Thessia space. Outside Thessia.

Right now, the Normandy is outside Thessia getting ready to release the Krogan prisoner to asari hands.

Commander Shepard who was pacing between the cockpit, with Samara, EDI, Joker and the catatonic Krogan. Ben is sleeping off all those transformations as they tired him out from using six forms on Tuchanka.

"This is SSV Normandy requesting permission to dock. Sending Spectre codes now." Joker exclaims over the coms as they approach the planet.

A female voice appeared "Request Granted. Sending designated landing coordinates. Be warned an asari matriarch and the conciliar are waiting as soon as you arrive. Armed guards are to be expected."

"Roger that control. Joker out" Joker cut the com and turns to Shepard "You hear that commander" He nods back to Joker. Joker smiles and starts to land at the designated coordinates. Samara sees Shepard worry.

"You feel something wrong" Shepard sucks in his lips "It Ben. He…"

"Had fun on Tuchanka. Yes, Jack expresses how child-like he was on that mission" Shepard nods "We need to find Zs'Skayr and Eon so Ben pain can end. All that smile. He is hiding a lot of emotion behind it" Samara breathed heavily agreeing but now they sat in silence.

5 minutes later

EDI calls out "We will be landing shortly Shepard."

"Understood EDI" He looks towards Samara "Let's go" They both pip up The Krogan and get ready to walk out the Airlock. They reach towards the Airlock Bay doors giving it the Exterior pressure speech. Their green light is good, and they make their way outside seeing a squadron of guards and an Asari matriarch. They also see the Asari Councillor.

"Commander Shepard. Welcome to Thessia."

Thessia

"Thank you, Councillor, for the welcome" Tevos nodded smiling "If Justiciar Samara transferred over the prisoner to Matriarch Ventress. You and I need to talk Shepard. It about Tennyson." Shepard grimaces but nods to both Tevos and Samara signalling for the go ahead. He walks with Tevos.

"Before we start, I have Tennyson documentation here. I figure since you came here that I will meet you in person and hand deliver them" Shepard nods and grabs hold of the data pad and identification papers. "Thank you"

Tevos smiles "That leads me on to my second point of why this discussion is happening. I am afraid The Alliance is none too happy with Tennyson. When I went to collect documentation from Anderson. He was in a shouting match with An. Admiral Hackett over communication."

Shepard stop to look at the Councillor with a strange expression one of which was noticed by the Tevos "Do you know why the shouting at each other"

"I am afraid I do not have all the details but suffice to say. Anderson was angry with Hackett for being left in the dark and surprisingly Udina backed Anderson on this." That surprised Shepard. Hackett and Anderson were as thick as thieves. Something bad must have happened if Anderson was shouting at him. Shepard thought Bitterly

"Hackett seems to know Tennyson was here before anyone else and for that matter Us the Council. Stating 'I'm protecting our interest.' You seem to know what he is talking about?" Tevos then notices Shepard's facial features.

Shepard nodded and grimaced. Hackett was always a constant vigilance kind of man who never trusts anyone or anything. He holds his breath then releases after 10 seconds. "What I am about to tell you is on a need to know, even from the other councillors including Anderson" Tevos nods wanting answers.

"To start out. Tennyson has an enemy which we did not put in the data packet we gave you during the council meeting" Tevos nods but is not happy about information being left out.

Shepard continues "He called Eon, and Evil time travel with time space abilities. He also an Older evil version of Ben Tennyson himself" Tevos eyes widen and was about to speak but was cut off "I am not done. It turns out Hackett knew of Ben arrival before he even arrived and was warned by a Paradox. Have not met him or her but Ben knows them, and I have a gut feeling about how Ben arrived here. Hackett was in contact with Paradox about something though I do not know what."

Tevos stops and thinks "The implications. If what you say is true, then."

Shepard nods knowing the answer "Then we need to watch out for them. I already warned Omega of the threat. As I believe that was where Eon held out. With Zs'Skayr. Paradox well. You must wait on that one."

Tevos grimaces but knowing that Shepard is right in this situation. "I called Aira, and I sent some commandos to assist her." Shepard gave Tevos a look. She smirks back "How do I think I became a councillor. She listens to me, Shepard. She owes me more than I owe her. I also have the commandos waited for your arrival as well but for now they just search and seize."

Shepard nods "it is a mess. Isn't it?"

Tevos smiles warily "Yes but at least now I know what I am gearing up for. Final question: What happened to the Krogan, even his armour the same shade of white."

"Toepick. Ben transformation. It is in the data pad and is terrifying. I can send a vid if you want."

Tevos nods "Thank you. I let you get back to what you are doing Commander and thank you for the clarification. I am going to have some words with Anderson when I get back to the citadel" Shepard nods, feeling bad for Anderson.

"Then I should go" and he does so, meeting Samara at the edge of the Normandy airlock. Looks towards Samara and speaks. "We have a problem. Go to Miranda and tell her to meet me at the Rustbucket." Samara nods.

Normandy SR2 Hangar Bay.

"Are you Sure Shepard with what The Asari councillor said?" As she said this both Miranda and Shepard are walking up to the Rustbucket, where ship and Prometheus are sitting just outside the door.

"I am sure Miranda. The alliance knows more than they let on and the Asari are noticing it. Which is why The Councillor informed me of this. Hell, they even offered aid on omega when we hit Zs'Skayr and Eon." Miranda grimaces, bites her lips and nods, unfortunately agreeing.

"Ship, Prometheus. Is Ben inside" Both ship and Prometheus turn to look at Shepard and Miranda.

"Yes, but he is sleeping at the moment. He was exhausted from using a lot of transformations on Tuchanka." Prometheus explained. while Ship was nodding along with a "Ship." Or a "Ship, Ship"

Shepard nods then knocks on the Rustbucket. "That felt old fashioned," Miranda snorted.

Ben shouted through the closed door "I am sleeping for fuck sack. What do you want?"

Miranda raised an eyebrow "So you won't have your identification papers then?"

The Rustbucket doors slam open reliving Ben topless "Now I never said that."

Miranda looks up and down at Ben body "I am not impressed. Tennyson"

Ben snorts. "Please I do not need muscle to win a fight. I just need skill."

Miranda tilts her head slightly at that but Ben carries on "You are coming in or do I need to get a pole to dance the night away" Now Miranda was scowled. Ben laughs. Shepard just chuckled but both he and Miranda stepped inside.

Miranda looks around and sniffs "it certainly has character" The Rustbucket has been updated with modern mass effect technology Ben is just waiting for a warp drive.

Ben puts his shirt on and turns to look at Shepard and Miranda "So what's up?"

"Well first off Ben. Here is your paperwork/ documentation." Shepard puts Ben documentations on the Table. Ben went to sit and read. Miranda is sitting right next to him to see if they are up to scratch.

After a short read Shepard continues "Second The alliance knows more about you than we do. Apparently, Paradox Told a friend of mine all about you" Ben's eyes were yanked out of him.

"And he believed him" Shepard nodded his head "I know my friend is always cautious with current information especially around strangers. He has a saying "Constant vigilance." Unfortunately, I have no idea why they are talking just know that they are."

Ben snorts. "But he believes Paradox. Look at you, I can see your face. Paradox is a good dude. The problem is he is very cryptic about everything" Shepard squirms a bit "So how…." Shepard was cut off.

"He probably showed your friend a certain future or past. Whichever convenient for you friend to be convinced."

Miranda who was reading looked up at Ben "He is a time traveller like Eon?"

"Yeah, but a good one. I trust him" Shepard nodded to him that was all he needed.

Miranda looks up again from the paperwork and asks "These documents seem to be perfectly accurate about you. How much is…"

Ben again interrupts "All off it. Well almost all of it. Different town probably because Bellwood does not seem to exist here. So, I now live in…" Ben looks over the paperwork. "California. neat." Miranda nods.

"I'm also curious, Benjamin your cousin Gwen, she seems" Ben slams his first on the table "Not now! I am not ready" Both Shepard and Miranda jump at Ben's sudden burst and can see a rainforest coming out of Ben's eyes.

Shepard looks at Miranda. "We leave you to rest." Both him and Miranda get up and leave the Rustbucket. Closing the door behind him.

"Well…... That was" Miranda started.

"Emotional"

"I was going to say… You know what you are right." Miranda stops herself.

"Ship" Both Miranda and Shepard look down to see Ship looking up at them. Prometheus is still sitting by the door.

"Ship, Ship" He sounded mad.

Shepard goes down and pats his head "What are you saying boy?"

Prometheus answers "Do not ask about Gwen again. He feared what would happen to Ben if she brought up."

Shepard and Miranda had a solemn look at each other. "Thank you we better be going" Prometheus nods back.

Shepard and Miranda make it to the elevators "Well shit" They both said.

A few hours later on Zorya

The Normandy shuttle lands on the planet. Open the doors reveal Jacob, Shepard, and Zaeed. They are on a jungle-like planet full of trees and foliage. They are here to Help Zaeed to rescue the workers there as they are being held hostage by blue sons in a Ezo mining factory.

"Comms check. Got to make sure we were covered. Never know what the blue suns are up to these days." Jacob nods acknowledging Zaeed play. Shepard is quiet. Zaeed notices this.

"You okay shep?" Shepard turns to Zaeed rubbing the back of his head. "Sorry, this is your mission, and I am not focused on it."

"You are good. I assumed it had to do with the Kid" Zaeed assumed and assumed correctly.

Shepard nods. "It is. I do not know who to trust anymore Zaeed. The Alliance are hiding something from everyone that revolves around Ben. Cerberus trying to do whatever they want with Ben alien DNA. It is a huge mess right now and the Council are the only ones that want to help Ben. Granted it for their own gain but they never hid that fact from us. They know if they hide things from Ben he squirms."

Zaeed grunt looking out onto the horizon "it sounds like, and this is coming from me oh mister mercenary with trust issues. That Ben is the new player of the game. Is about to become the new villain of the game."

Jacob cocked his shotgun but asked "Why do you say that?"

"You haven't been talking to Kasumi, have you?" Both Jacob and Shepard shake their heads. Shepard stated he wanted to wait till she was ready to talk after the Hock mission.

Zaeed hums "She was extremely worried after her mission with Hock. Paranoid even. Apparently with the information she gathered at Hock mansion beside the destroyed Kenji data. The alliance may have ties with this Eon Bloke. She trying to get her contacts to find out more because the info she gathered is spotty at best."

Shepard and Jacob blanch "That bad commander" Zaeed snorts and looks at Jacob "is your last name sherlock. First name, No Shit. Look shep. Whatever is happening with the kid is getting worse by the day and we still have not dealt with the collectors."

Shepard cringed and nodded his head. "Let's get going shall we and not waste any more time saving those workers."

All Three walk through the forest like terrain as they walk forward, they hit pips and tubes. They also encountered the blue sons.

"God dammit a blue suns checkpoint" Zaeed muttered.

Shepard just smirks "Lets rumble" They did just that rumble. Shooting off targets. Freeze them with Shepard Cryo Blast to later burn them with Zaeed incendiary rounds. Jacob pulls a pull allowing Shepard and Zaeed to take pot shots at the blue son's heads. Their area was about to be clear until a voice strangely similar to Shepard's voice but female.

"Reinforcement incoming" at least 20 more Blue suns appeared.

"I did not know you had a double ganger Shepard and a female one at that" Jacob quipped.

"Shut up…" He said but for a different reason.

As the reinforcement grew closer, plant-like tentacles shot out of the ground encasing the blue son's reinforcements. Then what appeared next was a Plant like monster that drilled above ground. Shepard instantly notices the Omnitrix.

"Ben" Shepard asks exclaiming as he sees the head of the plant open up like a Venus fly trap. Displaying a one-eyed fang plant thing.

"That's me. or should I say WildVine!"

"What you are doing here I thought you were."

"Sulking on the Rustbucket. Nah. Decided to go a fly around after joker travelled here."

"In space" Jacob ask incredulity.

"Jetway, one of my flying forms, allows me to fly in space without having breathing problems. As I was flying around after we warped here. I saw the shuttle land on this planet. So, I followed you in case you needed help. Which you did. You're welcome." WildVine explained. Though the crew noticed his breath sounded exhausted.

Zaeed gave him the stink eye "I thought you were exhausted from all those transformations."

WildVine nodded "Oh I am. I had five minutes of Jetray after I landed here. Another ten just so I have to wait for my next transformation. I am cutting it close today." Then the beeping happened, and a red light popped off to now show Ben in human form. "Well, it looks like proto-tool time." He pulls it from his back and locks and loads.

"Plus, it will be a pleasant change of pace. AlsoI need some fresh air. I also need a large sleep when we get back to the Normandy" Shepard and the crew nodded.

So now they move forward. Making to a bridge where Zaeed stated that there was a previous co-owner for the blue sons and was betrayed. He also knows that Vido, the one who betrayed Zaeed, is here. He is also the one who shot his eye into blindness. Shepard and Ben had a sneaking suspicion that Zaeed was not here for the contract to save the workers. Ben also thought about how the hell was Zaeed a good shot with one blind eye.

They make it to the factory entrance only to see. "Vido!" Zaeed Growled. On a balcony. With a squadron of blue suns.

"Ah it is good to see you, Zaeed. How's the eye?" Vido asks with much smugness he can "Well cannot stay long. Duty calls. Open fire." The blue suns do so where everyone goes behind cover. Jacob, Shepard, and Ben return the fire.

"God Dammit. He is not getting away this time!" Zaeed was looking around to see if… Zaeed grins. Shepard notices

"Zaeed what are you…." He cut himself off because Zaeed the mad man himself went towards a valve. Ben sees this too and in the many times he has been in factories similar to this, one thing comes to mind when he sees a valve like that.

"Oh, fuck Zaeed NO!" Ben screamed out.

"ZAEED YES!"

Jacob was confused "What here doing?"

Ben growled "He is blowing up the joint" Both Shepard and Jacob did not have time to react as Zaeed already turned the valve and opened fire on the pipes causing an explosion chain to go off.

Vido growled "You were always a crazy mutt Zaeed." An explosion nearly hit his face. "Come on, we're getting out of here" He leaves with some of his guards.

Zaeed starts fire more but stop by a hand getting in the way "What the hell Shepard."

"I could ask you the same thing! What the hell was that!?"

"That was me getting my revenge" He growled back at Shepard.

"Our job is to rescue the workers if you can't focus on the mission then…." Jacob cuts in "guys let's just get going before more of the fire spreads."

Shepard and Ben nod. Zaeed grunts. So, they move forward seeing dead exploding bodies of blue suns. The floor erupting and the wall breaking. As they made it to the next door behind them, they heard a shout. They turn to see a worker on the balcony above.

"Hey, hey!" A civilian in worker clothes ran from the top of the balcony. "Hey, my friends are trapped in there."

Zaeed grunted "If we save those workers we lose Vido. We do not have time…." As Zaeed was going on about his revenge Ben was contemplating and then he smiled remembering the good old days. Memories flooded toward him like a hornet nest. Saving people, helping them. With his…

Shepard scowled and was going to screw the loyalty until. "I go" Jacob, Zaeed and Shepard turn to see Ben already gearing up to head into the fire.

"If he wants his petty revenge then let him. I am going to do what I do back home" Zaeed face becomes red "Petty, PETTY! That bastard…" He was cut off.

"And what is it that you did back home?" Jacob asks, seeing the sad look on Ben's face also knowing what Ben meant by 'back home.' Shepard sees it too but then Ben smiles a happy one unlike the ones before where his smiles looked sad now, he is simply happy.

"It Hero time" Ben muttered before walking off. Then shouts at the worker on the balcony "Get out of here I rescue your friends." The worker nods and leaves.

"Ben!" Ben turns to see Shepard "Good luck" Ben nods back and heads in the rusted metallic door.

Inside the Ezo foundry- rescuing the hostages.

Ben walks in a fiery blaze storming the foundry destroying everything in Ben's sight. Ben walks forward inward to what looks like a valve. He reads the instructions to see a water system.

"Perfect" Ben muttered. He turns the valve and the sprinklers start working. Ben notices they are two other valves. He starts walking forward to get them started and save those workers.

A good 10 minutes has passed, and he nearly took the final valve, but the fire has been spreading quickly and harshly. Ben heard a beeping noise coming from his wrist.

"Well, they only have one form that can handle the heat. Cannot use Heatblast, his heat will melt the pips" A slams the Omnitrix a bright flash of green covers him and here comes.

"Water Hazard!"

"Okay I have a few minutes in this form, so I need to be careful." He starts by firing pressurized water out of the arms of his crabby red, silver metallic claws. pushing himself forward to the final valve.

He gets there to turn on the valve. The water started sprinkling down causing the fire to be snuffed out. Ben reaches the civilians that are in a computer room "You guys. It is clear. Leave now before you get involved with the crossfire" The civilians nodded and left stage right. Ben follows behind so he can catch up to Shepard and the gang. He does so with heavy breathing.

He got to a crossroads one heading left, the other heading right but as he made a decision, a red-light flashed. Ben collapses on the floor at the edge of the wall and his eyes embraced the darkness.