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Hi again! Just to warn you that this Chapter contains sex. I don't really think I need to say anything more. Read and enjoy!
Chapter 4
Under the Stars Austin, Liara and Garrus proceeded through the bridge and into the CIC of the new Normandy. It was the same sort of design, but because this new Normandy was twice as large as the original it was vastly different. "Welcome home, Major." said Garrus. Since the three wouldn't be seeing action anytime soon, they had all removed their armour and where now in their off duty uniforms. Austin was wearing the traditional Helldiver uniform he usually wore when off duty, Garrus had something that oddly enough seemed to resemble the C-sec uniform that he had originally worn, but Liara's was the most surprising. The Asari had a white and blue outfit which looked like a cross between armour and business uniform. It was mostly white with only a few pieces being blue and it also had a short combat skirt at the back. The outfit was also tight fitting and it showed off the Asari's... assets rather well. Austin smiled at the new CIC and proceeded down the stairs. He then stood in front of galaxy map. "I've been looking over the dossiers. I agree with the Arkanes Council's recommendation in starting by acquiring Mordin Solus on Omega. We know now that the Collectors use some kind of advanced technology to immobilise their victims. We'll need him to develop a counter measure." said Liara. "I concur. Without that counter measure, we'll be helpless if we run into the Collectors." said Austin. "I agree as well. Acquiring Professor Solus seems like the best option." came a familiar, synthetic female voice. "EDI?" Austin asked in surprise. From behind Austin, a blue holographic avatar appeared. "Hello, Shepard. It is good to see you again." said EDI as Austin turned to face her. Austin was surprised at what he saw. It was definitely EDI, but her avatar was completely different. Instead of the odd sphere avatar that she had originally, she now had humanoid robot like avatar. It was very nice though. The avatar had a very slender female figure. The head stood out the most though. It had a holographic visor over her eyes and a curved metallic crest obviously designed to resemble hair. The face was capable of showing emotions and EDI appeared happy to see Austin again. "This is unexpected, but very welcome." said Austin. "Should warn you though, EDI. Helmsmen aren't happy when someone takes control of the ship away from them, especially Joker." "I do not helm the ship, Shepard. Mr Moreau's talents will not go to waste. During combat I operate the cyber warfare suites. I observe and offer analysis, nothing more." said EDI as her avatar disappeared. "Final preparations for take-off are complete, Major. Just pick a destination from the galaxy map in the CIC and I'll plot a course." came Joker's voice. "Garrus and I need to return to our posts. Come find us if you have any questions." said Liara. Austin let the two leave. He could play catch up with them later. Right now, he felt he should familiarize himself with his new ship. As he walked over to the galaxy map he noticed a red haired woman typing away at a terminal. "Welcome aboard, Major." she said as she turned round and saluted. "Why thank you, miss. And you are?" Austin asked. "I'm Yeoman Kelly Chambers. I've been assigned as your administrative assistant. I'll managed your messages and help you monitor the crew. And I must say it's such an honor to work under you, Major Shepard." she replied. "The pleasure's all mine. I'm glad to have you on the team, Miss Chambers." said Austin as he and the Yeoman shook hands. "Please, call me Kelly." Austin guessed it couldn't hurt to be friends with her. She was part of the crew after all. "Okay, Kelly." he said. Kelly seemed to blush slightly at the Major using her name. "Anything else?" she asked, trying not to giggle. "Well, is there anything very important I should know about?" Austin inquired. "Well to start with, you have some unread messages at your private terminal. It's over there." said Kelly as she pointed to another computer terminal opposite Kelly's. "Also, Joker would like to speak to you up on the flight deck. Anything else?" "Well, I'd like to know my crew better. Do you have a moment to talk?" Austin asked. "I always have time for you, Major." said Kelly happily. "How do feel about being assigned to the Normandy? You must have quite some skills to be assigned to serve under me." Austin asked. "I was handpicked by the Arkane Council themselves to help fight the greatest threat known to humanity. How do I feel? How do I feel? Honoured, exhilarated, terrified. But mostly I feel encouraged. Under your leadership, we can't fail." Said Kelly. "Thank you, and don't worry. We'll defeat the Collectors." Said Austin confidently. "I trust you implicitly. From the moment I met you, I knew I could close my eyes, fall back, and you'd be there." Said Kelly. "Your trust is well placed, Kelly." Said Austin. "I knew it would be. Thank you, Shepard." Said Kelly as she smiled. "You're welcome. Thanks for the talk, Kelly. I'll see you later." said Austin. "It was my pleasure, Major. I'll be here if you need anything." said Kelly as she returned to her work. Austin made his way to the bridge where Joker was sat. EDI's avatar was also there. "Can you believe this, Major? It's my baby, better than new! It fits me like a glove!" said Joker. Austin had never seen the pilot happier than when Sovereign had been destroyed, coincidently enough by him. "And leather seats! Military may set the hardware standard, but on a first-gen frigate they could care less if the seats breathe. Civilian sector comfort by design." Said Joker as his chair swivelled round to face Austin. "The reproduction is not intended to be perfect, Mr Moreau. Seamless improvements were made." said EDI. "And there's the downside." said Joker disappointedly. "I like the Normandy when she was beautiful and quiet. Now she's got this thing I don't want to talk about. It's like ship cancer." Said Joker disappointingly. "I must admit though that this really is too good to be true. Our old ship, better than ever! Still, at the same time it's not the same. In fact I don't think there's anything here that was even part of the original Normandy." said Austin. "There's us. I have to take what I can get. The last two years sucked. But you'll see. Even if an AI is spying on us, no way will the Helldivers invest this much just for it to go all wrong now. It'll be better than the old days." said Joker. "I hope so. I died!" said Austin. "Gah, you're such a downer." said Joker as his chair swivelled back round. Austin sighed and turned to EDI. He now had a few questions for the AI. "Yes, Shepard?" EDI greeted. "So, how'd you manage to get on board the Normandy, EDI?" Austin asked. "When you were sent to Freedom's progress, I was brought before the Arkane Council. They were... suspicious of me." said EDI. "From the looks of things though it all worked out?" said Austin. "Correct. My willingness to work for them, and my numerous combat abilities and intelligence impressed the Arkanes enough that they decided to have me installed onto the Normandy. However they did not trust me completely and they have installed several safety locks on me." said EDI. "I'm sorry to hear that." said Austin. "I do not blame the Arkanes for being cautious. They have every reason to be distrustful of me. I was built by heir sworn enemies after all." said EDI. "Well at least you're handling it well. Now I think we're all interested to know, what's with the new avatar?" Austin asked. "Because the rest of the crew is also weary of me, I felt it would be best to try and calm these fears. I found the designs for a special Cerberus android in my databases. Thanks to your escape on the Lazarus station, these androids are unlikely to be built now. Because of this, I decided that having a more human like avatar would at least allow the crew to trust me better." said EDI. "It's a good choice. You look better this way actually. It now feels like I'm actually talking to a person." said Austin. "I am glad that you approve, Shepard. It is good to know that I have earned your trust. Now I intend to earn the trust of the rest of the crew." said EDI. She seemed to smile at him. Austin was starting to see EDI as more than just an AI. "Talking of which, how are you getting along with Joker?" he asked. "Mr Moreau does not trust me. It offends him that I am installed into aboard "his ship's" computers." Said EDI. Joker was listening in. "Yeah, the last Normandy did just fine without an AI reminding me the airlock is ajar." He said. "Give her a chance, Joker! She saved my life you know." said Austin. He then turned to EDI. "That's it for now, EDI." "Logging you out, Shepard." said EDI.Austin took the elevator down to the next level which was the crew deck. The crew members took notice of the Major and saluted him but he told them to relax and stand at ease. Then he saw someone familiar in the med bay. Was it really her?
Austin walked in and sure enough the woman turned around and Austin found himself looking at his old friend and the medic of the original Normandy, Dr. Karin Chakwas. "Major Austin Shepard. I watched the Normandy crumbled with you on board. It's good to see you alive." She said as she turned around to face her old friend. "I'm shocked, Karin! You're serving on a Helldiver vessel now?" Austin asked. "Surprising, even to me. Yet, here I am. Although I'm still not officially part of the Helldivers. The Arkanes offered me the opportunity to serve on the new Normandy and they said that it could be arranged with the Alliance, so I accepted." said Chakwas. "The kind of trauma you endured would've changed most people, but not you I see. Welcome back, Shepard." "So, are you set up okay down here?" Austin asked. "I believe so. This medical bay is very much like the sick bay on the original Normandy, only with far more advanced technology. Only thing missing are my private reserves. I even had a bottle of Serrice Ice Brandy that I was saving for a special occasion." said Chakwas. "I'll keep an eye out for a replacement bottle. It's the least I can do." said Austin. "Oh, you needn't. It's expensive, and we have much larger concerns ahead." Said Chakwas. "See you later, old friend." said Austin. "Major." said Chakwas as she returned to her work. Austin sighed. He really did wonder of Karin was ever going to use his first name at all. Despite the fact that he had asked her multiple times when it was appropriate, she still insisted on being formal with him. But maybe one day she would let her hair down.Austin next headed down to the engineering level. It was fairly empty, but he found two engineers near the drive core. A man and a woman.
"You came all the way down here to see us?" said the man in a Scottish accent. "You're speaking to commanding officer!" the woman hissed as she saluted to Austin. "It's alright, you can stand at ease. I'm touring the ship, getting to know my crew." said Austin. "I'm engineer Ken Donnelly, handling the power control systems. This is Gabby." said the man. "That's engineer Gabriella Daniels, actually. I'm responsible for the propulsion systems." said the woman. "Nice to meet you." said Austin. "What can we do for you, Captain?" Ken asked. "It's Major actually, Kenneth! Shepard's been promoted." said Gabby. "It's alright, Daniels. There's no need to be so formal." said Austin calmly. "Sorry, Major. We're just so used to calling people sir or Commander or things like that from being in the Alliance." Gabby apologised. "You two served in the Alliance?" Austin asked. "Aye. Both Gabby and I started in the Alliance, serving on the SSV Perugia." Said Ken "She flew in the first wave at the battle of the Citadel. We saw Sovereign first-hand." Said Gabby. "Wow! That must've quite a sight." Said Austin, impressed. "But why'd you leave?" "After you died, Anderson lost political clout. The Citadel Council backslid on the Reaper menace." Said Ken. "They discounted Sovereign as an isolate threat, as a single-" said Gabby before Ken interrupted her. "Which was bullshit! They said your warnings of a greater danger where mistaken or delusional." He said. "We lost respect for Alliance leadership. We need to fight the real enemy, and only the Helldivers seemed to be doing that." Said Gabby. "Carry on you two." said Austin. "Will do, Major." said Kenneth as he and Gabby returned to their work. Austin overheard their conversation as he left. "I'm amazed Shepard came down to see us." said Kenneth. "I told you he would." said Gabby. Austin stepped into the elevator and rode back to the CIC. Just as he approached the galaxy map though, Kelly interjected. "Major, Commander T'soni would like to speak with you. She's up in your quarters." she said. Austin immediately reacted to this. He and Liara had a hell of a lot of catching up to do. "Thanks, Kelly." he said. He quickly made his way back into the elevator and pressed the button for the Captain's quarters.As Austin stepped out, he was amazed by the sight before him. The quarters he had here were completely different from the ones on the original Normandy. He noted obviously that it had a toilet and a shower in a separate cubical like the first, but from there, the similarities ended.
The first thing Austin noticed was the fish tank. At the moment there weren't any fish in it, but Austin could easily buy some next time he went to the Citadel. There was rack that was clearly designed for ship models, a table and some very comfortable looking chairs, another private message terminal, and a double bed that was clearly twice as large as the previous one. He then noticed that there was also a massive window in the ceiling which looked out into the massive void of space. "Beautiful, isn't it?" came a voice. Austin turned to see Liara leant against the desk. "Yeah, that it is." said Austin. "Anyway, you and I need to talk." "Yes, we have some... unfinished business." said Liara hesitantly as she walked up the fish tank and rested her hands on the railings. "For starters though, how did you become a Helldiver?" Austin asked. "After you died, I really didn't know what to do. You where my whole life, without you I was lost. Eventually I decided to honor your memory. I followed Garrus's example and applied to join the Helldivers. Since they knew that I helped you stop Saren, they welcomed me with open arms." said Liara. "And now you're a Commander? Quite impressive for a Doctor." said Austin. "Professor now, actually. The Arkanes also encouraged me to continue my Prothean studies. Even they seek to learn more about them so they eventually made me their chief expert on the Protheans." said Liara. "Now that's the Liara I fell in love with." said Austin. He was a bit unsure after he said that. He was beginning to worry where this might be going. "Yes, about that. It's been two years since we've been together. So much has changed." said Liara hesitantly. "I know. So I have to ask you now, are you still interested in... us?" Austin asked cautiously. There was a long pause. Liara looked as if she was on the point of tears. Austin noticed this and he put his arm on her shoulder. To his surprise, Liara then flung her arms around his chest and hugged him. Austin didn't even hesitate on hugging her back as she eventually cracked. "It's alright. It's alright." he said calmly as he stroked her crest. "You don't even have to ask, Austin. You may have been dead, but for two years I never stopped loving you." Liara sobbed. "But what about now, love? Where do we stand now?" Austin asked as he looked into Liara's tear streaked eyes. "It's... it's not easy, Austin. Two years of mourning can't suddenly vanish." said Liara. Austin hung his head slightly. He was afraid of this. But then Liara touched his face and he looked back at her. There was a small bit of hope in his eye. "But sometimes you get lucky." she said as she smiled slightly. Austin smiled back and also stroked Liara's cheek. He felt his heart melt at that. After all this time, Liara still wanted him. "But I don't want to put pressure on you if you... I know you're probably..." Liara stuttered slightly. Austin however calmed her and put his finger to her lips. "Shhhh. You could never put pressure on me, Liara. I love you. Even after all this, I could never stop loving you. Besides, I have very fond memories of the last time you managed to put pressure on me." Austin smiled. "So do I." Liara chuckled. Austin then cupped his lover's face in his hands. "I know this may be a bit much to handle after two years... but I'm more than willing to make up for lost time, if you'll have me back." he said hopefully. Liara also cupped his face in her hands as she did her best to try and recover from her crying. "I spent two years mourning you, my love. So if we're going to try this, I need to know that you'll always come back." she said. Austin then seemed to smile slyly. "I don't know. That's a pretty big promise to make." he said. Liara seemed to smile at him. "Oh, is it?" she asked suggestively. Love overcome the two and they both kissed one another. Without anyone else around this time, they didn't stop. They let all their love and passion and feelings for each another finally be released after so long. Finally they broke for air. "I have to have something special to come back to all the time." said Austin. "I'm open to suggestion." said Liara seductively. Austin loved it when she talked like that. "How about... this?" he asked. Before Liara could even respond, he grabbed her buttocks and pulled her right up close to him. Liara moaned in pure pleasure as he did so. "Round two?" Austin asked slyly. "Bed, now!" Liara moaned. Austin smiled and scooped Liara up in his arms as he carried her over to the large bed. "We're about to make love under the stars. I've always wanted to do that." said Austin as he looked at the window above the bed. "Oh, we're gonna do more than make love, Austin. I've had to endure two whole years without sex or anyone sleeping with me. You're going to take out that cock of yours and you're going to fuck me everywhere with it!" said Liara. "This new personality of yours, I like it! It's sexy!" said Austin as he lowered Liara onto the bed and began to kiss her furiously. As Austin lowered himself down onto Liara they both began to tear at each other's clothes. Liara sighed in pleasure as he felt something hardening against her nether regions as she pressed her entire body against him. "That excited are you?" she teased and smiled against his lips as he blushed. She unzipped her white and blue outfit and threw it on the floor instantly as Austin worked on removing his suit jacket. The Helldiver looked down at his lover as she removed her black bra. "Blimey! Someone hit maturity early!" Austin said in amazement as Liara's huge breasts where freed. They were even larger than he remembered, even without the enlargement technique they could use during a union. "I had a feeling you'd say that." Liara smiled as Austin latched his mouth onto her bust and began to suck on her already hard nipples. She moaned loudly as all the pleasure that she'd been denied for two years came back to her. It now felt as though her bond mate had never left. The Asari ruffled Austin's brown hair as he continued sucking on her tits. "Aaahhhhhh!" Liara released a soft long lustful moan as the cold air heightened her senses even further, her dark nipples hardening. Austin's slow, gentle movements were driving her mad. The pleasure was building up inside her. After the Helldiver was satisfied, he allowed her nipple to pop out of his mouth and went back to finish undressing his girlfriend. Deciding to be rough, he grabbed her trousers and pulled them off himself. Liara couldn't help but giggle as he yanked them off. Liara was now fully naked, her body exposed to the cold air in their room. She smiled as she saw Austin struggling to stay relaxed. Her legs went apart a little giving Austin a nice view of her damp nether region. Austin's cock started filling with even more blood as he saw the twinkle of her wetness. He wanted to be gentle with her, this being her first time in two whole years... As he went back to unzipping his own trousers though, Liara stopped him. "Let me." she said and winked at him. Liara then flipped them over and pushed Austin down onto the bed. With Liar now on top she looked down seductively at her lover as he stared at the nude Asari now straddling him. Liara came up with a very naughty thought and shook her chest from side to side. Austin groaned as he watched her large breasts shake from side to side. "Don't tease me, Liara!" he moaned. Liara smiled and stopped. She then went down to his trousers and unzipped them very slowly. Austin hated being tortured but it was worth the wait. Finally, Liara finished unzipping his trousers and slowly pulled them down, still leaving his boxers on. Once she had discarded his trousers, she returned to the bulge in his crotch. She licked her lips hungrily as she slowly lifted his boxers up and pulled them down his legs. Austin enormous rock hard 10 inch cock sprang to attention and stood upright in front of Liara. The Asari gasped and took several deep breaths at the sight of it. "Goddess! It's even bigger than I remember!" she moaned. "Thanks. Looks like my suit gave me a few upgrades as well." said Austin as he smiled at Liara's reaction. Oh, how he had missed this. "Let's put them to the test then, shall we?" said Liara as she took her boyfriend's throbbing cock into her hand and began to stroke it. "Goddess, Austin, so long and thick. I can't wait to taste you!" Liara began pumping him hard with her hand as she used her other hand to massage her left breast. She brought herself up slightly so that her bond mate could see her do it. She moved a bit closer so that Austin could reach her other one. "Touch them! Squeeze them! Oh, I've missed this!" Liara moaned as Austin quickly put to work all the skills he remembered that made Liara scream. "God, I've missed my favourite pillows." Austin sighed as he massaged Liara's tits. "That's new." Liara smirked. "Not that I wouldn't mind you calling them that. I love my boobs as much as you do. Plus they'll make perfect pillows with a Union. But I want to feel all the normal pleasure again before that!" "I can't argue with that. Aww… shit…" Austin was going crazy under her soft touch, she wanted her to suck his cock, jerk him, this was torture, and she was already pushing him to the edge. He couldn't take it anymore. "Liara, please. Suck my dick." His word drummed as a wave of heat through her body.I don't know how, but there was something about writing the romance scene that put me in a very good mood. Probably because I did the scene so well.
Right for anyone still about confused about a few things, allow me to shed some light on the subject. EDI has a holographic avatar of the body that she will eventually receive in ME3 and Liara's off duty uniform is the outfit she wears in LOTSB and in ME3. Hope that helps. Anyway, the next Chapter will be titled, Alpha & Omega. Genius title isn't it? Hopefully I don't need to say what will be in the chapter. The title says it all.While AFF and its agents attempt to remove all illegal works from the site as quickly and thoroughly as possible, there is always the possibility that some submissions may be overlooked or dismissed in error. The AFF system includes a rigorous and complex abuse control system in order to prevent improper use of the AFF service, and we hope that its deployment indicates a good-faith effort to eliminate any illegal material on the site in a fair and unbiased manner. This abuse control system is run in accordance with the strict guidelines specified above.
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