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Praise Jack	By : NakedOwlMan Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 21471 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"Watch your step," Shepard said as the three of them moved inside the cavern. "These caves have been here for centuries, who knows how stable they are. Or what's living in them now."

"Roger," said Miranda, drawing her Tempest and sweeping it across the dark tunnel.

Jack said nothing, but had her shotgun at the ready. As they trigged the lights on their weapons and moved further into the darkness, Jack glanced over to see Shepard staring at her, and quickly looked away.

Liara had sent Shepard a message that morning, telling him of a remarkable discovery she had found in the Shadow Broker's files. Although she was sure the former occupant of the position had no idea of its significance; not many people could read the ancient Prothean language as well as she could. It had been several photos of a Prothean artifact that referred to an "ultimate weapon." One that would defeat the Reapers once and for all, and bring peace and stability to the universe. Most of the rest of the writing was illegible after centuries of decay, but Liara did manage to spot a set of coordinates to a previously undiscovered mass relay.

They had gone through that very day, and in the solar system they reached found only one planet capable of sustaining Prothean life as their limited knowledge understood it. Shepard had Joker scan the surface of the planet they had unofficially dubbed "Salvation" for habitable areas, and narrowed it down to a handful. Shepard had split his crew into three person teams, hoping to discover whatever powerful artifact the Protheans had developed as soon as possible.

After walking through the tunnels for several minutes, they reached a fork. "Miranda, head left," Shepard instructed. "Radio if you see anything. Jack, you're with me."

"Got it," Miranda proceeded down the dark tunnel, leaving Jack alone with Shepard. Jack was quick to head for the other path.

"Jack," Shepard called out. "Jack, wait!"

Jack whirled on him. "What the fuck do you want?"

"Talk to me, Jack," Shepard said, his voice low and gentle. "Ever since that night before the Omega 4 relay, you've been..."

"That night?" Jack said in disdain. "Biggest fucking mistake of my life. Don't expect it to happen again."

Shepard shook his head. "You don't mean that, Jack. I know this is hard, but you can't keep running away from..."

"Stop fucking acting like you fucking know everything about me!" Jack yelled. "You like to pretend you can see in my head, but you can't!"

"I only want to..."

"I'm through with worrying about what you want," Jack spat out. "Let's just get this fucking mission done so I don't have to look at your ugly fucking face anymore."

Shepard called out as she turned and continued down the tunnel. "Jack, wait!"

"No, I've had enough of..."

"JACK!"

Jack's next step fell on empty air and she felt herself falling. Her shoulder hit hard rock and she was sliding down a steep decline, unable to arrest her movement. Clutching for any sort of purchase, her hand slipped, and her shotgun fell from her grip and she was in darkness.

She wasn't sure how long she fell, but finally she tumbled onto a hard stone floor. She rested on her hands and knees for a moment, catching her breath, and it took her a while to realize she could SEE her hands. The room she had fallen into was lit.

Looking up, she found herself in a massive domed room, with symbols etched across every inch of the curved walls and ceiling. Several light fixtures were pounded into the wall, and light flowed out from them to cover the 100-foot diameter room. Somehow, this place had power.

Jack found her eyes immediately drawn to the center of the room. On an etched stone pillar hovered a smooth, featureless metal orb, seemingly floating of its own accord.

"Holy shit," Jack said to herself, standing up and rubbing at her injured shoulder. "I fucking found it." The way this room was decorated and seemed to center around the orb, she knew this had to be what Shepard was looking for.

She walked slowly toward the center of the room, half-expecting the thing to blow up on her at any moment. Prothean technology wasn't always the safest stuff, from what she'd heard. Hopefully this thing wasn't going to beam a bunch of memories of death and destruction into her head; she had enough of that floating up there already.

As she reached within five feet of the pillar, she heard an electronic beeping sound. From behind the pillar, a flash of light appeared, and ran down Jack's body in the blink of an eye. A blast of some alien language filled the room, so loud Jack had to plug her ears.

After several seconds of this, another flash of light, and now a holographic display of a human being appeared. "This message is to whoever has discovered this device. Do not, under any circumstances, attempt to use this device. The consequences would be catastrophic."

"You... speak English?" Jack said.

"We have scanned your DNA and brain waves to fashion a rudimentary facsimile of your race's form and words," said the VI interface.

Jack rubbed her forehead. "Cool, I guess. So, why shouldn't I use this thing? Shepard said it was some powerful weapon that would knock the Reapers on their asses."

"'Powerful' is an inadequate word to describe the Siphon," the VI responded.

"Siphon? So this thing would, what, suck the fuel out of the Reapers' tanks or something?"

"The Siphon was the Prothean race's last desperate attempt to defeat the Reapers. Having discovered the source of all biotic power, they were able to craft a device that would draw out that power and bestow it upon a single chosen individual."

Jack took a step closer to the pillar. "Draw out biotic power... from everyone?"

The VI nodded. "The biotic power of every individual throughout the universe would be drained away and fed into whoever rested their hands upon the Siphon. That person could then use this massive amount of power to wipe out the Reapers with a mere thought."

"Really?" Jack said, taking another step forward. "Shit, why didn't they use it when they had the chance?"

"The Protheans realized that whoever used the device would be bestowed with the power of a god. There would be no limits to what they were capable of; they would be able to shape the entire universe, every last being down to the cellular level, to their own whims. To lay such power into the hands of a single individual was deemed too great of a risk."

"Well, shit, I've always been a risky sorta person," Jack said, starting to walk faster toward the Siphon. "I'm willing to give it a shot."

"No!" the VI cried out. "You do not know what you would be unleashing. The power of a god is too great for any one person to bear!"

"Everybody trying to tell me what to fucking do these days," Jack said as she reached the pillar. "Think it's about time I get put in charge."

"Stop, don't..." the VI continued to protest, but Jack boldly planted her hands on the surface of the Siphon. In reaction to the touch, the sphere flared with bright light.

And across the infinite reaches of space, billions upon billions of people screamed out in one voice as they felt their abilities being drained away. Each scream eventually fading, one by one, leaving only one loud, triumphant laugh.

A Goddess was born.
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