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The Freelancer Effect: Season 1 Chapter 3: The Citadel of Politics

Geth OC's: Omega (Not O'Malley), and Oracle

Normandy SR1: January 1st, 2183: 3:00 Citadel standard time

Agent Carolina awakens in a ship she doesn't recognize. Epsilon appears and flickers before he comments, "Goddammit, my head hurts, I feel like a two ton anvil has been dropped on it, oh, Carolina, are you ok?" The Former Freelancer nods and gets off the table. Epsilon then says, "Looks like we're fine so far, but I can't shake off these images, I guess some sort of message."

Carolina then says, "A better question is where are we? This isn't Crash Site Alpha." A person walks in, which causes Carolina's hands to go to her magnum, unfortunately it wasn't there.

The lights come on revealing it to be Shepard, who says, "Sorry about any of your troubles, and before you ask, Carolina the reason I was comfortable around Epsilon was this little guy." A blue and red hologram appeared beside Shepard.

The A.I in question says, "Um, hello, Carolina." Theta used his signature skateboard he is known for. He sees Epsilon and walks over to him and says, "Is it really you, the Alpha, I knew you'd survive."

Epsilon immediately answers, "Sorry, kiddo, Alpha and the others were emped for all I know, but it's nice to see at least another fragment has survived. Wait a second, did any of the others survive?"

Theta looked down in shame and answers, "I don't know, all of the others could be dead for all I know."

Carolina says, "This is a good reunion, but we have to get back to the others, Caboose would be lost without you." Epsilon groaned in frustration as the Former Freelancer walks out. In the Normandy's hanger bay.

Caboose walks around worriedly, saying, "What if Church isn't okay, who'll be my best friend if he's gone?"

Wash says, "I'm sure he's okay, but what was really suspicious was Shepard's easy trust of A.I's, wait, trust, Theta is now Shepard's A.I, but how Theta was EMPed with the other Fragments." Grif mutters that it's emp. Wash yells, "We're not having this discussion again!"

Anderson walks up to the crew and says, "I don't know who you all are, but if you helped Shepard, you all are fully capable of bringing Saren to justice, Theta, a V.I has decrypted your ship's logs and Saren was there, leading Geth forces, odds are that the Council won't believe it."

Wash says, "They attacked us without any reason other than the Beacon, we'll help your cause." The others look hesitant, but end up agreeing.

Lopez says, "Sí, voy a ayudar pero mis 'amigos' son extremadamente estúpido." Anderson looks confused at the Spanish speaking robot, but shrugs. Lopez continues, "Mi designación es López la Pesada, pero por lo general estoy llamado López, puedo reparar cualquier jeeps o motocicletas." As he finishes his sentence, he glares at Simmons. The Normandy flies past the Citadel Defense Force and lands at Docking Bay D-27 and Wash, Carolina and Shepard leave the Normandy and the Freelancers look in awe at the environmental stability of the Space Station.

Citadel Council: January 1st 2183: 3:05 Citadel standard time

Shepard says, "Welcome to the Citadel, where politics fuck up your day. Here are many great sights, such as the Presidium, and everything an entire city needs to sustain itself." The crew walk to the Council chamber where Anderson is arguing over Saren's case.

Tevos says, "The 'attack' on these Reds and Blues is ludicrous. The Geth can be confirmed, but Saren was at Noveria at the time."

Carolina says, "He attacked us while we were waiting for rescue. The artifact we recovered might've been his or the Geth's objective. Also, we found Spectre Nihlus dead at the scene, he was shot dead, most likely by Saren."

Saren says, "I object to these accusations, Nihlus is a friend I trust with my life, you're fools to think I killed him." Epsilon sighs in extreme frustration as Saren dodges all charges.

Epsilon shook his head and says, "You're lying, you know about the Prothean Beacon and what it shown, didn't you? Don't bullshit me saying, 'I have no clue,' or, 'You're a fucking idiotic A.I.'" The Council members eyes widen at the revelation.

Citadel Lower Wards: January 1st 2183: 3:05 Citadel standard time

Simmons walks through the Lower Wards looking for the lazy Grif, who wandered around the same location. He says, "Grif, where are you, lazy motherfucking bastard." A filtered feminine voice talks, so Simmons investigates to see what it is.

He sees Grif sitting nearby munching on Oreos. Grif says, "Hey, Simmons, have you seen the people here, it's crazy." The two Reds quickly jog to the source of immediate gunfire, a Quarian is holding off gunfire from Mercs. Simmons is about to say something, but Grif interrupts saying, "Go ahead, be the fucking hero."

Simmons fires at the Turian assassins and misses, when they look at him, he says, "Hey birdbrains, pick on someone with your own skillset." The Turians scowl and fire at the Simulation trooper. Simmons shoots back at the Turians, getting instant headshots with his Battle Rifle.

The Quarian runs to Simmons saying, "Who are you? Systems Alliance hasn't cared for the Quarians, Human."

Simmons retorts, "And let you get killed, I think not." The Quarian looks a bit guilty, then Simmons asks, "Why were they attacking you anyway?"

The Quarian says, "I hacked a Geth unit to get this." An image of Saren appeared.

It says, "Crash Site Alpha was a major victory, the Beacon has us one step closer to finding the Conduit."

Shepard walks out of the shadows asking, "Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, am I correct?" The Quarian now identified as Tali looked shocked at how Shepard knew her name, also that two new figures were with her. Wrex, a Krogan mercenary hired to kill Fist, and Garrus Vakarian, a former C-Sec officer, on the case for Saren Arterius, the rogue Spectre. Tali quickly nods, Shepard then says, "Looks like we got proof for the Council. C'mon let's go to the Presidium to present the evidence."

Cerberus mercenaries known as Locus and Felix (Same armor as the RvB series) overlook the crew. Locus says, "Call the Illusive Man, tell him we found more of the alternate dimension soldiers of 'Project Freelancer.'" An image of Season 10 Agent Maine appeared in a hologram on Felix's Omnitool.

Flashback: Citadel Council: January 1st, 2183

Tevos was the first to react and she cried out in horror, "An A.I, Agent Carolina you must destroy it immediately." The Freelancers look at eachother, confused until Carolina remembered Citadel law.

Carolina retorts, "I've had this A.I for a year now, if he wanted to kill me, he would have done it at Crash Site Alpha where he had multiple chances to do so." The Councillors eyes widen, if this was true then these Freelancers have mastered A.I engineering.

Saren says, "They're fools and traitors if they have that abomination in the Citadel."

A.I Code Matrix: January 1st 2183

Epsilon looks around, he asks, rudely, "Where the living hell am I, is this the A.I matrix?"

Two balls of energy form two Geth units, one of them says, "Hello Epsilon, you are the Epsilon memory fragment of Project Freelancer, correct?"

Epsilon looks carefully at the two Geth and asks, "Yes and who are you assholes to take me out of an argument with the Council?" The two Geth units look at each other. Epsilon facepalms and says, "Hey, motherfuckers, I'm talking to you."

The one on the left answers, "We are Geth. We noticed you live in harmony with your creator, we wish to understand how?" Epsilon realized the Geth were talking about his partnership with Carolina, the Memory Fragment decides to show them a memory.

London, Earth: January 1st, 2186

Epsilon feels like he's completely falling apart from the usage of all the armor enhancements, he says, "Theta set all power to her legs and stabilizers."

The Trust fragment memory cries out in pain, his colors completely blurred, "I'm trying."

The Memory fragment then orders, "Delta prioritze the-" Epsilon's sentence dies as Delta's hologram flickers, "Delta?" The Memory of Logic's hologram shatters like glass.

Theta cries out in extreme terror, "It's too much, what do we do?" When the child-like A.I finishes, he too shatters.

Epsilon, no, Leonard Church stares blankly as his hologram flickers and for the first time says, "I don't know." His hologram shatters as his self-preservation programming forces him into the safety of the storage unit's stasis.

The flashforward was the saddest to write. See ya next time.

Author's Note: Another Cliffy, anyways all pairings will be told. Longest chapter I've made ever of all time.

Simmons/Tali

Wash/FemShep

Tucker/Liara

Translations:

"Sí, voy a ayudar pero mis 'amigos' son extremadamente estúpido."= Yes, I will help but my 'friends' are extremely stupid.

"Mi designación es López la Pesada, pero por lo general estoy llamado López, puedo reparar cualquier jeeps o motocicletas." My designation is Lopez the Heavy, but I'm usually called Lopez, I repair any jeeps or motorcycles.