Blind Passangers

The group was ready to leave Nirn as they took a cab from Kvatch towards Bruma which was the harbor in which the Normandy was stationed.

"Bruma, this is quite a historic city. I remember passing it with the Nord Army following the First Emperor into war," says Vincent as they passed a field on which was nothing in the middle of the city.

"Why aren't the people building something on that piece of land except for that Statue?" asks Miranda curious since nobody in her party could answer that before.

"The people see it as Holy Ground even before the First Emperor sat on his throne. This place was the beginning of the Resistance against the Oblivion Gates.

The statue is the Hero of Kvatch who fought beside Martin Septim the last heir of the Septim-line. He was also known to be the Knight of the Nine before he disappeared into a portal and was never seen again," says Vincent as he explained to them the Oblivion Crisis of the Fourth Era.

They reached the harbor and they needed to step out of the cab since the cab couldn't go further with them. Vincent paid the man before they entered custom.

Once there Titania and her people showed their visas and permits while Vincent, Tali, and Liara showed their passports which surprised Titania and the others since Liara had a passport of the Empire.

"I thought that you had a visa and permit like us, Liara," says Titania hinting that the Asari weren't a race of the Empire.

"It is easier to travel with a passport of the Empire than the Documentation of the Matriarchy these days," says Liara she made hers a week after starting to work in the Institute of Kvatch.

"And the Asari don't have anything against that?" asks Kaidan as Liara only lifted her shoulders.

"I don't know since I am not really in contact with Thessia or the other colonies of the Asari since I started to work here. But there are many young Asari that have a passport from the Empire while working here," says Liara as Vincent winked at a shocked guard to calm him down.

"I need the contracts of the three people to make sure that everything that is stated here is right," says the guard as Titania pulled out the three contracts signed by Naosane and the guard checked everything before handing everything back.

"I hope you have smooth travels out there," says the guard as he let them pass.

Once behind the custom, they were brought by two carts to where the Normandy was stationed. Once there they walked up the bridge where they were welcomed by Joker.

"Welcome back, Commander, and how did it go?" asks Joker as he was already preparing the Normandy for take-off.

"Nice to hear you again, Joker," says Vincent as he noticed a blue orb floating beside the controls.

"Who would have thought that they would give you an AI as a co-pilot instead of having Alenko beside you," says Vincent which surprised and shocked many people since some knew about what EDI was and some didn't.

"What!?" says Joker almost jumping out of his seat since AIs are illegal in Citadel Space.

"That blue orb beside you is an AI. Vigilance just confirmed it with one glance on it," says Vincent again.

"My name is EDI," says EDI which suddenly appeared over their head from a projector.

"Well, nice to meet you, EDI," says Vincent as he like the improvement made to the Normandy before he says, "It is good that a not human has a say in what our reckless pilot does."

"Hey!?" says Joker joking about being offended by Vincent's comment.

"Anyway, I should go and familiarize myself with the new ship," says Vincent as the floor suddenly began to blink in one direction.

"Follow the path to the Elevator, Mr. Highwind," says EDI as Vincent thanks her before following the path EDI was marking him.

"Wait for me I need to see that everything is working alright in the engine room," says Tali as she follows Vincent when Liara joins them as well.

"It would be nice to see the whole ship before I go back into the Medbay to help your Medic," says Liara to Titania while passing her.

"Tristan go with them. They could forget how much time passed by exploring the Normandy," says Titania as she didn't want to let the three alone on an unknown ship for them.

"I will make sure that nothing happens to them," says Tristan as he follows them when Joker pushed some buttons on the console as they were ready to take off.

The Normandy begins to shoot diagonally into the sky until they were outside Nirn without anyone on board noticing it. Joker was looking at the Star Map when he turns to Titania.

"Our destination?" asks Joker from Titania as she looked at the Star Map when she points at one planet.

"Omega, we are going to get this Arcangel and Doctor next," says Titania as Joker nods before he begins to stir the Normandy towards Omega.

Vincent was on the third floor which seemed a bit changed as he walked around with the small group when they meet a familiar face sitting at a table.

"Dr. Chakwas, you are also on the new Normandy," says Liara surprised to see her.

Dr. Chakwas was surprised as well to see three familiar faces as she says, "It is nice to see you three. That must mean that you are joining this dangerous mission."

"It seems so," says Vincent as the elevator moved down which made Tristan look suspicious at it.

It began to move up again and it stopped on the third floor when Vincent heard a familiar bark coming from the Elevator. He turned towards it when he hears, "Finally, we are in space."

"Ishly?" asks Vincent before he saw her and he looked at her.

She was in the company of Provus and Fenris when Vincent rushed at them furiously before he says, "What are you doing here?!"

"We came to help you. We won't let you do this alone!" shouts Ishly as Fenris barks in agreement.

"She is right, we were trained by the best to be the best, or do you not believe in the skills you all taught us," says Provus as Vincent looked at him angrily.

"Who brought you on this ship? Was it one of your mothers?" asks Vincent furious because it was too dangerous for them.

"It was Uncle Sheo," says Ishly as the people looked confused while Liara and Tali looked like their life was drained from their faces.

"He didn't offer you any cheese, did he?" asks Vincent now more worried than angry.

"Uncle Sheo?" asks Tristan nervous as he could see that he must be dangerous for Vincent to be worried and the other two to have drained faces.

"The Daedric Prince of Madness, Sheogorath. He is a fellow that you don't want to encounter without being prepared. He is Azura's 'brother' if we would group the Daedric Princes as siblings," says Vincent as he looked at his two children before looking at his Mabari.

"Did you make a deal with him?" asks Vincent seriously as he wanted to know the trust.

"We did and by seeing your expression we already fulfilled our part of the deal," says Ishly as Vincent tried to calm down.

"But he isn't around right?" asks Vincent as the trio shake their head.

"Nope, he left after leaving us in the Cargo Bay," says Ishly as Vincent sighs and looks at them seriously.

"What have we taught you about making deals with a Daedric Prince?" asks Vincent as he wanted an answer from them.

"That it is dangerous except it is Nocturnal, Azura, Sanguine, or Meridia. The rest are too dangerous to make a deal with," says Provus as Vincent looked at him.

"Then why didn't you stop talking the moment he suggested to talk about a deal with him?" asks Vincent when suddenly a noise coming from their bellies made him stop.

He began to scratch his head before saying, "How long were you hiding in the Cargo Bay without eating?"

"Well almost two days," says Ishly as they were hungry which showed itself on Fenris who whined to get something to eat before he gets questioned again.

"Let's get them something to eat before you continue your questioning," says Liara as they needed to eat to grow stronger.

"She is right it doesn't help to question them while they are hungry," says Tali as she walked over to the chef behind the counter and asked for two plates of food for the teens and some sausages for the Mabari.

"Sit, we will talk about this matter after you have eaten," says Vincent as Tali served them the food while she handed the sausages to Vincent.

She heard that a Mabari could easily bite someone's hand off when Vincent was holding the sausages in one hand and feed Fenris with the other.

Tristan was confused about why Tali didn't feed Fenris when asks, "Why didn't you feed the dog he seems to be tame?"

He was about to pet Fenris when he felt killing intent until Vincent says, "Stop!"

Fenris stopped before Vincent commanded him to sit before he gave Fenris his next sausage while saying to Tristan, "You never approach a Mabari that way or you might die. They were bred magically for war by Tevinter many centuries ago."

"They only listen to their Master and the Mabari Breeder anyone else should be wary of them since they can be harmless in one moment and the next you could be dead," says Tali giving more context to Tristan when he realized that they have a walking weapon on board.

"He won't attack anyone on board as long as they don't touch him. Liara, Tali, and the children are an exception since he met them before," says Vincent as Fenris barked showing how proud he was that he was a Mabari.

"Also, they are far too intelligent for their own good," says Vincent adding that to the portfolio of the Mabaries.

"Anyway, we should talk now that you are eating," says Vincent as he began the questioning of the three.