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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Corporal Ryan Sheppard

Normandy Cargo Hold

In route to Noveria

Jackson and Ryan both managed to get a hold of some armor for themselves. The sets were really basic, but at least they had shields. They had been spending the last few days painting them, wanting wanted them to have the same digital camo pattern as their BDU's. Ashley continued with their training as well, and the pair finally got the hang of how the weapons felt.

The only thing left was for Ryan to convince Shepard that they could be useful with the ground team.

"Is there a reason you two are painting your armor" Garrus asked startling Ryan. He hadn't even known Garrus had walked his way over to them.

"No, no reason really" Ryan replied finishing up his old unit patch on the shoulder of the armor set.

"Yet, that symbol seems to be important to you two" Garrus mentioned pointing at the patch.

Pausing at that moment Ryan thought. "Jackson and I don't have much left, I guess you can say we need something to remember, something to fight by"

Garrus simply nodded in reply at that notion "What is that symbol anyways, looks like some kind of animal" Garrus asked before he walked off.

"It's called a rhinoceros, it was our training unit. The ramming rhinoceros" Satisfied with his answer Garrus returned back to the mako. And Jackson and Ryan both just so happened to finish their painting as Garrus walked off.

"So Sheppard, you think the commander will let us get some action?" Jackson asked putting his armor in one of the crates that were given to us. There weren't any lockers left over for them, so they had to use crates that were next to their cots. Their little sleeping area was slowly turning into their own little sweet home away from home.

"I hope so, guess I could convince him, since the storm on Noveria would cut radio chatter" Ryan answered while he also put away his gear. "I'm going to head up and get some chow, you in"

"Nah, I need some shuteye" Jackson said sitting on his cot, but before he could get some much needed sleep he noticed a familiar face across to Cargo hold. "Is that the mercenary you were talking about?" Jackson asked pointing towards Raider.

Ryan looked over to him, and it was indeed to so called Raider. "Yeah why?"

"That….that can't be, he….he looks just like Jeremy" Jackson stuttered in reply. This got Ryan's full attention.

"Are you sure" Ryan whispered now, hoping Raider wouldn't hear the two. Jackson nodded. "Who's Jeremy?"

"He was a Spec ops officer in the Army, some top secret shit. Jeremy came to me and some of my buddies in a bar. The shit he bragged about sure scared the hell out of us. Shit, what the hell is he doing here? I don't know why I didn't notice him before"

With Raider disappearing into the Elevator Ryan looked back towards Jackson. "You have to be sure Jackson, is that who you say it is, this Jeremy?"

"He looks older then he's suppose to, and has more scars, but yeah I never forget a face Sheppard"

Ryan thought for a moment. If Raider was indeed this Jeremy Jackson knew, then that could somewhat explain why he wasn't supposed to be here. Also, Ryan could have seen this Jeremy before on base, which may be why he looked so familiar to him. However, Ryan knew for some reason that wasn't why he recognized the mercenary.

"Okay, will find out about him alter, just keep quiet for now. If he's not suppose to be here like us and lying about it he must have an alter motive"

With that Jackson agreed to keep quiet, and Ryan decided to continue to head towards the mess like he was originally going to do. Walking towards the elevator he looked around and saw Wrex sleeping, at least Ryan thought he was sleeping from the looks of him. The elevator seemed a bet faster than usually; maybe Kaidan increased its speed. Exiting the elevator there wasn't much going on. After all, in their time it was late, and a skeleton crew was currently manning the ship.

Walking in the mess there was only one person at the table, Ashley. She was seating in one of the chairs face down on the table. Ryan couldn't be sure, but he believed she was asleep.

Grabbing a tray of food he sat across the table quietly trying not to wake her. However, Ryan had no avail, and startled her anyways.

"Ahhh….my head" she muttered to herself

"Funny, I said the same thing when I first woke up in this ship" Ryan joked looking over his food.

"Oh shut it Sheppard, how long was I out?"

"How would I know, just because I'm all knowing doesn't mean I know everything" Ryan smirked.

"No I was asking, because I know you're keeping tabs on me" she laughed as she grabbed some of Ryan's food from his tray without his approval, but he didn't really care.

"Um ash, what are you talking about?"

"Nothing…sorry I have headache at the moment. I should go" Ashley Replied in a weird otne, quickly heading her way back below deck.

Ryan knew that this could be trouble for him. At the moment there were more pressing matters to worry about, like finding Liara and fixing this mess they were all currently in. Finishing the last of what little food He was eating Ryan heard someone walking by. Looking up he saw Commander Shepard there heading towards his quarters.

Ryan took his chance, and quickly left the table to run and catch up to him "Commander, wait can I have a minute"

The commander stopped and turned towards Ryan "Make it quick corporal"

"I would like for Jackson and I to accompany you on Noveria" Ryan asked wanting to finally be useful.

The commander didn't say anything at that. He just continued back to his quarters, but Ryan was being persistent.

"We won't be able to stay in comm on the planet, and you're going to need my Intel, if the mission is going to be successful that is" Ryan now pleaded, hoping the commander would buy his story.

"Fine corporal, but if you com…." Ryan quickly cut him off knowing exactly what the commander was going to say

"I won't compromise your bla bla bla Shepard"

"Corporal, you're should really start taking this serious, this world is very different then what you're use to" Sheaprd replied, crossing his arms. The commander figured to Corporal might take things more serious if he knew what was really out there. Although, what the commander failed to realize was Ryan knew exactly what was in store for them all.

"Last I check you still have no authority over me. But I'll make you a deal commander"

"Fine, I'm listening"

"I'll fall in line on the mission and make sure Jackson does too, if you let the chief come with us" Ryan knew she was a good soldier and would be helpful, yet He didn't believe that was the reason he was asking.

"That's out of the question" The commander stated

"Last I check she is still my bodyguard, besides you can't keep her coped up on this ship forever commander"

"Alright, but you will be strictly a support team on the mission. Is that clear"

"Understood" Ryan saluted the commander in a show of respect, but he did not return one. He just went into his quarters.

They were still a few hours out, so Ryan figured he should get some shut eye like Jackson. Besides he thought Ashley would want to know that she finally gets another chance at an OP.

Five Hours later

Lieutenant Commander John Shepard

Captain's Quarters

Shepard was furious with having to accept the corporal's terms. He had no choice; he didn't want the mission to go south again. The Normandy was now less than an hour out from Noveria. Shepard looked at his parent's photo on his desk. He remembered the vow he made to them. After that thought, he then reached for the intercom in his quarters.

"Joker" he called out on the comm.

"Yes commander"

"Inform the chief and her boys to gear up, I want everyone ready by the time I get down there" he ordered

"Aye aye commander"

Shepard could have called the chief directly, but he wanted as much chatter with her to a minimum. The commander didn't want the Chief to think he was going to make it a habit of her coming on missions. In fact after the mission he would make sure she went back to striping and cleaning everyone's gear until hell would freeze over.

Shepard grabbed his armor and weapons in his quarters. He cleaned them himself in his room, not trusting the chief to clean his own gear. Clipping his gear on the commander made his way towards the elevator.

Once in the cargo hold he could see the corporal and Jackson all geared up next to the Williams. They were going to be strictly a support team in this mission, covering our rear. Garrus and Alenko were going to be on Shepard's team. Raider had asked him earlier to stay behind o nthis one and the Commander had accepted. The Commander made his way to the corporal, and his so called team.

"Corporal is there anything else we should know before we make touchdown on Noviera." Shepard asked, because he wanted to make damn sure there was no hitch in the mission this time.

"We will need to get to peak 15, but the access would be cut off, and will need to find a pass to get to the garage"

"Why do that, I got a better idea" Shepard mentioned with a grin on his face.

"Um…Okay what's your plan" the corporal asked looking a tad bit confused.

"I'll have joker activate stealth systems on the Normandy. We will then head straight to peak 15 bypassing the checkpoints indefinitely"

"Huh I didn't think we could do that" Shepard could see how surprised the corporal was with that suggestion.

"We probably couldn't, if the system picked us up before hand. But now that you told me this, we can"

"Sounds like a plan commander"

"One more thing, you're in charge of the support team corporal" Shepard said pointing to him.

"Commander, what the hell are you thin…" The chief spoke up, but Shepard quickly interrupted her

"That's enough chief, Your just his bodyguard. And you're lucky I'm letting you on any mission after what happened on Eden prime and the citadel" Shepard was getting tiered of her. He was hoping something bad would happen to the Chief on this mission. Then all his problems would go away. "Alright I need to inform joker of our plan, be ready in five" they all nodded as the commander walked away.

Saren

Virmire

"Sir the human has been quiet resilient at resisting our integrations" one of Saren's scientist mentioned.

"Has he said anything useful yet" Saren asked

"No, he just keeps repeating his name, who he works for, as well as a series of numbers." The scientist replied looking on is datapad.

"He of course is lying; the one with Commander Shepard knows a lot more." Saren huffed walking towards the human.

"It's possible since he came through the other beacon he doesn't know the same things." The scientist stated as Saren was walking closer to the prisoner.

Saren came up to the human. As the human just gave him his thousand yard stare.

"You will tell me everything you know" Saren demanded

The human said nothing in reply, which amused Saren.

"In time, you will do what I say willingly Sergeant Hamilton"