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Publish date= 7-30-2013
Update date= 2-13-2014
Location= SR-2 Normandy CIC, two hours after meeting with TIM
"So exactly why are we doing here waiting for again?" Jacob asked Miranda as she, along with the entire crew were waiting in the CIC for who according to Miranda was their new commanding officer.
"Well, Jacob like I said, the Illusive Man sent me a message telling me that he has giving command of the mission to someone new and that we are to follow his orders to the letter." Miranda said.
"And why are exactly are we supposed to wait for him with the crew?" Jacob asked.
"As far as I know the boss said that our new commanding officer has a surprise for us." Miranda said.
As the two senior officers talked, Chakwas and Joker stood not too far from them listening in. Karin sighed and leaned against a nearby pillar right next to Joker, both waiting for their new commanding officer to arrive.
'Are you two ok?' EDI asked over the comm. implant.
'I hate waiting.' Karin replied.
'Same here.' Joker said.
'I'm sure our new boss will be here soon.' EDI said.
'Not about that. I mean I hate waiting for news on the commander. Just two hours ago we find a possible lead to him, which only led to more questions on what happened to him.' Chakwas said.
'Whatever you say doc. But I will still feel like this a bit until we hear news about Shepard.' Joker said.
'You're not the only one. I mean he's the last of the royal family. If he dies the Tiberian kingdom will fall into civil war for who will inherit the throne, it will be chaos. Especially if the group 'True Tiberian Believer' decides to make things worse.' EDI said.
'Oh yeah I heard about them.' Both Joker and Karin said at the same time. At that moment the airlock began its monotone decontamination cycle. 'Here we go.'
Coming out of the airlock and walking toward the gathered crew were two people; the two of them were human females.
One of women in the duo had long dark as the void of space hair that reached to half of her back and red blood eyes; she was approximately 6 feet tall and had small but noticeable muscles. She was dressed in what looked like red and black priest robes with black heels, but the robes actually showed her figure very well. One noticeable thing about her attire was a pendant she had on her very large chest; the pendent looked like two eagles, one facing to the left and the other to the right.
The final woman of the duo had snow white hair that reached her shoulders and blue sapphire eyes, she was also had the same height and build as the other woman. Her uniform consisted of what looked like a black and white Japanese dress with what also looked like a type of black Japanese sandals, but another thing different about her uniform was that she had a black headband around her neck that had a weird symbol.
(The uniform Yuma is wearing is exactly like Suì-Fēng's from Bleach, the only thing different is that Yuma does not wear the haori. Also the headband Yuma uses is the one the Shinobi Alliance uses, which became the headband the Shinobi Nation uses.)
Both of these women could be considered an image of eternal beauty and danger; they both also had in their left wrist a grey looking bracelet with a jewel in it, the only difference between them was the colour, the colour was the same as the wearers' eyes.
Most of the male crew stood in awe, some even starting to drool a bit, at them to the shock of the female crew. But to EDI, Chakwas and Joker, they were shocked at seeing the two women that were in Freedom's Progress. They then realized that if the two were here, then that could only mean that….
A moment later, coming out of the airlock and nearing the two women was a human male. The human was wearing what looked like a military uniform with red coloured stripes. The human towered at approximately 10 feet tall, way taller than the two women that came in first. He had distinct muscular build that made the man look dangerous. But what took the Normandy crew by surprise and shock was the man's face.
(The uniform John is wearing looks similar to what Human Systems Alliance wears, except for the colours. That instead of blue/yellow, its black and the other colour is chosen by the wearer.)
To Joker, he thought he was seeing a ghost, the same ghost that has hunted his nightmares for the last two years. To Miranda and Jacob, they also though it was a ghost of someone they have been looking forward for also two years, only they though he was dead. To Chakwas and EDI, they also though they were seeing a ghost, since this person they have been looking for him for the last two years after his supposed death.
In front of the Normandy crew and standing right next to the new arrivals, with an air of leadership around him, was none other than the legendary Commander John Shepard.
John looked around the gathered crew, taking in their shocked faces; he took a note of the ones called Joker and Chakwas, since according to Carl they were the ones to go to for information on him and that they are people he used to trust and could continue to trust.
'Their looks are just priceless. I got them right where I want them.' John though with a mental smirk.
"Good afternoon people. Now as you might now, I am Ar-Didact John Shepard, supreme military commander of the Lost Systems Alliance or LSA for short. The LSA is a collection of five interstellar nations that banded together to bring peace and strength to our region of the galaxy. Now, all of you are probably shocked at seeing me, so I will answer. Yes, I am John Shepard, but to make things clear I am not the same Shepard you all knew." John said as confusion began to appear in the crew's faces.
"What do you mean the Shepard we knew?" Joker asked, still trying to get over the fact that the man he saw died two years ago was standing in front of him.
"What I mean, Mr. Monroe is that I can't remember anything from my past except for my name, a ship being destroyed around and falling down into a planet." John said with a serious face as the crew took in his words.
'He can't remember anything from his past? What have I done? The Grim Reaper was right, he is different.' Joker though as he became filled with more guilt at that he has caused more problems for Shepard.
'He has amnesia? I wonder if I can use this to convince him to help out Cerberus.' Miranda though, while Jacob was worried that Miranda might do something stupid after hearing that. But she then realized how he lashed out at her on Freedom's Progress and decided against it.
'He doesn't remember anything? Oh my god, is this what the Grim Reaper warned us about? Since Shepard does not remember anything, that means that for all intents and purposes, the Shepard in front of us is a whole new different Shepard.' Chakwas though as she remembered the Grim Reaper's warning.
'His majesty has lost his memory!? This is not good. How will he lead his people if he does not even remember them?' EDI though.
'EDI calm down we expected this.' Joker thought
'Right yes sorry.' EDI said.
"Yes, I don't remember anything, so if I by any chance I knew any of you from before I am sorry that I can't remember you." Shepard said in a sad tone, though in truth he does not have to worry that much since all he has to do is use his powers to see that person's memory to see what type of relationship he had.
An elbow in the ribs then reminded him of the two beside him.
"And before I forget the lovely ladies next to me" he said as his hands found their way into the two girls' shoulders causing them to blush. "On my right is the Celestine Battle Sister Serena Shepard from the Imperium. And the one of the right is the Sannin Yuma Shepard from Shinobi Nation." he said as both his wives said hi to the group, who were shocked at what he said.
'Wait did he say their last names were Shepard?' The assembled crew thought the same but the news concerned Chakwas, Joker and EDI.
"Um, excuse me, but when you said that their last names were Shepard, what do you mean?" Joker asked.
"I am a Shepard because I am this guy's wife." Serena said with a smile on her face.
"Same." Yuma said with a wide grin.
"And I am very happy to be their husband." John said with a smile on his face as he brought them right next to him.
This piece of information shuts down the minds of the entire Normandy crew, including almost making EDI to reboot her systems.
'His wives!?' Miranda and Jacob though.
'Shepard married? But not just to one person but to two. What the heck happened in the last two years to him? Why the hell didn't he invite me to his bachelor party?' Joker though, adding a small humour to his though to ease his mind.
'Shepard not just married to one but to two girls!? But that is impossible; he is supposed to be Ashley. I mean, what about the curse? What's happening? Oh hell, Ashley's concerns were right to the letter.' Chawkas though.
'He is married to these two? But what about Lady Williams? Oh creator, this just went from bad to Kalatotaga (Fucking) insane.' EDI though after getting her systems back on line after she heard from the news. "I got to report this now." EDI thought as she started to open up her connection to subspace when all of a sudden, her entire program was frozen.
Unknown to her, John had set his omni-tool to freeze any devices that would send out a message on channels that Cerberus does not use.
"Judging by the looks on your faces, I guess the news of me being married is really shocking, am I right?" John said.
After the crew, managed to get their thoughts straight, they nodded at his question even if it wasn't at the same time.
"I see, very well. Now if there are no more questions, I would like everyone but Mr. Taylor and Mr. Monroe back at their stations. Dismissed." John ordered in a determined tone that it made everyone except the ones mentioned; Miranda and Dr. Chakwas leave the area immediately.
"Mr. Taylor, I would like you to serve as our tour guide to show my team and me the rest of the Normandy." John said.
"Yes, sir." Jacob said.
"Mr. Monroe, set a course for Omega, normal speed. However, I want you to stop by the planet Alchera first." Shepard ordered. He wanted to go to that planet first since according to Cerberus, that is where the previous Normandy crash landed, and while he might not remember a lot from that ship, John felt he needed to see the place for some closure.
"Yes sir." Joker said, deciding that even though this was not the same Commander he knew, this one still had the same air of leadership that his old self had. He and Dr. Chakwas left for the cockpit.
Miranda then walked up to them.
"Shepard the first thing I have to say is that it's good to see you alive. The next I should say that you keep your wives a secret." she said in her normal tone.
"Why should he keep us a secret?" Serena asked.
"Because polygamy relations in human culture are not really acceptable under any circumstances, but then again if somebody was to say something about it, one look at you and they will probably shut up. The final thing I would like to add is that we have an AI on board but why she didn't introduce herself is a mystery. But I suppose you can do it in your own time." She said before walking off.
The trio, with Jacob, then walked into the lift and while they were in the lift, John began to talk through their link.
'The AI tried to send off a signal.' He thought in fear that the lift may be bugged.
'To whom?' Yuma asked.
'Unknown. The network she was trying to get into was extremely heavily encrypted.' John answered looking at the data on his omni tool. Jacob decided to ignore what he was doing.
'Can you get into in it?' Serena asked.
'No it requires a code to get on. Any hacking onto the network and it will automatically switch to a different frequency and upload a virus into the hacker's systems. If Shroud were here, we have no problem in hacking the system but right now it's out of the question.' He thought.
'Ok so we interrogate the A.I. right?' Yuma though.
'Yep.' John though as the lift opened up, signifying the beginning of the tour.
Status- Three hours later
The trio, with Jacob as a tour guide, toured around the whole ship, all six floors of it, from the Captain' Personal Quarters (which made Serena and Yuma send John some images to his mind that nearly made him faint in terms on how to properly 'christen' the ship), the CIC Deck, the Crew Deck, the Recreation Deck, the Engineering Deck, and the Shuttle Bay. They also talked to several people across the ship, all of them proved to be friendly and while a little weirded out by Shepard's marriage, they seem to accept it, mostly due to the fact that no one wanted to make Shepard angry.
They were interested in the Recreation Deck since that was not in the original Normandy. This deck was composed of an artificial garden, a gym, and a media room. According to Jacob, some of the money that was supposed to go to John's revival was instead given to adding this to the Normandy, so that the crew can relax more.
John, Serena and Yuma obviously took the Captain's Quarters.
Also, John had set his omni-tool to scan the entire ship for any bugs and the trio was quite surprised at the amount of bugs in the ship (thankfully there were none in the Captain's Quarters or the bathrooms). Also, while being on tour, Shepard gave out copies of the edited LSA Encyclopedia to the rest of the crew so that they would know more of them.
After saying goodbye to Jacob, who they began to get to know during the tour, the trio then walked their way through the Med bay and into the AI Core Room. John then sent out a signal to disable any bugs in the room. Once his omni-tool beeped in conformation, he unfreezes the AI. To their surprise a hologram of a young woman appeared on a stand. That's when they knew that this AI wasn't from this galaxy.
'What happened? Last thing I remember is attempting to contact everyone that I found the prince and then all of a sudden my systems just froze. Where am I?' EDI though as her systems were starting up again.
"Interesting, you appear to be more advanced than what you're supposed to be. In fact, you don't match anything from this side of the galaxy." A familiar voice said.
EDI looked up to see Shepard, Serena, and Yuma surrounded her. Kilona/EDI was panicking.
'Aaaahhhh hell.' she thought.
"Now I'm only going to ask this once. Who are you? And what are you?" John demanded.
"And why did you try to set up a subspace connection?" Serena asked.
Looking at each of them she knew that she wouldn't get out of it.
"Damn it. My name is Kilona. I am first generation Exocronian, a race of sentient A.I.s that is part of the Joint Federal Union, an alliance of several races. I am an operative for the royal Tiberian family."EDI answered.
"First generation..." Yuma started.
"...Exocronian operative..." Serena said.
"...of the royal Tiberian family. My family." Shepard said slowly as he backed into the wall behind him and placed his hand on his head.
"John dear?" Both his wives said coming up to him.
"How many survived?" John asked.
"Over 70,000 survived the infection. But the population growth protocol at heightened level 5 was put into action, so now there's 2,267,983 Tiberians. Most of them are children." EDI said without hesitation, not realizing that John actually knew about his people, she still thought he did not remember.
Her news made John sigh in relief.
"Go...AAAAAAHHHHHH." at that moment Shepard's eyes started to glow an unnatural green color.
"John." His wives yelled as the two surrounded him.
Just then Chakwas and Joker came in and saw John's eyes. Immediately Chakwas knew what to do.
"Get back!" she yelled moving the Shinobi and Battle Sister out of the way.
"Wha..." Serena tried to say but Chakwas grabbed one of John's hands, which were bigger than hers, and placed it on her shoulder. As soon as she did her eyes glowed an unnatural green like Shepard's.
"What's she doing?" Serena yelled.
"Forced mind connection. Chakwas has a JFU implant that allows her to meld with people to check on them. It's an experimental implant that allows her to check the mental condition of a patient."EDI explained as she now realized that somehow Shepard actually knew what a Tiberian was.
"So she's inside to find out what's wrong?" Yuma asked.
"Yep." EDI said.
Chakwas opened her eyes to see herself in a darkened realm. Before she could do anything, a bright flash hit her sending her flying. Back in the A.I. Core Room, she herself was also flung away from Shepard. Luckily for her, Yuma was able to catch her. After the initial reaction wore off, she placed her back on her feet. Chakwas eyes' returned to normal. Her head felt heavy.
"What happened?" Serena demanded.
"Some kind of flash. It threw me out." Chakwas answered.
"Doc, you should consider yourself lucky. The Emperor and the Empress of the Imperium tried to enter his mind to help him remember his past once and they got flung through five walls. It was somewhat funny." Yuma said.
Just then Shepard's eyes turned to normal. Looking up he could see his wives, EDI, Joker and Chakwas around him. Before he could say anything his wives flung themselves on him.
"I remember." he said plainly making everyone look at him.
The Doctor walked up to him and looked into his eye.
"What do you remember?" she asked.
"You, EDI, Joker, Solvan and, the ministers. But the rest, it's not too clear." he said rubbing his head.
At that moment his Serena pushed her lips onto his. "Don't scare us like that again." she said.
Yuma did the same but with a bit more passion making Serena jealous. "We'd hate it if you died." Yuma said.
"You do realize that what you two are asking is the same as asking Naruto to stop eating ramen." he said with a smile.
"Heh," she shrugged, "a girl's got to try." Serena said.
"Ditto." Yuma said.
"Yeah." John said as he then turned to Chakwas. "Glad to see you are okay, Karin. You as well Joker. You two have no idea how long it's been." John said to Chakwas and Joker.
"Well I'm glad you're ok." Chakwas then said but before anyone could say anything she slapped Shepard across the face, though after slapping John, Karin felt a little sting in slapping him, his head being somewhat hard.
After she did that Yuma grabbed her tightly and Serena looked at her with venom.
"What was that for?!" All three Shepards yelled.
"I don't care if you have lost your memory Jol'an. But I'm shocked to see you married. And not just married, but married to two girls." Chakwas yelled. Joker was keeping quiet, watching what was happening.
"Any why is it shocking that he is married?" Yuma asked.
"Because before he was spaced he had a Girlfriend." Chakwas said.
At those words the Shinobi dropped the doctor and all eyes were on her.
"W...what?" Serena asked as her eyes started to tear up and back towards John.
"Our husband was already in love?" Yuma finished with tears in her own eyes as she got closer to John again.
"Doc, what are you talking about I had a girlfriend before my death?" John asked this as he was confused. He held both his wives in his arms as he could feel them tense up.
"John, before you died, you were already in a relationship with Ashley." Chakwas said.
"Ashley? Ashley Williams? She was my girlfriend? How?" John asked, even though he felt a minor twitch in his mind.
"Everyone knew you loved her. She was your childhood friend and later she became your girlfriend. Everyone who knew about you two was bloody happy that you two finally got together. Which is why the news of you actually being married to these 'women' and not Ashley is really disturbing. "Chakwas said, still feeling a little angry, though she said women with venom in her tone.
"Let me tell you right now Karin. I did not remember anything from my past life except for my name, the name of my race but nothing of our history, minor snapshots of the original Normandy being destroyed around me, and how to use my powers except for the ones involving memories. I meet, and fell in love with Serena and Yuma without knowing anything of my people. Both returned those feelings without any problems, they even decided to share me without talking about it to me first. Even after my memories from my birth to my escape from Cerberus returned, which explained the curse, both still accepted me for who I was. So you better not insult them again." John said, in a tone that demonstrated that he was the Ar-Didact for a reason, which made Chakwas almost cringe under his gaze but stood firm she had worse.
"I was only stating facts and giving you what you deserve. Other than that I have no problem working with them. Just bear in mind that you will get more of it when you meet certain members of the old crew." Chakwas defended. "But we deserve to know what happened."
John looked at the doctor who now had her arms crossed; he then looked at EDI who had a similar look. John then saw Joker and he could see while he was confused, he apparently did not see a problem with him being with his wives.
'Well at least I have someone that is not angry for me being married.' John thought.
"Let me show you three of you what has happened." John said as he placed a hand on Chakwas, who had on Joker's shoulder, and EDI heads and his eyes began to glow once again. Joker, Chakwas and EDI were then inserted into John's mindscape.
At that moment, Joker, Chakwas and EDI began seeing the memories John was showing them, starting with his arrival in the Asuran Federation, his recovery and finding out that John was now a hybrid of Tiberian and Asuran, which shocked them since Tiberians have been trying to alter themselves for years but nothing would work; his work through the ranks in the AF military, his meetings and friendships with the other nations, including the first time he met Serena and Yuma. But one thing that truly shocked them was the fact that when Shepard was about to die when the Normandy fell, he not only landed on the other side of the galaxy, but he also somehow travelled back in time, making John's current age well after 200 years, not even counting the times he was inside a TDF.
The three were also shown a brief history of the Allied Nations, how all of them were actually from other dimensions, gravely shocking them, especially Chakwas and Joker at seeing how Earth had alternate versions of itself, all of them being more powerful than their own.
They were also shown the story of the Forerunners, whose technology makes JFU Tech look primitive; from their rise, defeating the prehistoric humanity, and their sacrifice to defeat the Flood; whose existence sickened all three people. They also were shown that the Forerunners actually reseed the galaxy after the Halo array was fired; among those was humanity, which the Forerunners left all their technology, deeming them worthy of it, giving them the title of Reclaimers.
After that past history lesson, John showed them the events of the Oblivion War. The were shocked and sometimes sick at the carnage Primordial and his controlled races, or as the Allied Nations called them, Biohazard, brought. The war they were seeing made the Rachni Wars, the Krogan Rebellions, and the Infection the JFU suffered look like a minor backyard dispute. They saw how in the beginning of the war, the Allies were losing, but even though they were losing they did not give up. The war changed when one of the soldiers of the AF, who was John's best friend; acquired weird powers, which in turn made it easier to fight back against Biohazard.
The three then saw how John regained his birth memories, his confession of love to Serena and Yuma, and more shockingly, how the being they called the Grim Reaper was actually known by Allies as Carl, who apparently was responsible for saving their civilizations, who was revered by the LSA for his actions. They learned how it was Carl that was responsible for John landing in the past, and that he did it to prepare him for the upcoming fight against the Reapers, including his cryptic warning, though Shepard did not show them how his reaction to what his mother, since that is something he will deal when she meets her again.
They then saw the end of the war, with victory for the Allies, due to the fact that Shepard delivered the final blow to Primordial. Following this, they also saw the birth of the Lost Systems Alliance, which was later followed by Shepard's appointment to the Didact position.
They also saw John, Yuma and Serena's wedding, which they somewhat admit was beautiful and romantic. They saw how their wedding was a combination of a traditional Tiberian and human wedding.
In a traditional Tiberian wedding, the Goddess of Oceans is in the middle and the guests are sat in a circle. Everyone has to be dressed in white. The bride and groom walk down one of the aisles to the Goddess. A person close to him or the captain in the local guard or militia will say the stuff. The man will give the bride a ring or necklace saying the "I do's". The same goes to the bride. After that, a kiss seals the deal.
The trio's wedding was a combination of both Tiberian and Human traditions. The Goddess Jane took the place of the Goddess of Oceans, with Edward Terrance Jr. as John's best man and his wives as Serena and Yuma's maids of honor. Adam decided to give away Serena since she was an orphan, while Yuma was giving away by her own father. The wedding went well, and at that moment, Joker, Chakwas and EDI realized that John truly loved Serena and Yuma; and the fact that they married in the Tiberian way, even a modified one, their marriage is real (that and the fact that it was presided by an actual goddess sort of says that it cannot be broken).
The three then saw how the LSA got back to its feet and then began its expansion for the last hundred years. The trio saw that even though the size of the LSA's territory was as the same as the HSA, they could very well and very easily conquer not only the entire Citadel Galaxy but the JFU Galaxy as well. They saw how John told the LSA population of his story and both were surprised to see that the population was outraged at what happened to John and that they acknowledge him as one of their own. They also saw how they pledge to make Cerberus pay for what they did to one of their own and that they were going to prepare for the upcoming Reaper invasion.
Then they finally saw how Carl sent his message to the married trio and told them to prepare and how he sent them to Freedom's Progress, leading to the current events.
The three then found themselves back in the A.I. room, were Shepard's wives were patiently waiting for them to finish the mind link.
"Oh my god John, I had no idea." Karin said in a surprised tone due to what she saw.
"You can say that again." EDI said.
"Holy crap." Joker said.
"Now do you three understand what I went through?" John said in a serious tone.
"Yeah, you're right John but something's wrong." Karin then spoke up turning attention to her.
"What now?" Serena asked in an irritated tone.
"Your memories, they showed you lived for over 200 years. Now either those memories are false or you're the only Tiberian to ever beat the lifespan." Karin said.
John never really paid much attention to that fact, mostly due to the fact that he like every other person in the LSA was injected with nanites, which were constantly updated with all LSA nations' medical tech, which in turned allowed people with them to at least to a minimum live at least, in theory, thousands of years; but now he thought about it she was right.
"What are you talking about?" Yuma asked.
"Tiberians only live for 160 years. They tried extending the lifespan but nothing worked." Karin said.
"You're lying." Serena scoffed.
"Am I? Ask your husband." Karin said.
Shepard's wife's turned to him with expectant expressions on their faces.
"Honey?" Serena asked.
"Karin is telling the truth. Tiberians only live for 160 years. But then again, I, like you and Yuma, we have the LSA nanites, which as both of you know not only makes our bodies better, but also expand the lifespan up till in theory thousands of years, mostly due to Forerunner medical tech, said species lifespan was that of thousands of years." John replied.
"He is right about that. There are people that are really old in the LSA thanks to the nanites, heck thanks to that one particular upgrade, you no longer age while inside a TDF, no matter if you spent thousands of years inside." Serena said.
"But how, your people experimented with everything, from genetics to machines, but nothing worked." Karin said.
"I don't know, the first thing that the nanites were designed to do were to adapt to any type of body, and the fact that they actually work with ghosts, well that just screams that, as much as it shames me to admit it, our medical technology looks primitive compared to LSA medical tech."
"That's not helpful but it does narrow down a number of possibilities. If that's everything we'll take our leave." Karin said before walking out.
EDI sighed as they were out of earshot.
"Humans I'll never understand them. Ah well some people you'll never understand." she said in a quiet tone.
"EDI could you do me a favour?" John asked.
"Sure what?" EDI said.
"Don't send anything about me to the JFU. I need some time. Tell the same to Karin." Shepard said.
"Normally I would advised against that, but after learning everything you shown us, I guess that decision is for the best for now. I will make sure nothing is leaked sir. Good day." EDI said as she disappeared.
The only one left in the room was Joker and then he spoke.
"Hey Shepard, I just want you to know that while it's weird you are with these two, I have no problem with it. After everything you went through, I think you deserve happiness, especially for what is left to come." Joker said.
"Thanks Joker, it's nice to know that someone is happy with me. By the way, what's our current location?" John asked.
"We will arrive at your specified location in about 4 minutes." Joker said.
"Very well. I will go down to the surface alone." John said.
"Yes sir." Joker said as he left the room. A moment later, John and his wives also departed the room.
Sometime later in the Captain's Cabin….
Yuma and Serena sat in their new room. John went down to Alchera to place a monument in the final resting place of the Normandy. John felt that while he did not remember much except for the memories he recently acquired, he felt that he need to pay respect to the his original crew. He felt that he needed to also work off the tension. His wives decided to leave him to it. In any case they needed to talk about a number of things with each other.
"More drama." Serena muttered as he sat of the sofa.
"So comfy." Yuma moaned as she rolled around on the bed. "Cerberus maybe a human centric organization but they know comfort." she then just laid on the bed with a wide grin. "We're going to have so many comfortable and pleasurable nights."
"Yuma quit it. This is important." Serena said almost yelling.
Seeing a weakness Yuma rolled onto her belly with a wide smile on her face.
"What's the matter Serena jealous?" she teased.
"In a way yes. Just knowing he had someone else before us is painful. Even if he did forget remember that the Tiberian code is extremely strict." Serena said.
Yuma dropped her smile hearing this. The code from what she heard was truly was strict enough that she was glad that she did not follow it. She just figured it was part of the way that Tiberian culture evolved.
"Yeah I see what you mean but since he lost his memory shouldn't that exclude him?"
"Well maybe but I don't know. He really never mentioned anything like that."
"We could well you know..." Yuma said.
"You know very well Yuma that we already thought of that and I doubt this Ashley would agree to it but we could do it. But you know very well that the only one that we could even consider entering into our relationship would be John's first friend Ki'sla, since both us experienced his memories of her and John truly started to fall for her. But I doubt that would happen since the Curse would prevent it." Serena said.
"Ptth, please Sis, let's remember who was the one that brought us together, knowing him, he probably made it so that the Curse could include more people." Yuma said, talking about Carl. "Besides it would mean more fun in bed."
"You're right about that." Serena said.
"About what part?" Yuma asked in her mischief tone.
"Both." Serena said but in an embarrassed tone.
"You know I wonder how John is doing down there. It must not be easy visiting what could have been your final resting place." Yuma said.
"He might be taking hard but as long as we can be there for him it should not be a big problem." Serena said. "Reliving your friend's deaths is not an easy one."
"Attention, Attention. Would Operatives Lawson, Taylor; Pilot Monroe, Doctor Chakwas, Specialists Shepards; Please report to the hanger immediately."EDI said in the intercom across the ship.
The girls upon hearing the message immediately head down to the hanger, who upon entering they see that the mentioned people were already there or coming there.
Four minutes later, the Kodiak shuttle arrives and lands in the hangar bay.
A moment later, the shuttle's door opens and out of it comes out Shepard wearing his LSA armor with his head exposed.
"Hey John, what's going on? Why did you call us all of a sudden?" Serena asked her husband.
John then smirked, and unfortunately the type of smirk he just did is one that Serena, Yuma, Joker and Chakwas know very well. This is the one that meant that he was going to show something very shocking.
"Well, since you asked, I went down there and I found something very interesting down there and I thought it would be a good idea for you guys to see it. Just promise not to freak out." John said.
"What do you mean not freak out?" Miranda asked.
"You will see." John said.
In that moment, out of the shuttle came out floating and stopping right next to John was a human. But what different of this human was that he was glowing green, exactly like a ghost from the Ghost Nation looks like.
Chakwas was staring at the new arrival with shocked eyes and if you could see closely, some tears in her eyes. Joker actually fainted and landed smack dab into the floor at seeing the man. Jacob and Miranda were shocked and a little scare because the man they were seeing in front of them was supposed to be dead. Serena and Yuma were shocked at not only seeing someone that they read was supposed to be dead, but also at the fact that the person was a ghost just like the ghosts of the GN.
Floating in front of them and standing right next to John was none other than Charles Pressly, the former XO of the first Normandy, who had died when the ship fell. And like it was stated before, he was no longer a human, but a ghost.
"Pressly?" Chakwas asked in a small tone.
Pressly looked at her and smiled and said.
"Honey, I am home." He said with a smirk.
Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Doubt any of you saw Pressly coming back like this and as a future squad member.
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