Disclaimer: This story is based in an alternate universe in Mass Effect between Mass Effect 2 and 3. When EDI's mind is transferred into a human body, with the humorous and heartwarming adventures and antics she ends up in out of curiosity and confusion.

Prologue

Commander Shepard had just jumped onto the awaiting Normandy as Joker began firing at the trailing collectors with his assault rifle, with hundreds of Collectors in hot pursuit.

"Commander!" screamed Joker, the Normandy's pilot as he and Garrus lifted the bulky Shepard on to the Normandy as the door slid shut with several collectors firing on it.

"Explosion imminent, in 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4..." EDI announced in her usual cool, synthetic, feminine, voice

"Ya, ya I got the jist of it EDI, hang on!" Interrupted Joker as he sat down in the cockpit as the ticker on the massive time bomb detonated in the center of the Collector base.

As Shepard regained his breath he cursed under his breath. He pulled off his N7 helmet which had a bullet crack on its left eye lens which luckily did not pierce the heavy duty breather mask.

"Thanks guys." said Shepard with a deep exhausted breath. The day was theirs, they had lost no one during and after the assault only a few minor flesh wounds for everyone and a sprain ankle for Kasumi.

"Let's get out of here shall we?" offered Shepard as the Normandy drifted off into the void of space with the charred remains of the base floating in the emptiness. Total victory was accomplished and with a heated argument with the Illusive man, Shepard realizing that Cerberus was an obstacle to the imminent approach and defeat of the reapers, he chose to set off as a rogue and return to citadel space.

Present Time

Several days have gone by since the suicide mission against the collector base and its destruction and the annihilation of the human-reaper. The Normandy had arrived at the remote, tropical, frontier, world, Virmire where the crew would relax for a week as a well deserved shore leave. Wasting a week on the warm sunlit beaches seem to be an appropriate decision to make considering the alternative, spending a week on the bustling, noisy, and cramp, Citadel. As the Normandy touched down on the southern coast of the equatorial continent the crew quickly disembarked as the tranquil ocean waves washed over the white sand with lush steep green atolls jutting out of the horizon. Setting up umbrellas, towels and lots of sunscreen the crew began to enjoy themselves. Tali and Garrus, shortly before the suicide mission enjoyed some "quality time" in the forward battery where they consummated their feelings. They had snuck away to a nearby rock face where they spent the first day "reminding" each other of their feelings. Thane and Samara both meditated on the cliff face behind the Normandy which had landed on the beach. Kasumi, Jack, Kelly Chambers, and Daniels rested on the dorsal of the ship and worked on their tans. Kasumi who many rarely saw without her hood had long raven colored hair to her shoulders which she usually tied in a tight bun. Zaeed has spent the days fishing on the local reefs and invited Grunt, which he could not pass up because fish were considered a delicacy for large water sources and aquatic inhabitants were rare on Tuchanka due to the dry, desert, climate. The remaining crew were resting and swimming in the water while Shepard, Legion, and Mordin discovered a half submerged Prothean ruin several miles north of the Normandy. They stood at the front gate to the ruins as they stood in awe as Legion interrupted the silence.

"Shepard Commander, this unit has determined that the main chamber of the ruins is still above ocean levels."

"Yes, yes, this ruin must be of Prothean origin, my omni-tool has scanned the rocks and dated the rocks used for the structure to be 60,000 years old, excellent." said Mordin in his unique dialect with a smile and a hand on his chin.

"Well we better go find the main chamber... could have some useful weapon or some information on the Reapers." added Shepard as he stepped towards the open and decaying gate which was covered and infected with creeping vines and moss which had covered the worn sandstone pillars.

" These pillars seem to be placed in perfect alignment with the Tarsus constellation to the north east sky." added Legion as he picked up a bone.

"Mordin do you know what kind of animal or thing left that bone there?" inquired Shepard as he scratched his head in confusion.

"Scanning... This life form had a quad-strand of DNA, only Protheans are known to have a quad-strand." responded Mordin with an intrigued gaze on his face as he deactivated his Omni-tool.

Little over an hour had passed as the sun began to set down to the east, because Virmire rotated in the opposite direction compared to Earth. A while later the trio had finally cracked a complicated puzzle which included pulleys and levers to get to the main chamber which was a circular room with ten pillars surrounding the room with a skylight above the center with a still intact concentrating crystal directed all light to a center point of the room where a large pedestal stood. Where a strange black disk laid gathering dust and weeds. The disk was of simple construction it had a center disk where a set of two silver-colored handles protruded from the sides opposite of each other. in the center a bright chartreuse colored orb was centered into the disk with glowing lines which dissipated from the core.

"Mordin grab that thing and let's get back to the ship it's getting late." barked Shepard as he held his M-8 Avenger assault rifle resting on his shoulder

"Acknowledged" responded Mordin as he lifted the disk from the pedestal. "Let us get back to the ship, Commander."

After a long while the sun had gone down as the trio had finally arrived at the crew's camp on the beach to sound and beat of drums and the flare of a bonfire.

"We are back!" hollered Shepard carrying the disk in his hand as he waved it around.

The other crew looked towards him as the disk faintly glimmered in the moon light. As he drew near the center of the camp the crew saw and asked what the disk was.

"Hey Shepard, what is that?" asked Miranda as she took a sip of what appeared to be a coconut.

"Not sure." said Shepard, "I believe it is Prothean in origin."

" Mordin take this to your lab and analysis it, we only have three days left until we leave." ordered Shepard to Mordin as the other crewmembers boarded the ship's ramp for the night.

"Excellent, thought you would not allow it, well glad someone was wrong." acknowledged Mordin with an eager grin as he scurried off to his lab as everyone went off to bed.

A while later Mordin was in the lab, trying a few tests on the strange disk. One was a jolt of biotics from Samara, which actually worked. It reactivated the dormant artifact. It began to back a loud buzzing noise as it began to levitate to Samara's and Mordin's surprise.

"By the Goddess it is floating!" gasped Samara

It began to rotate as it glided out of the room along its journey out of the ship activating room after room, door after door.

"Samara, alert Shepard and the EDI, I will follow the disk, yes?"

Samara nodded in acceptance as they departed ways, Samara headed to the captain's quarters as Mordin scrambled towards the disk.

Mordin exited the ship as the disk emitted an intense glow as a massive beam of light blasted straight upward into space. Mordin noticed a Blue Sun's Shuttle in the sky, probably heading to the Terminus System. With the beam blazing in the sky, the small Blue Suns shuttle was caught in the beam, bursting in flames and debris as a small escape pod had jettisoned several thousand feet above, landing several yards from Mordin . The escape pod was charred, the artifact stopped firing as it dropped to the ground. Mordin walked up to the disk and grabbed it as he walked towards the escape pod. Mordin had a lot of explaining to do as Shepard, Joker, Samara, and Miranda ambled down the ramp. It was going to be a long night.

- To be continued