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Reunited	By : Boompeew Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 25156 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Author’s notes: Welcome to chapter 45 of Reunited! Well, Kai Leng’s caused a crapton of damage, but the Reapers still need to get killed. Problem is…they aren’t going to do so easily…If any of you have suggestions on what I could write in future chapters please don’t hesitate to PM me. As usual, here’s the link to my adult-fanfiction.org account: http: //members. Adultfanfiction. Net/profile. Php? No=1296890817&view=story (just remove the spaces between the periods and you’ll get there).
“Mommy! When is daddy coming back?”Zachary James Shepard asked Lieutenant Commander Miranda Anne Shepard, tugging on the brunette’s sleeve as Miranda swallowed down a lump in her throat. “Well Zack, daddy will be away for a long time and she didn’t tell me when she’s coming back, ok? But I promise you, she’ll come back. Someday.”Miranda lied, fighting back tears as she thought about her wife. How she’d looked at her as she bled out while Thane took out Kai Leng. Her words haunted her every minute of the day. “I love you too Cassie. I love you.”Miranda whispered under her breath, blinking away the unwelcome tears as her omnitool buzzed with a message.
She read and reread the message in disbelief. “Zack, Tabby, get dressed, we’re going out now!”Miranda called at the top of her lungs as Tabitha poked her head out of her room. “Why mommy?” “It’s a surprise, come on!”The brunette replied as she hastily put her boots on. Within 10 minutes, they were on their way to their destination as Miranda drove like a woman possessed, cutting through traffic madly as her children looked out of the skycar’s windows, taking in the damage that all the Reapers had caused almost 2 weeks ago in their failed invasion. The fires were gone, but a lot of rubble was still lying around. Some buildings were almost totaled.
Miranda quickly parked in Huerta’s parking lot and practically ran with her children in hand, racing down endless corridors and up a lift until she finally came to her destination. She barged into the door to see Megan, her Megan, sitting upright in her hospital bed, drinking water as Anderson talked to her and a doctor tended to her. “Miri. I missed you.”Megan rasped out as Miranda practically flung herself into Megan’s arms and the married women hugged each other tightly, not wanting to let go as their children threw themselves on Megan. “Daddy! We missed you so much!”Tabitha cried out in joy as Megan kissed her daughter as she hugged her wife and children close, ignoring the pain from her wound while the doctor moved over to check on Nyla.
“I love you all. So what happened while I was unconscious? Anderson was about to tell me when you guys came in.”Megan asked as Ashley walked over from Nicole’s bed. Due to the staggering number of casualties in the Reaper attack, it wasn’t uncommon to see 6 patients squeezed into wards originally intended for 4. Megan only had to share hers with Nyla and Nicole, and thanks to Anderson pulling some strings, they were in one of the best wards available. The soldier’s arm was in a sling, as thanks to Kai Leng’s Reaper implants, the kick he delivered to her shoulder while jumping to get to Irissa had also dislocated it.
“Williams. How’s the arm?”Miranda greeted as Ashley nodded. “It’s relatively less painful now, but I’m not going to be able to fire a rifle for the next 2 weeks or so. But getting back to the topic, Thane stabbed that son of a bitch and threw him down hundreds of stories. The Reaper destroyers and troop transports were all destroyed by the 1^st, 3^rd, 5^th and 15^th fleets and some Cerberus fleets. There were a few reinforcements, but the fleet destroyed them all and we retook this station with reinforcements from both the turians and krogans. Wrex even came in person.”Ashley summarized as Anderson nodded. “Unfortunately, Udina and Irissa are dead, but Quentius and Esheel are perfectly fine.”
“Well, Councilor Anderson, at least someone survived.”Nyla called out from her bed, emphasizing the Admiral’s title as Megan turned back to him with a grin. “You quit only to end up Councilor again? Oh that’s funny!”She giggled as the man sighed, rubbing his forehead. “Laugh it up Captain. Anyways, I’m just a temporary councilor. The asari have already picked out their councilor, and she’s coming down with Quentius to see you. The only good thing about the attack was that the asari and salarians have finally shit their panties enough to join our war effort unconditionally.”Anderson briefed. “How bad were the casualties from the fleets and the ground forces?”Megan asked.
“Thanks to the ion cannons we retrofitted to all the dreadnoughts and most of the cruisers, we lost just 10 ships and managed to rack up a kill count of over 20 Reaper destroyers and more than 200 drop ships. The ground teams didn’t fare so well though; the average casualty rate was 20 percent when we were clearing out the Citadel. The ion cannons are amazingly effective from what we’ve seen so far. Of course, we didn’t get the opportunity to test its effectiveness on the Reaper capital ships, but our cruisers were taking out destroyers with just one blast.”Anderson continued as Megan nodded. “Great. At least we have something that looks like a fighting chance against the Reapers now.”
“Unfortunately, we haven’t found Kai Leng’s body yet. So as unbelievable as it may be, that bastard may have actually survived. I don’t know how or why, but he may have survived.”The Councilor sighed as everyone groaned. “Anyways, I’m here to brief you on the quarians. The rumors were right: they have indeed gotten themselves into the deep end of a war with the geth, and now they are requesting an alliance with us.” “Great, so the quarians decide to run off, start a war with the geth, and then run back to us when their asses get handed to them on a platter? Typical.”Nicole snorted. “You’re right, but it doesn’t change the fact that we need them though. They have the largest fleet in the galaxy.”Anderson replied.
“So, when you’re discharged, I need you to get out to the Perseus Veil to meet the quarian delegation. Of course, they’re going to want you to aid in their war against the geth, so I would advise giving some support while keeping safe. In other words, keep the direct action to a minimum unless completely necessary. Oh, and I’ve assigned 3 new crewmembers to your crew, seeing that you ladies are all going to be out of action for quite a bit. One you already know very well and the other 2 are N7 operatives who lost teammates during the attack, and thus they’re getting redeployed. Oh, you might also be interested to know that the vorcha are fully onboard with us now.”Anderson informed just as James and Jack came in with bags of food.
“Sir!”Vega saluted, bags of food still in hand as Anderson smiled and returned the salute. “At ease Lieutenant. I was just getting the Captain up to speed on the situation.”He said, as Vega laid a tray of sushi in front of Megan just as the door slid open to reveal Matriarch Aethyta and Councilor Quentius walking in, alongside Wrex. “Good to see you’re up again Shepard. Knew one moron with a sword wasn’t going to take you out. Shit, even the Void spat you right back out when you first died.”Wrex laughed along with Megan as Zack and Tabby looked up at the massive krogan in awe. “Zack, Tabby, that’s Uncle Wrex. Say hi.”The redhead instructed. “Hi Uncle Wrex.”The 2 children waved as Wrex guffawed. “Ah you kids are just melting my 2 hearts.”The krogan chuckled as he high fived both of them.
“Captain Shepard, I owe you my life and you have my gratitude for protecting me. Esheel can’t be here today thanks to some salarian political situation, but she has asked me to convey her infinite gratitude and the news that you have the full support of the Salarian Union, be it financial, scientific or military.”Quentius began as Megan nodded. “Pity about Irissa though. Which reminds me, what’re you doing here, Aethyta? Aren’t you supposed to be behind the bar on Illium?”She asked the matriarch. “Well, I’m not actually a bartender. I was just charged by the matriarch council to keep an eye on Liara, given that’s she your friend and you’ve worked for Cerberus. Plus, her whole information broker thing was getting a few of them a little scared.”Aethyta replied.
“You’re Liara’s father, aren’t you?”Ashley piped up as she put down the hotdog Jack got for her. “Yeah. I’m Liara’s father and I know I haven’t been much of a father to her, to be honest.”Aethyta sighed. “This is Councilor Aethyta, by the way.”Anderson spoke up as everyone looked at the matriarch in shock. “You’re the councilor?!”Megan squeaked. “Yeah. I was the most senior matriarch left after that attack. The bastards got the entire matriarch council, which just so happened to be meeting on the Presidium when the attack happened. I was the only one to get outta that clusterfuck.”Aethyta explained in her signature rough, bored tone.
“Anyways, I’d like to speak to Captain Shepard in private, if you guys don’t mind.”Aethyta said as everyone save for Nyla and Nicole nodded and left the room. “I’ve dedicated whatever paltry military strength we have to this war effort Captain, but I need a favor from you. When you’re feeling up to scratch, I need you to go to Lesuss to investigate and probably destroy this monastery. We’ve sent in about 4 commando teams now, and they’ve not reported in since. I won’t lie Shepard, it’s an Ardat-Yakshi monastery. That’s why we need to settle the damn thing as fast as possible.”The matriarch said as Nicole chipped in. “Uh, forgive the interruption, but what the hell’s an Ardat-Yakshi? What’s so dangerous about it?”The blonde asked as she finished off her 2^nd slice of pizza.
“An Ardat-Yakshi is an asari with a genetic deformity that kills their partner when melding. Also, while most of them are mentally stable, some of them have their psychopathic tendencies amplified everytime they meld. Eventually they become serial killers.”Nyla explained. “Wait, let me get this straight, there are asari with a birth defect that causes them to become crazed serial killers that kill by fucking? Holy shit!”Nicole choked out as Aethyta smiled at the blonde’s summation. “Got it in one. So, are you willing to help me out on this one?” “Alright, I’ll make it a top priority when I’m finally released from this prison.”Megan agreed just as Liara barged in as Ashley and Miranda tried to stop her.
“Shepard-Aethyta.”Liara stopped abruptly as she saw the other asari in the room. “Liara.”Aethyta greeted uncertainly as Megan sensed the growing awkwardness in the room. “Liara, meet your dad.”Megan said as Liara just nodded. “I know. I found out about it when I 1^st took over at my current position.”The asari said back as Megan raised an eyebrow. “And you haven’t talked to her about that?” “It isn’t the best time for family reunions right now.”Liara replied as Aethyta stood there awkwardly. “Liara…”The redhead sighed. “Fine. Then we’ll talk somewhere. By the way, it’s good to see that you’re fine. Here’s some intel on Kai Leng that you might find useful. Oh, and thank you for extracting my…colleagues from that planet.”Liara said as she handed Megan a few datapads.
“Uh…we’ll talk in my office.”Aethyta suggested as Liara nodded and the father and daughter left the room and everyone else came back in. “I wanted to tell you that thanks to you forging an alliance with the krogan, we’ve taken back 3 major continents on Palaven. We’re doing massive damage to the Reapers, and our casualties have been reduced a bit.”Quentius spoke 1^st as Wrex chuckled. “Krogans and turians working together to blow up big monsters. Never thought I’d see the day. Well, I won’t hold you up anymore Shepard. Just kick some Reaper ass for me.”The old krogan guffawed as he took his leave along with Anderson and Quentius. Once the doors slid shut, the crew began chatting as Megan held her 2 children close, savoring their presence.
A week later, Megan, Nyla and Nicole were cleared to leave the hospital but were still under the watchful eye of Chloe and Chakwas and confined shipboard. As Megan approached the Normandy with Miranda holding her hand, she saw Verlus standing there with a duffel bag at his feet, along with Jade’s friend, Susan Rizzi, and an unknown Asian man that was about 1.8 meters tall in N7 casuals standing next to the airlock. “Captain Shepard! It’s good to see you again!”Verlus greeted happily as Megan smiled back. “Verlus! It’s great to have you back on the team. Wish it could be under better circumstances though.” “Me too. If my old bunk is still open, I’ll set up there.”Verlus said as Megan nodded.
“Captain Shepard! 2^nd Lieutenant Susan Rizzi reporting for duty!”The biotic saluted as Megan returned it. “At ease LT. I thought you had a team of your own?” “2 N5s were killed in the 1^st push of the assault. Poor guys didn’t even have their shield generators on them. 1 turian was KIA when a brute flung him over the railing down about a hundred floors, and the female turian cabal was badly wounded while trying to protect some civilians. Basically put, my unit’s gutted. That’s why I was reassigned.”Susan explained as Megan nodded in sympathy. “Welcome aboard. I’m sure Jade and Nicole is more than willing to share space in the starboard observation deck.”The redhead said as Nicole nodded in agreement.
“Commander Arthur Leong reporting for duty ma’am.”The Asian man saluted as Megan returned it. “At ease Commander. What’s your specialization?” “I’m a certified demolitions expert, marksman and close quarters battle specialist.”He replied. “All of us aboard know our way around explosives, but none of us are certified demolition experts. I’m sure your expertise will be invaluable.”Megan assessed. “Thank you ma’am. I’ve heard that Captain Thomas Hansen is part of your crew..?”Arthur asked as Miranda nodded. “That’s correct Commander Leong.” “Great. He was my uncle’s old CO before he quit and left the Alliance.”The Chinese man smiled. “So, what’s your story?”Miranda continued.
“Well, I’ve spent 13 years in the Alliance and 8 as an N7 operator. I was mostly assigned to counter terrorist operations in the batarian systems, launching preemptive, deniable strikes on pirate and terrorist bases in small teams. Working with such a big squad is going to be a really good change of pace.”He replied. “Yeah, it can get messy sometimes, but it’s a great dynamic mainly because everyone complements each other.”Megan agreed. “I agree. So, should we board?”Arthur asked. “Yeah sure, just grab a bunk in the crew quarters.”Megan agreed as she led the way aboard the Normandy. “Hey Shepard, you feeling better now after that Kai Leng douchebag stabbed you?”Joker called out from his chair as Erin looked at Megan expectantly.
“Yeah, I’m ready to kick his fucking ass into the galactic core. Sad part is, he may actually still be alive.”Megan grunted. “Honestly? Come on…so, where to now Captain?”Erin asked. “To Lesuss. Councilor Aethyta has called in a favor. Plus, given that the asari are finally throwing themselves fully into this war, it’s only proper that we agree to her request.”Megan replied before heading off to the galaxy map. “Where the hell is that?”Joker wondered as Erin went through the preflight checks with him. “It’s a quiet asari colony world way outside of any trade routes. There is an Ardat-Yakshi monastery there though.”The blonde copilot replied. “A what monastery?” “Ardat-Yakshi. Asari with a genetic defect that causes them to kill when melding with their partners.”Erin answered.
“Really?! They kill through sex?! Lucky I never got it on with any asari…”Joker shuddered as the preflight check was complete, and they took off soon after. It only took about 3 hours into the 5 hour trip to Lesuss before Vega challenged Arthur to a sparring match. All the crew gathered around, even betting credits on who would win. “You sure about this brother? It’s gonna be your funeral.”Arthur smirked as he cracked his knuckles. “Oh, I think you really overestimate yourself, sir.”Vega smirked as he launched a mean right hook, which Arthur easily sidestepped and caught in his left hand. He then pulled Vega in closer, letting go of Vega’s arm and then delivering a flurry of hard and fast blows to Vega’s abs before sweeping his legs out from under him.
He then knelt over the beefy lieutenant and began punching the face, but he made deliberate effort to miss hitting James as everyone expressed how impressed they were with how fast Arthur had taken down James. Finally, James raised both his hands in defeat as the spectating crew went wild. “ You kicked his ass in 18 seconds flat! Not bad, the only one to take James down faster was Nicole at 16 seconds.”Steve chuckled as he stopped the stopwatch on his omnitool as Nicole stepped forward, obviously impressed. “I see you’re practiced in Wing Chun?” “That’s right. I’m also trained in the standard N7 CQB style, as well as Krav Maga, Aikido and Muay Thai. What’s yours?”Arthur replied as he shook Nicole’s hand.
“I’m trained in ninjutsu, kenjutsu, jujutsu and hapkido. Oh, and taekwondo.”Nicole replied as James got up, still winded and hurting from the beating he’d just received. “Damn man, you 2 can pretty much become masters of your own dojos and shit.”James commented as Nicole and Arthur laughed. “Nah, you just need to stop sparring with people James. You always get your ass kicked.”The blonde teased as James stalked off, grumbling good naturedly as Jade helped him along, teasing him on him getting beaten flat. “So…you wanna go? I don’t normally hit women, but I’ll make an exception just for you.”Arthur grinned. “I got slashed by that indoctrinated assassin. If it weren’t for that…”Nicole refused.
“You’d kick my ass into deep space. Oh sure, honey. I’ll wait till you’re fully recovered so you can feel better about me giving that nice ass of yours a whipping.”Arthur chortled as Nicole’s face turned into a ‘you did not just say that’ expression. “Oh, it’s on now. Just you wait.”The blonde said menacingly as Arthur laughed and caught the bottle of water Megan threw to him. “Not bad Arthur, you kicked Vega’s smug ass. Now rest up, you’re going planetside later.”The redhead complimented him as he gave an informal salute. “Thank you ma’am for making my ego bigger! And don’t worry, I’ll be at a hundred percent for the mission groundside.”Arthur assured as he went to catch up with Thomas.
The ground squad was a relatively small one of just a dozen crewmembers. Miranda was leading Kirrahe, Thomas, Ashley, Jack, Verlus, Arthur, Susan, James, Michael and Garrus on what they assumed to be a quick recon mission as Megan supervised. “Well, like I told your uncle all those years before, quick recon missions are always the ones that go tits up, and when they do, you’re probably beyond fucked.”Thomas chuckled, talking to Arthur as the shuttle launched out of the Normandy. “From the scans that we can see, there are no life signs detected in the monastery. But then again, the monastery has some thick ass walls in accordance with asari architecture, so we might not be able to see everything.”Megan briefed over the radio.
“Right. Anything else of note?”Miranda asked her wife. “Well, there’s an aircar packed there and the engine’s still warm, so I’d assume we’re dealing with a visitor.”The redheaded Vanguard replied. “Wait, why would there be visitors? There are virtually no colonies on the planet, save for the small spaceport and surrounding village, even though the planet is very aesthetically appealing.”Kirrahe asked. “No idea. Keep your eyes peeled though. If this place went dark, my bet is that the Reapers are up to their shit again.”Megan signed off as Garrus checked his Krysae. “So Major, didn’t see you on the attack at the Citadel.”The turian said with no hint of hostility. “Wiks and I were escorting and defending the salarian embassy staff. We lost a few good men that day.”Kirrahe sighed.
“I understand. Lost so many old friends in that attack. At least the Reapers never took the station.”Garrus agreed somberly. “Still, they managed to kill too many people. At least the new ion cannons on our ships are more than capable of handing the Reapers’ asses to them.”Susan sighed as she holstered her X7 Hurricane as Arthur slapped a thermal clip into his X7 Valiant sniper rifle and loaded it with a loud click. “Yeah, shame they got Irissa and Udina too. Hey man, it ain’t your fault. You did the best you could. I mean, a ninja cyborg with Reaper tech. Jesus.”Arthur said, patting Verlus on the shoulder. “Thanks, I guess. But still doesn’t change the fact that I failed my objective.”The turian Spectre sighed.
“At least you managed to keep that bastard off Quentius long enough for Thane to get rid of him.”Ashley consoled as Steve announced the ETA of 30 seconds. Soon, they landed on the shuttle pad, right next to the aircar Megan mentioned earlier. “Huh, it’s really warm. Whoever drove this car here just arrived.”James commented as he touched the bonnet of the car. “Then we might be able to find them here still. Move out.”Miranda commanded as they moved into the monastery, finding the corpses of asari commandoes everywhere, strewn amongst the rubble and Reaper corpses. “Huh. Megan, you were right. The Reapers have gotten to this place. That explains everything.”Miranda radioed.
“Copy that. Stay alert, we don’t know why the Reapers would take over a monastery for Ardat-Yakshi. Stay safe.”Megan cautioned as Miranda moved forward with her squad into the eerily silent and pitch black monastery. They came across 3 dead asari commandoes around a huge bomb set up in one of the larger hallways. “This is an AC190 warp bomb. This thing could easily wreck a cruiser when it goes off.”Arthur commented as he put aside his X7 Valkyrie to examine the bomb. “Holy shit…they really wanted this place gone, don’t they.”Michael piped up as Miranda shrugged. “Given the reputation of the Ardat-Yakshi, I’m not surprised. If just a few get free and go on a killing rampage…”Miranda trailed off as Arthur finished inspecting the bomb.
“Huh. They have 2 more of these bombs set up in the Great Hall…which is that way.”Verlus pointed at the general direction as the team nodded, heading in that direction. When the next door opened, they saw a terrified asari running from a trio of cannibals. The asari used her biotics to fling one away, but the other 2 still kept coming. Before any of the Normandy squad could do anything, however, a familiar red clad figure dropped down from the upper floor gracefully, her biotics slowing her fall as she landed between the asari and the cannibals. As soon as her feet touched the ground, she unleashed a powerful shockwave that killed the cannibals before turning to the asari.
“Samara! What are you doing here?”Miranda exclaimed as she lowered her X60. “Ah, Miranda. It is good to see you here. This place reeks of the Reaper’s corruption.”The justicar said as the asari ran up to her. “Falere. Are you alright?” “Yes, but Rila’s in the Great Hall!”Falere cried out in panic as Samara turned to her. “We will find her, not to worry my child.”The justicar assured her child as everyone looked at her. “She’s your kid?”James asked. “Yes, she and Rila are my children. I came here to see them after I received news that the Reapers had attacked this monastery. But we must move now. Follow me closely Falere.”Samara concluded as she drew her X17 Proselyte SMG that was only issued to justicars and asari commandoes.
“We’re headed to the Great Hall. You should follow us, Samara.”Thomas suggested as Samara nodded. “I agree. Then in that case we must move quickly.”She urged as the squad moved out into an expansive courtyard where they saw 2 huge, lumbering beasts with something that seemed to be fused right into their backs alongside a few commissars and cannibals, and one rachni. “What the hell are those?”Susan blurted out as they began to attack the Reaper troops. The cannibals and commissars fell quickly as the unidentified beasts began to reveal their purpose. The object on their back turned out to be a cannon when both started firing on the squad. “Fuck! Those are cannons?!”Jack cursed as her warp detonated Miranda’s, killing the lone rachni.
Suddenly, there was an unnerving screech from the upper level just as a shot from Arthur’s Valiant sniper rifle and Samara’s reave field finally killed one of the lumbering, 4 legged beasts as a skinny, tall figure appeared before charging closer to the squad’s position wreathed in biotics. As it got closer, they could see that it was an indoctrinated asari. “Great, now the fucking asari are indoctrinated too?”Michael cursed as he fired off a few shots from his Harrier at a cannibal, splattering its head on the surroundings. “Now I know what has become of the Ardat-Yakshi in this monastery.”Samara replied as she reloaded her X17 before hurling a reave field at the corrupted asari while Falere cowered in cover next to her mother.
The asari shrieked loudly as Samara’s powerful reave attack finally brought down its biotic barrier and tore the armor apart as it flung a biotic ball of energy at Samara, which she agilely ducked and avoided it. “Son of a bitch, they’re armored?!”Ashley cried in frustration as she expended the last of her thermal clip on the corrupted asari. “Don’t worry about that, I got this!”Verlus yelled as he fired an incinerate blast from his omnitool, the superheated plasma sticking and melting the Reaperised asari’s armor as Susan cast another reave field on it, amplifying the effects of Samara’s field as the armor visibly melted away. A long burst of gunfire from Miranda’s rifle finally killed it, and Garrus killed the last 4 legged beast with a headshot from his Krysae.
The asari corpse just shriveled up and disappeared to ashes. “That’s odd. No other Reaper troop has ever just disappeared like this even with inferno ammunition.”Kirrahe muttered, referring to Ashley, Michael, James, Garrus and Verlus’ choice of ammo. “Yeah…that is kind of odd now that you mention it.”Garrus wondered. “Think we’ll call this one a banshee. Ominous, terrifying, and screams like one.”Susan suggested as everyone nodded and Miranda transmitted the info back to the Normandy. “Guys…I think I know what this bugger is. It used to be an elcor.”Thomas called out as everyone moved to where he was standing inspecting one of the huge beasts.
“Indeed, this was definitely an elcor before the Reapers enslaved it.”Samara confirmed. “Guess we’ll just call this a tank, since that seems to be what it is.”Michael suggested as everyone nodded and Miranda transmitted the combat info back to the Normandy. “Shit, now we have armored elcor and asari? And the worst part is that the elcor are even more heavily armored than the brutes.”Megan grumbled over the radio as she reviewed the data. “Probably to make up for the fact that they’re almost impossible to miss and move slower than a drugged varren. Come on, we should move up.”Arthur replied as everyone moved into the main building, killing more tanks and banshees in addition to the cannibals and husks.
“This place is a complete loss. LC, I suggest we do what the asari commandoes came here to do. Blow this place up after we find Samara’s daughter.”Thomas piped up, referring to the directives on the datapad they had found on a dead asari commando, after another firefight. “No! Rila’s still here!”Falere cried out as Susan turned to Miranda. “So, why are the Ardat-Yakshi so high threat leveled that an immediate burn order is given if this place is compromised?”She asked. “Any Ardat-Yakshi who chooses to kill go on to kill many innocents. Some have even killed thousands before getting caught or killed.”Samara replied somberly.
Soon enough, the squad reached the Great Hall where they found Rila and a dozen Dragon’s Teeth. Unfortunately, she was too far gone with the indoctrination, and she lashed out at her sister. “Oh shit, she’s too far gone.”Michael sighed as Samara restrained Rila, who promptly collapsed again. “Uh…this bomb can only be set off by a detonator. Anyone seen a detonator lying around?”Arthur asked after checking the bomb and searching the dead asari commando, who was wearing the stars of a commando unit leader, lying against the bomb dead. “No. Squad, check the area for a detonator-”Miranda began, but was cut off by a series of loud screeches as more banshees appeared, flanked by commissars, husks and cannibals.
It was a massive firefight as they defended the bomb and the sisters fiercely, repulsing 2 waves of banshees and other Reaper troops. Finally, Rila came to. “Sister, you must go! The voices are too strong…I can’t drown them out! I will be fine, don’t worry.”The asari assured, standing upright as she produced a detonator from her dress pocket. “Of course, after killing dozens of Reaper troops while finding the detonator only to discover that it was literally right under our noses the whole time.”Garrus sighed, rolling his eyes. “Okay we’re leaving! Now!”Miranda ordered upon hearing more screeching from banshees as everyone began heading for the elevator, and Samara tried to pry Falere away from Rila without success. “No! I won’t leave her!”She cried
“Falere, we must go, otherwise we will be enthralled by the Reapers!”Samara urged. “Alright, so sorry but I ain’t staying here!”James grunted as he roughly threw Falere over his shoulder, running to the lift with Samara as Falere kicked and screamed in protest, desperately reaching out for her sister as they all piled into the lift and the doors slid shut and it made its ascent. When they reached the ground floor and exited quickly, the lift shook violently and there was an almighty explosion as Falere broke down in tears. After spending a few minutes slumped on the floor mourning for her sister while being held by Samara, she stood up and walked off, followed by Samara.
“Rila…there wasn’t even time to say goodbye…”Falere sobbed. “Few can break the Reapers’ hold. Rila’s will was extraordinary, as was her love for you.”Samara said softly. “We left her to die!”Falere shouted as Jack stepped forward. “Look, you-”She began, but was interrupted by Ashley clamping a hand over her mouth. “Rila made her choice and it has reminded me of what is truly important. Why I swore I’d lay down my life.”The justicar replied. “What is that?” “Falere, the Code demands that an Ardat-Yakshi cannot live outside a monastery that no longer exists.”Samara replied sadly as she unholstered her Acolyte pistol.
“What are you doing?!”Miranda demanded as everyone tensed up. “Oh…crap.”Garrus mumbled as he was torn between shooting Samara in the arm, or shooting Falere to spare Samara the fate of having to shoot her own daughter. “I’m sorry Shepard. By the Justicar’s Code, there is only 1 way to save Falere.”Samara said with finality as she put the gun to her head. “Mother, no!”Falere shrieked as Samara’s upper lip trembled. “My daughters…you were all so much strong-”Before she could finish, Miranda tackled her and pinned Samara’s gun arm between the belly of her armor and the small of Samara’s back.
“Let go.”Samara hissed as she struggled with Miranda as Ashley came over to help restrain Samara. “What the bloody hell are you doing?!”The Sentinel said, her voice raised. “Fulfilling the Code!” “By throwing your life away?”Ashley asked incredulously. “I won’t kill my last daughter!”Samara snapped as Falere stepped in. “You won’t have to!” “Falere?” “I’ll stay here…home. No matter what’s become of it.”Falere insisted. “Without a proper monastery-” “I could’ve left anytime. I don’t need a building to honor my own code! And if the Reapers return, they won’t take me alive. I promise.”The Ardat-Yakshi said. “…Then the Code permits you to stay, as you are.”Samara said after a long pause and Miranda and Ashley finally released her.
Falere then hugged her mother, tears streaming down her blue face as Samara stood there awkwardly for a few seconds before returning the hug stiffly. “Once this war is over, and if I am able, I will visit. As a Justicar should.”Samara promised. “If you want to stay here to help Falere rebuild a home here, I fully understand.”Miranda spoke up as Samara turned to regard her. “It must wait, now that I can help oppose the Reapers. I will speak with Falere, then join your squad. If you’ll have me, of course.”She replied. “I’d be honored to have you back on the crew, Samara.”Miranda replied as Samara nodded. “The honor is mine, Miranda.”Samara nodded as she went to talk to Falere before they walked back to the squad.
“The living quarters are still mostly intact from what I saw. We’ve cleared the place of Reapers too.”Arthur spoke up. “But you may need to do some cleanup first. It’s kind of…messy.”Verlus added on as Falere just nodded. “Blood and dead bodies do not frighten me. I will be fine.”She assured as Samara brought her in while the squad waited for Samara. Soon, she reappeared. “I am ready to leave with you.”The justicar said firmly as James called Cortez in for an extraction. When they were all in the shuttle, Samara spoke again. “Miranda, I will be in your squad for a while before I must join the fight alongside my fellow Justicars.”
“I understand. We will be heading over to the Perseus Veil to deal with the quarians over there first though.”Miranda replied. “Perseus Veil? That’s the quarian home system. What are the quarians doing in geth controlled space?”Samara wondered. “The idiots probably decided to go to war with the geth and found themselves losing, that’s why they came crawling back to us for help.”Michael said derisively as Samara nodded. “I see. It is a shame to see them wasting their lives on an unwinnable, unjustified war when they would be so much more useful fighting Reapers.” “I just hope they aren’t completely wiped out when we get there.”Ashley replied as the shuttle came in to dock in the Normandy.
48 hours later, Miranda, Garrus, Samara, Ashley, Jade, Reznov, Verlus, Jentha, Michael, Danner, Arthur, Erin and Kirrahe found themselves in the shuttle bay again alongside Colonel Kal’Reegar and Lieutenant Kenn’Narr Vas Tonbay, one of the quarian marines’ best and most brilliant combat engineers and expert on geth. He was also Admiral Zaal’Koris’ son. The quarians were more than willing to help, but there was the minor inconvenient detail that there was a massive geth dreadnought right in the middle of the quarian fleet and it was tearing the quarians apart. “So Lieutenant, what can you tell us about these upgraded geth?”Garrus asked as he fastened his helmet.

Garrus was referring to the quarian briefing that initially, the quarians were steamrolling over the geth until a signal began transmitting that flipped the tables in a hurry. They had triangulated it and finally located the source of the signal, which was from the very dreadnought that the team was about to board via a hull breach. “From the data we’ve gathered so far, it has given an enhanced processing boost to each unit and allows them to act somewhat independently, in addition to upgrading their links. This results in much better coordination and highly intelligent enemy units. Also, for some unexplained reason, it’s also boosted their shielding power.”Kenn replied.
“Alright, everyone triple checked your gear and weapons? Good to go?”Miranda asked as everyone nodded. “Alright, we’re ready to move out.”Miranda called out as they boarded the shuttle, which promptly took off and dropped them right into the hull breach thanks to Cortez’s excellent piloting skills. “Looks like we didn’t need those mag boots at all.”Erin said as everyone found themselves in what looked like a small maintenance room. “So ma’am, what are our orders?”Reegar asked Miranda as she opened a door further on. “We move quickly and disable that signal in the drive core as fast as we can, and we bail out. Any resisting geth gets put down immediately.”Miranda ordered.
“Heh, I like that. Yes ma’am.”Reegar chuckled as he took point with an odd looking rifle. “Colonel, what are those things you’re carrying? Never seen anything like those before.”Danner asked. “My rifle is what the scientists are calling an Adas Anti-Synthetic Rifle. Fires an electrical blast instead of lead. My shotgun is a Reegar. Yeah, it’s named after my family. It spews out a hail of electricity, and my pistol is called an Arc Pistol. Fires electricity too. All of these little beauties cut through geth like a GARDIAN laser through armor.”Reegar chuckled contentedly as they kept moving forward, encountering no resistance just yet.
However, they soon ran into a small geth patrol numbering half a dozen troopers. As Miranda had wisely picked all the squad members who were technically oriented, save for Samara and Viktor, for this mission, the geth troopers didn’t stand a chance. Energy drain blasts from Kirrahe, Erin, Michael, Jade and Jentha, and overload blasts from everyone else save for Reznov and Samara fried the circuitry and shields of the geth, leaving them nothing more than spastically twitching platforms on the floor even before the geth could fire off a shot. “Bosh’tet. They just set off the alarms.”Kenn cursed. “Wait, I didn’t hear any alarms.”Kirrahe piped up.
“Geth don’t need alarms, they use their damn consensus to do so. Faster than our little ring the alarm gig.”Reegar explained with a snort as they moved forward. “Ah. I see. This is problematic.”Kirrahe hummed mostly to himself as they encountered more geth. They moved through the ship, eliminating more geth until they came to the operations control centre, where Kenn sent out a false flag fire alert the reversed the lockdown that the geth had put the ship under as both Thomas and Kirrahe picked up a couple of geth pulse rifles each. They then hurried through the length of the dreadnought, fighting through maintenance areas and even the main gun battery, which spanned the length of the entire ship.
They reached the drive core after slaughtering what Miranda reckoned was about half of the geth platforms. Granted, it wasn’t much of a fight as the geth consistently found themselves getting their shields fried or drained before either a hail of gunfire or another overload rendered them nonfunctional. “Alright Erin, open the protective armor. Arthur, get the explosives ready.”Miranda ordered as everyone fanned out in the drive core room. “Yes Shepard!”Erin called out, holstering her X9 Tempest before hurrying forward to the console and tapping away at it while Arthur primed the explosives. Kirrahe spotted a geth hunter above them and fired his Scorpion pistol at it after draining its shields. It staggered around wildly before being blown into smithereens as Kirrahe nodded in satisfaction.
“Damn Major, you gotta loan me one of those sometime soon.”Arthur remarked, impressed by Kirrahe’s pistol. “I could always put in a requisition order if you’d like. Maybe even make it standard issue for this squad.”Kirrahe smiled as the protective armor parted to reveal Legion, strung up in a network of cables and wires. “Legion? What on Earth are you doing here?”Miranda asked in shock. “We request assistance. These wires can be retracted with commands from the console up there.”Legion nodded its head at said console. “My goodness Legion, are you alright?”Erin gasped as she traced one of the thick cables.
“Yes. But we would prefer to be unrestrained. Alert: Additional platforms converging on this position. ETA 2 minutes.”Legion replied as Miranda nodded. “Alright Erin, Jentha, get up on that console and release him. Reznov, Michael, Danner, Kirrahe, you all get up top and provide covering fire. Everyone else, fan out. We’re going to have some unwanted guests.” “Wait! How can we just trust a geth we just met! This is nuts!”Reegar sputtered. “This geth has helped me and Captain Shepard eliminate the Collectors. In addition to that, it has saved my life more than once and it has even taken a bullet for me.”Miranda replied firmly as Erin and Jentha began working on getting Legion free.
“If you say so ma’am.”Reegar replied respectfully as he assumed defensive position with the rest of the squad. “Okay we got it!”Jentha cried out as the cables snapped off Legion’s platform by themselves, just in time for the lead element of reinforcements to come through the door. They didn’t last long as EMP attacks and gunfire were liberally applied to any geth coming through the door. “As a sign of our cooperation, we are shutting down the drive core and kinetic barrier system on this ship.”Legion intoned once it got free. “Alright, that’s the 1^st wave down! Legion, how do we get out of here?”Miranda called over to Legion, who was standing next to the squad and holding a geth pulse rifle taken from a dead geth. Suddenly, the ship rumbled and bucked wildly as explosions were heard throughout the ship.
“What the fuck? I didn’t plant any explosives!”Arthur asked in bewilderment as Kenn looked at them. “Guys, we’ve got to go now! Admiral Gerrel just ordered the entire Heavy Fleet to open fire on this dreadnought!”He yelled in panic as more explosions followed. “Follow us to the hangar. We will acquire an escape vehicle.”Legion said as it led the way as the squad rushed after the geth. “Son of a motherfucker! The damn quarians just opened fire on us!”Michael cursed as he ducked to avoid an explosion as the squad kept running till they saw Legion standing by a large geth craft with an open hatch, waving them in. The entire squad managed to cram in as Legion jumped into the pilot’s seat, sealing the hatch and taking off immediately.
“Uh Legion, what are we in? I’ve never seen geth spacecraft like this before.”Garrus said from the back as Miranda radioed the Normandy to let them know their current situation while the dreadnought blew up behind them. “This is a geth bomber, Vakarian Officer. You are in the bomb bay. It is one of the smaller models, so we apologize for any discomfort.”Legion said apologetically. “Geth can apologize? Well, I’ll be damned.”Reegar grunted. “Do us a favor Legion. Please don’t hit the bombs away button.”Garrus half joked-half pleaded. “There is no bombs away button on this bomber. But rest assured, we will not activate the bomb release.”The geth replied seriously as they docked in the Normandy.
As soon as the squad filed out, they were greeted by a very pissed off Megan. “Miri, did they just fire on that dreadnought with you and the squad still aboard?!”She seethed. “Yes, they fired on it as per Admiral Gerrel’s orders.”Kenn confirmed as Megan stormed off to the lift, followed closely by her wife as the brunette tossed her helmet aside. “Megan, please, we’re alright!”Miranda tried to reason, but Megan was having none of it. She stormed past the security field as Miranda shook her head at Sarah and Bethany, cutting off their protests and letting them know it wasn’t the time. “Admiral Gerrel, did you just give the order to fire upon that dreadnought with my wife and squad still aboard it?!”Megan raged, getting the attention of Gerrel and Shala’Raan.
“Yes, I did give the ord-oof!”Gerrel gasped as Megan punched him in the gut hard, before slamming him on the table and laying into him. “Cassie, stop! You’ll kill him!”Miranda yelled as she restrained Megan, who was about to hit Gerrel with a biotic enhanced fist. “This fuckwit almost killed you Miri!”The redhead yelled back as the crew stared, stunned. “But he didn’t! Now please, calm down. The squad and I are perfectly fine.” “Okay. You fired upon my crew, endangering their lives and damn near killing them. I want you to get your fucking ass off my ship, now!”Megan snapped as Gerrel limped his way out, wheezing from the thrashing Megan had given him.
“I am so sorry about this unfortunate incident, Captain. Han really had it coming though, and there’s a little part of me that’s glad that you walloped him.”Raan apologized. As Megan let out a huge huff of air. “Just make sure that this doesn’t happen ever again.”The Vanguard snapped as Raan nodded. “Of course. Unfortunately, we have another fire to put out. Do you remember the groundside planetary defense cannon I was telling you about earlier? Zaal’Koris crashed his ship into it to destroy it and spare the fleet from massive damage just 5 minutes ago.” “So, you want us to rescue him?”Megan asked. “Yes. If he dies, we fear that ship captains will try to flee as morale is already at a low.”Raan confirmed.
“Alright. You good to go, Miri?”Megan asked as she grasped the armored shoulders of her wife. “Definitely. I just hope that everyone hasn’t taken off their armor yet.”Miranda said as they leaned in to briefly kiss each other. “Well, go get them space diva. I’ll be here rooting for you.”Megan whispered with a smile as Miranda returned it, turning around to head back to the shuttle bay for yet another mission.
Final notes: At this point, I’m not going to add in anymore OCs. I have more than enough, and fleshing out an OC is kinda tough. Anyways, I always wanted to have a smack down on Gerrel after he damn near kills Shepard and the crew with his little stunt ingame, and I know I’m not alone. As usual, thanks for reading, please drop a review before leaving, and bye bye!
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