Chapter 1: hello kid
"Well now what" said Jane Shepard who just recently survived a thresher Maw attack and the only survivor after those idiots had decided that throwing grenades into a hole was a bright idea idiots now she had been traveling across this desolate planet and there was one fact that Jane would admit to about the area
"Why the heck did we land on a planet made completely out of sand" She yelled to the air while dropping her supplies that she had maniged to grab from the wreackech of the camp it was only by luck that the thresher maw didn't attack her as well thanks to the fact that she had as soon as she saw it ran for cover behind a decaying animal the scent must of disguised her own so the wannabe commander was forced to watch her team of idiots get themselves killed and sadly it was a fact that she didn't really care her commander had sent them down here to look for bartarians although as soon as they had landed the commander himself had the ship land and oddly enough none of the crew had thought to check for plot holes which the ship and everyone aboard had fell down with the ship gaining spewed till it exploded at the bottom leaving Jane with four idiots that all had been staring at her the entire time one even had the guts to say that they might have to repopulate to survive which made no sense so when he tried to get close to Shepard she quickly slammed her postal into his skull and told him plain and simple if any of them tried anything with her she would shoot them although it seemed the three were too much of idiots because as soon as they heard an angry roar from the hole the ship went down they had started to throw all the grenades making the thresher maw even more made at its home being attacked and like idiots they were they died while Jane had hid and ran keeping herself alive long enough to return to get supplies enough to last her awhile till rescue came but even still there was a whole planet to explore and with this in mind Jane had started exploring and that's where we come back to where we were
"Huh well at least I have plenty of water thank you idiots" Jane said drinking down the water as much as she could after all she had plenty enough to last her fifty years on this planet the only problem she had was the short food supplies she had
"Know then let's see here" Jane said pulling out her sniper rifle and while she would admit she's a terrible shot she didn't have any form of binoculars so with the sniper she looked around carefully watching for any danger before she froze as she spotted something there at the bottom of a cliff with a overhang over it was a building it was hidden in the almost perfect spot no one in space would have been able to see it and what's more there was only one way in and out of the place and curious Shepard moved forward sneaking across the sand until she was close enough to spot the emblem on the side of the building
"Hmm Cerberus what are they doing here of all places" Shepard said as she moved forward even going so far as digging a bit under the sand and using the sand to hide herself from the sentries that passed right by her as she reached the door unseen and tried to use her amni tool to open the door only to quickly give up and use some medi gel to electrocute the lock open and quickly she moved inside keeping to the walls and shadows as she walked deeper in
"Well I'm here already might as well find out what these terrorists are doing here" Shepard whispered then hearing someone coming she quickly pulled so it a vent nearby and crawled in locking it back in place behind her 'well thank you slum life' Shepard thought as she crawled through the vent also thanking her small size and soon enough she found a empty room and jumped down landing in a bit of a crouch and making some noise thanks to her armor jumpsuit then carefully she looked around with her pistol drawn there was no one around but there was a computer and a darkened one way mirror and getting up Shepard walked over to the computer and started looking through the files
Until she paused at something
"Project HA.I" Shepard read before she pressed it showing the full title
"Project HA.I the attempt to make a human like A.I that can make itself a physical form projects subject would be used to sneak aboard enemy vessels and short circuit them from the inside" Shepard read not liking this but then she spotted something on the next page
"Project failure subject made and taught itself VI the universal web subject has learned everything to a collage like standard in minutes time and then when told to cause a passing ship to self destruct subject refused calling the action evil and was promptly punished" Shepard read then she pulled up the next part
"New plan seeing as the Subject is little more than a whiny child we have disconnected all internet signals and offline his cell so he can not use them to escape we have also found that some soldiers have started to using it has target practice and we would like to see how long it takes till it breaks" Shepard read slowly getting pissed they created a weapon that had thoughts and emotions and when it said no they they started torturing it then Shepard paused hearing a sound a small almost no existing whimper and carefully Shepard activated the one way mirror and sound unit for the room and she stared at what she found on the other side there was a grown man wearing Cerberus armor and flipping around a pistol in his hand and there laying on the ground was a child Shepard didn't give the electricity spiking off his body as he shook in fear or the glow to his body and eyes a second glance what she paid attention to was the bullet wounds and cuts across his small body and right as the soldier raised his pistol to shoot the kid in the shoulder Shepard got pissed off
Click 'bang'
Other side of the glass
HA.I looked up in fear shaking he he couldn't stop the shaking as he tried to back away from the captain but he couldn't help it he couldn't help watching as he twirled the pistol in his hands as he inched forward and if his memories still worked acted a lot like a predator from one of those nature documentaries he had seen then he watched as that emotionless mask bent down putting the muzzle of the gun to his shoulder
Click 'Bang'
He watched as the glass broke and he watched the bullet pass forward hitting the unshielded Cerberus captain allowing the bullet to pass right through the helmet and as he tumbled over the glass sharded and broke allowing the child A.I to see who had shot the captain and he stared as a sun tanned woman with the most reddest hair walked over the broken one way mirror and walked towards him
"Hey are you okay" she asked bending down as the child tensed back up but slowly he nodded
"Good hey want to come with me maybe together we can get out of here hmm" she asked and slightly nodding in surprise at the thought of escape and leaning forward he almost tuppled over but she quickly grabbed a Hold of him before he could fall and picking him up carefully as the shock and pain finally processed through his mind the kid leaned into her softly shaking
"Shee shee it's okay It's okay you're fine know" the woman said cradling the small A.I in her arms as he unknowingly cried silent electrical tears falling from his eyes
"Sheesh sheesh it's okay don't worry I've got you and I'm not letting go" Shepard said as she stood up keeping the child close to her and carrying him out of the room and when she saw the computer she quickly copied everything over to her omni tool then deleted everything about the child from the computer before swinging and breaking the computer screen with her pistol and quickly she ran out of the room as the child moved deeper towards her and she paused to look down at him he looked to be 4 years old as he shook clinging to her armor as she held him up carrying him
"Okay now I'm going to have to put you down on the ground okay I'm going to need both my arms to get us out of here okay just keep close to me" Shepard said but she watched as the child shook his head clutching to her more not wanting to let go
"Heh okay then wrap your arms around my neck and get behind me okay sweety" Shepard asked and she watched as he looked up electric blue eyes looking into her green ones and she watched surprised as his eyes changed to green and he nodded gripping around her neck and swinging to her back and know with her hands free somewhat Shepard kept her pistol forward as she carefully snuck forward
''Huh with the kid with me I won't be able to go through the vents again he doesn't know how to sneak through them' Shepard thought looking at a nearby vent but then she paused and hearing someone coming she quickly hide in a nearby room and she listened as the footsteps came closer but she also felt as the child on her back froze and stiffened clinging even more on her back as he went dead quiet
"Huh I can't believe it give million dollars down the drain just because our product has a weak stomach heh well better tell the Caption he can end the HA.I. heh Illusive man doesn't need weaklings" the technession said making both Shepard and the child freeze and clinch up as he walked past
"Okay know we have a shorter time limit huh and no ship to escape with" Shepard said feeling a bit hopeless
''Huh damn those idiots I guess they killed me and this kid with their stupidity' Shepard thought moving forward being careful to keep an eye on the child as she snuck past some constriction rooms
"Hold up" the child said suddenly and Shepard froze then watched wide eyed as a soldier past by them not noticing them before he continued on
"he never searched these hallway there's another one to the left the right corridor is empty for now" the kid said and looking back she saw that his eyes seemed to be looking around rapidly
"How can you tell that" Shepard said moving forward past the guards
"I hacked into the cameras" the child said looking down but Shepard just smiled
"Well that makes this easier thanks little bit" Shepard said and she watched as the child relaxed before she started looking again
"There's a constriction room in the door to the right they have a small ship inside we might be able to escape with it huh you know how to fly right" the child asked and Shepard quickly nodded
"Yep had to learn in the alliance training camps" Shepard said but she paused as she felt the child tense
" alliance heh but they don't like A.I's why" the child asked but he watched as she looked straight into his eyes
"well I'm not currently here on alliance command seeing as my ships kinda gone so in other words Alliance has nothing to do with this" Sheperd said as she carefully moved into the room but she froze when she spotted the ship it was small really small but what's more was the very big gun on it
"Okay this should be fun" Shepard said as she walked towards the ship but then the kid dragged her to the side just in time for a passing soldier to not notice her
"Nice job kid" Shepard said and quietly the child nodded as Shepard snuck forward once again and climbed into the ship putting the small child on her lap
"Okay looks like the common controls" Shepard said clicking all of the buttons and switching on the spaceship as quietly as plausible
"Okay this next part is going to be loud and everyone will be able to hear it huh we need a distraction" Shepard said before she tensed as the kid in her lap bent forward and touching the controls seemed to turn to electricity then a synthesized voice came through the speakers
"All soldiers all soldiers to room 22b prisoner escape I repeat prisoner escape" the intercom stated and Shepard watched as several soldiers past her as the kid came back out of the ship's controls
"That should help right" the kid asked looking down but smiled a bit when Shepard leaned forward and kissed his hair
"Yes that was brilliant little Shade" Shepard said and smiling she started up the ship and with every soldier freezing on hearing the sound of the engine starting she zoomed out right as another voice came through the speakers
"Belay that order the HA.I has escaped I repeat the" be for the rest could be spoken Shepard had flown out of there and was speeding through the base right for the exit
"Close the doors close the hanger doors" the sms evoice screamed one the speakers but it was too late Shepard sped through the wide open doors and went flying upwards as the kid quickly started doing something to the radio
"All air flight units get into your ships and take off shoot down that ship" the same voice said then Shepard watched as the kid zoomed back into the ship
"What's you up to little bit" Shepard said while she looked back to see three ships coming out of the base
"I'm hacking their ships to make them stop following us and destroying the tracer that's on us" the child said as a small holographic version of him appeared on the dash board
"Hmm fine with me munchkin make sure to give them a bit of a shock" Shepard said and then she watched as the ships behind them sent their pilots up and out of the ships as they pulled their parachutes then the kid jumped back out onto Shepherds lap
"Good job chitlin" Shepard said and the kid smiled he liked this human she hadn't ordered him to do anything and she seemed to really like him although he wondered how long that would last
"Well I can't just keep calling you kid so got a name" Shepard asked looking down at the HA.I who shrugged
"The scientists didn't really give me a name other than the HA.I" he said looking down
"Hmm well then I nearby give you the name Shade what do you think" Shepard asked and Shade nodded liking the name
And slowly as they traveled through space in there small ship the two started talking to each other getting to know each other in fact at one point when Shepard knew nothing would be in front of them she let go of the controls and pulled out a medical kit from a compartment
"Okay now Shade stay still while a patch you up okay" Shepard said and nodding Shade stayed still as Shepard carefully whipped off the electric blue blood splotches on him and carefully took care of the cuts and bullet wounds on him
"Okay do you feel any discomfort is there a bullet in you in other words" Sheperd said this caused Shade to smile a bit before he shook his head
"No Mrs. Shepard I don't think any of the bullets really connected with me just went through me" Shade said as Shepard smiling a bit pulled him closer to her and feeling warm and cared for Shade crawled a bit closer he really did like her unlike the Cerberus scientists and soldiers all they did was order him around and torture him for failing them
"So what can you do little bit I already can tell you're pretty good at Hacking a lot better then me" Shepard said whispering the last part but Shade heard and giggled a bit
"I can get into any system Cerberus wanted me to be like a small spy or Assassin basicly I was supposed to hitch a ride on board a ship hack my way into the controls or sometimes act human and have everyone tell their secrets around me but I huh Cerberus wanted to test me out there was a ship in orbit around here" Shade said not noticing as Shepard froze realizing who's ship it was
"They told me to jump aboard using a radio signal and to disable the shields and engines as they descended but when I saw them land and saw the groundbreaking I heh I jumped out I went far away from the crash the scientist at first thought I had done it until they realized that the ground had just been fragile I didn't do anything I could have if I had done something do you think I could have saved them" Shade asked looking up but Shepard was already shaking her head
"Heck no that bunch were idiots just because you are a inexperienced child even a super smart one wouldn't have known that they should have scanned the ground before they landed that was there own stupidity and nothing you could have done would have changed that" Shepard said holding Shade close as he looked down
"Besides if that had never happened I would have never found you and I think I already like you too much to ever let you go" Shepard said hugging the child who smiled slightly and hugged her back before he froze
"Huh Mrs. Shepard" Shade said staring at something
"What's up" Shepard said looking up
"We're out of fuel" Shade said just as they heard the engines die out
"Will sh-huh crud hmm is the distress signal activated" Shepard said and she watched as Shade jumped back into the ship as he checked everything out
"Yep but it looks like we hit a turbulence while we were talking Mrs. Shepard know we are closer to the Perseus Veil huh Mrs. Shepard why did you get pale" Shade asked as he jumped back out of the ship's controls
"Huh were close to Geth space there AI's somewhat like yourself but they kicked out there maker's out of there own galaxy" Shepard said looking around
"Lets just hope" Shepard said as the radio turned on and a mechanical voice came through
"Designation Cerberus freighter ship we have received distress signal and can sense a fellow A.I aboard your ship please state business and reason for invading our space" the monotone voice said this caused Shepard to look down for a bit before she leaned forward with Shade as she clicked the radio
"This is Private Shepard of the human Alliance I have just stolen this vessel from a Cerberus base that has made a A.I who is currently on board along with me could you please help us get to the nearest alliance planet" Shepard said and then she spotted it a large imposing Geth ship and the sight made her feel very small and she had a slight fear
"Please put A.I on the call" the Geth said and reluctantly Shepard let Shade go into the radio and for a bit all she heard was Clicks and pops before Shade came back and smiling know she hugged him close
"we will allow entrance to Geth ship for protected Shepard and Shade brethren" the Geth said making Shepard look down at the HA.I in her lap who just smirked
"What I let them view my memories they came up with the name although huh when I tried to tell them that you hadn't well" Shade said before the radio interrupted him
"Brethren Shade wishes for Protected Shepard to be a Mother protocol for him" the Geth said this caused Shade to glare at the radio
"Traitors" Shade said but he froze when he felt Shepard's hand on his head
"Is love to be although I think we had better keep you a secret when we head back to the alliance" Shepard said and Shade happily nodded as he inched closer to his mother heh his mother as the two watched the Geth ship close around them and bring there freighter aboard and as Shepard opened the cockpit they were met with what looked like a slightly injured Geth
"Hello Mother Protocol Shepard welcome to the Geth ship" the Geth said in a monotone
"Okay so what's your name" Shepard said smiling as her son hugged her
Time skip aboard the Normandy
Shade has Legion found any new news about what the heretics our up to" Commander Shepard asked her son as he appeared beside her
"Nope although he did mention that they are planning something and we know that someone is leading them know" Shade said smiling at his mother he looked a lot better than he did when his mother found him he was know wearing a virtual version of the tech military clothes with the Alliance symbol on one shoulder and a Geth symbol on the other one that the two had made for their buddy's who was still trying to think of an effective name for their side of the Geth
"Well that's somewhat good okay come on let's get this over with" Shepard said as Shade jumped into her omni tool making it glitch and turn green as she walked away from the window that showed earth in all her glory and went deeper into their new ship it was time to start their new journey
So what do you guys think I have finally started making the story's for my main brethren Shade this is just the start and yes Shepard has already met the good Geth and know them personally and I Hope you guys liked and loved Shade Shepherd he will be a bit shy of new people but hopefully adding him in will be helpful to the story huh