Unseen: Mass Effect FanFiction (Being ReWritten)

Chapter 34

The next morning Garrus woke up feeling refreshed and in a good mood. He laid in bed looking in at the ceiling feeling relaxed without any stress in the world, then out of nowhere he remembered what all had happened and he jolted up in bed no longer feeling rested.

How could he have forgotten!? Garrus got up from the bed as quickly as he could and went to get ready. There was still too much for him to take care of for him to be laying in bed relaxing. After a quick breakfast, Garrus went around his apartment picking up anything that had been moved since C-Sec had raided his home. He still remembered that this apartment had originally been Asters. His neighbors had gotten used to seeing him live here and assumed that it had belonged to him in the first place.

Then his mind began to wander, Garrus wasn't sure if it had anything to do with guilt or if his mind was finally able to comprehend everything that had happened since Mina/Aster had shown up. Solana had no problem introducing them and asking for his help in investigating a way to help Aster. He had been so ready to clear her name that he never thought that she would be hiding in plain sight.

Even though he never admitted it, he truly cared for her. Garrus had decided to keep his distance after she had lost her arm because he felt responsible. He had broken his promise of getting her out. Sure she had gone undercover as Dr. Lang and no one was supposed to know who she was but Garrus had found out and had been devastated. When he had gone to see her at Huerta Memorial, the reality of the incident and his broken promise were shoved in his face and he just couldn't face her.

He thought it best to stop whatever relationship they had going on and just make some space between them. He needed time to process everything and get over his guilt of what had happened. But getting over something like that was harder than he could have imagined.

Now, knowing that she had asked for help and he had refused her just added to the guilt that had slowly been dealt with. Man, had he made a terrible mistake and now Aster was paying for it again. Garrus tried to remember if Nihlus had been surprised that Mina had turned out to be Aster but as hard as he tried to remember he couldn't.

'I should have trusted my sister,' Garrus thought as he cleaned up the rest of the apartment. 'Even if I didn't trust Mina I should have trusted her and her instincts. She wouldn't have led me astray.'

After everything was picked up, Garrus gave Solana a call and even tried Nihlus but neither of them answered.

'They must still be mad at me,' Garrus concluded. 'I'll give them a call later.'

Garrus was deep in thought as to what to do next when a ping on his omni-tool told him he had a call incoming. Garrus was surprised to see that it was Councilor Sparatus on the other side of the line.

"Councilor Sparatus," Garrus greeted.

"Garrus, I'm glad I caught you," the Councilor responded. "I need you to come by my office, there's something I need to discuss with you."

"I'll be there shortly," Garrus replied ending the call before cursing out loud.

He had better things to do than be the Councilor's personal errand boy. However, he knew that regardless of his personal feelings for the Councilor he had to show up. Garrus made his way out of his apartment and hurried over to the Presidium. Whatever the Councilor had to tell him must be important since he had called him directly.

When he arrived, the Councilor's assistant rushed him inside the private office.

"Garrus Vakarian," the Councilor greeted.

Garrus was quick to notice the Councilor's subvocal were different than before.

"Thanks for coming in such a short time," the Councilor continued. "You did some great work closing that last case. I've also noticed you've been completing a lot of the cases that we've been handing you."