Shepard had been found by the Alliance, in the ruins of London. The Normandy was en route to the rendezvous point. With the explosion of some of the mass relays, the Normandy crash landed on a garden planet. When the finally got back to Earth, com chatter was through the roof with Shepard surviving.
He managed to get to the ruins of a hospital where she was being kept. Miranda was called in to help rebuild Shepard. Automatically Garrus dreaded the thought of Shepard on the operating table for two years, or more. Miranda assured that Shepard wouldn't be on that long. Miranda only had her on the table for a week. Her cybernetics had kept a lot of her body intact and it was a matter of repairing broken bones and some facial reconstruction.
Once she was off the table. Garrus spent every moment with Shepard. Her condition was irregular. He was being shuffled out more times than he cared to remember. But he kept his word. Not leaving the hospital until he knew Shepard was alright. But that wasn't going to be the case.
He was called to help the rebuilding of his people. The Turian Hierarchy had asked for his help personally. Thanks to the damaged relays, he had to do it from Earth. Which was fine., every time he was with the primarch, he manage to stay a few hours with Shepard.
36 days since the operation. Everyone managed to see when they could. Tali came to see Shepard and Garrus.
"How is she doing?" Tali asked.
"Better. She is back to being stable."
There was silence between the two.
"I heard that her condition only improves when we there is people talking around. Apparently its like she 'wants to wake up'"
Tali grabbed Garrus hand.
"But right now, I heard you eat or slept for days. The Nurses were considering putting you on a drip."
Garrus ignored her remark. Tali grabbed his hand.
"Please Garrus. Come and eat with me."
He need to leave. But there was someone else had other ideas. A small twitch from Shepard's hand. "Shepard?"
There was rapid eye movement. Her heart began to beat a bit faster.
"Did she just respond to you?" Asked Tali.
Garrus shrugged.
"Shepard? Can you hear us?" Tali asked.
Another twitch. Garrus held her hand tight. "Shepard. Please, wake up."
"Garrus…" Shepard whispered in a harsh voice. "Garrus?!"
Both Garrus and Tali ran towards Shepard, she was gasping for air, trying to figure out what was going on.
"Shepard!"
She stood still, her whole body ached like she'd been hung for days, then the pain. The utter pain.
"ARGH!" She fell back to her bed.