A/N: I do not own any of the characters, they belong to Bioware. I am a huge fan of mass effect and I (like so many others) felt the death of Thane Krios too much of a tragedy. I simply feel a great opportunity was missed…

Sitting in his steel ice cold chair with his right ankle resting on his left knee; he exhaled smoke from his lips, then pressed the holographic button that was flashing green in front of him.

"Report, Mr. Leng," said the Illusive Man.

There was static on the other end, "It was Shepard and that Fucking Drell!"

The Illusive man sat up with clenched teeth and put out his cigarette. He reached out with both hands and began typing feverishly. Windows spun out of thin air: live security footage on the Citadel, past security footage during the attack, and a map which revealed Kai Leng's current location. "I see."

"You should have let me kill her when I had the chance! I got that Drell though," Kai said with a smirk.

The Illusive man paused for a short second at that and thought for a moment, "Krios, Thane?" The question was rhetorical; he had already brought up the footage of the fight between Kai and Thane. He watched everything in great detail, "Even with his illness he proved…formidable."

"He was nothing," he said with a hiss in voice.

The Illusive man rolled his eyes at the remark and continued his thought. "If I remember correctly from the recordings I got back from the Normandy…" His fingers continued to dance across the holographic keys before him and a new window popped up. It was live footage from inside the hospital and Shepard was there reading over the body of Thane with Kolyat. He watched the whole touching scene.

"Sir?" Kai interrupted.

"Shut up."

Once it was over he watched as Shepard walked out of the hospital and into the elevator. "She is trembling…lovers. Hmm, a chink in your armor, Shepard?" He tapped the windows and they vanished suddenly.

"Sir?" Kai interrupted again.

"You're still at the Citadel. That's good Mr. Leng, because I want you to pick up a package for me."

"Sir, the place is crawling," Kai said with his head down and his fists clenched in his lap.

"You will be picking it up while it is en route from the citadel to the Hanar home world." The Illusive man brought out another cigarette from the compartment built into the left arm of his chair. Sitting back and bring his ankle back up to rest on his knee, he lit the cigarette simply by bring it to his lips and taking a drag.

"Bring me the body of Thane Krios but don't hurt the boy if you can. I want Shepard to know who she is dealing with…"

A/N: So this is my first entry and it's been a long time since I have written anything. I look forward to any reviews and comments.