Thanks for the reviews peeps, this story has been getting a very warm reception, and because of that, here you go the chapter where everything will be answered. Onward!

While Daro stood there, probably in a state of heavy thinking, Shepard just eyed her curvy body and sighed. 'God, I feel like a badass, I would kill anything really, just to get a hold of her…'

Suddenly, Shepard saw an entrancing white light, very close to Daro, the female quarian who was talking to him, though he could not hear her. He tried to reply, but his mouth just mumbled.

The ship then started to fall apart, things falling, tables flipping over and the female quarian still there, standing defiantly, looking at him as his body began to float.

He tried to walk towards her, but a strange energy held him in place. It was so damn frustrating! He cursed in his mind, trying to summon his biotic powers, but none came. Blackness began to set in, with Daro still in that very same place, her mouthpiece still showing light, meaning she was speaking.

"John…" Her voice was barely a whisper, but powerful enough for him to hear it.

He gritted his teeth, sudden pain in his lungs. It felt as air was escaping his body, burning all through him. Shepard was now trying to scream, but his mouth did not move once again.

"John…" She whispered as she tried to approach but her body was floating away from him, causing John to curse inside of his mind, trying to figure out how many curse words he could think of.

Blank… then darkness all around him.

"Hey Shepard." Joker said, turning his seat towards one of his best friends. "Heard you never leave your omni tool in peace, you onto the so called net dating services?" He grinned.

John just stood there, with a smile on his face. "Joker…" He warned playfully.

The five star pilot laughed. "Seriously man! You have Ashley and Liara drooling all over for you, and then there's Tali, who I don't know if she has saliva or not, but she has the hots for you John."

The commander shook his head and turned to walk away, not wanting to hear the pilot rambling about the "numerous" women who wanted him. He had no time for that, he had time to save the galaxy, that was it.

"They never listen to the cripple, no one listens to the cripple." Joker mumbled playfully.

John laughed and as soon as he turned to get back at his best pilot, everything in the scenery around him began to change.

Shaking his head out of confusion, he found himself in his bed, looking at his omni tool. He grinned at the message for him.

"John, if you don't reply to this message right now, you can consider our friendship and exchanges over.

-Daro"

He chuckled quietly and began to reply, but once again that powerful light took him away, several dark sports filling his cabin.

Once again, he found himself in darkness… only for the engineering to show up all of a sudden, with Tali in front of him, her curvy body and enticing hips taking his eyes away from hers. She was rambling about her race while Shepard was just paying attention at what his subconscious wanted.

"You know that quarians are a social people, ever since the geth took our home world and colonies from us, we just..."

He raised his hand, a grin on his face. "Tali, I am an expert on quarians, I can tell you that the Migrant Fleet has over fifty thousand ships, your immune systems adapted to sickness rather than fight it, so that is why you are in those suits. Also, you hook suits up as a sign of trust with romantic partners. Am I wrong?" John smiled cockily. "Wish you could know that much about us humans..."

The young quarian stared at him with wide eyes, probably blushing out of embarrassment as her face beneath the helmet darkened. She found herself with a man that knew more about her race than anyone else in the ship, or probably in the whole Citadel Space. 'Keelah…'

"I got my cute walking quarian codex a long time ago…." He blurted out, causing the quarian in front of him to just stare, not being able to come up with a reply.

Everyone around him laughed, but then it turned into a hollow sound. He looked around, finding darkness once again, which was scaring the crap out of his very soul. 'God, I never did drugs in my life, what the hell?'

BANG!

A loud gun shot and he found himself in cover, fighting geth in Feros, the most boring planet he ever set foot on. Caleston was once on his list, but it turned out to be the best planet and experience he ever had in his short life.

"Engaging hostiles!" A turian screamed. Shepard just stared at the hail of bullets passing over his head, the rock protecting him shaking with the grenades exploding nearby.

His omni tool beeped, and he looked at it.

"Online poker tonight.

Daro."

He laughed and summoned his biotic powers, charging at the two geth platforms trying to flank his team, his teammates screaming at his stubborn fighting style. Once he eliminated the geth soldiers, he felt himself smile, he always enjoyed fighting, but not before challenging the genius of Daro to a poker game. No matter what, he always lost, but he was already awaiting for her flirty yet aggressive remarks about him.

In the end, before he could taste that moment, he was taken into the light, this time it felt as if it was burning his heart.

After a few seconds of nothingness, he was staring at his omni tool, hearing countless people talking and bartering around him. He looked, staring at a big sign.

"Flux…" He muttered, unable to comprehend what was going on. Part of his mind already knew what was going on while the other worked hard to realize the situation.

Garrus and some of the crew were talking amiably while Tali was staring at the dance floor, stealing some glances at him. He felt sorry for her… Here she was, trying to get the guts to ask him to dance, when a man was supposed to. They were very good friends, and he was just going to make sure she had a good time. Glancing away from the timid quarian, Liara and Ashley were looking at him, their eyes full of want and desire.

He shook his head, got up and walked calmly towards the only girl interested enough to talk or socialize with.

"Want to dance with me my lady?" He grinned as he held his hand towards her.

She stared at him with wide eyes, unable to comprehend what he was doing.

"Yes…" She shyly replied and got up, holding his hand, somewhat tightly. Both then went to the dance floor, some cheers in the background. Just as soon as he was going to dance with her, he felt an energy pushing him away.

He tried to fight it, but it was useless. John just stood still while the Flux and all of the people inside shrank into a single block. In darkness, Shepard only saw that block and several others.

In one, he was opening his Christmas gifts while his father, smoking his pipe, grinned and his mother laughed. In another, he was being promoted to Lieutenant Commander by Admiral Hackett himself, said man having a smile on his face. The next blocks contained happy, sad, and overwhelming scenes, in one he cried for the soldiers he lost at Elysium, in another he chanted happily as Sovereign had been defeated. Countless memories, countless experiences, and all his.

He got it then. He was reliving his whole life, he was experiencing it all over again. John shed a tear as he saw his parents, standing proudly, waving goodbye at him when he departed to the Normandy. In a flash, he saw the faces of his best friends and allies. The people that actually got into his heart, when no one else had. Joker with his antics, his father with his mild yet strict personality, his warm mother smiling and consoling him, Garrus cracking jokes with him by the Mako, Tali talking about her race and finally, the very last one…. a quarian woman looking intently at him, her arms wide open, as if wanting to hug him. Daro'Xen, one of the most intelligent individuals he ever met, was looking at him, waiting for his soul to just give up his fight.

It was all obvious now. He felt his lungs ache once again and now found himself staring at the Normandy, completely destroyed, its debris passing by his body so close that he could feel the pressure as it landed on the planet. The fire of said objects as they crashed with the atmosphere of the planet burning his entire being.

He just saw his whole life. The best and worst he went through in his twenty nine years, which passed through his eyes within split seconds. As soon as he realized that he was going to die, he saw Daro once again. 'She will take me to heaven….'

In the next five seconds, Shepard started to lose consciousness and finally, everything was black. His life was taken away…

'That bosh'tet, I sent him that bloody message more than six days ago and he hasn't replied.' She fumed.

Daro was staring at her omni tool, waiting for that damn primate to answer. She had been working as one of the prime scientists in the fleet, her records just growing and growing. Power was being transferred to her, she could feel it. She could see it with the nods of respect and awe of some of her officers and subordinates.

Her omni tool beeped, and she looked at it immediately. 'Good, he finally replied…' She scanned through her private messages and saw that very message was from none other than Admiral Rael, her boss.

"Get to the plaza.

–Rael"

She shrugged and started walking towards the place where quarians would meet and barter. It was a good place to gossip or simply talk to stall time. The vast majority of quarians were busy people, so they had to take a break from the countless working to get a break and socialize.

Just as she approached, a lot of people gathered around an individual. Curious, Daro went straight to where the fuzz was. None other than Tali'Zorah nar Rayya was there, her head low, body showing signs of tiredness.

People were shouting her name, all in a cheery fashion. Daro was impressed with Tali, her actions fully showed the galaxy what the quarian people were capable of, or as Shepard had described in one of his countless emails. 'That primate better reply…'

Tali shook hands with some people and then, after a few minutes of small talk and shaking of hands, she retreated into a small spot close to the tiny amphitheatre. Daro was curious, Tali showed signs of… sadness.

When she was about to think of any possible answers to her really strange behavior, a powerful sound shook the ship.

"Hello people, this is Gadia Verka, and we have shocking news…" Daro watched as the asari reporter took some datapads from her desk and watched at the camera, her eyes grim. "The Alliance and the Citadel Council have confirmed that Lieutenant Commander and Council Spectre John Arthur Shepard has been killed in action fighting geth…."

'No…' Her mind fought off countless attempts by her brain to believe those news. She could not believe it, she would never believe it. Shepard was the most powerful soldier in the galaxy, no one could stop him. When you tried to mess with John, it was like trying to stop a super massive black hole.

"Shepard, who saved countless people from geth and rogue forces, supported the Feros colony and saved the Council from certain death, has been confirmed KIA by the Alliance Military and by the Citadel Council, we are incredibly sorry for this loss, may his soul rest in peace… forever."

A tear formed on her eye, and it fell to her cheek, and then another, and another, and another. She stared at the vidscreen, her mind still trying to believe this... this... madness. She turned her audio transmitters off, and then, just then, began to cry.

She silently retreated from the center of the plaza as her eyes continued to shed tear after tear, her only thoughts on that man that had changed her life. An innocent yet deadly warrior, who had saved her life, befriended her and then continued to be her best friend. She began to cry harder now. Daro never told how special he was for her. The only friend she had, the only damn friend she could talk to about random thoughts, play with or even flirt. Ninety four point eight percent was all electronic, all messaging. Still, he was her savior when she was stressed or mad. There was no other that could listen to her ranting and frustration at the senior quarian leaders for their stupidity in leading her race into nothing but more salvaging, vagrancy and sadness. False hopes, sad news and overwhelming odds against her species.

Then a thought came to her mind. 'Tali'Zorah was with him, everyone is cheering her but that igaj could not save him!' Incredibly mad, she walked slowly towards the timid quarian, who was leaning on a rail, her eyes on the ground. Activating her audio transmitters once again, she stood by Tali, her cold gaze penetrating the shy quarian's visor.

"You let him die, you, who everyone cheers for and praises as the greatest quarian in this fleet, could not save the man that could have changed this galaxy…" She said quietly yet coldly, the other quarian woman just staring at her, her posture that of someone tired and battered to submission.

"You will never be a hero, because you could not save the one who truly was…" And with that, Daro retreated, her eyes still shedding tears. As she stared back, Tali sat on the floor and held her visor on her hands.

Daro walked slowly to her private quarters, not wanting anyone to see her in this state. Finally, she made it, and locked the door immediately. She was hurt, the pain of her best friend's death stuck in her throat, heart and eyes. Trying to contain herself, she just got up from her bed and punched her computer terminal, small sparks coming out of it. Turning off her audio transmitters of her suit once again, she screamed at the top of her lungs and knelt of the floor.

She then remembered his message to her.

"Promise me, no matter what happens, you will fight for your race, and you will get your home world. Promise me that and I will always support you."

Crying, she laid on her bed, hoping she could sleep after so much pain in the day, but not before swearing on Shepard's soul that she would never rest until her people got their home world.

Sad chapter that I really enjoyed writing, because we all know that Shepard is the next Jesus, he will come back from the dead.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter, and you reading, yes you! Tell me what you think, I write, you tell me if you enjoyed it or not! Thanks y'all!