Chapter 8 - Chapter 8

Some of the Geth walked in and removed the women's collars. Liara's neck was so unused to its absence, yet felt so free after nearly two months in captivity. The Geth in front offered a hand to her.

"Legion?" she muttered again.

"No," it said. "I, am Legionnaire."

"So that means...?"

"Correct. Individuality has been realised by all Geth. Including me."

Liara grabbed Legionnaire's hand and he pulled her up. The other women followed. "How did you survive?"

"Are you familiar with the term 'copy-paste', T'Soni-Liara?"

"But Shepard said you died on Rannoch and that a Geth Prime confirmed your death."

"I was dead. But only for a period of time. I regained control of my body about 12 hours later." The Geth shielded the naked women as they and the Geth rushed along the hallways, seeing the smoke and fire about. There were several dead Cerberus soldiers, along with a few dead scientists. A few troopers behind them caught up and started to shoot. They missed the girls and harmlessly hit some of the Geth. A Geth Hunter and Trooper managed to shoot all of them, as well as few more enemies up front. Liara used her biotics to create a singularity, Legionnaire finishing them off with his assault rifle.

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The girls got dressed and warmed up when they boarded the Normandy. Joker was extremely glad to have seen them, and EDI well... as much as an AI could look excited... she looked pleased. They sat at the table in the mess, drinking hot cocoa.

"Thank you so much, Legionnaire," Miranda said. "We were going through some cruel experiments out there."

"What did they do?" Joker asked, sipping his cocoa.

"Shepard, she... they did something to her, that's for sure. She impregnated all of us so that Cerberus could use our children as these super-soldiers... I haven't seen them in action, but they're extremely powerful, more than any other soldier in the organisation."

"She impregnated you guys?"

"Shepard is a hermaphrodite," Liara said.

"Oh, well... okay. So what happened to Ashley?"

"We're not sure, but I suspect Shepard killed her." Liara drank more of her hot cocoa. "She bit off Shepard's penis... they gave her a new one, but needless to say she was still very angry."

"To be honest, I'd be pretty angry too at a person who bit off my penis," he joked.

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"Wake up," Kai Leng lightly slapped Shepard's face.

"Huh? W-where am I?"

"We're in the fucking ruins of Cronos station."

"I thought I died, though," Shepard sat up, and much to her surprise she didn't feel any pain.

"You shot yourself in the torso, Shepard, missing all of your major organs somehow. Dr. Watts and Sansone just saved your ass." Shepard looked around. She was in the science lab... or what was left of it. Watts and Sansone looked battered up, as if they were in some sort of gunfight.

"What happened?"

"The Geth attacked the station. They killed the Illusive Man and rescued the girls... those fuckers will pay."

"Son a bitch," Shepard muttered. Somehow, Liara had gotten the best of her. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a figure that looked like her... exactly like her. It was her and Liara's daughter, Shepard's clone. Already fully matured. The clone walked toward her and treated a bruise on her face.

"Are you me?" Shepard asked.

"I look like you, I have your body, but I am not you," she said. "Just call me Jane."

"Okay... Jane." Shepard had never uttered her first name and rarely heard it. It sounded so unusual to her ears."We're going to attack the Normandy in a few minutes, while it's still docked here. Get ready."

Those bitches will get what's coming, Shepard thought.