Someone behind Nyx yelled something she didn't understand, but she didn't bother looking behind her to find out who said it. If countless battles have taught her anything, is that you should never take your eyes off of your foe. She had to find out where she was, and the small hallway she was in would be too small for a fight. She used a silent scanning spell to discover her surroundings. Her scans discovered a large open area in front of her, and straight down. She instantly teleported to it, and quickly got a feel for her surroundings. The area appeared to have been some sort of hanger bay.

Before she could continue, she spotted another creature, this one appeared to be similar to the humans her mom met in the portal world. She also noticed it was raising some sort of weapon larger than the one drawn by the first creature. Well, time to see if Uncle Armor's Shield Spell still works against alien weapons

Nihlus was blinded by another, aqua light, and the creature was gone.

"Dafuq was that thing?" Joker yelled, as he nearly fell out of his chair in surprise. Before he could respond, several gunshots were heard in the armory. He sprinted downstairs, where he ran into Shepard and Anderson. The three took the elevator down.

"Any idea on what we are up against?" Shepard said as the elevator began to move, while gunshots were still being heard.

"No clue." Nihlus responded as they pulled out their Predator pistols. When they reached the armory, they quickly got out, and saw that the mysterious creature had pulled up an aqua colored barrier around itself. One of the soldiers was currently firing at it with an Avenger rifle. Nihlus saw that the creature was sweating, it's eyes darting around the room faster than the bullets being fired at it.

It's not trying to attack, it's just scared. Nihlus thought.

"Stand down, private!" Nihlus yelled at the soldier as he relinquished his pistol, and headed towards the barrier. The creature then gave Nihlus a quizzical look. Shit, it won't understand me, so how can I help it? As if they heard his mental question, Anderson spoke up.

"Shepard, I have an old translator module in my office. It looks life a dog collar. Bring it down here."

"On it, Captain." Shepard replied as he went back up.

Good, but that won't work unless we can get it to drop the shield. As much as I need to help the colonists, I can't risk traumatizing what could be a first contact scenario. He then went up to the shield and put his hand to it.

"Private, leave, otherwise you may end up causing more harm than good," he said to the soldier, which he did so. He then proceeded to sound as calm as he could. "Don't worry, I am not your enemy. We are trying to help both of us. Could you please lower the shield?"

Nyx couldn't understand what the scaly creature touching here barrier was saying, but since he sounded calm, as well as the guy with the strange projectile weapon left, she felt at a much safer position. Not to mention that the individual seemed rather...peculiar. She wasn't stupid, however. She needed to formulate a plan in case this went south.

Okay, I'll drop the barrier, then I'll pull out Longclaw and Wolf's Howl, as well as put some distance from them. Good thing I brought my Ethereal Hoofbag with me. Nyx deactivated her shield, and instantly backed up to the far end of the room. She immediately brought out Longclaw

and Wolf's Howl.

The individuals in front of her backed up at the sight of this. She then saw the white human return, and hand the dark skinned human some sort of red collar. He as well as the scaled one then spoke to each other, with the black one giving the scaled one the collar. The scaled one then approached her. She raised Longclaw and pointed at him. The creature put it's hand up in innocent defense.

I can't believe I'm doing this! Nyx thought as she lowered he sword. The creature then knelt down, and wrapped the collar around her neck. She felt agitated because she thought it was like an animal being collared. It then glowed slightly.

"How's that?" the creature asked. Nyx's eyes widened in shock. Whatever this device was, it somehow allowed her to understand them. Let's hope it works the other way around.

"Feels okay," Nyx replied as she raised her sword again, "Now, before you ask, my name is Nyx, I don't know how I ended up here, and I'll only attack if you provoke me." The scaled one then gave a chuckle as he backed up.

"Well then, my name is Nihlus." Nihlus exclaimed, "And you seem to be in quiet a strange place now, aren't you, Nyx?"

"Anderson," Joker yelled over the intercom, "approaching Eden Prime."

"What's that?" Nyx asked. The black one, she assumed to be Anderson, approached her.

"Eden Prime is a human colony that has uncovered an ancient relic. We were heading to go pick it up, when we got a distress signal from the planet." Nyx then realized what this was. A smash and grab. Get the 'relic' before the enemy. That didn't matter, though. This colony was under attack, and she wasn't going to let it fall without a fight. With new found confidence, she straightened her body.

"Then I'm going. And, before we get into a ten minute argument, let me tell you that I know how to fight in a battle, no matter what kind of technology you're using. What matters is saving the colony, and I'll do that, no matter what. As my uncle once said, either get on board, or GET OUT OF THE WAY!!" The humans were surprised by the Nyx's boldness, yet Nihlus admired it's dedication to protect a random colony that has no importance to it.

"Fair enough," he said, "But you'll need more that a sword and shield for this fight. Shepard, find this girl some guns."

Author's Note

For the sake of 'there are too many guns in Mass Effect 1', I'll be having them use guns from Mass Effect 2 & 3. An Ethereal Hoofbag is a small, hand size pouch, which can contain a massive amount of stuff. Just think of the item you want, and it should come to you, provided that you placed the item in the bag already. Think of Hermine Granger's bag from Harry Potter.

At this point in time, I will be taking OC for Nyx's first companion, which she will get on the Citadel. The only guidelines for this is that it must be either Asari, Salarian, or a Quarian. These OCs can be any class you want, as well have any gun, but you are limited to only two types of guns (shotguns, smgs, etc.). You must also give a background on this character, as well as why the OC is on the Citadel. I reserve the right to choose their powers, however.