Disclaimer: I don't own Mass Effect, its characters or plots. I own my OC and anything original in this.
I'm really bad at coming up with original mission ideas this was going to be super short but i combined it with the next chapter.
Dawn followed Garrus to a docking area where a cargo ship was being unloaded.
"This it?" Dawn whispered.
"Not exactly." Garrus said. "The red sand is being smuggled with this shipment."
"How do we know what's what?"
"Observe." Garrus said. Dawn scanned the area for a moment before noticing two Batarians carrying two small crates away from the rest of the unloaded shipment. They walked to an entrance way of a building and put the crates down before walking back to the rest of the cargo.
"I think I found 'em." Dawn said and pointed when she saw another two Batarians appear in the entrance way and pick up the boxes before bringing them inside.
"Good work." Garrus said. "Follow me." Dawn followed Garrus, who made his ways around the back of the building then inside through a window. He put a hand up to stop Dawn and looked around the corner into the next room. The two Batarians put the crates with a few others.
"Is that it?" One asked.
"There's one more set." The other said as they left the room. Garrus held something out to Dawn.
"Here. Plant this on the shipment."
"Just curious but where did you get a bomb?"
"One of the team is an expert."
"Oh." Dawn took the bomb and went into the room. She went around behind the crates and hid the bomb. Once she did that she quickly ran from the room.
"Alright, count to 20 than hit this button." Garrus said as he handed Dawn a small detonator. "Come on." The two left the way they came before running back to where they were scouting the area before.
…19….20
Dawn hit the button and the bomb went off. The Batarians not part of the smuggling the red all hit the ground. The bomb didn't reach them or the real cargo.
"That was easy." Dawn said.
"Not every mission will be as easy." Garrus said. "Take the next one for example."
"What are we doing next?"
"How does taking out a Xeno-trafficking operation sound?"
"Where do we start?" Dawn asked. Garrus smirked.
Garrus and Dawn walked into the hideout talking quietly. The other 10 members of the team were present and stopped their activities as the two walked in.
"Everyone, meet the newest member of the team, Dawn Cole."
"Way to go DC!" Nelantian cheered and Raesia ran up to give Dawn a hug. Garrus walked to the back where Sidonis was sitting and sat down. The two Asari walked over as Raesia let go of dawn.
"Hello." The first one in purple and black armor said "Lylia Stanni."
"Allyna Vasia." The second, in red and purple armor said.
"Nice to meet you two." Dawn said with a smile. The Salarian came over.
"Valak Adadril, pleasure to make your acquaintance." He said. Dawn smiled with a nod.
"Likewise." Dawn turned to Raesia who point pointing to the two Quarians who were both modifying their weapons with the Batarian.
"Han'Orzh Vas Usela and Zeto'Seya Vas Neema." Raesia said pointing to the Quarians. "And that's Garic." She pointed to the Batarian.
"And I'm Daxio." A Turian said coming out from a back room. He smirked at Dawn in a friendly way. Nelantian looked at Daxio.
"Lithagna." Nelantian said.
"Kureiros." Daxio said.
"Is the last names a good thing?" Dawn whispered to Raesia.
"Oh, they're fine, just friendly competition at times."
"Oh." Dawn said nodding. Daxio and Nelantian started talking and Valak went into the room that Daxio had come out of. "Who's that?" Dawn nodded Sidonis. Of course she already knew who he was but they didn't know that.
"That's Lantar Sidonis. He and Garrus started all this." Allyna said. Dawn nodded and watched Garrus and Sidonis talk for a moment.
"So you're a Biotic?" Lylia asked. Dawn nodded.
"Yeah."
"Nelantian told us that Aria T'Loak was training you." Allyna said.
"And that you worked for her." Lylia said.
"You don't have any Bio-amps." Allyna said.
"Girls." Raesia said. The two Asari looked at Raesia. "Give her some room."
"Apologies." The two said in unison.
"Dawn, if you need someone to help you with your Biotics I'm always available." Allyna said with a smile.
"Um, thank you." Dawn smiled back.
"You ever want some weapons training I could always help you." Daxio said with a wink. Dawn chuckled when Nelantian nudged Daxio.
"Thanks Dax." Dawn said. Daxio smirked and nudged Nelantian.
"I got a nick-name faster than you did." Daxio laughed. Nelantian frowned.
"Hey we both got one on the first day."
"Yeah but you got yours after you brought her home, plus she was drunk." Dawn's eyebrows went up.
"It's still the same day!" Nelantian said. Raesia started laughed and started laughing harder when she saw Dawn's amused yet confused expression.
"Guys, you're seriously arguing about who I gave a nickname to first?" Dawn asked. The two turned to looked at her and both didn't know what to say.
"Well-"
"Uh-" The two glanced at each other.
"Cute." Dawn said. The two looked at her and they both smirked with soft chuckles. Dawn and Raesia rolled their eyes.
For the next month Dawn went on missions with Archangel and the rest of the team. Sometimes he would only take Dawn and one or two others or he would go on missions by himself. Whenever did take Dawn and had to pick another person, Daxio and Nelantian would often argue on which one of them should go. Garrus would only bring more than three people if it was a large task that required more people.
Occasionally members of the team went on solo missions or on missions with members other than Garrus. Dawn would often take Raesia and would switch off between Daxio and Nelantian; otherwise they would become jealous of each other. Raesia said the two acted like school-boys in front of Dawn but Dawn always shrugged it off.
Every time Garrus went by himself Dawn would wait up while everyone else went to bed. In the back of the hide out were a few bunks in the back room for the members who didn't have a home otherwise. Every time Garrus would return he'd find her asleep at one of the two tables in the main room. He'd wake her up the first few times but after a while he started to just pick her up and bring her to one of the unoccupied bunks.
For the most part Dawn would be at the hideout for most of her time, if she wasn't working with Ken'Nara. Dawn still had her things in her apartment and would go there about three times a week.
Garrus would occasionally give the team days off to celebrate a successful mission. They would go to Afterlife for drinks since no one knew their faces; they always wore their helmets on missions.
One night after a very successful mission in which the team came into a surplus of credits a few of the team wanted to talk with Garrus. He was sitting at one of the back tables with Daxio and Sidonis when Han'Orzh, Zeto'Seya, Allyna and Valak approached the table. Han'Orzh spoke first.
"Garrus." The three Turians turned to look at the four. "We were just thinking…" Han'Orzh trailed off.
"What Han is trying to say" Allyna said. "Is that since we've gotten so many credits from the last mission that…" Allyna looked at the others before looking back at Garrus. "We want to settle down and live comfortably. We don't have to fight anymore. We've done so much already. I think we all deserve it." Allyna said. Garrus looked at her for a moment before looking down at the table. After a moment he stood up, shaking his head.
"With the credits we've gained, we could do so much more than we've done. We can purge Omega of crime. We should use the funds to hit parts of the stations that we haven't been able to reach. If we stick to it we can do it. We've come this far, it won't hurt to go further." Dawn walked into the room with Raesia, they were talking quietly. "Dawn!" Dawn looked over at Garrus.
"Uh yeah?" She asked. Garrus walked over to her.
"Do you agree that we should use the recently acquired credits to purge Omega of even more crime?"
"Uh well, I think it would be a wise move?" Dawn said sounding uncertain. Garrus gestured to Dawn in a silent 'see?'. Dawn looked confused but shook her head. Nelantian walked into the room from the back. Dawn turned to look at him.
"Are we still on for tonight?" Dawn asked. Nelantian blinked.
"Uh…" Nelantian looked at bit confused.
"Afterlife?" Dawn said with a chuckle. "I mean I think we should celebrate." She looked at the others. They nodded.
"Uh right." Nelantian said. "Afterlife, with everyone, not just us." He chuckled. Dawn tilted her head to the side and Raesia laughed silently before nudging Dawn's side. Dawn looked at her even more confused which made Raesia laugh more.
They whole team went to Afterlife, separated as to not rouse suspicion. Daxio, Garrus, Sidonis and Nelantian sat at a table in the corner, Garic said with another Batarian – presumably a friend of his –, Han'Orzh and Zeto'Seya sat at one of the smaller side bars with Valak, and Raesia, Dawn, Allyna and Lylia sat at the main bar. They were mostly all in their casual clothes. Dawn was dressed in a short black dress with the straps going around her neck and had long black boots, that went up to her knees, on.
The Salarian bartender placed a drink in front of each of the girls. Dawn picked up her glass and took a big gulp of her drink.
"Take it easy DC." Allyna said with a small giggle. "We just got here." Dawn smirked slightly.
"I'm celebrating." Dawn said. She raised her glass and the Asari's laughed and clicked their glasses to hers. They all took a drink. Dawn let out a sigh.
"So, Dawn," Lylia said. Dawn looked to her left at the Asari. "What's going on between you and Nelantian?" Lylia asked with a smirk.
"What do you mean?" Dawn ask with a confused chuckle.
"Oh don't give us that." Allyna said rolling her eyes. Dawn looked even more confused.
"He's so into you." Lylia said.
"What?" Dawn laughed.
"You haven't seen it?" Allyna asked.
"Seen what?" Dawn laughed slightly raising an eyebrow.
"Every time you're going out on a mission he practically begs to come along."
"So does Dax." Raesia pointed out.
"Boy, the competition between those two." Lylia said making Raesia and Allyna giggle.
"They're my friends." Dawn said.
"Mhm." Lylia hummed.
"What? We are just friends." Dawn said.
"Alright. Come with me." Allyna got up, taking Dawn's hand to pull her along, and then dragged Dawn over to where a few people were dancing.
"Ally, I don't dance."
"Just try and I guarantee Nelantian and or Daxio will watch you."
"Yeah they'll watch me make a fool of myself."
"Just try." Allyna said as she started moving. Dawn sighed and started moving, doing her best not to look like an idiot. After a few moments Allyna nudged Dawn. "See." Dawn looked over at the take Nelantian was at and saw he was watching them. Daxio also stole a few glances before going back to his conversation with another Turian. She only looked at the two for a moment though; her gaze shifted to Garrus who was also watching. Dawn felt her cheeks heat up.
"Ok so they are; that doesn't mean anything." Dawn said before leaving the dance area and going back to the bar. Allyna followed, rolling her eyes. Dawn took her drink and downed the rest. She glanced over at the table the four Turians were seated at and noticed Sidonis looking around before getting up. Dawn's gaze followed him as he met with a Batarian and the two left the room. Dawn frowned.
After about 45 minutes of drinking and celebrating Dawn was giggling at everything and slurring every other word. She was still a light weight but had been spreading out each drink. She had a total of four drinks. The other girls were only a bit intoxicated and could still think clearly enough to know that Dawn should go home. Nelantian came over as Dawn hopped off her stool and she bumped into him. He laughed as she started giggling.
"Still a lightweight, huh DC?" Nelantian teased.
"The mighty DC is a lightweight?" Daxio asked, with a laugh, coming over.
"Shud up Dax." Dawn slurred.
"Come on." Nelantian said putting his arm around her waist. "Let's get you home."
"Thanks Nelly." Dawn giggled.
"Whoa, you're taking her home?" Daxio asked with a whiney tone. "But I didn't get to dance with her yet."
"I'll dance with you." Lylia said taking Daxio's hand.
"Oh alright." Daxio grinned. "See ya DC." Daxio said as Lylia pulled him away.
Nelantian brought Dawn up to her apartment and got her inside and into her bedroom. Once he helped her onto the bed she looked up at him with a silly grin.
"Thanks Nelly." She said. Nelantian chuckled.
"This reminds me of the day we met."
"Yeah." Dawn laughed. Nelantian smiled.
"Get some rest, Dawn." He put a hand on her head for a moment.
"Nighty night Nelly." Dawn said before giggling.
Dawn woke the next morning with a major headache. She immediately went to her medicine cabinet in her bathroom and took a pain-reliever then a quick shower. She got dressed and grabbed a crate she had placed next to her door. It was filled with random salvage parts from missions. Dawn brought the crate to Ken'Nara's shop and placed it on the counter.
"Delivery here for a Mr. Ken." Dawn said.
"Hey Dawn. I really appreciate you bringing all these parts." Ken'Nara said picking up the crate.
"Well, I figured since I can't work here as much anymore, the least I could do is help with stock."
"Thank you. I almost have enough to get off this rock." He chuckled.
"That's great." Dawn said with a smile. "I'd really love to stay and chat but I gotta get back." Ken'Nara nodded.
"U-uh tell Raesia and uh Nelantian I say hi."
"Sure, see ya Kenny." Dawn said with a small wave. Ken'Nara waved back as she walked away. He sighed and leaned against the counter.
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