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Changes on the horizon...

Felicity opened her eyes taking a slow breath she shifted slightly and groaned at the ache before she rolled off the table and hit the floor with a thud she tried to push herself up. Hearing a slight gasping as someone strained to move she looked around her eyes darting a bit. The room was spinning she felt sick and tried to get up but her body felt heavy she shifted but it wasn't doing much. Settling for crawling she looked around there was a desk, the table she had been laying on and an old lamp. She wore a plain tank top and shorts she wasn't sure where they came from, they weren't hers. She made her way to the door she pushed against it and it slid open her legs felt like jello but she was sure she'd get the feeling back soon enough she wasn't going to wait around. She just had a bad feeling about the place it was so dimly lit mostly clean.

She was on edge things didn't feel right she rubbed her head.

'I said, something isn't right.'

Shaking her head she looked around.

"Tashya...?" she called her voice cracked though, hearing crying she moved towar one of the tables in the hallway to pull herself up she groaned it was like she had been entirely numb and she could only figure out how to use it one bit at a time.

Slipping and hitting the ground she reached up as she struggled she heard the crying get louder and huffed moving slowly. She didn't know how long she had been laying there but slowly she started feeling a bit more in her legs.

'...Thanks for listening..'

She rubbed her head swearing as she cut herself.

"Nyreen..."

Dazed she tried calling other names though she wasn't sure if they were even hear all she remembered was screaming and calling for help. She didn't pause in movement as she grit her teeth, she had called for help. Why didn't they come? She wondered her head felt cloudy and she wasn't thinking clearly. She moved forward until she reached a door that slid open to reveal who was crying. The plain room had a sort of bassinet in it there were two tiny Turian toddlers crying, she stared at them they were precious with blue eyes. She stumbled forward the crying stopped as she leaned forward sniffing them.

She shook her head.

"What the hell am I doing...?"

She hadn't seen Turian children in a while but she was certain they were almost too small considering how aware they were. Still they tugged at her shirt, both a pale gray she thought it was strange they had a little bit of hair. Though she wasn't sure if they were supposed to have a little and it simply fell out as they matured it wasn't the most important thing to learn during her training. Though she also felt confused she wasn't entirely sure what she remembered. She picked them up, they settled against her though there was still some sniffling. She looked around they had to be hungry, she thought they were any how. Moving forward slowly so she didn't drop them she looked through the cabinets and found a few dextro containers they were still fresh and plenty soft enough. She stared at her hand as she tried to open the bottle after setting them on the counter though holding them up.

Her nails were completely black, with a few specs of a purplish gray not like an infection but like scales. She looked down as one of the babies grabbed her finger cooing. She opened the container and smelled it...fruity. There weren't many choices the way she leaned against the counter with them leaning back against her as they tasted the mix satisfied. She looked up hearing someone coming after a moment.

"Commander?" the voice was light, strained.

She pulled them against her.

"K..Karin?"

There was shuffling before the door slid open, Karin stared at her.

"Oh what happened to you..?"

She looked in the mirror against the wall her eyes reminded her of Garrus though hers were purple the same sort of scales around her eyes. She looked down and saw her toenails were black too the scales spreading up from the tops of her feet parting aroudn her shin up and behind her knee.

"I have..no idea..." Karin walked over to examine the scales on her back and up her sides.

"How strange."

She looked down as her shirt was tugged on she scooped them up.

"Where are we?"

"I have no idea...we better look around for an exit...who are the little ones?"

"I don't know, they were crying so I came to get them...I don't want to leave them here my legs feel a little weak can you help me?"

Karin took one of them and supported Felicity as they walked out and looked around it seemed like a long walk to nothing.

"Commander! Karin!"

They paused seeing Nyreen moving slowly as she waved it looked like she had broken out of the cheap pod she was in as Felicity felt a little less shaky she had Karin help her up. She stared at her as she tried to get her balance.

"Oh my eyes must be busted..you look a little different..." she paused as she walked over.

"And you're taller."

"I don't know what happened if that's what you're wondering..."

"So you don't know how you ended up with healthy twins?"

"They aren't mine..."

"Yes they are...smell just like you, Turian children don't trust openly they know what they smell."

She shook her head.

"I'm barren remember..?"

"Are you barren or did the scan just confuse a low chance of pregnancy with none at all."

They jumped slightly hearing the intercom crackle to life.

"Because that can happen it's a little more rare with better equipment but it's not impossible...especially if you have a partner like a Turian with a higher sex drive."

"I...who are you?"

"Dr. Bryson, I'm locked in a safety room my father stuck me in here I've been watching you I'm sorry he told me you couldn't be trusted and that's why I didn't say anything but seeing the state you're in...looks like you're just victims like the rest of us."

"The rest of us...?" Nyreen asked.

"Where is our crew, what happened to them?"

"There are more in another building they might be there if they're still alive...look I can tell you where to get a few guns but you need to be careful some of the scientists here...they aren't right. You should feel better the more you move but with the babies you want to be especially careful of sudden attacks. The building you're in is clear but once you leave...well there will be more to worry about."

"But where are we?"

"Feros, and there have been a few undocumented experiments going on, which is why your friend looks as she does. Don't expect it to wear off now though...it's been three years and a few months since it set."

She frowned, wanting to tear anyone that was experimenting on her but now wasn't the time they had to find what was left of the crew.

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