I ran for the beam, people falling dead at my feet, but I kept running for the beam. It was the final push I had to reach the crucible and activate the catalyst before the Reapers destroyed earth. I was dodging reaper beams left and right as fellow soldiers died right in front of my eyes then I was swallowed by a red light... a reaper beam.
I woke to find I was still alive I tried to get up... arrrgh I had to make it and finish the mission no matter what the cost I limped as fast as i could to the beam it felt like an eternity before I was just a meter away then a marauder pops out from behind a chunk of rubble and shoots me if i wasn't dying before i was now i shot that bastard in the head and walked into the beam.
Where was I? The room I was in was filled with corpses i felt sick the reapers had to be stopped. Then Anderson came in over the comm he had survived but he came out somewhere else on the Citadel when he went through the beam we managed to meet up at the control panel after what seemed like a century of walking... gah.. man my wounds hurt... F**k!
The Illusive man showed up, and now he's just like Saren he's being controlled by the Reapers but he doesn't realize it. He made me shoot Anderson that son of a Bitch, I managed to convince him to shoot himself... just like Saren. Hopefully he won't come back as a freaky robot skeleton. I managed to keep Anderson alive for about five more minutes, he died by my side, good soldier I bet kelly Sanders will miss him.
I looked at my hand covered in my own blood... shit I don't think I'll make it... NO! I can't think like that I promised Garrus I would come back... I have to... "Commander, The Crucible isn't firing there must be something wrong on your end" Hackets voice came over the comms I tied to reply but he couldn't hear me I crawled to the control panel but it was sapping all my strength my hand was so close to the panel but I passed out as my vision faded I felt the platform beneath me rise then I was gone...
My vision returned to me, I wasn't dead but I was still hurt I stood up to see a boy materialize in front of me he looked like the boy I saw die at the begining of the invasion... He told me he was the Catalyst i was the first organic to reach this point and he gave me three choices, one Destroy the Reapers and all synthetic life I couldn't do that Joker would never forgive me for killing EDI and the Geth were helping the Quarians and I couldn't break that alliance,2 was Control the Reapers I didn't want to end up like the Illusive Man and that's to much power for one person even me, Commander Shepard the last option was Synthesis combining synthetic and organic life... yes that could work and Peace would be restored but if I chose any of the options the mass relays would explode and all life would be stranded from there homes and I would die and I won't leave Garrus alone by himself that's not right there had to be another way...
I slowly walked towards the synthesis beam and before I jumped I asked one question that the Catalyst didn't expect "You said i was laced with synthetics and if i jumped Into the beam my energy would overload the mass relays yada yada... but what if i just added a small part of me... like my hand would that decrease the energy, spare the mass relays and still combine all life?" The Catalyst considered my answer and replied "It is possible that this may be the case but this option was never considered so you can't do that" I smirked at the Catalyst as i used my omniblade to cut off my own hand "Bet you didn't see that coming you little asshole" and threw it into the beam.
I applied what medigel i had left to my left arm where i cut my arm and then the room was bathed in a green glow as the Catalyst stuttered "You-you broke the cycle" "Dam right I did, I'm Commander Shepard and I defeated the Reapers!" I yelled just as the pulse of green energy spread across the galaxy, I was able to keep my promise to Garrus I just needed to hang on till the Normandy could get me. At that point I just sat down and played an old song called "Wataya want from me" it was fitting because everyone wanted me to save the galaxy I was just one woman but I did it.