Shepard:

"Joker, you cock blocking son of a bitch, what's wrong", Shepard questioned as he entered the bridge.

Navigator Presley cut in before Joker could speak a word, "We can't land the Mako. You need at least one-hundred yards of clear land. The most I can find is fifty."

Joker followed Presley's statements with his own as if it had been said several times, "I don't need one-hundred yards to make it. I only need twenty-five at most."

"This is ridiculous! You are playing with the commander's life here. Commander Shepard, I suggest dropping the Mako about fifty miles back from the target zone. It is a bit of a drive but you will land alive."

Shepard looked from Presley to Joker, "Keep it inside the lines, Joker. I will be down in the Mako for when you are ready to launch."

Joker threw a thumb up, "You got it Shepard."

Shepard turned around and walked away, but behind him, he could hear the anger in Presley's voice as he read off coordinates to Joker. Making his way to the cargo bay, He stopped by his locker to grab his gear. One heavy Onyx armor and all his elite weapons he had picked up from boxes in Virmire.

He had just locked his gear in place when Chakwas stepped out of the med-bay. She looked around for a second before seeing him, "Hello Commander, mind if I do a quick vitals check? I just need to make sure you are one-hundred percent for the mission."

After adjusting his pistol on his hip Shepard gave a nod and followed Chakwas into the med-bay, "Let's make this quick, Doctor. We only have twenty-minutes before we are in range."

She nodded and did a scan over the Commander with her omni-tool and looked over the results, "Well, that's interesting."

"What is it", Shepard questioned.

"Nothing you need be concerned about", Chakwas quickly replied before turning around and walking over to her console.

If it were any other time Shepard would be questioning the hell out of Chakwas. In his experience, "interesting" usually lead to the situation becoming worse but the fact that Chakwas was assuring him that it was nothing to be worried about made him feel fine.

"Alright Chakwas, I guess I will see you after the mission." Turning on his heels, Shepard made his way to the door but heard Chakwas' reply as he left.

"Yes, watch the road. Walls can catch you off guard."

He wanted to ask what she meant, but time was short and the window was getting closer and closer. Stepping on the elevator Shepard felt a ping go through him. The feeling quickly passed and he hit the down button.

As the elevator went down, he could hear the ground crew talking in the cargo bay, "I think I should be the one to go. Shepard may be fine and dandy but nothing can beat having a good sniper watching your back."

"Yeah right, Garrus, the Commander has better sniper skills then you do. Besides, he needs someone who can cut down an army of Geth with an omni-tool", Shepard heard Tali retort.

There was a pause followed by a loud buzz, "What a coincidence, this allows me to do just that."

The door opened and Shepard saw Garrus holding some sort of omni-tazer toward the quarian, "Ten hut." Everyone fell in line, "Alright, this isn't the time to mess around. We need to seriously consider what might happen down there."

Garrus stepped forward, "Commander, I volunteer for the mission. I've spent the time since Virmire studying medi-gel and how to use it to its maximum potential."

Shepard did not even take a second to think about it and interrupted, "Step back, Garrus, I have been taking all your reports into consideration. Ultimately, the question is what are we going to face?"

"Chances go toward heavy use of Geth armatures, multiple Colossuses, and at least an army and a half of basic Geth units", Tali pointed out as if she had weighed all the options.

Liara followed up, "That means you are going to need a heavy hitter, and with Wrex gone that means I am your only option."

"That's ridiculous, biotics may be powerful but nothing can stand up to straight fire power", Ashley interrupted.

The Commander turned away from the crew and began to weight his options, as far as he could see it they all were great options but only two could fit in the Mako. He would have to be smart and figure who would be the best selection. Closing his eyes, he felt the answer come to 's eyes shot open and he turned to his crew.

"Alright, Tali and Liara load up. I already have firepower, so what I really need is strong tech and biotics. Garrus, go up to Joker and see what you can do about the Normandy's guns. Ashley, load the ground team up with top equipment. Let's move, people, we have a galaxy to save!"

Ty:

My breath caught and I found myself unable to speak at all, luckily she could, "Hello again Ty."

"I, ugh, um…"

Danny cut in and gave me a second to catch myself, "Where did the Consort go?"

The little girl looked at him with her wise eyes, "We AI are of one mind and body. I control the bodies and minds of all AI. Therefore, I can move them and replace one with another. The consort is an AI and I replaced her with me."

"Where is she now?"

The little girl scowled already annoyed, "Look, we don't have time. The Geth attack has already begun, and since Chakwas is gone it is up to me to give you guys enough of an edge to ensure you can beat Saren.

"Wait a second", I processed the information she just gave us, "you don't think we can beat him?"

"Oh please, you have a one in ten chance of succeeding in your goal", she replied, letting go of my arm.

I pushed past her and walked over to the door, "Let's go, Danny. One in ten, one in one-hundred… odds mean nothing."

"Aw, what's wrong? Afraid this is what I was talking about?"

I stopped just shy of the control panel, "That hasn't even crossed my mind since you said it."

"Really, you sure it hasn't been in your head? Just sitting there and festering", she asked, with the innocence of an actual eight-year-old girl.

"No, I haven't. Because, frankly, you AI can't predict what I am going to do. You can take into account the best possible outcome, but that is it. The Consort just assured us of this, and that's how we are going to beat Saren."

"Oh, Ty", she smiled, "the other AI can't control the people around you. Now, disrespect me one more time and I will not hesitate to 'accidentally' blow you out of a fucking airlock."

"Fine, but you talk to Danny. I'm going to check what is happening on the Presidium", I said, turning away and hitting the unlock button.

Outside the door was squad after squad of C-sec hightailing it into position, awaiting the Geth. Looking up, I saw a swarm of Geth drop-ships heading straight toward the plasma barrier that simulated the sky. Immediately, my hand went to my gun and I pulled the Tsunami off my back.

Two Geth bombers flew down and fired off rounds at the sky barrier. The glass that held off enemies broke and all that was holding the icy cold kiss of space back was a thin plasma barrier. A plasma barrier that would allow the drop ships to pass through.

"Danny, we are about to have company!'

I turned back around and the little girl was nowhere to be found. Danny, on the other hand was holding his head and just finding his reply, "Shit, let me see."

Danny walked over and peaked out the door as I pointed what was happening, "Tons of drop-ships and Sovereign will be here soon."

He squinted and adjusted his glasses, "Ugh, I can't see worth shit right now."

"What do you mean?"

"The little girl manipulated something in me and now all I can see is matrix code."

I grabbed him and pinned him to the wall, "What, how is that supposed to help us?"

"She said that I would be able to see glitches that can help us", he said as something caught his eye. he walked over to one of the walls and put his hand to it, "I think this is one right here."

"What the fuck are you talking about", I scoffed.

"This", he hand plunged into the wall and blue matrix code flooded out of the hole. Slowly he grabbed it with his other hand and began to extend the hole. The hole was about two feet wide by the time I could see what was on the other side.

"Is that the Citadel tower?"

Danny looked over at me and gave his smirk, "I guess a glitch on the wall leads to a different place. makes sense."

"How?"

"Well, have you ever played Crash Bandicoot?"

I thought for a second, "Yeah, why?"

He put his foot on the edge of the hole and opened it up until it reached from his hand to his foot, "Well, there are plenty of instances where you can jump into certain parts of walls and it will glitch you to different parts of the level."

"Okay, so what's the plan? We go in there and wait for Saren?"

He gave a nod and though about it for a minute, "We could do that, but what about Cody? Another thing, wouldn't it be better if we cut Saren off before he reaches the tower?"

"Alright, let's go send a message", I cracked my knuckles and Danny let the glitch close.

Hey, hope you enjoyed the new chapter. On the subject, I used my interpretation of how I think the Citadel sky works. I remember reading that it was glass to hold the projections and they shut off at night so I assume that it would have a plasma barrier like the Normandy when holes are blown in it.

If you have a second send a shout out to my new betareader BJ Hanssen. I really appreciate what he is doing and you should too.

Last, I know most of my followers from the beginning are going to ask the serious question of why didn't I leave the ground team up from my readers to decide and it's simple. There was no way I could get as much out of this ending as I can with Tali and Liara. They both have played bigger roles then Ashley or Garrus and without Wrex there were no real options for me.

I am going to work my but off in what little free time I get this weekend to post my new chapter on Monday but any support you can give will be very appreciated.