This is the end! Woo-Hoo!
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Shepard, Garrus, Kaiden, Liara, and Leah all stood in front of Vigil. Listening to the AI speak and explain what happened to the Protheans that once lived within Ilos was heartbreaking. Liara kept trying to ask it questions and even though it was an AI, it gave her most the information it could without breaching its protocols. Leah was trying to follow along but couldn't understand why she was able to hear that emergency transmission before they located Vigil. She's never spoke Prothean before, they were all dead before she was even born... how could she understand it?
"Come on! Let's get to the relay!" Shepard barked making Leah shake off her questions.
The team turned and began heading to the elevator. Liara was still standing in front of vigil wanting to know more.
"Liara." Leah grabbed her elbow. "We have to go."
"I know... I just have questions."
"I know you do but we don't have time."
"You said you understood that emergency transmission... talk to him."
"Liara." Leah said with enough urgency to make her stop.
Liara turned slowly and headed to the elevator with Leah. She needed to know more and if she only had more time.
"I'm sorry you couldn't stay." Garrus said as Leah and Liara entered the elevator.
"It's okay. We have more pressing things to deal with." Liara sighed.
They headed for the conduit as fast as the Mako would take them. They had to go through so many Geth, Shepard wasn't sure they were going to make it.
"Can you guess where that thing will send us?" Garrus gripped onto his seat.
"No idea." Leah closed her eyes.
"HOLD ON!" Shepard yelled.
Just as he said that the g-force took them, and it felt like they were weightless. The team had no idea where they were going to end up and they were hoping it wasn't in the middle of an exploding star somewhere.
The bright light faded and the Mako began tumbling end over end until it jerked to a stop.
Leah's body ached from the seat belt but was able to move still. She released herself and landed on the roof of the Mako with a loud thump.
"John?!" Leah coughed because of the smoke in the mako cabin.
"I'm okay." He grunted stepping out of the cockpit. "Everyone okay?"
"Ugh...my mandibles hurt." Garrus groaned.
"That was unpleasant." Liara hissed.
"Nice driving, Commander." Kaiden joked.
"Shut the hell up." Shepard laughed. "Let's get moving."
...w...
Sovereign Saren finally fell and burst into red flame. Shepard immediately gave the word to save the Council. He understood Garrus not wanting him to, but he needed to save them regardless of the cost. As the battle raged on outside, they watched.
"They will make it." Leah grabbed onto his hand.
Suddenly Sovereign began breaking up and pieces began flying everywhere. A large part of the arm began heading right for them.
"GO!" Shepard yelled.
Garrus grabbed Leah's arm and the group began running toward the door. Leah turned just in time to see the building around them crumble and Shepard disappear beneath the piece.
"SHEPARD!" Leah screamed.
Then it all went dark...
...w...
A large piece of debris was moved, and light flooded into the dark cavity where Kaiden, Liara, Garrus, and Leah sat. Leah's head was swimming because she got hit by something and was bleeding from a gash above her left eye and the terrible realization that Shepard may not have made it.
"Captain Anderson," A man yelled before stepping into the cavity. "...we found them!"
Anderson crawled into the cavity and looked at each of them.
"It's okay. You're alright, it's over." He then stopped seeing their faces.
Leah had tears running down her cheeks and held onto Garrus for support as they exited the debris.
"Where is the Commander?" Anderson asked.
Leah just looked down and away shaking her head. They limped toward the medical team and heard something in the distance fall. Garrus, Leah, Liara, and Kaiden spun to see what the commotion was as Shepard stepped into view, smiling.
"That son of a bitch." Garrus chuckled.
Anderson smiled happy to see that he was alive after all. Leah pushed away from Garrus and ran to where Shepard stood. Shepard hugged Leah with his good arm, his other felt like it was out of the socket.
"I thought..." She cried.
"I'm never going to leave you, Leah." He smiled kissing her.
...THE END...
Stay tuned! I wrote ME2 before I wrote this. I thought a small back story may help with the whole Leah thing. I hope you enjoyed it. I may add to this randomly. I'll let you know but I wanted to get to the meat! ME2 to come!