A/N Bioware owns all characters except Violet. She is of my own creation. Thank you for reading.

She has to make it… he thought as he paced back and forth in the mess hall; his team members gathered around him. Watching him. She can't die, not that easily. He was lost in his memories of her. "Shepard… care to enlighten us on who this woman is?" Miranda's voice broke through his foggy mind. He looked over to her stopping in front of the window to the medical bay. She looked slightly annoyed at being out of the loop. He looked around at his crews face, most looked confused but content in waiting for him to explain. Explain why the woman in their med bay was so important to him.

"Okay…okay, fine," he said nodding his head yes as he walked over to a chair pulling out his omni-tool. . "Her name is Violet, she…she was my mentor for ten years while I was in the N7 program. She taught me everything I needed to know by Alliance protocol and some off the record. She taught me how to hold my liquor even. I've never seen a woman drink the way she did. But she never got drunk, never stumbled even."

"I looked up to her, she always made time for her crew which wasn't all human. She looked out for them, protected them. She wasn't afraid of anything, she wasn't afraid to die. And I guess that's what fascinated me the most. She never let fear get in her way, when she said she was going to do something she did it. She my mentor, the captain of the Pandora XR-1 and Admiral for many years. Then she vanished, at my birthday party she threw for me. I've been tracking her down for years on the side. And finally I found her."

He paused to look at his crew, each had that confusing look plastered on their face except Thane and Garrus, they've always been hard to read, but they both would be honest in what they thought if he asked them. "I thought the N7 program only lasted a few years?" Miranda said.

"It does, but afterwards I stayed on her crew. We lived together for a few years even. Not like dating but as friends. She made it clear from day one she had no interest in a guy like me. Her exact words were, "You're not my type, and you're a little younger than me.""

"So she was your friend?" Tali said.

"Yes, she was."

"Commander? May I have a word with you?" Dr. Chakwas said as she walked out of the med lab with a tablet in her hand, an intrigued look in her eyes.

"How is she?" He said as he walked over to her.

"I believe she will be fine, she is exhausted though so she is resting right now. What I found out though might interest you. She has only one implant, her omni-tool, and yet her biotic ability is even higher than Jacks, she evolutionized in that way. She uses every part of her brain Commander. There is no telling what she is capable of. Or what she's seen." She said giving me a knowing glance.

"So you know?"

"Commander, I'm one of the best doctors out there. I know old when I see it. Though her body is younger than yours. She would be a great subject to study."

"Yeah…good luck with that one Doctor."

"Why don't you go relax, it will be a short time before she wakes."

He just nodded and stared though the window at her. Her skin was pale, bruises covered her body, focused on her rib cage. Whoever hit her was right handed. Had to be a hell of a fight. Her auburn red hair was in a messy bun, but you could see it moving from the vent above her. Her face, was looking away from him. But you could see her one of her petit ears peeking through the red veil covering it. He half smiled briefly. Remembering how she would constantly pull her hair behind her ears hen bring it back in front of her face again.

He sighed heavily, he'd seen enough death in his lifetimes. As he turned to talk to his crew she awoke.

Violet's POV

Where the hell am I? I thought as she shot up in her bed. Frantically pulling out the IV's in her arms. "Violet!" A woman in a doctor's uniform screeched at her. Who is she and how does she know who I am? I thought as she jumped out of bed, heading for the door.

The doors slid open with the women trailing her every step. I looked around, freezing in my tracks. "Shepard!?"

"Vi. How're you?" He said, with a small smile tugging at the corners of his lips.

"Wait…wait… you're dead." I said preparing to flay him alive.

"So are you." He shot back.

"But you know it's me, how do I know it's really you behind that face?" I said walking around him to where I was standing in front of the mess hell counter. "Tell me something only Shepard would know about me." He was quite for a moment.

"You were married, and had to watch your husband die." He said.

"That's common knowledge you can find on the xtranet."

"Yes, the necklace you are missing not only holds a locket with your mom and dad's pictures in it, it also holds your engagement and wedding ring."

"Okay. You're Shepard." I said calming myself down.

"What, were you going to kill me if I wasn't?" He asked.

"Yes." I said as I looked around the mess hall. His crew seemed wary of me, but were also out right staring. That's when I realized, I didn't have any clothes on besides my under garments.

"Uh, Shepard?"

"Yeah?"

"Where's my clothes?"

"You did get knocked out from fighting, you lost a lot of blood. Your clothes were ruined. But Dr. Chakwas should have something for you to wear." He said pointing to the woman who followed me out of the med bay. "Also here's your necklace." He said handing it to me.

I grabbed it feeling its cool metal against my palm was comforting.

"Thanks, also where can I grab a shower?"

"You can use mine, I heard the faucets in the restrooms are crap." He said. I nodded as I followed Dr. Chakwas back into the med bay.

"Sorry, for you know. Running out on you." I told her as I sat back on the bed.

"Don't worry about it, I imagine it's a little confusing waking up in a different place than where you were passed out at." She said to me as she ruffled through a cabinet. Pulling out an extra set of lab clothes. "Sorry but this is all I have, just use your hairband to tie back so it fits better. And here's a sheet to cover yourself until you shower."

"Thank you, for being so nice to me." I said looking into her pale green eyes. She smiled.

"It's my job to help people. Shepard's cabin is the top floor. No need for thanks." She said going back to her terminal. I took that as my queue to leave.

"Oh, and if you have the time. I would love to chat with you about your condition." She said looking at me.

"Oh…sure." I said, freaking out on the inside as I walked through the mess hall with a big white sheet wrapped around me. I didn't even notice how everyone went silent when I walked through.

I got into the elevator pushing the first level when a black boot stopped the doors from closing and this dark brown haired woman came in the elevator with me. Miranda, I thought. Great.