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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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Once again on the Citadel, Shepard goes to see Councilor David Anderson for the first time since Horizon.
“Shepard, it’s good to see you, again.”
“Councilor,” her tone is reserved.
“What’s with the formal address?” Anderson is puzzled by Lily’s behavior. He jokes “I thought we were long past that.”
“You could have warned me,” she accuses.
Like a switch has been flipped, Anderson can suddenly see the fury that she had been hiding beneath her blank mask. He is taken aback by its intensity. David has never seen his friend so angry, and never before has it been directed at him. The Councilor actually takes a physical step back and asks a little uncertainly, “Shepard?” It is the first time he has ever felt a sliver of fear because of her. She is an incredibly powerful vanguard, the most powerful he has ever seen. If she lost control she could easily kill him without even trying. And Shepard is very angry. He can feel the full extent of her rage as if it was physically hitting his body.
She angrily stabs her fingers at him. “Horizon! You let me be blindsided by Alenko. I get that I’m with Cerberus and that people will mistrust me but I thought we were friends. I trusted you!” Shepard had trusted Anderson completely, one of the few she had since Mindoir. His failure to warn her had felt like a stab to the back. Despite how unfair it may seem to her mentor, Lily had trusted him. He gave her no warning. She had not expected details considering she is no longer an Alliance soldier but a subtle hint had not been too much to ask.
David visibly winces as she says were.
“Maybe you see me as Alenko does,” Shepard says bitterly.
“Shepard…” He feels so guilty at how much his lack of trust hurt her. David knows she is right. He could have told her off the record but he didn’t because he hadn’t trusted her. A woman that is much like a daughter to him and he hurt her…let Kaidan hurt her.
“No. This was a mistake. I shouldn’t have come.” Lily knows now that she shouldn’t have tried to confront him, not when she is still so enraged. Being blindsided by Kaidan had been a jolt to the heart, and she can’t help but feel bitter that David chose not to warn her, not to trust her.
Anderson can only watch helplessly as she walks away. *Damn. Shepard’s reunion with Alenko must have gone very, very badly. She never once called Alenko by his first name. From the first moment they met, Shepard has always called him Kaidan. As pissed as she is with me, she appears to be even more furious at him. What exactly did Alenko say to her? Whatever it was, it wasn’t in his report.*
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While Shepard meets with Anderson, Garrus and Tali find a café to get some real dextro food. The Normandy’s stock of dextro food is lacking to say the least. Edible sure but great tasting with a lot of variety? Not so much. The pair is enjoying the meal and catching up. Tali drags the whole embarrassing story of reuniting with Wrex on Tuchanka out of him. “Wow, not your best decision, was it Garrus? Secretly scenting her? You had to know she was going to figure it out eventually, right?” Watching him closely, she can see a faint blue blush rise on his neck and cheeks. “Uh, well, I—she,” the turian stutters uncontrollably. Tali laughs gleefully at his obvious embarrassment. “Oh, Garrus. You really had no plan at all did you?” Vakarian glares at her obvious enjoyment. He straightens up, trying to shove his mortification down. Finally, he just admits with a bit of disbelief “Shepard makes me do crazy things. Stupid and crazy.” The quarian giggles, “That is very true, my friend.” It isn’t the first uncharacteristic thing he’s done around Shepard and probably won’t be the last. Garrus’ answering laugh is cut off abruptly. Tali is startled by the sudden hardness and fury in his face and body as he stares at something behind her. Turning around, under her mask her own face flushes with anger. Behind her Kaidan Alenko is standing talking with another Alliance soldier.
Garrus and Tali look at each other and nod, both instantly in agreement of what they need to do. When Vakarian spies Alenko on the move, the pair follows. They keep out of sight of the cameras, very little has changed since he was C-Sec the last time. In addition, Garrus had gone to the Citadel with Thane a few times and the drell had showed him all of the holes in C-Sec’s security. It would not be good to be seen following him, the two of them much too recognizable especially together. Both Thane and Kasumi had shown the pair a few of their tricks, which made going undetected a bit easier. Luck is on their side as they remain undetected and soon get their chance to act. Garrus nods and it begins.
Tali releases Chatika, who shocks the unsuspecting Alenko. The drone stuns him long enough for Garrus to land several blows to his head and torso. Kaidan is barely conscious and curls to protect his head. His biotic barrier is weak at best and no match for his two viciously enraged attackers. Chatika shocks him again and Tali kicks him a few times in the back. Neither of them says a word during the attack, knowing Kaidan would easily recognize either of their voices. Two more punches and Alenko is knocked unconscious. Ordering Chatika to shock him a few more times, Tali finishes her retribution with a few kicks to his back. Vakarian kicks the limp body one last time before they leave, resisting the very real urge to do more serious damage to the unconscious man. He knows that there are no cameras in this part of the Citadel. Kaidan will have no idea who attacked him. They had been very careful about the cameras while following him.
While Tali isn’t particularly known for being bloodthirsty, Alenko had hurt Shepard deeply and that cannot go unpunished. She hasn’t seen as much as Garrus has but she’s seen glimpses of it. Those little clues are enough to give the quarian a clue to how very much he had hurt her.
Vakarian, however, is known for being a bit ruthless at times. Kaidan hurt his friend, his love, his yazani, and he simply returned the favor. The biotic is lucky Garrus only decided to hurt him a little, not kill him. It would not be the first time a turian killed to protect his yazani.
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It doesn’t take long for Kaidan to be found and the story of the seemingly unprovoked attack on a decorated Alliance soldier quickly spreads through the Citadel. Neither C-Sec nor the Alliance finds a clue as to who the perpetrator or perpetrators are. All that Alenko can remember about the attack was that he’d been shocked by something, which he thought might have been a drone. Engineers are not uncommon, especially on the Citadel. With nothing to go on C-Sec and the Alliance eventually mark the file unsolved and move on.
Payback feels sweet to the turian, especially since it is kept secret from Shepard. She is too busy with the Collectors to pay any attention to the news vids. He’s not sure if she’d be happy about the attack or angry. Garrus is okay with her never finding out.
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A week later…
Donnel Udina storms into Councilor Anderson’s office. His bitterness that Anderson, a mere soldier, was chosen over him, an ambassador to the Council, to be the first human councilor still colors his every conversation David. The hardest thing for Donnel to swallow is that Anderson is now his direct superior. Of course, it doesn’t help that Anderson had punched him and helped Shepard steal the Normandy prior to being chosen for the Council. It doesn’t matter that Anderson and Shepard were right and he was wrong or that as a direct result Shepard and her crew saved the Citadel and the Council during the Battle of the Citadel.
“There are rumors flooding the Citadel that Shepard is involved with a turian!” Udina spits out Shepard’s name with great contempt. *That bitch has never hidden how much she hates me. And she recommended Anderson over me!*
He isn’t wrong. Shepard loathes him almost as much as he does her. The only difference is that she doesn’t care what he thinks of her. Udina is not so unaffected. Every snub from her is like another thorn under his skin, making his outrage grow and grow. Shepard is one of humanity’s most recognized soldiers; her rebuffing him is completely unacceptable.
David’s eyebrows lift in surprise. It’s obvious to him what Udina means by involved. “And you are telling me this because…?” He has to wonder how the rumors got started and if there is any truth to them. Unlike when Shepard was with Alenko, she has no legal reason to hide any relationship she might have with a turian. Granted there will be those within the Alliance and humanity that will look down upon a relationship between a turian and human, especially if Shepard is that human. Knowing her as well as he does, David knows she is unlikely to care about the opinions of others concerning her relationships. She has been alone basically since sixteen. She is strong and independent. Nothing and no one has ever been able to make her do something she doesn’t want to do or to stop her from doing something she wants. It is one reason why she’s a great Spectre.
Anderson isn’t especially surprised to hear she is rumored to be involved with an alien. Shepard is one of the most open-minded people he knows, which is why she had no hesitation in adding aliens to her crew. Hell, she somehow got a turian and a krogan to work together on the Normandy SR-1. She’s done that and more with her new crew. Now a turian, salarian, and a krogan are on her squad if the rumors are to be believed. Shepard also goes after what she wants despite what anyone else says. Her military career can attest to both of those facts. David knows any discretion she’d have would be simply to protect her own privacy, rather than because she is ashamed or cares about what people will think.
“You have to do something!” Udina yells.
“What? Why?”
“Shepard is embarrassing humanity! Dating a turian! A lot of humans haven’t forgotten the Contact War.”
Unsurprised by the xenophobic undertones, Anderson asks “What do you expect me to do about this? I am no longer her superior. And it’s only a rumor, right?”
“Talk to her! She listens to you. Find out if it’s true. If it is, you have to convince her to end this—this relationship!” Donnel sneers.
David barks out a laugh, “Udina, you are bat-shit crazy if you think I am going to tell Commander fucking Shepard what she can or cannot do in her personal life. Despite what some still believe, turians and humans are no longer enemies. It’s been close to thirty years. We are allies now. Her being involved with a turian does not violate any Alliance or Council rules. It is not illegal. It is absolutely none of my business or yours and I certainly have no intention of getting involved.” *Shepard is already pissed off at me; there is no chance in hell I’m giving her any more reasons to be angry with me.* Anderson states, “I am not going to stop you from talking to Shepard but let me make this clear I will not protect you from her.” David wants nothing to do with this situation. Udina is one his own. *I doubt Udina has the balls to confront Shepard. She would destroy him and how much would I love to see that!*
Udina doesn’t take his refusal or warning well and leaves in a huff.
David waits for the other man to leave before grinning. What he wouldn’t give to see Shepard take Udina down a peg. It has been rather tiresome working with him since being appointed. He wonders who would enjoy the encounter more, Shepard or him.
Anderson finds this new development with Shepard fascinating, *So…Shepard might be involved with a turian. It is not as surprising as Udina seems to think. If it is true, it has to be Garrus Vakarian. She had been rather close to him during his time on the Normandy SR-1. The turian is back on her crew, according to Alenko’s report. Very interesting…*

Notes: The next chapter will be a new scene which was requested by a reader on Ao3, which I am maybe half way done with and the Arrival mission. I've written the mission but still need to work on Shepard talking with Garrus afterwards as well as her talk with Hackett. After that I will have to work on Derelict Reaper ship mission, adding Legion the mix, Legion's mission and the suicide mission. After those are done, I should have a nice chunk of chapters that will only need to be read through before posting.
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