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{{occ: This is probably going to start out as Ashley and Fem!SHep, but Kaiden, Male!Shep, and Tali, please feel free to join in whenever. We will update the posting list as needed if that's okay.}}

It had only been a few days since Ashley had awoken in this place. She had stayed close to the ship, too afraid to venture forth. Even if she knew that there were other people in the place as they were, trapped it seemed as she was, the Major had yet to really grasp what happened.

Since walking around the ship had usually helped her work out whatever problem she was facing, Ashley decided that doing so now, in this place couldn't hurt. It was strange how quiet everything was. She was so used to hearing something humming, whether it be the drive core or the quiet murmur of the crew. Never had she ever heard the Normandy like this.

When she reached the docking bay, Ashley decided that walking around outside the ship couldn't really hurt. Granted, there were weird people about, but nothing could be weirder than having to work with a Turian. The thought of Garrus made her smile. She wondered where he was, if he was okay. Really she was concerned about all of her crew, but she had faith that they could take care of themselves.

Ashley didn't notice the body laying face up in the grass until she was practically on top of it. And when she did, the blood drained away from her face.

"Shepard!" Her commander looked like she was dead, the blood a sharp, crimson contrast to the white pallor of her skin. Ashley immediately bent down and checked for a heart beat, sighing when she felt a faint beat beneath her fingertips. "Shepard! Oh come on, Commander, you have to wake up!"

Down the stairs to the lower deck. Around the base of the drive core to the maintenance shaft entrance. Up a ladder, and into the duct tunnel. Up a second ladder and turn to the left. Crawl for a sixth of the ship's body and another left turn. Up a short ladder, and out into the room housing the AI Core...

The AI Core was dark and silent, just like the Engineering deck. Tali had never spent much time here - both Legion and EDI frightened Tali a little. She'd been trying to make amends, for Shepard's sake, ever since her argument with Legion, but it was hard work, overcoming years of ingrained prejudice. There was something...off about the room, though. Tali couldn't quite put her finger on what was wrong or different. It must be the lack of noise, she thought, and moved quickly to the electrical panel on the doors.

Just a few moments, and the doors to the Medbay sparked and slid open with a metallic groan.

Current Location: Normandy SR-2: AI Core/Medbay

He'd been unconscious long enough that blood was a thick, tacky halo about his body and his limbs felt as if they belonged to someone else. At first, Kaidan had tried making his way down to the infirmary. It was slow and painful going--especially when it turned out the elevator was down and the power off, meaning he had to make it the long way around.

In the end, he stumbled, fell, crawled, and dragged his way along with more determination than real strength, leaving a trail of garish red in his wake. He paused now and again to catch his breath and flip through the strange journal that had been there when he'd woken up. He wasn't sure what he made of all of this, but since there seemed to be a castle visible just outside the Normandy--and since the guy he was talking to kept mentioning some kind of Inquisition--he figured...

...what? Blood loss? Hallucinations? Or was the afterlife a hell of a lot weirder than he'd ever figured?

Whatever it was, he wasn't the kind to just give up and die, no matter how drifty he was starting to feel. There was medigel in the infirmary. He just had to get there.

Kaidan managed to half-crawl, half-drag himself all the way to its (closed) doors after God-knew-how-long. The whole ship seemed to be spinning, and he felt peaceful enough to really be getting scared. He propped himself against the door and reached up to wave it open, breath coming in labored pants.

The door didn't open.

Shit. The power was off. Of course the door didn't open.

Kaidan dropped his forehead against the closed medbay door. "Well," he said, voice gone low and husky. "Fuck me."

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Kaidan shoved James away, already scrambling across the messy—and empty—shuttle bay toward the elevator even before the landing doors had fully closed.

“Whoa, whoa!” James called, trying to grab for him. Garrus made a low, fluting noise, blue blood spattering across the floor. Kaidan’s, red, pooled at his own feet. They were just that freaking patriotic and,

“Damn it, Shepard,” he muttered, slipping and crashing toward the elevator. He had to get to the cockpit; he had to make Joker turn the Normandy around. They couldn’t just leave Shepard out there to die, not before he…

Not when he’d never…

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