandy. Kasumi was holding her greybox and she nodded Shepard, who nodded back.

A holo terminal then appeared in front of Shepard and began to access it so that he could see what Kasumi would see when she access the greybox. Kasumi then inserted the greybox into the shuttle's systems and began to access Keiji's memories.

When she opened her eyes she found Keiji standing in front of her. "Kasumi. If you're seeing this, it's because I'm dead." He then brought off several images the time they spent together. "The information we found is all here. It's big, Kasumi. If the Council ever got wind of this… the Alliance could be implicated.

Kasumi however was more interested in viewing a memory of her and Keiji spending a night together.

"Kasumi, I… I encrypted the information to keep it safe. And I uploaded the encryption key to your greybox, so no could get the whole package. But I'm dead, and if anyone knows about this… then I've made you a target, my love. I am so, so sorry."

A tear trickle down Kasumi's face. "Keiji…"

"I know you, Kasumi," said Keiji. "You'll want to keep these memories forever. You don't need some neural implant to know I'll always be with you. Please, Kasumi. Destroying these files. There's nothing more I can do to protect you."

Kasumi then ran up to a holographic image of Keiji with tears in her eyes. "I… I can't do that! This is all that's left!"

"Goodbye, Kasumi. I love you."

Kasumi wrapped her arms around the holographic image of Keiji.

Seconds later she found herself in the shuttle bay looking at Shepard, who had her the entire thing.

"Is there any way we can just destroy the information?" he asked.

Kasumi shook her head. "No. Keiji's a master at encrypting files. He laced the information into with memories. You can't get one without experiencing the other."

Shepard could see that this was hurting her and for the mission he needed her top form. "If it's important to you, keep it. Just make sure you're ready to live with the consequences."

Kasumi nodded. "Yeah, I am. I'll stay off the grid. No one will know I exist." They then sat down on the shuttle she smiled Shepard. "I think I want this. Thanks, Shepard."

Rick had just returned to Horizon and he found Ashley already there to meet.

She saluted. "Welcome back to Horizon, sir."

Rick shook his head. "Ash, you don't have to go formal on me."

"I have to set an example, sir."

Ashley then led him to the settlement is on the corner of his eye he could see that several people were giving him dirty looks.

"How are things on the Citadel?" she asked.

"Same old same old, the Council still won't register the Reapers of threat. However, I can confirm that those rumours about Shepard are true."

"How can you be certain, sir?"

"Because I met him."

Ashley came to a stop. "You… you did?"

"Yes, as has the Council. They made a deal with him that he is able to keep his Spectre rank as long he stays inside the Terminus Systems."

Ashley shook her head. "But Cerberus could be behind all these disappearances."

"Shepard claims that it's the Collectors that are behind it in their working for the Reapers," said Rick.

"They could be lying to him," said Ashley crossing her arms.

"Maybe, maybe not, but the fact of the matter is that whether it's the Collectors or Cerberus we need this gun operational to protect this colony."

"I'm working as fast as I can, sir. But some of the colonists aren't helping matters."

Rick sighed. "Well, tell them that the sooner we get this this gun ready the sooner we can leave. Because I have a feeling that trouble is heading our way."