I do not own Mass Effect or Star Trek Online. I have changed the way ME3 ends. I use the MEHEM (Mass Effect Happy Ending Mod) in my game. I do, kinda, own some of the characters from STO, as in, I created my captain, gave him a background, and the relationships with the bridge crew. I did start one story, but I deleted it. I am (at the time I'm making this page) writing a Dragon Age Origins fanfiction. I have gotten better at writing stories, I believe, so I am restarting this one and I was doing it on my phone. I will explain 'my' Shepard. He is an Earthborn,SoleSurvivor. He is mostly Paragon, but still has the same scars from the beginning of ME2, I never liked the fact that in ME2 the only way to get rid of the scars is to get the Medbay upgrade but in ME3 you automatically have no scars even if you never got rid of them in ME2 I personally liked the scars. His list of dead 'family members' are: Thane, Mordin, Kaidan, and Legion. Enjoy the story.
Prologue
Cockpit
The Normandy enters FTL, with the red orb following behind. As the red orb that came from the Crucible starts to reach the ship, a wormhole opens up behind them. It gets closer to the point where they are eventually engulfed by it.
"Warning: systems overloading," EDI says as sparks started to fly from a nearby console.
"Hold on, EDI," Joker yells as he interacted with his console. "Rerouting power. Hold it together, baby," he mumbles to the ship, "hold it together, I'm not losing another Normandy."
Medbay
After another violent rock, Ashley loses her balance, causing her to lean against a window. Shepard is laying on one of the beds, hooked up to some medical machines. 'God, please keep us safe and bring Shepard back to me,' Ashley prayed as she lost her balance again, this time it caused her to bump into the man she loves. "Please Shepard, please don't leave me again."
Across from her Dr. Chakwas fare little better. "I've done the best I can right now. He's stabilized but we need to stop getting thrown around, so I can do better work."
"Thank you, Doc. Thank you." It feels like a lot of weight has been lifted off of her shoulders. That's when they notice that the shaking has started to subside. "EDI talk to us, what's happening?"
"It appears that we have finished passing through a wormhole."
Ashley and Chakwas looked at each other. "What do you mean 'a wormhole'?"
"Sensors are down, so I'm not sure but what we have just passed through has the same characteristics as an Einstein-Rosen Bridge."
"Yeah well," Joker interrupts, "let's worry about this wormhole later. We need to set the ship down and make repairs. There is a planet within visual range. But I don't know what's on it. But without sensors, it's safer than staying up here."
"Agreed. Land on the planet so we can focus on repairs." Ashley looks to Chakwas. "See what you can do for him." She holds his hand and looks at Shepard's scarred bloody face.
"You aren't gonna leave his side, are you?" came a voice from behind. Ashley spun around. She was so focus on Shepard that she didn't notice that Liara came in. "Don't worry," Liara said as she put her hand on Ashley's shoulder, "he is pretty much the same with you. After your encounter the Cerberus machine, Shepard carried you on to the ship and put you on this same bed. The only time he didn't watch over you was when Hackett called, but as soon as they were done talking, he immediately came back to check on you. He loves you, so he would want you to go get some rest. I'll come get you the moment he wakes up."
Ashley hugs Liara, "Thanks, Liara, I'll be in the captain's quarters." With that she heads off to the elevator.
Few hours later.
Groan. Shepard slowly opens his eyes and tries to get up. Pain shoots through every fiber of his being. "Shepard! Thank the Goddess, you're alive. I'll be right back," Liara says as she bolts out of the medbay to the elevator.
Chakwas walks up. "You had us worried. How do you feel?"
Shepard sits up with some effort, "Like I took a trip through Hell and back. How long was I out, and don't say 15 hours, please?"
She chuckles. "No, not that long. A few hours, but it's hard to tell when you're getting thrown around."
Shepard chuckles, "Sounds like I missed a helluva ride. How long until I'm fit for active duty?"
"Anyone else, I would say around a week. But with you, a day, two at most. Just take it easy for now."
"SHEPARD!"He turns and braces himself just in time as Ashley basically tackles him. As they lay down on the bed, hugging and kissing each other, Chakwas makes a motion to let Liara know to give them some time alone. As they leave, both Shepard and Ashley are crying tears of joy. "God. I knew you wouldn't leave me, not again," Ashley whimpered out as she pulled her head back a bit.
"I would never leave you, Ash, not again. I love you."
"I love you too, Shepard."
"John."
"What?"
"Please," Shepard said as he brought her closer, "just call me John."
Ashley smiled as she rested her head on his chest, "OK, John, OK."
Captain's Quarters
A few minutes has passed since the Normandy has landed on the planet. During that time, Shepard and Ashley went to go get ready for the memorial service. Shepard rested his hand on the sink and looked at his reflection. Normally, he would be impressed with how fast his scars were healing, but he could careless right now. His mind kept going back to the Citadel and what happened.
'Look at the power they wield. Look at what they can do.' Gunshot. Smash. Thud.
"John, you OK? John? Shepard!?" Ashley forcefully opens the bathroom and sees Shepard huddled in a corner. "John what happened?" she asks as she approaches her love and notices the blood on his hand, and the broken mirror.
He mumbles, "I killed him. I killed him."
"Who did you kill?"
"Anderson. The bastard made me kill him. You remember those logs with the Illusive Man, back on Cronos Station?" She nods. "Well, he had Reaper tech grafted into him. Using this tech, he made me pull the trigger on my gun and shoot David."
"Oh my God… He was the closest thing to a father, wasn't he?"
"Yeah… just give me a second."
A few minutes later, at the Memorial Wall on the crew quarters level.
Old fashion military music, used to honor the fallen. was playing. There stood the crew. Garrus Vakarian, Tali'Zorah vas Normandy, Javik, Dr. Liara T'Soni, EDI, James Vega, Dr. Karin Chakwas, Gabriella Daniels, Kenneth Donnelly, Greg Adams, Samantha Traynor, Steve Cortez, Jeff "Joker" Moreau, Ashley Williams, and John Shepard all stood in front of the Wall, with Shepard holding a plaque. Shepard slowly walks up to the wall and carefully puts the plaque of 'ADM DAVID ANDERSON' in the middle of the Wall. He backs up and salutes, and everyone, including the non-human crew except Javik, follows. Shepard says, "Admiral David Anderson, was a proud and honorable member of the Alliance. The first to graduate from the N7 program and later served in the First Contact War. He served as captain of the original Normandy, three years ago, then gave me command of the ship. It was his action that allowed us to get to Ilos and delay the Reaper invasion. He was a good friend and the closest thing I had to a father. It was him, who showed me that there was a better option than a gang. Without him, none of us would be here, today." Shepard puts his hand down and the rest follow. He turns around to face the crew. "Some of you might wonder how he died. It was on the Citadel. The Illusive Man was there. He augmented himself with Reaper tech. With it, he took control of me and Anderson. The bastard made me shoot my friend." He looks at the dogtags that belong to Anderson. He closes his hand over them as he looks at the crew. "Joker, how long on those repairs?"
"Well, the ship took a beating worse than at the Collector's base. I don't know how long, though."
"Adams?"
Adams answers with, "Well, I can get the ship able to limp her way back to Earth within a week, two at the most. If I can get the communication systems working, I can send out an S.O.S. and see if anyone comes to help."
"Get on it. The rest of us will help where we can. You're dismissed." Everyone left, leaving Shepard with Ashley. "Ash, I need to be left alone. For now." Shepard took a step forward and collapsed. Ashley caught him and took him to the medbay. As Ashley helped him onto a bed, Shepard said, "Thanks. I just need some sleep." He lays down and sleeps.
