Interlude: Garrus

Garrus leaned against the wall in the VIP office, his thoughts on his recent conduct and couldn't help but wince.

'Ok....lets see who I manage to offend.'

Prime Minster Udina. The fact that he knew the quarian by name and the fact that they butted heads meant that this wasn't the first time this happen. They fact that her name was called out several times and he still ignorantly call her Quarian in front of him put him in his shit list as far as Udina went to label him.

'Good job Vakarian, lets go lower on the totem pole shall we?”

Clan Leader Urdnot Wrex. Wrex would of hated him out of principle due to his species past with his own. The turians launched the genophage and they still suffer from it.....at least, that is what Garrus thought. Who knows what the Alliance did for the krogans. Now, not only does Wrex hate him simply 'because' he is a turian, but now because he actively insulted his 'niece'

'Great.....now all I have to do is insult him and no one would stop him from tearing me apart.'

Tali'Zorah vas Nevos Rannoch. The Admiral's daughter. Not only did he insult her as an opening dialogue between herself and him. He, on purpose, ignored her name being call out several times. Now she was glaring daggers at him and he felt it. Who knows what the krogan taught her as she grew up.

'So, lets make that two people that want to actively tear you apart.'

Captain David Anderson. A legend in Citadel Space due to his cooperation with several STGs and Spectre teams around the galaxy. He was also well known for his hatred of racism that he saw everywhere in the galaxy. The way he received the glare for his comment indicated that he did not like his comment at all.

'Okay....so.....no doubt he is going to ignore me now.'

Commander John Shepard. Guardian Operative. Another Alliance legend. The Sword of Elysium. And he hated Garrus. Well...hates a strong word. He absolutely disliked the turian to a high degree....Yeah, that sounded better. Given what happen and what he read about Shepard, he was a natural disaster given form. The thing is though, place him in a mission ops and he could talk down a batarian terrorist into surrendering with little ease, and kill a target with out a single loss of life. He hated the way Garrus worked things out....which mostly amount to shoot first, shoot later, shoot some more, and then think about the consequences.....and shoot that too.

'He has me in his sights and he is just waiting to kick my ass if I screw up.'

Sergeant Major Destiny Sparkle. Guardian Operative. Another legend in the Alliance. The Shield of Elysium. She was indifferent to him, though she glared at him at his comment earlier.... Although the glare he was receiving now indicated that Shepard was telling her about the clinic fiasco. Shepard and Destiny argued like a couple of siblings, with Shepard trying to calm the irate Destiny. But from what he saw during the fighting, the two knew how to fight and they fight very well. Destiny was calm and collected and she took her time to analyze everything, much like Shepard did, only not as well as her. She would probably rip into him too if his usually style cause too much trouble.

'She is probably going to watch me from now on...'

Lieutenant Kaiden Alenko. Didn't know him to well. Didn't look at him fondly, nor did he loathe him either. Probably the only person of the group that didn't look at him with contempt or a buffoon.

'Well....be best if I don't screw that up.'

Sergeant 1st Class Ashley Williams. Hated him on sight. The way she look at him and how she was dissecting him with his eyes....or figuring out how to get him alone and do the nasty. He couldn't really tell actually. Judging how she was placing several people between herself and him, he was guessing it was the former.

'I...don't think she needs a reason to try and kill me off....'

And finally Spectre Lonar Maerum. Junior Spectre. He only heard of her, but had the pleasure of meeting Nihlus Kryik before he died. Good turian, always a bit of a rebel of sorts, but always followed the rules. Lonar Maerum was a detective like himself, though she already had some choice words with him about his conduct and behavior.

'Probably my one true alley here....everyone else wants me gone...'

Garrus sighed a bit before realizing that he had a lot of work to do if he wanted to stand up to Alliance standards...and maybe be a better person in general.

'Terrific....'

Omake-

Shepard Tales: The Summoning Spell.

Idea from the Illusive Man.

Shepard look at the scroll he was given from Discord.

“Um.....What is this?” Shepard asked.

“This?! This my dear boy is a summoning spell that I created!” Discord cheered, slapping Shepard on his shoulder.

“Okay....Summoning what?” Shepard scrutinized the scroll intensely.

“Well....Cerberus Wetworks Squad.” Discord said, looking at his claws. “In case you run into something important, but can't spare the time to get it. This will summon a squad of highly trained information gatherers and agents.”

“Um...Not to question it or anything, but should I be worried that you have squad on standby all the time for this kind of thing.” Shepard asked.

“I don't.” Discord stated. “This is a testing facility remember? I need this tested in case something like this does pop up. And it does pop up from time to time. Don't worry. If this works, I will have standby teams ready and waiting to go! It will be a standard spell for all Guardian Operatives. Plus, it can double as back up in a pinch!”

“Okay....” Shepard read the scroll before nodding his head in confidence. His magic gathered within him and began to form the spell, runes formed in front of his body and soon floated away from him, etching themselves onto the floor. Discord leaned forward, his eyes wide with anticipation. A violent explosion rip from the spell, knocking Shepard and Discord onto their back.

“AH! WHAT!” A feminine voice echoed out from the smoke. Discord began to laugh maniacally, while Shepard's face flushed with embarrassment. Standing in the room was Queen Celestia, her usual floating mane was damp with water and her body covered in soap bubbles. Her face filled with shock as she stared at the two.

“SUCESS!” Discord yelled.

“W-w-where am I!” Celestia yelped.

“Uh...Your majesty! Your on...uh....” Shepard fumbled.

“On Terra Nova. In the Advance Magic Testing Facility.” Discord stated. “My, my... I do like the way your mane hangs when wet, Tia.” Celestia's face flushed.

“DISCORD! WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE!” She yelled.

“I didn't....” Discord said, then pointed towards Shepard. “He did.”

“WHAT! YOU BASTARD, YOU GAVE ME THE SCROLL!” Shepard rounded on Discord, only to see him fleeing through an open door.

“Can't catch me Tia!” Discord laughed. An angry Alicorn was flying behind him, her horn glowing brightly.  Shepard heard an explosion before he hung his head.

“I know I am going to be blamed for this.... I just know it.”