Sector 7 USA: Pittsburgh.
One of the salvage teams that Sector 7 sent out was in the manufacturing district in order to find items to use for the new empire. There was some old mech productions factories here and they where ordered by command to check them out. Miranda, who was chief scientist, gave these orders out in order to ensure the population of earth where able to survive. Mech soldiers would be useful for the empire so they needed to start manufacturing them again. Granted not the same as during the war but still combat mechs.
The team of three moved up into the district slowly with the ME AK-47's (Mass effect automas kalshnikof) in hand. Given that some knowledge of mass effect technology was lost they needed to make new technology and recover tech. It was almost like a fantasy story where magic was almost and needed to be found again to be used. The factory was angular for the most part with 45 degree alcoves at one side. The three kept their eyes opened in case of rouge units and husks. While the Crucible did destroy the Reapers and the majority of their forces some managed to find shelter and survive the blast.
But that just meant they where ore wild dangerous, savage and slowly dyeing allowing for them to be taken out with ease. The team moved into the factory, the place still had power as the power plant was automated, along with the fact that there was solar panels on the top of the building. As they looked around the place was more or less in a mess with scrap all over the place, this place was more or less in order. The team looked at each other before nodding.
"Salvage team 1 to Repair group, mech factroy clear. Bring in the crew." one of them said over their omni-tool.
OOOOO
Moaning as music met her ears Ashley slowly awoke to see herself in a limestone room. The white rock was carved out of a cave from the looks of it but it was warm. To the could see the sky outside to the left of her, she could see a gas giant in the sky meaning she wasn't on earth. The music then became softer as the sound of bells and jewellery moving around. She turned to look in front of her and her eyes widened. Liara was dressed in a white bars and loincloth skirt with a see through white face veil that cover her nose to her chin. White and silver paint on her forehead ans sides of her head, silver jewellery decorated her ankles wrists, biceps and clothing.
Tali then came up, she was dressed in a light purple outfit with her hood on and a see though purple veil covering her face. Her top which was connected to her hood had two veils that hung down. She also wore a pair of harem tight harem trousers with silver jewellery decorating her arms, belly and legs. Her light purple skin shined in the candle light as she moved her hips in the seven veils dance. The two's movements where so coordinated that it looked like they where born to dance like this.
She then turned her head to see John sitting on a few silk pillows with her laying next to him and on his leg. John was only wearing a tank top and trousers with his dick hanging out, licking it was much to her surprise, was a naked Miranda. Her hands where behind her back and she wore something akin to what Leia wore in Star wars, just without any silk. She also wore a blindfold for some reason but the smile on her face told all that she was enjoying herself as her tongue drifted up and down John's dick. A chained leash was attached to a collar on her neck making her look more like a slave every moment.
Moaning Ashley looked down a herself, she was laying sideways what's more was that she was also dressed in a harem outfit this one being blue with gold adoring her body. One of the tattoos on her shoulders was the same while the other wasn't. The faction tattoo she had now was John's Lion's head emblem. She then looked up at John and picked up a plate next to her and began to feed him grapes. Each time she reached up he opened his mouth and ate the fruit. Once the plate was empty she got up. She joined Tali and Liara in their dance to John, she moved just like the others smooth and gentle. Tali and Liara then stopped dancing and took a hold of her arms and held them out as they undid her top. It fell to the floor, as it did Tali picked up a jug of oil, she then poured oil over her hand before handing it to Liara who did the same.
Turing her head to face her, Liara then pressed her lips against Ashley's. As the two made out Liara's and Tali's hands then began to move around Ashley's body oiling her up. Tali then turned Ashley's head and kissed her as well as all the of them moved onto their knees. Braking the kiss they then lay Ash on her back as Miranda came up and locked lips with the marine as her body was being oiled to. As the kiss broke she looked at the others.
"Guy's thank you for saving me." she said as John came up. "I love you all."
"AHHHHH!" Ashley partly yelled as she sat bolt upright in bed.
Realising what she had done she covered her mouth and looked at the others. They where still on the Normandy and still in John's bed. Breathing a sigh of relief that non of them had woken up she shuddered at the thought of the dream she just had. Her stomach then growled making her hungry. Carefully getting out of the bed she found her underwear and slid them on before heading for the lift.
OOOOO
Ash managed to find herself a tin of soup and warm it up. She sat on one of the tables looking at it and occasionally taking sips from it. Being hungry didn't normally mean that you felt hungry. It was one of those odd paradoxes of people, you wanted to eat but didn't want to eat. She sighed before the memory of that dream came up and she shivered with disgust, why would she dream something like that? Why? It wasn't like her, was it because of the nanites? Lost in her though the sound of the fridge door closing broke her out of her train of thought and she saw Kelly looking at her with a drink of milk pursed at her lips.
"Ah, morning Kells…." Ash said.
"Morning Ashie..." Kelly said back as she came over and sat in front of the marine. "So, what are you doing up this early?"
"Well since your the psychologist maybe you can help. I had this dream, one where well for lack of a better word me, John, Tali, Liara and Miranda where in an Arabian style harem, with Tali and Liara dancing and Miranda being some kind of sex slave. I got up and started dancing with Liara and Tali before getting oiled and being kissed by all three of them then confessing my love for them. Wwww, what does it all mean?"
Kelly looked at the marine for a moment before leading back in her seat and looked up at the ceiling. "Well from the sounds of things it seems like you're accepting reality." she got a deadly look from Ash as she said that. "I mean about John being alive and all that. For years you relayed on Tali, Liara and Miranda for help and saw them being friends, your mind is telling you that you love each and every one of them. It's also telling you that you should stop punishing yourself for what you did as they have forgiven you. As for Miranda being a sex slave, don't forgot how much of a masochist she is, and all of that BDSM gear."
Ash looked at her soup and played with it. "What about the harem theme?"
"Ahh, your mind must have been on that subject in recent days so it used that theme to express the message." she said before relaxing in her chair.
"I hear you, ugh these days." Ash said as she also leaned back. "By the way remember when Sam purposed to you?"
"How could I forget that nightmare….."
OOOOO 1 ¼ year after arrival, Amaterasu.
The capitol of the primary Japanese planet, Kinto, was under strict quarantine as a virus was infecting people. In order to avoid rioting Ash and her team where called in, her main team was of three people with four other back up people. After being the second human gaining Spectre status she followed John's lead and looked for people who could argument her force. In her team she had an Asari Justicar named Samara who was tracking down her daughter with little success. The next as a Drell named Thane Krios who she helped saving some of his people. The final one was Jacob a Cerberus Agent, one of the many who saw the Reaper threat and decided that loyalty to Cerberus wasn't good for the survival of humanity.
The Kodiak flew to one of the planet's landing pads where local Alliance forces where waiting. Chackwas as also on board in a Hazmat suit while the other three whore sealed combat armour to protect them of the infection. After landing the doors opened and the governor of the planet with two alliance bodyguards waiting for them.
"Commander Williams welcome to Amaterasu." the governor said with a bow.
"It's good to be home Yamada." she also said with a bow. "I wish it was under better circumstances."
"Same here, come this way." he said leading them onto a troop transport.
Once in the transport took off.
"Where's the quarantine area?" Chackwas asked.
"Yamati district, it houses a mostly non human population but the thing is that this virus is able to cross species and infect people. So when we had it the non humans pointed to us until humans contracted it." the governor said.
"What are the symptoms?"
"Rotting, flesh. Literally, like errr…..what's the name…. Nercotizing fashitus. There is no warning, but at some point when the person contracts the virus their flesh begins to rot. We have found out that this is due to materials like iron, zinc and other materials we are being made out of is disappearing and we have no idea why."
"Chakwas that sounds familiar." Samara said.
"Yeah it does but I want to make sure." she then looked at the governor. "Get us there as fast as you can, if I'm right a new front has opened for this war."
He nodded and yelled in Japanese to move faster.
The transport had priority on the roads and was able to get to the district with ease. The area was surrounded with yellow and black concrete walls with biohazard and quarantine signs on it. The language was in Japanese, Chinese, English, Turrian, Asari and Salarian. The gate to the zone was a holo-gate that would alert people if unauthorized people entered or exited. At the sides of the gate and on the top of the wall where alliance marines armed with short range sniper rifles. As per alliance containment procedure anyone caught entering or leaving the quarantine zone must be captured for possessing or be terminated.
While this s harsh, given the galaxy was filled with such dangers it was necessary. As the governor and Ashley's team exited the transport a human male ran out of the quarantine zone. He looked horrific, his arms looked like someone had been taking large bites out of them and black burns on the edges. He fell to his knees before jumping and running again. One of the snipers took him down with a single shot.
Once fallen Chackwas moved up to his body as alliance marines came up ready to take the body. After a good moment she stood.
"Burn the body." she ordered.
"But doctor..." one of the marines tried to say but Ashley came up and opened fired with inferno rounds.
The body was set ablaze with people looking at the scene. They had no idea what was going on, but given that they had set a body on fire without family permission meant something was going on. Chackwas then moved into the quarantine zone with Ash as her team and alliance marines waited for the body to be turned into ashes. The governor followed into the zone.
The zone was a residential area with doctors of all races moving around in tents where the infected where. But the tenets where so full that people had to be kept outside, the same symptoms that they saw on the man outside where on these people, men women and worse children. Seeing the children Ashley could only grimace and was thankful in a way that she didn't have any of her own, but wanted to help these people as best she could.
Chakwas stood as the governor walked up to her.
"Chakwas-san what is the problem?" h asked.
"It's as I feared, these people need to be killed and burned. The huskafacation plague has it." she said.
OOOOO
Karin Chakwas sat in the mess hall of the London, the ship that Ashley managed to get until the Normandy SR-3 was ready. She looked at her coffee and a from for the termination of around 4'000 lives to save millions. A pen was at her side but for some reason she couldn't pick it up, she wanted to help them but she knew that she had to do something but was signing this the right thing to do? They where at war so it must be right, no, no she couldn't sign it. But then what would happen if the plague spread?
The Huskafacation plague was a virus made by the Reapers in order to bluster their forces. It worked by removing any materials in the body in order to turn them into husks and the similar variants. It worked fast, within three days people would turn into husks. That would be bad as even if they would have 4'000 husks to deal with they would still spread the plague. She was running out of time, she picked up the pen it was heavy. Her heart began to beat harder, this was the fate of this world in her hand.
OOOOO
Samantha Traynor and Kelly Chambers sat outside of a sushi café eating some local sushi. Due to the lack of salmon and other fish normally found on earth, fishermen and sushi chief's then began to experiment with the local fish and created new types of sushi. So they eat it, it was sweeter then traditional Japanese sushi but still nice.
The Intelligence officer and Yeoman had been dating for the better part of a year. With the war people can be brought closer together more so then in peace time. This was the case with these two. The two just fir together and Sam had something to ask but weather Kelly would accept was another thing.
"So yeah, god it was beautiful." Kelly said in agreement remembering the time when the two went to Thessia for a date.
"Yeah the towers, the sun light. It was romantic." Sam agreed with her girlfriend.
Her hand drifted into her pocked where a silk box waited. Now was not the right time to ask.
"I think we should go back there at some point and enjoy the food." Sam suggested.
Kelly nodded before looking at her lover. "Is everything ok? You seem distracted, as if your planning to ask me something."
"Huh, ah well…." she tried to say but the sound of screaming broke the two's concentration.
Both of them stood and saw people run away from the centre in clear panic while military personnel moved toward the city. The two stood and looked on as the people moved and fast. Kelly moved up an Asari and stopped her in her tracks.
"What's going on?" she asked.
"Qurrantine's been breached! The husks are killing and infecting everyone!" the Asari yelled before running.
As the two looked at each other they saw husks come down the street and fast. Despite not being soldiers they had to have basic proficiency with pistols at the least. Just then Ash came over the comm.
"Sam, Kelly can you both hear me?" she asked.
"Yeah we hear what's the problem?" Sam asked.
"The Alliance has ordered a mandatory evacuation of the planet. In three hours… I have been ordered to bombard the contaminated area's of Amaterasu. So get to the ship guys." with that the comm ended and the two lovers looked at each other.
"Broken containment, that's more then enough to burn the city." Sam said making Kelly look at her shocked.
"Burn? With incendiaries?" Kelly asked.
"That, or nukes. If I recall correctly this is a category 7 containment meaning that the virus spreads fast and quick action is need thus extreme measure are needed to make sure it is contained. It was never expected to happen, but still." she trailed off as explosions began to sound and buildings began to fall.
One of the larger buildings fell onto the street where the quarantine area was. It was a long way away but they could see husk's come from the area. The space-port was a good few miles away and they had less then three hours to get there. The clock was ticking.
OOOOO 15 min till lift of the London.
Sam and Kelly moved down the street slowly towards the Kodiak landing point. They hit behind a car as a cannibal came across the road. The arm gun shot down a civilian killing outright before moving towards the screaming of people. Once inside a building it allowed the two to moved to the landing area faster. But the gunfire and screams they heard behind them unnerved them as they came closer and closer. They needed to move, fast. Sam looked behind them she aimed her pistol and fired a few rounds taking down one of the husks.
Unlike normal Dragons tooth husks these ones where weaker but had large numbers. And a flood of them where coming up fast. They where out of time as hey moved over the cars. Kelly was lighter and moved faster while the 6,1 Sam moved with somewhat ease but couldn't vault as well as Kelly. So she was lagging behind, but the snipers could see then and began to engage the husks behind them, 9 min left. Kelly Looked behind her seeing her girlfriend lagging behind rage filled her, she raised her pistol and fired. The rounds flew across the hit hitting random husks doing little damage.
Thane then came up next to her and used his m-4 shrunken to take some of the more major threats. The sniper on top of the wall of the lading pad also helped with her three round burst fire sniper rifle. But getting close Sam tripped and fell causing Kelly to move fast, she picked her up arm over soldier and moved to the landing pads. The swarm of husks was coming in fast, they needed to move the timetable up and fast. Getting to the gate doors the alliance forces moved in fast and the gates closed.
Kelly looked to her lover and sat her down.
"You ok?" she asked,
"My ankle, I think I twisted it." Sam answered.
Tears fell from Kelly's eyes as she embraced her lover. "Don't do that to me again!" she yelled.
Sam reached round and patted her on the back before pushing her out the way before husk landed on her. The beast growled at her as she held it back, reacting fast Kelly drew her side-arm and fired. The round caused the husk's head to explode before Sam threw it away, the Yeoman came up before before she could say anything the comms officer grabbed the red head and locked lips with her. They stayed like that for a good moment before a loud cough behind them made them turn to she Ashley while smiling, it was clear she was not in a good mood.
"Errr." Sam said.
"Kodiak now!" she ordered as she moved over to help Sam to her feet with Kelly's help.
The three of them made it onto the Kodiak with the others already on board. Once on the ship took off and flew into space with other ships doing the same.
"Joker, fire the weapons." Ash said.
"Ok commander." he said in a sombre tone.
Sam slid her hand into her pocket and flet the box, she looked up as Kelly. This was likely the best time to do it.
"Kelly," she said getting her attention as she held out a box. "Will you marry me?"
She then opened the box to show a gold ring with a white point star diamond. Kelly's tears began to fall as she covered her mouth before hugging the comms officer.
"Yes I will." she said making the pair cry with delight.
Seeing this Ash smiled but turned away while the others congratulated the two. While the celebration where going on the planet the bombs detonated. A firewall moved across the planet's cities killing all that was in the way. The only life that was left was that outside the cities in farms and forests. Drastic times called for drastic measures.
OOOOO present.
"Seems like another lifetime ago." Ashley said.
"No kidding, I mean what have we witnessed in the past three years? The fall of the Council and the rise of the Warlords. Wonder what's in store for us in the future." Kelly said.
"No kidding, by the way what have you guys planned? I mean in terms of children."
"Well we've tough of adoption, but with so many families looking for someone to replace their own. So there's few kids going around. Chackwas has suggested invirto but Sam has suggested becoming a futa." as she said that Ash coughed up her soup hearing that.
"What?" she croaked.
"Well it was Miranda's idea to booster our numbers. Having women with male genitalia would boost the population. But the problem is that is experimental, she hasn't worked out the kinks yet. But if it does happen then we'll be fucking till the cows come home."
Ash smiled before drinking her soup.
OOOOO
John sat at his desk looking at the places left on earth that where untouched by the war. Since he was Warlord he needed a place to live other then the Normandy. That and he didn't want to rise his children on the Normandy 24/7. Somewhere nice and warm with a good view, secluded and a good place for RnD for the empire. He stroked his stubble looking at the places before settling on central China. After that, he made a few plans before sending idea's to earth. He then relaxed in his chair and looked out of the ceiling. The stars looked beautiful tonight.
Ok before I forget allow me to explain. The reason why I went for a Japanese theme is because of the name Amaterasu which is the name for the Japanese goddess of the sun. Now as for the theme, well since the name was Japanese I decided that it's likely that the planet was colonised by a majority of Japanese people, or just Japan.
As for Ashley not acting Japanese in the game well I have two idea's about this. The first one is that in game she was likely raised up in a non Japanese environment so that she could act Japanese in those environments. The second one is that bioware didn't think about it and did her like normal. Anyway hope you enjoyed it.