Mass Effect Shepard Rises.
Shepard awoke with a groan to find himself in the med-bay Tali's form lay asleep on a chair and her head was rested on her arms he hand intertwined with his, a rather upset doctor came into his vision " commander good your up now explain to me what the hell you were fucking thinking you could have been killed," she shouts " sorr,,,,,," he never got chance to finish as the doctor whipped her hand across his cheek " im sure you just love giving me a heart attack john." the way she said his name reminded him of getting shouted at by his mom for running around the ship he grew up on, he shakes his head to clear his thoughts " sorry doc look wont happen again" he watches as she nods and turns his attention to Tali as he shakes her " hey Tali come sleepy head," he watches as a pair of silvery eyes flutter open " john your ok?" she asks but before he can reply doctor Chakwas relies for him " oh yeah he will be fine he's got a few nasty bruises and a bump on his head that the size of a egg, but he should be fine too thick headed for his own good," he chuckles at the doctor " ok can I go now?" he watches as she nods and he goes to stand only to fall back as the world spins a strong three hand grabs him and helps stabilize him " come on john lets get up to your cabin." he nods and lets Tali led him.
With Tali's help he gets to his cabin and makes his way over to a table with a few medical supplies and takes a pill for headaches and mild concussions, he pulls his T-shirt off and rolls and stretches his aching muscles but stops when he hears a small gasp and a cough suddenly remembering Tali in the room " you know john you humans are a lot more built and muscular than quarians," he looks down and his well toned chest and chuckles " well im glad you approve" he watches as Tali slowly makes his way towards him and places a hand on his chest and follows the scars " I believe you owe me a story." he places his hand on hers and guides her to the chair " ok but you must understand this is hard, I got my arm and leg implants after Akuze…"
A much younger shepard was with his platoon at the human colony Akuze, some were on this planet was a alliance distress beacon but finding it was the problem strange reading were messing with there tech, his platoon leader a scared and tough son of a bitch by the name of banner shouted " shepard you and Toombs go scouting east well meet in 2 hours time," he saluted and he and Toombs made there way east. After an hour of walking screams were heard over the radio " he… attacked….enemy…..need…god…..dead." he turned to corporal Toombs " what the hell. radio back and find out what's going on?" he watches as the young corporal tried to raise the platoon " I cant nothings happening" he motions for Toombs to follow him. He and Toombs made there way to a few houses with a few shuttles landed, the scene that greeted them was a ghost town mo signs of life, further into the ghost town they feel as the ground starts to shake and the brick buildings shake as a huge monster springs up from the ground, it reminds shepard of a worm a giant worm its glowing blue eyes looks at them as its mouth opens and green saliva drips from it, he and Toombs cant move there legs wont move for that matter every part of his body is screaming to run but he just cant. He watches as the worm throws its head back and spits thick green goo at the shuttles landed between them and it, he watches in disbelieve as it spits starts to melt away the shuttles which explode due to there element zero cores. He feels as heat blasts him of his feet and rubble falls on him he watches as the worm throws its head back and spits again the goo lands near him and starts to burn his armour he grits his teeth and pulls himself up right and watches in horror as Toombs is gripped by its mouth and pulled into the ground. Shepard looks around what's left of the town is a complete mess fires are burning shuttles are leaking element zero, his armours burnt and scorched in places he looks down and sees metal sticking out of his legs and arms bloods pooled around him he forces his arms to move and pulls a grenade from his belt he roars and screams " come on you son of a bitch" he forces himself into a run and screams as the worm re appears its mouth open acid spitting at him he feels it burn but no longer cares he throws the grenade at the worm and rolls to the ground. He watches as the worm explodes and its flesh crushes his legs and chest under its weight.
Shepard watches as Tali appears shocked " when I came to I was a mess, I broke every done in my arms and legs my ribs were also broken, I knew the alliance would never have me in that state so I got implants and cybernetics. That was when I also found out I got exposed to eezo." he sees as Tali reaches across and takes his hand in hers " doesn't that mean you're a biotic?" he shakes his head " I never really showed signs they put a prototype implant in my brain but its never worked." he feels as Tali squeezes his and she gets up never releasing his hand and sits on his lap, " john you've been alone for to long, in the short time I've known you I've come to care for you." he wraps his arms around her waist and hugs her back, " I care for you to Tali, do you want to know something?" he watches as Tali nods and he replies " I want to kiss you right now but I will settle for this." and with that he leans forward and kisses Tali on her helmet mouth piece.
Wow two chapters same day lucky you so did anyone get the reference to the matrix in the last chapter and kill-phil well you know what to do.