SCENE: Finished up Tali's loyalty mission, on the way back to the Normandy. Currently on the Flotilla.

(HK)

However, before any of us could take more than three steps, a sudden shout rang out that was very distinct to my ears-it wasn't quite loud enough to hear all around, so it was quite possible that Tali and the admirals did not hear it. But those of us who were standing in the garden could hear it.

I thought I heard Abby mutter "Oh shit" or something like that-and I knew that she'd heard it too.

"What was that?" Shepard wanted to know. She looked glanced around sharply; her years of experience as a soldier had taught her to be aware and cautious of her surroundings, especially if she wasn't sure what was going on.

"GET DOWN ON YOUR KNEES AND *REPENT*!" the voice was yelling, somewhere nearby. All of us hurried toward the sound of the commotion and arrived just in time to see none other than Sister Ethea, the infamous, dark-skinned nun, whacking a quarian over the head with her Bible.

"Oh LORD," I exclaimed out loud.

Then, right at that moment, Sister Ethea whirled around to look at me. Her expression was sharp, and her tone was even sharper. "Don't you DARE be saying the Lord's name in vain, boy!" With that she dashed forward and whacked me over the head with the Bible.

"Sister Ethea, stop! I could've said worse," I snapped, holding my arms up to block the blows. However, as soon as I did, they were shoved down, and I felt another hard blow from the Bible. I stumbled back slightly.

"Admit your sins, child! What's wrong with you, YOU FILTHY DEVIL SERVANT?" Sister Ethea screamed, slapping me again.

Shepard had raised her gun by this point, and she stepped forward on front of me. "I will not have you berating my crewmember in this manner," she snapped. "Stand down and leave. Now."

"Girl, you better be a servant of the Lord! Treat people with respect, Lord have mercy!" Sister Ethea shouted.

"Sister Ethea, seriously, just g-"

"Don't even speak more foul words in the Lord's universe!" the nun snapped to me.

Right at that moment there was a burst of blue-white energy-which I immediately recognized as biotic energy-flew from Samara's hands and wrapped around Sister Ethea. It was a stasis field.

"I have heard of this indivual before," Samara was saying. Her entire body still glowed with a soft aura of raw biotic energy. "But I have never seen her before. She has caused much... unrest and disorder in her wake." She turned to look at Shepard. "Since I am sworn to your service, Commander... the decision is yours. What do you wish to do with her?"

I actually saw Abby's eyes go absolutely wide. I knew what she was probably thinking. Sister Ethea... had actually been CAPTURED for once?

"Don't kill her," I whispered. I didn't want one of my greatest creations to die, despite the huge danger she posed to society. I was selfish, wasn't I? "Just send her away somehow."

Shepard looked at me. She had a stern expression on her face, yet it mixed with concern and puzzlement when she heard my words. "You know something about this woman?" she asked.

"Yes. More than anyone else, in fact," I replied. "Don't ask, just...send her away."

"As I said, the decision is yours, Shepard," Samara said, casting only a quick glance at me before turning her full attention back to the Commander. "But I highly recommend we do not simply allow her to walk away. This individual has caused a lot of damage and chaos on many worlds."

"I think I'd like to talk to her first," Shepard commented. "Release her from the stasis field."

"If you wish... but I do not think it is wise," Samara said with a small sigh.

"Do it," Shepard ordered.

Samara did as she was told, reluctantly so.

"Alright," Shepard said, carefully lowering her pistol and taking a slow step toward Ethea as the nun shook her head, trying to recover a little, "I want to know why you're here and what you're doing."

Sister Ethea gave Shepard a baffled look. "You should know this by now, child! I am a servant of the Lord. I go around doing HIS WORK, preaching to everyone that He has graciously given life, trying to convince them to throw away their sinful lives and turn to Him. So many sinners reject him, but I am gonna change that! My life is devoted to my Heavenly Father!"

"She is obviously insane," Samara murmured quietly.

"Look," Shepard spoke up, raising a hand into the air, "I don't really care what you do or what you feel your purpose is, but you need to leave here. You're bothering these people, and you're not even wearing a mask or body suit! You've probably contaminated this entire area and it's going to take them at least a week to re-sterilize it."