Just Need Someone: A Future Worth Fighting For Chapter 1
AN: An here we go with the next arc/act of this series. I cut off the last arc because of the theme shift that this one takes, the one before was more of a personal rebuilding of family and friendships and the early years of Sunra/Milra. The one before that which was mostly ME3 related was Aura's need to find a reason worth fighting on against impossible odds. This arc's main focus is more focused on Milra/Sunra each finding their own reasons and establishing their own reasons and futures. These next two chapters were the last real scene help I had done with the help of Jules. From here out most of what I write is just from notes and ideas I assembled over the various plays and rewrites to the main story idea I had. Some she had input or origination on but left it to me to write how it played out. Anyhow for those that asked about Falere, yes it sucks how she's being semi-forced into things here, and yes Milra is a jerk for her line in the last chapter, but it fits her character LOL hopefully my little Falere speech will make things fit and give the emotional feel I wanted.
AN2: Also fyi the name Talso below is an asari name I made up for Falere's father and Samara's bond mate. The fate of which I note below.
==1 hour later - Normandy - Outside Medbay==
Milra and Sunra sat at the mess hall table on deck 2, most things were still the same as before the refit, the eight person table and chairs were still present, and the kitchen as well. But the approach area to the fire control room was now walled off from sight indicating that the support and power systems for the THANIX cannons was enlarged.
Milra herself had yet to get a look into her/Liara's old cabin but she figured that could wait. The same Sunra figured for the other areas of the ship. Each looked over to where Falere was quietly being talked to by Aura.
"..Falere," Aura said gently and softly. "..I'm sorry for making the choice like this, you know if I had any other options I would take them right?" She asked.
Falere smiled, free of her purple skin pigments after a few injections by EDI, Falere had requested it so that when Samara awoke there would be no issues with who she was, or if she died who had helped save her. "..I know Aura, it is fine really, perhaps it is symbolic in some way. The wayward daughter saving her Mother." She said with a soft wry chuckle.
"..Maybe, still doesnt mean I got to like it, alright from what EDI explained to me the device will scan you much like the interface that Legion used to scan me into the Geth mind during the War. We're unsure exactly what you'll see, hear, or experience in there. Likely it will be imagery from Samara's life or what she is currently 'dreaming' of in her coma state. EDI says that you need to convince her that whatever has trapped her mind is false, that it is not real and lead her back through the interface once the...'patterns' of her are there we can then split you two off and if all goes well you'll both wake up." Aura explained as best she could.
"..I understand, is there a time limit for this?" Falere said.
Aura shook her head, her dark red locks of loose hair waving slightly, "..No, so long as we dont have any interruptions here, or power loss, something that shouldnt happen since we're not going anywhere and for all intents we are safe here." She said.
Falere took a breath. "..Ok then, do you mind if you three wait out here? I know you all want to be in there if...well if whatever happens no matter what happens. I would feel more comfortable if EDI handled this with me alone." She said.
Aura glanced over at her daughters, then nodded to Falere. "..Of course.." She said then hugged the older asari Ardat-Yakshi, "..Whatever happens know that I trust you'll do your best." She whispered as Falere after a moments hesitation returned it.
Aura left and returned to Milra and Sunra, the second of which had her protests silenced by Aura as Falere entered the med bay, the bay itself was mostly as it had been before, only a few things were upgraded such as the medical scanners and operation tools. EDI stood at the left most corner where a series of wires, boxes and other technological devices that mystified Falere were present hooked up to the two corner beds one which held her Mother. "..EDI can you give me a moment with her before we start?" Falere asked.
EDI nodded, "..Of course Falere, I will be in the AI core when you are ready." the AI said entering the core area connected to the med-bay
Falere now alone looked down at the 770 some year old Justicar, "..Part of me wants to be angry with you Mother. Part of me wants to curse my own life for what I am. Part of me wants to blame you and Aura for not doing more to save Rila to letting her die. I want to be angry with you to scream at you for all the things in my life. The fights, the arguments, the feelings of loneliness and sense of being abandoned by you after Talso my father died when you left us at that Monastery and went after...after her." Falere said faltering wiping tears away. "..This is what I felt all that time before you showed up during the War and after." She said sitting on the scanner bed next to Samara who lay in the coma connected to her side of this mysterious device and the life support systems to keep her body functioning and live from day to day. "..I cant though, despite all that my life has cursed me for. You're still my Mother. The one that gave me life and loved me. I realize now after all this time you encouraged Rila and I to go to that Monastery so that we could go on living. It was not as bad as some make it seem, we had freedoms of sort and the people there I came to eventually realize were there to protect us just as much as they were to protect others. I suppose as I said to Aura, this is a sort of way to return that gift of life, safety and most of all love you gave me and Rila. So I cant hate you, despite how much some may think I have every right to. Aura needs you, Sunra and Milra they need you both I dont think Aura realizes yet how each of them in their own ways is unstable given you both vanished from their lives as such a young age. Someone obviously screwed up with their check ups growing up. But its not my place to say that, that's yours So despite what EDI, Aura, and the others are saying of how risky this is. I'm taking the chance that you'll at least pull through, and know that...if we both do...and...and you still hold to what the Code asks of you..." Falere faltered again and took a breath. "..I'll handle things, thats all I'll say." She said rising and opening the door to the AI core.
"..Are you ready Falere?" EDI asked as the Ai's body entered the room again.
Falere nodded laying down on the scanner bed next to Samara. "..Let's do this.." she said.
EDI simply nodded pressing a few buttons on an interface. "..Remain still while the scanner copies your bio-patterns to the database.." She said.
Falere took another slow breath to calm her racing heart and breathing rate. As the golden blue swirl pattern of the scanner went over her three times with growing speed. "..Pattern copied, Falere I need you to initiate a bond through the gloves on your hands. The device will do the rest.." EDI said
Slowly the world faded away from Falere the soft lighting of the med bay. Replaced soon by a odd artificial feeling dark void she heard herself as if she was listening speak the common phrase of all asari. "..Embrace Eternity.."
AN3: I know...more teasing but I figure why not a good spot to end it ;) It'll save me time getting out chapter 2 soon!