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Reunited	By : Boompeew Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 25157 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Author’s notes: Welcome to chapter 46 of Reunited! I can’t believe it, it’s almost 50 chapters in more than 3 years later, and you guys are still with me. It’s been one hell of a journey, and I truly appreciate every one of you guys sticking around to read my fic. And regarding the questions I got regarding the last chapter, I will be creating some weapons for the different races that aren’t ingame. The X17 Proselyte Samara had last chapter was envisioned by me to be a curvier version of the X9 Tempest with slightly more punch to each round. 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).
“So, you’ve been fighting geth all your life? Tough bastards.”Viktor commented as the shuttle swooped down towards a small clearing where the squad would then proceed on foot to take out the AA cannons that were protecting the geth jamming tower, which was jamming all attempts to establish communications with Admiral Zaal’Koris. “Pretty much, but there’s the occasional batarian pirate gang. Compared to geth, they’re pushovers.”Reegar grunted as he took a look around the shuttle. Besides Reznov and him, Miranda, Ashley, whose shoulder had recovered faster than anticipated, Erin, Legion, Garrus, Verlus, Michael, Jade, Danner, Kirrahe, Jentha, Kenn and Arthur.
“Ah yes, batarian pirates. Generally poorly trained even considering that they usually have Hegemony backing. But what they lack in combat training they make up for in brutality.”Kirrahe nodded as the shuttle began banking hard. “Hold on guys, they’re taking potshots at us.”Steve said evenly as he skillfully put the shuttle through evasive maneuvers that made the squad’s stomachs lurch. “Alright, we’re clear. 20 seconds till drop!”The pilot announced. “Great flying Steve. Alright, get ready to bail!”Miranda said as everyone checked their weapons one last time. “You’re lucky Thomas isn’t here Steve. Otherwise he’d be giving you shit about those crazy evasive maneuvers.”Garrus spoke up.
“Ah, he’s just making excuses for him being a big pussy.”Cortez scoffed as the shuttle came into the clearing, the doors swinging open as everyone jumped out. “Have fun and come back in one piece!”Cortez yelled out the door before they closed and he took off again. “Alright, stay sharp and move out.”Miranda commanded as they moved forward in a spearhead formation, merging into a single file occasionally as the rocky pass got narrow at several points. Soon, they saw a burning escape pod lying broken amidst the rocks across a ravine. “Alright. I see 3 geth troopers, a rocket trooper, and…is that a sniper rifle he’s holding?”Michael reported in as he surveyed the landscape with his Widow.
“Yeah think so. That sure as hell ain’t no geth pulse rifle I’ve ever seen.”Danner replied as he looked through the scope of his Saber DMR. “Garrus, Verlus, Danner, Michael, stay up here and provide sniper support while everyone else, follow me closely. Shoot on my go.”Miranda ordered softly as she crept her way across the ravine followed by the squad, finally taking cover behind a huge boulder. “Zap their shields, and then open fire.”Miranda commanded as right on cue, Erin, Jentha, Jade, Legion and Kenn fried the shields of the geth before shots from the 4 snipers took down the geth sniper, the rocket trooper and 2 troopers. The last one was quickly cut down by gunfire from Miranda and Reznov.
“Looks like the guys in the escape pods tried to crawl out but were gunned down by the geth.”Jentha said sadly as Reegar growled, kicking one of the geth platforms. “Parker-Operative, this sniper weapon system is designated ‘Javelin’. It was developed recently by the Consensus, and its power is equal to that of a Widow rifle.”Legion spoke up as it picked up the long rifle both Danner and Michael had spotted earlier as the snipers rushed up to regroup. “I see. Damn, now the geth have sniper rifles too.”Verlus grumbled as the squad continued moving forward. “Wow. I still can’t get over the fact that I’m actually standing on Rannoch. All those years of wandering around…and now we’re so close to taking back our homeland.”Kenn said as the squad moved forward.
“And if we hurry, we’re probably gonna take our planet back before the week is over.”Reegar grunted as they made their way over the rocky terrain. “Watch it, we got-”Ashley began to call out, but was interrupted by Legion’s Javelin charging up and firing within 2 seconds with a zip and then a loud ‘blam’. The shot lanced right through the head of an advancing geth pyro, depleting its shields and continuing right through the armored head, detonating the fuel tank it was carrying and depleting the shields of the 3 accompanying geth troopers. Reznov and Reegar, who were on point, quickly disposed of them.
“Holy shit.”Danner said, impressed with the power of the Javelin rifle. “Goddamn. I have never, ever been able to get a Widow to do that. Drop a geth pyro in one shot, sure, but to blow the fuel tank up too? Nope.”Michael commented as they kept moving forward into another clearing, where they found several dead quarian and geth bodies. “Shit, that’s Pel’Naar. A little jumpy, but he was a good kid.”Reegar sighed sadly as he knelt over the body of a quarian marine as Miranda rushed over to a coughing quarian whose suit stained with blood. “Hang in there; I’m going to help you.”Miranda said in a reassuring tone, reaching out to apply medigel to the quarian as he shook his head.
“No…I’m too far gone. It’s the 1^st time I’ve even touched a gun…”He wheezed as Miranda applied medigel to try and stop his bleeding as he looked at the dead geth platform Miranda had kicked aside to help him. “What’s your name, and where’s Admiral Koris?”The brunette asked. “I-I’m Dorn’Hazt. Mechanic on the Qwib-Qwib. He went down with the ship and I heard he survived. I don’t know anything else besides that…”Hazt wheezed. “Thank you. Don’t move too much and you’ll be fine.”Miranda thanked. “Don’t bother about me, go find…Admiral…Koris. Please, tell Jona…tell him…his father made it…to the homeworld.”Hazt breathed his last as he slumped over dead.
Miranda turned away, deeply saddened as Erin laid a hand on her shoulder. “Hey, we should go fulfill his last wish. Once the AA guns and the jamming tower are down, we can find Koris.”The blonde said softly. “Right. Come on squad, we’re almost at the 1^st AA gun.”Miranda cleared her throat and moved out. As they approached the AA gun complex, they encountered increasingly larger geth patrols coming into their path before arriving at the small complex proper. There were 2 geth primes and dozens of other troops opposing their push forward, but they eventually made it to the gun with no casualties and Erin got to work disabling the gun. “Alright everyone, get your ammo!”Jade called out as she set up her supply pylon.
“Thanks, I was down to my last couple of clips.”Garrus thanked as he scooped up a handful of thermal clips alongside everyone else. “Alert, geth reinforcements are inbound!”Legion warned as more geth came running in from the east hill. “Hurry it up, Erin!”Miranda yelled as she overloaded the shields of a geth hunter trying to sneak up close before blasting its head off with a burst from her Harrier. Garrus and Verlus were busy wreaking havoc on the geth, the explosive rounds from their Krysae sniper rifles stumbling and killing the smaller hunters and troopers as the larger primes and pyros kept stumbling. Michael, Danner and Legion were picking off geth one by one with their rifles as Reegar and Kenn’s Adas rifles fried geth platforms while Reznov kept them suppressed.
The rest of the squad was focused on the 4 incoming primes, constantly hammering their shields with overload and drain attacks while pouring gunfire at them. Jentha killed the 1^st prime to go down with a burst from her X55 after it had its armor weakened by rockets from her combat drone. Miranda and Ashley took out the next prime after Verlus zapped its shields to nothing, and a shot from Legion’s Javelin claimed the head of the 3^rd prime. The last prime found itself left with 2 supporting troopers and one last geth hunter, but that didn’t last long. Jade hosed down the hunter with her X7 Hurricane while Kirrahe eliminated the 2 troopers with headshots from his Indra.
“Done! Now for the next AA gun next to that jamming tower!”Erin yelled into the radio as she emerged from the control bunker, just in time to see Jade’s EMP grenade and a final shot from Garrus’ Krysae killed off the last prime. “Shit that was intense!”Michael panted as he took a quick drink of water from his hydration backpack in his armor before moving up to grab a handful of thermal clips from Jade’s supply pylon. Once everyone had enough thermal clips and Jade packed up her supply pylon, which she had affectionately nicknamed ‘dispenser’, they moved on to the next AA gun, surprisingly not running into contact with any geth.
“No geth out here. Odd.”Reegar grunted. “Reegar-Colonel, all geth units are setting up defensive positions around the AA gun. Therefore we have not had any enemy contact.”Legion explained as Reegar eyed it warily. “And how do we know you’re not just leading us into an ambush?” “If it were our intention to harm this squad, we would have done so approximately 14 minutes ago when we were holding off the reinforcements.”Legion explained. “Right. I still got my eyes on you, tin man.”The quarian colonel grunted as Miranda signaled to halt. “Alright. Legion, Danner, Garrus, Michael, Verlus, Arthur, Jade and Kirrahe, get up on that ridgeline and provide sniper support while we move forward. When we overload their shields, start shooting.”She ordered.
“Roger. Waiting on you.”Danner radioed back as they heard the distinctive sound of Jade’s dispenser going up in the background. Miranda initiated the attack by overloading a geth pyro’s shields before a shot from Michael’s Widow blasted its armored head off and caused an explosion that knocked the surrounding geth troopers off their feet. The rest of the squad also launched their EMP attacks on the geth troopers, eliminating some of them as the sniper fire began coming in fast, dropping geth in record time. “Kenn, Erin, overload the shields on that prime! Jentha, overload it and distract with your drone!”Miranda yelled as she overloaded a hunter before flinging it away with her biotics, and then following it up by gunning down a rocket trooper with her X60.
The hunters and troopers were going down easily, but the primes were a real problem. “Mudak! Cursed rocket launchers!”Reznov cursed as he took cover to reload his X77 Typhoon and to dodge a barrage of rockets from a prime. The primes were heavily shielded and armored, and were proving to be a real bitch to take down. Ashley ducked, barely avoiding a blast of fire from a geth pyro as Kirrahe blasted it into non-functionality before she popped back out to fire her X55 at one of the primes, chipping away at its armor as she threw an incendiary grenade at it, damaging its armor and slowly melting it away. The 1^st of the 7 primes there finally went down with combined fire from Miranda, Jentha, Reznov and Danner.
The 2^nd fell over dead and self destructed with one final headshot from Arthur’s X7 Valiant, and without the support of the troopers, hunters and pyros, the towering geth primes found themselves taking heavy fire from all sides, and they fell soon enough. “Area’s clear! Erin, Jentha, disable that AA gun ASAP! Jade and Verlus, get down here!”The brunette Sentinel snapped as they secured the perimeter. “Area is clear of geth at the moment. All platforms are currently engaged in finding Admiral Koris.”Legion reported as the quad AA gun fired once more, supposedly at Cortez. “The guns are still firing. That’s good; it means that the shuttle hasn’t been shot down yet.”Kenn muttered.
“45 more seconds on the gun! It seems like the geth reinforced the encryption after we hacked the 1^st gun!”Jentha reported in. “Keep on it, Cortez can’t dodge its fire all day long.”Miranda ordered, adding a few more thermal clips to the 2 remaining spares in her combat armor. One more salvo later, the gun finally fell silent. “We got it! Now to call Cortez in!”Jentha cried triumphantly as she and Erin came running out of the control centre as Ashley and Michael fired their flares up into the sky. Within 15 seconds, the shuttle came roaring over and opened fire on the jamming tower with its guns, destroying it after a salvo of shots. “This is Admiral Zaal’Koris of the Migrant Fleet, is anyone out there?”A voice sounded on everyone’s radios as Miranda keyed her mic.
“I’m Lieutenant Commander Shepard of the Normandy. What’s your status?”Miranda radioed back. “I’m holding out with my crew in the shipwreck. The geth are about to kill us!”Koris radioed back, his voice panicked. “Alright, we’ll be there soon.”Miranda answered as Erin signaled to her that she had triangulated Koris’ position while everyone hurried into the shuttle. “Please, save my crew as well!”Koris pleaded as the shuttle lifted off and Reznov and Garrus opened the window and swung the mounted X134 chain gun outwards as the shuttle raced to the Admiral’s location. “Alright, we’ll get a 2^nd shuttle in.”Miranda promised, signaling to Kirrahe to call in the 2^nd shuttle, which he did.
“Thank you! Please hurry!”He pleaded before the transmission was cut off by a loud explosion. “Jesus, the geth are right on top of them! Coming in hot!”Cortez warned as he pulled the shuttle in for a gun run, the mounted guns on the Kodiak firing and thinning out the horde of geth around the crashed ship as Reznov and Garrus sprayed fire from the X134s at the geth as Cortez made another gun run. “Admiral, I need you to run for the shuttle as soon as you can. The other shuttle will be here in 30 seconds.”Miranda reported as Steve brought the shuttle into a hover right next to the wreckage, where a small group of survivors were clustered. “Garrus, open the door! Reznov, stay on the gun!”Miranda barked as Garrus got off the gun and pushed the door open.
“Wait!”Koris pleaded as he ran up with 2 small quarian children, holding their hands and using his body to shield them from incoming geth fire. Reegar, Legion, Erin and Jade grabbed the children and quickly hauled them aboard as Miranda, Michael and Verlus put down suppressing fire as Koris was hauled aboard. “We’re taking heavy fire! The shields are down to 40 percent!”Steve yelled. “Alright we’re clear! Go!”Ashley yelled as the shuttle lifted off and took off for the Normandy. As they breached the stratosphere, they saw the other shuttle descending on the planet. “Who’s on the 2^nd shuttle?”Miranda radioed back to the Normandy. “Thomas, James, Jacob, Javik, Susan and the Justicar are on the shuttle.”Samantha replied.
“Copy that. We’re headed back with Admiral Koris.”The brunette replied as the shuttle decelerated and Koris and Reegar comforted the terrified quarian children, and Kenn handed them tubes of dextro sweets and they quieted down somewhat. As soon as they docked, the squad quickly jumped out of the overcrowded shuttle, helping the children out as Koris kept them close. They were greeted by Megan, who seemed relieved that the entire squad was completely unharmed. “Lieutenant Commander, Captain, I’m in your debt for saving the lives of my remaining crew and me.”Koris sighed sadly as the quarian kids clung to him.
“You’re welcome Admiral. Admiral Raan asked for us to come save you, so she’s also to thank.”Megan nodded. “Still, thank you for helping us. I want you to know that whatever happens, you have my full support. I must get back to my fleet. I’d assume that the captains in my fleet are panicking right now.”Koris promised as they moved into the enclosed, constantly pressurized area that contained the armory and storage area. “They are, actually. The fact that you’ve returned unharmed is a huge stabilizing influence.”Megan replied as a buzzer sounded, indicating that the other shuttle had returned. “Oh and guys, Alliance Requisitions actually sent a courier ship here with supplies and they even sent over a crate of Black Widow sniper rifles.”The redhead reported.
“Awesome. I can’t wait to get my hands on one of those.”Michael smiled as Koris spoke up again. “You have a geth in your crew helping you? Amazing.” “Yeah, he’s Legion. He helped me destroy the Collectors a couple of years back when they were abducting humans.”Megan replied. “We are pleased to be of assistance, Creator-Koris.”Legion spoke up as he offered his hand. “Legion, is it? I apologize for us quarians consistently trying to destroy your kind due to a narrow, bigoted mindset. I want nothing but peace between our peoples.”The Admiral shook the geth’s hand. “We concur. We also wish for peace between our people as well.”Legion replied.
The other shuttle came in, smoke and sparks trailing from the starboard engine as it struggled into the docking bay. Once the shuttle bay doors closed and the shuttle bay repressurised, crew members rushed out to spray down the engine with fire retardant foam. The doors flipped open as Thomas hopped out, helping the quarians disembark as Jacob helped on the other side. The quarian children ran to a female quarian the crew assumed was their mother as 4 more quarians got off, and Javik and James emerged from the shuttle carrying a stretcher bearing an unconscious quarian, a marine judging by the patch on his suit as the rest of the 2^nd squad and Bethany, the pilot, exited the shuttle.
“Alright, I have to get them onto a quarian ship as soon as possible. Could you dock with the Shellen?”Koris said as Megan nodded. “Not a problem Admiral. Joker, set a course for the Shellen. Admiral Koris and I are coming up to the cockpit to deal with the protocols.”Megan ordered through the PA system as she glanced at her squad stripping out of their armor and unloading their weapons. “Aye aye Shepard.”Joker responded as they felt the ship lurch slightly as it accelerated to the target. Once Koris had disembarked, Megan headed into the War Room to check on the situation with Raan and Admiral Xen, who’d come aboard with Raan and had been caught trying to snoop around the Normandy’s systems.
“Captain Shepard. It’s been confirmed that the geth no longer possess the programming upgrades they had while being enslaved by the Reapers since your squad destroyed the dreadnought. Once again, I sincerely apologize for Admiral Gerrel’s reckless actions.”Raan greeted. “You’re welcome, and I don’t blame you for firing on my crew.”Megan replied. “Shepard-Captain, we are prepared to offer assistance.”Legion said as it entered the War Room with Sarah following it unsurely with her X8 at the ready, butt against her shoulder in case she needed to put Legion down. “What the hell is this?!”Raan cried out as Xen stared at Legion, not moving a single muscle.
“Calm down! His name is Legion and he helped me destroy the Collectors a couple of years back. I trust him, and you should too. Anyways, the Reapers were using Legion like a signal booster to broadcast commands to all other geth from the dreadnought. My wi-LC Shepard’s squad freed him.”Megan said with a hand up to signal for calm. “This is a fascinating prototype. With some study, I may be able to use it to fi-” “Don’t you even dare lay a finger on him. You’re lucky I haven’t kicked you off my ship for attempting to hack into our systems.”The redhead warned, interrupting Xen as the quarian admiral turned on her.
“The scientific benefits-” “Can be forgotten about. Legion is my friend, and he’s our best source of info on what the other geth are up to.”Megan warned, pointing a warning finger at Xen, who just crossed her arms. “What can you tell us about the geth? How will they react without Reaper guidance?”Raan asked Legion, trying to defuse tension. “This is a false assumption. You have cut off long range control, but the Old Machines have placed a base on Rannoch for short range direction.”Legion responded. “The geth still have Reaper upgrades?”Raan gasped. “Correct. They are currently disorganized, but once the short range signal is in place, they will recover.”
“Keelah. I need to warn the Fleet. Xen, coordinate with Gerrel! Move!”Raan barked as Xen just nodded, turning back to the terminal she’d borrowed. “We need to eliminate this Reaper base right now. Where’s its location?”Megan asked Legion in a commanding tone. “Unknown.” “Find it, and make it quick. The faster this is over, the faster we get back to defeating the Reapers.”The Captain snapped as Legion nodded. “Understood. We do know the location of a server from which geth fighter squadrons are controlled. The squadrons are targeting Creator liveships. Disabling them will reduce casualties. We will offer assistance.” “Got it.”Megan nodded as she saw the holo of Rannoch and the base Legion had highlighted.
“Captain, I will send a company of marines down there to secure that server facility. It’s the least I can do to repay all that you’ve done for the quarian people.”Raan said gratefully as Megan nodded. “Thank you, I’m sure my squad will appreciate the little break. When will your marines move out?” “Within the next 12 hours. We will let you know when we’ve secured the facility.”Raan replied. “Creator-Raan, we request that you do not destroy the server. Destroying it will only disrupt the operations of the squadrons and not put an end to it. We recommend shutting it down and repurposing the programs onboard to our faction.”Legion recommended as Raan agreed.
“Great. Everyone get back to work. Legion, I want to talk with you.”Megan ordered as she walked out of the room, Legion by her side. “Shepard-Captain, you opposed Creator-Xen’s attempt to confiscate our platform.”Legion spoke 1^st. “Bitch has done enough already. She’s not going to get her grubby hands on you.”Megan growled as they passed the checkpoint, where Sarah had resumed standing guard. “Your assistance continues to be noted.” “You mentioned heretics on the dreadnought. So what happened to them after we rewrote them?”Megan asked, referring to a mission they had embarked on for Legion just before hitting the Collector base.
“Rewriting the heretics increased the number of geth allied with the Old Machines. This has resulted in a greater number of hostile geth platforms.”The geth answered as they waited for the lift. “Shit, so it was basically a mistake.”Megan sighed as Legion shook his head. “It has put us at a tactical disadvantage. This was not a foreseen outcome, but we cannot change a decision once it is made. Do you harbor regrets about rewriting the heretics?” “Not really, no. The quarians hit first. If we finally get rid of that damn Reaper signal, maybe this war doesn’t have to end with everyone destroyed.”The Vanguard replied as Legion seemed thoughtful. “An interesting notion. Most organics would not hold onto ideals of peace for long.”
“What did you do after the Normandy was grounded and the crew left?”Megan asked as the lift finally arrived and they stepped into it. “Our physical platform returned to the consensus beyond the Perseus Veil. Data gathered during our mission confirmed that the Old Machines’ return was imminent. We planned for war.”Legion answered. “Wait a minute…so the geth just believed your proof that the Reapers were coming back? Just like that?”Megan asked. “Of course.”Legion replied, not understanding Megan’s doubt. “So, when you went back and told them that the Reapers were coming, they just said “Okay, let’s do this shit.”? Fucking bullshit!”The redhead cried out in frustration as Legion just stayed silent, completely lost as Megan calmed herself.
“The geth have fought the quarians before, so what’s the difference this time around? Why the need to side with the Reapers?”Megan continued questioning. “The geth were building a mega structure to house all geth, store all memories. It was to end our isolation from each other.”Legion replied. “Let me guess, the quarians blew it up.” “Yes. A significant amount of programs were installed when the creators began bombing. We did not have sufficient surplus hardware to save them all. Some programs could not be recovered.”Legion nodded, and his tone actually sounded sad. “Is that what made the geth desperate enough to side with the Reapers?”The redhead asked as they walked into the mess hall, seeing Miranda, Samantha and a few other crew members chatting.
“Yes. Imagine that for every one of your people lost on Earth, your own intelligence dimmed. The creators’ attack narrowed the geth’s perspective. Self preservation took precedence.”The geth explained. “You were afraid that you’d all be wiped out.”Megan nodded understandingly. “We do not experience fear as you would, but we have no desire to be exterminated.”Legion corrected. “Even if that cost the geth their free will?” “That is an acceptable trade to geth.”The geth nodded as Megan got a cup of coffee from Gardner, who waved at him. Legion waved back stiffly, still not accustomed to the greeting gesture as Javik stopped and stared.
“What is that machine?”Javik demanded as everyone turned to him. “Legion’s a geth who’s allied with us.”Miranda replied. “Yes. A formidable opponent. Why did you allow one on this ship?”The prothean asked sternly. “Legion’s helped us before. Saved our lives, even.”Megan replied, arms crossed against her chest. “It’s still a machine.” “So I’m guessing you Protheans had your own problems with AIs?”Susan piped up from the mess table, where she sat opposite Miranda and next to Michael, whom she’d bonded with very well over the past few days. “The zha’til. They were as the geth are to this cycle. Their creators lived on a dying world which was beyond their ability to save.”Javik began as Samara nodded. “So, what happened?”The justicar asked.
“So they resorted to implants to enhance their intelligence.” “I think I know where this is going…”Garrus muttered as Javik continued. “The AI seized the physical body. It could alter genetic material at the deepest level. In time, the offspring were molded into a slave race. Few organic traces were left. They were monsters. All machines commit treachery. The one you brought aboard is no different.”Javik concluded, gesturing at Legion. “We would accomplish nothing by harming this crew. Mutual cooperation is more beneficial to us.”The geth defended himself. “He’s not like the other geth. He’s had hundreds of chances to turn on us but he never did.”Megan spoke up.
“You can’t know that. They are more alien to you and I are to each other.”The prothean retorted. “Just because Legion isn’t like us doesn’t mean that he can’t be trusted.”Miranda shot back as Javik snorted. “You’re wrong. Throw it out the airlock.” “How can you be that certain? You might be mistaken!”Oriana protested as Legion stood awkwardly. “We do not appreciate being airlocked.”Legion said. “Organics do not know how we were created. Some say by chance. Some say by miracle. It is a mystery. But synthetics…”Javik trailed off. “…They know we created them.”Megan finished. “And they know we are flawed.”The prothean said.
“They are immortal, we are not. They see time as an illusion. We are trapped by its limitations. Above all, machines know the reason they were created.” “I disagree with that, but I see your point.”Erin spoke up as she stirred the sugar into her mug of coffee. “They serve a purpose, while we search aimlessly for ours. In their eyes, organics have no reason to exist. Do not trust them.”Javik warned. “There has to be a way for us to co-exist. We made them, didn’t we?”Megan muttered in disbelief. “And then gave them the power to surpass you. There is room for only one order of consciousness in the galaxy: the perfection of the machines; or the chaos of the organics. Throw it out of the airlock, Captain.”Javik insisted.
“Huh, that’s a little too philosophical for me. I just kill synthetics.”Reegar grunted, shrugging as he drank his dextro-friendly mug of coffee through a straw slotted into his mouthpiece. “Let me get this straight, Javik. Whenever there’s a problem, your response is to airlock it. So if there was a vermin infestation on your ship…”Michael trailed off, letting Javik finish the sentence. “Throw it out the airlock.”Javik said, to nobody’s surprise. “And if an enemy boarded your ship…”James piped up. “Throw it out the airlock.” “If one of your subordinates offends you…”Susan continued as people began sniggering. “Throw him out the airlock.”
“If you lose at chess…”Samantha added on, barely containing her giggles at the expected answer. “Throw your opponent out the airlock.”Javik grumbled as the guffawing started. “If someone stole your things…”Kelly giggled as Javik looked at everyone like they’d all grown second heads. Apparently, the prothean wasn’t getting the joke. “Throw him out the airlock. Why do you keep asking me all these questions, primitives? Why are you laughing?”Javik growled. “If the Reapers got shrunk down to our size, what would you do?”Verlus snickered. “Throw them out the airlock, what else?”Garrus chuckled. “Silence, primitive. Do not interrupt me. But yes, throw the Reapers out the airlock.”
“I think I like this guy. 1 simple solution to all of life’s problems.”Reegar grunted happily, his grunting starting to sound like a chuckle as Susan turned to him. “Is grunting the only way you talk? No offense intended.”Reegar’s only response was to grunt once more while nodding his head. “Don’t mind him, he’s just always like that.”Kenn explained as Reegar answered a call on his omnitool. “Yes sir, yes-wait, what?”Reegar asked in disbelief. “But sir-they’re all KIA? Alright-yes, yes sir. Thank you sir.”Reegar grunted as the call ended. “What was that?”Megan asked Reegar. “Well, uh, Admiral Gerrel just called me to let me know that I’ve been promoted to General and I’m now in charge of the quarian marines.”Reegar explained.
“Well congratulations General.”Miranda congratulated as Reegar sighed. “Wish I didn’t have to be promoted due to the 3 generals dying though.” “Yeah, promotion through dead man’s shoes is always tough. But right now, the quarians need leaders more than ever. I’m sure you’re up to the task.”Megan replied as the quarian general nodded. “Yeah, you’re right. Time to nut up or shut up. I have some things to sort out, so I’ll be making a move.”Reegar agreed as he left. “Well, we’ve got a general on our ship now. So who do we take orders from now?”Garrus wondered. “And we have a special advisor who’s being saluted by generals aboard this ship too. So…how far down the chain are you?”Megan asked cheekily.
“…Let’s not go there.”Garrus mumbled as he averted his eyes as Verlus began chuckling and poking him in the midsection. “I can just picture it now: Primarch Vakarian. Failed comic, rebel C-Sec officer, and not a very good turian.”The redhead continued her ribbing with a shit eating grin. “They’re better off having someone who can help with the reconstruction efforts. Basically anyone who can hold a hammer right.”Garrus sighed as Kelly began giggling at her boyfriend’s awkwardness. “Hey Kelly, better hang on to him. He might just become Primarch.”Nicole added on with an evil grin as Garrus groaned aloud.
“Hey Lola, can we talk somewhere private?” “Sure thing James. Meet you in the lift.”Megan agreed to James’ request as she walked over to Miranda. “Hey babe, gonna have a private chat with James up in our cabin. See you later.”She whispered as she kissed the brunette before leaving. They went up and entered the cabin where James openly admired Megan’s cabin. “Wow. So this is what I can look forward to when I’m given my own command.”The beefy soldier whistled in appreciation. “You want your own ship, James?” “Yeah maybe one day. When I’m old and I can’t fight worth shit anymore.”Vega chuckled. “Did you just get me to bring you up here so you could make fun of your CO?”Megan sighed with a smile on her face.
“Sorry Lola. I guess…maybe I got some things on my mind. I wanted to get your opinion on something.”Vega said. “Well, out with it. Otherwise Miranda’s going to think we’re fucking in here.”Megan gestured for him to sit in the couch while she sat on her bed. “What’d you do when they asked you to join the N7 program? I mean, was it a no-brainer for you or did you think about it before accepting?”James asked sincerely. “The N7 program is one helluva big deal. But it’s also a big commitment. You get the best training, the best equipment, and the best assignments.”Megan replied. “And they expect the best in return.”James finished as the redhead nodded.
“Yeah they do, alright. Why are you asking this all of a sudden?”She asked. “Well, even with all the shit that’s going on, somebody somewhere managed to track me down and forward an N7 commendation. It’s dated the same day the Reapers attacked Earth.”James answered. “Well, you don’t sound too happy about that.” “Yeah, aside from the fact that there won’t be an N7 program if we don’t win this war, I just…being a soldier’s the only thing I’ve ever been really good at. And not cause I try. Hell, I would’ve kicked my own ass out years ago. Last time I had a command, I lost almost everyone. And they promoted me for it. I guess I’m just not sure if I’m ready to lead again. I dunno if I want that responsibility.”James sighed.
“Yeah, I remember you telling me about that mission when we were drinking sometime back. You can’t blame yourself for being put into a shit situation. For example, everyone knows what I did on Elysium, but nobody knows how my entire squad was killed because I got separated from them and they walked into an ambush while I avoided it entirely thank to me getting split up thanks to that fucking crumbling floorboard. If you were promoted, something must’ve gone right.”Megan counseled. “Sure, but-” “If you saved them all instead of going for that intel, would that have been better?”Megan interrupted as James seemed doubtful. “I…I dunno. I don’t think so.”
“The right choice is usually the tough one.”The redhead continued. “Yeah. Did you know that before joining the N7s?” “Yeah, that’s why I was asked in the first place. And that’s why they asked you too. There’s not a single N7 who hasn’t something at some point. Some even lost their own lives.” “So, you think I should join?”James asked. “If we survive this, hell yeah! It’s a no brainer. You’re a damn good soldier Vega, don’t waste an opportunity like that.”The Vanguard advised. “I’ll think about it. Seriously. If you don’t mind, please don’t mention this to anyone else.”Vega requested. “Of course. This is between us.” “Gracias. Well, I think I’d better get back to the armory and hang with Jacob. Things here…it’s a little too soft.”He nodded.
“You know James, the bed’s a lot harder than it looks.”Megan teased with a flirty smile, crossing her legs delicately. “Whoa-whoa-whoa, are you flirting with me Lola? You gotta remember that you’re married.”James chuckled as Megan burst out into full on laughter. “I’m goin’, I’m goin’…”James put up his hands in surrender. “Don’t worry, my wife is a lot more interested in you that I am. So, who’s the lady you’re after? Nicole or Jade?”The redhead smirked as Vega stopped dead. “Wait, what?” “Oh come off it Vega, you’re always hitting on them. Last time it used to be Nicole until Jade came into the picture, from which point on you decided to be a player and hit on both.”Megan laughed.
“Uh..”James seemed embarrassed, which just made Megan’s laugh even louder. “Are you ever gonna make good on all your flirting, Lieutenant?” “Well…I mean, Nicole’s hot and all, but she and Arthur seem to be, well, they’re not exactly doing the dirty, but they’re close. Plus, she can kick my ass upside down and do it again any day, and she’s kinda scary with a sword. Jade…well, she’s sweet and smart...”James said, obviously embarrassed by being called out by his CO. “Right…so, the southern belle has won you over with her sweet treasures. But does she feel the same?”Megan continued her relentless teasing, referring to Jade as James scratched his head. “Uh…you notice how close Michael and Susan are?”He tried to change the topic.
“Oh yeah. She’s turned on by his accuracy and he’s turned on by her biotic prowess. But this is about you LT, so don’t try to change the topic…”The Captain smirked as James just sighed. “Yeah, Jade probably knows I’m into her by now. Thanks for the chat Shepard, I really appreciate it.”James said as he stood up to leave. “Any day, James.”Megan replied with a nod as she got up as well and she headed for the mess hall, James for the armory. As she walked in, she heard raucous laughter as she saw everyone save for Arthur and Nicole laughing loudly. Even Miranda was laughing openly as Arthur had his head between his hands and Nicole was blushing furiously.
“So…what happened here?”Megan asked as she slipped into a seat next to Meg, who was breathless with laughter. “Nicole’s got a crush…Nicole’s got a crush…”Samantha giggled, pointing at Arthur as Nicole finally managed to tear her eyes off of her hands. “Hey! At least I admitted it! Unlike you and Meg, hiding in every corner making out and giggling like giddy schoolgirls!”Nicole burst out as all attention turned to Meg and Samantha, both of whom had turned red with embarrassment as well. “Holy crap...the Normandy’s like the love boat.”Verlus guffawed as Garrus turned to him. “Say…you’re single…hey guys! Let’s get him hooked up!”Garrus teased his old buddy as Verlus’ jaw dropped.
“Oh Spirits, no. Please, no.”Verlus pleaded to no avail. “Oh, but we should help a comrade whenever he needs it.”Susan smirked evilly as Michael nodded with a huge grin on his face. “Whatever. Say…Meg and Samantha. Tell us, how did it start?”Verlus changed the topic.”Well…we bonded over chess and scientific journals…”Meg said softly, wringing her hands and not looking at anyone. “And then we talked a lot about tech and stuff. And then the party…and…Meg is just so amazing. She’s so smart, she’s funny, and she’s just so warm.”Samantha explained, averting her gaze as the gathered crew expressed their sentiments at Sam and Meg’s relationship.
“That’s cute…say…Jade?”Megan asked as everyone’s gaze turned to the engineer. “What? What’d I do?”She asked apprehensively. “Do you know Lieutenant Vega’s into you? That’s right, he likes southern belles. That means you.”The redhead smirked as Jade bit her nail. “Oh really? Hmm…he’s kinda cute. I think I’ll have a talk with him.”Jade smiled flirtatiously as she left with her mug of coffee in hand. “Wow…everyone’s hooking up everywhere I look. On turian ships, we’d just beat the crap out of each other.”Verlus commented. “Don’t worry Verlus, we’ll get you a partner in no time.”Miranda laughed as Verlus buried his head in his hands. “Oh Spirits, no…”
Final notes: Yeah! Kal’Reegar motherfuckers! Adam Baldwin, a.k.a. Kal’Reegar, a.k.a. Animal Mother, a.k.a. Colonel John Casey, is just plain badass. Reegar constantly grunting out his most of his dialog was inspired by John Casey’s tendency to grunt in every situation. There’ll be one more chapter by next week before I get drafted into the military, and the updates after that are going to slow down quite a bit as I’m basically stuck in camp for 3 weeks without access to a computer, probably down to once a month or so. On the bright side, this fic will be coming to a close within the next 10 chapters. So please drop a constructive review before you leave, it really makes me feel good as a writer to know that people are reading my fic. Goodbye for now!
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