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“The war is over. The Reapers have been defeated.
Against all odds, and in the face of the greatest threat this galaxy has ever known, we survived.
We suffered many losses. The relays are severely damaged, but we won.
This victory belongs to each of us... every man, woman, and child. Every civilization, on every world. Now, as we take our first steps toward restoring what we lost, we must remember what it took to win. This wasn't a victory by a single fleet, a single army, or even a single species.
If this war has taught us anything, it is that we are at our strongest when we work together. And if we can put down our grievances long enough to stop something as powerful as the Reapers, imagine what we can achieve now that they are defeated.
It will take time, but we can rebuild everything that was destroyed.
Our homes, our worlds, our fleets and defenses. All of this - and more.
Together, we can build a future greater than any one of us could imagine.
A future paid for by the sacrifices of those who fought and died alongside us.
A future that many will never see.
And while we still have many challenges ahead of us... We can face them together.
And we will honor those who died to give us that future.”
Gasp. My lungs filled with air, I felt pain, everywhere. In all my years in my career, all those shots I’ve endured couldn’t compare to this. All I saw was rubble. Did it work? Did the crucible fire? Or did I just imagine that? “Shepard!” “Shepard, where are you?! Come on Commander?!” “Shepard?!” I recognized those voices. Samara, Jack, Miranda? But they were on the other side of the battlefield. I tried to move, but movement shot pain all over my body again and I saw stars in my vision. I was on the verge of slipping in unconsciousness. I knew if I did, I may never wake up again. All my medigel was dispensed during the final push, I had to stay awake until someone found me at least. Then they can take care of the rest. I tried again, slowly this time, I moved my head around, looking for something that could alert them where I am. I shot the tube didn’t I? Back at the crucible? Think Shepard, your pistol must be around! With great effort I started to feel around me, God this rubble is heavy! There! I felt the pistol. I aimed in the sky and prayed there was still a couple shots left in the thermal clip. I squeeze the trigger. Bam Bam. Two shots that's it, I hear the empty click. They should have heard that, they must be closed otherwise I wouldn’t have heard them.
“Get down!” “They’re not shooting at us.” “It’s Shepard!”
“Shepard, stay with me, we got you, we’ll get you medic” Miranda’s face appeared in my vision as she spoke, her omni-tool bright orange, I started to feel light headed but my pain was slowly diminishing, for now. How much medi-gel did she give me?! Oh, why does it matter, she knows what she is doing, she put me back together after all! “MEDIC, OVER HERE! IT’S SHEPARD!” I heard Jack yell, before my vision went black.
“Stay with me Shepard!” Miranda again, I was on a gurney, they were running with the medics, Miranda had her omni-tool at the ready. Looked like she was scanning the damage, her face, didn’t look right...worried? “Miranda…Ashley?” I tried to reach for her. “Shh, save your energy. Just stay with me okay, you’ll be okay! The Normandy made it out on time, you did it Shepard” I didn’t know whether she was telling the truth about me making it, but it didn’t matter, all that mattered was that Ashley and my crew...my friends, were safe. All went dark.