Subplot : Sangheili Descendants . Series : Mass Effect and Halo . Unofficial Sequel / AU : The Last Spartan, by DinoJake .
"This is awesome!!!" N'tho near giggled with delight. The Sangheili teenager wiggled gleefully, as dozens of human Soldiers pointed their guns at the intruder. They were in a bit of a shock, as it's not everyday a blue phone booth faded into existance in the corner of the Mess Hall.
"Pran-father!!!" N'tho ran passed the soldiers, ignoring them entirely, and hugged the man tightly.
The man gave an "oooof" as the wind was knocked out of him.
"I can't believe you finally came!!! I've always wanted to meet you!!!" N'tho was near tears as he hugged the man.
"Cortana?" The Master Chief spoke to the AI, in his suit. With only her hearing him. "Is this who I think it is?"
"If you think it is an extraterrestrial lifeform, marked in trillions of top secret government files throughout Sol's history, regarded as both an SSS level threat, and humanity's greatest Ally. ONI has an entire department, dedicated solely to cleaning up after this man... I hadn't realized N'tho had a connection to him. But then, The kid is rather obsessed with human culture... and Sol is hardly the only planet the Doctor has saved."
The Doctor, completely unphased by the guns, hugged the teenage Elite. "I take it your father showed you pictures of me?"
"I know all your faces!!!" N'tho loudly declared, as he hugged the Time Lord tighter. "And Father would tell me stories of the Warrior Healer."
The Doctor gently patted the Squidhead's... head. Then seemed to take notice of The Master Chief.
"Doctor," John-117, gave an indifferent nod. But didn't tell his soldiers to lower their weapons. "Should I expect another Apocalypse, within the Hour?" They just prevented the Reaper Invasion, a few days ago. And this man was said to only appear, when disaster struck.
"Just visiting family," The Doctor attempted to ease... but only created more questions.
N'tho finally broke the hug, and explained. "My biological All-mother, the progenitor of my line, reincarnated himself as an Elite, but he's really a Time Omnian... and the Doctor's own son."
"Son?" The Master Chief took note, recognizing the contradiction.
"Sangheili males, like most sapient species, can get pregnant," N'tho gave a weak shrug. Before looking back at the Doctor. His face a Big smile. "We still have females, but they are often revered and sheltered, because of how rare they are. Most live the pampered lives of Priestess, but many 'af joined the warriors in recent decades."
"The Arbiter wasn't particularly happy to see me," The Doctor noted, to his distantly-great grandson.
The Master Chief stiffened, "Thel... is your father?"
N'tho blinked, "More like the great Grandfather to my sperm donor. I told you how Sword Masters spread their genes around.
"My dad was honored, his mate was propositioned by a descendant of The Arbiter, but I only met the old guy a few times. Mostly at family rituals. He's had hundreds of baby mamas. And nearly a dozen kids with each. Then those babies had dozens of their own kids, each. I'm technically a subspecies of Sangheili. With even more Careful breeding then Sword Masters.
"but it doesn't matter much. Dad raised me no different then his biological children. But I did get to see my own biological Father regularly as well... but the Arbiter is more someone I got a very loose connection to.
"The Arbiter got all kinds of pissed, when he learned Father was teaching me the old myths. You know, about their side of the family being descended from our old gods."
The Master Chief eyed, "... and you didn't think to mention that?" the Spartan had fought by the Arbiter. He was probably the first alien friend he had.
N'tho blinked, looking very confused. "I thought most humans don't care about family, after you get passed great grandparents. The Arbiter is just my sperm donor's, sperm donor's, sperm donor. The only reason I've even met him, is because of how important family is to Sangheili... and even then, he didn't play a big role in my life. With his most notable moment being yelling at my Father, for teaching me the family Legends."
The Doctor tried, "Don't think too poorly of the Arbiter... I-"
"It wasn't your fault!" N'tho was suddenly adamant. "You're a bloody god! Of course you wouldn't be allowed to interfere in every squabble we find ourselves in! Father insisted we should be grateful when you help, not resentful when you don't. You owe us nothing."
"I'm not-" the Doctor tried to correct. Even if it crushed the boy's excitement.
"I know, I know. Not really a 'God-god'. But sorry if I have trouble relating to an Immortal time traveler, with enough raw energy to implode the universe. That might as well be a god."
The Doctor groaned. But couldn't deny any of that. Like Tenza, Time Lords could become ridiculously overpowered... In the Time Lords case, their magic doubled each time they regenerated... it made it harder and harder to rebute the accusations of godhood.
In truth he was classified as a "God-Killer". Which was a mortal, without Divine ki, that was insanely hard to kill, harder to keep dead, and with insane levels of power.
