AN: This is the final chapter of the war and then we will move onto the life of Hannah the mother.

Derek climbed out of the vent after Victus had climbed through. He was then quickly held by one of the turians with a gun pressed flush to his temple. He wanted to fight but he was going to instead trust Victus to end this war. The turian holding him growled into his ear, he glared more but didn't move or flinch.

"Victus, good job capturing the hostage who was on the citadel." He watched Victus snarl at the turian who had spoke before he slammed the treaty on the table in the middle of the room.

"The council has demanded a cease fire! Our Primarch and one of the Ambassadors of earth has signed the treaty for peace! Humans are now a part of the galactic society!"

Derek smiled a little at that. Victus had stayed true to his word and was fighting for the end of the war. The turians in the room stood shocked before the one who had spoken earlier picked up the treaty. His mandibles slacked before he put the paper down on the table.

He watched as the other turians read the paper as well.

"I'll call for a cease fire immediately and will relay to the humans this news," he watched the turian head over to the counsel before he brought a screen. All the turian ships showed up, he told them of the cease fire before he then sent a comms to the human ships as well. The ships windows showed that all the ships were flying away from the planet.

"Let my friend go," Derek forgot that he was still being held at gunpoint but Victus hadn't. He was let go and he rubbed his sore arm from the talons that held him but he felt a wave of relief and hope. The screen turned on and he smiled seeing Admiral Grissom.

"We have seen a great war come to an end. For years we as the human race believed ourselves alone in this universe. The turians have shown us that we are not alone. But there are more. And we will all meet them soon. No longer will we be an enemy to the galactic society. We as humanity are now a part of something far bigger than we have ever known."

"Let's go," Victus said placing a talon on Shepard's shoulder. He nodded his head before he followed Victus back to their ship to head back to his wife on the citadel.

….

"Mom!" Hannah caught her daughter as she ran into her arms. The citadel was now a place for humans to travel to and visit. Many were preparing to stay on the station. After a few more weeks of healing after Derek had returned from the war she was allowed to start heading home. But Anderson being the good friend that he was had contacted his wife to bring Jane to the citadel.

"You bastard!"

"And there is Cynthia," she stood up before seeing David's wife hold out a form to him. His head drooped as he read it.

"You know what you'll need to do," she folded her arms after he took the form.

"I understand," Anderson stood up straight before Cynthia nodded her head to them and then left to board the ship again. Derek placed a hand on his friend's shoulder before they gave each other a hug.

"Anderson," Jane said before she held a flower up to him.

"Hah, thank you Jane. Now let's go home."

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"You'll do fine, Jane. You're a Shepard after all."

Jane looked at her mother Hannah, the first human to have a turian as her best friend. Her father was in charge of the cooperation of the turians and humans, he was helping them to build a ship with both of the races technologies merging together. She had followed her father in being enrolled into the N7 program and she felt excited but nervous all at the same time.

"I know I'll do fine. Just bummed I won't be able to talk to you until…" She didn't actually know when.

"Jane, listen you'll be fine. And when you can be sure to give me a call. I love you and so does your father."

"Love you too."

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"Jane Shepard has become Commander and owner of the Normandy," David said over the comms to his old friend Derek. He was grateful when Hackett placed Jane as his XO, she had suffered much in the Skyllian Blitz but she was strong. And now that she was a specter of the council she was going to help stop the new threat that Saren was presenting.

"That ship will take good care of her," Derek said as he was handed some more papers to sign, "Is it true? Are there reapers?"

"I trust Shepards judgement."

"Hah, so weird to hear you call my daughter that."

"Yeah. Seems like it was just yesterday when we were kicking turian ass. Oh, speaking of which Jane has a turian crew member."

"Really?" Derek looked up from his papers.

"Yes, and his name is Garrus Vakarian."

"Huh, I wonder if Hannah knows."

"I'm sure she knows." They both chuckled before they talked for a while more as friends.

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"And so you couldn't call and tell your mother you were alive!"

Jane flinched after she had called her mother. The war with the collectors was over and she had finished taking care of other missions she needed to do. But she didn't blame her mother, even though she had received the message from her she never bothered to reply. Especially, when she got Garrus back on her team.

"I'm sorry, mother. I was just, busy?"

"Right, so busy," Hannah inhaled before she looked at her daughter, "I just wish you had let me know somehow that you were alive and well. Everyone even the brass had told us you were dead."

"I'm sorry, mom," she replied watching her mother wipe the tears from her eyes.

"Just do better in staying in touch ok?"

"Yeah, I will."

AN: Hey so that was the end of the first contact war. There is some extra stuff since my brain won't shut up about it but there will probably be just one or two more chapters. Thank you to everyone who has read and left reviews. I know not everything followed "exactly" as portrayed in real life or in the game, but I think that's the joy of fan fics they can travel off the road a bit. Either way thank you for sticking along for so long. I hope you enjoy the last few chapters.