Unseen: Mass Effect FanFiction (ReWritten)

Chapter 16

"Take this," Garrus said, handing her a small credit chit card. "There's no password."

"I can't take this," Aster said, shaking her head.

"Take it," he insisted. "No one would be able to track it. It's an offshore account for emergencies."

"Garrus, you don't owe me anything," Aster began.

"I'll clear your name," Garrus promised. "In the meantime, stay hidden. I don't know how many mercenaries the Council contracted."

"Thank you," Aster said, grabbing her bag. "Be safe. Take care of my apartment."

Garrus nodded and pressed his forehead to hers.

"Take care."

Aster tiptoed and gave him a quick kiss. She quickly sneaked out of her apartment and saw a group of women heading toward the elevator. Aster joined them discreetly.

'You should have left sooner,' Sam said grumpily. 'Don't you trust me?'

'No, I don't,' Aster replied. 'I trust Garrus more than I trust you. You need to start explaining what's going on.

You went behind my back and submitted my resignation.'

Sam scoffed.

'We are leaving the Citadel,' Sam repeated. 'It's not safe.'

'Who are we running from?' Aster asked, watching the group of women. 'I thought we were under the radar?'

'There's another player behind my creation,' SAM finally said after a few minutes of silence. 'Alec wasn't working alone.'

'So, they know you are "alive," and they want you back,' Aster concluded.

'Precisely,' SAM confirmed. 'We need to get to them, but first, we need to disappear.'

'There's no need to worry about anything,' SAM continued. 'I can arrange for the apartment to be cleaned. Any food items will be donated to several homes. I'm sure your fanboy won't be eating the levo food.'

'Fine, go ahead and make sure the apartment gets cleaned,' Aster agreed, following the group out of the elevator. 'Where am I heading?'

'Head to the docking station, our ride is waiting for us.' Sam replied.

Aster put her hood on and left the building. She waited for a group of people to walk past before following behind them. Aster moved from group to group until she found one that was heading toward the docking station. She avoided standing out as much as possible.

The cargo ship that SAM was able to secure passage on was undoubtedly heading to Omega. Aster hadn't thought much about it until she looked at her ticket and realized they were on the wrong ship. SAM, on the other hand, wasn't worried and acted like it was all part of the plan. A plan that didn't include telling Aster anything about what they were doing or where they were headed.

'You need to start communicating with me,' Aster reminded him as she waited in line to board the passenger ship.

'I'll keep that under advisement,' Sam said.

Aster flexed her jaw. There was no point in telling it anything since he knew she was irritated by his lack of answers.

The trip to Omega was long, but it went without any incidents. No one recognized her. When the passenger ship docked at the port, Aster followed the crowd who were beginning to form a line. In Omega, every new arrival was required to get checked in; Omega officials wanted to track all incoming passengers to ensure that wanted criminals were arrested.