Chapter One:
Military Dilemma
{The Shepard Household}
{Hailey's POV}
Being apart of a military family is hard, the constant moving, the stress of constantly making friends and knowing that you would have to leave them soon to go to another school and just the fear of being isolated from society. At first I thought it was normal to change, once I started middle school, I never knew that my life would never be the same, a couple of men showed up at the house one day when I got home from school. Both of them had this look, guilt maybe as my mom told me to sit down along with Kirito and my twin sister, Natalie, they told us that our father wasn't going to come home to us as they apologized for our loss, I sat there choking on my own sob with a lone tear on my face, Kirito blamed himself as Natalie cried in hysteria. My red hair covered not just my anger but the sorrow I tried so hard to hold back, as I got up, I just reacted bolting to my room laying on my stomach crying. My mom stayed strong as long as she could, as Kirito cursed in the quarian language calling himself weak, useless, and even stupid his voice choked as he tried to sob his face burning with anger which ended with Natalie saying that the men were lying to us mumbling curse words under her breath. During dinner, my mom walked up to me with a note the men left with my name on it. It read.
Interplanetary Combatives
Hailey Gracillia Shepard,
To whom it may concern, we saw a vid concerning your physical prowess. The N7 could use someone of your abilities, your father has put in his will that once you are ready, you will partake in the Interplanetary Combatives Training Program, this is the perfect chance to show just how physically, mentally, and spiritually strong. We need the best, and we are few. This is a once in an opportunity chance for you if you accept
Thank you for your time,
Captain David Anderson
"I- IS THIS SOME KIND OF JOKE?!.. I just lost my dad and they want me to join some school that I don't even know about and to join some stupid military operation. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS... I'LL BE SEPARATED FROM MY OWN FAMILY TO TRAIN FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT... Mom, they have to be joking me!", Hailey said to her mom as she tried to understand what was going on. "Hailey this is an opportunity for you. Just think of it, you'll get the best things they have to offer, the best training, weapons, even educational benefits, you will never have to worry anymore, we won't have to suffer anymore", Alice said as she took Hailey into her arms and embraced her. "They are giving us a one way ticket to the Citadel... We'll be moving again, and this time we're staying there", Alice noted as she continued hugging Hailey. "So... That means we're moving again?", Kirito shouted as he had just gotten used to his current home. "I'm afraid so, Kirito... We should get our stuff packed", she added.
{Hailey's POV}
I had no choice but to join the N7, this was a way that our lives could better after the grim news of my father's death. Before we officially left Mindoir Heights, we had a memorial to honor my father's death, I watched as my sister was crying and Kirito had a cold look on his face. As Anderson walked forward he placed a hand on my shoulder signalling me that it was time for me to go. I asked if Natalie could come with me because she had already lost dad, and I wasn't gonna let her lose me for anything. He agreed as he signaled Natalie to come along with us. That was the moment that our lives would change for the better. We spent the past year training under the other N7 Agents. I had no idea that the N7 was a spy organization, we met others who were in the same boat, like Casey, our cousin she's been around military life since she was born, along with her two best friends Natasha and Thaila. Ironically, Thalia is older than Natasha and was Biotic as well. Her younger sister said that she had her biotics since she was only ten years old. I stood there as I got my implants and Natalie was right by my side through the whole process of being Biotic, I still remember the first week I had to take some powerful pain medications to ignore the pain that surged through my body as the implants became inflamed. It hurt to be honest, but I kept a straight face in all peril. By then we were ready for a top secret mission. We were to infiltrate a Krogan infested area and retrieve some vital intel for some weapon of mass destruction and remove a known terrorist threat. The rest of my team handled the Krogan bodyguards while my sister hacked the computer to get the information needed. All we had to do was get out of there with the intel and blow the base up. We had only a little time to get out of there, during the mission, Natalie had gotten hurt by one of the krogan that they had fought to keep them off of me.