A/N- Woot. I now have a Bata! Thank you CottoncandyGk for Bataing for me :)
Horizon
"Hey, Garrus!" Shepard said, as she walked in the Main Battery. Garrus finished typing and then tuned towards her. He was shocked at what she was dressed in; it was a black long sleeved short dress with a rather low neckline. His eyes widened as he looked at her body, the tight dress hugging every curve she had. His eyes skimmed down towards her fleshy legs. She had so much squishy soft skin; he could not help but wonder what it felt like when it was bare.
"Playing dress up in Miranda's outfits I see." He said, snickering. Shepard tapped her foot on the floor, her black high heels making soft clinks on the polished metal of the floor.
"No. This is mine." She hissed. Garrus looked at her again. He had never noticed how smooth her brown skin looked. "I don't live in my armor, I wanted to be a woman for a day...It does not help me feel feminine when I'm running around all the time in bulky armor and Miranda dressed in a sexy cat suit. So I thought I would look nice for a change." She said, explaining her fashion choice of the day. Garrus was listening but he found himself staring at the bumps that sat on her chest. Turian woman did not have those, and he had never seen so much of Shepard's. Both of the mounds pushed together causing a crease in the center of her chest. She did not seem to notice, or maybe she did and decided not to say anything to him. He looked away from her breast and finally up to her face.
"Well I'm sure your choice of clothing today caused some distractions." Garrus looked back down on his terminal, seemingly checking his calibrations.
"Not really, Kelly said she liked it." Shepard exclaimed, feeling rather good about her accomplishment that she had gotten her new outfit on sale for only fifty five credits.
"I bet some of the men on this ship are talking about how sexy you look." Garrus said, as he tapped on his terminal, glancing at her out of the corner of his eye. His mandibles tightening when he realized what he had just confessed.
"Do you think it's sexy? I mean I don't think Turian woman wear short dresses, do they?" Shepard asked. Garrus froze and wondered what he was going to say, it was a confusing mix of a 'yes' and 'no'. He could see more of her body now and he was interested in it, he wanted to explore it but also it was so alien and bazaar. Her meaty skin was something brand new to him.
"Shepard I-" He started to say but then Joker's voice cut through the intercom.
"Commander! Urgent message from the Illusive Man. Patching him through to the debriefing room." Shepard and Garrus look at each other; they both knew this was going to be an important part of the mission...
"This is my first mission with you people and you bring me here?" Jack yelled, as they looked towards the Collector ship that hung in distance. Shepard gulped as she looked at the ship, she could feel her hands shaking.
Hold it together, Quinn...she thought to herself but was so full of fear she thought she was going to vomit all over her suit.
"Jack you're a badass, you can handle it." She replied to the biotic, as she started to walk forward. There was no one but the three of them. Just Jack, Garrus, and herself. It was eerie, she wondered if they had gotten taken or if they had fled, she hoped it was the latter. Up ahead she saw something, Collectors. Tall, thin, insect looking creatures. They had no faces and there was nothing to distinguish one from another. They only had four round yellow eyes. "Let's kill them before they even knew what fucking hit 'um." Shepard said, dunking under cover. The Collectors were strong with high shields and advanced weapons, but she knew her and her team were better. They dropped the first wave of Collectors with no issue, but she knew the first of it had just begun.
"Come on we gotta' keep moving." She said, but got distracted by Garrus calling out to her so suddenly.
"Commander! You have to see this." Garrus was standing over by a lump covered in a red haze that Shepard could not make out what it was until she was a little closer.
"Holy shit." Jack exclaimed, disgusted. "It's a colonist." Shepard covered her mouth out of shock, in front of them was a woman lying on the ground, frozen. Her eyes were moving, and she was alive and conscious.
"Well we know now how they take their humans..." She said, waving her Omni-Tool in front of the victim and downloading some data to upload to the Normandy. "Nothing we can do for her." Shepard said sadly, continuing past the woman, Jack and Garrus following after.
There were more Collectors up a head as they continue to fight. Dropping them one after the other but they kept coming. Shepard was just about to take one out when there was a voice that came out of nowhere, none of them were sure of which direction it came from but the message was clear.
"Assuming direct control."
One of the Collectors stopped and then glowed with a yellow light from under its skin. It was stronger than anything she had ever faced. It started its assault on her and her team. Shepard ducked for cover but was thrown back by the creature's biotic attack. She hit the ground with a loud thud, but she quickly got up and switched her weapon.
"What the fuck is that thing!" Jack yelled, trying to get closer. The monster tried to advance but was taken out by a well-placed headshot by Garrus.
"You have only delayed the inevitable."
"Fuck that thing." Jack said, as they walk past its body, hacking and spitting on it on her way.
There was a door blocking them, Quinn hacked it opened easily. It was a dim room, but there was a huge locked door on the other side. Before she took another step she knew there was someone hiding there. She pulled out her pistol just in case.
"We're not alone." She grunted, just then a man looked from behind a few boxes.
"You're human.." He said, sounding surprised. "They came and took everyone...It was horrible." He put his hands on his head and paced. "What the hell are those things!"
"They were Collectors." Shepard answered, not beating around the bush as she switched and checked over her weapons.
"Collectors? I thought that they were made up...shit everything was fine until they placed that Alenko here and those defense towers...that's what started this mess." He rambled, Garrus stiffening up as soon as the man mentioned Alenko's name.
"Listen I would love to stay here and chat but I need you to open that door so I can take care of this shit." Shepard said, stepping towards him aggressively. Garrus was relieved that Quinn did not ask about Alenko, it seemed she did not care at all that he was on Horizon.
"Alright I'll open the door. But I'm locking it as soon as you leave." The man said, looking down to his Omni-Tool and activating some keys. The door opened with a hiss and closed behind them as they stepped past it and walk towards the center of the colony.
"EDI, I'm going to check out these deference towers. I need you to scan them and see if they could be useful against that Collector ship." Shepard said, putting her hand up to her ear piece and communicating with the Normandy's AI.
"Yes, Commander but it will take time." EDI responded, curtly.
"We'll defend the tower, but make it quick." Quinn ordered, but just as soon she finished talking to EDI, a wave of Husks headed towards them.
"Defend the tower at all costs!" Shepard yelled to her team, as she blasted Husk after Husk with her shotgun. Collectors swarmed in quickly, but they kept pace. Jack used her powerful biotics to knock them off their feet and Garrus taking them out with a well-placed concussive shot or headshot after.
"It is almost complete, Commander. But I would recommend that you keep your weapons out, there are more incoming." EDI advised.
"Fuck!" Shepard yelled loudly, out of pure frustration. She looked ahead and saw something like it was cut from a nightmare. It hung in the sky as if it was looking at them, glowing blue and what seemed to be Husks skulls on the side of it. Its spiny legs twitching as it suddenly came towards her, excreting a particle beam directly at her. As soon as it touched her, it depleted her shields. It clipped through the soft part in between her armor plates on her shoulder. She sprinted behind of the metal martial crates that were spared from the fight. She tried to catch her breath and peak out to shoot but before she could it was there again, and she is forced to hide once more.
"Jack, take its shields down, me and Garrus will hit it with everything we have." She said, quickly through her head set. She manageed to slap a bit of Medi-gel on her wound as she pulled out her assault rifle.
"Got it." Jack answered back.
"The tower is on line Commander." EDI's voice came through with good news, adding much to her relief. They focused everything in that moment, taking the beast down finally. The Defense towers powered up quickly blazing through the Collector ship's shields as it powered up and then pulled out with a majority of the colonist on board.
"Fuck!" She screamed, as she punched one of the crates that was nearest to her. Pounding on it over and over again putting dents in it. She was so mad; she had let them get away. Garrus watched her as she swears and beats the crate. He placed his talon on her shoulder, as she lets out a defeated sigh...
She failed, again...
The man that they had met earlier in the locked room came out running from where he was hiding, looking up to the ship and lets out a sort of whimper.
"But they took Egan and Sam and… and Lilith. Do something!" He yelled still looking up. "What the fuck you want me to do! Huh?" Shepard snapped, taking a step towards the man with her fist clinched. "We fought for the people you cared about while you hid, and you have the nerve to blame us?" She had reached her breaking point.
"Yeah you pussy." Jack agreed whole heartedly.
"Shepard." Garrus said, pulling her back before she would hurt the man.
"Shepard? I have heard that name before; you're some kind of Alliance hero." The man said, looking at her face. Shepard was about to let him have it. "Some kind of Alliance hero?", she thought bitterly. She saved the fucking galaxy. Before she could part her lips, she heard a voice she was not expecting.
"Commander Shepard. Captain of the Normandy. The first human spectre. Savior of the Citadel," Said a man as he walks from behind one of the buildings. Alenko. Garrus narrowed his eyes at Kaidan, his grip still tight on Shepard's. "You're in the presence of a legend, Delan. And a ghost." He walked over to her, Garrus finally letting her go.
"I thought you were dead Shepard, we all did." He said, now face to face with her.
Shepard tightened her lips and remembered everything that Garrus had told her. This man who she had slept with once said that he was in love with her, said such hurtful things to Garrus.
"I got better." She simply replied. A smile came to Garrus's face as he tried not to let out a laugh at his expense. He knew she was thinking about everything he had told her. In a way he felt a little bad for Kaidan but not so much. Kaidan's expression changed and Garrus knew for a fact that he was not happy with Shepard.
"That's all you have to say to me? You show up here after two years and just act like nothing happened? I thought we had something Shepard. Something real. I … I loved you." He said. Shepard arched her eyebrow at his last three words; she did not say anything and waited for him to finish his dramatic rant. "Thinking you were dead tore me apart. How could you put me through that for two years? Why didn't you try to contact me? Why didn't you let me know you were alive?" He said, his voice escalating slightly, sounding hurt and broken. Garrus looked at the annoyed expression on the Commanders face, he was itching to say something to Kaidan but he knew it was not his place.
"First off, Kaidan I just woke up not even a month ago and Cerberus re built me and second off we only-" She started to say. but was cut off by Kaidan.
"You're with Cerberus now? Garrus, too?" He said glancing at Garrus and then back to Quinn. "The reports were right..."
"Reports? Really?" She questioned, folding her arms across her chest.
"Alliance Intel thought Cerberus might be behind the missing human colonies. They got a tip this colony might be the next one to get hit. Anderson stonewalled me, but there were rumors that you weren't dead. That you were working for the enemy."
"And you believed that shit?" Garrus growled from behind her talking a step forward. "How stupid can you be, Kaidan?" He snarled at his old teammate.
"I was here for Cerberus. You were just a rumor. I… I wanted to believe you were alive, but I never expected anything like this." He stepped towards her. "You've turned your back on everything we believed in. You betrayed the Alliance. You betrayed me." Kaidan whined. From behind them they heard Jack bark out a loud laugh.
"This dude is such a bitch." Jack exclaimed, but everyone ignored her words.
"Okay! That is enough, I'm sick of your allegations. The Alliance did not give a shit about my death and used me as some kind propaganda to get new troops. Then everything that I uncovered about the Reapers was hush-hush and covered up! I fucking died, Kaidan. Not a coma, dead as a door nail. I woke up two years later to find out that Cerberus had rebuilt me and now I'm busting my ass to find out why the Collectors are taking humans by the colony!" She said, her dark face growing slightly red with anger. All the while Garrus just stared at Kaidan, watching the look of hurt grow more and more on the human's face. "And now I have to deal with you bitching and moaning about how I hurt you, listen you don't have shit to complain about! You saw it yourself the Collectors are talking humans and they're working with the Reapers!" Quinn finished the rant, her fist clinched tightly.
"I want to believe you, but I don't trust Cerberus. They could be using the threat of the reapers to manipulate you. What if they're behind it? What if they're working with the collectors?" Kaidan asked. Shepard rolled her eyes and lets out a grunt. "You show up after two years and tell me you're working with Cerberus. You've changed... but I haven't. I know where my loyalties lie. I'm an Alliance soldier, always will be. I've got to report back to the citadel. They can decide if they believe your story or not." He said as he turned and begins to walk away from her. Garrus lets out a growl at Kaidan's words. He looked at Shepard, wondering if there is something else there...she said that she did not really care for Kaidan and was not in love with him. Yet Garrus searched her face for any trace of longing and was relieved when there was none.
"Alight." She said simply not making any attempt to stop Kaidan.
"Goodbye Shepard. And be careful." Kaidan said before leaving, Quinn shrugged her shoulders in indifference, but Garrus can't fight the urge to choke Kaidan for the things that he had said.
"Ew. You fucked him, Shepard? You must have been really horny or desperate." Jack notes looking over at Shepard with a smirk on her face.
"Joker, send the shuttle to pick us up. I've had enough of this fucking colony."
"It was really good to see Kaidan again." Joker slipped up in front of Shepard, his expression changing when he realized what he had just said to her. She shook her head and then took a seat near him.
"Why did I sleep with him?" She wondered out loud.
"Aw come on Commander you and Kaidan had some good chemistry..." Joker tried to say but then looked at the sarcastic face she was making and shrugged. "Okay...I have no idea why you did it. Don't get me wrong he's a cool guy and all but he has the personality of a brick."
"That's what I get for just trying to get some in before Ilos." Shepard said before she got up and started to leave before he spoke up again.
"Damn, Commander you're like a dude." Joker said pausing. "I mean like the most feminine dude I have ever met…in a dress." She smiled and laughs. "Speaking of your little dress, one hundred percent of the male crew thinks you look smoking in it."
"Thank you, Joker." She said, smiling and taking her leave. Shepard continued to make her rounds around the ship and everyone was surprised about how she was taking the whole "Kaidan thing" but Garrus. He knew for a matter of fact that she truly was fine and that alone put him at ease.