Seven days later
The mother of the little boy put up a photo of him and his older brother with the caption last seen on Earth on the refugee missing persons and remembrance wall on the refugee docking bay on the citadel. The Citadel is a massive construct, similar in shape to a pentagram. It consists of a central ring 7.2 kilometres in diameter, from which five arms protrude, each 43.6 km long and 330m thick.
The young boy's mother was in orange refugee clothing carrying a metal bag on her back, her long hair light brown with a little bit of dull blonde in it. Her hair was tied up in a ponytail now, she was looking at the photos of both her children as someone tapped her on the shoulder. She looked around to see her older sister wearing an alliance admiral uniform. The first thing she noticed that her sister was holding an alliance flag, she fell to her knees and started to cry.
"I regret to inform you that your son has died in active duty" Hannah Shepard said in a voice that sounded like she was trying not to cry as well,
"And on a personal note." She said in voice with a lot of sorrow "I'm sorry for your loss sis… and I got more bad news from someone who knew my child your little boy was killed on Earth" With a tear coming from one of her eyes.
"Thank you Hannah… I'm sorry for what I said before." She said still crying.
"It's ok just look out for yourself" Hannah replied.
"Do you want something to eat before you go back out there Hannah?" Hannah looked at her younger sister and replied "I'd like that very much." Hannah picked up her sister and they went out of the refugee camp to get something to eat.
