Mass Effect Shepard Rises.
Shepard falls to one knee lungs were gasping for air as he breathe deeply he reaches up with one hand and rips his helmet of and breathes the Normandy cool air, he looks at Tali in his arm and cant see the flutter of her silver orbs panic sets in and he rises and sprint to the elevator. After the slow descent he rushes out and enter the med-bay as Chakwas comes rushing from her desk "place her on the bed commander." he slowly lowers Tali's limp form on the bed and moves back as Chakwas runs scans unaware of his inner turmoil if I had been faster maybe she wont have fallen, he turns and looks at the wall and runs a hand down his face he can feel exhaustion setting in and his eye lids feel heavy, Chakwas's voice snapped him out his thoughts " don't worry commander she's fine she's just exhausted, she might have a limp for a day or two were he leg hit something." nodding he smiles " thanks doctor can I have a few minutes alone with Tali." he watches as Chakwas nods and walks out, he looks at Tali's still form he slowly walks to her bedside and places his hand on her arm " you had me worried there Tals don't do that again ok?" he turns to leave when he remembers about Quarians and there culture before he leaves he adds "captains orders".
He found himself in the briefing room Jokers voice sounded over the com "commander do you want me to patch you through to the council?" he nod before he realise Joker cant see me " yes Joker patch them through" he watches as the three holo projectors hum and activate and the image of the councils appears the asari is the first to speak "commander I trust the mission was a success?" he nods and speak " yes councillors doctor T'Soni is safely aboard the Normandy, and for the time being I got her under surveillance." the turian councillor speaks next "good to see your taking precautions commander." he nods "although when extracting her a seismic event triggered and the ruins were destroyed" he watches the faces of the councillors for any sign but there isn't one "of course commander the mission must always take priority" the salarian says "will that be all" he asks and see there head shake "no commander but can you report to the citadel we need to speak to doctor T'Soni and find out were her loyalties are." he nods "of course" he watches as the holograms fade away "Joker set course for the citadel" and walks out the room and down the stairs to his cabin, once inside his slowly strips his armour and places it on the mannequin he falls onto the bed and hopes before he falls asleep he doesn't have nightmares.
He looks around but its dark he cant make out anything then he realises he's back in the tunnel on Therum, he watches as Tali runs past him he tries to shout but cant he watches as she falls and he screams "Taliiiii" he watches as her head bounces of the floor and she doesn't move, he feels the ground start to shake as the roof collapse's and a large boulder falls and kills Tali I scream "noooooooooo."
Shepard bolts upright and panting a cold sweat drips from him, he leans his face in his hands and breathe deeply and feels as tears escape from his eyes he wipes them away, he take slow deep breathes and calms his nerves knowing sleep is not going to find him again he changes out his sweaty cloths has a quick shower and re dresses in a clean alliance T-shirt and pants he puts on his boots and leaves for the cargo bay.
After the elevator ride he walks to the work station were Ashley usually cleans the weapons and grabs his pistol out his locker and sits on the stool and prepares to clean his gun. After a good half hour of cleaning his pistol he's satisfied it's as clean as it going to be he stand and goes to put the pistol away when a idea hits him. After rooting through various lockers he finds a few empty cans he places them on the cargo bay door and walks back to the elevator, he pulls his pistol out his holster with his left hand and feels the weight in his hand it feel awkward but his raises his hand and takes aim and shoots feeling the pistol push back in his hand he watches as the can is blown of its perch to the floor satisfied he shoots again and again. A good half hour later he was a master shooting with his left hand now the hard part, he thinks as he walks to his locker and picks up a alliance standard pistol, he takes aim with both pistols and shots at the cans knocking them all down on the first go, impressed he tries again and again each time the cans fall off the perch with a perfect shot a smile spreads his lips.
Garrus awakes to the sound of shooting and jumps to his feet, his pistol in his hand he slowly exit's the Mako to find shepard with two pistols shooting targets with pinpoint accuracy, damn that's impressive "hey Shepard" he says and watch's as Shepard tenses up and turns to look at the turian "Garrus were the hell have you been?" Garrus chuckles "fell asleep while repairing the damage to my baby here." a smile spreads his face "your baby huh I thought it was the alliances baby" Garrus chuckles "well you know what I mean, so your up early? You okay?" Garrus watch's as his face darkens and an awkward silence settles between us and Garrus curses his tongue he's about to talk when shepard speaks "just a nightmare nothing to worry about" Garrus nod and say "want to get something to eat?" Garrus watches as Shepard nods "yeah ok but I want to check on Tali first." Garrus nod and they leave the cargo bay together.
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