Author's notes: Welcome to Chapter 54 of Reunited fanfic addicts. Well, this is it, the last chapter (minus the epilogue). I want to thank each and every one of you for your support, and I especially appreciate the ones who've left constructive criticisms for this fic and for all the support shown to this fic down through the years (Years? Holy shit.). Fret not, I will be starting a new series that I've planned for quite a while now, and it's going to be…nope, you're gonna have to wait. As usual, here's the link to my account: members. Adultfanfiction profile. Php? No=1296890817&view=story (just remove the spaces between the periods and you'll get there).
"Admiral, how's the situation on Earth?"Megan asked as Admiral Miller shook his head. "The Crucible completely deactivated all the Reapers, ground forces included. This effectively saved our asses. Simply put, we were about to break and then they just dropped like someone cut their strings. We've been having one hell of a field day patrolling around, popping Reapers and making sure those bastards stay down. What we've been able to see of the Reapers in orbit suggests the same thing. They're all just hanging in space, drifting along until you ladies blow them back to hell."The Grand Admiral said with grim satisfaction as he scratched at a freshly healed scar on the back of his hand.
"Also, the Crucible appears to have weakened the Reapers. Their shielding levels, in addition to the reduction of mobility that Admiral Miller noted earlier on, have dropped by about 35.62 percent."Oriana added on. "Well, so are we completely certain that the fuckers who're not in the Sol system are well and truly deactivated?"Thomas asked, scratching his chin. "Yes. Their drive cores are completely devoid of any energy presence in there. It seems like the Crucible simply wiped out their drive cores."Erin announced as Victus held up a talon. "I'm sorry, but how'd the Sol relay get severely damaged again?"The Primarch asked, his voice slightly garbled through the QEC. "Well sir, during the retreat of the fleets from Earth, a cruiser that was just about to make the relay jump was destroyed by the Reapers, and its wreckage flew into the relay at about a quarter of the speed of light."Samantha replied.
"I see. Well, I agree with Lieutenant Iverson's assessment that all the Reapers not in the Sol system are completely inactive. As of now, we have all our fleets on search and destroy missions against all Reaper carcasses they happen upon."Councilor Aethyta cut in as the salarian Councilor nodded."As are we. However, our fleets will be diverted to Earth when you decide to give the go-ahead Captain Shepard."He nodded as Megan turned to Oriana. "Ori, how many Reapers are there in the Sol system?" "According to the last count 3 hours ago, about 1627 Reapers. Both Sovereign and destroyer classes ma'am."Miranda's younger twin responded. "Well, how're we going to take out those Reapers? Orbital strikes won't work well; the risk of collateral damage is too high."Garrus asked.
"I propose we do it like how we destroyed that derelict Reaper. Get inside them, throw charges into the drive cores, and get the bloody hell out."Miranda proposed as everyone began muttering. "No! The risk of indoctrination will be too high! It's unacceptable!"Quentius spluttered as Oriana turned on his hologram. "Well, then do you have any other ideas sir?"The brunette defended her sister hotly as Megan tapped her on the shoulder and shook her head. "...No I don't, I'll admit."The turian Councilor replied in defeat. "Can't we just fire the Crucible again?"Aethyta asked as Anderson shook his head. "It's too risky. The Crucible is barely holding itself together after the firing, and when we fired, the Citadel lost all its power and nearly blew itself up. The Crucible is off the table."The Admiral shook his head.
"I suppose it's an acceptable risk. After all, the ion cannons we've installed on our dreadnoughts and cruisers are destroying Sovereign class Reapers with just 2 shots, are they not?"The salarian Councilor weighed in as Victus nodded. "While our ships are able to deal with the Reapers, what I'm worried about is the indoctrination of the troops who will be inside the Reapers planting the explosives. We might just lose them all."The Primarch explained. "We have 30 minutes to locate the drive cores, plant explosives, and exfil thanks to a breakthrough by Doctor Megan Jensen here. Doctor?"Miranda turned to the mousy brunette researcher, who stepped forward nervously. "Hello sirs and madam. Over the last few months, I've been developing an anti-indoctrination device."She began before halting due to her nerves.
"You see, how Reaper indoctrination works is that they use subliminal messaging in the form of electromagnetic waves at Hard X-Ray wavelengths to alter the brain's functions and conform them to their own will. How it operates-"The researcher was gently elbowed in the ribs by Megan before she could launch into her highly scientific explanation that only Erin, Mordin, Miranda and Legion could understand. "Just tell them what you've created MJ. Remember, these people are complete morons and won't understand a word of what you're gonna say." The redhead whispered into her ear as the other Megan nodded. "Basically, I've created a chip mounted onto a lightweight lead-titanium alloy that can be retrofitted into any helmet for any race."Meg announced.
"And what's the groundbreaking part Doctor? It's just a metal helmet that prevents indoctrination."The salarian Councilor asked. "It's the chip sir. You see, early on in the war, soldiers outfitted with helmets that had lead in its composition were resistant to indoctrination for a while. After that they ended up indoctrinated too. That's because the Reapers can detect whether or not their subliminal broadcasts are effective. If they're ineffective, the Reapers simply change wavelength to a lower frequency one that can penetrate through the lead. This chip deals with that by actively jamming the lower frequency wavelengths and preventing indoctrination for a while."Meg concluded as she quickly stepped away, choosing to stand beside Ashley, who laid a reassuring hand on her shoulder.
"I see. So if the transmitter blocks the low frequency wavelengths and the lining itself blocks the high frequency ones, why is there a time limit?"Councilor Quentius asked in puzzlement. "That's because the Reapers are highly sensitive to interference with their transmitted EM waves. They will actively jam the jamming source, rendering any kind of long-term prevention useless as they will eventually overcome the jamming source with their transmissions. In field trials and lab tests, the average amount of time the jammer can block the signal is half an hour, so we'll go with that number."Miranda explained as the Councilors just nodded. "I see. Let me know when you want to retake Earth, and all my fleets will be there with you Captain Shepard!"Victus declared as Megan nodded and saluted him before the Primarch terminated the connection.
"As will the asari fleets Captain. We have retaken Thessia just hours after the Crucible fired, and now our fleets will be supporting you. We do owe you a huge one, and we asari always pay our debts."Councilor Aethyta announced before signing off. All eyes in the room turned to the salarian Councilor Esheel's hologram. "I owe you my life, and the salarian race may very well owe you its very existence. Our fleets will be there during the battle for Earth Captain Shepard. We'll be waiting on your go."The salarian leader nodded before she terminated the connection. "Great. At least I don't have to waste time hunting her down and can get right to blasting Reapers. Needless to say, the krogan and I will be carrying you weaklings to glory!"Wrex guffawed as he clapped Megan hard on her shoulder, causing the Captain to wince.
"Weaklings? It seems you have forgotten the thrashing I gave you in the cargo hold, primitive."Javik rumbled from his chair as he fought down the smile he was feeling at seeing all these primitives he used to observe coming together to destroy the Reapers. The destroyers of his civilization. "You were cheating Prothean. Biotics in a fistfight. Bah!"The krogan leader grumbled as Javik looked mildly amused. "I did not use any biotics to defeat you. I simply flared them up to distract and confuse you."The Prothean stated as Wrex just waved him off with an annoyed expression much to everyone's amusement. "Oh Wrex, you haven't changed at all. So how's Bakara doing?"Megan chuckled as Wrex grinned, his teeth showing. "She's doing great. Rallying the krogan clans, educating the females…oh and she's pregnant with twins. One will be called Mordin…probably the girl. Heh."Wrex snorted in amusement.
"You did great Miss Jensen. You should be proud of yourself; you just invented a device that helped the soldiers win the war! And you spoke so fluently and smoothly in front of the Council. You're going to be a hero."Miranda beamed at the shy scientist who giggled in that cute way of hers as Wrex went around shaking hands with everyone, and even fist bumping with Thomas, James and Garrus. "You really flatter me LC. I was just helping out like everyone else, y'know? I never asked for this."Meg replied, her face blushing."But you did it Meggy. You may not have asked for it, but you've certainly got it."Samantha smiled at her girlfriend before both women kissed briefly. "Alright guys, settle down. Sorry to spoil the fun and chatter, but I'd really like to say something right now. Erin, could you get the intercom on?"Megan's commanding voice cut through the chatter as everyone instantly quieted down and Erin turned the shipwide intercom on.
"I'd just like to say that I'm proud of everyone here and how far we've made it. The Reapers are almost dead, but Harbinger and a few more of his buddies just refuse to die. So I say it's time we wipe the fuckers off the face of the galaxy for good. They've been around for too damn long, harvesting too many civilizations just because they feel like it. Well, I say it stops right now. They will not harvest any more people. Not. One. More. Person.These metallic squid pricks have got a lot of payback coming after them, and their payback is way overdue. So go out there and give them hell however you can people. Kill these shitbags, and kill them good. We're going to Earth."Megan said authoritatively, her words resonating with everyone on the ship and sending shivers down their spine at those words.
"Yeah! Let's stick it to these squid bastards just like the Captain here said. By the way Shepard, the next time you want to shag all of us, just drop those clothes. No need for the long speech."Thomas was the first to respond, and as usual, he had to crack a sexual joke in his reply. Miranda just punched the Briton in the gut at about half her strength, which was enough to wind him as everyone laughed. "But seriously guys, you're family to me. Take care out there so we can all get drunk and wasted when this is over. Legion, let the geth fleets know that we're heading to Earth."Megan dismissed them with a laugh as they cheered before leaving as Legion just nodded and stood next to her as he said "Acknowledged. I will inform the Consensus of your decision immediately, Captain". She then leaned over to press the console to contact the Councilors, Primarch Victus and the Quarian Admiralty to inform them of her decision to move on Earth.
Slightly over 2 and a half hours later, Megan returned to her cabin, completely spent from organizing a vidcomm conference and discussing tactics with the leaders of all races. "Jesus Christ…who knew trying to agree on how to attack could take an eternity to argue out?"The redhead groaned to herself as she slumped down on her plush bed, stretching out and just savoring the comfort of her bed. Soon, she fell asleep into a deep slumber and awoke to find herself in the middle of green pastures. Looking around, she realized that Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko, Corporal Richard Jenkins, Professor Mordin Solus and a few of marines that fell in combat when she took temporary command of them during the attack on Elysium were surrounding her.
"Well Shepard, you've done a hell of a great job getting this far to killing those metal squids. Now this is the last push skipper. Give 'em hell and more."Kaidan grinned as Megan squinted at him. "Wait, Kaidan? But…Virmire…"The redhead asked in confusion, recalling the pain of having to sacrifice her good friend and an excellent leader to stop Saren's krogan horde. "Yeah, I was toasted on Virmire. But I never really left your thoughts, did I? But don't sweat it, we're all in a better place."The good looking Lieutenant reassured Megan. "Yes Shepard. Your leadership and diplomacy vital to success against Reaper forces so far. Outstanding results. Well done. Had to be you leading the effort."Mordin inhaled deeply with a big smile.
2 men and a woman walked towards Megan and she could see that the man was none other than her biological father, James Noakes, her stepfather, Norman Shepard, and the woman was her wife, Miranda. "Wait, Miri? Wh-but everyone here is no longer with me! This can't be!"Megan cried out. "Cassie, relax. Just relax."Miranda soothed her wife as James Noakes hugged his daughter closely. "Sweetie, I love you so much. I'm so happy and proud to see you grow into a strong, confident woman. I'm so very proud of you, Cassie."The information broker kissed his daughter on the forehead before taking a step back. "Hey Meg. I always knew you were a special girl. You did great out there young lady. Now go finish the bastards off and send them back to hell."Norman Shepard grinned.
"Megpie? Wake up. Hey, wake up!"Miranda urged her redheaded wife as she finally woke up. "Wha-huh? What the hell? Man, that dream was weird…"Megan mumbled groggily as Miranda looked at her expectantly. "What dream? Was it a nightmare?"The brunette asked. "Not really. I dreamt that Kaidan, Mordin and a few others under my command that I lost were talking to me, praising me. Then my dad and stepdad came out of nowhere with you and I started freaking out because everyone there was dead. So my dad and stepdad tell me how proud they are of me and tell me to give the Reapers hell. But I really panicked when I saw you with all of them."Megan recalled.
"It's so…touching when you're so concerned for my wellbeing Cassie."Miranda sighed. "What's wrong Miri?"The Captain asked. "I just thought about Father. I always thought I'd be glad to see him die, but after his turnabout and him dying to save our kids...I don't know."The brunette huffed, shaking her head. "Miri, baby, he sacrificed himself to save Zack and Tabby. He was atoning for his treatment of you in the past. At least he was one of the few who eventually saw the light and tried to atone for his mistakes, as cliche as it may sound."Megan explained, hugging Miranda close to her as they basked in each other's embrace. "Since this could very well be our last battle, I think we should make love one last time."Miranda broke the silence after a few minutes, looking deep into Megan's eyes as she got up, took their favorite marital aide out of the closet and began a slow sensual striptease.
"I think I see your point."Megan breathed out as she quickly stripped off her own uniform and underwear, haphazardly tossing them aside before strapping the dick to herself and activating it just as Miranda unhooked her bra and tossed it at Megan, following it up quickly with her panties. "God, it's been such a long time since I've done this…"Miranda said breathily as she lapped her tongue against the head of Megan's cock, lathering the artificial phallus with her saliva as Megan choked at the wonderful sensations. After swirling her tongue around the head for a while, Miranda decided to go for broke. She began sucking on the length in earnest, eliciting heated moans from her redheaded wife. Once Miranda felt ready to go, she impaled her throat on Megan's dick with a loud 'gluck', her throat constricting around the invading member.
"Oh fuck!"Megan squealed as she clawed at the bedsheets while her wife deepthroated her cock, making gagging noises and giving the redhead the most innocent look she could with her lips wrapped around her dick. "Mmm...I miss doing that. What's the matter Cassie? You're a little tense."Miranda tittered when she took the cock out of her throat. "Oh, I'll show you tense."The redhead growled as she forcefully shoved Miranda's mouth back down on her prick, getting a squeal of surprise from Miranda that was muffled by the cock in her mouth. Megan fucked Miranda's mouth and throat forcefully, but still held back in case she hurt her beloved wife. It didn't take long before the redhead reached her peak, bucking her hips wildly as she came. "Oh fuck I'm cumming! Miri! Oh Miri-oh God yes!"Megan moaned loudly as she started to shoot her cum down Miranda's gulping throat, pulling back to fill Miranda's eager mouth with her womanly nectar.
It was too much for Miranda to swallow and soon Megan's juices were dripping out of Miranda's mouth, and even more flowed out as Megan pulled out as the brunette swallowed as fast as she could. "Gosh, you came a lot. I've never had this much trouble swallowing before."Miranda panted, catching her breath while Megan sat on the edge of the bed, her legs trembling from her orgasm. "You sucked me dry there Miri. I've never been so weak-kneed from a blowjob before."The redhead laughed breathlessly. "Mmm I'm glad to hear it. Think you can eat me out until my legs give way?"Miranda purred sultrily. Megan didn't answer, instead grabbing her brunette wife and roughly throwing her down on the bed, getting a squeal out of the brunette. Megan then lay on the bed and began to kiss and lick Miranda's thighs feverishly before focusing her attentions on Miranda's wet pussy.
"Uuh fuck! Yes-oh right there!"Miranda cried out in pleasure as her wife's talented tongue dove into her moist folds eagerly. The redhead purred as she ate Miranda out, the vibrations adding to Miranda's pleasure. It didn't take very long for the brunette to cum, and she came hard, her breath hitching in her throat as she squirted her female juices violently while bucking her hips and grinding her cunt against Megan's face violently. All Miranda managed were a few strangled and choked cries as she shuddered while her orgasm began to die down. Megan was incredibly aroused by the taste of her juices, and before Miranda fully came down from her high Megan lined up her cock with the brunette's wet, juicy slit and rammed home. "Fuck!"Megan moaned as she began thrusting into Miranda's wet, spasming womanhood.
After slipping out of Miranda's wet cunt several times, with mewls of frustration from both Megan and Miranda each time it happened, Megan found herself flipped onto her back on the bed while her brunette wife rode her. "There, isn't that so much better?"Miranda gasped as she hilted herself on Megan's dick. Not waiting for a reply, the woman began bouncing and grinding on Megan frantically and soon, she was milking out an intense orgasm from the redhead. "Uuh fuck! Miri! Miri!"Megan could only scream out as Miranda came as well from the sensation of Megan's cum shooting into her pussy, milking the redhead even more intensely and prolonging her orgasm. "Oh God Cassie! Fuck! Cassie!"Miranda screamed as she began to slow down with her bouncing.
The brunette collapsed atop Megan, panting in satisfaction as the redhead began to suckle on Miranda's pale neck, leaving angry red welts before she abruptly broke away. "Wait, are you on birth control?"The Spectre asked, starting to panic inwardly. "No. Don't worry, this is our last battle and I've been wanting another child for a while now. It's going to give us something to come back to after we're done with the Reapers."Miranda laughed as Megan relaxed. "Whew. Thank God, I thought you'd be pissed if I knocked you up again, especially at this point of time."The redhead smiled as she wrapped her arms around Miranda while the brunette lifted herself off her cock, earning a pout from Megan. "Oh don't give me that Cassie. We need to get showered and then back into the fray."Miranda frowned playfully as she rolled off her wife and laid next to her.
4 hours later found the couple in the War Room once more with the rest of the Normandy's ground team, save for Arthur and Nicole. "We'll just brief them later on their roles then. We can't wait any longer-speak of the devil."Megan said as the couple rushed into the War Room. "Looks like somebody had a good time before this."Garrus drawled teasingly as he smelt the soap along with the faint scent of sex coming from them, noting Nicole's flushed face and Arthur's rumpled casual blues. "Finally you guys decide to do the horizontal tango. It's about damn time."Jacob grinned as Nicole's blushed bright red, staring at the table intently and avoiding all eye contact while Arthur sighed. "Hey, our sex life isn't conversation fodder man. Right now, the Captain has to brief us on the final assault."The Asian man said, trying to steer the conversation in another direction.
"You're right, I still have a briefing to do. Listen up everyone."Megan spoke up sternly as everyone returned to the task at hand. "We'll be splitting up into 3 squads, Alpha, Bravo and Charlie. I will lead Alpha squad while Arthur will take command of Bravo and Charlie will be led by Thomas. Now, this is your squad allocation. Take a look."Once everyone had a look at their squads, the redhead continued. "Alpha and Bravo will drop about a klick east of the objective. The objective is an AA nest and a jamming beacon, which won't let any of our air or space assets get a good lock on target. Alpha will be destroying the AA nest while Bravo will destroy the jamming beacon and plant a signal beacon of our own, giving the rest of the ground forces a dropzone to land at. Charlie will be hitting ground along with the rest of Task Force Hammer. From there, everyone will proceed to Harbinger's location to destroy him. Any questions?"Megan concluded her briefing.
"Yes. Which part of Earth did Harbinger crash land on again?"Major Kirrahe asked. "Israel, or more specifically, Megiddo."Miranda replied. "Damn, Megiddo? That's fitting, seeing that it's also the place where the final battle takes place in the bible."Jacob mused. "You're right. I don't believe in coincidence, but this..."Megan trailed off, looking at the rest of the team to see if they had any other questions. All the assembled squad mates shook their heads, indicating that they had no lingering doubts about the operation. Judging by their game faces, they stood ready and willing to do whatever it took to defeat the Reapers once and for all. "Alright then, good luck out there team. I have one final question though."Megan concluded as everyone looked at her curiously. "Where did you and Nicole do the horizontal tango?"The redhead grinned evilly at Arthur as he face palmed and let out a pained groan while Nicole went back to blushing like a tomato, much to everyone's amusement.
A few minutes later, everyone was in the armory, checking their weapons and gear as the shuttle bay was filled with the satisfying metallic clicks and clunks of weapons being cocked and cleared and of weapons being disassembled and stripped down. Suddenly, Cortez burst into deck 5 with his face all red and his jaw set, carrying a huge pail of water. "Alright, which one of you lovebirds here decided that my shuttle was a good place to have sex?"He asked angrily as he stomped over to his shuttle and stepped in through the open door. "Ah, so that answers everyone's question."Miranda smirked at Nicole, bumping her shoulder with her own as the blonde's face began to imitate a tomato once again as everyone grinned at either Nicole or Arthur with knowing looks.
All the guffawing and knowing glances weren't lost on Steve, who started splitting his judgmental stare between Arthur and Nicole, both of whom looked as if though they wished they would just drop through the deck and into space. "Really, Commander? Banging your girl in my shuttle without even thinking to clean up afterwards? I actually think you want to get caught."Steve grumbled. "Well, I didn't think that it would be that much and it'd drip out of her-shit."Arthur realized his absentminded revelation of the steamiest details and promptly shut up too late. "You came in Nicole? Oh that's nasty."Garrus snorted in glee as Arthur could only glare at him.
"It looks like you two have officially broken in the shuttle seats. Well done."Nyla giggled, teasing Nicole as the blonde could only bury her face in her hands and wish she'd drop dead. "Oh I'm glad you all find this so funny. What's not funny is cleaning up the mess!"Cortez grumbled as Megan, Ashley, Arthur, James and Verlus approached the shuttle pilot. "Calm down Steve. We're here to help you clean up."Megan smiled as Verlus tossed everyone some rags, which they used to wipe down everything after soaking it in water. "Thanks guys, I appreciate the gesture."Steve thanked them as he wrung the excess water out of his rag. "Hey, why is there a huge puddle of water over here? It smells...like...uh...a human food...fish! It smells like fish!"Verlus called out as he dipped a talon into the puddle and sniffed it.
"No don't touch that!"Arthur and Nicole cried out simultaneously in panic as Verlus looked at the Asian man quizzically. "It's uh...it's...well-" "It's Nicole's cum. Or ejaculate. Not sure if the first word translated properly."Oriana spoke up loudly with an evil smirk on her face as Verlus made a high pitched, panicked flanging sound as he scrambled away from the puddle of Nicole's juices, flicking his talon about wildly to get rid of the liquid. The sight of a 7 foot turian scrambling away from something while trying not to fall flat on his ass while screaming like a baby turian was too funny and the whole crew, save for Verlus, Nicole and Arthur, began bursting out in laughter, and even Cortez finally cracked a huge grin. "Why the hell didn't anyone warn me before?!"Verlus cried out in horror as everyone burst into a fresh round of laughter.
After the general drama died down and the shuttle got cleaned out of Arthur and Nicole's 'souvenirs' and Cortez spraying down the shuttle with nearly a full can of air freshener, everyone went back to sorting out their gear and weapons, triple and even quadruple checking everything. Suddenly, the shipwide announcement system crackled to life. "Paging for the skipper and XO to report to the bridge now. We have reached the rendezvous point and we've linked up with Sword Fleet."Joker announced, his voice uncharacteristically tense as everyone looked at each other. "Got it. Erin, please sound general quarters. All hands are to be at their stations now."Megan ordered as the blonde nodded. "Got it Shepard. So this is it, right?"Erin asked as she typed a command into her omnitool to sound general quarters.
"Yep, this is definitely the end. I sure wouldn't want to be an asari when this is all over though."The Spectre said as the lift doors closed with a soft hiss. "Why not Shepard?"Erin asked curiously. "Think about it; sooner or later everyone's going to find out that the asari almost cost us the war by deliberately covering up the fact that they had a Prothean beacon that they've been hiding for millennia that contained the key to completing the Crucible. It doesn't matter how powerful you may be, when everyone's out for your blood, you're well and truly fucked."Megan explained. "Uh Captain? Admiral Hackett is requesting permission to board from the Orizaba."Joker chimed in over the PA system. "Granted. Tell him and his entourage not to expect cookies and milk on arrival though."Megan smirked as the lift reached the CIC deck.
"I'll be at my station if you need me, Captain."Erin smiled as she strode towards the cockpit to take her place in the copilot's seat while Megan and Miranda followed behind her. The second they entered the cockpit, all they could see were all classes of warships of all the different races. Alliance ships hovered there alongside turian ships while geth fighters darted between asari cruisers and quarian liveships. The Orizaba was initiating final approach with the Normandy and next to it were the new dreadnoughts SSV Damavand, SSV Twynam and SSV Kenya accompanied by several other cruisers and support ships. "My God. All the ships of this galaxy are in one star cluster. It's quite the sight."Miranda gasped to herself as she stared out at the innumerable starships at the rendezvous point.
"The Orizaba just docked with us and Hackett is coming in with a half dozen Alliance marines and your mother as well, Captain."Erin spoke up to inform them as Megan and Miranda stood by the airlock to receive the entourage. As soon as the airlock finished its docking sequence and opened, the first thing the couple heard was their mother. "Telling me and Hackett not to expect milk and cookies upon arrival is completely not how I raised you, Megan!"Hannah Shepard grinned as she and Hackett returned Megan and Miranda's salute before rushing over to hug both her daughter and daughter-in-law. "Hey mom. It's been a really long time."The younger Shepard woman smiled as she hugged her mother back.
"Yeah I know. Which is why your refusal to give us milk and cookies hurts me so much more."Hannah teased with a bright smile. "I'll pass on the milk and cookies, but I was kinda hoping for a steaming hot mug of coffee."Hackett joined Hannah on the ribbing as the elder Shepard folded her arms and frowned playfully at her daughters. Megan was doing her best not to burst out laughing and she had a grin that threatened to split her face while Miranda had an impressive poker face. "I'm sorry Admiral, but we've run out of funds for coffee due to us buying too much vodka and wine."The brunette wisecracked with an unbelievably straight face as Hannah rolled her eyes. "Oh don't lie to me, Lieutenant Commander. My little girl over here wouldn't survive a morning without her precious coffee."The older redhead scoffed as she draped an arm over her precious daughter.
"Pleasantries aside, we're ready and itching to launch the final assault on Earth. It should be nothing less than a complete rout according to the battle planning assessments, seeing that almost all the Reapers have already been weakened."Hackett announced as he gestured to the six escorts, who took up positions around the CIC. Suddenly, his omnitool chirped and buzzed. "I got a Priority One vidcomm call from Admiral Miller. Wonder what this is about."Hackett grunted. "Samantha, can you patch it through to our comm room?"Megan turned to the tech genius as the dark skinned woman nodded. "Yes ma'am, I just need Admiral Hackett's ship to send over the data package."Samantha agreed as Hackett began tapping at his omnitool. "Sir, I've patched the call through to our comm room already. He's just waiting on you now."Samantha informed everyone as Megan ushered Hackett and her mother into the comm room with Miranda following behind.
"Admiral Miller. You look like you've been through hell since we last spoke."Hackett said crisply as they saw the hologram of the highest ranking admiral in the Systems Alliance with his head bandaged and sporting a few fresh scars. "No shit, it's all one huge clusterfuck down here. But we got a new problem. About 15 minutes ago, Harbinger reactivated itself and began broadcasting a signal to all Reapers. Now all the Reapers have been restored to full functionality as far as we can tell. The good news is that the Reapers that smashed their metal asses on Earth are still stuck. We've observed some of them trying to lift off into atmosphere, but all attempts failed. Harbinger tried and failed too. Reaper ground forces are back to combat functionality."Miller explained as Megan's face darkened and Hackett groaned wearily. "Sir, can any of the Reapers fire at any incoming shuttles of air units?"Miranda asked.
"Some can, most can't. It depends on how they landed to begin with. Amusingly enough, most of them face planted into cold hard ground, so they're essentially fucked."The admiral chuckled, amused at the thought of Reapers stuck in the mud, facedown and unable to do anything as he lit a cigar. "That's better than expected. I was half expecting you to tell us that all the Reapers are fully combat operational and somewhat pissed off."Hackett smiled thinly. "Oh, I have no doubt about the pissed off part. Actually, I like em somewhat pissed off. Arrogant little pricks, according to Captain Shepard's reports on their motivations and thought processes. Captain, do me a favor. Show those squid bastards the power of ascension with a fuckton of plastic explosives."Miller chuckled, puffing on his cigar as he signed off. "Sir, yes sir."Megan grinned eagerly.
They then contacted all the leaders of the other fleets, as well as the ground forces, and updated them about the drastic change in operations. The asari were aghast and wanted to pull out of the final charge immediately, but Megan reminded them that she could happily spill the events on Thessia and the hidden Prothean beacon to anyone and everyone who would listen, and the asari were quickly brought back in line. The salarians were understandably hesitant, but didn't dare back out due to Primarch Victus' threat to have the Hierarchy Navy open fire on the salarian ships if they ever dared to leave the rest of them high and dry. The quarians and geth were completely unconcerned with the change in events, and the quarians even seemed to be itching for a fight, which surprised those that heard the Admiralty Board speak. The turians, of course, took it in stride but the krogans were practically hopping with excitement.
"Well, here we go. My goodness Megan, you are one hell of a blackmailer. I've never seen an asari admiral almost shit her panties twice, let alone about a half dozen of them in the space of 15 minutes. You make me proud and somewhat scared these days."Hannah laughed as she kissed her daughter on the cheek. "She's embraced the whole politics thing. As a matter of fact, she might just blackmail her way to being the Human Councilor."Miranda teased with a smirk on her lips as Megan visibly recoiled. "Oh no, fuck that! There's no way I'll ever go into politics!"The redhead exclaimed as the other women laughed and Hackett chuckled. "You keep doing that and the next thing you'll know is that you're sitting in humanity's most important chair on the Citadel, snapping at the turians and screaming down asari like drill sergeants in bootcamp."Hackett guffawed as Megan groaned, earning more laughter from Hannah and Miranda.
"Alright then, we should get moving. Those Reapers ain't gonna kill themselves. Good luck and godspeed Cap-are those coffees for us?"Hackett smiled as he saw Kelly standing behind Megan and Miranda with a steaming mug of coffee in each of her hands. "Yep. I got exposed by my blabbermouth of a mother here, so I guess I had to break out our finest grounds."The redhead shrugged with a smile on her face as she playfully shoved her mother. Earlier on before entering the comm room, Megan had asked Kelly to grab a mug of coffee for Hackett and her mother, and the psychologist readily agreed. "Thanks..."Hannah trailed off as she accepted a mug from Kelly."Kelly. Kelly Chambers, but please just call me Kelly."The redhead beamed. "Miss Chambers-Kelly, what do you do on this ship?"Hackett asked as he gingerly sipped his coffee.
"I'm the ship's psychologist and counselor. I help out any crewmember who needs to vent and review everyone's psychological profile."Kelly answered brightly as Hackett nodded. "She also doubles up as a yeoman to Miranda and I. Kelly's the bright spot on our ship. She's just cheerful no matter what happens, and she's definitely an important part of our crew."Megan explained. "Thank you Captain. You flatter me."Kelly smiled as she walked back into the elevator. "Well, since I still have coffee and I'm here for a little longer than expected, I'd like to use your QEC to give Sword Fleet one last rallying speech before we proceed to Earth."Hackett turned to Megan. "Not a problem sir. Let's go."The redhead gestured as the both of them headed back into the comm room. "I'll just stay here and have a chat with Miranda."Hannah said as both Hackett and Megan nodded and headed off.
After Admiral Hackett made a rousing speech that had every last crewmember in Sword Fleet pumped up and rearing to fight the Reapers, he and Hannah took their leave from the Normandy. "Bye mom. Blast those Reapers to hell and come back from that so you can tell Zack and Tabby all the stories you want, okay?"Megan asked as she and her mother hugged tightly. "You can count on it. Be careful down on the ground, you're not as invincible as you like to think. I promise you that I'll crack open my private reserve of wine when you make it back just for you and Miranda. You take good care of my Megpie and yourself, Miranda. I like having you as a daughter in law, so let's keep it that way, ok?"Hannah laughed, fiercely blinking back tears as both daughters nodded and hugged the older Shepard tightly.
"That's for certain mum. Don't worry, we'll have a good ladies night out when this is over. I promise."Miranda agreed as they broke apart. "And I'll make damn sure the entire galaxy can have post war celebrations. We all stand together and we'll fight the Reapers to the end, together."Hackett declared as all 3 women nodded. Megan and Miranda saluted sharply as Hackett and Hannah went back aboard the Orizaba with their escort contingent, and the elder Shepard waved at her precious daughters. "Joker, standby to jump to Sol upon the signal. It's time to take Earth back."Megan commanded. "Aye aye Captain, course has been plotted and we're ready to jump upon Hackett's go. It's about time we shoved a final fuck you up the Reaper's asses."The ace pilot nodded.
Soon, the order to make the final jump to Earth was given and all the ships jumped into the Sol system, no mean feat due to the sheer size of Sword fleet. They gathered together in the agreed formation around Jupiter and sped towards the Reaper armada at half the speed of light. The Reapers surrounding Earth and the few outliers near the moon and Mars turned to face the incoming liberation fleet, dispersing their occuli drones while Sword fleet's own fighters surged ahead of the ships, ready to intercept and kill any incoming enemies. Sword fleet slowed down, waiting on Admiral Hackett's command. "All ships, weapons free. I repeat, weapons free. Good luck."Hackett's gravelly voice announced the spectacular battle began. Ion cannons lanced out across the void of space along with standard mass accelerator rounds, and the Reapers returned fire with their lasers.
There was an impressive amount of coordination between all the ships, as 2 or more ships would focus fire on one Reapers. The concentrated fire resulted in quick kills, the ion cannons smashing through Reaper shielding and armor, killing the Reapers while the following mass accelerator rounds shredded whatever was left of the target. It was a bitter trade though, and Reaper lasers sliced through shielding and armor of the ships in Sword fleet, gutting warships in one blast. An asari cruiser blew up in spectacular fashion after getting hit by a Reaper as the Normandy sped towards Earth alongside the frigate wolfpacks and fighters, screening for the trailing troop dropships. A few oculi turned to intercept the Normandy, but they were quickly blasted away by the Thanix cannons of the Normandy while the other frigates took out any unwanted reinforcements.
The Normandy were past Mars and almost approaching Earth when a Reaper destroyer appeared to block their path. "Brace for evasive maneuvers! Erin, get me a firing solution on that piece of shit!"Joker barked, eager to avenge the death of his sister on Tiptree as he pulled the Normandy into a descending roll, easily avoiding the laser that lanced out at it while the other frigates and dropships scattered, all miraculously missing the laser. "Affirmative, Javelin torpedoes loaded and locked on the destroyer. Thanix cannon is ready in 10 seconds."His lover and copilot answered as she has prepared the firing solutions of all the Normandy's weapons. "Thanix ready!"Erin announced as Joker jammed the firing button with excessive force. "Say hallelujah, motherfucker!"The ace pilot snarled as the twin barrels of the Thanix cannon spat out their payload of sublight speed molten metal, hitting the Reaper's shields.
"Reaper shields are at 75 percent and falling. Javelins away."Erin announced clinically as the torpedoes impacted against the shielding, further weakening it. "Hang on Captain. I need to have a little dance with this bastard."Joker spoke up, completely focused on the Reaper as he brought the Normandy into a tight turn, aiming at the Reaper once again. "Kill the bastard, Joker."Megan nodded as she gripped to the harness that kept her firmly in place in the navigator's chair. "Reaper shields are at 30 percent and falling. One more volley of Javelins and a close range shot from the main gun should kill it."Erin reported with the efficiency of her AI part, her eyes darting between the various battle readings. "Then we kill it that way."Joker growled as he steered the Normandy into a roll to avoid the laser beam of the Reaper. "Javelins ready to fire."The blonde copilot announced as Joker jammed the firing button once more, nearly dropping the Reaper's shields that were already battered by the fire from the other hundreds of frigates accompanying the Normandy.
"Five percent. Thanix ready, fire!"Erin yelled as Joker hit the firing button once more, blasting past Reaper shielding and straight into the destroyer itself, resulting in a spectacular explosion as the molten metal melted the armor plating and innards of the destroyer, while causing anything capable of detonating to explode. A few more beams from a few Turian and Salarian frigates that were also armed with the Thanix cannon scythed through the already exploding hulk caused one final, massive explosion. "Yeah, how you like me now, you son of a bitch?!"Joker yelled as he turned the Normandy around swiftly and set a course for Earth. "Nice moves there Joker, that's one hell of a way to splash a Reaper."Megan praised, patting Joker on the shoulder before she headed down to the shuttle bay with Erin. "And now you've made lil ole me blush."The pilot smirked as he steered the Normandy towards Earth.
Once the Normandy was in geosynchronous orbit over Earth, the shuttles carrying Alpha and Bravo teams launched out of the Normandy, speeding towards their designated dropzones. As they approached, there was a smattering of antiaircraft fire and even a Reaper laser that cut through the sky to try and hit them, but Cortez and Westmoreland skillfully avoided getting hit and dropped off the 2 teams and quickly returned to the Normandy without any further incident. "Alright Garrus and Legion, I want you guys to scout ahead of us and provide overwatch."Megan ordered as both snipers nodded and quietly moved out. "I will be sending Miss Reid and Lieutenant Iverson in to scout for us cloaked while Lieutenant Gossimah and Mister Parker will provide overwatch."Kirrahe spoke up over the radio.
"Sounds good to me. Remember, don't engage any hostile until we reach the target. Once we're there, weapons free."Megan reminded everyone as they began to cautiously make their way to the target. Nicole and Erin were instrumental in eliminating any indoctrinated troops in their way, with Nicole silently and quickly slashing through them with her katana as she decloaked, while Erin would silently dispatch anyone that Nicole didn't kill with her twin daggers, occasionally stopping to throw a dagger at an enemy. "Excellent job, Lieutenant Iverson and Miss Reid. That was quite a display of stealth."Kirrahe commended them as they rendezvoused on the fringes of the AA nest protecting the jamming beacon that all of them could see. "Thanks. That was actually quite a challenge."Erin smiled as she drew her X15 rifle.
"Sniper teams, do you copy?" "Read you loud and clear Shepard."Michael answered. "Team four here. What's the plan?"Garrus piped up. "I want you snipers to take out any big targets on my 3. Ready?"The redheaded Captain asked as everyone tensed up, ready to storm the nest. "We are ready."Legion replied. "I was wondering when you'd give green light to engage."Danner's smirk could be heard over the radio as Megan counted up and upon her 3, 4 sniper rifles fired together in unison as each shot claimed a scion. Garrus' Krysae didn't just kill the scion, the explosive round blasted a trio of husks near to the scion and knocked a cannibal onto its back. "Forward!"Megan yelled as she rose up from cover, gunning down a few cannibals and husks with her X7. "We're in business, ladies!"Ashley grunted as she vaulted over a stack of sandbags.
It didn't take long for them to wipe out the guarding Reaper troops, and Reznov had no problems taking down an indoctrinated elcor all by himself, killing the tank with one rocket from his Cobra disposable missile launcher. "Arthur, get on those AA batteries!"Megan commanded as she set the explosives on the jamming beacon as the Chinese N7 ran to each emplacement, deftly setting up and arming the explosive charges on all 4 incredibly powerful AA turrets that was preventing Task Force Hammer from landing. "All set! Waiting for you, Cap."Arthur reported in as Megan simply squeezed the detonator in her hands tightly, destroying the jamming beacon in a conflagration of shrapnel and fire as Arthur triggered his own explosives, reducing the Reaper AA turrets into nothing more than flaming scrap.
"AA is down! I repeat, AA is down! Mount Megiddo dropzone is clear!" Arthur yelled over the allied radio network as multiple affirmatives and other soldiers reporting their respect affirmatives and other soldiers reporting their respective dropzones to be clear started going off in quick succession. Only the teams responsible for the neutralization of the Nigerian, Wyoming and Telemark AOs failed to report in, while the Yemeni, Congolese, Hunan, Javanese and Swiss AO teams were pinned down. "Fan out, secure the perimeter and hold this dropzone!"Megan yelled as the first wave of the Reaper counterattack came from the valley below. They Normandy team held on for as long as they could, but the constant onslaught of Reapers was slowly beginning to push them back into a more indefensible positon.
Just as they had to fall back, almost completely off the summit of the tell, but a withering orbital strike came down from the exosphere where the remnants of Sword fleet had taken up orbit after their bloody defeat of the Reapers and blasted the incoming Reaper forces to ashes as the shuttles and turian orbital drop pods started streaming down to Earth for the final assault. "Sorry about that danger close orbital strike, ja? I thought you needed some help down there. Commodore Immelmann of the SSV Zossen at your service Captain Shepard."A heavily German accented voice apologized as Megan brushed off the dust from her helmet. "No worries, I was more worried about the Reapers than your helpful orbital strike, sir."Megan replied as the 2 shuttles from the Normandy landed and disbursed the rest of the ground team.
"Heavy armor is landing in five minutes ma'am. Once those touch down, we're all making the final rush down to Harbinger."A young Alliance Marine lieutenant informed Megan as the redhead nodded. "Got it. Squad, grab all the ammo you need and drink up. Once the tanks get here, we're rushing down to destroy Harby and end the Reapers forever."The Spectre spoke as she gratefully gulped down water from her hydration pack while grabbing a few thermal clip that Miranda passed to her. Soon enough, the armored divisions were groundside, and once they'd gotten reorganized, everyone advanced on the disabled hulk of Harbinger, lying face down in the mud thanks to the Crucible temporarily knocking him out while he was in Earth's stratosphere.
The mad rush to Harbinger passed by in a massive blur of smoke, gunfire, explosions and laser fire as all remaining Reaper ground troops in the region were pulled to defend the apex Reaper. Megan and Miranda darted past burning tanks and Makos, avoiding fellow soldiers cut down by Reaper fire while inflicting likewise back on the Reaper forces alongside their comrades from the Normandy. "We've reached the ruins! All units report in!"Megan screamed over her microphone as she and Miranda took cover behind a section of stone wall as the brunette efficiently gunned down a commissar before taking cover. Garrus, Arthur and Erin all joined, or more accurately, leaped into cover next to the couple.
"Jentha's down! She's been hit!"Nyla's screamed out in panic over the radio as Megan checked the biometric readouts of her squad on her holographic tactical display. "Get her to cover and tend to her! James, cover them!"Megan barked. "Jacob's hit too! Son of a bitch, Danner's down too! I got them!"Verlus yelled over the radio. "Fuck! Regroup on Nyla if possible, or try and hold out till you can get them back to the sniper nest!"Miranda yelled in frustration as Legion dashed through the smoke to find cover behind a huge rock. "I'm good, I just took a bullet to the knee! Danner got knocked out by an explosion though!"Jacob grunted as the chatter of his X60 Harrier could be clearly heard over the comm net. "Stay in cover, I'm not losing anyone now! We're going in!"Megan yelled, her ingrained N7 mentality of the mission being a fuckup if she lost anyone kicking in.
The team entered through a hull breach in Harbinger's port side and began to work their way to the drive core, encountering less and less resistance as they did. "Step it up Captain, every bloody Reaper ground pounder in the region is converging on our position!"Thomas yelled over the comm net as the Normandy team increased their advance towards the centre of the ship. Finally, they breached the main chamber where the drive core was predicted to be and fanned out to find the massive eezo core and a very curious pod that contained a yellow, almost gold, skinned humanoid with a diamond shaped head that had slits for eyes and no mouth, but instead had tentacles at the jawline. The hands had seven digits that were arranged so that the hand resembled a claw more than and actual hand. There were no feet on the legs, just a flared pad-like structure.
The thing was suspended in gently bubbling clear solution with a tube attached to certain points on its body. "What the hell is that?"Ashley breathed out as they all stared at the thing. "If I had to guess, I'd say it's an ancient alien that's strapped itself into this metal beast and merged its consciousness with the ship. Arthur, get some explosives up in that drive core."Megan ordered as she looked around the massive space. "Shepard. You think you've won, but not one sentient entity can escape the truth and necessity of the Cycle. Reaping is merely the culmination of the Cycle."Harbinger's voice intoned as the being opened its completely white eyes. "Holy shit! That was unexpected!"Vega yelled out in shock. The being then fixed its glare upon Megan and Miranda and both women slumped to the floor as they were assaulted with the creature's visions and memories.
"You do not understand, do you, human? There is no breaking of the Cycles, only temporal disruptions. You may think that destroying me will eradicate the Cycle, but your own races will soon gladly resume the Cycle in time."Harbinger intoned in Megan and Miranda's vision, as he showed them visions of the past. Harbinger's kind were decimated by a machine intelligence until a last surviving group, led by Harbinger, created a huge metallic shell that would be known as Reapers by the succeeding cycles and then integrated their consciousness with the AI of the ship. "We created the Intelligences to learn how to feel and improve themselves in the hope that we would finally have equals that would share with us the mysteries and wonders of the galaxy and life. In return, all we received was betrayal and destruction."Harbinger growled angrily.
Then Harbinger proceeded to show the Shepards the memories of all the cycles before theirs, and all of them involved the harvesting of species capable of spaceflight, and oddly enough each cycle had their own kind of AI. Most had turned against their creators, but there were still some who faithfully continued to serve and coexist with their organic counterparts. "As you can see, this cycle has reached a breaking point due to your meddling with intelligence that has been unnaturally created by yourselves in a vain attempt to play God. We are merely protecting you from yourselves." "By unwillingly harvesting us and turning us into thralls and your kind?!"Megan yelled in rage in her state of trance. "We provide you with so much mercy. We preserve the collective consciousness, memories and knowledge of a species by ascending you to our state. The process you deem to be an abomination is merely a necessary evil."The apex Reaper said dismissively.
"This is ridiculous! You are intentionally ruining the potential development of other cycles only because your cycle screwed it up! You are destroying anything and everything due to your own bias and your incompetence!"Miranda railed at the vision of the apex Reaper, completely incensed as Megan snapped out of the trance imposed by the Reaper to see her teammates lying on the floor, incapacitated by Harbinger. "Silence! There can be none greater than us! There has been none greater than us! Your ignorance is infuriating! "Harbinger bellowed as the redhead struggled to force him out of her mind. "You even had the audacity to snatch my covenant bonded away from me! It would please me greatly to see your cycle wither and die, all your screams in vain, but the necessity of the Cycles dictate that I must ascend your foolish cycle unto my level."Harbinger raged as both Shepard women saw a memory of Sovereign blowing apart in a conflagration of fire and explosions and Sovereign in its original form, the only other survivor left besides Harbinger over the cycles.
"And now I'm going to reunite you with that motherfucker."Megan snarled as she stood up unsteadily, emptying the entire thermal clip of her rifle into the suspension pod containing Harbinger's original form before rushing up to it with a yell, charging up her biotics just as Nicole taught her during all those biotic practice sessions on the Normandy. She then unleashed a mighty biotic nova on the pod instead of the ground and the pod simply disintegrated with the sheer force of the biotic nova. Before Harbinger was blasted into oblivion, he looked Megan dead in the eyes. "Do what you feel is necessary, we have both lost in the end. It shall come full circle."The apex Reaper spoke solemnly as his form simply disintegrated.
As soon as the pod and Harbinger's original form was destroyed, the entire team came back to their senses and sat up straight. "Jesus Christ, whatever that thing was, it gave me one hell of a vision. Totally fucked up one too."Arthur grumbled, shaking his head to clear his mind. "Arm those charges and then we're getting the fuck outta here!"Megan snapped. "Spectre 1 come in, for the love of Christ! The defensive perimeter around Harby is almost collapsing-wait…they look disoriented now. What the-oh fuck it, hose those bastards down!"Thomas barked over the radio. "Tiger 1-1, we're blowing Harby to bits in 3 minutes, exfiltrating now! Cover us!"The redhead replied as Arthur set and armed the charges. "3 minutes to bail the fuck out!"He yelled as everyone began running for the nearest exit.
As they ran, Megan held onto Miranda's hand as both women dashed towards the hull breach. The redhead checked her team's status on her BattleNet HUD and saw that all of the perimeter security team were badly wounded or had flatlined already. The snipers were all still in the green, a small mercy Megan silently thanked God for as they reached the hull breach to the sound of heavy gunfire and explosions. As they quickly rappelled from the ropes that they had set up earlier, they saw a trio of human and turian tanks rumble forward and fire their main guns, blowing Reaper troops apart as one human tank squashed a scion that had stupidly turned on the tank and fired at it instead of backing away.
"Everyone get down! Harbinger is going to explode!"Miranda screamed out as the tanks quickly backed away while all the remaining troops jumped into shell craters or any other cover they could find. The Shepard women found themselves in a massive trench huddled down alongside a few krogan warriors, geth troopers, a couple of asari commandoes, a massive geth prime that looked positively ridiculous huddled in a corner waiting for the explosion, and most surprisingly of all, Wrex, who couldn't be happier as he clutched his Striker assault rifle and gave Megan a huge grin and a nod. True to Miranda's word, the explosives set on Harbinger's drive core exploded and the Reaper blew apart in a massive explosion that shook the very Earth and a massive howl as all the energy from Harbinger's drive core was released and uprooted trees and knocked down the walls of the ancient ruins.
"Harbinger is destroyed! I repeat, Harbinger is destroyed!"Miranda yelled into her radio as the asari began screaming in joy while the krogan began roaring in triumph. "That's how you do it Shepard! Are you sure you're not a krogan?"Wrex roared in jubilation as the comm feeds began to come alive with how disorganized the Reaper forces were becoming. "This is it people! Push forward and wipe them out!"Hackett barked into the network from his flagship in space as the night sky began to light up with debris from the Reaper ships that were getting decimated by Sword Fleet, which was fighting an increasingly desperate and winless battle against the Reaper armada just seconds ago. "No, I'm certain. C'mon Wrex, we've got a galaxy to clean up."Megan smiled painfully at the thought of her fallen teammates as the krogans, asari and geth went over the top alongside Megan and Miranda, backed up by a legion of tanks.
Final notes:And there it is ladies and gents, the final chapter of Reunited. It has been a great journey that wouldn't have been possible without each and every one of you people, especially the ones who reviewed. Do stay tuned for the epilogue chapter coming up. The Harbinger/Megan/Miranda exchange was inspired by Jade Tatsu's excellent AU fic, Mass Effect: Synthesis. Speaking of AU fics, I will be working on a new AU fic that is set an asari mirrorverse (i.e. the asari are basically the protheans of this cycle). Once again, please do review and favorite this fic for quite possibly the last time ever. Goodbye dear reader, we shall meet once more.
