A Doctor's Man
Chapter 14 - A Goodbye
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"Wait, before we go, I...need to see someone."
"Who is it, Commander?" Joker asked.
"Dr. Chloe Michel, I need to say my goodbyes, just in case we don't make it. We all know this is a suicide mission. I don't want to die again without telling Chloe, I love her," John answered, looking at the ground, then looking back up at the pilot on the table.
"We'll let you see her again, Shepard, she...doesn't need to lose you again." Garrus said to him.
John nodded, "Thank you, guys, I appreciate it."
"Dr. Michel, please come here," the head physician said to her.
"Huh?" She said as she turned, "Ok..."
She walked out of the room she was in, and looked at the Physician.
"Yes, Sir?"
"Someone has come to say their goodbyes," he said with his arm extending towards the right.
She looked to see John marching towards her, she saw...tears? In his eyes?
"John, what's wrong?" She asked him.
He embraced her, she returned it, but the question was still on her mind.
"I'm about to do the suicide mission, I...I wanted to come tell you that...I love you," he said with a croaked voice.
Now, her question was answered, and she had her own tears coming to her eyes.
The Head Physician never thought he'd see the Commander cry, but this touching farewell. It well has his tears to add to it.
"I...I will keep my promise. I will not leave you a second time," he said to her as they looked back at each other.
Chloe brought her hand up to caress the side of his face.
Feeling her hands on his skin was always relieving.
He brought his own to cover hers.
"I love you," Chloe told him with a cracked voice, "And I always will."
More emotions came out of him upon hearing the love of his life say those three words.
She brought him in for one last yearned-for kiss. They didn't separate anytime soon, not even for air.
John and Chloe touched foreheads.
"I love you, Chloe, no matter what happens. I'll love you through death and in afterlife, if there's one," he said to her.
She nodded, "You'll have a place in my heart, John...Wherever you are, near, far, I'll always, always, love you."
John nodded back to her, "Ok, I have to go. The Collectors stole my crew, I'm going to get them back."
"Please, be careful for my sake," she told him.
"I will," he said, grasping her hand, then letting go.
He started walking backwards, then spun around to continue on.
Chloe let her drops hit the floor. She heard them every time too.
Her heart went out with him. She felt that same stinging loneliness, as she watched him go.
"He'll make it, I know he will," the head physician said to her, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"I sure hope so, I sure hope so..." Chloe replied.
"Alright, next stop, the Omega Relay," John said as he entered the Normandy.
"Aye-Aye!" Joker replied.
John headed up to his cabin, he needed to clear his head, but not touching the precious memory of Chloe and her smile, which got him through any situation, but this one, had him nervous.
The door of the elevator opened, letting in a gentle breeze of cooling air. He walked into the cabin, looking to the right when he was by the desk to a picture. A picture of his beloved Chloe. That same picture he looked at just before the SR1 was destroyed.
Liara told him it was her, who found him, and gave him to Cerberus. The story was shocking. One night, when he invited her to the cabin for drinks, she brought him a surprise, besides his dog tags, she also found his picture of Chloe, the glass was broken, but she managed to get the same case for it.
He walked over and sat in his chair. He spun to face the picture.
The Commander spent several minutes looking at the object, letting Chloe take over his mind and disperse the nervousness he felt earlier. He smiled at the memory of that night during their vacation. He will never forget that moment.
And there you go!
The next chapter may be the last one for ME2, then, it's on to ME3!
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~Dark
Story List:
Mass Effect:
~ A Doctor's Man
NEXT - Hearts Over Minds
- Living in Hell on Earth
- To Love a Quarian
Skyrim:
- Between a Mother and Daughter
- Love Gone Wrong
- The Shaman of the Skaal
- A World Upside Down