Return ch.1
{My heart how are you?} Odysseus 'Demo' Shepard asked his fiancé Tali'Zorah over the Comm channel as the ship was on a search pattern over the frozen planet of Alchera, Demo was wearing a hard suit that was similar to the N7 demolisher armor as he had been working on a new suit design and tech while on mission. {Okay my father is driving me mad. Keelah you would think delivering the cure for our people and a lot of geth data would get his attention but no. I have not been able to tell him about the wedding.} Tali grumbled sounding stressed. {Worry not my dear heart I will be there soon to help deal with all of that once we finish this sweep we are heading to pick up Garrus before heading for you.} Demo vowed but before Tali could respond the ship shook violently. "Joker what in the ancestors name is happening?" Demo barked into his Comm. "enemy ship firing on our ass!" another blast shook the ship.
{Tali I have to go and teach some Bosh' Tet what happens when you fire on me in the middle of a call! I will call you as soon as I have dealt with this, I Love you my sweet angel Keelah se'lai! Eris get off the Comm you can make kissy faces with you Turian later!} He said before he cut the Comm channel and Tali sat back in her seat aboard the Neema praying that he would be alright but having a bad feeling. {What is wrong Tali?} Her aunty Ran asked. {Demo's ship is being fired on and he had to hang up to deal with it.} She said and felt her aunt lay a hand on her shoulder. {Don't worry from what you told me of your love he will always find a way back to you.} She said before moving away.
On Palaven Garrus heard Odysseus yell over the Comm to his sister before she turned to him and said. {Sorry my fang I will call you as soon as we have dealt with this I Love you and I will see you soon I can't wait to see Solana and your mother again.} She hung up and Garrus could not stop the cold hand that seemed to wrap around his heart. "What is wrong my child?" Garrus's mother asked as she came up the treatment had worked better than expected and now she was all but cured. "Eris is off fighting an enemy without me and she is in a ship not on the ground or in a fighter." Garrus said. "Don't worry my son she will return to you I saw the love you two share she will be back if she must fight past the spirits of the fallen to do it." she said before taking his hand and leading him out to the dining room to have dinner with the family.
Eris and Odysseus were thrown from the escape pod just as it had been about to launch and now they drifted towards the planet below as their air sprung leaks from impacts with the remains of the ship. {VI activate protocol Thanatos sub set spaced decay orbit!} Odysseus gasped out as the air started to run out. The VI sent a signal to Eris's Shadow hard suit and both suits began the protocol that Demo had made for something like this. Section seals on the suits quickly slammed shut sealing the suits and rerouting the air to cut off the leaks as dendrotoxin was pushed into their systems. As the toxin slowed their body to a pair of matching false death states Medi-gel started being applied with a cooling agent to lower the body temp to preserve the cells as the shields flared to brace for impact to lessen the damage of impact and descent. A pair of false corpses fell to the planet below as long as the alliance found them within a week they would be able to be revived.
A week had gone by and Garrus had still not heard from Eris he was now beyond worrying. He paced his room wanting to race off to find her but knew it would be hopeless to try and find her out there without a starting point more clear, a Comm request on an alliance channel had Garrus bolting for his terminal. The face of Captain Anderson appeared and at once Garrus knew something was wrong, the man looked like he had aged years in the short time since Garrus had last seen him. "Ambassador what is the matter?" Garrus asked already dreading the answer, the man looked even sadder at his question. "Given the fact that you two were engaged I did not want you to find out from the news Garrus." "Find out what?" "Last week shortly after your call with her ended the Normandy was destroyed by an unknown enemy and most of the crew survived but Eris and Odysseus were KIA, I am sorry for your loss I wish I could talk longer but I have more of the same FUCKING calls to make." And with that the man was gone, Garrus fell to his knees and roared in pain and fury at the world as his mate to be had been taken from him.
Across the galaxy Tali collapsed and started crying as she heard the news and that was how her aunt found her hours later curled up on the floor sobbing for the loss of her heart to an enemy she would never know. As soon as the news aired a single message spread like wild fire through the underground, 'the twins were gone the shadows of the alliance were dead.' Many cried out from that news many in grief and just as many cried out in rage at the loss of their rivals and worthy foes. The queen of Omega raised a shot in a toast to the fallen demons of the shadows that had once struck fear into every slaver's heart, she called out the toast to pay tribute to a pair of worthy enemies of the underworld and throughout the station many also raised a toast with her.
The funeral had been planned to be simple but a large number of people from all walks of life arrived to pay homage to the twins. Liara was the only surviving member of the crew not there for the ceremony. Ashley saw Tali and Garrus together standing in front of the holo's of the twins (Still masked and suited just as they would had wanted) with the quarian mothers of the twins. Ashley was amazed at the crowd here, she saw a strange leather clad green drell placing a strange flower on the empty casket for Eris so Ashley moved to speak with him. "How did you know her?" Ashley asked the drell who had introduced himself and Thane, he spoke in a calm far away voice as if remembering something that happened. "Crosshairs lined up breath held for a beat about to pull trigger, shimmer of light. sparking blade flashes, blood splatters across pure black mask that looks at me chill runs down spine." Ashley looks at the drell for a moment. "Yeah that sounds like the commander alright, she was scary on the battle field alright." "Yes she was a true Siha." Thane said before excusing himself. Ashley saw a shimmer of a cloak and spun fast with a hand darting out and catching the person could leave. "Wow I have never seen some one do that!" Came a light Japanese voice as a small woman shimmered into view. "How did you know I was there?" "The shimmer spend enough time with the twins and you learn to see it." She said and the woman let out a sad chuckle. "Yeah Demo love being cloaked almost as much as me." She said before another man came up and whispered in the woman's ear before they moved away. The ceremony was brief and somber the twins were given full honors and all of the council spoke a few words. When the ceremony ended the ground team took had one last drink together before leaving.