Mass Effect Shepard Rises.
Tali stood at her terminal in engineering the Normandy was speeding towards Virmire there wasn't much to do except tweak the drive output when required engineer Adam's voice snapped her out her thoughts "hey Tali I'm sure the commander wants you on the ground team so go get some rest." she turns to him and nods "maybe your right thank you." she turns on her heels and walks out engineering there in front of her is Garrus sitting on the floor his head leaned back on the tires a light snore coming from him trying to not chuckle she enters the elevator.
Wrex watched as Tali leaves the cargo bay in the elevator he turns his blood red eyes to the turian sleeping and grins as an idea forms in his mind trying to be quiet he stands up and walks to Ashley's workbench he picks up the grease and silently walks to Garrus dipping his finger in the grease he draws around Garrus face once done he stands back up and walks to his create putting the grease back as he goes and closes his eyes.
Tali exited the elevator and started to make her way to the sleeper pods when she hears a scream sprinting to its source she finds herself outside Johns cabin debating to enter or not she looks at the door when she hears the scream, hitting the interface she rushes into the room there on the bed is John sweating thrashing about, rushing to his side she grips his shoulders "john wake up, come on" she shakes him.
John Shepard's eyes snap open from his nightmare of Akuze through blurry eye's he see's a figure or rather mask above his head, calming down he takes a deep breathe "hey Tali" he watches as her eyes narrow in a smile "hey John" he reaches out and places his hands on her slender shoulders "sorry if I woke you," her heads tilt "I wasn't asleep Adams kicked me out engineering." he chuckles softly and pulls her onto the bed with him, he feels her stiffen in surprise he pulls her in close and wraps his arms around her, he feels her relax "this is nice John." he nods "yeah it is, now get some rest captain's orders." he watches her eyes widen in shock "w-what you w-want me to s-stay here?" he nods "yeah I do besides I'm way to comfortable right now." he feels her nods and starts to rub her back soothingly.
Captain Hannah Shepard had just finished her shift on the SSV Kilimanjaro she walks into her cabin and opens her Omni-tool it had beeped earlier in the day but she hadn't been able to look at the message upon reading it a smile formed on her face and she replies John I'm fine thank you so you have met someone good for you I look forward to meeting her in person I'm going to be on the Citadel in a two weeks I'd love to meet for lunch, I miss you and proud of you keep making me proud son love mom. after sending the message she leans back and lets a memory wash over her.
Hannah and Anderson watched as john tested his cybernetic arms and legs she watches as he runs through different exercises, she looks at him as he smiles for the first time in months she starts to cry her son has been through so much pain seen so much death, she wonders if he will ever be the same again she can tell he's put a mask on to hide his true feelings, she looks at Anderson who turns to her and squeezes her shoulder such a simple gesture but she knows that's he's thinking the same thing are her she turns back to john he's looking at her intensely "mom I-I'm sorry." she watches him drop down onto his knees and bursts into tears, she rushes to his side "hey hey don't be stupid what's wrong?" she feels him shudder and shake "I failed them." she looks to Anderson as her own emotions get the better of.
"listen Shepard I cant pretend to know what your going through but I don't believe that for a second, and neither do you." she watches as john picks himself up and hugs Anderson "I'd be proud to call you a dad you have always been there for me, even when I-I tried to hurt you" she smiles sadly and embraces her son "come on lets get you home."
As the memory fades she smiles that week john had been home was hell it was like looking after a kid, her smile fades as she remembers the dreams he had, shaking her head she opens her Omni-tool and searches for pictures of her sons crew "right which one are you?" she says to herself as she looks at the pictures.
Shepard awoke slowly hearing breathing next to him looking down he sees Tali's head on his chest, he can feel her chest rising and falling on his side he smiles and squeezes her he looks at his clock and notices he and Tali have been asleep for 3 hours gently shaking her "Tali" he watches her head slowly rise up she turns to him "hi" she says sleepily "sorry to wake you up but its nearly time for the mission, we should grab some breakfast and get ready." he watches her slowly stand and stretch popping muscles he gets up and starts to rub her shoulders "hmm that's nice" she says as he applies more pressure "oh Keelah, you should stop." she says he rests his head on her shoulder "ok lets get to it."
He and Tali stood in the com room waiting for the rest of the ground team to arrive, as Ashley and kaidan walked in he noticed that there faces were red and they were both trying not to laugh, he was about to say something when Liara and Wrex, Liara's face seemed to be a deeper shade of blue than normal "what's the matter with you guys?" he asked and watches as they all burst out laughing, Ashley spoke in between laughs "I-its Garrus s-sir." he looks at them when the door to the com room opens and Garrus walks in he and Tali burst out laughing when they see him "what?" he looks at Garrus and in black grease is little love hearts all round his face bursting out laughing again.
Garrus watches as the whole team laugh he throws his arms in the air "what" he watches as Shepard wipes his eyes "you g-got something on your f-face." he rubs his face his hand comes away black, he glares at each member of the team "alright who did this?" his eyes land on Wrex and sees a smug smile on his scarred face "Wrex you didn't." he glares at Wrex "yes turian I did should see your face."
Calming down enough Shepard raises his arms "ok settle down people its time to plan for the mission to Virmire, the plan is to split into two teams alpha team will be me, Tali and Wrex will be doing a sky drop at the salarian camp meanwhile omega team will be in the Mako taking out the AA towers once done we will all meet at the base camp and proceed from there any questions?" he looks each team member in the eyes until he rests on Tali "I have a question Shepard what's a sky drop?" a smile spreads on his face "well basically we jump out of the Normandy and free fall until a certain level then instead of activating our shields we deploy a program that activates a mass effect field to slow our fall until our armour locks and we hit the ground." he watches Tali nod "good check your gear and get ready ETA to Virmire is just under two hours dismissed."
another chapter down so what you think of this chapter I know that its different from the game but this is my story also what should I do should I kill off a team member or not please let me know what you think