Chapter One
I walked into Afterlife, the night club on Omega. I had only been back for an hour when someone had asked me to come meet with them. I had agreed, mainly because it had been awhile since I let lose and had a little fun.
Every one stared as I walked through the club. My hair alone, was enough to gather attention. Adding on to my eyes and my body, I received more glances than I wanted. To me, I was not someone to stare at. Look at the Aliens that inhabited the area. Asari alone drew attention with their skin and no hair. But I assumed for a human, I looked odd.
Originally, I had only been here for supplies to take back on Illium. There was a sickness going around and my medical bay was swamped. Instead, my mind got the better of me when the handsome man walked up to me.
I glanced around, young and naive as I was, looking for him. I saw the older man who had spoken to me earlier. His name was Kane. He was everything I thought I wanted. Well, almost everything. He wasn't an alien, but he was still gorgeous. I had always had a thing for Turians, an obsession if you would. Even a Krogan was more my style.
I smiled as I walked closer to the man. He looked up at me from his glass and smiled back as he placed his drink on the bar counter.
"Well hello gorgeous." He said in a low rough tone. It was almost like a Krogan's, maybe that's why I liked him so much. He handed me a drink, one after another.
Soon, I lost consciousness of what was going on. The music blared in my head, the lights were flashing in my face. I felt dizzy and soon, passed out.
I woke up to my painful headache and my body hurt all over. I glanced around, noticing I was in one of Omega's apartment duplex's. An older one at that. I closed my eyes and groaned as I lifted my body up. That's when I felt it. I quickly opened my eyes and looked down.
The lights were flickering as I began to shake. There was blood everywhere and my stomach was huge. My eyes were wide as I wondered what had happened. In an instant I began to scream. The pain was overwhelming and I felt like I was going to die.
I fell to the floor, screaming as more blood pooled around me. I looked down to see the bulge in my stomach start to move. I couldn't comprehend how I got into this mess. Had I been out cold for months?
My mind began to race, at all the possibilities of what this could be. I could tell it was a child, but maybe it was an Alien baby. But even so, I knew all there was to know about Alien reproduction, and this was nothing I had seen before.
I gasped and screamed as I could feel my stomach being ripped open. I tilted my head back as sweat began to pour off of my face. Tears were swelling up in my eyes from the pain. Then there was a knock at the door, I could hear someone behind it, but I couldn't tell who it was. I heard the door open as I let out another wretched scream.
"Oh shit! Are you alright lady?" I looked up to see a Turian with a gun in his hands. I wanted to tell him to shoot me, but in that second I began screaming again.
"I'm having a baby!" I screamed. The male Turian went white in the face. I guessed he was the only one making rounds this time of night.
"Let me go and get my commanding officer. He can help more than I can." He said rather quickly, but I grabbed his ankle and narrowed my eyes.
"Help me or shoot me!" I screamed as I felt another pain. He began to panic, but finally helped. The soreness started taking the place of the sharp pains. It was dulling down, but I didn't know if it was my body shutting down or if it was almost to an end.
I wondered why I was having a baby now though. I didn't think I had been pregnant. Something that large, I would have noticed or remembered. My stomach looked like a small toddler was living inside of me. Right now, I didn't care so much. I just wanted what ever it was out of me.
Within seconds, the pain was gone and all I heard was crying. I looked up at the Turian and saw he was holding a human child in a blanket that had been on the chair. I smiled as he handed the child to me.
"I think it's a girl." He said and leaned back. After a few minutes he spoke again. I was lost in the most gorgeous girls' smile. "I probably should get you to a Medical Bay."
"Irikah.." I whispered as I looked at my baby girl. That name had been picked out for awhile now. I just never thought she would come so quickly. She had bright white hair and crystal blue eyes. Identical to myself, minus the eyes.
I looked up at him and nodded as he grabbed a large, clean, blanket and wrapped me up with it. I figured I was pretty bloody. I didn't know why I hadn't passed out yet.
"What is your name?" I asked. He looked at me as he walked down the apartments hall.
"Sidonis." He said as he turned to another Turian with blue Armor.
I woke up in a cold sweat. I growled at myself and rolled my eyes as I sat up in the bed. Illium had to have been the worst place for me over the years. The Asari and their endless parties killed me night after night. But recently, my dreams had been getting the best of me.
I turned, rubbing the back of my neck, to look outside the window. The night air still lingered and the music and shouting lingered as well. I turned to look at the time, only to see it wasn't early enough to actually start the day, but I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep either. Finally I got up and started to walk towards the shower. As I passed my dresser, I glanced at the picture on the top and sighed a bit. Three years since that day in Omega, and not once had I gone back. For anything.
The shower lasted me a good hour or so. I didn't want to get out, but my stomach began to growl and my fingers were becoming wrinkly. I sighed as I turned the shower off and grabbed for my gray suit. I was expected in the Medical Bay soon anyways.
Snapping the cloth against my skin, I zipped the front up and pulled my boots on. Sighing for the hundredth time this morning, I finally stood up from the chair and walked out to the small kitchen.
I quickly grabbed something to eat and brushed out my long white hair, then braiding it the best I could. I took one last glance at my picture, before clipping on my gun holster and walked out the front door, locking it.
"Hey Nazir. You should come join the party." I turned to see an Asari woman, the one throwing the party. Her clothing looked as though it had been ripped, multiple times.
"No, that's okay. I have work anyways." I said as I rolled my eyes and walked off. I heard her groan and walk away. She was one of the dancers for our rather small club here on Illium. She had tried to get me a job in the club, but with my past actions, I never wanted to step in a club again.
The Asari wasn't really friend materiel. But then again, no one was good enough for me. Or I wasn't good enough for anyone. The tables usually never turned in my favor.
As I walked down the hall, I walked out of the door and watched as many people were already awake and buying off of the market. I sighed as I continued on to the Medical Bay. When I arrived I noticed a woman in armor, along with a black man and a Krogan.
I attempted to ignore them as I went to my small room to work. I noticed the one in armor was following me. I turned to her and sighed.
"Can I help you?" I asked.
"Doctor Nazir?" The woman asked. I nodded, recognizing her. I wasn't sure, but I could have sworn it was Commander Shepard of The Alliance. But that couldn't be, mainly because Shepard died two years ago.
"Who's asking?" I wondered as I glanced at the black man. I could see the Cerberus label on their armor. I narrowed my eyes, remembering Cerberus from my past. I didn't want anything to do with these people. Even if the woman was Shepard.
"Jacob Taylor, mam. This is Grunt and Commander Shepard." I shook my head as he finished talking.
"Shepard is dead, and she would never work for Cerberus." I said as I backed up some. The woman looked at Jacob and walked forward.
"I am Commander Shepard. Doctor Nazir, we need you to join my crew." The Commander asked. I looked at her like she was crazy.
"Crew? No, I don't work for anyone in Cerberus. Never have and never will. Besides, I'm needed here." I said quickly, still not convinced this was really Shepard.
"No you aren't Miss Nazir." I turned to see Alan behind me.
"Alan?" I said. He lifted up the gun that had been hiding behind him. I heard Shepard and the others pull theirs out as well. "Alan! What are you doing?" I gasped.
"We never needed you...You weren't the one who found the Cure for the sickness. I was! But I recieved no credit, did I?" He said, but before he could squeeze off a shot, the Krogan, Grunt, pulled the trigger to his shotgun. I could feel the bullet speed passed me as it nailed Alan in the shoulder. He fell and I was shocked. More than shocked, I didn't know what I was feeling as more Medical Assistants came running to his aid.
Alan was fine, he had hallucinated. Some kind of drugs he had been stealing from the Medical Bay. We all had worked on that Cure. It wasn't just myself. In fact, I took none of the credits for it. I sighed as a Police Officer walked over to me. He asked me a few questions and then walked away. When he did, the Krogan came over, crossing his arms.
"So?" He asked in his deep voice. I sighed and thought about it. He had saved my life, even though anyone could have shot Alan in the arm. I was just caught off guard. Still though.
"I'm going to need my stuff from my apartment." I said as I glanced over at Shepard and nodded. The events in the day happened so quickly. My things were retrieved and my apartment was set up for rent. I finally was leaving this place. In my heart, I was glad to leave. But something told me the situation would only get worse. I hated the fact that I would be working with Cerberus. I loathed that fact.
When I was finally ready, I boarded the Normandy. Actually, it was the Normandy 2. The original had exploded because of an unusual ship that appeared when it was on a Geth mission. Commander Shepard had died. She sacrificed herself for her ship. And now she worked for Cerberus. Screwy how things worked out.
It was odd though, taking someone's place, mainly because she had been here for so long. Or at least that's what I was told before coming on to the ship. Doctor Chakwas was her name. She wanted to retire, or didn't want to work for Cerberus. I couldn't blame her.
I walked down the hall, going through one door and turned to my left to see the cockpit. The pilot was arguing with at first, looked like nothing. Then I soon realized there was an A.I. speaking with him. I was confused because I had thought Cerberus was Anti-Alien or Anti-anything that wasn't human. I didn't care much for A.I.'s either, but they proved to work, sometimes.
As I walked on, I took out a piece of paper from the back pocket of my gray suit. The paper listed the entire Crew. Everyone I would need to know and get along with. One name stood out to me.
"Garrus Vakarian.." I whispered softly as I looked at the quick sketch of the name.
"I guess you'll want her I.D. Huh?" Sidonis asked his Commanding Officer. I was watching him from the Hospital cot. They were on the other side of the curtain.
"Of course, Sidonis. You should have gotten it on the spot and turned her over to the authorities of Omega." Another voice said.
"I know, but she was bleeding and having a baby. I couldn't just..." Sidonis was cut off.
"I don't care. You had a mission. You failed."
"Garrus, that's not fair." I narrowed my eyes as the tiny baby in my arms wiggled. She was so adorable, and seemed to be growing at a rapid pace.
"Sidonis, that I.D. Now." I heard Sidonis sigh and the Garrus guy leave.
I was distracted from what I had been doing. That name made me a little angry to look at. All though it might have been a different Garrus. That was when I heard a cough behind me. I turned and stuffed the list in my pocket. I would read the rest later.
"Hey, what can I do you for?" I turned to see the man in the cockpit with a hat on that said SR2. I smiled a bit as I walked back towards the nose of the ship.
"I'm replacing someone on the ship. Doctor Chakwas." I said as I leaned against the wall, crossing my arms. I could see the man was looking me over. It's the price I pay for having an edge. I'm sure I wasn't the only woman on the ship though.
"Oh, yeah. The Commander said something about that. Just keep walking straight down the hall and around the control unit. You'll find her. Name's Joker by the way." He said with a cocky little smile. I rolled my eyes and chuckled a bit.
"I'll keep that in mind. Thanks, Joker." I said as I waved my hand once and turned to walk on down the hall way.
I continued to walk on down the hall to see someone standing next to Shepard. I didn't know the other woman, but I was sure I would by the end of the day. She wore a Cerberus label as well. I narrowed my eyes. Years ago, my Father had been in charge of Cerberus. Along with Mr. Lawson. Both were the main source of my pain and my appearance. Father just had to have the best of the best. That was where I lost my sister, and to my knowledge, my daughter as well.
I reached the terminal and stopped, now waiting for Commander Shepard to notice my presence. She turned to me with a blank face, she did not look happy.
"What do you want?" She asked me quickly. I was a little taken back by her reaction; I almost didn't want to reply. Shepard looked at me again and sighed. "Sorry, Nazir. Rough week." Shepard's voiced calmed aswell as her facial expression. I sighed and smiled a bit.
"It's alright, I just need to know where I will be working." I spoke freely and held out my hand. Shepard took it and smiled.
"Welcome to the Normandy. You're Lab will be on the Third Floor. You'll know it when you see it. You may want to talk with Mordin, our Tech Specialist. He'll get you anything you may need." Shepard said as she went back to what she was doing. I nodded and headed towards the elevator. I had no idea where anything was or even who Mordin was. It felt like first grade all over again.
I closed the door and leaned against the wall, crossing my arms and thinking silently to myself. As I waited for the doors to open, I couldn't help but wonder about that Garrus. I closed my eyes only for a moment, as it seemed.
"Keep her under...No! She needs more!"
"F-father?"
"Shh, shh, Kena..Daddy's making you better..."
I jolted myself out of my slight trance. Memories were the worse for me, mainly the ones of my Father. I shook my head as the light above the doors blinked back at me, signaling that my floor was coming.
When the doors opened, I walked out and accidentally knocked into someone. What a great first impression, was the only thing I could think of as I fell on my butt and holding my nose as it throbbed. After a few moments the throbbing stopped and I looked up to see a Drell looking down on me.
"I am sorry for knocking into you. Just needed to hurry to the Commander." He said with a scratchy voice. It almost made me think that he had a bad cold. He held out his hand for me to grab. At first I was hesitant to accept his help, but from the slight smile on his face, I felt better about trusting him. I finally took his hand and was amazed how easy it was for him to lift me to my feet. I stood and held my head.
"No, no. It was my fault, I wasn't paying much attention." I said as I moved to the side so he could access the elevator. I watched him for a moment, feeling a little sick.
"I am Thane Krios. You must be new, because I have never seen you here before. Are you alright?" He said as he moved towards the elevator. I nodded as the sick feeling went away.
"Yes, I am the new Medic. Kena Nazir." I explained as I held out my hand. He looked at it for a second before smiling and nodding. He took my hand and shook it. I could tell he was just as cautious about trusting me as I had him. The feeling was cold and his skin was smooth. I smiled and closed my eyes for a second.
"She's only a child! You monster!" Irikah screamed.
"Irikah!" I screamed at the top of my tiny lungs.
"Kena! Run!"
"KENA!" Another child's voice screamed.
My moment was interrupted though when he calmly took his hand away and spoke. I opened my eyes as he cleared his throat. I felt horrible now as the sick feeling returned to torture me.
"I must go, but if you wish, you may stop by later. I'm in Life Support just right there." Thane said as he pointed towards the door behind me. I nodded as the elevator door shut and I was alone in the hall. I nodded as I looked to notice another door. I stopped myself before I got too curious. The words above the door read: Observation. I headed down one hall towards the Medical Lab, taking note of how to get to each of the rooms and places on the ship.
As I entered the room, I noticed two or three bags on the bed in the corner. They were my bags. I walked over to them and began to unpack what I could. As I did, I hadn't even noticed someone walk in. My mind was in its own world as my eyes froze on a picture frame. I began to hum a little before nearly startled to death.
"Hello, new here?" A deep voice said behind me. I turned to see a Turian with broken armor leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. His face was also slightly scarred. I was a little taken back by how attractive he was.
"Uh, hello. Yes, actually. I'm here to replace Doctor Chakwas." I said as I placed the picture frame at my new desk. He looked at me and then my picture. My heart raced as I watched his movements.
"Excuse me for saying this but...you don't look like a Doctor. At least not one like Doctor Chakwas." He said as his eyes wandered all over my body.
"So I don't look like I could pull off the job?" I asked as I cocked my hip and placed my hands on each side. I could see his eyes grow wider, but I ignored it. I knew it was only because of my reformatted body that The Illusive Man, AKA my Father, had given me. All those years of pain.
"No, no, no. Not what I meant at all. Just, I think you look a little young." He said straightening up. I chuckled a bit and looked away.
"Yeah well. My name is Kena Nazir." I said as I changed the subject and relaxed a bit.
"Garrus Vakarian. Kena? Kind of an odd name for a Human, don't you think?" Garrus asked. I looked at him when he said his name. Garrus. It hadn't hit me, but he sounded a lot like the Garrus that Sidonis had spoke with three years ago.
"Well I was raised by Salarian's. Till I was two anyways. My sister was only one." I said as I looked at the picture on my desk. Garrus looked too, but he noticed the other girl in the picture.
"Who's the second girl?" He asked gesturing towards the picture. I looked at him and then looked back at the picture. I knew he would ask, they always ask.
"My sister. This was taken when I was ten." I said as I trailed away from the picture and then walked over to finish packing my bag. Garrus must have gotten nosy, because he lifted the second picture that was behind the first.
"Who's the baby?" He asked. I sighed a bit.
"My daughter. She would be three years old this year."
"Okay, so where is your sister and daughter?" He asked. I was getting a little frustrated with all the questions. I didn't want to answer the memories.
"I can't really discuss it now. Just getting here and all." I said with a shrug. Garrus nodded.
"I understand. I'll leave you be. I'm just down the hall to your left." Garrus said as he saluted with two fingers and left the room. I nodded as I put my empty bags away and looked at a few papers on my desk. I knew for the next few days, I would just be getting to know the crew.
After a few hours of just getting use to my new Lab, someone walked through the door. I swirled around in my chair to see who it was. A woman with a suit just as tight as mine walked over to me with an angry look on her face.
"You must be the Medic. New or not, I need these researched and completed by the day after tomorrow. First thing in the morning." She said. I looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Excuse me?" I asked. I narrowed my eyes, knowing I would only take orders from Commander Shepard.
"Name's Miranda. That is all you need to know. My office is directly across from yours. So I don't want to see these papers late. Understood?" She said. I paused for a moment wanting to scream back at her, but I didn't. I thought for a moment thinking about that name, that attitude, but it couldn't be the same Miranda.
"You see this Miranda? She will be like you. Only she will be used for something bigger." Mr. Lawson said with a cocky smile.
"Why is she more important?" The young girl asked. I watched from behind my tank.
"Because she is my boss's daughter. You are only mine, which automatically makes you the third." He said.
"Why third?" The little girl screamed.
"Kida is second." Mr. Lawson said with a nod.
I shook my head as I figured out who she was. I narrowed my eyes and nodded taking the folders from her. She left quickly on her heels. I rolled my eyes as I dropped the folders on my desk and began to look through them.
I noticed most of the files had the Cerberus symbol on them. A few files were about the Krogan race. One about the Genophage and another with growing Krogan. I was sure I had no way of doing any research on my own. So I thought about going to visit Mordin. There was only one problem though, I had no idea where he was.
"Why here?" I asked myself as I walked towards the elevator and thinking. A few people were here I didn't want to see. If Garrus was the one from a year ago, that made me irritated. And I was sure that was the same Miranda. And of course Cerberus all together. None of it made sense. Why were all these people from my past just showing up? Who would be next?
It took longer than I had hoped to find the Tech Lab. It would have been nice to have found it without the help of the creepy old man who was the ship's cook. I finally found the Tech Lab on the second floor and sighed. As I walked into the room, I saw a Salarian. I paused before continuing.
"Uh, Professor Mordin?" I asked as I stepped closer.
"Wait! Stop! Yes?" He shouted quickly. I froze not understanding why I was stopping. "Somewhere they have gone..yes. Somewhere." He said as he walked along carefully and looking around the floor. "There!" He screeched as he grabbed something and placed it in a cage. I watched as he did and then moved closer. "Now what can I do for you, hm?" He asked behind his desk.
I just looked at him for a moment before handing him the files. I felt a little terrified from what had just happened.
"I was supposed to research these, but I have no knowledge of doing so. Could you help?" I asked. Mordin took the papers and looked at them.
"Yes, yes. Miranda, Cerberus. Hm, yes. I help you. Not Cerberus or Miranda. Both I do not like. But you, you I will help. Just cause Miranda and Cerberus, evil and if Illusive Man does not get these, he will be angry. Yes. Yes I will help. One moment." Mordin said as he walked over to his large computer and began typing a massive chunk of information. I felt my body give way when I heard that name though. The Illusive Man. So he was still running Cerberus. Anger filled me, I no longer wanted to be here for Shepard, but to seek revenge on my Father.
As I waited I looked around his Lab. It was nice, but the bed was smaller than mine. I couldn't believe Cerberus would give him such a small bed. But then again if he was anything like the Salarians in my past, he didn't sleep much.
"Yes, here we are. Chip for your computer, yes? Good for making sense of many, many papers. Krogan very interesting. I am sure Grunt in Cargo would be glad to help too with the growing. He is growing so he can share." Mordin said with a large smile.
"Thank you. I'm Kena Nazir." I said, feeling bad for knowing his name and not sharing my own.
"Kena? Hm..Nazir you say? I knew a Nazir, two actually. Both very, very nice Salarians. Both friends of mine. But you are human, not Salarian." Mordin said a little confused. I smiled a little as I closed my eyes and began to sing a Salarian song by Aurona, a very famous Salarian female on the planet. The song was in the ancient language and was sung by my foster mother as well, which was why I knew it. The tone and beat was slow and short, but it got my point across.
"Yes, yes! Splendid! You are very much a Salarian at heart. Did you not have younger sister too? Kith said many good things about both of you." Mordin said. I nodded.
"Yes, Kida she was my sister. But Cerberus had her last time I knew, along with Kith and Uriah." I said with a fake smile. Mordin lowered his head.
"Maybe Shepard will go and find out if they are okay. Yes, yes. Shepard will. Must go ask, I will ask now. We are in no hurry. Yes, I'll go ask now. You go and do reports. I will send word of next plan. Yes, yes. We will go and find out. Yes." Mordin said as he quickly ran out of the door. I was shocked everything had just happened. I smiled a little more as I hurried my way back down into the Third Floor with the chip he had given me.
As I walked out of the elevator I noticed the door to the Life Support room. I paused for a second remembering Thane and then walked over to it. I opened the door and peaked in. I could see him sitting at a desk in the far corner.
"Thane?" I asked as I walked farther in. He didn't look at me when he spoke.
"Yes?" He said as he turned. "Oh, yes. I remember you. Nazir, right?" He asked as he gestured to the chair in front of him. I walked over and sat down. "Heard you had a run in with Miranda. Don't worry about her." Thane said. I sighed and laid the papers down on the table.
"Yeah, I guess my past is just coming back to haunt me. Is she allowed to order me around?" I asked curiously.
"No. Well, I'm not sure. She is Shepard's right hand. Not by choice though." Thane said as he looked up. His hands were folded under his chin. I nodded understanding. He watched me for a second as I lowered my head. "Something wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing...just thinking.." I said as I looked back up and locked eyes with Thane. He stared at me for awhile before breaking away. I thought for a moment before answering the question. "I have a daughter..someone by the name of Sidonis has her. She was taken two days after she was born, three years ago." I whispered. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, remembering as though the scene was yesterday.
"Sidonis? What are you doing?" I asked as the male Turian walked in.
"I need to take the child. Quickly." Sidonis said as he walked over to me. I was still strapped in to the Medical bed, hooked up with I.V.'s.
"What? No! You can't!" I began to struggle as he grabbed for Irikah. I reached out of the bed as he was able to slip her away from me. "No! My baby!" I screamed as I fell to the floor. I looked up just as he ran off. I cried and screamed for him to come back.
"And the father? How does he take it?" Thane asked. I shook my head to release the horrid memory from my vision.
"There was no father...just...a terrible night in Omega's Afterlife." I said as I looked towards my feet. Thane was silent for a moment.
"Where is she now, do you know?" Thane asked as he stood.
"I don't know. I have never went back to Omega. I couldn't bare it." I said slowly.
"Go back to your lab. Finish what must be done. I'll come to you with answers." Thane said. I nodded as I stood up myself and walked out towards the Medic Lab. "One more thing." I stopped and looked at him. "I have a son..he is not as young as your daughter. But I worry about him as well. He is in the Citadel. I fear he is walking in my foot steps." Thane said.
"Why is that bad?" I asked. He seemed to lower his head a little in shame.
"I am an assassin..and I don't want him to live the life I have. Everyday I die a little more. In both ways you are thinking of." Thane said as he sat back down.
"Dying? Why are you dying? I can help." I said as I moved closer but he refused. I felt like I had to do something, like it was my responsibility to save him.
"No, I wish to be left alone. If you please. Thank you for sharing with me." Thane said. I wanted to say more, to help. But I knew to leave him be would be best. I sighed as I walked out of the room. When the door to my room closed I began to strip down. I pulled my black shorts and black tank top on and looked out of my windows. There I could see Garrus staring in at me from his ramp. I narrowed my eyes and walked out in anger.
"What the hell are you doing, peeping tom!" I shouted. The cook and some of the crew were a little frightened by me running out in my sleep wear. Garrus looked like he was just caught doing something bad.
"It's hard not to look when your Lab's windows are wide open! Why are you yelling at me woman?" Garrus said confused. I paused and thought about it.
"Well, I guess...sorry. I don't really know how to shut them..." I said taking all my anger and bottling it up. Garrus smiled a bit as he walked over to my room. I followed and watched as he pressed a button by the door.
"This one will lock your door and this one shuts the lights off. The same button is over by your bed. Then this button is one that will shut your windows." Garrus said as he demonstrated. I lowered my head and felt a little worse. "Can I ask something?" Garrus said as the door shut behind us. I nodded. "What's with the hair? I mean, you're different...and it's not really normal for Humans to have white hair and grey eyes." Garrus said. I paused, knowing this was going to eventually happen.
"I was...experimented on when I was younger. Unfortunately my daughter took on my traits. I am actually older than I look for many reasons. I guess I'm what you would call an advanced Human. But anyways, Cerberus and I have met before. That's why I was a little shaky about taking this job at first. But I did for Shepard." I said as I looked away and remembered many things.
"But, it couldn't have been that bad. Right? Just quick and painless." Garrus said. I chuckled a bit.
"No, not even close. It was the worst thing any one could ever do to a person. The pain I endured while I was in that facility. I was surprised I lived through it all. But when I was finally done, they said I was no where near perfect enough for the Illusive Man. My hair and eyes were permanently changed because of the drugs. I escaped and that's how I ended up here." I said as I sat down on the bed. Garrus sighed as he watched.
"I'm sorry your life was hard. Do you want to talk about it?" He asked. I knew he was trying to help, to be nice. But I couldn't handle spilling everything out about me in one day.
"No, I think I would rather sleep for now. Thank you, Garrus. Good night." I said as the lights faded and I closed my eyes. Garrus nodded as he opened the door.
"Good night." He whispered and shut the door behind him. I felt like I was going to explode. This couldn't be the same cold hearted Garrus that Sidonis knew.
The memories came flowing back, rough like rapids. I couldn't keep up with all of the vivid memories. One after the other made me twitch and jerk. Tears ran down my face and soaked the flat pillow as I squeezed my eyes tighter. This was something else that bothered me about being a super Biotic.
"Kena! Kida! Come now! Uriah has food ready, yes!" Kith shouted from the small Salarian home. I looked up from the stream and looked towards my sister who was younger. She sat on the ground chewing on her button. I smiled as I grabbed her and hurried towards the house.
My eyes flickered here and there remembering the old memory. Then it changed and I gasped a little. My fists were clenched.
"Kith Nazir? We are with Cerberus. Is Kena available?" A man said from the door. I poked my small head from the bedroom door. Vorcha were behind the man. Uriah snatched me quickly and put her hand on my mouth. "There! Get the girl!" The man shouted and pointed.
"No! No! Leave them alone!" Kith yelled as he was pushed aside. "Uriah! Run with them!" He added. I watched as Uriah grabbed the small cradle and ran towards the back door.
"Don't let them escape!" Another man shouted as he gestured to fire. Kith pulled out his heavy pistol and pulled the trigger on the man. He fell to the floor with blood running out on to the floor.
"No!" Uriah screamed as a gun shot went off. Kith quickly got up and ran out back to see the cradle tipped over and Uriah wounded. Kith hurried to the cradle to see it was empty. "They took Kena and Kida, Kith they did." Uriah gasped. Kith dropped to his knees next to her and calmed her.
I opened my eyes and shook away the memories. I couldn't remember any of this. It was too horrible. I closed my eyes again when I started to hear the cooing of an infant. I knew this place; it was where my mind went to calm myself. This was the place I went to just after I began to become the super Biotic. It wasn't a memory, but something my mind created to sooth me.
"Shh darling..." A familiar voice said between a bed and a tapestry. The wind blew the silver silk back and I sat with a tiny bundle wrapped in my arms. The warm summer breeze rushes into the room softly as another soft tone begins to sing.
"I can feel the magic floating in the air." The sweet voice pauses as I take a deep breath of the rich air.
"Being with you gets me that way." Pausing again, my crystal white eyes look down on the pale little girl.
"I watch the sunlight dance across your face, and I've never been this swept away." Her eyes open and my heart jumps a little. A smile creeps on my face.
"All my thoughts just seem to settle on the breeze." The little girl smiles back and giggles a bit. Her little hand finds mine and grabs a hold of it.
"When you're lying wrapped up in my arms." I stood up and walked over towards the balcony and looked out on to the town.
"The whole world just fades away. The only thing I hear is the beating of your heart." I stopped when she giggled again and snuggled into my chest. I looked up to see the sunset and Kida sitting in the front yard.
I smiled as I quickly fell asleep. The other memories could wait, because I wasn't going to let this one go.