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Chapter 3
1 year Later
I hear voices outside the door along with gunfire. I crouch right near the door. My heart is racing, waiting for the door to open. Hoping it is the traitor who is the first through the door. I hear Jacob's voice. Jacob is oblivious to what is going on. If only I could communicate with him. Warn him but I can't it would also alert the traitor. I hear the voice of Shepard as well. His voice has deepened with age from that interview I watched all those years ago. My hand grips my pistol. The door opens and there stand Wilson, I stand to greet him, my eyes are filled with anger and his with fear.
"Miranda I…"
"Thought I was dead. I think not." I pull the trigger and hits him right in the heart.
His body falls to the ground and I look up at Shepard and Jacob's surprised looks. I holster my pistol and I step over the body.
"Why did you shoot Wilson?" Jacob asks.
"He was the traitor and the Illusive Man would have wanted him dead." My voice is very confident.
"You could have asked him questions as to why he did it." Shepard speaks up.
My eyes look over at him. He wears his new N7 armor and he stands tall. He still has facial scars from the surgery. His brown eyes look right into my blue. He has a look of distrust in his face. Why should he distrust me? I rebuilt him, I gave him life where the Alliance left him for dead. I spent two years of my life rebuilding him, I never gave up. How dare he distrust me!
"There was no point. He was guilty. Now there is only one shuttle here. Do you want to stay here with mechs or come with us?" My eyes narrow at him.
"I know who you work for, I don't trust Cerberus, and you're just a bunch of terrorists." He crosses his arms.
"Fine then stay here. Come on Jacob." I start to walk away from the stubborn commander.
I look back and he follows us. He seems to be having a conflict within himself to follow the dogmatic structure of the Alliance or to follow us "terrorists" as he calls us. We are not the bad guys. We help humanity move forward unlike the Alliance that cowers to everyone and follows like a beaten dog. We get into the shuttle and Jacob sits in the pilot's seat. He sets in into autopilot and sits in the back with us. We are all silent for a while. I look over at Shepard who has been looking at me. He sits forward and begins to say something.
"You were there when I woke up one time."
"Yes I was." I nod to him.
"I recognize you by your eyes. They were a beautiful sight. I thought I was dreaming since the last thing I had remembered was suffocating in space."
"Well you are here now, after two years of work you are back to you were just minutes before the Normandy's destruction." I state looking out the window.
"I can't believe it has been two years. What happened to Ashley Williams? He asks looking at both me and Jacob.
"Last I heard she's still in the Alliance. We don't know anything else. If you ask the Illusive Man he will probably know more." Jacob answers him.
"I don't trust your Illusive Man." He grumbles.
"If you want to find Ashley Williams and stop the Reapers you are going to have to trust him." I state annoyed with him.
"All right, I'll play your game for now but if I find out you are committing crimes against the Alliance I will not stick around." He sits back in his seat and looks out the window.
We sit in silence the rest of the ride. Part of me wishes I had been able to install a control chip in him, he would be easier to control and he would follow the Illusive Man' instructions perfectly. Instead we have an obstinate man whose only goal is to follow the codes of the stupid Alliance. How I wish I could show him all the harm that the Alliance has done on humanity. Why didn't the Illusive Man let me put the control chip in him? Our mission would be successful instead I have a feeling that Shepard will not cooperate. If he doesn't cooperate what will we do? Human colonies are vanishing, how soon before Earth is the target. I can't let that happen, humanity needs Shepard. We need Shepard. I just hope the Illusive Man can convince him that we are not the bad guys. That unlike the Alliance we don't hide from the truth but wish to stop the inevitable. I put my trust in the Illusive Man. He will convince Shepard to join us.