"So tell me, Major Hilso. What exactly happened on the mission?" Marus asked as he leaned back against the desk in his quarters while crossing his arms. Hilso rubbed her head when she felt another headache coming on.

"I went ahead to look for the colonists and I caught Sergeant Vakarian attempting to sabotage the rooms the colonists were in so I fired. He went behind cover and I used a grenade to bring him out. Then Corporal Calption showed up and tried to kill me so I shot him. I had to defend myself and then Sergeant Vakarian knocked me out." Marus hummed and turned around to pour himself some expensive turian wine.

"I see" Marus took a sip before picking up a datapad from his desk. Walking over to where Hilso sat on the couch he tossed the datapad on the coffee table.

"So how do you explain this?" Hilso frowned and looked at datapad in front of her. There was a video playing. It was the surveillance of the whole encounter caught from a nearby camera. Hilso hissed in outrage.

"He must have altered the video! I swear I'm innocent in this!" Marus growled.

"These can't be altered, for the past few years we've been supplying colonies with cameras that not only capture everything clearly but have enough protection so the surveillance itself can't be altered. Not even the Reapers if they risen from their damn spaced graves could they alter this. You betrayed your crew and are an insult to our species to think that you can lie through this. Even a murderer would have enough honor to tell the truth." The doors swished open and in came in a few armed turian. Hilso trilled and stood up abruptly.

"What's going on?!" Marus snorted.

"You're going to a high-security prison that is stationed in space. Better start praying to the Spirits now because you're staying there for the rest of your life. You'll never see the sun from Palaven ever again." Hilso hissed again as the turians grabbed her.

"This is an outrage! You have to send the case to C-Sec first!" Marus hummed.

"I already did, this is the punishment they decided. I made sure of that. Get her out of my sight." Marus growled as he looked at her in disgust and Hilso screeched.

"We will purify the galaxy! You'll see! You all will see!"

The video stopped there and Caius frowned after replying it for the third time. What the hell did she mean by we? Odd but he wasn't in C-Sec so he would have to let them handle it through all their red tape. Marus had given him this video as a gift after hearing he was going to be a Spectre. Which Caius would always be thankful for, it made him feel better about his best friend's death knowing he finally got justice. Rubbing his face Caius put on his visor and made sure he had both of his necklaces on before exiting the room with his bag. Caius had grown accustomed to having everything he needed all in one bag and kept it that way with a number of times he had to transfer. Due to his mother's orders, he had already gained back the weight he lost, well almost by her stuffing him like a turkey. So seeing the portion of his breakfast back to normal made him feel relieved as he sat down at the table. It was awkwardly quiet as the whole family ate since nothing else had been said between him and his father after the fight they had on Palaven. Sighing Caius placed his fork down after finishing his breakfast and cleared his throat before looking at Garrus.

"I'm sorry dad, for what I said on Palaven. I know you were just looking out for me and I shouldn't have said those things. It's just been...hard and I took my anger out on you." Caius sighed as he looked down at his plate. Garrus could hear his distress from his sub vocals and purred.

"It's alright, I understand. I felt the same way when your mother died even though we weren't together back then but we were still close. I didn't help myself by running off to Omega and taking out my anger on the gangs there and nearly getting myself killed. I rather you take your anger out on me then getting hit with a missile to the face." Jane and Caius both snickered at that before Caius hummed.

"I don't plan on eating a missile anytime soon but Spectre training will be a good distraction. It helps that Hilso got what she deserved so I feel more...at peace." His parents gave him a sympathetic smile before his omni tool pinged. Caius glanced at the warning that he should leave now to catch the ship that housed his Spectre mentor and stood up.

"I should get going, wouldn't want to be late on my first day after all." They all chuckled at his comment and Jane hugged her son.

"Stay safe okay? I'm proud of you to make it this far at such an early age but it doesn't mean your invincible." Garrus hummed in agreement.

"Yes your mother is a prime example, already died once." Jane rolled her eyes as Garrus touched foreheads with Caius.

"I'm proud of you and I know you can do this. Don't waste this opportunity." Caius purred.

"I won't, I'll try to stay in touch with guys." He picked up his bag and gave his parents a little wave before heading out of their Citadel apartment. It was going to be an interesting year but he was determined to pull through any training that his mentor had in store for him. He was now not only doing it for his parents but for Rila as well so he could provide her with anything she needed. He made a promise to Kanus and never once did they fail their promises to each other. Just because he was gone doesn't mean he shouldn't keep it, it made all the more reason to pull through with his promise to him. Caius still missed him like crazy but having his necklace there with him made it feel like Kanus was still there, even if he couldn't see him physically. Caius stopped in front of the ship and pulled out the gem.

"Ready to do this Kanus? It's going to be a rough year but after this, we can explore the galaxy." He purred and smiled down at the gem before putting it back under the hem of his clothing. Letting out a content sigh he headed up the ramp. His Spectre career now beginning.

Thank you guys for taking the time out of your day to read this story :). I appreciate all the reviews, favorites, and followers. This is the end of this story but do not fear! Caius will continue with his adventure in the sequel. I will try to get out the first chapter of the sequel today or tomorrow. I'll post the link to it here so be sure to check back later on for the link. I'll also start posting some one shots of the Vakarian family so hopefully, you guys will enjoy both. See you in the sequel! :D.

The sequel is called Spectre Caius Vakarian. Couldn't post the link since it just wouldn't show accurately