nitefyre410 wrote...
Burdens and Sacrifice
Inspired by Suteki da Ni
*Everything burn all around them. Shephard pulled himself from ground coughing or ghastly mix of blood and bile.*
Tali: Shepherd...please..I.. can't ..
Shephard: Tali there has to be another way ,I won't let it end like this, not like this, anything but this...
Tali: Its the only way you know that...
Shephard: I'm not going to kill you... I can't... please don't ask me to.
Tali: Then Harbinger wins and everything, Everyone including me died for nothing.
Shephard: I just you got back, I thought I lost you back on Rannoch. Harbinger had finally taken something that i could never get back. Now you asking me...
Tali: I don't be trapped in my body watching hapless and that monster destroys everything I love. I don't want to watch from inside my own head as kills, You, Garrus, Kasumi, Auntie Ra'an... I can't .. *tears welling in her eyes as small threads of yellow returned.* Please... Nathaniel.. you have too.
*Shephard closed his eyes fighting back the tears. Memories and dreams running through his mind. The night her first met her in the Alley behind Cora's Den. Them making love and he nursing back to health the day after. Her desperate pleas for him end her suffering. Her taking the blast of plasma from Harbinger meant for him. Him, her and Garrus watching the Noveria Sunset. *
Tali: Please...
*Shephard opened he eyes tears running down he cheek, brown eyes set, full of pain, regrets, and love. He would not let that monster use her anyone longer.
Shephard: Don't worry... I'll set you free *gathers a ball of biotic energy in his hand and rushing forward.*
*Flashback Earth 3 weeks earlier*
Tali: Its beautiful what is it... * spinning around and dancing as fresh white flakes feel to ground*
Shepherd: Its snow. *Chuckling*
*back in the cabin they laid basking in the afterglow of their love making. She curled next to coughing slightly*
Shephard: You should have told me it if was too soon we could...
Tali: Shhh, its okay I'm tired of being a prisonerr of my immune system, of my suit...
Shephard: But you could..
Tali: Than I will knowing that the last most wonderful moments of my life were spent with man I love.
End flashback
*Shephard fist connected just over her heart the shockwave blowing the back her suit out. She feel in his arms coughing out a small trickle of blood. Harbinger dark will fading. She smiled feeling his arms hold her close.*
Tali: Thank...you.. * Reaching up, smiling wiping the tears from his eyes*
Shephard: Why... just why?
Tali:Its okay, You gave me something that I never thought have Love... With you I was not prisoner of my fate. You set me free. Promise me... that you want give up, that you won't close your heart..
Shephard: Tali, I... can't. I don't have anything left to give..
Tali: Take care of them for me, Garrus and Kasumi, they'll need you. Miranda too she may not show but she's a good person. Promise me you'll live and cherish every moment.
Shephard: I promise...
Tali: I glad, I could meet you... I don't have any ... regrets..
*Garrus found them as the automatic sprinklers in the Presidium activated pouring water onto the fires much like rain. Just over the sound of the water Garrus felt his heart back hearing the wail grief from his friend.*
Garrus: Shephard...
Shephard:* carrying Tali* Lets go
Garrus: I'm sorry, I wish...
Shephard: She's free now, she gave up everything for us to be free, to have the freedom she could never have.
*6 months Later*
*standing over looking Tali resting place*
Kasumi: Shep? You miss her don't you..
Shephard: *closing his eyes taking in a depth breath* I do, I miss holding her, being with her, I miss the wonderful times we had together. Still when I close my eyes and listen on the breeze I still hear her laugh and feel her touch. I will always cherish the time we had, it may not have been long but it was wonderful.
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Okay I think I'm going to go cry now
great emotion jerking fic but
god keelah i hope bioware doesnt see it