Delayed Translation

Part 6: The fools

Garrus scrambled to his feet, how long had he been out?
He looked around; the room was small and sparsely furnished with only one table, a chair and a cot. He rubbed the back of his head and felt a swollen spot right below the crest. Garrus growled low, trying to figure out what had just happened. Why was Arterius here; was he and his brother not supposed to be posted somewhere else?
Just as he noticed that he was alone in the room did the door swing open and a barefaced armed turian greeted him. The other turian signalled him to follow and gave him a stern glare. Garrus walked up to him ready to follow behind the truian but was shoved by the bareface.

" Walk two steps in front of me and don't try anything, do you understand? "

Garrus received a hard shove by the rifle butt before he was able to answer and was practically herded down a narrow hallway by the other turian. As they passed by a window he noticed that he was no longer in the lower wards.
They entered a room much bigger than the one he had been in. Saren was sitting on a throne like chair in the centre of the room. He noticed that Scion,Sidonis and Tarquin already were present in the room, they all had a guard standing behind them.

" Aah Vakarian. Good, now when we are all gathered I assume you want some answers. Our .. first introduction did not go as planned. "

The grey plated turian stood up as he spoke to them and walked towards them. If Garrus had not known better he would have almost thought that the older turian was about to give them a 'welcome back hug'.

" So, hitting someone from behind is not your way of saying hello?" Garrus commented, the comment sounded drier than he had intended to.

Tarquin flinched, probably afraid of that the comment would have angered the older turian. Garrus noticed how his barefaced guard gripped his rifle harder as he waited for an order that never came.

"I can understand why you think it was one of us that hit you but I can assure you that it was not. Your friends can vouch for me. And I apologize for my guards rough manners; some of them are a bit on the edge. "

Garrus was still not completely satisfied; there was something in his guts that said something wrong with this whole situation.

" What happened to the trade?" Garrus asked.

The question hanged in the air for some seconds before Scion activated his omni-tool. He linked everyone's omni-tool together and sent over a video file.
Garrus felt how his eyes widened as he watched the short video.
He saw how he got hit from behind but not by a barefaced turian as he had thought, but by a human. Soon after did a small group of humans storm into the room with their guns firing. Sidonis and Tarquin dragged his body away while Saren and his men gave cover by fairing their weapons.
Then the video ended.

" There never was a trade, the humans planed on disposing us here and blame it on some random merc gang. Arterius and his men were sent here to save us. Have you never wondered why we always received the news from the humans and never heard any voice message of some sort from the hierarchy? "

Scion's words echoed in Garrus's head, his mouth was suddenly dry. But how was that possible? It just did not make sense.

" But how did they know about Omega? I thought they were new to space travel."

" That is the strange part, we think there might be someone helping them. That's why we kept the human commander, for interrogation. "

Saren had a very matter of fact voice but Garrus thought he sensed a low growl when the grey turian mentioned the human. He himself could not help but to feel a sinking feeling in his chest at the thought of Shepard going through interrogation.
He pushed away the feeling, he should not feel sorry for her. If what he had just been told were true and by the video it seemed so.

" I think that is enough for today. There is time to rest until we leave Omega, it will probably take a day to prepare. Refrain from leaving the building, the humans are certainly searching for us." And with that did Saren leave the room as his barefaced guards saluted him.

Tarquin muttered something about how humans really could not be trusted and Sidonis re-watched the video in silence on his omni-tool.
Garrus was battling with his thoughts when Scion walked up to him, the black turian did not seem faced by the new information.

" I guess it's true, lookers are the most dangerous once. I bet a good turian like you are happy that all you did was stare. Me on the other hand like danger."

Garrus groaned, he was not in the mood to put up with Scion's comments. Why had he blindly trusted the human commander's words? She must have taken them for fools as they had easily fallen into the trap. He excused himself and was about to retreat back to the small room when Tarquin approached them.

"Vakarian, Luccensis. I know you both took interest in the human. Don't even think about doing something irrational."

Garrus waved away the comment and left the room, he heard Scion joking about busting her out as he passed the doorway.
The barefaced turian that had guarded him did not follow as he had expected.

The hallway felt longer then before as he walked in silence with his thought.

He remembered how he had even doubted his own people and not her words when she had mentioned Omega. He had really been fooled by her innocent act on the ship; she had lulled him into a false sense of security. His head felt heavy and annoyance was gnawing in him when he reached his room.

He decided that the best thing to do for now was to forget the human. But as he lay down in an attempt to relax did a weak scent reach his nose, her scent.