M-Angel: Okay, the first thing I wanna say is thank-you for the wonderful reviews. I love reviews, as any other author on this site. Now with that said some of you may have overreacted to some accidental mistakes that were left by my editor.

Knight: Yeah, my first version of the Chapter 2 edit had errors. I was in a hurry; I'm sorry. But I fixed it within the hour. And Skylilly! You are in no place to make judgements! You spelled my name wrong in your review! LMAO

M-Angel: I'm not naming names or anything. So let's just put that behind us and get to our lovely story. Shall we?

Knight: I'll edit it better this time. *salute*

Chapter 3: Learning

"Serena!"

I instantly fell off of my bed. I had been studying for my medical test from the C-Sec Medical Institute. It was an eighteen week program and already at the second week; we were having a huge test.

It wasn't easy, and combined with picking up a second shift at Isa's Clothing, I was a bit overwhelmed. Since I've began working there more human clientele had been coming in, which made Isa very happy and me very busy. So as I was starting to fall asleep Ya'isha decided now was the time to wake me up.

So, picking myself off of the floor, I made my way down the two flights of stairs. When I saw Ya'isha on the floor panting and sweating profusely I knew immediately what was wrong.

"I think it's time." She panted through her teeth.

"Ya think?" I asked with some sarcasm to lighten the mood. She just glared at me. It was then that little Nala came in from her day at school. "Nala, call the medics." I said to the little Asari girl.

"No," Ya'isha said, "Too late...You… have to deliver." she suddenly let out a scream.

"M-Me?" I asked uncertainly. We haven't even covered Asari labor, just humans. Is it much different?
"You ! Delivery! NOW!" She screamed at me.

I blinked once and took a deep breath and cleared my mind. When I opened my eyes I know what I had to do.

"Nala, get some towels." I said as she took off up the stairs. I ripped Ya'isha's skirt off.

"Okay, on the next contraction, I need you to push." She nodded and as it came she pushed. "One, two, three..."

I stood there in the living room watching the medics take Ya'isha and her new daughter. Half hour after she'd yelled for me and she herself was a mother now. She was drained of energy and so very tired. The little girl was so small, and gave a tiny cry when she was born.

Looking over to the stairs I saw Nala sitting there with her arms around her legs. I smiled at her and walked over to her. "You're a big sister now." I said. She had tears in her eyes. "What's wrong honey?" I asked tenderly.

"First-mother isn't gonna love me as much anymore." She said. "She's got her own daughter now," She sniffed.

"Hey," I began as I took her into my arms. "That's not true. She's your mother and mothers love all their children, not matter what." I then pulled away.

"You think my mother loved me any less because I was a bit overweight? No, she didn't, she just harped on me until I lost it all."

"Harped?" She asked.

"It means she never stopped encouraging me to lose weight." I said. "Now, your first-mother Ylara is gonna need you to help her take care of the little one until Ya'isha is strong enough to do so. So can I count on you?" She nodded.

"Good. Now we have a com call to make to Ylara," She smiled and took off towards the study.

"So I told my boyfriend that if he didn't propose soon..." Began another customer to Isa, who was trying to find an engagement party dress. Some of these women are so petty. Going on and on about their boyfriends or husbands. I groaned inwardly. Can't they be thankful that they even have one! Gosh, this is getting on my nerves! Suddenly I saw Isa's ex coming towards us. I groaned. This time Isa heard me and turned to see him.

"Mi," She whispered. I looked at her, she wasn't ready for him yet. She was still hurt from what he did. He looked at her and then looked at me. Aw crap. He was giving me the killer look and then he looked back at Isa. He said something that my translator in my omni-tool didn't pick up and then walked away. Okay, what the hell? I watched Isa give a sigh and go back to working with the customer. My omi-tool chirpped indicating my shift was over.

"Shift's over Isa," I said, "I'll see you tomorrow." I watched as she nodded and I left.

I looked at the gun my Medic Instructor Mr. Deen was holding. We were to learn how to use a pistol today. The pistol was a normal hand-held pistol. I hated those kinds of guns. They made my hand shake. Give me a shotgun any day, I thought with a smile.

"So, this week I thought we'd learn from a professional. Now pay attention to him, he's one of the heroes of the Citadel. He fought alongside Commandar Shepard herself." Mr. Deen said as he nodded to the man in the back.

The man came walking down the middle isle of the classroom.

"Check out those arms." Came a whisper next to me.

"He's my hero already." Said another.

"I think I'm gonna daydream of him all week." Said the girl behind me.

When he turned around I raised an eyebrow. He was okay looking, I guess. Has no butt, was my only thought. (Knight: :O)"Hello ladies," He said, "I am Lieutenant Kaiden Alenko, I'll be teaching you how to use two types of pistols today. If you have any questions at the end of the class I'm willing to answer them." He said as he eyed all of us, his eyes landing on me.

Joy. I thought wryly. I get the eyes on me. He picked up the silver pistol, a Karpov, he called it, and began to tell us about the weapon. How many heat sinks it had, how useful it was in a fight, and how to clean it. Then he turned to the gun course and shot the target in the eye. It made everybody but myself jump at the sudden sound.

Next he picked up a advanced HMWP with a red stripe on its side. Began to explain how many heat sinks it took, how long it took to overheat, how good it was in a fight, and how to clean it. He then fired that one at same target, hitting the other eye.

We all then began to take our guns out and clean them and shoot them. Most shots didn't even hit the target, except for mine. I made a loose pattern, scattered mostly in the chest. My instructor seemed to be quite shocked, which made Lieutenant Alenko smile. Okay that smile just gave me the creepy crawlies, I thought.

"Lavargus!" Mr. Deen yelled out.

"S-Sir." I said.

"Where the hell did you learn to shook like that?" he asked. Crap!

"Home sir, was raised in the country. On a farm." I said.

"Good shot." He said. I let out a breath that I'd been holding. "The rest of you will have to stay after class. I'm sure the Lieutenant won't mind showing you ladies how to really shoot a gun,"

Yes! No more creepy guy. I smiled as I picked up my guns and walked out of the room to get them registered in my name.

"Very impressive." Mr. Deen said as we walked to the front desk. "Never thought you knew how to hold a gun, let alone shoot one."
I smiled. "Well my best friend used to take me deer hunting." I said. "That and my first gun was a BB gun," He laughed.

After I got my guns registered to my name I placed the black one in my shoulder bag with thermal clips and the silver gun was on my waist with two clips ready to use. I was told that I was to always have them with me. I wondered why.

Next week Ylara would be coming home to meet her little one. Nala was excited. So far everything seemed to be returning to a somewhat normal. I had a job, I was going to be a Medic and I had money that was my own. Everything was fine, for now anyway.

Three months after graduation and I find myself in the porta-potty of the galaxy. Omega. Why the hell did I agree to be Ylara's medic for the Hadasah? Omega was a giant armpit, with a smell that would drive a hound back into its house. The crew of the Hadasah were nice, for turian vigilantes. Turned out Mi was their leader. He and I butted heads immediately. He didn't like me and I didn't like him. The pilot's name was Vanduse and he had a mate, who was there as the navigator, Luwinda. She was nice. Didn't mind having another woman to chat with. I had to agree, it was nice to have somebody else to talk with that didn't scratch his butt or yell a Turian curse word every five minutes.

"Lavargus," came the disgruntled voice that was none other than Mi's.

"You're coming with us, there seems to be a heavy concentration of mercs in one area." He paused. "Seems like Archangel finally bit off too much to handle for once."

"Archangel?" I asked. "Who came up with that name?"

"Damned if I know." He said with a laugh. "Ylara isn't coming with us. Half the crew is leaving on the Hadasah, but we need our medic."

I sighed. "Fine, but I'm only coming because I know Isa still cares for you, even if you're an ass," This caused him to laugh. It took us the better part of an hour to find Archangel's hideout, and only then when we hacked into some merc communications. But once we were there the snipers got to their posts and were ready for the signal to take out a few mercs. Turned out these guys were a separate core from Archangel's company, or at least that's was Mi had told me. Then the fighting began. I watched as a group of four made it into the building. Mi looked at me.

"You may be needed by Archangel." He said. I nodded and made my way down into the main building, only to come face to face with a black dude wearing some sort of suit, but I recognized the yellow symbol. Cerberus! I ducked back just as he shot at me. I pulled my pistol out and began to shoot, holding a fixed, steady stance for accuracy.

My shots were going wild-I was blind. For a second I thought that he'd shot a purple flare gun at me, or something like that, but in a split second I realized that each precision shot was hitting my head, and that obscuring purple was my shields saving my life. They were almost out! Crap crap crap!

I jumped back and behind the door frame, reaching for my shotgun. If he was going to try and follow me, he'd get a pretty painful surprise.

"Oh, no you don't," The Cerberus agent growled. I was surrounded by purple-black energy, and then slammed against the door frame I used for cover. He'd pulled me towards him with biotics, and smashed me into it. It didn't hurt tremendously with the armor I wore, but the impact jarred my concentration and stunned me. I knew it could give him the split second advantage to round the corner and finish me off. Crapcrapcrapcrap!

I felt the vibration of biotic power before I saw it, as the same agent, glowing with the same energy, walked around the corner. I still had the presence of mind to drop a load of buckshot into his stomach, but it was absorbed by the biotic barrier surrounding him.

"Isurrender!" My words were blurred together into a squeak.

"What?" He asked.

"I'm just a m-medic! I-I surrender!"

"I'm not a fan of mercenaries," He said, coldly. He raised an arm that rippled with a pulse of pure biotic power.

"I'm not a merc!" I screamed, dropping my gun and covering my head with my hands.

"Then what are you?" The warp wrapped around his hands only got bigger.

"I'm Serena Lavargus, Medic of the Hadasah, I'm with Specter Ylara and her group. We're here to help Archangel," I blurted out the words before I thought about them. What if he wasn't a fan of Archangel?

"Hands behind your head," He said. "Come with me,"

He led me up the stairs and down the hall, into an open room with couches and bunks. Inside there was a couple of people, all of whom seemed to be looking at a woman in heavy armor.

"Shepard?" I said dumbly. "I thought you were dead!"

"I've been getting that everywhere. It's a pain in the ass," She smiled. "Who are you?"

"Serena Lavargus," I said.

"She said she's here to help," The black man said. I noticed he was breathing laboriously.

"You alright?" I asked automatically.

"I'm fine," He growled. "Just need some medi-gel,"

"Well, I'm a medic. I'm got tons of the stuff right here-" I froze in place, half reaching for the canister on the small of my back. I froze because every gun in the room was suddenly pointing at me.

"Or you… could… maybe not," I said slowly in a tiny voice, drawing my hand back.

Shepard looked over the agent. "Well, you got Jacob in the leg and shoulder." She said. "Either he's getting sloppy, or you've got some talent. Think you could patch him up?"

What was I just trying to do? I nodded, not trusting my voice.

"Good, while you do that I'm gonna go back to Archangel and see what can be done." She said and took off leaving me with the biotic that tried to kill me.

"I came here…," I started. But Shepard was already walking away. "…to help Archangel. Dammit,"

"You're not half bad with those pistols." Jacob said with a smile. "Ever thought of being a soldier?"

"Nope." I said without hesitation as I finished with his shoulder wound and began on his leg. "Sorry about this. Didn't know you were one of the good guys,"

"Good guys?" He chuckled. "That's a new one,"

"Hey if you're with Commander Shepard ya can't be too bad." I said. "Right?"

"Guess so." He said. Just then we heard an explosion. That can't be good.

M-Angel: Now we're gettin' to the fun stuff! XD

Knight: I miss my copy of ME2 so much! DX

M-Angel: Hope everybody enjoyed that one. This is the last update for this week. Don't forget to review! Thanks!