I can't believe I will see her. She is in the same building with me. Ahhhh this corridor is endless! I need to control myself so I don't break into a sprint. Although we turians are predators by nature, we are not very graceful when it comes down to it. We look like featherless birds in armor, running around with big guns. Ha ha a chicken in armor with a sniper rifle.
What the fuck!
Two krogans were standing in front of this door. And if that wasn't enough, a body scan, iris scan, voice scan and laser beams that could cut you in half were securing the door. The bodyguards had Urdnot Wrex clan markings on them.
I had to smile; Wrex would have walked into hell and back with Hayat with a grin on his face. He loved her like a sister and they fought like siblings. How many times my heart jumped in my mouth when they were wrestling? How many times I jumped when he through her around like a rug doll. But... she always got up, gave me one of those legendary crooked smiles and jump back in the fight. How can a tiny creature like her bring krogans down like they were made out of paper? Ha! And Vega wanted to "dance" with her. He ended up with a broken lip and a bleeding nose. That's my girl. Nobody was going to mess with Wrex baby sister while he was around.
"Garrus, are you sweating yet?"
"I don't know Wrex, I think I feel some wet ripples going down my back"
"Don't worry; your princess is sleeping, so she won't notice. HA HA HA. I never thought I see the day but I think she is getting lazy Garrus, sleeping for a whole week? I mean yeah he brought down the Reapers, but she is over reacting, as usual"
With a pad on the back which could have smashed a human shoulder into pieces for sure, he unlocked all security from the door, which led to another corridor. White, everything was so white. My Hayat hated white. Such a cold colour she always said. Her armor was always a shade of red, as humans call it, blood red. Another door! Spirits, I can't take this any longer.
"Wrex are we there yet?"
"Yeah, Yeah! Keep your pants up. Ha ha ha. I love that expression. We are here".
Why Wrexs face has gone so serious? What is wrong with my Hayat?
"Garrus, my friend, listen... please don't be alarmed about the state she is in. We have the best doctors on the galaxy with her." He said as he open the door.
"No you don't. The best doctor on the galaxy died curing you from the genophage..."
That is not my Hayat. That small broken body must belong to a child. No it is not possible. The left side of her face is burned, her head is shaved with cuts as big as my talons all the way down to her neck. Two fingers were missing from her right hand, her chest was wrapped in bandages but red spots of blood are visible. Her legs were also completely covered in bandages but they were completely covered with blood stains. A sheet was covering the rest of her body.
My legs can't hold me no more. I am so tired. I am kneeling on the floor and... tears are running. I only cried twice in my life, and both times are for her. The first time was at the Citadel when I got the news that she was dead. I resign from C- Sec on the same day. I hired two asari prostitutes and stayed inside my apartment for two weeks. I was crying when I was fucking them, I was crying when I was drinking. And now this! How can they fix my love when she is beyond broken? The world has stopped for me, it has no meaning.
I don't know how long I stayed like this but there is a hand on my shoulder, tears are still running down my face. I slowly move my head to see the face of this human, female, holding my shoulder. THOSE EYES! The face is older though, the hair white. She is wearing a long sleeved dress with a high collar. The colour... blood red.
"Hello Garrus"
"Who are you? How... how... is this possible? You are not her! She is lying on that bed right there I can see her." This cruel spirit is mocking me with her soft chuckles, the same chuckles as my beautiful Hayat. I can sense myself growling at her. I will rip this imposter in half.
"Calm down Garrus. My name is Hannah Shepard. I am Hayats mother. Please to meet you."
She is offering me her hand? The woman that brought my Hayat in this world, in my world! I don't deserve a handshake when I couldn't even protect her. -No love, don't ask me that- that's all she said. Her eyes weren't smiling. She took her glove off and stroked my scared face. Me and my fucking turian code, since when do I follow orders; but it was her orders, not the same. This woman, with the same golden cat eyes, yes I see it now, a lot softer and calmer than my Hayats, wants my friendship. I should stay on my knees begging her forgiveness, kissing her feet for bringing Hayat into my world, even if it was for a little while.
"Admiral Shepard, please ma'am. I am not worthy of your hand of friendship. I let her walk all by herself out there to face the Reapers alone, while I was hiding in the back lines with the rest of my kind. Commander Shepard was a soldier like no other, but she wouldn't let me go with her. She commanded me to stay back. I should have fought to stay on her side. I..."
"She is stubborn as a varren Garrus. Good luck changing her mind. Ha! My daughter is many things but sanity is not one of her qualities dear boy. She wasn't alone. That hunk of a man, James, was there with her and the Prothean, Javik"
"Yeah I know that but ma'am I... but... I just want to say..."
"What do you want to tell me Garrus son? That you wanted to run after her and do what exactly? Drag her to safety? Jump in front of every bullet that came her way? She would have probably kicked you in the balls and run off, proud with herself. To my defence my dear boy, that attitude of hers, is her father written all over it."
"Well, at least I know where her good looks are coming from."
"Stop it, you are making me blush. She talked a lot about you, you know! Garrus this and Garrus that... Giggling every time someone mentioned your name or a turian started talking to her. A nightmare will be the understatement of the year. It was like talking to a teenage girl. John, my late husband, always called her kitten. Even when she was little she could charm every man in the room. Her greatest admirer though was her father. She will snuggle next to him and beg him to tell her stories about great battles, until she fell asleep. Oh! I... I am sorry Garrus! I didn't want you to see me cry"
This woman needs me; look at me on the floor crying like a baby, when this woman, this wonderful woman has nobody left to look after her, offer her a shoulder to cry on, to comfort her.
"Admiral Shepard, please don't..."
"Hannah, please Garrus, call me Hannah"
"Ok, Hannah, you haven't done anything wrong, so apologies are not needed."
"Oh Garrus my boy, you must be strong for her, now she needs YOU more than anyone else. And when she wakes, and she will, I promise you this, you will be strong for her, because my boy, our kitten is very, very broken."
I am lost. I need to get up. What did Hayat say to me one night? A simple hug can change the lives of two people for the better. I placed my hands around her. She placed her head on my chest.
"Our Hayat is broken"
"Yes, our life is broken but we will fix her"
A smaller chapter than the previous one, but I wanted to make Hannahs' and Garrus meeting to more personal. Having Garrus thinking in how many positions screw her daughter was a bit inappropriate. Even if Garrus is a cutie perv:) More chapters coming up!
R&R pretty please! Advise always welcome.
