Dahlia Shepard awoke abruptly. For moment, she did not know where she was. Then she remembered the previous day's events: the Reapers attacking Earth, fighting Cerberus on Mars, Kaidan getting hurt fighting a Cerberus robot.
She sat on the edge of her bed. She was on the Normandy in her cabin. After spending months in an apartment, the Normandy felt foreign to her, alien.
The recurring dream -- or was it a nightmare -- had returned again, but different this time. She found herself alone in the same dark, foreboding woods, but this time she was not alone. A boy, the same boy from yesterday, the boy she had failed to save, was also with her. In the dream she had run to him, then there was a light and some kind of noise and the boy ran away. She chased after him again, until the boy turned to face her before being consumed by flames.
Dahlia put a hand to her forehead. She was tired and felt miserable. So much suffering and loss already, so many people she would never be able to save, and it would only get worse. She thought of the people they had left behind on Earth. They could have rescued some of them and brought them to the Citadel. Instead, they left Earth immediately, the mission more important than the people she had sworn to protect as an Alliance marine. She felt like a fraud.
Someone knocked on the door, drawing her attention. For a moment, Dahlia stared at it, not wanting to move, wishing she did not have to move. But the Reapers would destroy all organic life in the galaxy unless she stopped them, so Dahlia shoved her fears and doubts into the dark recesses of her mind and stood up. She would not let the Reapers win; she would not fail again.
(These story segments take a long time to write. From here on out, I am going to save them for certain major plot points instead of a lot of major events. I like writing them, but it is time consuming and I want to actually play the game in longer spurts.)
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John Shepard on insanity...
. Shepard saved Bau's life and got some Spectre aid for the war effort. The price of this was the destruction of the Hanar home world. Shepard left the Citadel without talking to Kaidan again. Apparently, he is on the mend and is left in the doctor's care. The Normandy still has no visible doctor on board.
). Shepard met Kahlee Sanders and intends to rescue the students to use them in the Reaper War effort. Encountered Cerberus at the facility and the troops weren't proving a problem due to powerful flares. Prangley is taking charge and Shepard helped them out of a bind. Died for the first time in this ME3 playthrough by a rocket to the face from an Atlas 
. Shepard wasn't impressed with a couple of student's barriers. David wasn't present on this playthough but the Overlord music still played in the background. Liara broke down the shields of the students to move them on. Commandeered an Atlas mech to destroy the Cerberus forces. It was all going well and it was building up to an Atlas vs Atlas showdown but ... I pressed the wrong button and Shepard exited the mech. Shepard was unable to re-enter the mech so he had to destroy the enemy Atlus the hard way 
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. There was no Kirrahe at the base as he died at Virmire. Therefore, Shepard had a chance to talk with Tolan. Tolan created a negative impression instantly as he had the audacity to refuse a Shepard handshake! Shepard met Mordin and they both needed to get the female Krogan off world. Tolan died fighting Cerberus and Shepard died a second time against an Atlus mech (rocket to the face again).
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