Shepard with Legion and Grunt were on adventure on Tuchanka. Their next stop was Shroud where they should apply the cure for the hemorrhagic fever affecting and killing humans in big masses. They were sitting in the range rover and Grunt was driving it towards the tower.
"So what's your strategy, Shepard?" Grunt asked.
"It's simple. I and Legion will go and activate the tower while you'll be guarding the entrance."
"You better pray for mother of Thresher maw sleeping. You don't want to mess with that creature."
"Shepard-commander. Is there an option that this plan might not work?"
"You don't trust Shepard, Geth? He does the impossible!" Grunt snorted.
"Everything can go wrong, Legion. The mother of Thresher maw can find us and we'll have to count with it." Shepard said and soon they were by the Shroud. At the same time Tali and Garrus were spending time together on the ship. As Veetor was helping in the engineering, Tali was with Garrus in the main battery.
"Go on, Tali. What's the thing you wanted to say?"
"Garrus, I don't know where to start. Remember when you and me… on that table…"
"Yes. What is up with it? Somebody found out?"
"No… it's just. I've been feeling strange for few last days and so I started to be suspicious and did few tests on myself. It's just… maybe I'm wrong but it looks like you'll become dad soon."
"Wait… you are pregnant?" Garrus asked and Tali nodded. Suddenly Garrus felt like vomiting. If Shepard finds out, it's gonna be problem! Garrus thought.
"Garrus? You look bad. Did I make you nervous?"
"A little… I didn't expect it to be that soon. Also I am kind of worried what Shepard's reaction will be."
"We won't tell him, Garrus. Shepard's got enough worries with Reapers. We can go through this alone."
"What if something happens with the ship? Or with you on the battle field?"
"Don't worry so much, Garrus. I am quarian but that doesn't mean I cannot stand anything."
"I didn't mean to say anything by that… I just don't want to see you or the kid injured."
"That's sweet of you, Garrus…" Tali said and hugged Garrus. Garrus did the same and in the meantime as Garrus and Tali spent time together, Shepard and Legion were taking the elevator to the top of the Shroud on Tuchanka. Suddenly, the elevator stopped.
"What happened?" Shepard asked.
"Shepard-commander. It seems that electricity power supply cable was cut underground."
"What? But how can it…" Shepard said and heard deep humming sound echoing from outside of the tower. Adrian contacted Grunt who was guarding the tower entrance, "Grunt! We've stopped! What's going on?"
"It looks like that mother of Thresher maw noticed us coming! She's attacking the tower! Shepard you better move your ass because I cannot hide like this forever!"
"We're on it, Grunt!" Shepard said and looked at Legion, "There's only one way up, Legion. Time to practice our climbing!" As Shepard said that, he and Legion opened the ceiling of elevator and started climbing up the metal walls using magnetic nodes in their equipment. The disturbances caused by the Thresher maw were different but it seemed that they were intensifying as Shepard and Legion approached the peak of the Shroud. Finally, they got up, the control center of the tower was empty. Only active consoles maintaining the constant function of Shroud producing the protective atmosphere of Tuchanka.
Shepard and Legion approached the main console. As Legion opened the terminal, he typed a command to open the sample chamber.
"Shepard-commander. The cure specimen is required for the spraying process to begin." Legion said and Shepard grabbed the cure sample from under of his armor. Bright cyan liquid in flask was set on the place and Legion typed command to send the sample for procedure. The flask lost sliding down within the console.
"Sample has been successfully applied to the spraying system. Please stand by." The AI announcer said and Shepard smiled.
"You did it, Legion! Now let's get out of here!"
"Acknowledged!" Legion answered with sign of happiness in his voice. They both went towards the elevator shaft as the spraying process began, both of them proud of the job they did. Their moment of joy was interrupted as giant earthquake moved with the Shroud. Shepard and Legion turned behind them, seeing the mother of Thresher maw breaking through the glass ceiling. The creature attacked right next to Shepard, breaking half of the room. The monster was going back down but Shepard was losing stability and fell over the edge.
"Shepard-commander!" Legion shouted and jumped down to catch him. He managed to grab Shepard's hand and hold himself against the broken edge of the Shroud. Legion was hanging with Shepard above big height.
"Legion! Hold it!"
"Shepard-commander! Are you alright?"
"I'm fine! Just hold- WATCH OUT!" Shepard pointed up as Legion looked above himself, seeing the Thresher maw attacking again. There was no time to waste so Legion used his force to give Shepard the right rotation and threw him up to the platform of the Shroud before the Thresher maw attacked another part of the tower. When Shepard landed on the floor, the wall broke after another attack and Legion fell down.
"Legion!" Shepard shouted, watching Legion falling down the big height of the Shroud. The Thresher maw stopped attacking once Legion fell down. Shepard punched the ground as he realized what happened, "Damn it! Fuck!" he grumbled thinking that Legion might have not survived that. Shepard realized there was no point in sitting there like a fool so he took the same route as they came up – through the shaft. Shepard climbed down with no obstacles, however, he felt disgusted that he lost Legion.
"Shepard!" Grunt ran towards Shepard who walked out of the Shroud, "You did it! The cure is spreading!" Grunt said but Shepard merely nodded, "Hey, Shepard. Doesn't look like you're happy!"
"I've lost Legion as the Thresher maw attacked."
"You mean the Geth? He's already sitting in the rover!"
"Legion? He survived?"
"Survived. And that was a hell of an impact he did. He scared out the Thresher maw!" Grunt explained and Shepard couldn't believe, "Come on! Let's go and tell Wrex so you can return back to Normandy." Grunt snickered and Shepard followed him in the rover. Soon they were on their way back to the Urdnot territory. Shepard felt need to talk to Legion if he was alright so he broke the silence.
"Legion?"
"Yes, Shepard-commander?"
"That moment you saved my ass I felt you were lost for good… are you alright? It was big height."
"It was high, but we Geth are resistant. I've managed to form a sphere out of myself so the impact wasn't that hard." Legion said and looked with his eye at Shepard, "Are you worried?"
"Of course I am! I mean… when you went so far it would be waste to let you die, Legion."
"Because I am valuable part of your team? Or because I can be myself and not only 1138 units creating this platform?"
"Both, Legion. You're no regular Geth. I don't think that any other Geth would be like you."
"Thank you for evaluation, Shepard-commander."
"Now that we're done here on Tuchanka, we can go back for Daniel."
"Acknowledged, Shepard-commander." Legion said dryly and the rover got to the Urdnot clan hideout. Shepard and others went to inform Wrex about the mission. The Urdnot clan leader was observing the sky, watching as the particles of cure were falling down the sky. He noticed the sound of footsteps from behind so he turned to see who was coming.
"Shepard! You made it! Ah, I can't believe you could survive the attack of the mother of Thresher maw!"
"It was not only me, Wrex. It was a team work. Also, I owe a big one to Legion for saving me from falling off the tower."
"That Geth saved you? Heh, I guess I should reconsider my mind about the Geth. Hehe…" Wrex laughed, "You made a great service for krogan race. Is there something I could do for you, Shepard?"
"Yes. The Reapers are coming and we need as much forces as we can get. Wrex, I need you to join the intergalactic alliance in battle against the Reapers. We already have support of salarians, turians and asari. Actually it's support coming from the Council." Shepard explained, Wrex was holding his chin.
"Hmm… working with salarians and turians won't be nice if I remember that they issued the genophage on our race. On the other side, we are krogans and seeing some Reaper scum destroying Tuchanka isn't what we want. We will fight for you. If krogans have to die, it will be in the battle!" Wrex smirked.
"Thanks, Wrex. We will inform Council about your decision. Don't forget to stay in touch with them."
"Will do, Shepard." Wrex said and there was nothing else to do on Tuchanka. Shepard and Legion returned to Normandy, Grunt remained on Tuchanka with Wrex to make sure other krogans will get rest after absorbing the cure. Normandy flew off towards the mass relay as the course was set to the Citadel. Shepard went to the vid-com room to see counselors. As the holographs appeared, Anderson stood with the counselors.
"Commander Shepard. What have you got to report?" Anderson asked.
"The hemorrhagic fever on Tuchanka has been eradicated. Urdnot Wrex promised to join the war in repay. He is willing to cooperate with turians and salarians as well."
"That's impressing. We never thought that krogan would be able to forget about the past so easily… thank you, commander." The salarian counselor said.
"Where is the turian counselor?"
"Sparatus is on visit of the intergalactic university on the Citadel." The asari explained.
"I recommend you going there as well, Shepard. You'll find out once you get there." Anderson smiled at Shepard who didn't know at first but Anderson was pointing at the fact that Daniel was lecturing at that university. Normandy was heading towards Citadel, it made jump through mass relay and Citadel was only few hours away. In the meantime, Shepard decided to spend some time with Liara since he was always busy with his work and Liara as well as she was Shadow Broker.
Legion remained in the life-support room, watching the mass effect core, missing Daniel's presence within the room.