AN: Thank you for the reviews. After rereading through my first chapter, I discovered that I made a mistake. I wrote that she was a dark brown child; what I meant was that she had dark brown hair. Mass Effect doesn't belong to me.
A dark haired woman, wearing the standard green prison uniform, sat eating her lunch quietly. With the guards distracted by a fight, another inmate snuck up behind her with a lunch tray as her weapon and she brought it down onto her enemy's back. Thalia felt the pain of the attack but turned to catch the tray before it could do anymore damage. She yanked the weapon from her opponent and ducked the retaliated jab. Pulling the other inmate into a choke hold, Thalia caught the sight of a tattoo on her arm.
"So, you're a blue sun." Her light green eyes narrowed with her words.
"Yeah, Bitch, we're going to get you for what you've done." The mercenary choked out.
"They've been saying that for a while now." A crack sound was heard signifying that the neck was broken.
"Shepard, damn it." A guard rushed forward and pushed the brunette to the floor cuffing her.
"Eh, she deserved it." Thalia dismissed as she was once again led from the hall.
"Wait, Rogers, the Council has sent someone to take Shepard to the Citadel." The warden had caught them just outside of the mess hall doors.
"This should be interesting." She muttered under her breath.
An Asari Spectre stood in front of the Council waiting for her new team member. The blue woman was a little worried about the Council's state of mind. She had read the mission briefing over and over but still didn't believe it.
"Aegis, do you have any concerns about the mission?" Councilor Tevos asked.
"Ma'am, I've read the briefing but I still don't get exactly what it is you want me to do." The Spectre voiced respectfully.
"Your mission is to go back, with the tech that the Salarians have developed, and help Shepard complete his mission against the Collectors while we prepare ourselves for the Reaper attack." The Asari councilor replied.
"So, why do I need to work with Shepard? She isn't exactly known for compassion unlike her father even if he was the Butcher of Torfan." Aegis reasoned.
"With Cerberus destroyed by Miss Lawson, we have no way of knowing what the Commander did while with them. Thalia might have a better idea about what will happen." Councilor Anderson answered.
"Do you trust her to do the right thing? Merc groups are still rattled by what she did to the Blue Sun's main base, worse than what Archangel did on Omega. She's still gets to them even in a Citadel prison. They call her the God of Death." The blue woman tried to have them see reason.
"I never liked that name, seeing as I don't believe in a deity." A voice came from behind the group.
Thalia Shepard was brought into the room at the tail end of the Asari's rant by two armed guards that appeared to be on high alert. She had to smirk at the surprised faces of the people in the room. Once the human Councilor ordered the guards to remove her cuffs and leave, the Marine in her snapped to a perfect attention in front of the old captain that he returned.
"At ease, Shepard. We have a mission for you." Anderson started.
"It's a dangerous one and most likely you won't be returning meaning you'll be somebody else's problem." The Turian councilor spoke for the first time in this meeting.
"Sounds fun, what's the mission?" Thalia genuinely smiled.
"Serious matter, Shepard, whole galaxy could be destroyed." The Salarian councilor warned.
"Shepard, we want you and Spectre Aegis to go back in time and help your father fight the Collectors while we prepare for the war." The old human explained.
"Wait, you have the technology to travel through time and we are only going to use it to make the Council seem like they were ready for this all along." The young woman scoffed.
"There are bigger concerns than what you are thinking of. We are trying to save billions of lives." Councilor Valern argued.
"Keep telling yourself that. Other than that, I'm good to go." Shepard shrugged.
"Then, welcome back to the Alliance, Corporal Shepard." Councilor Anderson handed her dog tags, which were put onto her neck and admired.
"Not to interrupt but wouldn't Thalia give herself away with the last name Shepard." Aegis voiced with concern.
"Oh, he's not going to know that we're from the future or that you guys actually believe that the Reapers exists?" The newly reinstated Corporal questioned. After receiving a nod, she says, "Damn, I wanted to see him say I told you so."
"Here is Armor for you mission and may you find peace in the Goddess." Councilor Tevos dismissed and they were led from the room by C-sec officers.
"So, how old are you?" Thalia tried to start up conversation.
"I don't think this is necessary. We have our mission but it does not mean we need to speak to each other." The Asari fiercely replied.
"Geez, okay, just wanted to have a talk with someone that wasn't a criminal, guard, or therapist." The dark haired woman shrugged.
They entered a tall room in a still destroyed area of the Citadel but they had stabilized it to support life. In the middle of the room sat a big metallic machine, it was dark in color and shaped in a circular pattern. It has a console in the middle at the back wall and was just big enough for two people to stand in side by side.
"Um, did they tell you how to work this thing?" the Human turned to her partner.
"No, then again, I think they really wanted to get you out of there." Aegis replied evenly.
"You're probably right. So, I'm just going to hit this button." Was all Thalia said before hitting a big red button despite the Spectre's attempts to stop her.
There was a swirl of blue light, almost like going through a Mass Effect relay, before they were thrown forward. Both of them hit the floor hard and when looking up they were staring into the confused faces of a younger looking council. The woman's light green eyes lit with amusement at seeing that she was right.
"Holy shit, I can't believe that actually worked. Thank you button mashing approach." A look of disbelief was thrown her way from the blue woman as she laughed.
AN: So tell me what you think.