Finally I got to finish this chapter! It was stuck in my mind, and I couldn't got it to be written xD. Well, I will try to upload chapters more frequently, but I don't promise it, because I am nearing the exams and I have to study. Strange that when I got inspiration, is the worst time to do it... Well, as always I am looking for a Beta Reader for most of my stories to check on my grammar. Now, enjoy the chapter!

Nazarius POV

The situation was laughable, as I did. The kid was getting a lot more than he bargained, starting with being an ambassador, and then getting the chance of being able to do some biotic powers. The dumbfound face that Marcus was giving was enough of making me laugh hard, even though the glare that he sent to me was something that made me laugh even harder. It was clear that if someone didn't speak soon, he would burst a blood vessel of anger of being laughed at.

- "Biotic is the control of the dark matter. Practically, you can control some neat stuff with your mind, like telekinesis and so on. Of course, you need an amp to control it, which is why you need the surgery." – I said, making Marcus start gaping at me… Well, if he didn't stop making that face it would be stuck like that until the surgery, and that face with the frequency it appeared was going to be a bit difficult to make the meeting successful if it didn't disappear sooner rather than later.

- "But how did I get to have biotics? And the surgery is risky?" – Marcus said, with a tint of worry in his voice. It was something clear, and surely the unknown was eating him alive. Hell, in the expedition I was nervous because we were exploring a new space system without any type of prior knowledge. Some of our comrades inside the ship broke down because of that, and I could see the signs that were starting to form in Marcus, but he seemed to control it better than most soldiers. And the question he made was a good one, since the process is that the element zero affected the baby inside the mother, and then the probabilities were more likely to be a cancer than biotics.

- "Well, in one moment when your mother was pregnant with you, she was affected by the element zero, affecting you in the process. And the surgery is risk free, a routine, but we will have to wait until you are better in the physical department." – Seryna said with a smile, trying to reassure Marcus, but the frown in his face was saying that he didn't like the thought of having to go to surgery and dealing with everything. I sighed, already guessing that he was thinking about how he would deal with it at the moment, since he had the meeting with the Council sooner than he wanted, and I couldn't say something to reassure him that everything would be fine. Then, he looked like he got an idea, starting to check his omni-tool, probably searching for something, and it looked like he found something good.

- "I understand… How much time I have to prepare for the meeting? I can't go in the hospital gown…" – He said, making a really good point. His clothes weren't exactly useful in this moment; they were covered in blood, and it wasn't exactly the time to go checking all the shops looking for clothes. I sighed, trying to think about how to proceed, but then my omni-tool started to signal a communication from my captain, so I had to drop the conversation right now, leaving him at the mercy of the doctors as I went through the door.

- "Here soldier Nazarius." – I said, receiving immediate answer in form of the voice of my captain, which seemed a bit annoyed. That was rare, he was known for his patience, so if something annoyed him was worth looking into it.

- "At ease soldier. How is it going the check-up of the human?" – He asked, removing his annoyed tone from his voice. Possibly it wasn't something related to this, so I removed my concern about it.

- "Well, some things our medics already knew, but after looking into it, they discovered he had biotic potential, so he will need at least an operation to deal with it without problems. The rest is only typical therapy for a while, although he will need a specific diet for some months to deal with the malnourishment." – I said, while I took a look at him. He still looked rather pale, and possibly he would stay like that for a good amount of time.

- "Well, a pack of clothes is going to your location, be sure to give them to him. Take the day free to show him around the Citadel until the 18:00. At that time, take him to the Embassies. Dismissed." – The captain said, and before I got to say something, he cut off the communication, making it rather difficult to even agree to that plan. I looked at the time, and I could see that we had some hours to spend, so I checked some things while the doctors finished with him.

After a while, I got the clothes that the captain sent, and put them in the room without noticing, and in ten minutes, the doctors were finished giving prescriptions and giving bills to the budget of the ship; who's those bills would go to another part, and set free Marcus already changed. These clothes were a damn better sight that the medical gown, and even if they were adapted from turian clothes, they fitted him rather good. It was some black trousers with grey shoes, and a white shirt with a black jacket. He adapted the part normally used to put some parts of our body as a hood.

- "A damn better sight you are now." – I said, earning a timid smile from him.

- "Thanks… I will take care of these clothes until I can pay you for everything." – He said, making me frown at that. Normally the people wouldn't even think about it in this situation, or even thinking about paying at all.

- "No need to pay up. Consider them a gift. Now, how do you like the sound of me showing you around the Citadel?" – I said, and the look in his face was enough answer. At least, he looked like he loved to do tourism, or getting to know new things. A good thing for being an ambassador, don't being afraid of learning things of other races.

- "Of course I want it! I looked most of the lore I could about it, and I am wishing to see everything the Citadel can offer." – He said, and surely he would wish to have a lot of eyes to look at everything. I couldn't avoid chuckling a bit about that thought.

- "Well then. What about going to the markets? Afterwards we can go to a restaurant to eat or a bar." – I said, starting to walk. He followed suit, going inside the elevator to go out of the hospital, and then we were out in the streets, plagued with activity. There were a lots of people right now, salarians, turians, asaris, some krogan and I could see maybe a quarian in the mix. Of course, the volus were the main shopkeepers in most of the market. By the looks of incredulity and awe he was like a child in a bakery, wanting a sweet.

- "It seems you already are enjoying this." – I said, as I stopped a moment in a shop of gifts of the Citadel, to look at some things they sold, and to let Marcus wander a bit in the shop to see if something caught his eyes. He smiled, but turned a bit sad.

- "Yeah, but I wish Kardak was here. He would be enjoying a lot." – He said, surprising me. Wasn't he supposed to be alone in his home world? He caught my curious face; or I suppose he did, since he sighed, like resigned to something he didn't want to do but had to.

- "I will explain it later." – He said before returning his attention to the products. I maintained the silence, since it wasn't good that I tried to force the answers. Sufficient that I took a look at his notes of depression and nearly suicide, and was something I didn't want to repeat. Finally, he didn't caught anything and departed from the shop, wandering on the markets. Sometimes, we stopped a while to check some things, like electronics or some libraries, but apart from that it was more like looking the activity in the market.

Finally, it was time and we went to a nearby bar. I asked for some food, and then I started to notice something that I should have known better… Most of the people were staring at Marcus, and it was something normal. He was hiding a bit with his hood on his head, a bit timid since he was receiving all the stares.

- "Don't worry. It will pass, and better now than later." – I said, removing his hood gently, receiving a glare but he kept silent and looking at the table; and it didn't make it better that a krogan nearby was staring like a fish to Marcus from his seat, like he was analysing something. I would have to keep an eye from mercenary or criminals wanting a piece of Marcus because he was some "eccentricity".

- "Well, I promised that I would explain my comment from the shop." – Marcus said, looking a bit sad, before taking a sip of his drink. It was plain water, as we didn't know what things he could eat from other species without dangers. At least, by the analysis from the doctors, he had a diet that it was feasible, so I already knew what to get to him. But my attention was to the things he would explain right now.

- "Kardak was a friend I made on the net. I never met him on person, but he was always cheering me or making me laugh or trying to make me go to things like parties. He was impulsive, head strong when an idea got into his head, and always going first in things. In games, I always had to shout at him to wait to have a strategy to follow and he normally stood by me as a protector in those games." – He started saying, with a smile in his face as he started remembering good memories.

- "He even knew about my situation. The last time I spoke with him, he said that in a month he would be ready to rescue me from that." – He finished, looking a bit torn up, but his smile never wavered. It was something that I was grateful to that Kardak, he took care of giving a support that was invaluable to Marcus, even if it was only words.

- "Grothnack?" – A deep voice with a tone of incredulity sounded, and for a moment we were a bit surprised, before recognising the one who said it, and it was the krogan, who was looking at Marcus with a surprise face that I never thought I would see on a krogan. But then my attention went to Marcus, who looked at the krogan with a paler face, and scared.

- "How do you know that name?" – He said, getting up from his chair, possibly to run the hell out of the place if it was necessary. I was approaching my gun slowly, to defend Marcus from the krogan, although I was wishing that it wasn't necessary. Meanwhile, the krogan started to laugh a bit, before looking at Marcus with a big smile.

- "Well, do you remember your plan to defend a single ship from three pirate's ships with distractions and a rival band of pirates in vicinity? I got from that skirmish alive thanks to that damn good plan, Grothnack." – The krogan said, and I could see that realization come down to Marcus, as he remembered something among these lines, but then he looked at the krogan with incredulity in his face.

- "I remember… Wait, it was real that situation!?" – Marcus shouted, as I was surely disoriented and lost in the situation. When, how and why the heck Marcus got to contact and befriend a krogan of all things in the galaxy!? If there were any doubts, it were eradicated in form of a bone crushing hug from the krogan to Marcus, who looked like the air wasn't going to his lungs for a moment before he was released and put in front of the krogan, the krogan taking a good look at him.

- "Hell yeah, that was a battle that I lived thanks to your idea." – Kardak said, before looking rather grim when he took a good look at the physical state of Marcus. – "They got worse… dam it!" – The krogan shouted, making a hit at the table in rage.

- "Please, I was rescued and now I am safe. He rescued me and took me here. I need some recovery, but nothing big." – Marcus pleaded to the krogan, which sighed before looking at me, appraising me possibly.

- "A damn turian had to rescue you. Well, at least you are out of that hell, and I will make sure that nobody gives you problems." – Kardak said, surprising me and Marcus, but in my case I was dreading at the fact that he got for free a damn krogan bodyguard which knew a lot of the past life of Marcus… Well, at least if some people of the past of Marcus showed up, they would be dead in an instant. A rule not spoken is that it wasn't a good idea to enrage a krogan, and this krogan would be instantly enraged if somebody tried to hurt Marcus anymore. Now it was how I was going to explain it to my captain…

Luckily, the food came this instant, and soon we started eating it. – "Well, how exactly did you contact Marcus? The long communication arrays aren't prepared after all." – I asked the krogan, trying to fill some gaps in how the krogan contacted Marcus. It was something like winning the lottery after all.

- "That is. The long communications doesn't work yet, but the short is easy to hack from the ship. And at first, I was only checking on curiosity, but I started to chat with him, and things got rolling." – The krogan said with a smug smile, while in my mind was screaming that this wasn't going to fare well to the informatics department on the mission when I reported this. Outsmarted by a krogan, it wasn't going to do well…

But then, the look of delight; and I doubted the food was that good, of Marcus at having a friend he knew even if it wasn't on person was enough to erase some doubts about him. If he could manage to make a friend of a krogan; and displaying awesome tactical skills to save him if I heard them well, he could manage his work as an ambassador. At least he would not be in direct danger, since that type of danger would be dealt with by the krogan.

We finished eating, and started walking again, but this time we had the addition of the krogan. It was clear that I would have to make a call to make it safe they are prepared to have in account the krogan, so the stares increased for a moment before a glare from the krogan made all the stares go away to avoid retaliation from Kardak. Then, we made a stop on a shop of weapons, since Kardak wanted to check on something, and Marcus went inside with him, giving me the opportunity to make the call.

- "Captain, here Nazarius speaking." – I spoke when the communication stablished.

- "What happened, soldier?" – Asked the captain, surely thinking the worst that could happen. At least I knew that he was ready to take action if something happened.

- "Well, to the meeting make place for a krogan. I don't know how, but Marcus made friends with one before we rescued him, since the krogan was using a short communication array to enter in the net of the planet. The krogan already acclaimed to be his bodyguard from now on." – I said, and waited for the captain to say something, as the silence in the line was lengthening.

- "Are you fucking telling me that he went and made friends with a krogan of all things, without making a ruckus and the krogan is going to protect him for free!?" – The captain shouted with incredulity, ringing a bit my ears at the volume, but I sighed, as it was something I expected.

- "I wouldn't believe it if I wasn't there the moment it happened, captain. And Marcus have some tactical skills as well. But at least the fact that he would be unprotected vanished itself. I doubt someone would dare to try to harm him in the presence of the krogan." – I said, trying to appeal that we would reduce the amount of budget spent to maintain security. And the fact that Marcus could have a krogan friend made wonders of his talent.

- "Let's pray to the spirits that it doesn't explode in our faces… enough risks we are taking. Try to avoid more." – The captain said, resigned before cutting off the communication. Then, the voice of Marcus carried off… - "Kardak, are you sure is wise for me to have a gun?" – His voice said, and I had to put my hand in the face while groaning. It was going to be a long journey to the embassy…