Prologue

A/N Hello! Welcome to my hopefully unique Mass effect SI story. This story starts 2 months before Eden prime attack . Just so you know what's going on here is summary of what happened before this story starts in this story:
I've been 8 years in Mass Effect universe by the time story begins. When I came to the Mass effect the transfer destroyed my body and I was helped by super rich inventor who made me new body and made me ID of being her granddaughter. I told him everything and he apparently made some arrangements for me. I trusted him and so until 2 years before ME I was getting used to the new body but since I had no combat training I agreed to join alliance under special program . So for 2 years I trained under the special program. 2 months before Eden prime ,3 hours before start of the actual story,The asteroid station that I was in had a reactor malfunction .When I was just about to get to the escape shuttle I was thrown in forcefully by explosion that happened behind me and I hit my head badly but managed to get the shuttle moving before losing consciousness and my memories. The station blew up just after the shuttle jumped to FTL. The shuttle went on autopilot to Old mans Eden Prime mansion where I was rescued by his maids .I had met them earlier so they knew me as granddaughter of the rich inventor old guy.

"hey I think she's waking up!" I hear young girl saying from what I perceive as far away. She? What the? Ugh my head.

"Ugh...I feel like crap..." I mutter as I rise up to sit on the bed. I'm apparently on quite comfortable and expensive looking bed and there's girl in maid clothes sitting in the seat next to me.

Somehow the place feels familiar yet at the same time not. Before I can say anything the maid speaks up again.

"Miss Ana! I'm so glad you're okay! We were so worried! When we didn't see you coming out of the shuttle and found you unconscious in the pilot seat I almost had a heart attack thinking you might have died!"

Ana? Miss? What the? That name feels wrong...yet right? Like a ...nickname? I stop my pondering and answer to the poor girl who looks like She might start to cry at any moment:

"Ana? Is that my name? Why do you call me miss? Am I ...important?" after I say this the older woman who just arrived to the room with tray full of food drops her plate and

puts her hands to her face in universal gesture of shock and horror. Then she runs out in tears.

The young girl that woke me up and spoke to me just stares at me in same shocked state before saying:

"you...you don't remember? Oh no! What we're going to do? Oh no this is all my fault! I must have done something wrong! I'm so sorry!" She is about to say something more to berate herself but I stop her by putting my hand on top of her hand .
This calms her down enough to make her look at me again.

I smile at her and as she weakly smiles back I decide to calm her down a little "I'm sure you did nothing wrong. It must have been my own fault

if I was unconscious in that shuttle all alone. No way you'd have done anything wrong if you weren't there when where-ever I lost my consciousness.

So calm down and take deep breaths." I say while slowly rubbing her hand with my thumb like my mom used to do to me when I was kid...huh? Where did that come from?

As I notice her calming down I stop and take her head between my hands and kiss her on forehead. She blushes at this and then we giggle a bit before I speak again.

"I don't know why I did that...sorry... It just felt...familiar and right to do that, like someone, possibly my mother, used to do to me when I was kid." The maid visibly brightens up

"So you remember something!" She screams ,jumps in the air and claps. To her disappointment I don't remember that happening asI just drew logical conclusion.

I proceed to explain this to her "sadly I do not .That was just logical conclusions...perhaps if you tell me what you know about me I might remember something. Ca-piche?"She almost deflates at that and is just about to speak when someone speaks first.

"Perhaps I can be of better help than that maid," The speaker is old man in military suit that just arrived to hear me say my previous statement. How I know he's military is beyond me.

"I'm admiral Benneth, Alliance. I was meant to evaluate you today as a request from friend of mine.

I just got report that his asteroid has blown up and singular vessel with you on board was only thing seen exciting the system. I was supposed to ask you about that but since you apparently have amnesia it'll have to wait. Anyway I have something that might help you remember something, your dossier." he hands me data pad and continues speaking.

"That request was for me to see if you were up to join alliance under special program we have named Phoenix, It was supposed to become our new secret elite unit that comprises only of people that have heavily modified bodies like you have and extensive combat training. But since our main scientist is now dead, you'll probably be the last and only member of it until further notice. So I'll do some paperwork to transfer you to another program"

I had managed to read my supposed dossier and I decided to ask few things that bugged my mind about it.

"uhm...sir? I feel like this name is...wrong...Like it's fake? But I do recognize it so I thought that maybe I have conjured it up myself. Also why is my body this heavily modified? If I understand this right This isn't body I was born in. And also I'm , at least according to this, only 18! I'm sorry but this all feels so wrong. So until you give me decent explanation of this shit I think I'll pass on the offer to come with you" I say straight to his face. He doesn't like it. This is evident on his face for few seconds until he sighs.

He waves and the maids back down and then he almost whispers to me: "according to your grandfather you had very weak body since birth so until 8 years ago you were in intensive care when your grandfather ,my friend , Dr. Hailey made you body according to your own wishes. You yourself wanted to become some kind of hero so when you got the body and were accustomed to it , your grandfather contacted me and we made a deal so you'd be trained by us and in exchange you'd enlist under me and he would make similar bodies to group of volunteers after your official enlistment ." Then he backs down a little to drink some clear liquid,apparently water, before continuing "And about your name, yes that's not your real name but it's because your whole family line was killed by extremists , so to protect you and my friend you were given new ID's This happened 7 years ago. I am currently only one who knows your previous name and I promised to keep it secret so I will." Then he straightens up and continues:- "until you change your mind about this , and believe me you will, you'll be considered to be on shore leave Special agent 2nd lieutenant Ana Amerine Turpentin Hailey!" While saluting me.

This information flood gives me intense head ache."What? On shore leave? So I can't say no can I?" I say honestly surprised. What an asshole! I then continue "and about that information flood you provided yes I can recognize most of it so I guess you're speaking truth then." I whisper bitterly.

Benneth smiles at that "you've signed in 2 years ago even if you don't remember. I think you should take a look into your armory. Also check on psychologist for treatment of your amnesia." He says to me. His omnitool then beeps and he takes few steps like he's about to leave. "I'll be back tomorrow"

"sir yes sir" I say as sarcastically as I can. He salutes and leaves with the old woman who's apparently head maid in here..

I turn around to face the girl that woke me up "well now that I apparently know who I'm and that I'm owner of this mansion and if what this says then I am also heir of several hundred patents ,vast wealth and major share holder in several companies, I think you should take me to nearest shopping mall!" this makes the young maid, apparently named Nana Kurisima ,18 standard years old, very happy.

So I rummaged through the wardrobe to find me perfect shopping gear. I chose purple jeans and lighter purple tank top .
"let's go!" And we go. I follow Nana and one security mech to an aircar and we go to nearest shopping mall. We spent 2 hours shopping and then my omnitool beeps.

I read the message and there is time for psychologist. She's apparently Asari. I shrug shoulders and send the aircar and the mech with things I bought to my mansion with message to other maids to take care of them. I then walk with Nana to the place of the psychologist. She's Asari maiden named Cha'ara Tolkien.

I sit opposite of her and we begin the session. Nothing new is revealed except that I'm apparently doctor in medicine. So she decides that we should meld so she can help me better.

Turns out that We can't. We try several times but She just can't connect with me.

"It's like your whole being is rejecting me! This has never happened before! Lets try normal hypnosis is that okay?"She says to me and I agree. Even that doesn't work.

" Shall I ask another Asari to try?" She finally asks me . She's clearly tired but very curious .I concede and get appointment to come back tomorrow.

I then dial to Nana who comes get me with aircar. When I tell her about what happened she gets worried. I shrug my shoulders and take relaxing position.

Few minutes later We are at my mansion and head maid is waiting for was apparently worried sick.

"Young miss! Nana! What took you so long? You were supposed to come back after the appointment!" Nana is clearly embarrassed and I'm totally clueless why.

"I'm sorry but some problems emerged so it took a bit longer but I was with the psychologist this whole time." I then proceed to tell about what happened and she gets really worried also. I get worried about how worried they got so before we go inside I ask them "Why are you so worried? Where you expecting me to get cured with one visit? Or is it rare that hypnosis and Asari melding doesn't work?" I say while waiving my hands around to emphasize my point.

"Young miss, to my knowledge you are only person to date that is immune to asari melding." The head maid says and Nana nods in agreement.

I, on the other hand had brilliant idea why ,so I just shake my head and share my thoughts,"You do remember that I have practically whole body reconstructed using unknown materials? Maybe that's the reason I can't be melded with as my nervous system is made from specially engineered substance that makes my nerve-signals move almost hundred times faster than normal humans? Also there is that fuse in my neck that prevents dangerous electric impulse from frying my brain. Perhaps it is the one that prevented the melding" I say and the maids seem to think about it and agree that it sounds logical.

Feeling victorious I go check my armory like mr Benneth advised me to. I ask where it's and am directed to the basement .What I see in my 'armory' shocks me to no end.

Apparently I have hundreds different guns in my armory. Most of them being Sniper rifles. I also have shooting range ranging 500m. In one wall I have movable targets and in one I have Mechs. As I check the place I notice one separated case.

Inside it I find Kinetic shield harness that I put on immediately ;a circular shield that is apparently made from Silaris ,two combat knives and huge handgun. I take the shield and knives . I get an idea to throw them so I put three targets ready. All of them 10 m away. As a joke I throw the knifes both handed to two separate targets. To my surprise I hit bullseye with both. I wonder why I'm this good and why I have all of these. I think while taking the knifes out. I then pick up the shield I had left on the place I threw the knifes and get another idea.

Hmm what if I use this as a frisbee and try to hit moving target? From thought to action. I start 3 mechs ,one of them is programmed to run randomly around and other two start walking towards me as if they were shooting, but since I chose program that didn't allow them to use weapons they just walk towards me.

Then I think a little and make quick calculation how to throw and throw. I hit all of them in one throw. Apparently the shield was heavy enough to go through them all. "Ups" I say aloud. Second later another mech comes and takes the pieces away. Then I inspect the odd hand gun. It has 3 modes of fire which is unusual in pistol. It also has a scope.

I put one target 10 m,hit a bullseye, change it to 50m, get another bullseye and then get bullseye on every 50 m up to 200 where I miss and hit 9 instead of bullseye so I put the scope on and hit every bullseye up to 500m. I then check the video in disbelief to confirm that I really did just shoot like that. The video just confirms it which makes me sport evil grin.

I decide to go on a rampage and put on a game that is partly virtual and partly real. I put on the helmet and press it on.

It's me against 100 zombies (mechs) simulation. Difficulty level easy. (there was levels Easy,Normal, Hard and Lethal)

30 minutes later I stop as all the mechs are in pieces and I'm the winner. I'm not even tired. I take all the things from that case and go upstairs to my room.

I put them under my bed and go take shower. Then I page to my mechanic that's in charge of my 'armory'. I quickly dress up in pyjamas and go wait him in my bedrooms table.

Five minutes later he comes. He's father of Nana and son of head maid. Marco Kurisima,38.
"You called miss?" He asks politely from the doorway. I nod and a bit sheepishly ask him to sit on the chair opposite of me. I then proceed to explain what happened in the armory. When I'm done he just shakes his head and starts laughing making me even more embarrassed.
"I somehow guessed that would happen. I'll fix'em up and those that are too damaged I'll give to recyclers. We have 1000 in storerooms just for you to break so no worries. Anything else or can I get back to work?" He asks and getting permission he leaves. After he's gone I open my main terminal and check what I actually own.

Unclear time later Nana comes in with breakfast. She's surprised to see me awake.

"Miss? I have breakfast." I turn around fast as she surprised me .

"Breakfast? It's morning? Damn I have been awake whole night?" I say as I start sipping the tee she brought me. I had just gone through humongous amount of information just to learn what I own. I hadn't even done anything.

"I really am quite wealthy...over 1 000 000 000 000 000 credits in my main account and that isn't even all the money I have. I apparently have share in over 3000 companies and owners discount in all the shops in system alliance space and Citadel station that civilian can get. The dossier didn't even have half of these listed."Then I turn towards Nana " am I right if I assume that this isn't all I have?" I ask her. She shakes her head and changes the account to TerminusShare.

I stare at the new feed. Apparently I have even more hold in terminus systems.
"Just how rich am I?" I ask incredulously from my maid. She flashes a smile before answering

"as of last month you are 4th richest human and 313rd in official richest person list. But as it's only official You might not be that high in the list. Apparently there is Henry lawson's family that's richer than you and your grandfather,but since your grandfather is dead you are 2nd richest man as Henry Lawson's daughters are missing. Also there is one other man richer than you but since his identity is unknown he's not listed. "

She then takes deep breath and continues:

"My grandmother started Experimental Inventions- company 50 years ago to sell your grandfathers inventions and it's basis of your fortune today. Apparently your grandfather invented medi-gel and co-found Sirta foundation. He's been backbone of human development but he has always been quite shy and humble man .He never took credits of his inventions so he's unknown figure to most. He helped alliance whenever they asked him but he never took interest to acquiring wealth. We Maids of Kurisima family have taken care of your family's money affairs while serving your family since grandmother was asked to help him by Alliance."

She shifts to better position and continues again

"When your grandfather and his family moved to the asteroid 20 years ago to do some very secretive research we Kurisima's stayed here and we have continued to take care of their empire, we have tried to get share in all companies. Your family is why humanity is so great today! Without your grandfathers inventions we'd not be as advanced as we are now. And now he's gone and you're last member of his family. Also you're first to actually use the privileges you have." Nana concludes her speech and leaves leaving me there mouth wide open in minor state of shock.

Five minutes later my Omnitool beeps waking me from my state. It seems I have five minutes until the psychologist comes. I quickly shut the interface, take some clothes from wardrobe and take quick shower. Exactly five minutes later I'm in living room's couch when they arrive.
What I didn't expect was that the asari came with 3 other asari and admiral Benneth.

"Good morning, please take a seat!" I ask them and wait until all of them are sitting, My psychologist is sitting couch left of me and the trio is sitting opposite of me while Benneth is on couch right of me. I then continue "Any reason that I get this many quests?" I ask from the asari ," and why are you here admiral?"I ask accusingly from the admiral.

My psychologist clears her throat "Excuse me but let me explain. These three are leading experts in psychology and asari melding.. Your case is first of its kind so naturally they got interested."

Then Admiral Benneth interrupts before she can introduce the three other asari's "and I was on my way to meet you when I met these ladies outside and after they explained why they came here I got interested and joined them."

I look at benneth accusingly and nod. "Please ladies, introduce yourselves before this old guy here interrupts again. " I say while smirking. I really like to pull his leg, admiral or not.

The middle one decides to oblige. "I'm Matriach Cae'ra T'loak, To my right is my daughter ,Matron Coe'ra, and to my left is Matriach Ferona.

I'm an expert on field you call psychology and Ferona have studied in depth the process of asari bonding/melding. My daughter is adept in both fields."

She concludes and continues

"I was contacted by my disciple here and as I was having meeting with these two we discussed about it and decided to come here to see it ourselves.

I am currently looking at your medical records that dear admiral here gave us. I think the problem might lie in that fuse that's in your neck but since it is in a place we can't reach we have to hope that is not the reason. Shall we get on with it?"

I nod and for the whole day they try different approaches but none of them appear to work.

At the end of the day we conclude that either I'm rejecting all influence that might change myself or It's the blasted fuse.

Ferona thinks the former and others think it's the latter. She thinks it's natural defense mechanism as my Right eye is natural all the way to the brain. According to her the melding and hypnosis mostly happens through eyes.

As they start leaving I hear them saying that I'm freak of nature and one of a kind. My psychologist bows, apologizes in their stead and then leaves with them.

Admiral Benneth had watched closely from his place and when they left he finally spoke up.

"So it seems You're truly unique...Like you're out of this world. Mind reconsidering my offer? I know you know how damn good fighter you're , I asked Marco and he told me how badly the mechs were destroyed. According to data from that simulated fight you won against 100 battle mechs without letting them even hit your shields." He says while using his omnitool to play Rubik's cube.

I shake my head "I think I'll decline, I'm more interested in becoming doctor than soldier anyway." I say to him while juggling with my knives. I then page my head maid to come and escort Admiral outside.

After that day he visited me every day for a week before he stopped coming.
That whole week was otherwise nice, I visited the psychologist every day but nothing new came up. It seems only things I remembered was how to fight. I also noticed I learned medicine quite fast, or more like remembered the things as I studied them. We decided to stop the meetings and let my memory return on its own.

I also met with Nana's friends who became my friends quite fast. We all enjoyed shopping and old board games like Monopoly,Scrabble and trivial pursuit,though I was horrible at the last one. So for the first week we often played them in the hill overseeing the dig site or shopped like crazies.

For two months I studied Medicine ,fought the mechs,I managed to beat them on lethal after a month, and spent time with Nana and her friends. I also made friends with some marines that guarded the dig site near my house. For some reason they all saluted me when we first met. Probably because they saw the admiral speaking with me so often during the first week ,since I got here. Admiral Benneth really wanted me to accept his offer. I'd gotten rank of 2nd lieutenant straight away if I had agreed. As I took the tests of local medical university I noticed how much I knew of medicine and biology of many different species, I asked about it and I apparently had license of practice. I took the Physician's Oath and renewed my license ,though I had done them already but to be sure I took it again.

Then exactly two months after I woke up amnesiac I had a nightmare where machines attack Eden prime, In it I see one lone alliance ship land twice and the nightmare ends with me getting shot in the back and hearing words "Time is nigh for events to begin, Help Shepard to Save the galaxy !" spoken by old man. I then wake up and for the first time I feel like I should prepare for the worst.
For the first time since I woke up I took the stuff under my bed and take them with me as I start the day. Because in the dream I got shot in the back I activate the shield generators and put the circular shield in the backbag on my back. Before I met with the girls on top of the hill overseeing the dig site I shortly reminisce past two months and how the 2 months felt like it all happened yesterday.

When I reach the others we have wonderful time as we play Monopoly and joke about how the beacon they found on the digsite might be something of an importance.

Then I get small vision that I can't decipher but as my friends ask how I feel I say the words that I heard at the end of the vision.

In the vision it was said by young male voice that I try to Imitate as I say it to my friends. Just after I say it they turn around in small pain while complaining about odd voice that I can't hear. As I see what they see I say the words again.

"Mass effect has begun."