Chapter 3 The weekend
Everything had settled down at the academy, Ashley hadn't gotten into any fights. They had become friends with Janey and Karl, and they were a little group. Ashley was worried about home, she thought about her brother and her sister, so on the weekend she decided to give them a call.
"Hello Ash, how's it going?" Her brother Thane asked her
Ash smiled "Okay, I may have made an enemy." She replied as she put her hand on the back of her head.
Thane laughed and shook his head.
"That's our Ash, always getting in trouble. Tali wanted to talk to you hold on." Thane said before he disappeared.
Then a girl of nine came in to Ashley's view. She recognised it as being her sister Tali.
"Hi Ashley, When are you coming home?" Tali Alenko asked a point blank.
Ashley frowned and rubbed her head.
"It'll be a little while, Tali. Auntie Jack is here though so she will look after me."
"Ok then, I am going over to my friend's house." Tali said before she disappeared
Over the connection Ashley could hear her mother call after Tali, and Tali replying gently. Ashley smiled, her family were normal even if her parents were heroes. The next person who sat to talk to her was her father.
"Ash, are you being treated okay by the other kids?" Kaidan asked.
"Yes dad, I made friends with a biotic and a couple of techs." Ashley replied
Kaidan smiled and looked over at Carly, he gestured for her to join him.
"Sorry Ash, I had to see Tali off. How's the academy? How is Jack as a teacher?"
When she had finished her conversation, she went over to the photo frames and they all blinked into life with photos of the five of them. Ashley smiled she went back over to her bed and lay on it and stared at the ceiling and thought about home. She was interrupted by Jack, who was at the door.
"Hey, Ash I was going to take a group out to the Citadel." Jack said "You in?"
Ashley stood up and looked at her.
"Yeah I am." She said as she went to pick up her credit chit and followed Jack to the shuttle port.
At the Citadel, they first went to the Presidium Commons. Jack had said she'd be at the Apollo café if they needed her, Ashley and Will headed to the shops.
"Hey, when we come here I usually get a ship model." Will said as they headed to the gift shop. "What are you going to get?"
Ashley thought carefully. "I have no idea."
Jack watched carefully over her students, she watched a man follow Ashley and Will and he looked suspicious as he had a pistol on his waist and had intent to fire it. Without thinking Jack jumped over the railing and followed him, and prepared to leap on his back. When they had fallen an Asari shopkeeper squealed.
"Hey Asshole, stay away from my students." She said as she swiftly punched him in the face. She followed in with another, and a third.
"She is a valuable commodity." He muttered. "A lot of people will pay for her."
Jack punched him in the chest, Ashley and Will walked over to Jack and looked at the man. His face was bloody, Ashley saw it and fainted, Will managed to catch her just as she did."
"Will, get C-Sec now!" Jack commanded
Ashley regained conscious swiftly after Jack had slapped her swiftly.
"Sorry Jack, I've always hated blood." Ashley said
Ashley avoided looking at the man, and waited with Jack until the C-Sec officer came. It was an Asari officer.
"I'm Tessa Harley; I was told this man was a slave trader. I understand your willingness let us take this." Tessa said as she to over from Jack and arrested the man. Jack sighed and put her hand on her head.
After that incident they were on their way, back to the academy.
"So our first weekend trip ended up a disaster." Ashley said on the shuttle ride home.
Jack looked over at her and frowned.
"Yep, you still faint at blood Ash." Jack stated.
Will looked over at her and then at Jack, he thought to himself that the academy was going to change now Ashley was there.