Chapter 4
It was nothing but chaos when the crucible arrived. Everybody was ordered to protect the super weapon in its approach to the Citadel. Admiral Hackett himself did the final broadcast leading up to the connecting of the crucible.
"Citizens of every fleet, this is Admiral Hackett of the Alliance. Within minutes our secret weapon against the reapers will be docking on the Citadel. Commander Shepard himself will be the one to operate the weapon that will disable the reaper threat. Once the Crucible is in place everyone must proceed to the Mass Relay and await further instruction. May God Help us all. Hackett out."
Looking outside the Alliance cargo ship windows, I saw the Crucible approaching. It's bulbous form lining up with the still the closed arms of the citadel. Every single ship was pulling back towards the relay. Thousands of ships paved the way for the giant structure. Alliance, Turian, Quarian, Asari, Salarian, hell even Geth, Krogan and, Batarian ships. All worked together to deliver the crucible to the Citadels waiting arms.
"I can't believe Commander Shepard did it." I heard one of the guards speak out loud. She was a turian, average height, slender, attractive by turian standards.
The other turian male was a much more imposing figure. He turned his gaze at her direction and replied "I know what you mean, who'd have thought we'd see the day the galaxy would work together like this."
I walked towards my cell doors casually "Let's just hope he actually finishes the job." I said as they both turned their heads around to look at me.
I sealed my helmet on my battle-suit when they apprehended me, preventing my would be captors from seeing my face. I put up a good fight before their Biotic was able to pin me down. Had them chasing after me through the streets of the commons. Bobbing in and out of access tunnels and the sewer. Eventually one of their support Biotics trapped me in a dead end tunnel with a sturdy barrier. I think his name was Prangley. They scanned my bio-metrics of course. Should have seen their faces when the name John Shepard popped out of their scanner. They even called Hackett to make sure that they didn't accidentally gun down and apprehend the savior of the fucking galaxy. Hackett; that old cod, eventually confirmed that I was indeed not John Shepard. He said that the real Shepard was on shore leave preparing for the final assault against the reapers. He congratulated the C-Sec officers for capturing the impostor and asked that I be detained until the time comes when the Alliance could personally collect me.
The well built turian amped up the containment field, causing the electric barrier to arc inwards. "Shut up in there! You filthy impostor! The Commander doesn't deserve to be judged by the likes of you."
"Easy now big guy." I backed off from the electric grid. "I'm just saying. He's a big softy when it comes to Synthetics. If the reapers offered him a way to peace he'd probably take it even after all they've done."
It was the female who responded this time. "Isn't that what we want though? Peace? For them to leave us alone? Why Shouldn't he take a peace treaty if it was offered by the reapers?"
"Don't bother reasoning with him Ale'na. Filth like him doesn't even to deserve to breath our air." said the male turian angrily.
Good thing my smirk was hidden behind my helmet otherwise he'd probably amp the grid higher. "Would you be able to accept that though 'na? Even after what the reapers did to Palaven?"
I saw her hesitate. Her eyes unfocused as she pondered in deep thought, her mandibles tight against her face. "To be honest, I don't know. " she finally replied after a few seconds of silence. "They killed and harvested millions of people in the galaxy. To simply let them go, without atoning for their crimes. I don't think I could do that."
"I'm pretty sure he could 'na." I replied as I crossed my arms. "I've run into the Commander more than a couple of times and I can say I know him pretty well. He's the kind of man that would let them walk away if it meant peace."
A strong vibration resonated inside the cargo ship as the crucible finally aligned with the citadels open arms.
All of our heads turned towards the window "Looks like we're about to find out if I'm right or not." I said as we waited for the outcome of the final battle.
A minute passed. All of us holding our breath, waiting to see if the weapon would work. Suddenly the intercom buzzes to life.
"All ships! Converge on the Mass Relay! I repeat! All ships! Converge and evacuate through the Mass Relay! The weapon is about to fire! Evacuate through the Sol Relay immediately!"
The ship jolts backward as it accelerates towards the relay. The last thing I saw before the ship entered faster than light travel was a wave of blue energy pulsing out from the crucible.
"I hope you did the right thing Shepard." I said in a whisper.