Recap: "I'm alive aren't I?" Ghost said with sarcasm. He then got up and gave Anderson the footage his onboard camera had in his suite and started walking away. As he did so he explained, "That is the footage of the attack that happened last night, and don't worry I will still contact you guys when I find the base."

"Take care of yourself, Ghost." Was all Anderson said.

"You too, Anderson." Ghost replied as walked to his ships direction ready to continue on his crusade on the slavers.

Now

Year 2177, Arcturus Station.

After leaving Akuze, Anderson had his men plot a course to Arcturus Station, where the alliance parliament was. He was to speak to Admiral Steven Hackett as well as several other Alliance officers such as the ones who attended Ghost's debriefing on Elysium. Thinking about that day, Anderson couldn't help but smirk a little at how Ghost acted with Mikhailovich. He had not seen anyone talk like that to an Alliance Rear Admiral until then. Thinking of Ghost made Anderson wonder why someone would go to such lengths to attack the slavers. Anderson knew Ghost was doing things most could only do in a team of 6 with an organization supporting them. Seriously, a ship with a stealth drive that carries a lot of cargo and armaments that made sure it would win in most fights. Then there was his performance on Elysium. He had heard rumors of the guy, but he did not believe them until he saw the footage on Elysium. He saw how Ghost had commanded everyone into barricading themselves in the hospital and led them into holding it until reinforcements arrived. But the footage had not stopped there. Oh no. it continued when the reinforcements came and saw Ghost literally attack the ground forces with his omni-weapons. He saw how Ghost moved when fighting them, maneuvering around them and slashing them when he could, or when he used one of them for a shield. Seeing Ghost's combat prowess and leadership skills made him wish Ghost was with the Alliance. With him on their side maybe the other alien communities would be more accepting and likewise with the military. Ghost continued to shock him after he saw the footage from Akuze. The footage was in first person, so he saw what was happening through Ghost's vision. It started when Ghost was talking to someone named Isaac. From then on it went to how Ghost was investigating the colony to when he met the marine unit. He was saddened to see all those marines killed in a losing battle. Ghost and Toombs had been smart when they ran, knowing a fight against 3 thresher maws was suicide. Then Anderson was so shocked he almost had a heart-attack. He saw Ghost fighting against the thresher maws with a combination of all the classes in the Alliance military! From the footage on Elysium Ghost never used biotics. There was not a single person who could do biotics, tech and combat all at once and yet here was someone who did just that!

An hour later

They had just arrived at Arcturus Station, ready to give the footage over. Anderson saw Hackett, Mikhailovich, Kahoku, and several other high ranking officials. Hackett spoke first, "Welcome back Anderson, what was the situation on Akuze?"

"The entire colony on Akuze as well as the marine unit we sent was wiped out by thresher maws. There was only one survivor." Anderson reported. All the others were shocked to hear this. The planet was unsettled and there should have been no thresher maws on it.

"Wait you said the entire colony as well as the marine unit was wiped out, but who was the survivor then?" Kahoku asked.

"Ghost was there and he gave me footage to confirm it." Anderson replied. He saw the various reactions around the room. Some like Hackett smiled a little at Ghost's name, some like Kahoku remained neutral or relaxed, and then there were those like Mikhailovich. He and the others did not see Ghost as a hero, but a loose cannon that needed to be restrained before he causes trouble.

"What was that mercenary doing on Akuze?" Mikhailovich asked in rough tone.

"He said he lost contact with someone who was already in the colony, so he went to investigate." Anderson said. He then placed the footage on the projector in the room and started playing it. Everyone watched as they saw the events that took place that night. When they got to part to where Ghost started fighting the maws on his own, they were all on the edge of their seats. When they saw him using his biotics in the fight to drive of the first maw, they were impressed. When they saw him use that flash bang and incineration move on the second, they admired his ingenuity. When they saw him actually kill the last one, they were downright scared of him.

"How they hell did he do all that?!" Kahoku asked the question in everyone's minds. They were all shocked at Ghost's actions in the fight. No normal person would have been able to do all that. Maybe one of those, but not all 3 and live to tell tale.

"It's a shame he's not part of the Alliance. We could have used him in it. Who knows he might have been humanity's first human spectre." Anderson said aloud, causing everyone to look at him. Everyone knew Anderson was supposed to be Humanities first human spectre, but something went wrong with mission. Now that Anderson was praising the guy and saying he had potential had caused everyone to decide to keep an ear out for Ghost and to keep an eye on him when they see him so they can get him to be part of the Alliance. Poor Ghost things just got a lot more interesting.

Year 2178, Omega

Shepard had repaired his outfit and his weapons as soon as he could after returning from Akuze. After that he stayed in his house for a good 2 weeks out of depression. Those men had admired him and looked up to him. And all he did was run and when he did fight back it was too late to save them. If he had acted faster then maybe a few would still be alive today. Then someone came and cheered him up or at least helped pull him out of his depression. It wasn't Isaac, but Liselle. Just before he left for Akuze, he told her about his identity. Unfortunately that also meant Aria knew who he was. Boy was she having a day to when she found out that the Ghost of the Terminus was a human who was living right under her nose. Aria said she would keep his secret if she could get his services. She wasn't as manipulative with him as she was at the beginning when they met, but that didn't stop her from wanting him under her control. So he did some jobs for her as well as continuing his crusade. He made it abundantly clear that he was not taking any slaves, to which she agreed. The jobs she had him do were ranged from hired muscle and smuggling to monitoring the gangs, specifically the big 3: Blood Pack, Blue Suns, and Eclipse. She also gave him the go ahead if he ever saw slave trade in monitoring them. The best part was he was well payed either in credits or in things he took while on the job.

Over the months of service to Aria, he had become respectable as Ghost of course. The people saw him as a symbol of hope on Omega, the gangs some him as something to be feared and respected. Aria had even made him her spectre equivalent in the Terminus. It was ironic to him that his name and his 'position' were linked in a sense. Also he had become someone Aria could trust and for good reason. He never really lied to her, he always payed up, he always did his job right, even went above and beyond in some cases and he had protected Liselle for no real reward. So he was a variable she was comfortable with running around on Omega. She had also made sure to tell her old friend the Asari Councilor, Tevos, that he was to not be slowed down to much when he went to Council Space, if he ever went.

Shepard and Isaac on the other hand had been attacking outposts and collecting data to map a way to the base. After years of attacking he believed that there may be a way to piece together a map of the outposts and perhaps narrow down the location. He and Isaac had to hit several outposts before they could though. After doing so they started making the map and cross-referencing the data with it. Eventually they noticed the outposts were surrounding a specific section of space and also noticed that several ships from different outposts had gone to a specific moon in that system. The moon's name was Torfan.

"Well looks like that's the base. I will go there tomorrow. I'll send word to the Alliance and hit that base. I need to prepare first though. Isaac! Prepare to send a message to the Alliance. Knowing them it will take a few days for them to move. Tomorrow we go to end this!" Shepard said ready to put an end to all of this.

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