Chapter 4 :

SSV Normandy entered the seville system only to find the same results they found in tersine system. They also found both black boxes of two cruisers that were in system.

Lt. Commander Ashley Williams was shaking her head another human colony destroyed and another 4500 lives lost. 2 Alliance cruisers lost in senseless battle with reapers. Damn it Shepard warned them repeatedly that reapers were real and they were coming. How come the fools of the council and alliance leaderships still refused to believe. Well now with the black boxes she had irrefutable proof that reapers have arrived. After all this rest of the races will stand behind shepard, but it just might be to late. And she hoped that alliance fools will not court marshal shepard and throw away the key to his cell. O how she missed her skipper. Ash wished that he was here with her he would know what to make of this situation.

Neso Shepard was in his cell residence on earth reading one of many news reports about him and how he claimed that reapers existed. They went on from calling him disgraced spectre to a mass murderer. Do those idiot reporters even realise how hard was it for him to blow up that relay. How hard was to sacrifice over 300 000 souls even if they were batarians to give earth and alliance time to prepare for reaper invasion. Did they realise what danger reapers presented to all organic races in the galaxy. Yet they went on their anti shepard harangues daily. He was wandering if he would get a fair trail. He was wandering what ash was doing. He smiled at the thought of the woman he loved. She made his day by just being next to him. Her fighting spirit and winning personality. Ashley was a fighter that never backed out of a fight. He proved that on Eden Prime when she lost her unit and was still fighting the geth when shepard arrived to help her and rescue her. Then their night on ilos. The little incident on horizon and their return to each others good graces and restoring their relationship to its potential. He wanted to see her so badly and to tell her that he loved her and needed her by his side.

Admiral Steven Hackett just received reports from normandy, two destroyed human colonies, two lost cruisers and reapers close to earth. Shepard warned them. Hope it was not to late to try and stop the reapers. Hopefully the defense council will be able to stop shepard's trial and get ready for reapers invasion. They needed shepard, but they also needed to keep shepard away from batarians before they did something that might start a war. Nobody needed a war to start before reapers arrived. He was going to send a message to earth.

From: Admiral Steven Hackett Fleet Command

To: System Alliance Defense Council and Shepard Tribunal

Re: Shepard Tribunal

This has gone far enough. The tribunal idea was bad enough. We needed to get shepard back to earth and away from batarian retaliation and we did that. It is obvious that batarians have some problems and are not interested in war with alliance. So we need to stop with the farce of trial and let shepard go. The proof against him is more that flimsy enough and it is not enough to warrant a conviction. The trial needs to stop.

Remainder this report and message are classified.

Admiral Steven Hackett

Chief of Naval Operations

And the message was away.

Defense council received the message and was making a decision, when they called in prosecutor and senior judge.

Admiral Preston Marwen: " Well admiral Deveraux looks like we will have to stop your tribunal."

"I protest, sir." responded commander Dennis.

" Mark silence, yes we must end this farce of trial." Responded Admiral Joan Deveraux.

And the Decision was made.

To: Commander Alice Krieger

CC: Commander Neso Shepard

From: Alliance Defense Council

Re: Commander Shepard Tribunal

Commander Krieger

This message is to inform you and your client Commander Neso Shepard that the tribunal for Commander Shepard will not proceed. All the remaining charges have been dropped. Neso Shepards commission is still suspended pending the decision of Alliance command on when and how to reinstated him back into active service. As of Now shepard is still listed in inactive roster.

Admiral Preston Marwen

Defense Command

Alice could not believe her eyes yet the message was there. Finally the sham of the trial was over before it begun. She wa happy for shepard, but he was still not back in uniform he belonged out there preparing races to fight reapers. She was on her way to tell neso the news.

"Well, Neso Shepard the hero of citadel looking down and under." Alice chortled.

"Nice to see you to Alice." Neso responded.

" Your trial is over, all charges have been dropped." Alice told him.

"What about my commission." Neso asked.

"You are still inactive, sorry." Alice responded.

"Well that is nice for now." Neso replied.

Alice left him to contemplate news that she has given him. He needed to be by himself. Neso watched her leave him and smiled. The trial was over, but he was wandering if his career was over. He only knew how to be soldier, he joined the alliance to escape his life as tenth street red. He did not want to return to life of crime. But then he realised even if his alliance career was over he was still council spectre. He still could make a difference in galaxy. He wandered what ashley was doing right now. Wandering on how normandy was doing, he missed his ship and his crew. He needed to be out there to fight the reapers. And he was going to find a way to get himself reinstated. He needed to stop reapers and harbinger.

This concludes Shepard's Trial fanfic. The story will continue in my next fanfic as I tell my version of Neso shepard adventures in Mass Effect 3. I will try to keep as match of ME 3 cannon as I can but will have my own interpretation of my shepards story. And because of certain controversies in the game endings I will use my own version of endings. Keep reading my next fanfic. I do appreciate all constructive reviews.

Hope to see you all in my next fanfic.