Rejoice
Chapter 2
Hey guys! Here's Chapter 2!
A change about the Ending, as always, it doesn't affect the Geth or EDI, unrealistic, I know, but it's the way I like it.
Anyway, Here's the next chapter!
"Why isn't the Crucible firing?!" Hackett said over the comm.
That got Tevos worried, but she kept it hidden.
She hoped Her man was ok.
Glen groaned as he woke up. He opened his eyes to see a white floor. He looked up to see a virtual figure of a familiar kid...
"Wake up," said the Kid.
Glen winced in pain as he forced himself to stand up, but limply, clutching his side where a bleeding wound was. The Kid was staring at him the whole time.
"Where...Where am I?" Glen asked.
"The Citadel, My home, I am The Star Child," replied the figure.
"Doesn't look like any part of the Citadel I've been to," Glen replied, "Anyway, What am I doing here?"
"You are the first organic to reach this portion of the Citadel, which means my solution, will no longer work."
"Solution? The Reapers?"
The Kid nodded, then turned to walk, Glen followed.
"The Reapers were created for Order, your kind represents Chaos," explained The Kid.
"Chaos? Seriously? Without Chaos, there's nothing that makes life difficult, and what makes us who we are today," Glen said.
Glen looked at the space battle, The Reapers are winning. They will not last long.
The Kid was explaining stuff he didn't pay attention to.
"Get to the point," Glen said.
"You have choices," said The Star kid.
"For the Reapers?" He asked.
He nodded, then pointed to the right, "There, you can destroy only, The Reapers," then pointed to the left, "There, you can control the solution."
Glen looked at the Right, it seems to be a reactor.
"There's another," The Star Child said, interrupting his thoughts, then looked ahead at a giant beam.
"Synthesis, Organics and Machine combine. Machines seek understanding, Organics seek perfection through Technology," explained The Star Child.
Glen nodded, knowing he's got three choices, but he's already marked out control, he doesn't want that.
He had Synthesis and Destroy. He thought about Synthesis, but ended up marking it out as well.
The Commander has made his choice. He drew his pistol and made his way towards the reactor.
On his way there, he saw the Destiny Ascension, he knew Tevos was on there.
He also saw an Asari dreadnought go down in flames from a Capital Reaper ship, and was heading towards The Destiny Ascension.
"Oh no, you don't, motherfucker!" Glen said to himself. He quickened his pace.
He walked towards the reactor. He raised the pistol and fired once as he marched towards it.
Flashes by a memory of Captain Anderson, smiling and nodding.
He fired again.
Flashes by a memory of his best friend Garrus, shooting a practice bottle.
Another round.
He saw Joker, tipping his SR2 cap.
The Reactor was on fire, he shot again.
Last, but not at all least, Goes by a memory of Tevos, his Tevos, showing her teeth with a beautiful smile.
"I'm sorry, My Blue Goddess," said Glen with a tear flowing down.
One last bullet, and the Reactor blew. Glen lost his consciousness as he went flying back, the flames dried that tear.
"The Crucible is firing! He did it!" Hackett said through the comm, "Now, All fleets, retreat!"
"What? But what about..." Said the Normandy's pilot.
"He's gone, Joker, we have to go!" Said a male voice.
"Son-of-a..." The pilot said as he sighed, then the comm was cut off.
Tevos was lost in her thoughts. She didn't want to leave either...but she has to.
She was snapped back into reality by this;
"Tilt the ship to the side! That Reaper is trying to charge us!" Matriarch Lidanya commanded.
Pilots worked as the ship tilted to the side, narrowly dodging the reaper.
"Turrets, focus on the reaper! We need to get away!" The Matriarch commanded.
Tevos listened as she heard several missile and laser turrets let loose.
"What's that?!" Asked by an Asari pilot, pointing out the window.
Tevos looked to see a circular, orange wave emit from The Citadel. It got bigger as it went. Decimating any reaper it touched.
"That reaper's targeting us!" Called out by another pilot.
Tevos looked to see a single arm of the reaper being lifted up, charging its death ray. Tevos' heart was beating faster as the arm's laser got bigger.
Just before the laser was charged, the orange wave ran by, the charging of the laser died as the reaper was killed from the inside.
Tevos sighed a heavy relief. That was too close.
"Check the systems, make sure we're still running!" Lidanya called out.
Several Asari pilots were typing away as they gathered ship reports.
"Ma'am! Engines are out! We're being pulled into the planet!" Shouted an Asari pilot.
Tevos looked at the pilot, so did the Matriarch.
Then, the councillor looked out the window to see Earth getting bigger as gravity pulled them in.
"When we hit the atmosphere, activate gravity alternators! So we can land on the planet rather than crashing,"
Tevos was glad the Matriarch had things in hand.
She thought about what she was going to do. Maybe...just Maybe...she could go out and help look for her Commander Shepard.
She nodded to herself on what she's going to do, keeping her face neutral.
The Councillor looked up to see No more of space, just Earth.
"Radio ground forces that The Destiny Ascension's landing!" Lidanya commanded, "Se if there's anyone else in space!"
Tevos watched as several pilots worked to get a working comm link. She walked up to Lidanya.
"Is your Quantum Entanglement Communicator working?" Tevos asked.
"Yes, why do you ask?"
"I need to use it."
The Matruarch nodded, then looked past her, "Get the Councillor to the Communicator room!"
An Asari behind her nodded, "Yes, Ma'am! Right this way, Councillor."
Tevos turned to follow the Asari to a room, the door opened to reveal a QEC. She nodded to the Asari,
"Thank you."
The asari nodded, then left.
The Councillor turned towards the QEC, she walked towards it, activating her Omni-Tool, then closed it.
A figure wearing an alliance officer uniform, Admiral Hackett.
"Councillor? Is there something you need? What's going on?" Asked Hackett.
"The Destiny Ascension's engines are out, we're going down on the planet, but Matriarch Lidanya has it all figured out," Tevos said briefly.
He nodded, "Got it, We'll return to help."
"Wait!" Tevos said, catching him before he cut off the link.
"Yes?" He asked.
"Do we have anything of Commander Shepard surviving?" She asked.
"We don't know, yet, Councillor. Why did you ask?"
"It's...Complicated..." Tevos said, wrapping her hands around each other.
"Do you have something for the Commander?"
"No, it's just that...I love him..."
Hackett's face went from staring to a type of 'What?'.
"You love him?" He asked.
"Yes...We have a relationship," There, She said it.
"Holy hell..."
"Yes, I know. There's no use in keeping it secret any longer..."
"How long?"
Tevos looked at him confusingly, "What?"
"How long have you and The Commander been together?"
"At the start of the war..."
He nodded, "We'll help you find him, Tevos."
She nodded back, "Thank you..."
The QEC connection was terminated, Tevos had a tear shed afterwards. She prayed to the Goddess that she finds him alive...
She wiped the tear away, she needed to suit up. She headed out the door.
There's another!
Sorry, if the chapter was confusing, it was to me...
Also, I've been thinking about another Fanfic idea; The life on Earth as an Alliance soldier under Captain Anderson...Stranded on Earth with no communcation to the outside universe...Reapers obliterating everything in their path...No reason to fight, yet, you do it anyway...until you find a reason to when you meet the right person...Tell me what you think in the reviews!
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