Dark Cadence - 9

She felt herself handed off to someone and could hear a low clicking beneath a voice that murmured assurances to her. "Kasumi is after him right now and Tali is just behind her. Kaidan, Liara, and EDI are ready to bring you back to the ship as an escort. Would that be alright?"

Shepard nodded. After this all she wanted was to stay on the Normandy, even if that wasn't actually possible she could pretend it was.

The soft sway of being cared in Garrus' arms made her stomach sour from the recent events in Purgatory but she didn't trust her legs to support her. When he stopped and she felt familiar arms wrap around her she quickly buried her head into the crook of Kaidan's neck, locking her legs around his waist. "I'll go help Kasumi and Tali."

"Alright." Kaidan replied, his arms wrapped securely around her as he started walking.

It took longer than she remembered to get to the ship, but then she figured they must be staying off the main roads and away from the vehicles. Once she felt herself laid back on the bed she relaxed enough to open her eyes and look to Kaidan who had been silent the whole trip, but there was an earpiece fit snugly into his right ear. "Did they catch him?"

"He got away, but not without a couple dozen bruises and a handful of laser burns." Kaidan replied, sinking to her side on the bed, taking out the earpiece and setting it on the corner table. "We'll keep a close eye on you. I'm sorry you had to go through that."

"It's not your fault." The words just slipped out and Kaidan blinked at her.

His fingers curled around hers and she smiled at him, but he didn't return it. "It was though."

She felt a frown start to tug her lips down but quickly shook the feeling away and turned on her side to press her lips to his. "I'll just have to attach myself to your side then so you don't think that." When he returned the smile she curled herself into his side. "Starting now," she murmured against his neck.