Doctor Lexi T'Perro's exclaiming voice carried through the stretch of brightly illuminating hallway, "We've got Scott Ryder! Get him in right away! Let's get prepped for surgery!" The Asari rushed in stride with a group of nurses, consisting of both Asari and human races.

"He's not breathing anymore, I need the BVM!"

"There's no pupil dilation. He's falling into a coma!"

"How's his pulse?"

The artificial intelligence's calm voice broadcasted, "The affects from the life sustaining augmentation is wearing off."

"Pulse rate is below normal range!"

The medical staff hurried into one of the emergency surgical rooms and hastily wheeled the medical table next to the prepped flat bed and gently braced their arms under the human man's body.

One of the human nurses ordered, "Easy now! One, two, three!" The medical staff worked together to heave Ryder's body onto the surgery table.

"His vitals are barely holding! Brain activity is fluctuating!"

"The Pathfinder is dying, Doctor T'Perro." Sam's voice offered in warning.

"No, he is NOT, Sam!" Lexi shouted in retort.

"His adrenaline levels are dropping. We need an intravenous drip!"

"What is the diagnosis, Doctor T'Perro?"

Lexi's voice broadcast over the room, "There's been physical trauma on the Occipital and Parietal areas of his skull."

"There's some linear and depressed fractures." A male's voice retained a calm composure.

"SHIT! The skin is broken! There's blood coming out! Get some gauze, damn it!"

"The membrane isn't broken, is it? Get the antibiotics prepared."

"The bag valve isn't pushing enough oxygen into his lungs! Nurse, get the oxygen line!"

"We're going to lose brain activity!"

Sam's voice injected another warning sound, "Doctor T'Perro, the Pathfinder will require resuscitation."

"Heart rate is dropping! We're losing him!"

"Brain activity is in the steady decline!"

Lexi protested angrily, "We're not going to lose him!"

"Doctor T'Perro, what the hell is in that phial? That's not one of our registered drugs!"

"What are you doing, Lexi?! Are you going to inject that into him?!"

The Asari medical officer disregarded all of the inquires and yelled out, "Sam, I need your help!"

Sam implied in upmost calm, "How can I lend my assistance, Doctor T'Perro?"

"Program a full restoration sequence... we can't lose Scott!" Lexi impatiently ordered.

"Establishing connection. Initializing commands. Commands have been accepted." Sam announced.

"Lexi, what are you and Sam talking about? What is that stuff supposed to do?"

The Asari doctor turned her voice down to a soft reply, "A miracle that will save Scott's life."

"We have a flat line!"

Doctor Lexi T'Perro whispered under her breath, "I'm not letting it happen again..."

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Vetra Nyx walked together with Sara Ryder into the recovery room to find Doctor T'Perro standing beside the medical bed and blocked the view of the human Pathfinder. Scott sat upright upon the edge of the bed facing into the Asari's direction as the medical officer flashed a beam of light from one of Ryder's bright blue eyes to the other.

"Dilation is at normal rate. Good." Lexi evenly sighed relief and lowered the light away to meet her direct gaze into Scott's line of sight. The Asari doctor half-turned, directing her happy-relieved look between the approach of the human woman and the female Turian.

"How's he doing, Lexi?" Vetra anxiously inquired and swiftly turned her head into Scott's direction. The human man crossed his arms over his chest and cocked a suspicious eyebrow in his muttering, "You could just ask me, Vetra. As you can see I'm not dead... Well, I think I might be able to add another notch onto my belt. I believe this makes three times that I've been clinically dead."

The Asari expressed a disgruntled sigh, "Don't make it sound like there's a reward made out for it, Scott. This isn't a joke!"

Sara stood at the foot of the bed and slowly folded her arms over the other under her bust. She gently scoffed, "It's actually a good thing that Scott has a hard head, otherwise, he might have not pulled through."

Pathfinder Ryder made a devious grin toward his sibling's direction and returned his focus onto Lexi to bring into question, "Lexi, what the hell happened? I gotta say that was a really weird moment. I remember starting to black out but then Sam did something to bring me out of it."

Lexi responded calmly, "Whatever Sam did triggered an overdrive on your vitals to keep you alive long enough to seek medical attention. Sam would offer a better explanation."

The artificial intelligence proceeded into the elaboration, "There was an installed contingency augmentation, the encrypted file, that was triggered upon the Pathfinder's imminent death which has essentially retained vital organ functions long enough for the Pathfinder to be administered for medical care. The encrypted file was embedded into the Pathfinder's implant via the Nano-nites first subjection into his body in their programming to restore his hearing loss."

"THAT was one hell of an experience, though. I remember hearing everything that was happening.. You were shouting at everyone, Lexi, and then you stabbed me... but I gotta ask; what the HELL did you stab me with? I feel like a million credits!"

The Asari doctor faintly smiled in response, "Sky was generous to donate a quantity of sealed vials with Nano-nites that have yet to receive any instructions. Sam was able to provide the sequence of commands to make a full repair on your body... I was.. panicked."

"Does Tann know about this? I thought Nanotechnology was off-limits." The Pathfinder expressed an anxious look.

"As it should have been!" The voice of the Nexus Director Jarun Tann proclaimed from the doorway. The small group's attention suddenly drew to the Salarian Director, with the figure of Sky directly behind and following the Nexus leader. Tann firstly came into the room and made his presence immediately known as he came forward to stand behind the Asari medical officer.

Lexi faced into Tann's direction and claimed in forced calmness, "Director Tann, please reconsider the beneficial attributes that this technology has to offer. It has saved Scott's and Drack's lives. This is proof that it works!"

"I applaud your efforts to save the Pathfinder's life, Doctor T'Perro, but on the reckless scale this has gone far beyond. I did not condone this specific technology to be brought into our medical practices. However, considering whose life has been saved from the worst possible outcome, I will offer my generosity and overlook this insubordination this one time. This Nanotechnology must never be shared with anyone outside of the Tempest's Medical Bay." Jarun whirled around to face up to the tall man in dark silver armor and demanded, "Is THAT understood, Sky?"

Sky had come forward and stopped in front of the Nexus Director. He nodded once in his acknowledgement, "I understand, Director."

Both human siblings, Lexi, and Vetra each glanced to the other with puzzled looks.

"Um," Scott began to ask warily, "am I missing something?"

Tann spun around, lowering his large dark eyes onto Pathfinder Ryder.

"I have excused the charges made against Sky and have allowed him to go free. Sky pleaded his case to me and allowed me a direct connection into the micro-Central Processing Unit implanted into his brain to get the full understanding of what he really is... It's just... unbelievable! This technology makes Salarian tech look like a child's toy.. I now understand why Sky had his reasons to keep his personal information classified."

Sara slowly shook her head and made a puzzled look.

"Micro-CPU in his brain? How is that even possible?"

The Asari returned facing into the two siblings' directions and was quick for a reply, "There's a lot to know more about Sky and the Nanotechnology that he has. Everything about Sky is an advanced technology. His armor, the prosthetics in his arm and leg, and even the fabrication of his muscle tissues consists of incredible technology that increase his physical strength. He makes a Krogan look like a docile reptile... Don't tell Drack I said that. The point of it all is that Sky's body is combined with advanced cybernetic implants that allow him to interface with computer interfaces and programs while still retaining the sense of awareness as a living being."

Scott questioned anxiously, making worried glances between the Asari doctor and Sky, "Like a cyborg, or something?"

The flattened surface of Sky's reflective faceplate swiftly slicked into molten form and began to unfold from the center, revealing Sky's lightly toned silver-colored skin. The front side of the helmet molded into an oval shape that outlined the edges of Sky's face, showing his human-like facial features. Sky's softly arched dark eyebrows slightly tilted inward giving his expression a half-narrowed look. His long almond-shaped eyes were lined with dark eyelashes seemingly giving Sky's sea green-colored eyes an emitting glowing affect. His silver nose was slender-shaped with very little nostril visibility. Sky's silver lips gradually curled into a small smile.

"If that is how you perceive me as, then yes, I am partly cyborg."

Sara clamped both of her hands over her mouth to cover her loud gasp, "Holy shit! He's... hot!"

Pathfinder Ryder raised his eyebrows into a wide surprised look and loudly demanded in state of complete disbelief, "You.. you're human?!" Scott quickly slipped down from the edge of the table and quickly spun his head toward the Asari's direction. Ryder supplied with a serious outlook, "I had hoped that you were joking with me, Lexi, when you said Sky would be the first one to gun for when looking for an attractive mate."

Sky quietly chuckled, making a half-smirk, and replied, "You need not concern about competition."

Ryder quipped in mockery, "Well, as long as no one else knows what you look like, I guess I have nothing to worry about." Scott folded his arms over his chest, looking between Lexi and Sky with a puzzled expression. "This isn't breaking patient and doctor confidentially is it?"

Jarun Tann slowly shook his head and offered response, "Sky can no longer withhold his personal and medical information from the Pathfinder if he is going to be a legitimate Tempest crew member."

The female Turian next injected her curiosity, "What was the big deal anyway, Sky? You're not from another universe, are you?"

Lexi's expression shifted into an anxious expression, glancing from Sky to Vetra, "Um, actually.. Sky is formally from the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy. The location of this galaxy is seventy thousand light years from the Milky Way cluster. To be accurate; fifty thousand years directly above the Milky Way's core. Sky looks a lot like a human because he is the apex human race. His people are known as the Ethar-Juson. The Ethar-Juson have exceeded evolution through the technological advancements which include cybernetic implants that enhance their body's strength and vitality to increase their lifespan. Their Nanotechnology, for example, can restore lost muscle functions and fully reconstruct internal organs and limbs. The integrating of Nano-nites into Drack's body has basically given Drack a second life."

"So, you mean Ryder hasn't evolved from a chimp? That's a relief." Vetra quipped in subtle sarcastic tone. She remained standing with Sara Ryder and crossed her long arms over the front of her torso.

Sky slowly turned his gaze to look over each figure within the room and spoke in addition, "Through our technological advancement my people have expanded brain development to the maximum wave lengths. We are able to acquire knowledge from other sentient lifeforms through a mental connection. Taking language skills, for example, to establish the basic form of communication such as speech. Our abilities also include influencing a lesser lifeform's mind to abide by our command. My level of experience has enabled me to control two Kett simultaneously. These abilities do not seem apparent within your human race's capabilities."

The Pathfinder inquired in eager sound, "How does this explain our similarities in appearance?"

The tall man crossed his arms over his chest and continued to provide answer, "A small fraction of my people traveled to your Milky Way, finding and settling upon one of the many planets that presented itself in the habitable zone within a small cluster of stars that we labeled Solasvayn-Istat, or Sol for short. They experimented with the theory to remove all technological advancements from their society allowing evolution to take course, which has caused an affect on the Ethar-Juson biology to naturally adapt to the planet's various weather environments."

Scott cocked a curious eyebrow, slowly asking, "You are referring to the Sol System and the planet known as... Earth? Does this make me a distant cousin or something? Seventy thousand years is a very long way from my planet to yours just to visit relatives..."

Lexi teased with a broad smile crossing her lips, "That would be one hell of a family reunion." She turned her head up to Sky, "Sky, rather, Skryonn... You haven't formally introduced yourself."

Sky closed his eyes and elegantly bowed at the waist, offering proper introductory, "I am Scathaus-Var Skryonn Neyblix of Saara-Baalhamath."

Ryder gaped and offered a surprised look, "That's a mouthful. I can see why you used the nickname Sky. All of that doesn't make any sense to me."

Sky straightened his posture and reopened his sea green eyes to peer down at the human man with a firm look. He continued to explain, "Scathaus-Var is similar to a Captain's rank in your military. My name is Skryonn Neyblix. Saara-Baalhamath is the name of the planet in which I was born."

Sara repeated slowly, "Skry-onn.. Interesting name."

Jarun Tann fixated his sight onto the Pathfinder and injected, "I have all of the information that I need from your crew member, Ryder. Sky is now fully under your responsibility. Any more hacking jobs and I will reconsider his instatement from the Tempest."

Scott lightly shrugged in his response, "Looks like Sam gets to keep his gaming partner after all."

Tann narrowed his darkened eyes, lowering his voice to a mutter, "No comment.. I'm going back to my office now. Forward any messages to me if you need anything, Ryder." The Salarian Nexus Director quickly whirled around, passing Sky, and headed for the doorway without further remark.

Sara stifled her giggling until the Salarian Director was out of the room. The human woman broke out into abrupt laughter and mocked, "Wow, Scott! I think you won Tann over with that statement."

Scott shot a glare toward his twin and snapped, "Laugh it up while you still can, Sara. I'm going to be telling Suvi all about your embarrassing moments."

Sara's cheeks lighted up into bright red and she quickly pointed an accusing finger toward her younger brother, "Don't YOU fucking dare!"

"I didn't know that you had a crush on Suvi, Sara." Vetra swiftly directed her surprise toward the human woman.

"DAMN IT, Vetra! You weren't supposed to say anything!" Sara protested with an embarrassed look.

Pathfinder Ryder narrowed his eyes and mumbled, "Uh, riight. Whatever it is between you and Suvi, I don't even want to know."

Sky and Lexi both exchanged dumb-founded expressions.

Scott disregarded his sibling's silent rage and looked toward Sky's particular direction to question in professional composure, "In all seriousness; what did you find out?"

Sky answered without hesitance, "With Sam's help we have found the Benefactor's trail. The former Director of the Nexus known as Jien Garson was indeed murdered by one of the Benefactor's culprits. The information was staged to look like she was killed in her stasis pod when the Scourge struck the Nexus Station."

"You know, you could have asked me to gain access to my dad's personal logs if I had known you were interested in the Benefactor..." Scott had muttered with a glaring look.

Sky lightly shrugged, "Apologies, Scott. I will seek for your permission when dire circumstances arise." He paused for a moment and continued to explain, "The Scourge attack did not make any clear sense to me and I desired to investigate the case. I have theory that the other six Nexus Directors were all included in the murder scheme which insinuates Jarun Tann as either the mysterious Benefactor's puppet or as the puppeteer."

Sara slowly shook her head in disagreement, "I had the chance to look over my dad's personal logs but... Why would the Benefactor want to kill the seven previous Nexus directors? That's a groundless accusation... There's no proof that Tann is involved."

Sky suggested, "That is what is made to believe that Jarun Tann has no involvement; using the Scourge as a way to cover up the truth. Jarun Tann may possibly be in his position because he was forced into it by threat. I also suspect that Alec Ryder was made the human Pathfinder by the same means."

The Asari doctor now made a worried look and suspiciously asked, "How did Alec have involvement in this?"

Sky glanced between Lexi, Scott, and Sara in his explanation, "Alec Ryder would have pleaded for a deal to bring Ellen Ryder to Andromeda as the last resort to keep her alive. This is only in theory; Ellen Ryder may be used as a blackmail victim if Alec Ryder did not abide by the Benefactor's demands. Jien Garson's murder scene was likely made for a public display in showing the outcome of what failure to comply means."

Scott cursed, "Damn! If this is true it means that dad got into some serious shit. I think I understand now why he had these specific memories locked. It's no surprise from dad to leave clues.. And mom.. SHIT! What if the Benefactor tries to pin something onto me or Sara now that dad is dead?"

"Scott, calm down." Lexi soothed and reached one of her hands out to place upon Ryder's shoulder. "We'll figure this out, alright? Just one step at a time."

Sara Ryder quickly shook her head and objected, "Lexi, mom is still in cryo on the Hyperion! It's very likely the Benefactor already has a close eye on her and can pull the plug at any time."

Sky offered support in his calm words, "If you want to protect her we must place her into the hands of someone that you can trust."

Scott quickly shook his head and sorrowfully supplied, "We can't.. if we take her out of stasis.. she'll die anyway."

Sky expressed a concerned look and glanced toward Lexi for an answer.

The Asari medical officer explained, "Ellen Ryder contracted AEND, which is a rare and terminal degenerative disorder that has affected the entire neurology network in her body.. She'll eventually die after coming out of stasis, it's a matter of how long she has left to live. Could be days or within the hour."

Scott quickly injected, "Nano-nites! Lexi! Nanotechnology! We can.. we can save her!"

Lexi gasped in realization, "Why didn't I think - You're right! The Nanotechnology can be programmed to repair nerve damage! I'll get preparations made on the Tempest to accommodate for the process of Ellen's recovery."

The human Pathfinder quickly injected, "Let's get back to Meridian. We have to keep this on the down-low otherwise we might tip off the Benefactor..."

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(*Disclaimer: Added new content to this chapter. Edited 8/20/2017*)

Scott walked together with the female Turian on route toward the Tempest's boarding station and became approached by Nackmor Drack lugging a weapon's bag over one of his shoulders as he walked from the opposing direction.

Vetra stopped with the Pathfinder in the Krogan's way. The Turian anxiously demanded, "Drack? What's going on?"

The old Krogan grumbled incoherent curses, glancing from Scott to Vetra, and growled in his response, "I lost track how many times I said it but I'm getting too old for this shit. Kesh has been riding my ass since the day I was brought back with those Nano machines. Useful things. I hate to admit to agreeing with a Salarian but Tann has the right idea about them being used for the wrong reasons by the wrong people. We don't need that technology being used against us, especially if the Kett get their grabby hands on it."

Scott shook his head and displayed a discouraged look, offering objection, "Drack, I thought that you were fully recovered. Lexi let you come back to active duty."

The old Krogan lowered his large head and rumbled in his answer, "Yeah, well. That's where the getting too old for this shit part comes in." Drack lifted his head and glared at Pathfinder Ryder and Vetra. "I got another chance, and by that I mean a third chance.. I think, I might have lost track.. Anyway, no one gets that lucky, Ryder, well maybe you're the only other exception. But the whole point; this old man might not have another chance to see my grand children if I keep doing what I'm doing. They will be looking up to me soon and I don't want to pass up the opportunity to get to know them once they get hatched. It'll be a great retirement plan for me to pass down my war stories to them."

"Aw, Drack, I didn't know a Krogan could actually be sentimental." Vetra teased.

Drack muttered in disgruntlement, "Just don't let anyone else know. Lexi might extract some of that sappy shit to inject into other Krogan..."

Scott made curiosity known in his question, "Are you going back to the Krogan colony on Elaaden?"

"Maybe visit and offer my tactical advisory to the Nackmor recruits. I'm mostly going to be staying on the Nexus with Kesh... another reason for me to keep an eye on her and Tann. If that slimy little bureaucrat has anything hiding up his sleeves, you'll be the first one to know, Ryder... It just seems all too convenient that he signed for Sky's release, not that I'm complaining, but that Salarian is up to something. I can feel it."

Vetra crossed her arms over her armor plating and narrowed her eyes.

"Drack, did you actually read Sky's personal file? Tann probably gave leeway because Sky can probably just hack his way out of prison if he really wanted to. And Sky is a marvel of Salarian discovery, probably the other reason Director Tann released Sky if he shared his medical information for the other Salarians to look at."

Drack slowly shook his head and displayed a worried tone in his grumbling voice, "It's something else. And you know how I'm always right, Vetra. Just keep your eyes open when shit starts to roll down hill."

The female Turian slowly nodded and stepped closer to wrap her arms around the Nackmor Krogan.

"I'm going to miss your grumpy ass, Drack."

Drack grumbled and offered an arm around the female Turian, "You don't need to start your sappy shit on me either, Vetra. I've gotten enough of it already from the rest of the crew. Peebee tried to hide my favorite gun so I wouldn't be able to leave. Ha. Sly little Asari didn't know that I just asked Sam to find it for me."

Vetra broke away from the Krogan by stepping back.

Nackmor Drack faced into Scott's direction and continued to grumble, "Take care, kid. I appreciate everything that you have done. If you were a Krogan you'd sure make one hell of a clan chief that I would happily call my clan brother." The old Krogan stomped toward Pathfinder Ryder and extended his large arm to briefly loop around the human man's torso.

Scott accepted the friendly hug by returning an arm over the Krogan's shoulder.

"I might have made one hell of a better looking Krogan than you, old man."

Drack scoffed with a chuckle after releasing his arm from around Scott, "I seriously doubt that, Ryder. You don't have any battle scars."

The human Pathfinder's voice escaped with a light chuckle and curled the corner of his lip into a smirk, "It was an honor to fight by your side, Drack. We'll see you around."

"Count on it, Ryder."

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(*Disclaimer: Warning LEMONS coming up. If interested Chapter 18 - Alternative Romance Scene supplies LIMES*)

Pathfinder Ryder had returned to his private quarters on the Tempest frigate ship and directed his approach toward the computer terminal. He quickly turned his head toward the direction of the doorway softly hissing shut behind the female Turian as Vetra Nyx had come into the Pathfinder's Quarters.

"Hey, Scott." Vetra's mandibles gently wiggled in the display of excitement. She swayed in her motions to approach Scott and came face-to-face with the human man. Her long arms wrapped around Ryder's hips and pulled him closely. "I had the chance to read over the Nexus reports on what happened to you. I'll make sure that Batarian's head is found under a sniping scope."

Ryder smirked slyly, wrapping his arms around Vetra's slender waist, and replied soothingly, "That's very sweet of you, Vetra. Don't worry about it, though. It was just a misunderstanding - he didn't know that I'm the human Pathfinder.. And I thought that I'd try to be nice for a change. Maybe the team needs some R and R, it might put everyone in a better mood."

Vetra slightly titled her head into a curious manner, "Are you sure you're Scott Ryder? I've never heard you say; nice and the team needs. Maybe I should hit you in the head more often."

Scott lovingly chuckled, showing a broad grin, and expressed gentle protest, "I can think of a better way that doesn't involve injuring my head." He gradually leaned into the Turian's chest cavity, bringing his lips to press into Vetra's scale-covered lips. Scott motioned Vetra to walk backwards to press her backside up against the nearest wall and persisted to vigorously kiss with the Turian. His lips broke away to start nibbling on one of Vetra's mandibles while his hands explored over her body.

"Scott..." Vetra softly whispered in a thrilled tone. Her arms lifted higher above Ryder's chest, bringing her hands to course over the human's thick locks of hair as Scott began to unfasten her garments of attire. She tilted her head to the side exposing her neck for him to start nibbling on her scales. Vetra gaped her mouth widely open, slowly closing her eyes, and softly growled in enjoyment from Scott's gentle nibbles on the side of her neck.

The Pathfinder and the female Turian took turns in removing each other's clothing and tossing aside the garments until fully exposing both of their bodies. Scott came down together with Vetra onto the floor, gingerly splaying her onto her backside and allowing her legs to wrap around his waist. Ryder started to firmly press his groin into her pelvis, slowly sliding his grown extension into the Turian's moist innards. The lower area of his backside became gently grazed under Vetra's sharp talons in his motions to thrust his hips forward into a steady pace. Scott released his arms from around the Turian's chest cavity and braced himself by placing down his hands onto the floor in order to leverage his weight to deeply thrust his prod into Vetra's body.

"S-S-Scott!" Vetra tilted her head back and gaped her mouth wide open once more to beckon a low growling cry of growing anticipation, "Harder, Scott!"

Ryder pushed himself to sit upon his knees, quickly taking up the underside of Vetra's long legs, and shifted into an upright position to directly grind into the female Turian's pelvis. Scott breathed deep gasps in his motions as he steadily swayed his hips in order to drive his long prod forcefully in and out of Vetra's shuddering body. He made random intervals to fully submerge his long extension of skin into the Turian's throbbing insides and momentarily grind the area of his pelvic bone eagerly into Vetra's body.

Vetra turned her head away, letting her arms to splay out across the floor to either sides of her with her hands quickly forming into fists, and rapidly exhaled a series of staggering cries of enjoyment.

Scott clenched his teeth tightly as beads of sweat began to form and race down his temples. The human man panted the Turian's name, "Vetra... Vetra.." Ryder's breaths became heavy-sounding prior clenching his teeth together. Scott expressed deep groans through his gritted teeth and slowly dipped his head down before tightly closing his eyelids. He dropped his jaw open expelling out his breaths into a rapid panting fit.

Vetra pleaded in a loud cry, "DON'T STOP!" Her body shuddered together with Scott's hastened paces. She widely gaped her mouth open allowing her voice to escape into a long sounding groan of pleasure unleashing.

Ryder suddenly became enticed by the warming substance smearing across his delicate skin and quickly threw back his head, jarring his mouth fully open into an abrupt loud grunt that progressed during the relinquishment of his warm anticipated streams. He ceased all momentum of his thrusts and slowly, carefully, came down onto all fours over the Turian's body. Scott's elbows braced his weight over Vetra's chest cavity, bringing his face down and breathed hot rapid breaths upon the side of her neck. Ryder slowly raised his head, reopening his eyes to meet into Vetra's bright green stare, and lowered his face to lock lips together with the Turian's scale-covered lips. Scott slowly broke away their exchange of doting kisses and turned his panting voice down into a whisper, "I love you, Vetra."

"I love you, too, Scott." Vetra wrapped her arms around the human's torso, gently pulling down his chest to press on the top of her chest cavity.