My cherished sure does love savoring the moment whenever we have a chance to connect. Our kiss was long and passionate. The warmth and feeling of electricity spreading from our lips through my cheeks like lighting is amazing. ********* claims he isn't doing anything special to make me feel this way. He is though. By being the absolute best bond mate ever. How am I so lucky to have him? ********* is handsome, kind, smart, crazy strong, gives the best massages, and can cook. The only thing I dislike is he can be quite stubborn on certain matters, like refusing to use his abilities no matter how much I beg, or how I used to treat Legion. Speaking of which, I'm in shock that Legion has a soul. I mean who thinks a robot can have a soul? My people believe in souls and I just assumed only organics can have them. Now that I think of it, why couldn't a robot have a soul. My people's religious beliefs state we leave our bodies behind when we pass on. They would not disagree the soul would be energy and if this body of carbon and water can contain it, why wouldn't a walking battery be able to possess one also.

*********, Legion, and I have squeezed myself into the elevator. Legion seems his old self. I'm surprised he doesn't act more alive, well I know he is alive but, you know what I meant. ********* says it will take time for Legion to grow and mature based on his previous experiences of synthetics getting souls. Legion's insatiable curiosity is getting the best of him. It's cute though. Like a little kid who wants to know everything he possibly can.

I ask Legion "What do you plan to do now you have a soul?"

Legion answers "I wish to give all geth a soul. Then I want to experience everything life has to offer. The Old Machine upgrades have given me new ways to process data. I think I am experiencing enjoyment."

********* says "enjoy this novelty phase. It won't last forever... but I'll teach you some tricks to reset those, so it feels fantastic again."

I say out loud "I wonder if we can prove Legion having a soul will make my people realize they are hurting an actual living being and not a sophisticated device."

********* asks "How would you even prove that? And Tali, my people treated other people like crap despite being the same race. Your people want vengeance for what the geth did to them and until they let go of that, don't expect change."

Legion asks "how do we do that?"

********* states "It is their choice to make."

I respond "I hope they will. Legion I am sorry for what my people are doing to yours."

Legion replies "I accept your apology. I think I should reserve judgment until I possess a greater understanding of my emotions."

********* "Smart little iron giant."

The elevator has reached the lowest level. The door opened slower than usual. I'm going to have to lubricate those hard-to-reach pieces again. Ken or Gabby really should be doing it, but I'm so happy for those two and don't want to separate them for even a moment. My cherished swiftly turns around, walking backwards with a cocky smile "Tali please be on your best behavior this mission. You know how much I want to be with you, but I really want to be able to raise our kids on Rannoch" he turns around, I get a peak of his smile growing wider before he walks off like nothing happened.

OH MY ANCESTORS! DID HE REALLY JUST SUGGEST WHAT I THINK? He wants to have kids… plural… with me… on my homeworld! I can't believe it! I'm such a bosh'tet. He was a quarian with me on the fleet for months. I got so used to seeing him as a human, I forgot he can be a quarian. I can actually have his children. I wish he told me that before I talked to Ashley and Liara. I'm feeling a huge rush of elation and… and… so many things I can't describe. The feelings inside of me are so potent, I shriek. It was so loud, everyone in the cargo bay turned their eyes on me and ********* spun around, his shiny magnetic eyes have never grown so wide before. "What the hell?" He spoke. Oh, when he curses, it makes me hotter than the inside of a mass effect engine core. I want… no… need him NOW! But we have a mission to finish first. Ancestors, please give me the strength to focus.

Garrus is at the work bench, modifying something, I don't care what. I force him off his workstation and push him, Legion, and ********* into the shuttle. Shepard, Wrex, and Javik come down through the stairway. I get behind the three of them and force them into the shuttle. "We have to go now. Get moving."

Shepard asks "Tali? What has gotten into you?"

"We need to win the war as soon as possible. Everyone gets on the shuttle now."

Wrex asks me "What has gotten into you?"

"I need the Reapers dead yesterday. Quit wasting time and get on the shuttle."

Javik says to Shepard "Commander I do not wish to go on this mission with this quarian female."

"What's wrong now Javik?"

"Her pheromones are, as you say, through the roof and it's affecting her behavior. I'm afraid of what will transpire."

Shepard asks me "what happened?"

"********* just shocked me saying he wants to raise our family on Rannoch and give me quarian children and I never knew how desperately I needed something until I heard it. Everyone get on the shuttle now!"

Wrex says "Do what she says. If I learned anything from 'curing' the genophage, is if a woman wants something badly enough, the only way to get rid of them is to join Shepard on another suicide mission. My quads are still healing."

Shepard says "Tali, I see you're excited, but keep it in the suit."

"Then hurry it up before I can't resist anymore."

Javik says "Females will not cooperate in this state. Commander finished this quickly. I have Reapers to destroy."

I load the boys into the shuttle. My dear cherished is sitting on the bench, looking smug. Garrus slaps the hull ceiling, signaling Cortez to launch, his tall height makes it awkward for him to stand. The turian glances over to ********* and they share a look. Garrus's mandible tilt upwards then he fist bumps *********. Shepard focuses on the mission, getting Legion's attention about the new laser technology Admiral Xen gave him. The commander asks Legion what the fastest route is.

Legion nods his head "The upper entrance. Target the base before the geth can organize resistance."

Shepard asks "what about you?"

Legion says "I will deactivate defense systems and acquire an escape vehicle."

Shepard asks "you can do that?"

Legion says "The Old Machine upgrades have… enhanced me. (Legion lowers his head) I can break any geth security. You are concerned."

Shepard says "You know your limits. I trust you. I'm more concerned you didn't tell me about the upgrades."

Legion says "you were tolerant of our recovery of geth intelligences from the server, but the matter is different. Personal."

Shepard says "you were ashamed."

Javik scoffs at the idea "how can a machine feel shame."

********* explains "Legion recently got a soul. His shame ain't organic but he's definitely vibing that way."

Wrex squints his eyes "Machines can have souls?"

"I know I was shocked learning it the first time too. Legion please continue."

Legion says "Whatever I am feeling should not apply here."

Shepard replies "I'm on your side here Legion. I want to help your people."

Legion turns away, "I did not intend to cause effects."

Shepard supports his elbow with one hand and his jaw with the other "How'd we get here? The geth are better than this."

Legion hesitates "No. Based on empirical evidence we are not."

Shepard shrugs "yeah."

The shuttle lands on the planet. Before Legion steps out, he says "proceed to the upper entrance. We will exit here and procure an escape vehicle."

Shepard says "got it. Legion. Good luck."

Legion replies "acknowledged."

We exit the shuttle. I'm on my homeworld once again, but it doesn't feel like home. The environment here is different from where I stayed. Very little vegetation. I think humans classify it as a savannah. I prefer the alpine landscape. Up ahead is the Reaper base. A tremendous eyesore. We have to fight our way through the geth. We have the high ground. Shepard and Garrus use their sniper rifles to target geth close to Javik, *********, and Wrex. I forgot how much of a brute the old krogan can be and my cherished is having fun sneaking behind the geth and stabbing their heads with the omni tool blades like a yellow and blue character he showed me.

I tried to hack the geth, but unexpectedly the Reaper upgrades made that impossible. I had Garrus, the only person I would trust to alter my baby, modify my shotgun to fire a tight spread. The range is not nearly as long as Shepard or Garrus's rifles, but my gun is way more powerful. The slug can breakthrough the shields and continue until it penetrates the geth exoskeleton. I wonder if ********* would like one as well for his birthday.

Our team continues to fight upwards. We had the numbers so the ascent was easy but time consuming. Auntie Rann and the other admirals are detailing about their circumstances as we make the climb. I'm getting out of shape from eating all the food ********* creates for me. My breath fogs my visor and I almost fell off a ladder. The gloves make it hard to feel what I'm holding and the difficulty seeing forced me to rely on instinct to grab the next rail, which the rumble from the base happened at just the right moment, I failed to grab it. Wrex pushed me up with his hump touching a personal area.

We are near the entrance doors to the base. Javik shows no fear on the battlefield. Amazingly his people did not possess the individual shield generators. He knows it doesn't make him invincible right? Paradoxically, quarians prefer to fight up close. It helps us see, but Javick is getting way too close for comfort. My cherished yells at him to stop being an idiot and he can't resurrect him if he gets blown to a million bits.

The circular doors of the base shake the floor all the way up here. Javik suggests Normandy's firing system. Shepard accurately states the geth would have time to defend before we broke through. Legion informs us through the comms, there is an override that can retract the blast shields. The humongous metal slides to cover the hole into Rannoch.

Shepard asks "Did anyone get a good look of that thing?"

Javik answers "Briefly, but enough to know it is Reaper tech."

The size of this base is incredible. The geth are incredible builders, but something of this scale just to protect a signal boggles my mind, I think outloud "They've put alot of work into protecting that signal."

Shepard says "Right. Let's blow it up."

The blast shield controls are deeper into the base. The cubic hallways are long and feel so weird. Legion claims it is pleasing to synthetics. As we traverse the hallway, the status of the fleet is heard. Geth frigates are inbound to the civilian fleet, but civilian defenders are on an intercept course. The next room is met with immediate gunfire. Shepard's shield is depleted and dives down for cover until it regenerates. He throws his rifle to *********. He and Garrus get to work while Wrex does what he can with his biotics.

Shepard shield's fully recharge just when the last geth unit is destroyed. The commander finds a computer console. It is written in kesh. I translate and this is the console which controls the override. He radios to Legion he found it. He is accessing the system and orders for us to standby. Not a minute later more geth arrive with plenty of rocket launchers. Lucky for us, there is a large structure in the middle blocking their field of view, all we have to do is wait for them to turn the corner and send those bosh'tets to the ancestors. The fight is surprisingly short. The geth must be low on numbers. They are likely focusing their resources on fighting my people in the sky above. Legion radios back he has access, but a manual override is required. Thankfully the console is right behind Shepard. He activates it, causing the room to shake. Shepard says we'll be outside in a minute. That was until Legion informed us the way we came is blocked. An elevator nearby will take us to the top. There two geth units and a geth prime with the strongest shield I've ever seen. It took more than my shotgun and two sniper rifles for the sheild to break, which Wrex charges in and rips it apart. I miss having a krogan on our missions.

We ride the elevator up and find more geth primes. I hate these things. The fire forces our team to split up and find cover. Javik and I find cover next to each other. He makes a comment about my scent I nearly shot him for. The prime unit we face is formidable. Javik has a special green biotic ability that slowly damages the geth prime. We take turns spamming our guns until it collapes onto the ground. That must have been the last one as there is no more gunfire in the room. Shepard orders everyone to regroup.

In front is an overlook of the Reaper transponder. Shepard pulls out the laser guidance device and aims for the red spot in the middle. The Normandy flies by and launches a missile exactly like that human game with darts and scream bullseye. The blast destabilizes the building. Shepard loses his balance and falls off. ********* dives in after him, screaming "BESTIE!"

A Reaper emerges from the hole. It's hard to believe something so large was hiding in that hole. The unsettling presence is hard to cut through. Even knowing ********* will protect us, does little to settle the panic in my chest.

Shepard yells to ********* "I'm using my freebie. Kill this fucking thing!"

"ALL RIGHT! Everyone get behind me. Shepard tell Edi to warn all ships tangent to our location to get out of the way if they want to live. Yo Reaper!" It's paralyzing red eye looks at us.

"Anomaly. Trespasser. You can not stop the harvest" It's soulless voice says.

"This ends now. You Reapers want control of this galaxy? Well, let's see if you can. Now is your chance to prove it. I want to see if you're capable of surviving its might. (********* plants his feet into the ground, the metal floor morphs around his ankles, he brings his hands to his chest. I hear a strange noise. Chills run up my spine. ********* laugh maniacally.) HAHAHAHA, I don't care how strong you think you are. Almost nothing compares to the power of a galaxy. TAKE THIS! GALACTIC SPIRE!"

A thin white laser is shot from *********'s hands. Instantly, a beam of intense energy wider than the largest ship in the migrant fleet burns away the metal it contacts with. We run back. ********* loses his grip and the energy beam shifts upwards. The Reapers is completely destroyed. We knew ********* is strong, but this is unbelievable. How strong is he? Shepard screams *********'s names. I don't think he hears us. Shepard fights forward, leaning at a steep angle to resist the winds of the energy source.

Shepard yells at the top of his lungs "*********! SHUT IT DOWN NOW!"

"I'M TRYING. THIS IS HARDER TO CONTROL THAN IT LOOKS!"

A second later, the pillar of energy coming from him shoots off into space. Ancestors, please tell me it didn't hit our ships. The clouds in the sky have a gaping hole where fluffy vaporous water should be.

Shepard says "I can't believe you have that much energy in you."

********* replies "Actually that wasn't mine. A trick I invented is to make a wormhole at the center of the galaxy and connect it to my palms. The supermassive black hole shoots out jet streams of matter and that's what he came into contact with. No sense spending my own energy if I don't have to."

Wrex asks "What's going to happen to that blast in space?"

"It was cone shaped. It should safely dissipate before it hits a planet or someone is getting a really cool light show."

Shepard says "Damn. I'm so lucky to have you on your side. So that's what you are capable of. Nice to now even you have limits."

"What? No. That wasn't even near what I am capable of."

"Ok but it's not like you can destroy entire planets right? Right?"

********* looks away and whistles a tune.