Chapter 13
Now that she was alone in the room she shared with shepard aboard Normandy, she was not happy that the orders she opened when she got back aboard Normandy and after she informed Neso of her promotion, he was so proud of her achievement and now this. She was under direct orders to gather any and all evidence pertaining to Shepard's work with cerberus in preparation for his trial. She did not like this at all. She needed a way out. She did not want to railroad shepard like some politicians . After all she loved him with all her hearth. After he explained to her whole cerberus thing, she was not happy that some back room pen pushers were looking to blame shepard for something. And then there is that Alpha relay incident and death of all those batarians. But she saw Neso's point of view. What is a 300 000 dead batarians compared to billions of lives he saved by delaying reaper invasion. And there was also case of her being a spectre and being not able to tell neso that was tearing her up inside. She did not like the situation she was in, but being a Williams she would find a way to help the man she loves.
Commander Neso Shepard was in the CIC of Normandy, receiving reports of strange vessel sightings in the outer rim of the galaxy. There were no conclusive reports identifying the ships sighted, so three were no ways to confirm if they were reapers or more of the rachni ships. He was working as hard as he can to prepare defences for the reaper invasion that wa coming. He was well aware that he needed to find away to use technology he has found to improve kinetic barriers and weapons on all ships in galaxy if they are to defeat reapers. And the reapers must be defeated so that no race gets destroyed and cycle of destruction is broken.
The illusive man was smiling, as he was informed by his secretary that they were closing in on location of Normandy and shepard. Cerberus was going to get their ship back and they just might be nice and leave shepard alive. After all they might need him to stop reapers again. TIM was not happy that shepard blew u collector base. Shepard did not have big picture in mind. Galaxy needed to be saved but it also needed cerberus dominated humanity control. TIM was wandering what the future hold for him and his cerberus.
Planet Earth was in uproar as Batarian Delegation was making demands of Earth and Systems alliance to hand over location of Normandy and Shepard, so that Batarian Hegemony can arrest him. Politicians were gleefully denying batarian demands and plotting a way to appease them by arranging a public trial of shepard on Earth.
Meanwhile reapers were busy harvesting several more batarian worlds and managed to land on along lost asari colony. They were busy creating husks for their planed Invasion of primary world of all organic races. This cycle of destruction was delayed, but reapers were not planning to be stopped this time. They will find a way to deal with shepard and his allies and then their conquest will be completed and all organic life harvested. That was the way and reaper reality.
Admiral Hackett just denied another request by Major Caleb Antella. DINA boys and girls were persistent. But he was going to protect shepard until earth calls him in and then He will stand by shepard during Shepard's trial at least in spirit if not in reality. There was no way that Admiral Hackett will abandon one of the best officers in alliance military to the politicians who did not know what has shepard done for humanity and their allies repeatedly and was risking his life with out reservation.