Friendship Collection
Acethebatdog2039
Mass Effect Fanfiction
Chapter 10
Rumors
She couldn't believe it.
She just couldn't believe it.
She heard them talking in the Alliance office.
Commander John Shepard is alive
Living breathing
Alive
He was alive
At first she was happy to know that her son was alive.
And then she was upset
No email
No call
Nothing
Just like his father.
An offhand comment from an Alliance Admiral who didn't care
Dave said they were rumors.
They were rumors until he, himself saw the boy.
Her lover and son had a meeting without her.
Now she was just plan angry.
Glare
There was some days that John just want to punch Garrus
But he knew it would just hurt him more than the turian.
But he just wanted too.
Mostly when Garrus was being a smartass, which was almost every day.
But John learned to ignore him over time or just told him to shut up.
But today there was something about Garrus' comments that made him want to hit him.
"A quarantine zone for a plague that kills turians, why don't we ever go anywhere nice?"
John glared and told Garrus to shut up.
Fifteen Hours
They were stuck on Tuchanka due to a sandstorm.
Wrex was nice enough to set them up with a tent for the night.
Garrus, Mordin, John, and the ugly little varren were all held up in the tent.
"Amazing that the varren has taken to you Commander," Mordin was starting to set up his bed.
"Yeah, it's great that he hasn't left my side all day." John rolled his eyes.
Garrus was already in bed.
It had been a long day of fighting, finding Maelon, and then this sandstorm.
John just wanted a shower and his bed, not a tent with two other guys and a varren.
He was tired of Mordin's nonstop chatting.
"Professor Solus?"
"Yes, commander?"
"Shut up."
"Yes, sir."
"Fifteen hours, I've been waiting to say that."
Skill
Garrus could never understand why John took as much shit as he did.
Garrus himself would have killed someone by now.
John? He was a saint.
He was just too nice to everyone
As Jack said it was going to bite him in the ass someday.
He questioned John about it one night in his cabin after their card game.
"Well Garrus," John sat back in his chair. "It's easy to be nice to people you like. But being nice to someone you hate, that's a skill."
Shell
The ship was quiet.
He liked the late nights.
The best time for his meditations
The air in Life Support helped
He closed his eyes and listened to hum of Drive Core.
Images of his beautiful wife and their young son filtered into his soul.
Irikah's voice played in his mind
Singing to Kolyat late at night
He took a deep breath and let the emotions leave his body as he exhaled.
He became an empty shell once again.
A/N: Because you guys are awesome I want to do something for you guys. So I'm taking ideas for a chapter. Just send me a message or put it in a review. So the next one will be a celebration chapter because you guys are awesome. Thanks for all the love, means a lot guys.
Ace