After the Cerberus attack on the Citadel, Commander Shepard spent some time checking in on some friends and contacts, to see if they were all right. With the exception of Thane, everyone had survived with minimal injuries. The next person on his list was the Normandy's former Yeoman, Kelly Chambers.
Heading down the refugee camp that'd been set up in one of the Citadel's holding areas near the docks, Shepard walked over to Cargo Hold: B. A month earlier he had accidentally stumbled upon Kelly there. Since she rejected his offer to come back to the Normandy, Shepard occasionally talked to her when he was at the Citadel.
This time, however, he couldn't find her. She'd always been in the same area, each time he visited her. In fact, the exact same area—literally. It was as if standing anywhere else was not an option.
As he started to leave Cargo Hold: B, he listened in on a private conversation—something he did a lot, really.
"What ever happen to that nice lady who was helping everybody out?" a Baratian refugee asked.
"You mean the redhead? Kelly Chambers?" a human refugee asked.
"Yeah, that's her."
"She's dead."
Shepard hung his head down and sighed. He hadn't expected everyone to walk away from the war with the Reapers unscathed, but his friends and acquaintances were dying off left and right. Not a single person died on our so-called "suicide mission" against the Collectors.
The Batarian sounded sad as well. "What?"
"Yeah," the human said. "When Cerberus took the docks, they walked right up to her and asked, 'Are you Kelly Chambers?' She said, 'Yes,' and they put a bullet right between her eyes."
"Wait, what?" Shepard asked. He walked up to the human refugee. "Are you serious? Kelly answered 'Yes'?"
"Yeah," the human said.
Shepard stared at the spot where Kelly had always stood since he found her. He'd thought to tell her to change her identity, what with Cerberus not taking a like to anyone leaving them, but he hadn't. That didn't mean he expected her to tell anyone who asked what her name was, especially the people that would kill her on sight.
"You dumbass," he muttered, feeling no remorse for someone that dumb.
A/N: Thanks to Johnwolf234, thepkrmgc, anakinpk200, Nuclearwullfs, and Anthony for reviewing since the last update.
Although I said I would start doing the reader-submitted last chapter, this one was all me. But seriously, how dumb is Kelly Chambers?
I was a little sad no one seemed to catch my Eminem easter-egg that I had in the last chapter. That, or no one cared. Oh well.
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