The tunnels were damp and dark-- too dark to see sometimes. Kaidan didn't like it.

"What's that?" Liara called, shining her flashlight ahead.

"I see it," Shepard said, turning that way. He frowned, hitting his comm. ( Got a body of a scout here. Been dead a few days. )

It'd been a long trip down. Utukku laid somewhere in the less-explored regions of the galaxy; a nowhere, a backwater, famous only because it had once been home to the rachni. Some place they never would've bothered going if Wrex hadn't asked them for help. If there hadn't been word and evidence that-- well.

( So now they were here, hitting atmosphere with the shuttle. )

Looking at the Council chamber, it was hard to imagine that it hadn't been more than a couple of years since Shepard and Saren fought in this very room. Hadn't... been more than a couple of years since Shepard had stood here, going through the exact same thing Kaidan was right now ( Read more... )

On the downside: Kaidan's head still hurt like hell. On the up: he was conscious, not mortally wounded, and Udina had finally left the room. And... there came that downside again, because his head hurt like hell in the metaphorical sense as well as the physical. Udina'd done him an offer and given him a ton to think about, which... yeah ( Read more... )

Kaidan shook his head, echoing wry smile still on his face. "Allie? Watch those big doors down there. Dean? You think you can convince the guys on the other side of the com-- walkie talkie that we're some of theirs, the evil Alliance types are dead and we want across?"

( Playing with walkie-talkies... )

The hangar doors had barely shut tight behind Shepard when the barrage of questions began. Vega stalked after him, barking one out after the other. "What the hell's going on? Where's Anderson? Where are we going ( Read more... )

The weather wasn't too bad in Vancouver this time of year. A lot of rain, sure, but also decent temperatures. Kaidan had been staying places too classified to mention for too long; the breeze alone had put him in a good mood. Though... that might've also been the part where resurfacing like this meant he had a one-shot chance to talk to some old ( Read more... )