Welcome back! Continuing my story with OC, Leah, and Shepard. I do not own Mass Effect...just playing in their world.
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The artificial sunlight was shining brightly down on the bikini covered body of Leahala Vail. She was lying by the pool reading a datapad as Commander John Shepard was slowly making laps. After fighting Saren and Sovereign they decided to take a week of R&R on the Citadel and they were happy they did.
Shepard stopped after his third lap and stared at the amazing body of the woman he loves. He had no idea that when he found her at that Cerberus facility he would have discovered an extinct species and found the woman of his dreams. She looked just like any other human woman only she was ten times stronger, faster, and deadlier than any Krogan currently living. He watched her for a few seconds, smiled to himself and climbed out of the pool wanting to have her beautiful body wrapped in his arms. Leah bit her bottom lip watching the water fall from the muscular body of the only man she has ever allowed herself to love.
"What?" His dark voice vibrated through her body.
"You're sexy." She smiled.
"Really?" He smiled as he crawled up her body allowing the cold water to drip onto her skin.
"John!"
He took her mouth greedily, forcing her legs open with his knees and settling in between them. As his arousal pushed against her she wrapped her legs around his waist and deepened their kiss wanting him badly.
"Leah." He whispered into their kiss. "I want you..."
"I'm yours, John. You just have to take it..."
Shepard pushed his pelvis into hers making her gasp as a shot of pleasure surged through her. He then smiled and easily hoisted her up into his arms as he stood.
"If you..." She began to threaten.
Shepard chuckled and Leah screamed playfully before he jumped into the pool. He pushed her against the side and held her there, after they came up for air. They kissed as if their lives depended on it, his hands running up her body grabbing onto her swelling breasts. She bit and sucked his lips running her hands down his chest, stomach, then about to free his straining length.
"Shepard?" Anderson's familiar voice called from inside their room.
Shepard let out an irritated sigh, putting his forehead against Leah's. She pulled his face back to her's and kissed him again, hard.
"Leah?" Anderson's voice was closer.
She bit Shepard's bottom lip making him suck in a sharp breath.
"Shhhh! Pretend we're not here." He joked.
"Duty calls, my love." She winked.
Shepard let Leah reluctantly go and they stepped out of the pool. He grabbed a towel and wrapped it around her, then was right behind her wrapping up in his towel. Together they walked into the living room looking for their guest.
"Anderson." Shepard smiled.
"Shepard. Leah." He shook their hands. "I'm sorry to ruin your weekend but we have an issue. Three ships have gone dark in a sector and I need you and the Normandy to go check it out. We believe it's pockets of Geth resistance but we are not sure." Anderson handed Shepard a data pad.
"Absolutely," Shepard scanned it and handed it to Leah. "We can be ready to leave in ten minutes." He added after reading the details.
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After a short elevator ride to the Normandy, Shepard walked in and gave Joker the coordinates. He then made the slow walk to the Galaxy map.
After leaving Citadel space, Shepard was looking through the galaxy map and hadn't noticed that Leah was missing.
"Shepard," Leah called through their personal comm.
"Where are you?"
"What is our ETA, Commander?"
"Joker, what's our ETA?"
"4 hours, Commander."
"4 hours, why?"
"I'm in the observatory, you need to see this, sir." She sounded alarmed.
"I'll be right there."
Shepard walked to the elevator and headed for the observatory. As he walked in the door shut behind him and locked. He spun and there stood Leah in just his N7 sweatshirt.
"Now," She walked up to him. "...where were we?"
"You know I have a cabin..."
"This is more fun, Commander."
Shepard wrapped his arms around her shoulders and he lifted her into his arms.
"I love you." He smiled against her lips.
"I love you." She smiled and kissed him.
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After several days of searching, the crew of the Normandy has found no signs of Geth. Shepard and Leah were suited up in Engineering waiting for word.
"Leah," Shepard winked. "I'm headed down to the battery, go up to the cockpit with Joker and keep an eye out."
"Copy that."
She gave him a quick slap on his behind and ran to the cockpit.
"Disengaging FTL drives." Joker reported to Pressly. "Emissions sinks active. Board is green... We are running silent."
"We're wasting our time. Four days searching up and down this sector and we haven't found any sight of Geth activity." Pressly frowned not realizing Leah was in the room.
"Three ships went missing here in the past few months. Something happened to them." She added simply.
"Yes ma'am," He cleared his throat making Joker laugh. "My money's on slavers. The Terminus System is crawling with them."
"Picking up something on the long range scanner. Unidentified vessel." An Ensign was pulling up scans of the ship. "Looks like a cruiser."
Leah walked over and looked at the Ensign's screens.
"Doesn't match any known signatures." Joker studied the data.
"Cruiser is changing course. Now on intercept trajectory."
"Can't be!" Pressly argued. "Stealth systems are engaged. There's no way a Geth ship could..."
"It's not the Geth!" Leah stared.
"Brace for evasive maneuvers!" Joker yelled.
The massive unknown ship's weapons began firing on the Normandy. They struck the Normandy on the left side. The terminal Pressly was reviewing blew up, killing him.
"Pressly!" The Ensign yelled just before her terminal blew, killing her.
The concussion from the explosion tossed Leah back into the wall. Glass shattering everywhere, shower her face with small cuts.
"Leah!" Joker yelled.
"I'm okay!" She stood shaking the glass off her body. "Status!"
"Kinetic barrier is down! Multiple hull breaches! Weapons offline! Somebody get that fire out!"
"Set the auto pilot! Get everyone on the shuttles!" Leah ordered. "I have to go get Shepard!"
"No! I'm not leaving her!"
Leah ignored him and ran toward the battery, she had to make sure Shepard was okay.
The Normandy was lost. Hull breaches, dead crew members, and fires flooded the halls. Leah finally made it to the battery and tried to catch her breath relieved when she saw that Shepard was okay. Kaiden was already there talking to him.
"Shepard!" She yelled.
"Distress beacon is ready to launch." He calmly said putting his helmet on.
"Will the Alliance get here in time?" Kaiden asked after putting his helmet on.
The wall behind Leah and Kaiden exploded pushing her into him. Shepard grabbed an extinguisher and began working on the fires.
"I'm not doing this just so they can find our frozen corpses. Get everyone onto the escape shuttles!" Shepard ordered.
"Joker is still in the cockpit. He's refusing to abandon ship." Leah turned to him. "I'm not leaving either!"
"I need you two to get the crew on the evac shuttles. I'll take care of Joker."
Shepard grabbed onto Leah's arm and squeezed before walking toward the cockpit.
"John!"
"Leahala, go!" He looked back at her. "Now!"
She's never heard him use that tone before along with her full name. He was worried and she needed to listen.
"Aye, aye sir." Kaiden turned to go but stopped.
"I won't leav..." She began but another explosion stopped her.
"Leah." Kaiden said gently. "I need your help."
"Go." Shepard looked at her.
"I'll see you there." She stated.
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Leah and Kaiden made sure everyone was on the shuttles before getting in separate shuttles themselves. As the evac shuttles released from the Normandy, Shepard headed to the cockpit.
"Come on, Joker!" Shepard commanded once he got into the cockpit. "We have to get out of here!"
"No!" Joker yelled. "I won't abandon the Normandy! I can still save her!"
"She's lost. We can still make it. Come on!"
"No! We just have to...oh no!"
The enemy ship began firing on the Normandy again. Shepard grabbed onto Joker's arm and hoisted him out of the chair. He pulled Joker along with him and shoved him into the evac shuttle. Before he could get in after Joker, another explosion pushed him away from the shuttle.
"Commander!" Joker yelled. "Shepard!"
As Joker yelled his name, Shepard slapped the release button for the shuttle. The doors closed and the shuttle shot away from the Normandy as she blew up.
"NO!" Joker screamed.
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The evac shuttles were already preloaded with coordinates to a habitable planet with an Alliance outpost.
Leah's shuttle was one of the last to arrive. She immediately assessed the crew and made sure everyone was counted and aided the injured. Kaiden ran to where she was and looked around.
"Shepard?" He asked.
"Not yet."
"Leah?!" Garrus yelled.
"I'm okay." She smiled thankful he was okay.
Garrus pulled her into a hug and set her down.
"Thank the Spirits you're okay. Where is Shepard?"
"I don't know..."
"He'll be okay, Leah." He assured her.
Leah then stared at the sky because all shuttles were accounted for except one. Suddenly a large sound echoed against the mountains. The crew looked behind them and a single shuttle was falling from the sky with a parachute to slow it. They all ran to it anxiously to free Shepard and Joker.
When it landed, Leah burnt her hand grabbing the handle needing to know Shepard and Joker were okay. The door popped open and Joker was lying on his side...alone. He looked up at her, his eyes moist and a pained look on his face. Kaiden grabbed Leah's shoulder and looked into the shuttle letting out a loud gasp.
"No..." Kaiden whispered.
"Leah..." Joker couldn't hold back his tears.
"No..." She hissed through gritted teeth, her body trembled. "W-where is he..."
"He risked himself ...for me...to save me."
"He got another shuttle then..." She fell to her knees, her face emotionless.
"Leah..." Garrus said sympathetically.
"Don't!" She snapped. "Joker...another shuttle. H-He got ano..." She cried.
"No...he didn't make it. He got...spaced..." Joker cried.
"Didn't make it to this shuttle..." She wouldn't accept it. "...spaced...to another shuttle..."
"Leah, they are both... gone."
She let out a heartbreaking sob and screamed out her pain. Garrus reached down and pulled her into a hug as she sobbed into his chest. He was trembling with devastation as well because they both had to now live with one thing... Shepard was gone...