Prompt 4 : Kaidan has joined the crew of the Normandy 2. He meets or has a reunion with a member of the crew for the first time since joining the crew. Shepard is not present at this meeting.
Grunt
"So, you're the one, huh?" Grunt asked as Kaidan came through the door of his room.
Kaidan looked at the Krogan with a puzzled expression "The one?"
"My battlemaster's mate. That idiot in the cockpit has told me much about you."
"Yeah, well you can forget anything the idiot in the cockpit told you." Kaidan should have known that Joker would be telling tales. "And who is your battle master?"
"Shepard of course. She has no equal."
He wasn't going to argue that point, but he had a bad feeling about where this conversation was going. "I don't know who told you that but I'm not her mate"
"So she won't mind if we fight then?" Grunt pulled himself up to his full height.
"Why would we want to fight? Aren't we all part of Shepard's squad?" Kaidan asked in what he hoped sounded like a reasonable tone to the Krogan.
"Originally it was to prove you were worthy of her because the others told me you were her mate. But now it's so that I know you are worthy to be part of her squad."
"So we have to fight whether I'm her mate or not? Why do you call her your battle master?" He'd forgotten what it was like to be around a Krogan.
"She woke me from the tank and proved herself to be tougher than our enemies. It is because of Shepard that I have been through the ritual and I have a clan. We have defeated a thresher maw together and now both have breeding requests. It is a great honour."
"Breeding requests? Shepard?" Kaidan said in a strangled voice. He could just imagine her reaction to that.
"Why do you care if you aren't her mate? Are you ready to prove your worth?"
Kaidan crossed his arms, wondering once again why he thought it had been a good idea to check out the members of Shepard's squad. "I'm not going to fight you Grunt. I have nothing to prove to you."
"So you are like most humans and don't have the quads. If it's your ass you're worried about I have already been told not to damage it as that would certainly earn me Shepard's disapproval."
He was going to kill Joker. Kaidan had no doubt that this was another one of his pranks. He was so deep in thought that he didn't realise the Krogan was charging until he was slammed against the wall with Grunt's arm at his throat.
"That was for Horizon. I was told you were owed at least that."
"We are not going to do this Grunt." Kaidan managed to choke out between breaths.
"Ha. You aren't worthy. Shepard pulled a gun on me when I slammed her against a wall."
Kaidan was starting to get angry now. "Well I'm not Shepard."
"That's obvious." Grunt increased the pressure on Kaidan's throat.
Kaidan decided it was time to end this and used his biotics to throw Grunt across the room. "I told you I'm not going to fight Grunt."
"Seems like it's too late for that now." Grunt charged again.
Kaidan lifted him into the air. "I will let you down when you've decided not to continue with this."
Grunt laughed. "Seems like you just might be a worthy mate for my battlemaster after all, Alenko."
"Later Grunt." Kaidan let Grunt down as he headed for the door wondering whether he was going to get the same reception from all of Shepard's squad. Of course I am. I wonder if Shepard knows. He snorted at his own foolishness. Yeah she knows. It was probably her that gave the idea to Joker in the first place. I'm going to be paying for Horizon for a long time I think.