On the first day of Andromeda
My true love gave to me:
A Hamster in a pantry!
Miranda was always the first up. She had a whole extra few hours of duties to set before the day began; put up the duty rosters, check the latest reports, check in with the Illusive Man, make sure Garrus Vakarian or Kasumi Goto hadn't left any 'presents' behind last night...
And she could enjoy her coffee in relative peace before all the 'riff-raff' were fully awake. She took a sip of hot mocha, and sank into her seat with a sigh. This was the only time of day(or night-shift, depending on how you looked at it) in which the Normandy was one-hundred percent, completely peaceful. Why can't it be like this all the time?
A crash from behind the kitchen counter, more things shifting afterwards. Miranda's cup dropped away from her mouth as a frown replaced her peaceful smile. Oh, yes; that's why. She set her drink on the table, and walked towards the kitchen with pursed lips, noting the sound of the elevator door opening as she did so.
Going behind the counter, she found several pans and pots on the floor as Garrus walked in, mandibles parted in a wide yawn that allowed for the light to flash along his fangs. The patch of gauze pasted to the side of his head looked a little lopsided, and was likely in need of replacing, and the hud of his ever-present visor was off for now. Bleary-eyed and half asleep, he looked perfectly innocent. 'Looked'.
"Vakarian, what did you do?" he looked at her in surprise, his fringe spiking a little.
"I swear, whatever it was... Legion did it." She fixed him with a narrow-eye glare, and he stared back at her steadily. She opened her mouth to tell him that the Geth was more mature than the Turian, when she heard another shifting coming from the pantry under the counter. Jaws set, she bent down and jerked the door open...
And screamed.
Something furry and brown and white seemed to fly out of the cabinet, away from the spilled sunflower seeds, and scurried across the floor, squeaking in terror as she tried to stomp on it. Garrus let out an alarmed yelp, and dove to stop her foot from crashing down on the small creature, knocking her hand out of the way while clapping his other hand onto the small being with predatory reflexes.
"Stop! Stop! It's Hammy!" he shouted, fringe flattening as she cooled down her biotics. He lifted the still squealing animal with both hands, keeping firm grip on it with his talons. Heat rose up to her face.
"Hammy?" she questioned through grit teeth as the hamster writhed in the Turian's grip. He cupped his hands over it and held it close to his chest to keep it from escaping, relaxing his grip only enough so that it didn't escape.
"Yeah. Hammy the space hamster? Shepard's pet?" he told her. "He escaped last night? Remember?"
"No, I don't. In fact, I don't recall the Commander ever having a pet to begin with." she clenched her fists, trying to keep her biotic under control with how angry and embarrassed she was. Her own scream still rang in her ears. Thank goodness his visor hadn't been on...
"Really?" he tipped his head. "Well, the fish... didn't work out, so I suggested she get a lizard instead. So she got a hamster. You might want to be more careful; she might not forgive you if you were to kill her Hammy..."
"Just get the animal back in it's cage, Garrus!" she snapped. He shrugged, winking at her before walking away back to the elevator. But before he was out of sight, he froze, fringe spiking once more.
"Oh, shoot!" he exclaimed. "I forgot about Legion!"
He took off in a run for the elevator. "EDI, tell me he didn't take me literally last night!"
"What does he mean by that, EDI?" Miranda asked out loud.
"When Commander Shepard's hamster broke loose, Garrus and Legion went looking for it in engineering. Garrus was referring to the point in which he said, and I quote, 'we've got to search the vents; don't come out till you find him, Shepard'll have our heads if he isn't back in his cage by morning'." the AI clarified. Miranda sighed, rubbing her forehead with one hand.
"So Legion is still in the vents..." she breathed. "Call up Tali; tell her to keep an eye on the systems in case he trips something by accident."
"Shall I arrange for 'Lost Geth' posters to be placed around the ship?" EDI asked. The XO spared a raised eyebrow in the direction of the AI's blue avatar coming from a nearby console. "That was a joke."
Okay, so I did this for Destiny when Rise of Iron was coming out, and since people really liked that fic, I decided to do it for Andromeda. This is really a final nod to the trilogy characters; this is the true goodbye, not ME3.
Anyway, let me know what you guys think, and look forwards to tomarrows posting! Shepard and Garrus are going to grind it out on Galaxy of Fantasy!
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