Resurrected Cerberus no longer existed. Wraith managed to overcome his hatred and need to take revenge. He stopped the threat he had in plan, he also stopped the war. Batarian soldiers, however, were still after him for the treason. Shepard found mercy for Wraith who became Daniel again and decided to fix what he issued so he saved Daniel from the Resurrected Cerberus' headquarters. Daniel Husk, former Wraith, was back at the Citadel. He opened his eyes, seeing only white ceiling and light on it.
"Where am I?" Daniel asked. He pushed himself back to lean against the pillow as he realized he was in bed, his chest being bandaged and face partially. He saw a turian sitting on the chair.
"Good morning to you." The turian said. Daniel didn't know how to react, "You've been out for three days. Maybe I should introduce myself to you. I am doctor Herald Tate. Your name is Daniel Husk, is that so?"
"Yes." He briefly answered.
"I am your personal therapist. From the information given to me about you, you have experienced heavy ordeals in last months."
"Where is… Shepard?"
"Commander Adrian Shepard arrived at the Citadel three days ago with you. You were badly hurt in your chest. According to the reports, the laser luckily avoided all vital organs. The only problem is… your spinal cord was badly damaged so you have to use wheelchair to move around. You were operated in Huerta memorial hospital and now you are at mental hospital for special treatment."
"I need to… I need to see Shepard… I must say sorry!" Daniel said and got into heavy cry.
"Daniel, it's fine. You're in the right place." Herald said, the turian assured Daniel by running his talon down Daniel's arm, "Shepard isn't at the Citadel now, but he will return for sure. You just need to wait." Daniel nodded once he heard that, "Now, I need you to cooperate a little bit, Daniel. I will ask you few questions so I know how we will continue with our sessions. Are you ready?" the doctor asked and Daniel nodded. In the meantime, Shepard was completing another assignment.
His crew reduced again to Geth Daniel, Legion, Garrus, Liara, Tali and now in addition there was Samara. Others were gone. Jacob went to another Alliance fleet, Grunt returned to Tuchanka, Kasumi went back to thievery and Jack got back to her teacher job on Grissom Academy. Thane and Kolyat remained on the Citadel. As Kolyat returned to C-Sec, Thane went to work in the mental hospital.
"Commander? Legion and Daniel wish to speak with you." Joker said.
"Send them to me." Shepard said and in a minute, Legion and Daniel were standing at the door to Shepard's cabin.
"Shepard-commander, I and Daniel have been thinking." Legion said.
"Yes. We were asking each other if you did the right thing, putting my former self at the mental hospital." Daniel said and Shepard was trying to find the right words.
"Well, Daniel. What do you think? It's you after all."
"Honestly, my former self changed so I don't know if we did the right thing but I am sure about this. He will be treated well there. After all the stuff that my former self experienced, he deserves good treatment."
"He does. The crime has drastically decreased in Terminus systems, making the job for the Alliance easier." Shepard said and looked at both Geth, "Is that all you two came here to tell me?"
"Shepard-commander. We wish to see him. Maybe we can talk to each other, making sure that there are no hard feelings." Legion suggested.
"Is it only your decision, Legion?"
"No, Shepard. We talked to the others. Garrus, Tali, Liara, Samara. They all want to see him as well." Daniel said and Shepard nodded.
"Yes. I think we can head to the Citadel and visit him. I wanted to get some rest either way." Shepard explained. Joker directed Normandy towards the Citadel. After few hours of flight, Normandy finally docked to the Citadel and everyone from Shepard's crew left the ship, even Joker and Cortez. First thing they wanted to do was to visit Daniel, see how he was doing. All the crew visited reception of the mental hospital.
"Good morning, any wishes?" an asari receptionist asked.
"Can we visit human named Daniel Husk? He's friend of ours."
"I am not sure if Daniel can be visited now. The human counselor is already in there. Besides, I cannot let you go with your Geth." She said but then a drell got into it.
"It's alright, Diana. The Geth are harmless." He said as everybody recognized Thane.
"Thane? I didn't see you for a while! How are you doing man?" Garrus snickered.
"Doing well, thank you Garrus. Since I was Wraith's psychologist, I decided to continue with this job here where I am needed. I cannot get into battles anymore but I don't mind it. I have job, son working nearby and friends that are always here to visit me." Thane smiled.
"Can you tell us where is Daniel?" Shepard asked.
"He's on the second floor. You cannot miss his room. If you are lucky, you will meet the counselor as well."
"Thanks, Thane. Hope to see you again soon." Shepard said with smile.
"I hope for that too. See you all later." Thane said and left.
"If you are friends with Thane Krios, then there is no problem to let you go." The receptionist said.
"I guess you are familiar with Thane as well. Do you know each other well?" Liara asked.
"We work together but I think that he wants more than professional relationship." She said.
"We'll go now. Thank you for your help."
"Enjoy your stay, commander." The receptionist finished and Shepard with his people went upstairs to the second floor. They spotted doctor Tate coming out of Daniel's room. The doctor noticed the large group as well.
"Ah! Commander!" Doctor said and they walked up to each other. The turian offered his hand to the commander and others to shake their hands, "I'm Herald Tate, personal therapist of Daniel Husk. Daniel was looking forward to see you all."
"He did? How is he, doctor?" Tali asked.
"He is doing well now, but… there will be a lot of work to do together."
"How come?" Garrus asked.
"From our first sessions I can clearly see that Daniel is deeply disturbed individual. He is nice person, but came through many stressful events and adding his current autistic diagnosis, he may suffer from neurosis or possibly psychosis. I need more time to be accurate in my diagnosis because it was only few hours since Daniel woke up."
"What about his physical condition?" Liara asked.
"They did a great job in Huerta memorial hospital on saving major wounds. However, he will never walk again. His spinal cord was damaged and so he is paralyzed from his waist down."
"Can we go in now?" Legion asked.
"Yes, but think that he woke up just few hours ago. He shouldn't be pressed into much talking."
"Thank you, doctor." Shepard said and his group went towards Daniel's room. Daniel heard knocking on the door when Anderson and Hackett were sitting next to his bed.
"Enter!" Daniel said. The door opened, Shepard was peeking inside.
"Can your former commander enter with whole bunch of crew hoping to see their friend?" Shepard asked.
"Shepard! Yes! Eh… counselor, admiral? Are we done?"
"Pretty much, Daniel. You have nothing to worry about." Anderson said and with Hackett they stood up.
"Yes. Since you managed to deal with batarian warships, we can let this be forgotten." Admiral Hackett added and both of them left Daniel's room which was abruptly filled with Shepard's crew consisting of 9 members.
"Eh… is the crew bigger than I remember or only this room is too small?"
"I'd say the second option." Garrus chuckled, leaning against the wall next to the door.
"How have you been, Dan?" Shepard asked.
"Doing well so far. I like my doctor's attitude. He seems that he knows how to talk with people. However, that isn't important… I wanted to say… sorry, Shepard. Sorry for everything."
"Daniel, that's past."
"No, Shepard. I still carry this in my mind. I have to live with the knowledge that because of me, many people were dying. I almost destroyed the entire galaxy. That cannot be forgotten."
"Well, if you cannot forget, then think of the good things you did. Bringing Thane back, helping with crime in Terminus systems. Those are things that will also have big influence in the future, Dan." Liara smiled.
"I guess you are right, Liara. Still I think that I let myself to be blinded with hatred."
"Don't be so hard on yourself. Important is that you managed to change everything in the crucial moment." Samara said, giving Daniel faint smile.
"I wanted to know one thing… how did David Archer change your mind?" Joker asked.
"I think I can explain that better." The Geth Daniel said, "If the original Daniel will let me." He looked at the human who nodded, "I, Daniel, lived majority of life in world that was too hard to comprehend. With mathematics, I was able to think that at least something in the world was making sense to me. It gave me strength." The Geth explained and original Daniel nodded.
"That is true. David reminded me what used to give me strength and that was when I overcame my hatred and will to destroy the galaxy." The human said.
"Understood. We heard that you cannot walk. Is that true?" Shepard asked.
"Yes." Daniel confirmed and Joker cheered.
"Yes! I'm not alone in this!" he said and everybody laughed. Then Legion and the Geth Daniel nodded at each other.
"Shepard-commander. May we ask for a moment with Daniel alone? We want to talk." Legion asked and Shepard gave them nod. He beckoned to his crewmembers to go out of the room and he followed them.