Curious Jealousy- a F!Shenko Fic

Chapter Nine: Another Visit

Shepard rubbed her temples as she waited for the shuttle to touch down. Every time she drank excessively, she always forgot that the day after always sucks...until the day after finally arrived. She would tell herself that she wouldn't drink so much again, up until she did.

Who in the hell could face the Council without being, at least a little, drunk?

And, well, the second round of drinks had been for...for no other purpose than to soothe her ego. Okay, that was a lie. Anyway, she didn't want to think too hard about the second reason.

As it was, she was hungover and waiting for the shuttle to set down on Menae. James and Liara remained, thankfully silent. She wished that she could give one of her grand speeches, but her mouth couldn't form the words.

...especially after the nightmare she had had on the way to Menae.

With a jolt, the shuttle touched down. Shepard clenched her jaw and ordered everyone out of the shuttle. Enemies were in scope, and her hangover was just going to have to sit on the sidelines.

"James, focus on the marauders. Liara, you have the cannibals," she ordered as she switched to armor piercing rounds.

They fought good together. The only thing they were missing was someone with a tech skill. Her first thoughts jumped to Kaidan, but she quickly buried that thought as she used her omni-blade in the face of a cannibal. Garrus was just as skilled as Kaidan- and Tali was better.

"Have you lost your mind, Shepard?!" Liara sputtered after the last enemy fell.

"Liara?" she questioned as she led the way to the Turian's f.o.b.

"Sauntering up to one of those Reaper drones-"

"The Collector's were drones, these are more like cannon fodder."

Liara ignored her. "-like you have something to prove. It would have been just as easy to take it out from behind cover!"

"And a waste of ammo." She informed the gatekeeper who she was and continued as she led them in. "It wasn't like I was in any danger, Liara. Breathe."

Thankfully, the rest of the mission had gone pretty good- and they got Garrus (well, at least I have someone to drink with now, she thought). Of course, she did give James and Garrus heart attacks when she threw down her Mattock (damn thing never has enough fire before the heat sink pops) and ran up to a Brute and proceeded to shove her omni-blade trough it's face, just as she did the Cannibal.

But, it was all good- they all made it back to the Normandy in time.

Of course, when she made it back to the Normandy, she was advised to head to the AI Core. Sighing, and still in full armor, she did as she was advised, nodding at Chakawas as she walked by. She'd have to make sure she stopped to talk to the good doc on the way up to he CIC- her arm kinda burned thanks to Reaper cannon fodder.

"EDI?" Shepard called out as she opened the door. A shadowed movement behind the smoke had her pistol in her hand and her movements more cautious. "Talk to me EDI."

From the smoke walked the body of Doctor Eva, Shepard gritted her teeth and fired. "Shepard," the body said, sounding very much like...EDI.

"EDI, what the hell's going on?"

As EDI explained the situation, Shepard lowered her gun and rubbed her temples tiredly. Finally, she just decided to sigh (what else could she possibly do, anyway?).

"You can...you can go up to the Helm with Joker- fly...fly co-pilot."

Shepard kinda wished that she had taken the head off that damn body after they brought in on the Normandy (and how many times are they going to put an AI body in the damn AI Core? Seriously?).