Shepard sees what the homeworld looks like from the Hammerhead. It had a few trees, surrounded by buildings.
"Quarian architecture is beautiful." he thought.
The buildings were made of metal, but some were also made of stone.
They towered majestically over the landscape. Tali was sitting across
from him, along with Legion. He could tell she was in entranced by the
homeworld, even through her helmet. Shepard remembered the promise her
father made to her, that he would build her a house on the homeworld.
"Tali," She looked at him.
"Remember the promise your father made?" Shepard asked.
"Of course, I could never forget." She replied.
"Well I promise you this, I will build you a house on your homeworld."
"Shepard, you-"
"I want to Tali, and I will. Because I love you." Shepard said, interrupting her.
"I love you too, Shepard. Thank you." She said, while going over to sit next to him.
Tali took Shepard's hand and held it tight. Just as Shepard began to hug her, Joker's voice was heard through the comm.
"Commander, we're here, wake up." Joker said, a little agitated.
It had all been a dream. Tali was laying next to him, still in her enviromental suit.
"Commander, you up yet? I've been trying to wake you up for the last 5 minutes. Having a good dream?" Joker jokingly asked.
"Sorry Joker, and yes, I was having a good dream. Thanks for ruining it." Shepard replied, still tired.
"I aim to please, Commander. We'll touch down in 20 minutes." Joker said.
Shepard woke up Tali, and both went down to start gearing up. He
had decided to brin Legion along, as he claims to know the area.
"Shepard, I'm so excited!" Tali said. She knew it wasn't under good
circumstances, but it didn't keep her from being excited at al
"I'm glad Tali. I'm excited too." Shepard said, being sincere.
They all got in the Hammerhead. Shepard started to remember his
dream. He wondered if it would come true. Tali sat across from him
along with Legion. Just before they left, Joker said,
"Good luck down there, Commander.
"Thanks, Joker. We'll be careful." Shepard replied.
As they descended, they saw the homeworld. Shepard realised it
looked almost identical to the one in his dream. Shepard was the first
human to ever see the quarian homeworld. And it looked beautiful, just
like he thought it would. He looked at Tali, who was entranced by the
landscape.
"Tali," She looked at him.
"Remember the promise your father made?" Shepard asked.
"Of course, I could never forget." She replied.
"Well I promise you this, once this is all over, I will build you a house on your homeworld."
"Shepard, you-"
"I want to Tali, and I will. Because I love you." Shepard said, interrupting her.
"I love you too, Shepard. Thank you." She said, while going over to sit next to him.
She took his hand and held it tightly. Shepard knew this time it
wasn't a dream. He hugged her tightly. The Hammerhead landed in the
middle of the city. The team got ready for an attack, knowing that they
had alerted nearly all the geth of their presence.
"Legion, give us suppressing fire while Tali and I go to cover.
We'll suppress them while you get to cover." Shepard said, getting
ready for the battle ahead.
"Acknowledged." Legion replied.
They could already hear shots being fired at the Hammerhead. Just
before they opened the door, Shepard thought of his dream one last
time, and smiled.