The Normandy docked at its usual place at the Citadel. The airlock opened, and everyone piled out of the ship. Commander Shepard issued a two week shore leave, and everyone was anxious to leave the ship.
"Thanks for giving everyone else shore leave while the rest of us work," Joker said, sarcastically looking at Shepard.
"We're not working, Joker. We're going to Disneyland!" Shepard said, jumping up and down.
"What? Are you crazy? That's like taking a bunch of kids!"
"We'll be fine. I think we're mature enough to have a good time."
Shepard told everyone to meet in the debriefing room.
She favored this meeting better than the last. Their last meeting in here was after they crash landed on the Collector Base, and she had to tell them this could be their last mission.
But now they're here, getting ready to go to the happiest place on Earth.
Or, now, the galaxy.
In front of her stood her twelve teammates, who have now become her family.
"I know I gave everyone else shore leave. We are going on shore leave as well. As a group."
"Where are we going?" Miranda asked, a little annoyed. Shepard had a big smile on her face.
"We're taking a trip to Disneyland!" Jack spat.
"The land of cotton candy and rainbows? Count me out."
"Jack, you have to go! We're a team, and I thought we all deserved it after all the crap we just went through." Jack thought for a minute, and a little smile crept up onto her face.
"See, I knew you weren't one hundred percent badass. There is a soft side to you," Shepard said, slightly embarrassing the biotic. Everyone piled out of the room and got ready to leave the ship.
They took a public transportation shuttle back to Earth. It was a very interesting flight, to say the least. Grunt was very unhappy, stepping out of the shuttle. He did not like the cramped spaces, and the fact that his battlemaster was on the other side of the shuttle from where he stood. Everyone brushed down their clothes as they stepped out of the shuttle, taking in the view of the resort that stood in front of them. Shepard went up to a booth and handed the asari a credit chit, paying for everyone's admission.
"How are you affording to pay for all of us?" Miranda asked, stunned at the prices.
"The Illusive Man never stopped that funding. So…." Shepard whistled as she walked away towards the turnstiles.
Beyond the gates was the nostalgic floral garden, its colors and design to make Mickey Mouse's face. Right above was the train station, a train parked and taking as many passengers as it can take. The attendant let them in, and they were officially in Disneyland.
"Keelah! I always dreamt of this place! I've seen it in vids, but I never knew it would look the same as when I watched the vids!" Tali squealed like a little girl, taking in the surroundings. Garrus was standing next to her, holding a hologram that showed the whole park. Tali glued herself next to the turian, looking at the hologram.
"Where should we go first?" Garrus asked, looking at Shepard.
"It's up to you guys. This isn't a mission so we can go wherever our heart pleases," she said, waving her arm out toward the floral garden. Behind the garden there were sounds of music, people yelling and applauding, and confetti strewn everywhere.
"It looks like there's a show going on. Let's go check it out."
The group walked under the train station and out onto what looked like a courtyard. A parade of familiar looking asari, krogan, and human characters were standing on heavily decorated hover crafts, waving at the audience.
"Look, honey! It's Bonnie!" a mother told her child, pointing at an elcor.
"Enthusiastic: hello everyone," the elcor said, looking at everyone. Alongside the hover craft were asari and humans dancing, following the route until they disappeared backstage.
The team proceeded to walk down the long street, towards the iconic castle.
"It seems that we are walking on Main Street. We could go to any land from here. Hey, where's-" Tali looked around, searching for Shepard.
She was standing in line at the Gibson Girl Ice Cream Parlor, rocking on her feet and looking at the menu.
"Ice cream! I haven't had ice cream in so long," Miranda said, licking her lips. Garrus stood next to Shepard, looking at the dextro-menu.
Half an hour later, Shepard, Miranda, Jacob, and Garrus left the ice cream shop with their favorite treats.
"Thane, try this!"
"What is it, Siha?"
"It's called ice cream. Cookies and crème." Shepard held the cone out to Thane, who took a lick of the dessert.
"It's… a very intriguing taste."
"You don't like it?" Shepard pouted. She took a chunk out of the side.
"It'sh the besht flavor ever!" Shepard said, mouth full of ice cream.
Miranda and Jacob shared a cup of strawberry shortcake. Garrus had a double scoop of dextro-something, which no one was willing to try.
They kept walking down the street, and finally came to the open area which branched off into the differently themed areas of the park.
"Have we decided on our destination, Shepard?" Samara asked, arms crossed behind her.
"Like I said it's up to you. I refuse to decide where we go."
Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do. They felt kind of odd, not following Shepard. For once she put the destination in their hands, and they didn't know how to collectively decide. Joker sighed, taking the hologram from Garrus, who was currently busy with his dextro-something.
"Alright, I'm going to wave my finger over the map, tell me when to stop, and wherever I point is where we're going." Joker closed his eyes and let his index finger go in a random pattern across the map.
"Stop!" Tali said, looking closely at where his finger had landed.
"Toon Town."