Author's Note: Turns out… while I was writing the next chapter I realized that there was a gaping plot hole… so had to fix it with this. That's why it took so long. Chapter 20 will be up in the next few days.

Chapter 19

"I can't believe I'm back here." Sean said through gritted teeth, as he walked the streets of Omega again. "I told myself never to come back here."

"You're here for Shepard." Tali said, trying to lighten the mood.

"I'm doing grocery shopping!" Sean yelled, throwing his arms up in the air in frustration. Tali laid her hand on Sean's shoulder, comforting him. Sean's head dipped and his tone became quiet, "Nothings changed."

Tali sighed and then quickly changed topics, "Remember, we're looking for some FBA couplings."

"Yeah, I have no idea what they look like, so you lead the way Tali!" Sean said chuckling. Tali smiled from behind her mask as the mood lifted.

2 hours and many credits later…

"I can't believe you spent most of your credits on that…" Sean said bemused.

"Well I just thought that if Shepard's upgrading the ship, a few more wouldn't hurt." Tali said happily walking along

"But you bought it on Omega, that thing's probably corrupted beyond belief!"

"I'll run multiple sweeps, to make sure it's clean." Tali said rolling her eyes.

"Well good-" Sean paused as his eye saw light glint off of a surface far away. Suddenly the barrel of the rifle lit up as a shot was fired. "Get down!" Sean yelled, pulling Tali to the ground with him. Sean felt the bullet whiz past his head as he fell to the ground. As the sound of the gunshot echoed through the streets, many screamed and ran, while few drew their weapons and hysterically scanned the area.

"What was that?" Tali asked frantically, her heart pounding.

"Sniper!" Sean yelled over the screams, slowly poking his head up. "Stay here!" He commanded. Sean then rolled for the nearest piece of cover, pulling his new Mattock rifle off his back. He heard another shot connect with his cover. Taking the opportunity he popped up from his cover and looked down the short-range scope at the snipers position. As he got a bead on the sniper, he used his rush of adrenaline to fire off two precise shots. Carefully Sean darted from cover to cover towards the snipers first known position. He saw as he neared the sniper that he was on rafters along the side of a very tall building. He also saw that he had shot him in the leg, crippling him. The sniper frantically fired three more shots at Sean, one pinging off of his fully charged shields. The sniper then began to escape, desperately hobbling away. Once again Sean rose from cover. Taking his time he aimed and shot at one of the cables supporting the rafter. With a slow breath out he fired one shot. The shot flew perfectly straight and severed the metal cable, causing the rafter to shift. The sniper lost his balance and slid towards the edge of the rafter. He panicked and managed to grip the edge of it, dangling helplessly.

Sean smiled; he was now in control of the situation. An evil expression crept its way across his face as he raised his rifle towards the other metal cable. He fired one more shot, causing the rafter to lurch downward. The sniper lost his grip and fell to the ground. Hearing a crunch Sean ran over to the sniper. There he lay, his left arm broken and twisted in the wrong direction.

"What do you want with me?" Sean demanded, grabbing the sniper by the collar and shaking him.

"I want nothing. I was sent to kill you." The sniper said, gurgling on his own blood. He smiled again, revealing a capsule.

"No you don't!" Sean yelled, forcing his fist into the man's mouth, stopping him mid bite. "Tell me who sent you!" Sean yelled, wrapping his fingers around the capsule. With a swift punch, from his other hand, Sean knocked the man unconscious. Glancing around, he slowly dragged the unconscious man into one of the nearby warehouses.

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"What the hell?" The sniper said as he regained consciousness. He struggled only to find that he was bound to a chair. He desperately began to scan the room for an exit.

"You're going to tell me who sent you." Sean said slowly stepping into the man's vision.

"Go to hell." The man hissed.

"Not what I wanted to hear…" Sean said stepping up to the man. Grasping the sniper's pointer finger tightly, he quickly raised it up, beyond a possible angle. A snap was heard and the sniper groaned in pain. "Ready to talk now?" Sean asked.

"Fuck you." The man spat.

Sean smiled as he reached down and withdrew his knife. Spinning it casually in his hand he lowered it towards the man's bullet wound. He slowly let the knife slice into the skin. He began to slowly wiggle and twist it. Pain erupted inside the sniper as he howled in pain.

"No! No! Please stop!" The man begged.

"Tell me what I want to know." Sean said fingers still gripped around his knife.

"I was hired by the doctor." The man said through gritted teeth, tears welling up in his eyes.

"I need a name!" Sean yelled, slowly letting of on the pressure of the knife.

"Dr. Green." The man said, gasping as Sean pulled the knife out of his leg.

"Who does Green work for?" Sean asked, once again twirling his knife between his fingers.

"I don't know! The man wheezed.

"Nothing else…" Sean repeated, his fingers gripping down on the hilt of his knife.

"Please! They didn't tell me! I don't know! Please!" The man begged, shaking in fear.

"Then I fear you are no longer a use to me." Sean said walking towards the man.

"He- he mentioned something about an organization!" The man screamed in horror, "Rebeus or something like that. I don't know! Please… I've told you everything." the man begged, tears streaming down his eyes.

"That's a shame, because this is no help. Good bye…" Sean said as he slowly drew his knife across the sniper's throat, cutting it open. The man shook and gurgled as blood began to pour down his body pooling around his feet. Slowly his movements became labored, and then stopped. Wiping his hands together and cleaning his knife, Sean began to clean all evidence from the room. Just like old times…

Sean slowly walked down the alleyway towards the market where he left Tali, anger slowly boiling inside his veins. One more man is still out there; one more man who knew what he really was. I will find you. Sean vowed. His eyes perked up as he saw Tali round the corner. He quickly changed his expression to exhaustion and worry. Their eyes locked and she ran towards him.

"Where have you been?" Tali asked. Running up to Sean.

"I was trying to chase the sniper down." Sean lied.

"Did you find anything out?" Tali asked, placing her hands on her knees and breathing heavily.

"No I lost him." Sean said.

"Keelah! You had me worried!" Tali said, squeezing Sean tightly, "You had me sacred."

"Sorry." Sean apologized. "Come on let's get back to the ship" Sean said patting Tali on the back.

Author's Note: Wow… this chapter's really dark… Sean is getting angrier! Things onboard the Normandy will change as well.
And a little more of Sean's past will be revealed soon! More coming soon! Stay Tuned!