Greetings! Sorry I have taken so long to update. Life gets you sidetracked sometimes. This is going to be a long chapter because I wanted to end ME 1 here. Next chapter will be the beginning of ME2! There is some dialogue straight from the game in here, hope it's not too much. First combat scene too. Thank you for reading this and I hope you enjoy it!

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End of the Saren Chronicles

The camera fizzles until sound and vision filters through. A very loud thud cracks through the cabin of the Mako.

"OW! For the love of- QUIT SHOOTING US!" Shepard yells at the Geth shooting the Mako. While it seems she is dodging the most deadly shots from their heavy weapons, the smaller ammo is dealing a lot of damage.

"After we stop Saren I am coming back here to blow their synthetic asses to hell!" Ashley yells from the back seat.

"Can I please shoot them?" Garrus bellows when the Mako jerks again and they almost flip. The Mako was charging full speed ahead to the Conduit. "Spirits!" Garrus' whisper is barely recognized when he realizes how close they are.

"Everybody hold on!" Shepard screams and they are air-borne for the small Mass Relay. Ashley and Garrus start screaming and Shepard joins them when they hit the Eezo and shoot forward.

Everything is white. Suddenly the sound of blaring alarms and screeching metal resounds as the Mako crashes onto the Citadel floor, and the screen seems to be rolling the wrong way when the vehicle flips.

Shepard crawls out of the vehicle, and the Citadel comes into view. What was once a beautiful Presidium, is now a place of fire and death. She turns around and helped Garrus out of the Mako, noticing a slight gash on his neck.

"It'll be fine." He says, waving away her concern and she nods her assent, bringing her shotgun out and scanning the area. Ashley already has her assault rifle out and gives Shepard a nod to show that she is ready to go.

A faulty Avina is standing and stating issues of emergency and Shepard makes her way there. The Teeth of the Geth are standing in front of them with husks waiting to attack anyone who walks by, and the squad quickly takes them down. A quick chat with a freaky VI, and the three of them were on their way to the Council Chambers.

The elevator suddenly halted and Shepard swore. Putting on their helmets, Shepard shattered the glass barrier and started the long trek up the outside of the Council Tower. Sovereign's legs surrounded the Tower and the three soldiers dodged when they got too close.

Shepard and Garrus took turns hacking gun towers to shoot the Geth and their Dropships.

Ashley turned a corner in front of Shepard and let out a surprised, disturbed yelp and started shooting. She managed to dodge the Krogan that came charging at her and Garrus sniped him in the head while Shepard kept him on the ground with her shotgun. A rocket entered the line of sight of the camera and passed between Garrus and Shepard.

"That almost hit me in the face." Garrus growled and turned his sniper rifle and started shooting the Geth Prime. Shepard ran headlong at it while its shields were down and Threw it backwards into an oncoming Geth making both of them explode.

After finding the hatch they entered the Council Chambers. Shepard turned around in time to see a Geth melt into a green puddle. Ashley smirked as she lowered her weapon.

"I really like these upgrades Commander."

"Oh yeah. Glad they're working out for you." Shepard responded and then ran up to meet Saren.

"What have you done? You let Sovereign implant you? Are you insane?" Shepard screamed at him in fury and sorrow.

"I suppose I should thank you, Shepard. After Virmire I coudn't stop thinking about what you said, about Sovereign manipulating me. About… Indoctrination. The doubts began to eat away at me. Sovereign sensed my hesitation; I was… implanted to strengthen my resolve. Now my doubts are gone. I believe in Sovereign completely. I understand. The Reapers need organics. Join us, and Sovereign will find a place for you, too."

"You're Indoctrinated! Sovereign is controlling you through your implants, don't you see that?" Shepard replied trying to get through to the crazy Turian.

"The relationship is symbiotic – organics and machine intertwined, a union of flesh and steel. The strengths of both, the weaknesses of neither. I am a vision of the future, Shepard. The evolution of all organic life." Saren said in awe. "This is our destiny. Join Sovereign, and experience a true rebirth!"

"We can beat them!Sovereign hasn't won yet, I can stop him from taking control of this station. Step aside, and the invasion will never happen."

"We can't stop it! Not forever! You saw the visions, you saw what happened to the Protheans. The Reapers are too powerful." Saren was starting to sound doubtful again of what he was saying. The realization that he wanted to save everyone, not annihilate them, startled Shepard but gave her a new resolve.

"Don't give in to them! Some part of you must still realize this is wrong! You can fight this!" She proclaimed trying to convince him to do the right thing.

"Maybe you're right – maybe there is still a chance for- AUGH, AH- the implants. Sovereign is too strong! I'm sorry, it is too late for me." Saren said in agony.

"That's not true! It's not over yet, you can still redeem yourself!" Shepard yelled, coming out from her cover to face him. She wanted to see him win against Sovereign and was going to get to him.

"Goodbye, Shepard. Thank you." Saren said, resigned to his fate and put his pistol to his head.

"SAREN NO!" Shepard screamed as he pulled the trigger.

Shepard quickly recovers and runs up to the controls, opening the arms and commanding Joker and the Alliance fleets to save the Destiny Ascension, much to Ashley's disapproval.

"Go make sure he is dead." Shepard says turning back to the controls. Garrus and Ashley nod and disappear from view. A minute later, a shot is heard and barely through the comm link, Garrus responds.

"He's dead."

"Alright lets-" Shepard states and then loses her footing as the floor under her shakes. She catches herself before she falls, and looks down where Saren fell and her two friends are. She lets out disturbed gasp at seeing the atrocity before her.

Saren is glowing red, howling unholy sounds, and electricity is running through him, transforming him. "Damn you Sovereign." Shepard manages to growl out as the platform under her collapses and she rolls straight to the abominations feet, Garrus and Ashley helping her up.

"I AM SOVEREIGN AND THIS STATION IS MINE!" The abomination screeches and jumps.

Shepard whips up a barrier and swings out her shotgun at the same time.

"Garrus I need to you to Overload his shields and forget your sniper rifle!" She yells and he answers by frying a portion of the shields and already had his assault rifle out. Ashley was going full throttle with her assault rifle, ripping his shields apart.

The abomination flew around the room, able to stay attached to the walls and ceiling and Shepard was having a hard time keeping up with his movements. Hitting him with her biotics more than her shotgun, she warped him until his shields were down and then lifted him until he was stationed in the air and vulnerable to their attacks. It didn't last long enough and he landed on the wall, sending bolts of electricity at them which quickly depleted their shields.

Quickly dispersing medi-gel into her and her squad to make sure they wouldn't go down, she ran around her cover, bringing up her shotgun. The abomination lunged for her and she shot him in his gaping mouth, making him drop dead for sure this time.

The three of them run up to the higher ground in the chambers and Shepard looks out the giant windows in time to see the Normandy give Sovereign the final blow.

"Ha! Hell yeah!" She shouts, Garrus and Ashley laughing along with her. "By the Maker." She whispers gravely when a piece of Sovereigns leg falls off and hurtles toward them.

"GO!" She yells turning to her friends and for a second you can see the scared faces of Ashley and Garrus before they run.

Glass shatters around them and Garrus barely dodges a beam. Taking a quick glance up, and seeing the leg quickly taking over her entire view, Shepard hollers. Her glowing blue hand appears on screen and a blast of biotics leaves her, sending her squad away from the impact zone. The leg crashes down around her, a few yelps and grunts leaving her as she tries to dodge and fails. A small grunt of pain leaves her as her visor cracks, half of it going dark, but enough to show that she has fallen to the ground. Reaper remnants surround her and she doesn't move, specks of red liquid on her camera visor.

Small sounds filter into the speakers.

"Captain Anderson, we found them! They're in here!" a male says, grunts and scraping metal following that statement.

"Don't worry, we've got you."

A loud groan emits from Shepard and the camera starts moving. It is dark, but Shepard's hand moves a piece of debris and she slowly stands up. The camera bounces as she limps along the wreckage. Turning around the corner she jumps onto some smaller rubble and the relieved and happy faces of Garrus, Ashley, and Anderson enter the vision.

She runs to meet them giving both Garrus and Ashley a hug and shaking hands with Anderson.

"Hey Shepard."

"Yeah Garrus?"

"Your visor camera is on."

"Augh. I wonder how long… oh look its broken." She says as she looks into after taking it off her face. She has a few cuts and bruises and her hair is a crazy mess, but she looks ok. A haunted look in her eyes from what happened to Saren, and the losses she knew they took, clouds her eyes, but the happiness of those who are still alive is shining through. The screen goes black as she turns off her visor for the last time.

Joker appears on screen. He looks awful. His eyes are bloodshot, face is bruised, arm in a sling, and his hat is crooked.

"I uh… figured I would finish this for her. For Shepard." He coughs and refuses to look into the camera.

"After the defeat of Sovereign and Saren, I guess The Battle of the Citadel, Shepard gave the crew a giant party and managed to get Anderson as human representative on the Council. She doesn't know that part though.

"She was really sad to see Wrex and Garrus go. Somehow, as only Shepard could, she became friends with them both. Liara and Tali decided to stay on and help fight the Geth the Council sent us after."

He paused and sighed a long sorrowful, angry breath. "We were searching the edge of the Terminus Systems for four days and no signs of Geth activity. We fell under attack by an unknown enemy. Blew our shields away in one shot. Pressley died in the first strike." Joker pause in silent respect for his former XO.

"Everyone started to abandon the Normandy. I… wouldn't. I felt I couldn't let her go and I should have." He finally makes eye contact with the camera, his eyes showing the deep emotional turmoil he was in. "Shepard - no… Jane. Jane came up to the cockpit and got my stubborn butt out of there." His eyes were glistening but he held the tears at bay and he was swallowing heavily. His voice sounded heavy, but he didn't waver.

"Jane didn't make it into the escape pod with me." He choked. "Didn't even hesitate to push the button that saved my life and ended hers." Finally a few tears escaped.

"She's gone. Jane Shepard is dead and it's my fault." Joker grits his teeth and shakes his head, looking down into his lap. He slams his hand down onto the desk with a pained yell of anger at himself.

"They won't blame me. Tali and Liara are just glad that I too made it out alive. Ashley wishes she had disobeyed Shepard's orders and stayed with her. Anderson and Hackett just tell me there was nothing I could have done. Even Wrex just gave me a nod at the Memorial. Garrus, man. I expected him to hate me. I mean, he and Shepard were best friends. He just… gave me a pat on the shoulder and some kind of Turian condolence. Why the hell won't they blame me?" He sighs and looks around. "I am going to have to edit that out."

He slowly brings his gaze back to the camera. "Now the Council and the Alliance are ruining everything Jane Shepard worked for. Lying about the Reapers, what Sovereign was, and blaming everything on the Geth. They are betraying the woman who fought with everything that she was to save this universe and saved the Council. Garrus tried to fight for her memory, but eventually got fed up and disappeared. Wrex and Tali went home. Liara disappeared too before anybody else. Everyone from the Normandy was given different orders. Chakwas is planet side… or moon side however you want to look at it. They won't let me pilot any ship. I'm grounded. I never thought I would say that after leaving my parents' house." He pauses again, finding where his thoughts had been before.

"I cannot pilot a ship or go to battle, but I can do this. Edit her video diaries as you have just watched, and make you see the woman who should be an honored legend. The woman who cared deeply for her friends, her crew, and the people of this galaxy. Tali once told me, that Shepard was a different person on the battlefield and on the ship. Like, in her video diaries, she seems to be a big goofball in most of them, but she is truly serious on the battlefield and watches out for her people.

"I once teased her about making her squad worry she had a split personality. She just smiled and said, 'I tend to lose myself in whatever I do. In order to exit the mindset of battle, I make the video diaries after writing my official report. Some soldiers exit war mode right away like flipping a switch. Some go out for drinks, play a game, and some never truly leave it behind. I do the best I can with the diaries, but during this time, I can't leave it truly behind. The stakes are too high to take things too lightly.' I just made fun of her some more than, which actually made her laugh.

"Shepard needs to be remembered for everything that she was. I am going to put this up as a memorial to her." Joker straightens up his wheelchair, adjusts his hat, and looks directly into the camera.

"Remember Jane Shepard: Sole Survivor of Akuze; First Human Spectre; Savior of the Citadel and the Council. Remember the ferocious warrior and the heart of the woman Jane Shepard was." Jeff Moreau bows his head in respect and about 10 seconds later a ping sounds in the terminal beside him. He looks up, angry at the interruption and opens the message to see who it is from.

"What the shit? Cerberus? Why would they… holy crap." He whispers at the end and quickly shuts off the camera.