"You brought me here to confirm what you already know." Shepard said as all of the eyes in the room stared at her "The Reapers are here."
"How do we stop them."
"There is no stopping them, this is survival. We will need every fleet from every race to even stand a chance of defeating them."
The Harbinger beam shot through the window and lifted the desk up into the air. She ran as fast as her legs would carry her before knocking her head against the table and drifted off to sleep.
Hell, that's what this was. The shuttles of civilians destroyed, right before her. The child she had seen playing outside of her apartment, and here she was perfectly fine escaping to the Citadel.
"Where are we going?" James asked as she marched through the shuttle bay
"The Citadel, we need help."
"Hell no, I am staying here.
"James, I"
"The only way we would even have a chance is to get help. The Admiral will have to hold out until we can return with reinforcments. It has been a long day Mr. Vega, there is no need to begin questioning the Commander." Elizabeth said as she walked out of the elevator. Shepard smiled.
"How in the hell did you manage to convince the Alliance to let you stay aboard?"
"Hey being a friend of the Commander has its benefits, I might as well use them."
"Well I'm glad to have you on our side."
"It turns out the Reapers aren't really recruiting."
"Like I said I'm just glad you are on our side."
"Elizabeth? I never read anything about an Elizabeth in the reports." Kaidan said softly as he stared at the two women.
"I am the Commander's secret weapon, and its better if it is kept that way. It is nice to finally meet you though Major Alenko." She said as the two women entered the elevator.
"Joker, we are headed to Mars." Shepard said as she walked towards her favorite pilot.
"You know, I'm glad you're here Shepard, I was beginning to miss my life not being in immediate I see Alenko's back. So you two worked everything out I assume?"
"What do you think?"
"So the two of you haven't gotten it again? Damn. When the two of you were together you were a lot less grumpy." She playful smacked him in the back of his head. "Careful Commander, he might fall for our secret weapon, or you will finally realize your feelings for either Garrus or me and be stuck in a sad little triangle."
"You are making me miss being under house arrest."
"That's what I'm here for."
"Kaidan!" She screamed as Dr. Eva lifted him up. Elizabeth hit the doctor with a possession and she let him down. and walked towards them. Shepard ran towards him and helped him to his feet.
"Grab that thing and bring it with us." She yelled to James as she boarded the ship." You okay?" She helped him remove his helmet but he stared at Elizabeth.
"What did you do?" he said as he glared at Elizabeth.
"I believe I saved your life." Shepard stared at the two who just glared at the other.
"Commander, Admiral Hackett wants to see you in the war room."
"EDI and Liara can you figure out how that thing works and see if we can use it somehow?" She then stormed into the elevator. Liara and James brought the mech to the Med-bay, which left Kaidan and Elizabeth alone.
"What did you do to her?"
"Me? Besides give her peace and help her through a rough time while you couldn't look past her working with Cerberus."
"You asked me if you could rebuild her, if I had known what you were doing to her I would of never let you have her. You gave here to Cerberus for Christ sake."
"No, I let someone else do that. As I recall you were more than happy when I told you she would live again. Beggars can't be choosy Alenko."
"You said there was a child, you also said that you would take care of her and that she would be safe. That is the only reason I agreed.
"There is, but she can not know about it. I need the Commander and so does the Universe. Someone else needed her child, I did what was necessary to save the Universe. I'm asking you as her friend to not tell her; it would break her heart."
"Her friend? You have done nothing but manipulate her. What makes you think I would keep your little secret?"
" How do you think she will react to learning that the love her life knew the entire time about her child and still turned his back on her?"
"You told me I had to, you said when I saw her on Horizon that I had to turn her away to keep her safe."
"Then I suggest that you keep this between the two of us. Otherwise her safety might be compromised."
"Threatening me is one thing bitch, threatening her is something else entirely. I am going to ask you one more time where the child is" He took his pistol out of his holster "and you will tell me."
"I'm not afraid of you, you would have to do a lot more than that to scare me." He fired a single round into her side.
"Last chance"
"I don't know. They said that they couldn't save it but I have seen it. I know it is alive. I grew to care for her okay? I am still trying to figure out where your child is, but that doesn't change the circumstance. Shepard is the only one who even has a chance of fighting the Reapers and she doesn't need a distraction. She has to be at 100 percent." The elevator opened, Shepard and Liara emerged from it, guns drawn.
"Joker said the two of you were about to kill one another. Kaidan put it down." He glared at Elizabeth but he lowered his weapon. "Are either of you going to tell me whats going on?"
"Shepard she's been shot." Liara said as she walked towards Elizabeth
"Commander we are approaching the Citadel, they wanted to know if you needed transport."
"Joker, I need to get to the hospital. Liara can you take her there I will meet with you later." Elizabeth and Liara walked into the elevator. "Joker can you give us some privacy?"
"Of course Commander." he said as he disabled the video and audio from the room.
Kaidan turned away from her and wiped his head.
"Kaidan," She breathed softly as she grabbed his shoulder. "Kaidan I know you, I know that it takes a lot to break your composure and even more for you to snap. I need to know what happened." He just stood there, he wouldn't dare look at her. What if Elizabeth was telling the truth, Of course, he knew Shepard didn't need any distractions but she deserved to know, she had to. It was eating him alive. He removed her hand from his shoulders as he turned to her and laced their fingers.
"Do you remember anything about them rebuilding you?"
"No, but there where things I found out about it. Miranda gave me the files, I.. I would have told you but you didn't exactly act like you wanted anything to do with me."
"I need to know everything you know about it."
"I will tell you everything, she said as her tone turned from Lily back into the Commander, "as soon as you answer my question. What the hell happened down here Kaidan?"
"I don't even know where to start Lily."
