Chapter 13: Malen meets Tali

Malen noticed as he entered the Normandy through the airlock that no one talked or looked his way when he walked past them. Malen understood their reasons for this and forgave them for it: he was used to worse treatment in Skyrim. Malen went back down to his room on the 5th floor. He accessed the extranet on his Omni tool and started listening to human classical music to help him calm down.

While Malen was listening to classical music he couldn't shake the concern he had as to why Shepard didn't receive his message.

Malen:" More than likely it was not a random error since my Omni tool works beautifully. Probably was not a random hacker since my bank account has not been touched. Hmm this is perplexing." He thought to himself

After going through what must have been dozens of circumstances that could have led to the message not being received by the intended person in his head, Malen could only think of one likely reason.

Malen:" Looks like I'm going to have to talk with this "Illusive Man" myself to confirm my suspicions. Hope Shepard can forgive me if I took his place just this once." He thought to Himself as he transforms into Shepard.

EDI:" Malen. What are you planning on doing while taking on the form of Shepard?"

Malen (Shepard):" Shhh! I don't need anyone to know about this yet EDI. I have a good idea as to why Shepard never received my message. I'm going to take Shepard's place when "he" gives the report on Horizon to the Illusive Man. Please don't tell anyone about this. When the time comes I will tell them myself. It should not be a big deal, but I need to know. I don't want certain people to know what I am just yet."

EDI:" Understood Shepard. Your secret is safe with me." She says, understanding what Malen means.

Malen (Shepard): Thank you EDI."

Malen enters the elevator and goes to the 2ed floor. He then walks into the debriefing room and steps on the quantum communicator in the center of the room. The connection is established and Malen gets to see what the Illusive Man really looks like, though the Illusive Man won't know that it's not Shepard he is speaking with.

Illusive Man:" Shepard. Good work on Horizon. Hopefully the Collectors will think twice before attacking another colony."

Shepard:" They won't need to. Malen saved the entire colony and destroyed the Collector ship. I think it's safe to say that it will be some time before the Collectors decide to attack another human colony."

Illusive Man:" About that Shepard. It seems that my statement about Malen being dangerous was right on the money, but as for how dangerous he is it seems he is more dangerous than could have ever thought or predicted. I hope you take what happened on Horizon as a warning Shepard."

Shepard:" You're probably right, but there are several problems with what you are implying that you want me to do. For one, I don't think Malen can even be harmed, let alone be killed. Secondly, I don't think Malen would take it too well if I were to simply cast him out, and even if it worked without him reacting violently then what happens? Let him sink into boredom and eventual insanity with nothing to do with the kind of power he has? That is just stupid if you ask me! It would be better to guide someone like that with a noble cause rather than simply throw him out. He is after all still a person."

Illusive Man:" You may be right Shepard. Just don't let that power get out of hand."

Shepard:" So what is our next step?"

Illusive Man:" I'm devoting all resources to finding a way through the Omega 4 relay. We have to hit them where they live. Your team will need to be strong… as well as their resolve. There's no looking back. The same goes for you. Can I assume you've put your past relationships behind you?"

Shepard:" We've been through a lot in a short amount of time. Those who I left behind while I was dead for 2 years probably felt unimaginably relieved when they heard I was alive, but then to hear that I was a part of Cerberus probably broke their belief that I was even truly alive. But I am Who I am and that has not changed and since I still care for them and understand what they are going through I will forgive them."

Illusive Man:" Best to leave those connections behind and focus on our mission. Shepard. Once we find a way through the Omega 4 relay to the Collector home world… there's no guarantee you'll return. To have any hope of surviving, you- and your entire team- must be fully committed to this."

Shepard:" Let me worry about them. You just find us a way to the Collector home world."

Illusive Man:" I've forwarded 3 more dossiers. Keep building your team while I find a way through the relay. And be careful Shepard. The collectors will be watching you."

Before the connection was cut Malen opened an invisible portal outside the viewing window. Out of the portal came an invisible eye. Malen wanted to learn where the Illusive Man was stationed. So he took this opportunity to leave an eye of his own creation to spy on and ascertain the location of the Cerberus Base. Malen felt that they would need to know this in the future.

Malen left the debriefing room and headed straight for his room on the 5th floor. Once there, Malen turned back into his original self and began to meditate and focus all of his attention on the eye he placed next to the Cerberus base. He expanded he sight around the area of the eye further and further out. He first learned that it is in the Anadius system. As Malen stretched his vision further out he learned that Anadius is in the Horse head Nebula. Malen Stretched his sight to see where in the Milky Way galaxy is that and in a matter of moments he figured it out.

Malen smiled and chuckled to himself with success. When he left his meditative state and turned around he noticed that Shepard is standing right in front of him.

Shepard:" Next time could you ask me before you do that? I know I don't like talking to him but that doesn't give you free rein to take my place."

Malen:" How did you know?" he says with slight surprise.

Shepard:" When I came back to give my report to the Illusive Man, Kelly told me I already did. So I put two and two together and figured that you must have takin my place. I'm not mad actually. I would just like to know why you did it."

Malen:" I had a suspicion that he was the one that intercepted the message I sent you. I wasn't really able to confirm anything, but I still believe it's him. All this means is that I'm going to have to start personally telling you what I want you to know so that no asshole steals my information."

Shepard:" Is there anything else you might have learned with talking with him?" He says with a hint of concern since he can tell that Malen maybe hiding something.

Malen:" Nothing I can say aloud Shepard, especially with all the bugs on this ship. When I am certain that the Illusive Man or anyone connected to him can't hear us then I will tell you. All I can say is this: It is very important."

Shepard:" Understood. Did he happen to give you anymore dossiers by any chance?"

Malen:" Yes he did, 3 in fact."

Malen holds out his Omni tool and sends the data to Shepard. Shepard receives the data almost immediately and starts looking over the dossiers.

Malen:" Shepard. Can I request a solo mission by any chance? I know you like to always have your team, but with the collectors we are a little pressed for time if we are to stop them from abducting anymore colonists. Two of the dossiers mention that the recruits are both on Ilium and the other one is on Haestrom. You know that I'm very capable and intelligent Shepard, let me go to the recruit on Haestrom while the rest of the crew goes to Ilium and recruits the other 2."

Shepard:" I know that you are capable Malen and you do bring up a good point. Very well, the Normandy can drop you off at Haestrom while we go to Ilium."

Malen:" Since Haestrom is in Geth territory then it would stand to reason that it will be attacked soon if it already hasn't. I wish to get there ASAP so I will not need the Normandy to take me there. If I know where I'm going Shepard then I can teleport anyway, even across an entire galaxy."

Shepard:" I won't put that past you, especially after what you did on Horizon, btw, thanks for all the no sleep I will be getting tonight." He said with a smile.

Malen:" I think your hard bed does that for you enough, not to mention the weight on your shoulders." He said with a laugh.

Shepard Pulls up a galaxy map on his Omni tool and zooms in on Haestrom.

Shepard:" Here is where Haestrom is. Good luck Malen."

Malen:" thanks Shepard." He says while giving a casual two fingered salute.

Malen then disappears into a black sphere and teleports all the way to Haestrom (If a Daedric Prince can create an entire dimension then they can easily travel across one)

Mere moments later, Malen reappeared on a crusted and broken path that seemed to be a part of an old city of some sort. It reminded Malen of the planet where the recruited Grunt, but the star here was much brighter.

As Malen walked down the inclined path, he noticed that his shields were acting a little odd, but since their recharge rate was insanely high there was no concern for them failing or even going down at all.

As Malen approached an orange door on the right, he could hear the distinct sounds of a ship descending. He looked up at the sound and saw a purple, bent shaped ship preparing to land. Malen used his aura sense to see if that was a Quarian or Geth ship. Malen saw tiny slivers of red light appear inside the ship: This told Malen that it was a Geth ship, but also told him that the Geth may not be as soulless as everyone says if he can sense an aura coming from them, however small it maybe.

Malen also saw a Quarian's life aura on the other side of the orange door (Meaning that he was not dead) that was next to an orange gate. Since the Geth ship was about to land, there was no time for pleasantries. Malen Smashed the Gate down with a single strong punch and proceeded into the next area.

Malen saw the Geth ship fly low to the ground and drop off 10 Geth soldiers. Malen was curious as to why he could sense an aura from these Geth, so to help better determine if they truly did have souls Malen shouted:

"Rii Vaaz Zol"

All 10 Geth soldiers fell to the ground motionless and 10 empty soul gems that Malen had were filled with "petty souls". Moments later, they began to levitate off the ground and then stand; however, unlike most of the time when Malen has used this spell, The Geth soldiers just disintegrated into ash. Malen was perplexed by this.

Malen:" Well this is new. My best guess is that while they do indeed have the beginnings of a soul, they haven't fully actualized yet. I will make sure to take note of that." He thought to himself as he ran over to the next orange gate at the far end of the outside area.

Malen enters past the orange gate and into an enclosed stone walkway where he sees 2 Geth shooting at something and 2 Quarian life forces which he assumes is what the Geth are shooting at.

"Tiid Klo Ul" Malen Shouted.

Before the two Quarian males decided to come out of cover for the final time they heard someone shout something in a strange language. As they rose from cover, they saw the two Geth that were shooting at them were torn into pieces on the ground and a Reptilian like person wearing some sort of scale like armor standing in front of their cover no more than 3 feet away.

Malen:" Are you two hurt?" he asks with concern.

Quarian Male with lighter colored armor:" We both took a few rounds but we'll live thanks to you.

Malen examined them and indeed saw a few wounds on their bodies. Malen holds out his right rand in front of the chest of the first of the two Quarians as a golden light begins to envelop both his hand and the Quarian's body.

Quarian:" Hey! What are you…" He was saying when the overwhelming good feeling cut him short.

It only took a few seconds to do but once Malen was done the wounds that the Quarian had were completely gone as if they were never there to begin with.

Quarians:" Not even Omni gel works this well." They both thought to themselves.

Malen held out his right hand in front of the other Quarian, but this time the other Quarian had a much more egger and accepting disposition. After Malen was done healing the other Quarian someone came over a small com device that one of the Quarian's had.

"Break-break-break. OP-1, this is Squad Leader Kal'Reegar, do you copy?"

Quarian with device:" OP-1 copy over, what is the situation?"

Kal'Reegar:" The geth sent a dropship towards OP-2. Tali Zorah's secure, but we need backup."

Quarian:" A reptilian man came here and saved both our asses. We will send him to you."

Kal'Reegar:" Good, I will take whatever support you can give."

The Quarian then turns off the com and looks at Malen.

Quarian:" Thank you for the support. I would probably ask you some simple question but our squad leader is pinned down and needs backup. I don't think we will be of much use to you even though you healed us, we are still exposed to possible infection and need to go back to repair our suits and receive proper medication. Head down this path to OP-2. Our squad leader will wait for you there.

Malen:" Will do."

Malen proceeds down the path and finds a small group of 3 Quarians hold up in front of the next door. Malen sees a Geth dropship incoming on their location. Malen fears that the dropship will make short work of the small group so he shouts:

"Wuld Nah Kest"

Malen shoots forward at blurring speeds and in less than a second is in front of the small group. The dropship fires 3 shots at the group. Malen uses his telekinesis to catch the rounds and sends them back at the dropship. The dropship is forced down by the damage of its own attack. Malen catches the dropship with his telekinesis and crushes it into a metal ball the size of a large beach ball and tosses it to the side. The Quarians look at him in dumb founded amazement.

Malen:" I was told to go to OP-2. I would ask you to show me the way but I think you three have had enough fighting for one day. Go back through the way I came and make sure to stay safe. I find my way." He said with a smile.

Malen enters through the door and then through another door in the same room where there were three more Quarians who looked very happy to be alive. Malen ignores them and proceeds through the next door.

Malen walks out into a large area with many places to take cover in. All most immediately the Geth in the area notice Malen and fire at him.

Malen:" I don't have time for this" he thought to himself with annoyance.

Malen then pulls out a beautiful light grey bow that had intricate designs carved on it and aims the bow at the sun as he pulls out a golden arrow. Malen fires the arrow at the star. Moments later, it begins to rain white hot shots of light all over the area.

The Geth were helpless to this attack as the shots of light rained everywhere and holes were burned straight through their platforms with ease. Malen ran forward though the burning geth and into the next area. The Geth that were under stone cover tried to run after Malen, but as soon as they were out of the stone cover they were riddled with burning holes in seconds.

Malen entered a small bunker like room that had a team of 5 Quarians in it, including Kal'Reegar.

Kal'Reegar:" You must be the backup I was sent. Good, The Geth have been trying to get into that room on the far side, (points out the raised shield doors to a small door on the far side of the area outside), but we've been picking them off from in here so they can't do that. They just keep coming and we are running low on thermal clips and that's why I called for backup before something bad happens."

Before he could even start on his next sentence, a geth dropship drops off a geth colossus.

Kal'Reegar:" Like that! We need to get out there and stop it before it helps the ground troops breach that door!"

Malen:" Stay here Kal'Reegar. I'll deal with them myself; you will only get in my way. Tali has been through enough today and doesn't need you to die playing hero." He says in a calm but intimidating tone.

Kal'Reegar:" All right I'm giving you 5 minutes, and then we are coming out."

Malen:" I don't even need one." He says in the same tone of voice.

Malen steps outside of the bunker while ignoring all the shots fired at him.

"Strun Bah Qo" He shouts at the sky.

Suddenly the sky becomes completely black and lightning starts striking everywhere a geth stood. Each geth that was struck by lightning was reduced to a pile of twisted metal. In just 30 seconds all of the geth in the area, including the colossus, was reduced to nothing more than scrap.

"Lok Vah Koor" he shouted at the sky.

The sky suddenly return back to its normal unbelievably strong UV ray covered self. Malen motion with his left hand for the Quarians in the bunker to come out now.

The Quarians would have been confused and astonished by this, but they were just happy it was over with. The group ran over to Malen and each one thanked him.

Malen:" It was my pleasure to protect you. Now if you will excuse me there is someone I need to meet."

Malen went up to the door that was on the far side and entered. At the end of the room, Malen noticed a Quarian female standing over a console.

Tali:" Just let me finish this download… Thank you Shep…" she was going to say but then saw that it was just one man and it was not Shepard.

Tali:" I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else. Who are you may I ask and why are you here?"

Malen:" My name is Malen Katarn and I came here to make sure you survived, Shepard needs your help with dealing with the collectors."

Tali:" Where is Shepard anyway? Is he not with you?"

Malen:" He is on the Normandy about half a galaxy over so no he is not with me. And no he did not drop me off here: I came here by my own means. What were you doing in geth territory anyway?"

Tali:" Haestrom's sun is destabilizing. Back when this was a Quarian colony, it was a normal star. It shouldn't change that quickly."

Malen:" I think I might be able to fix that. No wonder it seemed unusually bright here."

Tali thinks Malen is simply trying to make a bad effort at a joke and simply ignores that statement.

Tali:" I promised to see this mission through. I did. I can leave with you and send the data to the fleet. And if the admirals have a problem with it, they can go to hell. I just watched the rest of my team die."

Malen:" you need to cheer up Tali. Just because some geth found you and sent forces after you does not mean that they died, though if I arrived just 5 minutes later than I did then this probably would be true, but no one in your team died Tali. They are waiting outside as we speak."

Tali:" thanks for trying to cheer me up, but I would rather not think of it right now. Let's just go." She says in a depressed voice.

Malen chuckles to himself thinking of how she will react when she sees that he was right.

When they exit the small room they are greeted by Kal'Reegar and 12 other Quarians. To say that Tali was speechless would be a grand understatement. She went up to each one and hugged them and called their names in tearful joy.

While Tali was hugging and thanking that they are alive, Malen went over to the left edge of the area and looked up at the sun.

Malen:" hmmm looks like it needs the elements that it lost when it expanded. Creating the elements and filling the star with it is the easy part. The hard part will be condensing it back to its normal state. It shouldn't be too hard, should be fun to exert myself this much actually. After the sun is repaired, all I need to do is release some O3 back into the atmosphere and create a new layer of ozone." He thought to himself.

After hugging all of her friends and teammates, Tali looked around for Malen so she can thank him for saving her team. When she couldn't see him in the crowd around her, she started to get a little anxious. When she looked out of the crowd, she saw Malen standing on an edge and raising both his arms to the sun.

Tali:" What's he doing?! Does he actually think he can do something about the sun?" she thought to herself

What Tali and the others couldn't see is that Malen was opening portals inside the star and releasing Hydrogen and Helium through them. Once Malen believe he had released enough of the 2 elements, he then sent enormous, almost star size, tenticles into the core and out layers of the star and began to condense it.

Malen:" good thing I'm immune to fire and radiation or else this would be very unpleasant." He thought to himself as he uses more and more of his strength to condense the star.

Tali notices the strain and effect Malen seems to be using to do something. As to what that something is she has no idea, but she starts to worry a little about him.

Tali:" Malen! What are you trying to do?!" she says as she approaches Malen.

When Tali is within reaching distance of Malen, a lack and dark green aura begins to envelop Malen, but not block out the view from him completely. Malen had his hands in front of his chest in a position that looks like he is trying to crush something in his hands.

- The carbon freezing chamber theme from star wars starts to play. Music stops playing at around 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

Tali notices the super natural light and smoke ebbing from Malen and wonders what the hell is going on.

Tali:" what the hell is happening to him? Does he really think he can…" she says, but cuts herself short when she looks back to Haestrom's star and sees something she thought just seconds ago was impossible happening.

Haestrom's star was actually shrinking and seemed to be returning to normal.

Tali:" Keelah!"

That was all she could say, anything else fell short of what she was seeing.

It took Malen a little bit more than 2 minutes to condense the star back to normal. With the black and dark green aura still around him, Malen then stretched his hand to the skies. When his arms were fully extended, an enormous black portal appeared and seemed to take up the entire sky; in fact, it stretched across the entire planet.

A couple of the Quarians almost felt like shooting Malen since they did not know what he was doing, why he was doing it, and especially how the hell could he be doing what they were seeing, but they restrained themselves; after all, Malen did save all of their lives so they were willing to see what Malen's plan was after he is done doing it, whatever it was.

This process toke Malen roughly 6 minutes to do since he had to position the portal that would engulf the planets sky in just the right spot so he can release O3 to create an ozone layer without killing everyone else on the planet.

After Malen had successfully created a new ozone layer around Haestrom, the portal around the planet quickly shrank down until it was nothing. The aura around Malen completely dissipated and Malen lowered his hands back down to his sides. Malen was breathing a little heavier than he usually does as he wiped some sweat off his forehead ( Malen is currently feeling like what a normal person does after a good jog, but unlike a normal person, Malen can regenerate his stamina almost instantaneously).

-Evil Majin theme from Dragon Ball Z starts to play.

Malen:" Phew! That was some tough work, but now it's done and I just got my stamina back."

Malen then turns his head towards Tali and smiles at her.

Malen:" Anything I can do for you Tali?"

Tali does not respond at all to Malen. She is still looking at the sun and sky trying to process what Malen just did. Tali and the rest of the Quarians there were like this for a couple of minutes. When Tali remembered Malen's statement about fixing the sun problem, that's when she realized what Malen actually did. Not only had Malen somehow returned the star to normal, but also created a new ozone layer to block out harmful UV rays: that's why the sky looks a bit like Earth's sky. Out of the Quarians present, Tali was the first to find her ability to speak again.

Tali:" Keelah! What thhhe …. What are you Malen!?" she says in utter shock.

Malen:" I do believe I know what you are getting at Tali, but I don't feel like talking about it, especially to a woman with your kind of voice and curves if I'm aloud to say." He says while blushing deeply and rubbing the back of his neck.

Tali at first felt like blushing to, but then she remembered what emotional state she was just in and reflected this feeling with the answer to her question that Malen gave. She recalled that said something similar to Malen about her team, but turned out that he was telling the truth. Tali was feeling a little embarrassed about herself, but thanks to her visor Malen could not see her blushing in embarrassment.

Tali:" I understand if you don't want to say. So where is the ship that you came in with?"

Malen:" I did not come here by ship."

Tali:" Now I don't understand. If you didn't come here by ship then how did you get here?" she says with a puzzled look.

Malen:" It's better if I showed you then just told you."

He places his left hand on Tali's right Shoulder and waves goodbye to Kal'Reegar and the rest of the Quarians.

Malen:" See you later Kal'Reegar. Take care of yourself now!"

Tali, Kal'Reegar, and the other Quarians are now looking at Malen in total confusion. Just moments later, a black sphere surrounded both Malen and Tali. When the sphere was gone: so was Malen and Tali. The remaining Quarians looked all around for the two, but they were gone.

Kal'Reegar:" I must be getting to old for this shit."

A black sphere appeared on the 5th floor of the Normandy (that is currently docked on Ilium) and out appeared Malen and Tali when the sphere dissipated.

Tali:" Wait what? Where? How? How did we get onto the Normandy?"

Malen:" You like it? It can be very convenient when traveling long distances. I teleported us back to the Normandy."

Tali had heard of the theoretical concepts to teleportation and how it could be achieved using technology, but that idea is still in the theoretical stag of concept and development, but Malen somehow can actually teleport without the assistance of technology at all, which made Tali's head hurt a lot trying to figure out any of this was possible.

Malen:" I can see past your visor that you're giving yourself a headache over this aren't you?" He says as he gently rubs the top of Tali's head.

Malen:" Follow me over here Tali. I have sort of a gift for you that I know you will like." He says as he stands next to his arcane table.

Wanting for her headache to stop: Tali focuses on what it could be that Malen was going to give her: Considering what Tali has seen Malen do she was actually getting a little excited about what it is that Malen wanted to give her. Tali walks over to and stands next to Malen.

Malen then turns around and hunches over the arcane table. Malen pulls out a Gold, Diamond ring and puts it into the center of the table. Tali notices that Malen also pulls out a brilliant glowing gem and places it next to the ring. The soul gem then vanishes before Tali's own eyes and the ring begins to glow a faint green. Malen then picks up the ring and hands it to Tali.

Malen:" This will probably get very confusing for you, but you are going to have to trust me on this. I know what I'm doing. Please hold this ring in your left hand."

A sudden thought that Malen was actually already proposing to her shot through her mind, but she quickly dashed those away with a deep blush on her face as she held the ring in her left hand.

Malen then pulled out two of the same spell scroll and handed them to Tali.

Malen:" hold these two in your right hand with your Thumb hovering over them."

Tali did as Malen asked her to do

Tali:" Ok, now what?" she asked: still not knowing what Malen is planning on.

Malen:" I want you to tap the scrolls you have in your right hand with your right thumb two times then drop the ring in your left hand."

Still not knowing what Malen was doing, Tali did what Malen asked her to do and to her astonishment there were now two of the very same ring she had in her hand.

Malen:" now pick them both up and put one on a finger and leave the other in the palm of your hand."

Tali does as Malen asked her while still having the scrolls in her right hand. As she puts one of the rings on one of her fingers, she starts to feel really good. She felt healthy… REALLY healthy. She didn't want the sensation to stop.

Malen:" Good! Now just tap the two scrolls twice and then drop the ring that is in your palm."

Tali does this and notices that when she drops the ring in her hand, the ring that was on her finger also falls to the floor, as if by magic ( which it was). But Tali noticed that even though that the ring was off her, the healthy feeling was still there.

Malen was actually a bit more excited than Tali was now since he knew what he probably managed to do for Tali, but there was a test he needed her to do to see if it worked.

Malen:" One more thing I need you to do for me. Try to put one of those rings back on."

Tali picked up the two rings. She tried to put one of them on, but the ring repulsed away from her as she attempted to put it on. She tried the other ring but got the same result.

Tali:" I can't get them on, it's like they are pushing against me."

Malen:" Btw, how are you feeling right now?" he says with a smile on his face.

Tali:" I've never felt this fantastic in all my life now that you mention it. Why do you ask?"

Malen:" Just wondering how you were feeling is all. You must be a bit shaken up and maybe a little hurt from the ordeal. You should go see Chakwas and perhaps have her run a blood test on you. You know… to make sure you don't have any illnesses or diseases that might cause you problems later on."

Tali:" Will do." She said happily.

Tali didn't know why, but she felt just so joyful and alive. She skips over to the elevator and goes up to floor 3 and enter Doctor. Chakwas' office.

Tali:" Hey Chakwas."

Chakwas:" It's good to see you back Tali. How can I help? I know that you didn't come in here just to say hello to an old woman like me." She says with a smile.

Tali:" don't be so hard on yourself, you look great. I just wanted some blood work done is all."

Chakwas:" ok then just sit down there and I'll get an isolation chamber for your arm."

In less than 2 minutes, Chakwas comes back with a decontaminated isolation chamber for Tali's right arm. Tali sticks her arm in the chamber and then Chakwas carefully removes the suit around her arm using the gloves built on the side of the chamber. Chakwas takes a clean needle and gently pokes into Tali's arm and starts drawing her blood.

Once the needle is full, Chakwas places the blood sample inside a machine that begins to analyze it. When the analysis was complete, the report came over her Omni tool screen. What Chakwas was saw almost overwhelmed her considering that Tali was a Quarian and this was her report on her blood work. Chakwas then went back to the isolation chamber and put Tali's suit around her arm back on.

Tali:" So what does my report say about me?" she says with a soft giggle.

Chakwas:" To be honest with you Tali. I would have never expected to see this kind of report from anyone, especially from a Quarian, no offense. You are completely immune to all poisons and diseases, both known and unknown. I've only seen this kind of report once before in my entire life. If I do say so myself Tali: you can actually take off your entire suit if you wanted to and you would have to fear any kind of pathogen or gas. You're even more healthy than Shepard or Jacob. The only other person I've seen with this kind of report was Malen."

Tali didn't know how to take this information. Her heart beat increased significantly and felt like it was pounding on her chest. Tali then recalled Malen saying:" I have sort of a gift for you that I know you will like.": now she knew what he meant by that. He wanted to give her the ability to live outside her suit without the fear of illness and death.

Tears of joy began to form a small river down the sides of her face. Tali said nothing else as she walked out of Chakwas' office. She entered the elevator and went back down the 5th floor. She walked over to where Malen was (sitting on a chair in the back corner of the room), held out her hand to depict that she wanted him to stand up, and she quickly put her arms around him and buried her masked face into his chest. Malen was surprised at how strong Tali was hugging him and returned the loving brace as he gently places his arms around her and holds her close. Malen can hear Tali crying, but it was not in sadness, but in unimaginable joy.

Tali:" Thank you." Was all she could say in tearful joy.

-Vigil's theme from Mass effect 1 starts to play.

Author's Notes: Well I hope you liked that chapter as much as I did. Now I Know what you could be thinking "How the hell can Malen restore a star and a planet's ozone layer?!". Well to answer that you have to look at what happens with Magnus in the elder scrolls series. Magnus was one of the original spirits. Lorkhan appointed Magnus as chief architect of Mundus. After Magnus was done: unlike his other siblings, he didn't actually lose that much of his own divinity at all. So when Magnus was done he punched a hole out of Mundus. This hole is Nirn's sun. Hermaeus Mora is also an original spirit, or at least can be seen that way since they all began in the same time ( pretty much outside of time) and way ( with the struggle between " the that is all" his opposite " The one that is change"). So since Malen is Hermaeus Mora, an original spirit that did not lose any of its powers, then it stands to reason that Malen is capable of restoring a star and a planet's ozone. Please PM me about what you think of my story so far: I would really appreciate it. Also don't forget to leave reviews so others can know what it's like before they read.