When the Normandy is shot by an odd beam, what will happen to the ship and the crew on broad? Find out here! (This is part of a RP A friend and I are doing for Mass Effect, Neither of us own Mass Effect and neither of us every will)
Hello again people! Taking a Break from England's Magic and Countries Don't mix to write this!
Just going to clear somethings up . This is part of a RP between me and another friend, we used both our Shepherds that we made in the games, Lola is my Friends Shepherd who is a Ruthless, Spacer infiltrator while Andrew is mine, a Earthborn Engineer war hero. We have it that the two of them are brother and sister and just before this part takes place we had it that Lola made Andrew a second Commander for the Normandy, we also included Liara into this one even though it is set during the second game. We have a few pairings in this but I don't think any of them really show up. If they do I will list them at the end of the Chapter. So please enjoy the story! R&R if you wish.
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It was a normal day/night on the Normandy as the crew went on as they always did, doing whatever it was they did. Ken and Gabby were arguing with one another as Tali listened. Jack was looking through the files while Garrus was doing Calibrations (Surprise Surprise). So it was basically normal on the ship, apart from the fact that Joker was walking around the CIC, having been basically ordered by the Doctor to walk around and get away from his seat when they were just flouting through Space.
Lola was walking around as she went to talk to Joker, who seemed to be muttering to himself about something.
"Something wrong Joker?" She asked as she reached him, Joker looked at her
"Fine Commander, just the ships being slow and EDI Can't find anything wrong." Joker explained
Lola nodded as the two talked for a little while longer before Lola left to her room.
As Joker started walking back to the cockpit a odd green beam of light hit the ship, so Joker started to run back to the cockpit, now having metal leg bracers on to help his bones , once he got to the cockpit he ran to his seat and sat down, starting to type as he asked EDI what had happened.
"A beam of some sort hit the ship, all of the ships functions seem normal, and it appears only some of the crew members were effected." EDI replies.
Joker nodded, "Get us away from where it fired"
The ship then started to fly away.
After a moment of fast flying Joker stopped the ship as EDI starts a scan.
"Can you find what the beam was EDI?" he asked, his face now that of a five year old as it was filled with worry as he turned to face the blue ball of light
"Of course" EDI said before she starts another quick scan for information on what it was, "I've found what it is. A de-aging beam"
Joker blinked at her, "A de-aging beam? That doesn't sound good…." He said as he jumped out of his chair, "I'll go find the Commander and tell her what happened" He said before smiling and running off to find her.
Commander Lola was on the elevator, having just left her room.
Joker pressed the button and waited for the elevator. Having had to jump to reach the button.
After a moment the doors opened and Lola looked at Joker, blinking.
Joker blinked back, "Commander…."
"What happened?" She asked, crossing her arms slightly, looking to the side a little as she didn't enjoy being little, having been a somewhat short kid.
"According to EDI when she did a scan it came up that the ship was hit with a de-aging beam, but not everyone was affected by it." He explained as she nodded , Joker then looked down before to the side, "EDI?"
"Yes Jeff?" She replies.
"Can you call everyone to the debriefing room?" He asked.
"Of course" EDI replied before sending a message to everyone's Omni-tools telling them to meet in the debriefing room.
"Thanks" Joker said before looking at Lola again, "This way we can see who was and wasn't effected" he explained as Lola nodded as he walked into the elevator.
Lola moved to try and choose the right floor.
Joker watched her for a short moment, "Jump! It's easier and more fun!" he said with a smile.
Lola pouts but jumps to choose it anyway, letting a small huff out afterwards.
It was quiet until a little 'ping' told them that the doors were now opened to show they had reached the floor and the two walked to the debriefing room. When they entered the room, Thane, Tali and Jacob where the only ones who weren't kids.
Tali looked around at all the little ones, finding it entertaining. Thane was holding a little Garrus who was resting against him, confused as to what was happening. Jacob was holding a little Kasumi, who was playing with his ears causing him to chuckle, while a little Liara and little Mordin were talking about what had happened. Jack was sitting to the side, frowning with her arms crossed as Ken and Gaby were talking to each other next to Tali. Joker looked at all this before going to stand next to the blue ball of light that was EDI. Lola looked at them all before Andrew walked up to her.
"What happened?" He asked
"A de-aging beam hit the ship apparently…." She said, looking at him as he sighed.
"This. This is why you behave in public and not punch the news people! Because news gets to people with de-aging guns!" He told her, even though she was older then he was.
"Hey!" Lola defended, " I didn't punch her! You didn't let me!"
"Have you punched her before?" He asked.
Lola fell quiet for a moment, "…..maybe…."
"This is why you don't punch news people!" he said again as Lola huffed a little.
Andrew sighed as he moved to stand next to her, "I am not doing a childhood again, I don't think anyone wants to, especially not teen years. So fix this Lola, or so help me."
"Hey! I don't want to relive any of this either!" She told him, "Anyway, I don't know how to fix it…." She said, mumbling the last bit.
Andrew grabbed her shoulders and looked her in the eyes, "You have an AI and two brilliant scientists on board, find a way to fix it." He said before letting go and facing everyone else, "Until then, Joker, get us back to the Citadel and dock the ship. No one is allowed to leave without either Tali, Thane or Jacob." He told them, for the first time sounding like a Commander since Lola made him one.
Everyone nods before walking off to do their jobs as Lola puffed out her cheeks as Andrew walked past her and out of the room.
Liara walked off to try and find a way to fix it as Mordin followed , going to help her.
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Next time on Children on Board, will Mordin and Liara find a way to fix everyone? What else will all the now little people get up to? Find out next time!