A/N: Sorry for the slow update, college are pretty much eating up my free time and creativity...

He must have somehow managed to fall asleep as he was awoken by a hard knock on the door. Garrus rose up as fast as he could and felt stiffness in his neck, the door opened up before he reached it.

Tarquin stood in the doorway together with a barefaced turian.

" It is time to move, the ship is ready."

Garrus nodded and adjusted his armour before he stepped out from the room; he and Tarquin walked behind the barefaced turian and met up with the rest. He could not help but to look for the human commander but found that she was not there. She was probably being transported separately to avoid attention. They left the building with Saren in the lead, it went smoothly and none of the mercs disturbed them.

A group of five turian guards were already at the dock loading on a white box on to a ship that he assumed was Saren's. Saren's ship appeared to be a bit smaller than Shepard's and was painted in shades of black and dark grey, but its guns were nothing to sneer noticed that the white box was the only thing that was loaded onto the ship and there still was no sight of the human commander as the neared the ship entrance.

" I see they are putting her flexibility to the test." Scion whispered and gave a small nod toward the box.

Garrus mandibles twitched when he realised the meaning behind the comment. He discreetly did a distance scan of the box with his omni-tool and frowned when he saw something that looked like a human shape in it.

He lost the sight of the box as they entered the ship, he had promised himself to forget the human, after all she had tried to kill them but there was something that kept on gnawing in him. Saren and two guards left the group as they reached the main deck; Garrus saw in the corner of his eye how they headed towards the lower decks. One of Saren's remaining guards briefed them quickly about the plan; they were going to stop at The Citadel before they headed to Palavan. It was also expected of them to prepare a report about the foul play and their experience on the human ship.

Garrus only listened with half an ear at the instructions; he eyed the ship's interior and took mental notes. He liked to be prepared for worst-case scenario and that means knowing where to go and how when needed. As they were lead to the crew quarters he noticed that the ship seemed oddly undermanned. Surely there was no lack of truians that would like to serve aboard the same ship as Arterius. The group split up as the reached the crew quarters, Tarquin typed away on his omni-tool working on his report, Sidonis left to clean up while Scion went to the mess himself decided to look for the combat simulation room, feeling the need of a good distraction.

The combat simulation room was completely empty when he reached it. There was something about the lack of crew members that bugged him. He had only met two turians on the walked over to the weapon locker and was just about to fasten an assault rifle on his back together with a sniper rifle when Saren entered the room.

" Aaaah Vakarian. Here for some light exercise; good. Mind if I join you." His words sounded more like a statement than a question.

Garrus gave the older turian a nod of approval, feeling that it would be unwise to say no.

He watched as Saren picked up another assault rifle and eyed it before he walked to the control panel. The room change in the blink of an eye and they found themselves standing in a wasteland with big ruins.

" I hope you don't mind, the enemies are of course humans." Saren said as he headed towards cover not waiting for an answer.

Garrus decided to start with the sniper and positioned himself a bit behind Saren's cover. A signal sounded and his ears were flooded with the sound of gunfire and human voices. He did his best to focus on sniping while also keeping an eye on his teammate.

There was something cold yet elegant about the way Saren gunned down the enemies, no hesitations, no second glance and no unnecessary movement. He shot everything that moved be it a high ranked enemy general to just a foot soldier. Garrus himself chose to spare the humans that threw away their weapons in a gesture of surrender.

" Don't hesitate Vakarian, humans plays tricks and lack honour. Remember, the human commander was about to execute you in a back alley of Omega." Saren called out bitterly as he shot the unarmed human Garrus just had spared between the eyes.

Garrus got a sour taste in his mouth; he remembered his encounters with the humans on the battlefields. His comrades lying on the ground bleeding out while calling for help only to be silenced by enemy gunfire. There was truth in Saren's words, he could not remember seeing any humans show mercy even once. Was Shepard like that too?

He realised that he had never seen her fight, or at least not been able to distinguish her from the other until that day he was captured. Her present had always been a scent that swept down when the victory slipped away. His thoughts were interrupted by the signal marking the end the simulation. The scores flashed by and he groaned inside, it was ridicules low and his accuracy was so bad that he would had been dead long ago if it had been a real battle. He half expected to get a lecture for his bad performance but Saren simply put back his weapons and completely ignored the scores.

" The human commander in our custody refuses to speak. So far we have got nothing from her except her name and rank. If this keep up then we will have to …. change tactics." Saren dragged out the last words as he turned around to face Garrus.

Garrus tensed a bit when he felt the other turian's eyes on him, he did his best to keep his facial expression straight.

" Why are you telling me this?" He asked carefully keeping his voice as steady as he possible and his subvocal on the same level.

" I have heard that you and Scion spent the most time with the human. Of course it was solely to spy on her, I don't doubt your loyalty. But perhaps you two can get her to talk. It's up to you how… just don't kill her. She is still useful and don't let her innocent act fool you. She is kept in a room at the cargo bay. " Saren answered flatly and left without waiting for any confirmation from Garrus, leaving him with a twisting feeling in his stomach.

Garrus stared into the air before he shook his head; this was a situation he had not been able to foresee. He reached up and rubbed the back of his neck feeling the stiffness return.

He had wanted to have as little as possible to do with the commander and now he was supposed to interrogate her. He considered the option to let Scion handle it, but something about the idea stirred up the feeling of annoyance in him