Daniel was now officially copied. His original mind remained in the human body still conscious, like nothing happened. On the other side, there was his copy, a backup version of him in case that something happened and Legion would be left alone. Daniel didn't want to allow that. Before he and Legion left, he came to his new inactive Geth body. He took a grip of his three-fingered hand and intertwined its fingers with his own. There was a time so he was thinking. Thinking that for him and for Legion, the Geth made sacrifice and one of them voluntarily deactivated himself.
"Daniel? Do you want to go?"
"Don't you feel a little bad for what we did, Legion? I mean, he was one of your people."
"I know that, Daniel. I feel guilty but he was one of many units. We all share the same memories so basically, he isn't dead. His memories live within us and once you'll get to see everything through our consensus, we will share your memories between us and our memories with you." Legion explained and Daniel smiled, standing up.
"Right. Let's move on, Shepard's gonna be pissed if we are not on time." Daniel said and Legion gave him nod. Both of them went back to the great hall. Shepard was nowhere yet but then they noticed Shepard coming in the hall.
"How did it go?" Daniel asked.
"We've got full support of the Geth. The only thing they are worrying about is quarians' Migrant fleet attacking them."
"That's logical. The Geth never wanted to incite. We fought creators only in act of self-defense." Legion explained.
"Our next mission is to visit the Migrant fleet. Now let's go back to Normandy." Shepard ordered and was followed with Legion and Daniel behind. Shepard was stopped as Legion placed hand on his shoulder.
"Shepard-commander. I require permission to bring one network console to the Normandy." Legion asked and Shepard frowned.
"Why?"
"If you need a better contact with the Geth fleet, I can provide myself useful connecting to our broad network. However, in order for this to work, we need a special console with our secure channel. I cannot contact Geth via unsecured network." Legion explained and Shepard crossed his arms.
"You want me to let other Geth enter the deck of Normandy?"
"We are no threat, you know that. It would be better if you consider this for good progress of the war."
"You're right… alright but make it quick, Legion. We need to see the Migrant fleet." Shepard said and left towards the airlock. Legion contacted few of the Geth to bring a metal box towards the airlock. The Geth carried the box through the airlock on board of Normandy. Other members of Normandy watched the two other Geth going through the ship carrying the box in their hands. It was settled in the AI core and the Geth disappeared off the Normandy board as fast as they appeared. Finally, Normandy docked off the Geth ship.
Normandy was on its way to the Migrant fleet to negotiate with quarians. Even Shepard's crew wasn't in direct contact with Reapers, the tension was significant and the more nervous ones – Cortez, James, Garrus were sitting by the bar on the Normandy.
"How can they be so calm?" Cortez asked.
"Who's on your mind?" Garrus asked back.
"You know who. Shepard, Liara, Javik, Tali, Daniel, Legion… they don't seem to care about the war that much."
"What do you know, amigo? Maybe they do. They don't want to put it on record." James explained.
"Obviously we're not that strong to hide these things. We only live once! Cheers, boys." Garrus said and each one of them started drinking. After taking a long sip, Garrus and Cortez stared at James.
"Hey… why are you staring at me?" James asked and Cortez face was turning red as he tried to hold back laughing, "What! Garrus tell me…" James said but couldn't complete the sentence as his mouth was in fire, "Aaah! Garrus! THAT WAS YOU!" James shouted and Garrus pulled out a vial of chili sauce.
"Sorry, James. When I'm nervous I tend to do these things to people around me." Garrus smiled evilly.
"You… idiot! You'll… die!" James shouted. At the same time, Liara and Shepard were spending time in Shepard's cabin.
"How is Javik?"
"Better, I finally managed to calm him down after the incident."
"I don't understand why Javik is so aggressive. I think I should explain to him what Daniel is actually."
"Shepard, you are worrying too much. Think about yourself for once. We need you ready for war, no mistakes caused by your fatigue." Liara said and kissed Shepard on his lips. Their looks locked at each other for a while until it was interrupted when Tali entered the room.
"Shepard I-" Tali noticed Liara, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interfere something. I think I should have told you that I'll come."
"It's fine, Tali. What do you need?"
"Well, Shepard… I thought it wasn't appropriate to hide this from you but I have to confess myself about something."
"Go on, Tali."
"Alright. The thing is that I and Garrus are together now and…"
"And? It's ok, Tali. I don't mind if you and Garrus are together. Both of you deserve it after what you came through."
"I know you wouldn't mind that, but there is something else."
"What is it, Tali?"
"Somehow… I and Garrus were alone together and… now I expect child." Tali said and Liara focused on Shepard's face, curious about his reaction.
"Oh… is that so? Well, what can I say, Tali? I cannot judge you for that."
"Really?"
"Yes Tali, I understand you are worried of my reaction. Truly, I am quite mad that you didn't tell me sooner though, but it's nothing we cannot deal with."
"I… I cannot be more grateful, Shepard. Thank you!"
"It's fine. You can go." Shepard said and Tali left the cabin feeling a big weight falling off her.
"That was nice of you, Shepard."
"Yes, well… I couldn't be mad at Tali."
"When Tali came with this, I wanted to tell you that I'm expecting child as well." Liara explained and Shepard's eyebrows went up.
"H-How?" he stuttered.
"Our direct physical contact, Shepard. I hope that it won't change your attitude." Liara said and Shepard thought for a while. The he wanted to talk.
"Liara, tell me. How could I be mad at you? You helped me in the worst times and I love you."
"Aren't you telling me this just so I can feel better, Shepard?" Liara asked but Shepard placed his arm around Liara's waist, assuring her about what he said. Normandy was not far from the Migrant fleet but Shepard couldn't expect what he was going to see. Joker called him to the cockpit and Shepard's eyes widened to what he saw.
"Dear god… the Reapers."
"They destroyed the entire Migrant fleet, captain."
"We have to act! Assemble everybody! We'll save who we can." As Shepard ordered, that happened. Everyone who could fight – Daniel, Legion, Liara, Tali, Garrus, James, Shepard, Javik went to a shuttle and flew to the Migrant fleet which was under attack of Reapers' husks. The shuttle docked to the entrance on the main deck, each member of Shepard's crew rushed inside. They came across hangar area of the ship which was heavily flooded with husks, banshees, cannibals, swarmers, ravagers and marauders and brutes.
"Guys! Harvester!" James shouted as the husk dragon flew in hangar. Shepard's people used everything they had to stop harvester, from biotics to guns. The fight wasn't getting calm as all husks were coming from every part of the ship. The worst were brutes to fight back since their armor was hard to break through. Finally, they managed to fight all the waves away. They were exhausted but no more husks were coming. They won. Shepard and others assembled in a circle.
"What's the next plan, commander?" Javik asked.
"We will try to find anyone who survived attack."
"Negative, Shepard-commander. I ran a scan through security protocols. Nobody from the fleet is alive." Legion explained.
"Damn it! Reapers just managed to annihilate quarians fleet! Well, we'll have to inform admiral Hackett. There's no other thing we can do." Shepard added.
"Maybe somebody survived, Shepard. They can be hiding in places where they aren't to be detected." Daniel suggested.
"WATCH OUT!" Garrus pointed up behind Daniel to the brute who was jumping down. Daniel turned around as others ran to the sides but it was too late for him. The brute grounded him and grabbed him under neck. Daniel tried to use biotics to protect himself from the brute but it had no effect on him, it only enraged the brute the way that he started smashing Daniel's nape against the floor.
"Daniel! Everyone! Fire with everything you have!" Shepard ordered and others did so. The brute didn't mind it.
"Shepard… Shep…" Daniel tried to say but after many hard hits in the head he lost consciousness and the brute threw him at wall straight with the head. The brute was becoming weak and he died soon. Shepard didn't hesitate to run out of the hide spot and ran towards Daniel, putting his helmet down.
"Daniel! Come on, man! The war has just begun! Wake up!" Shepard said but Daniel didn't seem to wake up. Garrus placed hand on Shepard's shoulder.
"Shepard, we need to get back to Normandy and leave! Reapers are going to tear this place apart and Daniel needs medical help!"
"Everybody back to the shuttle!" Shepard said and everyone followed him to the shuttle. Legion carried Daniel in his arms. They escaped the Migrant fleet in shuttle as the ships around exploded after Reapers used their lasers. Normandy flew away as soon as the shuttle returned.