Preparing for the Worst

It took a month for the Citadel to be floating over Nirn as the Empire took over the Citadel relieving the Citadel Security.

The Duct Rats that were still children were taken to orphanages so they could survive until they can take care of themselves while people that wanted to leave the Citadel were allowed to leave escorted by a Fleet so they don't get shot down.

The Taken King was stuck at the moment as his only lead was destroyed so he was forced to wait in the former Batarian system.

In the meantime on Nirn, Vincent was back home as they began to teach the children more seriously. That was until he left to met someone important on Arkay.

"It has been long since I have been here," says Vincent to himself as he was approaching the castle which was made for Mara Sov.

He wanted to enter it when he got stopped by Awoken that are guarding the entrance when one of them says, "Sir, you can't enter the Castle like that without an appointment."

"I have an appointment with the Queen of the Awoken. She agreed to meet me today," says Vincent as he took out the letter he received from Mara Sov some days ago.

The guard reads the letter and became a lighter blue which meant that he was pale from knowing who was standing in front of him.

"I am sorry your Majesty," says the guard as he wanted to kneel to show his guilt when Vincent stops him.

"Now I am only a normal person and you are doing your job," says Vincent with a smile on his face as he then passed the guards who were only doing their job.

Vincent walked down the corridor and sees that Mara Sov has decorated her new castle quite well. He arrived at the throne room where he found her sitting on her throne while talking to some of her subjects when she sees him.

"This is all for today," says Mara Sov indifferently like always as her subjects leave the room.

Now Vincent approaches her while saying, "What do you think will happen now that the Dreadnaught is destroyed and Crota is dead."

"War will break out soon with the death of Crota. But with the Dreadnaught gone we will have a chance on defeating the Taken King," says Mara Sov not knowing about the Leviathan.

"You are saying that without knowing that he has a bigger ship now. Vigilance called it, the Leviathan," says Vincent as Mara Sov showed a small reaction to what Vincent said.

"He defeated the Cabals and took their ship as his own. This is not good," says Mara Sov as she stood up from her throne.

"We need to inform the others about it," says Mara Sov as Vincent smiles.

"I have already done so while I was teaching my children. Poor Cayde was pissed when heard that I crashed the Dreadnaught into a Reaper and he couldn't see it happen in real-time," says Vincent as Mara Sov sighs.

"He will never change," says Mara Sov when Zavala burst through the doors of the throne room.

"Have you gone crazy when you invaded the Dreadnaught!" shouts Zavala as he was out of himself when he heard what Vincent had done.

"Now how about you calm down. I asked for you to be here because we need to prepare ourselves against a ship that can swallow a whole planet," says Vincent as he was trying to calm Zavala down.

"You can call yourself lucky to still be alive. The last person that Cayde sent was killed before he could place a foot on the ship," says Zavala as he slowly got everything out of his system.

"Anyway, the Leviathan is... was the Crown Jewel of the Cabal Empire as the Cabal Emperor used that ship," says Zavala as he was now thinking deeply about what they could do.

"For now we will only keep our eyes peeled on the situation. I tried to bait the Reapers to fight the Taken King while the Taken King will most likely assume that the Reaper took the Dreadnaught out," says Vincent as the two Awoken looked at him.

"It might give us some time to prepare like a year or two maybe more depending on the activity of the Taken King and the response of the other societies after taking the Citadel to Imperial Space," says Zavala as he was quite realistic about their situation.

"Not many will be happy that we took the Citadel with us but it had to be done to finish the weapon," says Vincent as Mannimarco already began in creating it.

"What will you do if the other races begin a war against the Empire?" asks Mara Sov as Vincent's eyes turned cold.

"If that were to happen we will use our sleepers and put our spy on the highest position while fighting the war. Once the Turians have fallen the Asari and Salarians will follow," says Vincent cold as they could now see what many told them about, Vincent's personality switch into War.

"What about the humans from Earth?" asks Zavala as Vincent only gave him a cold smile.

"They either join or lay dead under my feet. I won't tolerate an independent world with its own military beside us," says Vincent when he closed his eyes and opened them again as they could see that they were warm again.

"But that will only occur if we go to war against the Citadel Races," says Vincent hinting that he won't move a finger if they don't move one either.

"We will have to watch and wait until they make their first move. It wouldn't be the first time I lead a war on different fronts," says Vincent as he smiles before saying, "The day is near for you to fulfill your promise to me."

"First bring me his head, then we will talk about that matter," says Mara Sov as Zavala was confused about what they were talking about.

"I will leave then, Queen of the Awoken, Zavala," says Vincent as a rift opened and he entered it leaving Arkay.

He was standing in the living room when the rift closed behind him and Ishly jumped at him with Provus trying to take him down only to find out that Vincent wasn't moved that easily.

He holds his laughs inside as he pets their head and says, "You are getting better at it but only an army of my children succeeded in bringing me down before."

He remembered it as the children he adopted brought him down when he returned from the war on Thedas. He stopped petting them as he lifts them up.

"We will succeed one day you will see," says Ishly pouting about it when Vincent walked to the couch and threw them at it before sitting down as well.

Vincent was watching the news when he finds out that the Asari sent an Ambassador to the Empire to talk about the Citadel which made Vincent sigh before changing the channel in which they were showing a cartoon that the kids liked.

Time passes and the Empire made a peace treaty with the Citadel Races that would extend for ten years since they can't afford a war against the biggest fleet of the Galaxy since the Quarians and Geth are members of the Empire.

Naosane made a great job in dealing with the Ambassadors while Naomasa had his eyes on the education of his son who would soon take over the throne.

One day out of nowhere Tali and Liara arrived in Highwind City. Vincent was training the teen Provus and Ishly as Provus was now 1,87m tall while Ishly was only 1,74m tall. They were now fifteen years old which made many in the neighborhood look after the two as they joined the sparring sessions.

(A/N: Don't know if I gave them an age before since I called them children the whole time. If I did we will rewind and I will find the paragraph and change their age to thirteen. So it matches since a malnourished child can look like an eight-year-old because the body can't grow.)

Liara pushed the bell and soon the door opened and they found Ishly behind it holding her knuckles in one hand as she says, "It was finally time I thought you wouldn't return in time to go to our training dad..."

Ishly looked at Tali and Liara and she turned a bit purple out of embarrassment as she closes the door again before opening it again.

"Welcome to our home, big sis Tali and big sis Liara," says Ishly before jumping at them.

Talk and Liara soon realized that Ishly wasn't a child any longer as she was made out of pure and well-defined muscles that wouldn't slow her down or hinder her flexibility.

"It's nice to meet you again, Ishly," says Liara as soon Provus joined them and he sees them before he turns around towards the house.

"Moms, we have visitors," says Provus as he then turns back to the trio laying on the ground.

"Let me help you up," says Provus as he gets Ishly away from Tali and Liara.

He placed Ishly on his shoulder like a sack of potatoes before stretching his hands towards them. The duo could see that Provus was now opener than before and more refined as his muscles were as big as Garrus's already.

He was bulkier as well which made clear that he was eating more than enough compared to his former self. They could feel reassurance coming from him as they take his hands and he pulls them up.

"Father isn't here at the moment. He left to search for something a week ago," says Provus informing them while Ishly was trying to free herself from his claws.

"Let go already," says Ishly as she gave up since she couldn't overpower Provus when it came to raw strength.

Provus lets her down when they hear Mina say, "Bring them to the dining room. Before you leave for the sparring session."

"Yes, mom," say both at the same time as they lead Tali and Liara into the house towards the dining room before they left the house waving at them as they leave.