Hey, Happy Halloween guys! Well, as you know, I completed the fourth episode so that means this story is nearly done. Well, not really. I have something very special for all of you. I really hope you like it! And to whoever said to make Shepard pregnant with Wrex's baby, you better read the description again. It's Shepard/Garrus. Anyway, thank you for your continued support and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own either of these franchises.
A New Future Ch.15
Garrus's POV
Garrus paced back and forth in his mates cabin. Over the past two days, he had spent most of his time in that cabin for many reasons. One, to feel close to Jane until he actually saw her again. Two, to avoid everyone else who might try sympathizing. Three, to avoid the glares and threatened emotions that originated from the mother of his mate. That Anna Shepard was everywhere! In the command deck whenever he wanted to check the drives progress, in engineering when he wanted to talk to Tali or the others, she was around every corner.
Garrus sat on the bed and thought of when Jane had told him about her favorite classic horror vids. Jane was attracted to antique items. Mostly weapons. She said they were from the late 20th century on Earth. She and him had watched a marathon of the best ones. When he thought about it, the older Shepard reminded him of a couple in particular. Maybe Freddy Kremlin or whatever he was called. Or maybe Jason Voorhees!
Realizing why he was up there, Garrus was humiliated. He could take on an army of synthetics, a mercenary kingdom, and legions of zombified minions, but he couldn't deal with awkward encounters with a veteran? He got off the bed and quick-marched to the elevator. When he got off, he walked into the war room and read the reports coming in from the fleets that had communications running.
The ground forces including the drell, elcor, and Aria's fleet had suffered heavy losses. The volus bombing fleet had nearly been obliterated by the blockade. The asari had lost numerous freighters, but surprisingly the Destiny Ascension had survived. The Geth and Quarians had lost nearly one third of their fleet, mostly Geth. The Salarians had lost at least half of their force. The turians had lost 10 frigates and 3 dreadnoughts. The Alliance had lost 13 ships, not including 4 dreadnoughts.
The casualties were very high as well. Garrus couldn't believe how many had died, but they knew what they signed up for. He heard Traynor say on the Comm "Garrus, Admiral Hackett is on the QEC."
Garrus responded "Put him on."
The blue form of the aged admiral appeared in front of him and said "Vakarian, an A.I. who called itself the "Catalyst" just showed up and gave me the scare of a lifetime. Can you explain a few things for me, please?"
Garrus laid his hands on the bar in front of him and started talking "The Catalyst is what is what we've been fighting all this time. After we returned to Earth, it made contact. It said that after Shepard triggered the Crucible, she was, I guess, teleported for lack of better term."
Hackett asked "Teleported where?"
Garrus responded "We don't know. The Catalyst said that the only way to find her was to follow her. Right now, it's trying to hook up something called a Dark Space Drive."
Hackett asked "What is it supposed to do?"
Garrus explained "When Sovereign was working on it, it was supposed to allow the Reapers to transport from place to place without a Mass Relay."
The Admiral asked, astounded "Really? So why is it being built now? That technology could've been very useful. It very well might've destroyed us all. Why didn't the Reapers use it?"
Garrus explained "When Sovereign was destroyed, I'm sure that the Reapers thought it was lost forever. We only found out about it a few days ago."
Hackett asked "What are they using it on now?"
Garrus replied "The Catalyst is planning to use it to find Jane."
Hackett asked "Do you think you can trust it?"
Garrus looked down and said "I don't know, but I don't think I have a choice. When Jane did what she did, she put us in new realm of weird and unusual."
The Admiral nodded and said "Agreed. I don't like know how she does it, but she somehow is able to get the best outcome everywhere."
Garrus chuckled and replied "That's Jane, sir."
The Admiral continued "Well, good luck Vakarian. Bring her home."
The turian saluted and said "I'll definitely try my best, sir."
As Hackett disconnected, Garrus went to the Galaxy map. Garrus looked through the files. He went through the records of past missions, so many he'd forgotten. Suddenly, he was tackled from behind!
The figure cried "Garrus!"
As he recovered, he looked down to see... his sister Solana! Smiling, he hugged her to his chest and thanked the Spirits. Garrus smiled until he saw the official shadow of his father. Easing his sister off of him, he looked into his fathers normally stern eyes. Ractus Vakarian stared at his son until he couldn't hold back anymore. Garrus Vakarian couldn't hold in his gasp of surprise as he felt his father embrace him. He slowly returned the embrace as if he was expecting for his father to pull back and hit him.
As Ractus pulled back, Garrus asked "Did you just hug me?"
Ractus replied "Yes, but don't tell anyone. I have a reputation to uphold. Garrus, we heard about what happened. Especially the part about your mate."
Garrus stiffened and his dad continued "Garrus, a few years ago, I almost would've been angry. I am, don't get me wrong, but just a little."
Garrus replied "Better than a lot."
Ractus asked "Where is Commander Shepard?"
Garrus looked down and said "We don't know."
Solana immediately asked "What do you mean?! You lost your mate?!"
Garrus responded, trying to not lose his cool, "No. When she activated the Crucible, she went missing. We're trying to find her. The crew. She's their family. She's my family. So just go back to the ship you came on and wait for me to come back, okay."
Ractus cleared his throat and said "Yeah. That's not gonna happen."
Confused, Garrus asked "Uh, why not?"
His sister explained "Because we're coming with you. If she's your family, she's ours too."
Garrus immediately denied "No! Defiantly not!"
Ractus asked "Why not?" Garrus yelled "Because where we're going somewhere that could be full of danger and lead to certain death!"
As he saw the unimpressed expressions, Garrus concluded "There's no talking you out of this, is there?"
They both responded "Nope."
Garrus sighed, defeated and said "Fine. Just find somewhere to sleep. If you can."
He quickly got into the elevator before Solana could make a smart-ass response.
When he got to the cargo bay, the Catalyst was waiting for him. Garrus groaned, annoyed, and asked "What now?"
The Catalyst tilted its head and replied "The Drive is ready."
Garrus, now hopeful, asked "We can use it now?"
The Catalyst nodded, but said "Yes, but be warned. The Drive is a prototype. We don't know what will happen, only how it'll happen."
Garrus, needless to say, was confused and asked "What are you talking about? Is it ready or not?"
The Catalyst replied "It is ready, but this is the first time we've been able to use it. Travel by singularities is risky. Humans once thought they were able to slow down or speed up time. Even to transport them from one place to another. Black holes, as many species call them, are great celestial beings. Their gravity alone could tear apart the very stars. Even my Reapers fear the singularities. The Dark Space Drive, however theoretically, is supposed to be able to copy the energy of these beings and use this mimic to transport from place to place on a moments notice. Again, this is a prototype and we have no evidence this will work. Technically, it is suicide if it doesn't work."
Garrus asked "Is this the only way or not to get Jane back?"
The Catalyst nodded and Garrus continued "Tell Joker to get ready. I'll gather the crew in the war room."
As the Catalyst disappeared, Garrus rubbed his eyes and said "Another suicide mission. Whoop- de- fucking- do."
A few minutes later
Garrus walked into the War Room and saw everyone waiting for him. Joker, Ashley, Wrex, Grunt, Tali, James, Javik, and every other squad member and crew member of the Normandy he got the pleasure of knowing. He sighed and announced "The Drive is ready. Sadly, we have no idea if it'll work. This may be a one-way trip for all of us. So, what I'm asking is what are willing to do? Are you ready to go into the unknown? Are you willing to risk this new future? You don't owe anybody anything. Are you willing to risk this to get Jane? I know I'm going, but you don't have to. You can leave right now."
Ashley stepped forward and asked "You gotta be kidding Garrus! How many times have we gone up against death and lived to tell the tale? Besides, we can't let you do this alone. Look around. We're practically family. Shepard's brought us together. It's up to us to bring her back."
Garrus nodded and said "Thanks Ashley. Who else?"
One by one, either shouts of affirmation called out or hands were raised. Garrus smiled, thankful for his friends, and walked up to the bridge with Joker and EDI. Joker quickly got into his seat and said "Well, here we go again."
Garrus sighed "Yep. You ready?"
Joker laughed and replied "That's the first time someone asked me that whenever we go on suicide missions."
Garrus rubbed his eyes and said "Engage the Dark Space Drive. We're getting Jane back."
Joker smiled, but said in a goofy voice "Yes sir, Captain sir. All present in the cabin, Captain sir."
Garrus, struggling to keep a straight face, just said "Just do it already, Joker. We've all waited long enough."
Joker chuckled and sent in the frequency for the Drive. They suddenly heard a loud thrumming before a black hole appeared. The singularity was pitch black with sea blue around the edge and was the size of the Normandy. Joker mumbled under his breath "Please don't eat my Normandy, please."
Suddenly, a field covered Normandy and they vanished into the singularity.
For a second, all they saw was pitch black. Then they were surrounded by flashes of red and blue, which turned to black and white. Before Garrus could get a good luck, EDI cried out "Brace yourselves! Major deceleration incoming."
Suddenly, they were thrown forward as the Normandy stopped almost instantly. Joker cried out as Garrus heard the sound of bones breaking!
As Garrus got up, he saw Joker clutching his body and grimacing. Garrus shouted "Joker! You okay?!"
Joker looked at him and responded "You probably should've worn a seat belt. Either that or that freaking Catalyst should've warned us!"
Garrus grinned and turned around, and the smile faded as he saw the planet that the Drive delivered them to.
Earth. With no lights or any other signs of life.
Dun, Dun, Dun!Well, I have a feeling this was a crappy chapter. To be honest, it's easier just to do Jane and Clem. I know, I'm terrible at writing Garrus. See you this weekend or next week guys! Plz review and good night!
