Mass Effect Andromeda Series II: Chapter 47
Nearing the room that housed Liara's Broker equipment, Garrus paused as he heard her talking inside. He stood there momentarily, listening in. He didn't like eaves dropping, but he didn't want to barge in if she had company. It had been hours since Shepard departed with Aria to Omega to help her take back the station. He didn't like the commander being alone and with Aria of all people. He didn't trust her. He couldn't sit at his station any longer. He needed to know if there had been any word about Andromeda. It was too long. Something was definitely wrong.
"Well hello, Garrus Vakarian. Dr. T'Soni is sending a transmission, but should be done in a moment. Please wait here," Glyph came out of the room to address their guest, catching Vakarian off guard.
Jumping a little, he took a breath as he felt his heart race from being startled. "I can come back."
"Come in." Liara called out to him. "I'll be just a moment." Stepping inside, he saw her standing at her console with unknown images being displayed. She gave him a silent glance, but then continued her task at hand. "I don't know if this message will reach you or not. It was what Shepard suspected years ago. The Reapers are here. We have discovered a blueprint for a device to hopefully stop them. Please think of us here in the Milky Way. Good luck on your journey. This is Dr. Liara T'Soni signing off." She held her head down sadly and took a deep breath with her hand resting on the terminal's button.
"It can't be that bad," Garrus tried to rejuvenate the mood. "We have come this far. It will work." Seeing her not moving from her position, he peered around, trying to get a better look at the screen. "A personal log for your time capsule? Shepard said that you were working on one."
"No…it was a message to a friend on one of the arcs. I pray by the Goddess that they got out in time. I want to send everything I can to them about what we are dealing with" Liara closed the program and then turned around to give her friend her full attention. "Any word from Shepard?"
"I was hoping you would have something. Nobody has come by. I thought we would never have to see Omega again." Garrus moved over to a console that caught his attention. It displayed the familiar red glow of the space station, Omega. "Here we are trying to find Reapers and we're still dealing with Cerberus."
"Aria does have a big fleet and we will need all the ships we can get when go to Earth." Liara's voice sounded hopeful but there was clearly doubt.
"If she doesn't turn her back on us. Aria's all about business."
"True, but I'm glad you're here." T'Soni moved to a data pad that was resting on her desk nearby. "I did some digging on Andromeda and Sh'sk and I found something very interesting, but probably disturbing."
The news sparked interest. Garrus turned around quickly. "Then you have something on her location."
Biting her lip, she frowned. "Well, uh, no. But Sh'sk has quite the history. I remember you saying something to me about him being on Terra Nova and working with Balak. That's only a scratch of the surface. I ran his name through multiple databases that I have. I have bits and pieces but apparently at one time he was leading the Blue Suns on Omega. Looks like he was pretty close to Aria T'Loak too. His brother was Anto."
"Yeah. I ran into him on Omega as Archangel." Garrus confessed.
Puzzled, Liara moved her eyes off the data over to him. "You didn't tell me this."
"I didn't know it was him at the time. Ran into him and some of his flunkies. Didn't know he was biotic until he hit me with a blast. He seemed fairly pissed that I took down one of his top men..uh…women. After he left, the Suns were turned over to Tarak I guess. Probably the best for both of us. Neither of us died on that station."
"Did you tell Andromeda?"
"Information that she doesn't need to worry about. He can hold his own and hopefully against whatever Cerberus forces were on Eden Prime."
"I also found some data about a place called Sanctuary located on Horizon. Hypothetically, if Andromeda's way was blocked by Cerberus forces off of Eden Prime, they could have went there. I'm gathering my sources to see what I can find about it. That could give us a lead."
"Sanctuary? I heard about that I think on the Citadel," Garrus tried to search his memory bank about how he recognized the name, but he couldn't think of the advertisements that he passed by. The name stuck out and only that. "Keep me posted."
"Garrus." Liara called out to him as she rubbed her fingers nervously. "I wanted to ask you a favor." Her face became soft and there was a sense of dread in the air.
"What is it?"
"I just received word that my homeworld has been attacked…we are so far out…I-I'm not sure if we get there in time. I'm going to tell Shepard as soon as he gets back. If we go there, I want you to come along."
"Sure. Just call me." Vakarian moved out of the room to head back to the post. With the information given, he decided he would do some of his own digging. What was this Sanctuary about? Sh'sk's past plagued him. Who exactly was he? What were his intentions?