Shepard

The crew of the Normandy were minding their own business when a random ship approached out of nowhere and opened fire on us. When I saw the fires popping up I started put them out while telling the crew to abandon ship when I saw Liara running around the corner helmet in hand.

"Shepard the ship can't take more of this! We need to leave now"

"Is it just the two of us left?"

"No Joker's still at the helm and I can't get him to leave."

"I'll get him you just get to the escape pods" I say already making my way down the burning hall.

To say the ship was in trouble would be an understatement, in the main chamber that once held the galaxy map now stood a gaping hole leading to the empty vacuum that was space and beyond that was the unknown ship that had caused this. It was difficult but I managed to make my way to Joker who was doing his best to maintain control of the ship.

"Joker the ship is lost we got to go!"

"No I can still save her"

A explosion rocks the ship and nearly topples us

"Joker it's just a ship don't kill yourself over it"

"Yeah alright help me out" I help him out as best as I can and we quickly try to make it to the pods where Liara was waiting inside. I shove him into the pod and was about to join him when another explosion pulls me from the pod pinning me to the wall and with what strength I had managed to push the eject button before I was pulled into space. My helmet managed to hold for the first few seconds, but soon it gave way and the oxygen vanished as my body entered the planet's atmosphere engulfing me in flames and that was how I died.

"How's she doing any changes?" I hear a woman ask

"We've engaged the cybernetics but on a body this destroyed we're not getting much results in fact it's becoming harder and harder to keep her alive"

"Dammit the illusive man is expecting us to bring Shepard back… Alright apply the dark blood and maintain her cybernetics."

"Are you mad? That stuff has mutated and killed every test subject we applied it to within hours of injection and you want to inject it into Shepard!" the man screams

"I'm aware of the test subjects, but we both know the dark blood contains a regenerative healing ability and if what you say is true this might be the only way to save Shepard."

"Fine, but if this kills her it's you who will have to explain it to the boss. Transfusing dark blood at 50% purity."

"No changes in vitals Miss Lawson and it looks like her implants are about to burn out again."

"Increase purity to 75%"

"But anything over 50…"

"I'm in charge of this operation and will take responsibility if it goes wrong now do as I say!"

The first time the injected nothing happened but this time it felt as though my body was being torn apart from the inside out.

"Brainwaves are spiking!"

"And her vitals?"

"They're low but holding"

"Good keep her stable and breathing until her body can adjust to the blood in her system. Good work everyone as of today Shepard is back from the dead"

Those were the last words before my world faded into black and dreams were all I knew. As solider I was used to having nightmares about the things I've done and the people I've killed but not ones like these. I was surrounded by darkness and dead bodies and the smell of blood was everywhere. A few yards away was a cloaked figure hunched over one of the bodies.

"Hey where am I?"

But the figure didn't respond instead it kept doing what it was doing. I didn't like being ignored so I walked over and ripped the figures' cloak off to find myself eyes red and mouth dripping blood.

"What the?"

The other me let out a low screech before tackling me and biting into my neck. I tried to fight back but I didn't have the strength.

"Shepard!" a voice screams from the darkness

"Shepard if you can hear me you need to wake up!"

I wanted to move but found my body wouldn't listen.

"Shepard wake up!" an electric jolt shoots through me and my eyes open to the bright lights of some lab room.

"Where am I and what happened?" I mutter as I look around the room before standing up.

"Shepard I can see you're finally awake that's good, but we don't have time to explain everything right now you have to focus on staying alive so grab some armor and a gun from the locker on the far end of the room and try to make your way the shuttle bay." Comes the save female voice from before

Seeing no other option I do as she said and open the locker and put on the armor it held before taking and loading the pistol beside it. I was about to move when I spot a mirror and without thinking bring it up so I can see my face. Aside from the scars on my face my eyes had turned red my skin had lost most of its color.

I ignore that and focus on making it down the hallway dealing with mecs that came up with a single shot to the head. I passed several hallways along the way watching people running or being massacred by mecs until I finally turned into a room where a man was engaging mecs across a room.

"Shepard! If they have you up and walking about things must be bad names Jacob by the way"

"Alright Jacob tell me what's going on here."

"Long story short you died and we brought you back to life only you weren't supposed to be woken up for another few days"

I raise up from my position to blow the heads off two mecs before squatting back down with Jacob.

"Why's that?"

"Not quite sure you'll have to talk with one of the scientist about that all I know is that to keep you alive they used some DNA from some ancient creature only they used a bit too much so they've been wanting to run some tests to make sure you're still you"

He uses his biotics to pull the remaining mecs into the air where we pump them full of bullets before letting them fall to the ground.

"I guess we'll have to find that out later lets go" I say reloading before making my way to the door.

We run through the halls dealing with more mecs before running another man with a wounded leg.

"Damn Jacob why did you wake Shepard? Damn mecs got me in the leg get the medi gel in the compartment on the wall."

I couldn't explain what I was feeling when I saw his injury I mean I've seen people injured hundreds of times before but with this it was different like predator seeing its prey caught in a trap.

Jacob applies the gel and the groans as he stands up right as more mecs invade. Within a few more moments we were rid of all mecs in the halls and had made our way to the shuttles. The man we had rescued types in a code but gets gunned down by a woman on the other side.

"Jacob, Shepard great to see you two alive but if you want to keep it that way I suggest we leave now"

"Wait before we go I want Shepard to know that we work for Cerberus"

"That's all well in good but lets discuss this on the shuttle where it's safe" I say moving past both of them and into the ship where they follow behind.