Okay I doubt I'll be able to do this part well but remember. Don't criticize unless it's helpful or if you can actually do better.
I do not own mass effect or Elfen Lied mmk?
–Huge guy in a suit nods and walks off recorder in hand- Jeez he is huge…
Oh a few time skips in this one…
CHAPTER 6 - Farewell…
Za'heel eventually came to like his new home as Tali showed him his new 'family' namely the recruits that he trained with, with the sergeant acting as a big sister figure… Well big sister in the sense of tough love, as she so kindly puts it, he developed a healthy fear of her much to his puzzlement. As he progressed he showed unmatched genius in the scientific fields as well as engineering seconded only by Tali.
Much to the sergeants displeasure though he couldn't fire a gun to save his life, especially seeing how he missed at point blank with a shotgun only clipping the side of the targets wrist, further more he couldn't hack nearly as well as most Quarians could but that was overlooked by his engineering capabilities as well as his poor weapon skills seeing as he had vectors as backups, as his favorite 'weapons' if you could call it that was a pair of shields that closed into each other, (looks like the ones that guardians use in ME3.)
After he figured out his vectors while much more powerful then his predecessors wouldn't stop things such as a mantis-sniper rifle from severely wounding him, although he still had issues' namely other Quarians not trusting him as he wasn't 'like them' as they so aptly put it he still had a great time, as Tali tried her best to catch him up…
Oh, and another thing Tali has no idea about, Za'heel has a crush on her.
TIME SKIP (seriously best thing ever invented.)
YEAR-2183-On the Quarian flotilla- Rayya's Flight and docking hanger.
"Tali it's not fair, why is it that you can't wait just a bit longer so I can go with you!" Yelled a pleading voice as the person of interest turns around and just looks at the young man in front of her on his knees in a comical fashion lab coat on over his suit.
She just stands there causing the boy to think that he had finally gotten through to her until he hears a noise… was that, snickering?
Yes it was, said girl was laughing hard trying to gasp for breath Za'heel dumbfounded trying to figure what's so funny.
"Hey what is it; don't tell me sarge dyed my coat pink again… Seriously, that was so hard to get out!" He yelled while the girl tried her hardest to control her self.
"No, no it's not that, I mean really what Quarian wears a lab coat over their suit?" She said in amusement as Za'heel sputtered indignantly
"Well excuse me for making it look so good." he said seriousness evident in his voice only causing the girl to break out in laughter once more while he waits irritated knowing to just let her laugh it off.
"Okay, I'm good. Oh and for the hundredth time… uhhhh, NO!" She suddenly yelled causing him to flinch at the sudden outburst.
"I'm going on my pilgrimage now, and I know you will be fine without me here, besides the admirals said you can go on yours in a month, that's the earliest any Quarian has ever gone before so suck it up and be proud." She said adamantly.
Demeanor changing he mumbles "Right, I guess I should be happy for you." Feeling a weight on his shoulder he looks up to see Tali in front of him her hand in place.
"Don't worry so much, when you go on yours try to get in contact with me, and we can work together sound good?" She said in a caring voice not noticing his nervousness
Quickly pulling from her grip he waved his hand saying a quick "IGOTTAGO!" really fast before stuttering nervously.
"R-right uh have fun!" and ran off tripping over his feet before he was around the corner as her second in command came up to her noticing Za'heels sudden exit amused.
"Wow he has it bad… she noted mostly to herself.
"What does he have, is it dangerous?" Tali asked worriedly causing her to laugh saying "Nothing, nothing at all." As she calmed down she typed on her omni-tool.
Looking at Tali she said "The ship is ready mam, were ready whenever you are, when you want to depart?"
"Keenah don't be so formal we are friends you know, oh, and we leave in an hour does that sound good?" She replied causing the girl to smile and say "If you say so Tali… now I'm going to go get our gear ready." before walking off, Tali seeing this as her cue, walked off to say her goodbyes.
"Ok mom, dad, check Sergeant check, the Captain check, hmm I didn't technically tell Za'heel bye yet… more like I yelled at him, I should go do it now."
She decided with finality as she reached him on her omni-tool.
Za'heel Answered in a mono tone before noticing who it was.
"Hello, Za'heel speaking, go fuck yourself I'm worki- OH, F- I mean, uh… hey Tali, how you doing!"
"Why is he so nervous?" She thought shrugging it off as she said, "Well I'd be doing better if I knew where you were.
Calming himself down he replied "I'm working on my project over here; you know I can't show you."
As Tali grunted annoyed he won't show her as she's tried to ask about it in the past, "Seriously he has been working on 'his project' for over 5 years, you'd think a hint wouldn't hurt" she thought slightly irritated and she said, "Well can we hang out before I go?"
Everything goes silent for a minute, getting worried Tali's about to ask if he is okay and than hears a serious of grunting noises than a loud clanging noise followed by a string of curses, some Quarian some human, as it goes quite again until then she hears him faintly
"Ouch… that smarts"
"Are you alright?" She said amused
"Yeah, so where at?" He said curiously getting off the ground, as she thought for a second.
"Hmm, well..., how about you meet me at our barracks." She said not knowing the boy stopped cold the previous nervousness returning as he stuttered out "S-s-sure if that's w-what you want." Before Tali could pursue the conversation further the connection was abruptly cut out.
"I swear he is the weirdest boy I've ever met…" she said to herself before thinking about it for a few seconds "But that's what makes it fun I guess."
A large unknown room in the Rayya's cooling engines.
The room was lit by a green glow as it showed various test tubes, beakers and all manner interments as well as a poster of Quarian biology near a bed, notes and number theories pasted to the wall, and a picture on the shelf next to it of Tali and him along with the rest of the recruits and the sergeant in the back
In the middle near a table was Za'heel sweating inside his suit having a mental debate.
"She wants to meet me in our room, hmm, does she like me!" He thought hopefully before decided it as unlikely, "Might as well hang out with her before she leaves." He thought putting a large device that was pulsing bright blue, before holding a device to his head and talking into it.
"Entry, I'm going to stop working on the drive core to be with Tali before she goes on her pilgrimage. If all goes right I will confess my feelings."
He said as a robotic voice noted
"Probability of you confessing your feelings is 0.14 percent." It noted to the boys displeasure as he pulled a wrench out of his coat pocket chucking it at the speakers missing badly as the voice spoke up again
"Wouldn't using your vectors be an more effective tool seeing as your aim is horrendo-"
The voice stopped before continuing
Self preservation mode active: It said as it finished its previous statement.
"Seeing as your aim is more than lacking"
Za'heel looked back at a green glowing computer monitor saying
"So you're suggesting I use those to throw something at you instead?"
He said amused as the voice spoke up
"Calculating… I do not recommend it as this unit's hardware would be extensively damaged."
It finished causing the boy to snort slightly and look over at a glass casing in the corner and inside was the music box the admirals' assistant gave him so long ago, he thought to himself
"Wish me luck mom, dad." And then he opened a vent over the end of his bed and crawled in, thinking nervously. "Well Tali here I come."
Rayya, Recruit Barracks, Section, D1, Room, 21
One half of the room was Spartan clean, a few essentials and a picture of a Quarian girl with her family and a boy with red eyes, and the other half was a pigsti-seeing as it had all manner of machinery strolled about, oil drop staining the floor, with some grease, as Tali sat on her bed marveling at the mess her roommate can make when she isn't in "Keelah, oil isn't even a fuel source thats actually being used... How'd he get any?" Her thoughts were cut short as she heard the door open and saw Za'heel walk in and sit across from her on his bed fidgeting nervously. The room got awkwardly quite, deciding to break the ice she said
"So before I leave mind telling me what you're always working on? I mean really your always running all over the place with scavenged equipment from the scrap yard and trust me I've tried tracking where you go but never can you always get away somehow." Her tone full of curiosity as the Za'heel suddenly yelled a mad look in his eye,
"NEVER!"
Finger pointed high in the air now standing up and taking an odd position and cackling madly.
(Think about what Kamina did on Gurren Lagann ep.1 when he tried to challenge that mecha… while you're at it imagine lightning in the background.)
Looking at him like he was a lunatic "Actually lunatic might not be to far off..." She continued the conversation as breaking the 4th wall is my job.
"Why not… it's not fair you're always so secretive at times."
She said more to herself looking down sadly. For Za'heel seeing the girl of his dreams like this was killing him, so he started thinking it over
"Well, if I can trust anyone to not leak my research it's her. I don't need that damned admiral Xen stealing my credit."
Looking at her he finally decided saying to her firmly "Fine but keep it a secret."
This causing her to perk up as she said in slight disbelief "You have my word, you know I'd never tell anyone." Getting up with Za'heel they exited the room as he led her on she noticed something odd. So she decided to voice the reason for her confusion
"Why are we heading to the junkyard?" Stopping in front of a large door the boy replied amused,
"I wouldn't exactly say that's where we are going, more like it's a means to an end."
The door opened as he finished they walked inside as the Quarian nodded at him as if this was a regular occurrence.
Tali stepped beside him and said skeptically
"This is it?"
Noting the labyrinth of trash and metal, as Za'heel started to walk inside the metal jungle while shaking his head in amusement, he said ominously.
"You'll see."
Tali simply followed close behind as to not get lost.
20 Minutes later
As the pair kept walking Tali started noticing he was walking like he has been through here thousands of times,
"So is he working on something out here then?" She thought excited as everything he has ever created turned out to be revolutionary.
(For the reader his first invention an incredible upgrade for the air filters in Quarian ships, this way they wouldn't break down nearly as often saved much time and resources for the flotilla that even Garrel didn't mind him staying as much anymore.)
As they kept walking he stopped in front of a grate that was on the floor.
"Here it is!"
He said ecstatically while he pulled it off alarming Tali who smacked him in the back of the head voicing her concerns.
"You could get in serious trouble for that!"
Causing him simply laugh at her and reply
"Well you said you wanted to know so come on,"
And then he jumped into the vents, as she heard him once more,
"Oh and put the grate on when you come in."
Curiosity winning over she followed him down as he lead her through a maze of venting before finally opening another grate that had a greenish hue coming from the other side.
When they both got out of the grate the Za'heel sighed happily.
"Home sweet home."
Cracking his knuckles he walked over and sat down at a glowing green computer terminal, as Tali looked at the room in awe and said.
"So what is this place supposed to be?"
walking up to him to see what he was working on, stopping when he was once more cackling madly scaring her for a second, rolling her eyes she walked towards him again.
"THIS IS MY LAB DAH HAHAHAA! Previously it was an old cooling battery compartment that was forgotten I guess..." He said absently his mood doing a 360 while he typed on the computer and than continued,
"Ok Tali now don't freak out when I show you this, because it's only in the developing stages and it's still missing so much that it could be quite a while until I finish it."
He said as a hologram appeared in the center of the room showing a vial and words above it saying Immune System Boosters.
"What is this supposed to be?"
She asked hesitantly already getting a faint idea in her head
"My attempt to cure the Quarian immune system…" He said proudly confirming her suspicions. Noticing her excitement he quickly added
"BUT! It's missing much, hopefully when I go on my pilgrimage I can find what I need to jumpstart it without removing the suit or it being dangerous to the Quarian immune system…"
He said a little bitter at still not being able to overcome this hurdle. Za'heel was so lost in thought that he missed the movement in front of him until it was too late, as Tali hugged him causing Za'heel to go red as she said happily
"I can't believe you've been spending the last 5 years on this."
Letting go she asked a question that's was bothering her
"But why couldn't you tell our science division about this? I'm sure they'd be ecstatic to help you out."
Scoffing he stated simply.
"They'd steal my credit and besides, we have both hit the same dead end anyways trust me."
Nodding her head in understanding she gave Za'heel a quick hug holding his hand after the hug causing him to go rigid.
"Still you've done so much, thank you. I'm glad to have a friend like you" She said happily as the boy nodded sadly saying.
"Yeah friends…Come on tell her you bosh'tet dipshit mother f- calm down, calm down just got to work up the nerve." A while passed without them saying anything before Tali yelled out causing Za'heel to fall on his back in surprise.
"OH, KEELAH, I'M LATE! We were supposed to depart 30 minutes ago."
Nodding in understanding Za'heel said
"Alright follow me and we will get their soon."
Rayya Docking Hanger Right Wall Catwalk
It was just a quite day on his guard shift as Veetor'Nara noticed the grate to the venting shafts pop off and raised his weapon seeing something come out.
"Alright you bosh't- Tali? Oh and her friend."
He thought as he spoke up scaring both of them as they were to busy welding the grate back on to notice he was there.
"Hey, what are you two up to now?"
"Hey Veetor please don't report us I'm late for my departure."
Tali said pleadingly as he nodded.
"Ah, well since were friends, I didn't see anything alright?"
Noticing how she perked up he chuckled thinking about how childlike she acted at times.
"Thanks Veetor, um how do we get down?"
As she questioned he realized she had a point, since the guards would see them if they used the elevator.
"That's a good question…"
While they tried to come up with a solution Za'heel was looking over the edge with a calculative look on his face before nodding and saying to himself.
"MMhm it should work"
Tali looked over in time to see him jump over the edge as she ran to try and catch him she noticed he was hanging in mid air.
"What are you doi- AH!"
She didn't finish her question as she was tossed by a vector to the ground and another vector caught her before she hit.
Za'heel landed next to her looking around making sure the guards didn't see them.
"Talk about lucky."
He thought in relief as he checked Tali to see if she's ok then noticed she was stomping towards him murderous intent in her eyes
"Ugh! He could have warned me!"
Seeing his imminent demise he thought of an idea.
Shielding himself with his hands he yelled frantically.
"WAIT! If you beat me up than you will be even later."
She reluctantly stopped, glaring at him
"You're lucky, also..."
Stopping mid sentence she ran up to him making him prepare for a fist to the gut, and instead gave him a hug, that he slowly returned.
As they both broke apart nervously she said
"Well uh, I guess it's time for me to go."
Looking worried he replied
"Be safe, and keep me updated on what your doing much as possible, ok?"
She nodded saying
"Don't worry about me you know that I will be careful…"
Walking off towards her section of the hanger coming in sight of her crew she sped up while he watched her go and muttered "Keelah'se'lai."
It has been done!,
Sorry if I made anyone wait but I'm still figuring out how to approach this.
My issue at the moment is if he leaves earlier than a year or not.
If not he will sneak out of the flotilla on a stolen fighter to the mass relay in order to get more information for his research.
If he waits a year he will probably go alone but 1 Quarian from training maybe 2 will go with him as well as he will see Tali as she encounters shepard and goes with him once more.
GAH THE CHOICES. I may go bald writing this...