My Own Alternate what if I not specifically me but someone who could be me came entered Mass effect in some way or form and knowing I shouldn't be here.
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Major Andrew Reynolds, U.S. Army Intelligence, Head of a classified Taskforce
October 10th, 2014
Texas, Sheppard Property
Andrew took a deep breath before he finally brought the courage to knock on the door. A few seconds later, Samantha Sheppard was there to greet him. She looked restless, but that was to be expected with the news he knew she had recently received.
"A-Andrew, this is unexpected" Samantha tried to greet with a since of joy, but failed miserably.
"I'm sorry Samantha, is Robert here?" Reynolds asked, holding his hat under his arm.
"Yes, please come inside" Samantha said waving Reynolds In the house.
Reynolds walked slowly inside, looking at the pictures on the mantle in the living room. A smile came to his face as he noticed some pictures form the good old days in their unit.
"Would you like some coffee?" Samantha asked, as she headed towards the kitchen.
"No thanks, I just need to talk to Robert. I won't be here long"
Samantha nodded. "Of course, he's in his office. You remember the way do you?"
Reynolds nodded I, as he made his way upstairs towards Roberts office. He didn't know what to expect. Reynolds knew they had the Army officers come by yesterday to inform them of their sons fate.
Roberts's office was the first door on the right upstairs. Reynolds taped on the door, and it opened slowly. The door was already opened, as if Robert expected company. Walking inside he saw Robert in his chair behind his desk, staring outside through the window.
"Good to see you Reynolds" Robert said, not even looking back towards the door.
"Captain, I guess you know why I'm here" Reynolds explained, slowly walking towards his desk.
"I'm retired, you know that" Robert replied as he sighed. "I knew this was coming, I hope he can pull it off, his fate is sealed now"
Reynolds was a little confused at what his former mentor was getting at.
"To think….these events started over twenty years ago" Robert went on.
'Was he talking about Europe, so did he know I was here about Jeremy' Reynolds thought to himself, as he continued to listen to Robert.
"Yes Reynolds I know what Jeremy did, and just know that what he did was right" Robert finished, which caught Reynolds attention.
"You knew what Jeremy was doing this whole time? So you know that he got your son and his company killed didn't you?" Reynolds restrained himself for yelling, he knew he was suppose to keep quiet about this, but that was useless. Robert seemed to already know everything.
Robert finally turned his chair to meet Reynolds eyes. "Yes I did, and no my son isn't dead. Neither is their company"
"How could you possibly believe that Sheppard, you know ever since you kept an eye on Jeremy and his mother after Europe you always did turned whack. Hell you almost brought cerb…..the taskforce down with you"
"Reynolds, you were always my friend. When I told you to Keep Jeremy and his moms whole story and identity secret from the taskforce, hell even my own wife you were with me. Just…..Trust me on this. What Jeremy did was not treason; he was doing it to save the future"
Reynolds shook his head in response, as he turned towards the door. Whatever was going on in Roberts mind was not sane. However, he would not reveal that Robert knew what Jeremy was doing. He condemned his own son, and his so called secret adopted son. The man had suffered enough.
"I'm sorry you turned out like this Captain. I just hope you see the errors of your way" Reynolds explained, as he turned to leave his old mentor alone.
Corporal Ryan Sheppard U.S. Army
In-route To Therum
Normandy Cargo Hold
The Normandy had been underway for a few hours now. Ashley had asked if Ryan knew where Liara was in the Artemis Tau cluster. He just answered Therum, because he could only remember the planets name. He still hasn't seen the commander; but he knew something had to be off about him. After all, the commander didn't even give that speech before the mission started.
"Damn it" Ryan muttered to himself as he missed the target on the shooting range.
"What's wrong Sheppard, lose your touch" Jackson teased while he just barely hit his own target.
"I can't see how either of you became soldiers in the first place" Ashley joked. She was currently resetting the targets on the range.
"It's not easy getting use too the recoil of a weapon that…well doesn't have much recoil at all." Ryan set the weapon aside and sat down to take a breather.
"Jackson right?" Ashley asked
"Yes Chief" Jackson replied, while standing next to Ryan.
"So which one of you two is the better shot?" Ashley asked while heading towards her locker.
"Ashley with these Weapons, it's going to take a while to figure that out" Ryan replied grabbing his canteen. He had filled it up with water earlier, figuring he should use his own gear for such things.
"So you calling the chief by name, are you Sheppard" Jackson joked nudging him on the shoulder.
"Screw you Jackson" Ryan cursed while coughing from drinking too much water to quickly.
"Sheppard, I think this is the most bounding we've ever had" He said laughing.
"OK now, let's see how well you guys do with your own weapons" Ashley came up behind us, holding Our M16A2 rifles.
"I thought you were keeping these Ashley" Ryan asked while Jackson started using shoe polish to make targets on the walls, since we had to use live rounds for our weapons. And therefore couldn't use the holo targets like they had been using.
"Who said anything about you keeping them Sheppard" Ashley Smiled.
Ryan grabbed his rifle, and tossed Jackson his.
"You don't want me to embarrass you like In basic Sheppard" Jackson joked loading his rifle, and removing the safety.
Ryan did the same moving next to him on the Range. "Want to put your money where your mouth is, Jackson" He fired a few rounds, just near range on center. He now turned his safety on and moved off the range.
Jackson pushed Ryan aside beginning his own turn "Ha, even if you have any money, just would be worthless here" Jackson hit his target dead center three times out of four.
"I'd say you're good, but you missed one completely" Ashley said laughing
"I beg to differ chief" Jackson smirked while putting his safety back on his rifle.
"Yeah he's right, two shots in the same hole" Ryan noticed as he went to look at the target.
"Well now, you should probably just stick to your knowledge Sheppard" Ashley joked
"Knowledge, what's she talking about Sheppard?" Jackson asked as we both handed Ashley back the rifles.
Ryan knew he couldn't tell Jackson how he really knew everything he did, So Ryan decided to stick to his cover story.
"The device that brought us here, um…well gave me knowledge of things that are, and things to come" Ryan explained while rubbing the back of his neck, believing he could have made that sound better.
"So, how come I don't have this knowledge then" Jackson asked with a slight confusion on his face.
"Something to do with me somehow activating the device in the first place" at least he knew that part better in his cover story.
"Guess you shouldn't have activated it then, SHEPPARD" Jackson went back to lay on his cot in anger at that. Ryan knew he would never get over of what he lost, and he didn't blame him.
"Sheppard, is something wrong with him?" Ashley asked standing next to me.
"No, let's just say he left someone behind"
"Chief Williams" Commander Shepard called out through the ships comm.
"Commander" She replied answering the ships intercom.
"Send are Asset to my quarters, I have some questions for him"
"Sir, I should be there for when you question….."
"Don't make me repeat my order chief" Shepard snapped cutting her off.
"I'll send him immediately, Sir" Ashley said in a much lower tone. She turned off the intercom and turned back to Ryan "I guess I should show you the way Sheppard"
"Don't worry Ashley, I know the way" Ryan left placing his hand on her shoulder in a effort for support for how Shepard has been treating her lately.
She just shrugged him off, so Ryan made my way to the elevator. "If he wants my Intel, he better give me some answers" Ryan muttered to himself not noticing he bumped into someone.
"Ah, so you must be the famous asset" The man in black fatigues said, standing in Ryans way.
Ryan never saw this man before. He remembered Ashley pointing him out earlier as the Merc who had joined them. However, something about this man was familiar. Ryan just couldn't place where he had seen this guy before.
"Have I seen you before?" Ryan asked noticing the Merc wasn't getting out of his way.
"I think I would remember an ugly face like yourself" The Merc replied smirking.
"You know, aside from your eyes your face looks a lot like mine, so I would watch what you say" Ryan replied, folding his arms.
The Merc that went only by the name Raider was silent for a moment, before he gave out a burst of laughter, nudging the Corporal on his shoulder. "You're alright" Raider said, walking away from Ryan.
Lieutenant Commander John Shepard
Captains Quarters
Shepard wanted to do everything in his powers to get rid of the chief. He was stuck; there was nothing he could do. His family has cursed the Williams family ever since Shanxi. Not being able to finish his own thoughts the door slid open, and the man from the past came in.
The man stopped mid way through the room and stood at attention. Shepard stood in front of him
"Corporal isn't it?" Shepard asked as the man didn't even meet him eye to eye.
"I don't think my rank means anything anymore, Commander"
"Yes well you forgive me for not calling you by name, might add some confusion" Shepard explained with a slight hint of humor "Now if we can get down to business"
"You want to know what to expect on Therum, do you" he asked before shepard could finish.
Shepard nodded in reply.
"Well then, expect lava...um geth lots of geth. You're going to have to fight an armature on foot. Oh yeah and watch out for the krogan on your way out." The corporal replied with no sense of seriousness at all in the mission.
"You think this is some kind of game for you, Corporal" Shepard moved up closer to him saying that.
"No, I told you what to expect. I can help more when we get down there" The corporal said with a smirk on his face.
"You think I would let you compromise the mission"
"You mean the way you think William compromised the mission" The corporal finally met his eyes with Shepard's
Shepard just stared his gaze for a few seconds "we will stay in Communication during the events of the mission"
"Did I hit a soft spot shepard, what do you have against her?" The corporal had a since of demanding in his voice, which the Commander didn't like at all.
"That's personal corporal, now if you excuse me were about to make touchdown"
"In my experience, it's bad for a CO to bring personal feelings in a mission" the corporal stopped the commander at that comment.
Shepard ignored him leaving his quarters as the corporal followed.
"LT with me" Shepard ordered to Kaidan, as he was working on the console right outside.
All three entered the elevator and the corporal moved closer to Shepard.
"One way or another, I will find out" the corporal whispered in his ear.
"We really need to increase the speed of this elevator" Kaidan joked trying to ease the tension, and it worked
All three of them started laughing at that comment.
Gunnery chief Ashley Williams
Normandy Cargo Hold
Ashley heard the elevator moving, as she looked to see the door open. Sheppard, the LT, and the commander all came out together.
"Garrus, wrex, Raider with me" Shepard ordered pointing towards the mako.
"Commander Wait" Ashley yelled as she ran to catch up with the Commander.
"Chief, don't you have more pressing matters to attend to. Like making sure all are weapons are in tip top shape" Shepard replied quickly not even facing Ashley.
"Sir, I should be on that mission with you" Ashley insisted
"Another word chief and I'll have you put down for insubordination. Is that clear" Shepard barked
"Crystal, sir"
Shepard closed the mako's hatch. After that Ashley headed back to her work station furiously, kicking a canister on her way.
She started to follow orders pretending to clean some more gear. Before she could do anything Sheppard came up to her.
"Must be hard" Sheppard said, removing the tools out of her hand.
"My family has been blacklisted for years, still I've never experienced something like this" Ashley replied setting down on the floor, with her backside to the work station.
"I can't quite figure it out either, Shepard shouldn't be expressing such anger with you" Sheppard tried to reassure her.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know, but for now we should head up to the CIC to stay In contact with him" Sheppard gave out his hand to help Ashley up.
"Yeah your right…thanks" Ashley said while getting up.
"Hay, nobody should be treated by their CO like this. Trust me I know"
Both heading towards the elevator, Ashley smiled wondering why Sheppard cared so much.
Staff Sgt Mark Hamilton U.S. Army, Bravo Company, Second platoon, First squad leader
Location, unknown
"Staff sergeant you still with us" A voice said, waking Mark up in a semi dark cavern.
Looking around Mark could see the Specialist trying to help him up. He saw the rest of his squad recovering, as they began to set a perimeter in the large dark cavern they were in.
"Report" Mark coughed, as he grabbed his nearby rifle trying to stand.
"We've made some contact with lieutenant Overstreet, and Sergeant McNeil's team Sarge, but their transmissions are weak. They must be deeper in the caverns" The specialist explained, as Mark looked around even more.
He saw the squad with their flashlights all on their rifles. One of the soldiers, a private he had not learned the name was busy setting up flares to give more light.
Quickly he noticed the specialist head was glued closely to the team's radio.
"What's going on Specialist?" Mark asked walking next to the man.
"Sarge, getting a faint transmission again from Sergeant McNeil, sounds like they're engaging unknown hostiles." The specialist replied loudly in a sound of his own fear.
"Damn" Mark cursed quietly to himself. He still owed McNeil his life, and he would make damn sure his squad would get to him. "Alright Grunts listen up" Mark shouted to the rest of the squad. "We're going deeper into the caverns to find the rest of the company under fire. Keep your eyes piled, and engage anyone who opens up on us, Clear"
"Hooah Staff sergeant" The entire squad chanted, falling in as they proceeded down the cavern where they could hear really faint sounds of gunfire.
The caverns all seemed to look the same to mark. There were strange writings on the walls, something he never had seen in his entire life. Even the structure of the walls seemed foreign. The gunshots that they had heard earlier had all now been silenced for the past ten minutes. And they could no longer get any contact from the rest of the company in any form of capacity.
"Staff sergeant we got movement" One of his squad members said, while the entire squad took a knee.
They all had their weapons raised and ready for anything. Mark moved next to the member of his squad that reported the movement. All he could see straight ahead was darkness.
"What did you see Private" Mark asked quietly.
"It was like a bunch of blue lights getting closer and closer, as if they were flashlights" The private explained.
Mark took a good long look down the corridor, but there was nothing to be seen. "Well I think we sh…." But before he could say anything else, Mark saw the lights the Private was talking about. "What the…"
Suddenly a burst of energy fire came for mall the lights. And the entire squad made its way to cover, returning fire.
Mark was behind a nearby rock, as the private that was with him constantly opened up on the unknown hostiles. Mark turned to the rest of his men, trying to shout orders to retreat, but they went unanswered. With the closed caverns they were in, and the constant gunfire. Nobody could hear him. Before mark could do anything else a massive energy went off at his position, and everything went black.