Broken: (somewhere between me2-and end of me3)

"Shepard I think it's a bit odd that my food stock are getting lower faster than they should be." Garrus said from his spot on the couch making notes on a report.

"I think we just miss inventory your food last time. It happens." Shepard shruged a reple looking thru her own report.

"Commander, I have determined there is an intruder on board." Edi came to life on the pad by the door.

"What?" Shepard asked already pulling on her armor, living by the turian saying; 'Always keep your armor and your weapons where you can find them in the dark.' Not that it was ever dark in her bedroom.

"I became aware of anomaly with some of the cameras shutting down at odd times. I thought perhaps Kasumi was testing out some new abilities. But after running thru some records I realized that this was not the case."

"Where is he?" Shepard snapped pulling out her pistol.

"In the cargo hold fixing the hammerhead." Shepard slammed to a stop looking at Edi's eye. Garrus nearly plowing over her.

"What do mean fixing the Hammerhead?" Shepard gaped. Something that sound suspiciously like a sigh came over the speakers.

"He is repairing it. As in making it work after the last time you drove it. Logging you out." Edi huffed.

"I think she has been spending too much time with Joker." was Garrus response. Shepard nodded and headed for the elevator.

888

Garrus and Shepard slightly made thru way over to where the hammerhead was parked, and sure enough there was a turian standing there a wrench in one hand, munching on one of Garrus MRE in with the other. He seemed to be considering what to work on next. Shepard signal for Garrus to stay hidden. After his nod, she slipped out of hiding. Holding her pistol but pointing it away from the turian.

"Don't move turian." she barked. He dropped the wrench, and then stumbled a bit trying to pick it up. Almost as if his body was too big for him. Shepard remember watching her older brother go thru a similar stage when he turned seventeen.

"How old are you turian?" she asked blinking the memory away

"Twenty." the turian said ducking his head. she noticed his voice was not a deeply resonate as most other turian she had met. And the snort from where Garrus was hiding let her know that he was most likely lying. Taking a stab she said,

"You can't be much old than sixteen. Shouldn't you be at boot camp?"

The surprise on his face as his head shot up, confirmed her guess.

"No, I never got to go." he replied once again ducking his head.

She motion Garrus out from his spot. Feeling that Garrus might put the kid at ease.

Garrus asked "Why not?" Eyeing the marking on the kid's face. The kid ducked his head even more and shuffle from foot to foot.

"My mother and I fled Taetrus before the war broke out, we wound up on Omega. My mother was killed by some Blue Suns. The said something about arch angle not being dead. She told me to hide and I did. I should have..." the turian boy stood there shoulder slump in defeat. Garrus made a pained sound and looked over at Shepard. She took a deep breath knowing what Garrus wanted.

"You've been fixing my hammerhead?" Shepard asked.

"Oh yes," his head came up and his eyes light up a bit. "She is a wonderful tank; I even got the boosters to give a five percent increase in power without taking it from anywhere else." Shepard smiled slightly.

"I can get you to turian boot camp, or I can offer you a position here pending check out of the hammer head."

"Can I say please." he asked looking down again, "I can keep the shuttle running too. But not something as big as this ship."

"My name is Jane Shepard, what is yours?" she held out her hand putting up her pistol. He took it and shook it a bit hard, seeming unaware of his own strength.

"Lucius Oraka." Lucius answered glancing over at Garrus. Garrus nodded but before he could give his name Shepard cut in.

"This is Garrus Vakarian, my mate." She then turned to Garrus, "any come of age turian ritual I should be aware of or can we just buy him a lap dance?" Lucius dropped the wrench he just picked up.

Looking between the two. Garrus laughingly responded with, "Don't worry I'll take care of the kid's come of age trails, not as stylishly as I did Grunt's of course."

"Well the lack of a thresher maw would make it a quieter coming of age I imagine." Shepard headed for the elevator. "Come along kiddo, lets get you settled in." Shepard tossed back over her shoulder. Lucius followed wondering what he had got himself into.