The sound of ships echoed as they flew past a large cylindrical station. The faint sound of children could be heard playing on the station as it danced above the earth.
The halls were large and riddled with cables hanging from the ceiling as Two small boys toss a ball back and forth near an airlock. The two laughed as the ball bounced off the ground and the walls. The boys chased after as quickly as they could while the lights overhead flickered. "You guys are gonna get in trouble" a young voice quipped. One boy who was appeared to be the oldest turned and said "like your one to talk Jane" she took a small step forward slapping both her arms to side and said "don't be mean john" the youngest boy rolled the ball in his hands drawing a small smirk across his face shouted "think fast!" He whipped his harm as hard as he could tossing the ball past his older brother towards Jane. The ball collided with his older sister's shoulder with the sound of a loud crack. Jane let out a loud cry of pain as John turned to his brother and said "why did you do that Geoff" Jane turned and ran away as tears ran down her face as she shouted "I'm telling mom!" John rushed after her. Geoff stood still as the room around him began to grow dim. he suddenly felt cold as he slowly descended into a dark void.
A sound could be heard through the darkness
[Red alert] echoed through the dark
he could see a slight haze of light growing in the distance. A voice broke through as clear and vivid as a day.
SHEPPARD!
A man sharply awoke as the ship shook violently. He looked about the room as he soon realized he was in his quarters aboard the Normandy. The lights flashed a reddish glow as he rose to his feet. The doors flung open as a young woman rushed in wearing a full space suit overlayed by fabric. She ran up to the man and shouted "Geoff!" The man opened a locker just off a nearby wall and said "Tali is it the geth?"
"No" she replied quickly as she reached down to pick up a helmet that was laying on the floor. "Joker feels that it is a new threat." The alarm continued to scream as people rushed around their posts trying to defend the ship. Geoff and Tali left the room and headed for the stairs Geoff stopped to look at the wreckage. In a moment he clenched his fist and said "sound the evac order, get everyone to safety" . He took two steps forward and realised that Tali had not said a word. "I will get Joker out and we will meet up later. " she froze at what he said as she shuffled her hands, she looked up at Geoff slightly "I...I..." Geoff walked over reaching out to hold one of her hands and said "Tali I Know" unsure of the current situation all she could do was nod. She turned towards a nearby stairwell and hurried off.
Geoff began to run up the steps to the bridge as the doors flung open he was met by a massive hole in the top of the ship revealing the vastness of space and the glow of a nearby planet. He hurried to the front of the ship where a man sat frantically working the controls. He ran up to the man he wore a blue uniform with matching hat and appeared to not have shaved in days. "Joker" Geoff shouted in a huff. "The Normandy is lost we have to go." Joker nodded turning slightly he noticed the console flashing and said "They are coming around for another attack" a large beam shot from a nearby moon which struck the Normandy cutting the haul. Geoff quickly grabbed Jokers arm and dragged him to his feet. Slinging jokers arm around his shoulders he moved his friend to a nearby escape hatch. reaching out for an overhanging bar above the hatch, Joker climbed into the pod as another shot blasted between them pushing Sheppard back into the ship. Geoff looked over to see the release button on the wall for the pod and quickly without a second thought slammed the button launching his friend away to safety as the mysterious ship continued its attack, until the normandy was destroyed. Geoff moved to find another hatch only to be met by an explosion that sent him into a wall and into space. Adrift in space he began to gasp for air realizing his suit was leaking oxygen. He tried to fix the problem as the gas escaped from his tank, he quickly descended towards the surface of a nearby planet. As he fell his suit began to burn as he quickly lost air, clinging to life his thoughts returned for a moment to his crew, his friends, and to his siblings. Most of all he focused on his last moments he thought of Tali.
[Two Years Later]
"Sheppard you have to wake up the station is under attack."
Sheppard awoke alone in a cold room with the sound of gun fire in the distance. He rose to his feet realizing that the gunfire was getting closer. A voice chimed through the comms "Sheppard there is a gun and armour in a nearby locker grab it." He ran to a nearby locker across the the door open he found a dark suit of armour with a red stripe down the side. He donned his armour as the alarms flared in the distance, echoing with the faint sound of a message.
Geoff shuffled his sandbag like body forward towards the door at the far end of the room not knowing what to expect on the other side. He reached for a small panel on the right side only to find that the door did not respond to his presence. He raised his pistol turning slightly to one side squeezing the trigger he released a round into the centre of the panel. Sparks flew as the lights of the panel flickered, the door flung open revealing a lone droid it was white with a blue stripe on its shoulder. "A security droid?" He thought quietly to himself as the droid stared at him. He looked down briefly to see that the droid had a gun firmly in its hand "hostile detected" it announced as it quickly raised the gun pointing it at him. Instinctively he turned slightly to dodge the first round and grabbed the droids weapon with his left he raised his gun quickly to strike the droid. Geoff began to shoot the droid in the centre of its chest as it hit the ground with a loud crash. Geoff began to hear a slight whisper, he sharply turned around to be met with a dark hallway and the reassurance of being alone. He shook his head and began to press on down the hall, when a voice echoed through the comms "Sheppard I will meet you at the landing bay keep moving."
As he rushed through the halls he came to a small courtyard where a young man stood crouched behind a few boxes as reddish streaks flew through the air. Sheppard quickly rushed towards the boxes crouching next to him. The man turned his head and met shepard's gaze as a shocked expression drew across his face, he said "Sheppard?" as he shifted his weight to one knee "I just woke up what's going on here?" Geoff barked at the man. The man shrugged his shoulders and replied "not too sure but these security droids just suddenly activated and began attacking." Geoff glanced briefly over the crate viewing the other side as two more droids entered the room. "What's your name?" The man looked at Shepard and said "name's Jacobs" Shepard loaded a new cell into his gun thinking of a way out "If only I had my gear, I could hack them and save us some ammo." Jacobs quickly holstered his shotgun placing it behind him" that's not a problem, I'm a BIotic so just say the word and we can get out of here." Geoff smiled "ok lets get them." Jacobs moved his hand and fired a small orb of energy that caused the droids to float into the air. Sheppard stayed behind cover holding his pistol at the ready began to shoot the droids as they fell to the ground.
The two cautiously rose to their feet as the last of the droids lights flickered away. Jacobs turned to face shepard who was loading his gun. "I suppose you have questions for me." he said waiting for the upcoming response. Sheppard looked at the man and Replied " You can fill me in on the way, But right now we must head to the landing bay." Jacobs Nodded in agreement and began to head towards a door near the back of the room. Sheppard seemed wary of the man, but followed along until he could figure out his current situation. Jacobs and shepard passed through room to room avoiding countless droids till they reached a large room filled with pipes and lockers. Jacobs closed the door behind them and set the console near the door to lock. Sheppard took a few steps in and noticed in the corner a man sat on the floor. "We have a man down over here." Jacobs turned to view a bald man on the floor clutching his leg and as he got closer he realized who the man was " Wilson!?" he exclaimed and headed over to the man. Wilson looked up as his head felt heavy he said "can I get a hand with some Medigel?" Jacobs flicked his wrist as his omnitool illuminated the room, he placed a hand on the man's leg and began to administer the drug as shepard looked down the hall viewing a large set of doors with a sign that read Landing bay ahead. A loud bang echoed in the room as Shepard drew his pistol, Jacobs turned to face the direction of the door "we need more time." he exclaimed as the door lights flickered. Shepard moved to the door and noticed a crate that laid in the centre of the room and quickly noted that it read [caution explosive] he moved back towards jacobs as the door flung open three droids moved it guns raised for an attack. Geoff quickly raised to his feet with his gun drawn he fired a fired a round into the crate. The crate exploded with a reddish flame engulfing the droids and casting them to charred rubble.
The three continued down the hall slowly until they reached a large set of doors Wilson quickly moved to the door panel and began typing. "Once we get past these doors we will be " he said while the doors began to open he looked inside. A tall dark haired woman stood she wore a white uniform with black shoulders, she raised her gun meeting the barrel to Wilsons head. Before Wilson could get a word out a loud bang echoed through the room as Wilson fell to the floor with a thud. Jacobs took a step back "what are you doing?" he uttered with concern. The woman coldy replied "My job, Wilson was a traitor." she turned her head slightly to find Shepards pistol raised in front of her. "I'm not going anywhere till I get some answers." sheppard said, as the woman raised a hand gesturing him to lower the gun "I'm sure you have questions, But first my employer will want a word with you." she said with a forward tone. Jacob moved towards the door and sharply added "Miranda We should answer any questions that the commander has." She turned and said "In due time." Sheppard holstered his gun and crudely added "let's get on the shuttle, I've had enough of this station to last a lifetime." Miranda smiled and added "Or two in your case."
The shuttle flew from the station as fast as its engines could heading into deep space with a set of blue streaks trailing behind. A few hours have passed as the shuttle approached a station in the distance. "Our employer would like to have a word with you when we land" Miranda said as she continued to type on her data pad. Geoff sat in silence as the shuttle began its approach. The ship's door flung open as they began to exit onto the station. It was massive, clean, and devoid of life. Miranda moved to a console and began to type. Geoff moved towards a large set of doors."the illusive man will meet you inside." Geoff entered the room to find a dark room with only a set of blue lights on the ground giving off a faint glow. He approached the ring as an image appeared in front of him. The image took the shape of a man, he appeared to be well dressed and smoking a cigarette while sitting in a chair in deep thought. "Ah sheppard." The man took one last drag from his cigarette before putting it out on a nearby ashtray. Geoff stared at the man with curiosity and replied "You must be the illusive man" I spent a lot of credits to bring you back. BIllions in fact, so that we can preserve humanity. To fight against a common enemy." Geoff felt a small chill rush down his spine as he replied in a cold tone "The Reapers." the illusive man leaned back a bit in his chair "good to see that your memory is still good" Geoff rolled his eyes slightly and said "What are the reapers up to that required my help."
The man rose from his chair drawing a serious face with eyes laced with concern "we are at war even tho no one will admit it. Colonie have been disappearing ...human colonies." geoff looked around the dark room for a second before returning to the illusive man "just point me in the right direction, Also I will need to assemble my team." the illusive man sat back down with a sigh and "Miranda can help you with the information needed. As for your team well they have moved on." Geoff looked puzzled "all of them" he illusive man pressed a button on his armchair as several lights began to shine, a small screen appeared next to him as he read "we have only been able to keep an eye on a few of them, a couple have vanished. We have prepared some dossiers for you to make up a team. They are some of the best. Geoff nodded and said "where should I start looking?" the illusive man leaned back in his chair and said "I took the liberty in preparing a shuttle for you that will take you to freedom's progress. The last colony to be abducted, MIranda and Jacobs will brief you." the man lit another cigarette as he added "oh and I found a pilot that's crazy enough for this mission, you might like him." the lights in the room lightened and the hologram faded leaving sheppard alone in the room. He turned around to face the door wide open with a man leaning in the doorway. He stood there staring at sheppard with his baseball cap drawn over his eyes. " hey commander Just like old times" he shouted. A smile grew on Geoff's face as he replied "Joker."
