Initiation into the Creed
One Shot
Assassin's Creed & Mass Effect Crossover

Note: This is written to show that you can see Shepard as either a male or a female. The old man is supposed to be just the current head master of the Assassins since we won't know who it will be in 2186. The events of this one shot happen before the events of Mass Effect 3.

Summary: The galaxy will soon fall into chaos & danger once the Reapers arrive, and only Commander Shepard will need everything to fight this threat. It is now time to join an ancient order...

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Looking around, Shepard saw that many hooded people stood organized in the aisle, like soldiers standing in waiting for their commands. However, the event here wasn't anything that was going to involve giving orders to them. They were waiting for something else, something that was a honor and also a burden to them all.

As the Spectre took the four steps up to the small higher level, Shepard stood before a hooded man in white. He looked old, but from the way he stood, he had gone and still go through hardships that would strain his body to the brink that it would take his life. But for the cause that these people stood for, it was enough. It would be worth it in order to save their world and the galaxy.

The old man bowed slightly with his hand upon his heart while Shepard returned with a salute. That's when the Alliance soldier heard the old man speak, "Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine. These are the words spoken by our ancestors that lat at the heart of our creed."

He then stood before Shepard, his eyes peircing into the soldier's as he continued. "Where other men blindly follow the truth, remember..."

The Spectre stood true and replied, "Nothing is true."

The old man nodded as he said, "Where other men are limited, by morality or law, remember..."

"Everything is permitted," Shepard said again, feeling the weight of those words and understood the true meaning after all this time. After hearing the words being said by past strangers, the words were now clear to the soldier.

The old man then gestured to a young woman dressed similar to him, only she looked more fit as a warrior instead of a simple old man in a hood. She held in her hand what looked like some sort of electronic mod for an omni tool.

"We work in the dark, to serve the light," the old man finished. "We are Assassins."

"Nothing is true, everything is permitted."

Shepard then turned the focus on to the woman, the female handing the Spectre the mod as she held the soldier's wrist and inserted into where the implant was. At that moment, the omni tool came to life and revealed a blade made out of light. Despite it just being see through, the Spectre could still feel the weight and upon touching it, Shepard could feel that it was indeed sharp and would kill an enemy in one blow.

"Welcome to the Creed, Shepard," said the old man who bowed as Shepard gave a bow this time in turn.

The End