"And then, here we are. We found you, and now you're here." Jarred said, "But…" He looked down and grinned as he noticed Meiou was sleeping. "You fell asleep during my story telling, so if you ask anything that I've already said, I won't explain it anymore."

Meiou replied with a small snore, and he chuckled. He wondered at which part of his story did she start to fall asleep. He rubbed the back of his neck as he shifted, before looking around.

The only person in the room was snoring, and Jarred decided it was perfectly private and he should be able to make a call. He opened up his OmniTool and pressed a code, and soon the video popped up on the screen.

"Should have realized you were calling soon." A familiar, flanging voice said, and it chuckled. "How are you, son?"

The screen showed a turian, his mandibles flaring a bit like a smile. He wore blue and black civilian clothes, and was sitting in front of what looked like a patio and a garage with a skycar. There was hint of grease on one mandible, while the other side had fading scars on it. Dark blue turian markings, almost similar to the ones on Jarred's face, was painted on his carapace.

"Hey, dad." Jarred said, his voice a little low, "I'm doing good. What are you up to?"

Jarred's father, the turian and soldier named Garrus Vakarian, pointed to the skycar, "Just fixing up the skycar, you know. You always complained it was slow. So I made a few… calibrations on it." He chuckled, "Your mom hated it, she said it was too fast, especially for our age."

Jarred grinned, "Yeah well, tell her I'll be the one to drive it. I'll buy you a different one when I get the chance."

"And risk getting my head chopped off? No. I don't think so." Garrus let out a loud laugh, "I'm going to calibrate this again, so the max speed can be minimized or maximized according to the driver's preferences. Haven't seen a skycar like that?"

He nodded, "That sounds good, dad. How's mom doing?"

At this, Garrus stretched out his arm, and a red-and-grey haired human woman with fading scars on her left cheek and blue turian markings on her face came into view, her green eyes softening at the sight of her child. "Jarred!" She exclaimed, laying down what looked like turian food on the table for Garrus. "How are you? You haven't contacted us for a month!" She pulled up a seat and sat down beside her husband so that both of their faces showed up on the screen.

"Things have been pretty busy, Mom." Jarred said, shifting to the side of his chair. "And… some bad things have happened."

Jane Shepard-Vakarian's eyes became worried. "We heard about it from Liara. I'm sorry about your team. I know it's hard, but they died for a cause. Even one as simple as destroying what's left of Cerberus."

"I know." Jarred sighed, "It was hard losing them, but Kaidan replaced my team with… people you might know."

Garrus smiled, "Yeah, I've heard Tali's daughter, Joker's son, and Thane's grand-daughter are with you."

Jarred returned his father's smile, "Don't forget Grunt and Liara."

At this, his parents laughed, "Oh, that'll be like having the old gang again." Garrus said, shaking his head. "With those people behind you, missions are going to be easy. "

Jane Shepard's face glanced something behind Jarred, "And… that woman behind you, Jarred? Is she part of your new team too?"

Jarred looked behind him to realize that the camera can see Meiou sleeping. He blocked his parents' view of the woman, "She's… uh… ahem… she was a person we picked up during a mission, Mom."

Garrus and Jane looked at each other, their eyebrows rising. Jarred already knew what was popping up in their heads, "No! Seriously! She's just someone we saved during a mission! She was being experimented on by Cerberus fifty two years ago! She was in a cryo-shell and…."

But Garrus merely smiled in understanding, "Tell us about it, son. It sounds like an interesting story."

Jarred sighed again. He had just finished talking his mouth off at Meiou, and now his parents wanted to hear everything too. But he merely shook his head and told them of the mission on Lesuss.

When he got to the point where he had been talking to Meiou and she finally fell asleep, his mother nodded. "Samara is a good asari to be on the Council. Although she had a violent run as a Justicar, she is very wise. She's been alive for over a thousand years, it's good to have her wisdom on the Council seat."

Jarred rubbed his throat. His voice was getting hoarse from all the talking. "Yeah. She… recognized me too. She said I was 'destined for greatness'."

Garrus laughed, and pointed at Jane, "Well, with the Saviors of the Galaxy as your parents, you should be great. But no pressure. We're just proud at how well we were able to raise you."

His heart filled with pride and love. "Thanks, Dad. But I was afraid that she would blurt out that my parents… the people who saved the Galaxy, were alive. Liara would get pissed if the galaxy found out that you guys are still around. Especially since she's the Shadow Broker, and she had to fend off all prying people who were out there looking for you."

Jane smiled, "I have faith in Liara's capabilities. We will not be found unless we show ourselves."

He nodded, "Yeah. Liara's pretty good at that. Anyway, I should go."

At this, Garrus and Jane laughed in harmony, "That was my line while I was there in the Normandy. And now, my son is using it." Jane said, shaking her head.

He smirked, "Yeah. I remember." He was about to end the call when he saw something on his OmniTool. "Wait! I forgot to tell you something."

"What is it?" Jane asked.

Jarred smiled sincerely, "Happy Mother's Day, Mom. I love you."

Jane's green eyes widened, and became moist with tears. She blew a kiss to her son, "Thank you, sweetheart. I love you, too." Garrus pushed his head up and kissed his wife on her cheek, before turning to his son. "We'll talk later, Jarred. Looks like Seishiro's been watching you."

His call with his parents closed as he turned, seeing Meiou sitting slightly up, looking at him, smiling.