Triple Threat Shepards
Note: Inspired by a prompt I've been reading on the kinkmeme, where John Shepard has his younger sister Jane on the Normandy in ME3. Well, I liked that so much – I decided to make my own version based off of my family. Not that I don't like the whole big bro and lil sister dynamic, but I think having two younger sisters (who are twins btw) creates a hilarious and exhausting dynamic, that I think would be just awesome in the ME universe. Enjoy!
Extra Note: Rated M due to some strong language and suggestive content. & I own nothing.
7/2: Just played the extended cut ending DLC, this fic will pretty much ignore the Bioware endings.
Chapter 1: Grissom is Full of Surprises
Commander Jane Shepard, savior of the Citadel, destroyer of the Collectors, first human Spectre, N7 class engineer, was having difficulties listening to Traynor talk.
She was caught in a half lidded daze. Garrus had just rejoined the crew, and she was eager to spend time with him. She already head a head-cracking headache from the Primarch, and wasn't in the mood to listen to Traynor blabber.
"...Grissom Academy..."
"What!"
"Grissom Academy seems to be under attack, and a fake Turian signal was sent out. I suggest we go there immediately, and check on the situation ourselves."
Shepard clenched her fits until they were white, "Joker get us to Gissom Academy immediately!" She yelled at the pilot over the comm, and frightened everyone in the CIC.
Joker turned to his copilot, "Why the hell is Shepard yelling EDI? You know what's wrong with her?"
"Well, she may be worried about her younger sisters, Jeff. They're currently stationed at the Academy."
"Wait. Sisters? Shepard has siblings, how many?" He was visibly skeptical.
But she replied in her normal collected tone, "Two, Jeff."
…...
En-route to Grissom, the crew had their mid-day meal. Practically everyone was there, minus Jane. Liara and Garrus sat together in the mess, reacquainting with one another. Jeff sat down dramatically, and smirked.
"Hey, do you guys know why we're going to Grissom?"
Liara was the first to reply, "Well, I believe there is an emergency there. The students and faculty are in danger."
With the smirk still planted firmly on his face, "Well, I happen to know exactly who is in danger. There's two."
Garrus chimed in, "Two what?"
"Well, Garrus, I don't know if you know this. But hell, I'll tell all of you anyway... Shepard's two younger sisters have jobs on Grissom, they're in the Alliance."
Garrus' face fell, his mandibles went wide. He couldn't find words for a bit, "Wait, wait... Shepard would have told me if she had sisters." But he didn't seem convinced. Their relationship was still relatively new.
"Well, apparently she doesn't tell you everything. I heard it straight from EDI's mouth. The older twin was in the Special Forces, but due to an injury, was forced from field duty. Her name's Anna. The younger twin is a field doctor, Eve, and she's currently the head of the on-station clinic."
With Garrus still in shock, Liara decided to talk, since he obviously couldn't, "I knew that Joker. I didn't say anything because, unlike you, I respect Shepard's privacy. And since she's never openly spoken about them, neither did I."
…...
Jane, EDI, and Garrus were on the shuttle minutes away from Grissom Academy.
Garrus was shifting nervously in his seat. It bothered him that Jane never told him about her family. He new about her mother, since well, everyone else seemed to. But he didn't actually hear about Hannah from Shepard herself, either. He finally got the courage to say something, "Uh, how come you've never said anything about your sisters?"
Jane's eyes widened, but she didn't say anything.
EDI decided to join in, "Yes, Shepard, I've also thought it strange. Their records indicate nothing to be ashamed of, or of the like. Clean records and good military standing."
Jane redirected her reply to the synthetic, who was finally trying out her new body.
"It's not that I'm ashamed of them, or not proud. I am, a lot. I just, uh, don't like talking about my family." What she didn't say, was that she thought boasting about her family was a wrong in some way. That's why she never really went around telling everyone about her relationship with Garrus too. She was just a very, very private person for some bizarre reason.
…...
After a while, and a few dozen dead Cerberus troops, Jane was standing before, not only her twin baby sisters, but Jack too – who just punched Jane. Garrus, per usual, came to Jane's defense. Only to have the crude biotic smirk in reply, "Bite me Garrus. Or better yet, bite her. Probably how she likes it."
Dual What!'s made Jane blush bright, bright red.
"Anna, Eve. This is, uh uh, my... my boyfriend, Garrus Vakarian." This was definitely not how Jane wanted her sisters to find out she was dating, god dating, a turian. They both simultaneously looked from Garrus, to Jane, and repeated the action several times. It looked pretty funny actually.
Anna was the first to speak, obviously the braver of the twins, "Holy crap, Jane! I knew you were friendly and all with aliens, but I didn't know how friendly."
Eve elbowed her twin and poked her in the side, she always was the more spirited one, "What Anna means, Garrus, is that it is nice to meet you." and with an added death glare directed at Anna, "And we have absolutely no problems with the fact that you're a turian. It's rare for Jane to date, you obviously must be something special."
Garrus did the turian equivalent of a blush before replying, "Thank you, it's nice to meet you, both of you, too."
Jack was growing impatient, "Yeah, yeah family reunion is nice and all. But if you haven't forgotten we still need to get the hell out of here. And I need to crush some Cerberus assh... I mean jerks."
…...
Back on the, quite tense, shuttle ride to the Normandy, one of the students had the audacity to break the silence, "Professor Shepard, is it true you and the doctor are the Commander's sisters?"
"Yeah kid, and let's just leave it at that for now."
Finally they were back, finally. James Vega was standing there waiting for them, and Anna was the first one off of the shuttle.
He went wide eyed, "Anita!"
"Vega! You asshole, it's good to see you!" She hugged him, lingering a little too long, "I thought you were on Earth." The statement was more of a question.
"Yeah, uh, not anymore. I'm here helping out the Commander." And just on cue, said Commander, joined her sister's side raising an eyebrow at James.
"Something I should know, Anna?"
Realization dawned on James' face as he placed what he was seeing before him with what little information he had in his head, remembering Anna's last name, "Wait Anita, your last name's... Shepard!"
"Yeah, that's right. Jane's my big sis."
"And I'm Anna's twin, Eve." Eve joined the line-up on the other side of Jane. With the three Shepard sisters before him, Vega took in the sight with blatant fear and confusion on his face as he contemplated.
They looked similar, sure. But he still couldn't believe what he was seeing. They all had different hair colors, Anna's dark auburn, Jane's dark brown, and Eve's light brown. But they all had the same, dark, dark eyes and pale skin. And the same nose! Their face shapes were different too, but similar enough. Hell, they looked like sisters. But as for twins, he figured they had to be fraternal.
Jack joined in on the other side of Eve.
"There's four!" he exclaimed with obvious fear, because that last one looked like she could kill him and enjoy the hell out of it. That's not to say Jane wouldn't mind to right about now.
Jack replied with obvious disgust at the idea, "Hell no, I'm no Shepard." She turned to Eve, "Hey we're taking the injured to the med-bay wanna tag along, doc?"
"Hell yeah!" and addressing her eldest sister, "Who's your physician?"
"Dr. Chakwas."
The biggest smile passed over her baby sister's face, and then she hurriedly rushed off with Jack and a few of the students.
Garrus, of course, was standing far off to the side enjoying seeing Jimmy squirm. He also definitely did not miss the all encompassing, I'll kill you with my mind, death stare Jane shot Vega just before she turned to her sister, "Annie, I have to take care of a few things. Feel free to stay here for the moment, if you want. Evie will be on the third floor if you need her." She used her sisters' pet names to indicate a threat to Anna, that she was most certainty not ok with how familiar she seemed to be with Vega.
Vega nodded at Jane, "Commander," as she turned to leave the pair. He didn't dare call her Lola after the look she gave him.
Jane walked up to Cortez by the shuttle, "Hey, can you help Sanders and the kids settle in?" Then she lowered her voice to a whisper and set a hand on the man's shoulder, "And please keep an eye on my baby sister and Vega. Let me know if anything distasteful goes on... And keep her safe."
"Certainty ma'am." He knew that he wouldn't trust Vega around any sister of his, if he had a sister.
Finally Jane exhaled slowly, walked up to Garrus, patted him on the shoulder once, and they walked together eager to start cleaning their sniper rifles.
Anna walked forward and turned to stand next to James, and nodded in the direction of Jane and Garrus, "What do you know about them?"
"Lola and Scars? I think they're together, though no one has told me."
"Yeah they're together." She sounded a little sad, and Vega picked it up.
"Have a problem with him being a turian?"
"No, no. I have a problem with the fact that my dear big sis never told me about him."
"To be fair, I don't think anyone knew Lola had any family."
"Hmm..." They stood in silence together, watching Garrus and Jane clean their guns nearly in sync with one another.
"So, what's with the visor going across your face Anita?"
She chuckled softly, "Didn't think you would forget that I have a glass right eye thanks to you."
His voice dropped, "Yeah, but why do you have a visor that goes across your entire face, if you can't see out of one eye?"
"It feeds information into the side over my good eye. It allows me to see around myself with one eye." She pointed with her finger as she spoke.
"Oh..." Vega replied, then he shouted, "Take a picture Esteban! It'll last longer!"
…...
Meanwhile, Eve nearly knocked poor Karin down in a excited bear hug.
"Karin! It's so good to see you."
"It is good to see you too, Eve." She patted her back.
Jack stood there confused, "Wait a sec. You two know each other?"
"Yeah. I worked with Karin before I went to Grissom."
She playfully punched Jack in the shoulder, "Now let me take a look at those upgrades I gave you. We don't want your brain cooking from an overworked amp."
…...
Garrus took Jane's rifle from her to put away.
"Are you okay with that?" He was looking in the direction of Jimmy and Anna. They were laughing at something.
She shook her head, "No way in hell... But I can't exactly tell her to stay away from him. She doesn't listen to me anymore."
He leaned back, "You ordered your sisters around?"
"Of course! It is my duty as a big sister to make sure they don't get into trouble, and that they do the right thing." She's always been a Commander.
He laughed, "Solana would never let me order her around like that." Then he dropped his voice, the turian smile gone. "How come you never told me about them?" His question was still not answered to his satisfaction.
Jane huffed a breath, "I wanted to tell you when you told me about your family. But... I didn't think it was a good time, you seemed so upset... I just wanted to comfort you... And it never really came up."
He put his hand in her hair, nuzzled her cheek. That was good enough for him. She backed away from him slowly, "Let's, uh, keep the touching to a minimum around my sisters. I just want them to adjust to the idea of," she gestured between them with her hands, "us."
…...
