"A Second Second Chance" - Ger r y Pugl i ese, 8. 24.

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Variant of Mass Effect 3: Vindications revision of Citadel:
Cerberus Retribution (ME3V pg. 124).

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I NT. CI TADEL - PRESI DI UM - C- SEC OFFI CE

Commander Shepar d ent er s t he of f i ce.

SI DONI S
( aghast )
Commander Shepar d? Shi t !

SHEPARD
Si doni s?

C- SEC OFFI CER
Commander , you know t hi s guy?

SHEPARD
( poi nt ededl y)
Yeah. I mt he r eason he s not dead.

SI DONI S
( st ammer s)
Uh. l ook, Commander , I don t want
any t r oubl e- - j ust l et me wal k.

C- SEC OFFI CER
He s been aski ng about one of
pr i soner s her e, Commander .

SHEPARD
( coyl y)
Has he?

SI DONI S
( j i t t er y)
Thi s- - t hi s doesn t concer n you,
Shepar d. J ust , j ust . . .

Si doni s REACHES f or hi s si dear m.

C- SEC OFFI CER
Commander , l ook out !

Shepar d GRABS Si doni s- - SLAMS hi mdown on t he desk.




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SI DONI S
( spi t s up bl ood)
Ugh. Shi t . . .

C- SEC OFFI CER
( shocked)
I mcal l i ng Commander Bai l ey.

SHEPARD
No! I t s f i ne. Si doni s and I ar e
goi ng t o have a l i t t l e chat - - r i ght ?

SI DONI S
( wi nces)
Ar gh.

SHEPARD
Take a wal k!

C- SEC OFFI CER
( unsur e)
Uh. . . okay, Commander .

C- Sec Of f i cer wal ks out .

SHEPARD
So ni ce t o see you agai n,
Si doni s. . .

Shepar d WRENCHES Si doni s s ar m.

SI DONI S
( squeal s)
Ah!

SHEPARD
( gr i t s hi s t eet h)
Now st ar t t al ki ng!

SI DONI S
Ther e s- - t her e s a pr i soner her e. . .

SHEPARD
I t s a j ai l , Si doni s, t her e ar e
l ot s of pr i soner s her e.

SI DONI S
He s C- Sec- - wel l , he was. C- Sec
ar r est ed hi maf t er t he coup
at t empt . . .




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SHEPARD
( gr owi ng i mpat i ent )
I st i l l don t see what t hi s has t o
do wi t h you.

SI DONI S
I m- - I mgoi ng t o ki l l hi m,
Commander .

SHEPARD
( mocki ngl y)
You r e not really admi t t i ng
t o at t empt ed mur der her e i n C- Sec
of f i ce- - ar e you?

SI DONI S
( meekl y)
J ust l et me expl ai n. . . okay?

SHEPARD
Al l r i ght , t hi s I have t o hear . But
t r y anyt hi ng and you l l be pi cki ng
up t he r est of your t eet h. . .

Shepar d l et s Si doni s go.

SHEPARD ( CONT D)
Tal k.

SI DONI S
The pr i soner . He s a C- Sec of f i cer
who hel ped Cer ber us. C- Sec t r acked
hi mdown a f ew days ago.

SHEPARD
So what s t he pr obl em? He s i n j ai l
now.

SI DONI S
( out r aged)
The son of a bi t ch want s a pl ea
deal , and he s of f er i ng i nt el on
Cer ber us t o get one.

SHEPARD
And? I t s a C- Sec mat t er . I st i l l
don t see why you- -

SI DONI S
( yel l s)
He doesn t deser ve a deal !

Si doni s THROWS hi s hands up.


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SI DONI S
The bast ar d sol d out hi s f r i ends!
He got peopl e ki l l ed. Good peopl e.
Peopl e t r yi ng t o pr ot ect us f r om
ani mal s l i ke Cer ber us.

SHEPARD
Ther e s no guar ant ee he l l get a
bet t er deal . C- Sec t akes t hi s sor t
of t hi ng ser i ousl y.

SI DONI S
Bul l shi t ! C- Sec i s j ust as cor r upt
as t he mer cs on Omega. Oh t hey l l
t ake t he i nt el - - and l ook l i ke
her oes- - but when nobody s wat chi ng,
t hey l l l et hi mwal k.

Si doni s STI CKS HI S FI NGER i n Shepar d s f ace.

SI DONI S ( CONT D)
I won t l et t hat happen, Commander .
He s a damn t r ai t or !

SHEPARD
( deadpan)
Li ke you.

SI DONI S
What ! ?! No. That was di f f er ent . I
wasn t wor ki ng f or somet hi ng l i ke
Cer ber us. I t - -

SHEPARD
I t was wor se. You wer e sel f i sh. You
wer e j ust t r yi ng t o save your own
ass. No mat t er how despi cabl e t hi s
guy s cr i mes, at l east he wasn t a
selfish cowar d. . . l i ke you.

SI DONI S
You r e condoni ng t hi s! ?! What ar e
you sayi ng, Commander ?

SHEPARD
I msayi ng this i s wr ong. . . Si doni s,
I coul d have l et Gar r us shoot you,
but I gave you anot her chance.
Maybe he s doi ng t he same. Maybe
t hat i nt el he gi ves up wi l l hel p
save l i ves.



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SI DONI S
But . . . you don t know what i t s
l i ke, Shepar d. I can t st op
t hi nki ng about what I di d- - t hey r e
al l dead because of me. I can t
sl eep. Ever y t i me I cl ose my eyes- -

SHEPARD
You see t hei r f aces.

SI DONI S
What ?

SHEPARD
Si doni s. You don t t hi nk I know
what i t s l i ke- - t o be r esponsi bl e
f or peopl e s deat hs. I l ost hal f my
cr ew on t he Col l ect or Base. Hel l , I
wat ched as an ast er oi d dest r oyed
t he ent i r e Bahak syst em.

Si doni s s br ow wr i nkl es.

SHEPARD ( CONT D)
Not a moment goes by wher e I don t
see t hei r f aces- - wonder what t hey
mi ght have become had I made
di f f er ent choi ces. . .

SI DONI S
How do you deal wi t h t hat ,
Commander ?

SHEPARD
I don t go ar ound mur der i ng peopl e.

SI DONI S
But Shepar d, I t ol d Gar r us I woul d
make i t up t o hi m. I t hought
ki l l i ng some Cer ber us woul d
hel p. . . f i x i t somehow.

SHEPARD
You can t f i x i t , Si doni s. You l i ve
wi t h i t . You own i t . And you move
on.

SI DONI S
How?

SHEPARD
I f t he coup at t empt t aught us
anyt hi ng, i t s t hat we don t need
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SHEPARD ( cont d)
any mor e t r ai t or s or
mur der s- - you r e ex- mi l i t ar y, and
t her e s pl ent y C- Sec r ecr ui t s t hat
woul d benf i t f r omt hat exper i ence.

SI DONI S
What about Commander Bai l ey?

SHEPARD
I don t t hi nk Bai l ey i s goi ng t o
have a pr obl emwi t h a decor at ed
member of t he Tur i an mi l i t ar y
t r ai ni ng out of shape r ecr ui t s t o
shoot st r ai ght .

SI DONI S
Ha! Good poi nt .

SHEPARD
Then r epor t t o Commander Bai l ey
i mmedi at el y.

Si doni s st ands up st r ai ght - - SALUTES Shepar d.

SI DONI S
Aye, Commander .

Si doni s wal ks of f .

SHEPARD
( cal l s out )
And Si doni s. . . t hi s i s your l ast
chance- - under st and? Ot her wi se
Gar r us get s an anonymous t i p. . .

Si doni s nods.

C- Sec Of f i cer wal ks i n.

C- SEC OFFI CER
Ar e you al l r i ght , Commander ?

SHEPARD
Yeah. Sor r y about t he bl ood. Tel l
Pr esi di umMai nt enance Commander
Shepar d says come cl ean i t
up- - Spect r e aut hor i t y.

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