Chain of Command
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Lt. Commander Amelia Shepard has survived many ordeals, and now she is in command of the Normandy and unexpectedly falls in love with Kaidan Alenko.
This work takes place during the events of Mass Effect .
Commander Amelia Shepard
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Paragon
AdeptI guess you can call this my head canon. Just gotta get it out of my head...not sure precisely where it's going...but here you go.
12/18/21 *NOTE* This went in a direction that I was completely not happy with, so, after much self debate, I have deleted some chapters and will be redoing them. I just felt that I got away from the essence of Kaidan and Amelia and their relationship.
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- Part 1 of Chain of Command
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Kaidan takes Amelia to his family cabin for shore leave so that they can have a nice relaxing time to themselves and learn more about each others...desires.
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- Part 2 of Chain of Command
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Kaidan and Amelia enjoy their shore leave at Okanagan Lake and learn more about each other before discussing their future.
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- Part 3 of Chain of Command
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Kaidan is at his parent's place in Vancouver trying to overcome the death of the woman he loved.
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- Part 4 of Chain of Command
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Kaidan returns from having drinks with the doctor and mulls things over before receiving a call from Anderson.
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- Part 5 of Chain of Command
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Amelia fights to come to terms with herself after her resurrection and Kaidan hears rumors that turn his stomach before he is sent to Horizon.
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- Part 6 of Chain of Command
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Amelia and Kaidan both reel from their meeting on Horizon.
He dismissed the rumors that continued to flow around him, especially when he heard that she was working with Cerberus. Amelia would never willingly work for the organization that nearly killed her on Akuze. He couldn’t allow himself to believe any of it. It was all absurd.
Until it wasn’t.
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- Part 7 of Chain of Command
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Amelia allows herself to hope for a future for her and Kaidan as she preps for the Omega-4 Relay.
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Anderson downed the rest of the contents in his glass and placed his hands behind his back. “I wanted to let you know that I received a message from Shepard.”His pulse raced at the mention of her name. “Sir?”
“She is headed for the Omega-4 Relay tonight, will probably be going through it within the next hour or so.”
Bowing his head, Kaidan clenched the glass in his hand before drawing in a deep breath and swigging the amber liquid down in one gulp. Amelia never replied to him. Every morning, he checked his messages hoping that he would find something from her, he wouldn’t even care if she’d had sent something as crude as a ‘fuck you’. Her silence was deafening, and it was all that he may ever get.
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- Part 8 of Chain of Command
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Amelia preps for surrender by crossing something off of her bucket list and James Vega is assigned to be her warden.
“I’m sure keeping tabs on one woman is gonna be a super tough job, Vega. Thank you’re up for it?” Amelia said with a glimpse dark humor, which was unusual for her. “By the looks of you they seem to think I’m gonna give the Alliance trouble.”
“You’re a highly accomplished Adept, Shepard.” Anderson countered. “We need someone to be able to keep you in line.”
Studying the mountain of a man in front of her who seemed to have a fondness for wearing shirts two sizes too small she said, “So you get the human equivalent of a Krogan to guard me?”
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- Part 9 of Chain of Command
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James surprises Amelia with some takeout and a movie and she reveals what she has lost.
For the first time in months, Shepard was relaxed. It was nice eating something other than the cafeteria food, even though the food served in the cafeteria was better than typical ship food, she had probably gained about 5 pounds since her incarceration. The company was equally as nice and she ate and drank to her hearts content while watching some cheesy romantic comedy.
She needed that distraction.
But add alcohol to a good time, conversations can get interesting.
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- Part 10 of Chain of Command
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Kaidan and Amelia are reunited during the Reaper attack. After the debacle on Mars, Kaidan wakes up at Huerta Memorial and speaks to a certain drell who reveals something very important to him.
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Kaidan’s mouth dropped open and he forgot to breathe. He’d heard of the drell’s ability to remember things with perfect clarity, but he had never experienced it first-hand. It was something that he was not prepared for.“I’m sorry, drell have a tendency to slip into memories easily.” Thane said almost nonchalantly as he leaned forward and placed his elbows on his knees.
He licked his lips and closed his eyes, still processing what he heard. Did this Thane know that he was the one Amelia was referring to in that conversation? Could drell control when they slipped into memories like that? Was he trying to mess with Kaidan or was he trying to help? Or maybe there was no motive at all?
It didn’t matter. She still loved him. After all the shit he said to her, after what he did on Horizon, she still loved him. The guilt he felt multiplied ten-fold when it hit that she had remained faithful to him.
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- Part 11 of Chain of Command
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Amelia visits Kaidan at Huerta and they discuss their relationship and how to move forward.
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Despite the nearly three years apart, Kaidan could still read her like a book. He reached up and affectionately brushed a strand of curly red hair behind her ear, like he used to do. He had almost forgotten how soft her hair was. “You know, talking to you like this reminds me just how much I like you.” She looked up as he squeezed her hand. “We’re good together.”Series
- Part 12 of Chain of Command
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Kaidan is allowed back on the Normandy. As he gets situated in the ship, he and Amelia finally have a chance to start healing.
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“That’s an understatement.” He grumbled watching EDI walk away to the elevator. Apparently, that body of hers spent most of its time in the cock-pit with Joker. He wasn’t quite sure how he felt with an AI on board. His personal experiences with artificial intelligence usually included lots of shooting. But it was Amelia’s ship and she trusted EDI. He would just have to trust Amelia when it came to things like this, he had doubted her enough.“Well, it’s good to have you back, Kaidan. I know that Shepard missed you.”
“She did?” He tried not to sound like a love sick fifteen-year-old.
Drawing closer to him the turian lowered his voice. “You two have a lot of issues to sort out and the fact that she is willing to allow you on her ship shows how much of a remarkable and devoted woman she is. I may not be well versed with the dynamics of human relationships, but you would be a fool to allow her to slip through your fingers again. Don’t mess this up.”
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- Part 13 of Chain of Command
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Kaidan and Amelia have their first heart to heart on the Normandy. Amelia reveals what she went through after her resurrection and Kaidan reveals something she didn't expect.
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He gave her hand a slight squeeze and brushed his thumb over the top. “Why didn’t you respond to my message?”“I wasn’t sure if you wanted me to.” She confessed with a shaky breath. “That and I was on a very sensitive mission where a lot of lives depended on me, I couldn’t afford the distraction and had to push you- or, us really, from my mind. From the second I woke up to the second I forced myself to sleep, I threw myself into work. I’m sorry that I didn’t respond, but I want to let you know that your message hurt yet gave me hope at the same time. I mean, of course I remember our night before Ilos, Kaidan, and it was just as special to me as it was to you.”
“I know that now.” He insisted. “I had a lot of emotions running through me when I wrote that. I was confused and maybe a tad drunk.”
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- Part 14 of Chain of Command
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Kaidan speaks with Amelia after rescuing the scientists on Gellix and their conversation make a passionate turn.
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She tasted like coffee and sugar, and it was intoxicating. His heart raced, his head felt light, and he had a difficult time stopping his biotics from rippling softly over his skin as he lost control of his nodes. God, was this real? Was he really kissing and pressing into the woman who he mourned for two years, the woman he thought he’d lost forever? Her hands skimmed upward to clench onto the nape of his neck as she continued to feed him, and it turned into this side of too much.Tearing his lips from hers, Kaidan gasped for breath. “We need—I need a moment.” He begged as he opened his eyes to see that he had unknowingly backed her up against the tank, her fair skin reflecting the blue light.
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- Part 15 of Chain of Command
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While Kaidan and Amelia are settling back into their relationship, a heated discussion ensues with Liara.
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Liara pointed an accusing finger at him. “He did absolutely nothing for you after you died, he didn’t even try to recover your body, he just let you go, like you were nothing!”Amelia worked hard to keep her composure and tried to interrupt, “Liara--”
“Just think about what he did to you on Horizon, just turned his back on you, if he really loved you-”
“Now wait just a minute--” Kaidan interjected, eyes narrowing, patience already wearing thin at the charges being unfairly lobbed against him.
“-he would have been ecstatic at your return, but instead he has done nothing but question everything you’ve said and done.” She began to pace. “I was the one who recovered your body, prevented it from being handed over to the Collectors. You are alive because of me, and he’s the one who you choose?”
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- Part 16 of Chain of Command
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Amelia and Kaidan help the Quarians take out the Geth dreadnought and having a friendly fire on them while they are still aboard leaves a sour feeling in Kaidan's stomach.
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- Part 17 of Chain of Command