Disclaimer: I don't own Mass Effect 2, but I do own Emma; just not her last name.
Shepard's Secret
Chapter 1
"I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite store on the Citadel." Commander John Shepard smirked as he heard the lilt of his own voice flow through his ears. Seeing this would make one think he was stuck up, but this is not the case at all. He simply finds the sarcasm quite hilarious, you see, Commander Shepard hates the Citadel. Ever since he'd been there as a child he's hated it. He was never sure why, maybe it was because it seemed so clean and pristine and yet no one knew how dirty and filthy it really was or maybe it was just because it was so corrupt. He wasn't really sure what caused his hatred; all he knew is that it would never change.
Shepard sighed as he continued his walk through the market level of the new Citadel, looking for someone very particular; his companions, Garrus and Thane, were just as alert as he was in finding this person. Shepard looked around carefully, scanning each entity in the area and wondering where his target could be. Suddenly, he heard something unusual.
"John? Johnny? Over here," yelled a female voice. John Shepard whipped around to see who had called to him and his face softened. He had found his target. He walked to the girl with a sort of swing in his step and took her into his arms when he reached her. She hugged back but suddenly pushed him away. "Excuse me, but where the hell have you been?" The girl asked this with a glare on her face, her lips pouting.
"Emma Lydia Shepard! Watch your mouth!" Shepard said half-heartedly.
"Wow, John. Look, I'm not you're little sister anymore. I'm an adult now, an adult who's been waiting for you for an hour and a half," The girl, who we now know is called Emma, snapped back.
"Well, you'll always be little to me and besides it's not like there was nothing to do while you waited." Emma sighed and shrugged.
"Yeah, you're right. It's my own fault. So, what are we waiting for? To the Normandy!" Just as Emma was about to head in the direction of the docking bay, her brother's two companions walked up.
"Oh, Emma, these are two of my crew mates; Garrus and Thane." Emma waved and gave a small nod to Thane but when her eyes rested on Garrus she stared. Shepard raised an eyebrow, wondering why his sister was now a drooling idiot. He snapped his fingers in her face a few times and tapped her on the shoulder but nothing worked. He then got an evil idea and stuck his finger in his mouth. When he pulled it out he stuck in right into Emma's ear. She yelped and growled at him.
"Come on Emma, time to go," Shepard said with a small chuckle. Emma just blushed and followed him, grumbling something about "wet ears" as she followed. Thane followed without a beat but Garrus followed slowly, wanting to know very much why his Commander's sister had been staring at him so intently. Most women, whether human or not, stared at him all the time, because of his scarring, but not in the way she had.
When the four beings arrived on the Normandy Emma was awestruck. She explored the CIC with wide eyes and tingling palms.
"John, this is all yours?" Emma asked excitedly. John smirked and nodded offering his sister a tour. She eagerly accepted and Shepard began pulling her through the ship. After they explored Shepard's cabin and the CIC they took the elevator down a deck. The first room Shepard immediately went to was Life Support. Emma began to follow him in but was stopped by her brother.
"What's the matter John?" Emma asked, confused.
"I-I need to have a minute alone," was his response. Emma raised an eyebrow at this suspicious request. She wanted to see every nook and cranny of the new Normandy but her big brother was making it pretty hard by making her stay out of Life Support.
"But John-,"
"Emma, please?" Emma looked into her brother's eyes and saw desperation. It worried her because someone as tough and strong as her brother was never desperate and she had to know why. It was Emma's time to show why she shared the last name Shepard. She let her brother enter Life Support on his own but she wasn't going to let him off so easily. For now though, Emma was more interested in exploring.
A/N: So here's the re-edited version of Chapter 1. I'm doing the same to Chapters 2 and 3 so they shall soon follow.