Author's Note: OK so occasionally I will start these stories like I did with Chapter 1, from the perspective of Rob recording the log on his Omni tool, these will be in italics, you'll see what I mean in this chapter.
And sorry about the multiple E-Mails about this chapter. Everytime I posted it the formatting got messed up and then it wouldn't show up in the actual story while appearing in the Manage Stories section, gotta love technology :P.
Anyway I hope you enjoy it.
Chapter Four: One Hell of A First Day
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Okay so uh where did I leave this last time? Oh right we'd just arrived on the Citadel…
It didn't take me long to realise that the part of the Presidium we were in wasn't included in either of the games since I didn't recognise a thing here. I did however spot a Rapid Transport Terminal and used it to call summon one.
Considering my best bet for a job and getting on Shepard's crew in the future was with C-Sec the Upper Wards seemed like a good place to start and of course Dr Michel's clinic was there too. When the RTS dropped us off at the station near the med clinic the first thing we noticed was that view of the rest of the Citadel and the Serpent nebula.
"This place is huge!" Ellie gasped as she took in the view; even I had to admit it was impressive sight to see.
However our sightseeing was interrupted by the sounds of shouting coming for the larger open area, where Shepard meets Emily Wong in the first game. We both turned to see what was going on and saw a human woman watching on as two Human men argued with each other.
"That looks ugly." I muttered as I started walking over towards them, shuffling through the other onlookers that had gathered, I could make out something about credits...but before I could hear anything else one man took a swing at the other and connected with his jaw.
"You son of a bitch!" The guy who had been punched cursed before retaliating with a right hook.
"Stop it!" The woman yelled, although I still didn't know who she was with.
"Wait here." I instructed Ellie as I got between the two men. "Whoa how about we all stop this and sort this out without a trip to the clinic huh?" I said as I held my arms out to stop the two, thankfully they listened. "OK that's good, so what started this brawl?"
"He stole my credit chit from Flux's." the man who swung the first punch said, pointing and glaring at the second man.
"I did not you liar!" the second man yelled back.
"Colin please calm down." The woman said to the second man, placing a hand on his shoulder. Well at least I had one name.
"Are you sure you didn't take it?" I asked, earning myself a glare from the man.
"What kind of stupid assed question is that! Of course I didn't steal it!" He yelled.
Before I could reply the first man interrupted "Of course you say that you thief, but I know you did."
"Shut up!" Colin yelled as he pushed me out of the way and since I wasn't expecting it fell on my ass while Colin punched the first man, this was not going well.
As I stood up I saw two Turians in C-Sec clothing running towards us but a glimmer of something caught my eye and I turned in time to see the first man pull out a small knife, preparing to stab Colin with it.
"Look out!" I yelled as I moved between the two, feeling pain erupt in my left side. Letting out a grunt I clutched at my side and staggered back before falling to the floor. Glancing down I saw a large red patch soaking through my top and over my hands.
"Son of a bitch." I muttered as I felt someone grab me and looked up to see Ellie looking down at me with concern in her eyes as she laid me down and pulled up my shirt.
"I'm fine." I groaned.
"No you're not this is a pretty deep wound, you need a doctor." Ellie replied.
"I'm already seeing a Doctor." I replied with a grin.
"One with actual medicine." Ellie growled.
"There's a clinic just over there." A distinctively Turian sounding voice said from above me. "I'll help you get there."
When I looked up my heart leapt into my throat so fast I thought it was going to shoot out of my mouth, because standing in front of me was Garrus freakin' Vakerian and despite the fact I'd just been stabbed I was pretty damn excited to see him…I mean it's Garrus for crying out loud! Then the pain snapped me out of my gamer trance and nodded.
"Thanks." I groaned as the two lifted me up as assisted/dragged my ass off towards the clinic. I took a moment to glance over my shoulder and see the first guy being led away by the other Turian officer and another human one, who I guess had responded as well, or heard the commotion and came to investigate towards the stairs leading down to C-Sec, with Colin and his…wife I guess following a few steps behind.
I returned my attention to where I was going and trying to keep cool despite the fact I was being helped by Garrus as we entered the clinic.
"We need some help over here Doctor." Garrus said as the doors closed.
I watched as the red haired doctor rounded the corner, took one look at me motioned to one of the beds.
"Put him here." She said as she went to retrieve some Medigel. "What happened?" she asked as she returned.
"He was stabbed between the 4th and 5th ribs on his left side, I'm not sure if the ribs were caught or not." Ellie answered.
Dr Michel glanced up at her and smiled "You sound like you know what you're talking about." She said as she applied some Medigel to the area and man is that stuff cold, it felt like ice cold water being poured directly into the wound, but it didn't hurt, in fact it was quite nice actually especially when it started numbing the area.
"I'm a surgeon." Ellie answered as she watched the Medigel start sealing the wound.
"Really?" Doctor Michel replied as she looked down at me "You're going to be fine sir, the wound is already closing but I'm going to bandage you up and you're going to be sore for a few days." She smiled.
"Thanks doc and I kind of figured that, it's not the first time I'm been stabbed I'm afraid." I answered, watching as she raised an eyebrow at me.
"Oh I'm a cop." I answered, catching Garrus's mandible twitch slightly, which was interesting. "Anyway…I got stabbed once by a criminal I was trying to catch so it's not my first time dealing with this sort of injury."
"Well you should be more careful in the future officer…" Michel replied, fishing for my name.
"Kane, Robert Kane." I answered "And this is my sister Ellie."
Michel smiled "Pleased to meet you both, although I wish it were under better circumstances. I'm Doctor Chloe Michel"
"Me too." I grinned "Getting stabbed is not fun."
"I would imagine not." Michel smiled "But you should be more careful, it's always a shame to lose more good officers like yourself."
"I'll try Doc if it's a choice between me getting hurt or an innocent I'd rather it be me."
Michel nodded with a smile as she turned to grab some bandages, returning a few moments later and checking the wound.
"OK that looks good; if you could sit up slowly I can get these on you."
With a nodded and a groan I slowly pulled myself up, holding my arms apart so that the good doctor could bandage me up. Got to admit this wasn't exactly how I wanted my first day on the Citadel to go…well at least in terms of getting stabbed. Meeting Doctor Michel and Garrus was a bonus though, hard to imagine a year from now those two…and hopefully me as well will be here with Shepard looking for Tali but that was a long way off from now.
"There you are officer Kane, all done." Chloe said as she finished wrapping me up.
"Thanks Doc, much appreciated." I smiled as I hopped off the bed with a wince, oh yeah getting stabbed sucks.
I saw Garrus looking at me and walked over to him "Thanks for the help." I said to him with a smile, although it was more from geeky joy than anything else.
"You're welcome, Detective Garrus Vakerian, C-Sec." the Turian replied as he extended his Talon "I uh believe this is how you humans do this right?"
I chuckled "Yeah that's it." I replied as I took his talon and shook it "Robert Kane, I imagine you'll want me to come to C-Sec and give you a statement."
"Yes but we can leave it a few days for you to recover." Garrus replied.
"That's okay I'm good." I answered; watching as Garrus's mandibles twitched in what I thought was a smile.
"I had a feeling you were going to say that." He chuckled.
I laughed as well and glanced over my shoulder to see Ellie talking with Doctor Michel and saw her spot me.
"I've got to go give a statement at C-Sec." I told her, watching as she nodded and turned back to thank Doctor Michel and shook her hand.
We said goodbye to Chloe and left the clinic for C-Sec headquarters while I introduced Garrus and Ellie to one another.
"Hey what are you doing?"
"I'm recording my diary."
"Oh have you got to the good stuff yet?
"I just finished retelling the day we first met."
"You mean the day I saved your ass. The first of many I might add."
"OK first of all you didn't "Save my ass." since I got stabbed, all you did was help me to the Clinic and second I've saved your ass plenty of times since then."
"Yeah but I saved your ass first and nothing can ever change that."
"…Oh shut up Garrus."
"Heh heh."
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