Well I'm new to this, so be kind when you read this, also I was supposed to be a Thane/Shepard girl but after hearing Garrus' story I fell for him so this was a result, and note bar about 34 minutes of game play before the game wouldn't work again, I have never played mass Effect 3. Enjoy!
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(Thought you all might like to know that this is going to have a second chapter, maybe have a bit of catching up with Garrus and Shepard, or some intimate talking or maybe both. But just so you know, Christina Shepard is an Engineer, she has black hair, black eye makeup, and red hot lips, she will also appear in another story I'm writing called 'Cough' and I might post a picture of her)
Mass Effect 3
Memorial Plaque
Placing that name plate on the memorial wall was the hardest thing he had ever done, 'Commander Shepard' she was so much more than that title, she was a friend, and she was his love. They had faced Saren and Geth together, defeated the Collectors, and the Reapers once and for all, the galaxy was safe, she had stared death in the eye and was brought back, she couldn't die now, not for good.
Everyone else was gone, bar Mordin Solus, the constantly talking doctor that had taken up residence on the Citadel as an active member of the hospital and Joker. But Garrus was alone regardless because Mordin and Joker never came to see him and he was almost thankful for that because wen he started talking you couldn't shut him up.
But now he almost wished someone, anyone would come see him in his apartment he hadn't left it in days and he was sure someone had to at least be a little concerned by now. He stood with his arms behind his back staring out the window looking up at the Presidium where he had taken Shepard and they competed to see who the best with a gun was.
He knew she let him win, because he knew she was a better shot than that, but the thought was sweet and she didn't say anything as he bragged about what he was going to do. But now he wished she had taken the shot properly and had tried to beat him, he wished they had had more time, he wished the reapers never returned, he cursed it all.
"And if I'm in that bar and you're not, I'll be looking down, you'll never be alone."
He slammed his three fingered fist against the glass, his eyes shinning with the tears that he no longer had left to shed; instead all he had left was anger and resentment.
"Damn it Shepard you said I'd never be alone." He cursed, as he turned from the window frustratedly, "I gave you one simple order, to come back alive and you couldn't even do that, why?"
He was angry at the Council for not doing anything, anger directed against life itself, anger directed at Shepard, he should have gone with her, it wasn't enough that Anderson had to die, but there was no reason to take Shepard with him.
The glass surrounding his fist had cracked but not shattered, and he was at least thankful for that, there was no telling what trouble he would be in for breaking the window let alone cracking it. He placed his hands behind his back once again as if nothing had happened and stared at the world outside through cracked glass. That was how he pictured his life now; it had started with Sidonis and had ended with Shepard.
There was a knock on his door, but he didn't answer the call, instead he remained where he was as silent as ever, finally the knocker came in and it was Mordin Solus with a surprising appearance of Tali'Zorah Vas Neema. She was another person that Christina helped before she died, she would have been exiled if Shepard didn't give evidence at the trial, and though Tali was unhappy at first she appreciated what had been done.
"It's alright Mordin I can handle it from here." She said,
"But I was asked to see Turian. Unprofessional to let you go in my place. But on this occasion might let it go." He said,
"Thankyou Mordin." Tali said gratefully, as she watched the Salarian walk out the door,
She then continued over to Garrus, it was not until she was halfway there did she see the crack in the window he was starring out of. He didn't turn around or even let on that he acknowledged her presence, so she continued until she could see the expression on his face.
She placed a hand on his shoulder, which was no loner covered by armor, "I can even begin to imagine what you're going through Garrus, but you can't stay in this room." She said, softly and kindly despite how electronic it sounded,
"Shepard deserved better than this, the reapers had no right to take her…but…"
"What?"
"I've spent a lot of time with Shepard, she died once, and Cerberus brought her back, I have a hard time believing she's dead." He answered,
"You cannot believe someone else found her and started the Lazarus project again, the Illusive Man is dead." She reasoned,
"That's not what I mean." He said angrily, spinning around so quickly that it made Tali jump,
"If you spent as much time with Shepard as I did, you would no there's no killing her, without something happening so that she can get revenge on the cause, she's out there I just don't' know where." He explained,
"I know you're angry but you have to think clearly…she's dead, for real this time Garrus." She said, trying to make him see sense,
He slammed his fist against the window and this time it was cracked more dangerously to the point of shattering, "She said she'd never leave me." He nearly yelled,
"Garrus stop that." She said,
"You're better than the doctor but with all due respect please go." He ordered,
He used his other hand to point at the door, while the one he had slammed the window with for a second time hung by his side cut and dotted by fragments of glass.
"But your hand." She said noticing it,
"Don't make me repeat myself Vas Neema." He warned, saying the name as if it was intended to be an insult,
"Fine I will but don't ask me how Shepard ever put up with you." Tali said, as she stormed away,
"Meet me at the bar I'm buying."
When she was gone he picked up a bottle, and hurled it at the window, breaking it once and for all, it was then that he flicked the glass from his hand, and turned back towards the now broken window. He didn't want to accept it, now or ever, there was no way his Shepard would have died on him, not for a second time.
Meanwhile on a ship flying through space in a lonely cabin there was a lifeless body lying on a cot, a Normandy dog tag hanging from her neck, and hands folded across her chest. There were scars on her face, and her suit was no longer standard issue, infact it looked like commoners clothing, a simple white shirt tucked into light brown pants.
Her eyes flicked open and she jolted upright in bed, a scream of agony breaking from her lips as she ascended, and a hand shot to her side though the rest of her ached just as much. She looked around after regaining her composure and saw that there was no sign of life, she looked out her small window and saw space so she had to be on a ship, but where she was in that space she didn't know.
She got up slowly and carefully and walked over to the door, upon opening it she found a man and a woman, her first conclusion was that they were a couple, but she couldn't be sure. Did they find her, was there more of them, where did they find her, the only two things she knew for certain was that she had defeated the reapers and that she needed to get to the Citadel.
"Excuse me." She began,
"Hey you shouldn't be up yet…Mary get her back to bed."
"No stay back…you don't understand, my name is Christina Shepard and I'm the commander of the Normandy responsible for taking out the reapers once and for all." She explained, "And I don't care where I am but you need to get me to the Citadel." She added,
"The Commander Shepard, Jack I can't believe it…when we rescued you we knew you were a spectre but we didn't know you were the commander." Mary said,
"We need to talk about this later, my crew probably think I'm dead I need to let them know I'm alive…I need to let Garrus know I'm alive." She continued,
"That's where we're heading know, we should be there in a few hours so if you like would you care to sit down and hear the story on how we found you?" Jack asked,
"…alright I would like to know what you would be doing anywhere near a reaper." Christina confessed,
"Alright then, Mary fetch some food…you've been out for three days after you showed no sign of recovering me decided to get you to a hospital." He explained,
"Three days, they're probably all gone; they'll definitely think I'm dead." She said sadly lowering her head after she took a seat in a simple chair at a small table; it appeared to be a pilgrim's ship,
"From what I've heard of he Normandy crew they wouldn't desert you whether they thought you were dead or not, especially not joker so I hear." Jack said,
"Joker what do you mean by that?" She asked,
"I hear his been plaguing the Citadel asking them to let him head up a party to search for you or your remains." He answered,
"That's joker you save his ass once and he has to return the favour when he can." Shepard smile dot herself,
"Loyalty is a thing to be coveted for sure." Jack agreed,
Hours later on the Citadel Garrus was worse for wear than he had ever been, he hadn't eaten for three days, and what he drank tasted like ashes. When he first met Shepard he hadn't thought that much of her, and when she considered 'blowing off steam' with him it was a shock, because she was human and he was Turian.
But after that it got more personnel, they had grown to love each other, and the bottle shooting contest on the Presidium was just Garrus' way of showing his affection. He was lost without her, he cursed it all he knew this love could never end well he just didn't expect it to end so soon, he remembered telling her that every bullet could have been the one, he just didn't know it would finally come.
Hospital,
Shepard had finally made it to the hospital being helped in by Jack while his wife Mary looked after the ship until he came back, she had found out they were married when he told the story on how he found her. And as she was just about inside the hospital door Joker spotted them, he was stopped dead in his tracks from the meres sight of his commander.
"Shepard?" He started running until he was nearly upon her,
"Joker it's good to see you again." She said,
"Mordin get your ass over here the Commander's back." Joker ordered, as he helped her onto a bed,
"Commander Shepard. Thought you were dead. Jeff not give up however constantly ask Citadel for permission to peruse your…ahem remains." He said,
"Joker you haven't been making trouble while I've been away have you?" She asked,
"No Sir Commander, I tried to tell them you were alive, they just didn't trust me to come back with the Normandy if they let me leave." Joker defended,
"Garrus…where's Garrus?" She asked,
"He's here, and I think I should go send for him right away, he's been in his room for a while Tali says he's cracked his window from hitting it, I think he misses you something awful."
"The feeling is mutual Joker." She said,
"Right, I'm not even going to pretend I understand the human/Turian thing but what the hell, I'm all for it, in fact while Mordin tries to piece the broken pieces of you together I'll go get him." He stated,
"Thank you Joker."
"Ah don't get all mushy on me Shepard, save it for when I drag him in here; I wouldn't want you wasting it all on a guy like me." He dismissed, as he walked out the door,
Minutes later he knocked on Garrus' door, with no answer he walked in regardless of whether he was permitted or not, he found the Turian pacing, favouring the hand that had cracked the window.
"Hey Garrus Shepard wants to see you." He said, which probably wasn't the best choice of sentences he had,
Garrus marched up to Joker and slammed him against the wall placing his arm against his throat restricting air, "You don't think this is hard enough for me already, I don't need the likes of you mocking her." He said,
"I'm not…she's alive…she's in the infirmary." Joker protested,
"I swear you keep this up and you'll end up in the infirmary." Garrus warned,
"A pilgrim brought her in not a moment ago…she asked me to get you…Mordin's working on her now…you do someone a favour and this is what happens these days." Joker explained,
In an instant Garrus was gone, out the door and headed for the infirmary, he didn't stop running until he had gotten there, but he too like Joker stopped dead in his tracks, when he saw Shepard.
"Shepard." He managed, through his shock,
"Garrus." She looked over at him getting of the bed so she could stand,
Shepard I thought you were dead, how did you get here, are you alright?" He asked all at once, the questions stumbling over each other,
"Take a break Garrus…I'm fine, well mostly." She assured,
"I see you got your scars back…however some men find facial scars attractive." He said,
"Hope you're the only one because everyone else can sod off." She said, he traced his hand over her left cheek,
"How did you survive where were you?" He asked,
"Don't ask me where the hell I was, but as for surviving when Cerberus pieced me back together, I wasn't exactly all human anymore you of all people should know that." She explained,
"No comment."
"It's goo to see you again." She said at last,
"It's good to see you again too Shepard." He confirmed,
"You still keep a bottle of the good stuff under your desk for when I get out of here?" She asked,
"Just out of Joker's reach…but for what it's worth I'm sorry about Anderson." He said,
"The Illusive Man should have known better, but I always knew that that day was bound to come sooner or later." Christina explained,
"Still you two were close that can't have felt good." He continued,
"No you're right, but I know what would feel good." She said reaching up to whisper the last part,
"Shepard you surprise me, you come back from the brink of death, found hell knows where, and that's all you can think about?" He asked,
"I missed my favourite Turian, and his favourite spot on the Citadel." She said,
"Well that can be arranged, you take care of the bottles tell'em I sent you, and I'll take care of the rifles…yours having been loaded with practice lugs of course, for when you miss." Garrus said,
"You're going down this time Vakarian, no miss nice Spectre." She warned,
"We'll see." Was all he said,
"Give permission to leave, not much I can do from this point, bruises and scars heal over time, best course of treatment standing right in front of you." Mordin said,
"You hear that Garrus?"
"Then what are we waiting for I'll be waiting at the car for you, no doubt you'll be a bit slow, so I won't expect you in any great hurry." He teased,
"Shut-up." She ordered, before she planted a kiss on his lips,
"Yes Sir Commander."
"Now let's go let the bottle's know we're coming." She insisted,
"Right behind you." He said, as they walked out the door,
Well there you go that was my first Mass Effect 3 fic, I hope you enjoyed, and if you did you can write me a review, it would be appreciated, feel free to tell me if I did something write, but don't be so free if I got something wrong. Nah just kidding!