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Turnabout-	By : Spiritwolf71 Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 7688 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 15
Lazarus Station was by far the most advanced medical station in the Cerberus arsenal. It had been nothing but a shell of its former self after the Illusive Man had abandoned it. The Cerberus Council had debated for month on what they wanted to do with it. It seemed as though they were more interested in scrapping it for money than finding anything useful for it. So many people had died during the Lazarus project.
The Ambassador had managed to convince the council that the technology was sound and that it was something worth resurrecting. There had been a long debate but in the end he had kill off the old council and replaced it with Cerberus agents who agreed with his vision and they agreed to let him have it. The Ambassador had sent his best men to secure it, then repopulated with his most brilliant scientist.
Most of the notes and plans for the Lazarus project had been destroy. There had not been enough left to recreate what Operative Lawson done. He had not been interested in that anyway, not at the moment. Instead he opened it up to his people, let them research what they wanted. If the project was good enough he would grant them resources, if it wasn't he would move them on.
One of his scientists had created an Omni patch for the eye. It was still in the testing phase but even the Ambassador had already had one installed. It was its own computer and when it was activated it looked much like an orange tinted visor. It could not enhance defence or weapons like the regular tool, but it could gather and analyse information, search data bases and had facial recognition as wells as telescopic and night vision advantages.
So far the only drawn back to the tool was the occasional headache and they were working on sorting that out. When it was marketable he figured it would rake in quite a bit of funding for Cerberus.
Lazarus station had also been the place of Commander Cayle Shepard's second rebirth. Although this time she had been reborn as Lissa, Cerberus Assassin and for three years she had worked for him personally. She had never failed and never questioned him. Not until recently, when the Asari, Liara T'Soni had found her.
When he had sent Lissa to Earth to take out the Salarian Dalatrass he had never imagined anyone would see her, let alone the Shadow Broker. Lissa had told him about their meeting, about how she and the Turian had been at the high rise when she left, she had felt some connection to T'Soni. The Ambassador knew he should have had her reprogrammed right then but knew that would bring suspicion.
Now, things were a mess. Kai Leng still had Harbingers control harness, Lissa had been taken to Cronos and Miranda Lawson, and he was beginning to worry about his control of Shepard. If worse came to worse he would kill her. It would be a sad day, he had grown fond of the woman, but she was expendable.
The Ambassador had always had several agents and spies working in the Alliance and C-Sec. He would never forget how luck had favoured him when one of his people had located Commander Shepard. She was very badly injured but alive. It had been amazingly easy to take her body in the confusion and get her to Lazarus station.
The next part had been harder. He had the best team working on fixing her. Her injuries had been horrible but she was still alive. A lot of her armour had been fused to her body and her spine had been damaged in many places. She arrived on Lazarus she was a quadriplegic and blind. It had taken the better part of two years to heal her and to program her with a new life.
The first six months had been the worse. She had woken up many times with confused memories. She remembered being the defiant Commander who should be dead. There had been a few times she had talked about being dead. His Doctors had been wearing Alliance uniform so she would not know she was on a Cerberus facility. Many nights she had woken up calling out for T'Soni. At the times when the pain was unbearable she would beg for the Asari to come and be with her.
The Ambassador had even found and Asari to play the part, but even blind, Shepard had known it wasn't her.
Has the procedures continued Shepard called out for her lover less and less and his Doctors programmed her with the memories he had designed. Soon she woke up calling for him, her mentor and best friend and even once, almost lovers. He had left most of her childhood alone, changing only a few details in her teenaged years. The doctors had recommended that, a little bit of truth mixed in with deceit would solidify the process.
They also left a lot of her moral compass in check; he had been warned that she would truly have to believe in what she was doing. She had believed the Salarian Dalatrass had left the human race out to dry, that the woman had withheld the Salarians from the battle because Shepard had not bent to her will. She believed that executing her it would set an example. Next time the Salarians would join the others. If the assassination caused a war, then so be it. The Salarians were expendable, if the humans didn't wipe them out then the Krogan would. The Krogan were always looking for new home worlds.
Sending her to kill Kai Leng was not a problem either, a lot of people wanted the arrogant bastard dead anyway. His crush on Lissa was more than annoying.
The Ambassador had been livid when he found out Lissa had failed to retrieve the control harness, but that was quickly overshadowed by the fact that the Alliance had her on one of their facilities. Then he had learned that she rescued T'Soni instead of killing Leng and it all fit together. Her programming was breaking down.
The rescue team had landed in Lazarus only a few minutes ago and he waited patiently, listening in to the conversation. He sipped lightly on his Tholian brandy as his patients slowly began to unravel. A knock on the door to his office brought a snarl to his lips.
"Enter," he said and watched as a well armoured man entered the room.
"Sorry sir, we have just received word that Kai Leng is somewhere on Earth. I have a team that can go in and find him."
The Ambassador continued to listen to the chatter at Lazarus as he snarled even further at the armoured man in front of him.
"Find him, kill him and bring me my harness," he said, "If anyone gets in your way it's acceptable collateral loss."
"Roger," the man said and left the room. As he did the confirmation finally came.
"We have the package," Came a call from one of the commandos from Lazarus, "Returning to the shuttle now."
The Ambassador stood and moved over to a round plate to the left his table. He paused for a second then activated the holo emitter. He found himself looking at the back of an older man.
"Doctor Bateman." he said calmly. The man seemed to appear startled and turned around.
"Ambassador, it had been awhile," the Doctor replied and stood to his full six foot seven frame. A frame that had earned him the nick name Lurch. It had always surprised people that he turned out to be one of the leading cognitive –behaviourist and hypnotherapist in the galaxy. Of course his father and his fathers-father were also 'Hypnotist' so it was only natural that he joined their ranks.
He had been found by Cerberus in his first year of University by the Ambassador himself. He had been awestruck by how easily the tall man could control a person. The Ambassador had never really thought of using the skill before but watching the young Doctor over the years had convinced him of its usefulness.
Doctor Hans Bateman had graduated the top of his class and the Cerberus agent had no idea if that was because he had actually made the grade or had everyone believing he had made the grade. It didn't matter really, the man was a genius. The Ambassador had been a little concerned when the man had expressed an interest in the indoctrination process, not that he could blame him. It was his area of expertise. The Ambassador had made a deal with the man and brought several indoctrinated Cerberus agents to him to let him figure out what had been done.
His research had helped him in his complete control of Shepard, until now.
"Hans, Lissa is going to be coming to Lazarus very soon. I want you to oversee her recovery personally."
Hans raised a brow, "Sir?"
"It appears as though we may have lost some control over Shepard. She had a run in with her former lover, T'Soni and I am she compromised her last mission to save the woman."
The tall doctor grunted. "I told you this might happen. We can control a lot of her behaviour but we cannot make her do things that Shepard would think was deeply morally wrong. Seeing T'Soni is not a good sign either, but there would still have to be more. Was she injured, drinking, drugs anything like that? That would weaken our hold."
"She was badly injured, but Lissa doesn't drink and I doubt she would do drugs," the Ambassador said.
"Usually losing control would be the results of a series of unfortunate events," Hans explained, "Drugs, injuries, seeing a loved one, specially T'Soni. I had a tough time getting around the bond she had with that Asari, almost failed because of it."
"Maybe we should have created a bond for her, a human, maybe even a female," the Ambassador mused out loud.
"It would not have matter that it was; her bond with the Asari was strong. Her natural instinct to protect kicked in. I will have to work further on that."
"Yes, she is coming to you soon," Again the Ambassador paused. "If we cannot correct this issue then we will have to terminate her."
"Sir?"
"Shepard cannot be allowed to live. She was not just the greatest warrior humanity had. She was the greatest warrior the galaxy had. She might have been human but she fought for everyone, Turians, Volus, and Asari, all of them. If Shepard returns she will become our greatest enemy. She took out Saren and the Geth, Harbinger and the Collectors and defeated the Reapers. She also wiped out the Illusive Man and his entire branch of Cerberus. If we cannot control her we must kill her. Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, Ambassador," the large man said.
"Do not disappoint me," the Ambassador concluded, disappearing from the Doctors sight.

Lissa winced as the shuttle touched down in Lazarus Station. She had pulled some stitched in her bid to escape and her hip was still plenty sore. The running she had forced herself to do had not really helped the healing process. Her hospital gown was covered in blood.
As the doors opened she was greeted by two medical doctors and Doctor Bateman, which was weird. The last thing she needed right now was a psychologist, not that she really talked to him a lot anyway. She had assigned appointments with him that was mandatory and she hated them, but every Cerberus operative had mandatory appointments with his office. She always felt they were counterproductive and a complete waste of time. If she had wanted to talk to anyone of her problems it would not be Bateman.
Not that he was bad, he certainly did care. He seemed enthralled with her being an assassin and just what mentality it took, almost like she was his personal test subject. She wouldn't be surprised if he someday wrote a book.
One funny thing about her appointments though; she always felt as though they accomplished nothing but she always left feeling refreshed and better about herself. Maybe it was the incense he liked to burn.
The other Doctors held a stretcher between them and helped her get on it, one of them already lifting the gown she was wearing. He shook his head slightly as his onmi tool appeared and scanned her. The other doctor secured her and began to push her back to the medical center.
"Well, Lawson did a good job in healing that hip and the shoulder is solid." He said to her. "But you probably should have stayed in bed. The exertion tore open the sealing on your hip."
Lissa smiled. "I'm not sure what staying still mean."
"No kidding." The man said. Lissa struggled to remember his name, which was strange, she never forgot a name. Especially not his since they had flirted before. They had even gone out on a date or two.
He was young and handsome and brilliant. Perhaps one of the greatest Doctors Cerberus had employed. She remembered that he graduated medical school at a stupid young age; he was classified as a genius. She liked his rebellious shoulder length hair and his intense but soft brown eyes and he certainly had the hands of a surgeon in more ways than one. She could not remember his name. She tried to remember their dates, him kissing her but it wasn't him. She could only see the Asari. She would remember them touching but all she could envision was soft blue hands. She gave it up.
They swung into the medical center and into a private room. Once there they removed the gown and did a complete scan. The young Doctor came towards her with a needle.
"No," she said, holding up a hand, "I don't want to be put out, just freeze the area." She said. The Doctor looked to the other two.
"Sounds good, I see no problem with that," he said but Bateman moved over to her.
"You sure, Lissa, it could be painful, I mean, you have been through a lot," The older Psychologist said. Lissa shook her head.
"If I freeze the area she shouldn't feel anything," Lissa finally spotted his name badge, Derek Hill.
"Fine," Bateman said. He looked from Derek to the other man, "When she is fixed up let me know."
"Sure will," Derek said watching Bateman leave. "That was weird."
"He's always weird," the other Doctor said and sunk his needle into the fleshy area near the injury.
"Creepy," Lissa gave her own opinion. She lay down and tried to relax as the two doctors worked on sealing the damage she had done to herself. A nurse came in and attached an IV to her arm as she tried to relax. She was home and safe, wasn't she?
She closed her eyes and tried to remember her last date with Derek. She had not wanted to go but the Ambassador thought it would have been a good idea for her to mingle. She had not really dated anyone in years, not since the fling the two of them had.
Derek had been funny and cute and had a wicked sense of humour. He had made her laugh throughout the date. The first time they had dated he had walked her to her quarters and like a gentleman, kissed her good night and left. The second date he had ended up in her quarters and there had been more than kissing.
She smiled as she thought of that night. He had the most amazing soft and talented hands. She almost found herself getting excited as she replayed the scenario in her head. Derek had soft lips but he was an aggressive kisser. He managed to find all of her weak spots quite quickly and was amazing at exploiting them.
As she continued to day dream of their date, she realized that slowly he began to change. His red lips turned to a deep shade of purple and his hands were blue. She tried to stop the day dream only to find that at some point she had fallen asleep. As Derek entered her she found that he was no longer present and Liara was suckling her neck, her arm stretching down over her stomach. Her body arched to allow the woman access to her and she shuddered and groaned as she accepted it. This was what was right; she felt that with her very soul. She didn't know why or how, but it was what should be.
Lissa felt as though she had actually become a part of the Asari as she continued. Wave after wave of electricity and fire threatened to consume her has he body was no longer in her control. Just when she could not take it anymore Liara looked into her eyes. "Embrace eternity, Cayle" She whispered.
Lissa jolted awake, her heart thundering in her chest, a thin layer of sweat covering her body. Her breath was heavy as her body was still recovering from the powerful sensations Liara had worked her into. "I love you." She said to nobody, but was envisioning the Asari. "Why do I love you?"
~Because you are Shepard, ~ her conscious finally spoke up.
Before she could even counter that thought the door to her room opened and Doctor Bateman entered. "Oh good, you're finally awake."
"Finally?"
"You have been sleeping for more than a day. We were starting to get worried," Bateman explained.
"A day!" she pulled the covers aside and stood up; she had to grab the bed for balance. Her hip did feel better than it had though. She looked to him as all sorts of thoughts ran through her head. Like the fact that she could never really remember her appointments with this man. It had never really bothered her, until now.
"Lissa, you need to get back into bed," the doctor was trying to sooth her but that only made her more worried.
~You are Shepard, ~ the phrase was echoing in her head.
"Why can't I remember?" She yelled at him.
"Remember what, Lissa , what are you trying to remember?"
She looked about the room and spotted a syringe. She had no idea what was in. She grabbed her IV stand and pulled it behind her as she moved over closer to it. She knew she was home and that she should feel safe, but she didn't. If anything the feeling of danger hit every part of her body.
She looked back to him and noticed, for the first time, the watch he wore. It wasn't a watch but some sort of soft light used to distract a person, and he was using it now. It all suddenly came together. He was a psychologist, an expert in behaviour modification.
~You are Shepard, ~
He had done something to her. He had blocked her memories. She reached for the IV and tore it out of her hand and then grabbed the syringe. "I am Shepard," She shouted at him, "do not call me Lissa."
Her mind was going in all sorts of different directions. She knew she was Shepard but her memories were those of Lissa's. Maybe it was Lawson that had done something to her. It would be easy to believe that if she could stop thinking of Liara T'Soni, if the love she felt for the Asari was not so powerful. "What have you done to me?" She said, not looking at the man.
"Lissa, it's not what we have done to you." He cooed and aimed the light at her again. She jumped and grabbed his wrist, twisting it hard, causing him to spin. She slammed him face first into the wall. She brought the syringe up with her other hand.
"I am Shepard." She growled into his ear. "What have you done to me?"
Bateman only smiled calmly. "Baby mine…"
"Stop!" came a call from the door way. Both eyes switched to the new comer.
Miranda stood with a firearm pointed at Bateman, Jacob Taylor stood behind her, watching the door. "Don't you say a word unless I give you permission, do you understand?" The Doctor nodded wordlessly. Miranda moved closer.
"Shepard?" She looked to Lissa.
"I don't know." The assassin answered honestly. She felt vulnerable for the first time since she was a child. She did know though, that for some reason she could trust Miranda Lawson.
"That's a start, anyway," Jacob said with a slight smile. Lissa looked to Miranda.
"Put down the syringe and we can get him to restore your memory." Miranda promised.
"I have no idea of what you are talking about," Bateman protested. "What have you done to her?"
"It's over." Lissa/Cayle hissed into his ear.
"Jacob seal the door," Miranda directed then moved over to the Doctor and place her pistol against his lips. "You know exactly what I am talking about and you will restore her memories or I will show you pain unlike you have ever felt before."
"If I give her back her memories, I'm dead anyway," Bateman said. Lissa/Cayle knew this was true, the Ambassador did not suffer failure well and this would be a huge failure.
"Please, don't take me with you," Lissa/Cayle said. There was silence for a few minutes.
"All right, I can release her. It will take some time and you have to promise to get me out of here."
Lissa/Cayle looked to Miranda and let the syringe drop from her hand. She let the man go and stepped away.
"You will need to sit down. This will take a little while."

Cayle was not sure how she should feel. The Doctor had finished five minutes ago and she was still struggling with what he had done to her, of how he had changed her memories of how he had control her. It was ingenious how he had amalgamated her past to fit Cerberus' need, changing only small bits and pieces at the beginning and more as needed.
Her thoughts were all over, she thought about what she had done as Lissa. The people she had killed, the lives she had ruined. She had killed the Salarian Dalatrass. She had disliked the woman, but not enough to want her dead. She thought of her relationship with the Ambassador and shivered. He had made up that past. She had never had a relationship with him after all. It was odd though, she still had feelings for him even though she was no longer Lissa. Not strong feelings, not like the feelings she had for Liara, but she had come to like the Ambassador, he treated her well and fair and she was always her favorite.
She remembered everything, everything from both lives and it was a tad bit confusing. One thing that was not confusing was the catalyst and the choice and the pain. She remembered waking up and being unable to move or see. She could hear people close but her chest felt compacted. She could only whisper as she called for help. She remembered floating in and out of reality and then finally waking up as Lissa.
It was quiet in the room as the small gathering allowed Shepard to adjust to new revelations and she looked from Miranda back to Bateman. She looked to the ground and Liara floated into her head and everything began to finally focus. Liara, the woman she loved more than anything. She needed her and wanted her now. She looked back up to Miranda, standing out of her chair.
They had all been chasing Kai Leng. His little robot girlfriends had gone after the Asari and Cayle had rescued them, but they had not received the control harness, which only meant that Liara was quite possibly going after it again, alone. Cayle was not sure Liara could handle Leng on her own. Her heat began tightening as she thought of all sorts of bad things that could happen.
"Where is Liara?" She demanded.
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