A/N: Sorry about the lack of an upload. Working on another piece though, so that'll come soon hopefully. In the meantime enjoy this one!
An Old Friend
Chapter 1: A Brush With Death
"He's not going to make it!" shouts Zaeed as he kneels by Garrus. The turian had been struck on the side of the face by a missile fired from a Blue Suns' gunship they'd taken down not moments ago. The turian had become a vigilante and was nicknamed Archangel by the locals. He'd waged a war against the gangs of Omega, a war that was going well until they'd all had enough and banded together to take him and his team out.
"He'll make it!" cries Sophie Shepard, joining Zaeed at the turian's side. She tries frantically to rip open a sachet of medi-gel. The precious salve spills slightly as she succeeds in opening it and she applies as much as she can to Garrus' wounds.
Miranda Lawson stands away from the chaos, speaking rather coldly into her comm "We need an evac, Normandy. Send the shuttle, we've got wounded." She approaches Shepard and Zaeed, her hand goes to her hip as she looks over Garrus. "ETA on the shuttle is a couple of minutes. Is he alive?"
"Yes. He's alive and he'll survive. He has to..." Sophie stands up and paces the room they're in. She looks out of the large window overlooking the bridge they'd used to reach Garrus, it is littered with mech parts and mercenary corpses from the fighting they'd done. A white shuttle painted with the Cerberus logo flies close to the building and hovers near the right side of the bridge, its hatch opening. "Shuttle's here. C'mon." she says as she returns to Garrus' side, trying to help him up. "It's alright, buddy. I got you." The large turian groans as he is brought to his feet and is supported by Sophie and Zaeed.
After manoeuvring around the merc corpses in the building and on the bridge, Sophie, Miranda, and Zaeed lie Garrus down on the seats in the shuttle which wastes no time in taking off. Two of the commander's fingers go to her earpiece. "Chakwas, stand by. We found Garrus of all people and he needs serious medical attention." She sits down in a free seat and sighs. The next few hours are going to be tough.