Khar'shan

Vincent arrived at the Cargo Bay where he finds Garrus playing on the Mako while the children were meditating seriously. Wrex was watching the children as he couldn't understand how Vincent could adopt two children that aren't even his.

"What is wrong, Wrex?" asks Vincent seeing his grim expression.

"I still don't know how you could adopt those two," says Wrex looking at the children from afar.

"Quite simple, I was an orphan like them. I got an offer to become someone better and I took it. And as you can see I am quite successful," says Vincent as he was hinting at him being the captain of his own ship and crew.

"Still aren't you afraid that they will become a future threat for you?" asks Wrex as he was talking from experience.

"Why should they become a future threat to me?" asks Vincent as he was thinking that behind Wrex's sentence lies a story he hasn't told anyone on the ship.

"Well, they could become more powerful than you and use what they have learned against you," says Wrex as Vincent smiled at the children holding his laughs inside.

"And why should they do that?" asks Vincent when he looked at Wrex.

"For power," says Wrex as Vincent shakes his head.

"Were you betrayed by your son that way?" asks Vincent as he didn't know Wrex's story.

"No, but my father believed that I wanted to usurp him because my part of the clan was prospecting while his part was slowly getting weaker and weaker," says Wrex as Vincent could now see that Wrex was betrayed by his own father.

"My father usually said to me to be better than him at everything I do. He wanted me to become greater than him. And I want for them to become greater than I can ever be as I wanted from all of my children," says Vincent looking at them.

"Sound like they aren't your first," says Wrex as Vincent smiles.

"And they won't be the last," says Vincent remembering how his dwarven sons and daughters repopulated the Dwemer Cities under the Earth of Tamriel.

"I will give every orphan with potential a chance to become great. But it is up to them to achieve their dreams in the end. If they want to be a farmer or if they want to be Dragoons. I won't interfere in their choice as long as they give their best in what they are doing," says Vincent as Wrex looked at the children.

"I would have liked to have someone like you as a father," says Wrex as Vincent smiled.

"You can be such a father too," says Vincent which surprised Wrex to hear that.

"You think that a Krogan can be such a generous father?" asks Wrex as he wanted to laugh thinking that Vincent went crazy by assuming this.

"I think that every race can have such fathers. I don't say that everyone will become such a father but I think that you could pull it off since you don't want history to repeat itself," says Vincent as Wrex could see now a bit clearer what Vincent was talking about.

Vincent then leaves him as he sees Anra teaching Liara about the Empire and its races while Liara was talking about the Asari. Vincent didn't bother to join them as he walked to the children.

He sat down behind them as he places his hand on their backs and concentrated on their circulation of Magicka. They were improving from day to day which made Vincent happy as they would soon learn Restoration Magic which will make training them easier.

He removes his hands and stood back up when Mina walks towards him before asking, "What did Titania want?"

"She wanted advice on how to accomplish her objective. I just gave her advice by telling her some of my life stories," says Vincent as looked at Provus and Ishly.

"I think they are healthy enough to train with a wooden weapon," says Vincent as Mina sighs.

"You heard Anra, no physical training until next week," says Mina as she wouldn't dare to challenge Anra when it comes to those things.

"I think they are ready for light physical training," says Vincent as Mina sighs.

"It is your head that you are offering to Anra," says Mina when the ship landed on a colony planet.

The group didn't need to leave the ship nor the crew when Titania announces, "We are leaving the researchers here and will begin our travel towards Novaria. If someone wants to talk to me about some matter they need to attend they can talk to me in the Canteen while I am eating."

Garrus and Wrex looked confused which made Vincent smile seeing that Titania made her first move in gaining the trust of her people. Mina looked at him with a smile knowing that it was his doing.

"It seems she is taking her first steps in the direction you took as well," says Mina as Vincent sots down on the ground.

"I had other worries back then. Now my worries are far bigger than her actual ones. She wants to stop Saren while I want to stop the Reaper," says Vincent when he receives a note.

He reads it and he was thinking intensely about what to write back when Mina asks, "What is bothering you?"

"The attack on Khar'shan. They sent four of Fleets to war against the Batarians," says Vincent as Mina was confused.

"Aren't two enough to against them," says Mina thinking that Naomasa made a mistake when Vincent nods.

"Normally I would give you the reason on this, but he doesn't only want to kill off the whole Batarian but also free the slaves and make them people of the Empire," says Vincent as this was a double-edged sword Naomasa was playing with.

"He could get them on his side since the Empire freed them while their people only watched from the sideline," says Mina as Vincent smiles.

"I know that but I have a bad feeling about this," says Vincent as he was skeptical.

In the meantime over Khar'shan Space, the second, thirteenth, twenty-sixth, and thirty-second Fleet was fighting and crushing the Batarians as they appeared out of nowhere.

The Batarian Hegemony couldn't do anything as the Empire jammed their emergency calls with their spies which took out High-Ranked Officers while freeing slaves and arming them while the second Fleet that landed began the Carnage on Khar'shan.

They freed slaves and killed the Batarians. They left no one behind as they killed the elderly, women, and children as well to show the fate of those that oppose the Empire.

But the decision to go for the Genocide was because of one simple thing, slavery. The Empire will never tolerate it and the Batarians got away with it long enough.

The war that was qualified as a skirmish by the four Fleets ended in less than three days as they boarded the freed slaves and destroyed the Mass Relay in the System before they returned to the Empire Territory.

This show of strength made the Council on the Citadel nervous as they were looking at each other talking about what happened when they hear that more ships appeared out of nowhere to attack the Colonies of the Batarians.

In the meantime with the Normandy, they were floating over Novaria after three days of traveling while they retrieved Wrex Ancestor's Armor and helped Kaidan with the trouble that happened in his old Biotic School.

"It seems you are working hard," says Vincent as he sees Titania eating her food.

"My workload doubled thanks to your advice everyone seems to have one matter to take care of before we face Saren. They all think we won't make it back," says Titania as Vincent smiles at her.

"That is quite normal when you are facing an enemy that has more numbers than you," says Vincent as he sat down beside her.

"So Novaria is our next destination. What will be doing there?" says Vincent curious to find out?

"We will be going after Matriarch Benezia who is Liara's mother. Liara was cleared that she isn't involved in this matter but her mother is no doubt involved in it going by the recordings we have between her and Saren," says Titania as Vincent was holding his chin.

"Will you take her with you to face her mother?" asks Vincent as he still had his eyes closed.

"I would want to avoid it. It won't be a happy family reunion after all," says Titania when Vincent opens his eyes.

"Serana was once in the same situation. I didn't want her to be there when I killed her father but she was leading the charge against him. It was impossible for her not to see how I killed her father but she could make her peace that the man she knew wasn't inside the man I killed," says Vincent as Titania was surprised to hear that.

"So you mean that I should take Liara with me when I deal with Benezia on Novaria," says Titania as Vincent nods.

"Yes, she should be able to see her mother one last time and see what she is now so she can find peace. Not everyone can get this opportunity," says Vincent as stood back up.

"Where are you going?" asks Titania seeing Vincent's serious face.

"Prepare for Novaria, have you heard about Khar'shan already?" asks Vincent wanting to know if she was already informed about what happened.

"No, what happened?" asks Titania confused about this matter now.

"Khar'shan has fallen to the Empire. All Batarians on that planet were killed while the slaves were freed and taken to the Empire. There they will decide if they want to return to their homeworld or start a new life as an Imperial Subject," says Vincent as Titania's eyes sprung wide open.

"Have they found a woman with my surname?" asks Titania which surprised Vincent.

"I don't know soon there will be a list, but why are you asking?" asks Vincent as he smelled a tragic story behind that question.

"My father was killed by Batarians while my mother was taken as a slave. I and my brother could escape this because we weren't present but disobeying them as usually playing outside the settlement," says Titania as Vincent places his hand on her shoulder.

"I know how that feels. I will inform you if she is on the list," says Vincent as he left while saying, "The Batarian Colonies are being attacked at the moment. Soon only Pirates and Mercenaries will remain of the Batarian people and they will die sooner or later as well."