Well hello there! this is the 4th chapter! It isn't pretty but then again..I'm doing this alone...
unlike my other story which I have my bro helping me
Oh yeah...please read my 3rd chapter again please, I HEAVILY modified it...
As I took my first step into Normandy I couldn't but ogle. I looked left and right and I'm sure I looked like an idiot. I then followed Shepard as she strolled to the cockpit.
"Joker. Get us out of here and set course to Artemis Tau cluster. I'm going to escort my brother to the medbay."
"Yes yes...wait What?" he looks backwards and sees me.
"Your brother ? I didn't know you had brother and What the hell was he doing on station owned by Saren?"
Shepard hand waves it "Bought from slavers to be test subject for unethical experiments to make immortal super soldier? Just a hint: Mindoir."
"ugh damn...well that might explain it...so ugh...hi eh...little shepard?" Joker says to me. He is clearly stumped.
I shrug my shoulders and decide to egg him a little "Ugh don't call me little Shepard...call me Juha...or Partsu...or John...depends on when I'm me and when I'm John..." I say and follow Shepard as she strolls towards the CIC. I can't help but smirk to picture of Joker trying to wrap his head around What I meant.
I resume my ogling of the beautiful ship The game never did this place justice "Wow...this ship is awesome! But where is the place of commanding officer?" I ask Shepard despite knowing the answer.
She points at the place where ,in game and apparently here, you choose next destination from galaxy map.
"That podium. Modified Turian style, they prefer superiors watch OVER their subordinates instead of practical way of humans. This ship was co-designed by turian and human engineers. Top of the line stealth systems and all. Makes it possible to drop troops virtually undetected. Easier for me since I hate space combat. Makes me feel useless. I want to be there face to face with enemy and show them who's boss." she says as we stroll to the doors separating crew deck from CIC.
"now lets get you checked. In the video the asari said that you should be nigh identical to your old body but lets check it with Dr Chakwas. It won't be very convincing to say you are my brother if DNA is wildly different."she says as we walk down the stairs.
"yeah...though we look quite different." I say as I scratch my neck.
"well you DID have wavy black/purple hair and green eyes...I mean John had...now you have that face and brown hair"she says to me
"okay I had green eyes and BROWN straight hair...so that is different from my other self..."
"not so much of a twin eh? Well that is fine. Here we are." she says as we reach Medical.
"oh. Joker alerted me of a new patient. Juha Shepard I presume?" Chakwas asks me as we get in.
I almost stop right there "I...ehh...still not used to that surname..." I say while shaking my head
"oh then should I use your surname from Mindoir? P-"
"NO" Shepard says and I can see she is embarrassed by it.
"Peruna?" I say and almost laugh at it myself. I wonder who picked that name. In my language it's very clear (Potato) but...well...
Chakwas is amused too."yes that's it. So Juha John Peruna?" she says and is about to write it down when I interrupt
"Actually...Make it Juha John Etién Peruna-Shepard. To show that I'm her brother but emphasis on Peruna..." I say and snicker at it. I stop my snickering as I see Shepards face. She is furious.
"You...NO! Your surname is now Shepard! I don't want to pronounce to every living being that my surname was once some some...FOOD!" she yells
"Now you get checked!" she says and strolls to her quarters.
Chakwas looks after her and shakes her head "well well well...I've never seen her that furious...not even after the first meeting with council... but unlike then..she now seemed more embarrassed than furious..."
I take of my helmet and put it down"can we get this over with? I would like to see if I'll get permanent scarring to my neck and chest..."I say as I touch the scar.
"right right right...get out of that armor and lie down." she orders me.
As I take of the armor piece by piece I hear her take sharp breaths couple of times. Then I lie down.
Chakwas has some tears in her eyes which she wipes out before starting to work"You poor thing...How could anyone do this to another sentient being? It's as if you were put together limb by limb..." she says as she touches my arm
I shrug and actually LOOK at al the scars I have and boy are there a lot!
"well I just woke up this morning so..yeah I had no idea of anything. I only felt pain around my neck and chest" I say to her
She starts a machine that starts scanning me and after few minutes she nods at the results.
"well those two are the latest cuts in your body...as if your head was put together with your body just this morning. And according to my scans you are certainly related to Shepard. And if my scans are correct, you either have same mother, or your mothers are twins."she says as she looks at some results.
"okay...how so?" I ask her.
"well your X-chromosome is identical to Shepard and her mother...but this is remarkable! According to your genes you should have dark purple hair and bright green eyes instead of What you have! "she says sounding a bit excited.
"well that's reassuring...anything else I should know?" I ask her.
She looks at me oddly before starting to list it all.
"Apart from device in your right lung, few illegal mods, highly experimental looking biotic implant and the fact you are only partly biotic? Your whole skeleton is made of some unknown material that prevents scanning."she lists professionally.
I digest the information in seconds"Got it...but What do you mean 'partly biotic'?" I ask her
She looks at the results again "well...your left arm and legs are only places you have Eezo modules...so you can only do throw, lift, pull and singularity and something with your legs...Warp,barrier and stasis are impossible for you since they require a lot more than one hand." she says to me.
This makes me very confused. I can do all that with one hand? "Warp I understand but why not barrier or stasis?"
"barrier requires whole body wide nodules and stasis is almost the same but to someone else. And warp you know already it seems"
She says and just the Alenko comes in.
"I heard we have a new crewmate and Little brother of Shepard no less." he says. "And that he is some sort of supersoldier. So anything in the scans doc?"
Despite knowing who he is I decide to play ignorant and ask.
"And who are you? Someone I should know?"
"I'm Staff lieutenant Kaidan Alenko. Resident biotic and tech expert, Sentinel class to be precise. And your superior from now on ,private Shepard." he says with glint in his eyes.
My eyes widen at the Private word "Oh no...She didn't?" I ask him
"If by 'she' you mean your elder sister then yes, she just discussed with Admiral Hackett and her mother. You are now Private John Juha Etién Shepard, special class Biotic infiltrator. You are thereby to be trained by me and Ash and you are to not join ground missions unless we decide you ready."
This takes me backpedal a little "okay I just found out that I'm biotic so how does everyone know it already?"
"Shepard and Wrex sensed it and computer on airlock confirmed it. Now doc, is there anything that should be noted before I can get his ass to the cargo hold for some evaluation?"He asks Chakwas
Chakwas looks at him smugly "glad that you asked. I'm ordering him to do nothing except sleep and eat for 24 hours."
I of course don't listen to her advice and after putting on some clothes while we talked I quip"so that means I can go train to be biotic god immediately after eating? Thanks doc!" while jumping out of bed and sprint out of the room before Chakwas can say anything. I manage to scan the area and Find place to sit as Kaidan finally gets out. and he looks a bit pissed.
"Damn you! Chakwas ordered me to watch that you follow her orders! I have better things to do than watch over you..."
"like show me where I can get some food and then show me around before evaluating me?" I say with smirk.
He smirks back and goes to somewhere behind me. I just sit there fiddling my thumps. That is when Ash comes and sits right in front of me.
I look at her and decide to surprise her before she can introduce herself "well hello there...If I am correct you are Ash that Kaidan said would help to train me?" I ask her with smirk.
She leans back in surprise. Then she looks at me accusingly
"How did you know?"
I lean back on my chair and put hands behind my head. Oh yeah I got this.
"your whole being almost screams 'badass Soldier' and 'don't mess with me'...the same aura that Wrex, Garrus, Kaidan, Shepard has...and none of the crewmembers I have seen so far has." I say to her.
Ash clearly doesn't buy it immediately "okay...I could buy that...but how you could be so sure? Is it common knowledge that there is only one human female other than Shepard in the squad?"
I quickly think of an excuse "files in the station I was in had that Shepard has 5 squad members , Krogan battlemaster Urdnot Wrex, Turian ex-cop, that tried to investigate Saren, Garrus Vakarian, female Quarian in pilgrimage and two human soldiers, male sentinel Kaidan Alenko and female soldier Ashley Williams. All data was gathered while Saren still was spectre and some afterward . Saren wanted everyone under his command to know his enemies. And since I'm awesome hacker I managed to swipe that knowledge and some other info from computers abroad the station."
I end and see that apparently Kaidan had put sizable tray of food in front of me. Tali had also come to the mess while I was telling the story.
"No name for me? I'm gonna kill that bosh'tet!" she says.
"So I take it that you are the quarian in the pilgrimage? I got to say...your aura is even more fierce that Garrus miss..."
She is taken back by that so she quiets down before answering "Tali'zorah nar Raya"
"Tali of clan Zorah born on Raya? Beautiful name miss Zorah." I say without thinking. The moment I say it I realize that I just dug my grave. But I don't let that show on my actions or my face.
Tali is visibly shocked/impressed by that "how...how did you know that?" she asks me in tone that is partly accusing and partly admiring.
I hastily put a story and hope that no one sees discrepancies "I have researched some alien cultures...before I was abducted by Batarians from my home in Mindoir. I even met a quarian on pilgrimage." I say and start eating like it was everyday occurrence. They all watch quietly without saying a word. After I've eaten the not-so-tasty food I look at them all to see their reactions. I can't say what Tali is thinking due to her mask but Ash and Kaidan are definitely speechless.
I'm about to say something when Shepard comes from around the corner. Damn. There went my cover story. She is definitely going to bust me.
She smirks that predatory smile of hers before speaking "well that is some story bro...though I don't remember you reading about Quarians or meeting one..."she says.
My pokerface almost cracks at that BUSTED! shit what the hell I'm going to do now?
that is when an idea pops into my mind. very EVIL idea. Tell the truth in a way that no one would believe. It kills more than two birds in one strike!
I decide to do sarcastic confession "Well would you believe if I said that I know all this and more because you are main support characters of playable main character Shepard who could be both male and female in video game series in place I come from which is 170 years in past on earth? and that what is now happening happens in first game of the trilogy?" I ask hiding the truth under playful facade.
"No" they all chorus together at the same time. clearly they think that is too absurd to be truth.
I smile even wider before making my face serious "I thought so too. Well Sis was too busy trying to beat every bully in the colony to notice what I was doing so I managed to do quite a lot without her noticing. "I say then. Boy when they find out I spoke the truth just now...at least they can't say I DIDN'T tell them...
Shepard on the other hand looks as if she doesn't buy a single word of it."Since you have eaten already you are to come to my room immediately so we can catch up." she says with smile and walks to her room. It looks like I just made her more alert.
Just before she reaches her door she turns back "and rest of you...if you have nothing better to do than ogle at my brother then maybe..." she starts but before she can continue everyone has run to get some food.
After we are both inside her quarters,door is locked and she has put some device on she finally starts speaking.
"Okay you...What the hell was that?..." she says with tone that could make even toughest and best liars shit in their pants and tell the truth to her
That tone and that question is berserk button that makes me think things in speed that even EDI would e impressed at.
What the hell I Should tell her?
should I lie? should I tell truth?
Should I go with truth and withhold vital info until it's necessary?
I have always thought that Shepard should be FIRST person to know if anyone should ever know.
or Hackett...or Anderson...they would either believe or at least take it into consideration...NO that logic would make TIM and all those Ignored experts applicable to the information too...
I mull this over and over again until I come to conclusion. Shepard MUST be the first to know. but should I tell her the ORIGINs of Reapers too? about Leviathan & 'star-child'? Damn this hard...maybe I'll...Within myself I internally smile wickedly as I get an idea that evolves to plan that would work.
I get back from my inner struggle to see that not even one second passed so I shrug my shoulders and put my plan in motion
"The crazy story I told to everyone there?"I ask Shepard , she nods so I continue :"Sarcastic confession followed by lie deducted from my new found memories?" I half ask and half tell.
She involuntarily laughs at that"Okay that has to be bullshit. Tell the truth. How did you know? about Tali's name and who Ash was?" she asks me with that same voice.
It sends chill to my spine,which should be impossible considering I'm now AI/Human hybrid, I gulp and continue according to my plan "I said it already...too bad No one took it seriously..." I say and look at the room around me.
She doesn't take it very well "What? You are saying...no that is just absurd..." she says shaking her head.
I look at her hard."I'll let you decide whether I'm speaking the truth or not. Ask me anything related to your future, saren, geth ,reapers and those that are on their side" I say to her as I cross my hands on my chest
That is when she apparently decides to gamble it "okay...What is Conduit ,What are the Reapers and where can I find Saren? Where is Liara and how is she connected to all of this?Why is Benezia with Saren? For now all I know that he is after those and that Liara is somewhere in Artemis Tau cluster."she asks me, hoping for advantage over Saren
I backpedal at this,it's question avalanche!
"woah woah woah! I bet you won't believe me so I'm answering those that I know you'll encounter shortly. Saren is going around seeking clues to find the Conduit so it's a bit hard to say where he is. But Reapers? the The squid-like ship that attacked Eden prime? It's Saren's flagship Sovereign...and it's an actual REAPER. And..." I say and am about to continue as Shepard interrupts.
She stops me by raising her hand in gesture that asks me to pause "wait wait wait...that SHIP was a actual REAPER? What the?" she says clearly surprised
I shrug my shoulders again. "yes but that is irrelevant now...what I was saying is that Liara is in Therum, lava ridden world full of mines and Prothean dig sites. It's in Knossos system. Geth are trying to kill her but she should have managed to get ancient prothean security system working and now she is probably trapped within a bubble of some sort. Anything you want to question before I answer your other questions?"
She shakes her head, clearly trying to digest the information "okay that is enough for now...But if what you say is true...how are we going to explain all the knowledge without making you target?"
I look at her with smirk that should tell anyone that I'm scheming something BIG "I was recently held in space station owned by enemy...space station that no one knew purpose of and is now spec of dust...so some snippets of info could be explained that I got them there...and as for the rest? good intuition? and when we finally get to Saren...well lets just say I know few places I can say I downloaded some info...and rest of my knowledge? I think I'll figure out ways to explain them..."
Shepard doesn't back down "but how are we going to explain all that to council?" she asks me.
I smirk even wider "need not to know?" I say barely holding my laughter because I knew I'd laugh like mad scientist right now. I had all the keys while she is stumbling the dark
She facepalms at that "argh you are impossible...okay What else?" she says after collecting herself
I think about a little...should I tell her? I nod as I decide to tell her"Feros is about..."I start but can't say more as someone interrupts me.
It's Joker "Commander! We just received SOS from colony of Zhus hope in Feros. They are under attack from geth. The SOS has been flagged to day after Eden prime. What should we do?" Joker interrupts us through loudspeakers
Shepard is quick thinker "We go get Liara T'soni from Artemis Tau first. After some thinking and inside knowledge acquired by my brother, it's likely she is in Knossos system. What s ETA there?" Shepard answers without a second thought
Joker answers after few seconds "well it would be 4 hours from now." he says. Shepard orders that as location and shuts her intercom.
Then she turns towards me "okay bro What were you saying about Feros?" she asks with glint in her eyes. Look that many would probably have when they have something no one else has. and her voice is almost too sweet.
I gulp before putting on my Cheshire smirk "now why should I ruin the surprise?" I ask her.
That sets her off "argh you are as frustrating as John...now tell me!" She demands, clearly frustrated at me.
I check my nails as I "Lots of geth,plants, unethical experiments on humans by corrupt corporation that Saren is major shareholder?" say
Shepard looks like pouting child at this point "something not so vague?"
I barely manage to hold myself from laughing. She is clearly using tactics child would use to get information. It seems this shepard is not used to Charm people.
I ,again, shrug my shoulders "well the geth are having trouble against colonist who have no prior military training? I say something is wrong there..."
shepard looks like she is about to explode"argh! you!You! argh! It's clear you don't want to part with the information! so with Liara there will be geth...I'll ask about Feros later... and I expect you more answers!"
me"got it...now What should I do?"
Shep looks at me with smirk that tells that she is in her element again. "get yourself evaluated by Kaidan. I want you ready in 4 hours so I can take you with me to Get Liara." she says
I answer her with smirk of my own "got it...oh and good call getting Liara before going to Feros...she is invaluable...not having her will slow Saren down significantly. She is Asari and prothean expert, you'll need her to decipher the vision. Saren has to do a lot of research to catch up with her knowledge." I say as I strode out of room.
Somewhere...
"HMMM...I SHOULD PROBABLY SEE WHAT HE HAS DONE UP UNTIL NOW...
...
OH HELL NO!
HE TOLD SHEPARD?
DOES HE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW DANGEROUS THAT IS?
THAT COULD CAUSE HUGE PROBLEMS FOR HIM AND TO ENTIRE GALAXY!
LIKE...
OH...ILLUSIVE MAN KNOWS ALREADY...IT SEEMS ONE BUG LISTENED EVERYTHING...
AND SO DOES SHADOW BROKER...THROUGH ILLUSIVE MAN'S BUG
WHAT ABOUT...
OKAY IT SEEMS SOVEREIGN/ SAREN ARE OBLIVIOUS...
BUT IF IT ALL GOES LIKE THEY SHOULD...COLLECTORS AND HARBRINGER WILL KNOW AROUND TIME SOVEREIGN FALLS...
WHICH WOULD MAKE HIM TARGET FOR REST OF THE SAGA...WELL...HE HAD IT COMING. I'M NOT GOING TO ASSIST HIM."
Death says to himself and cuts the connection.
and I'm still completely oblivious of what I've just gotten myself into...
AN: and so it's out...I always thought it was STUPID to not tell anyone of your extradimensional knowledge if you had it...I've always thought that FIRST person to know should be SHEPARD. not Tali/Garrus/someone else.