New Arrival (Mass Effect Fanfiction)

Chapter 2

Garrus didn't see the alien for a while. He had been kicked out of her room rather quickly after he let them know she was awake. It had been more than a week now and Garrus was curious how she was doing. No information had been passed along to him however.

In that time, Garrus was put in charge of investigating how the alien came to be on the Citadel. They knew a ship dropped her off but for what reason? And where had she come from? The officer found himself working long hours trying to find a lead.

Finally, another week later, he got one.

A male Turian named Visius had been reported trying to sell a primitive omni-tool that he claimed belonged to an undiscovered species of alien. The Salarian shop owner he'd been trying to sell it to had not been convinced. He reported the Turian to the authorities.

Visius had been easy to find. After being refused at the shop, he'd gone to the nearest bar and stayed there. The Turian was currently sitting down, drunkenly telling a small group of people of his exploits. Garrus brought a few fellow officers with him, in case he needed backup. They followed behind him as he walked up to their target.

"And then, just like that. Boom! We got 'em. And it's thanks to us there's one less slaver ship in the galaxy. We should be getting medals. But those barefaced politicians would never acknowledge us. We-"

"Visius?" Garrus interrupted the story.

"Who are you?" The Turian turned to look at the officer. He blinked a few times as if trying to clear his vision. "Oh. C-Sec. What brings you here?"

"I'd like you to come with us. We have some questions for you."

"Can this wait? I've got an audience here." Visius gestured around him, but then noticed that his audience had left once the C-Sec officers approached.

"Oh. Nevermind." He looked a little confused at where everyone seemed to have just disappeared.

"Will you come willingly, Visius?"

"Don't have much of a choice, do I?" Even drunk as he was, the Turian was not stupid. He swayed as he stood up and held his hands out to be cuffed.

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Once a little more sober, Visius told Garrus everything he knew. Question one of his kind enough and most would spill their guts. It was how they were raised.

Visius admitted he had been on the ship that left the alien on the Citadel docks. He and everyone else on the ship were mercenaries. It was easier and safer for them to work together than by themselves.

The Turian explained that while outside Council space they encountered a Batarian slaver ship. It was an easy decision to attack. Batarian ships usually carried valuables pillaged from colonies. Visius justified the act by saying they always freed any slaves they found. He didn't mention the fact that they usually had the slaves reward them for being their savior.

Garrus listened to Visius intently, not really caring why the mercenaries had attacked. Slavers deserved whatever misfortune that befell them. If only the Council would do more to make sure the Batarians like them kept far away from anyone else.

According to the Turian, the slavers ending up fighting back harder than Visius and the rest of the crew anticipated. When the mercenaries were finally able to board the ship, they encountered the strange alien locked up. Not knowing what she was and having some trouble killing the rest of the batarians, Visius freed her. He hoped she would help kill her captors as she had been their prisoner.

The Turian admitted that it was thanks to female that they won that fight and killed the rest of the Batarians. Wherever she had come from, the alien was a soldier. And a good one at that.