THE ORDER


I'm so so so SO sorry for letting you all wait so long, but I promise, it will be worth it! Or so I hope. ANYWAY! I'd like to thank you all for reviewing and adding me or my story to your favorite list, it's an honor and will always be an honor! I think in the time I wrote this story I finished ME3 about two times…yea I'm THAT addicted to the game. Review please! Love to read your thoughts and ideas!

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Her vision was blurred and seemed to shake more than normal while her head was still. Her hearing seemed to be focused on her hearing only. She could see Liara talking with Tali standing beside her, Liara was shaking her body and looking irritated by now and she blinked her eyes a couple of times to focus on her lips. She said Garrus, she recognized that.

"DAMN IT SHEPARD WE NEED TO SAVE HIM SO SNAP OUT OF IT! HE CAN STILL BE ALIVE BELIEVE IN THAT! WE NEED TO DESTROY THAT THING!" Tali screamed and that did it, Jael heard it and got her determination back, her eyes glowing with reassurance and determination as she looked at the buildings. She took one breath before holding the earpiece closer to her ear.

"EDI, can you look for nearby life signals?"

"I'm on it, Shepard." The mechanical voice responded and at the same time Jael grabbed her rocket launcher, running towards the robot with a growl. That thing will pay, badly.

"Jael, there is a small life signal in the tower to your left." Hearing this Shepard immediately went into the tower that was nearly destroyed, parts of the walls were missing but it was still standing. It reminded her of the buildings on earth after the reapers had attacked.

"Where exactly is the life signal coming from, EDI?"

"It appears to be coming from the third floor, close to the door of the staircase." EDI responded and Shepard, Tali and Liara went running to the staircase, hearing the robot move closer to them. Shit…it saw them.

"MOVE MOVE MOVE!" Jael screamed while seeing the mechanical monster fire a laser at them. She got her team in the building just in time, ducking away just before the beam hit the ground and part of the building, making parts of the ceiling fall down on them.

Shepard got out from under the debris, groaning while looking around for her team.

"Tali, Liara? Are you okay?" She screamed and she heard someone gasp for air, it seemed the person was running.

"Shepard, we're okay, we're on the third floor now. No survivors left."

"EDI, can you confirm this?"

"Confirmed Shepard, that last hit probably hit the person, the life signal went lost after that."

"FUCK!" Shepard screamed and threw more debris of her body.

She then looked outside and at the buildings still standing. Where would Garrus's body be? He had to be here somewhere. A sigh escaped her lips, she couldn't believe that he would actually be- NO, she wouldn't finish that thought.

"Tali, Liara, we need a new plan. We're close to that thing now and it obviously saw us. We need to split up. Liara, I need you to go look for survivors on the North side. Tali, I want you to do the same on the west. I will figure out a way to take that thing down and look for survivors on the south. EDI, keep an eye on our back, if you see anything move that wasn't there before, tell us."

Jael ordered while moving to the south, keeping eye on the robot that was firing at her. She always seemed to be the target in these battles.

"EDI, how's the beam of the Normandy?" She asked while running away from another attack, moving behind debris of destroyed building to keep hidden from the monster.

"It's not fully repaired, it can work at a max of 70% of its normal capacity."

"Is that enough to take that thing down?"

"It is, it will need to warm up first." EDI informed, her calm mechanical voice sometimes could be pretty irritating.

'How long?" She asked while firing her rocket launcher at the robot to distract it from her other team mates.

"Approximately 3 minutes."

"I'll just have to distract that thing till then. What about live signals around me?"

"One, in the building behind you." EDI answers and as if on cue a shot came from behind her. She immediately put her hand where her heart was, but she wasn't hurt. She looked up to see a merc on her left fall to the ground. He had a knife in his left hand. She hadn't seen him, and he was shot, that meant the life signal was on her side. Could it be him?

She looked behind her and up into the building, scanning each window then saw him waving his hand, signaling for her to come to him, he needed help. She didn't think twice, counting the floors to see where he was sitting then went into the building, running up the stairs to him.

When she saw him sitting there, his leg bleeding and his armor ruined, she gasped and held her breath.

He was alive. And he was there, he rescued her. He was alive. Alive.

"Garrus." She whispered his name, not sure of her voice. He chuckled and coughed afterwards.

"I'm glad you made it, wouldn't be the same without you." He mumbled and his voice send chills up and down her spine of joy and relief.

She ran up to him and hugged him as tight as she could, forgetting the world around them for a moment before hearing him chuckle.

He held her gently, nuzzling her head with his while moving his hands over her body slowly.

"We need to get that thing down, Shepard. It is destroying so many buildings, if we don't take it down, it will destroy everything in its way. And that means Earth will be destroyed, again." He growled the last part. He was right.

That thing, whatever it truly was, it could destroy the whole planet if it wasn't stopped. And she knew she had the best shot.

"Tali, Liara, I got Garrus, he's wounded. Joker, send a shuttle down the new coordinates. Liara, Tali, come get Garrus and take him to the shuttle, coordinates for Garrus's exact position on the way, plus coordinates of the shuttle lading point. Joker, I also want you to get the Normandy high enough to get that beam in the correct position to hit that thing and only that thing. Understood?" She heard Tali and Liara running her way while Joker gave an affirmative. Garrus however was glaring daggers at her.

"I'm not leaving your six."

"You need to, you're wounded!"

"And you can die, I'm not letting that happen."

"I can, yes, but I need you to get on that shuttle."

"No, not going to happen. The last time I did that I almost lost you to the reapers! DAMMIT Jael I don't want to leave your six! I'm a spectre now as well!" He said and she sighed.

"Tali, Liara, head to the shuttle and get safe. Garrus and I will take that thing down. Joker, how's the Normandy?"

"Shuttle is on its way, ETA 20 seconds. The Normandy is in position."

"Tali and Liara?"

"We're at the dropping point. Safe." Tali answered and Shepard looked at Garrus. They nodded and looked at the Robot.

"Got on board that shuttle. I need you both to fly off as soon as possible." She told them and looked at Garrus again.

"You better get out of this alive." She told him and he smirked as far as Turians could.

"Distract that thing while I get the Normandy's laser ready, same plan as with the reaper." She said with a smirk of her own. She got her beam ready, searching for weak points.

"Get ready to run." She told Garrus and he tried to stand up, leaning on his good leg while looking out the window.

As Jael aimed at one of the weak spots, Garrus was already downstairs, knowing that if he had to run, he better get a head start.

"Aiming on the eyes. Get ready to move." She ordered to everybody and saw the mechanical monster get another beam ready to fire.

"GO! MOVE!" She screamed while hearing the beam of the Normandy firing on the eyes of the robot. In a split second all seemed gone. All Shepard could hear was screaming, but if it was a scream in horror or pain or joy, she didn't know she couldn't hear that. She didn't know who was screaming. She couldn't see, her eyes were closed and didn't want to open.

"SHEPARD!" Someone was calling for her but the voice didn't seem clear. It was blurred. It didn't make sense. Her body was aching but she didn't know what was hurting. Was it her arm? No, she could move her arm. Was it her chest? It seemed to be her head. She opened her eyes and looked at her hand after touching her head. There was a small amount of blood on her fingers.

"JAEL!" The voice was clear now. Garrus was calling for her. He made it?

"I'm here." She groaned and moved to get up, she felt dizzy but managed to keep her balance and move.

"You did it. You saved me and the whole freaking planet, again. How many times are you planning to do this?" He asked and she chuckled.

"I'm not sure yet. Where are you?"

"In the shuttle. Can you walk?"

She moved again and groaned in pain, her headache getting worse.

"Yeah, got a small wound on my head, but I can walk."

"We're heading to your direction, stay put." He said, worry was clear in his voice. She then realized something and felt in her armor to the necklace, hoping it wasn't damaged. Getting the dog tag out of her armor she looked at it and sighed in relief. Good it wasn't damaged.

She heard the shuttle and quickly hid her necklace. Getting on board she was immediately pulled into Garrus's arms and she smiled, knowing what she was about to do would be the best decision she ever made. She only hoped it would succeed.

As she stepped back she held his hand and looked into his eyes with all the love she had for him while keeping it serious.

"Garrus, I know the tradition is probably different in your culture, and I'm not sure how I could ask properly or if it is even appropriate for me to ask..but I have to try cause if I won't I would kick myself for it for years on after. Because you mean the world and more to me." As she told him this he began to look confused, not sure what she was trying to do, while Tali and Liara seemed to get tears in their eyes.

"Garrus.." As she pulled out her dog tag with is markings on it she asked him.

"Will you take me as your bondmate? Will you let me wear your markings?" As she asked the last part she didn't know if she offended him but he immediately pressed his head against hers while moving his mouth plates against her lips in a kiss.

"Of course, Jael, I want you to be my bondmate. I'd love for you to wear my markings." He purred in her ear and she smiled up at him. Now she had one more thing to research on the internet. How did Turians actually be bondmates?


That night on board of the Normandy the soon to be bondmates or, in human culture, the fiancés were taking a moment of themselves, laying in their bed, entwined in each other's arms.

Garrus had ended his training to become spectre and would have the ceremony next week, so they decided to stay docked on earth in the meantime.

Garrus was playing with her dog tag with a smirk.

"How did you know about the markings?" He asked and she smiled innocently.

"I looked it up."

He kissed her lips again while moving her body closer to his.

"So, how many Krogan babies do you want to adopt?" He asked and she laughed, truly laughed. How he loved that sound.

"Let's start with one. I'm not sure how hard it can be to raise kids from Wrex." She answered which made him laugh in return.

It seemed they wouldn't go to that bar in heaven just yet.

The end


So…that was the story, yes, it was shorter than promised and I'm sorry but I don't think I can make it any longer without making the story get boring.

Thank you all for reviewing, reading and adding this story to your favorite!

It was a pleasure writing this story.

And I will think about what to write next time.

X Cilvanti