Delayed Translation

Part 5:Omega

"Omega? What do you mean, are you sure that it's the place?"

His mandibles flared in surprise, the commander had just revealed that they were close to the arranged trading location.
His translator must have glitch for she had said that Omega was the place.
The other were equal surprised, that station was not really known for following the laws and it just made no sense.

" Yes, we have been told that the turian wish to do the trading there."

He noticed how Shepard studied them as his translator clicked, probably trying to read their expressions.

" I take it that this was not expected. Care to explain why. "

She must have noticed their surprise, he was not quite sure what to answer, heck he himself could not claim to know how and what the Hierarchy sometimes thought. There was probably an explanation to use Omega as a trading location.
He shook his head and got a long stare from the human commander but she did not ask anymore about it.
When she left, he realise that he had been tense during their short conversation.
Scion gave him a mischievous look, that sneaky infiltrator had probably noticed that he was more nervous around the commander than before. Garrus hoped that he did not know what had happened in the commander's cabin.

Scion unlike the other had been roaming the ship as much as he could. He would vanish and then return with stories about the humans.
Sidonis and Tarquin had almost never left the room and Garrus were never in a hurry to leave after his last adventure.
But he decided to take a walk, it was an impressive ship and it would probably not hurt to look around one last time. Scion must have had the same thought for he had already left. Garrus visited the impressive drive core and the ship's guns. They were both impressive but some calibration would have been good for them.
When Garrus entered CIC he found the black played turian on talking to the human commander, perhaps a bit too friendly and too close.
He noticed how the male named Kaidan gave them long annoyed stares from a corner, the other humans worked and occasionally glanced at their commander. To his surprise he found irritation grow in him too as Scion reached out and touched the black fringe on Shepard's head. He was also curious about the texture and feeling of the human's strange fringe. Especially Shepard's, it was black like the void but with a shine as polished metal. He found himself thinking that the way it fell around her face was appealing.
Everything about her was different, not only by turian standard but also compared to the other humans too.
He felt a small growl in his chest as Scion leaned in even closer. He was probably breathing in that scent she carried.
Luckily for Scion did Kaidan walk over to them and positioning him between them, before Garrus took action to separate Scion and Shepard. Garrus noticed how Scion made an annoyed expression before he simply walked away. Shepard gave Kaidan a light slap on the shoulder and said something but they were out of the translators reach so he did not know what.
Scion perked up as he noticed Garrus and walked over to him.

" Eyeing the commander one last time? It's a pity that you don't have enough guts to do more than stare. "

Garrus almost rolled his eyes, he had been to the commander's own room alone and had survived, so he had plenty of guts. Not that he was going to tell Scion that.
Scion frowned and left when he got no reaction.
Suddenly the commander stood in front of him instead. She had her usual smile and made sure to look him in the eyes.

" Happy to be home soon, big guy?"

He nodded as the words got translated. He did not exactly miss his home but it would be nice to get back on known territory.

" Well I hope you guys have at least had a nice trip with Normandy "

Again he nodded without any verbal answer. He noticed how she arched her eyebrow, probably over the lack of words from his side.

" Well the view has be great " Garrus blurred out and forced his stare to not falter.

"It's almost impossible to get tired of space and ships, right? And Normandy is a very pretty ship. "

The commander said with a bid smile on her lips. No subvocals were needed to understand that she was very proud over the ship. Someone called for her attention and she left him with a quick excuse and still smiling.
He let his eyes linger and found himself watch the sway of her hips.

" She is fine for being a human right, too bad we won't get a test run. " Scion said from behind him.

Garrus found that he inched away from the other turian. He also noticed that the human Kaidan was glaring at them with something that looked like anger and disgust.
Kaidan walked over to Shepard saying something that the translator did not pick up. She laughed and waved her hand at him.

" We will soon arrive at Omega, so start preparing folks. And commander please don't blow up the place before the rest of us have a chance to see it."

He saw how she shook her fist towards the camera and pretended to be angry as she said something that gained a laugh from the pilot and a smile from Kaidan.
Kaidan came walking towards them and ordered them to stay as he fetched the others.

Soon were they all gathered and stood waiting up on CIC deck. Tarquin looked graver than ever and Sidonis seemed to need a long night sleep. Garrus himself had to tackle with his thoughts and instincts. He were still a bit surprised over the chosen location, was it a procedure to try to hide the trade or something else?
Scion was still eyeing the commander without hesitation. He pretended to bump into her, earning an annoyed glare from both Kaidan and Garrus. The commander herself took it well and laughed it off.

The ship docked and they left without a second look back on it and its people.
Kaidan and Shepard gasped at the view that spread out before their eyes. Garrus were not sure what kind of gasp it was but he could hardly think it was a good one.
Omega was still a dirty backwater station, the poor lay dying on the street, some spots were cleaner than other and there stood guards. The smell always hard to describe, metal and fuel mixed with organic matter, burned in his nose. Dirt caked the streets and the walls on some places.
A turian with no facial marking walked towards them. He waved and told them to follow him to the location.
The warning bells in his head were ringing alarmingly loud. Why would they send a barefaced turian to meet them and why where only the commander and Kaidan escorting them? They passed by mean looking mercenaries and down the stairs to the lower wardens.
If he had a weapon he would had reached for it by now.
The barefaced turian lead them into an apartment and told the commander to follow him. Another one entered and stood guard over them.
Garrus watched as she vanished behind a dirty thick door.

A loud bang rang through the air and Kaidan reached for his gun but received a heavy blow to the head from behind.
Garrus rushed towards the door when something slammed against it and he heard the human commander's voice twist into a scream.
The barefaced turian grabbed him and held him back. Then it went silence; the door opened up and revealed a grey turian leaning over an unconscious human. Garrus eyes widened when he recognised him as Saren Arterius and then everything went black.