So this is about Shepards paston Mindoir with the Batarian Slaver attack, this is my image of what happened, how Shepard survived and what it was like for her. I placed a romance perspective on it all. Just because that's the kind of writer I am… heh.
Garrus is added in the end just because I'm not sure how else to end it. Heh.
Disclaimer: this backround story, Shepard, or anything from Mass Effect is not mine but Biowares. I do not take any credit for any of this.
Oh… P.S. I couldn't figure out a way to put in what they were wearing into the story… so I figured I'd give you the pcture here….
Shepard is wearing skintight light brown pants, she has a dark green, long sleeved shirt on with a dark brown vest. She has mid thigh boots on that match the brown color of her vest., and go over her pants.
Terran has dark brown pants on… kinda like cargo pants, has a cream colored shirt on with black vest on and black boots on, but his pants are pulled over top of them; not like Shepards who has her pants tucked into her boots.
That's the basic idea.
And every other girl is wearing a long (traditional) skirt and blouse. Think like a 1700's look….
MASSEFFECT
Shepard rose her glass with everyone else as her father toasted to yet anotehr successful year of farming.
"Let us drink to another successful and bountiful year!" Her father shouted so all could hear him.
Everyone gave out a cheer and swallowed their drinks herself included. She placed the glass down as everyone parted to do their own thing; some left to go dance and sing, others went to simply mingle, whiel the rest went for the food.
Shepard smiled and looked to her father who was talking to a group of farmers. She was proud of him and proud to be his daughter, since he had taken authority of the colony the crops and people seemed so much better.
"Hey Shepard." She whipped around to find the voice but laughed when the person who had said her last name passed her by and went straight for the group that surrounded her father.
Having everyone call both you AND your father caused a lot of confusion. There was only three people who called her Bria… and that was her father, mother, and… Shepard looked around the farm area looking for the third person but didn't see him.
She shrugged and scanned the area one more time before walking to her favorite place in the world. She walked past a table, snatching up an apple on the way.
As she walked on the green grass she bit into her apple munching happily, she got to her spot and put the apple in her mouth biting into it but not taking an actual bite. She climbed up the ladder, and once she was on the roof she bit out of the apple and took it in her hand again.
The steep hill brought her into a crouching position as she climbed to the peek of the roof. Once she got there she dangled her legs over the edge and sat on the very top, eating the apple while taking in the scenary she had seen so many times before, but it never got old.
The sky was red and purple from the sun setting, it cast a redish glow on the fields making them look mystical.
"Still as beautiful as the second time, huh?" a voice said behind her.
Shepard looked over her shoulder and smiled, "It was beautiful the first time too… I just didn't get as long to look at it…" She laughed as the young man came up beside her and dangled his own legs next to her. She nudged him back with her foot after he did it once.
"You know there IS a celebration going on down there…" He said and looked over at her.
"You weren't there…" She said simply and shrugged taking another bit of her juicy green apple.
"Sorry… I was looking for something…" He rubbed the back of his neck looking back over the scenary in front of them.
Shepard cast a glance at him but remained silent. "So Bria…" he started.
She loved the way he said her name, out of the three that actually called her that he made it sound so beautiful, as if he was…. he just made it sound so… as if he were talking about a goddess… or love… Even if he was just saying it casually.
"Yeah?" She looked over at him but couldn't hide the blush or smile at the use of her name like that.
"I DID find what I was looking for…" He said looking over at her as well, his dark brown eyes piercing through her dark green ones.
"Yeah?" She asked, studying his face.
"Yeah…" He pulled out a single red rose and held it out to her. "Bria… I've cared for you for a long time now… our relationship is a symbol of that…" he reached out with his free hand and grasped hers, Shepard stared at him
"I'm not asking you to marry me… now. But I want you to know… I'll always be here… even if you fall off this roof… again." He smirked at her, trying to make something very serious and heavy seem a little less.
"I love you Bria…" He said softly rubbing small circles on the top of her hand with his thumb. "And I wanna be there for you as long as you need or want me to be."
"Terran…." She breathed.
Nobody had EVER said anything to her like that before. She felt she could fly, somebody really cared for her enough to vow to be with her for as long as… forever. Because that's how long she wanted him to be there.
The look on his face told her he was beginning to panic, she hadn't responded fast enough. Time to remedy that.
She lifted her hand to his face and smiled. "How does forever sound?"
Terran smiled. "You're gonna need me forever?" He asked quietly.
She simply nodded.
He pulled away and made a 'thinking face'. "Oh gee… Shepard… I dunno if I can do forever… I was thinking… maybe a couple of weeks or…" he grunted as she punched him in the arm.
"I'm kidding." He said gruffly. "I love you and I'd love to be with you forever."
Shepard smiled and stood up following his lead when he offered a hand up. She stumbled a second and he laughed. "Nope… not doing that again."
She was about to open her mouth and spit out a comeback but was interrupted by the sonic boom of a ship entering the atmosphere.
They both turned and looked back out over the fields and gaped when they saw a large alien ship landing in a far off field.
"What… what kind of ship is that?" Shepard asked, her apple forgotten and falling out of her hand and dropping off the end of the roof.
"Batarian…" Terran answered looking distracted and concerned at the same time.
"What are they doing here?" She asked nervously stepping closer to her admitted lover.
"Nothing good." Terran seemed to growl and pulled her along with him back down the ladder.
Hand in hand they ran back to the group of colonist's, once they were in view her grip on his hand tightened, telling him not to break off without her; he complied, giving her hand a squeeze before running straight to her father.
"Mr. Shepard!" He called while they were still running up. "Shepard… something has come up. There is a Batarian ship on the horizon." He informed the leader.
"How do you know this?" He asked quietly leaning in close to the couple.
"We saw it Daddy…" She said just as quietly wrapping her arms around Terrans left arm like a boa constrictor.
Shepard nodded once, looking rather grim. "Alright, we'll star-"
He was interrupted by a loud explosion, immediately after the sounds of screams and panicked yelling filled the air as everyone started to panic and run in different directions.
Shepard, Terran, and Bria all started to run together away from the chaos. Bria froze when she heard her little brother scream in terror. "Daniel!" She screamed.
All three of them ran in the direction they thought they heard him and when he came into view her father ran to him and scooped him up while he was running, never breaking his gait.
The four of them kept running, but they all skidded to a stop, the small boy whimpering in his fathers arms as he stared at the line of wild fire that blocked their escape route.
"Dad!" She screamed just as scared, "Where do we go?"
He didn't look at her instead he seemed to study the flames in front of him before he said, "This way" right before he turned to his right and made his way through a house.
Shepard followed Terran close behind, both of them crushing the others hand.
They left the house and made their way into open roadway, only to be met by a small group of Slavers who turned when they heard them.
"No!" She screamed when the sound of a gun going off filled the air.