Spoilers: obviously content from the games including the Ending.

For the most part this will follow ME lore, just adding and adapting.

Rated M since i don't want to limit what i can and can't do as the story progresses.

Crashed

Joker stepped out of the Normandy a soft breeze hit his face and the sun blinded his eyes for a moment.

"Shit, what the hell just happened Joker?"

Joker turned around, wen he saw Kaidan he wanted to make a sarcastic comment, but the Mayor looked so sad and confused.

"Don't know, we tried to jump through the relay and then..." Yes what then, he didn't know.
"I have no idea what happened, some red light and suddenly we where crashing. EDI, she... suddenly she... gone..." He could barely hold back the tears, what if she was gone.

The Mayor embraced Joker. "Joker she'll be alright. We probably just need to restart some systems or something like that." But he knew his friend was fearing the worst. Hell, they didn't know what happened to Shepard after the crucible activated. Just the thought that he might be gone was to much.

Wen James exited the Normandy he quickly tried to regain his posture.

"Sir?" James saluted.

"Who, what... Why are you saluting James?" Now Kaidan was even more confused.

"Sir, you are the highest ranking officer on board. Which would make you acting Captain, Sir." Vega grinned a bit.

"Vega, if you dare call me sir one more time i will slap your ass with a singularity!" Okay now Kaidan had to laugh.

Joker started teasing Vega "Come on big marine do it!"

"Sorry amigo, just didn't want you to get all brooding and depressed here. We just kicked reaper ass and showed those metal squids what kind of a big gun we could fire at them."

"Your right James, no use in thinking about what might or might not have happened. But can't Tali take over? I mean she is an Admiral."

"Nope, you're the spectre remember?"

"Okay, James point taken." Kaidan turned to face Joker. "Joker grab Traynor and see if you can find out where we are. I want a report on communications ASAP."

"Will do Sir." Joker saluted to his friend and got back in the ship before Kaidan could say anything about being called Sir.

"James, Grab EDI's body and bring it to the AI core. I don't want Joker to get all depressed whenever he sees it." Kaidan walked back in the ship.

James stood there a minute alone watching a sun set. "Locco, hope you're alright" he whispered.

Kaidan hadn't even been back inside for 30 minutes and everyone already reported on their status. Shepard had picked a great team.
Adams and his team where checking the drive core. Cortez had reported on their supply's and already was busy unpacking spare parts in the cargo bay.

Chakwas had gathered everyone who was injured in the mess hall and reported in. Nothing big cuts, bruises, burns everyone would be back at their posts whit in a few hours. She just wanted to check up on him later since he had sufferd a few injuries on earth.

Tali had disappeared in the AI core, trying to see if she could find out what had happened to EDI.

Joker and Traynor had tried getting communications back up but couldn't get anything. Possible theories no comm buoys nearby or all where broken.

They still had no idea where the hell they where. But as Joker had put it they sort of 'fell' out of the relay jump and could be anywhere between Sol and the Perseus Veil. Since they had nothing to go by were they where only one option remained. Make a holo of the stars and try to hope they found something that helped. A helpful quasar or some other anomaly.

Garrus and James where going to assist Traynor in this one. She thought it would be best to go up a nearby hill and hope they recognize a star constellation. She would have just gone alone until James mentioned that they had no idea if the planet had dinosaurs.

Repairs would take only a few days. But as long as they had no idea where they are, the galaxy was just too big to fly in a random direction and hope they get lucky.

It was probably best if he just would go to bed for a while. But first he wanted to check on something.

Kaidan stood in front of the door to Shepards room, first he wanted to knock on the door but then he remembered, no Shepard was on Earth. At least Kaidan hoped that Shepard was on Earth.
In his mind he heard Shepard "Kaidan stop brooding! Now drink, it's a party!"

He finally went in the room and did what he intended to do in the first place.
Check on the Fish.
All alive, fish tank VI still operational. At least he wouldn't have to hear any complaints about how he let the Commanders fish die.

He was just about to leave the room wen his eye fell on something on Shepards bed.
Spread over one side of the bed where colorful drawings.

Kaidan picked the one on top and looked at it.
A drawing of a man with a gun in a field of flowers, the man seemed to be protecting children from something evil looking with four eyes.

Kaidan turned the drawing around a note was on the backside.

Hello Commander Shepard,

Back wen i was a little girl I drew many pictures of the man that saved us on Elysium.
Now all those years later you are saving us again.
I am working at a 'secret project' and some of the kids here, wanted to make drawings to thank you.
You saved some of them from Cerberus.

I know it's silly, but I thought since i never had the chance before, I should sent you one of my old drawings.

Thank You Commander for everything.

Marla

Kaidan sat down on shepards bed and watched at the sky above him "Shepard please be safe."