Going back through the ruins was a lot easier than I thought it would be. For one no Geth attacked us whatsoever which I found kind of odd cause usually the bastards would be everywhere no matter where I went. Especially since I now had Liara with me which was their main target for this mission. So I was understandably a bit on edge.

While going through the ruins though I took the time to get acquainted with my new gear and I gotta say the Prothean's knew what the hell they were doing when they made this shit. The armor was extremely light and fit me almost like a second skin, the helmet also helped in pointing out places of interest among having a small radar that from what I could tell spread out a good eighty meters in all directions.

Finally something happened when Liara and I were getting closer to the exit four signals showed up on his radar heading our way. Instantly I stopped us as I continued to watch the signals get closer to where Liara and I were.

"We have company Li. Take this and stay back." I said as I handed her my pistol while drawing my shotgun.

Seconds ticked by as I watched the signals getting closer and even heard the footsteps. Then as soon as I saw the barrel of an assault rifle coming around the corner I lashed out knocking the weapon away with one hand while pointing my shotgun in the face of the lead newcomer, but before I could shoot I stopped as I saw who that newcomer was.

"Well Shepard we meet again." I said as I stared down at Commander Shepard while I assume she was glaring at me through the mask of her N7 armor.

I took a quick look behind her to see who she had brought with her and saw an unusual sight. She had brought a turian, a krogan and that bastard Alenko who nearly shot my head off back on Eden Prime.

"Who the hell are you and what are you doing here?" Demanded Shepard as her squad mates brought up and trained their rifles on me. Thankfully Liara hadn't shown herself yet.

"Oh I'm just picking up a friend. As for who I am allow me to refresh your memory... I was the guy your boyfriend nearly shot in the head after I saved your sorry asses. That ring a bell?" I said smugly. Yeah I still hadn't gotten over the fact she was a total bitch at our first meeting.

She was quiet for a second before she finally gasped loudly enough to be heard by everyone.

"YOU!? How did you make it off of Eden Prime? And what are you wearing?" She asked.

"Uh Shepard, care to fill us in a little on how you know this guy?" Asked the Turian as he kept his sniper trained on me.

"Kaiden and I met him on Eden Prime. He took out a Geth squad that was about to flank us. His name's Nick Ashden and I am still wondering why exactly he is here and how he got here to begin with." Stated Shepard as I could practically feel the glare she was sending me through her helmet.

By this point I let her go and lowered my shotgun but still kept it at the ready just in case. The turian and Alenko upon word from Shepard brought down their own weapons while the krogan took a little bit to coax but eventually he brought his own shotgun down.

"As I said before Shepard I am simply here picking up a friend. And you forgot to mention the part where you threatened to have Kaiden blow my brains out even though I saved your sorry asses. As for how I got here that is none of your business. The real question is why are you here? On assignment from the Council I assume?" I asked casually but I made sure to put a little bit of mocking in my tone just to get on the woman's nerves.

"If you must know we're here to pick up a special VIP. Though finding a bunch of destroyed Geth along the way was unexpected." She muttered the last part but I still heard. Oh now this is gonna be fun to see.

"Oh them? Yeah that was my doing, took down a krogan here to who seemed to be leading this little operation." I stated as if it was no big deal. Making her and the others stare at me in shock.

"What!? You mean to tell me all the dead Geth we've been seeing, including the Geth Prime right outside these ruins, was because of you?!" Asked the turian in a disbelieving way.

"You make it sound as if it was a tough thing to do? It actually wasn't all that hard now that I think about it." I answered nonchalantly which drew a booming laugh from the krogan.

"Hahaha! I'm starting to like this guy Shepard! He seems to enjoy battle almost as much as I do!"

"Cool it Wrex, and Garrus don't make his ego bigger than it already is. Now if you excuse us we must be finding who we came here for." Growled Shepard obviously not liking where this conversation was going. But I still had one question for her.

"So who did you come here for anyway? Maybe I've seen them?" I asked innocently but inside I was praying it wasn't who I thought it was.

"An asari named Liara T'soni. The Council and I have some questions for her about her mother Matriach Benenzia and her affiliation with Saren and the Geth." Answered Alenko before Shepard could answer. Instantly I was on guard. I didn't trust the Council especially that turian bastard who was a blatant racist against humans.

Before I could deny seeing her at all Liara stepped out and exclaimed in shock, "what!? But I haven't spoken to Benenzia in years!"

If it wouldn't look so stupid I would have face palmed as soon as Liara finished. Great job in giving yourself away to people who probably want to arrest you cause your mother sided with another racist turian leading an army of terminator rejects.

"Mrs T'soni I'm afraid you have to come with us." Said Shepard as she tried to move past me but instantly stepped back when my shotgun was in her face once more prompting the other members of her team to bear arms at me once more.

"She isn't going anywhere without me Shepard." I stated coldly.

"The Council has ordered me to-" started Shepard but I cut her off quickly.

"Fuck the Council! You think I give a flying rats ass what they want? Their nothing but a collection of idiots who only made you a Spectre to save face! Just about everyone knows what happened back on the Citadel with you and the Council. You made them look like complete idiots so they made you a Spectre so to ease the tension but lets face facts that the only way they will ever see humanity as an equal party is if you have to save their sorry asses and even then it will be half assed. You work for an arrogant and corrupt government Shepard and I will be damned before I bend knee to what those pricks want. So if you want Liara either I come with or humanities first Spectre gets an extreme face lift." I said taking all of them by surprise by my little spiel. Yeah I may not know the Council personally but just reading about them was enough in my opinion. They were a bunch of arrogant politicians with their heads so far up their asses it's amazing that they can still breath and not choke on their own shit.

It was tense for a few minutes as neither me or Shepard's party budged or so much as twitched. Then with an annoyed sigh Shepard finally relented and her team lowered their weapons.

"Fine you can come with as long as you don't cause any trouble." She said but I didn't care as I felt quite proud of myself for making the 'great Commander Shepard' cave to my demands. Oh this was one for the history books that's for sure.

"Great! Now lets get a move on shall we?" I say as Liara walks up beside me now that there was no danger of being shot present at the moment.

Liara and I followed at the back of the group not saying a word but I did notice Liara walking closer to me than before. I didn't mind but I was curious as she looked to be deep in thought as I even saw her face turn a bit purple at times before she apparently got control of her blushing. Wonder what she's thinking about? We were about halfway out when the entire structure shook and a faint rumbling could be heard in the distance.

"Uh what the hell was that?" Asked Kaiden as Liara's eyes widened in realization.

"These ruins are very unstable! I think the structure is going to collapse!" She exclaimed grabbing all of our attentions.

"Then lets get the hell out of here before we become fossils!" I exclaimed as everyone took off at a run for the exit with Shepard calling in the Normandy along the way.

Eventually though we were outside and waiting for the Normandy to pick us up. It was then I remembered my own ship and that I wasn't leaving my baby behind.

"Hold up a sec!" I say to the others as I activate my Omni-Tool and just a few seconds later my ship comes in making the others gape at my ship.

"How did you get that!? That's an experimental turian stealth ship!" Exclaimed Garrus as he turned to look at me with a suspicious gaze to which I just shrugged at.

"Its how I got off of Eden Prime. This ship used to be Saren's but not anymore, the bastard was stupid enough to leave the thing completely unlocked with no security whatsoever and I just made some changes to make it my own. It was also how I found out that the Geth were going after Liara as the ship is still able to intercept Geth transmissions and I managed to do just that. Now can we get my ship into yours and we can get out of here?" I say without care.

The others still looked at me like I had grown a second head but I ignored it in favor of watching Shepards ship descending down. It was a pretty sweet looking ship I had to admit but I still liked mine better. So after sending my ship a few quick instructions it was docked in the Normandy's hangar and now here I was with Liara on the best ship in the Alliance. All in a matter of minutes if I may add and with no causalities as the ruins collapsed and were consumed by lava.

Liara was talking to Shepard a bit but I wasn't really paying attention as my helmet started scanning everything about the Normandy from its capabilities to what can be improved upon and everything in between. By the time it was finished I was pretty sure I knew more about this thing than the guys who actually made it!

I was broken from these thoughts though when I felt a sharp nudge in my side and turned to see Shepard and I were alone. The human Spectre than nodded with her head in a way that said she wanted me to follow her so I did but not before taking off my helmet and holding it under my arm.

The worst part about the trip had to be the damned elevator. It was slower than snail shit! I mean with all the futuristic shit they have you would think they could at least make an elevator that gets you where you need to go in a timely manner or at least make some damned stairs!

When that hell had ended Shepard led me to what I figured was the communications room and it made me wonder what the hell she was up to. That question was soon answered when three familiar fuckheads appeared via holograms. Yeah it was the damn Council.

I tried to ignore the report Shepard was giving them but when they started spouting shit about how Shepard let the ruins be destroyed and Liara being a threat I snapped especially since it was all coming from Sparatus the turian asshole who is plainly racist against humans yet no one calls him out on it. Until I came along that is.

"Oh shut the fuck up you pitiful excuse for varren shit!" I yelled out drawing all eyes to me and getting a nasty glare from the turian Councilor.

"And who might you be?" He asked almost snidely. Oh so that's how its gonna be fucker? Alright then, game on.

"Who me? I'm just the guy who saved Liara's ass from the Geth and a krogan working for your boy Saren. You know the one that attacked a human colony but you disregarded because there was no 'sufficient evidence' when you and I both know damn well he was guilty! There was an eye witness and because he was a human you disregarded it. And as for the ruins those collapsed on their own like most old things tend to do. So why don't you go suck off your Primarch as that seems to be the only thing your good for!" I exclaimed and I nearly laughed at the gapping expressions the Council and Shepard were sporting. What I didn't tell them was that before I began my whole chewing out I had turned on the Normandy's intercom system with my Omni-Tool so everyone on the ship could hear what I have to say.

"How dare you, you lower life-form! Do you know who I am!?" Raged Sparatus as he glared at me with unbridled fury. I for the most part just smiled.

"I'm sorry, but you mistake me for someone who gives a fuck. And lower life-form? That's the best insult you got you overgrown woodpecker? I bet your still butt hurt at the fact that humanity put up a bigger fight than you expected during the first contact war and all because of a bunch of dumbasses from your military that had an itchy trigger finger. So if you want to be mad at anyone be mad at your own stupidity and that of every single turian who thinks they're better than everyone else cause as far as I'm concerned you bleed and die just like everything else so you must not be as great as you think you are. Later's!" I say happily and mockingly before doing an about face and walking out of the comm room before anyone else could respond.

Oh it was good day to be me. I may have made an enemy out of Sparatus and a lot of turians most likely but I don't give a shit. Someone needed to set those fuckers straight and I was the ballsy fucker to do it. And that is something I will never regret doing for as long as I live.

"Now let's get this shit on the extranet." I say as I use my Omni-tool to hack into the Normandy's camera's and the recordings of what had just transpired. Oh now this was going to be good.

Next chapter, enough said. Review and/or Pm me. Until then, Nicranger out!