Chapter two: The news
The crew of the Normandy listened to Hackett's report on what had happened after the crucible fired. Apparently the Reapers had stopped attacking all organic creatures and left all the planets. They had taken the Citadel back to the nebula and are currently mending the damaged Relays. "So what they aren't going to wipe out the galaxy?" Ashley asked.
"We aren't completely sure but from their behaviour they seem to want to help us." Hackett replied.
"The Crucible defiantly did something to them, but are you sure we can let our guard just yet? I still don't trust them and unless we have heavy proof that they will never harm us again, I never will." Said Garrus.
"Same here." James agreed.
"No, we shall not let our guard down. Our ships will remain near the Relays while the Reapers are repairing it to monitor their behaviour." Hackett answered.
The Liara spoke, "What happened to….Shepard?"
The whole group went silent. Hackett lowered his head. "We….we went to the Citadel to search for survivors. We found…..Admiral Anderson and The illusive Man….they were dead." Hackett said slowly, "The illusive Man had been heavily indoctrinated judging by the implants he had in him. He had shot Anderson, and then…shot himself. We are certain Shepard tried to talk sense into him, but he couldn't fight it and then shot himself."
The group wanted to say good riddance to The illusive Man but couldn't bring themselves to do it. "We then found the heart of the Citadel, and found Shepard's pistol. But we never found his body."
Liara sprang up to her feet, "So Shepard could be alive?" she asked full of hope.
Admiral Hackett looked at her sadly, "We didn't find the body, but we found ash beside the gun. We did tests on it and the ash has Shepard's DNA. We think…we think that when the Crucible fired, it vaporized Shepard."
He said the last part with great difficulty. He looked away from Liara's eyes. The crew went completely silent. Garrus got up and walked away quickly, not looking at anyone. Everyone did the same. Liara walked into her cabin and locked it. She cast herself on the bed and wept. Admiral Hackett turned to his engineers, "Fix the ship. I want in top condition and no mistakes!" he said through a crooked voice.
Liara wept for hours. A small glimmer of hope inside her had been crushed by what Hackett had told the group. She couldn't believe it, she didn't want to believe it. But it was true, Shepard was dead and there was no way of bringing him back.
Another day rolled by and everyone was still broken. Hackett's engineers knew better than to disturb the crew at this time but they needed Traynor and Liara to sort out some damage done EDI on the landing. They requested Traynor to go and see if Liara was in a good condition to help. Liara wanted nothing more than to stay in and mourn Shepard for days to come, but she decided to help as it would be a distraction at least a small one. "Glyph?" Liara called.
"Yes Dr T'soni?"
"Could tell engineer Adams to restart the drive core for me. I have just mended it."
"Of course Dr T'soni."
Glyph zoomed off. Liara walked into her cabin on the Normandy. Thankfully it hadn't been heavily damaged in the landing but a few tables were overturned and two monitors had fallen of the arms. Liara set about tidying up. A call came at her Omni-tool, she answered. "Hello Liara." Came Ashley's voice.
"Hello Ashley. Can I help you with something?"
There was a slight pause. "No I was wondering if you are okay? I mean I could help you clean up the Normandy if you want."
"No thank you Ashley I can handle it."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes I'll be fine."
"Liara if you need anyone to talk to I-
"I'll come to you Ashley. Thank you."
"Alright but take it easy okay."
Liara couldn't help smile a little, the crew always were supportive to eachother. That was Shepard's work. He always made sure that we could come to him if we had problems. Then Liara felt a sharp pain in her stomach, she rushed to her bathroom and locked the door. She looked at herself in the mirror, she felt like she was going to vomit. "What is this?" she thought, "Asari don't feel vomit. We have a perfect defence system. How can I feel this way?" she froze, "Un-unless I-I…."
Her train of thought we interrupted when she heard Glyph enter the cabin. "Dr T'soni? Engineer Adams says to give you his gratitude. Dr T'soni?"
"In here Glyph." Liara said roughly.
Glyph entered the bathroom. "Is everyone okay Dr T'soni?"
Liara turned to him, "Glyph scan me for unusual readings." She ordered.
Glyph scanned her up and down a few times. He finished his scanning and looked at her, "Why Dr T'soni. I believe your pregnant."