What.

"What?"

My eyes went wide along with that quarian's confess. I don't remember having any 'sister' in my life. Especially quarian.

But the thing is, what both of them are up to? Did they find out about Yela and Raal's accident and came to visit them, don't they? And if that's true, how the heck did they find out about that?

Oh wait, Extranet thing…

Don't know what they talked about after, but one them soon noticed me as I heard them talking about me as well.

"Excuse me," The quarian-who-called-me-'adopted'-brother referred to me. I tried to keep it cool and not to pay attention to them at all. "Is that room is free to visit?"

I didn't answer. Either she, or Tali poked one my shoulders to get my attention, which made me jump out from my seat and fell down into the ground. I didn't why I was so jumpy at that moment, maybe because I was too deep into my thoughts.

As I collapse into the floor, I accidentally reveal my face…and my cyber-scars as well. As all of us stared at each other for a few seconds, since all of us didn't expect to meet each other. I didn't expect this to happen at all.

"E-Eddy…?"

I quickly scan another quarian with my eyes, which is sitting right next to her. She wears long azure quarian garbs with a black hex pattern on it. Her face-plate color is blue as well.

Wait, azure garbs… blue face-plate… is that? In my memories, I can say that only person has these features. And the only one who always calls me 'Eddy'.

"R…-Rina?"

If that's really 'her', then what she is doing here? And more importantly, how and why she ended up with Tali?

- Hey... Eddy…

- Yeah...?

- You know that we… Quarians… have a tradition... named the Pilgrimage…?

- Uh... huh...? I do...

- I have to go through it myself...

- Don't say... that you leave us forever...

- But I will... bosh'tet...

- Rina...

- Eduard... I have to...

The moment I forcefully ripped myself from my own memories, I notice that I was pulled up to stand on my feet, before either of them started shaking up my upper body by my shoulders, before I felt someone being wrapped around myself in a hug.

"…he should react to us – right now."

"Keelah, is he alright?"

"Can't say for sure, Tali."

It had me a few full seconds to realize I'm standing right next to them both. And when I did, my body abruptly embraced Rina's body, feeling my eyelids getting slightly wet, but nothing more.

"I missed you, you bosh'tet…" she responded quietly, hugging me back at the same time.

I still wonder how I know her without actually meeting her. And… somehow I manage to keep both memories from my – past life, and in the meantime, new memories keep filling up the space in my brain. I still don't know where they're coming from. Is it how people regaining their memories from an amnesia? If that's so, did I had amnesia as well? Right here?

But… I can say for sure, everything I know about my life in this Universe is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't know how much time it'll get me to recall everything that happened to myself right here.

But… I have too. At least for the sake of my own living.

After out little reunion embrace, both of us looked at each other before we sat the bench again. Rina went immediately checking up my face by cupping my checks and closely scanning it with her eyes, before frowning slightly.

"You…" she muttered uncertainly, freeing my cheeks from my hands. "What happened to you?'

"Huh?" I tilted my head curiously, wonder what she found so strange about me.

Rina poked with her finger slightly above my left check, "You got a scar here…" she muttered.

- I'm gonna make you regret every sound you'll make…

- Fuck… off – argh…!

"I…" I tried to recall the new chuck of memories I just witnessed. "I-I was kidnapped. By Blue Suns. I tried to call you or…Gans – after I managed to escape."

"Keelah…" she murmured, before she continued in her normal tone. "How was it? Rough?"

"You bet it was." I sighed, not having any desire to sink in those memories again. "I wasn't drinking tea or playing cards with those fuckers, you know."

"And how did you escape?" Tali asked curiously.

"My 'overseer'," I made an air-quote, "was distracted by something or someone. Probably an asari, I didn't have a chance to discern. And then, you know what happened next."

Wait, why Tali haven't noticed that her own cloth is wrapped around my arm? Guess I just got lucky this time.

Not that I want her to, not just now.

"So." I started after a bit of pause, concluding it was my turn to acquaint something from them. "What are you both doing here?"

"We, well, Tali heard that a quarian got severely injured and was placed in a chamber for treatment." Rina responded, but then Tali took over. "I stumbled upon it in a news board on the Extranet and wanted to check it out in my free time."

"And how both of you ended up together?" I asked, brushing the hair off my face.

"I'm just here for the supplies. Apparently, Tali's father decided to invent something and we don't have 'specifics' for that. And it happened that det kazuat specifically decided to take over my ship!

*Living sack of excrement.*

"Rina!" It didn't take long for Tali's reaction to come out.

"What?" she pouted. "Your father started to put aside my own projects and plans for the sake of 'his', and I don't care that he's much older than me! Or the thing that he's an Admiral! He's stealing my work place!"

"Then, why exactly are you here?" I asked.

"Because he gently ordered me to arrive to the Citadel to buy some parts for his experiments." She responded bluntly with crossed hands. "But guess what, I didn't find them, so I'm almost hundred percent sure that he's gonna toss me to another ship!"

I chuckled quietly, "Tough break."

"Get on with it."

"Do you know anything about that injured quarian?" Tali asked me after we're finished up the topic about Rina's arrival.

"Yeah, yeah I do." I said.

"So?"

"H-his name is Raal he… was on his Pilgrimage with his lover, Yela. Someone stabbed him and tried to kidnap her. I… I prevented that from happening."

"So I assume that we are free to go in the room?" Rina asks changing the topic abruptly.

"Yeah," I shrugged with crossed hands, "Yela is still there though."

Both of them nod in unison, before pushing themselves of their seats, as they start moving up to the closed door.

"You will come with us?" Tali asked.

I shook my head in response, cuddling unto my hoodie.

"Then wait for us, okay?" she asked again, as Rina opened door and stepped inside, before I was left alone.

It took me a few moments of being alone to realize Tali's request. Sighing, I decide to use this opportunity just to relax for a bit. Pulling off my hoodie, I hastily fold it and use it as a pillow, placing it on the bench before lying on it.

Given the fact that this bench is harsh, I still felt kinda… comfortable. And I almost dozed off, but before I could even have a chance, all three of them abruptly appeared right into my sights.

Not that I was already sleeping…

"Ed, give me your omni-tool for a sec." Rina declared, as I lazily pushed myself to sit. Moments after, she abruptly grabbed my hand with the omni-tool and activated it herself.

"Uh-huh…" I muttered, not knowing what she had planned to do.

She turned on her omni-tool as well, done some stuff and after that I heard a shrill pings in mine. Pulling my arm to myself, I notice that a notification appeared in it. Rina send me credits. A whole five thousand of them.

And I don't know whether it is a large or a small amount… really…

"Eh?" I rose my sights back to her, tilting my head with a curious grimace.

"Yeah, I just send you some credits." Rina sighed, turning off her omni-tool, "Though they're not just for you. They're for you and Yela."

"What?!" I asked with a surprised face.

"She doesn't have a place to go. Oh, and you're lucky that she only trusts you."

"And?"

"Please? I can't take her with myself either. Not that I cannot, she just refuses." Rina sighed with folded hands. "And I wouldn't do it if I couldn't trust you. And – you're the only person she can count on. Kind of."

Idiot.

Really? The only one who she can count on? Oh come on, I don't want – I mean it's not for me and I suck at babysitting, even though Yela is not a bab…-baby.

"Fuck it – fine."

20 Minutes Later.

Oh yeah, vouch for a quarian and eventually you have to stick with his 'girlfriend' for a month! Just what I fucking need!

It never gets better, does it?

Rina arrived on her own shuttle, so we made a way towards its location. We didn't chat much at that moment, only hearing her or Tali's advices for a next month with living with a quarian. Which was anything, possible places for rest, nearby dextro filled cafes or grocery stores – things like that. I don't know whether they were doing it just to make me acquainted, or Yela as well.

"We'll be fine, don't worry." I threw off, reassuring Rina as we entered docking bay's area.

"I hate myself for letting you do that, but-"

I cut her off, "Yet you still letting me do that – no wait, you ordered me!" I said with a bit of joke in my sentence, while she just grunted in her response.

Gladly or not, her shuttle isn't far away, as we're closing to the specific one. It looks kinda usual, compared to all others shuttles around, since probably Rina rented it for a ride. Or not, I don't really know.

"So, this is a goodbye?" I sighed, as we finally approached it. The moment we did, the door already opened with a slight steam of decontamination sequence, revealing its quarters to us, though they were not illuminated by the lights.

"Yeah, possibly." Rina chuckled with a sigh, glancing over her shuttle and then at me. "Though I doubt you will get rid of me that easily."

"Uh-huh, sure." I groaned, rolling my eyes, before feeling wrapped by her hands in a hug. I returned it subconsciously, before both of us broke it up almost in unison.

And after our little goodbye ritual between all of us was over, Rina waved her hand as she walked into her shuttle; all of us did the same as well. The moment she flew off, I kept waving my hand, until she disappeared from my sights.

As I turn around, I don't find Tali around. Confused, I quickly scanned the surroundings and didn't find her anywhere. Where did she go all of a sudden?

"W-where is she?" I asked quietly.

"S-she told me to say t-that her Captain is waiting for her, so s-she ran back to her – ship…" Yela responded almost immediately, giving me the reason why she ran away.

"Oh." I sighed, sliding my hand on my face slowly.

"S-so," she reluctantly came into my sights, hiding her hands behind her back. "you will be with me this whole m-month?"

"Y-yeah." I said with a sigh. "Though I must return to the office. My cheif is probably gonna kill me." I said with another sigh, shrugging at the same time.

"You taking me with you?" Yela asked with a bit of sheepishness in her voice.

"Yeah. I probably don't have other choice."

"His name is Sonny Rawling." Den declared, displaying a few photos of him on a screen. Black skin, green eyes, bald top of the head and a thick moustache around his lips and a look which might put you in a worry of keeping your items by yourself. "He is a fraudster and a murderer, infamous for hunting down a pair and either robbing, or murdering both of them if his disguise was seen through. Mostly everyone who knows him call him 'Shapeshifter'. Somehow, he managed to make connections with some of the arms stores and others, mostly which are notorious, both human and alien as well. That allowed him to make almost perfect copies of different species outfits."

"We tried to catch him ever since he started doing his 'operations' here." Castis added, resting on the arm-chair. "Any time we had any lead on him, he just – disappeared. We noticed that mostly of the time he tries to rob his victims, but if he fails, he disposes of the witnesses instead."

"Yeah, he almost killed Raal in the process." I said with disgust, resting my back on the chair with crossed hands.

"He is alive?" Den asked with his signature tune.

"Barely," I muttered, "he's in hospital now."

"And that other quarian?" Castis interfered.

"She decided to stay in the Citadel, until he's able to return to the Migrant Fleet."

"Does she have someone to stay with, or perhaps money to pay for staying in the Citadel?" Den asked.

I rubbed my neck, trailing off my sights to the ceiling, "Well… me-"

"No, no, no." Den protested with a slight raise of his voice. "You are not going bring her into my house."

I sighed with a grunt, "I didn't say that I will, dammit. I'll just rent a room somewhere for a month with her."

"You have credits for that?" Castis got curious.

"Yes." I nodded.

"How?"

"Long story. Don't worry, it's legal."

Castis sighed, opening up his omni-tool as he did. "Then, I would suggest you check the 'Relay Refuge'. We made a collaboration with the owners, so that every C-Sec employee would receive a discount for a rent." He declared, leaving me surprised as he send a message with the coordinates. "It's still in Zakera and is pretty close to the office and the level which you're patrolling."

"Th-thanks?" I got flattered, and the hell I would expect that C-Sec would make a partnership with some hotel owner's. But still.

"In your place I wouldn't expect anything luxurious; it will be the same as Den's apartments."

"Right…" I raised my eyebrow for a moment, before sighing as I closed my omni-tool.

"Now, write up your report, and get back to your post." Castis demanded calmly, as I got from the chair. "Den, dismissed."

"Yes, sir." He said with the salute, as he walked away from the cabinet, while I was moving towards nearby, free computer, sitting on the chair and facing it, I surprised it was already fully ready for the reports.

I still don't understand why people use computers these days. We have like… an omni-tool for that matter, no? Don't really want to know, if there's any kind of explanation, maybe just they're more secure from hack attacks, I don't know.

/ Select Profile.

/ Officer D. Denfront
E. Daemon
Chief Officer C. Vakarian
Officer G. Vakarian

There were a lot more profiles; I just noticed those, which were around my name. Pressing it, I'm still amused that feels like any normal computer from my past life, expect the fact that I'm facing a holographic screen and typing on a hardened holographic keyboard with a mouse.

/ Selected Profile: E. Daemon

/ Create New File.

/ Report. Date: 10-06-2183

/ Stumbled upon a criminal in 'Jellyfish' cafe, named Sonny Rawling. Was trying to impose one of the quarians that I had to escort to their passaged ship. His disguise was exposed due to his lack of information about the quarian that he tried to impose. The victim is barely alive and due to his wounds has to be treated in one of Citadel hospitals.

Report over.

/ E. Daemon

Yeah, escort. Next time write that there are highly prioritized VIPs and you had to ensure they're save from any assassinations attempts. Might look more dramatic.

With a slide against my face to not doze off, I press the save and send buttons, before turning the computer off and pushing myself off the chair.

As I was about to exit the cabinet, Castis called me out, making me stop and glance over my shoulder.

"Just so you know. Due to your success in capturing Rawling, I'll reduce your community service down to two weeks."

My eyes widened at such statement, "And how much… originally I was supposed to serve?"

"Originally, you was supposed to serve approximately one month and two weeks." He stated, squeezing his fingers against each other, "Now, I won't hold you any longer, get back to your post."

"Thank you-" I cleared my throat to say it properly, "Thank you, sir."

Yela is sitting quietly bracing her forearms against her knees. She gave me that familiar sheepish look of her just as I left the cabinet, lifting herself off the chair.

"A-are you done?"

"What?" I lifted my eyebrow for a moment. "No, I still have to do my duties."

"So you still t-taking m-me with you?"

I sighed, hiding my hands into the hoodie, tilting my head as I did so. "You, you probably know the a-answer already, Yela."

Den said that my patrol is ending in 21:50 and starts in 11: in Galactic since… well, since I will live independent from him. Whenever I try looking, I can always find him in crowd, either leaning against the wall, either sitting. Yela is not leaving my side whenever we go and I can sometimes notice that she inwardly squeezes my left arm with hers. I don't know why, and how she does it when I only notice at the moment she already was holding my hand, but I'm not really… tempted to ask.

Maybe because she's just scared? Maybe because both of them were right, that she can only rely on me on this station? Probably both, maybe I'll just ask her about that later.

The rest of my patrol time wasn't so intense as the first part was. But hey, I'm happy about that. Because I'm already tired, and having another murder or robbery would really piss me off.

I look at my omni-tool time. It's already 21:55 and I can't find Den whenever I look. And, if I remember, I don't have any overtime…

"Alright-" I nudge Yela's shoulder as I got up. "Time to go."

The moment I stood up, I already found Yela standing in front of me, hiding her hands behind her back.

"Do you know where we'll rest?" She asked.

"Yeah." I nodded with a sigh. "My chef recommended some place called 'Relay Refuge'. One good thing about is that I'll receive a discount for it."

Well, I expected it kinda… cheaper, some sort. The moment we enter the lounge, I quickly notice a metal padding on the walls and floor, though they're carefully decorated with grey quilts and long carpets. Some plants scattered around the room, most of them I can't even recognize, and a big picture of a Mass Relay against the wall, between two lifts and a manager desk.

Looks cute.

The manager notices us almost immediately, waving his hand to come closer. It's a turian female; her plates are having a mix of gray and black color, while her mandibles are more hooked than an ordinary turian would have, all while spiced up with red tattoos around her face area. Her eyes is green, surprisingly.

Though the moment we approach her, she gives us a somewhat an annoyed look on her face as she rolled her chair closer to the computer.

"Great. Another interspecies pair. Just what I need…" She muttered, before moving her sights to us. "Hello, can I help you?"

"W-we…-we're not a couple…" Yela muttered back, hearing what she said with crossed hands and trailed sights.

"We'd like to rent a room." I said, trying to be confident as ever. Yeah, mock us more and make her even stammered. Just what I need. "M-my chef said that C-Sec employees receives a discount."

"Yes, that's right, your chef wasn't wrong." Turian snapped, quickly shaking off her slightly surprised expression. Probably because Yela was standing beside the C-Sec employee, that's right. "Do you want normal or deluxe room?"

"Normal." Yela declared faster than I would, as I wanted to say the same.

"For how long?"

"One month." I responded.

"Names?"

"Eduard D-Daemon."

"Yela'Laame."

She slowly typed out everything we said, before putting some kind of a scanning device on the desk in front of us. "Two thousand five hundred credits."

I really wonder how much discount is.

My hand with turned on omni-tool subconsciously drifted around the scanner, making a notification jump out with confirmation about transferring credits to the account. It here I can't see the amount of discount, but it says it's there.

With a bit of quick consideration, I press the confirm button, making my omni-tool turn off by itself with a notification about receiving access of something, all while manager was busy with her computer.

"Third floor. Your room's number is 11A." She said, glancing over our side for a moment.

I nodded, "Thanks."

"No loud music. No screaming. And no parties." She declared abruptly, as she counted on her fingers. She sounded really serious this time.

"R-right…" I sighed again, taking Yela's hand as I made a beeline towards the lift. Surprisingly enough, it was already on the first floor, negating the awkward waiting for it. "Thanks again."

"You're welcome." Turian said with a bit of annoyance. "Enjoy your stay."

The lift's speed was almost the same as any in the whole Citadel. By that I mean it was a fast passage. Though I still need to adjust to their speed. It's… they're just quick.

The moment we appear in the third floor, we are immediately greeted by large amount of doors with tags on them. Nevertheless, finding ours wasn't too hard.

As we approach the 11A door, the holographic panel immediately appears in front of the door, with a demand of putting the omni-tool on it. Activating mine and sliding it slowly against the panel, the scanner turned green for a few seconds before opening.

Well.

I expected it to be… cheaper? Is it really a 'normal' room? If it is, then what deluxe would look like? Most of the floor is covered by fur carpets, while walls have a nice pattern of blue wallpaper. Black – almost black sofa with two pillows and one bed with blue blankets. No TV though. Heh, like it would matter anyway.

The lounge is also filled with a bookshelf and a chair. One of the walls got covered with wall windows, revealing the Zakera's contents. We also have a small kitchen, with empty fridge, obviously. Only a few strange looking cans around the furniture. Probably that... that bio-mass thing.

And of course, a bathroom. Nothing special, though. A shower, a sink and a of course, a toilet. All of which are made of metal. Well, except for the toilet's cap.

Yeah. I'm fine with it.

Maybe it's not that bad after all.

A/N: This chapter had come through my beta-reader, Ghostboy95, and I thank him for checking out this chapter.

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