Please Don't Leave Me...
"Kaidan!" Elly shouted as she drew her side arm and locked onto the robotic woman which had a firm grip on the Major. "Let him go!"
"Orders?" came the words from the robotic figure as to question the other voice that was on the other side of the call.
"Dispose of him" The call ended as the robotic figure kept her firm grip on the Major and pulled back hammering him into the shuttle behind them which had crashed during the impact with James and his shuttle.
"Kaidan!"
Elly took the shot towards the figure before she dropped the Major onto the floor and turned to begin running towards Shepard. Bullet after bullet was shot and still the robotic figure was still up on her feet. Come on Shepard, THINK! There must be a way to bring her down!
Taking aim while taking in a deep breath, Shepard looked down her sights and pulled the trigger. The bullet flew through the air and then coming into contact on the metal junk. A smooth, clean hit to the metal body. The figure toppled to the floor while Shepard still had her pistol pinned just in case it wasn't going to stay down. After being happy enough that the pile of junk was out for good Elly looked towards the still body of her lover Kaidan.
"Grab that thing" She shouted towards Liara and James before throwing her pistol out of her hand while rushing towards Kaidan. Kneeling down to place a hand on his shoulder Elly could see that there was nothing within him. He was completely lifeless. Her heart was racing as the fear of loosing him was always in the back of her mind but trying to lock it away as she carefully picked her up in her arms as the Normandy came into position.
"Shepard we've got multiple Reaper signatures incoming!" came the transmission from Joker. Making their way over towards the ship Elly looked back one final time to see the Reapers land on the planet. This is what we are fighting for!
Boarding the Normandy Shepard, James and Liara went straight towards the Med Bay. The doors opened and Elly rushed to the nearby bed and slowly laid Kaidan on the soft surface.
Shepard looks over towards the mechanical figure across from them and looks towards Liara. "See what you and EDI can learn from that 'thing' "
Taking his helmet away from his head Shepard peered down to Kaidan while trying to hold the tears at bay. His face was badly beaten as the bruises began to form around his facial features. Liara walks back towards Shepard and looks towards her.
"Kaidan needs medical attention!" Liara interrupts Shepard's thought. "We need to head to the Citadel. We can find help there"
"Joker set a course for the Citadel" Shepard says to the Comms
"Roger that!
Shepard looks over towards the mechanical figure across from them and looks towards Liara. "See what you and EDI can learn from that 'thing' "
"Shepard I am receiving a message through the secondary QEC, I believe it's Admiral Hackett" EDI stated.
"Patch me through"
"I'll forward it to the Comm room"
Shepard runs out of the Med Bay heading towards the Comm room but not wanting to be away from Kaidan's side for long.
"Commander- Shepard are you receiving this?" The signal was weak as Hackett began to speak through the call.
"EDI can you clean this up"
"I'll do my best"
"Did you get to the archives?" Asks Hackett
"I was there... so was the Illusive Man"
"I was worried Cerberus might try something. Did you get the data?" Hackett asks in a questioning tone.
"Most of it. He downloaded most of it before I could stop him. EDI and Liara are analysing what we recovered"
"What have you learned? Was it worth the effort?" Hackett asks intrigued.
"Preliminary evidence suggests the data rolls into some kind of blueprints for a Prothean device"
"Device?"
Liara brings up her Omni tool and shows what looks like the blueprints to the Prothean device to Hackett and Shepard. "A weapon that's massive in size and scope that's capable of causing unquantifiable levels of destruction"
Hackett tries to study the blueprints in more detail. "Send me the data. We'll do our own analysis, if Liara's instincts are right this might be the key to stopping the Reapers"
"I hope so. Kaidan's been hurt, were taking him to the Citadel"
"Sorry to hear that Shepard, but we both know this is just the beginning. Talk to the Council, show them what you've found and with luck they'll give you all the support we need"
"And if they don't?" Shepard asks as he knows what the Citadel can be like when under pressure like this with the war. They don't really tend to listen as such.
"Do whatever it takes to get them on board"
Elly stands to attention and salutes the Admiral and nods. Hackett returns the gesture.
"I'll be in touch soon, Hackett out" The call ends as Liara begins to make her way out of the Comm room but stopping to see Elly slumped over the rail which holds the panels.
"Shepard?" She calls. "EDI is extracting data from the Cerberus machine. We'll have information to present to the Council by the time we reach the Citadel."
"And Kaidan" Elly asks.
"I've done what I can for him. He needs proper medical attention soon."
Shepard leans back from the rail and begins to make his way out before Liara speaks once again. "It's going to get worse, isn't it?"
"Unless we stop the Reapers... yeh" She walks down the steps and stops before the briefing table where stats about the war effort are given.
"I've looked at the data. This weapon could be the answer if we can build it.. I don't get the sense you don't believe it though"
"I'm a soldier; I should be back on Earth fighting not wasting my time with this!"
"If it's going to work we need you!" Shepard diverts her eyes away from the table and thinks about everything. Why do they always need her?
"Shepard?" Liara says before Elly looks over to her. "Isn't it worth trying at least?"
Silence
"I'm gonna go check up on Kaidan. Make sure were ready to present our finding to the council"
"I'm sure the Council will see the need to help"
"It will be a hell of a short war if they don't" mumbles Shepard as she makes her way back towards the Med Bay to be by her lovers' side.