Hope and a Fighting Chance

by The Lost Girl

SPOILERS: Everything up to and including Mass Effect 3's ending.

SUMMARY: "Give us hope and a fighting chance. Hell, the Reapers better watch themselves." Every hero needs a hero every now and then. And Kaidan is exactly what Shepard needs.

DISCLAIMERS: All the characters in the story belong to Bioware, and whoever else has the rights on Mass Effect. Some quotes will directly be borrowed from the games.

WARNING: Eventual character(s) death(s).

A/N: I've noticed that the link to Aria's email from Chapter 1 doesn't seem to work, so I've decided to publish the text here, also.

This was inspired by the fact that, if you get Shepard drunk at Purgatory, he will eventually pass out and later awake on the red couch, right next to Aria. The look she gives him is hilarious!

If you've missed it (a.k.a. forgot to get your Shepard inebriated during your game), just type "Shepard drunk Aria" on YouTube, and you should find that cut scene easily.

AN URGENT REQUEST

From: Aria T'Loak

To: Major Alenko (alias Sparkly Ass),

I would consider it a personal favour to me if you could prevent Commander Shepard from getting too friendly with Purgatory's alcohol inventory in the future. If I have to spend another evening listening to his elaborate sexual fantasies involving the creative use of L2 biotics one more time… I might be forced to do something that the whole Galaxy will come to regret.

Take him out to dinner, get him laid, do whatever you have to, but do it!

Yours truly,

Aria

p.s. I took the liberty of asking my people to make a reservation for two at Apollo's. They confirmed that their menu should have something decent to offer.

Also, for those of you interested to read more MShenko from yours truly, I am currently working on a collaborative piece with another wonderful author named Cygnonymous.

The story is called "Worth Living For, Act I", and it is being written under the pen name of Elianda.

Once again, thank you so much for having taken the time to read, fav., follow, and/or review this story. It has sincerely been much appreciated. : )

All the best!

TheLostGirl21 (a.k.a. ½ of Elianda. Lol!)