"Garrus please stop fusing over me! I am fine. I feel massive but I am fine. And hot, please put the air con higher, I am getting cooked here."
"Hayat love if I put the air con any higher my balls will freeze and fall off. Anyway you look stunning. And I must say that dress of yours is way too revealing for a woman your condition."
"You saying I am too fat for this dress?"
Oh shit!
"No love! All I am saying is that you look so good in it I can't take my eyes of you."
"Good safe turian!"
But she is stunning. Commander Shepard, Saviour of the Citadel, the woman that brought down the Collectors and the Reapers is wearing a flowery summer dress. Take that Harbinger, fear my sandals. Ha ha! That would have been an interesting fight.
"Garrus love can you put those dexto chocolates over there and the nuts on that table. Thanks, Ummm wait where you going? Need a kiss ASAP turian."
"Yes ma'am. One kiss, coming up."
"Oh they are kicking! Feel that. Ha ha!"
"By the Spirits! They are strong. Hayat love, umm you are only sixteen weeks. Babies human or turian shouldn't do that."
"Yeah well our babies are extra special remember? Mealon said the babies are bigger than normal but they are fine."
I like this idea called a baby shower. All our friends and family come here and talk about my babies. I still can't believe she doesn't want to know the sex of the babies, and of course I am not allowed to know either. But she is right! As long as they are healthy I shouldn't worry about anything else, even if it means giving birth to giant half turian half human babies. Uhhh!
"Still waiting on that kiss Vakarian."
"Sorry Mrs Vakarian."
"What! no biting Garrus?"
"Hello Jack, good to see you too"
"Yeah, yeah! Hey Shep, fuck girl you are big! Is only being four months."
"Thanks Jack!"
"Ahhhh! Lola, mi chika is right you know! You are way too big for four months old."
"Come on guys leave her alone. And Jack ummm... fuck it. Jack, are you pregnant as well?"
"Fuck Garrus, you have an x-ray on your visor now as well?"
"Actually, yeah I do! I upgraded it. That's how I keep an eye, literally, on the babies."
"That's creepy Scars! But yeah, we sort of had an accident my chika and me."
"I hope you are happy with your accident?"
"Oh hey Doc, Javik, no is a good accident yeah. We are happy about it."
"Commander, it is good to see you. Are all humans of your cycle this big when they are expecting?"
Oh fuck sake, she is nearly in tears. Why do people say that? Maelon is not worried, so everything is right.
"Guys leave her alone. She looks lovely."
"You have to say that you turian bosh'tet."
"Of course I do Tali, I am not stupid."
"Hey! Everybody, I am still here and I can hear you. Right so everybody come and sit down, have a drink from the bar. Have a few for me, since I am not allowed to HAVE any. I just sit here and sweat my ass off. Kaidan bring me lemonade, yeah, you heard me Mr Hotshot Spectre."
I swear since she got pregnant she is more demanding and bossy than she was. But our friends know her and they love her for it. There is something very wrong with her. Oh great the krogans are here.
"Battlemaster you look good. You want to go out and wrestle? Now you are big enough I would not be afraid that I will break you. Hehe"
"Grunt! The Commander is not in a position to wrestle. Hello Commander, how are you?"
"Hello Bakara. I am well thanks. You left the kids back in Tuchanka?"
"Yes, Wrex stayed as well. He wanted me to make sure that you are not going soft now with the babies. But you know Wrex, he is a mutant idiot."
"Tell him I miss him too."
I wish Bakara stayed with Hayat. It will do her good to have her around. She is always so relax around her. Huh! Wrex probably send the Aralakh Company to take her back. She is really pale today.
"Baby girl... is presents time! Open mine first."
Something is really wrong with her! Where is Maelon?
"Oh thanks mum is ahhhh...what is it exactly?"
"Is a baby bottle warmer! Honey you don't look so good."
"Garrus love! Call Maelon."
"Hayat!"
Spirits, she is bleeding! Why the blood is not only red? The babies!
"Maelon where are you? You slimy pyjak where are you?"
"Garrus bring her in my room and place her on that bed. I will have to operate and remove the babies NOW! Dr Chakwas I will need your assistance."
"What can I do?"
"Garrus, I need you to stay out of this room until I call you back, do you understand?"
"You little shit, you..."
"Yes I am, now go and shoot something to amuse yourself. NOW! I will do everything to save the Commander and your babies."
"I will kill you, if anything happens to them you... ouff! Javik get off me now!"
"Garrus, remember when you asked me if we are friends? What did I reply?"
"You asked me if friendship means to stand at your side when I need you, then yes you are my friend."
"Exactly right turian! I am at your side, helping you, when you need me most."
Fucking frog! I will kill him once he is done. That will amuse me indeed. FUCK! He is right I need to shoot something. Where is my gun? There!
"James, Javik, Grunt with me. We are shooting some clay pigeons."
"What is a clay pigeon turian?"
"Come and see it was a gift from...Hayat. See when we were fighting the Reapers I took her on top of the Presidium and we had a shooting competition, ummm, among other things. Anyway, she didn't miss a single shot and I didn't miss either so... we came to a draw. So a couple of months ago, she brings this machine over that throws clay discs. To continue where we were left she said. Fuck! She is beating me by two so far."
"Don't worry Scars; you will beat her when she comes out. Also you will have the niños to train as well."
"Yeah….lets shoot!"
Loving her and shooting is the only things that bring me peace. I will always have shooting but I will gladly put my rifle down forever if it means she lives. Whatever are Spirits, a God or a Goddess they sure do their best to get her up there on Heaven. Maybe mere mortals are not meant to have so much greatness, maybe it tips over the balance of the galaxy. Well screw them!
"Pull!"
Three hours later:
"Scars man, is been over three hours. Let's go inside. Is dark and is getting cold."
"Yeah, you are right. You go in and I will be there in a minute."
"Hello Garrus."
"Samara? You missed the party you know. Ha!"
"Garrus, I understand you are upset but the Commander will not be happy with you right now."
"I am sick and tired of people telling me what the great Commander will approve or disapprove. Screw you Justicar. She got herself into this mess without even asking me. I was content with myself not having children with her. But she had to do it. You know… I… don't know if I will be upset if they die. I love them but if they kill her… I… don't know if I can take it, I mean every time I look at them, I will know, is because of them that she is dead. Ha! The irony of it is that the Collectors didn't really kill her, the Reapers didn't kill her, but what is killing her right now is our own children."
"Garrus, you don't mean that. If the Commander does die, then those children will be the only things that will really remind you of her. Little things, the way they look at you, the way they move, their laugh. She will always live in them."
"I don't know. Once I tasted happiness with her, I… don't want to lose that. Is it selfish?"
"We are all selfish creatures Garrus! We don't want to lose the things that make us who we really are! What really keeps us alive! But sometimes we need to find a new target to aim our selfishness, yes?"
"GARRUS she... oh hello Samara!"
"Hello Tali! It is good to see you."
"Garrus, she is awake, she is looking for you."
"What... is she ok?"
"Just go!"
Here goes running the featherless chicken!
"Hayat love! Are you ok? Maelon is she ok? Where are the babies?"
"Garrus love, you really really really need to growl at my doctor. I am fine, and the babies are...snif... the most beautiful babies I have ever seen. Go and see them, please"
"Are you ok?"
"Yes, just go!"
There they are. Our two small bundles of joy and pain, entwine into one.
"Mr Vakarian I present you your son."
My son. Ha! He has my blue eyes, but his head is human, with black hair, ah and look a small fringe is under that hair. His nose is very turian as well. Hahaha! Look at those tiny talons. His body is human as well but the skin has some of the plate- like texture mine has. And look at his little... that is defiantly turian!
"Hello Thane! I am your papa"
"The Commander implied as much about the name, he would have approved. Now, let me introduce you to your daughter."
"I... have a girl as well?"
"Yes, the bundle with the yellow blanket."
Oh! My little, beautiful princess. Oh my! Her eyes are... stunning. One blue like mine and one golden like my Hayat's. Physically she is exactly like her brother, except the obvious parts.
"Well, hello princess Ashley. I am your daddy. My! You are a curious one."
"She is the oldest of the two, by the account of removing her from the Commander first."
"Why did they arrive so early? I mean they look healthy."
"Well you see...um... is more of a side effect of the injections. Their growth will be normal now that they are out. Also the Commander's body could not protect itself from the talons and fringes of the babies. Every time they moved they ripped her flesh on the inside. Female turians adapted for that, Commander hasn't."
"I see! Thank you Maelon. I know I haven't been friendly towards you and I am sorry. Thank you for giving me and saving my family."
"I promised to Mordin that I will redeem myself and I did. So... Thank you"
"Hey Garrus, What do you think of Thane and Ash?"
"Love, they are the most beautiful babies in this whole fucked up galaxy."
"Yeah... They sure are."
Spirits, God or Goddess. Thank you!
Sooo! Good news at the end! Will they grow up to be just like mummy and daddy. We will see!
R&R please, be judgmental but nice! Thanks