Shepard fell out of bed as soon as the alarms started going off, she grumbled before picking herself up and dusting herself off.

"Why do the alarms for wake up have to be so loud?" She rolled her eyes and looked around the room while wondering why she was here and not in her own room.

"Shepard?! I heard a bang are you ok?!" Liara ran into the room screaming. Shepard raised an eyebrow and gave a chuckle. Liara began to blush and rubbed her forehead. "Sorry... about that."

"It's ok Liara." Shepard began to make the bed with a smile. "Ready for our next mission Liara?"

"What's happening? Are we going to go to see if we can find the prothean?" Liara almost shot through the roof with excitment.

"Yeah hopefully. I'll tell Joker to set a course for it and we'll be there in about 15 hours hopefully." Shepard gave Liara a slight nod and a smirk before walking out of the door and calling the elevator. Shepard walked into the elevator and pressed the top floor button.

"Password please." EDI's voice rang in Shepard's ears.

"EDI, you can tell its me..." Shepard shook her head and rubbed chin.

"We can never be to sure commander." Shepard rolled her eyes and looked at the floor.

"Fine. Mr fluffykittens." Shepard hung her head in shame. "Why did you ever let Traynor near this while she was drunk?" Shepard said as the lift began to move.

"I didn't know she was drunk... and I may have been... preoccupied."

"With what? You're a robot." Shepard crossed her arms and began to tap her foot.

"Jeff was..." Before EDI could finish Shepard waved her hands and began to pull a disgusted face.

"I don't want to know EDI! Forget I asked!" Shepard grimaced at the thought.

"Do you want it deleting off my internal..." Shepard walked out of the elevator and shook her head.

"I don't care EDI just get rid of the question!" Shepard shouted back and opened the door to her cabin to see Traynor sat there on her chair.

"Well you know what they say 'Speak of the devil and they shall appear' right?" Shepard mumbled.

"Commander i was just..." Samantha stood up and pushed the chair under the table quickly.

"Just stalking my every move and trying to smell all my clothes again Sam."

"That's not... I've never..." Sam began to blush a deep shade of pink and Shepard just began to laugh.

"Commander Shepard can never get a break from anyone can she?" Shepard placed a hand on Samantha's shoulder. "Oh and I want my pass code for the elevator changing back."

"Of course Commander. I'll change it as soon as I get back down to CIC. I was actually just up here to ask you if you wanted to join me and Jack on the Citadel for a drink next time we're there."

"Yeah that'd be good. Thanks Traynor and please for the 50th time of saying it, call me Red or just Shepard because Commander is annoying when you get called it by people you trust." Shepard smiled and Samantha's jaw almost dropped.

"Yes Com... Shepard, anytime." Samantha gave a salute and stood there for a minute.

"Anything else? Because if not, can I get dressed please?" Samantha shook her head and came back down to the real world.

"Sorry? Oh yes. Nothing else for you Shepard, I'll see you downstairs." Shepard nodded and walked over to her chest of draws. She pulled out a pair of green boxers, her alliance trousers, an Expel 10 tee and her alliance 95 shirt. Quickly changing, she pushed her feet into her boots and tied the laces. Red walked out the room and into the elevator pressing the button to take her to CIC.

Shepard fell out of bed as soon as the alarms started going off, she grumbled before picking herself up and dusting herself off.

"Why do the alarms for wake up have to be so loud?" She rolled her eyes and looked around the room while wondering why she was here and not in her own room.

"Shepard?! I heard a bang are you ok?!" Liara ran into the room screaming. Shepard raised an eyebrow and gave a chuckle. Liara began to blush and rubbed her forehead. "Sorry... about that."

"It's ok Liara." Shepard began to make the bed with a smile. "Ready for our next mission Liara?"

"What's happening? Are we going to go to see if we can find the prothean?" Liara almost shot through the roof with excitment.

"Yeah hopefully. I'll tell Joker to set a course for it and we'll be there in about 15 hours hopefully." Shepard gave Liara a slight nod and a smirk before walking out of the door and calling the elevator. Shepard walked into the elevator and pressed the top floor button.

"Password please." EDI's voice rang in Shepard's ears.

"EDI, you can tell its me..." Shepard shook her head and rubbed chin.

"We can never be to sure commander." Shepard rolled her eyes and looked at the floor.

"Fine. Mr fluffykittens." Shepard hung her head in shame. "Why did you ever let Traynor near this while she was drunk?" Shepard said as the lift began to move.

"I didn't know she was drunk... and I may have been... preoccupied."

"With what? You're a robot." Shepard crossed her arms and began to tap her foot.

"Jeff was..." Before EDI could finish Shepard waved her hands and began to pull a disgusted face.

"I don't want to know EDI! Forget I asked!" Shepard grimaced at the thought.

"Do you want it deleting off my internal..." Shepard walked out of the elevator and shook her head.

"I don't care EDI just get rid of the question!" Shepard shouted back and opened the door to her cabin to see Traynor sat there on her chair.

"Well you know what they say 'Speak of the devil and they shall appear' right?" Shepard mumbled.

"Commander i was just..." Samantha stood up and pushed the chair under the table quickly.

"Just stalking my every move and trying to smell all my clothes again Sam."

"That's not... I've never..." Sam began to blush a deep shade of pink and Shepard just began to laugh.

"Commander Shepard can never get a break from anyone can she?" Shepard placed a hand on Samantha's shoulder. "Oh and I want my pass code for the elevator changing back."

"Of course Commander. I'll change it as soon as I get back down to CIC. I was actually just up here to ask you if you wanted to join me and Jack on the Citadel for a drink next time we're there."

"Yeah that'd be good. Thanks Traynor and please for the 50th time of saying it, call me Red or just Shepard because Commander is annoying when you get called it by people you trust." Shepard smiled and Samantha's jaw almost dropped.

"Yes Com... Shepard, anytime." Samantha gave a salute and stood there for a minute.

"Anything else? Because if not, can I get dressed please?" Samantha shook her head and came back down to the real world.

"Sorry? Oh yes. Nothing else for you Shepard, I'll see you downstairs." Shepard nodded and walked over to her chest of draws. She pulled out a pair of green boxers, her alliance trousers, an Expel 10 tee and her alliance 95 shirt. Quickly changing, she pushed her feet into her boots and tied the laces. Red walked out the room and into the elevator pressing the button to take her to CIC.


When Shepard reached her private messages, she could feel Samantha's eyes on her. She gave a quick smirk and logged onto her message terminal.

"Rubbish. Rubbish. Crap. Shit. Cerberus being idiot. Traffic. Boring. Shit. Sam can't you tell these people to go and find someone else to message instead of me?" Shepard sounded like a two year old who didn't have any ice-cream and she didn't care anymore.

"Shepard, I doubt they would appreciate that. What could I say? 'Leave Shepard alone, or I will find the person who recorded an entire tape of themselves crying over the pop star Brittany Spears and resurrect them so they can send you one about Commander Shepard." Shepard laughed at Samantha's comment and gave a raised eyebrow.

"Would you do that?"

"While I'm at it I think I should make them do one about people who play chess. We're not all geeks you know..." Samantha thought about it for a second. "Not all of us." Shepard continued laughing and replied to the message from Admiral Hackett.

"You do it Sam and i'll love you forever." Shepard gave a smirk and logged off of the terminal.

"Now that is an enticing thought, but im still not doing it Shepard."

"What about feeding my fish for me?"

"Nope." Samantha gave a grin. "Flattering in this instance will get you nowhere."

"Fine but I can replace you with Chambers again." Shepard began to walk to Joker.

"No you wouldn't do that to your favourite chess player would you?" Samantha turned back to her work while Shepard debated the question.

"Yeah, yeah I would." Shepard replied with a laugh.


"Joker can you set a course for Eden Prime." Shepard said as she stood behind Joker and looked at his work.

"Yeah, sure thing Commander. Why Eden Prime?" Joker turned around in his chair and looked directly at Shepard.

"We found a Prothean artefact. Liara is convinced its a real Prothean, gotta believe the expert right?"

"I guess so Commander." Joker said with a chuckle as he turned back around and set a course for the Planet. "it's weird when you think about it Commander. We're going back to the place where this all started 5 years ago! I mean can you believe it?! You got struck by the beacon that long ago."

"It is strange i guess, but it helped us save the galaxy more than twice." Shepard laughed and looked at EDI. "EDI has Sam changed the password back yet?" Shepard folded her arms. EDI looked what Shepard or any human would describe as nervous.