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Hero's Survival - Chapter 5: Past/future collide

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Summary: The Reapers are here, the galaxy is being destroyed, and it's all my fault. Now I've gotta stop the Reapers, save the galaxy, and find a way home...oh and I'm pregnant. What's a girl to do?

Pairings: Female Shepard/Garrus, Joker/OC, and Male Shepard/?
Language Warning: Contains adult language
Rated: T or PG-13

Chapter 5: Past and Future Collide
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Serena's pov

If you've never been on one of those rides at the fair that go in a circle at a high speed that suck you to the wall of the ride as it speeds up then you'll never experience what it felt like when Javik touched me. My stomach felt nauseous and I was dizzy. However, once I got past that, I was able to see what was going on around myself. I was on a battlefield that was on an unknown planet. The sky was red and buildings were burning. There were dead bodies everywhere. As I looked closer I saw that some looked mutated, while others looked like Protheans. My eyes widened as I realized that I was in one of Javik's memories. It was then I heard an explosion behind myself. Upon turning around I saw several dozen Protheans running at me. Their armour singed in patches. Behind them more and more explosions were occurring. Something was drawing me towards those explosions, to see what they were and so I found myself walking, at first, towards the retreating Protheans. Oddly I found myself very calm. As I came to the top of a hill that overlooked the battle I saw giant reaper ships in the red sky that seemed to lit on fire. The explosions where coming from the smaller Prothean ships as they exploded from being seared in half by the much more powerful reaper lasers that were being shot from the reapers. It was then that I truly felt a deep and penetrating fear.

That was also the moment I despised that I heard a voice giving orders. Turning my head away from the scene in front of me I saw a very familiar outline of Javik. He was fording the retreat. Hundreds of men were following his orders when suddenly the men retreating down the hill were obliterated in one swoop of a laser beam from a reaper. I watched Javik look on in disbelief, at first, and then give out a deep war cry and ran forward with the rest of his men, who were still alive and took on the hordes of mutated creatures that now were headed towards them.
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Ian's pov

My head was pounding as I opened my eyes. Upon opening them I saw that I was in a jungle of some type. I however heard something moving behind myself and went to grab my gun from my waist only to grasp at nothing.

Looking down I saw that I was dressed in strange armour. It looked a lot like Javik's, only instead of it being red, mine was a deep green color. It was then I also looked at my hands and saw that they were no longer mine. They were three fingered, much like the Protheans. I also could see much better than I usually could. I then turned towards the noise I had heard earlier and saw Javik there pointing a gun at me.

"You have betrayed the Empire General," he said.

"You know nothing, youngling," I heard myself say. "The Empire died long ago when the Reapers came a thousand years ago."

"I know nothing!" he snarled at me. "I know you sent me and my men into the fray expecting us all to die!" he growled. "I watched three hundred of my best men die in seconds after I sounded the retreat." He stepped closer. "I saw your ship fly away and the reapers parted for your ship to pass!"

I then heard myself chuckle. "Good, then you know more than you should." I turned and looked at the jungles and mountains of the world I was on. "You are the best warrior I have ever trained Javik. I trained you to be the best so that when this day came you wouldn't waste time in killing me." Looking up at the sky I saw the blues mixing with yellows and reds. "As with the sun setting on this world, it is time for me to be down. Kill me Javik! Or I will kill you." I turned and rushed at him. The gun went off.
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Location: Normandy
Date: October 30, 2183

Javik released both humans from his control. Both seemed disoriented at first but as their eyes focused he realized that they were once again safe on the Normandy. As he had touched them to show them that this was no game, but quite real, he had also gleaned from them memories of what they had said. These two were from two very different, but similar realities. While one had yet to realize what he was to do in this life, the other was afraid to use her new found ability because of the consequences the came from using it. He then spoke to them. "You were destined to come here."

"What do you mean?" Ian inquired still reeling from the memory Javik had shared.

"A prophecy that had been found by one of our scientists years before the war came about." He looked at both of them. "With a wish, salvation will be granted. With bravery, the war will be won. With power, the enemy will run. With courage, hero's will fight together. With vengeance, a people will be remembered. With the past, the future will be cleared so that others will no longer suffer." Both humans looked at each other. "When these words were discovered in an ancient temple it had been thought that they meant nothing. However, when the reapers came it was believed that these words were a prophecy that would bring victory against them. We never found the ones that it described though."

"A wish?" Ian looked at Serena. "You believe that's her?" the ancient nodded.

"You are bravery," Serena stated as she pointed at Ian, who snorted in disbelief.

"Yes," Javik stated.

"Who's courage?" Ian asked, still not believing this.

"The female commander," was Javik's answer.

Ian raised an eyebrow. "Power?" he asked.

"Kaiden?" Serena asked

"He's dead," Ian stated. "John?"

"I'd sooner say Jack then John," Serena bartered.

"True. She is powerful, but she's not on the ship, is she?" Ian asked Serena, who shrugged. Looking back at Javik, Ian asked again. "So who's vengence and the past?"

"The past and vengeance could be one person," Javik answered. "If so, then it is I."

"This is just too weird," Ian said shaking his head. "Me being a part of some ancient prophecy.." he sighed.

"And looking in a mirror and being pulled into this reality by an Asari isn't weird?" Serena asked, her eyes darting at him to counter that one.

"Touche," he said as he walked backed towards the elevator and left.

Turning back to Javik, Serena watched the ancient turn towards the door to the cargo bay. "What if you're wrong about the last one?"

He paused and looked over his shoulder towards her. "Then we're already dead." He the continued into the room and the door shut behind him, leaving Serena standing there to think about what had been said and of what she'd been shown.
AN: This is the last update for awhile, but I won't leave ya'll hanging for a month again....

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