Commander Maiyu Shepard of the Systems Alliance Navy, she can no longer remember how many times she had heard her name called across the room by other soldiers wearing the same uniform, or the countless slaps on her back that almost ended with her sprawled across the floor because of her actions in the Skillian Blitz. These things she had learned to put up with, there was no doubt about that, but now she was facing a Turian that stood in front of her and the Normandy's pilot. Joker was what the pilot preferred to be called and that's what everyone called him, he was rattling on about something… well she wasn't really paying attention to whatever it was as she searched through the extranet for anything relating to the Turian spectre Nyilus on her personalised, illuminous red visor unbeknownst to the others on the bridge. If she could find anything even if it was his favourite food it would put her at ease right now.

"That is good; your captain will be pleased." Nyilus suddenly spoke before turning to leave, as soon as the swoosh of the automated doors was heard everyone visibly relaxed.

"Good?! I hit a target the size of a pin and he says good?" Joker complained and carried on muttering to himself as Shepard was trying to stifle a laugh.

"Nyilus gives you a compliment… and you sit there and complain about it Joker?" Kaiden spoke up from the co-pilot chair, his eyes constantly drifting back towards Shepard even though the question was directed at Joker. As Joker was still fumbling over the words he was going to say next, Maiyu spoke up, her voice muffled by a strand of long purple hair that had freed itself from one of her pigtails, she took hold of the strand and tucked it behind her ear as she spoke again.

"I'm not sure what to make of that man." A slightly serious expression crossed her child like face.

"Eh?.. I don't trust anyone who earns more money than me." Joker announced,

"Hey! What about me..?" Maiyu started before she was cut off by Captain Anderson's voice coming over the intercom.

"Joker..? Is Shepard there with you?" As Joker gave his answer it was quickly followed by "Tell her to come down to the Debriefing room."

"Careful Captain, I think Nyilus is on his way." Joker bit his tongue so he wouldn't add the extra comment that was circling his mind.

"He's already here." Anderson replied forcefully as the intercom connection closed, Maiyu failing to hold back a giggle as the two men stared at her, unsure of her reaction.

"It's usually better for me if he's angry at you!" Maiyu smirked as she headed out through the door, still hearing Jokers muttered rebuttal followed by a barely audible laugh from his unsupportive co-pilot. Maiyu dodged around all the busy crew members that seemed to be dashing from station to station, or simply stood in groups debating their next actions or gossiping about other members of the crew. Maiyu Shepard may have been one of the smallest soldiers ever to be recruited into the alliance, standing only 5ft tall she only just came level with the shoulders of some of the crew, but what she lacks in height she makes up for in agility. Even if somebody did end up achieving the impossible task of catching hold of the quick commander, their futile efforts usually ended up with them writhing in agony on the floor.

She skilfully ducked under the elbow of an over energetic crew member but ended up running directly into Doctor Chakwas.

"Why, Commander, still struggling to move around your own ship?" The mid-age doctor gave a chuckle, Maiyu proceeded to duck past her only turning to stick out her tongue childishly as the briefing room doors then hid her from view. Turning around to look for Anderson she giggled slightly while thinking of ways to 'get back' at Joker for his earlier comment, but the figure that entered her sight was not Anderson but that of the Turian spectre Nyilus. It was obvious he was not amused by her childish display, but his body language showed no emotion as the visor that covered the top half of her face zoomed in to correct her short sightedness without needing glasses. He was most certainly not impressed.

"Oh, Nyilus, I thought I was supposed to be meeting Captain Anderson here." She spoke while standing to attention, trying to add some authority to her voice, her hands neatly crossed at her lower back.

"I wanted to talk to you alone Commander." He explained, his voice as cold and calm as his expressionless face. He turned to face the giant screen that appeared on the back wall of the room, this gave Maiyu just enough time to breathe as she almost passed out from lack of oxygen.

"What can you tell me about Eden Prime Commander?" he asked as a picture of a planet appeared on the screen.

"It's a Human colony Sir, it is often referred to as the garden planet because of its serene beauty." After finishing her sentence she mentally kicked herself, she sounded more like a tour guide reading from a brochure than a commander in the alliance. "Is there a reason you want to know about Eden Prime?" she continued with a gentle cough while trying to compose herself.

"This is proof that Humans can colonize other planets and think those colonies safe, but are they truly safe? Humans are new to the galaxy can you truly protect yourselves?" Nyilus spoke as if he were preaching the truth causing Maiyu's eyes to narrow in on him through her visor, trying to hide the distrust on her face as a retort began to form in her mind. Anderson appeared just in the nick of time to stop her from possibly losing her position as commander.

"I think it is time we told Shepard the truth." Anderson said as he closed the distance between him, Maiyu and the Turian spectre.

20 minutes later….

Maiyu was now down in the cargo bay of the Normandy with Kaiden Alenko and Private Jenkins at her side. She was unsure of taking Jenkins on the mission with them, probably because she saw too much of herself in him. He easily gets over excited and is way too eager to please her and they had to be careful, especially on this mission. From what she had been told their objective was to find a Prothean artefact of some sort and the pressure was really on with Nyilus watching her every move.

Her team was dropped off at the landing zone as Maiyu immediately armed herself with her ever trusted Mantis sniper rifle that had been holstered on her back, her visor began to glow and scanned the area for anything that could be considered a threat. Maiyu sped into a sprint down the path towards the colony, Kaiden close on her heels, almost too close for comfort as the team had to duck behind a boulder to use for cover in case of enemies.

Maiyu signalled to Jenkins to move out just as a beeping came from her visor directly into her ears, with a red flash she turned to look to her team member who had just taken several bullets from a group of Geth attack drones. She took a final glance at Jenkins –her visor confirmed that his life signs were gone- her silver eyes darkened to a stormy grey as she charged out from behind what little cover they originally had, her mantis in hand, her visor predicted the trajectory of her enemy's bullets as she easily dodged them with fluid motions as though she was never where they had been aimed in the first place. She only took a split second to aim the shots that brought the drones crashing to the ground. As the last drone fell next to her feet with a mini explosion she stopped dead - frozen on the spot - not wanting to turn around, knowing that Kaiden would be checking Jenkins' body for a life that had already been extinguished.

"Commander, what were the Geth doing here? What about Jenkins we can't just leave him here…" Kaiden began to ramble as it became clear the stress was getting to him. Turning to him Maiyu grabbed his armour and managed to pull him halfway to his feet while hoping he would stand up willingly, her height getting in her way. She looked up at him –her eyes having lightened back to their normal silver- placing a gentle hand on his shoulder, she turned her attention back to Jenkins' body.

"I'll make sure he gets a proper service after this is over but right now Kaiden…I need you to be ready for anything." She said as she bowed her head and saluted Jenkins. Even though she had her eyes closed she could feel Kaiden's gaze burning into her back.

"Of course Shepard…" He muttered as he followed Maiyu into a horde of Drones that were advancing towards her and her last team mate. She easily confused the drones with her small body structure as she jumped and rebounded off of the many trees that were scattered near the path, using the confusion to aim perfect shots with her sniper rifle while still in the air. Kaiden smirked a little as she landed with ease a few feet in front of him, panting softly - The light weight armour she wore was easy to move around in but blocked many a bullet in the midst of a fight, this made it perfect for Maiyu and had been altered to fit her needs - she glanced around the area her sniper rifle still in hand as Kaiden spoke up. "Keep fighting like that Commander and I don't think I will be needed!" he laughed as he spoke. She glanced up at him as an innocent smile stretched across her pale, freckle dotted face.

"Well if you can't keep up then you'll just have to find something useful to do." She giggled as she carried on down the path towards an echo of gunfire, she didn't even think to look back at Kaiden who was wearing the face of a cat in water.

As Maiyu rounded a cliffside the sight of two female figures – One wearing a hood that connected to the rest of her black/ blue tinted, skin tight N7 leather suit and one wearing pink and white alliance armour with a helmet to match - running away from a group of Geth troopers came into view, it was clear that the geth had an intent to kill as they fired their guns. The one in alliance armour tripped and fell as the other turned to give covering biotics while gesturing for her to run, hoping she would dive into cover before getting shot. Biotics from both Kaiden and the hooded women flew past her and collided in a biotic explosion, utterly destroying the geth that were behind her. Maiyu had been staring at the hooded female from the beginning and had completely forgotten to fire at the enemy. Once the last Trooper fell, Kaiden began to make his way down the path to the woman who was sluggishly dragging herself to her feet, Maiyu followed behind him slowly and curiously.

"I am Ashley Williams Ma'am, you have my thanks we wouldn't have made it if you hadn't shown up." Said the one in armour uniformly as the other – who until now had been searching through the pieces of the now broken Geth – casually sauntered over to join them, her face was completely covered by her hood and a metal mask that seemed to startle Kaiden a little.

"Yeah you wouldn't have made it but I would 'of, don't put me in the same group as you. Seriously had you ever even been in a fire fight until now?" Said the hooded one sounding quite pissed as she shook her head, her arms folded across her chest.

"I KNEW IT TSUBASA!" Maiyu shouted as she jumped out from behind Kaiden, launching herself at the hooded girl she clung to her in a hug with a huge smile covering her face, "What the hell are you doing on this planet sis?"

"Wait just a- !" Tsubasa stuttered utterly shocked as she tried to release herself from Maiyu's strong grip, "Maiyu?!" she stammered as she looked down at her while managing to hold her at arm length. Maiyu nodded as she looked up into two glowing eye holes that peered back at her from the metal mask just visible from under the hood, showing a hint of disbelief. No-one could've confirmed that though, except for Maiyu who just knew that Tsubasa was just as shocked to see her as she was Tsubasa. The other two looked at both the girls in complete silence, neither knew what was going on so after watching them for a few minutes Kaiden coughed softly hoping to remind Maiyu that they had come here for a reason.

"Sis as good as it is to see you, we need to be getting a move on to make sure the geth don't get a hold of that Prothean beacon. Do either of you know where it was last?" she glanced from one to the other as Ashley gave a small nod indicating that she knew where to go. Ashley led the way towards the last known location of the beacon, Kaiden and Maiyu following swiftly behind while Tsubasa stayed slightly further behind the group in case of an enemy attack. They reached their destination only to find out that the beacon had been moved which caused each member of the group to groan in disappointment.

"You have got to be kidding me!" Tsubasa growled through her mask, the sound slightly distorted by the outer atmospheric breathing equipment that was built into it which made her voice sound more menacing than intended. This caused Kaiden to step away from her and towards Maiyu who was busy fiddling with her omni-tool. Words scrolled up one side of her visor as she scanned the colony's local databases for any information on the whereabouts of the Prothean beacon.

"They must have moved it over to the Space Port ready to be picked up." Commented Ashley as she looked up the hill that led to the outer warehouses. Maiyu confirmed she had heard her comment with a nod as her Visor signalled a map of the colony had finished downloading onto her omni-tool.

"I have the exact location, thanks to this easily hackable security system, lets move out. No Geth is taking this beacon from me!" She giggled a smirk crossing her face as she heard the robotic groaning of metal joints. She quickly and calmly holstered her sniper rifle on her back and in its place unsheathed a medium length katana, as she gripped the sword her omni-tool flashed awake.

"I've got this." She kicked the floor hard with her strongest foot and flipped forward towards the Geth her sword at the ready, almost all of them had already shared the data of her moves through their connected memories which made it easy for them to dodge her attack. She landed softly and immediately followed on with another flip as her katana sparked with electricity on its blade. She swung her sword in mid-air causing a gust of force and electricity to shockwave forward impacting quite a few of the charging Geth off of their feet and at the same time destroying their internal circuits.

"Damn it sis stop showing off. Leave some of the fun for me!" Tsubasa laughed. Her body began to glow blue as she flipped into the air, she disappeared and reappeared behind the group of Geth that were left standing. Before the Geth could calculate her whereabouts she threw a punch at one of them, her fist going clean though its chest, the biotic essence destroying all the wires inside, she then sent each geth flying into the air and out of sight with just a flick from her wrists.

Maiyu looked at her sister and giggled, then looked behind her to see the shocked faces of Kaiden and Ashley, shrugging them off as she saw an organic body lay not too far from where they were stood. They all ran towards the, now dead, Turian Spectre and immediately began to search for any clues as to what could have killed him. The quietest rustling coming from behind the supply crates put each one of them on edge, Kaiden and Ashley drew their guns and Tsubasa may have been calm but her hands had a dim glow of biotics to show she was ready for a fight, contrary to the others Maiyu did naught but narrow her eyes as the figure of a man stumbled out towards them. When he clumsily walked fully into the light, Maiyu turned to look at her sister as she could practically hear Tsubasa's helmet shaking with rage followed by a groan. "Seriously you-?! Do you ever do anything other than sleep behind those things?!"

"Don't shoot! I…I didn't kill your friend…b-but I saw who did, it was another Turian they seemed to know each other." He stuttered, his body visibly shaking as he looked to Kaiden. He glanced from Kaiden to Ashley and then to Tsubasa as none of them answered his plea. Maiyu crossed her arms over her chest and puffed out her cheeks as she realized that the man hadn't even seen her and had been talking to Kaiden the whole time. With a swift flick of her leg she kicked him directly in the shin, as he reflexively fell to his knees she took hold of him by the collar of his shirt and pulled him closer to her face as she glared at him.

"I'm the Commander here! You need to address me!" She growled as Kaiden and Ashley took to rather large steps back while Tsubasa clutched her stomach, shaking as she tried so hard to stifle her laughter.

"To the space port looking for that beacon…. Don't hurt me!" The man pleads as Maiyu releases her hold on the man's collar before she starts taking off towards the space port. Fighting their way through hordes of geth that were waiting for them.

"Commander the geth have left bombs" Kaiden spoke up as he launched one geth trooper in to the air.

"That's enough to destroy the place, they don't want evidence left" Tsubusa added.

"Keep me covered I am gonna disable all these bombs" Maiyu ordered as she ducked down beside one her omi-tool pinging to life as she hacked though the data walls until the countdown stop before dodging her way for gun fire to make it to the remaining bombs. When she stands up after disabling the last bomb and the synsthised wail of a geth being destroyed she spots the Beacon. Everyone moved down on to the space port as Maiyu started to talk to Joker on the Normandy to arrange pick up.

"Kaiden you dick get away from there!" Tsubusa yells as he is suddenly being pulled towards the beacon. Maiyu ran over charging Kaiden in the side and out of the beacons pull only to replace him with herself. She felt her feet leave the floor and an intense burning sensation in her head as gruesome pictures flashed though her head that she could not make sense off. Suddenly everything fell in to black she felt her body crashed to the floor but she couldn't move, as she slowly drifted out of consciousness she heard muffled panicked voices calling her name..