Garrus knew he was cornered with the odds stacked against him as he shot down a gang member. He wasn't even sure how many he had killed, he stopped keeping count after Jane.

"Jane." He sighed. It had been two years but the sting of hearing of her death hadn't become any easier. He still remembered when they had her memorial. He stayed just long enough to attend it. He had planned on standing in the back as to not grab anyone's attention, he didn't want to deal with anyone. Wrex and Joker spotted him, of course. And instead of forcing him to get closer, they just stood next to him.

"What are you doing here? Thought you were going back to Tuchanka?" Garrus quietly asked Wrex.

"I am but we all felt we needed to do one more mission with Shepard. She was a hard woman to leave, for a human." Wrex replied, solemnly.

"We?"

"Me, the quarian, and the asari." Wrex replied. Damn, they all stayed with her and I was too gutless to even reply to her messages. Garrus thought to himself.

"I'm sorry, Garrus. I know how much she meant to you and- and it's all…my fault." Joker choked out. "She died saving me because I was too much of a stubborn jackass to abandon ship in time."

Garrus saw the look of guilt in his eyes and thought it must've mirrored his own. He also noticed Joker's eyes were red and a bit wet. He must've been crying since it happened. Garrus put his hand on his shoulder. I should've stayed and been a friend to her. If I had been there I would've saved her, or died with her trying. He thought solemnly.

"No. You're a pilot. You're trained to do everything to save your ship. And you knew Jane, she would've given her life to save anyone in her crew. Hell, she's risked her life for people she barely knew before." He told Joker, sympathetically. "I don't blame you. I blame whoever attacked you guys and I blame myself for being so caught up in my own pity to not be there for her, for all of you."

Garrus could feel his own words match his guilt as he started to choke up himself. He then felt something on his shoulder and looked to see Wrex had put his hand on him. They then stood in silence as Captain Anderson went on with the eulogy. He talked about how she was a great soldier, rare woman, and how she had become like a daughter to him. Garrus thought she'd be really happy to hear that last part since she once told him Anderson was like a father to her. Afterwards, Anderson made his way to them.

"Moreau, Vakarian, Wrex." He addressed them with a salute. They saluted him back, even Wrex.

"Sir." Joker choked out. The eulogy must've really gotten to him, Garrus thought.

"Joker, I read the reports. Everyone's, including yours. This is not your fault. She was your commander and she did what any good soldier would do. She saved everyone she could, even at the cost of her own life. She wouldn't want you to punish yourself like this." Anderson addressed Joker while putting his hand on his shoulder.

"Yessir." Joker replied but he held his head down.

"Garrus, Wrex." Anderson turned to them. "Thank you for coming. It would've meant a lot to her. You both meant a lot to her. She told me she wouldn't had been able to stop Saren without you. And she told me how you helped her in combat and emotionally with that Cerberus facility, Garrus. But now you'll have to excuse me, I have to deal with some bureaucratic shit that she put me in charge of." He said as he shook all their hands, then went on his way.

Just then, they saw Tali run towards them with Liara right behind her. They took turns hugging the girls.

"I-I can't believe she's gone." Tali cried as Liara hugged her and patted her back. Garrus could see they'd both been crying but assumed Liara was being strong for Tali.

"I'm sorry, you guys." Joker told them.

"No! You don't get to stand there and act like it's your fault!" Tali surprisingly yelled out. "We were there too! We could've stayed behind and helped but it was just- everything was so hectic. Fire everywhere. People running. I even saw one of the engineers fall dead."

"It's okay, Tali." Liara tried to soothe her. "Joker, it's not all your fault. No one blames you."

They accompanied Garrus as he went to put roses on the plaque that held her name. They stayed back a little bit to give him room.

"I'm sorry I let you down, Jane. Now I've lost you, my galaxy is gone. Goodbye." He whispered as he put the roses down and felt a tear run down his face. He wiped it and joined the others.

Later that night, they had all gathered at his apartment. They drank and shared memories of Jane until they had all passed out.

Garrus snapped himself back into reality just in time to take down another merc that had come into view. He knew he couldn't hold them off forever so he decided to tie up one more loose end.

"Dad?" He called his father from his omnitool.

"Garrus? Is that you? What's that sound?" He could hear the voice on the other end.

"Just some target practice. Listen I wanted to say I'm sorry and you were right about a lot of things. I'm sorry I never listened."

"Look, son. Don't worry about that. How fast are your targets moving?" Garrus could tell he sounded worried.

"Not fast enough, but they're learning."

"How are your thermal clips?"

"I could always use more." Garrus replied.

"Remember as long as you at least have one left, you can still get the job done. You finish up what you need to do and come home. We have a lot to sort out, son."

"Yeah. Thanks for everything, dad." Garrus said as he looked through his sniper scope when he saw a familiar N7 emblem. It can't be, he thought. He then moved his scope up and almost dropped his gun when he saw her face.

"Jane?" He said aloud, shocked.

"What, son?" He heard his father say on his comm.

"Nothing. I have to go. But don't worry, I'll see you soon. My odds just got better." He said before hanging up.

He looked again and confirmed it was her. But her armor was slightly different. The parts that were red before, were now blue. The same blue as his face paint. He shook this thought. He couldn't figure out why she was with the merc gangs he was fighting. There were two others with her. An older looking male human with facial scars that looked like he was a merc for hire himself, and a young human female with black hair. He knew Jane wouldn't just ally herself with gangs without reason. He assumed she must've infiltrated them. He shot her with a couple concussive rounds just in case she was fooling the mercs, he didn't want them to get suspicious. He never would've been able to shoot her for real and he noticed neither she or the other two were actually shooting at him. Just then, he saw a few more mercs get into his view but before he could shoot them, they fell dead. He saw Jane with her pistol out.

"I knew it." He said quietly to himself.

He waited for them to make their way up to him.

"Archangel?" He heard Jane ask as he shot down another merc.

He turned around and took his helmet off as stoic and casual as he could.

"Shepard. I thought you were dead?" He called out to her.

He saw her smile as she yelled out his name in surprise. Next thing he knew, she was hugging him. He wanted to hug her tighter but instead he just patted her back. She had asked him some questions about his work there and how he got three gangs to band together against him. After he answered her questions, she asked how they were going to get out of there. He told her they'd just kill all of them on the bridge so they were going to have to whittle down their numbers. Just then, they heard more mercs coming.

"You ready?" He asked her.

"Yeah. Let's spill some merc blood!" She replied with a smile.

"Heh. Just like old times." He smirked as he settled himself to start sniping them down. He noticed she situated herself right beside him and was doing the same. After seeing her sniping enemies with such precision, he knew he wasn't dreaming.

After taking them down, he told her they needed to shut the shutters to prevent more from coming in. She agreed but told him she wasn't leaving him alone and told the girl named Miranda to stay behind while she left with the man named Zaeed. He and Miranda held their ground as they waited for Jane. Right before they got back, the blood pack leader had cornered Garrus. Damn, he regenerates too fast, Garrus thought. Just when he thought he was done for, the leader had collapsed in front of him. There was a knife in the back of his neck. He saw Jane standing behind him as she shot him twice in his head with her pistol.

"Just to be sure." She panted as she held her hand out to Garrus. "You okay?"

"Yeah, thanks." He replied.

"How did you survive this long without me?" She asked.

"Hell if I know. I was just winging it." He laughed. Damn, it felt good to have her back. She said something about just having the blue suns left and asked if they could fight their way out. Garrus said Tarak had the toughest bunch but they should be able to make it. Just then, they heard a loud rumbling and Garrus felt bullets spraying at him as they saw a gunship firing at them. Garrus hid behind some cover as they tried to shoot it down.

"They fixed it but not all the way! I made sure of that." He heard Jane yell right before he felt heat as a blast of fire hit him. He felt himself bleeding and vaguely heard Jane yelling out to him before losing consciousness.

When he opened his eyes, he saw Jane leaning over him. He noticed she had blue on her face and realized it must've been his blood. He reached out for her and she held his hand as she had an omnitool over his body. He could see her mouth moving but he couldn't make out what she was saying. Your eyes are wet. Why are you crying? Am I dying? You don't need to cry for me, Jane. I didn't expect to get out of this alive. But I'm happy I got to see you one more time before the end. Your smile, your eyes, your spots that remind me of the galaxy. You've been my galaxy since I met you. He thought weakly before everything went black.