"Your friend, Brady, told me about his... rocky past. What about yourself?" Shepard started, sitting on the bed across from him.
Logan fixed his gaze on the floor "I'm in the same boat as him," he answered simply.
A few moments of silence passed "You know it isn't too late to switch boats," she stated.
Logan looked up at her "It's harder to jump ship than you think. I've been doing what I do too long, certain people won't allow me to walk away," he replied.
"I can help. Make sure these people won't bother you," the commander offered.
Logan shrugged "Thanks, but you have bigger problems than hunting down low level criminals," he said.
"I used to be like you. No really," Shepard said after Logan raised his eyebrows with a look of doubt on his face "I never knew my parents. I was an orphan and when I was twelve got inducted into a gang called the Reds,"
Logan started at that "The Tenth Street Reds?" he asked.
"Yeah, you know them?" She inquired regarding him with raised eyebrows.
Logan began laughing "Oh, shit, small galaxy. Yeah I know them. Before I moved to the Citadel I had a little run in with them," he said then looked to the ceiling recalling the memory "I was set to leave in a few hours so I had a little 'goodbye party' with the leader's girl,"
"Was Erickson still running things?" Shepard asked.
"Yeah. He caught me leaving their room, so I knocked out his front tooth and hauled ass to the space port. The gang was on my heels the whole time, but they were stopped by security and I made it to the Citadel,"
"If I know Erickson, which unfortunately I do, he wouldn't let you off that easily," Shepard declared.
Logan laughed again "Oh, he didn't. About a month later they found me, but at the time I was living in a gang controlled area and they didn't take kindly to another gang muscling their way into their territory," he recalled "Didn't have to lift a finger,"
"Anyway. How did you get involved with Fist?" the commander continued.
"I used to fight in those clubs down in the ass part of the wards. Fist was a fan of them and after a brutal battle with a turian he hired me as muscle," Logan explained "Wasn't long until he had me leading hits on drug trades,"
"I figured you had some fighting experience with the way you were giving Garrus a run for his money," Shepard mused.
"Yep. I'm 11-3 right now," Logan stated proudly "Well, 11-4 if you count my loss in the hangar,"
"I won't say anything if you won't" Shepard replied, smiling, earning a chuckle from the other human "I'm assuming you've only lost by armbar,"
Logan nodded "Yep, it seems to be my Achilles's heel," he answered with a sigh.
"Well for what it's worth, Garrus seemed to be in quite a lot of pain when I passed him on the way here," she said "But back to Fist, Brady told me he ripped you off, how?"
"Ripping me off is putting it lightly. He sent me on a suicide mission and then tried to underpay me," Logan replied then continued when Shepard didn't say anything "I was tasked with stealing a shuttle of Red Sand, the job went south and I lost everyone on my team. When I got the shuttle to Fist I had lost a big portion of the sand, so he tried to cut my pay by more than necessary,"
"What did you do?" Shepard asked.
"Threatened to destroy the drug truck and kill him. That was officially the end of our 'partnership'," Logan answered.
Shepard checked the time on her omni-tool "I still have some questions for you but we're getting close to Therum,"
"Who's going down with you?" Lerman asked.
"Garrus and you," she replied with a smirk.
"So soon after our fight?" Logan asked, confusion etched on his face.
Shepard nodded as she made her way towards the door "Yep and you better be ready to work as a team or I'll leave you there, because we need to trust you," she said.
"You don't want to trust me," Logan warned, stopping her at the door.
She studied him for a minute as he stared straight ahead at the wall "Yes, I do," Shepard simply replied before leaving.
Therum surface, half an hour later
"Wait, Ashley said you were certified to operate this thing," Logan stated as he held on for dear life while the Mako lurched and bucked.
"I am," Shepard replied shooting the human a confused look.
"Don't look at me! Watch where you're going!" Logan shouted and Shepard swerved just in time to avoid an ample size boulder.
Up in the gunner seat Garrus clutched the controls as the commander took an unnecessary jump "I've heard that your females are terrible drivers, but I always thought it was just a joke," he said, earning a scowl from Shepard.
"Oh, it's true, Garrus. Believe me, it's damn true," Logan declared.
Before Shepard could throw back a rebuttal the tank's sensors started picking up signals "Garrus, get ready, we've got hostiles inbound," she called to the turian.
"What do I do?" Lerman asked.
"Get on the terminal and keep our shields up," she ordered.
Logan leaned over and studied the screen for a moment before realizing it was out of his league as all the flashing lights and indicators meant nothing to him "I think Garrus and I should switch," he called to the commander.
"Why? You have no experience operating a turret," Shepard replied.
"Trust me I'd be more helpful on the gun than trying to figure this shit out," Logan said.
"We're in the clear now, Garrus give him a quick rundown on the turret controls then jump on the terminal," she barked.
Within minutes Logan was operating the turret well enough that Shepard decided to keep him there for the time being. Garrus did his part and kept the shields from depleting, a task which Shepard realized the other human could not do. They pushed through the opposition, sometimes not even stopping to mop up all the resistance and soon they came to a point where the Mako could not continue. Before they departed Shepard activated a beacon on the tank so it didn't get left behind. As the squad moved through the valley they came upon squad of geth troopers that hadn't spotted them yet. The trio quickly dropped into cover.
"Garrus takes the first shot. Lerman, you'll move up while I cover you. Got it?" Shepard asked as Logan shifted uncomfortably.
"Got it," he affirmed while adjusting his standard alliance helmet.
Garrus stood, sighted down a geth trooper, and with one pull of the trigger the geth had one less on their side. The rest of the geth immediately returned fire while Garrus popped a fresh clip into his rifle. Shepard stood next and began releasing bursts from her Vindicator and Logan took off for a closer position. He waited until Shepard had to reload before popping up and blowing the head off the closest geth and as the first fell he switched to another target. As he worked on one, another nearby fell from a sniper round. He was soon joined by Shepard who slid into cover next to him as he reloaded. The squad made quick work of the synthetics and took off at run down the path. Opposition was weak and soon they were on their way again.
Shepard turned to the other human as she heard a strange noise "You going to make it, Lerman?" the commander joked.
Logan was leaning against a metal crate breathing hard "I'll live," he gasped "Not used to lugging around armor,"
Garrus turned to the human "A mercenary that doesn't use armor?"
Logan gulped "I meant this type of armor. I always used light armor, not this heavy bullshit," he answered, silently praising himself for quick thinking.
"You picked it out," Shepard declared "We had medium armor too,"
"The light armor you had had seen better days and the medium was for made for a woman," Logan replied actually using the truth this time.
"Well next time we're on the citadel go get yourself fitted, and while you're at it some better weapons," she said.
Logan furrowed his brows "What's wrong with my shotgun?" he asked looking down at his Katana.
Shepard didn't answer, instead raising her eyebrows and continuing on the path. Logan next looked to Garrus, who shrugged and followed the commander.
"I love my shotgun," Logan muttered to himself as he fell in line.
The group moved up a hill and were heading towards the mine entrance when a geth armature dropped in front of them along with four more geth troops.
"The fuck is that thing?" Logan shouted as the squad flew into cover.
"I don't know. Never seen a geth like that before," Garrus replied as he swung back into cover after taking out a geth trooper.
"Really, and how many geth have you seen in your illustrious career?" Logan asked sarcastically.
"Lerman, knock it off," Shepard warned "Focus on the small ones first,"
With Shepard and Garrus on either side of the crate taking turns firing, the opposition slowly fell. Suddenly a geth hopper landed in front of them. Logan shouted in alarm and instinctively fired his shotgun which blew off the geth's left arm. The geth retaliated with a shot of its own that hit the human square in the chest, taking out his shields immediately. Logan was able to finish it off with his second shot before it could continue firing.
"See, Shepard, there's nothing wrong with my sho-" he was cut off by another hopper that shot him from above. The round scored him in the upper back and he dropped with a yelp of pain.
Garrus popped the head of the hopper as Shepard dropped to help the wounded man. She activated her omni-tool and began administrating medi-gel.
"You alright, Lerman?" she asked.
Logan gasped in pain as he pushed himself up to his knees "Fucking fuck! Yeah, give me a second," he replied and after a moment stood back up, pain etched into his face.
"Big guy is all that's left, commander," Garrus called out.
"Good, take down his shields. Lerman get a grenade ready," she ordered.
Garrus popped out of cover and fired an overload that depleted the armature's recharging shields. Shepard and Logan then threw their primed grenades under the synthetic, the latter grunting in pain at the exertion. The explosion that followed was outstanding and the three retook cover to avoid shrapnel.
Without a word the squad moved to the entrance and began the descent. Inside the mines the geth were few and far between and soon they were at an elevator. They were almost to the bottom when it suddenly shuddered to a halt.
"Looks like we're walking," Garrus commented as they hopped down. They didn't get far when they came upon a barrier holding a suspended asari.
"Can you hear me out there? I'm trapped and need help," she cried.
"How the hell did you get in that thing?" Logan asked as he studied the asari. He never had a thing for the asari like most guys did but he had to admit she was pretty cute.
"I must have hit something when I activated it and now I can't get down," she replied.
"Come on, we need to find a way around it," Shepard ordered and the squad turned to leave.
"Don't go nowhere now, Missy," Logan said, chuckling at his own joke.
Down at the floor of the cavern they ran into more geth that seemed to be milling about. Logan flinched with every shot, the recoil aggravating his wound.
"Christ!" he shouted as he dropped into cover "Can't fucking hit anything,"
Shepard dispatched a geth trooper before turning to the human "Don't take chances. Give us covering fire if that's all you can do," she said.
The last synthetic dropped without a head "Who needs covering fire?" Garrus sarcastically asked with a turian equivalent of a smirk.
Shepard shook her head with a smile "Any ideas on how to get the doctor out of there?"
"Unless you've got a bomb magically stored away somewhere in that armor, we better start digging. Well, you guys start digging, I'm injured," Logan said.
"Then what use are you?" Shepard joked.
Logan grinned "Moral support?" he offered.
Shepard giggled at that then turned to where Garrus was tinkering with a large machine "What have you got there, Vakarian?"
"I've seen one of these before when I was in the military," the turian responded "A high intensity mining laser. They're pretty simple to use, I've got it lined up right, all I need is the activation code. Give me a minute and I'll have it hacked,"
While he worked Logan activated his omni-tool and started a video recording. He jumped a bit when the laser started up. After it deactivated he wrote 'Could have used this on a couple jobs' and sent it to Brady. The squad moved through the hole the laser created and used the elevator at the back to go up to Liara's level.
The asari strained her neck trying to look back at group "How did you get past the barrier?" she inquired.
"Mining laser," Garrus replied simply.
"Yes, that makes sense," she declared.
Shepard stepped forward to the controls "Let's get you out of there,"
She was stopped by Logan grabbing he arm "Wait, commander. How do we know we can trust her? She could be working for Saren too," he whispered.
"I'm not working for that monster!" Liara said, her voice laced with anger causing Logan to start "I- I don't know why my mother is either,"
Shepard and Logan traded looks before the commander hit the release, causing Liara to crash to the floor with a grunt. She stood and brushed herself off before shooting a glare at the male human.
Logan narrowed his eyes "What?" he asked aggressively and the asari dropped her glare.
Shepard waved him down then turned her attention to the asari "How long have you been in there?" she asked
"A day or two. I don't really remember," Liara asked as she studied the squad nervously. Before anyone else could say anything they were nearly thrown off their feet by a tremor. A few boulders even crashed into the cavern.
"These ruins are not stable, the mining laser must have triggered a seismic event!" Liara cried.
"Back to the elevator, now!" Shepard ordered and the group sprinted back to the lift "Joker, get the Normandy airborne and lock in on my signal. On the double, mister!"
"Fuck double! How about triple, quadruple, fuck it he needs to be here yesterday!" Logan shouted frantically.
"Calm down. He'll get us out of here," Garrus said and laid a hand on the human's shoulder.
Logan roughly brushed it off "Calm down? The fucking cave is falling in on us and we're relying on a cripple to get us out of here. Calm is the exact fucking opposite of what I should be!" he continued.
Shepard roughly spun the man around to so they were face to face "Pull yourself together, Lerman!" she shouted into his face "Panicking isn't going to help. Follow my orders and keep a level head and we're going to get out of here,"
"Your orders got us into this damn mess!" Logan roared back.
"Um, commander?" Liara spoke up. Shepard turned to see a group of geth blocking their way and a krogan strolling towards them.
"Surrender, or don't, that would be more fun," he stated.
"This place is falling apart," Shepard declared.
"I know, exciting isn't it?" he continued.
Logan, still in a frenzied state of mind, leveled his shotgun at the alien "Fuck you and fuck your robots!" he shouted but before he could fire the krogan used a biotic attack that threw him a few meters back into a pillar. Garrus and Shepard dove to cover while Liara panicked and dropped to the ground where she was standing.
"Lerman, you alright?" she called out for the countless time that day, growing worried as she got no reply "Liara! Liara, get up, I need you to check on him,"
Liara stood on shaky legs and began a sprint to the downed human after realizing none of their foes were shooting at her, meaning they wanted her alive.
As she reached Logan she noticed blood splats at the base of the pillar he had impacted. She knelt down to inspect him and noticed the back of his head was bleeding, but when she reached to apply medi-gel she was stopped by someone grabbing her wrist.
"So you're the one Saren wants. I can only imagine what he has in store for a pretty thing like you," it was the krogan, and behind him she could see that the geth were keeping the other two occupied. She struggled to break free of his grasp but her tiny frame was no match for hulking alien. Liara then started to charge up a biotic attack but was cut short by the krogan grabbing her by the neck.
"There will be none of that," he said. Her vision was beginning to fade to black as she struggled to breathe when a sudden blast caused the krogan to drop the asari and fall to the ground with a cry of pain. Logan, still seated at the base of the pillar, realigned the aim of his shotgun to the head of the krogan, who was attempting to apply med-gel to his injured leg. One pull of the trigger and the biggest threat in the room was eliminated. The rumbling was begging to intensify and the rubble that was raining down on them increased. Shepard killed the last geth trooper and the ran to help Logan up.
"We gotta move!" she declared as she hauled him to his feet, the sudden movement causing his vision to blur and he stumbled. Shepard slung his right arm around her neck and ran towards the exit, Garrus and Liara already ahead of them. The constant quaking made it tough going but the thought of getting trapped underground lent speed to their heels. Garrus, being the fastest of the four, broke out into daylight first, followed by Liara, and then finally Shepard helping Logan along. The Normandy was already sat down, waiting for them. Shepard sat Logan down so she could take a breather as Garrus continued on into the airlock. Liara stayed behind, not looking forward to being on a ship full of strangers.
"Are you two alright?" the asari asked.
"We'll be fine, thank you," Shepard asked after Logan stayed silent, refusing to look anywhere but the ground between his feet.
"I was telling the truth earlier. I don't know why my mother aligned herself with Saren," Liara repeated "I would help you, but I don't know what use you could have for me,"
"I hear you're a prothean expert?" Shepard asked and after the asari nodded she continued "Then you're just as valuable to me as the rest of the team. Come on, I'm sure everyone is waiting for us,"
Liara took over supporting the injured man "What will the rest of your people think of me?" she asked nervously.
Shepard chuckled "You'll be fine, trust me," she said as she lead the way to airlock. After a minute the decontamination process finished and they stepped into the Normandy "Joker, tell the ground team there's a mandatory meeting in an hour. Liara and Logan, I want both of you to go to Dr. Chakwas," Shepard ordered and watched as the two walked off, Logan recovered enough that he could walk on his own.
Joker half turned to look at the commander "How'd it go down there, commander?" he asked
In the med-bay
"Keep coming to visit me like this, Mr. Lerman, and I'll begin to think it's for me rather than your health," Chakwas joked as she mended his gunshot wound. Logan opted to stay silent, only grunting in pain whenever she touched a sensitive spot.
Liara was seated at the doctor's desk, watching the humans interact with fascination "The doctor is talking to you, Logan" she said, thinking the man had somehow not heard, earning a short stare from him before he returned his gaze to the wall in front of him.
"It's okay, Dr. T'Soni. I'm sure he heard me," Chakwas said "I've seen this plenty of times before. The shock hasn't completely worn off yet. Alright, Logan, you're free to go but I don't want you straining your left shoulder nor do I want you to do any heavy lifting with the slight concussion you have,"
Without a word Logan stood up off the medical bed and strode out. He made his way to the elevator, ignoring everything and everyone along the way. He stepped out into the nearly empty hangar, with only the requisitions officer and Brady occupying the large area.
Brady turned to him with a smile as Logan stopped at the work bench and began to undo his armor, letting it fall off of his body without care.
"So how did it go down there?" he asked, his smile faltering as he saw blank stare Logan was holding.
"I'm done, man. I'm just done," Logan replied quietly after a moment "I can't fucking do this,"
"What? We've barely even started," Brady said.
"I know, and if you want to stay you can, but fuck this. I almost died today," Logan said as he hopped up to sit on the bench with a sigh.
"Boo fucking hoo, you almost died. How many times have we stared death in the face in the past?" Brady retorted getting angry.
"This was different," Logan growled "I'm not scared of bullets, but getting trapped underground? No, just no"
"Dude, that was a one time thing," Brady tried reasoning.
"How do you know? What if Saren is hiding in one of those things, and uses it to trap us? I can't fucking do this shit," Logan replied hoping off the bench.
"So that's it? You're just going to fucking quit after just one mishap?" Daniels said.
"B, you know I'm no-" he started
"No, you're right. I shouldn't be surprised, after all you were the one who gave up on the Segonia job," Brady stated.
"Yeah I backed out, and look what fucking happened, Calvin died and Jake got life in prison," Logan replied, his face red in anger "You guys should have listened to me,"
"If you were there, we could have succeeded!" Brady screamed at him.
"So you blame me?" Logan matched his friend's shout "I backed out and told all of you to do the same, but NO! YOU HAD TO FUCKING TRY!"
"I had bills to pay! I don't have the luxury of passing up opportunities like that!" Brady continued, now inches away from Logan's face.
"Don't pull that shit on me, I've got a fucking daughter!" Lerman retorted "Which is exactly why I can't do this shit here!" a few moments passed wit the silence only being broken by heavy breathing, then Logan continued in a calm tone "I'm telling Shepard the next time we dock at the Citadel, I'm out,"
"You shouldn't let this one time deter you, Lerman" a female voice spoke up from the elevator and the duo turned to see Shepard leaning against the frame "Trust me when I say what we're doing is for the greater good. I'll need all the help I can get, and what from what I've seen you have potential. You just need to work on a few things,"
"Like?" Logan asked a little harsher than he meant to.
"You have to learn to trust me. Follow my orders at all times because although it may not seem like it sometimes, I know what I'm doing," she started, beginning to walk towards them "You also need to work on your weapon handling. You're doing good already, but with some work you'll be rivaling Williams. That's why I told you to get better weapons,"
Brady clapped his friend on the shoulder "See? We want you to stay," he said before making his way towards the elevator to give them privacy "See you guys at the meeting,"
Shepard and Logan watching him go before the latter spoke "Anything else?"
"Yes. You need to believe in yourself. Like I said you have a lot of potential, but it's held back by your self-doubt. Trust yourself and you'll be amazed at what you accomplish,"
Logan nodded "Sounds like you're speaking from experience." he stated.
Shepard smiled "When you spend the first eighteen years of your life surrounded by negativity, it tends to rubs off on you. The Alliance is good at hammering that out,"
"Too bad I don't have the Alliance," Logan said retorted with a huff.
Shepard put her hand on his shoulder, her N7 tattoo in clear view "Yes, you do," she said with a full grin that Logan couldn't help but return "Now, I'm sure everyone's waiting on us to start the meeting,"
Logan snorted "Fuck 'em,"
"No thank you, this is a military ship, not a brothel," Shepard countered causing Logan to stare at her wide-eyed before breaking down laughing.
The two made their way to the elevator and began its slow ascent "So how much of our shouting match did you hear?" Logan asked, breaking the silence.
"I arrived in time to hear Brady say you guys could have succeeded if you were there," Shepard admitted "Job gone wrong, I presume?"
Logan nodded somberly "Yeah. One of our friends ended up killed and another, uh, captured," he explained.
"Sorry to hear that, I've lost my share of friends too," Shepard said "How long have you and Brady known each other?" she suddenly asked catching him off guard.
"Eight years, roughly, why?" Logan asked.
"That's a long friendship, you shouldn't let it be torn apart by mistakes like that," Shepard said.
Logan chuckled suddenly "We've always been like that, since I can remember at least. We both agree a good yelling session keeps our friendship alive,"
Shepard shook her head "Odd, but if you guys aren't going to kill each other, I guess it's alright," she stated.
"Nah, we love each other too much for that," Logan stated causing Shepard to laugh "We'll keep our shout matches from happening on the Normandy, though,"
Shepard chuckled again at that "I would say I appreciate it but I can't argue with a good stress reliever," she stated as they reached the door to the meeting room, but stopped before entering and turned back to him "Besides, I'm starting to enjoy hearing you shout," she said with a sly grin. Logan stared after her for a minute before following her in.
After the meeting
"So you still gonna quit when we get the Citadel?" Brady asked his long time friend as the filed out of the room. They had just been notified they were returning to the Citadel so Anderson and Udina could talk to Liara, which also granted them two days leave.
"I don't know," Logan answered.
"Quit? Why?" Tali asked from behind, the duo forgetting she was the only one other than Shepard that was left in the meeting room.
"I about got put in an early grave," Logan answered "Because this isn't what I'm used to,"
"This isn't what I'm used to either," Tali countered "When I left the Flotilla, I assumed I would be working minimum wage while trying to complete my pilgrimage,"
"HA!" Brady shouted "See? She's even less experienced than you and she hasn't quit yet,"
"She also didn't nearly get buried alive," Logan retorted "But I see your point. I'll think about it,"
"Alright, but can you at least give this one more shot?" Brady asked.
"Fine. After leave, I'll give it one more opportunity, but if I decide it's not for me then I'm quitting and you leave me the fuck alone about it," Logan offered.
"Agreed," Brady replied and the two shook on it, then he threw his arms around both Logan and Tali "Now let's go get us some grub,"
Shepard appeared next to Logan "Mind if I join you?" she asked.
"Even if we said no, it's your ship," Logan said and she chuckled as Logan slung his arms around Brady and Shepard's shoulders, effectively creating a wall of bodies "But whatever, come on I'm starving and I want to hear more about Tali's pilgrimage,"
"There's not much to tell. I-"
"Ah ah ah, save it for the mess hall," Logan jokingly reprimanded her.
Shepard laughed as they made their way to the mess hall, happy that the man had decided to give the mission another chance and happier still that his mood had been lifted.
At the citadel, 1 day later
Most of the ground team, plus a few of the crew, filed out of the Normandy, excited to have some down time. Garrus saying he was going to see his dad, Ashley was going to visit the memorial set up for the soldiers who lost their lives protecting Eden Prime, Kaidan had stayed aboard since a massive migraine kicked in, Wrex had taken off only telling them some business needed taken care of, and Shepard was going to escort Liara to the human embassy.
"What are you two's plans?" the commander asked Logan and Brady as they stepped out of the elevator into C-Sec academy.
"My girlfriend is on Earth right now, so I was hoping I could just tag along with you," Brady replied and Shepard nodded with a smile.
Logan strolled away to the rapid transit unit "I'm going to visit my daughter, while she still remembers she has a dad, and pay my mom for watching her," he said.
"After we're done at the embassies we were going to go get lunch, you in? My treat and you can bring your daughter," Shepard called.
"Sounds good, shoot me a message when you're ready," he replied as he clambered into a vehicle.
The three waved to him as the vehicle took off before assembling inside the elevator that would take them up to the presidium.
"Don't know what I was thinking," Brady simply said.
"What?" Shepard asked after a few moments of silence.
"Volunteering to go with you guys to visit ole Udina after what happened last time," he replied.
Shepard chuckled "Don't worry, he's not interested in you this time. He only wants to talk to Liara," she said.
Brady noted the look of concern that suddenly appeared on the asari's face "No pressure, right?" he asked sarcastically.
"If he says anything out of line, I'll put him back into it," Shepard reassured Liara.
"He's not that bad," Brady added "I just don't have a good past, so naturally we wouldn't get along,"
Liara just nodded, too nervous to speak. Soon they reached the human embassy door and the three braced themselves before entering.
"Shepard, about time," Udina said upon seeing them "I see you brought Mr. Daniels with you. I still have his file on hand,"
"I'm out," Brady said and turned to leave, his face contorted in anger.
Without breaker her gaze from the ambassador, Shepard reached out with one hand and clutched the collar of Brady's shirt to stop him from leaving.
"We're here so you can ASK Liara here some questions, not interrogate the rest of my team" she said definitively.
Anderson stepped forward before Udina could respond "Of course, Shepard, why don't you three sit down," he offered, ignoring the glare the ambassador was shooting him.
After the group was settled they began the questioning.
Lower wards apartment block
Logan knocked on the door to his mom's apartment. Down the hall a turian stood outside, what Logan presumed to be, his own door staring at the human.
"The fuck you look at?" Logan challenged and the turian turned away. Moments later the door opened to reveal an aging woman with dark brown hair that had gray beginning to sprout.
"Logan!" she cried wrapping her arms around the man's neck.
"High, mom. How are you?" he asked as he handed her a sizable credit chit.
The woman's eyes grew wide as she saw the amount on the side "I'm fine. Dana!" she called in a sing song vocie "Someone's here to see you,"
Seconds later a little girl came around the corner with a krogan doll in her hand, upon seeing her dad she dropped the dall and her face lit up in a grin "Daddy!" she shouted.
Logan dropped to his knees to receive the sprinting hug from his daughter "How have you been sweetie?"
"Good," the girl answered from the crook of his neck. He picked her up and carried her into the living room while his mom prepared drinks.
The next hour was spent catching up with his family and telling his daughter stories of his travels, and if he stretched the truth a bit, his daughter never knew.
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A/N: Sorry for the wait. I've only had a couple days free each week so if this chapter seems rushed let me know how to fix it.