Shepard awoke next to Ashley in her cabin on the Normandy. They had given Liara the data they had on the shadow broker and after that had gone on a long tedious mission to bring him down. After that they had set out to help Zaeed finish the mission he had picked up before signing on with Cerberus.

Now they were headed to the coordinates of the distress beacon sent from the ship that Jacob's father had served on.

Shepard wasn't really looking forward to it but she needed everyone focused on the mission and nothing else. She slowly sat up and sat on the edge of the bed.

Ashley stirred next to her, "We there yet?"

Shepard looked at her bedside clock, "No, maybe another hour or so," she said.

"Hm, are you really going to be taking Kelly with you?" Ashley asked referring to the fact that Kelly had asked to go on simpler missions.

"Yeah, I'm not expecting to find anything other than old bones, but if we do find ourselves in combat I'm taking Tali to look after her."

"So you'll have four people with you instead of your usual two?"

"Yeah."

"Hm, by the way where is Kelly? I thought she was just going to have a late night."

"She did," Shepard said with a grin, "She spent the night in Tali's bed."

That made Ashley chuckle, "That's so cute, though she probably won't get the same comfort as sleeping with us."

"What do you mean?"

"Tali's suit. Since she can't take it off they won't be able to feel each other's skin, like if Kelly were to caress Tali's arm, she would only feel the suit while Tali probably wouldn't feel anything at all."

Shepard frowned a little, "Yeah, they would have a hard time if they wanted any form of a true relationship. Constant antibiotics, immuno-boosters, sterilization fields, and that's just a few things."

Ashley moved behind her and pressed herself against her back, "I'm sure that even with all of those things, they'll pull through. No matter what difficulties they have."

"Yeah, when Kelly sees something she wants nothing will stop her from getting it. So I'm sure that she'll find a way to make their relationship work, though it might not be easy."

An hour later they were touching down on the planet the beacon was coming from, "Wow, this place is beautiful," Kelly said, looking around in amazement.

"Don't let its beauty distract you Kelly, this place may have many unseen dangers," Shepard said.

"Yeah… now come on the ship looks to be just around the next bend," Jacob said.

As they neared the ship they saw the automated beacon which they ignored until they explored the ship.

When Shepard and Jacob went to question the beacon, Tali and Kelly walked over to the shore and looked out over the water, "According to the information about this planet, the sun should begin its ten hour setting cycle soon," Tali said.

"MMMM," Kelly purred, taking Tali's hand in hers and leaning her head on her shoulder, "I love sunsets, the colors they make are always so amazing, and one that lasts for ten hours sounds like a dream."

"On one of the first worlds that my people colonized the solar cycle was several Earth days, and the sunsets would last for an entire day."

"Sounds like a good place to retire. Would you take me there after the Reapers are dealt with and the Geth are no longer a problem?"

"Count on it," Tali said, wrapping her arm over Kelly's shoulders.

"So, how well would you say that I handled myself on that mission?" Kelly asked as she and Shepard sat down in the mess.

"Not bad. Need to work on your aim but other than that you did pretty well."

"Thanks."

They heard the elevator ding and Tali walked around the corner and sat next to Kelly, "You did well down there Kelly. About as well as I did when I was on my pilgrimage."

"Considering that you stopped Saren and Sovereign from allowing the Reapers to return I'll take that as a compliment."

Tali giggled, "That's how it was meant to be."

Kelly turned to Shepard, "So what's next?"

"Next we go back to Ilium to find the Justicar, and the assassin."

Finding Samara had been easy enough, they just had to ask about her and they were pointed in the right direction. Getting to her had proven slightly difficult due to eclipse mercs running around the alley that Samara was said to be in.

Now they were at the police station discussing what their next move was and Kelly wasn't happy.

"What do you mean I'm going back to the ship?!" she whined.

"These aren't people driven wild from toxic plants Kelly, these are trained mercenaries who kill for fun," Shepard said, annoyed that Kelly was being stubborn about the situation.

"If it makes you feel better Commander she could stay here with me while I await your return," Samara said.

"I'd appreciate it," Shepard said over her shoulder. She turned back to Kelly, "Are you happy with that?"

Kelly pouted but nodded, "It'll do I guess."

"Good."

Tali's voice came over the radio, "Hey Kelly. Stay safe at the station and maybe I'll let you paint another, more exposed, picture of me," she offered.

Next thing Shepard knew Kelly was at the shuttle they had used to arrive and getting in the driver's seat, "See you later Allison hope things go well, Tali warm up the sanitization field," she said over the radio.

Shepard burst out laughing before she started to make her way to a police shuttle that was to take her to the Eclipse base.