"You want me to do what!?"

"We just need to crash the ship into the Council chambers. Saren and Alenko are going there, so at worst, we disable both of them and kill 'em later. At best, they both die instantly."

"No, worst, we die. Best, there is no best!"

"Dharos, you're my brother. Our hull is reinforced, we have more than enough shields… we'll survive."

"I'm trusting you Shepard."

"Have I ever given you a reason not to?"

Dharos shook his head, and released the Ryncol from it's dock. The ship backed itself from the Citadel, and sped towards the Council's chambers.

"We're coming up fast. You have a minute Shepard. Good thing too, the arms are closing. Any later and we would've been stuck outside."

"Okay. Tali, Wrex, twenty minutes ago-"

Wrex put a hand up.

"We don't need a speech Shepard. We're with you every step of the way."

Shepard gave off another genuine smile, before turning to face the cockpit's window.

"Ten seconds. Nine. Eig-"

"Spare us the countdown Dharos, just make sure we come out of this-"

The Ryncol crashed into the Council's tower. The crew lurched forwards, as the cockpit broke off from the rest of the ship, which exploded in a fiery mass. The cockpit skidded forwards, leaving a trail of sparks behind it. It came to a stop in the center of a small garden.

"Reinforced hull Shepard? Really?"

"We're alive, aren't we?"

"Not for long," said a distinctly Turian voice.

Saren Arterius stepped forwards, unharmed by the blast. He grabbed Shepard by the throat, pulling him closer.

"You. The slaver on Eden Prime. You ruined everything. All this planning, all the months spent waiting for this one crucial moment, and you ruin it, with something so mundane as crashing a ship! Now I can't open the arms, now Sovereign will never signal the Harvest! I will kill you, and then I will kill your-"

Wrex shot Saren, forcing him to let go of Shepard. The Turian drew his pistol, just before Wrex charged him. Saren easily side-stepped the Krogan, turning his attention to Shepard. He let off two shots, which Shepard dodged, taking cover behind a pillar. Tali did the same, tossing a grenade at the former Spectre. Saren swatted the grenade away from him, letting off another two shots, this time at Tali. Dharos had since joined the fight, letting off a shot from his pistol whenever possible. Wrex tackled Saren, bringing him to the ground. Wrex punched Saren, who easily kicked the Krogan off of him.

A short distance outside the Citadel, Alliance and Turian ships were letting of shots at Sovereign, Saren's flagship, and Reaper. Explosions scattered across the machine, slowly hurting it. The machine itself was waiting for the Citadel's arms to open.

Saren grabbed Tali's arm, pulling her close to him. He put a gun to her head, becking into a wall.

"Give up now slaver, or the Quarian dies."

Tali opened her Omni-Tool, and burned a hole in Saren's armor. The Turian screamed, pushing Tali away from him. As Saren clutched the burn, the team of four opened fire. Saren's shields dropped, the bullets finally taking effect. Saren screamed as the metal tore through his body. The Turian gasped, and fell to the ground, gasping for air.. Shepard walked over to the dying Turian, and pulled out his pistol. Shepard glared down at the former Spectre, who looked back up at him, almost desperately. Saren took one last gasp of air.

"This is for Grarak you son of a bitch."

Shepard pulled the trigger, a single bullet entering Saren's head.

The Normandy raced toward Sovereign, it's cannon dropping from below. A blue beam of pure energy came blasting out, piercing Sovereign. The machine collapsed from inside, before exploding into thousands of pieces of debris.

As Shepard turned from Saren's body, the doors to the chambers began to open.

"Geth?"

"Dunno. Be on your guard."

The squad raised their weapons as the elevator's inhabitants stepped out. Shepard motioned for his friends to lower their weapons, as he stepped forwards.

"Happy to do your job for you."

Kaiden Alenko was not a happy man.