Don't Leave Me
Chapter 4
Here's the nest chapter of my great story!
I've made changes to the Red Ending, as you know that it destroys synthetics, but I've put to where it only destroys the Reapers. Which the Geth will not be affected and still have to reaper coding. Unfair, I know, but I just wanted it that way to fit my story.
I've finally managed to get the Pages app to where I can write my stories on my iPad Mini instead of having to wait to get home to write them on my laptop. (My laptop's battery is worn out, I can't use it without the charger.)
Anyway, Here's Chapter 4!
Liara had tears of joy rolling down her face with a smile as she ran toward the place where the beam once was.
John was limping toward her, with the biggest smile on his face as he started running. Despite the wound at his waist, he ignored to pain it brought while he had his own tears of joy flowing down his face seeing her unharmed.
The Rejoiced couple ran into each other's arms as they reunited. Liara was holding him tightly as she soaked his melted armor's padding with her own water from her tear ducts. She was sobbing heavily as the man she loved was still alive.
The Wounded Commander held his Asari tight as they embraced each other. He was more than happy to see his girl unscathed.
While still in each Luther's arms, they pulled apart. John stared into Liara's Gorgeous, blue eyes as she stared into his own. He saw The love flaring in the fire in them. The Eyes that always soothed him, no matter what the situation is. The Eyes that calmed his blazing soul whenever he was let loose. The Eyes he owed his sanity to.
Liara looked into John's ocean eyes as she, still, Shed tears. John put his hands up to her beautiful face as he wiped the tears away with his thumbs. Looking at the very face he was going to be with for the rest of his life.
Soon, Liara's Emotions got the better of her as she wrapped her arms around his bloodied neck and furiously pulled her man into a powerfully passionate kiss. Liara didn't let go, even when she needed air. After a while, They pulled apart as Both of them sucked for air.
"I...I thought I lost you again..." Liara told her bondmate, as she trailed off.
John immediately hugged her, trying to calm her down and to trying to keep her from thinking the such thoughts.
"I'm Here, I'm Here. It's going to be okay." His voice croaked as he said to her.
"I was Worried you wouldn't make it..."
"Please, Liara. Stop thinking these dark thoughts. I can't take it when you're in pain. Please, stop." He said with his voice croaking again. He was begging for her to stop thinking that way.
She nodded.
The other squad mates, new and old caught up with them. John smiled as he recalled everyone here was unharmed. They all cheered as they saw him. The group surrounded the couple in the middle as they clapped in him surviving. Garrus slapped medi-gel to Shepard's wounds.
Tali was in tears as well as Miranda as her project braved what they thought was impossible.
Kaidan came by and patted him on the back, "beers are on me after this." He told John as he passed by.
"I'll hold you to that, Alenko!" He told The Biotic.
Jacob stood by him as he said, "I bet I gotten more kills." He taunted the Commander.
"We'll see." John told him as he gave a weak grin.
Jack, surprisingly went by, "I'm going to kick your ass for me having to save everybody else's asses!" She told him.
"Wait until I'm out of the hospital first." He told her, grinning again.
Next was Grunt, "I'm glad you're okay, Battlemaster!" The Krogan told him as Grunt gently nudged him, trying not to damage the Commander any more than the condition he was in.
Wrex came up and shook hands with The Wounded Commander, "I knew there was a Krogan in you, Shepard!" He told The Commander.
Garrus walked up, Giving the Turian version of a smile, his mandibles were spread out. "I challenge you for us to see who gets drunk under the table." The Turian taunted John.
"Challenge accepted." John replied, Grinning.
Samara walked up to him, "You are a very strong man, John. You have a loving young Lady with you." She said as she gave him one of her rare smiles and looking at Liara.
John thought about the times Liara stood by his side, ever since Therum, to Virmire, to IIos, to his redemption. Despite Her changes, The Commander still loved her to the end. From Mars,to now, the times where she stood at his side while fire and worse was being thrown at him. She looked stunning in the moonlight, and then he realized how lucky he was to have such a Girl to be with him whenever she could. He shed a couple a dry tears as he thought of her.
Samara sensed his approval in her words, she gave him another rare smile before she nodded and walked off.
After everybody else came up to greet the Commander with praises, taunts, and Challenges. There was One thing to announce.
He pulled Liara close to whisper something to her, A very big smile appeared on her face. She gotten some folks wondering. She nodded in understanding after he broke from her.
"There's one thing I'm doing first after I get out of the Hospital. Something very dear to me. Liara." He said as he looked at his future wife, giving her a very loving smile.
The Asari held up her hand with the Ring. Everybody gasped, Liara felt tears of happiness trickled down her cheeks. Her life was coming into her dreams.
The guys went back up to him, congratulating him and patting him on the back.
The Girls, especially Tali, was stunned at the ring Liara was given.
Samara walked up to Liara, about to offer the same words to her as she did John.
"Little one, you are certainly blessed to have a man as John, He loves you like no other. He's the man you deserve, I believe there is no better being than him." Samara told Liara, also giving her a rare smile. The girls around them nodded their approval.
Liara thought about John, The Man she met on Therum in her Time of need. He helped her without hesitation. He defended her while she hid from the Krogan Battlemaster and his Geth. He carried her out of the ruins that were collapsing. He wanted her to stay aboard the SR1. He stood by her when she faced her mother, he held her up while she wept of her beloved mother who fallen prey of Reaper Indoctrination. He loved her and cared for her when no-one else would. She was His World and He, hers.
They confessed their feelings to each other on the very night before they went on the Assault on IIos. She stood by him when he fought the skeletal remains of Saren when he became possessed under Soverign.
When the Normandy was under attack from the Collectors, He gave the order of evacuation, she wouldn't leave his side but he made her do so, anyway. She watched the SR1 give in to the Collectors' mercy.
"No!" Was the word she screamed from her escape pod when she watched the Normandy, the Ship that the love of her life was on, she saw one last pod come out before the Beam from the Collector's ship gave the Normandy one last Fatality.
Dr. Chakwas had her Omni-tool set to monitor John's vitals, when it went off, She tried contacting Him.
"Commander, are you there?" She asked into her communicator.
"Yes, I'm here." He replied, but Liara heard his voice was getting strained.
"How are you doing?" She asked, worried.
"My hose disconnected from my tank...I'm losing pressure..." He tried to tell them before he had to breathe the stale air in his mask.
Liara was in tears as she heard those hurting words. Her world was slowly being torn apart.
"Where is Liara? Is she there with you?" He asked, straining again.
"I'm here, John." Liara said with her voice cracking.
"I'm Sorry..." His breath strained as he tried to mutter the words.
"I love you too, John." As she finished saying that, she broke down, sobbing, "Please, Please Don't go." She begged him with her voice cracking even more.
"I'm...sorry...Liara...I...Love...You..." Were the last words she heard from the love of her life before his comms cut out.
Liara fell to her knees as the rest of the crew who were in contact, broke down with her as the void slowly killed their beloved Commander.
When their pods landed on The nearby planet, they exited their pods. Another landed next to Liara's, they went over to it. It was the last one to exit The Normandy. The doors on the pod opened and Joker limped out. He saw their faces, and asked,
"Did he make it?" He asked Desperately.
Dr. Chakwas shook her head "no".
"Damn it!" He cursed, "he sacrificed himself to save me."
Liara was hanging her head low with her hands intertwined within each other. Tears fell from her cheeks onto the ground.
Joker limped over and hugged her, hoping to ease the pain she was going through.
"I'm so sorry, he might've been still alive if I gotten into the escape pod without him having to come and get me." He said, regrettably.
Liara shook her head, "it wasn't your fault, Joker. He did what he always did, the people he cared for were put first and himself second." She replied.
He patted her shoulder and went over to The others.
She prayed to the Goddess that her man lived, but it wasn't until two years later. He came back, revived by and gunning with Cerberus, taking the Collectors down. But she pushed him away when he tried to comfort her after being gone for two years.
When he came for another visit, he's gotten intel from Cerberus on the shadow broker, who recovered the Commander's body after he died and tried to sell it to the Collectors. Liara and a drell named Feron interfered and retrieved the Commander's body but with a cost. Feron sacrificed himself to save Liara and to give her time to escape with her lover. He was captured afterwards.
Of Course, The Commander offered to help Liara find the Shadow Broker and Feron. She told him she needed to prepare and he offered to drop by her apartment. She agreed and left. In the end, They worked together to bring down an Asari Spectre, Tela Vasir, whom stolen a data disc containing the Broker's Location after using John to help her find Liara's contact who she's gotten the disc from. Liara, then discussed her plans, John would interfere and point out the bad things she said. At the end of the talks, John stopped her and told her that she wasn't the same Asari Doctor he fell in love with, two years ago. Liara retaliated by saying that two years of tear shed and mourning couldn't just vanish.
At the Light at the end of the Tunnel, they brought the Shadow Broker down, who was a yahg, a massive alien species whom has yet created space worthy crafts. Liara went down in tears and John held her up again, he held onto her as she completed the two-year planned revenge. The couple kissed as Liara reeled from what they did. They saved Feron in the process, and Liara assumed the previous Shadow Broker's position and taken his network.
After she settled in, she invited John to the ship; He gladly accepted and met her aboard. She welcomed him and he was welcomed by an annoying info drone, Liara renamed it Glyph later. They chatted for a bit, they agreed to continue their relationship, even when they are going to be apart.
John suggested that He should Take Liara on a tour of the new SR2 and have drinks in his cabin. She happily agreed. After the tour, they met in Shepard's Cabin. After talking a few minutes, her emotions got her.
"Goddess, you were dead!"
"I got better."
"Well, if we're going to do this, I need you to promise you are coming back. I've already lost you once and I couldn't bear it." She replied, with tears in her Azure, blue eyes.
"I'll try my best. I will let nothing stop me from getting back to you. I Promise, if I can't then it have to be really fucking powerful to halt me. I'm not losing you again." John replied, dead serious. Liara detected this as she sensed him. She smiled as she gave in to more tears, knowing the savior of the citadel, is willing to do anything to come back an Asari Scientist. She almost couldn't believe it.
Liara pulled her lover into a passionate kiss after he said that.
After the fall of Thessia, Liara confronted Javik, the prothean they've recovered from Eden Prime.
During the mission, John brought Liara and Javik. When they got to the temple, it ended up being a hidden beacon in the statue of Asthame, The goddess of the Asari. When John went around to look at the artifacts, Javik revealed shocking news about the Asari History.
Javik simply told her as long as one Asari is still standing, then her species haven't lost the fight. She calmed down and stormed out of the engineering deck. John asked The Prothean if what he said was true. Javik simply replied why does it matter to him, John told him that Liara was more than a big deal. Javik told the truth by saying every word. John nodded to him and headed out to Deck 3.
When John stepped out of the elevator, he saw Tali standing in front of the memorial wall, talking to Garrus about Liara.
"She marched by like I've never seen her do before. She had tears flooding the deck." She told Garrus.
John interjected, "I'll talk to Liara."
"Okay, good. She needs you more than anything now." Tali replied, nodding her approval .
"I plan to be there for her." John replied.
John walked to Liara's Cabin, he didn't hesitate to open the door. The Commander walked in and saw Liara crumbled on her bed with her eyes bloodshot of crying. He walked over and sat next to her.
"My people's history, it's all a lie…" She said, "And My mother kept it hidden from me! Oh, how she must be laughing right now…"
John stopped her, "Liara, I'm sure she was protecting you, Studying those ancient beacons could've gotten you into serious trouble by the Matriarchs. Besides, if she shown you it, I wouldn't have you." He pointed out.
She pondered it for a minute, she looked up at him smiling at the last part, "We certainly wouldn't have, now would we?"
"And we wouldn't be alive if you hadn't been with us to tell me about IIos." He said as he gave her a smile.
"Yes, that is true." She replied with a loving look in her eyes.
She sat up next to her bondmate. John took her astonishing face into his hands and wiped the tears on her cheeks.
"Now, Please, We're still in the fight, stay strong for me, okay?" He simply asked.
She nodded as his words held truth in them.
"I'm sorry about Thessia…" he told her, but Liara came in.
"No, it isn't your fault…" She told him.
"Yes, it is, I let my guard down and they had us."
"That isn't true!" She retaliated.
"Liara, listen to me. I just lost your beloved homeworld. Something I definitely don't want to lose. I value your interests, your likes, and your values." He told her.
She never thought he would care about Thessia, much less without being there before.
"When this is over, and we both come out alive, I want you to show me that beautiful world." He asked.
She had tears building up as he said how it was, "I will, my love." She promised.
They both stood up, John pulled his bondmate into a loving embrace. Liara felt all of her fears, insecurities, and the fear of safety melt away as she was held in her lover's protective arms. John held her close and planted a kiss on her forehead.
"Do what you can to help the refugees. They need all of the help they can get." He asked of her.
Liara nodded again, "That, I can do, John." She smiled.
He smiled back, and he planted another kiss on her lips as they broke apart.
When he turned and was about halfway from the door, he turned around, hearing his name.
"Thank you, John. For being here with me…" She said with a smile along with tears flowing freely down her beautiful face.
"Anything for you, Liara." He said with a loving smile before he walked out.
Liara snapped back into reality and turned to Samara, "Thank you for those words, Samara." She said with a smile as she looked at her bondmate surrounded by the men of their crew.
Samara nodded with a rare smile, once again.
The scene on John's death in ME2, I've been inspired to write a similar scene related to a fanfic called, "Mass Effect: Salvation" by OptimumCamski, I give credit to him/her for that inspiration.
Sorry for the long summary, it's just for folks who may or may not know the Mass Effect Story with Liara.
Thank you for reading and I hoped you enjoyed it!
Since I've posted two chapters, it may take twice as long to get the next two ready.
Reviews are needed! I need people's opinions on what they think!
the next chapter goes to...! "The Asari Spectre"!