Chapter 155

The group left the Presidium as soon as they finished with Nassana, deciding to once again walk around and relax a bit, they went for a walk around the Citadel again, both Harry and Le Fay really enjoyed spending time in the city.

It's a really interesting and beautiful place after all, and seeing all kinds of aliens walking around was always interesting to see, eventually, they made it to the Financial District.

As they walked around they suddenly heard a woman and man arguing rather loudly, curious about the commotion, Shepard decided to approach them, and the woman suddenly yelled "Who are you to tell me what my husband would want?".

The man scowled and then yelled, "I'm the only person making sense right now! You're endangering your baby!".

The woman frowned at the man "This baby is the only thing I have of Jake!".

Everyone frowned at what they were hearing, it certainly sounded like a delicate situation, Shepard walked up to the man and woman, who suddenly said "I don't care what you think, Michael, it's my decision!".

Michael sighed "I know your hurting Rebekah, but don't let your grief hurt your baby, too!".

Shepard raised an eyebrow and then decided to intervene "Can I help you with anything?".

Michael crossed his arms and once again sighed "Perhaps you can talk some sense into her".

Rebekah huffed in annoyance "I don't need anyone to 'talk sense' into me, Michael! I'm not undergoing the treatments!".

Michael scoffed and then proceeded to explain the situation "My sister-in-law here is pregnant, and she refuses to let the baby undergo gene therapy in utero".

Shepard understood the situation a bit, but he also wanted to know more before he could say anything else "I'm certain that she had a good reason, I'd like to hear both sides".

Rebekah smiled, happy that someone was willing to listen to her and not just try to make her do something she didn't want to do, so she quickly explained the situation on her side "My husband, Jacob, died from a rare heart condition several months ago".

Michael suddenly piped in "There's a chance that the baby could develop the same heart condition, but routine gene therapy can eliminate it".

Rebekah frowned and then responded with "A very small chance, Michael, and extranet reports say therapy could harm the child!".

Michael then got angry and yelled at Rebekah "It's less dangerous than the genetic enhancements that every soldier in the Alliance receives!".

Harry frowned "Calm down".

Michael frowned and turned his head towards Harry, only to flinch when he saw him staring at him with glowing green eyes, he calmed down and nodded not wanting to upset Harry.

Shepard nodded to Harry, who just smiled at him, Shepard then turned his head toward Rebekah to ask her a question "What are the chances that your child will develop the heart condition?".

Rebekah immediately answered the question "According to the doctors, there's a one in a fifth chance, and if my baby develops the condition, medical treatments are available".

Michael frowned and was about to yell again, but he noticed Harry narrow his eyes at him, so he forced himself to calm down "They're nowhere near as effective as simply getting the gene therapy".

Le Fay hummed "The chances are really low though, I don't think there's any danger of the baby getting it".

Wrex crossed his arms "Yeah, though I do understand where this guy is coming from, no one wants to see a baby getting sick".

Le Fay patted Wrex's arms, she knew that this sort of thing was hard on him, especially since he's seen so many krogan babies die, it was a good thing, that Harry was already working on it, he believed he can tweak one of his healing spell to cure the genophage.

He was even working on a potion as well, one that uses an elixir as a basis, and if all things fail, he can just use his power over reality as well, overall, it won't be long before Harry has a solution.

Shepard decided to ask about the gene therapy "What are the chances that gene therapy could hurt the baby?".

Michael immediately answered the question "One in three hundred at most".

Rebekah shook her head and then said "But extranet articles say there could still be long-term complications we don't know about!".

Rebekah then turned her head towards Michael "Don't you understand? If my baby is that one out of three hundred, I'll always wonder if I... if I killed my baby for nothing!".

Harry hummed "It's a risky choice, this is a damn if you, damn if you don't situation, in the end though, Rebekah is the mother and she has the say in what happens to her baby".

Shepard nodded and turned his head towards Michael "It's Rebekah's child, Michael, I think you should honor her decision".

Michael scowled "Damn it, she's not choosing, she's acting blindly out of grief!".

Shepard shook his head "I know you want the best for your brother's child, but this isn't your decision".

Michael exploded "Of course it is! I'm the closest thing to a father this baby is going to have!".

Shepard nodded "Than support the baby's mother, stand with her when she makes tough decisions".

Michael sighed and looked down "This baby is the only thing of my brother... it's all I have left of him, I need to know the baby's safe".

Rebekah teared up "It's all I have left too, Michael".

Michael light lightly huffed "I just want Jacob's child to be safe, I want to give him that much".

Harry smiled "Alright, then I'll help you a bit".

Harry walked up to Rebekah "I'm going to place my hand on your belly okay?".

Rebekah seemed confused, but nodded, she didn't see anything wrong with what the man in front of her wanted to do, Harry nodded and then place his hand on top of Rebekah's belly.

Suddenly her belly glowed, which surprised both Rebekah and Michael, but then the light soon subsided and Harry pull away his hand "There we go, your baby now has a small blessing, he's going to be fine.

In fact, he's going to be very energetic and healthy from now on, you'll have your hands full for quite a while".

Harry chuckled, while both Michael and Rebekah stared at him in awe and confusion, they didn't know why, but they believed this man, they somehow trusted him to speak the truth about the baby's well-being.

Whatever this man is, he was someone who was completely honest with them and something in their hearts told them to put their faith in him.

Rebekah smiled and tear up a bit "Thank you... thank you so much".

Harry nodded, Michael also nodded in thanks and both he and Rebekah quickly left after that, both seemed so at ease and happy now.

Shepard walked up to Harry "Did you really bless that baby?"

Harry nodded "Yes, I gave minor blessings, but one that will guarantee the child will grow strong and healthy, plus I also scanned him, he didn't inherit his father's heart condition".

Shepard nodded and smiled "So a boy huh?".

Harry grinned "Yup! A strong healthy baby boy".

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The group then left to walk around for a bit more, eventually, they decided it was time to go back to the Normandy, they still had a lot of work to do after all and they already had a long enough break, as soon as everyone stepped inside the Normandy they all split up and went their own way.

Shepard had chosen to go take a nap in his cabin after the very busy time he and his squad had in the Citadel he felt understandably tired, but it was kinda funny how things just kept happening around him every time they would walk around the Citadel.

But now that he rested, it was time to get back to work, though he also decided to check in with the crew and see how they were holding up, they have been too busy as of late after all.

So with that in mind, Shepard headed towards Harry's dimensional pocket to check on him first, he was very curious about what his dragon god friend was doing at the moment, he's always doing something interesting.

So Shepard headed down towards where Harry's door to his pocket dimension can be found, once there he quickly opened the door and went inside, only to stop when he saw both Garrus and Valerie laying on the ground for some reason.

Curious about it, he decided to approach them and as soon as he got close, he saw that Garrus was holding on and aiming a sniper rifle of turian design.

As soon as he got close, he heard Valerie explain something to Garrus "Alright, softly press the triggers and hold it down, let the energy gather and charge, once you feel some pressure let go of the trigger when ready".

Garrus did as instructed and Shepard saw the sniper rifle gather energy from the air itself and charge up, Garrus nodded and then took aim as he prepared to shoot.

It was here that Shepard saw a target very far from where Garrus was taking aim, suddenly Garrus held his breath and let go of the trigger.

The sniper rifle instantly shot a small energy shot at high speed, it ripped through the air and violently crashed against the target exploding on contact causing quite a big explosion.

Shepard's eyes widened at the level of destruction caused by such a far and small shot, Garrus and Valerie sat up as they both looked towards the explosion and watched in silence until it dissipated.

Garrus then hummed "Not a lot of piercing force, definitely liked the explosion though".

Valerie nodded "We're working on penetration next, Harry is creating a few new enchantments, they will make the energy bullet spin at high speed as it's being charged".

Garrus nodded "Like a drill, I get it, won't that give it a monstrous kickback though?".

Valerie nodded "Yeah, but we have enchantments that help against force, it should make the recoil next to nothing".

Garrus grinned "All of that is going to make this sniper rifle the best one out there, I can wait to see it".

Valerie smiled "Yup! We already finished making Harry-made pistols for everyone, so now we're working on individual weapons, your sniper rifle is just the first one to be ready.

It's still a work in progress, but we want you to take it with you in the next mission to gather data on its performance, if you notice anything else, let us know, once we have a basis, Harry will make you one from scratch and add all the cool stuff like the pistol".

Garrus nodded "I can't wait, and you can count on me for that data, the pistols are already amazing as it is, having my own Harry-made sniper rifle would be amazing".

Valerie giggled and stood up, with Garrus standing up as well "Harry already has a lot of cool upgrades for when he gets the sniper rifle done, all kinds of scope functions and fire modes!".

Garrus looked like a kid on Christmas, so he decided to leave them be for now, he'll talk to them when they aren't too busy, so Shepard walked away from Valerie and Garrus and headed towards Harry's workshop.

Along the way he heard some booms and decided to check what was going on, so he followed the noise, only to once again freeze on the spot, as right in front of him he saw Wrex rushing towards Kunou and trying to hit her with the butt of his shotgun.

Kunou however easily dodged and spun kicked Wrex on the side of the ribs, there was a loud bang, but besides that, Wrex was only pushed aside while his body glowed white, signifying that his armor's shields took the brunt of the attack and held strong.

Wrex viciously grinned and rushed forward while shooting at Kunou with his shotgun, Kunou just smirked and slapped away the shots with her tails and then met Wrex with a punch and then a knee to the face.

The krogan however just grunted but kept fighting on as his shields held strong, Shepard stared at all of this in complete shock, suddenly Joker walked up to him "Pretty fucking crazy huh Commander?".

Shepard turned his head towards Joker, he then noticed he was sweating and a little bit out of breath, it made him realize that he must have been running and saw him standing here.

But he ignored that and nodded to Joker "Yes, I knew Harry and the girls were working on our armor, but this? This is insane".

Joker nodded "Yeah I know, Kunou isn't holding back much and that's kinda scary, but that armor's shield is holding up strong, but that's not the best part".

Shepard raised an eyebrow and was about to ask what he meant, but Joker then pointed at Kunou and Shepard turned to look at her, she then saw her point her hand toward a charging Wrex and fired a massive blue fireball at him.

But Wrex didn't even slow down and just rushed forward, the blue fireball crashed against the krogan and violently exploded, causing both Shepard and Joker to cover their faces.

Shepard of course, was worried for Wrex, but then heard someone loudly laugh in pure unadulterated glee, he took a look and gaped as he watched Wrex run out of the explosion and rushed at Kunou attempting to tackle her.

Kunou just jumped away and continued to blast the krogan with her blue fireballs, but Wrex looked like he was having the time of his life as he shot at Kunou.

It was obvious, that he wasn't anywhere close to being able to fight against Kunou or do anything to her, but that didn't mean he wasn't trying, god damn the tenacious bastard was trying and Shepard could only admire that.

But something else caught his attention "The shields... they can block energy attacks? Harry really did do it, amazing".

Joker nodded "This is big Commander, shields would instantly break with explosions or energy attacks, and biotics would ignore the shields, but whatever Harry and the girls did, created an all-blocking shield".

Shepard nodded, special ammunition, some advanced geth weaponry, biotics, and high-impact explosives were the bane of all armor and shields, there haven't been any advances in armor of any kind in a long time, not like this.

Shepard knew how ridiculously strong Harry and the girls are, but they made armor that can withstand a portion of their strength, he knew Kunou was holding back, she wasn't even using her keyblades or any of the very destructive magic, Harry had told him they're capable of.

But even being able to take a portion of what Kunou is capable of, makes the armor far more powerful and tough, than anything in this universe and Harry made it for them.

He made them so they would be safe, and that shows how much Harry and the girls care "... We owe a lot to Harry and the girls".

Joker nodded "Yeah, this mission to get Saren and stop the reapers is looking pretty easy right about now".

Shepard nodded and then stared as Kunou kicked Wrex up, grabbed his leg with her tails, and proceeded to slam him all over the ground, while the crazy krogan tried to shoot Kunou's face off with his shotgun, thought that was proving impossible with the way Kunou blocked the shots, with one of her tails.

It truly was a sight to see, and the armor is just a prototype still, Harry isn't done yet, and that in itself was truly, both incredible and terrifying to contemplate.

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Shepard stayed and watched Kunou, thrash around Wrex for a few minutes more, while Joker went back to running around, though he did say he was just running a few miles more and that he would be going back at the helm, so he can be ready for when Shepard decided to get going.

With that in mind, Shepard went to Harry's workshop to look for him, once inside he didn't see him in the main part of the workshop, thinking he might be in the medical wing, he quickly turned and headed there to take a look.

It didn't take him long to reach the the medical wing, it was just a door and a small hallway away after all, but he soon arrived and went inside.

As soon as he walked inside he saw Harry with his eyes close and his hands on the sides of Talitha's head, Le Fay was also in the room, but she seemed to be keeping an eye on Talitha's vitals on a monitor and her medical scan spell, he had seen her use in with Joker.

Shepard walked over while sadly staring a Talitha, Le Fay turned to look at him and even gave him a smile "Hello Shepard, had a good rest?".

Shepard nodded "Yeah, it was hard to go to sleep at first... a lot in mind, but soon enough I fell asleep, I think I really needed it, a lot has happened and it must have affected me a bit".

Le Fay look down and nodded "Yeah, what happened to Talitha was hard to listen to... as a member of the supernatural world, I'm fully aware of how evil a person can be.

The supernatural world is survival of the fittest after all, but what happened to Talitha? Well, that was just horrible".

Shepard nodded and sadly stared at Talitha, Le Fay smiled as she noticed his worry "She's going to be fine Shepard, we healed her body, got rid of what was done to her, and reverse her body condition to be perfect.

Right now Harry is helping her go through her trauma, filling in the gaps to her knowledge and even putting all her bad memories in a different place within her mind".

Shepard nodded, but was curious about what all of that meant "What exactly is Harry doing?".

Le Fay immediately went on to explain "Harry, is right now within Talitha's mind, he's building it from the ground up and organizing all her memories, he's practically doing what one would naturally do with the help of a psychiatrist.

The difference is that Harry's method is quicker and far more precise, he's also fixing and filling in the gaps in her knowledge, practically, he inserting the knowledge she never got while being enslaved.

That includes school education, language, behavioral education, and even a bit more extra knowledge for when she goes to our world, which includes information about the supernatural world and all different types of beings, Neo Kyoto, and everything you can find there.

That part will take some time though, Harry has to be careful with adding this knowledge, in a way that meshes with her mind, letting her process it and her mind adapt to it.

It a very delicate process, so he tends to take his time while doing so".

Shepard raised an eyebrow at the information he just got "Amazing... you make it sound so easy, but you also just told me it was hard, does Harry have experience doing this?".

Le Fay nodded "The dragon priestesses were a very similar case, and so was Rei, another one of Harry's girlfriends, and my harem sister, our daughter Eri was also helped in this way.

We can all do it or help as well, but it's Harry, Jean, and Luna who are the best at mental healing, they have a better understanding of how the mind works, so they're the best when it comes to things like these".

Shepard hummed "I see, every time I hear what you and the rest of your family are capable of, I can't help but be in awe, you're all so powerful and capable of so many different things, you're also very intelligent as well".

Le Fay smiled "In all honesty, that's because of Harry, he taught, trained, and even showed us different worlds, sure, we all have things we excel in, like me for example, I'm one of the best magic users in the family, I specialize in mass destruction magic and rituals.

While for example, let's say, Valerie, she has her vampiric abilities and is one of the few firearms specialists we have in the family, each one of us knows pretty much the same things because Harry taught us.

But we have our expertise and things were good at, we tend to work together and help each other to accomplish things, sort like you and the way you recruited all sorts of aliens for this mission.

We just do it at a larger scale, but Harry is the master of all, he can do pretty much everything by himself, sure there are some things some of us are better at than him, but he really is the best".

Shepard turned his head towards Harry and stared at him, as Harry continued to have his eyes close "Sometimes I wonder if Harry should be the one leading this mission... I get the feeling he could end this in seconds and make sure everything is done right.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not envious or anything of Harry, but I do have my doubts and worries, I wonder all the time if I'm doing the right thing".

Le Fay stared at Shepard in silence for a few seconds, but then smiled and softly laughed "You're not wrong, Harry could definitely end this with just a snap of his fingers.

But... Harry has always been burdened with knowledge, he, more than anyone, is aware of how the universe works, he knows what's really out there, the various dangerous things and beings that could end existence in a flash.

That's why he's always careful, and always responsible, it's why he only helps and lets others learn and grow, as a dragon god, as a deity, Harry advocates free will and the responsibility for one's actions.

That's why he more often, than not, takes the role of support, of teacher and most importantly, the role of a friend, woe is who attempts to steal from the hoard of a dragon, for the beast will hunt you down to the depths of hell to make you pay.

We are Harry's hoard, to him, who grew abused, lonely, and lost, his family, friends, and loved ones are his treasure, you're a part of that Shepard.

He will help you in your mission, will give you everything you need, and even teach you along the way, you're not alone in this mission and it's not wrong to feel the way that you do.

But do not let it overwhelm you, instead, rely on us, we will never betray you, judge you, or even leave you be, we are on your side, and whatever you chose to do, we'll have your back".

Shepard smiled and nodded, really, he had made some really good friends now, people he will treasure, perhaps, he should follow in the footstep of the dragon god he became friends with.

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~Sometime later~

Harry opened his eyes and then smiled down towards Talitha, suddenly someone spoke up to him "How is she?".

Harry turned his head towards Shepard and smiled at him "She's fine, her mind is adapting to the new knowledge I gave her, it's a good thing she is asleep and in stasis, this should give her enough time to recover, and for her mind to adapt everything I'm giving her and heal as well.

Shepard nodded "That's great, thank you for doing this Harry".

Harry shook his head "You don't need to thank me, Shepard, I wanted to help her".

Shepard closed his eyes but smiled, he knew Harry wouldn't accept his thanks in this matter, but in the end, he was grateful, Shepard then opened his eyes "I also saw the sniper rifle and then Wrex's armor, it seems like you're making good headway with all of that".

Harry grinned and stepped away from Talitha, he then stretched while nodding "Yeah, we're almost done with the turian and asari armor, we just need to talk to Tali before we can start with quarian armor, but that shouldn't take us long.

After that, I will start making my own version of the armor, though I will need data first, so everyone will have to wear their prototypes first, Wrex's seem to be working, but as soon as the rest are ready, we need everyone to take them for a ride".

Shepard nodded, that sounded like a good plan, he then pointed at himself "What about armor for Ashley, Kaiden, and me?".

Harry smiled "Those are done as well, in fact, I was going to ask you three to wear them from now on, so we could get data on them".

Shepard nodded "Great! I'll let Ashley and Kaidan know, where are the armors?".

Harry looked at Le Fay "Fay will take you to them and hand them over, I take it we're going to continue with missions right?".

Shepard nodded to confirm what Harry asked about "Yes, I was actually here to ask you if you want to go do a round with me?".

Harry smiled "Sure, I think talking with some of our friends will help me take my mind off of things, the things I saw in Talitha's mind were pretty bad...".

Shepard winced, he knew that having first view perspective of Talitha's memories couldn't have been pleasant, so Shepard nodded to Harry and asked "Are you okay?".

Harry nodded "Yes, I'm good, don't worry, now go with Le Fay and go get the armors, take them to Ashley and Kaidan, I'll meet you at the bridge in a bit so we can go around and make rounds".

Shepard nodded, but he was visibly worried, Harry just smiled at him and watched him leave, Le Fay glance at him, but Harry just looked at her knowingly, Le Fay nodded understanding Harry's look.

She knew, she understood, that Harry is pissed right now, he was just keeping calm so as to not hurt his new friends, if he were to let loose his power, everyone on the Normandy might not survive, they were after all, just human and alien mortals.

But Le Fay knew, that Harry was livid on the inside, and that means bad things to whoever pissed him off, she certainly felt a little bad for those who had caught Harry's ire.

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Harry watched Le Fay and Shepard leave the medical wing, his face immediately changed when they did, his eyes took on a cold icy shine and a frown marred his face, he turned to look at Talitha and remembered what he saw in her memories.

The monsters who did all kinds of horrific things to her and a lot of other people, were real bastards, the kind of heartless monsters he hates the most, so he decided to do something about it, he might not like meddling in the affairs of mortals.

But there's only so much cruelty he can witness before snapping, and watching Talitha's memories had made his patience reach its limits.

Harry turned away from the sleeping Talitha and then suddenly spoke out loud "Friday?".

His personal assistant AI immediately answered his call "Yes boss?".

Harry closed his eyes "I want you to hack Citadel, Alliance, and Extranet mainframes and servers, get me all the information you can about batarians, their home worlds, their colonized planets, and any other slavers organizations in this world".

Friday immediately responded to Harry's request "Sure thing boss, it might take me a while to get all the information, but what do you plan to do with all of this?".

Harry opened his eyes, his emerald green eyes ominously glowed as his pupils became slits "I'm going to pull off an Itachi and a Frieza...".

That's all Harry said before he stepped out of the medical wing in his workshop, leaving an utterly confused AI, though she quickly went to do her boss's requests, as a good assistant would do.

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Harry met up with Shepard a few moments later, he had taken some time to calm down and relax before meeting with Shepard, he didn't want his friend to worry about him, so he made an effort to be fine when he met up with him.

Shepard didn't notice and told him that he had given Ashley and Kaidan, their prototype armor, and both he and theme were rather excited about trying them on a mission.

Harry was glad that his friends liked what he made for them, though he asked where everyone was since he didn't see anyone in his pocket dimension when we walked out of it.

Shepard then told him that, they all went back to their post or whatnot since they will be going back to doing missions soon, Harry nodded and with that said, both he and Shepard began to make their rounds.

First, they went to see Kaidan, they found him in the mess hall, Kaidan immediately smiled at both Harry and Shepard when he noticed them walking over to him "Commander, Harry, how are you both doing?".

Shepard nodded to Kaidan "Mostly fine, ready to get out there and get to work".

Harry smiled at Kaidan "I'm good, Kaidan, and yourself?".

Kaidan was glad both Shepard and Harry were doing okay and it showed on his face "I'm fine, what we had to deal with Talitha was a bit hard to listen to but other than that I'm doing okay, my migraine is flaring up though".

Harry frowned, he quickly used a bit of healing chakra with his hand and place two fingers to ease Kaidan's headache, Kaidan visibly relaxed and seemed better.

Harry would have used magic, but he didn't know how his implants would react, so he opted to use healing chakra since he can control it and get rid of Kaidan's headaches without even touching his implants.

Still, Harry couldn't help but frowned "I'm working on a solution already Kaidan, but I have to be careful since these implants are surgically implanted in the brain and nervous system from a young age.

Your brain and nervous system were made to adapt and grow around the implants, so I have to be careful in whatever I plan to use to help".

Kaidan nodded "Take your time Harry, better safe and sure than sorry, but thank you for helping with this".

Harry pulled back his hand off Kaidan's head and nodded "No problem, once I have a solution, I'll help everyone who has these L2 implants".

Kaidan smiled and seemed both happy and relieved, Shepard was so happy, but being curious, he decided to ask Kaidan a few questions "In the meantime is there anything I can do to help?".

Kaidan shook his head "No Commander, it usually settles down on its own after a while, it's rough sometimes, but they spike higher than a lot of the L3s, except for you of course.

Besides, as you saw, Harry and the girls usually help right away, though, I fared a lot better than some after Conatix was through".

Shepard seemed surprised at what Kaidan just said, "I haven't heard anything about Conatix in a while".

Kaidan nodded "Yeah, they quietly disappeared, broke up into a bunch of little corps after they botched the training on Jump Zero.

After first contact, Conatix was set up to track element zero exposures and develop implants for humans, once we had an embassy on the Citadel, Conatix could bring in 'experts' instead of taking it slow".

Harry and Shepard frowned, Harry however wondered, why they couldn't learn without help so he asked about it "Was there some reason why you guys couldn't learn how to use your abilities on your own?".

Kaidan shook his head "We didn't know where to start, hell, it took a couple of years to even link biotics and eezo, forget trying to get the kids to move stuff, they had trouble just helping them not break their own limbs and their choice of teachers didn't help much".

Harry sighed, it seems that in their hurry, humans jumped into something they didn't fully understand and tried just coax things to happen, as a teacher this sort of thing aggravated him quite a bit.