AU:(No reapers, Humanity lost first contact war) John Shepard is abducted from his home and sold as a slave. When a strange power awakens within him, he sees this as the chance to destroy "the alien oppressor". However he learns that the galaxy isn't so black and white. Meanwhile forces conspire in the shadows of the galaxy, and he must decide if freedom is the right of all beings.
Mass Effect - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Sci-Fi - Chapters: 16 - Words: 79,067 - Reviews: 14 - Favs: 16 - Follows: 20 - Updated: 8/20 - Published: 5/9 - Shepard (F), Shepard (M)