Kelly waited anxiously for Shepard to get back from the latest mission.
After taking out the Eclipse group and getting Samara on board she had gone after Thane, the assassin.
Now they had the full crew and she had received a message from the Illusive Man that he had intel for Shepard.
As she waited she pulled up the picture she had taken of Tali. After she had finished painting the initial picture of her naked she had quickly taken a picture with her Omni-tool before Tali could protest it.
"If you're going to masturbate to that take it somewhere else."
Kelly spun around to see Shepard standing there with a bemused smile on her face, "Not funny Allison!" She said, her face burning.
"I thought it was," Shepard said, leaning against the console.
"Well the Illusive man wants to talk to you."
Hours after the mission on the collector ship.
Ashley headed up to her, Kelly's and Shepard's quarters. After the mission on the Collector's ship Shepard had disappeared somewhere. Ashley had assumed that she had gone to bed after the adrenalin rush of having to get to the shuttle before the ship fully came online.
As she entered the room she heard the shower running. She looked in the bathroom and found Shepard sitting on the floor of the shower with it running, and by the feel of the water it had run cold a while ago, "Allison?" she asked.
Shepard didn't respond.
"Allison?"
Shepard turned towards her slightly, "That was too close. And the same damn ship," she returned to her original position, "And they're Prothians. Is that what we'll become if we fail?"
Ashley shut off the water and grabbed a towel to dry Shepard off, "We won't loose. As long as we're strong we will win."
Shepard started to shake, "It looked like Gang street."
"What?"
"It's what this one neighborhood in London was called back when I was on my own," Shepard said, beginning to shake more, her teeth beginning to chatter, "At night, it looked like the insides of the Collector vessel. I was once stuck there for a week while a bunch of wannabee gangsters passed me around like a toy," She continued, a tear sliding down her cheek her shaking getting even worse.
"Williams, I believe it would be wise to get Shepard to Dr. Chalkwas. I believe she may be having a panic attack," EDI said.
Ashley quickly picked Shepard up, put her nightgown on her, and then headed to the med-bay.
Dr. Chalkwas was already there with a sedative ready. After Ashley set Shepard on the bed the doc. gave her the shot and she instantly began to shake less violently but it was obvious that the attack would continue for a while so Ashley moved one of the other beds close to Shepard's and was about to lie down with her but Kelly entered the room and waved her away while taking the spot for herself.
"EDI told me how she described the Collector vessel. Let me handle this, and EDI-"
"Yes Kelly?"
"Tell Joker to start heading to the Citadel."
"Affirmative."
"Why the Citadel?" Ashley asked.
"Because she needs a small break after this and I think it would be best if dad was around to help her through any other problems."
"Why not visit Liara?"
"She already visited Liara less than a week ago. She needs proper family time, not sex. It'll probably just mess her up even more in this state."
"Ok. Ok. I've been needing to report to Anderson anyways."
"Now if you two don't mind Allison needs to sleep."
Ashley and Dr. Chalkwas left the med-bay after closing the curtains and turning down the lights. As Ashley headed to the elevator she passed Kasumi, "What's going on with Shepard?"
"The Collector vessel dredged up some bad memories."
"Ah, I see. Well I hope she gets to feeling better."
"She has to. We can't have her freaking out once we hit the Collector home world."
"I agree with you there. Well goodnight," And with that Kasumi walked back to her room.
Anderson was at his desk filling out some paperwork when Udina walked into his office, "Anderson. The Normandy just docked and Shepard is requesting some of your valuable time."
"I already told you Udina. Shepard is my daughter, if she wants some of my time she damn well will get it no matter what my schedule. Especially since she's been dead for the last two years and it took an organization like Cerberus to get her back," Anderson said, his annoyance with the weasely man's disrespect of his daughter always getting on his nerves, "Now, let her in."
"Actually she's wanting some informal family like time at your apartment. Your other daughter Kelly said that she needs, and this is a direct quote, 'true father time' whatever that me- where are you going!" Udina said as Anderson bolted out the door, having to run to keep up.
"That was code for 'Allison had a panic attack and needs comfort.' Must have been really bad if Kelly sent you as a runner."
"Shepard suffers from panic attacks? How has she been able to do so much then?"
"They only happen after reminders of really bad times. Remind me to ask what happened," Anderson said as he got into his Skycar.
"Yes sir," Udina replied as he got into the passenger seat.