Author's Note: Another story based off the "War hero" back-story for Commander Shepard from Mass Effect. I might do the other backgrounds if this one goes well. This is my first fan-fic so bear with me if I'm getting this completely wrong. Oh, and feel free to leave a comment or a review or a parcel bomb if you feel like it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Mass effect, it's characters or anything, so no lawsuits EA.
Enjoy.
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Zero Hour-Elysium
Chapter 1: Prologue
Agebinium
18 August 2183
35:00 local system time
Commander Shepard stared at the hologram of Elanos Haliat with an equal mixture of fury, revulsion and desperation. The bastard had them trapped in cave with an armed 20 kiloton fusion warhead.
"Goodbye Shepard" Haliat spoke with a cold, calculating arrogance that infuriated the Spectre but her fury quickly turned to desperation as the bomb's control panel emitted a series of shrill beeps and a flashing red 10:00 appeared on the display. Shepard's mind went into overdrive, quickly weighing all the options: Run, no we'd never escape the blast in time even if there were an exit which there probably isn't given the sound of that seismic charge. Hide, how? Nothing in this mine would withstand a nuclear blast from inside the mine. Which leaves…
The Spectre didn't waste any more time completing the metaphorical sentence but instead began running towards the bomb while barking out the simple instruction "Garrus!" The Turian instantly understood his commander's intention and sprinted towards the bomb; his Omni-tool flaring to life with dull orange glow.
Time seemed to slow to a crawl as they raced toward the instrument of their doom and the commander's mind flashed back 7 years to Elysium where this all began.
