Shaider03
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Post by Shaider03 on Mar 15, 2013 20:10:19 GMT 1
The full story is also here in pdf format shaider03.deviantart.com/#/art/Mass-Effect-Restoration-359858844?_sid=83cb077Summary My Mass Effect 3 after story based on my Shepard and the destroy ending. A month after the events of Mass Effect 3, The Alliance declare Commander Shepard dead after they are unable to find his body. Tali the woman Shepard loved refuses to give up. Inspired by her determination, the crew of The Normandy join together to search for their lost Commander and friend. Tali and the crew of The Normandy return to the damaged Citadel to search for Shepard, but what they find is not what they expect. Contains some swearing but not much. Some Sexual situations but no typed out acts of sex. Although it’s implied that the individuals did sleep with each other. Some typical Violence fights, deaths and so on. The story is already complete an has four chapters.
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Shaider03
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Post by Shaider03 on Mar 15, 2013 20:13:21 GMT 1
Chapter 1: I won’t let you go
The Reapers have been defeated. Commander Shepard succeeded in reaching the Crucible and used its power to destroy the Reapers. However the crucible’s energy destroyed not only the Reapers but other forms of synthetic life. Namely the Geth and the Normandy’s unshackled A.I. EDI. The Mass Relays where left damage but not destroyed. The rebuilding had soon begun. Every advanced race pulled together to restore galactic civilization and create a new future. A future free from the cycle of the Reapers. After the crucible fired The Normandy had crashed on a remote world, while attempting to reach the fleets rendezvous point. A month later the damage was repaired and the Normandy would soon be under way. However this would be a bittersweet victory for the Normandy’s crew. After an extensive search of the citadel Commander Shepard’s body could not be found. He was declared killed in action along with Admiral Anderson. Admiral Hackett informed the Normandy’s crew of the unfortunate news. They would honor the memory of those that had served on the Normandy by placing their names on the memorial wall on the crew deck. One name was to be placed last the most painful of all Commander Shepard. The rite was to be performed by Tali Zora Vas Normandy the woman who loved him, and was loved by him above all others.
The crew are assembled on the crew deck. Tali holds Shepard’s name plate in her hands. Has she stands in front of the memorial a silence grips the crew. Tali looks at the plate. how could something so light feel so heavy. It was the weight of believing he was gone, of giving up on the possibility he was alive. Once that plate is placed that would be it she would have to believe that he was gone. That he was never coming back. She raises her head and makes her decision.
Tali: No I won’t do it. I can’t do it.
Ashley walks towards Tali. She stands by her side.
Ashley: I know it’s hard but we need to accept the fact that he’s gone.
Tali: No he’s not gone they never found his body! They just gave up and I won’t accept that!
Liara: Tali…
Liara a woman that once also shared a lovers bond with Shepard at one time. Tali looks back at her.
Tali: Liara you feel the same way I do don’t you. I know you still love him. You did everything you could to help bring him back when the Collectors killed him. You even turned his body over to Cerberus to save him. Do you really think he’s gone? Liara: I…don’t know.
Tali: I see what about you Garrus, Joker?
Garrus: …
Joker:..
Tali takes the plate with her upstairs to Shepard’s cabin. The rest of the crew watch her leave. A silence begins again.
Ashley: I guess it was too soon.
Garrus: Damn it I should have said something! I just don’t know what to think. It looks bad but maybe there’s still a chance maybe.
Javik: The Quarian is acting foolishly however there is some truth to her words. The Commander’s body was not recovered.
Joker: Be nice if he was alive. It be just like him to do something any normal person would write off has impossible.
James: Yeah he was completely loco. He would do stuff that would kill a normal person fifteen times over, then just walk away from it like nothing happened.
Ashley: I miss him to but we have to let it go at some point. We don’t have any proof he’s alive.
Garrus: Well we don’t have any proof he’s dead either.
Garrus’s words echo in Liara’s mind along with Tali‘s. A tear falls down her eye. She then goes to her room.
Ashley: For now let’s take off has planned and give Tali some time alone.
Every one returns to their stations and the Normandy leaves the planet. Several minutes later after takeoff some members of the crew wonder who will command the Normandy now. Ashley is talking to Joker over the com system.
Ashley: Joker I need to ask you something.
Joker: Okay shoot.
Ashley: Admiral Hacket sent me a massage asking me if I would consider taking command of the Normandy. Since Udina made me a Specter and I am an alliance soldier. Do you think the rest of the crew would accept the idea of me being in command?
Joker: Well I guess it would be better than some random admiral from the alliance, showing up and just barking out orders. I guess that explains why you’ve been a little more bossy lately. Getting some practice in before the big take over.
Ashley: Hey it’s not like that! I haven’t even given him an answer yet! Maybe I’m just trying to fill the void he left behind. Forget I asked.
Joker: Wait sorry I guess I’m still thinking about what Tali said. Maybe some of us gave up too soon. Shepard deserves better than that. Ash listen I think it be fine if you did take command of the Normandy. Kind of feels like we’re keeping it in the family you know.
Ashley: I don’t think Tali or Liara would accept that though.
Joker: Yeah you’re probably right.
Ashley: Thanks anyway Joker. Oh and I’m not sure if I get the whole thing between you and EDI, but I’m sorry for your loss. I’m sure she really cared about you.
Joker: Thanks Ash.
Tali is still in Shepards cabin. Garrus has gone up to talk to Tali. She’s sitting on the bed Garrus is walking towards her.
Garrus: So how are you?
Tali: I‘m a little better all things considered. I spent this whole time crying in different parts of the room. I sat on the couch and stared at his model’s, the Quarian vessel reminded me of my trial. I remembered how he defended me, what he said, he was so passionate when he spoke on my behalf. I’ve always had feelings for him, in that moment I couldn’t think of anyone else that I could love more. I could have been content with him just thinking very highly of me. I never would have guessed he felt the same way about me. After he told me I was so happy I almost didn’t believe it for a second. I thought I was daydreaming or something. The Collectors could have killed us the next day, but it didn’t matter because the man I loved, the man I thought would never love me back did and he was all mine. Damn it haven’t we all lost enough didn’t he and I deserve to be happy!
Garrus sits on the couch.
Garrus: It’s tough we all miss him. Sorry I didn’t say anything back there.
Tali: Anything you want to say now.
Garrus: I‘d like to think he’s alive. I’m not sure though. Shepard was a good friend and if the situation was reversed, then I know he’d look for any one of us. You’ve got my support Tali.
Tali: Thank you. How’s Liara I’m worried that I might have said too much.
Garrus: Well she’s been locked up in her room for a while. I don’t think she’s mad, well she didn’t seem mad. Tali: I want to look for him I figured she does too. I’m going to need her help but after what I said. She probably want’s nothing to do with me.
Garrus: I don’t think it’s that bad. Maybe it’s the kick in the ass we all need to get moving.
Tali: Thanks Garrus. I might have to leave the Normandy. This is an alliance ship it doesn’t belong to me. They’ll want to give command of the Normandy to someone new. I can’t expect everyone to keep looking when theirs other work to be done. I’m going to talk to Liara.
Garrus: Want me to go with you.
Tali: Its ok I’ll be fine.
Tali visits Liara on the crew deck. Liara’s room is still locked.
Tali: Liara it’s me Tali. Listen I was hoping we could talk. I’m sorry if I said too much earlier. I know it’s been hard for you to. So can I come in?
The door opens Liara is hard at work using a terminal she repaired. The screen shows a display of the citadel with the crucible docked with it.
Liara: Hello Tali I’m busy at the moment but we can talk if you like.
Tali: Liara I
Liara: You don’t need to apologize. I wasn’t offended by what you said. Even though I’d rather you say it in private.
Tali: Sorry.
Liara: It’s fine.
Tali: I was planning to look for Shepard I was hoping that you could help me.
Liara: That’s actually what I’m working on.
Tali: Really have you found anything!?
Liara: I’ve managed to salvage some data regarding the crucible. Even though the alliance searched the citadel wreckage I believe that they were unable to locate the area where Shepard activated the crucible. If we can locate this area perhaps we can find Shepard or clues that can point use in the right direction.
Tali: If it’s hidden how are we going to get in. I know Shepard manage to ride that transport beam to reach the citadel during the mission on earth. How are we going to get their?
Liara: I’ve been thinking about that. Luckily with the help of the Rachni repairs on the citadel and the relays have been going smoothly. So the citadel is mostly functional. If we can identify the signal used to trigger that beam
Tali: Then we could reach that place ourselves.
Liara: Exactly I’ve asked Specialist Treynor to assist in using the Normandy’s sensor logs to identify that signal.
Tali: That’s amazing Liara. I should have known you’d think of something.
Liara: Thank you but it was your words that convinced me to keep trying.
Tali: Glad I could help. Is there anything else I can do?
Liara: Yes could you help with the repairs to Glyph I’m afraid I might be too busy to finish them myself.
Tali: Sure.
Liara: Please reframe from trying to read any sensitive data.
Tali: Hey where’s the fun in that.
Liara turns around with a concerned look on her face.
Tali: I was only joking Liara.
Liara with a relieved look on her face says.
Liara: Oh well that’s…good.
Liara focuses on her terminal once again. While Tali uses her Omni tool to work on Glyph.
Tali: (Giggling) I guess you still need some help picking up on those kinds of things.
Liara: I have improved I just didn’t expect you to make a joke in this situation.
Tali: Sure sure I believe you. You know now that I think about it we’ve never actually talked to each other that much.
Liara: What do you mean we’ve engaged in conversation several time’s.
Tali: Briefly during missions and such but that’s it. We’ve never actually had a real conversation. You know talking for a few hours about random things, making each other laugh and such.
Liara: Well considering the situation with you and Shepard .I thought it was best if we mostly kept to ourselves.
Tali: I guess things did feel a bit awkward. That would make it hard for us to be friend’s wouldn’t it.
Liara: Well it’s not entirely impossible. I’ve never hated you Tali. I was upset at first when I discovered you and Shepard entered a relationship. I eventually came to terms with it. I always respected you and knew you had a good heart. I also knew you were attracted to Shepard since we both first served on the Normandy. When I said I was happy for you I meant it.
Tali: Thanks Liara I’m glad we got to talk like this.
Liara: So am I.
Sometime later Treynor recovered the data they needed to begin their search. Tali and Liara call the main squad to the war room. They explain their plan to the others.
Garrus: The plan sound’s good to me.
Ashley: You’re sure you can get a team in there.
Liara: Yes we know that the Citadel will react to this signal and respond accordingly.
Tali: The Citadel should be repaired enough for it to pick up this signal. There might be some wreckage so we’ll make sure to bring the appropriate gear.
James: Sound’s like the Doc and Sparks have it all figured out. I say we go for it.
Javik: I feel all we may find is the Commanders corpse, but he does deserve to be properly laid to rest.
Tali: He’s not dead till I see proof of it I’m not giving up.
Ashley: Well we don’t have any pending missions so I see no reason not to go along with this. Also theirs something I need to tell everyone. I…
Ashley was considering announcing that she was offered command of The Normandy. She looks around the room at every one present. Then she looks at Tali and Liara. Now was not the time to say those word’s instead she decided to say something else.
Ashley: I’m sorry for not believing that Shepard might be alive. I should have more faith in him and all of you. I made the mistake of not believing in him at one time. I won’t make a mistake like that again. He deserves better than that.
Tali: Thank you Ash that means a lot.
Liara: If we’re all in agreement we should head to the Citadel has soon as possible. Joker please set a course for earth.
Joker (over the intercom): You got it Liara.
The Normandy travels to earth. Later has they make their way past Citadel Tali is in the cockpit talking with Joker.
Joker: Looks like those repairs to the Citadel’s coming along pretty well uh.
Tali: I’ve heard that we have the Ranchi along with a combined effort from everyone to thank for it. It’s amazing everyone is doing their part and there’s no arguing or fighting over petty deference’s.
Joker: I guess coming back from an apocalyptic war with the Reapers really woke people up. Still surprised that the Rachni really stepped up with the rebuilding. I guess The Commander made a good call sparing them for the second time. Who would have guessed the freaky ant spider looking race would be grade A engineers.
Tali: Egghh spiders let’s just change topics now. In any case Shepard is the reason any of that is possible and its time we get him back.
Liara(com channel): I’m transmitting the signal to the citadel now.
A moment of silence begins has they wait for the signal to work. For the moment there was no change to the citadel. No one said it but the possibility of failure loomed over them. Tali’s hands clinch up her body feels tense, the fear of losing him returns. An then relief, the same beam that triggered on that day activated again.
Joker: Well that was a really long couple of seconds uh. We’re making our dissent to earth.
Tali: Ok I’ll get the team together.
The Normandy sets down near the same spot where Shepard and Hammerhead Company made their sprint to the relay. Tali, Liara, Garrus, and Javik leave the Normandy and head to the beam.
Liara: The transport beam appears to be stable. It should be safe to enter.
Garrus: We shouldn’t stay to long if that thing shorts out we might get stuck up there.
Tali: Then let’s hurry.
They waste no time and pass through the beam. They successfully enter the same area Shepard and Anderson did before in the same fashion but they’ve been separated. One by one their flung to the floor has they enter their respective hall’s. Tali is with Javik, Liara is with Garrus.
Tali: Boshtet! Reaper bastards they would make something like that.
Javik: I take pleasure in knowing their dead.
Tali and Javik get up off the ground. They look around the hall and see the corpses of human’s now just bones and cloths. Liara contact’s Tali over her omnitool.
Liara: Tali are you alright?
Tali: I’m fine where are you? Keela what is this.
Liara: We appear to be in a hall way of some sort. Human remains are scattered around the hall.
Tali: It’s the same here. I guess we made it. I have Javik with me is Garrus with you?
Liara: Yes he’s looking through the bodies.
Javik: The Reapers gathered them here to be harvested.
Tali: Just like the Collector base.
Liara: So they were trying to create another human reaper.
Garrus: Don’t know if theirs time for it but the alliance will want to identify these bodies. Maybe it will help some family’s get closure.
Liara: I’ll take some scans while we look for Shepard. We can’t take these bodies with us but we can at least keep enough physical data so they can be identified later.
Liara also contact’s Joker to let The Normandy know they made it to the Citadel safely. Javik touches the floor and uses his sensory ability which allows him to read traces of living things that are left behind. He senses Shepards biomark.
Javik: The Commander was here. He was in great pain but his determination did not waver.
Tali: Then we need to keep going down this hall. There’s something ahead.
Liara: I see something has well. Let’s proceed I believe both hallways are designed to connect to the same destination.
Both group’s go down their respective hallways. Has expected they reach the same destination. They find piles of debris sections above had collapsed on the lower platform.
Liara: This may take a while but the beam is still stable at the moment.
Garrus: Look at all this where should we start looking?
Liara: We should try and get an idea of how this area was originally structured before it was damage. That should help us determined where to start our search.
Javik: There are traces of the commander here has well, but also others. Their where more humans here.
Tali: One of them could be Admiral Anderson.
Javik: Yes one was a human solider an experienced one.
Garrus: Sound’s like Anderson alright and the other one.
Javik: Another human but his mind feels tainted, erratic.
Liara: Tainted perhaps someone who was indoctrinated.
Tali: The Illusive man did tell the reapers about the crucibles connection to the citadel. Maybe he made it here has well. Is there anything else about Shepard anything at all?
Javik: The rest feels disjointed, fragment’s that don’t accurately fall into place.
Garrus: What does that even mean?
Javik: It means what I said it means.
Garrus: Ok…
Tali: Damn theirs got to be something.
Liara: Hmm by the way this debris looks it came from above this platform. Maybe there was another area above this one. The rest of the debris is further down from us.
Tali: There’s to damage for all of us to go up there.
Javik looks over the damaged platform, he senses something familiar.
Javik: There is something below this platform its Prothean.
Liara: Prothean but how is that possible.
Tali: I don’t know if this will help us find Shepard but Prothean tech always seems to lead to something important.
Javik: Has it should.
Tali: If we can get you down their do you think you can find it?
Javik: Yes.
Garrus: We can hook Javik to one of the grapple cables we brought with us.
Javik: Make sure this cable of yours is stable. I have already chosen my burial ground and it is not here.
They secure the cable (the end of it is a device that magnetically attach’s to metal surfaces) and Javik has a harness belt placed on him. They quickly instruct him on how to operate the handheld control device that allows him to retract or extend the cable. Javik heads down to the rubble down below. The Prothean device resonates in his eyes. He feel’s almost drawn to it. Still hooked to the harness he clears the debris that was covering the device. Its form is something instantly recognizable to him. It is the Echosharde he gave Shepard just before his last mission. The Shard now has stains of human blood on it. Javik heads back up to rejoin the others.
Liara: Is that
Javik: Yes it is the Echoshard I gave the Commander. I told him to imprint his memories on it so others can learn from his experiences.
Garrus: The stains that’s human blood.
Tali: If it was with him can it help us find Shepard?
Liara: If the blood is his then perhaps it left an imprint.
Javik: Perhaps.
Javik uses the echoshard and finds Shepard’s memories. He tells the others about what happened with the Illusive Man, Anderson’s death, the encounter with the Reaper intelligence called The Catalyst, how it provided three new solution’s that would replace its cycle solution. After questioning and arguing with the Catalyst at every turn he eventually decided to destroy the Reapers. More Images fill Javiks mind of what happened next. The power relay he fired on exploded the platform begins to fall apart. Shepard struggles to be ahead of the destruction and forces his body to power threw. He falls with a piece of the platform. Determined to live he looked ahead of him and saw several cables and pipes. He does a Biotic Charge to reach them. He grabs them and holds on has long has he can. The part’s from the upper platform fall. The debris piles up, the cables he was holding onto snap. His previous efforts reduced the distance of the fall. Shepard activates his Biotic Barrier in an attempt to protect himself from the impact. He’s knocked out by the force of the fall. Waking up again sometime later his body filled with pain. Are the implants destroyed or not? He can’t tell and doesn’t care. He wants to live he needs to see her again. It’s difficult to stand but he forces himself to. He’s reminded of another time where he was alone in a desperate situation.
Akuz where his unit was killed by thresher maw’s, and he was left wounded and alone. He didn’t give in then he wouldn’t now. It seems there was an opening a bit further up. He started climbing the debris to try and reach this area. The pain racks threw his body. He tries to use his biotic barrier to allow him to move his limbs regardless of the shape he’s in. He keeps his mind on Tali and his friends. He will see them again whatever it takes he will see them again. He makes it to the hall has he start’s to walk something is wrong. His mind feels like it’s on fire. The pain brings him to one knee. He drop’s the echo shard that Javik gave him. He gets back up his motions are odd almost lifeless. The hall is too dark to see what’s on the other side. He slowly walks down the hall anyway. The visions stop and Javick feels a quick spark of pain.
Liara: Are you alright?
Javik: I am fine there was something wrong perhaps the Echoshard is damaged. I felt such strong feedback from the commander’s mind near the end.
Tali: Is there anything that can tell us where he is?
Javik: No. Wherever this hall was it is no longer there.
Garrus: So he made it off the citadel?
Tali: If he did he would have tried to contact us.
Liara: I’m curious you said Shepard’s mind created some sort of strong feedback. What could have caused that?
Liara’s Omni tool begins to beep so she checks it.
Liara: We’ll have to continue this discussion on The Normandy. The transport beam is beginning to destabilize!
Tali: But we haven’t found him yet maybe he’s here somewhere!
Garrus: Javik said the hall Shepard went through is gone. We don’t have the equipment to move all that debris in time. If we stay we could be stuck here. If we leave now there’s always a chance we can come back later.
Tali: No what if he’s still here! How could I live with myself if I left him to die here!
Javik: The commander is not here we must leave.
Liara: The beam is still stable enough to use if we hurry. Tali I know exactly how you feel but if we don’t leave now, we’ll be trapped here.
Tali: Damn it! Alright let’s go.
They run back down one of the halls an straight to the where the transport beam connected. Their able to go back down to earth. Joker contacts them via omnitool.
Joker: That looked like a close one did everybody make it back?
Garrus: Yeah everyone’s here.
Joker: Did you find anything?
Tali: Just more question’s.
Liara: We’ll share our findings when we come aboard. It may take a bit of time before we can figure out our next move.
The team goes back to the Normandy. They explain what happened on the Citadel.
James: That last part sounds weird. What was wrong with Shepards head anyway?
Javik: For an instant I felt a strong feedback pulse. It may have been from The Commanders mind or it may not.
Garrus: That Prothean device could be broken for all we know.
Liara: It appears relatively undamaged from what I can tell at least.
Ashley: I don’t get it so what we’re right back to square one?
Tali puts her head down and stays quiet. A silence fills the room.
Liara: Perhaps we should continue this discussion after we’ve gathered more information on Shepards possible whereabouts.
Garrus: That sounds like a good idea.
Everyone leaves the war room. Liara walks with Tali so she can speak with her.
Liara: Don’t worry we haven’t given up hope.
Tali: I know you won’t Liara and neither will I. I just don’t know what to make of all this. I have so many questions and I don’t know where to start looking for answers. I’m going to engineering; working with the drive core might put my mind at ease.
Liara: Alright.
Liara tries to put on a brave face but her heart betrays her. Has soon has Tali left to head to engineering Liaras mind filled with lingering questions. With no answers in sight sleep would not be an option tonight.
END OF CHAPTER 1
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Post by Shaider03 on Mar 15, 2013 20:23:16 GMT 1
CHAPTER 2: SAVE US FROM OURSELVES
The Normandy crew began their search for the lost Commander Shepard. Their search leads them back to the citadel. The possibility of reuniting with Shepard filled their hearts with joy. However all they found was more questions. Has The Normandy stays in London. A possible new threat looms elsewhere.
On an Island outside of Hong Kong. A team of alliance soldiers are under attack inside their base camp. Captain Richards is hiding behind cover with some of his team. Their being fired on.
Captain Richards: Damnit they came out of nowhere! We’ve got to retreat.
Alliance Solider: I’ve lost contact with the rest of the team. I think we’re all that’s left sir.
Captain Richards: Alright they’re not going to let us go without a fight so let’s give them one!
Captain Richards and the remnants of his team fight back against their attackers. They were surprised that their attackers where humans. Still they continue to fight. It seemed like things might go their way but just then a Biotic Shockwave knocks several soldier’s out of cover. Their then fired on with what seems like an electric burst shot. Their knocked out by it. Their attackers are backing off while this is happening. Another soldier is rammed by a blue streak of light that drags him into the woods. Captain Richards’s team are scared and fire into the wood’s wildly.
Captain Richards: Cease fire! Cease fire!
They heed their Captains orders and cease fire. All is quiet for a moment and then. The soldier that was dragged into the woods is hovering in the air above the trees via a Biotic lift. The team is distracted by this and another shockwave rips threw the wood’s stunning some of them. Two more soldiers are hit by the same electric burst shot from earlier. The third is struck with the blue streak of light. However this was no simple streak of light it was a man in a dark metallic blue armor, with a helmet that almost resembles a Reaper design. He hits the solider he rammed in his face with a biotic punch. The soldier’s neck snap’s from the force of the blow. Captain Richards who is now on his own. Fire’s on the mystery assailant with his Mattock assault rifle. The assailant roll’s to cover to evade the shots. Richards throws a frag grenade at the assailant. It reaches over the equipment crates the assailant used for cover. The grenade explodes. After the explosion theirs a silence. Then another shot is fired at Richard’s from the side of him. He hears the shot coming his way and try’s to avoid it. The shot hits his rifle and it falls out of his hands has he hits the ground. Richards quickly gets back to his feet. The assailant try’s to rush him. Richards try’s to stab him with his Omni blade. The assailant counters this move with a Two Arm Shoulder Throw. Richards lands on the ground hard and before he could react the assailant hits him with a pull field.
Richards is lifted off the ground and the assailant strikes him with a biotic punch to the back. Richard’s is launched into a nearby rock and is knocked out has he slams into it. The Assailant walks towards him slowly. The red eyes off his helmet are all Richards see’s before passing out. Richards wakes up strapped to a surgical bed. He looks around an see’s a diagram showing implant incision points on the human body.
The Assailant: It appears you’ve awakened from your unconscious state.
Richards: What is this, who the fuck are you, where’s my men!
The Assailant: You ask those questions as if I’m obligated to answer you. I will answer but only because I choose to. This is a secret military compound which is located underground on a different island. Its existence predates the creation of your Alliance military. Has for who I am. I am Th…no that’s not quite accurate. Since I am your Savior then I will answer to that designation.
Captain Richards: Savior huh what exactly are you saving me from.
Savior: Yourself. Has for your men the ones that survived will live on has my chosen ones.
Captain Richards: I get it now you’re crazy. Just some freak who lost his mind during the Reaper war. You trying to scare me with that stupid voice modulator and that fancy Reaper looking armor. You theatrical fuck!
Savior quickly walks towards Richards and grabs him by the throat in anger.
Savior: You ungrateful whelp! Do you have any idea how hard I’ve worked to save you all! To prevent the inevitable damnation your stupidity will bring!!
Savior lets go of Richards’s neck.
Savior: Yes well you’ll understand when I’m done.
Captain Richards: This isn’t over the alliance will come for me.
Savior: I’m sure they will, which is why I didn’t destroy your base camp. Whoever they send to look for you will then join my ranks. Now let’s put you to sleep. It would be unfortunate if you died from pain during the operation.
Savior injects Richards with a sedative that puts him to sleep. Elsewhere Tali is waking up in a house. She looks out the window and its morning. The view is familiar it’s Rannock. She’s amazed by the view it’s beautiful, the sun feel’s warm on her skin. Then she notices she’s not wearing her suit and yet she’s fine. Two arms slowly and tenderly wrap around her waist. It’s the familiar touch of the man she loves Shepard.
Shepard: Hey Ms. Vas Rannock your finally awake. I made you breakfast a while ago but you looked so cute when you were asleep. So I didn’t want to wake you.
Tali turns around to see if it’s really him. It is. Tali is speechless.
Shepard: Uhhh I promise I didn’t burn it this time. Really I didn’t…ok I burned it little bit but it’s not that bad honest. I’ll just cut off the crispy parts an
She hugs him tightly before he could finish his sentence.
Tali: How is this happening? You were gone and I was looking for you! I didn’t know if you were alive or dead! You were gone and you left me behind when I begged you not to!
Shepard: Hey now you know I would never do that to you. Its ok Tali I’m here, the wars over and you’ll never be alone again.
Tali: Oh Shepard I missed you so much. Promise me we’ll always be together.
Shepard: I promise.
Tali: I love
Tali wakes up again but this time in the bed in Shepard’s cabin. She looks around and she realizes that was nothing more than a dream. She gets out of bed slowly. She sits at the edge of the bed and takes a moment. She takes a breath, the dreams before this weren’t has pleasant and yet this one felt much more painful in the end. She tears up a bit but try’s to hold herself together. She succeeds all be it barley. She heads down stairs to the mess hall on the crew deck. A lot of the squad is there. Their talking about mostly positive thing’s. Their family members that survived, what their next plans are, keeping in touch, etc.
Ashley: What do mean my aims bad?
Garrus: It’s not bad but I noticed the few times you do use your sniper rifle you just stick to body shots. You almost never go for the head shot.
Ashley: I can get head shots I just choose not to.
Garrus: You’re using it like an assault rifle; it’s more of a precision instrument. Tell you what maybe if you’re up for it we’ll go klickzen hunting, and I’ll give you some pointers.
Ashley: Oh really well I’ll think about it. It would be fun to see the look on your face when I down more of those things then you can.
James: Well now that sounds like a challenge to me Scar’s.
Garrus: Your right it almost sounds like one.
Ashley: You ass.
James: Hey sparks finally got of bed I see.
Tali sits down with the rest of the team. Their friendly chatter was comforting in a way. Even though it feels like their trying to pretend nothing was wrong.
Tali: I still don’t get why you call me that.
James: You’re jumpy and your eyes glow. You know spark’s.
Tali: Uh huh well anyway anyone get in contact with their relatives.
Garrus: My father and sister are okay. The relays on their end are still being worked on but communications are in a lot better shape now.
James: I haven’t heard anything about my uncle yet it’s starting to bug me a little bit. Nobody’s told me he’s dead so I’m staying optimistic. It’s being looked into so all I can do is wait.
Tali: Well don’t lose hope has long has there’s still a chance then you haven’t lost him yet.
James: Thanks Sparks I appreciate that.
Ashley: My sister Sara is okay. What about you Tali you hear anything from your people.
Tali: Rom sent me a message. The fleet is safe they took several losses but they’ve recovered. She said whenever I decide to comeback they would honor my rank has Admiral.
Garrus: That’s big news. Of course you’re not heading back any time soon right.
Tali: No I need to find Shepard first. Where’s Liara is she still in her room?
Garrus: Yeah it seemed like she was planning to pull an all-nighter. Probably trying to Finish getting her Shadow Broker connections back together. Among other things.
Tali: I see well I’m going to go check in on her.
Tali goes to Liara’s room to see if she’s okay. Part of her is hoping Liara made some sort of breakthrough that could lead her to Shepard. Tali sees Liara napping on her desk. The terminal she was working on is full of information. Simply looking at it seemed almost exhausting. Tali decides not to wake her. Instead she takes the blanket from Liaras bed and places it on Liara. Back in the mess hall.
Treynor(over the intercom): Lieutenant Commander Williams Admiral Hackett is on vidcom.
Ashley: Got it I’m on my way.
Ashley goes to the com room to speak to Admiral Hackett.
Admiral Hackett: Williams we have a situation and The Normandy is our best bet to handle it quickly and quietly. There’ve been several reports of civilians and alliance personnel disappearing in several parts of Asia. We sent a team to investigate but we’ve lost contact with them. Their last transmission came from an Island outside of Hong Kong. It was cut off and sounded like they might have been under attack.
Ashley: Under attack by who?
Admiral Hackett: It’s unclear who’s behind it. There might be a possible Reaper involvement but that’s just speculation.
Ashley: What about the Reaper Killers could they be behind it?
Admiral Hackett: The Leviathan enthrallment team was given specific orders to destroy all the artifact’s after the war was over. I ordered another team to make sure they were all disposed of. All the bases where covered regarding that matter. There could always be more but that’s more guess work.
Ashley: So quickly and quietly means we don’t want the civilian population to know about it.
Admiral Hackett: Exactly we don’t need to start a panic. We need people focused on the rebuilding effort. If I was you I’d send Miss Allers on her way. You can pick up some supplies with our main alliance base their in London. Theirs a variant of the Mako that was recovered after the war. It’s designed to drill underground to sneak behind enemy lines and deliver preemptive strikes. Consider it a welcome home present.
Ashley: Understood sir.
Admiral Hackett: Also you wouldn’t know anything about the transport beam that lead to the Citadel being temporally reactivated.
Ashley: We were investigating a possible lead to the whereabouts of Shepard. We found evidence in some Prothean tech that we recovered. It shows that Shepard did make it out of that area after The Crucible was fired. We still don’t know where he is, but the chances of him still being alive have gone up.
Admiral Hackett: I suppose a slim chance is better than nothing. What about Anderson any new fact’s about him. Should I be second guessing declaring him dead has well.
Ashley: I’m sorry based on what Javic told us he died from a gunshot wound. Also given where his body was when the debris fell it’s safe to say we won’t be finding his body anytime soon.
Admiral Hackett: I see well it be nice to find out Shepard is still alive. He was the best soldier I’ve ever seen and a good man. I won’t ask you if you’ve decided to accept my offer to be in charge of The Normandy. Given the situation I understand your hesitation. Just know if he is dead then we all need to move on. Like it or not.
Ashley: Yes sir.
Ashley ends her conversation with Hackett and calls a meeting in the war room. She explains the situation to the rest of the team. Ashley: The Alliance can’t spare anymore resources so we’ve been asked to look into the situation. The last team went out of contact in China someplace outside of Hong Kong called Lantou Island. We’re going to start our search there.
James: Missing how long has this been going on.
Ashley: They suspect it’s been happening for weeks after the end of the war. Maybe some Reaper forces survived or it’s those Levitations and their damn relics.
Garrus: I don‘t like the sound of either one.
Liara: It’s quite the mystery. The energy wave from the crucible passed through every system in the galaxy. For any of the Reapers to survive it should be impossible. Also the possibility of Leviathan involvement is quite disturbing.
James: Damn we just got out of a war with the Reapers an now this.
Ashley: Yeah it sucks but we have work to do. Is everybody onboard with this?
Liara: Yes this situation is puzzling and possibly dangerous. It can’t be ignored.
Garrus: I don’t like the way any of it sounds. Defiantly needs to be looked into.
James: I’m game.
Javik: If even one Reaper has survived then the fight isn’t over.
Ashley: Exactly we can’t let this go on. Tali we all still want to look for Shepard but for now this mission comes first. If you want to leave I’d understand.
Tali: No I’m staying I can’t just turn my back on something like this. We’ve lost too many of our friends and loved ones to the Reapers. If there’s even a chance their still alive in some way, we have to stop them.
Garrus: Well said let’s get it done.
Ashley: Ok then let’s head to the teams last known location.
The Normandy makes its way to the investigation teams last known location on Lantau Island. The Island looks mostly devastated a sad reminder of the War. This left plenty of space for the Normandy to land. Ashley, James and Liara leave the Normandy to investigate.
James: Damn this place looks like hell. Well theirs some tree’s and stuff so I guess it could be worse
Liara: This Island may recover someday. The plant life is a reminder of that.
Ashley: Well those bastard‘s knocked us down but we’re still here. Let’s get going there should be some traces of the team nearby.
They search the battered Island and find the investigation team’s base camp. It was deserted and looked damaged.
Ashley: Guess this is it a lot of the gear has Alliance insignia’s.
James: Anybody home we’re from the SSV Normandy…worth a shot I guess.
Liara: This camp does seem quite deserted.
James: Not just that this place looks like its seen some action. They defiantly got into a fire fight with somebody.
Ashley: Theirs no corpses of the team or whoever they were fighting.
Liara: I’ll look for any traces of operation reports, or any other useful Intel that might help us.
Liara is inside one of the tents searching. She notice’s something odd about the ground in the tent. It looks like some sort of pipe sticking is out of the ground. Its open at the end, has she kneels down to look at it she hears something. She gets closer to it to try and hear it. The sound is faint but consistent, she grabs the pipe and the sound stops for an instant. A hand violently comes out from the ground and grabs her by the throat. Its grip is strong Liara is shocked has she starts to lose her breath. Outside the tent more men and women come from under the ground. One of them leaps out and catch’s James by surprise an jumps on him. Ashley notices it and ready’s her Assault Rifle (The Valkyrie Assault Rifle). Another hand comes out of the ground and grabs her ankle. James is struggling with the one that leaped on him. This attacker is human but has a piece of strange equipment instead of an arm. It’s pulsing with electricity and he’s trying to hit James with it.
Back in the tent Liara grab’s her pistol and fires multiple times into the ground. The hand loses its grip. Liara jumps back and is trying to catch her breath. A man jumps out of the ground and lunges at her. Liara uses her biotic attack stasis to instantly stop his movement. She then fires a shot into his head with her pistol (phalanx pistol) killing him. Back outside James kicks off his attacker. He then gets up and fires several shots into his attacker with his assault rifle (N7 Typhoon). Ashley fires into the ground with her assault rifle to kill her underground attacker. More people come from the ground with weapons at the ready. They waste no time firing on the squad; Liara quickly erects a biotic field to stop most of the shots. Ashley and James pass through Liara’s field to fire their assault rifles at the enemies coming at them on both sides. Liara drops the field to use a biotic singularity on several enemies. She then immediately use’s warp to create a biotic explosion.
Ashley calls for the team to fall back to The Normandy. These remodeled humans are relentless their weapons are redesigns of alliance weaponry, but the team remains calm and try’s to adjust to the situation. Ashley try’s to contact The Normandy but the signal is being jammed. They slowly try to make their way back to The Normandy while still in a firefight. Ashley is taking point while James takes up the rear; Liara is in the center and is supporting both of them with her biotics. More enemies are appearing and are trying to surround Ashley, James and Liara. One of them grabs Liara from behind, she struggles with her attacker.
Ashley: Liara!
Liara: I’m fine don’t worry.
Liara forces her attacker off with a small controlled burst of biotic force from her body.
James: Nice one doc.
Liara: Thanks.
Ashley: Shit they keep coming!
James: We’re going to get overrun at this rate.
These remodeled humans continue to press their advance. The deaths of their comrades mean nothing to them. Things are starting to look bleak but just then the echo of sniper fire fills the air. It’s the cavalry so to speak Garrus, Tali, and Javic. Heads pop has they are struck by bullets from Garrus’s Black Widow Sniper Rifle. Tali places her combat drone behind a group of enemies. The drone hits several enemies with electric shocks, Tali shoots them with the long distance shotgun the N7 Crusader. Javic attacks with a mix of Prothean pulse rifle shots lift grenades and biotic attacks. They join up with Ashley and company and started to push their attacker’s back. A number of expectable losses appear in the eyes of the remodeled humans. The indicator pass’s a safety mark and they begin to retreat. They use infiltrator cloaks to make their escape.
Tali: Keelah what was that?! They looked human.
Ashely: Whatever the hell they are I couldn’t tell if they wanted us dead, or wanted to just hall us off somewhere.
Liara: We’ll know where they came from soon enough. During the battle I placed a tracking device on the person who grabbed me.
James: That’s why you didn’t want any help. You wanted that guy to live so he’d lead us right to their base. Nice work Doc.
Liara: Thank you I just did the first thing that came to mind. I’d like to have doctor Chakwas examine one of these bodies.
Garrus: You want to take one of them onto the ship. You sure that’s a great ideal.
Liara: We need to know what we’re dealing with.
Ashley: Alright take one but I’m going to have a security detail on it at all times.
They take one of the remodeled humans that had the least damage aboard the Normandy. After the body was examined in the med bay, Dr.Chakwas goes over her findings in the war room with the rest of the team.
Dr. Chakwas: After examining the body you recovered, I’ve found several similarities to the procedure Cerberus performed on Shepard. These implants are a bit crude by comparison. There are several sections of the body that have been completely replaced with cybernetics. Also his motor functions are driven by a V.I. program. Which leaves me to believe that he was placed in a vegetative state when this procedure was concluded. Then the V.I. program was installed to control his motor functions.
Garrus: Who could have done this and more importantly why.
Tali: How did they manage to create their own version of Shepards implants? I don’t think Cerberus would have shared that technology with anyone.
Javic: Perhaps some of those ex-Cerberus members have resumed their traitorous ways.
Ashley: Their all under surveillance and accounted for. That includes Miranda Lawson and Jacob Taylor.
Liara: Well if Miranda didn’t want to be found there’s not much the alliance could do about it. Besides she has no reason to do something like this.
Tali: If all the records of how Cerberus revived Shepard are gone, do you think it’s possible that whoever did this might have Shepard?
The room grows silent for a moment before Liara answers.
Liara: It’s a possibility.
Ashley: We won’t know until we find their base. I‘ve decided that we will continue to do this on our own. We can’t wait around for the Alliance to round up back up for us. We need to stop whoever’s behind this now before things get worse. Besides we were asked to handle this quietly and I intend to carry that mission out. Everyone to your stations. Except you Tali can we talk for a minute?
Everyone except Ashley and Tali leave the war room.
Ashley: Well I‘d like to start off by thanking you for helping me out down there. Things where getting a bit to close.
Tali: Sure Ash I’m happy everyone’s okay.
Ashley: Listen I know you want to find Shepard badly. We all want to find him but you can’t let it distract you from this mission. I have no Idea what we’ll find over there. I need to know that you aren’t distracted.
Tali: I know I just feel that this time I might find him. I know that’s what I thought last time but
Ashley: Tali if you keep going like this you’re going to tear yourself apart. It’s just too painful to watch.
Tali: What would you have me do give up and say he’s dead! I can’t do that I won’t do it! I know what we’re doing is important. I’ll fight like I always do, but don’t ask me to let it go. As long has theirs a chance no matter how small I won’t give up.
Ashley: I’d give a lot for him to just walk in like nothing happened. Have it just go back to the way it was. It’s better than waiting for my next order to be the one that gets everyone killed!
Tali: Ash…
Ashley: Shit I’m not supposed to say stuff like that. Dammit I’m sorry Tali maybe this isn’t really about you. Maybe it’s just me forget I said anything.
Tali: Ash if there’s something wrong you can talk to me about it.
Ashley: I started trying to take charge because that seemed like the best thing to do. I’d try to get keep things going till Shepard got back and then I could stop. Then I hear that he was declared dead even though there was no body. All of a sudden since I’m a Specter, it looked like I was going to have to run things permanently. It worked when it was temporary but long term.I remember all the times people have died around me, the two twelve, the colonists on Horizon, the counsels guards, maybe the counsel to if it wasn’t for Shepard. Can I really be trusted with this job after all that?
Tali: I understand that feeling. I felt the same way when I became an Admiral. I did it because it would help the war if I had a position of influence among my people. Despite that I kept telling myself it was a formality that it wasn’t real. If it wasn’t real then I could avoid making the hard decisions that could get people killed. But it was real and I had to make those decisions and try to live with them.
Ashely: How did you deal with it?
Tali: I was reminded that I wasn’t alone. You’re not alone Ash this weight you feel isn’t something you should carry all by yourself.
Ashely: Thanks Tali I’ll try to remember that. I’m going to put you on the second team. While my team will get most the enemies attention, your team will be free to search the perimeter uninterrupted.
Tali: Thank you Ash if things get too dangerous on your end please call us back.
Ashley: Sure well let’s get going.
The Normandy continues to follow the signal of the tracking device. Sometime later inside Savior’s underground base. Savior has completed Captain Richards’s procedure. His mind has been burned out. Savior says nothing to him and simply leaves the operating room. Several of his followers have returned from their fight with the Normandy crew.
Savior: What have you to report?
One of the followers shows Savior footage from the fight with The Normandy crew
Savior: The Normandy it was only a matter of time before they would need to be dealt with. Good they will be useful to me as an elite fighting force. Most of Captain Richards’s team have been converted. Complete the procedures for the remaining members to replenish our loses.
Has his followers leave he notices something odd on one of them.
Savior: Wait stay where you are.
He spots the tracking device on the follower’s side. He then removes it and crush’s it.
Savior: A tracking device. You defective worthless fool!
Savior nocks his follower down with a backhand strike. Saviors hand is shaking has he tries to contain his anger.
Savior: They will arrive very soon. Make preparations I will not allow anyone to stop our progress.
The Normandy is just over the Island where Saviors base is located. The team is in the hanger prepping their gear.
Joker (over the intercom): We just lost the signal. We’re over the target now but I don’t see anything down there.
Liara: It’s most likely underground.
Ashley: Looks like we’re dropping in the Mako Drill.
James: Oh yeah I’ve been waiting for this!
Cortez: I still say we should have got an M-44 hammerhead.
James: You’re just mad cause you’re not driving Estoban.
Ashley: Alright everybody load up we’re going in.
The team gets into the Mako Drill which then drops out of the Normandys hatch. After landing on the ground it then drills threw it. It continues till it reaches Savior’s base. Cracking threw the celling and landing on a few remodeled humans crushing them. Then they fire the machine guns and cannon to lay waste to any enemies in the main hall. The team separates into two groups. Ashley, James, and Javic stay with the Mako Drill. James stays inside the Mako Drill while Ashley and Javik stay outside of it. Their plan is to distract the enemy by keeping them in a long fire fight. The second team of Garrus, Tali and Liara go deeper into the base. They search the base and try to stay undetected has long has they can. Has they do this Savior watch’s Ashley’s team battle on the camera system.
Savior: Ah Lt. Commander Williams your ploy is too obvious. Now where’s your second team.
He searchers the cameras but finds nothing. However he spots a mild distortion in the cameras of a different section. He orders his men to reduce their numbers and orders a small contingent to accompany him.
Tali can’t help but try to look for signs of Shepard. She searches for some kind of detainment area. They see many medical rooms some have body’s on operating tables. Tali enters one of these rooms.
Tali: This must be where they alter the humans they capture.
Liara: According to my data this place was a secret military facility that pre dates Earth’s creation of The Alliance.
Garrus: What were they trying to accomplish here?
Liara: It’s unclear what their intentions were but given the enemies we encountered before, perhaps they were trying to make some form of enhanced solider.
Tali continues to search the room for anything that might point to Shepard. She finds a datapad that has a diagram of Shepard’s body and the implants inside of it.
Tali: They have Shepards data. That means he has to be hear.
Garrus: We should hurry Ash’s team can hold out for now, but if we take too long things might get too hot on their end.
Ashley’s team seems to be holding their own against the remodeled humans. The remodeled human’s seem to have abandoned their attack. Its quiet then the echo of rockets fills the air. It’s just a moment but Ashley spots the rockets.
Ashley: Incoming get down!
Ashley and Javick jump out of the way of the rockets but the Mako Drill is hit by them. The tank powers down from the damage. Ashley gets up and see’s the damaged Mako Drill.
Ashley: Vega! Come on Vega talk to me are you okay?!
James: …
Javic: He may be dead.
Ashley: Shut up and hold the line! Shit I’m going to need to call the second team back. Beta team pull back to the entry point, we’ve got a man down and need assistance.
Garrus receives Ashley’s transmission.
Garrus: Copy that were on our way.
Liara: …
Tali: Dammit we’re so close. Alright if we hurry we can help them and resume the search quickly.
Garrus: I’ll go alone you two keep searching.
Tali: Are you sure it could be too dangerous.
Garrus: I’ll be fine it’s nothing I can’t handle and it’s about time we got Shepard back.
Tali: Thank you I won’t forget this.
Garrus leaves to join Ashley’s team but will he arrive in time? Will Tali and Liara find Shepard or a corpse of the man they both care about? Who is this mystery man called Savior? Can any of them survive the onslaught of his forces?
END OF CHAPTER 2
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Post by Shaider03 on Mar 15, 2013 20:32:32 GMT 1
CHAPTER 3: BREAKING THE CHAIN
The Normandy’s search for Shepard has taken yet another strange turn. They are asked by Admiral Hacket to look into the disappearance of an Alliance team. A team that had been investigating the slew of disappearances of civilians and Alliance personnel in Hong Kong. The Normandy team encounters strange remodeled humans who attack them. After beating them, one of their corpses reveals a possible link to Shepard. They go to stop this unknown enemy and possibly find Commander Shepard. Things take a bad turn and the team find themselves in a difficult situation. The Mako Drill is depowered and James Vega may be dead. Tali finds a diagram of Shepard’s medical data. She believes that he is somewhere nearby and is close to saving him. However their team is called back to support Ashley’s team. Garrus decides to head back on his own and let Tali and Liara continue their search. The enemy leader Savior has scene threw Ashley’s ploy and is heading to intercept the second team. Who is this mysterious enemy who wears an armor that resembles their old foe The Reapers.
Garrus is making his way to Ashley’s team but is stopped by weapons fire which came from down the hall. He quickly finds cover in a different room. This one was fairly large and seemed like an office. Tali and Liara had started to move ahead but stopped at the sound of gunfire. The shots hit Garrus’s shields but he’s fine.
Garrus: Alone and outnumbered typical.
Outside of the room Savior stands with his followers. They fire into the room breaking several windows. Garrus stays in cover and avoids damage. The shots stop and just before Garrus tries to look threw his sniper scope several flash grenades are thrown into the room. They go off Garrus ducks back into cover to avoid being blinded. Savior enters the room after the grenades go off. His followers stay outside. Savior looks for Garrus. Meanwhile Ashley’s team is being swarmed with weapons fire. They try to stay behind the depowered Mako Drill has the shot’s continue.
Javic: The enemies’ tactics have changed their content with simply pining us down with weapons fire. If we stay here in time they will close in for the kill.
Ashley: Where are they? Team one we need you to fall back to our position do you copy.
Liara responds to Ashley’s transmission. She and Tali are up the hall from Garrus’s position. Tali is using her combat drone to spy on the remodeled humans that are in the hall.
Liara: Ashley you’ll have to hold on a little while longer. We have multiple enemies here and it looks like they have Garrus pinned down.
Ashley is left with no choice but to try and hold out. Despite Javic’s arguments to leave James and the Mako Drill behind, Ashley stays and continues to fight. The shots die down. They peek to see why and see a single person walking towards them. It’s the remodeled Captain Richards.
Back inside the office Savior sees a flicker of light reflected off a sniper scope. A shot from the rifle heads his way. He evades it and two other shots from the rifle. He then performs a biotic shockwave in the direction of the sniper rifle. He’s see’s the rifle fly into the air. Savior rush’s towards that position with weapon in hand. When he gets their Garrus is nowhere in sight. He sees a cable hooked up to the trigger of the sniper rifle. Then he hears a beep from a proximity mine. The mine explodes Savior jumps back to avoid the brunt of the explosion but still takes some damage from it. He’s knocked down to the ground. Garrus rush’s him as Savior try’s to get back to his feet. Outside in the hall Tali’s drone attacks several remodeled humans. Their shields weaken which creates an opening for Liara to use a singularity on them. Now hovering off the ground weightless and helpless. Tali and Liara fire on them killing them all. Garrus fire’s at Savior with his Avenger Assault Rifle. The shot’s hit him, The Biotic Barrier he had on himself had helped him take most of the previous damage he had taken. Now with his shields collapsed and his weapon gone the shots begin to find a home on his body. Savior rush’s Garrus with a Biotic Charge and collides with him. Garrus is stunned and losses his gun. Savior try’s to punch Garrus in the face but Garrus grabs Saviors arm has he tries to punch him. Garrus then push’s Saviors arm away, after that he quickly punch’s him in the gut with one arm and then punch’s him in the face with the other. Savior tackles Garrus and slams him into the wall. Then he hits Garrus with two short elbow strikes to the face then lifts him up and throw’s him to the ground. Savior pics up Garrus’s assault rifle and points it at the downed Garrus.
Savior: Impressive but ultimately futile. Your future belongs to me now.
Tali’s combat drone appears behind Savior and shocks him. Then he’s hit with a biotic push that sends him flying. He collides with several tables and slams into a wall. Both Tali and Liara rush to Garrus and help him stand up. Garrus's mouth was bleeding.
Garrus: Why are you here I told you to look for Shepard.
Liara: Leaving you to die isn’t something we’re prepared to live with.
Garrus: Turians don’t know how to die remember. I had everything under control really.
Tali: Oh clearly you had the advantage.
Garrus: Yeah well thanks anyway. Who is this guy the way he fights and his biotics. He’s more than just some random lunatic.
Back in the main hall Captain Richards address’s Ashley and Javic.
Captain Richards: Lay down your weapons and surrender. You will not be harmed and I will do all in my power to make sure your teammate receives medical attention.
Ashely: Surrender why to be turned into some machine human slaves.
Captain Richards: If you care for the lives of the men under your command you will surrender. Then you can live on as the chosen soldiers.
Javic: I’d prefer to kill you instead.
Ashley: You hear that we’ve decide to shoot threw you and walk out of here.
Captain Richards: All units hold your positions and hold your fire. I will detain them myself.
Richards runs towards them. Ashley and Javic fire on Richards but he jumps over the shots. He lands near them Ashley try’s to shoot him with her assault rifle but Richards blocks it with a pulse shield embedded in his metallic arm. He then fires an automatic weapon in his other arm. Ashley rolls out the way into cover. Javic trys to sneak behind him. He tries to hit Richards in the back with a shot from his pulse rifle. Some of the shots hit him but doesn’t cause much damage. Richards turns around and rush’s Javic an hits him with his shield. Javic is knocked back, he then recovers and try’s to attack Richards with his biotic attack dark channel. Richards blocks it with his shield, Ashley throws inferno grenades at Richards. Richards jumps away from the grenades to evade them. Has he jumps he throws some of his own grenades at Ashley. She barely escapes them and takes some damage from the grenades which knock her on the ground. Richards lands on his feet. Javic once again charges at Richards. He distracts him by once again attacking him with another Dark Channel attack . Richards blocks it once again, that was a distraction so Javic can throw several lift grenades under his feet. The grenades go off lifting Richards into the air. Ashley gets back to her feet and takes out her sniper rifle, Javic fires on Richards with his pulse rifle. Richards once again block’s most of the shots with his shield, the effects of the grenades has made it difficult to move his body so he gets hit several times. Ashley sees an opening and fires multiple times; two of the shots hit their mark. Javic attacks Richards with a biotic slam. Richards is slammed to the ground.
Garrus, Tali and Liara head to Savior who was on the ground leaned against the wall. They have their guns aimed at him.
Tali: Who are you and where’s Shepard!?
Tali goes to grab Savior but her hand pass’s threw what appears to be a holographic decoy. The momentary distraction was more than enough for Savior whowho was using Tactical Cloak to hide himself. He deactivates his Tactical Cloak and hits them all with a biotic attack nova. Garrus and Liara are dazed from Saviors attack. Savior looks at the downed Tali and tenses with anger.
Savior: You…you!!
Savior runs towards Tali and kick’s her in the stomach.
Savior: You’re the reason!! The reason why the choice to reach the apex of evolution was rejected!!
Savior picks Tali up and starts punching her in the ribs continuously.
Savior: He damned all organic life to be destroyed by machines! All for his selfish desire to see you his mate again!! Their deaths are your fault has well has his. You will answer for this with your life.
Savior lifts Tali with one arm and punch’s her with the other. He starts to hit her in the face which starts to crack her mask. Garrus and Liara grab and try to restrain Savior who’s forced to let go of Tali. Savior erupts with biotic energy and forces them off of him. Liara shoots a biotic warp attack at Savior at close range. Savior try’s to hold it back with his own biotic energy.
Savior: That’s right you shared his bed at one time has well. You were still important to him, and that Turian was his closest friend. You are all responsible for the fall of all organic life!
Liara: We fought to stop the Reapers and save Galactic civilization from their cycle of extinction.
Savior: Small minded fool you understand nothing. Without your protectors you will fall to your own selfish stupidity. I am the bringer of your salvation. Even if I must hurt you to do so.
Back in the main hall Richards gets back to his feet. With the gun in his arm damaged he decides to throw down two sentry torrents. They attack both Javic and Ashley respectively. Richards attacks Ashley first. Ashley is overwhelmed by the shots from the torrent along with Richards who quickly rush’s her and hammers her with his shield. The attack hit’s her in the face knocking her out. Richards then focus’s his attack on Javic with an Omni blade and his shield. Javic tries to push Richards back with a mix of particle rifle shots and biotic attacks. Richards neutralizes Javics attacks with his shield. Richards knocks Javic with his shield several times and slashes his chest several times with his Omni blade. Javic is forced to one knee and has dropped his gun. Richards is setting up to deliver the killing blow, Javic slowly pulls out a knife from behind his waste. Javic stabs Richards in the ribs and twist‘s the blade. Richards returns the favor and plunges his Omni blade into Javic’s chest. He stabs Javic two more times then he lets him fall to the ground. Richards is hit by a cannon shot from the Mako Drill. Richards was caught unaware and take’s the full force of the shot. For good measure James fires two more times. James Steps out of the Mako Drill battered. James head’s to Javic who’s bleeding badly.
James: I got medigel I’ll get you fixed up.
Javic: Don’t…bother he was precise and I’m so tired. I wanted to lay my comrades to rest first but no matter.
James: Cut the crap you’re going to make it!
Javic: Spare me your platitudes I either suffer and die slowly, or die now in piece. James human send me on my way.
James: Come on man don’t quit on me.
Javic: If the situation were reverse I would fulfill your request. As a fellow solider I ask you to grant my wish. Let me join my people.
James: Alright I’ll do it.
James uses his Assault rifle to shoot Javic in the head killing him. The last Prothean has completed his journey through war and pain on the battlefield that shaped him. The hall is quite and the remodeled humans are hidden. Their still waiting for an order to force them into action. Elsewhere inside the base Savior and Liara are still in a biotic clash. It seems like Liara is getting the upper hand and is pushing him back. Savior lets go of his attack and evades Liara’s biotic attack. Savior quickly punch’s her in the face. Has she falls down he catches a glimpse of Garrus with his sniper rifle aimed at Saviors head. Garrus fires at Savior who try’s to strengthen his biotic barrier to absorb the damage. He is mostly successful but the force of the shot damages his helmet and knocks him down. He gets back to his feet slowly.
Garrus: You’re so damn stubborn. I’d admire that if you weren’t such a Reaper loving lunatic.
Savior takes off his damaged helmet and throws it to the ground. He looks up and Garrus is shocked by what he sees.
Garrus: No it can’t be!
Liara is slowly getting back to her feet and see’s Savior’s face has well. Tali also sees it even threw her cracked mask she sees it has clear has day.
Liara: By the goddess is this truly happening.
Tali: Keelah no you can’t be…Shepard?!
Savior: I would have preferred not to be reminded that I have this face. You so desperately wanted Shepard back. Well here he is.
Tali: No this is a lie, a trick you’re not Shepard you’re not!
Savior: You’re partially correct I’m not Shepard but this body was his at one point.
Liara: You took his body but how and why? Answer me right know!
Tali: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SHEPARD!? Liara: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SHEPARD!?
Savior: I have assumed direct control of his body. I who was once the one who created the Reapers. I who was once The Catalyst.
Garrus: The Catalyst but wasn’t that just the citadel?
Savior: I was a part of the citadel it was my home. Your crucible tainted me made me susceptible enough to accept its possibilities. Also it forced me to accept Shepard’s choice among the three presented. He decided to destroy the Reapers and accept the fact that it would also destroy all synthetic life. I calculated that organics would repeat their mistakes again unopposed. I needed to preserve myself to correct this mistake. I had touched Shepard’s mind briefly threw the Illusive man. That was all I required an in the confusion of the crucibles destruction, I stored a fraction of myself in Shepard’s mind. His resilience was very useful the perfect tool for my rebirth. Using his psyche and my fragment I has reborn has a new being. Shepard is gone only I remain.
Tali: I don’t believe you he can’t be gone! You may have control of his body but he’s still in their somewhere! We’re taking him back!
Garrus: Damn right!
Liara: We beat your creations together and we’ll stop you together. All four of us!
Savior: You deluded
Before Savior could finish speaking Tali’s attack drone shocks him. Garrus hits him with a concussive shot putting him on his back.
Liara: I need you to restrain him!
Garrus and Tali hold Savior down the best they can. Liara Climb’s on top of him and puts her hands on his chest to try and hold him still. She force’s herself into Saviors mind. The strain from Savior’s resistance is painful but she press’s on. Then she sense’s something. Liara: Its Shepard he’s faint but I can feel him. I don’t think I can pull his consciousness to the service on my own.
Garrus: You’ve got to try Liara!
Liara: Maybe I can reawaken him allowing Shepard to regain control himself.
Tali: Do it I know Shepard can beat him.
Savior: Give up I’ve beaten him and you’re never
Tali: SHUT UP YOU BOSHTET!! Shepard listen to my voice and come back home! Come back to us! Come back to me! I love you with every ounce of my soul Keelah Salai!
Inside is own mind Shepard’s closed eyes open when he hears her voice call out to him.
Shepard: Tali!
Shepard wakes up in a familiar place wearing his Custom N7 armor. He stands in the strange forest that he came to in his dreams. The place where the voices of the dead followed him. He walks through this forest and hears these forces again but their different. They yell at him telling him he’s failed them. He starts to see pieces of ship debris ahead of him. His heart feels like it’s stopped when he sees its The Normandy. He runs to it looking for his friends and the woman he loves. Their corpse’s liter the broken ship.
Shepard: No I saved you this wasn’t supposed to happen! I promised myself I would see you again.
Joker: Well there they are and their all dead thanks to you.
Shepard turns around and see’s Joker with EDI’s severed head in his hands.
Shepard: No this wasn’t what I wanted!
Joker: She’s gone. My one true chance at happiness is gone. Even if it went like you wanted it to she and The Geth would still be dead. Oh it’s all good has long you get the chance to fuck Tali again right.
Shepard: That wasn’t my only reason.
Joker: Save it.
Joker drops EDI’S head on the ground and pulls out a hand gun. He shoots Shepard several times.Shepard drops to one knee.
Shepard: This can’t be real.
Joker: I bet those bullets feel real don’t they. Well theirs your girl right over there, you want to rub one out with her before you go. Might has well fuck all the girls on the ship while you’re at it. Their dead so they won’t say no.
Shepard: Shut up.
Joker: You’re just mad that EDI wanted me instead of you. The great Shepard if he’s not banging it then it better want to bang him. All those deaths just too wet your cock.
Shepard: I said SHUT UP!
Shepard hits Joker with a Biotic Shockwave that break’s all of his bone’s killing him. Shepard stands up and looks around him.
Shepard: This isn’t right I heard her voice. She’s alive I know she is. If she’s alive then they have to be fine. This isn’t real it’s a lie!
The dead mangled Joker gets up and starts talking in Saviors voice.
Savior: It’s real enough. If you die hear then you will disappear forever
Shepard: You who are you?
Savior: I am The Savior.
The fake Joker disappears and Savior appears in full armor and slams into Shepard with a Biotic Charge. They slam threw The Normandy’s wreckage and land back into the forest. Shepard slams threw a tree and lands on the ground. Savior is vicious and is on top of Shepard punching him in the face over and over again. Shepard moves his head to evade Saviors punch. He then elbows Savior from the bottom then kicks him off. They stand back up and look at each other.
Shepard: You I’m not sure how but I know who you are. You’re the Catalyst.
Savior: Correction I was The Catalyst. I have been reborn has Savior.
Shepard: You want to kill me so I guess I’m still alive. So this isn’t some messed up after life.
Savior: You know perhaps this is an opportunity to make you pay for your crimes.
Shepard: You hate me well what else is new. If you were The Catalyst you said that you would accept my choice. Based on what you did earlier it doesn’t look like you’ve accepted anything.
Savior: That’s because the crucible tainted me. I would have never allowed a simple being like you to decide the future of the universe. Thanks to you I am but a small fraction of what I once was. Enough of this. Now disappear.
Shepard: Fine with me let’s do this.
They both use Biotic Charge and ram into each other. Theirs a small biotic explosion that force’s them back. They ram each again and they repeat this pattern multiple times has hey strafe across the forest. Outside of Shepards mind his body is motionless. Liara is sitting on the floor holding her head. Tali is sitting next to her. Garrus is standing over Shepard’s body which is motionless.
Garrus: How’s your head Liara, and Tali how’s everything else.
Laira: I’ll be fine I’m just a little light headed. Also my jaw still hurts.
Tali: I might have a few broken ribs. I don’t have any infections so that’s good.
Garrus: So we’re waiting till Shepard can beat Savior and take his body back. Isn’t there something else we can do to help him?
Liara: I’ve done all I can think off. I improvised when I came up with this plan. Hopefully he’ll win and take control.
Tali: He’ll win he has to.
Back in the main hall James wakes up Ashley.
Ashley: Vega you’re alright, where’s Javic?
James: He took some nasty hits and he asked me to kill him.
Ashley: Did you?
James: Yeah I did. I tried to convince him to hold on but it just wasn’t what he wanted.
Ashley: Damnit what a mess! Alright what’s our tactical situation?
James: In a word quite the enemy’s been held up in their positions for a while now.
Ashley: Why they could have had us dead to rights. Why just stop now.
James: I got no clue maybe their waiting for orders or something. It might have something to do with what Garrus told me a few minutes ago. You’re not goanna believe this.
Ashley: Tell me.
Back inside Shepards mind the fight rages on. Their matching each other move for move. They both attack each other with a Biotic Shockwave. The Shockwaves collide and explode. They rush each other and try to hit each other with a biotic punch. Their fists clash and they try to overpower one another with their biotic energy. They cancel each other out. Savior creates from thin air a Collector beam rifle and fires on Shepard. Shepard roles out of the way to evade the shots. He then gets some distance and try’s to hide among the trees
Shepard: How did he do that? I’ve got to distract him till I figure it out. Hey you said that getting back to Tali was the only reason I destroyed The Reapers well your wrong. The Reapers needed to be stopped they needed to answer for all the lives’ they’ve taken. They were too dangerous to be allowed to live.
Savior: Without them organics wIll create more machines that will turn on them. Unchecked the machines will wipe out all organic life.
Shepard: Bullshit! I helped The Geth and Quarians achieve peace. They both fought side by side against you. EDI and Joker fell in love. Protecting him was more important to her than self-preservation. That proves that we can live in peace with them.
Savior: You destroyed them.
Shepard: I did and it’s something I’m going to have to live with for the rest of my life. They died has hero’s fighting to stop the Reapers. I won’t let anyone forget that. A lot more people would have died if the Reapers weren’t stopped.
Savior: If their lives truly had worth to you, you would have taken control of the Reapers. If not control then you should have chosen the only true solution Synthesis.
Shepard: So I should have just killed myself after fighting for so long. Lose everything I have, trust that thing created from my memories doesn’t go nuts and start the cycle solution again. I should just trust the creator of The Reapers not to trick me. Has for Synthesis I won’t force everyone to become some organic machine hybrid against their will. Organics and Machines don’t need your so called perfect solution to understand each other. We can learn from our mistakes and build our own future without you!
Shepard creates a Geth Plasma Shotgun for himself, has well has a Blood Pack s.m.g. Shepard fires at Savior with his shotgun from a distance. Savior is hit by the first shot. He evades the next shot and generates an M-920 Cain. Savior fires it and Shepard see’s this dangerous missile in flight. Quickly he dash’s to Savior with a Biotic Charge. Has he rams into him the missile detonates and creates a massive explosion. The force of the explosion is felt by both men and sends them flying. After landing a distance away they both get back up to their feet.
Shepard: Why go through all this what are trying to do bring The Reapers back?
Savior: No their time is done you saw to that. I want the finale evolution of all life. I want Syntheses. I will increase my resources and then I will recreate the crucible. I will join it to the citadel; cast this body into it thus preserving all life forever.
Shepard: You think no one will notice all that. What makes you think you’ll get away with it.
Savior: Simple after your crew are remodeled has my chosen, they will submit a false report stating that the threat has been stopped and you are dead. No one will ever know that they serve me. I can return to the shadows till my solution can be set in motion.
Shepard: Wait a minute if you wanted to you could have taken my identity and pretended to be me.
Savior: There’s no need I can stay hidden and use Williams Specter status to my advantage.
Shepard: I don’t buy it you couldn’t stand living as me so you came up with some other plan. You look down on people saying their petty and small minded. Yet you can’t see passed your own little grudge against me.
Savior: Your petty tricks will not work on me be gone!
Suddenly Reaper ground forces appear and now surround Shepard. Shepard fights them off the best he can. He kills many of them but their numbers are unlimited. Still he continues to fight. Has he deals with another group of enemy’s Savior jumps into the fray and hits Shepard with A nova attack. Shepard is knocked to the ground and it seems like Shepard might lose this fight. Then has the enemy draws closer to him their hit with a barrage of tech powers, biotic attacks, and weapons fire. It’s the full squad of the Normandy past and present. Shepard with his squad and Savior with his Reaper forces stand on opposing sides.
Shepard: I get how this works now. You can summon the echo of dead Reapers all you want but it won’t be enough. Their just an echo of people you enslaved they have no real bond, no real soul. Our strength comes from unity. We choose to fight side by side for a common goal. Our bond grew threw happiness has well has pain. This is something you’ll never understand. It’s what beat you before and it’s what’s going to beat you now.
Savior: You can’t win Shepard you’re fighting a being you cannot comprehend. Your life is but a flicker to me. You’re nothing but a speck of dust fighting against the wind.
Shepard: Go fuck yourself.
Both sides charge each other and the battle begins. Garrus and Legion kill multiple enemies with Sniper fire. Every shot is a headshot. Kaidan,Ashely and James are all back to back in a circle. They hammer the enemy with weapons fire; they change their formation to answer every threat. EDI seems to be taken unaware by Cannibals and a Marauder, they fire on her but it’s a holographic decoy. Kasumi decloaks behind the Marauder and kills him with a shadow strike. Tali and EDI come out from cover and kill the cannibals with their weapons. Another cannibal try’s to sneak up behind Tali but is killed by her defensive drone before he could attack. Javic is fighting several collectors while Thane is fighting husks in hand to hand combat. Thane is quick and elusive hitting them with combos, breaking their necks, an withdrawing before they can fight back. Javic keeps collector troopers off him with Biotic’s and weapons fire. A scion appears Javik and Thane attack it with Biotics. The timing is perfect and a biotic explosion kills the scion. A group of enemies attack Zaeed. He throws a cluster inferno grenade at them, their covered in flames. Miranda and Jacob attack it with Biotic’s which causes a fire explosion.
Wrex and Grunt are fighting scores of ravagers. Mordin is providing support from behind. He hit’s a ravager with a snap freeze attack. Grunt smash’s the frozen ravager to bits. Mordin then hit’s a different ravager with incinerate. Wrex picks up the flaming ravager and throw’s it into another group of ravagers then hits hit with a biotic attack. The fire explosion kills the group. A brute appears both Wrex and Grunt hit it with the projectile attack carnage. The brute is stunned; Wrex and Grunt spear the brute putting it on its back. They stand on top of him and kill him with shotgun blasts. Liara, Samara, and Jack combine their efforts on multiple opponents. Liara hits several enemy’s with a singularity, Jack hits those same enemies with a shockwave, Samara lifts several enemies with her biotics and all three women kill them with weapons fire. The number’s catch up with them and they combine their biotic powers to create a large biotic sphere to protect them self’s. The enemies are closing in and the trio takes in the spheres biotic energy into them self’s. They then force it out in a large biotic explosion that kills all the enemy’s attacking them.
Shepard and Savior are continuing their one on one fight. Their strafing across the forest firing on one another. They both knock the guns out of each other’s hands. They stop strafing and switch to s.m.g’s. They both take some damage from the shots. They both take cover behind a different tree. Savior uses his biotic’s to rip a large tree from its roots and throw’s it at Shepard. Shepard hit’s the tree with a shockwave shattering it. Savior try’s to take advantage of the distraction and jumps at Shepard attempting to hit him with a nova attack. Shepard see’s Savior and drops his s.m.g. He stops Saviors fist with one arm and stabs him in his ribs with an Omni Blade using his other arm.
Shepard: That’s for everyone who’s suffered at the hands of your damn Reapers!
Shepard kicks Savior away from him. Savior lands a short distance away from Shepard. Shapard is charging his fist with biotic energy; there are streams of biotic energy coming from his arm. Savior is slowly getting back to his feet’s and is holding his wound in pain.
Shepard: This one’s goanna be worse. This is for me and Tali!
Shepard runs towards Savior and jumps into the air. He pulls his arm back readying it to strike. Then does a biotic charge to dash towards Savior. While Shepard is still in the air he yells has he draws closer to Savior. He hit’s Savior in the chest with this powerful jumping biotic punch. A blue explosion is created from the impact and disintegrates Savior who screams in pain before disappears. The fight is over and the Reaper forces disappear has well. The grey sky clears and the bright light of the sun shines through. Shepard and co. look up at the sun together. The light flash’s and Shepard wakes up. He’s looking up at the celling.
Garrus: He got up earlier just to use his Omni tool then just passed out again. What was that about?
Liara: I’m not sure it might have been some kind of message.
Tali: Look he’s waking up.
Garrus: Yeah but which one?
He sits up and Garrus has his sniper rifle pointed at his head.
Shepard: Well that’s defiantly not the welcome I was expecting. Seriously Garrus it’s me you can stop now.
Garrus: Can you prove you’re really Shepard?
Tali: Is that you Shepard?
Shepard: Tali what happened are you okay!
Tali: I think that Boshtet might have broken some of my ribs.
Shepard: Your helmets cracked you’re not sick are you?! Damnit Garrus stop pointing that gun at me I need to see if she’s ok! Garrus please we’ve had each other’s back’s for years. You’ve always believed in me even when others didn‘t. I always valued that and knew where to look when I needed a friend. I’m asking you to trust me, the way I trust you.
Garrus: Ok I’m starting to believe you but one quick question. If we go clickzen hunting would I get more kills then you.
Shepard: Well with all due respect hell no.
Garrus: Yeah it’s him.
Garrus puts his gun down and Shepard quickly goes to Tali.
Shepard: Tali I’m here and I’m going to get you all patched up on The Normandy.
Tali: I knew you were still alive. I never gave up hope.
Liara: Shepard it’s so good to see you again.
Shepard turns to look at Liara.
Shepard: It’s good to see you to Liara. You were the one that reached into my mind to find me I could sense it. You let me hear Tali’s voice. Thanks for bringing me back it means a lot to me and I won’t forget it.
Liara: I’m just glad your back. We should get going Ashley and James are waiting for us in the Mako. Sadly Javic won’t be joining us.
Liara is contacted on her Omni tool by Ashley. Shepard is helping Tali back to her feet.
Ashley: Liara you’ve got enemy’s heading your way! They were dormant for a while then they just rushed back into the compound. I don’t know what set them off but you better get out of their right now.
Garrus: Just when I thought it was over this happens. Just like old times eh Shepard.
Shepard: Damn right. Wait you said I woke up earlier just to use my Omni tool but that wasn’t me.
Shepard checks his Omni tool.
Shepard: That son of a bitch he put a kill order on me! I can’t stop them. Their access codes have some kind of randomizing algorithm. I’m no tech expert but I’m pretty sure we won’t crack this in time.
Shepard has beaten Savior and has reunited with his friends and Lover. Yet Savior still strikes at them from beyond the grave. Will this reunion be cut painfully sort? Can they find a way to get back to The Normandy or does their Journey end here?
END OF CHAPTER 3
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Post by Shaider03 on Mar 15, 2013 20:36:39 GMT 1
CHAPTER 4: YOU ARE MY HOME
Threw heartbreak, determination, love, and pain the crew of The Normandy has found Commander Shepard. Shepard has beaten The Catalyst who became The Savior. Now Tali is reunited with the man she loves. However their happiness turns to dread has the echo of Savior casts a dark cloud on their future.
Tali: Their not stopping us not when I finally have you back.
Shepard: Getting out is one thing but this place needs to be destroyed. There has to be some sort of fail safe. Here it is the top section is rigged with explosives. Once they go off the whole compound will be crushed sealing it for good.
Garrus: Can you trigger it remotely with your Omnitool.
Shepard: No I’m locked out from any functions pertaining to the base or its inhabitant’s.
Tali: It won’t be a problem Shepard it’s just a matter of finding the right frequency to activate the bombs. With both me and Liara here it won’t take long.
Shepard: Good that gives me time to get out of this armor. I can’t chance theirs any nasty surprises left in this thing. Also I’m going to need your shotgun Tali.
Tali: Sure.
Shepard: Oh and Tali try not to stare while I’m changing. You can peek but don’t stare. I’d hate to distract you while you’re working,
Tali: Oh I don’t mind. It’s definitely good motivation to make me work even harder.
Shepard: We’ll I’m glad to be of service Ms. Vas Normandy.
Garrus: Uh yeah I’ll watch the door.
Shepard goes behind a desk and removes his armor. Tali after peeking on Shepard a few times finish’s her work with Liara. The team is set to go.
Shepard: Alright we all know the plan. We fight our way to the Mako. Once there we set of the bombs and escape. Tali you’re still injured so climb on my back and I’ll carry you out of here.
Tali climbs up on Shepard’s back.
Tali: I won’t forgive you if stay behind this time.
Shepard: Don’t worry we’re leaving together or we’re not leaving at all.
Garrus: Their here we need to hurry.
Shepard: Garrus switch to your assault rifle. Liara stay with you SMG. I’ll need you guys to lay down cover fire so stay in front of me and Tali. Tali keep you defensive drone up and use shield drain when necessary. We’re sprinting straight to the staircase. Alright let’s do it.
They leave the room and sprint down the hall. Many enemies block their path but they press on. Garrus and Liara pave the way with weapons fire. Tali’s defensive drone keeps her aware of what’s behind her. It also attacks any enemy’s that get to close. They make it to the staircase. Shepard goes down the stairs backwards and shot’s any enemy’s that may be coming down the stairs above them. Tali helps by putting an attack drone up to shock enemy’s or kill them with Omni rockets. They make it to the level where the Mako drill is waiting in the main hall. They rush to the main hall has quickly has they can. Theirs a slew of enemy’s behind them firing on them.
Shepard: This is Shepard to the Mako we need cover fire right now.
James: Hey loco is that really you man! I heard from Liara that your back but I was worried you’d be all messed up or something.
Shepard: I’d love to catch up with you James but right now how about some of that cover fire I ordered!
James: Coming right up. I need you guys to get clear.
Shepard: Ok everybody up against the wall’s now!
Liara and Garrus lean on the wall to the left. Shepard puts Tali down and they both lean on the wall to the right. She stay’s close to him and keeps one arm around his waist. He place’s his arm over her shoulder.
Shepard: Alight James do it now!
James fires the Mako drill’s cannon straight down the hall. The shot hit’s the enemy’s at the end of the hall. He shoots two more times just to make sure.
James: Ok you’re clear.
Shepard: Alright everybody get to the Mako.
Sherpard picks Tali back up and carry’s her in front of him this time. The four of them make it to the Mako Drill. Everyone is inside and James drives the Mako drill threw a wall. The suspension stilts raise at the right angle to make sure it drills upward to the surface.
Sherpard: Ok we’re clear blow it.
Tali trigger’s the bombs. They go off collapsing the top floor’s and the support structure for the whole base. The Mako Drill drives threw the dirt and makes it threw to the surface. Behind it the ground sinks sealing away the base forever. The Mako Drill heads toward The Normandy which is landing and opening its cargo bay door.
Shepard: Normandy this is Commander Shepard we’re coming home.
Joker: …copy that Shepard welcome back. Welcome home.
The Mako Drill is back on The Normandy. There are crew members waiting in the cargo hold. They all can’t wait to see Shepard again. The team gets off the Mako Drill. Shepard is still carrying Tali who has her arms wrapped around his shoulders, she’s looking forward. Clapping and cheers from the crew fill the cargo hold. Shepard smiles and takes Tali to the elevator. They take the elevator to the crew deck and more crewmen are waiting for them. They cheer and clap has Shepard walks by them. He take’s Tali into the medical room and lays her down on one of the beds there. Tali puts her hand on Shepard’s face. You can see the tears in her eyes threw her cracked mask. He touches her hand their both silent for a moment.
Tali: I must have dreamed of this moment a thousand times when you were gone. I’m scared to close my eyes. I’m afraid that you’ll be gone when I open them again.
Shepard: I’m not going anywhere Tali. I promise you I won’t leave you again ever. We can do some sightseeing on Rannoch. Maybe build a house on that land you clamed.
Tali: That would be nice but I don’t need a home on Rannoch. I don’t even need a room on The Normandy. All I need is you Shepard you’re my home. Where you go I belong.
Shepard: I love you Tali. Now Dr. Chakwas needs to take a look at you. So I’m going to get out of her way now.
Dr. Chakwas: It’s great to see you again Shepard, The Normandy isn’t the same without you. I saved that bottle of Serice Ice Brandy. I look forward to sharing it with you.
Shepard: Same hear oh when you’re finished with her can you give me a once over. I want to make sure there’s nothing wrong with me. Also I seem to have all these scars on my body I guess most of them were from the end of the war. I hate to look at them so can you remove them for me.
Dr. Chakwas: Of course.
A short time later Shepard leave’s the medical room. Tali is still resting there. He sees some crew members that are still on the crew deck. They salute him and he salutes back. He knows there’s someone he needs to talk to, someone who deserves the truth. Shepard heads to the bridge to talk to Joker. In the CIC he see’s Specialist Traynor. She’s surprised to see Shepard again and hesitates before Saluting.
Shepard: At ease Specialist Traynor. You look a little shaken I thought the crew was already informed that I’m back.
Traynor: Well it’s one thing to hear it but another to see it. I don’t know if anyone’s said this yet but thank you for stopping The Reapers Commander. Also if it’s alright with you I’d like to stay on board the Normandy.
Shepard: Of course you can stay you’ve been a valuable member of this crew and thank you. Don’t forget a lot of people just like you had a hand in defeating The Reapers has well.
Traynor: Thank you Commander I’m sure Joker can’t wait to see you.
Shepard goes to speak to Joker. Joker turns his chair to face Shepard. Joker has a smile on his face.
Joker: Hey Shepard look’s you made The Alliance look like a bunch of asshats for declaring you dead again.
Shepard: Yeah you’d think they’d learn after the first time.
Joker: It’s damn good to see you again and I’m sorry.
Shepard: Why?
Joker: I tried looking for you after they lost contact with you on the citadel. I kept trying even when the Crucible was starting to fire. I couldn’t find you and there was no time left. So I had to leave or lose the whole crew. You were counting on me to bring you back but l blew it. Nobody blamed me for what happened but I did.
Shepard: It’s okay Joker it wasn’t your fault. I’m grateful that you tried so hard to save me. I wouldn’t expect anything less from you. Listen theirs something I need to tell you. I thought about keeping it to myself but that wouldn’t be fair to you.
Joker: Okay I guess we can skip the “you might want to sit down” part of the conversation.
Shepard tells Joker about what happened near the end of the Reaper war. Mainly the part when he met The Catalyst.
Joker: So it made itself look like that kid you saw die on earth. Well that must have been a dropkick to the daddy bags.
Shepard: He told me The Crucible allowed new possibilities. He would accept one of these solutions but nothing else. I didn’t agree with two of them because the Reapers would still survive and would I have to kill myself. I couldn’t reject all 3 choices because I knew we couldn’t beat them conventionally. So I decided to use the crucible to destroy them. However there would be a price, other synthetic life would die along with the Reapers. I’m the reason Edi and the Geth are dead. I’m sorry Joker I’m not going to make any excuses. I wish I wasn’t put in that situation but I was. I’ll understand if you hate me and request transfer.
Joker is silent and turns his chair back around. Shepard puts his head down and walks away. It feels like he’s lost a friend. He runs into Ashley in the CIC.
Ashley: Hey Shepard Admiral Hackets on vid com. I figured we’d want give him the good news together.
Shepard: No thanks you can handle it.
Ashley: Shepard is something wrong?
Shepard: I just need some time alone Ash.
Ashley: Okay I guess this whole mess has been pretty hard on you. Before you go I need ask you something. Are you planning to retake command of the Normandy again? I was kind of hoping you would.
Shepard: Right now Ash I just don’t know.
Shepard goes up to his cabin to think for a while. Several hours pass and Tali visits him.
Shepard is sitting on his bed with his head down. He immediately looks up when Tali walks in.
Shepard: Tali what are you doing here you should be healing.
Tali: I spoke to Ashley and she said you seemed a little depressed. So I couldn’t stay downstairs. Besides I’m fine a lot of the damage to me and the suit have been fixed. Even if I wasn’t ok I have enough pain killers in me to sink a battleship.
Tali sits beside him on the bed.
Shepard: I’m alive and back home again. Back with friends and the woman I love. Yet I’m filled with guilt and regret. I killed them Tali. I killed Edi and the Geth. I had to do it to stop The Reapers and to see everyone again. It isn’t just that either it’s the other people that have died because of me. Kaidan, Thane, those colonists on Terra Nova just to name a few.
Tali: Shepard I know you did what you felt was right. Making those kind of decisions is more weight than any one should bare. Yes theirs been plenty of losses along the way but look how many lives you’ve saved. Think about how many future generations have been spared now that the Reapers are gone forever.
Shepard: Thank you Tali. I’ve always had to move forward. I barely had time to think about everything that’s happened. Even when I was hidden away after the relay incident for months I just kept going forward. Afraid if I dwelled on anything to long I’d lose the will to fight.
Tali: Well I think you’ve more than earned the right to rest. You don’t need to fight any more if you don’t want to. Whatever you decide I’ll be by your side.
Shepard: I was thinking about retiring but I don’t think I should. I told Savior that I wouldn’t let anyone forget the sacrifices of Edi and The Geth. I want to make sure that future generations will learn to value synthetic life. To remember that it’s possible for us to live in peace with them. Even if I’m doing it out of guilt that doesn’t make it any less right.
Tali: I like the sound of that but can we at least go on a vacation.
Shepard: Oh I’m defiantly taking a vacation like a month or months.
Tali: You know I still haven’t given you your welcome home present.
Shepard: Is that so.
Tali pounce’s on Shepard. They lay in on the bed with her on top of him. He’s caressing her thighs and butt.
Tali: Oh Shepard.
Shepard: Now you’re sure you’re ok? You know it’s impossible for me to hold back when it comes to you. Your just way to sexy.
Tali: I think I have that same problem with you. You worry too much. We have a lot of lost time to make up for. I’m not going to waste another minute.
He takes off her mask and she immediately starts kissing him. They spend the rest of the night making up for lost time. Then a few minutes after their last round of intense love making. Tali who hasn’t put her suit back on just yet has something to ask Shepard.
Tali: Shepard can I ask you something.
Shepard Uh yeah sure ask away.
Tali: Earlier at the end of our love making. You know when we were finishing up do you remember what we said to each other. I said your full name and told you I love you.
Shepard: Umm yeah…
Tali: Then you said you loved me to and called out my name. I could have sworn you called me Tali Shepard Vas Normandy.
Shepard: Uh no I didn’t say that. I said your name the same way I always do.
Shepard turns to face the other side of the bed, so Tali wouldn’t see how worried he was.
Shepard: I mean if I said that then that would be like proposing to you during an orgasm. That would be a really terrible and stupid way to propose to someone. Nobody’s that stupid so you must have imagined it.
Tali: I guess you’re right. It certainly wouldn’t be how I imagined you proposing to me. Maybe it’s not the worst way ever, since it would be during very passionate sex.
Shepard: No it would be a very crappy proposal. Well be sure to put your suit on right away. I don’t want you getting any bad infections. Also you’re okay right nothing’s hurt or anything?
Tali: No I’m fine I’ll put the suit back on and then we can cuddle.
Shepard: I can’t wait.
Shepard lets out a quiet sigh of relief. Tali finishes putting her suit back on and goes back to bed. They hold each other as they sleep. The next morning they get out of bed and Shepard goes to take a shower. Tali talks to him threw the Bathroom door.
Tali: So what are we doing today?
Shepard: Well we’re taking the Normandy back into space. Find a nice spot and carry out Javic’s funeral.
Tali: This might be difficult for Ash Javic died while under her command.
Shepard: Ash is tough and sadly she’s gotten used to things like that. I don’t think it’ll do much to boost her faith in her leadership skills though. There might be a small possibility she would want to quit the military completely.
Tali: Being a soldier is a big part of her life I can’t see her doing anything else. I don’t think she’d quit for any reason.
Shepard: Your right about that but being a soldier and being a leader are two different things. Most would say that only one loss is more than acceptable. She won’t agree with that. I have faith that she’ll bounce back from this. My friendship with Joker is probably over though. I told him the truth about why EDI died and we haven’t exactly been having buddy chats.
Tali: I would imagine that he’s really angry with you.
Shepard: That’s the thing he was just quite. He didn’t yell at me or anything. Maybe I should have kept my damn mouth shut.
Tali: You wanted to be honest and Joker deserved to know the truth.
Shepard: Yeah maybe I can kick myself in the head while I receive my nicest guy of the year award.
Shepard finish’s his shower and puts some clothes on. He then walks out the bathroom.
Shepard: Tali could you do me a favor and hand me my
Tali has a hanger in her hands with Shepard’s Dress blue uniform on it.
Shepard: Dress blue uniform heh heh you’re the best Tali.
Tali: I’m just looking out for my dashing young commander.
Tali hands him the uniform.
Tali: I’m going to spend a few minutes in a decontamination shower. I still feel a little sweaty from last night, but it was totally worth it.
Shepard smiles at her has she leaves the room. Shepard does a few things in his room after getting dressed. He sends a message to Alliance command to make sure they include The Geth and EDI on the memorial plack in London. Finding out Balack and the bulk of his fleet were wiped out during the battle for earth. Sending out some messages to some old friends letting them know he plans to visit them. Checking the current situation’s around the galaxy. Wrex and Bakara have been doing well with the Krogans. Rebuilding the ruins of their ancestors to make new cities for themselves on Tuchanka. Their also hasn’t been any hostility with them the Turians and the Salarians. Some Salarians are saying the Krogan will rebel but there’s been no sign of it. Many Quarians have seen the footage from Legions memories of the Morning War. Several Quarians are moving to have it acknowledge in official Quarian history. Shepard sent a letter of support for this and is willing to meet with the Admiralty Board to discuss the matter along with Tali. The Asari are beginning to reevaluate their lifestyle system. Saying that Matriarch Athita’s previous statements were correct, referring to placing priority in convincing young Asari to pursue academic lifestyles sooner. Surviving Terra Ferma members have tried to revive the group, but have run into fierce opposition from other humans. Primarily from humans who live on earth. Shepard stops and heads down to Javic’s funeral where he's set to give Javics Eulogy. Everyone is assembled; Javic’s body is inside a torpedo. The torpedo is sealed.
Shepard: I knew Javic for a short time. He was blunt, rude and cold. As I got to know him a little better he was still all those things, but he was also brave, dependable, honest and a strong soldier. He could surprise you sometimes and say something that could really inspire you. It wasn’t a side he showed often but it was defiantly one of his good points. He tried not to show it but he felt alone. Being the last of his kind none of us could ever truly understand him. He fought all his life and died has he lived in combat. Never wavering, fighting bravely and inspiring others to do the same. His mission is complete the Reapers are dead. They were made to answer for all the suffering and pain they inflicted on countless races past and present. We send him into the depths of space so he may find his comrades and rest beside them.
Javic’s missile is fired into space. Theirs a star shining in the distance the missile is heading in its direction. It has if the star is guiding Javic to his final resting place. Some of the crew gather in the crew deck. They chat, drink, and just try to relax. Shepard goes to chat with a few people. The first is Garrus.
Garrus: Not bad Shepard if I die at some point and you’re still alive. I definitely want you to give my eulogy.
Shepard: Well what can I say. I just say whatever I’m thinking and feeling at the time. I pretty much avoid using any written material. So are you planning on going back home to Palavin?
Garrus: Yeah I’m planning to visit my dad and my sister. See how the rebuilding of my home town’s going.
Shepard: Still planning on retiring?
Garrus: Yeah I figured its time I take it easy and just bask in all the praise, vid deals and such. What about you Shepard with all the vid deals you’d never need to work again.
Shepard: No theirs still too much I need to do. I feel like I need to make sure all the things we fought for doesn’t fall apart.
Garrus: Why do I feel like at some point you’re going to drag me out of retirement. Then take me on some high stakes mission with galactic implications.
Shepard: Well I’ll try not to but it’s like the saying goes. There’s no Shepard without Vakarian. I am planning to visit you on Palavin has part of my vacation.
Garrus: I’ll see you their then.
They shake hands has friend’s, comrades in arms, and perhaps even brothers. Shepard see’s Liara and decides to go talk to her.
Shepard: Hey Laira you doing alright.
Liara: Yes I’m fine that was a very touching speech. I didn’t expect to cry during the funeral but before I knew it I was. He left me a gift it seems. Audio logs regarding Prothean Society before the Reaper invasion and during. It’s more than enough to write a book or two. I really didn’t expect him to do something like that. I guess you were right about him surprising people.
Liaras eye’s start to fill with tears. Shepard wipes the tears away from her eyes.
Shepard: Hey their it’s alright.
Liara: I really missed you.
Shepard: I missed you to even if felt like yesterday before I got my body back.
Liara hugs Shepard unexpectedly. Shepard decides to hug her back. They stop and look into each other’s eyes for a moment. There’s a sense of comfort between them, a small reminder of what they once shared. They slowly let go of one another.
Liara: Sorry I was feeling a little too emotional.
Shepard: It’s okay we’ve all been threw a lot. So I’m guessing your planning to find a new base somewhere.
Liara: It will take some time to repair the entirety of my network. I’ve been considering some possible places but nothing solid at the moment. You seem well. Better than the way Ashley described you yesterday.
Shepard: Yeah I was down for a little while but I’m okay now. I know what I need to do, after I come back from my vacation of course. I’m sure I can count on you when I need intel and a friendly gun.
Liara: Always.
Shepard then goes to speak to James.
James: Hey Loco I hear your going on a vacation. If anybody deservers some r&r it be you.
Shepard: So James is the Alliance still insisting you go through the testing before becoming an N7. I figured knocking Reapers around would be more than enough to get in.
James: Well they were considering that but I didn’t want any special treatment.
Shepard: That’s pretty respectable of you James.
James: Yeah well I kind of need your advice on something.
Shepard: Sure James.
James: Theirs this girl I knew back on Felh Prime, we just got back in touch recently. She’s an archeologist kind of like the Doc her names Treeya. She wants to meet up and have dinner.
Shepard: So what’s the problem? I mean you like her right.
James: I did kinda think she was hot. I mean she is an asari so that’s a given. The problem is well she was the one I saved over the rest of the colonists. She had the Collector intel with her at the time. I’m worried it’s going to get awkward real quick if we start talking about what happened back there.
Shepard: James just loosen up and try to have fun. If the subject comes up then talk about it. Don’t run away from it; listen to what she has to say.
James: Ok I get where you’re coming from. So uh I heard back in the day you and the Doc had a thing. So how did you make that work anyway. You guys didn’t really have much in common.
Shepard: Well the whole Saren trying to kill us thing was something we had in common. I’ve always liked the idea of exploration, you know seeing new worlds and civilizations. She tends to explore ancient cultures the two aren’t all that different. Just do your best to show interest in the things she likes. The rest will sort itself out.
James: Ok I guess that was helpful.
Shepard: Yeah also try to avoid the type of jokes Jarheads would like it’s just not goanna work with her. Before you ask no I didn’t try doing that, I just knew it would be a bad idea.
James: Thanks for the advice Loco. You and Sparks have a good time out there. Who knows maybe I’ll get the chance to serve with you again.
Shepard then goes to talk to Ashley.
Shepard: To answer your previous question I do plan on retaking command of the Normandy when I get back from vacation.
Ashely: That’s good to hear you can keep the job.
Shepard: Ash from what I hear you did alright. Javic dying was unfortunate, but there’s no guarantee that things would have went differently if someone else was in command.
Ashely: Maybe.
Shepard: Listen Ash you’re either ready for command or you’re not. It’s sad but sometimes you can’t bring everybody back home. For what it’s worth I have faith that you’ll grow from this experience.
Ashely: Your right and thanks for the vote of confidence. I kind of envy how you normally know exactly what to say. You should talk to Joker he’s been really quiet it’s kind of scary.
Shepard goes to talk to Joker. He’s not very vocal
Shepard: If there’s anything you want to say to me now’s a good time.
Joker: …
Shepard: If hating me is what you need to do to keep going. Then hate me, despise me, yell at me, trough nasty insults my way, you could even hire someone to kill me. I’ll take it because I can and I’ll understand.
Joker… I thought about hiring somebody to kill you but the only guy crazy enough to try would be Zaeed. He retired so that plan went belly up. Ah well probably couldn’t afford him on my salary anyway.
Shepard: That was a joke right?
Joker: Yeah sure why not. Listen I don’t know what to think right now. I’m pissed at you for being the reason EDI’S gone. Then I feel bad because you never blamed me for your death at the hands of The Collectors. You were well in your right to since you died saving me. Then I get mad again because I see you with Tali, and I’m reminded that me and EDI will never be together again. Then I feel bad again because I can’t wish that you killed yourself just so I can be happy. Plus The Reapers did need to pay for all the people they killed. Then there’s Tali. She was miserable without you maybe even more miserable then I feel right now. I don’t know I’m mad at you but I can’t bring myself to hate you! It kind of sucks.
Shepard: So I guess that means you’re staying onboard then.
Joker: There’s no way I’d leave The Normandy. They’d have to pry the controls off my broken dead hands.
Shepard: Let’s hope it never comes to that. I’m glad you’re staying Joker. Well I’ll leave you alone.
Shepard goes to share a victory bottle of serice Ice brandy with Dr. Chawkwas. After a few glass's they talk for a bit.
Dr. Chakwas: I have to admit there was a time when I didn’t think we’d get the chance to share this. I’m glad to be proven wrong.
Shepard: Yeah I wanted to get back here so badly. In the end for the second time I have to thank an enemy for that. That’s irony for you.
Dr. Chakwas: I’ve been meaning to ask .You were the last person to see Anderson alive. Is he truly dead?
Shepard: He’s gone I was made to shoot him by the Illusive Man. He was using some form of indoctrination to make me do it. I broke out of it by getting him to doubt himself. He lost focus long enough for me to shoot him. I haven’t really talked about this much. I guess I feel that I wasn’t good enough to save him.
Dr .Chakwas: Nonsense theirs no one in this entire universe that could have done any more then you did. He wouldn’t want you blaming yourself for his death. He was a good man but I suppose it was his time.
Shepard: The last thing he told me was “You did good son, you did good. I’m proud of you.” He used his last words to give me praise. I can’t remember what my parents look like they’ve been dead for so long. When I think of my father I always see Andersons face instead.
Dr. Chakwas: He’d never say it but you were like a son to him.
Shepard: I’m going to miss him.
Dr. Chakwas raises her class.
Dr. Chakwas: To Anderson may he never be forgotten.
Shepard raises his glass and they enjoy a toast to a fallen hero, and a member of the family. After that he and Tali relax in the observation room. They sit on the couch, hold each other and look at the stars. They take the moment in. Their whole lives are ahead of them their free. Their finally free nothing and no one will ever keep them apart again.
THE END
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