- Run, Shepard!

Garru's voice sounded far away through the noise of the hundreds of small drones flying after them. Linn, Garrus and Samara were running back to the SR2, leaving the Collector's base after kill the Human Featus Reaper. After pass by a large corridor, with bullets whistling all around them, hitting against their shields, and listening to the growls of Collectors and the drones, Linn finally spots the SR2. Also, she could see Joker standing at the door, with a Rifle in his hands, shooting at the Collectors and yelling at them to run fast. Linn looks back over her shoulder; she was at the bottom of the group. The Collectors and the drones were getting close, and she wasn't sure that they could arrive at the ship before being killed. A small beep caught her attention though. It was her shields turning off.

- Oh shit... Not now... Damnit, don't fail me now…..- She thinks to herself, feeling the small hit of a bullet scratching the side of her armplate. She knew that one decision should be taken at that moment.

- RUUUUUN! - She yells at the top of her lungs, seeing the Turian and the Asari running and finally climbing in the ship. They stand at the door beside Joker, shouting and waving at her. Then suddenly Linn stops running, her eyes go wide and she frowns a bit.

- SHEPARD! WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING? - Garrus yells as he sees his Commander stopping, a cloud of drones flying towards her from behind.

- I-it... H-hurts... - She mutters quietly, reaching her hand up to the back of her head and touching the small hole in her helmet. She had received a headshot.

- G-go... h-h-h-home... - She whispers as she gazes at the SR2, seeing her crew members desperate. Linn falls on her knees, still looking at her ship, and finally rolling her eyes back as her eyelids close, she falls heavily on her stomach.

- SHEPAAAAAARD! - Garrus yells, his eyes widen.

- Oh Jesus….. Commander… - Joker whispers, lowering his rifle as he sees Linn falling.

- WE MUST GO BACK AND HELP HER! – Garrus shouts as he attempts to jump out of the SR2, but a steady hand holds his arm and pulls him back.

- Go there won't bring her back! – Samara says firmly, her deep blue eyes looking sternly at the Turian. – If we shall die here, all her efforts will be in vain… her death will be in vain…

- S-she's right… - Joker mutters before step back, the bullets still hitting the weak and not totally functional shields of the Normandy. – Shepard would ask us to go away…. And that's what we will do. For her.

- Find peace in the embrace of the Goddess, Shepard… - Samara says looking at Linn's corpse being surrounded by the Collectors, the airlock closing.

The Normandy SR2 will leave the Collectors Base and make its way towards the Mass Relay, while the Base turns into a giant fireball. The -second- death of Commander Linn Shepard will be informed at the Alliance, which will make an Official Ceremony in which the Medal of Honor will be awarded to her for her ultimate sacrifice.