Mass Effect: Bermuda

by WackoRelyk

The Bermuda Triangle is a fairly mysterious place, and many anomalies occur in that region. No one knows about what happens when someone enters the Bermuda Triangle, but one man decides to answer that question. What he finds will ultimately change his life, forever. FPoV-OC insert. There are many changes to the plot of Mass Effect, as well as many OCs.

12. Chapter 12: The Treaty

A/N: This chapter will be fun to write.

Chapter 12:

Date: July 23rd, 2077.

Sirius was guiding the Bermuda back to the Pylos Nebula when I woke up. We were five minutes out from the Satent System, and Sirius decreased the thrust of the engines back to a normal range.

I opened my omni-tool's command console, and checked my messages. I had one from Samara. '[I'll be at Aite on the 27th. Will you be back by then?]'

I sent a reply back. '[I am not sure. Currently, I'm brokering an alliance between the Geth and the Quarians.]'

30 seconds later, Samara sent a reply message back to me. '[I do not believe that is a good idea...]'

I quietly laughed, but was cut short by Sirius. 'I'm dropping out of FTL in 15 seconds.'

Thank you for interrupting my humor.

'No problem.'

Sirius dropped out of FTL, where we arrived 1,500 kilometers away from the Migrant Fleet. Ten seconds later, the Bermuda was hailed by the same Quarian as before. "Dystopia Class Corvette, your arrival is unexpected. State your reasoning now."

"I would have thought that your admirals would have notified you that I was bringing a live Geth to the Migrant Fleet. It is to return the Quarians to their homeworld after all." I looked behind me to see if the Geth was there.

I heard another voice from the other end of the line. "Please wait at your current position until further instruction."

"Fine by me," I said. Sirius ended the hail seconds afterwards. I stood up out of my chair to wake Lera.

I lightly shook Lera to wake her up from where she was sleeping in the co-pilot's chair. "Wake up." Lera slapped my hand away. "I'm not joking, you need to wake up immediately."

"Is it an emergency?" Lera inquired and sat up immediately.

"Unless you want to continue to be in exile from your homeworld, then I suggest taking this seriously," I scoffed and turned to face Myriad. "Are you ready?"

"We are prepared to discuss with the Creators." Myriad stood still for a moment, then advanced towards me. It walked right past me and pointed at the windows. "Why do you have these? They are a flaw in your design."

"It helps us see where we're going, they are also used for an aesthetic design," I replied to Myriad. I then sighed, knowing that I would have to face some of the same problems that Commander Shepard had with Legion in Mass Effect 2.

I suddenly had a realization, one that had not come to me since I arrived upon Thessia. If I meet the Citadel races and gather their trust before 2157, I could prevent the First Contact War from happening. Though, I could boost both Turian and Human relations.

A high-pitched noise snapped me out of my realization. One of the sensors on the Bermuda started to beep. I turned my head over to Lera who was staring through the windows. I walked over to Lera, and saw exactly what she was looking at. A small fleet of Quarian vessels were heading towards our location.

"Huh, they really don't want to take any risks. Even when there is just one single Geth in their space." I sat down in the pilot's chair, and opened up my omni-tool and sent a message to Ithera. '[Tell the others that I have a 50/50 chance of brokering an alliance between the Quarians and the Geth. If I do not succeed, I will most likely die.]'

I got a reply back five seconds later. '[I thought you were taking Daro'Xen to the Flotilla to get her medical assistance, not broker a treaty between my people and the Geth. Either way, I'll pass the message along to Lyna and Vodnik. Keelah Se'Lai.]'

I saw the smaller Quarian ship begin docking procedures with the Bermuda. I opened the outer airlock right as their docking procedure finished. "Myriad, you'll need to go to the back of the ship and not stand directly in front of the airlock."

Myriad didn't say anything, and just walked down the bridge to the back of the corvette. I heard the decontamination process activate outside of the doors, letting me know that the Quarians were right outside.

I opened the inner airlock as the decontamination procedure stopped, letting the Quarians inside of the Bermuda. "Hello, welcome to the Bermuda. I won't delay the meeting with useless pleasantries, so I will lead you to the Geth platform now."

I was greeted with Ferryn'Artrem vas Moreh, Kapo'Xen vas Epsio, and a bunch of bodyguards. "It is nice to see that our Human friend has made it back in one piece," Ferryn'Artrem trailed off, studying my features.

Kapo'Xen gave me a weird look, then turned to the bodyguards. "I do not believe that Kyle'Terrah vas Bermuda will give us any trouble. Lower your weapons for now."

Ferryn'Artrem looked over to Lera. "Lera'Gerrel, I know that you will not lie, did Kyle'Terrah truly enter the Tikkun System?"

"Yes, I've also found out a few things about him. One of which, you will see very soon," Lera informed the two Quarian admirals. As soon as she finished talking, I started to feel a headache form in my head. I hadn't had a headache for a few months now, which was odd.

I felt a sudden sting in my eyes. The sting felt as if I had just been subjected to someone spraying liquid ghost pepper onto my eyeballs. I fell to the floor in agony, and clenched my eyelids shut. I screamed in agony as I felt surges occur through my body.

My body started to shake like I was having a seizure, and I was beginning to think this was the worst pain that I had felt in my life. I had not been injured a lot in my life, so that would explain why it hurt so much. The worst injury that I had was nearly cutting my hand off with a saw blade.

I felt as if my skin was being put against a high-voltage electric fence. Each agonizing surge that went through my body made me shake from the pain. I was beginning to feel my body shut down from shock.

One of the Quarian marines rushed up beside me and pulled me up off of the floor by my shoulder. I opened my eyes after I was pulled up and saw pure white for a few seconds. I carefully blinked a few times and my vision returned.

Sirius, do you know what the hell that was?

'I-'

Sirius?

'Restartin-'

I felt like all of my blood rushed to my head, and I fell to the floor again. Confusion engulfed my mind as I lost all sense of my surroundings. Another migraine came over me. I put my head into my hands as if that was going to stop the pain. My head was pulsing from the pure pain, it was unable to stop for a short time.

'Sorry Kyle, I needed to power down one of your implants that encountered an error in its hardware.'

Don't ever do that again without warning me!

'Please, that was a moderate amount of pain. You'd be surprised at how much pain you can endure. And it was to keep you alive, you should be thanking me right now.'

Do I need to repeat myself? Do not do that again without my permission!

'I can't make any promises.'

Kapo'Xen and Ferryn'Artrem stood in front of the rest of the Quarian guards with their arms behind their backs. "Human, what just happened?" asked Ferryn in a worried tone. I knew that I needed to get her to stop calling me 'Human.'

"One of my implants shut off, I'm not sure what happened other than that."

The two Quarian admirals held an awkward stare with me for a few seconds before Kapo'Xen spoke. "Are you completely sure that you are okay? If you are not feeling okay, we can delay this meeting and you can seek medical attention aboard the Vertilex."

I shook my head. "I am fine. Don't worry about me."

"It isn't every day that someone has a seizure. I think we should delay this meeting, and you come with me onto the Moreh to fix whatever just happened to you," Ferryn'Artrem said, a hint of glee was added to her voice as she spoke.

I saw Myriad start to walk over to us, and Kapo'Xen took notice of this. Myriad looked right at Kapo'Xen, not being armed in any way, shape, or form. It studied the Quarians for a few seconds, letting out a few clicks and beeps as he examined them.

"I would like your guards to wait outside of the airlock so we can freely discuss these matters. Nothing will go wrong with this meeting if we all just keep our cool." I glanced back and forth between Ferryn'Artrem, Kapo'Xen, and Myriad.

Kapo'Xen turned to the bodyguards that he had brought onto the ship alongside Ferryn. "Very well, Adoni'Ceran, you and your squad may wait outside until further notice," Kapo'Xen ordered.

One of the marines hands Kapo'Xen an Erridil II Heavy Pistol. "If we're leaving, you need something to defend yourself with, sir."

"Thank you for the thought, Corporal Alaxle," Ferryn said, and looked back to me. "Though I do not believe our host will cause problems. Will he?"

"If I wanted to cause problems, I would have done so already," I softly spoke, but made sure that the Quarians could hear me.

I was glared at by the Quarians. All of them paused what they were doing. "Are you threatening the security of the Migrant Fleet, Human?" Ferryn asked, the eyes behind her mask holding a cold stare with me.

I slowly backed up, raising my hands over my head. "I'm not attempting to do anything. Neither do I plan to attack. You already know my motives behind trying to get this alliance to work."

"You want us to defeat the 'Reapers', yes?" Ferryn asked, and slowly started to approach me. "If you wish to have our aid in defeating this threat, let alone cooperating with the Geth, you're going to have to follow our orders. Whether we are on your ship or not."

"Artrem, I'd recommend not angering the Human. Especially when that Human gave us ancient Inusannon technology." Kapo'Xen tried to explain to Ferryn'Artrem, who was still walking towards me. I started to back up, not wanting to hurt the Quarian admiral, or be hurt by her.

'Don't back up. It shows weakness in the Quarian culture.'

Then what should I do, let Ferryn beat the hell out of me?

'She's not going to do that, hold your ground.'

I stopped backing away from Ferryn'Artrem. "Calm down. I would not harm anyone that was innocent. I do not kill civilians, hell, the only things that I've killed are animals and Geth."

One of the Quarian bodyguards, Alaxle respectfully nodded towards me as I faced Ferryn'Artrem. From what I could interpret, he didn't like Ferryn all that much, and I was starting to see why.

"If this Geth tries anything funny… We will not hesitate to kill you both," Ferryn said, gesturing to the group of bodyguards and Kapo'Xen behind her. "This is not a threat… It is a promise."

"We do not plan to make any hostile actions," Myriad said, his monotone synthetic voice softly echoed in the still air of the Bermuda.

Everyone on the bridge except for me stared at Myriad. Kapo'Xen was the among first to regain his composure, Ferryn'Artrem followed shortly thereafter. "Did that Geth just speak? Or am I going insane?" Ferryn inquired, shocked that the Geth actually spoke Khelish.

"You're already insane, ma'am," one of the Quarian marines snarked under his breath. Lucky for him, the Quarian admiral either ignored his remark, or did not hear it.

Kapo'Xen looked at the bodyguards, and motioned towards the airlock with his hand. "Wait in the airlock until further instruction is given. You will most likely hear what happens if the meeting fails."

"Understood," The leading Quarian nodded his head and exited the Bermuda along with the rest of the Quarian guards.

I began to speak to Myriad, Kapo'Xen, and Ferryn'Artrem. "The Quarians know why we need this alliance to work. We are on the verge of entering a new extinction cycle. If we do not prepare like we need to, a little over a century from now, this galaxy will be void of life. The Reapers are coming, and if we do not prepare, we will be powerless to stop it."

"You've mentioned this 'extinction cycle' before, what is it?" Kapo'Xen took the opportunity to put his words into the conversation before Ferryn did.

"The Reapers operate around a cycle that repeats itself every 50,000 years. The end of a Cycle means that the Reapers have completed their objective, 'harvesting' all life in the galaxy."

Ferryn interrupted me. "What do you mean, 'harvesting'?"

"Every 50,000 years, the Reapers invade the galaxy, harvesting all life to make more Reapers. The Reapers are made from organic materials, which come from the people that they have slaughtered. The Reapers also strive for Organic-Synthetic cooperation, but they want the cooperation to be by their means. Every organic must be half synthetic, I am the closest example to this."

"You're half synthetic?" Both Ferryn and Kapo'Xen asked at the same time.

I shook my head. "I'm not half synthetic, I'm close to it though. Through my cybernetic enhancements and my VI, I am technically a cyborg."

"What do your implants do?" Kapo'Xen was asking too many questions for his own good.

"My implants do a wide variety of things, from improving my reflexes, to improving my lifespan. Enough about me, let's get on with the meeting." I quickly answered Kapo'Xen's question.

"Agreed, I'm getting tired of being in the same room with a Geth," Ferryn'Artrem said, showing her obvious hostility towards Myriad

Myriad turned his head towards Ferryn. "We are not hostile. If we were a part of the heretics, we would have attacked you already."

"Oh really? I would have expected you to fire upon seeing me, seeing as you are a mindless killing machine," Ferryn'Artrem sarcastically replied.

I glared at Ferryn, she noticed my glare and let out a soft growl at me. "Will you please try to be respectful on my ship? I do not want to see your rotting fleet be demolished by the Reapers in 2186. I am trying to help you, and you are being a bitch about it."

"I do not have to show respect to you of all people. You have no right to boss me around, even if you are the acting captain of this corvette," the female Quarian admiral snarled, she pulled out a pistol and aimed it at my head. "You endanger the safety of my people by bringing this Geth into the system. If you refuse to treat me like I am your superior, then I will put a round between your eyes."

I felt a pain in my forearm, Sirius had forced my omni-tool to activate. The forced activation sent an electric bolt up my arm, and my omni-tool turned a bright purple instead of its normal orange. "You will do no such thing, Admiral," Sirius spoke through my omni-tool's speakers, and his hologram appeared in front of me.

Ferryn almost pulled the trigger, she would have ended my life then and there if Kapo'Xen didn't save me. Kapo lashed out towards his fellow Admiral, catching her by surprise. He kicked Ferryn in her shin, making her clutch the bone from the pain that Kapo inflicted upon her.

Myriad had cloaked itself, it didn't want to act hostile in any way, so it stayed out of the fight for now. Ferryn recovered quicker than I would have thought, she fired a round into Kapo'Xen's stomach. His kinetic barriers shattered, and she held him at gunpoint. "If the Human moves a muscle, I will frame him for your murder."

Kapo'Xen didn't move and I didn't stayed in my spot. Sirius's hologram froze in place as well, the only thing that hadn't froze was Myriad. I lacked the combat training to take the Quarian admiral down, so I simply stood still, waiting for something to happen.

'I've told Myriad that he should disable Ferryn. The Geth is now approaching her.'

I saw a shimmer in the air, and I knew it was Myriad. The Geth platform took Ferryn's wrist in its hands, and decloaked. Ferryn looked at Myriad in shock, she pulled the trigger of the pistol that was aimed at Kapo'Xen's head. For a moment, I thought Ferryn had killed Kapo'Xen as I heard a loud shattering sound.

Turns out that the shattering noise that I had heard was actually Myriad breaking Ferryn's mask into pieces. I looked at Myriad in shock, and then turned my head towards Ferryn. Blood was streaming down her face, I could see cuts on her eyeballs. Both Kapo'Xen and I looked at the Geth in horror. Ferryn passed out from shock shortly afterwards.

"What… Why did you do that?" I asked, backing away from the Geth platform ever so slightly.

"We deemed it necessary to disable her after she proved herself to be a threat." Myriad answered my question.

"You've put Ferryn'Artrem at the risk of death! Granted she was being a bosh'tet, but our immune systems are far too weak to handle this," Kapo'Xen yelled at Myriad. I knelt by Ferryn's bleeding and unconscious body, running a hand across her wounds.

I hope you got that recorded, we'll be in trouble if you didn't.

'I started recording when she started to approach you. The audio is on your omni-tool, video is also on your omni-tool.'

Good, get the marines in here. Have six out of the twelve marines escort Ferryn to a medical ship.

I saw Quarian Marines start to pile into the Bermuda. They immediately saw Ferryn's unconscious body, and pointed their weapons at Myriad. Kapo'Xen held a hand up, signaling the marines to lower their weapons. "Ferryn put a gun to my head, trying to get her way. Luckily, this Geth platform stopped her from doing anything."

One of the Marines looked at Kapo'Xen quizzically. "Sir, I really don't believe that Ferryn'Artrem would do that. She may be unstable, but she knows better than to jeopardize something such as this. "

"I have video evidence of what happened. I will show the video to everyone in this meeting after Ferryn'Artrem is escorted off of my ship," I said as I stood up from inspecting Ferryn's unconscious body. I looked to Sirius's hologram that was standing next to me, which was currently unmoving.

Three of the Quarian marines stepped forwards and lifted Ferryn'Artrem up off of my floor. Dark purple blood leaked from her face and onto the Bermuda's flooring. "Our people will ask what happened to Ferryn'Artrem. There will be questions, Kapo'Xen."

"Terrah has video evidence, probably audio evidence as well. We will hold a trial for Ferryn after she has healed, after this treaty is made, and when Terrah gathers the rest of his crew. For now, you are to escort Ferryn to the Vertilex," the Quarian Admiral ordered.

The leading Quarian snarled, and grit his teeth. "Very well, Admiral. Good luck with the treaty."

"Get her out of my sight, Commander," Kapo'Xen ordered, making a gesture towards the airlock.

All of the Quarian marines, including the Commander escorted Ferryn'Artrem off the Bermuda. Leaving me with Kapo'Xen and Myriad. I sighed, and looked at Kapo'Xen "Now, can we get on with this meeting? I don't exactly have all the time in the world."

All this time, Lera'Gerrel was standing in shock at what just occurred. She approached the group, silently and steadily. "Did… Did the Geth just kill Ferryn'Artrem?"

"No. It disabled her. Something that you could have done easily."

Lera stayed silent, and exited the airlock alongside the marines that carried Ferryn'Artrem. She looked suspicious, so I suspected that the Quarian had connections to Ferryn. As she exited, I couldn't help but to think to myself that Ferryn and Lera had somehow been indoctrinated by the Reapers. I would have to confirm this with Sirius later on.

"Okay, now can we get on with the meeting?" I asked, as I was getting a little bit impatient from all of the interruptions.

"I believe that would be the best for both of our interests," Kapo'Xen looked at Myriad for a split second before looking back at me.

I let out a sigh before I continued to speak. "Before that incident happened, I was going to say that the Geth do not wish us harm. They wish for peace, and I know that the Quarians still hold a grudge against the Geth, but you need to throw that grudge aside. The Reapers are coming, and we need to stand together if we'll even have a chance at defeating them.

"Terrah-Human is right, the Old Machines will come back. They will destroy all life in the galaxy, synthetic and organic," Myriad said in its monotone voice.

Kapo let out a little laugh, looking between me and Myriad. "I know of your proof, Terrah. You have this little VI in your head that claims to solve everything. How do we know you're not working for the Reapers? How do we know that you're not a sleeper agent?"

"Kyle Terrah is no sleeper agent. I am not a VI either, I am Sirius-928, an Inusynthetic Artificial Intelligence. I have remained dormant for 100,000 years, searching for a solution to the Reapers. When Kyle Terrah found me, I found my solution," Sirius suddenly spoke, scaring Kapo'Xen in the process.

The Quarian Admiral focused his eyes on me. "You have an AI in your head? Are you out of your damn mind?"

"I am not out of my mind, in fact, my senses are stronger than ever. Enough about me, we need you to sign this treaty now. Either you make peace with the Geth, or you let your people sit and rot on the Migrant Fleet. What will it be, Admiral? One solution lets you have a chance at saving your species. The other will make you look like a monster."

Myriad stared at me for a few seconds, then moved its head to Kapo'Xen. "Terrah-Human does not lie. Without the Geth, you will not be able to return to your homeworld."

"Without the Geth, we won't have a chance at defeating the Reapers! We need this alliance to work out. We need to work together," I plead, I was desperate to make this alliance work out.

Kapo'Xen let out a long sigh. "I can't make a decision on my own, though I will send out a message to the other admirals and see what they think."

Myriad and I waited as Kapo'Xen typed a few commands into his omni-tool. A few beeps came out of the omni-tool as Kapo'Xen typed away. He shut off his omni-tool after five minutes of typing. "The admirals agree to this. They are also telling me that they want this alliance to work out. I never thought this would work out the way it did."

Myriad nodded its head. "The consensus agrees to these arrangements. We anticipate the Creators return home."

I got a notification on my omni-tool. It was a message from Daro'Xen. '[Where are you?]'

'[At the end of a diplomatic meeting between the Geth and the Quarians. Good news, the Migrant Fleet is no longer Migrant.]'

I shut my omni-tool off, and smiled at Kapo'Xen. "Send a message back to your fleet. Tell them that they no longer have to worry so much about their ships."

"I think it would be better if you told them. I'll patch your omni-tool into the Migrant Fleet's emergency network. The patch will connect you to every electronic aboard the Migrant Fleet," Kapo'Xen happily told me.

I opened my omni-tool, where I saw another notification. 'Connect to Network?' I looked up from my omni-tool's screen. "Are you sure you don't want to do this?" I asked Kapo'Xen.

"I am sure, you helped broker this treaty, you get to do the honors."

I nodded, and connected to the Migrant Fleet's main network. I waited a few seconds before speaking into my omni-tool. "Hello Quarians of the Migrant Fleet. I am Kyle'Terrah vas Bermuda, and I am here to deliver some very good news. This news will affect all of the Quarians on the Migrant Fleet. Three days ago, I set course for the Tikkun System with one goal in mind. That goal was to broker a treaty between the Quarians and the Geth."

Kapo'Xen urged me to go on. "As of July 23rd, 2077, 1:08 M.F.S.T. Kapo'Xen vas Epsio and I have successfully allied with the Geth. Now, before I induce mass panic, I would like to say that there are two types of Geth. The Heretic Geth are the ones that we are enemies with, that everyone hates. The Geth that are now allied with the Migrant Fleet are not Heretics."

I waited a few more seconds before proceeding. "Today marks a new day for the Quarian people. Today, the Quarians are now able to return to Rannoch. Do not thank me for what I have done, I hardly deserve it. Thank Daro'Xen nar Epsio for bringing me here."

I walked over to Myriad before cutting the line. It looked at my omni-tool, and spoke. "We are cheerful that we were able to reach an understanding. The Creator Fleet is now cleared to return to Rannoch. Terrah-Agent helped us understand organic culture. We anticipate the Creator's return to Rannoch."

I received another message from Daro'Xen. '[You're coming to the Vertilex as soon as possible.]'

I temporarily ignored Daro's message, and sent a message to Lyna. '[You will not believe what I just did.]'

I turned my omni-tool off after I sent the message to Lyna. I then looked to Myriad, "I'm sure that you'll need to go to back to Rannoch. I'll try to have a Quarian ship transport you to Rannoch."

"Are you planning to come with us to Rannoch?" Kapo asked.

I shook my head and started to head back towards the bridge. "Not yet, I need to return to Aite and gather my team. We'll probably see each other next week."

I approached the Banshee III Assault Rifle that was lying near the pilot's seat.I took the Banshee III in my hand, and walked back to Kapo'Xen. "You may have your weapon back," I told the Quarian Admiral.

Kapo'Xen blankly looked at me, and then put a hand onto my shoulder. "I believe you have earned those guns. Anything you ask for, we will provide it."

"Anything I ask, huh? Well, I remember what your daughter told me a few weeks ago. She wanted to step foot on Rannoch, I made a promise that I would make that happen. I request that her pilgrimage is completed, along with Ithera'Lyik nar Vertiliex's pilgrimage. Both of them have earned the right to finish their pilgrimage in my opinion."

"I will discuss your request with the other admirals. As for now, I will leave you to attend to the celebrations," Kapo'Xen said as he walked to the airlock.

Kapo'Xen stopped right at the exit of the airlock when he turned around again to face me. "Thank you again for your help, Kyle Terrah. My people will remember this day until we are wiped out by the Reapers."

"We're not going to be wiped out, we have a century of planning until their arrival."

Kapo'Xen exited the airlock, and went onto the ship that had docked with the Bermuda. I heard the docking tube retract, and a minute later, the small Quarian fleet moved away from the Bermuda. I swiftly walked back towards the Bermuda's holographic controls, where I sat down onto the pilot's seat.

Set a course for the Tassrah system. I need to tell Lyna and the others about my origins.

'Got it.'

A/N: I want to apologize for the delay that this chapter suffered. I had a bit of a hard time writing the scene because of all of the information that was dumped in one chapter.

My beta-reader and I also had a hard time trying to find a good time for both of us to edit.