A/N: Just wanted to thank everyone who has been following my story, you guys are the reason I keep writing it. Also wanted to thank Palladius and justsomepeople for starting to follow this story, thank you all very much! I'm upping the rating on this story because of this chapter. There are strong suggestive themes of drugs and sex. Just wanted to warn you all. Please let me know what you think of the story so far. Please Review!

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Before Shepard and Garrus made their way into Omega, Shepard stopped at Miranda's office to check if she had gone over the supply list.

"There are a few things that we can get here on Omega before we leave," Miranda said as she handed the list over to Shepard. "I'll make sure they are on the ship before we leave tomorrow."

Shepard quickly went over the list. "No, no. Garrus and I can make sure it's done," he said as he raised his hand. "We're going out anyways. Gotta find a guy named Zaeed Massani, apparently Cerberus has paid for his services and he'll be working with us."

Garrus' brow plate rose when Shepard said the name. It was one that he had heard a few times while he was on Omega and before when he was a C-Sec officer. I sure hope Shepard knows what he's doing… Zaeed Massani is not a man to be trifled with, but then again he never messed with me or my team…

"Okay Commander, I will stay here and notify you if anything is to accrue," Miranda said, her voice controlled and smooth.

"Thank you Miss. Lawson," Shepard said with a curt nod before he turned and walked out the door with Garrus.

"We are going in search of Zaeed Massani?" Garrus asked as they entered the elevator.

"Yeah, why do you ask?"

Garrus rubbed the back of his neck. "I've heard of him before. When I was a C-Sec officer and when I was on Omega," Garrus said as the elevator door opened and they made their way off the Normandy. "He's not a man to trifle. I've heard something's about him that are…. rather disconcerting."

Shepard chuckled. Of course Cerberus would hire someone of questionable purposes to help me. "To be honest Garrus, it doesn't surprise me in the least," Shepard said as they stepped foot onto Omega. "Besides, we might need someone of questionable reasons, so long as he follows orders."

Garrus nodded. He understood where his old friend was coming from, even if he didn't like it. But then again he was a different man than he used to be two years ago. He's done things now than he wouldn't have done back then, something's he's not too proud of.

It didn't take much longer for them to find Zaeed. He was a gruff man was found kicking a Batarian senseless.

After a short discussion about whether or not it was worth beating the man senseless. He soon agreed to meet them back on the Normandy after he took care of his bounty, but not before shooting the Batarian in the leg for trying to run.

Shepard watched as Zaeed and his prisoner walked away. He shook his head as he caught Garrus' eye. I have a feeling that he is going to be trouble.

Garrus placed his taloned hand on his friend's shoulder, reassuring him as if he could read his mind. "Don't worry about him. I'll keep my scope fixed if you want me too," he said with a slight chuckle.

Shepard laughed. "I hope that will not be necessary, but thanks buddy," Shepard said,

The men walked through Omega, commenting on the absolute depravity that was everywhere. Shepard wondered for a moment if his sister ever came here. People being preyed upon, the weak and poor dying in the streets, this is exactly the type of place she would come to help.

They made their way through the different shops, ordering the needed supplies for the Normandy. Garrus stopped at Harrot's Emporium and started flipping through the kiosk. He found a few decent weapon and armor upgrades that would be useful to Shepard and the crew.

After purchasing the needed equipment and ensuring that it would be on the ship before take-off tomorrow. The two men continued their walk through the Omega market place.

"So I have to ask, where did you come up with the name Archangel?" Shepard asked in a whisper. He didn't want anyone hearing since everyone on Omega thought he was dead. Both the men wanted to keep it that way.

Garrus chuckled. "That is a name the locals gave me," he said as they made their way out of the market. "I had helped an elderly human couple from being beaten and robbed. They told me I was a real-life angel, an archangel. So the name stuck," he said as he rubbed the back of his neck.

Shepard chuckled as he clapped his friend's shoulder. "Great story my friend. Sounds just like you," he said to his friend.

A moment of silence passed between them before Shepard spoke. "I need to stop in at Afterlife. Wanna join me?"

Garrus nodded. All the time he had been on Omega he had never really been inside Afterlife. The night club as notorious for its seedy dealings, but Aria always seemed to keep it under control. As much as Garrus hated to admit it he never had a problem with Aria. She may be a criminal, but she kept her people under control. Aria knows how to run a business, and that's exactly how she runs Omega.

The two men made their way through the night club, the Asari dancers' moved and bended in ways that most people would think impossible. The men in the club gauged at the dancers and Shepard couldn't help his own carnal feelings. Gotta keep focused. Don't need this type of distraction. Just keep moving.

The bumping music and smoke cover room made it hard for Garrus to focus. He never much cared for night clubs, finding nothing but weak spots everywhere he looked. The beats in the music shock his body as the smoke made his eyes water. The smells alone made it difficult to pinpoint if anyone was going to come up behind him and kill him. It was moments like this he wished he eyes in the back of his head.

Shepard's eyes darted away from the dancers, and Garrus couldn't help but laugh at his friend. "Yeah, yeah laugh it up Vakarian," Shepard said as he made a face and darted up the stairs to where Aria was seated.

Aria eyed the two men as they made their way up the stairs to her loft that over looked the night club. Shepard took a seat on the couch across from the Asari woman. The two made eye contact for a moment before the woman decided to talk. "What can I do for you Shepard?" she asked as she crossed her legs.

Shepard took a moment before answering her question. "I found some information when I was looking for Archangel," Shepard said as he handed the woman a datapad.

Aria looked over the datapad with a grimace on her face. The information was gathered while Shepard was scouting out Blue Suns, Blood Pack and Eclipse gangs. It said that they were going to take Aria out after they had finished taking care of Archangel. "Does someone want to explain to me how this went unnoticed?" she said as she threw the pad at her one of her henchmen.

"I-I'll look into it," the Batarian stammered.

"Yeah, you do that," Aria said as she rolled her eyes.

They watched as the Batarian left the loft to discuss the information found with his fellow henchmen. "Thanks for that Shepard, I'm going to send you information on a cache," she said as he brought her eyes back to him.

"Thanks for that. I could use all the help I can get," Shepard said as he rose from his seat. The two of them nodded at each other before he walked down the stairs to meet up with Garrus.

The two man walked side-by-side as they made their way toward the exit of the club. "Hold on Shepard," Garrus said as he placed his hand on Shepard's upper arm. "Nothing in Omega happens here without Aria knowing about it. Maybe, just maybe, if your sister was here she would know about it."

Shepard eyed his taller friend. "I think you might be on to something," he said as he turned back.

The pair nearly jogged up the short stairs with excitement. "Back again so soon," the Asari woman purred with a wicked smile.

Shepard nodded as his own smile spread across his lips. "I'm looking for someone, and I know that nothing happens in Omega without you knowing about it," he said as both himself and Garrus took a seat on the couch.

Aria smiled like a cougar about to eat its prey as she eyed the men up and down. "You could say that, but that type of information will cost you," her eyes undressing Shepard.

Shepard could feel the heat of a blush rise in his cheeks as he realized her intentions. "Um, I'm looking for my sister," he said as the red started to dissipate. "Her name is Primrose. She may go by the name Rose or even Birdy."

When Shepard said the name Birdy Aria's eyes grew wide. "I should have known that the great Commander Shepard's sister was Birdy," she chuckled. "Come with me," she said as she rose from the couch.

The two men eyed each other before they rose from their seats to follow the Asari woman, hope rising in Shepard's heart at the thought of finding his sister.

The men followed Aria to a hidden elevator across from the loft she usually sat at. She waved her henchmen off, making sure that they didn't follow her. Within minutes they found themselves in a circular room, halve of which was covered in windows, while the other halve was covered in a deep red velvet wall covering. A large dark colored desk was near the windows that over looked the night club. Chains with handcuffs, whips and cranes lined the walls, none of which were used for punishment.

Shepard could tell that this was her private pleasure palace as well as business office. Naked and half naked Asari lay outstretched across lounge chairs and fur floor coverings. None of them was paying any attention to Aria or the men that entered the room, all of them too high to even know what day it was.

Garrus shuffled his feet uncomfortably as he noticed many of the girls pleasuring themselves and each without a care in the world. It was hard for him to not notice, but he kept his head down trying not to stare. He was a gentleman, or at least he tried to be.

Aria smacked two of the girls on their asses as they made their way into the room. "Get out. All of you," she said. None of the girls moved, or even paid attention to what the woman was saying. Aria grabbed a bag filled with what looked like Red Sand from the desk drawer and threw it into the elevator. The woman all stopped what they were doing and gasped when they saw they bag flying through the air and into the elevator. They scrambled to get to their feet, many of them still naked clambering to get there first.

Aria pushed the elevator button when the last girl made it in, sending the woman downstairs. Garrus wiped his brow plate and raised his head when he heard the familiar ping of the elevator descending.

"I think we made your friend uncomfortable," Aria said with a laugh as she took a seat behind the large desk, motioning for them to take the two chairs on the other side.

Shepard patted Garrus on the arm, moving them both forward to the black covered seats.

"So, you said that Birdy is your sister?" Aria asked as she fiddled with a datapad that lay on the desk.

Shepard nodded. "Yes, she is my twin. How do you know her?" he asked curiosity driving him forward. He was doing everything he could to keep his cool, but if the Asari woman kept playing games he didn't know what he would do. Grabbing her by the neck and twisting was sounding better and better to him. No, stay calm. Can't do that if she knows something about my sister. Keep calm, just keep calm.

The Asari woman eyed the men from across the desk before she answered his question. "She comes and goes from Omega. She is an…. interesting woman to say the least," Aria said with a wicked smile.

Garrus could feel the frustration flowing off his friend. He watched as friends face turned from calm and controlled to anger and distain. "I want to know what you know about my sister. She is missing and I need to find her," Shepard said through gritted teeth.

The Asari laughed. "It isn't want you think. She is only missing to you, but then again you've been dead for two years, so maybe you're the one that is lost to her," she said setting down the datapad and folding her fingers across her chest.

Shepard stood up so quickly that he almost sent his chair flying backwards. "Tell me what you know, now," he said very slowly, emphasizing each syllable. Garrus stood up and placed his hand on his friend's shoulder. Shepard turned his head to look at his friend but not before looking into the Asari's eyes, making sure she understood that he was serious. The woman's eye never shifted, never even looked away from Shepard's. She's not afraid, doesn't even flinched. No wonder she is Omega. Gotta have respect for a woman like that.

Shepard sat back down. His shoulders slumped in defeat as he rubbed his forehead. "I just want to make sure she's okay. I just want to tell her that I'm alive," he said in confession.

Aria nodded, she understood where Shepard was coming from, if only a little. "Okay, I'll tell you everything I know," she said as she leaned back. "I meet Birdy about four years ago. She came here, to Omega, to 'clean house' if you will. At first I paid her little attention. She just seemed to be a young girl that wanted to clean the streets. I figured that one of the lesser gangs or one of the people she was going after would wise up and take her out, but it never happened. She turned out to be better than I or anyone else expected."

Aria rose from the desk and stood by the window gazing out into the night club scene. "She kept coming back, stealing money from the rich and giving it to the poor, never once taking anything for herself, but she never left her victims without anything. She told me once that she would spend time analyzing their accounts before taking the money, never leaving them without, just enough to survive. I asked her why she even bothered, she told me 'why would I leave with nothing, when that is what I am trying to eliminate. They would still be a part of the problem, not the solution.'"

Aria turned to the men that sat across from her at her desk. "About a year ago she came back, right around the time of your Archangel," she said as she pointed to Garrus. Garrus' eyes grew wide. "Oh don't be so shocked. Of course I know who you were," she said as she chuckled. "You should be thanking Birdy by the way. She's the reason you got half of you information, and kept your life."

Garrus rubbed his brow plate. "Are you saying that Shepard's sister feed me information?"

Aria nodded. "Yes, she even was the one that convinced me not to kill you myself," she said as she took her seat. "She convinced me that by letting you take out the gangs I could come up behind them and own them outright. They wouldn't struggle as much because they wouldn't be able to without the manpower and I wouldn't lose anyone in the process. It would be a win-win for everyone," she said with a wicked smile.

Shepard laughed. It all made sense to him. "Looks like Birdy already knows who you are Garrus. Which makes sense, I did tell her about you before…. well, before I died," Shepard said as he patted his friend on the shoulder.

Garrus eyed his friend. He didn't know what to think. It's odd to think that someone was helping me when I didn't even know it. Someone was… looking out for me…. What do humans call them…. a Guardian Angel. "It makes sense. There were times that I found information a little too easily. Things that we should not have found we found with ease," Garrus dropped his head into his hands. "How did I not know? I should have known this Shepard, I'm sorry."

Shepard patted his friend on the shoulder. "Not with my sister. She's great at hiding what she does. Covering her tracks has always been her specialty and it doesn't surprise me that she would go out of her way to help you," Shepard said making eye contact with Garrus. "You were doing something that she doesn't do, or can't do even though she always wanted too."

Aria laughed. "That is true, Birdy is not the most….how would you say it….conventional woman," she said with a laugh. "She was always very…..awkward. But I do applaud her for her beliefs."

"Why is it that you listened to her?" Shepard asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.

Aria rubbed her hands together before she answered. "There are very few people in this world that are not afraid of me, he being one of them," she said as her eyes drifted to another time. "Besides, the woman has heart something you don't see very often anymore. Especially around here."

Shepard nodded as he rubbed his eyes. "Do you know where she is now?" he asked needing, wanting to know where his sister was.

Aria shook her head. "All I know is that she want on what she called a 'Suicide Run'," she said with what looked like regret in her eyes. "I can tell you that she's on some sort of list now. She never told me anything other than that. Said that it was a 'clan' thing," Aria said as she shrugged her shoulders.

Shepard nodded, he knew exactly what she was talking about and he knew that it wasn't a good thing. "She has her fights here on Omega doesn't she?" he asked.

Aria nodded with a questionable look in her eyes. "Yes, she does. They usually contact me and then I contact her," she said as she punched in a set of numbers on to a computer.

Shepard's eyes grew wide. "Great! Can you contact her, tell her that she has a challenger?" he asked edging closer in his seat.

"Already done," Aria said with a wide smile.

"Thank you," Shepard said as he rose from his seat. Garrus was still in shock by the news he had heard that he barely noticed his friend's hand on his shoulder. "I guess I owe you big Aria."

Aria raised her hand. "Not anytime soon Shepard," she said as she too rose from her desk and a wicked smile crossed her lips. "And it won't be as painful as you think."

Shepard shook his as his own smile crossed his lips. I'm almost afraid to know what she has planned, but in this case it doesn't matter, she helped me find my sister and that's all that matters.

The three of them walked to the elevator. "Shepard, I hope she doesn't try to kill you," Aria said as she punched in the code. "It would be a shame if she succeeded."

Shepard nodded. "Yeah, I hope she doesn't try either," Shepard said with a chuckle as the elevator door closed.

"Shepard, I had no idea it was your sister that was helping me," Garrus said with a sigh. "Hell, I didn't even know I was getting help. I guess I just didn't want to question it."

Shepard chuckled as the elevator door opened. "Look, like I said it doesn't surprise me that she helped you, or that you didn't know," he said as they made their way through the noisy night club. "You would only know if she wanted you to know. She likes to stay a ghost. Honestly, I didn't even think that Aria would know about her. I thought it was just going to be a shot in the dark when we went."

Garrus nodded as he opened the door to exit the night club. "What did you mean by 'I was doing something that she doesn't do, or couldn't do even if she tried'?" Garrus asked as they walked out into the night stale night air. Garrus was tired of Omega, the way it smell, the noises, especially the people. In so many ways he was glad that Shepard was back, he didn't even know where to start.

Shepard laughed as he thought about the best way to decide his sister. "Let's just say she is a confusing and frustrating woman. Probably one of the strangest people you'll meet," he said as he shook his head. "She believes in sticking up for the little guy, taking justice into her own hands. She doesn't believe in politics or the law, because in her experience they don't work." Shepard thought back to their childhood and how difficult it was for both of them. No matter how bad it was for us, she just believed…. Until there was nothing left in her….

Garrus watched as his friends usual bright blue eyes turned dark with thoughts he wasn't talking about. "Things weren't easy for us growing up, but she always believed and people took advantage of her. She's got a good heart, and people like her usually don't survive, but she found that if she stayed away, kept to herself and never let anyone in she would…..be safe," Shepard said as he shook the thoughts out of his head. "I always tried to protect her, but I lost my way, while she never really did. She always stayed true to who she is. I just hope she's still the same person she used to be." Shepard left those thoughts behind as they neared the Normandy.

Shepard laughed at the thought of the two of them fighting over his decisions. "When I first joined the Alliance she was so mad, but she came around and convinced me that if I was going to make my life in the military than I should make it for the best," he said as he shook his head with a smile across his lips. "She's the reason why I do the things I do these days. Otherwise, you'd probably have a 'who gives a fuck, I'm gonna kick your ass till you do what I say' type of Shepard."

Garrus laughed. The thought of Shepard being like that didn't really surprise him. Shepard's a fun loving, comic, with a good heart, but when it came down to it he a mouth on him that got him in more trouble than he probably liked. Garrus remember the arguments that Shepard and Wrex would get into. There were times he thought he was going to have to split them up into different corners before they ripped a hole in the cargo bay.

"I can actually believe that," Garrus said laughing at the neared the Normandy. "I remember those fights with Wrex. You're a big guy for a human, but Krogans are still bigger."

"Yeah, yeah laugh it Vakarian," Shepard said as he rolled his eyes. "Those fights with Wrex were nothing compared to what I used to do when I was a kid. I was a big hot-head back in the day. I've mellowed out with old age I guess."

Garrus eyed his friend. "For some reason I really would like to meet the 16 year old you, just to compare the two," Garrus said as his mandibles wide in a grin as they stepped foot onto the Normandy.

Shepard laughed when he realized that Garrus' wish might actually come true, so to speak. "Well, when you meet my sister you'll see more of my younger self. Not the angry, I'm gonna beat you up, but the version of me that picks on my sister all the time," he said as he remember all the mean things he used to do to her.

The Normandy was quite, it must be later than I thought. The two chit-chatted for a moment longer before they went their separate ways, both tired from their long day.

Shepard went to his cabin and pulled off his armor. He made a note to EDI for the Normandy to come back to Omega within a week's time and made sure she was aware of the deliveries that were to arrive in the morning.

"Or course Commander," EDI's smooth voice said. "I will make sure your XO knows as well."

"Thank you EDI," Shepard said half paying attention to the AI. He was far more focused on what assignment they were to head off and do next. He soon decided that it would be best to head to Tuchanka to get the Krogan Warlord. It's going to be fun having a Krogan onboard again. Maybe we can clear an area down by the shuttle for some matches. Always love showing those Krogan how hard I can hit.

Shepard smiled as he crawled into his bed. Things seem to be looking up. I found Garrus and my sister. If they're gonna be on my crew than I know I can trust them at my 6.

Garrus walked through the deserted mess hall. Everyone must be asleep. Good make it easier to walk through the ship without people staring. The people on the new Normandy were polite, but they were still Cerberus, human only interested. Not saying that he was ever interested in humans, at least until he met Shepard who changed his mind about them. Shepard showed him that humans weren't as aggressive and weak as many people think. Shepard showed everyone on the Council that human's had heart and strength. He sacrificed thousands of human lives to save them, and they still forgot everything he had done.

Garrus huffed as he opened the door to the main battery and started to remove his damaged armor. Looking over his chest piece he wondered if he should maybe look into getting a new one, but he soon thought against it. This is going to be my reminder of what I have survived and what I must still finish. My team will have their justice!

Pulling on his super soft shirt and pants and crawled underneath his blankets on his cot. He head swam with so many thoughts: Shepard being alive, his team being destroyed, back on the Normandy, working with Cerberus, and then Shepard's sister Birdy. How can she know who I am? I know that Shepard said he had mentioned me once or twice, but that doesn't mean she would know who I am on Omega. I just don't understand.

Garrus tossed and turned, he couldn't get the thoughts in his mind to stop. His mind wander back to a woman he had never met, but knew him. Someone who had helped him when he didn't know he was getting help, and just happened to be his best friend's sister. The way that Aria and Shepard talked about her she seems like a hell of a woman, almost too good to be true.

As his eyes started to shut, Garrus' last thoughts were about a woman he would met in a week. A woman that went out of her way to help him without him even noticing she was. What makes me so special that she wanted to help me? How did she even know who I was? Those thoughts ran through his mind as his eyes closed his first full night's sleep in ages.