Author's note: Basically English is not my native tongue, and I grew up with Chinese-cultural upbringing. Please forgive me for any typo or grammar errors. For further updates regarding my Mass Effect AU, please refer to my bio on the profile page.
PS: Chapter updated on November 8th, 2017 rewriting to add in more details regarding the original characters.
FYI: The name of Garrus' father was now officially known as Castis Vakarian as per launching of Mass Effect: Andromeda. Previously before, the name of Garrus' father was unknown, hence many fanfictions had different names created. I was told that those who play beta versions as the testers had known about the name, but officially then, there were no solid proofs until the finalised of Mass Effect: Andromeda.
Mythical being made up by me: Sylph; an imaginary spirit of the air or a mainly dark green and blue hummingbird, the male of which has a long forked tail. So in my AU, the Sylphic Paladin Guardian was a male avian mythical being; Felidae was a male white tiger mythical being; Kronosphibian was a hybrid offspring of an amphibian and Kronosaurus type of crocodile, and the mythical being of the Drell's ancestors was amphibian-lizard Paladin Guardian and amphibian-serpent maiden.
Original characters in this chapter: Pearl/Tin, Meng/Richard, Ulnea, Madeline J. Williams, Alcia H. Vakarian, Calio Vakarian, Milodia Vakarian, Tulio Hildos, Niponia Victus, Phoeniceus of Palaven, Siber of Terra, Trazk of Tuchanka, Eyilsi of Rakhana, Roy Smith, Sally Smith, Bemis, Niria Maxilinus and Galus Kandros.
A Disclaimer: All Mass Effect characters belong to Bioware. Only the original characters belong to me. The story is purely fictional. Any resemblance to actual individuals or events is coincidental.
Mass effect: One soul divided
by beautyding
Chapter 10: The galactic Paladin Guardians
Before the disembarkation procedures were completed, everyone, including the crews of the Human Systems Alliance, Emily and her team, Madeline J. Williams and her family and as well as the Turian ambassadress Orinia and her crews of Turians were waiting, while Meng whom also known as Richard the new trainee Guardian of the twin flames; had vanished into the thin air under the noses of everyone, including successfully undetected by the high tech surveillance systems of the Turian Immigration Security at the Cipritine, the capital city of Palaven.
Everyone who was there present at that moment was obliviously unaware, except Pearl, whom also known as Tin, the other new trainee Guardian of the twin flames, had taken notice of the disappearance of Meng, when both their Guardians' awareness instinct kicks in, once, after both of them sensed a realm of danger was lurking around their surrounding areas.
Meng then decided to go surveying ahead of the individual groups after he passed a short glance toward Pearl, who was mirroring his action and both husband and wife gave a silent nod at one another before Meng did his vanishing act in the flick of a moment. And being the twin flames who had found each other and became whole again while they were still alive as Humans; both husband and wife were united as one; while their telepathy becomes stronger and their empathy reaching new insights.
Being the monogamous twin flames, Meng and Pearl were united together in body, mind and soul only to each other while they were still alive. Before both of them found each other, no other stray souls were connected through the two by any other means. So after their death, the connection of their souls was further knitted as the unification between Meng and Pearl was pure and solemn in the eyes of the galactic Spirits who were once the Guardians of the whole universe while they once lived. In which both the souls of Meng and Pearl were brought to reside and rest in eternity; amongst the Great Spirits in the realm of tranquillity by the four Guardian Spirits; who were each being offspring of the Paladin Guardians.
The first amongst one of the four Guardian Spirits; was Phoeniceus of Palaven, whom her father was a Sylphic Paladin Guardian; while her mother was a beautiful forest nymph. Being an enchantress nymph after her mother who could shape-shift herself into a magnificent avian creature after her father's lineage, Phoeniceus became the fore-mother of all the Turians whom had evolved through her remains organically after an unknown catastrophic explosion wiped out all life forms in the entire Trebia System of the Apien Crest from the Milky Way galaxy billions of years ago. Phoeniceus sacrificed herself and shielded Palaven with all that she could and although the planet was spared from being destroyed, none of the other nymphs survived when their bodies were disintegrated in space as they had left Palaven while sensing the danger ahead of time; before the explosion had actually happened. However, no matters where the nymphs went to, they were not fast enough to escape from the entire Milky Way galaxy.
The second amongst one of the four Guardian Spirits was Siber of Terra, whom his father was a Felidae Paladin Guardian; while his mother was a beautiful elf fairy maiden. Although Siber was a hybrid combination offspring of a Felidae white tiger and a humanoid elf fairy maiden, Siber took the humanoid body form of his elf fairy maiden mother; while his face feature was nearly as animalistic like his Felidae father. The same unknown catastrophic explosion in the Milky Way galaxy also whipped all life forms which Terra was located but the system which contained Terra was not entirely destroyed. New life forms, although started to evolve organically from the remains of Siber and those other beings whom once populated Terra; however, only a small percent of the genes from Siber was passed down through one of the new life forms known as the Human species after billions of years; which was much later than the other systems in the Milky Way galaxy which had evolved earlier. The Humans later discovered and called the new system as the Solar System and named Terra as Earth.
The third amongst one of the four Guardian Spirits was Trazk of Tuchanka, whom his father was a hybrid combination of amphibian and Kronosaurus type of crocodile resulting a new species of Kronosphibian Paladin Guardian; while his mother was a mythical being maiden who was similar to an Earth's version of the armadillo. Being a hybrid of Kronosphibian and a mythical being maiden that had the hard shell similar to an armadillo, Trazk was born with hard shells similar to those of the armadillo on his shoulders with a huge hump and a reptilian type of crocodile's face feature much like his father. Although the same unknown catastrophic explosion in the Milky Way galaxy also hit the Aralakh System where Tuchanka was located, almost all life forms survived due to the strong resistance of their thick hides. However, an unnatural mutation caused by the radiations from the explosion started to change the remaining life forms who began to devour one another until only two species were left. Trazk was forced to fight the other remaining species and forced them to retreat and hidden underground where Trazk and his people dominated the lands above. For billions of years, many generations of both species evolved, while other new life forms started to appear and populate Tuchanka again. The species of those hidden underground had evolved stronger and bigger into the current Thresher Maws which retaliated against the many offspring clans of Trazk and his people currently known as the Krogans after the so-called clans overthrew their forefathers.
The fourth and final amongst one of the four Guardian Spirits was Eyilsi of Rakhana, whom her father was a mythical being of amphibian-lizard Paladin Guardian; while her mother was a mythical being of an amphibian-serpent maiden. Being a hybrid, although her father was the Paladin Guardian, Eyilsi was looked down by the species of the other amphibian races since she was the odd living among them. Before the same unknown catastrophic explosion in the Milky Way galaxy hit the system where Rakhana was located, Eyilsi had many visions of the oncoming catastrophe and warned everyone about it but only a few males of each species listened and hidden away while Eyilsi used her powers to shield Rakhana. However, the rest of those who were affected by the explosion started to attack Eyilsi when the radiation from the explosion affected their minds. Her parents who did not have the possession of powers same as their daughter, shielded themselves and Eyilsi while fighting those who had turned insane. In the process, while Eyilsi was struggling to save Rakhana, with no other choice, both the parents sacrificed themselves and wiped out the entire mob of those who had been insanely trying to break through the shield protecting all three of them. Although Rakhana was saved but with no other female, the males of the remaining species decided to draw lots to determine who will mate with the hybrid Guardian Eyilsi to carry on the lineage of amphibian. And billions of years after many generations of evolution, the amphibian hybrid offspring evolved into the current reptilian humanoid race known as Drell.
In the meantime, Detective Castis Vakarian of the C-Sec Security department in the Citadel Space Station was ordered by Primarch Adrien Victus of the Turian Hierarchy to return to the homeworld of the Turians in Palaven. Castis was surprised at first when he saw his son Garrus Vakarian had returned and stayed in his house together with his daughter Solana Vakarian as well. Ever since the children of Castis Vakarian and Alcia H. Vakarian had enlisted into the military after graduating from their studies, both his son Garrus and his daughter Solana had moved out and stayed on their own which most Turians usually had done after reaching the age of fifteen.
Garrus has a small apartment in the Cipritine the capital city of Palaven and at the Citadel Space Station as well, which he had obtained through the salary of being a Commander of the Turian Hierarchy. He had made other plans for getting an estate near the areas where both his grandmothers are staying, but Alcia has suggested and advised his son Garrus to hold the plans since he will need to ask the opinions of Jane Shepard his Human bondmate first.
Solana, on the other hands, has not gotten any apartments on her own since it is usual for Turian females to just rent instead of buying their own apartments. Usually, the female will move in with their lawfully bonded mate after the engagement and makes the plan for getting an estate in the later state which is the traditional way for the Turians to start a family with children of their owns or with children through adoptions.
Although Castis was greatly happy and appreciated the orders given by the Turian Primarch, which forcing his son Garrus to return and stayed with him and his wife. However, being the father, he knew his son Garrus too well. The son did not do this on his own accords which still sadden the father deeply. Castis knew he had forced his son Garrus too hard while he was still young at the age of five and their relationship was finally stranded as a result, when his son Garrus was eleven years old on that fateful day, when Castis accidentally hurt his wife while trying to force his son Garrus to continue on with the sniper rifle target practices. However, the time for him and his wife to remain and took care of their family was running short which caused Castis to turn from a loving and easy-going father to a demanding and strictly by the rules and regulations type of father.
In the actual facts, the fatal incident which happened fifteen years ago did not just kill Tulio Hildos who was the father-in-law of Castis, Aulmus Vakarian who was the father of Castis, Calio Vakarian who was the cousin of Castis and Milodia Vakarian who was the wife of Calio. Both Castis and his wife Alcia H. Vakarian had actually died as well while saving Niponia Victus the wife of Adrien Victus who was still a Commander of the Turian Hierarchy before becoming a General of the Turian Hierarchy later and currently being the Primarch of the Turian Hierarchy.
Meanwhile, at one of the basements of the Vakarian estates located in one of the remote and rural districts just outside of the Cipritine, the capital city of Palaven, Castis had passed through a secret door while his wife Alcia was looking attentively at the two casket pods which contained the dead bodies of him and her laid side by side. The respective gemstones of their bonding had turned translucent, resting in the middle of their respective chest. And upon hearing the familiar footsteps of Castis her husband had made, Alcia turned herself around to give Castis her husband a smile before turning back focusing to the two casket pods while speaking to him.
"My dear husband... Never have I ever thought we would last for this long? "
Castis then gave a low rumbling sound before he moved closer to his wife Alcia and pulled her closer to him so that her back was leaning against his chest before responding to her.
"Never have I ever thought we could last for fifteen long years, my dear wife. And as a matter of facts, yet there are still many which we have not accomplished yet. Now we do not really have much time left either... "
Alcia leant comfortably against the chest of Castis while she tilts her head to get a better view of the face of him before responding to her husband.
"My dear husband, you should not have to push yourself too hard. The Guardian Spirits have given us the permission so that we could continue to stay and take care of our family until the children are good enough to take responsibility for their own, a deal which we had made to become the Guardians overseeing the twin flames of our own Turian species."
Although Castis nodded his head while still clinging on to hold Alcia in both of his arms. He nudged his chin against the neck of his wife and gave a low rumbling vocal in a manner of showing his frustration despite in agreeing with the woman whom he loved deeply.
"Of course I know that my dear wife. But every single thing just is not going by what I have been expected in the Turian ways. And for the past few months, I could not focus myself on the guardian missions since all I had gotten were blurry visions. I hated to screw up without doing the thing right, which caused me now to do nothing at all."
This caused Alcia to shake her head and pulled herself away from Castis while she turned around this time to face her husband and gave him a frowned look before she responded again.
"That, my dear husband, is the main problem! You can't expect the thing to be "right" according to the organics understandings anymore, my love. And until you get this clear and understand what you really should do, I cannot tell you much about what I had heard or seen either. The Guardian Spirits did warn us if one of us cannot function accordingly to what they will be expecting, we could never work properly at all. This may even cause the pact we have to be null and void."
Castis felt a chill running through his whole body upon hearing what Alcia had said to him. He started to stoop his head in defeat and shook his head slightly before bringing his forehead to touch with the forehead of his wife.
"I know... My dear wife... But I was raised to be what a "good" Turian should be. And it is my responsibility to make sure I had done the "right" thing in the Turian ways."
Upon hearing what his husband had replied to her, Alcia then raised one of her hands and cupped one of the cheeks of Castis while she manages to look into his blue eyes and still able to keep the touching of their foreheads together.
"There you go again, my dear husband. Do not cloud your mind with the "right" thing in the Turian ways, my love. We are not organic Turians anymore when we made the pact to become the Guardians of the twin flames. Although the two of us are being assigned to oversee the Turian species, until you realise and get over this once and for all, that is nothing much we could do now. And in the meantime, the Guardian Spirits had sent new Guardians to be trained and assist us as well."
This makes Castis tilted his head slightly and focus attentively on Alcia while looking at the two motionless dead bodies of theirs at the same moment before voicing his doubts.
"New Guardians? Are they Turians like us? Able to leave and retake our bodies anytime?"
Alcia in return pondered for a while before she broke the touching of their foreheads in order to shake her head at Castis while responding to the question asked by her husband.
"I do not think so, my dear husband. The records revealed the two were once being Humans when they were still alive roughly about three hundred years ago. And do not ask me why they are not Guardians before us then, since they lived hundreds of years ahead of us."
However, being in his old usual self, Castis began to frown and rolled his eyes.
"So they were once being Humans? What could they possibly do to assist the two of us anyway?"
The way which Castis was reacting caused Alcia to fold both of her arms across her chest and narrowed her azure eyes at her husband before speaking to him.
"Well... Being just new trainees, they have been given six assignments and already making good signs of progress on two out of six which one of them has undergone a good result. According to the records, the two are being rebuilt as well since both of their physical bodies were burnt while they were still alive. Kind of sad and disheartening to die betrayed by their own people."
Castis could not believe his ears and tilted his head at what he had heard and poked at one of the arms of Alcia while speaking to his wife who was obviously showing her annoyance at him.
"Really? Are you sure the records given are reliable, my dear wife? How could you be so sure the new trainees are capable of dealing with their new forms. Would not the way how they were being killed affected them? "
In return, Alcia kicked her foot annoyingly against one of the spurs which belong to Castis this time. A habitual action which she usually does to her husband ever since meeting the man whom she loved during in boot camp whenever he made a stupid remark or does something which annoys her.
"Yeah! They are capable to handle their emotions better than you at least, my ignorant husband! Nihlus and his future Human bondmate as a matter of facts belong to one of the assignments of the new trainee Guardians. I was given a status report on that by our fore-mother Phoeniceus. And I could frankly tell you, my silly husband. That should be what "right" is all about. Come, let me show you a little information on that."
Castis twitched his mandibles rapidly while Alcia showed him a datapad which contained certain information which most of the rest of the information were sort of encrypted; probably to hide from him or only until he has a clearer mind to actually manage to read them.
"Impressive! Please forgive me for being such an ignorant fool, my love. That was quite a work done there by these two. And somehow they also helped our mission at the same time. Look here... This one regarding Lilihierax and his deceased bondmate alone. The Children sexes, though have not been identified yet since they are premature."
Alcia nodded her head in agreement while accessing another datapad.
"Also one of the main reasons that the twins have no souls yet. This should be where the two of us should come in and find out where the souls of these two are."
In which Castis smiled and held both the hands of Alcia his wife and pressed them against his heart.
"We should go then, as the Guardians my dear wife. To the Cipritine the capital city of Palaven of course. Our dead bodies will still need some time before we could use them again."
With that, both Castis and Alcia touched their foreheads together again before vanishing themselves into the thin air.
In the meantime, Meng was searching for the signs which indicate what type of danger was lurking around the surrounding area and planning for the next step while two hooded figures started to approach a Turian male who had hidden on one of the catwalks above the arrival hall. The Turian male who was unaware of the two hooded figures standing behind him, was crouching down and eyeing toward one of the glass entrances of the Turian immigration security main building which is situated in such a way, that the building is blocking the long hallways which connected the areas where all starships are docked on the Cipritine the capital city of Palaven.
Meanwhile, Meng had already notified his wife, Pearl on what was going on outside of the Turian Immigration Security offices while Pearl, on the other hand, had given Meng the status of the Alliance's crews and the Turian ambassadress Orinia and her team of Turian crews. Orinia was leading the rest in front when the Turian male who was hidden at one of the catwalks started to aim his sniper rifle at Orinia, once he caught sight of her walking out of the building.
"Bastard! You will pay for stealing my ship! No one gets away for stealing the ship of Ogrinn the ill-tempered!"
However, the two hooded figures who were standing behind Ogrinn the ill-tempered cut lose a rope which was holding up an advertisement banner, while Pearl was dragging Orinia away toward a souvenir kiosk that sells traditional Turians lucky charms mainly for tourists.
The banner blocked the view of Ogrinn as he muttered his frustration and stood up while turning around and literally walked through the two hooded figures. Meng noticed that the two are Guardians same as him and his wife. He noticed one of the hooded figures has pulled down the hood and smiled at him. Meng in return smiled back to the now revealed Turian female who was nudging her partner. While Pearl had already understood what was going on since the Turian female had talked to her and her husband Meng through a mind frequency that only the three of them could hear.
Knowing now that the two Turian Guardians were the parents of Garrus Vakarian and Solana Vakarian, Meng and Pearl were surprised that the two were killed fifteen years ago, and had been staying and taking care of their family ever since then.
"I had heard of your works and who you were before that from Phoeniceus the fore-mother of all Turians."
Alcia spoke with calmness while still focusing her eyes on Ogrinn.
"The pleasure is ours to finally meet you, ma'am."
Both Meng and Pearl responded Alcia together in such unison, which envied the Turian female Guardian, caused Alcia to chuckle and smiled again while she made an eye toward Castis her husband who stood beside her before focusing herself back toward Meng and Pearl.
"If my bondmate and I had such empathy as yours, the thing should be much easier."
In which Meng and Pearl tilted their head in unison asking again.
"Isn't twin flames supposed to be united in body, soul and mind?"
Alcia frowned and looked at Castis her husband who was obliviously unaware of the conversations going on between the three.
"It is a long story. But right now we need to stop this Turian male by the name of Ogrinn and preventing him to kill his potential bondmate unknowingly."
All three of them nodded their head and continued to watch Ogrinn the ill-tempered making his ways down from one of the catwalks above the arrival halls while swearing with frustration.
"Dammit! Where did that bastard disappear to?"
Ogrinn was already headed toward the Turian Immigration Security main building when he smelled a scent. He turned and faced the Turian ambassadress Orinia who has been pushed by Pearl to stand closer to Ogrinn. At first, Ogrinn was confused by the scent from the Turian ambassadress since Ogrinn had almost caught up with the one who had stolen his starship. And at that point in time, the scent and the voice which the Turian ambassadress has are been different although the two looked the same. But somehow Orinia appeared to be shorter as well.
"Hey, Orinia... Do you have a twin?"
Pearl spoke suddenly which attracted the attention of Ogrinn who was still standing behind the Turian ambassadress who had no idea Ogrinn was standing there.
Orinia who was curious at first by Pearl's question just lifted her head and replied.
"I have no idea, Pearl. I'm an orphan. Had been adopted by the Asari Matriarch Benezia since I was just a baby."
Pearl then raised one of her fingers and started to pull at the necklace which was hidden under the vest of the Turian ambassadress.
"So what about this? Has the Asari Matriarch taken you to attend the ceremony when you turned five years old?"
Orinia held the halve gemstone in one of her hands and smiled brightly.
"Well, not the Matriarch. Actually, it was Doctor Liara T'Soni, an Asari researcher who had taken me and those who had been Turian orphans as well just like me to attend the ceremony."
The name of Doctor Liara T'Soni caught the attention of Ogrinn who suddenly interrupted Pearl and the Turian ambassadress while showing them his own gemstone.
"That is the daughter of the Asari Matriarch Benezia. She had taken me and my friends as well to the ceremony twenty-five years ago."
Orinia turned around and looked at Ogrinn curiously before responding to him.
"It was twenty years ago for me."
Both Turians who were facing each other now had frozen when they both realised they have the same matching halve gemstone. Orinia found herself blushing while Ogrinn was staring at her. Pearl decided to push the two a little further with the help from Alcia who was standing nearby.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! Both of you have the matching halve gemstone of bonding."
Pearl who was feigning ignorance joined in as well.
"What is that all about, ma'am?"
Alcia gave Pearl a wink before facing Orinia and Ogrinn.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! Haven't you heard about the gemstone of bonding?"
Pearl shook her head while Orinia and Ogrinn nodded their heads respectively. And by the time Alcia was about to explain, the commotion had lead Primarch Adrien Victus and the rest with him to check out what was going on. Lieutenant Abrudas who did not know about the full history of the gemstone of bonding, took out her halve gemstone and walked up to Alcia who had disguised herself so that those who know her couldn't recognise her.
"I would like to hear more about the gemstone of bonding, ma'am. Kind of irony being a Turian who does not know how this is supposed to work. "
Alcia looked attentively at Abrudas while hinting at Castis her husband to look at Sergeant Decian Chellick. However, Castis did not understand the intention of his bondmate and luckily Meng was around to drag Decian toward Abrudas while pulling out the necklace of Decian.
"Hey look at this! This guy has the same colour halve gemstone as yours, ma'am."
Alcia clapped her hands while Abrudas just tilted her head in confusion.
"Oh... Great Spirits of Palaven! This must be my lucky day. Witnessing two couples of finding their potential bondmate."
This caused Decian, Orinia and Ogrinn to blush while the rest of the Turians surrounding them clapped their hands as a gesture to congratulate the two couples. While Abrudas was still confused at how this really worked and was feeling uneasy at the same time. Meanwhile, Pearl and Meng each grabbed the gemstones of the two couples respectively, and purposely trying to connect the wrong gemstones which refused to stay together.
"Oh... Great Spirits of Palaven! That will not work. You are supposed to connect the same matching colours like this."
Alcia chuckled while moving toward Abrudas and Decian and She took the same matching halve gemstones and placed them into her hands.
"This is how it is supposed to work."
Decian was literally grinning when the two halves connected together while Abrudas was stunned and stumbled her steps before running away.
"What are you waiting for?"
Spectre Saren Arterius gave Decian a nudge on one of his arms.
"Go after her, you blockhead!"
Saren further yelled.
Decian then composed himself and turned to heed after Abrudas while Alcia was testing the two halves gemstones of the other Turian couple. Pearl on the other hands had grabbed one of the arms of Major Doctor Karin Chakwas and pulled her closer to where Saren was standing.
"Well, Sergeant Decian Chellick was not the only "blockhead" here. Don't you agree with me, Spectre?"
"I...I'm... Uh... abso...lutely... no idea..."
Saren started to stumble with his words while this caused a snicker to sound from Karin. Pearl then pushed Karin further toward Saren in an attempt to tease him as well which caused the Spectre to blush and trying to hide away while Karin was very near to him.
"Well, I have others important thing that needed my attention currently. I should go then."
This caught the attention of Castis who was standing beside Meng while Saren was heading toward the group of Humans in yellow Enviro-suits.
"Is the Turian Spectre and the Human doctor a couple?"
Meng tilted his head before shaking it.
"Not at the moment. The Turian Spectre knows but the Human doctor is still obliviously unaware since she has not smelled the scent yet. The male is keeping his distance or stay near only whenever the female has her helmet on. I and my partner will need to work out something else. The Turian Spectre is having inferiority synonyms probably due to his looks as well."
Castis could understand the way why the Turian Spectre had acted.
"That is one of the main reasons. His clan name being tainted could be another factor as well. And being barefaced is not actually helping Saren either."
Meng nodded his head while eyeing in the direction of the Turian ambassadress Orinia and Ogrinn.
"Well, if you and your wife needed any assistance regarding this two, I and my partner are willing to offer our assistance anytime."
Castis chuckled while giving a small nudge at one of the arms of Meng.
"Never thought I could be a mentor to a Human or working together as a team."
Which Meng shook his head and wrapped one of his arms around the shoulders of his Guardian mentor.
"To be precise both of us aren't organics anymore. So it is basically just a collaboration between the mentor and the student guardians."
Castis chuckled while nodding his head in a manner of agreeing with Meng.
"It is about time for me to change my mindset."
And while the rest were busy with Orinia and Ogrinn, Castis caught sight of the small Human in sky blue Enviro-suit.
"Is that Human any way related to you and your partner?"
In return, Meng nodded his head and grinned.
"She is Commander Jane Shepard. Probably I and my partner are the great or great-great grandparents of hers."
Castis then nodded his head as a way of showing the confirmation he had seen in his vision.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! She is also the bondmate of my son Garrus!"
Which Meng nodded his head this time and winked.
"Never thought that we are related through their bonding."
Castis chuckled while eyeing at the small human in sky blue enviro-suit for the second time.
"Neither did I my friend."
Meng grinned while nodding his head playfully.
"Ah... Friend. I like that. It is better like this since being the guardian is not an easy job."
Castis laughed while walking away hoping to find Chellick and Abrudas.
"You could say that this is still a very challenging job for me and after fifteen long years. I'm still learning new thing."
Meng followed after Castis while leaving with him and gave him a datapad.
"You would probably need this as well."
Castis then took the datapad and read it quickly while continuing his search for Chellick and Abrudas.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! This would be very complicated on what that deceased General Desolas Arterius had done. Really a bastard and a disgrace to the Turians race."
Meng shook his head while correcting Castis his new friend and mentor.
"Ah, my mentor and friend. There you go again with that remark again."
In which Castis facepalmed himself and snorted in defeat.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! I should watch myself. That really kind of misleading when I do not intend to sound like that."
Meng then gave Castis a small pat on one of the shoulders.
"Easy buddy. You are too tensed up. Just relax."
Castis in return just gave Meng a smile while showing his appreciation.
"You are right my friend. I should relax and get back to my old easy-going self."
Abrudas ran as fast as her legs could carry her far away from the loud crowd. She ran along a hallway which leads into a dark alley just around the corner from the arrival hall. Obliviously unaware of Chellick was chasing closely behind her, she just wanted to hide from the reality of truth that has now tormented her both physically and emotionally.
Usually non-mate Turians especially females would protect themselves and avoid getting the seeds of any males inside their wombs unless if the male is the said bondmate. Unknowingly that the deceased General Desolas Arterius had deceived her and used her for his own selfish carnal pleasures; Abrudas had allowed Desolas whom she had trusted and respected, to ejaculate his seeds inside her on many occasions while they had blown off steam as she placed her trust in Desolas who had falsely claimed to be the said bondmate of her.
Unable to stomach the facts and the reality that she had been so naive and dumb; Abrudas began to plead with every great Spirit while she mused in thoughts.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! How is the heck on Palaven am I able to face my actual bondmate now? This can't be true... Please... This can't be true... Don't let this be true... Please.."
Abrudas began to struggle with her mind as her body started to stumble forward uncontrollably as numbness was slowly attacking both of her legs by now. Those memories of her together with Desolas now felt like daggers stabbing through her. If not for the quick reflexes of Decian, Abrudas would have fallen and hurt herself as she almost hit the ground before both the arms of Decian were wrapped tightly around the waistline of her. Abrudas squeaked in surprise while she felt the arms of someone had held her firmly from the back in the dark alley. Not knowing who was grabbing her, in a panic, Abrudas kicked both her legs against the shins of her captor in an attempt to free herself from the grips of her captor while screaming in fear.
"Let go of me! You bastard!"
Decian, on the other hands, endured the pains from his shins inflicted by the kicks from Abrudas and continued to hold Abrudas firmly while managing to turn Abrudas around to face him now. Abrudas froze as she realised that her captor was Decian, the one who has the same matching halve gemstone as she has. She began to drop her head while pleading with Decian, as she faced the man who was also her potential bondmate.
"Please... Just let me go..."
Abrudas pleaded with Decian almost in a despairful manner whom simply just ignored her and pulled her closer into a strong embrace. While in the mind of Abrudas, she was struggling with herself to resist Decian, however, physically she had no strength left to fight back as she leaned against the chest of her potential bondmate weakly.
The warmness coming from Decian was quite soothing while he was burying his nose against the neck of Abrudas, inhaling her scent at the same time. Although the two halves of their gemstone connected it wasn't glowing as it should have. Abrudas began to wonder in thoughts and snuggled herself closer to Decian hoping to smell him.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! If only I could smell this man..."
It did not get long before Decian noticed that something was not right when their gemstone did not glow as he began to pull himself away from Abrudas. Decian moved lower as he searched through the body of Abrudas for a particular scent. There was a faint scent which obviously belongs to another Turin male, which Decian had smelled coming from Abrudas. The scent was behind the detachable pelvic fabric of Abrudas which caused Decian to flare up.
"You had allowed another male to seed you? Who is that guy?"
Decian gave a low rumbled while twitching his mandibles in frustration, which almost scared Abrudas who turned her head away in shame and agony.
"Tell me! Who is he?"
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Decian clenched both his fists against his side demanding a reply as he looked at Abrudas who just turned her head away and kept her silence. In his moment of fury, he fumbled against the detachable pelvic fabric of his pants while removing the detachable pelvic fabric attached to the pants of Abrudas who did nothing to even resist Decian. He continued to work on removing both the pelvic fabrics while pulling and held Abrudas up until her back was pinned against a wall nearby. Decian then arched his knees forward while using his thighs to support the weight of Abrudas.
After managing to remove both the pelvic fabrics which covered both their cloaca respectively, Decian grabbed both the thighs of Abrudas and held them widely apart while rubbing and grinding his cloaca in an up and down or circular movement against the cloaca of Abrudas until he was aroused and his manhood was hard and long enough to emerge from his cloaca. Decian did not bother to check if Abrudas was comfortable as his manhood has gotten bigger inside and finally penetrated deep inside through the cloaca of Abrudas.
This caused Abrudas to gasp panting for breath as she had not expected for the sudden invasion while wrapping her arms firmly around the neck of Decian in an attempt to stop herself from falling as Decian was moving his hips faster, slamming his manhood against the cloaca of Abrudas. With each heavy thrusting, Abrudas whined with pains as her cloaca had yet to adjust to the penetration from Decian into her as his manhood had thickened.
Abrudas had reached her climax before Decian as he was too rough with her to notice that. The fluid from Abrudas somehow managed to ease the frictions as she continued to hold on while Decian was still thrusting inside of her. Abrudas knew that Decian was trying to reclaim her as his bondmate, which she didn't bother to stop him or shown her discomfort when she had reached her third climaxes which weren't rare but this caused pain instead of pleasures for her. And finally, after Decian had ejaculated his seeds inside the womb of Abrudas after reaching his own climax, with the forth climaxes, Abrudas gave a soft whisper as she rested her head against the neck of Decian and sobbed.
"I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I shouldn't allow someone else to seed me..."
Abrudas then turned her head away from Decian as she felt tears slowly streaming down her eyes. She couldn't bring herself to face this man whom she didn't even know his name; this man, the supposed potential bondmate of hers; whom she can't even smell his scent.
Decian was almost in a rage a while ago, but after seeing the tears streaming down the eyes of Abrudas, he found his heart aching at the sight of Abrudas and regretted what he had done in a fit of his anger. However, he did not speak a word and simply just let go of her while reattached the detachable pelvic fabric silently when his manhood has receded back into his cloaca. Decian then turned away while leaving Abrudas alone in the dark alley who was now sliding down the wall on her back while the mixed fluids started to stream out from her bruised and partially opened cloaca.
Abrudas looked toward the hallway which Decian had passed through while getting a type of washcloth from one of the pouches attached to her waist belt. She used the cloth to carefully cleanse herself, but the pains were unbearable and she found herself crying. She then took a pack of medi-gel and applied it to the bruises around the cloaca and inwardly rebuking herself for being so dumb and naive.
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By the time Decian has reached the arrival hall, Saren had caught sight of him and approached the younger Turian male immediately as he felt something was not right when Abrudas was nowhere in sight.
"Sergeant Decian Chellick? Where is Lieutenant Abrudas?"
Castis and his newly found friend also being his new student Meng were heading through a hallway while Decian simply just walked through the two Guardians looking half dead while passing through the hallway. Both of their guardian awareness kicked in as Castis and Meng ran toward the dark alley immediately and spotted Abrudas who had already dressed up but was weakly leaning against the wall while she sat on the ground. The two guardians could smell the obvious foreplay of scents lingering in the air, but the scents were not melded as it should have between bondmates.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! What had Sergeant Decian Chellick done to Lieutenant Abrudas?"
Castis proclaimed in disbelief while focusing himself on the still sobbing Turian female who was still seated on the ground in tears.
"For goodness sake! Did Chellick raped Abrudas?"
Meng asked and eyeing at his mentor Castis while pointing one of his fingers toward the Turian female in doubts.
"A Turian male instinct of reclaiming the said bondmate in the event if someone else seeded the said bondmate through rape or betrayal from the female. I won't define that as rape since Lieutenant Abrudas did not resist Sergeant Decian Chellick but the male has done this out of anger instead of love... Not what should have been done actually.."
Castis folded his arms in annoyance while shaking his head in a disapproving manner.
"This is getting harder. Decian just leaves Abrudas here alone in the dark alley just like that... Without knowing the facts first... If Decian had asked, this shouldn't have happened.."
The Human Guardian frowned and looked toward the direction where Decian had departed while addressing his own opinions.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! What is Decian thinking? Abrudas is a victim, deceived and used by that disgraceful General Desolas Arterius. And even his death didn't make the thing any better. What is done cannot be undone..."
Castis could not understand how this could happen and a moment later the two guardians and Abrudas heard a heavy footstep of someone running along the hallway toward the dark alley. Decian could be seen running back at full speed and heading toward Abrudas and pulled her up into his arms. He gasped while still catching his breaths.
"I'm so terribly sorry. I should not have done that to you out of my anger and frustration, Abrudas... I should have asked you first..."
Abrudas shook her head instead and sobbed sightly.
"No! This is not your fault. It is my fault. I am being naive and dumb."
Decian held Abrudas closer to himself and shook his head.
"This is not your fault... I ran into Spectre Saren Arterius just now. He had told me everything... I am being such an idiot.."
Abrudas snuggled herself against the chest of Decian and cried loudly this time while Decian wrapped his arms around the shoulders of Abrudas. The thing would have been different if Decian was not so quick to judge Abrudas. Although the gemstone stayed connected it did not have a tingle of glowing, which make Decian frowned with anxiety.
Abrudas tilted her head slightly while focusing on the connected gemstone in the hands of Decian.
"Is that anything wrong? Sir?"
Decian cupped one of the mandibles of Abrudas before responding to her.
"Just call me Decian. I should have introduced myself earlier."
Abrudas nodded her head while resting herself on one of the arms of Decian.
"Is anything bothering you, Decian?"
Decian held the connected gemstone and brought it closer to Abrudas.
"The gemstone should have glowed when gotten connected but nothing had happened so far."
Abrudas lifted up her head and eyeing at Decian curiously.
"What will happen if it just stayed like this?"
In which Decian just shrugged his shoulders as a gesture to show the uncertainty of the outcome. While Meng just stared at Castis who shrugged his shoulders as well.
"Dammit! Thought you should know better than me, my friend!"
Meng rumbled in frustrations.
"Never have I ever encountered such case before, Meng."
Castis simply just rubbed both his temples with one of his hands in defeat.
While Abrudas on the other hands just laughed and smiled against Decian obliviously unaware of the presence of Castis and Meng.
"We will think about it later, but right now the two of us should get a shower and joined back to the group as soon as possible. I still have a mission to handle."
Decian nodded silently as he began to carry Abrudas in his arms.
"What are you doing, Decian? I can walk by myself."
Which Decian just shook his head.
"At least let me carry you before the passage of the hallway ended?"
Abrudas simply just shook her head in defeat.
"Alright. But only until there."
While Castis, as well as Meng, were busy focusing on the Turian twin flames case between Abrudas and Chellick, both their respective wives were busy focusing on the Turian twin flames case between the Turian ambassadress Orinia and Ogrinn the ill-tempered near the Turian Immigration Security main building.
"So these halve gemstones are supposed to glow? After the connection right? But why are the colours just staying being dark yellow?"
Pearl asked curiously while examining the now connected matching dark yellow gemstones which belong to Orinia and Ogrinn, which were held in the hands of Alcia H. Vakarian, in which Alcia nodded her head and looked between Orinia and Ogrinn before explaining further in more details among those who were listening as well.
Galus Kandros was also among the group who was nearer and paying his attention closer while Pearl took notice of him and gave Alcia a hint whom also took notice of Galus before continuing her speech.
"If only both the owners of the respective halve gemstones accepted to be connected or both owners did not involve with other souls through unprotected intercourse."
Both Orinia and Ogrinn just looked at each other and each having their own thoughts while listening to Alcia who was watching closely before she continued on.
"Then the halve gemstones should be able to glow when connected. So right now the dark yellow gemstones just stay connected without glowing like this."
Alcia held up the connected dark yellow halve gemstones and showed it to the rest of the people standing close by, noticing Niria Maxilinus was holding her own gemstone with a sad expression. Alcia then gave Pearl a hint on Niria which the new trainee Guardian immediately nodded her head as a gesture of acknowledgement before Alcia continued again.
"And once after their gemstones glowed, the gemstones will only be dark yellow whenever they are in closed distance; white if they are further away from each other in different part of galaxies, systems, planets and space stations; red if they are in the same planets or space stations and green which mean both of them are within a fifty meter radius."
Pearl then nudged one of the arms of Orinia, who was listening attentively to Alcia while Ogrinn was staring continuously at Orinia.
"So, what does the Turian Ambassadress think of it?"
Pearl asked while holding both the hands of Orinia who blushed slightly while she noticed that Ogrinn was still staring at her. Orinia pulled her hands away and turned to face both Pearl and Alcia before responding.
"I... Do not think I am able to make the decision on my own. The Asari Matriarch Benezia is the one who is able to decide for me according to the Citadel Council laws I am afraid."
Ogrinn then came closer toward to the Turian ambassadress and looked at her before Pearl or Alcia could ask Orinia any further questions.
"Orinia, what is your decision then? If you are able to make a choice on your own. Would you want to be my bondmate?"
Orinia tilted her head slightly and looked toward the direction of Primarch Adrien Victus who was standing nearby. This caused Ogrinn to turn around and faced the Primarch who had moved closer to where Orinia and Ogrinn were standing. Adrien then eyed at the two before voicing out.
"Orinia, you do know the consequences if you would choose a mercenary as your bondmate?"
Ogrinn froze at the words of Adrien while Orinia turned away from him and nodded her head in responding to the Primarch's question.
"Yes, Sir. I do. And I know the Asari Matriarch Benezia has high expectation of me. But..."
Before the Turian ambassadress could finish her words, Adrien held up one of his hands as a gesture to stop Orinia and turned to face Ogrinn.
"I could help if you chose to stay in the dark and keep this bonding a secret, Ogrinn."
This makes Ogrinn furious and shook his head in frustration while twitching his mandibles in an angry manner.
"Why should I be in the dark, Sir? This is absolutely ridiculous!"
Adrien then came closer, towering over Ogrinn and whispered in a low and calm manner.
"Your ill-tempered would not help you, Ogrinn! Do you think you have the power or is capable to go against the Asari Matriarch Benezia? Do you think the Asari care about the Turian traditions? If the Asari Matriarch Benezia had cared in the first place, she should be the one who took Orinia to the ceremony and not her daughter Doctor Liara T'Soni."
Ogrinn almost flares up in anger, but he managed to compose himself before responding to Adrien in a low whisper.
"What if I could and I am also able to resist even the Asari as well, Adrien?"
Adrien continued to tower over the ill-tempered Turian male and smirked.
"Well, Ogrinn. You could do so at the consequences of losing your miserable life and make Orinia suffers for it. Is this what you wished to see?"
Ogrinn clenched both his fists while the Turian ambassadress took notice and grabbed one of the arms of Ogrinn. She looked at the Turian male and shook her head as a manner to gesture Ogrinn to calm down. Ogrinn on the other hand just pulled himself away from the grips of Orinia and stumbled a few steps backwards before walking away and heading toward the exit of the arrival hall.
Orinia stooped her head as she watched Ogrinn left and disappeared into the crowd of people leaving the arrival hall. While Abrudas and Chellick were approaching and heading back to join the group with Castis and Meng following closely behind.
Adrien then decided to proceed on with their business and led Madeline and her three daughters: Ashley, Abby and Lynn, together with Hannah, Roy, Sally, Alenko, Jacob, Lieutenant Marie Durand, Lieutenant Girard, Lieutenant Bryant, James, Joker and Jack to the new Williams estate with the help from Orinia, Jacobus, Corinthus, Septimus Oraka, Nihlus and Tarquin.
The other group, on the other hand, was to follow with the lead of Saren to the secret hideout, where Garrus, Solana and the twins were located.
Pearl and Alcia shook both their respective heads in the difficult Turian twin flames case between Orinia and Ogrinn, while Castis and Meng gave their respective wives an account of what had happened between Abrudas and Chellick as the group continued on with each of their assignments respectively.
"Great Spirits of Palaven! This is getting harder than I thought."
Castis frowned as he walked beside Meng, who was joined with his wife Pearl, Jane, Karin, Emily, Bemis, Jella, Talitha, the rest of the fake humans, Saren, Abrudas, Chellick, Sidonis, Sato Davaria, Lilihierax and the members of the Turian mercenary known as Talon; which consisted of Nyreen Kandros, Galus Kandros and Niria Maxilinus.
Alcia who was walking beside Pearl just nodded her head in agreement while watching Abrudas and Chellick.
"At least we know how to handle the case between the Turian ambassadress Orinia and Ogrinn the ill-tempered, unlike these two whom I am at a total loss. That deceased lying bastard General Desolas Arterius sure leave a mess behind even after his death. "
Pearl, on the other hand, folded her arms over her chest and looked at Galus and Niria. However, before she could say anything, Castis started to point at Galus and frowned.
'"Great Spirits of Palaven! Is this a joke?"
Alcia gave both Pearl and Meng a look of "Here he goes again!" before responding to her husband.
"Well-well, my ignorant husband. What are you getting at?"
This caused Castis to fold his arms below his chest and snorted.
"Stop calling me ignorant, my dear wife. He is a mercenary!"
"My mentor and friend, does this really matter to you?"
Meng chuckled while poking a finger at one of the arms of Castis. While Alcia, in return just keep quiet with Pearl stands beside her for support.
"It does matter when it concerns the reputation of the Vakarian clan, my friend."
Castis continues to fold his arms while Pearl tilted her head and sighed when she spotted something floating in the air. A type of four-leaved clover was hovering over the head of Pearl as she reached out one of her hands to touch it.
"What is this supposing to do?"
Pearl grabbed the four-leaved clover and showed it to Castis, Alcia and Meng, who was scratching either their respective head or chin in confusion as well.
"At least this is something to distract our new mentors, my lovely wife."
Meng winked while speaking to Pearl through their telepathic minds. While Jane kicked one of her feet against something that looks like a grinder contraption.
"Ouch! Who put this thing here?"
In which the rest just shook their head at the weird device while Pearl looked at it curiously before eyeing at the four-leaved clover which she had grabbed earlier.
"Commander? Can I have that weird contraption?"
Jane tilted her head at the request of Pearl and responding briskly.
"Sure. Here, take it if you find it useful. At least make it worth for killing my toes."
This makes everyone laugh while Alcia snickered and nudged at Pearl who was receiving the grinder contraption from Jane.
"I believed this Commander Jane Shepard was getting her humorous traits from Richard."
Pearl thanked Jane for the contraption and waited after everyone resumed their journey; before narrowing her eyes at the two invisible guardians and shaking her head while Meng chuckled and winked at Alcia.
"Who knows Jane might get the traits from Tin instead of me."
In return Pearl just smacked one of the arms of Meng in protest.
"Don't you ever dare deny it, my dear husband."
While Castis simply just whispered beside Meng.
"Do all women acted like this after marriage?"
In return, Meng scratched his head before answering Castis.
"I do not know, my friend. It is hard to say that unless I have met all women."
In which Castis just facepalmed and narrowed his eyes at Meng.
"Are you kidding me, my friend?"
Meng simply just shook his head instead.
"No. I am just pulling your legs."
This makes Castis tilt his head in confusion and asked.
"Why and how are you going to pull my legs, Meng?"
This caused Pearl to smack Meng the second time while explaining to Castis at the same time
"The phrase "Pulling your legs!" is just an idiom of the human term which means something that is not true as a way of joking."
Upon hearing what Pearl had explained to him, Castis began to roll his eyes and stared at Meng.
"Trying to be the wise guy are you, my friend?"
Meng snickered while folding his arms across his chest.
"Not trying to since I had already been a wise man for marrying my lovely wife."
Pearl smacked Meng for the third time while Alcia shook her head and sighed.
"I believed all men are behaving the same way after marriage."
This caused both Meng and Castis tilting their respective head and asked in unison.
"How so?"
In which both females answered together.
"Trying to constantly annoy the wife."
In the meantime, the other group, after greeting the new Human ambassadress Madeline J. Williams, both Ashley and Nihlus were walking side by side together. However, the two did not get close enough as to avoid suspicion, while Tarquin and Jack, on the other hand, were playfully touching their gloved hands slightly whenever they found the chances of it,
This makes Nihlus envied the two while he passed a few glances at Ashley, who pretended she did not notice anything. However, Madeline took notice of her daughter and the young Turian Spectre. She eyed Nihlus secretly whom just bumped himself on a lamppost which caused everyone to halt at the sound coming from Nihlus who just grumbled in pain.
"Dammit!"
Ashley restrained herself from rushing to the side of Nihlus while Orinia, Hannah and Madeline had already stood beside to check on the Turian Spectre who was touching his forehead.
"Are you alright, young man?"
Both the older women asked when Abby and Lynn came to stand beside their eldest sister and held her while Alenko was snickering loudly around those who were near him. This caused Jacob, James, Joker, Lieutenant Marie Durand, Lieutenant Girard and Lieutenant Bryant to each gave Alenko a death glare. All of them had taken notice that the Turian Spectre was not paying attention when he was busy glancing at Ashley. To the five soldiers and the one pilot, they also notice that Ashley was smiling whenever Nihlus was looking at her, and all of them felt compared the two men, Specter Nihlus Kryik will be a much better choice of a husband than Staff Lieutenant Kaidan Alenko.
"I am alright, ma'am. I was not paying attention to where I am going."
Nihlus blushed slightly while stealing a few glances at Ashley, who was worried about him. While Adrien simply just laughed and patted on both the arms of the younger Turian Spectre when he came near beside Nihlus.
"First time ever I am seeing one of the Citadel Council's most decorated Spectre agents acting like a nervous teenager as if trying to impress or get the attention of the opposite sex."
This caused everyone to laugh while Nihlus continued to rub his forehead. In which Madeline pondered for a while before moving over to where all her three daughters were standing.
"Ashley my dear sweetheart, now is the chance for you to learn some basic. Now go and attend to the gentleman. Just treat it as a practice of being a good wife."
Abby and Lynn immediately grabbed their eldest sister to move over to where Nihlus was standing and gave their support to Ashley who was carefully administering the basic medical aids on the forehead of Nihlus which Orinia had given to her, while Hannah and Adrien decided to move toward the direction where Madeline was currently standing at the moment.
End of chapter 10