A/N: Ok so in a perfect world My shep's Abilities list would look like this:
dark channel, flare, annihilation field, throw, shockwave, Nova, and biotic charge. As well as have that awesome green Lantern style of fighting, and the combat skill i.e. Biotic kicks ,punchs ect. And guess what fanfic is all about a perfect world so... lol.
anndd yea...idk what else i need to inform of other then keep in mind the N7 Fury form the Online play in mind and enjoy :)
Kaidan sat in the shuttle as they descended onto mars, staring at Aela in her Medium armor as she stood back to him talking over the comm. Anderson had her things moved to the Normandy when the reports of activity had come in. He didn't care for the way the lieutenant looked at her. You're gonna have to get over it. He mentally punished himself. Even married couples say till death do us part and she died. Marriage. He absent mindedly pated his chest plate with is left hand feeling his dog tags and a familiar metal circle he had hung on his tags. Aela moved back in front of the shuttle door and he stood and took his place beside her. The tension couldn't be cut with a chainsaw it was so thick. Though, they carried on as if it were business as usually but all the awkwardness was still there as they made their way down toward the Archives.
Thank the Great Spirit something to beat on. She thought as they took place behind cover after seeing the Cerberus troops. She pulled a metal ball that looked like a grenade from her belt and charged it with her biotics and threw it. It exploded sending several troops flying. She launched a biotic Flare at the remaining troops standing and they collapsed in a purple blue black smoke. Vega whistled his impressment as she continued on ahead.
"Wasn't that Cerberus?" He asked.
"Looks like." She responded.
"What they're doing here." Kaidan wondered aloud.
"Good question." Aela agreed.
"You mean you don't know?" Kaidan asked sounding like more of an asshole then he intended too.
"I'm not with them anymore Major, if that's what you're asking."
"It's not. But you have to admit it's a little…..convent."
"Watch out!" Vega called as Shepard turned the corner to find more Cerberus troops. She made sweeping movement with her arm and dark purple and black energy surrounded her like smoke and infected the nearby troops draining their life, then biotically teleported through a tank and came out the other side for cover.
"What was that?" Vega asked after finishing off the last troop.
"Annihilation field." She said and detonated the filed around her then walked into the elevator.
"Shepard I need a straight answer." Kaidan finally broke as the door shut and the elevator started making its way up.
"About?" She asked turning around to face him.
"Do you know anything about why Cerberus is here?" He pressed
"Ugh Kaidan" She sighed in frustration and dropped her head back.
"No, no, no Don't Kaidan me this is business" He said trying to make it sound like he meant it.
"The Hell makes you think I know anything." She snipped.
"You worked for them how am I not supposed to think that."
"I didn't work for them I used them to take down the collector base that's it."
"There's more to it than that, they rebuilt you from the ground up, gave you a ship and resources" He said sounding less professional then he meant to.
"For it being business, you sound like it's awfully personal. Look I haven't had jack shit to do with them since I destroyed the collector base and I don't know why the hell they're here." She said with her icy tone.
"Shepard's been under constant surveillance since she came back to earth. There is no way they communicated since." James chimed into the awkwardness of this conversation trying to let them know he was there.
"Sorry Shepard I just-"Kaidan started but the sound of the pressurization cut him off. They took off their helmets. Shepard shot him a damning look and said.
"Look you don't trust Cerberus, fine by me, but I'm done explaining myself to you on your high horse." Kaidan sighed his frustration and rubbed his head. Damn it. This is not how I mean this to go.
"Are we clear?" She said coldly without turning to look at him as she stepped off the elevator.
"Perfectly. I didn't mean to-"He was about to explain but he was cut off by the sound of something in the air ducts. They took to cover as something or someone kicked the vent out and jumped down. He heard gun shots then Shepard say.
"Liara?"
"KEEP YOUR BARRIERS UP ALEKNO!" Shepard chastised as a shot grazed his left arm just above his elbow. Is she seriously yelling at me? He had gotten used to being the one reminding recruits about their barriers. She threw the trooper across the room so hard he popped all over the wall. He returned to cover and applied medi-gel to the wound, a trooper made its way around the corner flanking him on his left. She appeared behind the trooper in a clouded of biotic energy and snapped his neck.
"Thanks." He breathed. She didn't say anything just hurled a shock wave passed him at the next wave of troops approaching them.
"Clear!" Liara called from the other side of the room and they continued towards their goal.
"Are you ok?" she asked with her back to him. She kept herself cold but he could hear the smallest bit of concern in her voice.
"Yeah, just a flesh wound." He said fallowing behind her into the door.
Kaidan knew he was screwed as soon as that damn mech got its hands on him. She picked him up like a rag doll.
"Orders?" She requested to the Illusive man he assumed. He barely heard the response 'dispose of him'. He saw his life flash before his eye and felt as if he were moving in slow motion as the mech spun them around. His eyes flashed over to Aela and he saw that rage in her eyes again as her biotics flared bright around her. The deep purple and black energy hung around her like mist and the last thing he heard before everything went black was her voice screaming his name. KAIDAN!
Vega was shocked when he saw Shepard's full force of power in use as the mech turned toward her. She made a movement as if lifting up a toy and the mech was lifted off its feet and suspended midair surrounded by biotic energy as if being held in Shepard's hand. He heard the sound of metal straining.
"SHEPARD WE NEED THE DATA!" Liara reminded. Shepard seemed to remember herself for a moment and then slammed the mech into the ground with a motion of her arm. The mech sputtered but he was sure that wasn't with full force, as she ran over to the Major. Her biotics still surrounding her like and aura of demonic smoke, but slowly fading.
"Grab that thing." She growled and lifted Kaidan to her shoulders.
Aela placed Kaidan gently on a bed in med-bay. God fucking damn it Kaidan why you?! She thought stating at his bruised face. Liara looked at her knowing nothing it the world mattered to the Native woman at this moment; it was as if there wasn't a galaxy at all around her at all. The Asari bent to catch Aela's line of site.
"Kaidan needs medical attention. We have to leave the Sol system." Aela snapped out of the trance long enough to call Joker over the comm. and set a course for the citadel, as she unclasped Kaidan's armor and chucked it aimlessly across the room.
"Aye, watch it." Vega protested as a shoulder plate smacked him. She unzipped Kaidan's under suit ignoring everyone else, and revealed his chest. She closed her eyes and took a calming breath as she placed her hand on his chest gently over his heart. Biotic energy started to pulse over Kaidan's body like purple blue waves rippling in a lake.
"What are you doing?" Vega asked.
"Sparking his vitals." She said without breaking concentration. "My tribe believed we could transfer our own life force into another person given enough practice. I was taught some but couldn't full achieve the proper flow of energy till I got my biotics."
"Admiral Hackett is on the Vid Comm for you in the war room." EDI's Voice called. Aela had to force herself away from his side.
Aela made her way down to the Hospital again after her meeting with the council and planted herself firmly at Kaidan's side. She had till the next morning before they could make their way to Menae and she wasn't leaving till she had to. She walked over to him and placed her hand back over his heart and resumed the transfer of energy.
"Please don't die." She whispered.
"Commander Shepard?" A female voice said softly from behind her. She would recognize that voice anywhere.
"Dr. Michele." She said and you could hear in her voice that she was happy to know it was her. She released again reluctantly and turned toward the doctor.
"What were you doing?" Chloe questioned softly, remembering the closeness of the two. Aela admitted to what she had been doing with some embarrassment. Knowing she would be perceived as superstitious.
"That's alright Commander, everyone has their own way of expressing hope. The religious pray, some make throw salt over their shoulder, you do this." She gave her a kind smile and checked his vitals.
"mmm that's strange. It seems there may be some merit to what you were doing. His heart beat is significantly stronger than it was. I was already hopeful for his recovery but now I am sure of it." Aela sat down in the chair next to his bed feeling slightly relieved but still a little foolish.
"You know Commander; visiting hours are officially over but if anyone asks ill just say you pulled Spectre authority." She said kindly, leaving the room.
"Thank you, Dr. Michele." Aela said softly.
Kaidan felt shooting pain in his shoulders and had one HELL of a headache as he regained consciousness. Oh god if I'm dead this must be hell because I do NOT feel peaceful. He thought with is eyes still closed. He could hear the beeping of monitor's around him, and felt something in his right hand. Where am I? He struggled to open his eyes and for a moment after they had opened he wasn't sure they were in the darkness of the room. He had to blink a few times before his eyes adjusted to the room. Ok, I'm in the hospital. He thought as his eyes scanned the dark room. He looked at the clocks with all the different planet times on the wall before settling on 02:55 Local citadel time. I'm on the citadel? His memory slowly crept up to him, specifically his last memory before now. Aela's wrath burning in her eyes like she had before Ilos. He gingerly lifted his head to look at his hand and wasn't expecting what he saw. Aela passed out, head next to his leg, hand in his, fingers laced. He put is head back down and tightened his grip on her hand lightly. He tried to speak but his throat was dry. He forced himself to swallow to moisten it.
"Aela" he said barely above a whisper. He squeezed her hand a little and heard her breathing change as she woke up. She sat straight up confused for a moment looking around the room. Once she had gained her bearings she looked at the clock then tried to retract her hand but he held on. She didn't know he was awake. She sat motionlessly unsure if he was in fact awake and holding onto her or if he was still asleep.
"Aela" He repeated hoarsely and she knew he was purposefully holding her there.
"Y-yea" She said timidly. She hadn't expected him to wake up anytime soon.
"Could. Could you get me some water please?" He asked.
"Yea sure." She said jumping to her feet and walking out of the room to procure a pitcher and cup. He reluctantly let go over her hand. She returned shortly and helped him sit up to drink his left hand wrapped around hers and the cups as he brought it to his mouth to drink.
"Do you want more?" she asked after he finished the cup and released her hand.
"No. Thank you." He said and cleared his throat. She placed the up on a table by his bed.
"Did the mech live?" He tried to joke closing his eyes as his head throbbed
"Ughh sort of." She sounded embarrassed he could hear it in her voice.
"I'm surprised. Your wrath is usually unrelenting." He tried to sound playful.
"How would you know? You've never seen my wrath." She said as she returned to the seat next to him. He turned his head slightly to look at her.
"I've never seen it directed at me and I hope I never do" he admitted studding her as she chewed at the skin around her nails eyes closed in thought.
"What are you doing here?" he asked, not that he wasn't happy to see her; he just wasn't sure where they stood.
"Sorry, I'll leave." She said standing.
"No don't." He said quickly, reaching to grab her. He winced in pain at the sudden movement.
"Relax" She said softly walking over to him and placing her hand on his chest over his heart. He felt a calming wave of energy travel through him as he laid back.
"What are you doing?" He asked as his body became more relaxed.
"Stimulating your muscles. I changed the frequency of the energy, it should feel like sitting in a massage chair but all over."
"It does." He said lazily, enjoying the feeling. She smiled seeing him with such a peaceful look on his face. Her omni-tool buzzed letting her know she needed to go.
"Sorry." She said releasing him. His eyes opened and looked as her with fear.
"Where are you going?" he looked sad and hurt.
"I have to go to Palaven, I'm sorry. I'll come back as soon as I have time." She said reassuringly, rubbing his chest .
"OK" He sounded like he was about to cry. "Be careful please."
"I will." She said and gave him and gentle kiss on his forehead and retreated from the room. He watched after her for while wishing he could go with her.
