"This ship seems small compared to our ships back on my planet." Wrex wondered into the Normandy.
Joker who was spinning around in his cockpit chair, stopped. "Well hello there big fella, whatcha doing here?"
Wrex rolled his eyes, "Puny human. If your Commander didn't put some trust in me, you would be bug splatter on the window."
"No hard feels, uhh.. what's your name?"
"Wrex of clan Urdnot." Wrex walked away to wonder the Normandy in search of a place to lay his things.
"I hope that guy is suppose to be on this ship…" Joker trailed off and spun in his chair again.
Meanwhile, Shepard, Tali and Garrus were wondering the Citadel in search of new weapons and armor for their next mission. Since being promoted to a Spectre, she had access to all kinds of interesting things.
Store after store she left the clerks busy packing items to be sent to the Normandy.
"Oh man, I wonder what I could find next. All the new armor and guns for you guys. But I can't wait to build these model ships." Shepard was having a blast. Who knew that people on the Citadel sold model ships at the same shops where they sell guns.
Garrus laughed. "Yeah the stores here are interesting. I heard sometimes at this one store they sell these earth rodents as pets."
Tali looked at him, "Earth rodents? As pets? That sounds gross."
Jane stopped in her tracks and turned toward Garrus. "Oh my gosh! What do they look like?"
"Uh, they are about this big, sometimes an orange brown color with white bellies. Pudgy. And uh, they have little ears and tiny little feet." Garrus wasn't too sure how to describe these little rodents.
Shepard gasped, "They have hamsters here!? I didn't see them in any of the stores we went but I'll be back. I'm going to get one. Oh my gosh, he will be the cutest little fuzz ball ever!"
Garrus and Tali busted out laughing.
"Haha, so this is the universe's first human Spectre? I didn't think you had that kind of side Commander." Tali giggled.
Jane blushed from embarrassment, "Alright guys you can stop laughing. I like cute things and stuff like model ships granted both things are on opposite sides of the scale. There has to be something that you guys like?"
They thought for minute.
Tali spoke up, "Well there was this one time I made a little flying robot that said "Hello Tali'Zorah!" as it flew around. I thought it was a little cute. Eventually I made it say a few other things and in different languages."
Shepard smiled, "See! I'm not the only one. What about you Garrus?"
He was still thinking, "Uhm, when I was younger I had a ball that I liked to play with. I was blue like my clan markings. My mother had given it to me as a present. Not sure what happened to it. I had left for training when I was 16, haven't been back to my home in a while. Maybe my family still has it."
Jane grew a little sad but, she had smiled again. Maybe if she found him his ball, he might like it and be a little happy.
Jane, Garrus and Tali walked to the docking bay of the Normandy, Anderson and Udina were there, waiting for Shepard at the last step. Garrus and Tali went ahead and headed into the Normandy. There was some news that they needed to tell her. Anderson had stepped down as the commanding officer for the Normandy. The ship was all hers to command.
Shepard seemed a bit upset. She liked Anderson, he was almost like a father figure. Her father died when she was really young and Anderson was there to help her and her mother when they needed it. He always brought her little toys and nick-nacks from his missions, Jane still had a few she kept in her luggage. In fact, if it wasn't for Anderson, she wouldn't be there at that moment, being the first human Spectre. He was the one that encouraged her to join the military.
Garrus and Tali were waiting for her on the other side of the air lock door.
"Alright guys, let's head in. We have a big mission ahead of us and to pick up this Doctor." Shepard turned and started walking into the Normandy. Jane stopped and looked back toward Anderson. Udina had already walked off. Anderson smiled and saluted her, tears started to fill her eyes. She dropped the few model ships she was carrying and ran back to give Anderson a big hug.
"I'm sorry, this is very unprofessional but thank you for everything! I will be back I promise. I'll make you proud." She hugged him tight then stepped back and saluted him.
Anderson laughed, "I know you will." He patted her on the head and smiled. "Now go get that scum!"
"Aye aye!" Jane smiled back and ran off back in the Normandy, grabbed her things, the door shut and they were off.
All the crew members were wondering on the Normandy, once settled, the ship slowly took off from the dock and off to the mass relay.
Shepard was nestled in her new quarters. They were a bit bigger than what she was use to. Jane emptied her duffel bag. Hung up her armor, as well as her civilian clothes in the closet. She had placed one of the nick-nacks from Anderson on the desk that was there. It was a small tan Brontosaurus, one of her favorites. Jane waltz all around the room placing objects here and there. The last thing to be placed was a picture of her and her mother and father when she was four years of age. It added a nice homey touch to the place.
Growl~~
She forgot to eat…
"To the mess hall!" She said with her finger in the air. Shepard ran off through the door and around the corner.
THUD!
"Ow, my face..." She looked up to see Garrus with an arm extended, "Oh my gosh I'm so sorry Garrus! I wasn't looking where I was going."
"It's alright. Where's the fire?" Garrus said as he helped Shepard up.
Growl~~
"I am just really hungry. I was so busy I had forgotten to eat." Jane was embarrassed, her stomach sounded like a bear because of how hungry she was.
"Ah, well I'm here for the same reason. Care to join?"
Jane nodded her head, "Sure! I hope the ship can accommodate both yours and Tali's diet. If we need to I can pick up something or have our cook do it."
"It's fine. I brought some easy cook meals for myself. Might want to check with Tali though." He popped some green looking goop in the oven.
"Alrighty, just let me know if you need anything." She said with a smile. Jane started foraging through the cabinets and refrigerator. Then she spotted something familiar in the refrigerator.
"He did not." Shepard said with a smile.
She pulled out a container that had a note on it. "Hope this will help you on your mission Spectre Jane. -Captain David Anderson". It was filled with different kinds of sushi, one of her favorite foods. There was also a brand new pair of chopsticks in the container as well.
The chopsticks were made out of wood that had a polished finish to it. Near the top they had painted cherry blossoms with petals that fell to about mid way of the sticks. They were beautiful.
She smiled as she walked toward the table with a bottle of soy sauce in one hand.
Garrus pulled out the now heated green goop from the oven and walked to the table to place the hot dish. He jogged to the kitchen drawers to grab a fork. He then jogged back to the table and had a seat.
Shepard watched as he grabbed a fork from the drawer, "A fork?" She gave Garrus a confused look.
"Yeah?" Garrus looked at her with his head tilted.
"I thought you would've grabbed a spoon. It's all goo...py..." Jane trailed off as Garrus then added a powder and mixed it in. It started forming little balls of green.
"It looks like goop at first but, then you add this tasty seasoning and it turns into what it's suppose to be. Meatballs!" He poked a "meatball" with his fork and bit down on it.
"Meatballs? Uhm, okay? I'll have to show you what a human meatball looks like." She pictured spaghetti and meatballs, those definitely weren't meatballs.
She poured her soy sauce in a small dish and ready her chopsticks to grab a piece of sushi.
"You eat with sticks?" Garrus now gave her a funny look.
"Yep. It's a style that some cultures eat their food with. I could use a fork but this is the traditional way to eat sushi." Jane picked up a piece of sushi that had a slab of salmon on it. "See?"
"Interesting. What's that pink stuff?" Garrus pointed to her food.
"That is salmon. It's a fish that lives in the waters of Earth. He is very tasty. I'd give you a piece but I don't know if you can eat it."
Garrus shrugged, "Yeah I don't know about that one. Maybe one day I'll look it up."
"Oh! They might make a sushi that you are able to eat. I'll keep an eye out and get you some. You have to try this stuff. It's the best ever!" Shepard got excited at the thought. Why didn't she think of it before. Of coarse, there has to be a sushi variation that Garrus and Tali could eat.
Jane and Garrus sat at the table and talked while they ate their food. He went on about his work at C-Sec and how Saren must be brought down.
Jane thought he was a bit up-tight. Yeah he had a few laughs here and there but, most of the time, he was as stiff as a board. Maybe, she thought, after a while of them talking and joking, he might get the message.
Garrus finished first. He disposed of his dishes and then headed off to work on the Mako, a space land rover that Shepard loved to drive because of how fast it went.
Jane ate a few more pieces of sushi. She put the lid back on it then placed it back in the refrigerator and headed off to talk to all of the crew.
Some people were concerned about the "non-humans" as they called them, being on the ship. Shepard was a bit frustrated about their opinions. Why is everyone so against having other aliens aboard the same ship, her ship. She told off a few and said not be so rash. Jane even stuck her tongue out at Kaidan who was also in the same boat as some of the other crew members. She made her way to talk to Tali and Wrex
Tali was loving the engine room, it was new to her. The other engineers liked her and her work. She had already upgraded some of the tech they had been using in only an hour. The Normandy seemed to be flying even better than before.
Wrex was cleaning his guns. He talked about the genophage and how his population is slowly dying off. Jane could tell in his voice that it upset him quite a bit. Not being able to give birth to children, it was sad. Shepard patted him on the shoulder and told him if she could help anywhere, she would.
Shepard wondered around the Normandy. She headed off to her quarters to await the long flight through space to Artemis Tau to find Dr. Liara T'soni.