A/N: I don't own Mass Effect, it's the intellectual property of EA/Bioware

A/N: Sorry for the long delay on any updates, but having some writer's block and interference from my depression. I was going back over the story, and noticed several errors, so I'm editing the previous chapters.

Chapter 1

Neira and Sierra Sheppard; the twin daughters of Admirals Hannah and Christopher Shepard were born into one of the greatest Military Families that dates as far back the War of 1812. Their mother Hannah is one of the greatest System Alliance strategists, and their Father Christopher was a highly decorated Marine and former Admiral in charge of the N7 program before his passing a year ago.

Neira was born as a rare and end extremely powerful Biotic rivaling the Asari in natural ability with no need of implants. Sierra was also gifted, but nowhere near as powerful as her twin, and actually needed implants.

Neira and Sierra went to the most prestigious Military Academies in all of the Systems Alliance, where from entrance to graduation students are kept in three-person teams. Neira and Sierra some would say were unfortunate enough to be teamed with one Ashley Williams… unfortunate due to her family History. Ashley's Grandfather was the only Human to surrender to the Turians at Xianshi during the First Contact War. Ever since then, the Williams family more or less have been blacklisted and have lived by a family motto of A Williams has to be better than the rest.

The Shepard twins accepted Ashley and harbor no ill-will to her or her family, as they both feel that her Grandfather did the right thing as it saved numerous lives both military and civilian alike. In time their trio became one of the top units in the school, and by the time they graduated, their unit held the School's records in every category that to this date none has even came close to being touched let alone broken.

The threesome have been together up to the point where the sisters were accepted in the N7 program, but Ashley was rejected due majorly because she's a Williams. All through the training program, the sisters kept in close contact to Ashley who they considered more of a sister than a friend much to their mother's dismay, as like everyone else Hannah was also against the Williams family, and used every ounce of rank and political maneuvering she could to keep Ashley held back.

Now that they have graduated the program They reached out to Ashley for them all to get together for some celebrating and relaxation before they get any orders. The threesome decided on meeting at Elysium the famed resort colony. Unbeknownst to them, their little celebration will be cut short in the manner of a living nightmare that will later be known as The Skyllian Blitz.

Elysium Spaceport

A young woman with long chestnut brown hair with matching eyes wearing a white with black trim sports top and matching short shorts waited excitedly at the gate for the shuttle to arrive which carried her two best friends whom she hasn't seen in a year. The woman Ashley Williams watched eagerly as the shuttle landed and paced anxiously barely able to hold her excitement as she awaited the arrival of not just her friends, but for all intents and purposes her sisters.

Ashley watched as tourists and soldiers on leave disembarked and entered the terminal. Finally she spotted two girls, one with jet black hair with pink streaks and piercing deep blue eyes wearing a black T with the N7 logo and black cargo-style shorts walked out along side another girl with deep red hair with enchanting green eyes wearing a black sleeveless halter top revealing her midriff showing her well defined abs and sporting an N7 navel piercing. She also wore black short shorts. The two were looking at each other and laughing when the red head caught out of the corner of her eye a very familiar beautiful chestnut haired girl. She grabbed the other by the hand and the two ran towards her who met them half way and they collided into a huge embrace.

"How was the flight?"

"If you asked me, I'd say it was fine, but I think it was excruciatingly long for Neira-" Sierra laughed.

"Hey, excuse me for being impatient for wanting to be reunited with our sister again… It's been a long and grueling year. N7 training is no joke, and the trainers were exceptionally hard on us."

"No kidding… thanks a lot mom and dad..." The twins laughed.

"So Ash, were you able to do as we talked about?"

A big smile came across Ashley's face. "Wasn't easy, in fact, I had to use your family name to get the room, and they even called to confirm with your mom that it was indeed for us. I'm beginning to think that I'll never get any sort of acknowledgment from your mother."

"Don't worry about it. She'll accept you once you prove yourself in her eyes." Sierra encouraged her.

Neira and Sierra went on either side of Ashley and put an arm around her and the three headed back to the hotel and their Presidential Suite.

When the three Marines entered their suite, their eyes went wide as they scoped the luxurious suite. In the center of the room was a massive hot tub, there was a large kitchen/dining area, on one wall was a wall to wall, ceiling to floor holoscreen. The girls' mouths were agape. Ashley went out to the balcony, while the sisters took a look at the bedroom. Ashley was in a daze as she looked out at the breath taking view. The sisters looked at each other, then at the massive bed, at each other, and the bed again. Ash finally pulling herself away from the balcony walked into the bedroom and saw her best friends just standing there. She looked over at the massive triple king with awe. She walked over turning around and let herself fall back.

"Oh my god, it's like laying down on a cloud..."

The sisters joined Ash letting them fall on the bed on either side of Ashley. "This is amazing." Sierra murmured.

"I know, right." Neira agreed.

"Think this is amazing, you should see the view from the balcony- It'll take your breaths away like nothing else."

At that the sisters got off the bed and walked out to the balcony and were just completely awestruck at the view. "It's like we died and went to heaven Sie-" Neira said softly. Sierra just nodded. They both turned around when they heard the jets of the hot tub fire up and walked back inside.

When they walked in, what they saw neither of them expected. Ashley was standing there in just her bra and panties, and they stood there in wonderment as they watched their friend's bra drop to the floor and with one pull her g-string fell as well.

The sisters, more Neira over Sierra marveled at the sight before them. Ashley's bronzed tan with no tan lines, her strong yet feminine physique, her firm 36C breasts which made both girls frown in slight jealousy as Sierra only had a 36A and Neira with a 34B, but they weren't even 20 yet.

The sisters finally pulling themselves from staring at Ashley quickly stripped and joined her in the hot tub. "So, was I right?" Ash asked with a smile.

"The view was ok, but not as amazing as something else I just saw." Neira replied.

Ashley raised a brow. "Oh, and what would that be?"

The corners of Neira's lips curled up in a devilish grin. "You-"

Hearing this, Ashley turned bright red, but before anything could proceed from there. Alarms started blaring.

"Attention, Attention Everyone head for the emergency shelters. This is not a drill, repeat this is not a drill. Any and all military personnel please head for the nearest police barracks to assist."

The three friends looked at each other and their eyes narrowed as they got out of the hot tub and rushed to get dressed. Ashley pulled out a pair of black cargo shorts with hot pink camouflage pattern and a black sleeveless halter top, and grabbed her Hane-Kedar Cobra Mk V.

Sierra put on a pair of white cargo shorts with gold accent and matching sleeveless stretch shirt, and grabbed her Jormangund Pinnacle Mk V.

Neira put on black cargo pants with deep red accents and a black sports bra that sported the N7 insignia over her left breast, and grabbed her Haliat Stiletto Mk V and several clips.

Once the three were dressed, they double timed it for the nearest Police bunker which as luck had it was just down the street from their hotel. A Sargent noticed them and turned to them. "What are you girls doing here? You need to evacuate to the shelters-"

Neira stormed up to him and jabbed her finger into his chest. "The announcement called for all military personnel to head for police bunkers. Systems Alliance Corporal Ashley Williams, Gunnery Chief Sierra Shepard, and Operations Chief Neira Shepard reporting for duty you prick!"

The sargent's eyes narrowed, but before he could say anything his Lieutenant interrupted. "Stand down Sargent. Sierra and Neira Shepard, are the daughters of Christopher Shepard; hero of the First Contact War- not to mention from what I hear, Neira is the most powerful Human Biotic in history, and she has no implants."

The Sargent's eyes went wide. The Lieutenant extended his hand to Neira. "Sorry about that Chief. Name's Daniels… Lieutenant Jonathan Daniels."

Neira nodded and accepted his hand. "So tell us LT, what are we dealing with?"

Jonathan's eyes narrowed. "Raiders… An Army of Batarian raiders and slavers has landed." Jonathan looked over at Ashley squinting his eyes. The three girls could tell he was looking at her with scrutiny. "And you are? You look vaguely familiar to me for some reason."

"Williams, Corporal Ashley Williams Sir."

The Lieutenant accessed his Omni Tool and scowled. "NO, ABSOLUTELY NOT! You WILL go back to the shelters!" He hissed.

"There a problem with my friend LT?" Neira asked agitatedly trying to keep her cool.

"That's an understatement. I had the unlucky privilege as a Private in the Marines to serve under General Williams; THE ONLY HUMAN to EVER surrender to those Turian Bastards! I will not serve with another Williams just to have another surr..."

The Lieutenant was cut short by Neira grabbing him by his throat and began squeezing. "That's ENOUGH out of you! You maybe a Lieutenant, but you're a Civil Servant Peace Officer! She's a Marine and out ranks you as such. I whole heartedly agree with what her Grandfather did. By surrendering, he saved thousands of military and civilian lives a like. Do you have any idea what it takes for a person to enter into a profession where their ENTIRE family is blacklisted!?"

Ashley looked down and frowned. "It- it's ok Neira."

"LIKE HELL IT IS!" Both Neira and Sierra yelled simultaneously. "you're more than a friend to us Ash, you're like a sister. We've known each other since we were kids."

Neira then threw the Lt against the wall. "Just so we're clear on the subject Daniels, my..." Neira stopped and glanced at her sister and motioned between them. "Our father completely agreed with the General's surrender. In fact, as you very well know our father is called the hero of the First Contact War. He was the only person to stand up for General Williams at his hearing. That's why he was never court martialed or lost his rank, although it did cost him and his family to be unjustly blacklisted. I… we will always stand up to bat for a Williams!" Neira chastised the Lieutenant.

"If you can't handle working with a Williams, then I strongly suggest you remove those bars and go and hide with the rest of the civilians." Sierra belittled him even further.

Daniels sat there and rubbed his throat as he listened to the Shepard twins yell at him and sighed in defeat, and slowly got to his feet. "I don't have to like it, but right now we do need every available police and military. It was decided that as this is a resort colony, no stationed military, police only." He looked over at the three girls sighing.

"Follow me and get equipped." Lieutenant Daniels led the girls to the back and to the elevator. They went three floors down in complete silence. Once out of the elevator however, the scene was complete chaos as officers were running around and bumping into each other as they were trying to gear up.

"Unbelievable." Ashley sighed.

"Hey, we aren't equipped or trained for something like this, all we deal with normally is some petty crimes with an occasional high profile kidnapping. Not an invasion."

"Regardless… You're police officers, act like it." Sierra shot back.

Neira pinched the bridge of her nose and shook her head. She then let out a shrieking whistle that stopped everyone in their tracks. "LT. Give me the rundown on what your people can do, and I'll sort this mess out."

Daniels scanned his officers before replying. "Chief, of the officers in this bunker before us, we only have beat cops, detectives, and three S.W.A.T. Officers."

Neira looked at the Officers and Detectives exasperated. "Any biotics among you? If so step forth."

Six of the twenty-five stepped forward.

"You six, step to the left side of the room. S.W.A.T. Officers to the right."

Six Officers stepped to the right.

Neira looked to the left then to the right, and finally to the rest. "Ok. My name is Neira Shepard and this is my sister Sierra, and yes before you start asking yes we are the daughters of the Christopher Shepard.

Neira pointed to the six on the left. "You six are with me." She then pointed to the six on the right. "You six are with her. Her name is Ashley Williams, and yes she is the daughter of General Williams, and so help me if I hear one word about her grandfather, or any report that none of you listens to her, so help me The Batarians will be the least of your worries… DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR!"

"CRYSTAL!" They shouted out with obvious fear in their faces and voices.

"Good, the rest of you including you LT will be under my sister. Now, Biotics unit will be a hybrid support and artillery, Ashley's unit which by the way Corporal Williams is THE best sniper the military has produced since the twenty-second Century according to Systems Alliance Military databases, so you'd be wise to listen to her. Ashley, your unit will be Recon and Sniping. The rest, well you're the grunts."

Neira rubbed her chin in thought. "LT to be brutally honest against an army even though they're just slavers we don't have the numbers here. I need you to patch me through to the shelter. I'm going to have to do something that I really don't want to do, but we're in desperation. Sie, Contact Systems Alliance Command and get us reinforcements yesterday. Ashley, you and your unit move out we need recon ASAP!"

"Aye aye."

Ashley went to the lockers and quickly put on a suit of White with pink trim Phoenix armor and grabbed her a sniper rifle and her unit took off.

Lieutenant Daniels walked over to Neira. "What's your plan?"

"Unfortunately, I'm going to have to recruit any and all able bodied civies. If we don't get more bodies, we're looking at a slaughter." She sighed.

"I don't like it, but I agree, we don't have much choice. Patching you through."

"Attention Emergency Shelters. This is Systems Alliance Operations Chief Neira Shepard. Daughter of famed War Hero Christopher Shepard. I don't like what I'm about to ask, but in desperate times desperate measures are needed. As we all know, this is One of our premier tourist destinations across the Galaxy. The thing is we're faced with something that took us by complete surprise and were caught with our proverbial pants down. Batarian Raiders and slavers have landed, and what we have for a police force and what little of military here on R&R won't cut it. So, we are in need of civilian assistance. If any of you civilians are biotic and or have any training with firearms, please come to the Police Bunker near the Terra Arms hotel. I know I'm asking a lot, but as history has shown us throughout time us Humans don't back down, and in dire times civilians have taken up arms to fight along side the military to help defend their lands and property. I know things are a little different here, as not many of you actually own land or property here, but we're fighting for something even more precious… OUR FREEDOM. As I previously stated we're being attacked by Batarian Slavers. They aren't here for your property or riches, they're here to ENSLAVE us! Come help support us and fight back for our way of life and our freedom." Neira nodded to the Lieutenant who disconnected the comm.

"That was a hell of an inspirational speech Chief." Daniels said still with a weary look on his face.

"I just hope it's enough..."

Just then Neira's Omni Tool began beeping. "Go ahead Ash."

"We're still scouting, but I was just informed that there's an exodus of civilians making their way to your Bunker."

The corners of Neira's lips curled up in a grin. "Don't mind them Ash, that's my doing. We're going to need all the help we can get."

"Roger that."

Minutes later about two hundred and fifty or so civilians entered the Police Bunker and an Officer that was waiting for them led them to where everyone else was.

Once they were all together, Neira smiled. "Thank you all for coming. We would be hard pressed without your help. Now the Biotics among you go over to the left side of the room, the rest of you grab whatever weapons you can and any armor if you need. I'm Neira Shepard, and will be leading the Biotics team." Neira put her hand on her sister's shoulder. "This is my twin sister Sierra, and she'll be leading the rest of you. Now if we want the best chances of success, you all will need to obey everything that we tell you to do."

Neira took a moment to look the room over before continuing. "Biotics… our main job once the enemy gets in close will be in a support role keeping biotic barriers up, but before they get in close we will be acting as biotic artillery. Although some of you won't be doing much ranged, you will be constructing biotic barriers for the rest of us."

"Alright grunts- we'll be occupying buildings taking to the upper floors for a height advantage as well as creating a kill zone as both sides of the streets will be occupied. We have a recon and sniper team already out."

Sierra looked back to her sister. "Neira, I would like you to keep twelve biotics on the roof of the shelter, six to keep the shelter covered in a barrier, the others as artillery. The same for the Police Station and Bunker."

Neira nodded. Twelve civilians from the grunt force stepped forward with one stepping a little more up front. "Excuse us, we may not be combatants, but us twelve are Systems Alliance Research and Development Omni division. Although this was our vacation, we took our work with us. We've been developing man portable turrets, but they aren't battlefield tested yet." He explained.

Neira instantly pointed to six of her biotics. "You six will accompany them and provide barriers. If those turrets work, they will help consider..."

Neira's Omni started to beep again. "Go ahead Ash."

"Got a sighting. We have Batarians, Vorcha, Krogan, Varren, and a few security mechs. The Krogan, Varren, and Vorcha are wearing the mark of the Blood Pack."

Neira stood there in silence as her mind worked. "Ash, set your units up on roof tops. Take out the mechs first, and remember to go warp ammo on the Krogans to stymie their regeneration once you drop their shields."

"One step ahead of 'ya on that front Red." Ashley replied using her pet nickname for Neira due to her blood red hair with black streaks.

The battle for Elysium raged on for almost two and a half hours when desperation started to kick in for the Elysium forces as they were starting to run out of ammo and the Biotics units were starting to tire out.

Daniels fell backward as the barrier around him faltered and a Varren lunged at him. All he could do was closes his eyes and await his brutal end that never happened. When he opened his eyes, he saw the Varren lying dead beside him, and Ashley standing at a nearby rooftop staring down the scope of her still smoking sniper rifle. Finally lifting it and just gave a look at Daniels. Said look etched in his mind stating That's right General Williams' Granddaughter just saved your ass…

Ashley then turned to reenter the fray. Neira frowned as she could feel her biotic energy started to waver as her blue corona started to flicker. Then a giant shadow covered the ground. As Neira started to look up, she could hear cheers from the Elysium forces when she noticed the sky was filled with Alliance Kodiaks.

After about another hour the Batarian forces were in full retreat. Neira leaned back against a wall and just slid down to the ground with her barrier and corona fading from existence with exhaustion.

Neira had her knees drawn up to her chest and arms draped upon the top of her knees when a long shadow fell upon her. When she looked up, all she could see was the silhouette of a man standing over her with his hand held out to her.

"Good job Chief. With very little resources available to you, you rallied the civilians and paltry police force here and managed to hold back the Batarians until we could arrive. There's a Medal of Valor headed your way." A deep voice congratulated her.

Once on her feet, she noticed the guy was black, but wore Captain's stripes, and was wearing N7 Camo.

Neira knowing never to salute on the battlefield fought the urge to salute. "Thank you sir, but there was no way I could've achieved this without the help of my unit. My sister Sierra Shepard and our closest friend and academy sister Ashley Williams Sir."

The man nodded. "The name's Anderson… Captain David Anderson, and I can appreciate that. The three of you are well deserving of multiple medals here.

At that, Sierra and Ashley caught up with them and like Neira fought the urge to salute as there was still some fighting going on. "Like I was telling the Operations Chief here, congratulations are in order for the three of you. You did an exceptional job here considering you three just graduated from the academy a year ago. As I was also saying, I'm personally going to submit your name for the N7 Program Corpral.

Ashley looked down and frowned. "Something wrong Corporal? I would think that would be great news for you?" Anderson asked confused at her reaction.

"Sir, if I was anyone else I would be jumping for joy to be nominated for the N7 by a legend such as yourself Sir, but the truth is it will never happen. The Brass will just throw out your nomination and most likely any ribbons or medals."

Captain Anderson raised a brow, and the sisters put a soft hand on both of her shoulders. "Oh, and why is that?"

"In case you don't know sir, I'm Corporal Ashley Williams, granddaughter of General Williams. My family has been blacklisted by the military."

Anderson rubbed his chin and his face betrayed a hint of surprise. "I must admit, it takes a very hard person to enter a profession where there entire family is blacklisted."

"A Williams has to be better than the rest- if only to remove any and all suspicion. Something my father would say all the time Sir.

"Well Williams, I will make sure you get some sort of acknowledgment for your roll here. With all of our advances, the unification of Earth, and yet we still let the stigma of what an ancestor did judge their descendants. I personally think your grandfather made the right call, but that's just the opinion of one soldier."

That caused Ashley to look up at the Captain with a smile. Anderson extended his hand and Ashley gladly accepted.

A/N: Please rate and review, I love hearing from my readers, but no flaming... if you don't like it, don't read it, it's that simple no need to get beligerant.

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