Danny:

Danny let out his breath like he had been holding it for ten minute letting himself fall to the floor as any strength he had left him. He blinked rapidly and brought his hands up to rub his eyes. Pain, like an ice-cream headache, was shooting through his skull. He felt like all his senses had been stopped as he just noticed the smell of smoke and Shepard standing over Ty looking confused.

"What just happened?"

Shepard turned to Danny and pointed a finger at him, "I want you and the other Users off my ship as soon as we enter port."

Danny got up and from the floor and spoke, "What the hell happened?"

Shepard looked down at Ty then back at Danny, "Another damn reason why I want you off my ship."

After that Shepard turned and left the comm room followed by Tali and Ashley. That only left Garrus and Liara in the room with Danny, Cody and a smoking body formerly known as Ty. Cody walked over to Ty and kneeled down to begin checking him out. Danny quickly walked over and joined him, "Is he alive?"

Cody put two fingers on the lower left of Ty's neck and checked for a pulse, "Yeah, he is but why is he smoking?"

Danny looked down at Ty and saw a thin layer of steam coming off him as he lied unconscious, it only took him a moment of contemplation before he knew why, "Shepard has laser vision."

Cody just scoffed, "That's the stupidest thing I have ever heard. How the hell would Shepard do that?"

Danny shrugged, "Same way Saren made his arm into a Brute claw. User magic."

Cody facepalmed, "that is so fucking stupid."

"It would also explain why we all got an ice-cream headache", Danny exclaimed smacking his fist into his palm.

Cody shook his head and grabbed Ty's left arm, "Well, we better get over by the airlock."

Danny raised an eyebrow, "Why?"

"Because Shepard said he wanted us 'off the ship as soon as we reach port'", Cody said grabbing Ty's other arm.

Danny waved Cody off, "Nonsense, we are the heroes. It's not like Shepard would truly want us off the ship."

Cody moved his hand in a circle, "Because?"

"We are awesome."

"Just grab Ty's legs."

Danny grabbed Ty's legs and the two of them made their way to the door and Garrus hit the button. Danny and Cody just gave him a nod of thanks but Garrus just waved them off, drawing his eyes away from them.

Moving headlong, Danny and Cody hurried to the front of the ship and waited by the airlock. They didn't know what to do so they placed Ty by the door and sat around waiting for Joker to pull into the Citadel. Danny let his eyes wander to the controls and he let himself give a laugh when he blasted the reading file out of the air.

"Attention, we are about to dock with the Citadel soon. All passengers gather your belongings that you will be taking with you as you exit the flight. We know the military assigned you here but we here in the cabin would like to thank you for flying Air Normandy", Joker said with sarcasm in his tone.

Cody looked over at Danny, "Where are we going to go once we are on the Citadel?"

Danny didn't even need to think about it, "I say we go to-"

Cody cut him off quick, "If you say we should go to The Flux I am going to get a giant robot and smash you into next game."

"Ha, I was going to say Chora's Den", Danny quickly retorted.

Cody stood up, "Fuck you."

Danny just shook his head and stood up himself. He grabbed Ty off the ground and tossed him over his shoulder, "You know, I sure am getting tired of Ty sleeping on the job. There's been Feros, Virmire, and now on the Normandy. The fuck is wrong with this guy?"

Some of Cody's hostility shrank away and he just crossed his arms, "I don't know, maybe we should get a pass out jar for him."

Danny gave a forced laugh to Cody's comment, "Yeah, every time his ass is on the ground he has to pay a dollar."

Danny could tell that Cody knew he just forced the laugh and they both just kept quiet until the ship was effectively docked and they were allowed to leave. Cody walked over to the elevator and Danny followed him to C-sec academy where they separated. Cody went to the elevators while Danny grabbed a hovercar. No use traveling if it ain't in style.

Cody:

Cody wanted to punch a wall or throw the hanar preacher into the water. It was like the entire universe had decided that he was to be its punch line in the grand scheme of 'fuck you' and it was in no way enjoyable. Never once had he complained to anyone, waid he couldn't do something, or given up on a friend but for once he wished he could complain.

Ty had somehow managed to fuck him over, getting him trapped in the game, the worst position in the game, and kicked off the Normandy. It wasn't like his life was the best thing ever either, he needed a damn break from it all and there was only one way to do it.

Cody sat on a bench in the Presidium and just watched the fake sky. He wasn't going to do anything until the Geth arrived and when it happened… Cody will come out swinging.

Ty:

I looked around frantically, something had just happened and I had no idea what it was. I remember letting go but something replaced me. It took a second but my sight rushed back to me and I saw it. I was back in my apartment, on the couch, in the living room, with the xbox and TV.

"Hello Ty."

I froze for a second and moved my head over slowly. Sitting next to me, in her jean and a low cut t-shirt was my former girlfriend, "Hello Layla."

She bit her lower lip with a smile on like she was excited to see me but trying to hide it, "So, do you know where you are?"

I clenched my hand on the couch cushion, "My living room."

"No", she stood up and began walking around the room, gesturing at everything, "this is the deepest depth of your mind. Before this, there was the white room with your friend dubbed 'Drew'. Before that there was Liara's mind meld. Each happening brought you a little closer to here."

I sat forward and began rubbing my temples, "What is this? Just going deeper in my mind again?"

She threw her head back causing her brunette hair to fall off her shoulders,"Hahahaha, no Ty. This is what digital evolution is doing to you. It's bringing you to a higher state of mind."

The look on my face was pure confusion, "What the hell are you talking about?"

"Ty, how long was I gone?"

I thought back to the first morning I woke up and found the note, "Three days?"

"That how long it took for me to ascend."

I stood up from the couch and walked back into the kitchen where she was sitting on the counter, "Ascend to where? Back to Venus where there are other blood suckers like you."

Layla laid back on the counter and let her hair fall off the edge, "C'mon Ty, ascend. It's called digital evolution. It happens when an organic enters the digital realm, slowly your mind begins to shed off it's weakness and becomes pure consciousness."

I shook my head and opened up the fridge, "That's fucking dumb. Why would I want to become pure consciousness? You've seen Darker than Black. The shit doesn't work out."

Peaking in the fridge, I grabbed a beer out and when I sat up Layla was on the other side of the door, "What if it did?"

If you can't tell, I was listening to Eric Clapton while writing this chapter.

ROAD HOUSE!