Disclaimer: I own neither Final Fantasy or its characters, nor Mass Effect or its characters. I'm just a fan.
Description: A Mass Effect/FFXIII crossover. The Reapers invade Gran Pulse, and Lightning and the former L'cie put up a good fight. Will Commander John Sheppard be able to assist them and push the enemy out?
Reapers over Pulse
Lightning's POV
Lightning looked around at all the people gathered at the base of the now-crystalized Cocoon. So many of them had just hours before believed that she and her friends were there to end their world. The looks of gratitude now being directed at the l'cie were a nice bit of compensation.
Lightning turned around and surveyed the empty plain that awaited the Cocoon survivor's. She could make out the coast of a lake or ocean of some sort in the distance. She decided at that point she would work to make this world safe for Serah and her new extended family.
She made her way towards where a large cluster of GC and PSICOM soldiers were gathered. They turned towards her as she approached. Some of the GC from Bohdum saluted her as she walked into the group.
"Who's in charge here? Please tell me some form of command still exists." Lightning looked around at the soldiers, who had taken sudden interest in their feet at her question. "There isn't, is there?"
"No ma'am. The chain of command fell apart with Rosch's death." One of the PSICOM officers said to her, giving a quick salute as he spoke.
"Alright then. As of right now, I'm taking control of both the GC and PSICOM. See if we can find a way into Cocoon. We're going to need supplies and hopefully we can salvage a few of the smaller aircraft." The soldiers all saluted her, then began to move out. One of them handed her an earpiece as he left.
Lightning looked through the crowd again. She saw Hope and his father with their arms wrapped around each other on the outskirts of the crowd. Snow, Serah, Dajh, and Sazh were clustered together. They started laughing and Serah turned to look at her big sister. Serah made a beckoning motion, wanting Lightning to come and stand by her. Lightning smiled and gave a quick shake of her head. She turned back to the crystal pillar that rose into the sky.
Fang, Vanille, I hope you two are still looking out for us. She looked up at the crystal sphere that remained suspended in the air and thought of her two friends.
"Commander Lightning? This is the Captain Rygdea. We've found a way to extract some of the old Sanctum fleet. We're moving the flag to the Lindblum. You should see us in the skies shortly." The captain startled Lightning back to the present.
"Excellent work captain. Though I'm a little curious as to why you can't bring the Palamecia out." Lightning returned to surveying the area as she spoke.
"Turns out the Palamecia was some sort of fal'Cie. Dysley, or should I say Barthandelus, ordered it to work as the PSICOM headquarters. He's as dead as the rest of the fal'Cie." Rygdea sounded disdainful as he spoke.
"I understand captain. Just get what you can out of Cocoon. Then we'll start looking for a place to start a settlement. Lightning out." Lightning tucked the earpiece into one of her pockets, and then walked over to the group.
Lightning put her arm on Serah's back, who turned to look at her big sister. The group, Hope, Lighting, Snow, Serah, Sazh, Dajh, and Bartholomew all looked towards the now setting sun as what remained of the Sanctum sky fleet extracted itself from the crystalized remains of their former home.
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Shepard's POV
"Commander, I've received a report from Admiral Hackett regarding news of Reaper activity through the Omega Four relay. Given Aria's recent retaking of Omega, we're now free to investigate." EDI's voice awoke Shepard from his sleep. It had been another restless night, full of nightmares of the boy he'd failed to save.
"I'm up, I'm up. Set a course for the relay, I'll be on the bridge in a few minutes" Shepard began putting his armor on, occasionally rubbing his forehead to clear his recently developed headache. In a couple of minutes he was riding down the elevator, just as the Normandy arrived at the Omega Four relay.
"Take us through, Joker." Shepard put a hand on the pilots chair as Jeff maneuvered the Normandy closer to the gate.
In a few moments, the Normandy had arrived at the site of the former Collector base. The rubble that remained from its destruction at Shepard's hands floated through the rest of the debris field. Several Reapers were gathered around what looked like the beginnings of another Mass Relay.
Sheppard looked at the device. "What's going on here?"
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Always fun starting a new story, especially with two of my favorite universes.
