by: CaptainPlamnit
Description}: To celebrate the release of Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, here are some of the trilogy's fine ladies. Shepard had known there would be trouble between Ashley and Liara from the moment the two had met, but lately it had started getting ridiculous. The duo constantly bickered on missions, and the arguments only got worse when everyone was back on the Normandy. The Commander wasn't blind to the mood of the crew, and could tell the constant fighting was a drain on the team's morale. There didn't seem to be a solution - until Tali returned from a shopping trip to the Citadel one day and discreetly slipped the Commander a paddle. When yet another argument broke out between the two women in the Normandy's CIC, Shepard had gently asked them to report to one of the ship's more secluded hallways so they could "discuss" their recent behavior. When Ashley and Liara realized what was in store for them, they'd come up with all manner of amusing excuses why they shouldn't be spanked. Liara claimed that not being able to sit down would effect her Prothean research; Ashley complained that her battle armor was tight around the rear, and that her ass wouldn't fit if it was swollen. The excuses fell on deaf ears, as did the yelps and cries for mercy from the two as the Commander's paddle repeatedly smacked their naughty, now-bouncing cheeks. The punishment worked, and the fights between Ashley and Liara stopped. The crew assumed Shepard had simply convinced them to set aside their differences and focus on the mission. In reality, the two young women suddenly found they had something in common: involuntarily covering their asses whenever the Commander walked by, still remembering the bite of their officer's paddle. Shepard never did figure out that the two troublemakers had been fighting for attention, but they'd certainly received it - if not in the way they'd intended.
