Hello and welcome to my very first Mass Effect story! I've played the games like.. alot and I simply love it! So for the summary:

Serah is the last 'superhuman' that was created. Cerberus has created her to infiltrate the Normandy to retrieve information about Shepard's plan to stop the Reapers. But things go southways once she befriends a few of the crewmates

The story switches between Serah- and Arcen's POV

Enjoy!

Chapter One: Arcen and Serah
(Serah's POV)

My entire life was not your average tale. I didn't grow up in a fun and loving home with great parents and a few siblings. I didn't even 'grow up' at all. I was created in a lab for only one goal; retrieve information. But none even told me what kinda information I needed to find. All I knew was that a turian with the name Arcen was my sort of... mentor. Even though he seemed 2 years older than me.

He was actually the one who... 'raised' me after I got freed from the tank I was breeded in. Well, now that I thought about it, it was a really awkward meeting for both of us. You see, I was completely naked. And by the look on his face back then I could tell he never saw a female human without clothes before. But he took it in like a champ and grabbed a towel and wrapped me in it. After I got dressed he learned me everything.

That was about 5 years ago. And yet I still knew little about the only person in my life I knew I could trust. All I knew about Arcen was his personality and why he did this. While Cerberus doesn't really work with aliens, Arcen appearantly was such a good merchenary that Cerberus hired him as a bodyguard. Even though bodyguard is a bit of a big word to describe Arcen, it is the best word I can find for him.

He wasn't an all bad guy. When he wasn't so much on duty, he was actually a really nice guy! Unless you manage to piss him off. Then the punch to the face you receive is most likely your own fault.

Our main objective right now was to get me abroad the Normandy SR2. I was going to start an internship in the medical bay. How they falsified my records stating that I study medicine is beyond me. My main objective was still to gather information and Arcen had to get me safely past security.

I was hanging around the docking bay on the Citadel awaiting my departure. Arcen was with security checking through my belongings and paperwork. There were alot of people, mostly Asari. I've always found them fascinating. Or well, I was more curious about humanity's obsession with them. Sure, they're pretty and can live long lives up to a 1000 years.

While I was wondering where everyone went off to, Arcen came back over to me. "It's arranged. Commander Shepard will expect you on the Normandy in an hour", he told me. I nodded and sighed. Well, no more hiding. Not that I was really hiding, but with my implants it wasn't easy to get through security checks. Most biotics didn't have troubles with it I think, but I do believe I had special implants. Or they've tinkered with it so they could test Arcen's skills to get me through security.

"So, what are you going to do while I'm on the Normandy?", I asked. I pulled the hair tie out of my hair and the brown locks fell over my shoulders. I noticed Arcen's mandibles flex. I learned turians use this as a way of showing emotions. Since I can barely make anything of their facial expressions. "I might go to the Dark Star Lounge", he said. I could detect something of a smile. Or a smirk. The guy was definately into ladies. How many I haven't caught in his bed in the morning.. any priest would disagree.

I was kinda surprised he never tried anything on me. He had been checking me out on occasion, but never made any moves. Well, to be honest, if anything happend I don't know if I could trust him, given how he treats the women he brings home. He's kinda a douche if you ask me.

"Uh huh. And bring home more girls", I said casually, "Isn't any of them girlfriend material?".

Arcen and I made our way to the docking bay. With me being 5''5 tall and Arcen being over 6" tall.. it look kinda funny when he had to look down at me. "You know what I think about humans", Arcen said. I stopped walking and felt kinda offended. I was a human too. "So you think of me as some kind of usable thing?", we actually didn't really have time to address this. Arcen looked at the signs on the ceiling. The docking bay where we were supposed to be. "This way", he said, grabbed my arm and dragged me over to the docking bay where the Normandy was docked.

Wow. Alright. I've heard impressive things about the Normandy, but to see it in real life... it was certainly impressive. And large. Arcen handed me my stuff and gently pushed me towards the hangar door. "If it makes you feel better; you're not a usable thing to me", well that did make me smile. "You're my work right now".

And that completely ruined my moment. "Right, work", I sighed and turned to face Arcen for a goodbye. "So.. I guess I'll see you later", I said. Arcen nodded and flashed his omni-tool. "I'll stay in touch", he told me and started to leave. "Have fun with the ladies!", I yelled at him. It made him stop in his tracks and turn his head. His mandibles flexing seemed to me as if he thought it was funny.

I glanced over at the hangar door and walked through it. Now.. onward to dock the Normandy!