Natalie had no idea what hapened, as with her co-workers. One minute she was in the tea room at work, the next... god knows where. A sudden gasp escaped her lips as she stumbled backwards from the control station she was suddenly stood at. She looked around at her unfamiliar surroundings, seeing several other people, none of whom she recognized. What the hell? Where am I?
She was in what looked to her like some sort of advanced laboratory, and everyone she could see was wearing the same kind of... 'uniform'? Form hugging uniforms from the looks of them. Black, white and grey uniforms with some sort of yellow insignia on the sleeve
It was then that Natalie looked down at herself, and sure enough... she was attired in an identical uniform, her breasts perfectly emphasized by the fabric. Did someone cut my hair?? she then scowled, running her fingers through her shorter hair. By this time confusion had really set in, and panic was showing it's head. She took a closer look at her surroundings, in particular the large, glowing, 3D representation of a... something. Wow! Natalie gasped again, walking up the few steps in front of her to inspect it more closely. She stepped back immediately when several pointers on the 'image' were highlighted.
Even Natalie, with her limited knowledge of astronomy, eventually realized that was she was looking at was an advanced 3D rendering of a galaxy? "Seriously what the fuck is going on here?" she asked herself, her palms getting sweaty.
A voice behind her caused Natalie to spin around. "Are you okay Kelly?" a man asked her.
"Er... me? Um... who's Kelly?" Natalie answered with a puzzled frown. Then she had a more important question. "Where the hell am I?" She was that distressed, she didn't notice her voice now had a definite American accent.
The man wasn't sure how to respond to Natalie's odd questions. "You been hitting the ryncol?" he eventually asked with a chuckle.
"Answer me!" Natalie demanded, more out of panic then anger.
"You're... Kelly, and you know where you are, you're on the Normandy." the man said, playing along.
"Wait, what? Isn't that in France?" Natalie inquired. She'd been once for a holiday.
The man shook his head. "Very funny Kelly, you're hilarious, now stop messing around. I doubt Shepard kept you around for your sense of humor." he said dryly before walking away.
Natalie was annoyed that she had got no answers and no help from that guy. When some doors opened behind her, Natalie spun around to see another man dressed in a similar uniform to hers step out of an elevator. Thoroughly lost by this time, and in need of answers, Natalie headed into the elevator and waited for the doors to close. She now had a choice of several 'floors' to choose from, including Commander's Cabin, Crew's Quarters and Engineering. This a ship or something? Natalie scoffed quietly, randomly hitting the 'Crew Quarters' button.
The speed with which the elevator moved at surprised Natalie, and she felt her stomach churn. "Oh god!" she groaned, steadying herself. Luckily the trip didn't last very long, just a few seconds, then the elevator doors shot open.
The first thing Natalie saw when she stepped out of the elevator was some kind of plaque with the names of 20 people on it. A memorial plaque maybe? She shrugged, then resumed her search for the answers she so desperately needed.
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