Episode 4: Elder Sovereign
"Oh, she's so cute!" Liara said, as Sophie jumped to her lap. It was finally a peaceful moment for the banshee; she's sitting on a bench, midnight, watching the moon with her living husband…
"Joker, my helmsman, never really liked Sophie. He said that he won't clear up oil patches after her. But then again, he never really liked anything beside the Normandy." Shepard said; Liara watched him, completely beguiled by her husband.
"You think he would've approved of me?" Liara asked.
"You're lucky you'll never have to meet him. He would probably ask about your tentacles, and your… claws." Shepard said, and thought for a second. If not Joker, she should 'meet' his mother, so he gets a chance to go back to the Citadel. "Actually… now that you've mentioned it… I think you should meet with my mother. In fact, why don't we go now?"
"Oh! What a fantastic idea! In which district are they?"
"Umm…"
"What? What is it?"
"She's not from around here…"
"Where is she?" Liara asked. Shepard didn't answered, he opened his omni-tool, and point to the Citadel on the galaxy map. "Oh, she's still there… Well, that is a problem." She said. The relay network isn't in the best shape, so travelling isn't allowed for private ships. Sophie let out an electric growl, like she wanted to tell something. But thanks to the event, both Shepard and the banshee understood her.
"Who is she talking about?" Shepard asked Liara.
"Elder Sovereign."
. . .
Sophie growled loudly, as they walked on the stairs, leading to the highest and largest building on Omega. It was two kilometer in all three directions. "Ssshhh, Sophie!" Liara screamed, as quietly as a banshee could. "Elder Sovereign!" Liara screamed, a little louder. They continued to walk upwards, as they reached a room, "Are you there?"
Liara looked around the large room, which spanned across the whole building, enough for a reaper capital ship to park there. "Hello? Is anyone home?" She kept asking. The room was dark, so she was searching for a switch, which she found after tapping everything, except what she wanted.
A few clicks were heard, then as the lights turned on, both Liara and Shepard got blind for a second. Sovereign was in front of them, hovering on the ground, doing nothing.
"There you are!" The banshee screamed at the reaper.
"Liara… What brings you here…" It asked in a low robotic sound. The whole room shook.
"We want to go to the Citadel; to visit my husband's mother! We thought you could help us, because the relays are still closed!" She screamed.
"Confidence born of ignorance. After the event, we understand organics, their rules cannot be broken."
"Please!" She screamed.
"It seems to us that you can't comprehend it." Sovereign was heard speaking.
"Please, I beg you, it means so much to me," he said, then quickly added, "us."
"You still can't comprehend it."
"Please, Elder Sovereign! Surely there must be something you can do!"
"Okay. Wait here as I process incoming data," Sovereign said, and the lights started to blink, due to the reaper's high electricity consumption. "Data analyzed. A reaper capital ship will go to the Citadel at 3pm today. If you want to come back, signal to it through your omni-tool and you'll be teleported to the ship."
"Thank you Elder Sovereign!"
"But now I must ask you to leave; this conversation is over." It said the all lights turned off. Liara and Shepard walked out of the building. 3pm is just an hour away.
. . .
"You've promised that we get old together! You've promised that you'll never leave me!" Miranda shouted onto her omni-tool, speaking to Shepard's answering machine. "This is the fifth time I try to call you, why don't you answer me?" She asked.
"Miranda, please, come. You didn't even touch your food." Oriana tried to get her eating, but she just couldn't.
"I'm not hungry!" She yelled at her sister.
Oriana turned on the holo-screen, to see what's in the news. Shepard's and a banshee's face was on the screen, and the announcer said, "While authorities try to find the first human spectre, former Alliance Commander John Shepard may be seen with a mysterious asari reaper husk. A video was made of the incident, where we can see a banshee grabbing a human inside the Rodam Expeditions office. When asked the turian shopkeeper, he said, 'the banshee just teleported inside, grabbed the human and then teleported away.' Many think the reapers are gone rogue again…"
Miranda heard the news report, and said, "Nonsense, John wouldn't do anything like this!"
"Miranda, you do not know. Maybe…"
"Maybe you just need to shut up!" Miranda snapped, and rushed out of the apartment onto the markets.
. . .
The reaper transporting Shepard and the banshee just arrived, and while they're docked to the Citadel, they need to spend another ten hours inside the reaper to wait for the decontamination. Until then, they're on their own.
. . .
Author's note: This isn't my best chapter. Confrontation between Miranda/Liara and Liara/Shepard will follow in the next chapter. I'm planning this story to be 8-10 chapters long. And as always, thanks for reading!
