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Dame LeeLee

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Alaria von Ravencroft

And thank you to those who favorite and are following this story. I hope everyone is doing well and as for me things have been rough but I'm doing okay. Got sick with the flu twice. Such a lovely body I have.

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Things went back to normal, well as normal as my life can go. Deliveries, meetings with the council, attending the meetings of all the other races and members who come to tell their woes to the council. It's rather boring, listening to them ask for help and other things. Ever since I saved them from an assassination attempt they have asked me to look on, notice if anything is out-of-place or anyone whose not supposed to be there. An extra ears and eyes on everything.

Like I said, it's all rather boring when no one tries to kill them. Which is almost never.

Garrus has also been making visits with Dri'ki to the shop. He's...interesting. Not to mention really nice and he makes conversation with me while I'm baking. Dri'ki tries not to because he doesn't want me to interrupt my baking thoughts. I know I get into this focus when I'm baking but when I'm decorating or just putting cakes together I can make conversation. Garrus tells me he has a younger sister who still lives with his parents on Palaven. He tells me that his dad is what made him join C-Sec but he was always fascinated with the Spectres.

"Actually, Nihlus, a turian spectre who I see often when he's here, comes in from time to time. Maybe you can catch him here and ask him about spectre training." I told Garrus while cleaning up after the lunch rush one day. After the first few weeks, it's become almost a routine. Garrus comes in with Dri'ki for breakfast if they can, then they come in at lunch to eat with us after the rush, then they come and walk us to our apartment after we close up shop. If they got a lead or something they made us promise to call as soon as we got home. The 'Jack the Ripper' killer is still out there and they're being over protective brothers I can live without. One brother is enough for me.

"Spectre training for me? Really?" He asked, taking one of the cakes from the rack and helping me put it together faster so we can go out to lunch today.

"Why not? You would be great." I said to him, finishing up what was left.

"Really?" He seemed hopeful and I had a laugh. A looked at him for a moment, imagining him as a Spectre, and I smiled.

"Yeah, you would be. Now, get going. You an Dri'ki will be late for work. We'll call you tonight when we get home." I said and gently shoved him towards the door. Garrus quickly took a turain muffin then waved good-bye as Dri'ki followed behind him with a smug smile on his face. Wonder what that was about.

"Hey." I turned around and saw Lila with the same smug look on her face too.

"Alright, what gives?"

"What?" She asked me but I decided to ignore it. Something is up and I know it has something to with me. Yeah, some normal life I have. But no matter how normal I felt; no matter how happy I seemed or wanted; something was wrong.

Felt wrong.

On my deliveries I often stop to look around me. I get this feeling of eyes watching me, this darkness closing in on me as I stand and wait for something to happen. I've also been having more nightmares. Almost to the point where I stay up as late as possible so that the percent of me dreaming is low. And I love to dream.

"That's it!" I jump, startled by Lila's sudden voice. It's been a few days since that rather small, very small, talk with Lila in the café. We're in our apartment, today is the only day we're ever off unless we're busy for a party or something of importance.

"What is?" I ask her, looking up from the orders and paperwork sitting in front of me on the coffee table.

"This! For the past two weeks you've done nothing but working harder than ever then coming home to twiddle your thumbs at home! What happened to you Sophia?" She asked me, looking as tired as I am.

"You know exactly what is going on. After Amy suddenly quit her job we've had to take on more work until we can find someone to replace her. I never go out because of all these orders I have to go through, much less find a replacement at the same time."

"But this is out day off! We should do something fun!" She threw her hands up in the air and I smiled. "Let's go grab the boys and go somewhere." She sat next to me with a smile.

"And who are these boys?"

"Why Garrus and Dri'ki of course! Chellick can't because he's deep into their own cases." I turned towards her and gave her a look. "Please?!"

"Fine, alright."

"Yes!"

"But no heavy drinking!"

"Just some casual dinner and good wine. Sound good?" She asked me.

"Go call the boys."

"Yay!" She hugged me and got up, taking the pile of papers with her. "No more paperwork. Your gonna take a quick nap before we have to get ready."

"Fine. Wake me an hour before we leave!" I called as she left the room.

"Yeah, yeah, now get some sleep. Night!" I pulled a blanket over me and closed my eyes. My body welcoming the sleep I really need.

No nightmares...

No nightmares...

No...

Nightmares...

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(Dream)

I don't know where I was...

It was dark, no sound, no heat, everything felt empty and cold. I was floating, being weightless, in the middle of the dark void. I didn't feel scared, just...empty.

"Hello? Is anyone there?"

No response...

Then there was a roar. A mechanical roar that made my head hurt, ringing with the very power of it. A red light, streaming through the very dark hits my face; a spotlight. I've been here, I've seen this happen and I know the very words that follow.

"We impose order on the chaos of organic evolution. You exist because we allow it, and you will end because we demand it.We have no beginning. We have no end. We are infinite. Millions of years after your civilization has been eradicated and forgotten, we will endure." The creature, thing, spoke.

"Who are you?! What are you?!"

"We are eternal. The pinnacle of evolution and existence. Before us, you are nothing. Your extinction is inevitable. We are the end of everything. We...are your solution." Another roar rang out and these wires came out of nowhere, attaching themselves to me. I screamed, trying to get them off but here was too many. My body felt like everything was liquid, my very life being sucked out of me.

I need to wake up!

Get out of this nightmare!

Get out!

Get out!

Get out!

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(Dream End)

I woke up in a sweat.

Checking the clock I found that I had two more hours before the guys would arrive. I sighed, untangling myself from the blanket and made my way into my room. One of the reasons why I chose this apartment was that my room, gave me the perfect view of the Presidium. My large window over looked the gardens, green every time I open the curtains. My room a cool blue color with everything inside matching perfectly. I went to my closest and took out my only black dress. Lila got this for me on one of my birthdays. Perfectly hugging everything in the right way, leaving just enough cleavage to show, and it made my legs look amazing. I laid the dress down on my bed, getting out a strapless bra and clean underwear. I walk into the bathroom and the first thing I see is...is...

Nothing.

No biotic lines, no access energy seeping through my skin, and no need to release it.

I thought the nightmare would make the lines appear but it seems that I got lucky this time.

I took a calm hot shower; blow drying my hair then moving back into my room. I quickly got dressed, curling my hair slightly then putting it up in a ponytail. I strapped on my black high heels, applied a bit of makeup.

"Wow you look hot!" I turned around and saw Lila at the door, dressed in asari dress, beautiful makeup applied on, and looking better than ever. Asari are always beautiful and oh so very dangerous.

"I'm hot? Did you look in your mirror at all?" We both laughed and walked towards the door, grabbing our purses on our way out the door. Lila told the boys to meet us at the restaurant so they didn't have to wait long for us to get ready. We took a shuttle there and walked a little ways, spotting the boys dressed every nicely at the booth when the waitress lead us to the table.

"Wow. You guys look..amazing." Dri'ki said and they slid out, standing up for us.

"Thank you. You guys clean up nicely too." I said and slid next to Garrus.

"What?" Garrus asked and Lila along with Dri'ki laughed.

"Just something humans say, you get used to it the more you spend time with them." She said and started to look over the menu.

Garrus and I glanced at each other, smiled, then returned to looking at the menu. We made small talk, talking about our jobs, our lives, and anything we could think of. We cracked jokes, told old stories of when we were little. Dri'ki and Garrus told office stories while we told of time where the whipped cream blew up due to someone wanting to try out something with biotics. Lila's face turned a different color and she gave me one hell of a glare.

Once food came and the talking slowed. On...occasion, my hand and Garrus's would lightly touch, causing some small tingle sensation that made my cheeks tinge a different color slightly and Garrus couldn't meet my eyes.

"Can I get you guys any desert?" The waitress asked, her eyes flickering over Dri'ki and Garrus like they were her desert.

"Actually, no." Lila said and I smiled. I knew it. "We'll take the check." The waitress left and the boys gave us a look. "Why have desert here when we have a whole kitchen to ourselves?"

"Alright then, let's go." We paid, well, the boys paid for us and we took a walk to the bakery. We laughed, Lila acting so much different and so am I. Smiling and laughing, having fun? So not me most days after I've had a nightmare. And Dri'ki? His eyes never left Lila as she twirled us around, laughing, and just being so free.

Yep, he got it bad.

"Okay, so what will we have? Cake, tarts, cupcakes, ice cream, fudge? You boys name it and we'll whip it up in just a few minutes." Lila said, unlocking the door. We turned on the lights in the kitchen, placing our bags on the table. "The master baker is in the kitchen and just because she remarkable at what she does doesn't mean we're letting you boys off early."

"What do you mean?" Garrus asked.

"You'll be helping us bake. Name a desert and we'll get started." I said to him and he smiled a turian grin.

"How about the tart you first made for us. The one with the turian fruit?" Garrus asked and Lila clapped her hands.

"Perfect! Sophia can make the tart for you guys and I'll make the one for her. After we get the custard done we can decorate the tarts anyway we like." Lila said and went to get the dough from the fridge. I stopped her and said I would go get it if she started on the custard. I went into the next room, unlocking the fridge, opening the...

"AHHH!"

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