Ch. 11

One man alone can be pretty dumb sometimes, but for real bona fide stupidity, there ain't nothin' can beat teamwork.

Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)

After explaining my suggestion, Shepard gives me permission to recruit the two aliens I had in mind. "I trust your judgement you've helped a lot so far," Shepard says.

So I head to C-sec, after gathering a small party, I picked Liana, and Tali, we arrive at the front desk. "I'm looking for an officer," I tell him, "named Garrus Vakarian."

"Why," the turian behind the desk asks.

"I need to speak to him," I say, "it's important."

"Last I had heard he went to the med clinic," he says, oh crap that's right the doctor who patched up Tali.

We head off at a slightly brisker pace than normal with Tali and Liana practically running to keep up. "What's the rush," Liana asks.

"I have a bad feeling about what we'll find at the clinic," I say.

"Do you put a lot of faith in these feelings," Tali asks.

"They lead me to you," I say with a grin over my shoulder.

"Oh then we should hurry," she says back.

We reach the elevator. I tap my foot impatiently as we rise, "So how long have you two known each other," Tali asks.

"About a year now," Liana answers true to cover.

"What's your relationship," Tali asks.

The door to the Wards floor opens, I speed out heading towards the med clinic. I'm running full speed I reach the stairs and take them two at a time. I reach the door to the med clinic. I see three men surrounding a woman in a doctors outfit, Garrus is sneaking through cover. "You told them about the quarian," one of the men says to her.

"No I didn't," she pleads, "please don't hurt me."

They notice me and one grabs her and positions her between me and him. "Who are you," he shouts. Garrus pops around the corner and shoots him in the head I draw the two SMGs I had picked off of Saren's men earlier and begin hosing down the other two. I rush them and grab one to use as a shield.

"Drop it," I say one gun pointed at the man's ally. He sights the man in front of me I throw him out of the way, into a wall. I step behind cover. I wait until I hear the man curse and his fire stop I speed around my cover and in the blink of an eye. I grabbed his gun and throwing it across the room, I bring my knee up and I'm rewarded with a pained expression as he goes down groaning.

Tali and Liana arrive weapons drawn. Seeing the men down and me dusting off of my cloak they put them away.

"Perfect timing Will," Garrus says, "gave me a clear shot at that bastard."

I ignore him for the moment, "Doctor are you alright," I ask.

"Yes thank you," she says, she notices Tali, "I'm glad to see your alright."

"Garrus I'm here to extend an invitation," I say.

"To what," he asks.

"I want you to join Shepard's crew that is going to hunt down Saren," I say.

"I'm in," he says.

"No more-, wait that's it," I say a little surprised I had thought up a whole speech on the weakness of the bureaucracy and other stuff that affected his archangel persona.

"Yeah lets go," he says and takes position in the squad.

"We have one last stop," I say, "you wouldn't happen to know about any suspects in Fists death would you."

"There was a krogan we brought in for threats if we hurry they may still be questioning him," Garrus says.

"So we have to go back to C-sec," I say heading back towards the door. I lose that sense of urgency. Back tracking isn't anymore exciting in real life than it is in the game, well maybe a little bit more. I mean seeing all these aliens never gets old. This station regardless of its apocalypse implications is awesome. Before I know it we all arrive at the elevator.

"I'll make some introductions," I say. "Garrus this is Liana and Tali'Zorah nar Rayya," I say indicating each, "Tali, Liana this is Garrus Vakarian."

"So what's so special about this krogan," Garrus asks after greetings were exchanged.

"He'll be a great help," I say with a smile, "as we humans say I feel it in my gut."

We arrive at C-sec just as Wrex is being released, guess the shadow broker doesn't let his mercenaries rot, the successful ones at least. "You," he says walking up to me.

I hold my hand out to forestall any conversation, "Will Doe."

"Urdnot Wrex," he says grasping my hand and shaking, I squeeze hard.

He seems slightly impressed, "I wanted to know if you were interested in saving the galaxy," I say with a straight face.

"Why not Fist was my last contract," he says.

"Well then Wrex," I say, "This is Garrus Vakarian, Tali'Zorah nar Rayya, and Liana."

Shepard arrives in C-sec, with Kaiden, and Ashley, most likely on their way to the Normandy, "Shepard," I shout, I wave them over.

"Will," she says walking up, "so these are the two you told me about."

"Yes, you know Garrus Vakarian," I say indicating him, "the officer in charge of the Saren investigation." "This is Urdnot Wrex," I say indicating Wrex, "the krogan I told you about who was outside of Fist's club."

She greets each of them, "We leave in 2 hours," she says "if you have anything to do go do it."

"Crap," I say out loud, "gotta go," I grab Tali and Liana and drag them to the elevators that go to the wards.

"What are we doing," Liana asks.

"I need to get an omni tool," I say.

"So why take us along," Liana continues.

"I brought both of you along," I say with a grin, "because it improves the ambiance."

We arrive in the wards market, I have no idea what to look for in an omni tool. So I ask the tech specialist, "Tali what do you suggest."

"I use this model," she says indicating one on the shelf.

Liana cuts in, "Why don't you get this one," she suggests, "I've used it in the past."

Maybe it wasn't a good idea to bring both of them, "uhh."

"Why do you always argue," Tali asks.

"What do you mean I'm making a suggestion," Liana says.

"Ladies..." I'm being ignored.

Whilst they argue over the politics of omni tools I sneak in and by both models, "Can someone show me how to use these," I ask. Oops.

The argument starts again and I turn to the stores owner a salarian, "Do these come with a manual."