Each segment will start when Shepard is offered the three choices by the catalyst- Control, Synthesis, or Synthetic Destruction.
(Shepard stands at a crossroads with the visage of the catalyst before him. He wavers between the three choices and casts a weary glance at the child's face.)
Shepard: None of them. I will not sacrifice one race for the benefit of another. We've come too far and fought for too long to have it end like this.
Catalyst: The destruction is the chaos which organics have brought to these worlds. For millennia, I have seen those who have proceeded you speak words of peace only to be followed by acts of war. Your kind breeds only the destruction of your children. It is in the Reapers, that this chaos that you call life, may find order and in that order the promise for ascension.
Shepard: And at what cost? The eradication of an entire species? I refuse to believe life can be preserved under genocide.
Catalyst: It is something which is beyond your comprehension-
Shepard: No, it is you who are out of touch with the world. Look around you, (Camera pans around the battlefield to show Salarian and Krogans helping one other, Turians and Humans pulling each other out of the wreckage, and Quarians back to back with Geth star ships against Harbinger sized reapers) for the first time in the universe, we fight as one. Organics and Synthetics have united together not only for this world, but for the lives of millions to come...to ensure a life without oppression or fear. (Shepard smiles to himself) But you wouldn't understand that, it's nothing but chaos to you, isn't it?
(The Catalyst looks around and for the first time understands Shepard's words. It pauses as if in brief contemplation, before casting a threaten glance at Shepard)
Catalyst: Perhaps you are right, human, but without such safeguards (The Reapers), would you risk the destruction of not only your species, but of all sentient life in the universe? Is this the risk you are willing to take?
Shepard: (stares resolutely at the child) Yes.
Catalyst: Very well, but consider yourself warned, for the peace that will come will only be fleeting.
Shepard: That is a risk we are willing to take.
(The Catalyst's body becomes pure energy which merges itself with the citadel/crucible. A small pylon-esc device rises from the ground and unfurls itself before Shepard. A glowing orb appears before shepard, and he cautiously places his hands over it. A sudden wave of light over comes him, and in a scene similar to when you chose to destroy the synthetics, a wave of red light engulfs the reapers and send them hurdling towards the world lifeless. The humane/ alliance coalition raise their arms in triumph as a huge reaper collides into a nearby building in its death throes.)
(Tali doges a blast and returns fire near Garrus, a Cannibal falls down to the ground dead as others are immolated before their eyes.)
Garrus: I don't believe it.
Tali: He did it! Shepard did it!
(Suddenly the crucible explodes in a plume of smoke and flame. Tali shakes her head as if in disbelief)
Tali: SHEPARD!!!!
(She reaches towards the citadel which is hundreds of miles above her. She collapses on the ground and Garrus holds her, while sad music begins to play.)
Shepard (narration): Hope...
(The next scene shows the wreckage of the citadel with the N7 chest plate with dog tags sticking out of the rubble.)
Shepard (narration continued): That was one thing they never understood. Regardless of how dark things got...there was always hope.
(Suddenly there is a gasp for air, and the chest starts rising in sudden spasms for air)
Shepard: And as long as we had that, we knew we could endure.
(A normandy rescue team surveys the wreckage of the citadel, all is silent except for the music playing in the background. Jack and Liara use their powers to move wreckage, Garrus digs through rubble, and Tali uses her omni tool to look for life signs. As the screen zooms in on her omni tool, there are the faint, rhythmic movements of a heart beating.)
Shepard: And endure we did...but that is not to say that victory is without its price. For where there is joy there is also sorrow... and with every life saved there are lives which are lost...
(There is a military funeral for Anderson and hundreds of others who fought and died in this war. Miranda's sister is there with a bouquet of flowers as she places them beside the grave of her sister.)
Shepard: But we find ways to rebuild, to regroup...
(Scene shows the different alien civilizations working together to rebuild their world.
Shepard: And to work together...
(Scene shows Eve (the female Krogan) joining the council at the citadel.)
Shepard: Because slowly...
(Scene shows Liara with her people in her homeworld)
Shepard: We learn to live,
(EDI is helping Joker walk out of the ship and onto the war torn earth)
Shepard: laugh
(James is losing at a game of poker and he slams down the cards playfully and shakes his head)
Shepard: and love again.
(Scene Shows Garrus embracing his family)
Shepard: For in those moments...
(Scene shows a woman in a white albeit loose fitting dress standing before a canyon. The viewer sees only the back of the woman and the screen slowly fades to black.)
Shepard: We make life meaningful.
(Credits roll)
(At the end of the credits, you seen the woman looking at the canyon before her. As the camera pans around you see it is Tali, but without her faceplate or armor. Her beautiful, black hair blows in the breeze as she closes her eyes and savors the feeling of it. Across her neck are the neck bracelets of her suit, but her outfit is the one the player sees in her photograph given to Shepard.)
Shepard: And here I thought you wanted beach front property?
(She turns around, and Shepard, walking with a slight limp moves up beside her. He smiles and she holds his hand while resting her head on his shoulder.)
Tali: (Laughs) Why can't we have both (she makes her fingers into a rectangle) I still want the window looking out over here. And the kitchen will be here, and our room can look out over...
(Shepard kisses her forehead)
Shepard: One thing at a time Tali'Zora Vas Normandy, fighting a Reaper invasion was one thing, but building a house...(Tilts his head from one side to another as if uncertain) that's something else entirely.
Tali: Well, at least you're used to working under pressure. She places her hand over her stomach to reveal she is pregnant.
(Shepard places his hand over her own that is covering her stomach)
Shepard: I love you
Tali: I love you too
(They kiss)
(Shepard bends down and kisses her stomach, as he whispers the phrase is her own language that means "a want for all time.")
-END OF STORY-
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