Somewhere in the uncharted region of the Hades Gamma cluster. A Cerberus cruiser with many hull breaches and flames shooting out from the starboard side slowly dipped deep into orbit of a unknown planet.

"Com'on! This way, Shepard!" Garrus yelled.

"How long till the charges detonate?" Liara asked.

"Twenty five seconds. Get in the pod! Go! Go!." Shepard ordered, helping Liara T'soni and Garrus Vakarian into the Cerberus escape pod.

Strapped tightly into their seats, they felt the tight gravitational pull of the pod as it quickly ejected from the cruiser. Entering the atmosphere of the unknown planet, the pod crashed onto a flat grassland with tall grass and flowers that littered the vast landscape.

"Warning! Emergency self-destruct initiated!" The pod VI warned, promting the team to quickly escape the pod before it exploded.

Commander Shepard's squad quickly ran out in different directions as the pod exploded behind them. The explosion lighted up the night sky and the green grass around them started to burn brightly as the fire started to spread, then quickly extinguishsed itself. Quickly lifting himself off the grass, Shepard looked around wondering where Garrus and Liara were.

"You guys alright?" Shepard asked.

"Yeah, we're good." Liara replied, helping Garrus off from the dirt.

"Shepard? Where are we?" Garrus asked, turning around to see the dark hilly landscape.

"I don't know. The only thing I'm wondering about is why Cerberus was in this uncharted region of the Hades Gamma Cluster. Anyway, we should get up to that hill to see where we are. There's bound to be something here we can find to contact the Normandy." Shepard replied.

"Shepard? What about that tower?" Liara asked pointing to a tall windmill tower with it's blades spinning.

"Huh? That's strange. Maybe there is a colony here we don't know of and it somehow survived the Reaper invasion. That could be a reason why Cerberus traveled here. For some strange reason my omni-tool is picking up a low EM pulse coming from that tower." Garrus said.

"I agree, Shepard. I'm curious of what that tower is. We should go over there and maybe explore the surrounding area." Liara said.

"Alright, let's go. I'm starting to see a small sunlight rising up from where my compass is pointing too...North? That's strange, the sun always rises to the east." Shepard said, looking at the compass on his omni-tool as he and his team continued to walk toward the windmill.

"Did you forget to re-calibrate your compass?" Garrus asked.

"No." Shepard replied.

"I'm getting it too, Garrus." Liara replied, supporting Shepard.

"Could be the magnetic poles on this planet are on it's sides. Like that planet in your home system, Shepard." Garrus said.

They continued to hike onward to the strange looking windmill, while the sunlight to the North continued to rise. As the sun rose up from the hill it made a loud baby-like noise that quickly made Shepard rise his fist into the air. "Hey did you hear that?" Shepard asked.

"Yeah...?It sounded like a baby laugh. Strange though, the only lifeforms I'm picking up on my visor is what you Humans call, rabbits and that's about it." Garrus wondered.

"There's that laugh again. Where's is it coming from?" Liara asked, hearing another baby laugh.

"Uhhh...I think I know." Garrus pointed out as the baby sun slowly rose from behind the hill.

"By the Goddess." Liara gasped.

"Hey, did Javik laced our water cantiens with LSD again?" Shepard asked, as he pulled out a pair of N7 aviator sunglasses.

"If he did, remind me to toss him out the airlock later." Garrus said grabbing his head.

"Can it see us?" Liara wispered.

"I don't know, but if we move quietly it probably won't see us." Shepard wispered.

Both Liara and Garrus silently nodded in agreement, then quickly and quietly rushed toward the large towering windmill. Getting there, they quietly sat down onto the soft grass to rest and relax from their run. The large baby sun continued to baby babble on and on as the white puffy clouds moved toward a southern fashion. Garrus scanned the strange windmill with his omni-tool, as Shepard and Liara shared a bag of trail mix while they watched the clouds moved along the blue sky.

"Garrus? Anything yet?" Liara asked.

"No, nothing. Not one blip, but I do keep getting short High Frequency pulses every five to ten seconds which is very very strange for a windmill." Explained Garrus, before sitting down right by Shepard.

"Which EM frequency?" Asked Liara.

"Right now, mostly Radio in the Ka band." Replied, Garrus.

"Ka band? Isn't the Ka band used for space communications. Hmm...Why would these windmills be transmitting in the Ka band frequency?*Munch*" Shepard asked while eating his bag of trail mix.

"I don't know...This planet is very strange." Garrus replied.

Shepard slowly rose up and streched his arms and legs for a few minutes as the baby sun watched him from above. He walked away from Liara who was busy reading a book on lost civilzations and Garrus is still looking every part of the towering windmill. "This should be a good place." Shepard thought to himself as he turned on his omni-tool and aligned it the radio to the Ka band.

"Mayday. Mayday. This is Commander Shepard brodcasting on the high frequency on the Ka band. My squad and I crashed down on a strange planet somewhere in the Hades Gamma Cluster after we've destroyed a Cerberus cruiser in transit with unknown intentions or mission goals. Danger is high. Cerberus forces may be in the area. Repeat." Spoke Shepard as he recorded the message on his omni-tool and pressed send.

"*Message Send Error.*" "Dammit." Shepard wispered, then pushed it to send again.

"*Message Send Error. Unknown EM field blocking communications.*" His omni-tool read.

Distraught, Shepard walked back toward the tower to sit back down and re-think his strategy, then something strange appeared over the hill right by a large grassy dome. He pulled out his binoculars and zoomed in closely to see a strange yellow figure playing with a red ball.