Mass Effect Shepard Rises.
It had been a hectic couple of days on board the Normandy after giving Tali a copy of the Geth data, Garrus had come to him with a problem involving a Doctor Saleon a salarian doctor that experimented on people his ship the MSV Fedele was a complete nightmare his abominations roamed free on the ship some of them used to be human, asari, Quarian and Krogan they were all deformed thick puss poured from cuts on their bodies their eyes and mouths were sealed shut, metal had been fused to their fingers it was a gruesome sight but Garrus ended the nightmare with a bullet between Doctor Saleon eyes.
Finally Wrex had come to him asking him for help retrieving his family armour from a turian that scavenged it by the name of Tonn Actus they found him hiding on the planet Tuntau in the Argos Rho system he and his lackeys weren't much of a problem for him and his elite team, after the mission Wrex had come to him and claimed that he was his battle brother a honour among Krogan especially if you weren't a Krogan yourself, but he accepted it regardless.
So now they found themselves on the way to a planet called Noveria were it was claimed Matriarch Benezia had been seen, he had no other leads at moment so it was worth checking out, at the moment he was standing in the cargo bay with Liara and Kaidan practicing his biotic's, he had found the more he used them the less stress it was on his system, Liara voice broke him out his thoughts.
"Ok Shepard now we know you can lift, pull, and throw enemy's but can you throw a singularity, today I will show you who are you ready?"
He nodded and watched as she glowed blue and a small ball formed in her hand and with a throw at some nearby boxes watched as the ball expanded and sucked the boxes into the air and crushed them, with a smile he powered his own biotic's and watched as his body was enclosed in a purple glow, closing his eyes for a moment he takes a deep breath and forms a small ball of energy in his hand and throws it at some more empty creates and watches with a smile as they rise into the air and get crushed.
"Well done commander not many biotic's can create a singularity on their first go you are truly quiet powerful."
He looks at Liara and smiles "thanks although I had a good teacher." He watches a blush spreads across Liara's face, when a spike of pain laces through his body and his body is engulfed in pure energy images from the beacon flash before his eyes and distantly he can hear both Liara and Kaidan shouting for him.
Sweat forms on his brow and he screams as the pain intensifies around him the world blurs and a voice booms in his head.
"We are the harbinger of your perfection."
Suddenly the pain stops and he finds himself panting on his hands and knees he looks up to find Liara and Kaidan enclosed in a biotic shield around he boxes are torn and walls are dented the Mako has been slammed against the cargo bay doors, he turns back to Liara and watches as she drops the shield and sweat drips from her head as Kaidan slowly walks towards him.
"Shepard are you okay? What the hell happened?" his voice is full of concern and fear.
"Yeah I think so, feel like I could eat a horse though. What did I do?" he asked looking around at all the destruction.
"Well your biotic's seemed to overpower you and then you started to yell in a strange language and went into a fit I-I have never seen anything quite like it."
He shuddered and shakily rose to his feet "I-I'm sorry if I hurt you both." With that he hung his head and left the cargo bay for his cabin.
Tali watched as John came rushing out the elevator and into his cabin he was pale and covered in sweat and seemed to be shaking, she turned to Garrus who was looking at Shepard's cabin door with worry.
"Do you think I should go check on Shepard?" she asked
She watched as he turned to her and regarded her for a moment before he nodded.
"That might be for the best. He looked really out of it."
She nodded and finished off sucking on her nutrient paste before she got up and walked to John's cabin she stood by the door then shakily raised a hand and knocked. The door opened with a hiss and she found John sitting on the floor with his knees under his chin and his arms wrapped around his legs, she stepped in and heard the door close behind her she walked up to him and kneeled down by him.
"John are you okay?" she asked as she placed a hand on his shoulder.
"I-I can't do it Tali." He said his voice barely above a whisper.
She tilted her head and regarded him for a minute before she spoke "What do you mean?"
"I-I can't do this Tali having the Prothean vision in my head when I think about it I feel pain, sorrow and hatred. I feel myself dying a thousand times over, I see children being turned into monsters. I-I can't get rid of the pain."
Her heart wept for him she couldn't imagine what it was like "what can I do?" she asked hoping he wouldn't send her away.
He looked at her for a minute before he leant forward and placed a kiss on her helmet "just being here with me is enough." He wrapped his arms around her slender waist and pulled her in close, his heart raced in his chest as she wrapped her own arms around him and placed her mask carefully onto his forehead and looked him in the eyes, he spoke before he realised it "I love you." He cringed as her eyes went wide for a minute before they narrowed into slits he knew was a smile.
"I love you too Nihya."
He breathed a sigh of relief and held her tighter against his body until Tali pulled back slightly and spoke.
"Do you still love me knowing you may never see my face?" she asked her voice full of sorrow; he smiled and lifted a hand to the side of her mask.
"I don't care about that Tali. I love you for you." He smiled and tried to show how much he cared for her in his eyes hoping she would see it.
"B-But you may never touch my skin or even kiss my lips." Her voice threatened to tear up so he smiled even more and spoke low.
"As long as you're in my life, so that I can wake up next to see, hold you close when you're sad. Then I'm content with life."
She smiled at him and shed tears of joy "I-I have never shown my face to anyone before but I think I want to show you." She blushed when his hand stroked her back in a loving manner and he spoke.
"I would like that my love."
She smiled at that and placed her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Before both of them realised it they had fallen asleep in each other's arms, both smiling as they squeezed each other tighter.
ok next chapter Liara will meld with Shepard to help him under stand the vision I know she doesn't do that in the game but I want my shepard to be more confused and emotional in my story so Tali asks for Liara help will it get awkward that's up to you guys and girls please let me know and I know both Garrus and Wrex's missions were important but I wanted to be a tad lazy and skip them sorry if you don't like it anyway please review or PM me thanks