Travis was walking in a dark space. He was walking around in only briefs. He saw a small light and walked over to it. There he saw memories of him and Tara fighting against Covenant soldiers. He remembered this fight. This was on Requiem. Team Majestic was recovering Dr. Halsey as Tara and he were fetching Ice from an abandoned science station, providing the scientists information on the covenant. That was about an hour before the planet started crumbling and falling out of orbit into the nearest sun. There was a presence he couldn't explain, but he felt it. And it felt like an intruder. Immediately the memory stopped and he saw a blue figure in white. It was feminine in shape. It realized he saw her and turned around to run away. Travis ran after her, you can't outrun me in my own mind. He grabbed her and turned her around, and then a bright light blinded him, bringing him into reality.
Liara was searching the human's mind. Going through his memories and thoughts. She stumbled upon a battle scene where the human, Travis was his name, as his dog tags read, was shooting at other aliens next to another soldier in white. The other soldier, she found out her name was Tara, was firing as well. They were defending something when the planet started to collapse. She saw him on the other side of the dream and that's when it disappeared. Uh oh. She was beginning to pull away when he caught her. Just then she pulled her hands away and he came to life, struggling against the binds that held him. She jumped back in fright as he coughed and spat from resurrection, making Wrex and Garrus pull their guns on him.
"God damn it." He coughed as spit went wrong the down tube, making him struggle against the binds that held him. He saw he had two guns pointed at his head by an alien in maroon red armor and another taller one, yet thinner, who wore silver armor. The same woman who invaded his head was standing there raising a hand to the two aliens. She turned to him as he put a straight face.
"It's okay now; we're not here to harm you." She placed a soft blue hand on his bare, scarred chest.
"Where am I?" Travis examined the woman. She had a curvy figure with blue skin. Her face was soft and radiated kindness and warmth. She had large blue eyes, a small nose, freckles that dotted her cheeks, and in place of hair, scalp crests grew into shape.
"You are in the Citadel in the Serpent Nebula. You're in a hospital after you were attacked by that red alien." She removed her hand. Travis looked down to his hands and then looked at her.
"Can you remove these restraints?" he paused. "I swear I won't attempt anything." The blue woman nodded and untied his binds. Travis sat up noticing he was only in his underwear.
"It's fine." The woman giggled at the Spartan in briefs.
"May I ask what's your name?" Travis crossed his arms across his chest.
"My name is Liara T'Soni." She raised an arm at the large red alien, "That is Wrex." She turned to the one in silver, "And that is Garrus." Travis raised a hand in greetings. The two aliens nodded back. Just then a man walked in with a cup tray with four drinks.
"Hey there. I'm Commander Shepard."
Shepard was retrieving some drinks for the group down the hall when he heard coughing and the clicks of guns. He chuckled as the cashier clerk set the last cup of coffee in the cup tray. He marked the cup with the letter 'L' and picked up the tray. He grabbed his credit card, put it in his pocket, and turned around to see a doctor standing in front of him with a tablet.
"Commander Shepard, may we talk for a bit?"
"Yea sure. But you might want to make it quick. My wife hates me when the coffee's cold."
"It won't take long. The female soldier you recovered from the crash will be moved from ICU to normal care today."
"That's all?"
"Yes sir."
"Thanks. Have a good day." Shepard nodded as he walked down the hall. He opened the door and saw the unknown soldier sitting in the bed with Liara standing across from him. Wrex and garrus stood there on guard duty. The soldier looked up.
"Hey there. I'm Commander Shepard." He set the cups down on the table in front of the bed. Liara moved over to the coffee and got her cup
"Hello."
"You're probably wondering where your companion is." Shepard paused. "No worries. She's in ICU but is being moved to normal care."
"How long was I out?" the soldier asked.
"Well, you were out for a couple of days and your friend was out for a week."
"How about you introduce yourself?" the big red alien spoke out.
"I am Spartan Traivis-097." Travis responded.
"Well Travis, it's a pleasure." Liara smiled again. "There are some clothes in the restroom when you want to get changed. Then I'll ask you some questions." Liara signaled for the rest to leave her alone.
They flooded out as Travis walked over to the bathroom locking the door behind him. He found a pile of clothes on top the sink. He walked over and changed into a pair of cargo shorts, a grey V-neck T-shirt, and a pair of grey sneakers. He looked at his reflection and a lifeless soldier stood opposite of him. His lifeless brown eyes examined the scarred face of his. A small slash scar was right above his right eye and a long scar reached from his neck to the underside of his chin. His short black hair had grown into a mess. He spotted the glint of his dog tag chain and frowned slightly. He had his dog tags on literally since the second they gave it to him. He looked at the rest of his endomorphic body. He was incredibly huge. He was surprised that the clothes even fit him, though they were tight, embellishing his features. His muscles bulged tightly against the shirt, threatening to stretch. He stepped out of the bathroom to see Liara seated at a table with the coffee in hand and talking to a blue orb that floated in the air. Travis sat down in front of her and placed his hands on the table. Liara waved away the blue orb.
"Well then, let's begin the questions." She smirked
Jesus Christmas. This took forever. Had a bunch of projects to do while writing my other story, The Creationist's Bane. You should check that out. But holy hell, I couldn't think. From now on, I think I'm going to start putting in these author's comments. So tell me what you think guys. Sorry for the wait and any imperfections. Fuck school.