Okay people, first things first. Thank you for making those reviews so fast. I was happier than Naruto at an all-you-can eat ramen buffet.
For those of you with names registered, you've seen my message.
For the guest who asked about Shepard's strength and mind. Well the way I see it about his mind, if you can read into the things and come up with a strategy against a new enemy as fast as he did in the next chapter, there isn't no need to increase his intellect that much anymore. As for his strength, naturally he can probably land a pretty hard bunch to knock a person out cold and easily send them back a few feet. Now putting his biotics with a punch would probably be the equivalent, or higher, to a charging krogan. You saw what happened in the last chapter. So in a sense Shepard's strength has increased, but not in obvious ways.
Also from now on Shepard's voice will be like the one in ME 3 control ending when he is in that powered up form. I feel it's appropriate you know? Also, I got a name for it, but I won't reveal it for a while.
Please keep reviewing and asking any questions. I'll do my best to answer them. With that being said, please enjoy.
Recap: Everyone heard the grenades go off inside New Growth and watched in morbid fascination as its whole body withered and rotted from the inside out as the creature itself was in a silent scream. Finally the creature's body turned to dust as it fell apart. Shepard then looked towards his crew and made a big smile.
"We got it! Nice job team!" Shepard said before laughing causing everyone else to laugh as well.
Now
Shepard and Wrex were now sitting down while everyone else checked them over to see the damage they sustained from New Growth's battle. Shepard saw what had happened when New Growth had pretty much backhanded him. He had to admit, his team was very well coordinated together when that attack.
"I got to say, your teamwork was very impressive in that fight." Shepard said. Everyone looked at him for a moment and smiled a little at that. Shepard then turned to Wrex.
"Wrex, you sure you're okay? I mean it looked like New Growth's little pierce attack got you pretty good for a second." Shepard asked. Wrex just grinned at him.
"Don't worry Shepard. The damage isn't as bad as it looks. I have to admit though, I'm a little surprised that thing's attack didn't go deeper with the way it pierced my barrier." Wrex said in thought.
"Actually Liara and I used a combination of stasis and neural shock on it to stop it, Wrex." Kaidan informed Wrex with Liara nodding in agreement.
"I thought I saw a glow surrounding it, but I thought it was just its biotics. Well thanks for the save." Wrex responded with a grateful nod.
"Actually that attack would've been far worse now that I think about it." Garrus cut in drawing everyone's attention.
"What do you mean Garrus?" Shepard asked, having an idea of what the turian was talking about.
"Well Shepard you bought all of us that Colossus armor as well as the upgrades. You, Ashley and Wrex are wearing the heavy version of the armor while I wear the medium version with everyone else wearing the light version." Garrus said receiving a nod from the spectre.
"And everyone on the team is definitely no slouch, in fact everyone here is very exceptional in their abilities, am I right?" Garrus continued getting nods from everyone.
"Garrus what exactly are you driving at here?" Tali asked curiously as she used her omni-tool to scan everyone's weapons and armor for any damage.. She couldn't follow what he was trying to say.
"What he's saying Tali, is that even with the advanced armor and upgrades, New Growth still went through it like it was nothing." Ashley said seeing what Garrus was going on about.
"Very good Ashley, but you missed something else." Garrus said nodding at her answer while he and Kaidan were doing first aid for Wrex.
"Hmmm? What?" Ashley asked as she was giving first aid to Shepard along with Liara. Shepard was silently happy that everyone was getting along.
"It wasn't just the armor and upgrades. Kaidan and I used a very powerful Stasis and Neural Shock while Wrex used Barrier, and New Growth still went through it without any real effort." Liara said making everyone but Shepard and Garrus balk at the insinuation. If it wasn't for any of that Wrex could have died today!
"True, but I like to think it was more of a testament to New Growth's power. It's not like all the enemies we face will have that kind of strength. Besides, in the end we won and we're all alive. I'm proud of your teamwork in fighting New Growth." Shepard said with a small smile making everyone a little more calm. That was when Wrex looked at Shepard and started talking again.
"Speaking of power Shepard, are you okay?" Wrex asked seriously, making everyone looking at him in confusion.
"I feel fine Wrex, well except for feeling a little sore in... everywhere." Shepard said joking a little. Wrex still looked at Shepard seriously.
"That's not what I'm talking about. I know your genetic modifications protected and healed any damage New Growth inflicted on you when it knocked you around. What I'm talking about is that form you took again. Last time it put you in so much pain that I had to knock you out." Wrex said making everyone look at Shepard with a little worry. Shepard looked a little surprised for a moment before he smirked a little.
"Now that you mention it I did go into it for a little bit." Shepard said as he looked down at his hands before continuing, "When I heard New Growth talking about enslaving everyone, I just... got so angry at it that I ended up summoning the power unconsciously."
Everyone looked at him for a minute before Kaidan spoke again.
"That doesn't explain why your not in pain from it though." he said. Shepard looked at him before answering.
"Well if I had to guess it would be because of my genetics." Shepard said making everyone think over what he told them before. There was increased intellect, healing, and biotics. Then there was the ability to outfight a krogan. After that it was... that was it.
"Shepard all you told us about it was increased intellect, biotics, healing and being able to outfight a krogan." Tali said making Shepard look at her confused before he thought back to it. Then Shepard's eyes went wide in realization.
"There was one more thing with it. It was being able to adapt to any situation. Maybe it includes being able to adapt to very dangerous affects too." Shepard said. Everyone thought of it, but decided to leave things as they were. Shepard was too confusing sometimes. That was when the asari the Thorian held came up to them.
"You freed me from the Thorian earlier. I-I suppose I should thank you for it." The asari said awkwardly. Shepard and everyone else looked at her with a raised eyebrow.
"You looked like you were in that pod for quite some time. You okay?" Shepard asked.
"I am. Or I will be, in time." The asari said nodding.
"Who exactly are you?" Kaidan asked.
"My name is Shiala. I serve- I served Matriarch Benezia. When she allied herself with Saren, so did I." Shiala said making everyone but Shepard be on guard.
"Why did my mother join him?" Liara demanded in a somewhat cold tone which caused everyone to look at her in surprise. Shepard's cold personality must have started rubbing off on her. Shiala looked confused for moment before realization set in.
"You must be Liara, Matriarch Benezia's daughter." Shiala stated. Liara looked surprised for a second before Shiala continued, "Lady Benezia always mentioned you from time to time. Worrying for you."
Liara was a little shell-shocked at that. Shepard noticed and figured that something must have happened last time she and her mother spoke. He figured it was none of his business before turning back to the conversation.
"You still didn't explain why she and Saren joined forces." Tali said jumping into the conversation. Shiala looked to be lost in thought as she recalled what happened.
"Benezia foresaw the influence Saren would have. She joined him to guide him down a gentler path, but Saren is compelling. Benezia lost her way." Shiala said sadly. Liara looked stricken by this news.
"Sooo what? Saren has the ability to control minds?" Ashley asked being skeptical.
"It probably isn't that far from the truth." Shepard muttered.
"Benezia underestimated Saren, as I did. We came to believe in his cause and his goals. The strength of his influence is troubling." Shiala said with her head down in thought.
"So Benezia was tricked into working with him?" Kaidan asked. Shiala nodded in response.
"Asari Matriarchs are among the most intelligent and powerful beings in the galaxy. How could one fall under Saren's control?" Shepard asked having a bad feeling from this.
"Saren has a vessel. An enormous warship unlike anything I've ever seen. He calls it Sovereign. It can dominate the minds of his followers." Shiala responded. Shepard rose his eyebrow at that. Could it be...
"Did this vessel have metallic appendages and a crest that made it look like some type of sea creature?" Shepard asked making everyone look at him in confusion.
"Yes." Shiala said thinking it over, making everyone look at her now. Wrex then spoke.
"Shepard you've seen this ship before?" he asked.
"Yes, on Eden Prime. Damn thing is what destroyed my ship." Shepard causing Ashley and Kaidan to think over the events of what happened there. For Kaidan, he remembered the footage that he saw as the Normandy came near Eden Prime, metallic tentacle-like appendages. For Ashley, she could remember seeing it in person, if only partially. So Shepard had gotten a good look at it. Shepard then looked back toward Shiala.
"Please continue." Shepard said. Shiala began to pace as she resumed speaking.
"They become indoctrinated to Saren's will. The process is subtle, it can take days, weeks. But in the end, it is absolute." Shiala said. Shepard shook his head at that. One of the few things he learned was that there were very few things in the galaxy that were absolute. He then noticed Shiala kept speaking.
"I was willing slave when Saren brought me to this world. He needed my biotics to communicate with the Thorian in order to learn its secrets. Saren offered me in trade. I was sacrificed to secure an alliance between Saren and the Thorian." she said, melancholy now. Shepard looked at her with a little sadness now.
"Hmmm. Saren is pretty quick to betray his own people." Shepard stated. Shiala looked at him with a little fire in her eyes.
"He was quick to betray the Thorian too. After he had what he wanted, he ordered the geth to wipe out all evidence of its existence." Shiala said.
"Why would he try to cover things up? We wouldn't have known about this whole thing if he hadn't attacked anyway." Garrus said thinking over things like he did at c-sec.
"Because Saren knows you are searching for the Conduit. He knows you are following his steps. He attacked the Thorian to prevent you from gaining the Cipher." Shiala informed causing everyone to look at her strangely. Cipher? What Cipher?
"Whats the Cipher and why did Saren need it?" Shepard asked.
"Saren knows you saw what was stored in the beacon on Eden Prime. It gave you visions, but they were unclear, confusing. They were meant for a prothean mind. To truly comprehend them, you must think like a prothean. You must understand their culture, their history, their very existence." Shiala said. Shepard quietly looked at Liara and noticed she looked like Lis did when he bought her a diamond. He chalked it up to the fact she was a prothean researcher. Something like this might just be like the finding treasure to her.
"Just out of curiosity, did Saren mention what he saw from the beacon before he received the Cipher?" Shepard asked remembering something about his visions. Shiala looked as if she tried to remember what it was.
"Now that you mention it he did say he saw shadowy figures being wiped out by synthetics, but he couldn't see what they looked like." Shiala informed. Shepard looked strangely confused.
"That's strange." He said.
"Why?" Shiala asked causing everyone to pay attention to him.
"Well when I had the vision, I could see the figures' faces clearly." Shepard said shocking everyone but Ash and Kaidan.
"Then you must be more in tune with the protheans than most are. No wonder you have Saren on the alert." Shiala said surprising everyone.
"What do you mean? We haven't done anything really detrimental to him yet." Wrex said.
"Not any of you... him." Shiala said pointing at Shepard who was a little uneasy at the stares he was now getting.
"Any reason for just me?" Shepard asked already feeling the stares starting to bore through him.
"Unlike all of Saren's other enemies, you are the only one he can't predict. Back on Eden Prime, Saren battled a fellow Spectre who was on par with him. He still won though. Then you came along and battled him evenly, without Spectre training I might add. Then you manged to somehow convince the Council of Saren's guilt when he was sure they wouldn't even look for the evidence. Then you become a Spectre yourself, gaining the resources and clearance that he had been stripped of. Not only that, you managed to save Liara T'Soni from his geth. After your Spectre inauguration, Saren went to work on finding any and all information on you. He found out what you did on Elysium, Akuze and Torfan. To him Shepard, you're the biggest threat to his plans." Shiala informed making everyone think that with Shepard on their side and with how he has made Saren uneasy, they have a real chance of stopping him. Shepard himself though was a little nervous and not for himself, but for Liselle. If Saren was digging for info about, what's to stop him from harming Liselle if he finds out about her? He then noticed that Shiala looked a little embarrassed.
"I must admit, when I heard about your exploits, I thought they were just stories. Looking at your battle with both Thorians though, proves I was wrong." Shiala said. That last comment though made Shepard suspicious. The second one, New Growth, he could understand. The first one though had him baffled for a bit.
"Wait a minute, how could you see my first fight with the Thorian?" Shepard asked with his eyes narrowed. Everyone else caught on to what he was saying. For all they knew, she could've been another Thorian reincarnated. Shiala looked at them, a little nervous at their stares.
"I was connected to the Thorian on very deep level. I could see everything it saw. From when you first arrived to when you broke out of its' enthrallment. I must admit, out of all of everyone's, your's was the most simple Shepard." Shiala said smiling a little at the girls. When she said she saw 'everything', the girls were blushing red, purple or their helmet looked to be glowing a little. Shepard decided not to ask when he saw everyone balk a little at it. Shepard then decided it was time to get back to the important things.
"Well you said something about the Cipher?" Shepard egged on. Shiala then came back to what she was talking about earlier.
"The Thorian was here long before the protheans built this city. It watched and studied them. When they died, it consumed them. They became a part of it." Shiala explained.
"So the Thorian taught Saren to think like a prothean? How?" Shepard asked getting more confused.
"The Cipher is the very essence of being a prothean. It cannot be described or explained. It would be like describing a color to a creature without eyes." Shiala continued. Shepard thought it over before he realized it.
"So it would need to be taught with something like a mind meld?" Shepard asked. Shiala nodded enthusiastically.
"Exactly! To understand, you must have access to endemic ancestral memory. A viewpoint spanning thousands of prothean generations. I sensed this ancestral memory- the Cipher- when I melded with the Thorian. Our identities merged, our minds intertwined. Such knowledge cannot be taught, it only exists." Shiala said.
"Well Shiala, I'm going to need that knowledge to stop Saren. Could you pass it to me?" Shepard asked as he got up. Everyone else followed suit. Shiala nodded to Shepard as she approached him.
"Try to relax, Shepard. Slow deep breathes." Shepard became perfectly still as he closed his eyes. Shiala continued as she got in front of him, "Let go of your physical shell. Reach out and grasp the threads that bind us, one to another. Every action sends ripples across the galaxy. Every idea must touch another mind to live. Each emotion must mark another's spirit." Everyone looked on with a little anxiety at what was going on.
"We are all connected. Every living being united in a single glorious existence. Open yourself to the universe, Ghost." Shiala's eyes suddenly turned black as she spoke with more emotion now, "Embrace eternity!" Then more images came like the one from the vision only this time it was more slower, easier to process. The whole ting was similar except for only a few things. Images of a place he had never been to. Some type of metal construction that he had never met before, but could have sworn he had seen it some place. Then it all turned to the viewpoint of a system with a blazing sun, then turned to the planet. It was shadowed from the position he was at. He then suddenly came toward the planet at a very fast but stable pace. Shepard could see something as he approached the center but what... Sovereign! Then the vision ended.
Everything went back to normal for Shepard as he saw everyone looking at both him and Shiala, who was on her knees and panting a little.
"I have given you the Cipher, just as it was given to Saren. The ancestral memories of the protheans are now a part of you." Shiala said still breathing a little heavily as she got up.
"A knowledge bond can be very traumatic. Are you alright Shepard?" Liara asked.
"I saw something that was... troubling. Other than that, I feel fine. What I want to know is why are you in that state." Shepard said as he looked toward Shiala whose breathing evened out.
"While your mind was open, your will made it difficult so I had to struggle a little." Shiala explained. Shepard nodded in understand.
"You have been given a great gift: the experience of an entire people. It will take time for your mind to process this information." Shiala informed.
"It might be best that we get you on board the Normandy, so you can be monitored." Liara said thinking it could make Shepard suffer a mental breakdown of some kind.
"I am sorry if you have suffered, but there was no other way. You needed the Cipher, in time, it will help you understand the vision from the beacon." Shiala said.
"Now that your free, what will you do next?" Shepard asked watching her reaction. He knew she could still be under some type of control. Shiala looked to be deep in thought before she answered.
"If you will allow it, I would like to stay here with the colonists. They have suffered greatly, and I played a role in their suffering. I would like to make amends." Shiala said making Shepard stare at her for a moment before answering.
"After all the shit that's happened to them, they'll need all the help they can get. They'll be happy to have you on their side." Shepard said as he started to make his way to the docks.
"Thank you, Ghost. May fortune smile upon you." Shiala said. Shepard then stopped before he turned around with a sheepish expression.
"Before I forget tell the colonists I'm sorry about their generator's wires getting cut. Some omni-gel should fix it fast though." Shepard said as he rubbed the back of his head. Shiala nodded in response before the whole team left for the Normandy.
An hour later
The Normandy was now flying through the empty void of space, away from Feros and headed towards the mass relay. Inside, Shepard and the team had changed back into their normal clothes. Moving around in armor like that was like wearing stones on them constantly. Everyone was to meet up in the comm room. Shepard had arrived first, now clad in his pitch black fatigues. While he was waiting he couldn't help but wonder why there were no other clothes on board except for fatigues. He wasn't going too use the Alliance military issued fatigues though. They looked too tight to him. Granted Ashley made them look good, as did the other ladies wearing them. But to him, he did not want his junk to be either outlined or strangled. He didn't know how everyone else did it. Shepard noticed that Wrex, Garrus and Tali had switched back into their old outfits. Shepard could understand Tali's reasons because it was her favorite color. Wrex and Garrus though, he couldn't understand for the life of him. It was pretty much changing out of one set of armor into another one. He noticed Liara was back into that doctor's or researcher's outfit. The armor of her's still needs to be readjusted.
"Uh Shepard? You look... pale. Are you suffering any ill effects from the Cipher?" Liara asked, looking at him with concern. Shepard thought over her question before answering.
"I'd be lying if I said the Cipher didn't shake me up a bit." Shepard said. In truth it was only part of it. When he saw Sovereign, or at least something similar, in the vision, he was sure it couldn't be just a coincidence.
"I might be able to help you. I am an expert on the protheans, if I join my consciousness to yours maybe we can make sense of it." Liara offered. Shepard could see both concern and eagerness in her eyes. He decided to go along with it.
"Let's do it. I don't think we can afford to waste any time here." Shepard said as he walked over to her as she got up. They got close enough where she began to speak.
"Relax Shepard. Embrace eternity!" Liara said as her eyes turned pitch black. Shepard saw the replay of the vision except he noticed that it didn't include the system part to Sovereign. Maybe it's because Liara's mind is not ready yet? He suddenly found himself back in the comm room. Liara looked a little fatigued from the experience.
"That was incredible! All this time, all my research, yet I never dreamed..." Liara began to rant until she caught Shepard's expectant stare before going, "I'm sorry, the images were so vivid. I never imagined the experience would be so... intense. Shiala was right about you. You must be remarkably strong-willed Shepard. What you've been through, what you've seen, would have destroyed a lesser mind."
"Come on, get to the point! What did you see?" Ashley said getting both impatient and jealous at how the moment was.
"The beacon on Eden Prime must have been badly damaged. Large parts of the vision are missing. The data transferred into Shepard's mind is incomplete." Liara said, having not noticed Ashley's jealously and surprising everyone at this new information. Shepard looked like he was actually shocked at it. He hadn't considered that.
"But you must have seen something." Shepard said.
"I was able to interpret the data relayed through your vision. What was there at least anyway. But something was missing." Liara said making Shepard brainstorm. Missing? There was that part about the system that wasn't there. Maybe that was it. Shepard heard Liara start to talk again.
"Saren must have the missing information. Maybe he found another beacon. If we can find the missing data from your vision I can- whoa!" Liara started to say before she stumbled a little. Shepard put his hands on her shoulders to hold her steady until she regained her balance.
"Liara are you alright?" Shepard asked concerned. Everyone else was a little worried about it too considering they looked to be almost getting out of their seats to help.
"I'm sorry. The joining is... exhausting. I should go to the medical bay and lie down for a moment." Liara said as she started to move out of the comm room.
"We're done here, dismissed." Shepard said thinking it was time to end the conversation. Everyone filed out quickly until only Shepard and Ashley remained.
"Ashley was there something you wanted to talk about?" Shepard asked curiously. It wasn't like her to stay around in a place that didn't have anything she could work on. Ashley stood silent for a moment looking down. Unknown to Shepard she was blushing a little, before she answered him.
"I-I wanted to say thanks for saving us." Ashley said. Shepard was about to say it was no problem before she walked up and kissed him on the cheek before she practically sprinted out of the comm room. Shepard just stood there frozen for a minute in shock. His primal self was screaming at him to go get her, but by some miracle he managed to ignore it... for now at least. That was when he suddenly heard Joker's voice over the intercom, startling him.
"I've just sent off the Feros report Shepard. You want me to patch you through to the Council?" Joker asked.
"Might as well." Shepard said as he sighed a little.
"Setting up the link now, Shepard." He then turned to where the Council's holograms appeared. The first to speak was the Asari Councilor, Tevos.
"Ghost. Exogeni should have told us about the Thorian. It would have made your job much easier." Tevos said. For some reason Shepard felt like it was just false comfort to him. The Salarian Councilor, Valern then spoke.
"You may have been able to capture either one for study instead of destroying them." Valern said. That little idea provoked Shepard to talk.
"Not a chance, Councilor. Those things cared nothing for anything other than themselves. The new one who could speak? It actually said it had plans to enslave everyone in the galaxy. You really want to try and study that?" Shepard retorted. Valern froze for a moment before answering.
"True, Ghost. You may be right." Valern said stroking his chin in thought.
"Perhaps it's for the best then. At least the colony was saved." Tevos said with a small smile. Then Shepard heard his least favorite councilor speak.
"Of course it was saved. Shepard would go to any lengths to help a human colony." Sparatus said with blatant criticism. Shepard looked at him annoyed and he could see the turian saw it too.
"Being human had nothing to do with it. Innocent people were in trouble and I could help them. It doesn't matter to me if it's human, turian, asari, salarian or any other species. You don't like the way I do things: getting the mission accomplished as well as going above and beyond things, too bad. You want someone else to do things the way you want them too, get another spectre. I know you have plenty more, Sparatus." Shepard said back using the councilor's name. Said turian was in shock as well as the others.
"Such disrespect-" Sparatus began to growl out before Valern cut him off.
"Admirable, but sometimes Spectres have to make sacrifices. I hope you're willing to do that when the time comes." Valern said hoping to diffuse the situation.
"When the time comes, we'll find out." Shepard said.
"We also have read the report of your battle with... New Growth?" Tevos asked.
"That's what it called itself." Shepard said shrugging. This time he hadn't skipped the details, not even the form or the power strike. The only thing he hadn't mentioned was his genetics. Didn't want to give the salarians more reason to go after him.
"That thing nearly tore me and my squad apart. We managed to beat it, barely." Shepard said rubbing his shoulder he had landed on the second time.
"Yes, the creature had incredibly powerful biotics and precise mass effect field control." Valern said, his salarian curiosity peaking up again. Shepard nodded at that.
"What I'm more curious about is the form you took and that attack of yours. A... Power Strike?" Sparatus asked. Shepard nodded and explained the power strike was in a nutshell.
"That sounds like a devastating move... if it were true." Tevos said. Shepard rose an eyebrow at her.
"I'm guessing you don't believe me?" Shepard stated a little miffed.
"Well, it's just that the asari are natural biotics. We've done more research on it than any other race in the galaxy, more so than the salarians even. In the thousands of years of our history, not one of has even thought of a move like that. If I didn't know any better, I would believe you were making up stories." Tevos said. The other Councilors were nodding, Sparatus looking smug. That was the final straw for Shepard. He stuck his hand out for all of them to see before he gathered biotic energy into his hand, creating a power strike. The Councilors watched awestruck at it. Shepard then looked at Tevos with his cold stare, causing her to be nervous.
"All of you listen and listen well, cause I'm only saying this once. I'm a lot of things: vigilante, hero, murderer, fighter and an assassin from time to time. But when it comes to my abilities, I don't boast about them without proof. If you still don't believe me, I'd more than happy to fly over to the Citadel and slam one into each of your offices." Shepard in a cold tone that made every single one of them balk before saying anything. Valern broke the silence first.
"T-T-That's unnecessary Ghost, we believe you right?" Valern said quickly making the others nod fast. Shepard powered down the power strike before talking again.
"Now then, are there anymore questions?" Shepard asked evenly.
"That form that was in the report..." Sparatus began to say before Shepard spoke up.
"No I don't know how I go into it, no I don't know what causes it, and no I don't know why it's only in me." Shepard said having guessed those were the questions. The Councilors were stunned a little. That was when Shepard realized something.
"Before I forget," Shepard causing them to pay attention. "I've found out the Benezia is being controlled. I'm not too sure about Saren though, I'll need more data on him. Could you forward his files to me please? It could help me better understand him." Shepard said making the Councilors confused.
"Why exactly do you want to understand him?" Sparatus asked in a more controlled tone now.
"There is an old book in human literature called 'The Art of War'. In one of the earlier chapters it says if you know your enemy and know yourself, then you will be imperiled in a hundred battles. I know myself, but I do not know Saren. You can understand what I'm talking about, Sparatus, coming from a military society. Besides I've heard that Saren has been looking into my history." Shepard explained. Sparatus nodded at the answer.
"I will send any and all data and documents to you, Ghost." Sparatus said as he logged off. Valern nodded before logging off. Shepard thought Tevos would be logging of as he turned around before he heard someone go 'ahem'. Shepard turned around to see that Tevos was still there.
"Councilor Tevos, is there something else you wanted?" Shepard asked, trying to be polite.
"I just wanted to talk to the man who saved my daughter out in the Terminus." Tevos replied. Shepard brainstormed for a moment, trying to figure out who it was. He rescued a lot of asari during his time as Ghost. Tevos saw his thoughtful expression and tried to give him a hint.
"You and her have been dating for a while now." she said, making Shepard's eyes go wide.
"Lis? Lis is your daughter?" Shepard asked in shock. Tevos nodded smiling. It took a few minutes for Shepard's mind to reboot from that before he smiled and rubbed the back of his head.
"Well that explains where she gets her kind personality." Shepard said making Tevos chuckle. Shepard then turned serious as he lowered his hand from his head.
"You do know that she...?" Shepard asked.
"Yes, I do know about that." Tevos said a little solemn. In her opinion, if Liselle was going to be with anyone from the Terminus, it would be with someone like Ghost. Someone who could protect and was kind. Not many people were like that in the Terminus.
"You have any idea why...?" Shepard asked before Tevos shook her head no. He silently cursed.
"Well thanks anyway. You guys wouldn't happen to have anymore information on Saren and the geth currently?" Shepard asked hoping to steer clear of the conversation. Tevos could see it too so she went with it.
"I'm a afraid not. We'll send any information to Ambassador Udina or Captain Anderson if we do." Tevos said.
"Well talk to you later then." Shepard sighed out.
"Goodbye Ghost. We'll be waiting to hear from you again." Tevos said as she logged out. Shepard just stood there in the room.
'Lis, what would cause you to break up with me? I know we never had any problems, in fact we were one of the most hopeful couples on Omega. That's saying something, right?' Shepard silently thought out as he made to leave the comm room.
I know short right? Sorry it's just a filler today. Had mild case of writer's block mixed with laziness.
Well review please. If you got any suggestions about the next chapter or the story itself, or if simply want to make a bad comment, I'll listen.
Heads up! Next chapter(s) will also be fillers too, for the side missions. After that whole New Growth fight I can't think of anything else for non-canon.
Hope you enjoyed reading it though!