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Shepard Finds Her Soul Mate	By : KTT2123 Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 5865 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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This storyline where Garrus goes primal is inspired by Caffeineislifeblood's (Dizzydodo) story "Primal." Link here: http://archiveofourown.org/works/658772/chapters/1201093

It is also on FF.net under the same title but under the penname Dizzydodo. Link is here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8953582/1/Primal
This chapter has a person intent on rape but there is no actual rape. If that is a trigger, please be mindful while reading this chapter.

Lily, Garrus, and Mordin cautiously approach the coordinates. They soon find the entrance to an underground facility. The first couple rooms are deserted and contain only boxes. The next room is very open and basically empty. Once they reach the center, several doors open and a large group of men surround them. Shepard can see that the doors locked as soon as the men entered. There is no escape without hacking the doors. In front of them and being dragged forward are the missing marines; the soldiers are bloody, gagged, and tied up. Each marine has a knife pressed to his or her throat. Finally, a rough looking human male in ridiculously elaborate blood red armor comes to the front. “Ah, the notorious Commander Shepard, we finally meet,” he says with an arrogant smirk on his face. The criminal has the ruddy complexion of someone who has lived a hard life. His face is marked by a long and ragged scar running from above his left eye across his large nose hitting the corner of his thin lips, ending at his jaw line. The man has tremendously eerily light eyes that look almost colorless, completing his cruel, ugly face.
Shepard only eyes the room wordlessly, aware of Garrus and Mordin doing the same behind her. It is a bit strange to have the talkative salarian so quiet but she is thankful for his silence. Lily knows the leader expects some sort of reaction out of her and keeps her expression carefully blank, not acknowledging his greeting.
“Perhaps you will pay more attention if I kill one of the marines in front of you, huh Commander?” A snap of his fingers and two men drag a young marine forward. The soldier has a baby face making him look far too young to be a marine. Despite his youthful and innocent appearance, Shepard can see the hard soldier bearing underneath. He is older and more experienced than his baby face indicates. No fear is present in his eyes, only fury despite the blood and bruises on his face and the knife pressed against his throat.
“You wanted me, now you have me. Let the marines go,” she declares dispassionately. The Commander can see the man is ruthless and could kill the marine without remorse. Her first objective is to save the group of soldiers. She isn’t too worried about getting herself free. These men might be ruthless but she doubts they have faced the kind of powerful enemies she has. She and Garrus have killed a Reaper, there isn’t much out there that can compare to that. Even without her guns or biotics Shepard is a formidable foe and she knows it. It doesn’t hurt that she’s got Garrus at her back either considering he has taught her much of what she knows of hand-to-hand combat.
“First, you and your squad will surrender their weapons. And you, Commander Shepard, will remove your biotic implant,” the man sneers.
She watches as the knife is pressed into the young marine’s neck, drawing blood. Shepard can see the message in the young man’s eyes: do not surrender! She ignores the message. Well aware she will do nothing until the marines are safe, especially with the large number of enemies surrounding them. To do otherwise would be too risky for the battered marines. The Commander calmly removes her implant and surrenders it and her weapons, indicating Garrus and Mordin to do the same. They reluctantly do so. Lily wonders if the leader is aware that even without her implant, her biotics are unusually strong for a human. She is far from helpless.
“Hands behind your back, Shepard.” Garrus and Mordin are quickly cuffed, hands in front. Four men: a krogan, two batarians, and a human, warily surround her, obviously viewing her as the greatest threat. *Why is it always fucking batarians?!* Shepard’s arms are yanked behind her back, her face remains completely impassive despite the jolt of pain. She makes no attempt to fight them, placidly allowing them to cuff her hands behind her back. Once the three are secured, the leader signals his men and they drag the marines off. At Shepard’s pointed look, he explains “We will keep our word. They’ll be locked in a room, waiting for the Alliance or whoever else attempts to come and rescue you.” The man is arrogant, firmly believing he has thought of everything. Shepard isn’t surprised by the arrogance. People are always so very confident when they believe they have her trapped. Of course, it never ends well for them but that doesn’t seem to stop people from trying. If death can’t stop her, why would mere thugs have a chance?
Shepard, Vakarian, and Solus are turned and shoved back out the door they came through. Once outside, the prisoners are forced into a ground vehicle and driven away. Shepard is sitting next to Garrus and nudges his side with her elbow. No acknowledgment is made by him, he simply eyes their guards who are quietly bragging to each other and foolishly paying no mind to their prisoners. Garrus reaches his hands to her wrists, quickly activating the tracking device on her omni-tool. His fingers briefly grasp hers before settling back into his seat. The fools thought nothing about removing their omni-tools. Now her team will know exactly where they are taken, even if Thane or Kasumi manages to lose them.
Vakarian wonders if the drell and the thief are even following them anymore. He would be surprised if Thane and Kasumi hadn’t found a way, as both the assassin and the thief seem quite able to remain undetected.
The turian is not wrong: Krios and Kasumi are indeed following them. Once Thane sees them being forced out in cuffs and weaponless, he quietly knocks out a careless stray soldier and steals his armor. Thane walks confidently into one of the vehicles, no one even glances at him once. Krios blends perfectly in the group. Kasumi simply cloaks and remains undetected.
Half an hour later, the vehicles finally stop. Once again, they are hauled forward. This underground base is hidden much more effectively. The door is hidden behind a realistic looking false rock. As the three are dragged inside, Thane breaks off from the group to inform the others about what is happening. Then, he finds a place to watch as they waits for the others to arrive. Kasumi enters in the building in search of Shepard and the squad, easily remaining cloaked and hidden from the unknown mercenaries.
Arms spread wide, arrogant to a fault, the leader exclaims with a flourish as he bows, “Now that we are alone, Shepard, I can finally properly introduce myself. I am Lucien Red.” The name explains the matching bright red armor of him and his gang. “I was promised a great deal of money if I successfully captured you. So, while we wait for your pickup…you and I are going to have some fun.” A frightening smile blooms on his face, his fingers flick at her breasts before he grasps her hips firmly. Shepard does not react, even when his disgusting hands try to rub her body through her armor.
“Your new owner graciously permitted me to take you as an additional…reward, the first of many humiliations he has planned for you,” he explains. Red is practically salivating at the thought of raping such an infamous hero. To have bested someone so powerful is a reward in itself. He wants her fear, if only to enhance his pleasure as he forcibly takes the great Commander Shepard. As his fingers trail down her arm with obvious sexual intent, Lucien is surprised by the sound of a menacing growl. He almost expects it to have come from Shepard.
But it isn’t coming from her, so the leader examines her squad. The salarian is as expressionless as Shepard but the turian definitely isn’t. Rage is coming off him in waves, and threatening growls continually rumble from him. An instinctive shiver of fear runs inside Lucien at the sound before he shakes it off. “Did I hit a nerve, turian? Are you fucking the Commander?” A krogan approaches Garrus, inhaling his scent before breathing deep near Shepard. He declares, “The turian’s scent is all over her, Red.”
Garrus cannot stop himself from reacting, his body shaking with more rage than he has ever felt before in his life. “Ooo, you are! Since you are so close to the Commander, I’ll let you watch while I rape her over and over,” Red scoffs viciously. The two fully-grown krogan struggle to hold the enraged turian back. Even with a third, the krogan still have to fight to contain Garrus. Shepard is his and she is being threatened. Nothing and no one can stop him from protecting her.
Lucien locks eyes with Vakarian. He can see how very furious the turian is at the thought of Shepard being assaulted. It is almost animalistic in its intensity. He first releases the plates of Shepard’s torso armor to expose the skintight under-armor suit that covers her body. Flicking out a knife, he slits the suit down the side, wanting to feel her humiliation and the turian’s fury. Shepard has no reaction, not a glimmer of embarrassment, shame, or fear. She is still completely impassive. Wanting, craving, a reaction Red rips the suit off to the side, palming her bra covered breast while his other hand harshly grips her chin. He leans in, fully intending to force a brutal kiss.
But Shepard reacts in a flash, headbutting Red and breaking his nose. She hears an animalistic roar from Garrus and by the time she has knocked out the four guards in front of her, Garrus has taken out the rest. Lily’s eyes come to rest on the furious turian, broken handcuffs hanging from one wrist. She has no idea how he broke them; they were ones designed to stand up to even a Krogan’s strength. With no other conscious enemies, he stalks toward Lucien, who is on the ground holding his broken and bleeding nose. The angry turian grabs the man by the neck, holding him up; Red’s legs dangle uselessly above the floor. Lucien tries to grab for his gun but Vakarian rips it from his hands, snapping it in half with one hand. Garrus can see the fear in his eyes and he brings the man close to his face. His fringe is standing on end and his neck is a surprising intense blue. Vakarian growls, a spine tingling roar that says without words ‘no one touches my mate!’ Feeling the powerful hand around his throat begin to squeeze, Lucien knows his death is imminent. His last thought is that he had underestimated the turian, that his arrogance was his fatal flaw. He had underestimated just how protective the turian is of Shepard.
By the time Shepard reaches Garrus, Red is already dead. He tosses the lifeless body aside before crushing her to him. Lily is in shock, she doesn’t know what just happened. *How did he kill so many so quickly?* Hearing Mordin approach, she expects him to let her go. But Garrus snarls at the salarian, wordlessly warning him to back off immediately. Shepard peers around her turian to watch as Mordin abruptly stops and tilts his head in thought. He quickly comes to some kind of conclusion and slowly eases back without a word.
That is when her teams break in. Miranda’s team is on the right, Jacob’s on the left, and Thane and Kasumi in back. They see they came too late to actually do any rescuing but move toward Shepard. Garrus bellows threateningly at them. Mordin shouts “Stop! Do not go near Shepard!” The nine people halt, staring at Garrus and Shepard. The turian has shoved his yazani behind him and appears to be protectively guarding her from them. He shows no sign of recognition, as if he is seeing them for the first time, as if they are strangers, threats.
Solus continues uncharacteristically slowly and softly, “Do not make any sudden movements. Back away slowly. Garrus’ primal instincts have taken over, mate threatened. Until he is able to calm those instincts he will attack anyone who comes near his mate, including us.” Grunt scoffs, taking a step forward. Vakarian growls again, his body completely tense and radiating menace. It is the first time any of them have seen him bare his sharp, pointed teeth, much like a dog does in warning. The blue on his neck turns brighter and brighter the longer he faces off with the krogan. They can see a confused Shepard peeking out from behind him, trying to tell him they’re friends. But Garrus shows no signs of hearing her, continuing to keep her behind him while threatening the others in the room. There isn’t much Shepard can do to stop him with her hands still cuffed behind her back.
Realizing Mordin is right, Grunt steps back again. The krogan is not afraid of losing a fight with the turian. He retreats because of Shepard, she would be furious if he hurt Garrus. She would blame him. Even Kasumi’s attempt to get closer undetected fails, somehow Vakarian knows she is there and growls in her direction. The group all finally obey Solus’ advice, silently and slowly easing away from the couple. They exit the room together, leaving the pair alone.
“Keelah, I have never seen Garrus like that before. What made him act that way?” asks Tali.
Jack is much more blunt “What the fuck happened?”
The salarian blinks before explaining, “The leader, Lucien Red, threatened to rape Shepard. Deliberately taunted Garrus. Cut her suit, touched her, tried to kiss her. Shepard headbutted him. Garrus’ primal instincts went into overdrive. Broke his cuffs. Knocked out or killed all the guards almost before I could react. He strangled Red, tossed body aside. Tried to approach Shepard to check for injuries. Garrus reacted. Realized turian mating instinct. Backed off. Then, you all arrived.”
The group dizzily follows Solus’ rapid speech, getting the gist of what happened. His mate, Shepard, was threatened and Garrus flipped.
“How long is he going to be like that?” Miranda asks.
“Unknown. Turian bonds rely heavily on scent. Normally, female turians would release scents to calm their male mates. Shepard not turian. Unknown whether she will be able to calm him. Must get back to Normandy, synthesize treatment in case Garrus remains in primal state.” With that, Mordin walks off.
The rest stand around, looking at each other confused. Kasumi cloaks and peeks in the room, finding that Garrus and Shepard are no longer there. “They’re gone.” The group re-enters the room, finding it empty except for the bodies, dead or unconscious, on the floor. Grunt and Zaeed collect Shepard’s, Garrus’, and Mordin’s weapons. Jacob finds Shepard’s biotic amp and her pack. Thane speaks up “He must have taken her somewhere else, perhaps another room with only one door, no windows, defensible. Or perhaps he is searching for another way out.”
Zaeed, Jack, and Grunt escort the few gang members that are still alive back to the Normandy. The rest quickly but cautiously search the building looking for any missing soldiers or hostages. Not finding any, they quickly leave. Only one room is left unchecked; they can hear a deep growl coming from inside when they approach it. None of them want to deal with a cornered, protective Garrus. Thane decides to stay behind, in case Garrus tries to take her away from the building.
They go back to the first building. Easily finding the soldiers in a locked room, which Kasumi unlocks, the group takes the marines outside and they soon board the Normandy. The marines are shown down to the mess hall and those injured are treated by Chakwas. A pickup for the gang members is quickly arranged, as well as a pickup for the rescued marines. Mordin is already in his lab working.
The Normandy’s crew looks confused when they realize Shepard and Vakarian aren’t with them. Kelly asks “Where is Shepard? And Garrus?”
The squad trades glances. It is Tali who speaks up. “Shepard…is with Garrus. The man who took them hostage threatened to rape her and Garrus…er…reacted. Mordin says it is his primal mating instinct. Now he won’t let any of us near her. Until he calms down, there is nothing we can do. Mordin is working on a treatment to get Garrus out of the state if he doesn’t come out of it naturally. For now, Shepard is fine. Garrus will not let anything happen to her.”
“Wait, what?! Garrus went primal? What does hell does that mean?” Joker demands.
“Garrus freaked the fuck out, that’s what it means! He strangled the guy that threatened to rape her! Which is pretty awesome actually…wish I coulda seen it. But if we try to get close to her, he’ll attack us, probably fucking kill us simply to protect her!” Jack yells.
“Uh. Okay. Can I just say…what the fuck? I know I used to say I wanted Garrus to take that stick out of his ass. But I didn’t want him take it out and start beating people, us, with it!” Joker is a little scared, not that he’d ever admit it. He’s known Garrus for a long time and the turian has always been remarkably calm. The pilot knew he was capable of violence, of course he did but the thought of Garrus losing all his restraint and letting his violence and power have free rein…yeah, SCARY! “Um…is Shepard even safe with him, when he’s all primal or whatever?”
Jacob answers “I can’t think of a safer place. You didn’t see him. He was protecting her from us! He wouldn’t have hesitated to attack us if we came near her. Anyone that tries to hurt her won’t last long with Garrus in this state. Think of how he reacted to Thane. He was fully in control of himself then. That control is gone, he’s not Garrus anymore. It’s like he’s an animal, intent only on protecting his mate. Nothing will happen to her while he’s around.”
A stunned Chambers sends a quick message to Admiral Hackett, telling him that the marines are safe and on their way back. Hackett, no doubt, will find it odd that Shepard isn’t the one contacting him but Kelly figures the Commander wouldn’t want him to know the current situation. Lily’s relationship with Garrus is not something that the Alliance knows.
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