On board the Ship, Holding Cells, Ross's POV

Listen to My Voice calling you, pulling you out of darkness.

Here the Devil's cry of sin, always turn your back on him.

With the Wind you go still I dream of your spirit leading you back home.

I will give my gifts to you, grow your garden watch it bloom.

"SHUT UP IN THERE!" yelled Sally, banging on the shield barrier to my cell. For the past three hours now she's been keeping a close eye on me, staring directly into my cell The scary thing is that I don't think she's blinked at least once since she started, and it's creeping me the hell out! "God I can't think straight with you constantly singing, it's fucking annoying."

as to make sure i'm not "planning some grand escape" from the Alliance military again.

"And you're a psychopath, but i'm guessing you already knew that, considering the way you beat my girlfriend to a pulp back on Omega!"

"Ok one, the term psychopath is so outdated, I refer the term 'Fisting Enthusiast'" Yes I hear it too, but I don't think she realizes how bad that sounds, "And two, I was under orders to capture you by any means necessary, that includes beating the shit out of anyone that gets in my way. So i'm sorry if that Asari bitch of yours tried to fight someone she couldn't handle." I got from my bed and slammed my cuffed fists against the barrier in a fit of rage, which caused the cuffs to shock me again, making me yell out in pain. "Not so high and mighty without those biotics of yours to give you an edge now are you?"

"*grunts* I fucking….hate….you….so very much." I said struggling to keep myself on my feet, "You better hope that I don't get out here bitch, otherwise i'm gonna turn your head into pulp!"

"*chuckles* Just try pretty boy, and you'll end up like your like that fucktoy of yours"

"Sally that's enough!" Great, Alex had appeared. What fresh hell does she bring for me, "Shepard didn't put you on guard duty so that you could antagonize the prisoners."

"But Alex-"

"But Alex nothing! We didn't come this far for you to crew this whole thing up by acting like your usual needs to kill everything she sees self. Now get the hell out of here!" Alex yelled.

"But-"

"NOW! Don't make me say it again." There was a brief pause, then Sally looked at me again with a nasty glare, then back to Alex.

"Fine, i'll go. You got lucky bitch!" she cried, then walked away cursing under her breath.

"Sorry about that, like I told you before, Sally can be a bit aggressive. She shouldn't bother you anymore."

"Oh yeah, that makes feel a hell of a lot better Alex." I said laying back down on my bed. "That makes this whole damned situation sooooooo much better."

"...look, this isn't anything personal or anything if that's what you're thinking. We gave our report to the committee back on Earth and they ordered us to track you down and take you in for questioning. Shepard was very adamant about tracking you down as well."

"Is that why you held a gun to my face back on Elysium, you were just following orders? Or were you just afraid of me?" I asked.

"Hey, your wounds were completely healed over. I freak out, what the hell do you want me to say."

"How about….." I said approaching the door again, "I'm sorry for putting you though hell out of some higher ups extreme paranoia against one little tiny insignificant person who's probably the farthest thing from a threat as possible, but just to be safe let's capture him and kill his girlfriend!' How does that sound Miss Paxton?" She didn't say anything, she just stood and sighed.

"Here, I brought you some food. Can't you starving on us now can I?"

"Guess not, but how am I supposed to pick it up?"

"Your cuffs can extend so that you can grab it. Watch" Alex said taking out a switch. She pressed it and my cuffs extended, just like she said. "Hurry up and eat, we're just about to land on Akuze and I want to make sure we get the hell off of that rock as soon as possible."

"So you can see me tried? Whatever, just make sure you don't die out there." I said stuffing my face, then Alex yanked my tray from me before I could finish my food.

"What did you just say?"

"What? All I said was just make sure you don't die out there, what's the big deal?" Jesus Christ, why does this girl need to question every little thing I say. It's like the goddamn Inquisition!

"...You just stay put, and don't say anything else. You might get yourself into trouble if you say anything like that again." Then she left, mumbling something under her breath. She sounded worried. But what the hell about?

I don't know, maybe she's having lady troubles. Or maybe the sight of your ugly face drove her away. Either way, it's kinda funny. I turned around expecting to see the Omniverser again, but no one was there. OH great, now you're freaking out, wonderful. But then again you are about to become apart of one of the most important and traumatizing events of Commander Shepard's life, so it does make a little bit of sense. Hopefully you won't shit yourself though."

"Who's there? Where the hell are you?" I shouted.

Oh calm down there pretty boy, no need to get all worked up. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Or maybe there is, i'm not entirely sure yet. What do you think?

"I think you should show yourself before you piss me off! Now where the hell are you?"

Yeah that's gonna be a bit of a bitch to explain, especially if we're starting off with the fact that i'm inside of your head." Inside my head? What the fuck does that mean? "It means I exist inside of your head dumbass, not that hard to explain. Although how I came into being, that's a whole different story. Look, we don't have a lot of time to go into the details, so i'll just give you a brief reminder. Do you recall that fight between you and Benezia back on Thessia a couple years ago? If yes, then you might have already seen me. I might have been hiding in the shadows

"Hiding in the shadows? What the hell are you talk-wait a minute" OH my god.

FlashBack

Right before my biotics went into overdrive, I got slammed against the wall. That should've killed me, but it didn't. After that, the shadowy part of my biotics began to grow, and out of it I saw a figure standing inside of it, pressing her finger to her mouth

"All will be explained in time. RIght now you must fight."

End of Flashback

"You were that shadowy figure I saw before. What the hell are you doing in my head?" I demanded.

I've always been here Ross. Well, always in the aspect as how long you've been in this present universe, ever since Beck killed back in your world.

"How the hell did you know that?"

*chuckles* Because I am a part of you Ross. I represent all the negative thoughts and traumatic events you've suffered from. Think of me as your darkside. Or don't don't, I really don't care.

"How come I can't see you like I did before?"

Being a mental representation of all of your negatives thoughts, I don't exist as a physical being. In order for you to see me, you need to be using your biotics. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but that's just the way it. And since you can't use them right now, i'm talking to you through your head. No wait, I think I mean in your head, but then again it's my head as well since we're technically the same person. Oh god, just thinking about that makes my head hurt.

"So if you live inside of my head, do you share control over my body?"

Only if you say so, but being your inner demons, i'm will try to take control over your body against your will. It's just the nature of my being. Well that and that's basically how every single person with a living darkside story goes. I'd be lying if I said that what it said wasn't true. At least in my experience.

"Terrific." So I have an actual voice inside of my head talking to me. If that doesn't show i've gone insane, I don't know what will. How the hell can this possibly get any worse.

Oh honey. Why did you have to say that? You know what's about to happen. Oh please, is it talking about the thresher maw attack? God, I don't need to worry about that, i'm inside the ship, and there's no way-

*Claw slices its way through hull* THe sound of screeching filled the air as I desperately tried to block it out, but it was too much. Then I start to hear slurping sounds and a couple tentacles coming out of the hole, possibly searching for prey.

"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, i've seen enough shit to know where this is going. What the fuck am I gonna do?" I asked myself a stupid ass question that I already knew the answer to. Grrrrr, if only I didn't have these damn cuffs.

Try it. Voice in my head say what now? Dumbass, what the hell did I just say?! Try to use your damn biotics! Or do you want to be devoured by thresher maw?

"No, I do not, but the shock cuffs! And besides it's not like they can get-" I'm pretty sure you know how this goes. The Thresher Maw started REALLY tearing into the hull. Seriously, tore through it like it was made of marshmallow fluff, I didn't even know that was possible. It looked at me me through the barrier separating me from it, and i'm freaking out. I've fought and killed a lot of scary people in the last 2 years since being transported here, but these things terrify me to a whole new level.

Do it boy, do it! Do it or so help me god I am going to force you to and then make you rip your own goddamn heart out! That voice in my head kept screaming as the thresher maw kept banging on the barrier trying to get inside, and it was starting to deteriorate.

"If this kills me, i'm going to kill you you son of a bitch" Didn't have any time to question what I just said, bout to die, so I tried summoning my biotics, and shockingly, (see what I did there) the cuffs shot electricity throughout my body. Even with the enormous amount of pain, I wasn't going to stop, because there is no way in hell I am going to be some random thresher maw's lunch!.Suddenly, I saw a little bit of shadows, followed by a shot of gold. Finally, they broke through, just as my cuffs overheated from trying to keep me down, so I was fired up and ready to go. Before that Thresher Maw could suck me down, I hit it the most powerful Shockwave I could summon and hit the maw, knocking it backwards and forcing it back into it's hole.

"Holy shit, it worked. Why did that not kill me?" I asked.

Are you seriously questioning how i'm keeping you from feeling pain, or are you going to go help Shepard and her friends?!

"You're keeping me from feeling pain?"

DUMBASS, GO HELP THEM BEFORE I PUNCH YOU IN THE FACE! Alright, alright, goddamnit that voice is so annoying, now I know what it feels like to have a mental illness….that sounds a little bad, but now's not the time! I ran out of my cell and look down into the hole the thresher maw made, which led straight to the outside of the ship, where I could hear the sound of gunfire roaring even louder than before, and this time I could hear screaming. Hehehehe sounds like they're having fun, let's not keep them waiting boy.

"Oh Shepard, I hate to do this, but i'm about to prove everything you said about me is wrong" I giggled at the thought of that, but I also laughed a little nervously. Wouldn't you be if you were about to take on a horde of thresher maw…..and possibly Shepard and her crazy twin companions….alone?