A/N Last chapter of this story. I have another that covers ME3, but I'm still writing and I may not post. If you want me to post it let me know. I really enjoyed writing this series. The third one is shockingly called Hearts Reunited. The pairs will still be Shea and Ash, Chey and Miranda, and a bit more in depth Tali and Liara. I hope you have enjoyed what you read, and I apologize if I offended anyone.

Shea

So I discovered Geth ships aren't as creepy as collector vessels or the inside a reaper, but still pretty creepy. Legion, tells me there is another way besides destroying them. "And you are just now telling me about this." I said. "The idea just came to this platform." He said. " What would you like to do?" I ask him. "This platform has not reached consensus yet." I sigh. "Alright. Let's continue on then." I said. We moved through the ship quietly avoiding the green computer looking lines as to not alert the other Geth connected to the hubs around the ship. Well, at least until we were ready for them

Once we rewrote the Geth, made desperate run for our lives from, yet again another explosion. After that we got things situated, then I had to stop a potential explosive situation in the AI room between Tali and Legion. I collapsed into my chair and sent a message to the only person who could grant me a measure of sanity and reenergize for the next and final haul of this journey. We were stopping back at the shadow broker base, mostly for resupply and so Tali could have a break. The other crew, Joker, and EDI can handle the last part of installing the IFF. Then on to the relay finally.

"Hey baby, how you doing?" She asks me. "Much better now that I've seen your face and heard your voice." She laughs. "Flatterer." She said. "Only for you my heart." I reply. I stood up and began to remove my clothes. "Oh is that what kind of call this is?" she teases me. "If you want it to be. We're heading to the relay soon and I could use some sleep. I just thought it'd be nice to take a nap with you. That and you give me peace and sanity in this dysfunctional family as I seem to have adopted. I don't know if you are tired enough to sleep, but do you think you could read some poetry to me.?" She smiles. "Anything for you my love. I gotta say I'm glad you're the one paying for al these long expensive calls we've been making." I smile back. "Technically Cerberus is paying for it. I just like irritating TIM anyway I can. Though I absolutely love being to speak and see you as often as possible." I said.

" Well, I love talking to you too and if it pisses off TIM all the better. So I guess perhaps I should slip into something more comfortable then." She leaves the frame for five minutes and returns a few minutes later wearing a silky dark blue silky sleeveless night dress. My mouth goes dry and my eyes bulge. "Oh I take it you like this outfit." She says. I nod my words failing me. "Still want that poem read?" she asks seductively. " Umm.. it can wait." I said rushing to take off my clothes. " A little eager are we?'' she teases. " I blame you entirely. I used to dream of you wearing something like that on our wedding night." I said. "Oh really?" she asks. "Yes sometimes less or nothing." I said.

"Is that so? Why don't you tell me what you would do to me if I was wearing this on that night." She says bringing out her commanding bedroom voice. "I would start by caressing that fine ass of yours, then I would trail my finger tips up your spine and over your shoulders. After some kissing on your delicious neck, while I was doing that I'd trace the lacy patterns with my finger tips.." Thirty minutes later we collapsed on to our beds, we giggle a bit. "How about that poem."

Chey

I thought about staying on the ship to help with the IFF, but Miranda had convinced me otherwise. There wasn't much to do on the shadow broker ship, so we just strolled hand in hand exploring the places we didn't see when we were here last. Ship wide gunfights don't leave a lot of room to explore. I think it was around 2 hours after we got there that we got a call from Joker. The crew was taken by the collectors. Jack was furious wanting to tear Joker apart, once we returned to the Normandy I had to keep her occupied by letting her wail on me to a certain degree. I had to be in fighting shape if we were to beat the collectors and rescue the crew. Which we left immediately after we got the message.

Tali was in good spirits, it looks like she got some special alone time with Liara. That was good. "Two hours until we hit the relay. Jack beat the crap out of me kind of and her eyes were red and swollen. We didn't bring it up but I knew it was Shea she cried to. "Alright everyone, lets get back our crew." Shea said. "Aye, Aye Captain!" we said raising a fist. Miranda takes position in the cockpit. Jacob, Kasumi and I are throughout the engine room. ''We're hitting the relay in 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1." Joker counts it down. Then the world was nothing but shaking and rumbling and tangible fear that you could taste. The engine lights up like a Christmas tree. "Chey meet me down in cargo bay we have an issue!" I rushed down to the cargo bay. Thankfully we had the foresight to armor up.

The ship jarred again as the one eyed machine we dubbed an oculus retreated out of the hull. Once the ship steadied it came back again. So once again Shea uses her particle rifle, I follow through with the ML-77 missile launcher and Tali keeps using her sabotage skills as well as Chiktika. I think it's finally dead sis." I said. Joker sets us down and the ground team meets in the conference room. Shea's plan needs two teams much like on the derelict reaper. Miranda leads the fire team. Legion is supposed to hack the systems through the ventilation shaft. As usual I'm running the gauntlet again. I hear Miri's voice and it comforts me. If she is talking then she is alive. We reach the center room and find our crewmates as well as a colonist in these glass tubes like Grunt was in.

We watch in horror as the colonist is melted into grey goo. "Get them the fuck out of there now!" Shea orders we hasten to comply. Beating the glass cases and pulling the sides until with a hiss our crew is free. I catch Kelly as she falls to the ground. I call Jack. "She's alright. We got her." I inform the worried woman about her lover. "What about us commander we are in no condition to fight." Karin says. '' I can do a pick up Shea but it'll have to be a little bit back from your current location." Joker says. "We don't really have time for that." Miranda states. "I'll have an escort take you back. Mordin take them back and start to give them medical attention." He nods. "Joker need coordinates." Jack comes over the radio. "I can just as easily escort them." She says. "I know, but Dr. Chakwas is in no condition to tend to them. Mordin is the best candidate." Shea says. "Rest assured Jack I'll get them there safely and see to their medical needs." He said. " You'd better. Or I will destroy you." She says back. "I will." He states.

Miranda

"Scans show the next section is filled with swarms. Mordin's enhancements won't be enough." I point out. "There has to be something we could do." Shea says. "What about a biotic barrier?" Chey asks. " I can make a barrier but not a large one enough for a small party." Samara says. "As could I and any strong biotic." I point out. "Samara you are the strongest Biotic I know. We'll need a diversion team. Chey, I want you to lead them. Miranda and Grunt go with her. Garrus and Tali with me. Let's finish this people." Shea says and we move out. I was thrilled to be with Chey on the battlefield again. She was absolutely amazing, hardly anything even touched us, though he penitent to use biotic charge was a bit alarming.

We got to the door and it was still shut. We pounded. "Shea we're here open up, they're getting us against the wall." Chey orders. "Get that door open now." I hear Shea command. I felt myself being pushed behind Chey as she threw an incredible amount of biotics at the collectors while putting a barrier around Grunt and I. Again I was amazed, she may in fact be a stronger then both Jack and I combined. She was probably up to par with Samara. We pushed through the door firing as we ran and walked backwards. I could see Chey was still in front of me acting like my human shield and it was touching, instead of irritating. A stray bullet catches her in the side close to her belly. "Chey!" I shout, Shea comes running up to us.

"I'm fine. My barrier and shields took the brunt of it." She says. "Your bleeding." I said. "It's just a flesh wound. As much as your concerns touch me, stop being mother hens. I'm good to go." She said. I stare at her like I don't believe her. "I swear I will be fine Miri, look." She pulls the bullet out of her armor with her biotics. Then moves her hand. I look it does seem to be a minor wound. "Just slap some medigel on me and I'll be as fit as a fiddle. "Oh fine." I grouse. Her flesh sizzles a bit as the medigel closes the wound. She doesn't hiss with pain, she barely seems to notice it.

"Someone needs to hold these doors. I'll take a small team with me the rest of you bunker down. Tali and Kasumi you're with me the rest of you hold the line." I hear Garrus, Tali, Chey and Shea snicker I do to, remembering the chapter about Virmire. "Nice reference." I comment. She smiles. "So this is the last step, we may not survive this, but the collector attacks stop here." I space out the rest of her speech, and hold onto my wife's arm. "If this is the end, I would rather it be by your side. I love you Miranda. I always will.'' She says. I embrace her tightly. "I love you too, until death takes me. I will love you." I reply and kiss her. It is not a passionate kiss but a kiss full of love. The kind of kiss that could make our worlds shatter and it did.

"We're blowing up this place, get out of her now." Shea orders. Between Chey, Jack, Thane and myself we clear a path to the shuttle and it seems there will be no more enemies all the way back to the shuttle and Normandy. We can see the ground shaking and splitting. "Joker we need an evac now!" Shea orders. "On the way Shea." We can see her desperate run, but it looks like Shea is going too slow. A blue blur passes me. "CHEY!" I shout desperately, but I don't think she heard me. Now all I could do was bite my nails in anxiety. "Damn you Chey. Come back to me"

Chey

I heard you my love and I'm sorry. I'll come back to you. I promise. I landed on the splitting ground and ran to my sister. Tali and Kasumi already on board. "Running a bit slow there sis." I tease. "Just a bit. I guess that fight took more out of me then I thought. It's touching but pretty stupid what if we both get stuck." She says reprimanding me. "HA! Not gonna happen, we are both making it out of here." I said I grab her and charge again, I toss her to the ship and charge using Shea as my target. I land on her with a crash knocking the wind out of her. "You used me as a target." We grinned. "Chey! You incorrigible arse!" I wince. "Ooh, in trouble with Mrs. Damn she has even got her biotics up. I wish you luck baby sis." Shea teases me. The next thing I feel is her biotic pull then her soft breasts as they cushion my landing.

"Never do that again." She says and kisses me. "No worries I don't think I'll be trying to escape the collector home world again." I grin. "Arse." She says. We separate and get back to fixing the ship. "Commander The Illusive Man wishes to speak to you and Miranda." I see her tense at the announcement. I worried for what trouble might befall her now. After they left I removed my armor and had Karin look at my side. "Good. Everything is looking great." Her voice is shaky. "Auntie Karin?" I ask concerned. "I'm fine Chey." I lift an eyebrow at her. "Okay. I'm not." I embrace her and let her cry it out. "It'll get better. It won't ever go away, but eventually it'll become easier to deal with." I said. I held for a couple more minutes, but we had t separate others needed medical care.

I snuck into the conference room. "Ms. Lawson I gave you one task, for this mission and you failed. Make Shepard sympathetic to our cause.." she interrupts him. "Your cause. You are the one who wants to rule the Galaxy." She said. "How dare you interrupt me, your insubordination.." he says. "Is no longer your concern. Consider this my resignation." She says. "Ms. Lawson. I don't think you are aware of what you are doing." He said. "No for the first time in my life I do. And it's Mrs. Shepard. Joker lose this channel." She says to Joker. "Wow, twice in one day. Burn." And he disconnected the channel. " I think I just fell even more in love with you, which I didn't think was possible. And watching you tell off TIM got me very excited." I said my eyes looking down at my tented pants. "We better take care of that then uh Mrs. Shepard." She says. "10-4 Mrs. Shepard."

Our kisses our fierce, I get an idea. I push away and say to her. "I have been wanting to do this for a long time." I use my biotics and tear her Cerberus cat suit to shreds. She responds in kind. We pause momentarily taking each other in again. Then I lift her on to the table and gorge myself on all that is Miranda. She comes a couple times from tongue and fingers. I climb on to the table and our fronts press against each other how easily we line ourselves up and quickly I am inside her with ease then it becomes a beautiful melody of synchronized movements. To a symphony of moans groans and grunts. Then I feel a prickle of unease, my eyes scan the room and can see the flicker of cloaking. I stop a moment and lean down to her ear. "I believe we have an audience. To our left about 15ft. An overload takes out her shields and Omni-tool. I throw Kasumi out the door with biotics, gently of course. Then we finish with a scream of ecstasy.

Miranda

I hated that we had to separate temporarily. Both Chey and Shea were going to be under investigation. I had to keep off Cerberus's radar for now. Once their investigation was finished Chey and I are supposed to meet up on Ilium. So with that in the back of our heads we tried to just enjoy the remaining time we had together. What little it was. She had finished the story of us against the collectors and I had to admit it was a thrilling story. I lived it and I got sucked in all over again. To see from others points of view was a refreshing experience. True to her word the portrayal of our relationship was almost vanilla except for our scorching make out scenes. Which translate into some really hot sex outside of the book.

"Did you really feel all that too, when we kissed?" I ask her. "I still do. Every time we kiss and every time we make love. I get lost in this inferno of love and passion and the earth moves. There is only us. The world stops." She replies. "Fuck.. I want you all over again." I say and jump on top of her. I feel it to as I ride her into oblivion, there is no world beyond us in this moment. It was a long night of love making and just two hearts beating as one. The only thing that could increase the beauty of this moment is if a baby came of it, but I knew that was a long shot. So I took joy in just being in her arms and the connection we shared, beyond just her resting inside of me.

All to soon it ended. It had been two weeks since the destruction of the collectors and sadly now it was time for us to part. We figured the best place to drop most of us off was omega the rest myself included on the shadow broker ship. We ate dinner together, Shea, Garrus, Tali, Liara, Chey and me. As the Normandy SR2 pulled away, I felt the most horrendous pain in my chest. Then an emotional void took hold. I knew until we were together again it would always be there. ''Come back soon, my love." I said to the empty room.

The End

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