A/N: I would like to thank those who took the time to review, I really appreciate the feedback.
Again this is going to be a short chapter. Sorry for the long wait but I was originally going to have the chapter longer, going forward another ten years, but I had a case of writers block.
Also I like the idea that Turians can cry, so my Turians have tears.
Chapter2: Five Years Later
The little five year old human girl squealed as her older nine year old Turian brother pushed her into the puddle of mud, the recent rains making the surface of Invictus muddy and slick.
Tezra grabbed a handful of mud and threw it at her brother; it hit him in the head with a splash, covering his scaled face in mud. He looked toward his little sister with a glare.
Tezra sat there laughing, oblivious to the ball of mud coming for her face. There was a slapping thud as the mud ball hit her face and she ended up looking like her brother, not two feet away. She ran a hand down her face, wiping the mud off and gave her brother the evilest glare a five year old could muster. She stood up, picking up as much mud as her small hands could in the process, and slowly walked toward her brother.
"Ni'." She said sweetly with a big grin, picking up her pace as she got closer to her laughing brother.
Nihlus stopped laughing when he heard his sister. He looked over at her and saw her 'evil' grin. "Uh-oh." Nihlus gulped, back-pedalling away from Tezra.
Tezra burst into a sprint before Nihlus could get a good grip on the slick ground, and pounced on him. They fell to the ground, Tezra straddling Nihlus' waist, grabbed the collar of his shirt and stuffed the mud she had in her hand down his shirt, laughing all along. Nihlus twisted his body, causing Tezra to fall off him and into the mud. He grabbed a handful of mud about to do the same his sister had done to him when the door to the house opened.
"Nihlus, Tezra. Time to get cleaned up before dinner," their mother called from the door. "You two are such a mess."
Before Nihlus could finish with his mud 'torture' to his sister, Tezra had wriggled out of his grasp and sprinted to the door of the house. Nihlus got up and followed, ever the obedient Turian. They spent the next forty-five minuets getting cleaned up in the bathroom and changed into clean clothes, throwing their muddy clothes into the washing hamper in the corner. They then had dinner and talked about what they had done that day, Nihlus and Tezra ended up arguing about who the winner of the mud fight was, and talked about what Tezra wanted for her upcoming birthday.
"I want an omni-tool, with loads of games and a thing to take cool pictures with and candy, lots and lots of candy!" she squealed in excitement.
Serana and Jaxus put them to bed at nine at night local time, bidding them a good night and to have sweet dreams like any parent would.
As Tezra, Nihlus, Serana and Jaxus slept soundly, a shuttle had landed outside the house. The noise had woken Tezra and Nihlus from their slumber. Tezra sat up in her bed and looked over to Nihlus. "Ni'. Did you hear that?" she whispered over to her brother on the other side of the room.
Nihlus nodded in acknowledgement, "Tez', come over here." Tezra went over to her brother bringing her stuffed Turian toy with her. They sat on Nihlus' bed staring at the window, waiting.
They heard the sound of the front door opening and then light footsteps drifted down the hall. The footsteps stopped outside their door, Tezra and Nihlus held their breath. Suddenly the door burst open, causing Tezra to scream and Nihlus to growl loudly. The intruders shone a bright light in their faces, blinding them momentarily. Nihlus, fuelled by instinct to protect his family, jumped up and attacked the intruders, his small talons ripping at one of the intruder's legs, leaving large gashes in his leg. Further down the hall were the sounds of Serana screaming and Jaxus roaring in fury at unknown people attacking his family.
The person that was attacked by Nihlus kicked Nihlus off, causing him to fly across the room hitting the opposite wall hard enough to make him go unconscious. Tezra, still screaming, was kicking out at the people, trying to get away. "Hurry up and grab her and put her in the damn bag!" one of the men ordered.
As Tezra kicked again another of the men grabbed her leg and pulled her toward him. He grabbed her arms in one hand and picked her up off the ground. Tezra screamed even louder for her mother, so loud that the two men that weren't holding her cringed and put their hands up to their ears. She stopped for a short breath and one of the others put a gag around her mouth. She tried to scream again but the gag stopped her. The man that was holding her bought her over to another man that was holding open a large bag, and put her inside the bag.
When Nihlus came to again he saw the men carrying his sister out of their room in the bag. He tried to get up but it hurt too much, but using all the strength he could muster, he belly crawled toward them, but it wasn't enough. They had already left the house and were in the shuttle before he was finally able to get on his feet and walk to the front door. His mother and father were already outside, his mother screaming up at the shuttle, tears freely flowing down her face and his father growling and pacing around in fury and a small amount of failure for not being able to protect his daughter. Nihlus watched the shuttle fly away; the burning behind his eyes caused him to look down at the stuffed toy in his hands. He dropped his head and let the tears flow silently.
