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M-Angel: Okay guys give Yankee Knights some love. It's on its eighth chapter. It needs more lovin'.

Knight: [*Small voice* Chapter 8 will be much longer, out before Monday morning…] Don't beg! I'm above begging.

M-Angel: That's not how it sounded last night...

Knight: Well, that's because… Ahem…

Chapter 11: Truth

I slowly opened my eyes. Thankful, the lights were dim. Okay, so Ann's not Commander, this 'John' is. I carefully rolled onto my back, wincing when a muscle screamed in pain. This Joker ain't my Jeff… and this galaxy ain't mine. Not even the other ME galaxy. I gripped my hair and pulled it.

"Argh!" I cried out. "What the hell is going on!"

"My thoughts exactly,"

I turned my head to the side to see the Specter leaning against the wall.

"How did you know?"

"Umm...huh?" I asked, confused.

"Eden Prime," He said simply. "We just got a request for assistance. The Geth are attacking. How did you know?" He growled, his eyes narrowing.

I've never been good at reading Turians. Garrus taught me a little. Now, everything in me screams danger or run away whenever I'm around 'em.

"I-I told you...," I stuttered and winced in pain as I shifted under his intense gaze.

"I won't fall for that!" He hissed. "I'm not a fool." He growled.

"You'll see." I said.

"You'll go off by yourself, to the digsite. Ahead of Shepard and her- I mean, his team. There'll be lots of Geth everywhere. When you get to the digsite, you'll find Saren there. He'll shoot you in the back of the head when you turn your back to him. You'll be dead by the time Shepard gets there and Saren will be gone," I looked back at him.

"Don't trust Saren. Don't turn your back on him, or you're dead,"

"You presume too much. I know Saren like a brother, human-he trained me, made me a Spectre. I've trusted him with my life many times before. But if this happens, then what?" I looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "What happens? How do we stop him?"

"Ashley Williams gets drawn into the Prothean Beacon. Shepard pulls her out of the way but...," I began but paused. He turns his head towards me.

"He'll be pulled towards it, instead. He'll be suspended into the air. It'll upload Prothean information into his brain. It won't make much sense, not at first,"

"What does it upload into his brain?" He asked impatiently.

"Information on the Reapers," I said.

He was about to say something when Jokercame on over the ship's intercom.

"ETA ten minutes!" He yelled.

"Don't trust Saren," I said, carefully rolling onto my side as he left.

Ann tapped her foot on the floor of the elevator. She had just come from talking to the Council. It had been...successful. They were going to call for the full evacuation of the Citadel, and have all the databanks on the Citadel pertaining to homeworlds and colonies destroyed...eventually. That word alone made her blood boil. Then she had to be the one to tell Ylara and Ya'isha how Serena died. The asari Specter had been quietly understanding, while her bondmate was furious.

Today's not a good day. The elevator doors opened to the CIC. She walked up to Kelly, who was in her new uniform, devoid of any Cerberus markings. The same went for all the crew members, and the Normandy itself. Anderson had come through for her with the credits. The Normandy had been docked for five weeks and finally fixed. Supplies had been bought, Cerberus logo's had been painted over with the Specter symbol. Food was being restocked, along with medical supplies, armor, and ammunition. And the new uniforms had been handed out by Kelly.

Zaeed had left for Omega. He was going to round up some mercs for the upcoming battles. Justicar Samara had gone to the Asari homeworld, Thessia, to convince the Matriarchs and the Justicar order to help. Jacob and Miranda had gone to Earth to round up some help there. Kasumi used her gift to get blackmail from some very popular and influential people, assuring their support. Mordin had talked to the leader of the Salarian Union and basically said it would be a shame if the Krogan suddenly got a cure for the genophage. After that, the Salarian Union was backing them up with a promise of thirty ships by the end of the next month. And probably an assassin after Mordin. Grunt had gone back to clan leader Urdnot Wrex. A week later Wrex himself contacter her and said he and his brothers would help her all the way. Just point them to the fight. So by week five, repairs to the Normandy were done and paid for by an anonymous source.

"Commander?" EDI's avatar appeared.

"Yes EDI?"

"Miss Tali Zorah vas Normandy has sent you a message," She said.

"And?"

"Peace has been declared between the mainstream Geth and Quarians," She said "Rannoch will be re-colonized, and roughly three percent of the Flotilla is being mobilized, heading here,"

"Good." Ann said with a smile. Three percent of a fleet of fifty thousand ships… not bad at all. She felt a pair of arms wrap around her. She smiled as she looked at Garrus. He pressed his forehead against hers. She sighed as she relaxed. "Very good,"

My eyes shot open as I heard yelling.

I sat up slowly, only to see John being laid down on the bed next to me. Specter Nihlus was holding a medi-gel pad to a gunshot wound on his shoulder. He looked at me and my eyes widened. He growled and looked back at John's still form. The Captain walked in and assessed the situation, looking at me, then at John.

"I want to know when he wakes up," He said, turning to me.

"You, follow me," I winced but nodded as I felt an arm wrap around me. Kaidan helped me up. As soon as we were in the Captain's chambers I was set down on a couch. Kaiden walked out and Nihlus walked in. The Captain frowned at me.

"Tell us everything," He said.

I nodded and took a deep breath. "Well, it all began when I mysteriously ended up on the Citadel. That happened in the early spring of 2184...," I began telling them everything that had happened to me, how I met Shepard, the stories she herself had told to me about her fight to find Saren and his ship Sovereign. Garrus recounting his battles in helping Shepard on Feros. How they had saved the colonists there. How Saren had given an asari to the plant creature. How Matriarch Benezia was helping him. How her daughter Dr. Liara T'soni would be a part of Shepard's team, and would in fact help him understand the visions caused by the Prothean Beacon. Of course I didn't tell them about the Rachni, Wrex's family heirloom, or about Dr. Heart, or about the scientists that she killed that were a part of the Akuze incident. By the time I was done, both men seemed convinced, but now they had to convince the Council.

M-Angel: Well, what do you guys think? Good? Bad?

Knight: Short. Did you learn your lesson in the closet?

M-Angel: You mean our 'fun time'… I picked up some new stuff, but not what you mean. ;D

Knight: Grr. I'd intended to keep you imprisoned there for a while. But as far as bribes go… pretty damn good.

M-Angel: Why thank you!

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