Combatants of the Misunderstood

Commander Jane Shepard was not the only one to have encountered the influence of the Reapers, or was even the first. An Alliance systems engineer known as Isaac Clarke, whose record is kept secret from all but the most important in the Alliance, too, knows of the Reapers. Only the two can understand the true threat. AU, rated M for adult content, language. Paragon, Vanguard.