Prologue.
Dr.Karin Chakwas was no stranger to weird things, but she must admit that this was the strangest thing she had ever had to do in her med bay.
A few days ago Commander Kate Shepard had been on a mission on Eden Prime, to locate an Prothean artifact, which turned out to be a live Prothean. While looking for said artifact, EDI had contacted the team, believing that she had located what appeared to be a faint life sign hidden in a small cave not far from their location. The team decided to take a quick look, before going back to the ship, cause if they had found it so would the Illusive man, and he didn't need to ruin any more lives than he already had. To their surprise they found something they never expected, and it was now laying in the med bay. They had found what appears to be an unknown race, all they knew so far was that it was a female, and her appearance was most intriguing.
Never had they seen a woman as large as this one, with skin, that almost looked to be gray, and she had horns, that looked to have adornments of some sort on them, on top of that she had pointy ears which was something they had never heard about in their time.
She had been wearing a heavy armor, of what looked to be some type of unknown metal. There had also been quite a large sword of the same material as the armor, along with what looked to be some type of handle, looking very similar to the sword handle.
The woman had on her a bag which had what looked like clothes, and some bottles with liquid they had yet to determine what was, even Edi had been unable to figure out what was in those bottles. They had also found what looked to be some sort of food, if she was to hazard a guess, could be meat, along with what looked like fruit of some sort, all well preserved.
All Chakwas knew was that this woman when they brought her aboard the Normandy, had been encased in ice that had been slowly melting, which was why they had been able to detect the life sign. It seemed that the cave had been closed off, but somehow someone had been able to open it up which resulted in the ice slowly melting. The team had brought the body on board the Normandy, much to the surprise of the whole crew, who was very curious about their would be new find. But what was most surprising had been finding out that Eden Prime had been inhabited before humans colonized it, and no one knew anything about it, cause there hadn't been any information to support that the planet in fact had been inhabited by a sentient species.
What they did know about this stranger so far, was that from the look of the armor and weapons, she would have been encased in that ice for quite a long time, at least from what EDI could come up with in her research, this strange woman, would have been in the ice since the medieval times, according to earths history. Well this stranger will have quite the chock when she wakes up, to this time, aboard a star ship of all things, and I don't think she will be to happy being among the stars, which leads me to believe that we will need to handle her with care.
Hearing the doors to the med bay opening, Chakwas saw Shepard stroll up next to the bed, never taking her eyes of this strange person.
"How is she Doc?" Shepard asked wondering what kind of story this woman have, and whether to tell Hackett about this discovery, or if she should wait until they got more information.
"She, like you have a clean bill of health, though I found quite a few scars on her, where the most noticeable one is the one a cross her right eye, but what concerns me is the lack of her left hand." Looking at said hand Kate could see that it looked like it had been cut off from her arm, like the woman her self had decided to cut it off.
"Do you have an estimation to when she will wake up, I would like to take some precautions, like making sure that she doesn't meet certain crew members until she is more comfortable, cause I don't want to scare her to soon." Shepard knew that this was a delicate situation and she so wished that Miranda was aboard cause she was a genius, and she would know what to do about this. All Kate knew was that Miranda was in hiding from Cerberus, and that she was looking for her sister.
Shepard had been told about that when they had met on the Citadel, just before she had gone on yet another of those annoying missions, that she felt was a waste of time, when earth was under attack by the reapers. But still she could understand that they couldn't win this war alone, but damn it if the Council was a bunch of morons with their heads so far up their asses that, she was afraid it would be stuck permanently.
"She could wake up at any time, but she will be weak for a while, and she will need lots of liquid and food, along with a lot of rest. I am not sure what kind of food she is used to so we need to keep it simple for now, and since she haven't eaten anything for a very long time she will need to have it in small doses. She will also need someone to help her, and somewhere to rest. You will need to make a private quarters for her somewhere on the Normandy." Shepard could understand what Chakwas was getting at, since this was an unknown, they would need to put her somewhere private for a while, where they could expose her gradually to this time and the fact that this woman had been asleep for a very long time.
Shepard knew she would have to get EDI to conduct some research into Eden Prime´s history, while she would be doing that Kate would be busy making the starboard cargo room in engineering, into a quarters for the guest, though she would have to ask if the room needed something special to help the treatment of this stranger, but her thoughts was interrupted when none other than their resident shadow broker Liara walked in to the med bay.
"Shepard I would like for you to allow me to talk to her when she wakes up." She said and began pacing around the med bay.
"This is simply fascinating, no one have ever seen a race like this before, which is why I would like to talk to her to find out what race she belongs to, cause if I can I might be able to contact someone on Thessia to find out if the Asari knew anything about this race, or the planet having sentient life." Taking a deep breath she continued.
"Do you know how unheard of, it is that there is a race out the we know nothing about. Just think about the implications it could have scientificly, finding out about their history, whether there where other races like her on this planet, since no knew that people had lived on Eden Prime before humans colonized it. Please allow me to study her Shepard."
Liara looked at her with pleading eyes, cause she was an archaeologist, and study new races like she had studied the protheans, was her passion. A chance to learn about a whole new race, about their history, how they lived, what kind of religion they had, if they had any other races like the one on the bed, by the goddess, she was only 109 years old, and here she was getting the chance to go down in history as the discover of a brand new race, or an old one no one never knew about.
"I understand what you are saying Liara but you have to remember that this woman might never, have seen an Asari before, we don't even know if she have seen humans before. That means we have to be very careful when she wakes up." Shepard looked at the young Asari and could see the confusion written in her eyes, showing how young she really was.
"You have to remember that this woman lived in a time where people where looking up at the stars, but never traveling among them. She lived in a time before technology even existed, and to wake up in a time so different from her own, is going to be quite difficult. We will have to be careful with her, and not exposing her to, to much to soon, so you will have to be patient Liara."
Shepard said looking at the Asari, who seemed to understand what she was getting at, which reminded her.
"EDI can you download the entire database from Eden Prime, and search for anything regarding the history of the planet, if it had been inhabited before humans came, and forward your findings to my terminal in my cabin."
"Of cause Shepard." The blue orb, that had appeared said. Funny that EDI still used the blue orb at times even though she now had a new body, much to jokers delight, to run around in.
"Well no time like the present to set up that quarters for our guest, but Chakwas is there anything I would need to make sure that our resident stranger is comfortable" Getting a head shake from the doctor, Shepard proceeded to walk out of the med bay, grasping Liara´s arm on the way. Since she is so interested in this strange woman, she might as well help, with setting up the cabin for out guest.
AN. This is a story I have been fooling around with in my head for a while. I know the plots and every thing I want in the story so far, just not sure about the title. So let me know what you think and if you have any ideas plot wise, or an idea for a title, give me a pm and lets talk some more about it. Also let me know if I should continue with the story it self.