Writer's Notes: *slowly crawls to computer* Oh god, oh god, I'm safe *huff* Thank God. Sorry everyone, college work completely took over my life, so I haven't had a lot of time to focus on the story for a long time.

Shadow: Well it's about damn time you got back here Mister. Do you know what I had to do in the time you've been gone?

Ross: Act like more of a cancer that a mild annoyance?

Shadow: That's not funny.

Ross: Wasn't trying to be, i'm just really tired and just wanted to make sure those reading the story know that I haven't abandoned this story. Plus i'm biding time till Andromeda drops so I can work it into the story.

Shadow: Oh. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that explains why you're gonna t-

Ross: *shoos Shadow away*Nope, no spoilers. Can't ruin anything till everything comes full circle. Anyway guys sorry about the delay, enjoy the next chapter of GC:MOT.

Ross's POV, The Normandy

Decontamination In Progress. Decontamination in Progress. *groans* can't thin thing go any faster? Ross for godsake that is literally the fifth fucking time you've said! Shut the fuck up and be patient.

Shore party on board. XO Pressley is relieved.

See! Oh shut up Shadow.

"Hey!" Called out Shepard, "Are you just gonna stand there staring off into space, or are you gonna come in?"

"Oh right, sorry. I tend to that from time to time." I responded as I walked into the ship. Wow, a lot more slicker than i thought. *sniffs* It's even got that new ship smell too.

"Hopefully that won't happen during the mission." she said walking into the ship. Wow, a lot more slicker than i thought. *sniffs* It's even got that new ship smell too.

"Can't promise anything. I sometimes like to take a minute to look at the beauty within our galaxy." I said following Shepard to the comm room, until she stopped me in the middle of the map room, then turned to look back at me.

"I hope you realize how serious this mission is Cohen."

"I'm well aware of what's at stake Shepard" I said, pushing her arm off of my chest, " I got the report from Councilor Tevos. Someone like Matriarch Benezia running around with a rogue Spectre with the intent of bringing back a race of highly advanced machines, that's pretty serious, even for for me."

"Doesn't sound like you think that way"

"That's because i'm trying to keep a positive attitude Shepard. I haven't been living a lavish lifestyle for the last seven years, so I need to keep my thoughts happy. But i'd be more than happy to explain that later on. Don't you think you should be introducing me to the rest of the team?" I asked.

"*grunts* right. Follow me." Do you intend on starting shit with her Ross, are you just generally a smartass? Shadow, you're literally a part of me, you already know the answer. Oh yeah, definitely a smartass. Exactly. I take pride in being a smartass, best way to insult someone without saying the actual insult. Pretty sure that's sarcasm, dumbass. Oh what do you know? Shut up, we're here.said Shadow, my attention now drawn to the open comm room. When I walked in, the entire team, minus Liara of course, was sitting in their individual seats, talking amongst themselves.

"Commander on deck." Said a slightly startled Ash, causing everyone to sit at attention, except for Wrex. He don't give two shits clearly.

"At ease everyone." Said Shepard, and everyone loosened up. "Sorry about the wait everyone, I was informed that would be receiving an additional hand from the Asari to help aid us in locating Saren."

"Probably because one of their Matriarchs is involved with them." Snorted Wrex, "They want this thing kept under wraps so they don't look bad."

"I thought that was why were trying to locate her daughter." Stated Kaidan

"Dr.T'soni." I said.

"You know about her kid?"...there's two things that I didn't like in that statement: 1.) Ashley called me a kid, and 2.) Ashley Williams said it. She is my least favorite character in the entire series, partly due to her xenophobia, and the way she treated SHepard in Mass Effect 2 and 3.

"First off i'm not a kid, i'm twenty five. Second, yes I do know about her. I read some of her work back during basic training on Thessia." Oh man, I wish the rest of you could see the looks on everyone's faces when they heard me say that.

*fourth wall breaks*

*facepalm* Good going dumbass, you broke the fucking fourth wall! Opps. I did not think that was possible. Anything is possible ROss, you should know that by now. For Christ sake, you live in the universe of one of your favorite games, as a human-asari hybrid, with incredible biotic abilities. Why the hell would think that thing doesn't exist? Oh wait, I can answer that for you. Okay, okay, you've made your point, let's just get back to the story.

"You did your basic training on Thessia?" I nodded in response to Kaidan.

"I'm surprised the Alliance let him do that. IT makes sense though:making you train on an alien planet could actually improve your abilities as a soldier." Garrus said, chiming in to the conversation.

"Actually, i'm not with the Alliance. In fact, not only that, I've never even been to Earth."

"A colony kid?" That's twice Ash. Let it go idiot. I will not.

"No, I raised on my homeworld."

"...Ok, now I'm starting to think this guy is trying to screw with us." Said Wrex getting up from his seat. He is a lot taller than most krogans that i've fought with in the past. He's also a lot taller.

"Ok, calm down there tall,red and slightly battle scarred, i'm not trying to fuck with you. Ok, not right now but maybe later." I said, then Wrex tried to punch me in the face, but my biotics blocked it. "Oh come on big guy, can't take a joke."

"What the hell? What's up with your biotics?" Asked Kaidan. Shepard sighed, then she slapped me upside the head.

"Would you just tell already!" She ordered.

"Alright alright, jesus christ. Ok, I know you're all confused, but I think I'll let this symbol on my chest explain it." I said removing the chest piece part of my armor covering my jumpsuit adorned with the Asari crest.

"Everyone, this Agent Ross Cohen-T'rala. He's a Human-Asari Hybrid working for the Asari Councilor."

….

"Bullshit!" In response, I took out my knife, but Shepard immediately knew what that meant and swiped it away from me.]

"Could you please stop doing that!" She yelled, "There is an easier way to do that. You do not have to cut your hand open to show the crew your purple blood."

"Really, how?"

Medical Bay

"Just hold still young man. This will only take a second." Said , poking the side of my arm with a needle.

"Oh right, this way isn't much fun Shepard." I said.

"It's safer, and you won't freak anyone out by cutting into your hand."

"But that's the fun part, seeing people freak out. That's the whole reason I do it: the shock value."

"You're insane."

"Yeah I know, i'm weird. I've been told that since I was 5." I said with a mix of joking and giddiness.

"No that's not what I said. I said you're insane." Said an annoyed Shepard

"Yeah I know, that's what I just said. If you haven't noticed Shepard, being weird is basically the same thing as insanity. Well maybe not in certain circumstances, but I think you get the point." She just shook her head. I think I'm growing on her. I'm surprised you didn't use that insanity bit to insult her. You could've said that friend of hers that killed your girl was crazy. I could've, but I didn't want to. We'll wait till later to use that one.

"There we go. One blood sample from a Human-Asari hybrid. Amazing." said, gazing at my dark purple blood. "Here you are Shepard."

"Thank you Doctor. While you're at it, give our friend here a full examination. Need to make sure nothing's wrong with him."

"Shepard you already know that i'm crazy, why bother looking for anything else?" She just sighed and walked out the door. "She's not one for taking a lot of jokes is she?"

"For as long as i've known her, not at all. With the life she's led, of course there wouldn't be any room left in her for joking around. Turn please." I complied, and turned and faced , then she began examining my bullet scars.

"What do you mean by the life she's led? You mean Elysium and the Akuze incident? If not then i'm at a lo-AHHH!" I yelled as pressed down on one of my bullet wound, but she quickly stopped when I screamed. "Please don't do that again. They look healed, but for some odd reason when you touch them, they still hurt."

"I'm sorry Mr T'rala, I didn't know." She apologized.

"Don't be, I didn't say anything about it. Now where was I? Oh right, we were talking about Shepard."

"I remember. From what she's told me, she's very determined. She strives to make something of herself, perhaps it's because she felt rather horribly about herself as a child."

"Why?"

"She never knew her parents. The only person she ever knew from her family was her brother." Brother? Shepard had a brother? That's new.

"Brother?"

"His name was Thomas. Not the strongest young man, but definitely the bravest. He looked after Shepard growing up: Making sure she had enough food to eat, made sure she was kept warm, even if it meant he had to suffer for her."

"Sounds like he's a good guy."

"He was."

"Was? So you mean he…?" She nodded. "Oh, I see. How did he die?"

"That I do not know. Open." she ordered and I opened my mouth. "But from the way she looks when the topic is brought up, I can tell she doesn't want to talk about it. No signs of infection, body is in tip top condition, and except for a few scars, you seem to be alright. Ok you're done."

"Thank God, my leg was starting to fall asleep." Good, now that that's done, why don't we go down to the cargo bay and get you some practice with your biotics? We can even ask Wrex if he's willing to pitch in.I mean not only is he the perfect guy to practice with, because of his biotics, but he might want to repay for making those wise cracks earlier. Hmmmm, good point Shadow. But more importantly, I get to show my abilities to the rest of the crew, let them see why Tevos made the choice to put me on here.That too. As I exited Medical Bay, I could hear the other-Shepard, Ashley, Kaidan-talking over by one of the tables.

"I just don't get it. I mean, how does something like him even work." Ash questioned.

"Maybe he's some kind of rare occurrence. Like a genetic anomaly in both the Asari and human." They haven't noticed that I left the Med Bay.

"Or maybe he's a genetic experiment. I mean the Asari are the most advanced race in the galaxy, so maybe it's possible they figured out how to splice human and Asari genes together."

"But for what reason?"

"I don't I know, and quite frankly I don't care." Said Shepard, no shock there. "I just don't trust him. I don't think he's telling us everything. I checked every database for any information on him ,and nothing came up. Then five years later, this guy suddenly shows up. That doesn't add up." And here I thought that explanation from Councilor Tevos would've been enough to satisfy her curiosity.

"So what do we do Commander?"

"We stay on track. Focus on the mission, track down Saren, and stop him before he has a chance to bring back the Reapers. If T'rala starts acting suspiciously, report to me immediately. He might have some connection to Saren as well." Fuck, is she fucking serious?! She actually thinks I'm working with that son of a bitch?! It's coincidental at best. This bitch really needs to tone down on the paranoia. Shit like that is infectious. Notice that she wasn't like this until you entered the picture. Thanks that makes me feel much better

*Flashing images* Ah, what the hell?

"Come on Tarme, come to Mommy." A voice, a woman's voice. WHy does it sound so familiar? I can see myself moving towards the source: A human woman. She's I got close enough to her, she picked me up.

"I still say we should've named him something more human Alice." Another woman's voice.

"Well I thought it was appropriate.I mean He was born outside of Alliance space."

"So are other humans outside in the Terminus system."

"But none of them had Asari blood, and they didn't have his gifts. Speaking of which." The woman placed we back onto the ground about faced from the direction I was originally facing. From there, I saw the source of the second voice: An Asari, with fairly dark purple and with white markings going around her eyes and down her cheeks. "Why don't you show daddy that little trick of yours sweetheart."

"Are you sure you didn't just see things Alice? I hear the birth process is very taxing on human females."

"I'm telling you Shara, I saw him using biotics. He's a natural. Go on Tarme, show Daddy what you can do." I lifted my hands, and that's when I realized that I was a baby. Wait a minute, am I seeing…

"Alice if you think I don't love my own child just because they're not Asari, let me tell you that's not true. I love my little boy very much, even if he doesn't have my skin, my figure, and that he's levitating himself off the grou-"

"Eeeeeeeeee, he's doing it. He's doing it! And he has your biotics too."

"By the goddess" Shara said, reaching out to grab me, shedding a few tears as my biotic aura surrounds my person, and then she begins to form a smile on her face. Then it just ends.

Hey, hey, hey dumbass, you okay? What happened? I think….I think I just saw my parents.