Sorry for the posting delay. A family member of mine got put in the hospital, and once all that was taken care of I had to dive straight into moving into our new home. It's been exhausting. But I'm finally able to take the time to get back into the groove!

It had been a week. A week that felt like an eternity. How much can happen in just a week? Garrus felt like his life had been turned upside down. Shepard was gone. She was just…gone. He felt like it wasn't possible. He had been talking with her earlier in the morning, and then…

He growled in frustration. He needed to think logically, even though he was well aware that he already wasn't. In one week he had managed to quit Spectre training and completely fall off the map. Now here he was, flying to Omega for what a small part of his brain was sure to be a suicide mission.

He glanced out of the side of his ship, and it had to have been some cruel joke. Of course, the exact moment he turned his attention elsewhere, he was passing Alchera. Just the sight of its' frosted surface sent chills down his spine. His subharmonics reflected his sorrow as he stared down at the damn planet that was now the resting place of the Normandy SR-1. The resting place of Jane Shepard, his closest friend. Part of him wanted to detour down there and try to find her body. Put her to rest in the way she truly deserved. He really doubted his heart could handle it, though, so he decided against it.

Garrus had no idea what Omega had in store for him. He had no plans, no end goal. But that place was a magnet for a majority of the scum of the galaxy. If there as anywhere he could make a contribution, it would be there.

His pain and determination drove him. He had to do Shepard proud. He had to pick up the pieces of the galaxy in her wake. He didn't care how long (or how short, for that matter) that it took.

He finally tore his deep blue eyes away from the snowy planet below.

"Onward, Garrus Vakarian," he muttered, and he swore he could hear Shepard's strong, confident voice echoing his own.