Chapter 10
"Get him on the table." said Dr. Chakwas calmly as Grunt and Legion half carried half dragged Sirion into the medbay. "This guy is leaking like a stuck varren." said Grunt "what the fucks with all the water?" swore Jack looking at the puddle that stretched from the med bay to the elevator. "It's not water." said Leliana through her tears, "Millenar blood is clear." "We'll have to remove his armor so I can get to the shrapnel." said Dr. Chakwas, "Put him on the first table then leave." Legion and Grunt gently set Sirion on his back on the table. "Leliana, you stay." she said. Suddenly Mordin burst into the bay, "Doctor Chakwas, have finished countermeasure, will administer to crew now." Said Mordin moving to Chakwas and pulling an injector and placing it onto the Doctor's neck. He pulled the trigger and the bright violet liquid injected slowly into the doctors neck. He proceeded to inject Shepard, Jack then Miranda. "Will give to rest of crew later." he said.
Leliana started removing Sirion's armor. First his gauntlets and arm plates, followed by his burnt and scarred chest plate. The explosion had torn through his armor weave body glove and long gashes could be seen clearly, though the wounds had already started to heal. "Leliana I need you to stay with me and keep it together." said Dr. Chakwas putting her hand on Leliana's shoulder. "You know Millenar Physiology." "I'll help with what I can, but I don't know very much about the Royal caste." said Leliana pacing slowly away from Sirion, "I'm of the Guard caste, so what I know is limited to what he's told me and what happened when we-" she broke off abruptly, blushing nearly as red as her hair. Okay everyone out now." said Shepard, "Mordin, you stay here and help, and lock the door. Everyone back to your stations." The team nodded and went back to their stations; Legion turned around and walked to the A.I. core.
"So what do you know about his condition?" asked Dr. Chakwas "Well when a Royal is severely injured; sometimes their body will go into something like a coma where their body will heal incredibly fast. But the coma is something they may not be able to come out of." said Leliana, "I believe this to be what has happened." "Hmmm. Interesting; shuts down all unnecessary processes to enhance genetic recovery." said Mordin in a rare slow moment, "And clear blood, excellent adaptability. Amazing, simply amazing." Mordin continued to scan Sirion's body with his Omni-tool. "Muscle density greater than Krogan, mental processes on par with Salarian. Unbelievable species will have to make a more in-depth study." "If that's all you can tell me I suppose it will have to do. You should go and get some rest dear." said Dr. Chakwas. Leliana nodded and slowly walked out of the med bay, stealing a glance at Sirion before she left.
Sometime later, Leliana was sitting in the galley staring through the glass at Sirion's motionless body. "Hey Leli." Chirped Kasumi sitting down next to her. "Hey Kasumi." Leliana sighed. "You're in love with him, aren't you?" asked Kasumi with a smile. "Was it that obvious?" said Leliana looking down at her untouched food with a small smile. "Even a blind person could see." said Miranda sitting opposite of Leliana. "I take it you two have known each other for a long time?" said Kasumi. "Almost our entire lives." Leliana said with another small smile after a minute she said, "I think I'm going to need a drink." "There's a bar in my room!" exclaimed Kasumi standing up. "Okay. I'll get some of our Dar'Jirland." said Leliana standing up as well and walking to the elevator. "You coming?" said Kasumi to Miranda. "Of course." said Miranda.
Ten minutes later Leliana walked into the port observatory with a bottle of the potent Millenar ale in her hands. Kasumi had opened a bottle of sake and Miranda had a glass of red wine. Leliana opened the bottle and grabbed a glass from behind the counter. She poured herself a glass of the bubbling bright blue liquid. "Well, spill it," said Kasumi sipping her sake dish, "tell us about you and Sirion, Leli." Leliana took a sip of her drink. "Okay, well, I first met Sirion when I was three I think. My parents were the two guard captains of Sirion's mother and father. He was five when we met. Heh, he was the most serious five year old you have ever seen when we first met, he almost never smiled. I saw him again when he came to where my parents were staying. We spent a few months together playing and getting to know each other. Over the next century we saw each other often. He was there when I was accepted into the Millenar Guard Academy of Combat Mastery. As I quickly rose through the ranks and after fifty years, I was at the top of my class he was there at my graduation and presented me with my first assignment, escorting several diplomats to the citadel." She took another drink.
"I saw him off and on for about 500 years I think. I wanted to be closer to him so I joined the royal guards. The competition for rank was even greater there. It took me close to 400 years to get to the top. I remember there was this tournament, I fought my way to the top and at the end I was in such a battle haze I ended up fighting him. He deflected my blows so easily it wasn't even fair. He finally disarmed me and grabbed my hands. That was the first time I ever really looked into his eyes." She turned her glass in her hands. "He started courting me soon after. A few years later we became lovers. He was so sweet in those days, he had loosened up so much, always fumbling over his words and going through all these elaborate plans only to have them blow up in his face. It was so cute." She blushed slightly, "well anyway… I want to think that we would have been married soon after that but… but…" a single tear dripped down from the side of her eye and rolled down her cheek. "The Reapers." Said Miranda. Leliana nodded "I was placed in cryo shortly after he was, I saw our planet destroyed and now I almost get him killed." She sobbed. "Hey, hey," said Kasumi moving over to Leliana and giving her a hug. "I'm sorry," Leliana said wiping her eyes, "You'd think with how long I've lived I wouldn't show weakness like this." "It's never weakness to cry about memories like this." said Kasumi, "some memories, are harder to resist crying to than others, I guess you just have to think more on the good times you've had." "Yes you should." Said a male voice form the door. Thane stood against the door, his reptilian eyes slightly out of focus. "But do not allow yourself to become lost in them." Leliana smiled and nodded "Thank you." She said as she stood up and walked out of the room and towards the elevator. But before she got to the elevator she turned around "Don't let anyone drink that Dar'Jirland, it might kill you." She giggled as the elevator door closed.