In this story i'll probably do lots of errors about races, planets and facts about Shepard or other characters, please don't be angry because Mass Effect universe is enormous and it's normal I can do some mistakes.
However sorry in anticipation for the errors and enjoy the story!
CHAPTER 1 – PROLOGUE
"Shepard! My old friend! How are you?" said Theo.
Commander Shepard stepped into the poorly illuminated room with big steps, he was visiting an old friend: Theo Lorne, he met him during a mission before the Geth assault, he was only a soldier, Theo was his lieutenant. Shepard saved Theo's life during a mission on planet Circe on Athens system: enemy mercenaries launched a grenade into Theo's trench, which made his left leg jump away and blinded his right eye. Shepard took his official and transported him in field infirmary, where he was cured. Theo from that moment called Shepard "soldier" no more Now Theo has a bionic eye and a mechanic leg, but his sense of humor didn't die.
"Theo! I knew you were on Therum, but I didn't knew that you were still looking for me!"
Shepard embraced the friend and seated on the armchair of white skin in front of the table. The room wasn't very big, but it hadn't any wall, it was an enormous big windows on the galaxy, in front of them there was a moon, a very big moon. All the room was enlighten mostly by that incredible piece of rock.
"Do you want a drink "soldier"?" said the lieutenant.
"No thanks, I don't drink when I'm in presence of my major! Ah Ah Ah!" They both laughed.
Theo took a glass of liquor and drank a little bit.
"Pretty good office Theo, what do you do now?" asked Shepard.
"I don't do anything really, I have my invalidation pension, as my military medals, so I live as a retired old man, that every time that look an old photo he feels not as young as he was 30 years ago. Sometimes I try and break some new robots the company send to "help me", like they think I'm an old fool who can't go in the bathroom alone. Stupid Quarians...". Said Theo drinking the liquor and
coughing.
"You should be careful, Quarians don't take very well this kind of thing, I know." Said Shepard.
"Fortunately I'm not racist, as you may know. We fought with Turians and Salarians time ago. I think they are better than humans sometimes.".
"Everything is better than human race my dear friend. Why do we are one of the weakest races in the entire universe? Because Asari, Salarians, Drell and Turians are better than us, just think about Prothean race". Said commander Shepard.
Meanwhile a big ship passed in front of the glass darkening for an instant the room, the eyes of Shepard rested from the light of the moon to read an hateful publicity of a new energetic drink "Haste!! Few credits so much spirit!". The the light came back.
"You are right, as always. If only we were not Batarians' enemies we could be considered as a little water's drop in the ocean. Unfortunately this ocean is infinite and we can't save from being forgotten". Said sadly Theo.
"If you live a memorable life you can't be forgotten."Said Shepard.
He knew that he did a reference to his recent success: the Geth defeat. He didn't want to do it because he didn't want to embarrass his friend.
"Right, but also if you live an infamous life you are remembered".whispered Theo.
"What do you intend to say?" asked politely Shepard, handing himself in on the chair.
"Do you remember that group of bastards Turian that destroyed 8 Human colonies, one Asari colony and exterminated 32 Quarians for stealing Zero Element?? If the memory doesn't deceive me they were called "Nightfall Angels"."
Shepard stood up and with a surprised mood said "I didn't know they destroyed an Asari colony, I didn't even know that there were Asari colonies on Artemis Tau".
"Yes, there was only one of these colonies, it was kept secret by the Alliance because there were enormous Zero Element mines on Alsages. Some Asari aliens were "paid" for collecting the mineral and for sending it to the Citadel. "Nightfall Angels" discovered it and decided to go on that planet to steal Zero Element and take no prisoners." Theo's words became thinner.
Shepard was without words and asked "Are there documents that prove this infamy?".
Theo shook his head, the answer was no. "There is only a long video disc."
"But it is not very useful, it contains a diary by an Asari woman that escaped the attack, but it's more like a diary than a proof. At the end she says: "I'm not going to return back, I'll go until after all", then the disc stops, it's probably damaged. I tried to repair it but it didn't work.".
Shepard appeared very interested, after all, his job was resolve problems and save galaxies, so walked at Theo and asked him "Can I have it? Maybe I know someone that could repair it".
Theo shook his head, the answer was yes. He went toward a white piece of furniture and it opened a drawer, it threw out a Shuriken gun and a pair of grenades that covered the small video disc.
"Here it is, take it".
Shepard greeted the old friend.
After a few hours Shepard left Theo and went on the Normandy where he closed himself into his cabin. He put the videodisc on the reader and began to watch it.
"My name is Aria Lore, and this is my story".
