Mass Effect Shepard Rises.
After his dance with Tali the night went rather slow he could see the snickers in his crew although Ashley just looked pissed, he checked the time "right guys im off to the Normandy don't drink to much." a series of aye ayes answered him as he left flux. He hailed a taxi and paid the fee as the taxi made his way to the Normandy he had time to think what the hell was with him and Tali, he didn't know what to feel was Tali even interested or was she just being friendly so many questions and he had so little answers. he was so wrapped up in his turmoil that he didn't realise he was at the Normandy docking bay.
He entered the Normandy and walked towards his cabin but before he could get there Jokers voice called out "hey commander you okay?" he turns "yeah joker im ok, has Tali been through here." he watches as Joker nods "yeah she rushed in here like a bat out of hell." he nods and turns "get some rest Joker tomorrow we head for Feros." and with that he walks away and down the stairs to his cabin, he falls onto the bed and falls into a restless nights sleep.
A soft beeping noise wakes him up, he slowly rubs his eyes and sits up and looks at his terminal as a soft green light flashes in time with the beep. He stands up and walks to his terminal and activates it and the image of the asari councillor pops up "sorry to wake you commander." he nods "it ok so what can I do to help?" he says and watches as the image flickers and shows and image of Liara "we have finished our questioning and everything checks out. Now given her connection with Benezia we believe she would make an excellent addition to your team." he pauses for a minute to think hm suppose she could try and talk to Benezia find a way to end it peacefully although if we have to kill her it would destroy Liara can I really do that, "I will try it for now see how she integrates into the team." the asari councillor nods "ok I will have a team escort her to the Normandy. Good hunting commander." and with that the room plunges back into darkness. He checks time to realise its late into the third shift sleep will elude him now so might as well go work out he thought as he changed in shorts and a T-shirt.
As he stepped out the elevator he had to fight a laugh as Wrex was slumped by the lockers snoring and he could just make out Garrus legs sticking out the Mako. Picking a quiet spot he strips his T-shirt and lay on floor and started to do it ups. As he was doing sit ups a memory flashed in his mind it was the first day he meet Anderson.
A young shepard lay in a hospital bed his body was burnt and broken various machines beeped, he hadn't slept in days he was afraid to sleep every time he blinked he could see the thresher maw spit acid at him it still burnt even now a week later, tears swelled in his eyes why was he alive what would he do if the alliance never wanted him back. Two people entered his vision it was his mother and a face he didn't recognise "john honey this is captain Anderson, he's a family friend" the unknown man steps forward and places his hand on johns arm "your mums worried about you lieutenant" he tries to move and hisses in pain as his hand shoots out and wraps around Andersons throat "you have no right to be worried you have no idea what I have been through." his mother goes to intervene but Anderson waves her off "john I cant possibly understand not unless you help me to." all his strength leaves him and he breaks down sobbing he feels as his mum wraps he arms around him carefully "hush now john its okay me and Anderson are here for you" he looks to Anderson and as his mum wipes his eyes carefully he says "I am sorry sir." he see's as Anderson wipes his own eye's and sits down next to him "don't worry about it son get some rest we will be here for you when you wake."
The memory fades and he feels a stray tear run down his face which he quickly wipes, he stops doing sit ups and moves on to press ups, he closes his eyes and pushes himself up of the floor then bends back down. When he hears a door open he stops and looks around and see's Kaidan walking towards him "want to go a few rounds commander?" he pushes himself up and stands up "cant sleep kaidan?" he watches as Kaidan shakes his head "no commander got a headache." he felt sorry for Kaidan he was what some people called an L2 biotic, he didn't understand all the scientific lingo but what he could make out was that as a result of his implant Kaidan was prone to extreme headaches, "yeah sure Kaidan but please drop the commander shit its just shepard." they both circled each other and then Kaidan threw a left punch which he dodged and throws his own left hook which kaidan blocks "damn shepard even pulling your punches that hurt like hell." he chuckles "sorry LT I will try to ease up on you." he goes to throw a left and right hook when kaidan dodges the first punch but takes the second punch straight to the side "ok damn shepard I give up" he chuckles and cracks his fingers "ok LT why don't we call it a day then." he picks up his T-shirt and walks towards the elevator "oh before I forget Kaidan. The council have finished interviewing Liara and she has requested to aid us in our mission, I have agreed her expertise will come in handy on Feros." he looks over his shoulder as Kaidan nods "ok shepard you're the boss" as the elevator doors close he chuckles. Upon leaving the elevator he walks round the corner and hears a small gasp.
Tali was sitting at the mess table she had awoken not long ago to a nightmare of the Normandy being dead in space and the crew abducted, she shook her head trying to clear the vision when she hears the elevator open and turns to the sound of foot steps as John come round the corner in only shorts, she gasps as she notices his muscles and chest as he turns to her "oh hey Tali cant sleep?" her hands do a dance under the table "erm no John I cant its just so quiet." she watches as his face scrunches up in a confused way and he walks and sits down in front of her "what you mean?" she sighs and starts to explain "on the fleet if its quiet its usually means some things broken like a air filter." she watches him nod "I can see how that would be bad Tali" a shiver runs through her " not only that but your ship feels so empty its like half the crew is missing, if this were a ship on the fleet there would be hundreds of quarians living here." she watches him nod, she lifts her hands to her visor and sighs "I just feel out of place, the whole crew has been so nice to me." she feels his hand take hers "Tali its ok id rather not lose you but if you want I could arrange for you to stay on citadel." a sudden spike of fear enters her " NO" she shouts " I mean no I will get use to it im sure." she watches as a smile forms on his handsome face and a smile spreads her face as well "good it would be hard for me to lose you Tali" her heart skips a beat "you don't mean that John" she see as he stands up and sits next to her as he arm wraps around her and she leans her head on his chest. She feels as his hand slides down her arm her vision begins to close when she hears him hum the most beautiful song she heard and falls to sleep.
There you go another chapter done thanks for your review phil you know what to do with this chapter so please review.