A/N: Ok so I got Mass Effect about a month ago and have beat the first and second game 3 times now and I'm on my third playthrough of Mass Effect 3, so I decided to take a stab at this.
The events of this story follow my femshep playthough, but I'll reference my decisions from my mshep playthrough.
The female Shepard is earthborn/war hero/paragon
The male Shepard is spacer/sole survivor/renegade
The hospital in Colony #4728 or New Leicester, as it was locally known, on Mars was beginning to lose patients. Not in the way of dying but having patients discharged, something that had taken a few months to achieve following the reaper war.
Over the last 4 months there had been a lot of rebuilding of cities, colonies and the citadel. 8 mass relays had been repaired and 3 were in the final stages of their repairs which allowed for patients who were discharged to be relocated, as the Mars refugee camps had far exceeded their capacity now as had the few that remained of Earth.
Captain Hannah Shepard paced the hall waiting for news on her son, 2nd Lieutenant Tom Shepard, who had been injured when a few rogues from a Mars colony jumped him and his squad.
His injuries were life threatening at first but he pulled through the worst.
"Captain Shepard, your son is awake if you wish to see him" A salarian peered around the door for one of the rooms and gestured for Hannah to walk in. She didn't need to be told twice.
As Hannah entered the salarian walked past her, saying something about giving her and her son time alone, which Hannah was thankful for, as she had a lot to talk to her son about and she had a strong dislike for aliens, although she never considered herself a xenophobe.
Tom Shepard had always had facial scars, but seeing black and blue bruises on her son's face broke Hannah's heart. A bandage covered the young Shepard's left eye, and his right arm was in a sling, as both his ulna and eye socket had been fractured when he and his team were attacked. Hannah did not know who else was with him, but she knew one didn't survive while the other one sustained only a few minor injuries.
"Hey Mom" There was a slight chuckle in Tom's voice as he spoke, which was followed by a sharp intake of breath as pain took over his chest, as he was still recovering from bruised ribs.
"Hey sweetheart, how are you feeling?"
"Just fine Mom, not like I was dying or anything" Hannah could always credit her son on being a smart ass. Hell, she often attributed that trait to a lot of her childs scars and previous injuries, such as the fractured rib when he decided to pick a fight with a drunk, pissed off to hell krogan when he was 17.
The next hour or so was filled with conversation and a few smart ass remarks on both sides. Tom had not seen his mother for a year or so, and the catch up was great, something welcomed by both the older and younger Shepard in light of recent events.
Captain Shepard was about to leave when the salarian doctor from earlier arrived back in the room, and Hannah put her years of alliance training to use and stopped herself from groaning in protest of the salarians presence, however it was still apparent by her facial expression that she wanted the alien gone.
"Captain Shepard, your daughter is no longer critical, we have taken her off life support"
Tom was confused instantaneously, and was about to tell the doctor of his mistake and that he did not, in fact, have a sister, although not so politely, when he saw his mother's face.
The mixture of shock and horror meant his mother had more than a little explaining to do.
A/N: So I'm torn on whether I like this chapter or not, or whether to continue this at all.
I have 2 more chapters done but I'd appreciate reviews on whether to continue this or not!
Thank you!