Shepard yanked himself violently away from the opposite wall. "I need you to get the crew onto the evac shuttle," he snapped, "I'll take care of Joker."

Other Kaidan cast the fire extinguisher away. "Commander!"

"Kaidan," Shepard snarled, pulling on one of the broken hatches. "Go. Now."

And, as Kaidan knew he would, the other Kaidan wavered, on the edge of disobeying orders-- then pulled back. "Aye, aye," he said.

Kaidan flinched visibly. Stupid. Stupid, stupid, stupid decision.