Garrus went back down to the cargo bay after his conversation with Jane. Reapers. He couldn't believe it but he'd already seen mind control and a rachni queen, and Jane spoke with such conviction. She trusted him with the information even though she thought he'd think she was crazy so he knew he had to trust her. He still couldn't believe he called her by her first name, he didn't mean to but it just came out that way and the look of relief on her face made him glad he did. His father would rip him a new one for that. Not because she was a human or a spectre, but because she was his commanding officer at the moment. But he meant what he said and her telling him if he needed anything got him thinking.
It wasn't long before he heard the elevator and out walked Jane. He felt elated. He grew to look forward to her frequent visits. He almost smiled but then he saw Wrex smirking at him, he still hadn't lightened up on teasing Garrus about Jane but he was beginning to think that it wasn't false claims. Of course, he'd never let Wrex know that.
"Can you tell me more about your time at C-sec?" She asked.
"Again?" Garrus laughed. "Nothing as fun as what you've done, but I have had some uh interesting cases."
"Can you tell me more?" She asked. She sounded genuinely intrigued.
"Well, there was this one salarian doctor. That was quite the disturbing case."
"How so?" She asked.
"Well, we got info that he was dealing in the organ black market trade. That was nothing unusual. Saw that kind of thing pretty often. But when we raided his office we didn't find anything. No livers, no hearts, not even any krogan testicles." He replied. Oh spirits, he thought. Why did I mention krogan testicles of all things?
"You're kidding. Krogan testicles?" She laughed.
"Yeah. You'd be surprised what people will buy. After awhile we finally got what we needed. Turned out he was growing the extra organs in his test subjects." He went on.
"That's horrible."
"Yeah. And to make matters worse. He got away thanks to regs. He took a ship with some hostages and C-sec refused to fire on it to spare innocents caught in any crossfire."
"Well, I can see why they would do that." She told him.
"I don't!" He retorted. "Because of them, he got away to continue doing his horrible experiments!" She looked a bit taken aback by his anger. Oh no, he thought. She's never going to want to talk to me again. Just when he was going to apologize, she spoke up.
"It was a tough call, but if we don't protect the innocent, we're no better than the people we punish in the name of justice." She stated calmly.
"I- maybe you're right." He said. She did make a valid point as always.
"So what happened with him? Did you ever find him?" She asked.
"Well, like I said he got away. I put feelers out for him. Finally got a location. Apparently he changed his name to Dr. Heart. Some kind of sick joke I suppose." She then asked him for the navpoint and told him they'd find him. That's exactly what he was hoping for.
They boarded the ship that the doctor was on. A couple rooms in, they ran into some zombie like creatures that spit acid when they got close enough. They had no choice but to shoot them down. Finally they reached the doctor.
He tried claiming he wasn't who they thought. Jane turned to Garrus and asked if he was sure. He reassured her that he was. He'd never forget that monstrous salarian. Just when he pointed his gun at him, Jane stopped him. He asked what she was doing, that he deserved it. She explained to him that they didn't know everything that was going on and that they should arrest and question him. Garrus didn't completely understand but he reluctantly agreed. She had earned his trust after all. He explained that the doctor was lucky but the doctor just looked annoyed. He then took out a pistol and aimed it at Jane. Garrus quickly shot him in the head before he had a chance.
"No one's going to hurt her while I'm around." He muttered. He hoped no one heard him, especially Wrex. He didn't need anymore fodder for his teasing. He then turned to Jane and asked what the point of that was. She explained to him that they didn't need to resort to shooting unless absolutely necessary. Garrus told her he guess he saw her point and they headed back. He had alot to think about.
