Two weeks later

Nate POV

The first few weeks have been pretty tough. The amount of work I have to put in is off the freaking charts. Zaeeds a damn taskmaster with this fucking weapons class. Whose brilliant idea was it to hire a mercenary to teach? Right now he's telling us some of his old stories. Even though he tends to digress Mr Massani is good teacher, don't get me wrong he is a terrible person, but he knows his stuff, he knows how to use every weapon this school has access to, he even brings in some. Let's just say not entirely legal toys for us to learn to use. He's got a soft spot for people who love big explosions and violence as well as those with questionable moral values but not evil.

"So this big Krogan bastards got me in a corner, since the buggers a biotic short range combat ain't an option, so I toss a flash bang and find somewhere to hide and think of how to get away" he is really enthralled in his own story.

"Then it hits me, go for the quads, so I try and sneak up behind him, but their fucking sense of smell made that impossible too, leaving me with one option. I threw an inferno grenade to try and wear away his shield, and then let Jessie have a go at killing the mug", this guy has been through a lot, and he seems to have a new story every week.

"It sounded good in theory but that shitty old rifle did nothing but tickle him" James started laughing, whilst Grunt had a big ass Krogan grin on his face.

I turn my head to see that Jack has fallen asleep. Another lovely revelation a few weeks ago was that she is in my weapons class along with Jacob, that new quarian Tali, Garrus, James and Grunt so this class could actually be entertaining.

"The krogan wanker decided now would be the best time to walk up to me" he starts to smile "He taps me on the back and starts laughing calling me a funny human"

"That krogan brings shame to our entire race, not even having the decency to finish off his opponent" Grunt complained, his face was a melding of confusion and anger.

"You know restraint is sometimes necessary Grunt" Garrus interrupted with a look of disappointment

"Los grandes hijo de puta can't control his instincts" James laughed

"You don't understand what it's like to be Krogan so stay out" Grunt was getting genuinely angry.

"HEY GRUNT" Zaeed yelled, Grunt turned his head, teeth showing and death in his eyes

"You know who that Krogan was who let me go" Zaeed started, Grunt shook his head

"It was Wrex, because of what I did he respected me since there weren't many humans capable of what I did", Zaeed said with a stern look, he clearly wasn't looking to take any of what Grunt was dishing out.

"There are only two other humans Wrex has had any more respect for and one has been dead for 11 years" man this tough old warrior was speaking with a passion I had never heard before, and a rage unrivalled.

"So shut your trap and pay attention, you are far from being as tough as Wrex so you aren't in any position to say shit" he bellowed, but to my amazement Jack was still sleeping through all this, she would probably be on her ass laughing.

I took a look at the girl sitting next to me and not for the first time I took in her appearance, high cheek bones, full red pouty lips, pale complexion, chocolate brown eyes that you could lose yourself forev-… What the hell, why am I thinking this way about this bitch. I need to focus on her bad points.…. ….. ….. Are you shitting me, I can't even think of one bad physical trait about her, her tattoos are hot as all hell, she has the face of a goddess, her feisty attitude only turns me on but I can tell by looking at her she's not perfect so why is my brain not zeroing in on her imperfections.

Wait her thinness. Good focus on that. She is pretty much skin and bones, but her stomach is toned just right not too muscular, I just want to hold… Oh crap it's happening again. As I survey the sleeping woman in front of me I notice a nasty red scar on her neck, I look closer and notice it's not the only one, there are a stream of them, some look fresh some old, what the hell does she do.

"Pervin' over the hot chick loco" James teased, I look up to see him smirking at me.

"No way Vega" I lied

"Not from where I'm sitting Nate, looked kind of creepy like a stalker" he keeps on teasing

I lift a book from his table with my biotics and throw it at the back of his head. He turns around to see where it came from and that gave me a slight break. I got caught checking her out and knowing James he would have told Garrus and that wouldn't be funny.

Man the lesson is almost over and Jack has been out of it for that past 25 minutes, I should probably wake her up so we can get to Biotics. I give her a slight nudge "Wake up, the lessons almost over" I whispered to her, but it's either she's ignoring me or can't get up. I continue to nudge her but to no response, I know Zaeeds stories aren't always what you want to hear but falling into a deep sleep is a bit extreme. What the hell is up with this girl is she… Oh crap. I look to her chest to see if it's still moving up and down. It isn't. Shit, shit, shit, shit.

"Jack wake up" I start shaking her violently to no response, Garrus turned around and gave me a surprised look.

"What's with all the fuss" he asks calmly but noticing the look of urgency in my eyes he gets up.

"She's not breathing" I inform him. He got up from his seat and rushed over, to see if we could both try and wake her up. He looks up at me

"Shepard take her to Dr Chakwas room its closer than Dr Michel's" he ordered.

"Good idea, tell Zaeed what's going on" I said picking both mine and Jacks belongings.

I pick her up and run out of the classroom, my heart was pounding like crazy, I may not really like this girl but I don't want her dead, she is surprisingly light, probably not eating right, should tell this to Dr Chakwas. Whoa, now I'm starting to think like Dr Solus. I see Dr Chakwas room and begin to sprint at full speed.

I barge into the good doctor's room to earn shocked looks from the class. I can see Rylee sitting with Miranda, the doctor seemed to be explaining something to Liara when I barged in. I'm breathing pretty heavy considering I just ran through an entire block at full speed.

"She's… huh… not… she's not… breathing" I breathed out. Sweat was falling from my forehead, and my heart is racing. Rylee and Miranda walk up to me with concerned looks.

"What the hell just happened" Rylee questions, looking sympathetically at the biotic laying comatose

"I don't know she just passed out"

"Clear the table" she ordered and some of the students clear the table of their stuff, she runs up to me and I put Jack on the table

"Nathan how long ago did she pass out" she questioned in urgency

"A half hour ago" I responded

"Class dismissed" she ordered and everyone got out as quickly as possible.

Rylee POV

That wasn't very comforting in fact it was pretty disturbing, I haven't seen my brother that worried in years. He is pretty shook up and Miranda is too, hell even Thane was worried about Jack. They all had different looks in their eyes. Miranda had a look of worry and disdain, Nate told me she doesn't like Jack at all but the worry on her face was apparent, but when she looked at Nate her eyes softened even sparkled a little, I wonder if Nate realises that she likes him. Nate looked in shock and he was afraid, eye brows furrowed and he balled his hands together which he only does when he's worried, I noticed something else about him, his eyes dilated. Thane was showing signs of uneasiness which is weird because I was pretty sure he's a loner.

"Nate you alright" I ask my brother going up to see how he's doing

"I don't know why you're askin', I'm fine" he dismissed

"I know you Nate you were worried" he put his hand in front of my face to shut me up

"For once Ry when I say I'm fine believe me"

"I will when you're telling the truth"

"I AM FINE NOW DROP IT" he yelled out, the entire hallway turned to look at us.

"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT" he once again yelled at everyone in the hallway, they all turned around trying to find something to do. Wow Nate really is both feared and loved.

"Relax"

"Shut it Rylee, and leave me ALONE, focus on your own problems instead of getting involved in my life" he said in an aggressive tone. That was my breaking point, he was getting upset over me trying to help him but he keeps on running his mouth so I slapped him clean across his face. He looked shocked for a second then his instincts kicked in, he put me up against the wall about to raise his fist, but I wasn't scared because I was as pissed as him. A hand suddenly appeared on his shoulder.

"Shepard, think carefully about what you're doing" it was Thane, to my surprise Nate didn't drop him or try to fight him, he looked like he was considering punching him but decided to take a few deep breaths and walked away.

"Are you alright Rylee" the drell assassin asked with a look of real concern

"I'm fine. Thanks for the help with my brother even though I didn't need it" I said

"Really from where I was standing you were defenceless" he asked

I stood back a little, folded my arms, looked up at him and raised my eyebrow. Does this guy really think I can't take care of myself?

"Think back to that moment Thane, if I wanted to I could have just given one good crotch shot and he would have been down for the count" I bragged.

"Really now, maybe I shouldn't have intervened" The drell said this time with an arrogant smirk, which is strangely sexy, is it me or is he flirting, I return the smirk with one of my own. He must have realised just what he said because his smirk faded and was replaced by a flustered look.

"I should check on your brother" he said turning around and walking away, what is it with me and people walking away when I show interest, am I unlikeable because I know I'm pretty enough guys have told me to believe it. Oh well I should probably head off to the library.

Nate POV

I swear to God I will get Rylee back for slapping me in public, I should have dropped that fucking Drell when I had the chance, I understand why someone would stop a guy from hitting a girl and I probably would've felt guilty about hurting Rylee. But man was she asking for it.

"Nate, I heard some bitch slapped you up" how the fuck has this spread so quickly, and now random jocks are making fun of me.

"Yeah she slapped you good" the another one added

"Yeah" the third one sounded like a follower and he then started laughing like Patrick star which is seriously pissing me off

"You are such a bitch, here I heard that you're some kind of tough guy" a fourth one joined in from the hallway.

"I wouldn't have that I would have shown her whose boss"

"I guess he's just not as tough as me"

"You should have iced the bitch"

"You got violated HAHAAHA"

That's it. I rub my eyes out of frustration and let out a snarl. "Run" I warn them but I just get confused looks. "Run fast…Run Far" that's the final warning before I drop all 7 of them.

"You think we're scared of you" I'll admit he did a good job of putting base behind his voice but his eyes gave away his fear. "There are more of us Shepard and we will…" I don't let him finish his rant and instead deck him on the jaw and he was out cold. The rest of them are in total shock, this guy was clearly their leader and I just one banged him. The few smart ones ran away but the stupid ones stay behind. About 10 on 1, this should be fun.

Reality isn't like the films or books, opponents don't come at you one after the other they swarm you all at once, not letting you breath. But I'm different. Not only am I physically stronger than all of them and technically a better fighter, I'm also a biotic. I push the majority of them into lockers, that should keep them busy for a bit.

Three of the others I didn't quite get to decides to charge at me at once, but being the dumbass jocks they are they all come from the same direction, all I had to do was physically push one into another and the one remaining went down after one good knee to the stomach.

The jackasses that got rammed into the lockers had just shaken off their disorientation and looked vexed. The seriousness of their faces, flaring nostrils, and one of the idiot's chubby cheeks turning red. I couldn't hold it in for two seconds I erupted with laughter. I kept going for about 20 seconds.

"HAHAHAHA, huh, huh, huh. You look. HAHAHA… you look like a pissed off hamster" I said in between breaths, pointing at the chubby kid and resumed my laughing fit but this time the spectators joined in.

They FINALLY get smart and try to get me whilst I'm laughing but I'm still too good, I create a mass effect field around the group and lifted them all in the air.

"I am in a really bad mood right now" I start knowing fully well that the lot of them just pissed themselves, "Now a group of pussies think they can beat me up" as I talk I start getting more and more pissed off. What the fuck were they thinking? "Don't worry, I won't kill you" I can see the look of relief on their faces. "But you're gonna wish you were dead" a sadistic smirk crosses my face, I won't torture them but the looks on their faces makes this totally worth it. Something in my peripheral vision caught my eye, it was Rylee, she looked horrified at what I was doing, she probably felt responsible for this whole situation, and she should!

"HEY LET'S GET HIM" another group shows up about 5 of them. They start running at me but out of nowhere one of them is on the floor. That drell from earlier had thrown him onto the floor and is holding his shoulder to the ground.

I swear to God it was like this guy was a ghost, no one could even get near him, even though these guys had no skill or finesse they still should have got some shots in, hell they tagged me a couple times, but every time a blow was about to land he would dodge it and push him into someone else. I can also see that he isn't trying to land any blows, he's trying to tire them out. That's just stupid! Why not just knock them out. So being the kind and compassionate guy I am I put the morons out of their misery with one small biotic shockwave. That drell was just dodging the attacks of 5 fairly strong humans and he didn't even break a sweat, how didn't I notice him last year.

"Thanks" I said walking up to shake his hand.

"You…You Bastard" the first guy I knocked out has decided now is a good time to wake up. "You'll be expelled for this, I'll make sure of it" was his pride so mortally wounded that he would resort to snitching. He looks around trying to find a teacher to tell on me, and it is taking a lot of restraint to not laugh my ass off again. From the look in his eyes he seems to have spotted one. How Fun.

"Hey, sir over here" he hollers to someone, I can't quite see who though, "Yeah over here" a smug smirk I want to wipe off of his face appears but just as I'm about to get one last shot in I get a look at the teacher. It's Wrex.

"This prick attacked me and my friends and used his biotics, he was trying to kill us" I hear a snort coming from beside me, Thane seems to find humour in his exaggeration

"I saw the whole thing" Wrex said, the way the guys face fell when he heard it was priceless

"And you didn't intervene"

"Why would I and miss a perfectly good fight" the Krogan said then let out a laugh

"Wasn't a fight Wrex, it was an ass kicking" I added, the kid looked confused so I decided to fill him in "My form tutor genius" this time it was my turn to smirk

"And you're gonna let this slide" the jock said in disbelief

"I don't see why not" Wrex replied as if it were obvious

"Look at what this guy has done, damage to school property, assault and battery, disturbing the peace" he listed off everything he sees.

"And I've never been so proud" the Krogan chuckled

"Look at the lockers" he is still trying, he's determined I'll give him that much

"Did he touch the lockers?" Wrex questioned

"What" the jock replied

"Did Shepard at any point come in contact with the lockers?"

"No but-"

"Then by my judgement he is in no way responsible for the damage, it's you and these Pyjacks fault" Wrex interrupted. This jock must seriously want me gone because he is still trying to get rid of me. He got this sadistic smile as if he's finally got me

"School rules say that assault is punishable by expulsion" he said

"Yeah, Yeah. Shepard, have anything to say about this?" Wrex said turning to me.

"I was… provoked" I answered in a hopeful tone

"Good enough for me as you were" the krogan battlemaster responded walking away, I turned and gave the jackass, dumb enough to instigate this and gave him one death glare, which was enough for him to run as far as he possibly could away from me. I turned to Thane.

"Thanks for the help Thane" I thanked the drell

"Not a problem" he replied

"We should probably get away from here" I suggested, I got a simple nod and he lead me to a tree outside the infirmary. I'm not all that good at thanking people for stopping me from doing something so showing appreciation for what happened with Rylee would be difficult, he must have noticed my troubles

"Is there something wrong Nathan"

"Thanks for stopping me I'm not sure if I would have forgiven myself for seriously hurting Rylee" I said very quickly looking away

"That is not a problem Nathan" he replied

"Please call me Nate"

"Very well Nate"

There aren't many people I respect, to the point where I am at amazement of them whether in combat or in general. Anderson, Garrus, Wrex, Samara, Zaeed, hell even Jack just for her biotics but you can put Thane on that list. What I saw was like nothing I'd ever seen, only guy I know anywhere near that good is Kai Leng, but I've beaten him before, I'm not sure if Thane is someone I could take on hand to hand.

"I noticed in that brawl that you never once struck out. Why was that?" I asked

"There wasn't a need to strike them, I knew they would tire themselves out and I wouldn't have to waste energy"

"So you were showing off" I accused with a smile

"I believe testing my abilities to be more fitting" he answered, I remember seeing Rylee in the crowd and realised that Thane was her guide.

"Showing off for my little sister Thane, cuz you know she has a thing for Garrus" I teased, instead of a response his face darkened and everything about him radiated sadness and depression.

"Who taught you to fight like that?" I asked hoping to take his mind off of the question my teasing

He took a deep breath. "My parents gave me to the Hanar as part of a compact when I was six, from then I lived with them for 7 years training my skills"

"Really… the jellyfish trained you" I chuckled a little, but the drell didn't seem to share my sense of humour.

"I had drell instructors, but they were trained by the Hanar" he replied

"Where can I sign up because if the Hanar train that well"

"It isn't something you 'sign up for' you must be chosen" he answered

"So you were raised in like a monastery" I inquired

"Yes but I am not a monk"

"Damn… from the age of six, must have been hard"

"Yes, even at a young age the training is quite rigorous, not many can handle it" he explained

"So you must be fairly strong willed"

"I was the best in my class"

"You know Thane you have this quite arrogance to you, you're so calm about it as if it's matter of fact" I stated but I was just greeted with a smirk

"I take pride in my ability Shepard, I see no need to downplay my skills" he responded. I've gotta say I like that attitude. Too many humans feel the need to downplay what they think of themselves to avoid looking vein and conceited. There was a silence after that, I took the opportunity to check out his appearance, he looks tired as if he wasn't sleeping, and he could still fight like that, he's better than I thought.

"I should go"

"Goodbye Nate"

Jack POV

What

What the fuck, where am I. Why is it so fucking hard to move? I sat up only to be completely pissed off. Dammit I'm on another operating table, but it ain't a proper one. Sure there's the uncomfortable leather and all those other attachments but I'm not strapped in, where do they get these.

"Hello Miss Nought" that voice sounds like an old lady. There is this old bitch sitting at a table, reading a pile of books, she looks friendly enough but that just means she's good at hiding her intentions.

"Where am I and who are you?" I demanded

"Don't get yourself worked up, you need to rest" she instructs, if I could move I would flip the bitch off of walk out of the room.

"Answer the questions" I demand once again only louder, but she doesn't crack, she remains perfectly calm and collected.

"I am Dr Karin Chakwas, Jack." She started, "I'm the one who woke you up" she sounds, well, unworried and confident and there is a mixture of relief and sadness. I looked around the room, this isn't Weapons, this is the infirmary. I recognise it from when the cheerleader skank was blown to bits and the dumbass visited her. Each room was impersonal and plain, yet looked classy at the same time, which I don't like. The old bitch looks slightly nervous, but not out of fear of me but fear of talking.

"Jack I need you to be perfectly honest with me" she said looking deep into my eyes.

"Tell me why your system was filled with Hallex, Red sand and Videlicet" She questioned "And not just filled, it was flooded to the point it would kill a small Krogan" she sounded concerned, but I couldn't tell her the truth, no one would believe me since Cerberus is seen as the greatest thing since Jesus.

"I use it" it wasn't a total lie, I do but that's not why I was like this.

"You may use it but the amount you had couldn't be consciously used, it had to be forced" she kept on urging me to say more but I refused to say, she carried on prying, trying to psyche me out but I wasn't having it.

"Fine, but Jack if you are in trouble talk to me, we can help" She said with a look of worry, I got out of bed and ran out of the room.

Why the fuck do people care about what I do? Why do people always want something from me? Why did that lady try to get me to open up? Can't the verse just fuck off so I can live in peace? Why did god put me in Cerberus hands? Why is it was me chosen to suffer. I know this, when I'm through with Cerberus I'm going to kill every scientist, every surgeon, and every operative, anyone with any ties to Cerberus for doing this to me. If they didn't fit me with that new L5X amp then I would probably be dead and I wouldn't be able to shake it off as easily as I am. You know what I'm gonna start today, with the person responsible for almost killing me.

But first I need to sleep. Let me run down where I can actually do this without someone ending up dead. The infirmary ain't an option since I'll just be interrogated again. Benches are just filled with people waiting to piss me off, so I probably have to go back under that tree. To be honest lunch is the one part of the day I don't mind, well besides advanced biotics, mainly because of Thane. He is the one person that doesn't pry, abuse or lie to me, he still pisses me off but I don't want to kill him. My brains still a little fuzzy so getting there should be hard. I proceeded to spend the next 20 minutes of my life staggering around the school only to find that the tree was just outside the infirmary. STUPID BITCH. How did I miss it?

Thane's already there and he looks like he's waiting for me. "Hey Scales" I called out, that was my new nickname for him since Thane sounds lame. He turned around and smiles a little, I sit down near him.

"Here" he offers handing me a few sandwiches, ever since the first day he's made it a habit to bring me lunch since I don't trust cafeterias but him I trust. He is probably my first friend since… since Murtock.

"Thanks" I took the sandwiches and we ate in comfortable silence

"Jack are you alright" He asks

"Of course I am" I answer, if you're smart Thane you will not mention what happened earlier

"If you are having any troubles, please do not hesitate to tell me, I will always be here to listen" wow the first person that understands that I don't want to talk. But I'll never take him up on that offer.

"Thanks" I said looking away, I can't believe I'm actually feeling good about someone offering 'help'. But I guess he made it so that I would have to ask, not that he would involve himself. Then something reminded me.

"Thane who took me from Weapons to the infirmary?"

"It was Nate Shepard" he answered. Wow even after all the constant name calling, insults and jabs at his abilities he still took me to the infirmary, maybe he drew the short straw.

"The concern for your safety was evident on his face" the assassin added. So he did it voluntarily. 'And he saved your life' a little voice in my head added, why doesn't it ever shut up for good. Ever since I could remember it has always been there telling me to do stuff I don't want, like don't take the Hallex, don't kill the merc, don't mouth off and more bullshit I ain't interested in. Every time I listen to it something bad happens, that voice cost me…. No can't think about that now. But it's right I can't ignore that if he hadn't taken me to that doctors office, I would probably be dead, I don't know whether to punch him or kill him. Speaking of kill I should probably find Aria.

Nate POV

I went to the canteen as I usually did. I ordered the same lunch, sat at the same table, with the same people who have caused me so much happiness, but I couldn't get into it. I can't believe it but I'm actually worried about Jack, she has been in my head since I left Thane at the tree. The image of her unmoving body still haunted my mind.

The canteen was segregated into various sections. I guess you could say cliques but not really. In my section it was mostly those with athletic ability and little else, but there were still those with above average intelligence like me. The guys I actually talked to were James, Grunt, Garrus, Nyreen Kandros and Anaya and Jacob- even though he spends a lot of lunches with Miranda. The next section was Omega, in other words Aria's crew, I expected Jack to be there, and I haven't seen her with Aria outside of AB so she ain't part of her crew. If there is something I like about Aria is that she doesn't discriminate, Human, Batarian, Krogan, Turian, Asari, Drell, Elcor whatever species so long as you're useful you're excepted, Nyreen sometimes tags along but that's mostly because she is Aria's girlfriend. She has asked me and all of my friends to join more than once, we all respectfully declined. The next section was filled with the academics, the guys who are mostly the bookish sort, with a little physical ability, and some of the less social guys, I guess you could call them nerds or geeks. There was Kaidan, Tali, Kelly, Samantha, Kasumi and Liara, they were the only ones I actually knew and didn't mind. The rest of the school found themselves quiet spots to eat, some in groups but some loners like Thane, Miranda and apparently Jack.

"Shepard how's that tattooed chick" James asked disturbing me from my thoughts

"I don't know"

"Hope she's alright Loco"

"Yeah me too" I admitted

"Speaking of tattoos I heard about this new tattoo artist"

"Here it comes, what need money, blood?" I joked

"If this was about money I would be showering you with compliments" he stated, I gave him an agreeing nod.

"I just don't want to go alone" he pouted

"Why can't you go alone"

"It's in Omega" he said in a childish tone, what is with this dumbass attitude he's on

"Stop that it's… just creepy" I responds, but he kept on doing it and it was making me uncomfortable, that was Garrus and Rana's cue to laugh.

"Fine I'll go" I submitted, I heard the door open and turned to see Jack storming in, I let out a sigh of relief. At least she's alright. I don't get it how can one person entering the room improve my mood so much, all of a sudden I don't mind going with James. She catches sight of me, I'm expecting a growl and a toothy scowl however I got no such thing but instead a wink. That caught me seriously off guard. She marches up to Aria something I had never seen before, Aria responds in her casual arrogance, I can make out what they're saying from where I sat.

"Aria I need a favour"

"My, my Jack, pull up a seat. Friends are always welcome"

"We aren't friends Aria"

"That just hurts my feelings Jack" she said in a patronising tone

"I would kill you if I didn't need you" Jack threatened, her eyes became slits and her voice low

"You just weakened your position" the asari stated confidently

"Doesn't mean I won't, and find other ways to get what I want"

"You wouldn't, you're not that stupid"

"Fine, you're right but not in the open" Aria gave her a surprised look, I may not know that psychotic biotic that well but I can tell discretion isn't her thing, that would explain Aria's shocked look. They both got up and made their way elsewhere.

9:00 PM Omega

James must be a regular genius if he has to go to a tattoo artist this late in Omega, no wonder why he wanted me to come with him, in case he ran into trouble. I can't believe I'm still waiting for the guy, he asks for the favour and has the cheek to be late, why does he even need any more tattoos, and he must be trying something new.

"Nate over here" the Spaniard called out. I should kick his ass for being late, but then I would be a hypocrite he runs up to me panting.

"Sorry when I got home, I crashed the moment I hit the couch" that was his big excuse. He overslept at 9pm, now I really should kick his ass, my eyes flare out of anger

"Whoa sorry man, I'll make it up to you by-" he stops midsentence and his eyes grow wide in horror, I rotate my body and I witness something that chills me to the bone. Jack is standing over Dr Wilson, her form tutor with a shotgun aimed at his abdomen.

Jack POV

"I'm sorry Jack, it was an accident" the bald doctor begs

"Accident my ass, I told you I was feeling funny and you kept pumping" I argued, this prick tried to kill me, during training exercises I'm flooded with narcotics so that I associate killing with pleasure, which had worked wonders, but the levels in my body were too high to be a mistake, this rat bastard tried to kill me. If it weren't for my amp giving me high drug resistance I would have died hours before I woke up in the infirmary

"I was pushing your biotic limits" he defended

"You are doing a great job at pissing me off you know that" I erupted with anger. The worst part about Cerberus is that they hide bullshit behind a smile. They try to justify every action as the betterment of the human race or that sort of bullshit. Doesn't matter if a little girl is crying, begging for the pain to stop

"It was a mistake lack of sleep you know" he pleaded 'you should let him go, tell C-Sec of what he did' the voice in my head advised, this is why I don't listen, it always goes against my natural instincts, besides if I tell C-Sec his boss will probably bribe a few people and get him released. I kneel in front of him whilst aiming the shotgun at his head.

"If there is something you shitheads have taught me is" I start I moved my face next to his and saw the fear in his eyes, I drank it in and revel in it, the same warm feelings I get when the narcotics flood my veins made itself known and I chuckled at the irony of the situation. "When someone fucks with you always do the smart thing" I got up took a few steps back and fired it off 5 times, emptying the whole clip.

"Thanks for luring him here Aria, consider what you owe cleared" I said turning to see a smirking Asari and her trusted Batarian Bray.

"You of all people should know how much business Cerberus does with Omega" She stated

"I know" I answer, Bray is looking to the right and his body language changes, from relaxed to aggressive

"We have witnesses" he said taking out a pistol, I reloaded my shotgun and aimed it in the direction Bray was facing. "Come out where we can see you" he barked. Two figures came out of the shadows, revealing Nate and that James kid from Weapons.

James looks pretty serious which is a shock considering that every moment I remember of him he's joking and laughing, even he must understand the concept of death. Whereas Nate wore a sexy smirk and confident smile as if he is in total control of the situation

"So Jack killing really is a hobby isn't it" he accused still smiling

"Yeah and I'm considering doing it again"

"You couldn't kill me, even if I had one hand behind my back"

"Nathan that mouth will get you in trouble with the wrong people one day" Aria smiled

"Yeah when that happens let me know, did Wilson a lot of good"

"He screwed with me, he deserved to die keep that in mind" I'm warning this prick, fucking with me results in him dead.

"I heard what you talked about" Nate said "Sounds like our resident creep was up to some unsavoury shit. Never liked him much" I would have thought he would mind me killing people, maybe he's not such a boy scout after all.

"What are the two of you doing here anyway" Aria intervened

"I'm looking for this new tattoo artist in Omega apparently the guy is awesome. He did my cousins tattoo and it came out great" James explained with a smile

"Yeah about that James where is the parlour" Nate asked

"Follow me morons" I instructed, that earned me a glare from Nate.

"Why?" James asked

"Because I'm the tattoo artist dickhead" I laughed. On the side I decided to do some tattoo art, I mean how else do you think I got this many tattoos. I think ink is a way of showing who you are without words and in my case it's telling the world to go fuck itself.

"I'm not so sure about this anymore" James said in a nervous manor, did I actually scare him or was it the idea of me with a needle that struck fear into his heart.

"Quit being such a pussy and follow me" I ordered

"You heard the lady Vega" Nate said reinforcing my statement.