Sort of a little extra short chapter to pacify you guys...I am going to be gone for a few days visiting Crater Lake (yay!) So you won't see a post till Sunday inspiration for this little tidbit was provided by NIX'S WARDEN and the content inspired by elidan1012! Thanks to Kurolchi30866, hpxii, Jedi Master Albus (awesome name, by the by), and FearaNightmare for reviewing as well. All the review feedback really got me going.

The steady pounding of my heart beat like a war drum, stirring up my emotions as I watched Teleya positively skip away. Thanks for looking out for me. I was lost for words. I had noticed myself getting attached to the girl, sure, but by the time I had talked to her at the club, I wasn't able to detect just how much. The emotions were...bothersome. I couldn't concentrate, sometimes I couldn't even sleep. When I saw her though...it was like I could breathe again; like she was pulling me above some watery depth I hadn't known I was drowning in. It was pleasant at best, irritating at worst, and most of the time just confusing. I was unsure of myself, like the time my father found me on the Citadel. Stopped me from killing someone. Looking back now, I realized I should be grateful to him. I hadn't felt like that then. I still wasn't sure I did now. If it hadn't been for her...well, I suppose I never would've contacted my father, at least not for awhile. Bailey would've made me at some point.

I remembered when I first met her like it was reality...

Shots fired. Alleyway. Body tells me to run, but my mind objects. I get closer, the shooting stops. A loud bang accompanied by biotics. 'Don't interfere. You have a job to do.' I pause. What would mother do? What would he do? I run forward. A woman, Asari, tackles the Krogan. A human, as well, doing nothing. The Krogan gets up, kicks her. "You have no honor!" A word I don't recognize cuts through the air. He is going to shoot her. Before I think, I shoot him. He comes my way, and I finish him. What do I do? The Asari pulls herself up, looks to me weakly. She is small, pale blue. Fairly unremarkable compared to most. Her eyes widen...like she recognizes me? Not possible. C-Sec...She looks to her companion, and I dart to the shadows...

I blinked my eyes closed. Fairly unremarkable? That she was, among other things. I first thought her dull, shy, and annoying. She still was, but in different ways. Her dullness, when closely examined, was really just a sign of her introverted demeanor. Her shyness was an interesting side affect of self doubt. And the annoyances she produced were actually a form of genuine worry. And her appearance, though plain, had that typical Asari attraction that not even Drell could deny, although there was something particularly...different about her. Perhaps it was just a side affect of some optimal parenting, but she seemed to be grateful of her surroundings, or at least, over-aware of them.

In time, I began to see her in a different light. Her plain appearance seemed overtaken by her personality, so that when I was looking at her, the only thing I ever noticed were the tell tale looks of her mischievous thoughts or her over-analyzing, or, most notably, her sometimes unwanted compassion.

Only, I had noted that, lately, those well-worn emotions had been becoming...familiar? No. More than that. Wanted.

I thought of all that as she disappeared behind a door. I was about to go to work, but I paused. A Turian was leaning next to the door she had gone through. He instantly stood up, talked something into his earpiece, and disappeared through the same door. My suspicious thoughts were interrupted by a screaming skycar that took off rather hastily and too close for my taste. I pondered my options for a moment, before following after her quickly.

I hung back from them as did the Turian from Teleya. She was just a vague blue form in the distance. For quite awhile, nothing happened, and the quiet neighborhood put me ill at ease. Teleya was probably enjoying it, though. Suddenly, the Turian stopped, taking a call. He nodded to me as I walked by cooly, and I nodded back. "Alright, I know, I was on my way there right now. You know I get lost when Gwen isn't here with me...uh huh." I furrowed my brow. Well, that didn't sound suspicious...I guess I should keep following her just in case. Something still felt a little wrong. After my eyes snapped up, I noticed that Teleya was no longer in my line of sight. Shit. I quickened my pace, but also didn't want to look suspicious. Suddenly, shots whizzed past my head. I whipped around to see the Turian lining up another shot. Instantly, without thinking, I threw him back with a thrust of biotics, and ran to the alley. A female scream made my blood run cold, but after a second, I realized it wasn't my Teleya. My Teleya? I rounded the alley and saw a huge Krogan chuck Teleya into a skycar. The same skycar that took off from the precinct. A little Turian girl was lying on the ground, but apart from being terrified, she looked unharmed. The canopy of the skycar was closing, and my desperate legs propelled me forward. I didn't know what to do. Her head popped up in the back seat, and she gazed blearily at my form. A panic welled up inside me and I reached out my too-far away hand in a futile effect to grab a hold of her. My heart worked faster than my mind and one word burst past my lips. One word that shook me, centered me, and made me choke in disbelief as it wormed past my throat. Just. One. Word.

"SIHA!"

"I'm sending the data to you now. I'll be right there. Also, look up any reports of a missing turian girl, about, six, I think." I lowered my omni-tool and sighed.

"You like that lady, don't you, mister." Came the little girl's voice. She had, annoyingly, insisted that I hold her hand. I looked down to her.

"Why do you say that?" I asked, not quite there. I was just focused on getting back to the precinct, which was now going a lot slower due to the little girl's short legs.

"Cause." Replied the girl confidently. "My momma got the same look on her face when my daddy's friend said he was going away for awhile. She was real sad after that." I nodded, but said nothing in reply. "But my momma told me not to worry about daddy. So you shouldn't worry about the lady either."

Frustration welled up inside me. How could I not worry? She had been kidnapped for Arashu's sake!

By the time we got back to the precinct, my patience was wearing quite thin. Luckily, a Turian woman was there, and she rushed to her child about as fast as I rushed to Bailey. "What've you got?" I demanded.

He looked up. "Mez is almost done tracking. Grab a gun."

I nodded grimly. "Gladly."

"I've got it!" The Quarian cried. "We need to hurry before we lose the signal." We all ran to Bailey's skycar and got in.

I looked incredulously at Mez. "What, you're coming too?"

She nodded. "You need to track it actively. I can fight too, you know." I just sighed and stared defiantly out of the window, praying to Arashu for the first time in a long while.

A soldier was ahead, his back to me. Serves you right, sonofabitch. I thought savagely as I cut him down with my gun. A figure was behind him, and I instinctively raised my gun.

"Kolyat, It's me!" Cried a voice. Her voice. I put down my gun and grabbed her by the shoulders, not believing she was really there.

"Arashu! Teleya, is that really you underneath all of that blood?" She grimaced. Her attempt at a smile no doubt. Something stirred along the fringes of my senses, but before I could do anything about it, whoever it was was gunned down.

"Come on you two! We need to get out of here before they call reinforcements!" I nodded to Teleya and grabbed her hand, slick with blood. I guided her through the swath of bodies, remembering each kill with perfect clarity. I savored them with perfect clarity too. I now knew the motives behind my father hunting down all who killed my mother. I knew now that I would do the same to anyone who hurt Teleya. Mez called the skycar to us and we all hopped in. As bullets ricocheted off the closing roof, Teleya flinched. "We need to get her to the hospital, she's lost a lot of blood." It was then that I wondered what they had done to her...I asked as much.

"Information..." She mumbled weakly, her lolling head finally flopped to a resting place on my shoulder, and action that sent unexpected shocks through my body. She was so bloody... "I looked down at her troubled face as she slipped into unconsciousness. My friend. My siha. "Hurry up! She doesn't have much time!" I shouted, my thinly veiled rage fueling my voice. Whoever did this...if I ever found them, they were going to pay. The skycar lurched forward with renewed vigor, as if it, too, was worried about it's fading occupant.

Interesting...not my strong suit, Kolyat's perspective, but a good little detour nonetheless...I'm anxious to get back to Teleya, though! So, I'd love to hear how I did on his perspective from you guys. I thought some places were a little iffy and it would be lovely for some tips in case I go down this road again c: