Recap: "What did you just say?" Shepard asked as he turned around to the map.

Now

Everyone remained silent as they listened to the conversation between Shepard and Admiral Hackett. Just a mere few second's ago Hackett had said the name of Shepard's mother, Hannah Shepard.

"It would appear that she never told you her past." Hackett responded. Shepard quickly masked his shock at the statement with a neutral expression.

"No she didn't. She died when I was eleven, so she didn't really have much time." Shepard retorted. On the other side of the conversation, Hackett winced a little.

'I can't believe I forgot about that.' He thought silently. Back over on the Normandy Shepard waited for Hackett's response. The awkward silence from his last comment was starting to make him think it might have been too much before Hackett started talking again.

"I see. Would you like me tell you about my connection with her? And her connection to the Alliance?" Hackett offered. Shepard didn't respond immediately. He was momentarily stunned by the fact his mother was actually connected to the Alliance. As far as he knew, she was some kind of scientist, but... was the Alliance responsible for his creation? The implications agitated his mind further at what was real and was not. Seeing as he didn't know what was what he decided to ask.

"Okay, what was her connection to the Alliance?" Shepard asked in neutral tone. Some part of him noticed that the crew were paying attention to the conversation but he couldn't bring himself to care at the moment, not when he was finding out something like this.

"Very well. Where to begin?" Hackett said before thinking over what he should say before continuing, "You should know that your mother was among, if not the best and brightest of the Alliance R&D. She was involved in a number of top secret projects, pioneered gene therapy and even created the basis of what would be the Normandy's Tantalus drive core." Hackett said giving everyone listening a shock. Shepard's mother was that smart?!

"I-I see." Shepard stuttered out in surprise. 'You were that important uh mom?' That was when he thought of something else.

"What caused her to leave?" He asked. It was Hackett's turn to be quiet now. Shepard already knew that Hackett was obviously high up the Alliance's chain of command so he probably met with his mother a lot of times seeing as she was on more than a few top secret projects.

"One of the projects she was on had a... terrible accident." Hackett said slowly. Accident? What did he mean.

"An accident?" Shepard asked curiously, his tone hinting that he didn't believe it was just some accident.

"Yes, one that had caused the deaths of more than a few of our best scientists." Hackett clarified. Shepard wanted to know more but felt that Hackett wasn't going to say anything else about what happened.

"Is that why she left?" Shepard asked.

"Yes. After the incident, she just disappeared. No given reasons or any goodbyes, just poof. Gone" Hackett said. If Shepard had been anyone else, he wouldn't have noticed the slight sadness in the Admiral's voice. Maybe they had been friends at one point?

"Were you 2 close?" Shepard asked. Hackett didn't respond back and was silent for whole minute before answering.

"We had met over our time on the projects with her being the head scientist and me having to check in on progress every now and then. She was someone you could get along with easily. In the end we became good friends." Hackett informed.

"Hmm. Um if it's not to much trouble to ask, what exactly did you have her work on? I mean I know she was incredibly smart, but it's just that I was wondering what her department was in that you know? Bio-engineering, mechanical warfare, starship design?" Shepard asked thinking he might find out if the Alliance really did create him and if possible... that Hackett might be his father if what the man said was true.

"I can't go into specifics but she was in a lot of projects in multiple areas of expertise." Hackett replied in an evasive tone. Shepard knew he had dig deeper.

"Look, when I was a kid, Mom mentioned something about genetic modifications and such. I'm just trying to find out more about her." Shepard said in a solemn tone. He lied about the part of her mentioning that when he was a kid, but he couldn't let anybody know that he was in 'spiritual contact' with his mother. They'd think he'd finally cracked! Hackett made an audible sigh at Shepard's comment.

"Shepard listen. I'd love to tell you more about what we did if it brought you any peace, believe me I would. But all I can say is that when she worked in bio-engineering, all that they made was a type of serum that would help improve a soldier's performance. That's all I can say. I'm sorry." Hackett said. Shepard could barely hear the genuine apology hidden in the Admiral's rough voice.

"It's fine. It's more than I had a minute ago. Thanks." Shepard responded back. If what Hackett said was true then the Alliance wasn't responsible for his creation, so who was it?

"Shepard are you still there?" Hackett asked bringing the Ghost out of his thoughts.

"Oh. Soooo you never heard from her after she left?" Shepard asked awkwardly.

"No. She disappeared and I didn't hear anything about her until she popped up 18 years ago on the Mindoir casualty list." Hackett said. Shepard's eyes softened for a minute.

"That must have been some pretty bad news then." Shepard commented out load.

"Well it was softened by the fact I found out she had a son... and he wasn't on the casualty list but MIA... I kept out my ears out for anyone named Shepard, but no so such luck until a few weeks ago when I heard that the Ghost of the Terminus' last name was Shepard." Hackett said. Shepard knew Hackett was talking about his Spectre inauguration. Shepard figured Hackett did it because he might have felt he owed his mother that since Mindoir was in Alliance boundaries.

"Not what you expected me to be then I take it?" Shepard chuckled out bitterly.

"Yes but it was better than what I expected." Hackett retorted.

"I'm guessing you expected me to be in a slave pen or something right?" Shepard asked, grinning a little.

"Close enough. Instead I find out that you're the one taking them out." Hackett said with some mild amusement. Shepard chuckled remembering what happened.

"If you don't mind me asking, how exactly did you escape?" Hackett asked. He was curious as to how Shepard managed to escape what had happened on Mindoir. He knew what events occurred on Mindoir was something no 11 year old could get away from, not alone any way. Shepard's mirth left him immediately at the question.

"A... mercenary saved me." Shepard said vaguely, thinking that the Alliance may try to headhunt Zaeed. He knew the old ornery bastard didn't need it. If Shepard got annoyed by the near constant scouting attempts, he just knew Zaeed would start shooting at them around the 2nd or 3rd time.

"A mercenary? I'm going to assume that they're the one who trained you in assault then?" Hackett asked, suspicious of just who trained Shepard. He had seen footage of Shepard's tactics. He knew by experience only a veteran could come up with tactics that fast and Shepard wasn't in any war at the time then.

"Yea, he held nothing back. Just as I asked him to." Shepard said, subtly telling Hackett that he wasn't forced and that both he and his 'teacher' could fight with the best of the Alliance's soldiers. After a tense silence, Hackett spoke again.

"I see. Then that is all I suppose. We'll keep in touch then." Hackett said as he signed off. Everyone was silent as Shepard stepped down from the galaxy map. Before he could make it to the stairs Pressly stopped him.

"Sir, did you know how disrespectful you were to Admiral Hackett just now?" Pressly asked in waning shock. He wasn't angry at Shepard, just wondering how someone could have a blatant disregard for protocol when talking to an Admiral as high up as Hackett is. Shepard looked at him for a moment before answering him.

"That was disrespect? Whoops! I wasn't brought up with military discipline or protocol. Besides he's seen me give the finger to a Rear Admiral on Elysium before so I thought he could tolerate a little attitude from me. I'm like that with everyone." Shepard responded with a sheepish smile while rubbing the back of his head. He really was that way with everyone when he wasn't in a fight. Pressly just stared at Shepard before shaking his head at the man. Who could be like this with everyone?

"Okay, but if you get in trouble don't think it's for nothing." Pressly warned him jokingly as he went back to his station.

"As long as it's trouble I can get out of, I'll be fine." Shepard responded back as he made his way to Joker remembering what they needed to do. As he made his way to Joker, he could hear the crew members talking about his conversation with Hackett. Some of them couldn't believe that his mother was practically the best scientist in the Alliance and were wondering why she left in the first place. Others were saying that he might be Hackett's son and that might be why she left. He ignored the comments and just kept going towards the cockpit.

"Yo Joker." Shepard greeted. The pilot turned to Shepard.

"Hey Shepard. You know you might be the first person I've ever seen talk to an Admiral so casually. Or at least heard." Joker said grinning a little. Shepard chuckled at him. He couldn't believe that everyone was looking at him shocked or surprised at his behavior. He then looked Joker.

"Joker which is closer? The Kepler Verge or Argos Rho?" Shepard asked. Joker looked at him curiously before turning to his galactic map and began looking at it.

"Uhh It looks like the Kepler Verge is closer. Why, you want to go after that guy Garrus was after?" Joker informed. Shepard nodded at the question.

"Yea after him, we're going to the pirate stronghold Wrex told us about. How long till we get there?" Shepard asked. Joker looked at his instruments to measure out how much time they'd take.

"Around 8-12 hours, Shepard." Joker responded.

"Okay, get us over there. See ya." Shepard ordered before leaving to his room. After entering it Shepard sensed something was off in it. He quickly locked the door and began to check for anything amiss. After a minute of searching, he found another bug. He carefully looked over as it self-destructed on itself.

"That rules the Alliance out. So who..." Shepard said to himself until he saw the icon again. The one that looked like a hexagonal diamond being held up by 2 things on it.

"Shadow Broker wouldn't make the same mistake twice so who are these people?" Shepard silently asked himself before turning to where he had put up his in-room bug.

'That bug of mine may have seen who did this.' Shepard thought as he put the bug in the trash and went to his personal one. Quickly connecting it to the terminal by his bed via his private OSD. He waited a few seconds until the screen came up and saw that the iron man project was completed. He quickly told it to be shipped to the Normandy's private dock at the Citadel and put on private reserve knowing it would take a couple days for both it and the Normandy to get there. After doing so, he checked the feed from his bug and saw one the crew members in the CIC and did it. The bug also caught him searching the room for any belongings or possibly the OSD. He backtracked and checked the files of the crew and looked for the matching profile.

'Servicemen 1st Class, Fred Stanley. Born April 13, 2157. Trained in hand to hand combat and small tech expertise. Enlisted into the Alliance at age 18 straight out of high school. Was a vocal member for the Terra Firma party in early high school often getting in trouble due to Xenophobic racism. This guy sounds like bad news already.' Shepard thought as he quickly deactivated things and put his OSD in one of the pouches on his fatigues. After putting the bug pack into its spot, he quickly exited and made his way up to the CIC where he found Stanley. He kept himself calm as he approached the man when he suddenly sensed something.

'Wha- What the hell? This guy is a biotic?! How come I didn't sense it earlier! Wait a minute it's incredibly weak. He'd probably be able to use it to enhance his speed and force, not much else like other abilities such as warp.' Shepard thought as he analyzed it. He then approached the man.

"Excuse me, are you serviceman Fred Stanley?" Shepard asked the man who turned around to face him. Shepard had to give the man credit with the somewhat surprised look. Shepard knew I smart spy doesn't use a completely shocked face or a neutral face. Those are dead give aways. No instead they settle for something in the middle: They weren't expecting it but they're not surprised by it. Smart man.

"Uh yes sir, yes I am." Fred said, curious as to why Shepard came to him.

"I need to see you down in the cargo bay please." Shepard said ushering the man towards the stairs. Both men went down the stairs and into the elevator before letting it take them down into the cargo bay. As they exited the elevator, both men noticed that the cargo was basically a ghost town. Now that Shepard thought about it he could sense Wrex up in the common area, Garrus must have been with him. Both men walked away from the elevator till they were almost in the middle of the room.

"So what did you want to talk about Sir?" Fred asked as he turned to Shepard only to see the man have his omni-bow out, aimed at Fred's head.

"Sir?" Fred asked in shock. Shepard'eyes narrowed at the man.

"Cut the act, spy guy! Who are you working for?" Shepard asked coldly. Fred's shocked expression changed into one of amusement.

"So you finally found me out? Took you long enough... Subject Alpha." Fred said with a smug smile as he raised his hands up.

'Subject Alpha?' Shepard thought confused until he remembered what his mother told him.

"You were created in a lab with my DNA mixed with someone else's, the man who told me to create you. Because you were suppose to be the first of a new breed of humans. A super race that could outwit a salarian, overpower an asari matriarch in biotics, heal faster and outfight any krogan, and to adapt to any situation."

"So that's it. The organization that created me is trying to acquire me huh?" Shepard asked realizing who was after him.

"Looks like Dr. Shepard told you." Fred stated calmly. Shepard didn't answer as he stared at the guy.

'He's confident meaning he's either got an escape planned or he knows something else.' Shepard thought trying to figure the man out.

"Well in that case I guess I'm going to have to go to phase 2." Fred said said as his omni-tool beeped lit up. Shepard heard a sound reminiscent to doors locking. He turned his head back to the elevator to see the green light had turned red and from what he could see further down, so were the doors to engineering. He looked back just in time to see Fred kick his omni-bow covered arm away. Fred assaulted Shepard with a flurry of biotically enhanced punches to the torso finishing with a biotic blast.

'Shit!' Shepard thought as he was sent flying back, landing on his feet in a skid. He quickly created a barrier for himself and got back up to see Fred was standing in a relaxed position with a smug smile on his face.

"I would have thought that the Ghost of the Terminus would be able to block all of that, but then again a mix of an adrenaline rush with biotic melee can be... well..." Fred said smugly as he suddenly used overload on Shepard to take out the hastily made barrier Shepard had. With his barrier gone, Shepard was left stunned.

"A-Are you a Juggernaut too?" He asked incredulous. Fred just laughed at him.

"J-J-J-Juggernaut?! I-Is that what you call your c-class? Hahaha! Well it does fit somewhat so it's acceptable I guess. I'm not a Juggernaut just yet. I'm what you would call a True Infiltrator with some small biotics mixed in." Fred said as he crossed his arms, still wearing that insufferable smirk.

"True Infiltrator?" Shepard asked as he thought of what to. He put his left hand on his ribs to ease out the soreness while putting his right hand behind his back. Isaac took advantage of the moment and used Shepard's right omni-tool to send a message to Joker.

'It's Shepard. Confronting a spy down in the cargo bay. Trapped inside. Get the team in here. Now!' Joker quickly relayed the message to everyone on the team who was not in recovery meaning everyone but Ashley. As soon as Tali got the message she raced to the doors to find they were locked down. She did what she could to hack the door but it was going to take a while. The same was going on with Kaidan and Garrus who were trying the same thing with the elevator door.

Back with Shepard and the spy. Shepard was currently trying to figuring out what to do as Fred began to monologue.

"If you call yourself a Juggernaut, one who has become all of the classes, then I am a True Infiltrator, one who has become a combination of a soldier, engineer and an infiltrator. The biotics are recently new." Fred told still smirking.

"I see and this organization?" Shepard asked thinking he might be able to find out more about his creation and exactly who was it that ordered it.

"So Dr. Shepard didn't tell you all of it then? Well let me enlighten you, Subject Alpha." Fred said before a sick fanatical grin came upon his face.

"The group that I work for are doing the work of God. They are going to put Humanity and all the other races in their proper places."

"And that place is?" Shepard asked having a bad feeling in his gut.

"To put humanity in the forefront. To make humanity the rightful rulers of these pathetic aliens!"

"And what was my role in all of this?" Shepard asked having healed any injuries he had.

"You were supposed to be the first. The first truly perfect human who would end up leading the next ones to take over." Fred said with his tone becoming more hostile.

"Then I'm glad I'm not that. I'm happy with who I am now and I don't really care that much about humanity becoming supremacists." Shepard said standing up straight now fully recovered.

"Well, we don't really care about what you think. At least I don't. I have orders to bring you in, dead or alive!" Fred said before running at Shepard with full speed, omni-blade out. Shepard did the same thing and clashed with the spy. Both blades clashed with the sound of metal clashing together and orange sparks flying around. Both men kept going strong until the blades cancelled out and exploded from the strain, splitting the 2 apart. Fred had another omni-blade out ready to behead Shepard. Using his biotics to enhance his speed and his adrenaline to enhance his reaction time, Shepard ducked and rolled under the bladed sweep. On instinct, he put his omni-shield up just in time to block an incineration attack, causing smoke to spread from the explosion.

'Too close!' Shepard thought seeing the 2 couldn't have more than 3 feet between them. Deactivating his omni-shield, Shepard could sense Fred had moved back a few feet. Shepard suddenly saw something through the smoke. A green like light.

'What the he-!' Shepard thought when he was suddenly hit by some type of toxic dart. Right in the neck too. He quickly ripped it out. Everything around him suddenly became blurry and he began to hear Fred's voice.

"Hahahaha! You like it? It's a lethal dose to normal humans, but we both know you're no normal human so all it should do is put you down, unconscious. Right now your vision should be getting poor and soon so will your hearing. After that your movements will get slower and more sluggish."

'Shit he isn't kidding! I can't even see straight and the sounds around the room are starting to sound like dull thuds. How can I fight this?' Shepard thought desperately as the toxin began to effect at an alarming rate. That was when he sensed something before he felt a biotically powered hand grab him by the throat and lifted him up effortlessly. Then the hand tossed him for a minute before he felt 2 omni-blades make an x-slash on his torso. Before he could even roar from the pain a biotic strike landed on his left rib-cage. This time he didn't even groan from it as he was hurdling to the ground further away from his position He could feel he had at least 3 cracked ribs from it.

He got back up on his heads and knees as he spit out more than a little blood. He sensed Fred making his way to him and... wait, he could still sense the bastard! Fred was right in front of him as he knelt down to his level. While all of this went on Joker had gotten the intercom on to listen in and see what was going on as well as the whole crew. Everyone but the ground team watched with bated breathe as they saw Shepard get beaten up mercilessly by the traitor. Ashley had just woken up to see and hear what was going on down below with Chakwas and Liara who were looking extremely worried.

"You know, I never understood what was so great about you. All you are is a little bastard who lost his mommy at 11 years old... to aliens no less! And yet you still don't see the truth: they'll never see humans as anything but second class civilians. The Council with this whole human spectre thing? It won't last, your a gimmick to the Alliance. And to top it all off, you brought aliens on this ship and surrounded your self with them and broken cases like Alenko and that bitch Williams. No one here really likes you. All you are to them is the next big thing, and when you fail they will forget all about you. Actually you already are a nobody! But don't worry I'm going to keep all of that pain from happening." Fred said as he got up and walked over to Ashley's workbench.

"After I kill you," Fred picked up Shepard's Master HMWP and activated it.

"I'll rip open that Quarian girls suit after killing the other engineers and have some fun with her as she dies from an infection." Fred continued as he began to walk back to Shepard.

'Tali.' Shepard thought as he remembered the times he met and talked with her. Tali down in engineering heard that and shivered in fear before Adams put a hand on her shoulder and told her not to worry. That they wouldn't let him do that to her with everyone nodding their heads. Encouraged, she continued to hack through the door.

"Then I'm going to kill the krogan and turian before dealing with Alenko." Fred said as he got closer.

'Wrex, Garrus, Kaidan.' Shepard remembered all the times he talked with them. How he was going to help Wrex and Garrus while learning more about the 3 of them. All 3 men mentioned had heard the earlier remark at Tali and were even more murderous than before, pushing Kaidan and Garrus to hack through the door with renewed zeal.

"After them, I'll put a few bullets into that old hag of a doctor and who knows I might try to have some fun with that Williams girl. She does have a nice body after all. It's a shame her family's such a disgrace to humanity. Maybe that asari bitch can join in before I kill her too." Fred's sleazy voice sounded out.

'Chakwas, Ashley, Liara!' Shepard began to feel pure rage burn in his heart. The 3 women mentioned were trembling in fear at the man's words. Ashley was both mad and scared of him. Mad because of the insult and scared cause she knew she couldn't do anything in her condition.

"And lets not forget the people of the CIC. I think after killing everyone in their, I'll kill that stupid mediocre pilot by crushing his skull with my boot. Should be pretty easy." Fred said as he got in front of Shepard.

'Joker, everyone!' Shepard began growling at the rage surging through him. He remembered all the times they supported him just by being there, all the times he talked with Joker and how easily they got along together. Everyone in the CIC were not angry, in fact they were pissed! How dare this guy even say such awful things to everyone. Joker was doing everything he could to get the doors opened faster but he was locked out of the system.

"And after that I'll take this ship to my employer. I'm sure I will get a reward for it. Who knows I might even get a promotion. All I need to do now though is just kill you. You know what? You are pathetically shortsighted, just like your bitch mom! HAHAHAHA!" Fred finished laughing like maniac as he pointed the gun to Shepard's head, ready to pull the trigger.

'The Normandy, Mom!' Shepard mentally roared out as he gritted his teeth. Before Fred could start his deranged plan by pullin the trigger, Shepard slapped the gun out his hand and executed a biotic thrash on the traitor. Fred was sent hurdling back from the sudden attack and he landed and continued skidding to the elevator door. He finally stopped when his head slammed into the door. He quickly got up, surprised from the sudden attack.

"How? You shouldn't be able to move much less attack me!" The maniac demanded. Everyone watched in stunned silence as Shepard calmly got up.

"I'm the Ghost of the Terminus. That title was important to the people because it meant that there was someone who would protect them. The class Juggernaut is mine and mine alone making me unique. And also..." Shepard looked at the traitor with a glare that would have scared the devil.

"Those people you listed off and threatened..." He spoke in an equally cold tone, "are all important people to me now. And if I can't stop you then they will."

For a moment Fred couldn't speak as pure terror had gripped him, but he shook himself out of it before speaking, "Who cares? They don't know what's going on here! When I kill you, engineering is next then I'll work my way up from there! They won't see it coming." Thinking he had the upper hand he laughed.

"You're an idiot aren't you?" Shepard asked, not noticing the blood leaking out of x-shaped wound. Fred stopped laughing and looked Shepard with pure hatred.

"What are you talking about, you xeno-lover?" Fred asked with xeno-lover sounding more like curse.

"The intercom is on so the whole crew heard it." Shepard said lifting his omni-tool up for emphasis.

"You're bluffing!" Fred challenged as he got up.

"I'm not. Isn't that right... Joker?" Shepard said smirking. To Fred's growing horror he heard the pilot.

"Loud and clear Shepard. Got the whole thing recorded and everyone heard it too." Joker responded sounding not too happy with what he witnessed. Fred knowing he had only one way of escape quickly ran at Shepard, thinking her could take the man hostage. Shepard's vision was still pretty bad but his sixth sense wasn't. Flaring his biotic aura to use his sonar-like ability to 'see' Fred made things easier. He lifted his hand in Fred's direction. Isaac understanding Shepard's plan, activated the omni-tool and used Neural Shock on the maniac. The man fell like a sack of potatoes. Shepard calmly walked over to temporary paralyzed man and used omni-cuffs. A pare of specialized cuffs he kept on his person in case Aria ever wanted him to bring someone in alive. He then flipped the man over and waited for the paralysis to wear off. It didn't take long before Fred started thrashing around, spouting curses and obscenities. Shepard silenced him by slapping him in the face.

"Your going to tell me everything about your employer, the organization and my mother's involvement. Now!" Shepard said as he held the man by the scruff of his fatigues. Fred looked at him before a maniacal grin spread over his face.

"The only thing I'll tell you..." Fred said before used his tongue to pull a false tooth and copped on it. "Is that humanity will have all the power... and the... Xeno-lovers... will...diiiiiieeeeee." Just like that, the spy Fred Stanley died with the use of a suicide pill. Shepard seeing this, dropped the foaming corpse unceremoniously. That was in his wounds started to plague him again. What Fred didn't bother telling him was that the toxin had another effect: It pretty much renders Shepard's accelerated healing to a normal person's. Shepard turned back to the elevator and tried to walk towards before falling down on his stomach. Knowing he needed to get to Chakwas, he tried crawling to it and only managed to get a few feet closer before his strength left him. The last thing he saw before passing out was the elevator's light turning green.

Okay I'm sorry for it being short. These will happen okay. Some will be longer than normal others will be shorter not by much though.

For the guest who asked about the chainsaw 2 things:

1) There's an omni-chainsaw?

2) It seems a little redundant to me because an omni-blade is practically a diamond hard super heated blade that could in theory cut through anything or at least leave a mark on it.

For Mr. Kazuka, thank you for the kind review and I also hope to give Shepard a harem too. I haven't found any successfully completed ones to this day and we all know the hype this story brought everyone.

Oh that reminds me for those of you who want a lemon, well I'm going to need you guys to send it in.

(Get's crowded by a bunch of perverted fanboys) Back! Back! (Beats them off with a stick and whip) Jesus wait for me to finish!

All I need is some of you to send some or*bleep* scene, some real *bleep* scenes and some lines too. I'll try to tie it all together. If you want it to happen, send it in. If not I'll just skip it unless a real perverted streak hits me when I do write it.

Now with that out of the way, thank you for reading. I sincerely hope you enjoyed it and I hope you'll be there for the next chapter. Pleasant reading and please review I was really happy that I got 2 more reviews!

Oh and before I forget, I'll be taking the poll down within the week so if you haven't voted and were planning too, do it soon!