Update/author notes-

I'm baacccckkkkkkk! With all seriousness I'm back from my 'little hiatus' from for multiple personal reasons, ie. life was kicking my ass for a minute but I'm back now and I promise to bring all my readers of Child of thessia new/and continuous content as well as a new story called titan. Now as of right now I will be working on this new story but expect a update for Cot sometime this week. I am sorry I made you guys wait so long, the few of you who even care about my stupid stories.

Rigel100-You'll see:)

Radji- Maybe,maybe not.

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Chapter 2(prelude)

Aethyta paced around the empty hallways of the medical center her eyes bloodshot red. She walked back and forth across the hall in front of the nursery where her newly born children where being kept. Boy was she nervous, and her mounting nervousness was made apparent by her rapid succession of nail biting. A habit she had picked up ever since she met Benezia. People say that shes the wild one but a few shots in Benezia and all hell breaks loose. She felt a small smile tug at her lips, the thought almost brought her a tendril of joy but she then remembered her situation and recommenced with her nail biting, her nervousness flooding back.

"Shit!" She exclaimed, her voice heavy with frustration. She turned around and glanced at the nursery door where two commando's clad in their black form fitting uniforms stood guard smgs at the ready. Both of them where looking around scanning the hall looking for threats as if a krogan was going to materialize out of thin air and charge down the hallway. Aethyta scoffed,both of them couldn't have been a little more than a century and a half years old, and the one on her left seemed to have seen more combat, her assumption rooting from the various scars displayed across her face, they were light faint scars and a few deep ones along her eyes. But even still she held a kinda of ragged beauty that managed to hold Aethyta's gaze longer than it should have.

"Damn, not bad at all." Aethyta sighed and crossed her arms.

"What's not bad?" Aethyta immediately turned around and her hand reflexively reaching for her pistol.

"What...oh Benezia its you. I told you not to sneak up on me like." Aethyta griped, her body relaxing a bit but her hand only relaxing a little but still hovering near her pistol. Benezia noticed this and took it in stride.

"Normally I wouldn't be able to, I think your loosing your edge." Benezia grinned as Aethyta tried remain as stoic as possible.

"What are you even doing up right now I thought Telaya wanted to run a few more tests." Benezia shook her head and sighed.

"That was an hour ago Aethyta how long have you been pacing this hallway?" Aethyta sighed and turned a bit so she wasn't looking directly at Benezia. She was about to speak but then Benezia grabbed her hand the one that hover over her side arm and folded it in hers. Aethyta looked into Benezia's eye's and she could feel her concern.

"Are you alright Aethyta?" Aethyta laughed a rugged laugh, her mind was like a fog she didn't know what she was but she didn't want to worry Benezia more than what she probably already was. She then looked at her again and saw the worry in her eyes, the kind that makes others worry. Benezia breathed in sharply letting out a tired sigh,

"Listen Benezia I'm-"

"Don't say you're fine Aethyta I know you, you've been walking this damn hall for hours trying to get back into that nursery." Aethyta could see it now all the stress and exhaustion Benezia was carrying now came out for all in the hall to see she wasn't just worried for her she needed someone to talk to, and Aethyta hated her self for being so estranged. "Damn it, Aethyta just talk to me!" Her voice was just a whisper now but it even then she could hear the desperation, she could feel the anger in it as well, and her anger made her angry. This whole damn day made her angry.

"By the goddess, what do you want from me Benezia, I'm scared out of my damn mind alright is that what you want to hear..." She felt sick now, the hall began to feel smaller and smaller as if the very walls were closing in on her. She ripped her hand away from Benezia's and began to pace back and forth across the hall, her anger now reaching and all time high. "I mean just look Benezia, there are commando's outside of the nursery..." She paused again and stopped pacing and let a shallow breath escaped her mouth. Aethyta opened her mouth to continue her rant but was stopped by the the sloppy desperate kiss that was planted on her lips. Aethyta felt all her anger, her exhaustion...her fear, drain away the longer the kiss lasted. When Benezia pulled away, she almost whined, but then she remembered they weren't alone in the hallway. Benezia seemed to know what she was thinking anyway.

"Don't pout." She purred in that annoyingly sexy voice of hers. "Open up to me and there's more of that where it came from." Aethyta put her hands over her mouth, making an obnoxious disbelief face.

"Are you blackmailing me Ms. T'soni, how scandalous." Instead of a smile Benezia fell into a full out laugh, a laugh she hadn't heard in awhile. It fueled her with energy and at that moment she felt like everything might be alright, but only for a moment. "When did you become so bold." Benezia giggled some more, then she glanced down the hallway and looked at the nursery, looked right past the two guards and with the distant glare that Aethyta hated, boy was she glad it wasn't directed at her.

"Yeah having my newly born baby's taken from me without so much a word would do that to you." Aethyta scoffed she new exactly what she was going through, or maybe she didn't, she wasn't a mother, she didn't have that kind of parental instincts, she didn't know how to raise children, but she did know that when she held her daughter and her son(goddess she still couldn't be leave that yet) she didn't want to ever let go. That's why she was so pissed now, how dare they take her babies away, 'who the hell do they think they are' she thought, her anger slowly boiling over now, angry words now crawly up her throat. In all her life she never felt more angry than she felt now, she couldn't take it, she couldn't wait any longer. Benezia must have seen this shift in her demeanor and grabbed her hand then ran her other hand gently across her face.

"We can get through this together and-."As much as she wanted to be calm and stay there with Benezia it just wasn't enough.

"No, Benezia I just can't sit here any more and wait for them to get done with their tests and there plan making and then have them try to take our babies from me." Aethyta instantly realized her mistake but Benezia was too quick to respond.

"By-the-Goddess, has the big bad Aethyta, fallen in love?" Benezia giggled, that obnoxious grin of hers stretched across her face, Aethyta wanted to scream.

"Screw you, I'm serious Benezia, I'm not gonna lose them."Benezia's grin faded and her exhaustion reappeared, it was her turn to be angry.

"And what are you gonna do Aethyta, kill those commando's and charge into that room." Her voice choked a bit desperation thick in her voice, "Are you gonna go in their and demand they hand them over, that is the council of matriarchs in there, they can kill you, me and take the children without a single soul outside of this medical center knowing!" She was crying now her entire body shaking, but not because she was angry but because she knew exactly what Aethyta was going to say.

"I know, you're right...but I don't care." Aethyta began to float down the hallway her stride filled with purpose.

"Lady Aethyta as I've said before you can't enter this room the-" the one with scars spoke, the one Aethyta found attractive, too bad she was in her way.

"I don't care what you've said damn it, let me pass or watch me go through you." Both the guards readied their weapons as Aethyta began to glow, her biotics fizzling all around her.

"Aethyta wait!" Aethyta could hear Benezia but she had already made her mind up, she was ready to smear the walls with these young commando's blood just to get her babies. Fortunately for Benezia and the commando's the one on the right's omni-tool lit up, displaying she had a message. The commando glanced at her omni-tool, still keeping one eye and her smg on Aethyta. Aethyta paused for a moment not completely sure what was going. The commando looked at the message then at Aethyta, then back, her face changing from a hostile expression to one of disbelief.

"Son of a bitch!" The commando sighed as she lowered her weapon and stepped aside, her face showing she didn't like one bit of it. Her partner, the one Aethyta found attractive, still had her weapon pointed at Aethyta but her face was now turned to the one to the right confusion almost dripping off her face.

"What the hell Sevara, what's going on." The flawless faced Asari looked at her like she lost all her grasp on reality.

"Stand down, Telara. It was the council, they said to let them through." Aethyta could hear the disdain her voice as she spoke. She looked over to the attractive commando, who after a few seconds to process there situation, reluctantly lowered her smg, and stepped aside. Telara she'd have to remember her.

"Well thank you ladies, I didn't want to get this outfit dirty anyway." Then she continued to walk through without another word or glance at the commando's. Benezia saw what transpired and ran after Aethyta throwing quick apologies at the commando's for Aethyta's behavior, before entering the nursery herself. As Aethyta walked in she half expected there to be more commando's or some hit squad but instead she saw four Asari standing in a circle all of them facing her. The Matriarch council. She was amazed, and a little scared. The four of the most powerful asari in the galaxy right there in front of her, in one room. It took her a second to realize they were speaking to her.

"Welcome Aethyta, Benezia, where glad to finally meet you two in person." Aethyta looked at the speaker and immediately knew who she was. Matriarch Ri'va, out of all the the Matriarchs she was probably the most powerful. It was rumored that she had fifty-thousand people killed in only twenty-four hours, and even still everyone loves her.

"I thank you matriarchs for the honor, but I'm wondering where are our children and why were they taken in the first place." Ri'va grinned at her, which only ticked Aethyta off, but the rest of the council had different reactions most particularly the Matriarch to the left of Ri'va. Aethyta knew her too. Matriarch Tel'varis, probably the most wealthiest person in the entire galaxy, its rumored that she has the entire galactic economy in her pocket.

"You'll know when we get what we need first." Aethyta wanted to punch the shit out of her and everybody in the room knew it by the way she glared daggers at her. That only made Tel'varis smirk. She then felt Benezia's hand wrap into hers and felt her lean in and whisper in her ear.

"Don't do anything stupid Aethyta, please." Aethyta smirked at that, she may be pissed but she damn sure wasn't going to do anything 'stupid' in front of them. She then noticed the other two Matriarchs. The one on the far left was Matriarch La'vara she was rumored to have killed fifty-thousand people, by herself. That thought made Aethyta shiver. The last Matriarch she actually didn't know, in fact she didn't have any idea who she was. But from the way she looked at her it seemed like she knew her.

"I didn't mean to offend any of you I just want to see my kids." Aethyta felt a scream creep up her throat, she just sounded way more desperate than she wanted to, in front of some of the most powerful people in the galaxy.

"Of course, you do. That would be any parents first concern...but I'm afraid we have some business to discuss." It was the one she didn't know who spoke. Out of all the Matriarchs for some reason she scared Aethyta the most. Her voice sounded so cold, and the way she just watched and look instead of talk like the other Matriarchs made her cautious. And that's forgetting the fact that she didn't know anything about her.

"Alright let me get straight to the point. You two have just made history, huge history, probably bigger than the citadel for the Asari. That being said there must protocol's, things need to be set in place so that this boy gets to live to be older than a few years." Ri'va spoke this time resuming control. Aethyta was about to respond when Benezia finally broke her silence and stepped forward.

"Oh trust me when I say Matriarchs I'll be damned if anyone touches my babies." Aethyta almost forgot Benezia was there but everyone in the room knew she was there now.

" What happened to not doing anything stupid?" Benezia turned and gave her a sour look. Aethyta grinned then looked at the Matriarchs. They didn't seem amused, they all look at them with either a bored or professional expression but the unknown matriarch her face was unreadable, in fact it was just a blank slate with zero emotion. Well except when she saw Aethyta studying her, then for a moment she could have sworn she saw her grin.

"I'm sure you would Benezia, but I assure you, the enemies you'll have will be far more than you think, these enemies will attack you at all time of the day, and they will be...relentless. This council wishes to see your children prosper and grow, as simple as that. That being said we have decided to extend you two an offer." Ri'va seemed like she already knew their response.

Aethyta glanced at Benezia and she just shrugged.

"Well, what does this offer include, and does it involve our children?" Ri'va smiled at them both, knowing she had them hooked.

"Well, the offer is rather simple, you join our council and you'll not only have your children, but you'll be some of the most powerful Asari in the Galaxy." Aethyta nearly stumbled, she was completely taken aback by what she just heard, Benezia seemed just as surprised.

"Are, are you serious. You want us to join , why?" Ri'va was quick to answer.

"Well it took us a while to come to this conclusion, but we decided that this was the best way to protect you and your children. We've also been looking for people to help fill in some...um...vacant positions in the council and after looking into your files you two made perfect fits." Aethyta looked at Ri'va and she could tell that she was already excepting them to say yes. Aethyta began to feel more and more like they didn't even have a choice to began with.

"Well can me and Benezia have a chance to discuss this in private?" Ri'va shook her head and waved them off as if she expected this reply.

"Of course, it's a big decision, in fact how about you discuss it while you reunite with your children." The other Matriarch's excluding the unnamed Matriarch seemed ready to protest, but with one wave of Ri'va's hand and they remained quiet. Aethyta would have died of laughter if she wasn't so excited by what she just heard.

"Are you serious? You're going to give them back that easy?" Aethyta didn't want to seem ungrateful but she felt like she was being played here, like their babies where going to vanish as soon as she lay-ed eyes on them.

"Why not, we want you two to feel as home as possible with us and, trust us we didn't like taking your children away from you. But it was necessary." Aethyta didn't really believe her words were genuine, but she didn't care as long she got to see them again she was happy. And sure enough two asari nurses came from a back room carrying then children. Both of them placed a baby in their hands and then left. Benezia was given the girl while Aethyta was given the boy, she looked at the little baby asari that was wrapped snugly in a peach colored blanket. She looked at him, his eyes neither her's or Benezia's color but some odd light green color with shades of red in between. He was just so cute she couldn't get past his big beady eyes watching her. She smiled and the baby giggled, his laughed filled Aethyta with a shock wave of joy. She didn't ever want to leave this moment. She looked up and she saw Benezia was experiencing the same thing.

"I think we should name them." Benezia looked up,

"Don't you think we should wait for a better time." Aethyta scoffed,

"Come on Benezia, from what it sounds like we may not have a better time." Benezia looked back down at their baby girl and mewled over what Aethyta said.

"Liara." Aethyta looked up,

"Liara, that sounds nice,but I don't know, you sure ?" Benezia nodded.

"It's perfect." Aethyta grinned,

"How bout Aethyta Jr." Benezia laughed, a pure genuine laugh that she hadn't heard all day long that made her beam with joy.

"Come on be serious. What are we gonna name the boy? Isn't like there's a lot of male Asari names to choose from."

"How about Athos?" Benezia frowned rolling the name across her tongue.

"I don't know, what made you think of that?"

" I don't know it sounded pretty bad ass." Benezia shook her head.

"Why not, it sounds pretty good I guess."

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Author's end notes:

Well there it goes chapter 2. Expect more content and more chapters in the extremely soon future. So please read and leave a review:)