Hi everyone, this is just an idea I had floating around in my head for a while now and I thought that I might as well write I and upload it. I hope you enjoy it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Mass Effect if I did the ending to Mass Effect 3 would be a million times better.


Ariana Shepard stared blankly out of the large window of her cell and saw a little boy playing on a rooftop with what looked to be some kind of Alliance Ship. There was a time when a simple sight like this would make her smile however those days had long since passed mainly due to her being stuck in this prison in Vancouver for over six months. She heard the door of her cell hiss open and decided to see who had entered even though she was certain it was just that idiot Vega bringing her some food. She was proven wrong though when she saw that it was Anderson who had walked into her cell.

"What do you want Anderson?" Shepard asked tiredly.

Anderson stayed quiet for a moment as he took a quick glance over Shepard; he was worried to see that she was much thinner than when she arrived six months ago. He then spotted the tray of untouched food that was on the table mere inches away from Shepard. What concerned him more was her eyes that no longer shone with optimism and determination instead they were dull and lifeless as though they had long since given up on living. The look unnerved Anderson however; he pushed aside those feeling of unease and remembered why he had come here.

"Shepard, the Council wants to see you. They need to talk to you about the Reapers." Anderson said.

"Reapers? What are Reapers?" Shepard replied.

Anderson's eyes widened at Shepard's response, six months ago he would have assumed it was a joke however he could tell by the look in her eyes that she was not joking.

"Shepard why are you acting like this?"

"Do you seriously need to ask that? I have been trapped in this prison for six months and fifteen days after I gave myself up. I tried warning them when I first got here that the Reapers were coming, I spent a month using the brief moments I had with any of the Councillors trying to convince them that if we didn't start preparing we were doomed. However, none of them would listen. When that month ended, I started to hear rumours thanks to the guards outside saying how I was an unstable, Batarian hating murderer. That was when I decided that I had had enough of all this bullshit. I saved the galaxy twice and I get nothing but disrespect and contempt from the people who should be thanking me for saving their worthless asses."

Anderson was about to reply when suddenly the building shook and the sounds of several large object slamming into the ground echoed through the building. Anderson and Shepard immediately turned their gaze to the window and looked outside as several Reapers landed on the ground and started destroying anything near them. A look of horror formed on Anderson's face while the same blank expression she had been wearing for so long remained on Shepard's face.

"So it begins." Shepard murmured.

Shepard stood up from her chair and went to her bed; she looked underneath and spotted what she was looking for. She pulled it out and stared at the bottle of Serrice Ice Brandy in her hand, which she managed to smuggle in with her when she they incarcerated her. She had been intending to save the bottle for some kind of special occasion but since her death was standing only a few hundred metres away, she thought that she might as well drink it now.

She sat back down, took both of the glasses off the breakfast tray, and tipped the contents on the floor. She then filled the glasses up with the brandy and placed the second glass in front of the spare chair.

"Take a seat Anderson. You'll get a fantastic view of those non-existent Reapers as they start to destroy the galaxy."

Anderson looked at Shepard with the same horrified look on his face; he could not believe that she would say something like that so casually.

"This is no time for jokes Shepard. Now get up and come with me!" Anderson commanded.

Shepard ignored Anderson and downed her glass, she then poured a second and continued to watch the Reapers destroy buildings; she wasn't fazed by the sight of Vancouver being demolished or by the sounds of people screaming as they saw the Reaper lasers killing their friends and family. She had seen her squad be killed in several slower and far more painful ways on Akuze so this didn't bother her as much as it probably should have done.

"Come on Shepard the galaxy needs you. You're the only one who can stop the Reapers." Anderson pleaded.

"No. The galaxy needs Commander Shepard, The Saviour of the Citadel and that is not me, not anymore. Now I'm just Ariana so either sit down and have a drink with me or fuck off."

Something inside Anderson snapped at that and he yanked Shepard off her chair and threw her over his shoulder. She weakly pounded against him and demanded to be put down however her weakened state meant that she was no match for Anderson's strength.

"You are coming with me whether you like it or not and you are going to save everyone because you are Commander fucking Shepard and that's what you do."

Shepard sighed in resignation, as she knew that there was no way she could get out of this or convince Anderson to let her stay. Anderson turned around to head out of the room, which allowed Shepard to reach out and grab her bottle of brandy, she took a swig of it and then dropped it as Anderson started running through the building.

"You owe me a bottle of fucking brandy." Shepard said bitterly.

"I'll buy you one after we defeat the Reapers." Anderson replied.

Shepard sighed again as she knew that she was never going to get that brandy, she looked out of the windows watching as the Reapers gradually tore their way through Vancouver. The Normandy suddenly shot by and Shepard saw the ship fire a barrage of missiles at the ground, which wiped out a large group of husks.

Anderson then burst through the back door of the building and he saw the Normandy waiting for him. He quickly ran over to the ship and when the hanger bay was open, he carried Shepard on to the ship.

"Well at least I'll get to say I told you so to the Council." Shepard thought as she watched Vancouver fade from view.


Notes

I hope you all enjoyed that, please leave a review saying what you liked/didn't liked so I can see what I need to improve on.