Chapter 11

Ok I'm going to try a new format out with this chapter

It had been about a week since the mission to Kaeytson and Sirion had still not awakened. Mordin had distributed the pheromone countermeasure to the entire crew. Leliana was spending more time with the crew than she had before and according to Kelly was opening up to the other team members. The crashed freighter mission had turned out to be a dead end but Shepard had forwarded the data found in the freighters memory banks to Alliance Command.

Shepard sat at her desk watching her fish laze about in their tank. There came a chime at the door.

"Enter." She said

Doctor Chakwas walked through the door. "Commander, I've come to deliver the report on Sirion." she said calmly "I have removed all of the shrapnel that his body didn't push out, and Professor Solus and I made a few interesting discoveries about Millenar Physiology."

"Such as?" asked Shepard sitting forward in her chair.

"Their DNA is quad-strand consisting of both Dextro and Levo DNA. Their bodies are simply amazing, redundant organ systems like the Krogan but with a faster cellular regeneration rate, their bodies are acclimatized for a colder climate. Their skin is remarkably resilient, from what I can see once their kinetic shields go down their skin will stop smaller rounds. They seem to be a species that war was their main evolutionary stigma."

There came another chime at the door. "Come" said Shepard

Leliana walked into the room with a smile on her face. "Doctor, Mordin told me you were up here, Sirion is showing signs that he will wake soon." she said excitedly, she turned and hurried out of the room.

Shepard smiled as Leliana left, Doctor Chakwas had a similar expression on her face "Love truly is a wonderful thing, especially in these dark times." said Doctor Chakwas, "I shall return to my duties" she put a hand on Shepard's shoulder and then left the room. Shepard smiled and returned to her terminal. She scanned through her messages 'Mostly junk' she thought as her eyes moved down the list until they stopped on a message from her mother. She opened the message.

Jaina

I heard that you were escorting one of the Millenar around the galaxy. Must be a wonderful experience, showing a new people what humanity can do. Please tell me more about them if you're allowed. By the way how are you and Garrus?

-CPT Hanna Shepard

Shepard typed a quick reply.

Mom

We actually have two Millenar staying with us. One of them is the prince himself, and the other is his sweetheart, she was one of the ones in the council chambers. And Garrus and I are fine, though I don't know how you found out about that.

-CMDR Jaina Shepard

Shepard closed down her terminal and stood up from her desk and walked over to the elevator and selected the crew deck.

The elevator opened up on the crew deck a few minutes later and Shepard stepped out. She moved across the deck to the med lab. The door opened to reveal Leliana sitting in a chair across from a bed where Sirion was, though now he was positioned on his stomach to allow his wings to stretch out without any discomfort. As Shepard neared Leliana she noticed the anxiety on Leliana's face.

"Are you alright?" Shepard asked.

"There hasn't been any word from the fleet. Normally they'd have contacted us by now" she said.

"How would they contact you?" asked Shepard sitting down next to her.

"Normally we would have received some kind of message through our Omni-tools." Leliana's eyes widened "I never checked his!"

She stood up and moved to the storage locker on the far wall, opened it and withdrew Sirion's left gauntlet and activated it.

"Finally, sire, oh, uh Miss Cascade. We have been trying to contact you two for the past week; the Wraith is currently on an intercept course. She'll be making contact anytime now."

There was a crashing noise from behind where Leliana and Shepard were standing. Sirion had rolled off of the table and was now attempting to get to his feet.

"My King!" exclaimed Leliana running over to him dropping the gauntlet as she ran.

She helped Sirion to his feet turning him to face her. His eyes were pale and not shining like they normally did. He stared back at her, gazing deeply into her bright eyes.

"Leli?" he said lifting one hand to cup her cheek gently. She smiled gripping his hand in hers. Suddenly her eyes glowed red and she threw Sirion across the room with enough force for him to impact the A.I. core door at the end of the med bay.

"Doesn't feel to good does it?" she snarled as he struggled to regain his footing. She walked across the room and hefted him up by his arm.

"I did save you didn't I, this isn't some cruel torture of the afterlife?" he said blinking a few times in an attempt to clear his vision.

"If it was torture, would this happen?" said Leliana pressing her lips hard against his. His eyes widened as she kissed him. She pulled away, "Seems like I can still rob you of coherency and turn you into a stuttering idiot." She whispered into his ear.

"I… I… wha…that…." He sputtered before grabbing her and pulling her into another kiss, holding her body close against his as she tangled her fingers into his hair.

Shepard backed out of the med bay and turned down the deck towards the gunnery station. She walked past the sleeper pods and into the gunnery station. The door opened and she walked over to Garrus, gripping his shoulder she spun him around.

"Shepard?" Garrus said before she pulled his head down and rested her forehead on his. Slightly caught off guard by her actions Garrus almost fell back before catching himself. Slowly he wrapped his arms around the female that he had grown to care about more than anything else.

Ok there you have chapter 11 please inform me if you like the new format better the way it was before or if I was just getting to creative with my time, a big thanks to my beta and a big shout out to the Hellraisers of bay two. As a preview of the next chapter we have the introduction of my battles, who will have reoccurring appearances throughout the story