Ty:

I sat on the stairs letting my mind wander. A merger, what the hell would it do? Would I lose my memories first and begin disappearing? Would Saren get control first and then I would just wither away?

I felt my fist clenching as my anger and rage began to boil, "Damn it!" I slammed my hand into the metal wall and immediately regretted it. Pain shot down my arm and up to my head as my fist connected with the wall.

I pulled my hand away from the wall and held it close to me trying to rub the pain away when the intercom came on, "Attention, all ground crew and Users. Please report to the comm room for debriefing."

I let a small laugh of disbelief; we were already being singled out of the crew. Shepard was far more pissed than he ever had been before. It seemed like a good excuse to skip the meeting but if I didn't show up I would go from being put in a grave to just being spaced when the crew finally killed me.

I got up and headed into the comm and made sure to keep my face blank. The crew couldn't know that more bad stuff was happening than what they knew. They wouldn't be able to comprehend it nor logically take it into consideration.

I walked up the steps and entered the comm room, Shepard was the only one there and he looked up at me, shot a scowl and then looked down to the report in hand. It was hard but I Managed to hold my stare even though I wanted to bust out laughing at Shepard's scowl. Not that he had no right to be angry at me but it was how he went about it that was funny.

"So, you ready to answer to the crew?"

I looked up at Shepard and switched back into serious mode, "That I saved more people from dying by withholding information? Yes, yes I am."

Shepard rolled his eyes and took a seat. It took only a few seconds after that but everyone began showing up one at a time. There was a cloud over everyone's head that just dropped a ten pound weight on my shoulder. It began to get harder to hold my blank face and keep a upright sitting position as each one walked in.

It dwindled down to the last two and that's when it really hit me. Tali walked in first and didn't even look in my direction. Then, Ashley walked in and I could see the mental stress and pain I had caused. She seemed to have aged ten years in just the short time we had been on the ship. Then, when she looked at me I just let my shoulders drop and finally I cracked.

I didn't realize how badly I had hurt the crew and more importantly Ashley. When it was a game, Ashley shrugs off Kaiden with a little bit of regret but now she really feels like it should have been her. I grabbed the side of my heading a way that my palms covered my ears without looking like I was trying to tune everyone out.

I just sat for a second but I heard something in my head, it was a two note rhythm that scared me worse than anything else. I took my hands off my ears and sat up again but I couldn't recapture my lost posture. I must have looked pathetic.

Shepard took a deep breath and stood from his chair, "Alright, I have written the report and sent it off to command. I would have let you all make adjustments to it where necessary but I needed to inform the council before we arrived at the Citadel. Now let's cut the bull and get strait to the point, Ty, why have you been withholding information from us."

All eyes went directly to me and I saw Garrus lean forward as to pounce if I made a run for it, "I told Shepard this before but the rest of you probably haven't heard this. There is a force that controls this world, an AI to be exact. It is able to manipulate the game and make it harder or easier depending on the situation and how I approach it. Liara and", his name caught in my throat for a second, "Wrex were with me when I had to cut through a small military force to get to you on Noveria. That was because I told Shepard what would happen."

Garrus chimed in as I paused, "Noveria has been one of our better operations. We could have taken on a difficulty lift if you would have warned us. We are not useless and all of us know our way around a battle field."

I looked around the room at everyone and saw that the only one who wasn't paying attention or at least pretending not to was Tali, "You guys may have but I couldn't. I was hit by a rocket and had a section of armor torn off that Saren is now using. On top of that, I almost died on Feros on a regular fight."

"As far as I can tell, you were just looking after yourself and trying to keep from getting hurt. You never once thought about how the squad could handle the situation or how we could help you", Shepard called out.

I just sneered, "Of course, no proof that it would hurt you or you couldn't handle it so you obviously want to try but you know what? What would it be like if I did and you couldn't handle it? The reason you can say that is because I never took the chance. By not taking a chance, I kept you all away from getting hurt or worse."

Shepard threw his hands up and began walking around the room, "The usual coward excuse. You are just a coward now and you will always be."

I got up and got in Shepard's face when he was in front of me, "You wanna call me out? Well, here I am."

Shepard kept a hard face and stared straight into my eyes, "Bring it, coward."

My fist clenched to the point that I felt my knuckles turn white, "You sure you can keep up with my Shepard? You have never seen how much damage I can do."

Shepard brought a fist up and into my stomach. It hurt but all I did was let out my breath. Shepard had just thrown his hat into a ring that can get him killed. Pushed Shepard away and then gave a shot right to his stomach and that's when I blanked out.

Shepard:

Shepard gasped at the air and grabbed Ty's shoulders. Slowly, Shepard's eyes went down and saw that Ty's hand had punctured his sternum but instead of blood, there was matrix code. Shepard began to push him away but Ty pulled him back in with whatever he had a hold of.

"Poor, poor Shepard. You have lost control and you want it back."

A chill went down Shepard's back as the Ty spoke, "Ty?"

Ty moved his hand around in the wound, "Hehe, you only wish. He would have held back but me, I am willing to fully use his power."

The tone and slyness now in Ty's voice was familiar but he couldn't put his finger on it through the pain, "Who are you?"

"Is it really that hard to know?"

Shepard looked up from the wound into Ty's eyes and say the blue glow and pattern now in them, "Saren?"

Ty/Saren pushed Shepard back and let his hand come out of Shepard's sternum, "That's right Shepard", Ty/Saren began walking around Shepard, "Ty never told you but he started a merger. Let me guess your reaction, 'oh no, how did he do that?' Well, you see he hit me with his bare fist it caused both our program files to begin merging and when that happens only one can stay. The other must disappear… forever."

Shepard stood up and pointed at Ty/Saren, "Team, back me up!"

Ty/Saren looked around sarcastically, "Oh no, don't gang up on me. That is no way I can take you all on at once. Oh wait, your crew is a little incapacitated at the moment. I hope that won't put a damper on your quick action."

Shepard got up and looked around, everyone was still. They were like in a paralyzed state, even the other Users weren't moving. Alone, Shepard was all alone. His memory went back to Elysium and how he stood alone against the Batarians.

Shepard glared at Ty/Saren, "I have stood alone against forces worse then you."

Ty/Saren let out a laugh, "No, you haven't. You were born but a few weeks ago Shepard. You don't have a mother or a father. You are just a simple program that was selected to have a special past. Without a User controlling you, you can do nothing."

Shepard threw three quick punches to Ty/Saren starting in his stomach and working his way up to Ty/Saren's face. It caused him to stagger backwards but he immediately stood back up and regained his posture.

"I knew you would do that Shepard, you are programed to be a fighter. Till the bitter end", Ty/Saren said as he raised his hand to finish Shepard off.

Shepard brought his arms up and readied to dodge any shot that Ty/Saren could give, "Bring it, you sack of shit."

Ty/Saren gave a smile that showed utter insanity and anticipation that he had but it quickly melted into fear. Ty/Saren began looking around in panic, "Who is tha- You!? I killed you, you can't be alive still. I killed you. I killed you!"

An electric shock surged out through Ty and Shepard covered his eyes as a bright light shot out of Ty. There was a scream followed by a thump and when Shepard lowered his arm everyone was moving and Ty was lying on the ground smoking.

Shepard stayed still just looking around trying to comprehend what happened until Danny spoke, "What just happened?"

Anger was the first thing Shepard felt and he looked over at Danny, "I want you and the other Users off my ship the second we enter port."

He I'm back after a short hiatus… and a computer crash… and a motherboard malfunction. So I had to rewrite this chapter like three times. Now this means I am really low on motivation and I desperately need your feedback to get my motivation back. Please just take a second and review or PM me. It helps me to know the opinions of the people reading my story so please just let me know.

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