Tali was sitting in the mess hall the next morning, she still couldn't believe what had happened the night before. She'd barely been able to sleep because of what Feral had told her. He had trusted her with his real name, they hadn't talked much after that but Feral had given her his dog tags. He told her that he'd rather she kept them; he was tired of looking at them constantly. The quarian had them stowed away in one of the very many pockets on her suit.

Operations Chief Alex Lloyd, the dog tags had his name, rank and date of birth on them. Amongst a few other details like blood type, although Feral had said he doubted he was still A- after all the testing. After he had told he his name, he talked a little bit about his past. He mainly just gave little details about what he remembered of his family, his home. She'd then asked how Cerberus had caught him.

The story was shocking, the special ops team. The ambush and watching most of his close friends die. Then the revelation came, Feral blamed himself for what had happened. He had told her how he was playing games on his omni-tool, but the moment he started scanning for signals he found the obvious jamming wavelength. If he had been doing his job, if they all hadn't been so relaxed. He may have found it faster and they could all have been alive.

Feral sighed as he finally uttered those words "It was my fault Tali…..if I had done my damn job none of them would be dead, and I wouldn't be so messed up" they were still sitting on his cot

Tali put a hand on the super human's shoulder "Feral I'm sorry about what happened, but it's not your fault" Feral just kept his head down, looking at the ground "No one knew what was coming, not even your Captain suspected anything"

"but.."Feral went to speak but was cut off

"But nothing, you were young. You said so yourself, your promotion was a formality to get you into class rooms. It wasn't your fault, and no one could ever blame you for what happened" she whispered to him, sighing gently "and I know it's selfish but…..in a way I'm glad it happened"

Feral bolted up to glare at her "….what?" he had a confused look on his face

"It's just that" she was rubbing her hands together gently "if none of that had happened we might never have even met…." She trailed off, fidgeting slightly in her seat.

Feral's glare turned into a slightly shocked look before he chuckled and turned away from her, Tali looked up at him again and in the dim blue light. She swore she could see a small red tint on his cheeks. "…I guess every cloud has a silver lining huh?" he finally smiled as he looked back at her "guess I'm lucky that my silver lining does more than just look pretty" he laughed as he made a gun with his fingers and made a shooting noise.

Tali eyes went wide at that. 'Wait….look pretty?' she barely had time to say anything before Feral looked at his omni-tool.

"It's getting late Tali; we have to be awake and working again in about 5 hours. We should get some rest" Feral smiled kindly at the quarian who was still struggling to find her words. "Goodnight, my shotgun toting silver lining" the man then leant forward and wrapped his arms around her waist, squeezing her tightly in his arms. "Thank you for everything"

Tali just sat there before she hugged him back "you're welcome Feral, I'm just glad I could help" she sighed happily as the warm arms of Feral wrapped around her, managing to suppress a whine as they slowly pulled away. Reluctantly she stood up and started walking backwards to her cot. "Goodnight Alex" she purred out his real name, her intention had been to sound teasing but it came out more seductive than playful.

Tali was recalling the events last night over and over in head, blushing as she remembered what Feral had called her. 'HIS pretty silver lining' she smiled and bit her lip slightly at that as she just stared at her food. Eventually jumping as she heard her name being shouted.

"TALI!" Ashley was waving her hand in front of her visor, before pulling it back when the Quarian finally moved "are you ok in there?...you seem kind of spaced out" Ashley was leaning across the table and looking slightly worried.

"What?...oh….I'm sorry Ash" Tali just shook her head slightly "I was just thinking about something in the engine room that's all" she half-lied to the gunnery chief

"Yh well you and the engine can catch up later Tali, I was trying to find out if Feral said anything to you last night" Ash leaned back into her chair, the prospect of the angry super soldier still storming around the ship worried her more than the non-human crew members had at the start of the mission.

Tali just shook her head, she had never liked her suit this much but at least now it was hiding the colour of her cheeks. The blush on her face was burning her cheeks and she eventually managed to squeak out "N-no, by the time I went down there he was asleep" that time she lied completely, hoping her voice wouldn't give her away.

Ash just sat back and sighed "I know that it was wrong of the commander to go behind his back and all but isn't he going a little far? I mean I have no love for the Geth but jeez….he was tearing them apart". The entire table, save Tali, was worried about Feral.

"I dunno Ashley, I managed to get him into an elevator a few times and started firing questions his way. He usually laughs them off but anything about his name or before Cerberus?" Garrus spoke up finally "This really was the only outcome of Shepard snooping around…let's just hope Feral gets his head around this before anything really bad happens." He carried on eating his breakfast; it was some of the food Feral was directly responsible for getting. Something Garrus was very grateful for, he sighed as he took another bite. He really hoped someone didn't end up dead.

"Here comes the devil" Liara said, causing Kaidan, Garrus and Ashley to turn around. Feral was walking off towards Shepard's office, his face was completely unreadable but his eyes briefly flicked over to the table. Nodding once at the group before he headed off around the corner.

"Liara, the phrase is 'Speak of the devil'" Kaidan corrected the young asari, "But in this case….you may be right" he sighed as they all turned back to their food; he thought he saw something but he quickly dismissed it. 'There's no way Tali is smiling right now'

Feral smirked as he stepped out of view of the rest of his team, trying desperately to suppress a laugh as he grinned. He'd told Tali his plan to talk to Shepard in the morning; he wanted to get the word to the commander before anyone else so he had asked her to play along just for now. He stood outside Shepard's door and took a few deep breaths, it was going to be a serious conversation and turning up at his quarters grinning like a mad man might make Shepard reach for his weapon. He really doubted it but still, this was important. He could mess with everyone else's heads later.

Finally he reached up and knocked at the door, only for a muffled "come in" from the other side. He hit the panel and stepped in, letting the door shut behind him quickly. Shepard looked up and sighed as he saw the man step in.

"We need to talk commander" it had been 2 days now since Feral had stormed out of Shepard's office. Since the last time they had properly talked together and he could see that Shepard had obviously been thinking about it.

Shepard nodded and gestured towards the small sofa opposite his desk; Feral just walked over and sat down on it. Sitting back and crossing one of his legs over the other as he looked over at the commander who was gathering his thoughts.

"Shepard listen..." Feral started but he was cut off before he could even begin.

"I'm sorry Feral. I shouldn't have betrayed you like that." Shepard let his head hang down as he sat forward; weaving his fingers together "I knew you were going to react badly no matter what I did with that information. All I can tell you is that I honestly intended to try and use it to help you, I realise now I should've just let you open up at your own pace" he sat back in his chair and sighed "I can only apologize to you Feral, but if there's anything else I can do to make it up to you" he shrugged and just waited for the response

To his surprise he saw Feral smile "Apology accepted Shepard, I mean you're still an ass for doing it but…..I get it, again you're an ass for doing it but I understand why you did it now"

Shepard just looked at the man with a look of shock.

"Hey don't get me wrong I was planning on shouting at you a little bit more but….then you go and apologize and admit your mistakes before I could" Feral waved his hands in the air before he starting laughing a little. "You spoiled my fun Shepard but at least you said sorry"

Shepard just shook his head and cracked a small smile, "Ok I have to ask, yesterday you were about ready to rip my head off but now…..what happened?"

Feral smiled gently at that "A friend reminded me who I am. What, past or literal, doesn't really matter."

Shepard didn't have to think for a second before he asked his next question "Tali?"

Feral just snorted "Now how did you know that commander? I thought I warned you about spying on me already" he leant forward and glared playfully at Shepard

Shepard laughed at that before answering truthfully "Why do you think I left her and Wrex behind with you? They were both invaluable to the mission but I left them with you. Admittedly Wrex was there because he's the only thing on board that could stop you if you went on a rampage. Tali though, I left her behind because you two have been through a lot together. You've done a lot for her Feral and you've left an impression on her, if anyone could break through to you it was going to be her."

Feral just listened to his statement and shrugged at the end of it "You take pride in being observant don't you?" raising an eyebrow at him

"Well what can I saw Feral, not all of us can smell a lie" Shepard quipped back, making a laugh emanate from the super human. "So Feral…..are we good?"

Feral just breathed deeply before smiling back at his XO, offering his hand to his friend "Don't pull a stunt like that again and yh. Yh we're good Shepard"

Shepard smiled as he reached over and shook Feral's hand, noticing that Feral squeezed slightly harder than he should have but it was just to make a point. "Will that be all commander?" Feral stood up slowly from the sofa.

"Nothing personal. But could you grab Kaidan and Tali? We've been asked to recover a Geth data module from the planet Eletania. Just head straight to the Mako, I'll brief more before we drop" Shepard asked.

Feral gave a lazy two fingered salute to the spectre "No problem, talk to you later Shepard" Feral went to walk out before turning back briefly "Hey Shepard, just for the record. I'm sorry about the way I acted towards you."

Shepard just smiled back at his friend "Forget it Feral, the fact that this has been resolved without you killing anyone is good enough for me"

Feral just laughed as he walked out of Shepard's quarters, leaving the commander all alone. He waited for the door to shut and let out a loud sigh, sinking in his seat "Thank god for Tali" he laughed to himself as he thought about all the other scenarios he'd envisioned this playing out.

Feral was walking back out into the mess hall, he was about to shout out for Kaidan and Tali but he overheard Garrus talking.

"He's been in there for a while….do you think one of us should go and make sure Shepard is still alive?"

Feral could see that they hadn't moved much, but Liara had disappeared back to her office. Leaving Tali the only person facing towards him. He slowly started to walk up behind the turian, placing his feet down gently so he didn't make a single noise. Raising a single finger to his mouth when he noticed Tali had spotted him; she got the message and kept quiet.

Ashley was laughing at Garrus comment "Oh come on Garrus, you really think Feral would be that quiet? We'd have heard Shepard screaming by now"

Feral had successfully crept all the way behind the three; he was reaching for Ashley's knife which lay between her and Garrus. Suddenly and without warning he jolted forward, wrapping one arm around Ashley's collar and picking up the knife with the other. Waving the metal cutlery around in front of her face.

"Oh I dunno Ash" he growled quietly into her ear. "I can be incredibly quiet when I want to be" Garrus and Kaidan had both jumped away at the sudden commotion, Ashley was just sitting bolt upright as her eyes bulged in silent terror. "All it would take is for Shepard to turn away from me. Just one moment…..and….." He snapped his fingers "well….you're a marine, take a wild guess" he grinned evilly, the knife reflecting his smile back towards Ashley.

Feral then just dropped the knife to the table and stood back up. "Tali and Kaidan, we got to go to the Mako. Shepard needs us to collect some lost data module" he gestured over to the elevator, shrugging his shoulders slightly.

Kaidan just nodded, not sure what to make of what had just happened. He figured instead of arguing it'd be better for him to just make a move as fast as he could, so he got up and made his way to the elevator.

Tali was biting her lips yet again, trying not to explode laughing at Feral's actions. So she just nodded as well, snorting slightly as a laugh escaped her lips. Feral and Tali just walked off towards the elevator, laughing loudly. As the elevator started moving downwards, the loud groan of Feral filled the silent mess hall before a repeated thumping noise started.

Garrus started snickering to himself as he starting eating again, Feral was back to his old self. Hearing Tali laugh was proof of that and the sound of Feral beating his head into the elevator was further evidence to the ex C-Sec officer. He slowly sighed as he finally spoke up "…..Just when I thought Feral couldn't get any scarier….." Garrus looked over to Ashley, tilting his head slightly "…are you ok?"

He received his answer in the form of a small whimper, to which he couldn't help himself and he started laughing even louder.

Kaidan and Feral were at their lockers, putting their armour on. Tali was waiting by the Mako as she watched the two men strap their armour plates in position, all she had to do was grab her pistol and shotgun. She was humming to herself as she smiled, poor Ashley. She had been the victim of Feral's latest prank, but at least he was back to normal.

"You're terrible you know that right?" Kaidan looked over at Feral, who just laughed in response

"Yh I know" he was strapping his body plate into position before fitting the plating onto his shoulders and arms. "But at least I'm just playing around again." He smiled playfully

Kaidan just sighed, before smiling back "Yh well…..Ashley's going to be pissed"

Feral chuckled again "ahh she'll get over it eventually" he grunted as he tightened the straps to his upper body plating, checking it was all securely fastened.

"Oh I wouldn't be so sure" Kaidan was busy fitting the armour onto his legs now "First off duty time we had, we were stuck on the Normandy. I had a few classic horror movies on holo-deck and we managed to convince her to watch one of them"

"What movie?" Feral looked over, he and Kaidan shared an interest in 21st century and prior human culture and they talked about it pretty often. Fighting over classic movies at the mess hall table, enjoying the fact that no one had any idea what they were talking about.

"Alien" he simply replied, cut off by Feral before he had a chance to continue his story.

"Ooooo now that is a classic….and you made her watch it on a space ship? Kaidan….I didn't know you had it in you" Feral just laughed again

Kaidan shook his head slightly as he smiled "Yh well she didn't talk to me for a week AND slept with her shotgun in the sleeper pod." Again this just made Feral laugh, and the two men just went back to putting their armour on.

"You don't have to answer but" Kaidan slowly said, choosing his words carefully "What did Shepard say to you? I mean you were pissed yesterday and then….you spent about 15 minutes in his quarters and you're back to your old self"

Feral just smiled cheekily "What? I can't be in a good mood Kaidan?" Feral sighed as he just watched the biotic stare at him "Fine…he said sorry to me and I believed it was genuine. I had a good night last night and a lot of time to think about what happened and…..I realised Shepard wasn't being malicious, he was just being an ass." Feral shrugged "Then he apologised to me the moment I walked into his quarters" he pushed the last piece of his armour into place and strapped it down, reaching into his locker and grabbing his pistol and rifle.

"Despite everything, I'm pretty reasonable Kaidan" he smiled as he patted the biotic on the shoulder, before he headed towards the Mako. Kaidan just watched as Feral walked off, his explanation actually made sense. He wasn't going to bring it up more because no matter what really had happened. Feral was back to his old self, even if Ashley was eventually going to tear him a new one.

Before he turned back to finish putting his armour on, he saw how Tali and Feral were interacting. The quarian was bouncing on the front of her feet almost constantly and Feral never stopped smiling. Then he remembered Feral's words and laughed quietly, he was right. Tali had been smiling when she first saw him this morning. The biotic just smiled as finished gathering his equipment, he was happy to see that the two were such good friends; though he had to wonder if friends was a strong enough word for the two anymore.

- Planet Eletania –

Feral grabbed the pyjak and tore the data module from its hands, growling loudly as the scared 'space monkey' darted off into the depths of the mine. They finally had it, this mission hadn't been tough but damn it had been annoying. Chasing around pyjaks had been about as much fun as being shot in the head for Feral and he was pretty sure that everyone else was considering finding out what it felt like for themselves.

"If I ever see a pyjak….ever again. I swear to god I'm going to kill something" Feral growled as he put the data module into one of his protective pouches. Tali muttered something about her shotgun as they started to walk out of the mines.

All of them were done with this planet and they wanted off as soon as they could. After this they'd be heading to the citadel for a quick stop, and at least for Feral, Tali and Kaidan that meant a stop in Flux to get a few drinks. Feral knew that he wouldn't get drunk, but drinking with friends would lower his urge to punch holes into walls. Shepard just asked them to wait for him, he'd have to drop off the data module to Anderson but then he'd gladly join them.

All four of them shared a laugh as they stepped out of the mine, staring up as a large ship floated off in the distance. A Geth drop ship.

"Ah crap! QUICK! Get to the mako!" All four of them quickly ran forward to the tank, which had been parked perpendicular to the ramp leading down from the mines entrance. Rounds and rockets starting flying just as they made it, taking cover behind its large wheels.

Shepard was barking out orders. "Kaidan get some biotics down on those forward platforms. Tali do what you can to slow them down. Feral get in the mako and get on that turret" All three of them nodded and immediately got started.

Feral smashed his first against the side hatch of the mako before he scrambled inside, dropping his rifle down on one of the seats as he climbed up into the gunnery position. Quickly flicking on the switches and powering up the turrets weaponry. He then took hold of the controls and opened fire. Feral normally found firing the Mako's weapons a lot of fun, but after his experiences with the pyjaks. He was downright loving this, zooming in and taking a sadistic amount of pleasure in watching the machine gun tearing the Geth to pieces. Laughing to himself as he watched them explode when he launched the occasional missile at them.

Eventually the small attack was repelled, the Mako definitely made short work of the platforms and both Tali and Kaidan's supporting abilities had made it even more futile. Eventually the rest of the team crawled up into the Mako. Feral was sitting in the gunner's seat still as Tali and Kaidan sat down and locked themselves in.

Tali looked up "Have fun?" she looked up happily at the smiling man

"Oh….you have no idea" he smiled back cheekily "I'll take Geth over pyjaks any day" The crew of the Mako all laughed at that, they couldn't agree more and finally there were getting off the infested planet.

"What's the bet that Joker asks for another medal? The Normandy probably isn't equipped to land on a planet covered in monkeys" Kaidan said as they watched the ship land, everyone but Feral laughed. He'd have to ask Tali about that later, but he smiled in his seat as listened to them laugh.

- Flux, 2 hours later-

The 'space monkey' squad, as Joker had affectionately entitled them when they had boarded the Normandy, were sitting the bar. Shepard had quickly dropped off the data module with Anderson, but Feral had stayed behind with Tali and sat in front of the reception, briefly explaining the situation to the Captain. He was sorry to hear how badly it had gone but he was even happier to learn that Feral was back on board with the mission; his past could wait for another time.

They had been joined by Garrus who was keen to get off the Normandy and hearing Feral complain about pyjaks and elevators was always enough to keep the turian equivalent of a smile on his face. Although this time, he wasn't going to drink too much. He'd learnt his lesson the last time he'd drank with Feral, he wasn't going to win in that situation.

"So seeing as you've calmed down now" Garrus said across the table towards Feral, who was taking a sip of his drink "Any chance we can push you for any stories?" he tilted his head towards the man, as everyone around the table encouraged Feral to at least divulge something.

"For the last time Garrus, I'm telling you if I can catch a missile with my head" Feral just laughed into his glass, finishing it off as he watched the group start to plead. Even Tali was asking him for just one story, letting his head sag for a moment before he leant back and raised his hands "Ok ok, one. One story" he held up one finger much to the group's delight, a small cheer coming from them.

Feral rubbed his tongue along his top teeth before finally saying "How about why I hate elevators?"

Kaidan leant forward with a smirk on his face "Wait that actually has a story behind it? I thought you were just an impatient bastard"

Feral groaned slightly as he realised he'd probably made a mistake, it was the only story he was really willing to tell but even so. He sighed "Yh, it's from when I was a kid"

This time Tali piped up "Oh then we have to hear this, somehow I can't imagine you as a child" she stuck her tongue out for Feral; she knew he couldn't actually see but the tone in her voice let him know.

Feral stuck his tongue back out at the woman, he knew what she'd done behind her visor "Yh believe it or not. Crazy old me actually used to be little and annoying….well….less annoying I'm sure" he smirked as he saw the group was looking forward to finding out the truth about his hate of the machines.

"Ok so when I was about 6 years old I lived in London, one of those whacking great big apartment complexes in the outskirts of the city" Feral started his story "and much like any annoying, 'bundle of joy' I liked playing in the elevators. It was good fun, they were fast and you got a great view of the city."

He carried on telling his story, the group intently listening in as they tried to imagine Feral 19 years beforehand. He told them about the time he was messing around in the elevators and his mother had found out from the building's security that he was tearing around the entire building effectively using the elevator as a taxi. His mother had told him that if she ever caught him doing it 'She'd hit his head against the sides of the elevator'.

A few days after she had told him that, like any other child, he did exactly what he was told not to. He went to play in the elevator again and this time, the elevator came whirring to a halt. He'd been terrified, hitting at the emergency button and calling for help. He was stuck in that elevator for 3 hours, before he finally remembered what his mother had said to him.

"So I stood up, walked over to the panel and said 'Sorry mum' and I thumped my head straight into it. Not enough to hurt just enough to make a noise and immediately. The elevator started moving again." Feral was watching the faces of the people around the table, who were silently laughing at his silly childhood tale. "Ever since that day I started to believe that the elevator would stop if I didn't hit my head on the wall, so I did" he smiled as Kaidan and Shepard snickered at the story.

"And as you can see it's a habit that kind of stuck with me over the years. THE WORST THING! The worst thing about that story." Feral recomposed himself "6 years ago, my mum came up to me on my 19th birthday and she said to me. 'Son….I'm worried about your elevator problem. You're going to destroy all those smart brain cells of yours if you ever get stuck in one again' and then she told me the truth about that day when I was 6" the group edged forward again, holding themselves together as he finally ended his tale.

"Turns out, she had told security that if I was ever seen messing around in the elevator again. They were to stop the elevators and ignore my cries for help until….until I hit my head on the wall" Feral sat back and shrugged. Initially looking annoyed as Shepard and Kaidan laughed but eventually joining in. Garrus was snickering from behind his drink but Tali was both shocked and amused.

"Keelah! I can't believe your mother would do that" she finally laughed out.

"Hey it worked, I fucking hate the things now!" Feral laughed and smiled at the Quarian who eventually started laughing as well, he turned around as a waitress came over and handed him a drink.

"Complements from an anonymous admirer" the waitress said before she smiled and walked off.

Feral just stared at the drink "…what?" Kaidan and Shepard laughed again at the man's reaction to the anonymous gift.

"What? You've never had an admirer before Feral?" Garrus asked, teasing the confused human

"Hey I'm a software technician, I spent most of my time with my head down in an omni-tool" Feral defended himself "Plus those 4 years with Cerberus didn't really present much opportunities for mingling" he rolled his eyes at the word

"So you've never 'mingled'?" Kaidan looked at him with a raised eyebrow, both Shepard and Garrus leaning in as Feral got more and more flustered. Tali was pretending to ignore the boy talk but she couldn't help being curious.

Feral stumbled over his words slightly as he rubbed the back of his neck, the super human was more or less immune to bullet wounds but the topic of….'mingling' had always bothered him a little. He should have been used to the teasing by now but 4 years away from marines had left his defences down. Eventually he just sighed "no I haven't" he sat back in his chair and just let the men look at him with smirks.

He lifted his arm and let his omni-tool flare up "Again, I'm a hacker. I'm into software and computer systems and that doesn't usually attract the ladies." Once again he was rolling his eyes before Shepard finally spoke up

"Well maybe it's the eyes Feral, for humanity their pretty exotic and even you have to admit they attract attention" he snorted as Kaidan and Garrus joined in laughing. Tali had to admit that Shepard was right, she'd never vocalise it but Feral's deep red eyes were very striking. His emotions were almost amplified by the red pupils and she personally thought it was one of Feral's most attractive features.

"Whatever Feral, just drink the damn drink and maybe she'll come over and introduce herself" Garrus finally added. That statement made Tali feel…..jealous. Did she really have the right? She liked Feral but they were only friends, she sighed as she started to feel selfish. It was practically a mortal sin on the migrant fleet.

Feral groaned and finally sat forward "Fine, if it'll shut you all up" he grabbed the glass and downed the entire drink in one, slamming the glass down onto the table. "There" he sat back again as the boys just laughed again, making Feral smile. The drink had tasted good and he wondered what it was….it tasted familiar to him.

Shepard was taking a sip of his glass before he looked up at Feral; his face was contorted into a weird look. "Feral….are you ok?"

Feral looked up at the commander, holding his hand up into the air as his fingers starting shaking

"I think I've been poisoned" he said before his eyes rolled back into his head. Followed by his head slamming down into the table as he started to convulse. The group jumped up and Kaidan grabbed Feral's shoulders and pulled him back into his seat, trying to hold him still as he shook.

Garrus had shouted at the bouncer to call for a medic while Shepard moved to try and help Kaidan hold Feral down. Tali just watched in horror at the scene, it'd only been moments ago that he'd been laughing and now she didn't know what to do. Her hands just came up to her face as she watched, praying that Feral would be ok. He'd never told her how he handled poison and she didn't know what to expect.

Eventually his convulsion stopped and he went limp in the men's arms, Shepard roared at someone to call for a medic. The nightclub had frozen at the situation that was unfolding. Before finally a voice broke through the silence.

"Out of my way! I'm a doctor!" a man rushed forward and stepped over to the commander. "I can help your friend" he said and Shepard just nodded as the man took Kaidan's place. Tali was watching, she was hoping that this man could help Feral. He wasn't moving and she was sure he wasn't breathing either.

The doctor examined him quickly, checking his vitals before shaking his head and reaching into his pocket "I need to give him a shot of adrenaline, he's not responding" he pulled out a small needle and pushed Feral's head to one side. He was about to push it into Feral's neck when suddenly Shepard's hand grabbed his wrist, stopping him.

"What kind of doctor carries around adrenaline in his pocket?" he stared at the man, glaring into his eyes.

"A prepared one, now please you have to let me do this or there is a real chance your friend will die." The doctor demanded, yanking his hand out of Shepard's grip pulling back his hand and going to stab the needle into Feral's neck. Another hand stopped him, but this time the hand went around his neck and had a red pair of eyes at the end of it.

Feral squeezed the man's throat hard, the sudden pressure making him drop the needle. He then pushed the man back, watching as he fell back into the middle of the room.

"Feral what are you doing? He was trying to help you!" Tali screamed at him, she was scared. Feral was still shaking and twitching slightly.

"TALI IT'S HIM! HE REEKS OF THE STUFF!" Feral managed to snarl out as he twisted in pain on his chair. Everyone turned around to stare at the doctor, who was looking panicked.

"I…I don't know what he's talking about! It's standard practice for doctors to carry adrenaline in cases of emergency" he was grasping at straws, pushing himself away as Shepard and Garrus started walking towards him.

Feral was being held down by Kaidan until suddenly he slammed his fists down on the table, a loud crack resonating through the room as he finally regained control of his body. Feral was panting loudly, moaning as he pushed himself to his feet. Everybody in the club just watched as the super soldier began to walk off the poison, every step he took became more and more confident. Until finally Feral had full control of his body again, he was in pain still, but he was able to confront the doctor.

Tali watched as Feral stepped up to the man, his eyes full of thunder as he spoke out. "So…..how much are they paying you?"

"I don't know what you're talking about! I WAS TRYING TO HELP YOU!" the man shouted before recoiling back again.

This time Feral roared "CERBERUS! HOW MUCH IS CERBERUS PAYING YOU?" snapping out his words as he snarled angrily at the terrified man. If the club had sounded quiet before, listening to the human roar had stunned the entire room into utter silence.

Shaking in fear the doctor managed to utter out "I have no idea what you're talking about"

Feral just glanced over at Shepard and nodded once.

"Clearly not enough" the commander said "They didn't tell you that Feral could smell a lie did they?" glaring down at the doctor.

The doctor just looked around the room, before realising no one was going to help him. He suddenly stopped shaking "No, obviously not" he stared back up at Feral, who's fangs were baring at the Cerberus agent.

Tali was suddenly furious, at the revelation Feral had just uncovered she wanted nothing more than to watch Feral tear him apart. No one hurts her friends. The 5 squad members slowly converged on the agent, who was lying back on the floor were Feral had thrown him.

"So what did they tell you?" Feral growled

The agent just looked at him "They told me that subject-0515 was extremely dangerous. That direct confrontation was unlikely to work, and poisons would only stop you for a brief amount of time."

"So what was in that needle?" Garrus was growling as well, the agent had tried to kill a friend of his and he wasn't going to get away with it.

"A sedative, a powerful enough one to deal with the subject" the man coldly replied

"HE HAS A NAME YOU BOSH'TET!" Tali shouted at the agent, she was glaring at him through her visor. 'KEELAH! I wish I had my shotgun right now' she mentally screamed.

"Not to Cerberus he doesn't, he's just another of their failed experiments and 'he' wants him back" the man yelped as he suddenly felt himself being dragged into the air.

Feral had grabbed the man's shirt and was holding him off the floor "Who is 'He'?" he was snarling, the identity of his tormentor was at his fingertips.

Instead the agent just began to laugh "I'm afraid that's where I stop talking subject-0515. Sorry maybe you'll have better luck next time" he laughed as a beeping started to come out of his coat.

'And I was having such a good day' Feral thought as he shouted "BOMB!" and charged forward, if he was quick enough he could throw the man into the alley leading to the club. IF, it was a very big if, but if he could manage it he could stop any innocent people from getting hurt.

Everything just slowed down inside the club; everyone dived for cover at the word bomb. Garrus grabbed Tali who had frozen at the word and the sight of Feral holding onto the man regardless. She saw him get close to the door, his omni-tool lighting up and she could see the shimmer of his shields bulking up around the front of his body. She then watched as he threw the agent out of his arms, watching the flailing man fly out of the door as Feral brought his arms up in front of his head.

Suddenly time seemed to speed up again as she watched the explosion erupt through the door of the club. Her eyes wide as she watched Feral get yanked off his feet and thrown back at the force of the explosion. Losing sight of him as smoke quickly filled up the club, before finally she shrieked.

"FERAL!"