A/n: Hey guys. After reading this fan fic through and realising its wasn't my best work. I have decided to clean up all the grammatical errors and spelling errors before continuing.


One:

I should never have let her go alone. Those were Garrus Vakarians thoughts as he limped, draped over Liara's tiny frame towards the med bay.

"Damn it T'soni I gotta go back for her," he protested all the way there, but the impact of the explosion he had suffered down there on Earth had taken more of a toll on him than he first thought, so much so he couldn't fight off an asari half his size. Liara pulled him along more urgently, struggling from her own injuries, and Garrus, who had always respected her, now admired her tenacity and decisive action to get him and herself out of harms way. Garrus could hear the battle outside the Normandy still raging and he closed his eyes in silent prayer for his love. Spirits, he had never been that much of a religious Turian but right now he would pretty much try anything for a chance to see her again, to hold her warmth close to him, Please watch over her, bring her back to me, let me see her again.

"Place him down here Liara," Garrus opened his eyes to the sound of Doctor Chakwas, concern laced in her voice. He was in the all too familiar med bay, the smell of anti-sceptics and disinfectants in the air. He had spent more than he had wanted too here, his injuries from Omega still obvious on his face. He gulped. He couldn't think about Omega. It was where Jane had come back into his life. Two years of thinking she was dead then BAM! There she was again. He never admitted this to her but she saved his life. He was heading down a dark path and she was his one ray of light, of hope. To lose that again, well, last time that happened he had almost lost himself, who knew what would happen to him if it happened again.

Garrus felt Liara struggle to do as Chakwas instructed, clearly now too overwhelmed by her own injuries. Garrus looked at his Asari friend. She was bruised, a cut down her cheek oozing blood and barely able to stay awake. Garrus felt instantly guilty. He shuffled he weight onto his good leg, the other one clearly dislocated or something, and pulled himself upright.

"Its OK Liara, I got it from here," he settled himself on the end of the bed, Chakwas carefully lifting his injured leg onto a gurney in front of him. Liara sagged and was caught by a member of the medical staff, who lifted her with ease onto the adjoining bed.

"Check Liara out first Doc," Garrus pleaded. He was not about to lose one of his best friends too. The thought that Jane might not come back from this was already too much to bear. Chakwas nodded and turned her attentions to Liara, who had fallen unconscious.

Garrus allowed his mind to drift, thinking back to all the nights he had spent in Janes cabin, the talks they had shared, the love making. If someone had told him 3 years ago he would fall in love with a human he would have laughed. But in some ways, a lot of ways actually, his and Jane's relationship just felt right. She had always been his best friend, taught him a lot when they were chasing Saren, helped him resolve his problems with Doctor Saleon and Sidonis, and when they grew into more than just friends it just fit into place, like it was the only possible direction their relationship could have gone. And he hadn't regretted a moment of his time with Jane. Sure part of him was worried what the Turian Hierarchy would think of him dating a human, but he supposed having Generals, like Corinthus, salute him, had to count for something. But how the hell he was going to tell his father about Jane. Bastian Vakarian would freak. There's nothing weaker than a Turian who lets love fuel his decisions, he would say. Well hell, Garrus certainly didn't see his love for Jane as a weakness. It in truth was one of the only things keeping him going these days.

Doctor Chakwas returned to his side, and began scanning his leg with her Omni-tool.

"Well its definitely dislocated," she said confirming Garrus' earlier suspicions. "I'll need to relocate it quickly. Are you ready?" Garrus sighed.

"Ready as I'll ever be Doc," he muttered. This was followed by the cracking of his leg realigning and a few Turian curses words he hoped Doctor Chakwas' translator didn't pick up on.

"Hows Liara?" Garrus as Doctor Chakwas began to remove the grim and dried blood from his right mandible, revealing a tiny gash in his carapace.

"Minor burns a few cuts and scrapes, but all in all she will be fine," the Doctor re assured him. "She's just exhausted so we will keep her here for observation for a while." She smiled warmly at Garrus. "You took the brunt of the explosion it seems."

Garrus' mandibles moved into a smile. Karen Chakwas had always been there, even when Shepard joined Cerberus to stop the Collectors. She had saved Garrus' life too, practically re building his face after the Blue Suns gunship ripped it to shreds. But even before that, when on the Normandy SR1 Chakwas was always kind, never Xenophobic towards anyone

"I should have gone with her," Garrus blurted out. Chakwas placed a sympathetic hand on the Turians shoulder.

"You would have been no help to her in your current condition. Shepard knew this. She wanted to give you a chance to live through this, for all of us to live through this," Chakwas's eyes glistened with unshed tears. "She really is one of a kind."

"That she is" Garrus agreed. "Still I will never forgive myself if she doesn't come back."

Suddenly a jolt rocked the Normandy, almost causing Garrus to fall off of the bed. He held himself in place by gripping the bed he lay on tightly.

"Attention all personnel," Admiral Haketts voice boomed over the Comm. "The Crucible has been activated. Disengage and head for the rendezvous."

"NOOO," Garrus boomed trying to get on his feet but finding himself too weak to move. "What about Shepard we can't just leave her." Chakwas placed a forceful hand on Garrus' chest. He was surprised at the older woman's strength.

"You are not fit enough to leave yet," she said firmly, forcing him to lie down. Next thing he knew she gave him a pain reliever, and the room grew fuzzy around him. As his eyes drooped he saw a flash of red engulfing everything in sight.

Jane, Garrus' last thoughts swam in his mind. Please come back. I need you, the galaxy needs you. I love you...


I hope the revision to this chapter makes it all make more sense. As always rate and review.