A/N: Sorry about the delay in uploading. Here's the first fic in Sophie's Mass Effect 2 timeline. Enjoy and don't forget to leave feedback if you have any!


Sophie Shepard: K.I.A

Chapter 1 - The Calm Before The Storm

Sophie Shepard paces her cabin like a trapped animal. Liara tries for the fourth time to get the Spectre to sit down and relax. "Sophie, would you please sit down?", she stands in Shepard's path this time and places her hands on the woman's shoulders. "Please?" she tries, looking into the human's blue eyes.

Sophie is stopped by Liara and she sighs "Li, this entire mission is a waste of time. The council want to keep me quiet."

"That may be so and I understand your frustration. But you need to relax." Liara gently encourages the commander to sit on the couch in the cabin. "Just five minutes. Can you manage that?" the asari looks to the Spectre who nods. "Good. I'll go fetch some coffee. Don't move."

As Liara leaves the cabin Shepard does as she's told, staying put on the couch with a degree of difficulty. She hates sitting on her hands. She looks around the cabin and as her eyes find the bed, she recalls the night before Ilos and how Liara had come to the cabin to admit just how she felt. She smiles widely, knowing that the asari has come a long way since the shy archaeologist they'd picked up on Therum.

Liara's return is announced with a ping and a hiss as the door opens. "I'm impressed, you managed to stay sat down." she sasses, placing a cup of coffee on the table in front of Sophie. She sits by her on the couch, her own cup in hand.

"I can behave when I want too." Sophie returns as she picks her cup up, sipping from it carefully. "Besides, I was thinking about our first night together."

Liara sips her own coffee and regards the human "Well, it is a rather fond memory." Liara blinks and sighs "Calling our first night together a fond memory already is odd, no? It wasn't that long ago."

"True, but our relationship didn't have the luxury of time. We chased Saren across the galaxy and frankly we were headed for what could've potentially been an end of the world scenario. I'd say that warranted the whole 'we could die, let's throw caution to the wind and make love thing'" she laughs and puts her cup down on the table.

Liara puts her cup down too, looking to Sophie with a smile. "I love y-.." she doesn't get to finish the term of endearment as something hits the Normandy's hull causing the two women to be thrown from the couch. Sirens start to wail. Sophie's up already and getting into her hardsuit.

"Liara, move! Get people into escape pods and meet me at damage control, I'll signal the Alliance!" with that final bark the Spectre has pulled her helmet on and has transformed from lover to commander, leaving the room in a run.