It was all an accident really. See, Garry had just been going down to welcome Tali aboard, and she went to get a bottle of Dextro DNA wine for them to celebrate (Tali and Garrus had been close friends) and some environmental pills. Tali happened to be gone. Everyone else happened to be gone. Garrus happened to be standing at the AI core. That's when they hit it.

It was a surge on energy, right by a Mass Effect relay. They were going to the Citadel, as they usually did. But this time, something weird happened. Tess Shepard was just up in her quarters brushing through her inky black hair, trying to get it to stay out of her eyes when Joker called her. "Hey Commander, Tali said something weird is going on down in engineering. Wanna go check it out?" Shepard sighed. Could she not have one day of peace? "On my way," she responded.

When she got to Tali's post, she saw something she didn't expect; there was a shattered bottle on the ground surrounded by liquid, a few pills scattered about it. There were also shattered pieces of blue something lying about in disarray. Tali stood by the AI core with her gun drawn. But what really got Shepard was what she was pointing at. It was a pale human with glossy black hair that dipped into his eyes and reached his shoulders, partially covering scars on the left side of his face. They ran all the way down to his hip, which she could see because he wore nothing but black boxers.

"Tali, who's this" Shepard asked her. "I don't know. All I know is that he's not part of the crew, and that I can't find Garrus!" she said. "Garrus? He's upstairs, calibrating the guns." "No, he came down here to welcome me aboard. I left a few minutes ago to get some wine and when I got back, no Garrus. Only this guy!" Shepard looked him over. He had no weapons, didn't look very fierce, and there was nothing about him that looked like he could harm Garrus. The man stirred and opened his eyes. They were blue. "Shepard, what's going on here? Why is Tali pointing a gun at me?" the man seemed dazed. "Alright pal, who are you and what have you done with Garrus?" Shepard asked him.

"Shepard, what kind of joke is this? I'm Garrus," the man said. "Yeah right! Garrus is turian!" she scoffed. "But I am turian!" he insisted. Shepard gave him a skeptical look. "You have a few loose screws or something pal?" she asked him. "What do you mean?" he questioned. "Just look at yourself!" she cried. Slowly, the man slid his eyes down his body, his eyes widening. Jack came bursting in. By now, pretty much everybody on this level had gathered to see what was going on.

"Alright, what the fuck is going on up here, and why does it have to be so damn loud!" Jack demanded. Then, looking over the raven haired man, she asked Shepard "Hey, Shepard, who's the new boyfriend?" Shepard blushed a deep red. "WH-what! He is NOT my boyfriend! I don't even know him!" Shepard shouted. "Actually Shepard, you've know me for about two and a half years now," the man inserted. His voice did sound very familiar… "Well, it's your loss. He's pretty chip." Jack said.

"Shepard…" he said pleadingly. "Alright then, if you're really Garrus, tell me something only he would, say something that only he would say." By now, Shepard's entire team had arrived in the room. Leaning against the rail behind him casually, he said one word; "Calibrations." "Okay, that's him. But how…?" Shepard asked. Garrus shrugged.

"Beats me." Shepard eyed him. "Well I do know one thing for sure," she said "we're gonna need to get you some clothes." Garrus looked himself over again. "Aw, and here I thought I was chip. Jack seemed to think so anyways" he said sarcastically. Shepard rolled her eyes. "C'mon smooth guy." She said as she yanked him along into the elevator. Garrus grinned. "What, don't you think so?" he asked her with hurt eyes. She smirked and punched his shoulder. Then they were off to harass Jacob for a spare uniform.

That's the first chapter. Tell me what you think! I love to get reviews, and I don't mind being told where I went wrong. Helps me improve :) Anyways, I'll be uploading again soon. Sincerely yours~ EtherealGrace