A/N: Most of these scenes are ones that I've thought about during my many play-throughs of the game. Some are actual scenes from the game, told my way. They don't go exactly according to the game, but I tried to keep it as close as possible. Also tried to keep them in chronological order.
A/N: I do not own Mass Effect.
Chapter 1: In Remembrance Of
Sara deals with the aftermath of her father's death...
Her father was dead.
Sara couldn't believe it. Not that she didn't trust Cora and Liam, but she still couldn't quite grasp that her father, the seemingly invincible Alec Ryder, was really gone. Things had finally been going their way on Habitat 7, then, all of a sudden, it was over.
"Captain Dunn needs you on the bridge," Cora said quietly, "whenever you're ready."
Sara swallowed back her grief and looked up. "Where are his things?"
"What things?" Liam asked.
"The stuff he had with him when he..." She couldn't bring herself to say the word.
"They're in his room," Cora answered.
Sara took a deep breath and stood up. "Show me."
"I checked on your brother, by the way," Liam said. "No change."
Sara nodded. Cora led her out of SAM node and further down the Hyperion's corridor. She stopped at the door at the end. After typing a passcode into the nearby control panel, she stepped aside to let Sara go in.
Sara stepped into her father's quarters. She immediately noticed the plastic container sitting on the bed. His helmet was sticking out of the top. She picked it up.
It hadn't been easy to be Alec Ryder's child. Her father's experiments with AI had made life in the Milky Way difficult for both her and her brother Scott. Even as children, he'd been hard on them. Distant. But despite how much of a stubborn ass he could be, Sara had loved him.
She set the helmet aside and searched through the container until she found what she was looking for. She held up her father's necklace. The worn leather was etched with Polynesian designs, a token of Alec's heritage. Her heritage. A simple gold ring hung from it. Her mother's.
Sara closed her hand around the necklace and fought back tears. She missed her mother so much. Although it had been hundreds of years ago and in a different galaxy, her death still felt like it had been yesterday.
A glint in the bottom of the box caught her eye. Her father's wedding ring. She picked it up and closed her eyes. Her parents were gone. Scott was in a coma. She had no one left.
"Captain Dunn is waiting for you on the bridge, Pathfinder," SAM reminded her.
Sara nodded. "It's just you and me now, SAM." She slipped her father's ring on the necklace and tied it around her neck.
"I will endeavor to assist you in any way that I can, Sara."
She dropped the helmet back into the container and picked it up before turning to Cora.
"I'm ready."