Three weeks later
Rylee POV
It's form time and there are a few things that just aren't right. Nate has been really out of it lately, ever since that whole Saren thing he's become a lot more protective of me, going as far as to escort me to form as if I couldn't take care of myself. Garrus was weary during Infiltrator training and even Kaidan made sure we had no contact during form time. Even without the Saren thing Nate has been acting really weird, he's actually reading poetry, and I saw him in his room with one of my poetry books. When we go to form he's always staring at Jack, I called him out on it once and he just denied it.
Something else is wrong, for the past few weeks Thane hasn't been coming into school, I was getting worried. I went as far as asking Anderson where he was but he refused to answer as to why the drell stopped attending but he assured me he was still a member of the school, if this continued he'd lose his place. I was becoming more and more worried and for reasons I don't fully comprehend I decided to ask Jack since she is one of Thanes friends.
"Jack" I greeted cautiously, she looks at me in disgust and curiosity
"Fuck off, I'm busy" she dismissed. Someone has an attitude problem
"What? Talking to you oh so many friends" I quipped, if she was gonna be rude then I will too. She shot me a murderous look which changed to one of curiosity
"Why do you look familiar" Jack questioned
"Come to think of it you look familiar too" I answered, I must have seen her before, but before she got all those tattoos because she looks too unique for someone to forget meeting her. We spent the next few minutes in silence trying to figure out just where we met until I remembered just what I came to ask her.
"Do you know where Thane is" I asked
"Why would I know?"
"Because you're his friend"
"Doesn't mean I know where he is" she spat
"What's your problem" she grabbed me by my shirt and pulled me towards her
"You and your brother should just stay out of my business" she snarled and it was then I got a good look at her neck. Her neck was covered in tattoos but also slightly healed scars and fresh cuts. She caught where my eyes wondered and pushed my away. She sat down self-consciously hiding her neck from anyone's view.
I walked over to my seat next to Tali when Thane walked into the room nonchalantly scanning for a seat, there were plenty surrounding Jack so that's where he went.
Thane POV
If I wasn't obligated to attend today I would have remained at home. I have missed out on three weeks on school which likely means that I have a lot of work awaiting me. So much has happened in such a short period of time that I wonder if even being here is a mistake. I am aware of Dr Michel's child's birth, I was there and she explained to me that I wouldn't be in Wrex tutor group anymore and I will be transferred to Matriarch Benezia's group.
My heart races as I reach the door because I will be entering a new group and I would be subject to questions about who I was and why I'm there now. When I entered I surveyed the room, I noticed Saren, Rylee, Kaidan, Kelly, Khalisah, Morinth, Uvenk and. Not possible, but no one else bears that appearance it has to be Jack. It would appear that there is no one within her proximity, perfect this way I avoid any questioning. I make my way confidently towards Jack and take the seat in front of her.
"What's up" she greets
"Hello Jack"
She doesn't bother to say another word, she senses that I don't want to talk about my absence and for that I'm thankful. I thought that I may have dodged a bullet by sitting next to Jack, but I felt as though I was being watched, I turn to the source of my discomfort and it is Rylee. She stares deeply into my eyes which likely show tiredness and stress. I will likely have to talk to her considering we both have infiltrator training up next.
I begin to consider why so much has been happening, in the past I had her to talk to, I had her to confide in, she awoke me from my sleep, opened my eyes to a world beyond that the Hanar assassins taught me, but now she's gone. My heart wrenches from pain and I form a fist desperate to punch anything and tears begin to formulate. No I mustn't lose control of my emotions. Not now, not ever. The bell rings, loud and irritating.
My body moves towards the Combat wing but my soul remains at home. If it was optional for me to come in I would stay home, every reason I have for living is there. Why the gods have forsaken me I have no clue. When I arrive the geth awaits me and the class, we have a practical lesson it would appear.
"Today is a covert operation. You will all attempt to disarm an explosive device. The bomb is set to explode after two hours however you will not have that much time to disarm it and find the landing zone. If the bomb goes off you all fail the exercise. You will move in groups of four, which you will decide among yourselves. There will be civilians present any dead will dock your points for the exercise, completing it without being seen will grant you a great number of points" the Geth explained, it then turned around to the console to set it up. Why is it that the bomb goes off in two hours but we don't have that much time?
I make my way to the weapons rack and pick out M12 Kassa Locust and an M-97 Viper, mobility as well as stealth are my main specialties, I don't carry much besides my custom armour that I wear at all times. Too many weapons slow me down, restrict my mobility. When I finish I look to the ground and she once again enters my thoughts. She glares at me in disgust. Berates me for my actions, "You monster" voice loud but smooth. She slaps me hard across the face. I fall in front of her "Please forgive me" I plead. Her eyes soften "Get up" she instructs. I look up to see she is still scowling. "Forgiveness must be earned". That was the first time we conversed and it is that memory that brings me comfort, it is one of the many I have spent the nights thinking of, I have been losing myself to solipsism more and more, lessens the pain knowing that I can see her when I want but the agony of knowing I can never again speak to her, hold her, kiss her makes me wish that I could be with her, but I can't. During my mental trance I failed to realise that Kasumi, Rylee and Garrus were trying to gain my attention.
"Thane? Maybe we shouldn't interrupt" Kasumi noted, when I came back to my senses I looked at Rylee, there was a great sympathy in her eyes, she looks as if she wants to hold me and is even close to tears.
"Hello" I greeted the group
"We are meant to move in fours so I figured we could all go together" Garrus spoke for the lot of them
"Yes that would be good" I responded, I put my emotions as close to the bottom of wherever in my body I could find and finished the preparation of my weapons and armour.
We each step into the simulator waiting to see just where we are going. The setting digitizes. A red sky envelopes us as well as the cold red rock beneath us, the mountainous setting was breath-taking, however the wind left an auburn mist that limited visibility slightly, I put on my breather mask since this atmosphere isn't made for breathing. This is Mars, more importantly the Prothean archives. I have been there to study how to improve my biotic abilities. This is the near the entrance thus I should know where to go, the bombs location has just been forwarded to our omni-tools so reaching it is the only obstacle. I look up and realise just why we don't have the two hours, one of the largest storms I have ever seen is heading in our direction, it will kill us all if we can't reach the bomb and leave at this LZ.
"First thing we need to do is establish a leadership Hierarchy" I suggested, because the odds we can make it to the other side of the facility and back, fighting and attempting to figure out ways around the obstacles all before the storm reaches us are slim at best. So we need to agree right now about who are the leaders
"I will lead" Rylee said not expecting any resistance
"Good now that we've established that, Garrus will be second in command" she barked "I know the two of you work at your best alone so if we both die, you two should focus on getting the bomb out of here" Rylee yelled over the howling wind, we all nodded and she took lead.
"Rylee we should really find that bomb, I'm too pretty to end up a smear on the rocks" Kasumi advised
"You'll make pretty stain" Garrus joked
We climbed down the ladder below and was followed by Garrus, we saw some hostiles, one of them had a civilian hostage, gun aimed at the head. I had to act quickly I drew my sniper rifle, aimed and fired. The hostiles had burst at impact. Some of the enemies line up shots at the innocent, they proceeded to fire but something was blocking the shots, looked to be an electric shield, the civilian is picked up and placed behind some rocks, I launch an unstable warp at the group and the all fall down to the ground and on queue Rylee and Garrus sniped the ones remaining. We ran into the building, and then waited for decontamination.
"That was some shot Thane" the Turian praised
"Thank you, as was yours" I returned
"Yeah how did you get a head shot after only lining up the shot for a few seconds?" Rylee inquired
"I was trained for combat ever since I was young" I replied looking down, if there was something I wish I could undo is ever being part of that compact.
"Are you alright Thane" Rylee asked out of concern, she had taken off her helmet and her jet black hair, shaped her face. For a human she is quite beautiful, mixed-race skin tone, full lips, dark brown eyes which not for the first time convey a longing to comfort and sympathy, she was definitely going to ask about it later on.
"Don't worry about me we have an assignment to complete" I dismissed punching up the elevator, there is thumping and sounds coming from the air vent, gun shots are fired and we all aim at the exit, someone kicks the grate through and jumps down, it's an Asari, who is panting and holding her chest out of exhaustion and fear. I see a Batarian firing shots at her, she hides behind a crate.
"Hey she's over here" he barks. Seeing one of his people brought about an anger that I thought was long buried. I summoned all the biotic power and could and unleashed a primal roar I throw a warp at the vent and the Batarians are trapped. I manipulate the metal in the vent and contort it, squish it, disturb it to the point it is unrecognizable, their screams perfume the air as I for the first time revel in killing. I bend the metal into a mesh of pain and ugliness, and increase my warp power to increase the pain, it all feels so therapeutic.
"STOP. PLEASE" They shriek, I feel like laughing as they feel a pain so unimaginable that they wish for the relief of death, but I stop so that they suffocate and die a slow uncomfortable ability, a ghost of a smile creeps on my face as I unleash my frustrations at one of the sources of my pain. But an inferno grenade lands on the vent blowing it up and killing them all instantly. The euphoria leaves my body and I return to my usual self. The horror of what I had just done dawned upon me, even if it was simulated that is the first time I have let death linger. The source of the grenade was Rylee who shoved me into a wall
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THE MATTER WITH YOU" she yells at me "YOU WERE TORTURING THEM" she continued "HOW DARE YOU" she finishes eerily familiar and that familiar emotion envelopes me.
"I'm Sorry" I apologised unable to look her in the eye
"Look at me" she instructed "Forgiveness is earned" she said and that brought back memories of her "Forgiveness must be earned"I recalled and got some curious looks.
"Can we continue" I asked the squad. Kasumi and Garrus shrugged and Rylee proceeded. We had to fight our way through a few waves of enemies and rescued every civilian we were aware of. I was developing an even deeper respect for Garrus, the Turians sniping abilities far exceeded mine in terms of target practice but I am faster, I know I would trust him with my life in a fire fight. I check my omni-tool to check how much time we have until the storm collides with us as well as the bomb location. We have about 20 minutes left which is bad considering the LZ is 10 minutes away and we have a room to clear.
I entered the room with the bomb first to see that some of our classmates dead on the ground including Saren's team. An asari vanguard and engineer show up out of nowhere. The engineer sets up a shielded turret for us to take down but the vanguard sends a shockwave our way. It knocks Kasumi back into the wall but the rest of us got under cover just in time to out horror the turret tears through Kasumi's shields killing her instantly. "YOU BITCH" Rylee shrieks firing an overload at the turret and Garrus finished it off. But more and more asari showed up. "Thane! Take the engineers out quickly before those turrets become too problematic" Rylee commanded. I didn't need to be told twice. I took solace in the shadows and escaped vision, the cloak I have should block out life signatures. The enemies are acting really peculiar. They were firing shots at the roof so they had no chance of seeing me sneak away.
I move silently and swiftly through the shadows and debris using them as my shield. I finally reach the Asari engineer and snap her neck from behind, and shoot the two guarding her in the head. The vanguard fires off a singularity at Garrus and Rylee. They appear to get away in time but Rylee gets caught in the gravitational pull. I draw my Viper and line up a shot but it's too late. The Vanguard closed her fist and the Singularity burst, exploding killing Rylee instantly. It was only after that I got the head shot. Between me and Garrus we finished the rest of the hostiles in the area.
We walked up to the Bomb, it was a simple decryption mechanism, all I had to do was figure out how the circuit was build and how to break it without setting the bomb off, which was relatively easy but with your life on the line all challenges gain difficulty. "Bomb Defused" the VI announces me and Garrus both sigh in relief that we had succeeded.
"OK now we're done here we should head back to the LZ" the Turian suggested. He looked outside the window. The Storm was here. In full force the huge glass windows were vibrating violently, trembling and cracking until it ruptured with glass flying everywhere. I shielded us both with my biotics.
He checks his omni-tool to check its location and the time "We have about 8 minutes before the Storm covers the LZ" he shouted urgently
"We need to get to the LZ to complete the mission let's go" I ordered as I began to run to the exit until I heard a gunshot. Garrus Vakarian falls to the ground a lifeless corpse and there is a hole where his heart used to be. It was incredibly loud, Garrus is too good for someone to sneak behind him and shoot him, and with this wind very few guns have the power to fight these winds. Judging from the noise and power I would guess it is the M-92 Mantis but all the hostiles are dead and none of them have had that model. I turn around to try and find this mystery shooter but with all of this dust I don't think I can see. There is a silhouette of a tall figure standing on the top floor near the roof and a red dot appears on my chest, before the shot is taken I use my modified eyes to see who it is and catch a quick glance at the figure but not one good enough to identify him.
Then I wake up in the Combat Sim holding my chest out of pain. There is an unbearable pain emanating from my chest where I was shot. I understand the built in pain of the sim is to discourage people from making stupid mistakes but it was too realistic. I awaken to find that is groaning about back and neck injuries whilst Garrus and I are having the same problem. Rylee is another story entirely she is just lying on the floor writhing in pain, which is understandable considering she got blown up, a feeling I know well. Geth Shock trooper has Reager pinned down. I shoot off supressing fire. Geth Colossus blast rocket in my direction. I awaken with side splitting head ache. Ribs hurt beyond imagination. Legs numb from pain. Arms feel as though been ripped from sockets. Neck feels strained and stretched. AARRGH. One of the downsides of an eidetic memory, every pain and hurt can be relieved as well as the joyous moments.
After a few minutes Saren appears from the combat sim almost unscathed, holding his chest. An arrogant smirk forms as he looks at my squad, particularly at the sight of Garrus. It was then the realisation dawned on me. He had the M-92 Mantis over his shoulder triumphantly. He was the sniper in the storm. He must have killed me and Garrus to get points for being the sole survivor as well as completing the mission. I never liked Saren, he is a racist, despises anyone not Turian and a lot of Turians also don't like him for that fact, most prominently Garrus but for him, Nate and Kaidan I suspect it is a lot more personal due to the fact this hatred has existed before we started.
"Congratulations Arterius Saren. This will go to your final overall score. You are the first to complete that exercise before the storm terminated you. I will send a report to the Principal and will recommend you for Spectre candidacy due to consistent performances" the Geth praised. He is getting rewarded for betraying his comrades and could be up for spectre training. Garrus must have realised what Saren had done due to the intense anger in his eyes.
"What? He's getting rewarded for stabbing me and Thane in the back" he yelled
"Why Garrus? You and Nathan seem to be at the centre of all investigations against me" he feigned innocence
"With the storm blowing up a mist I only saw silhouettes, I couldn't take any chances considering in the combat simulators hostiles have IFFs and could have killed me. Nothing personal" the silver skinned Turian smirked at us arrogantly knowing fully well that he wouldn't be caught, but I know he did it intentionally.
I once again look at Rylee, moving uncomfortably in pain, standing and limping towards the armour rack where it was removed then to the weapons rack to remove her weapons, she must be very strong and resistant to be able to walk after being blown up, a trait I can admire as well as being a human woman that can assume command over a Turian without argument. She collapses from the pain. Garrus and I run up to her.
"Rylee are you Okay" Garrus asked
"Yeah I'm fine, just lying around" she reacted annoyed
"Sorry stupid question" he apologised
"You need to go to the Nurses Office" I advised
"I'll take her" Garrus offered
"No Garrus I want Thane to take me" Rylee said looking at me.
"I will take you" I accepted, knowing full well that she intends to question me on my absence and behaviour in the archives.
I use my biotics to lift her in the air gently to cause her as little pain as possible. I walk out of the room through the hallways calmly anticipating her interrogation, but it never came, the entire journey she remained silent. As I walked I remembered what she said in the archives about forgiveness and then it came to me. They both share many similarities, beautiful, smart, strong, honourable, kind. But Rylee is a killer, she wasn't, she was pure, she was my love. My Siha
Rylee POV
I haven't been in this much pain in my life. Getting blown up then living to tell the tale would be one of the best and worst experiences I could experience. But my pain isn't important what is, is Thane. When I saw him preparing for the lesson he looked so sad. That's an understatement, he looked totally depressed as if there wasn't anything to live for and life was meaningless. Then in the archives he showed us a side of him that scared the shit out of me. He was so cold and remorseless, sadistic and cruel and he was enjoying it. It was only when he fought the Batarians when he was like this, every other time we've been in combat he has dispatched enemies quickly, even Batarians but its changed in the past few weeks.
I have so many questions to ask him but I'm almost sure he won't. Like why he's been off? Or why he tortured those Batarians? Why had he been so sad? And more that will likely come as he explains himself. And in the Nurses office it will be perfect. I like how the biotics feel. It has this cold sensation which I find somewhat soothing and tingly.
We arrived at Dr Chakwas' office and were directed to one of the rooms. Thane waited whilst the doctor applied medi-gel. After a few minutes I felt a whole lot better and the doctor left. Thane walked in staring deep into my eyes, looking for something that I don't know. I attempt to say something but the words are lost in my throat as I stare into his pitch black eyes, mesmerising me.
"Uh-Thane" I greet
"Yes"
"What the hell was that in the Archives" I shout suddenly gaining back my nerve, but the he was emitting almost made me falter but I stayed strong.
"I can't tell you everything. But I can tell you that they are a source of a great pain" he replied vaguely, I realise that he won't say much more than that about the subject.
"Why have you been off school?"
"Circumstances have kept me at home. There is something that I can't let go of. My whole reason for living is there" he explained falling into an even deeper depression. I'm making it worse.
"You're whole reason for living? What is your reason for living?" I asked because someone having only one reason to live is clearly very unstable, possibly suicidal. He remained silent for a few minutes, another indication that he wasn't gonna talk about it.
"Why are you so sad lately" I asked. He once again stayed silent indicating that this was a question he won't answer. I realised that he probably won't answer any other questions I may answer due to them being too raw.
"Thane I want to get to know you" I said as warmly as I could to try and gain his trust, his expression remained blank. I started to feel better so I got up. "Let's have lunch together" I said hoping he wouldn't decline but instead he turned and walked out of the room, I quickly gathered my things and followed. He didn't turn around, nor did he tell me to go away so I assumed he was aware of my presence.
He led me to a large tree just outside the infirmary and sat down. Jack was sitting under the tree just waiting around and smiled when she saw Thane. However the moment she got a look at me that smile faded.
"Why's she here" she hissed
"She wishes to talk to me" he stated calmly
"Yeah but it's normally just me and you" she complained. For all her talk Jack has a softer side to her. It seems that she actually missed Thane in his absence. The drell turned to me signalling for me to begin talking
"So what are interests?" I asked. A lame question sure but I probably won't get an answer to the deeper questions.
"Reading mostly, exercise, training, meditation" he listed off.
"Wow you sound boring as shit" Jack interjected
"I can't believe what I'm saying but Jack is right" I agreed earning me a laugh from her.
"Oh, what do you find interesting?" he asked
"Like you reading and exercise, martial arts, dancing and…music" I answered, and Jack laughed again
"You're just as boring as him" she chuckled.
"If you're so fun what do you like?" I countered with a smirk
"Killing, piracy, drugs, fucking and dancing" she said confidently, to which I blushed at her bluntness while at the same time remained disgusted at the first.
"Those are… interesting hobbies you've developed Jack" Thane said
"Most of em weren't my choice scales" she lamented, sensing that this wasn't gonna help anybody I tried changing the subject
"What kind of music do you listen to?" I asked the two of them, this got them out of their trances and they thought
"I like club music, some asari beats, anything I can dance to" Jack commented
"None" Thane stated
"What! How can you not listen to music" I asked shocked that anyone doesn't listen to music
"I never developed an interest, I never had the time, and work takes up a lot of my time" Thane listed
"Really, what kind of work do you do?" He looked at me for a few seconds, yet another blank expression. I was quickly learning that was a signal for 'I'm not saying shit'. I turned to Jack hoping to get something out of her and maybe even Thane indirectly
"What do you want to be when you're older" I asked
"Alive and not doing some boring as shit job, desk jobs, teaching, overseeing, serving, CEO, accounting, psychiatrist. No way in hell would I ever subject myself to that much boredom. Maybe mercenary, freelance and if I'm desperate enough Alliance or Spectre" Jack finished her rant
"You think you can become a spectre" I asked sceptically
"Of course I can, I'm probably one of the most powerful biotic student in this shithole" she stated matter of factly "Maybe some Asari are stronger but not enough that they could bitch slap me away in a fight and some Saren guy" she finished
"I plan on joining the Alliance" I said confidently "And becoming a Spectre". Shockingly Thane chuckles when I said what I want to do. "What the fuck does that mean" I said menacingly
"You believe you have control over your destiny" he chuckled again. "Your destiny isn't something you control. It was predetermined by the gods, who occasionally enjoy playing jokes on us. It is a cruel one making us believe that we shape our own lives when we are merely puppets to be used for their entertainment" he ranted the anger becoming more apparent with every word he sp"They take away parts of us to test how we react like a human poking a bear with a stick only this time the bear is powerless to react, all it can do is feel. Feel the pain and anguish of lost dreams. We are never in control, dreams and memories are curses on us, they allow us to believe a lie that we are in control, you are the pilot of your own life, all memories are, is a more convenient way of experiencing anguish. And when dreams don't happen we are left in a pool of bitterness and regret as we lament over the broken coffins where our plans and aspirations lay. Cold… and forgotten" he finished the tempo rapidly fading as his rant reached its climax and slowly the anger was escaping his voice and left grief and
"Damn Scales" Jack commented wide eyed and shocked
I was left speechless at what the drell had just said. Although he spoke with rage at the very centre was grief. Something happened to Thane and if he doesn't have an outlet for his hurt he it could destroy him totally. Keeping feelings like that pent up will always result in an explosion of emotion or violence. I was about to comfort the drell but something caught my attention. A group of Asari were gathered around someone and they were laughing and pointing. I got up to see what the commotion was with Thane and Jack in tow. It was Vasir, Nassana from history, Dahlia from biology, Anayla from Infiltrating and others I didn't recognize and in the centre was Liara.
"W-Why do you do this?" Liara begged
"You are such a nerd" Anayla insulted laughing
"That stutter is so annoying" Dahlia added
"This pureblood bitch should know her place" Vasir announced, standing proud raising her hand. She gathered a lot of biotic power and punched Liara in the face. The 'young' asari fell to the ground holding her nose. She was restraining herself since there was an unstable biotic aura forming around her. She wanted to tear them apart.
"Oh, Oh looky the pureblood is getting angry, what are you gonna do" Anayla taunted shoving Liara's face with her palm.
"You know you can't take all of us T'Soni" Nassana bragged and there was the root of it all. They move in a group because they know if Liara let loose she could beat them all one on one.
"So why don't you be a good bitch and bleed somewhere else." Dahlia mocked pointing for her to walk away with a smug look I just wanted to beat out of her.
"Yeah some might get on my dress" Nassana complained and the lot of them burst into a fit of laughter
"How do you wake up and drag yourself from the muck" Vasir mocked. "It's your kind that are a blemish on the Asari race. Your kind has no right to call themselves Asari. You are blight, a mistake the goddesses made that it is our duty to rectify" she yelled passionately, believing every word of venom she spewed. Racists like her piss me off more than anything. How the fuck can you think you're better than someone because you are a certain way. And what really pisses me off is when people are discriminated against just because of how they were born.
"Leave her alone" I defended
"You guys are a bunch of bitches and bullies who think they're tough because you walk around in a group and pick on people who actually give a damn about their place in this school. You're all jealous of her because Liara's more powerful than you all and prettier" I said what we all were thinking, that left most of them speechless.
"Now she has this human doing her bidding, she's probably an Ardhat Yakshi" Nassana added. There was a fury in Liara's eyes I had never seen before and I was sure she was about to kill Nassana.
"Another Pureblood curse" Vasir added. This girl's racism knows no bounds and she needs to be shut up.
I take a few steps toward the group getting ready to punch Vasir.
Then a mass effect field formed around Nassana as she was about to strike Liara again, as well as one around Vasir, Dahlia and the rest.
"I just can't leave you for a second can I T'Soni" Javik complained glaring at Nassana. I can see about five mass effect fields so that means four biotics. I looked around and found them. It was Kaidan, Thane, Jack, Nate and Javik. I don't know where they came from but they came at the best time possible.
"You make me SICK" Nate yelled venomously throwing Vasir across the pathway.
"Fly BITCH" Jack growled flailing Dahlia into the fountain and the rest through them in various directions.
"Thank you Javik" the asari appreciated
"I wouldn't have gotten involved if Nate hadn't first" the Prothean explained. "We knew that you could have killed them all if you wished, but he didn't react until his sister was about to strike Vasir"
Nate was now looking away. He's still looking out for me like I'm some helpless little girl. He knew if I hit Vasir then the ramifications would be something I wasn't used to. And he probably thought I might get hurt. Asshole.
"I'm sorry that you all had to get involved" Liara apologised.
"Why did you two get involved" I asked turning to Thane and Jack
"That bitch was annoying, anything to shut her up" Jack dismissed I turned to Thane
"Same as Jack" he replied with a relieved smirk like he's let out some frustration.
"Thank you Rylee" Liara said.
"It's nothing, racism like that PISSES ME OFF more than you could imagine"
"I don't want to attack them because I know what would happen. I could lose my place in this school. Nassana Dantius' mother is one of the schools Governors as well as Vasir's " she explained grimly.
"Relax Liara" I assured. "They won't tell their mum's about this. And even if they do they can't do anything about it either" I finished earning me a confused look from her
"She's right, they won't dare take this any further, if they do we have about 20 witnesses to testify that they were being racist and that we were defending you from being assaulted" Nate said looking around. "ISN'T THAT RIGHT" he rallied and got a loud cheer. "See we're gonna be fine" he said reassuringly.
"Thank you so much all of you" Liara thanked then the bell rang. The rest of the day went without any incident, but thank God that I and Vasir didn't actually get into a fight. After being blown up by a singularity I don't think that would have went my way.
23:50 Shepard Apartment
I have been trying to go to sleep for the past hour but nothing is working. I can't get what happened in the Mars archives out of my head or Thane's suddenly more sadistic attitude. He told me that he only had one reason for living now, but he wasn't that fatalistic a few weeks ago so something has to have changed. He's never been a happy-go-lucky guy but he was never so broody. All day he remained as such.
His rant was a real eye opener. He kept on going on about how we have no control and how we are just puppets. He's depressed that much is obvious, but the root of his depression is buried in his personal life, something he won't share with me. I've wanted to understand the drell since I first met him but he was always so distant even more so now.
I remember the first time I had met him. He took my breath away and he left me awestruck. I remember thinking that this was one of the sexiest people I had ever seen. His eyes were large and black, with the light reflecting in them. Skin lavished with beautiful forest green scales and a salmon red ribbings down his neck, and black markings on his face. His voice was deep, almost raspy and gritty yet smooth at the same time, he always spoke in such a calm, collected manner but at lunch I heard another side to his voice. All of these things complimenting each other to make possibly the sexiest man in this school. I will help him even if he says he doesn't want it, he needs it otherwise he will lose himself in the dark abyss he is currently staring down. And that is something I WILL NOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN!