Dawn in Normandy
Disclaimer: I do not own the Mass Effect or Halo universes.
A/N: This is an AU so there will be some deviations from the ME 3 plot, and some things I use in the story may come from other writers such as the quarian language from Calinstel, and I will say this now so that it doesn't seem like I am taking credit for these. Other inspirations come from venomRED, Bahoogasmif, etc. Also since there isn't a whole lot of information regarding Halo 5 at the moment I will not be using a plot relating to that.
Some pairings to start out are Shepard and Tali, as well as Kaidan and Liara.
My Shepard is male, Caucasian, black and styled hair, dark blue eyes, spacer, War hero, and Paragon.
Please, any constructive criticism is encouraged as this is my first fanfic.
Enjoy.
Chapter 1
/UNSC Infinity, Earth orbit, 2558, 0530 Earth time/
What's that constant beeping noise that keeps getting louder and louder? I can't think or sleep what the hell.
Finally the beeping ended when a fist hit the virtual alarms source a little harder than intended, as sparks started emit from it. John 117, the Master Chief sat up from his bed to wake up and check his area. His quarters were still dark and quiet until Roland spoke through the com.
"Master Chief? Captain Lasky and Lord Hood would like to meet you in the conference room."
"Thank you Roland," he said, rubbing his eyes.
With that, he finally turned and got out of the bed and made his way over to the small table were his armors undersuit laid. He quickly pulled it on, only having to tug in a few places, and proceeded to leave for the Spartan deck. Once there he made his way over to one of the few machines reserved for his Spartan ll team. The process began and his armor locked on and systems powered up. Now that John was situated he made his way back to the elevator to head for the conference room. The ride was quick and it wasn't very far from there, just a short walk down the hall and door to the room opened up to reveal the good Captain and Lord Hood talking.
"Ah Master Chief, thank you for meeting on such short notice." Hood said turning to face him.
"Not a problem sir, is there another mission for my team?"
"Indeed there is Chief," Lasky said as he activated to holo-screen," A few days ago, on the edge of Sanghelli space, a freighter and its escort just disappeared off the grid. Normally the Elites would handle this themselves, but since the freighter was human with an Elite escort, they've decided to ask for help."
"How does my team fit in Captain?" Chief asked, but before Lasky could respond, Hood beat him to the punch.
"Yourself, a Sanghelli delegate, and one other of your team will take a small scouting ship to the area and investigate."
"Sir, with all due respect, I don't have time to babysit."
"No worries Spartan, you will find that my skills haven't lessened since we last met." An odd voice said from behind.
John turned around to see the Arbiter, clad in golden ceremonial armor with a cape strapped to his shoulders. Chief noticed he still had the same energy sword used to kill Truth attached to his hip, and though he would not openly show it, he was glad the delegate was someone he could trust.
"Arbiter, glad you could make it. Chief, I have some things left to discuss with Captain Lasky. The ship is being prepped in the hangar and you get to choose which of your team will go. You are dismissed." Hood said
"Yes sir." Chief said with a salute and followed the Arbiter out the door while accessing his com.
"Kelly. Armor up and meet me in the hanger in 30."
Of his entire team, John trusted Kelly the most. She had been with him since the beginning and they both took Sam's death hard. She was reliable and a good friend, something he had been relying on since Cortana's death.
…
Kelly was reviewing some of the Spartan-lVs War game data when she got the call. Ugh. Probably just another pirate clean up again. She thought to herself. She already had the lower half of her armor on and it wouldn't take long to get on the rest. Her armor was a slightly upgraded version of the Mark Vl armor with an EVA helmet and was a silvery color instead of the standard army green.
After the top half was set, she grabbed her helmet before heading towards the elevator. Once inside, Kelly hit the button for the hanger deck and looked at her reflection in the wall. Wow, she thought, I still look kinda young. Cryo-sleep definitely helped. The elevator doors opened, stopping he train of thought, to the busy hanger where she saw John walking towards a ship with a golden Elite. This oughta be good.
…
John looked at the ship before him. It was a little bigger than a longsword fighter, but it had a small armory and crew quarters with it. Though it was designed more like a cross between a frigate and a prowler, just on a small scale. He looked around and saw Kelly walking towards him with her helmet under her arm, though he noticed that she kept here brown hair down at shoulder length, instead of in a ponytail.
"Hey Kelly, I see you've upgraded your armor even more." He greeted.
"And I see that you're still wearing that raggedy old Mark Vl armor. Seriously, you haven't even buffed out that mark on your chest plate." She quipped back.
John internally chuckled as he remembered jumping out of Truths ship. He then turned to the Arbiter to introduce him.
"Kelly, this is the Arbiter, the Elite delegate that will be with us. He is trustworthy and a hell of a warrior." John said introducing the alien behind him.
"Ah I've heard of you. Glad you're with us." Kelly said turning to him.
"Indeed. Shall we begin preparations Spartan?" Arbiter said facing John.
"Of course, you two can go ahead, I'll catch up."
As they walked up the ramp, John thought to himself that that went over well for first impressions. Has Kelly grown that much? No matter, they had a job to do and they will get it done quickly and hopefully quietly. He forgot about that train of thought and continued up the ramp himself and headed towards the bridge, where Kelly was setting up in the pilot's seat. John decided to take the copilots seat next to her to look over the readings and first noticed the name of their ship Dawn of Time.
All readings seemed to check out, everyone was getting settled, and so he decided to get under way. He opened the coms to connect with Infinity's bridge.
"Infinity, this is the Master Chief. We're ready and about to get underway. Just need confirmation." He called out. While waiting for a response, John saw the hanger doors open and a return message called out of the com system.
"Master Chief, you are clear to proceed. Good Luck." With that he turned to Kelly and nodded to her signaling they were all good. The ship started to rise and move forward at a slow rate until they cleared the hangar doors. Speed picked up and Kelly announced they were far enough for a slipspace jump. He gave the go ahead and stared to relax as he saw the portal open… Until alarms started going off.
"John, something's wrong. The portal is destabilizing and I can't turn us away. Its pull is too strong!" She almost yelled it. He quickly looked at the portal again and realized they probably won't make it. But he couldn't show that.
"Everyone hold on!" He looked one more time as a white light enveloped them. Then everything turned black.