Pairing: Aria/Tevos
Warning: This is a work in progress, but you can expect some sexscenes, use of strap-on, rating because of that, and language. Tried to talk to Aria to keep her language "clean" she - refused
AN: Prequel to my Citadel-DLC Story. Aria and Tevos are bonded there for 50years and I liked the challenge how that happened and how it could be a secret for such a long time.
Besides that am working to finish the translation for the other story´s soonish. I need to change something, but they are coming. Thanks for reading and I hope you´ll enjoy this.
~ Bonded ~
In 2129, it was peaceful in the intergalactic community. Only some of the usual small disputes among the species occurred. Humanity was still - for a few decades - an unknown factor, and the greatest threats existed in pirate attacks and raids on colonies.
It was also the time of the political campaign for the new or old seats in the Citadel Council.
The Asari Councilor, Tevos, had no major concerns about her re-election, but that did not mean that she took it lightly. Among her challengers were some very powerful and respected matriarchs, but Tevos was very popular among the asari. She experienced it again and again, with each of her visits to the home world or one the colonies. The Asari loved her, and she was very careful to reciprocate the trust which was placed in her.
Tevos loved her job, and she wanted to do it as long as possible, and that could mean a very long time for an asari. Therefore, she was not on the Citadel, but aboard a small cruiser. She had left Illium an hour ago, where she had given interviews over recent days, and was on her way to another colony. Since they had to pass close the border of the Terminus systems, the soldiers accompanying her were on high alert, because even though their ship was heavily armed, it offered a worthwhile goal.
"Lieutenant, please sit down. You make me nervous." Tevos's voice was soft and amused as she looked up from her terminal to throw a significant glance to the other asari in the room. "I am very sure that if the ship is boarded, they will warn us in time."
She smiled and watched as the other asari, in the typical black slight commando uniform, sighed. Lieutenant Vael Tah'han had been responsible for her safety for three years now, and much like herself, she was actually still a little too young for this position. But Tevos liked the signal it sent out, and she trusted the Lieutenant's capabilities completely.
Vaels brown eyes drifted restlessly back and forth. The drawing on her forehead, four purple stripes, knitted together as she frowned. "I simply do not like this. I asked the captain to take a different route, but she was not willing to take a detour of half a day." Vael went to the door and looked outside.
Tevos leaned back in her chair and sighed. "There have been no attacks for months on this route."
Vael snorted in reply. "If I was a pirate, that's what I would do: attack every other possible route that the Councilors ship could use. I'd force the Captain of that ship on one route, and then..." She slapped her hands together and made an explosion sound. The lieutenant activated the wall terminal and checked – not for the first time - the status of the ship.
The Councilor looked at her. Now, Vael had managed to instill a certain amount of anxiety in her, especially since the asari's warnings had often proved to be true.
Four years ago, Vael had saved her life during an assassination attempt. A dissatisfied turian had tried to kill her during a visit to Palavan. He had not liked the political position of the asari in a border conflict between the turian and the krogan. Vael had not been in the position of chief of security like she was now, but had tried to convince the former head of security to enhance protection. They had not listened to the young - and in their eyes, inexperienced - asari, and if Vael had not thrown herself on Tevos, the bullet would have done more than just scrape her shoulder. After that, she had used her position to make sure Vael was promoted.
"Should I talk to the captain?" Tevos offered, but Vael shook her head.
"No, it's already too late, but if you want to make me happy, don a spacesuit and wait in the shuttle with me until we 're there."
Tevos cocked her head, then she focused back on the terminal. "I will certainly not do that."
Vael sighed audibly, annoyed. "Why am I the head of security when no one ever listens to me?"
Tevos knew the sulky tone and smiled. "You are the best." She looked up again when Vael propped on the desk before her.
"Then let me do my damn job properly!"
Vael had never talked to her in that way. They looked at each other, and the Councilor thought that she had to be pretty damn serious. Vael risked her job by talking to her in that tone, but hadn't Tevos hired her for these moments? Precisely because of this instinct, Tevos had been kept much safer than older and more experienced Councilors before her. Would she ignore her now out of of pure convenience? Was it not better to trust? Tevos disabled the terminal and slowly stood up. The eye contact never broke.
"I can work just as well from the shuttle," she finally agreed. "But if nothing happens in the next few hours, you pay dinner." Vael nodded and looked relieved.
Tevos was not really convinced, but decided to trust her security chief. It would save their lives.
They were not an hour in the shuttle when a shrill alarm sounded. The asari under Vael's command leaped into action within seconds.
"Should we not stay on board?" Tevos lowered the safety bar over herself.
Vael shook her head. "That was the signal for evacuation. The ship will explode at any moment. This idiot hit the engine."
Tevos heard the lieutenant continued cursing as she went into the cockpit to take over the controls.
In addition, she did not recognize much around her. She could feel the shuttle launch and accelerate. Several shots hit the small ship, and something exploded. Tevos closed her eyes as Vael shouted: "Hold on!"
She did, and then exploded everything. Her brain registered that they jumped through a mass relay, but then it went black around her.