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Child of the Broken Mind. (Epilogue)
By: NozzIvix Date: February 16, 2014, 2:18 pm
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Kat sighed into her drink as she finished off the dark liquor.
She'd lost a lot in the last year, and wasn't exactly sure where
to go from here. The money Exo-Geni had already given her was
enough for Katrin's goal, a rebuilt Colt in the same place as
before, the very place Kat sat now. It was the least she could
do for the old Neurotic, especially when she was the reason Kat
even could be sitting in a pub, wallowing. She'd returned to
Katrin's job as head surgeon at Huerta, but most of her free
time was spent here.
Gods Katrin, what'd you do to me?
There was no answer. Of course there wouldn't be. Katrin died on
the planet. At least... Kat thought she did. It was hard to tell
with split personalities. For all she knew, she wasn't even Kat
anymore, yet she remembered being Kat, and not Katrin. Of
course, all of the legal paperwork still had Katrin's name on
it. When that... bug. Climbed into their mind, Katrin did...
something. She'd said she was 'letting go'. Before Kat could
even say anything to stop her, she was gone. Of course, so was
the Queen, the telepathic link backfiring and buying them time
to escape the hive. She had no idea what had happened between
her abduction and her rescue, and Ivix had been loathe to tell
her.
Speak of the devil. She thought as the Quarian shouldered the
pub door open.
"Oi! Mickey!" She called out to the young man behind the bar.
Mickey had been Sean's kid brother, a ten year difference
between them. He'd been squirreled away to Ireland during the
Reaper invasion, and Kat had made a point to find him when she
rebuilt the Colt. While she was on the Citadel, Mickey was in
charge, like she remembered him wanting to way back in the day.
"The SPECTRE's back, get us the usual, will ya?"
"Gotcha Doc!" Came the response as he started filling glasses
from two very distant taps.
"He still calls you Doc, then?" Ivix asked as he sat down,
popping off his helmet with a hiss.
"Eh, he wants to call me it, he can." Kat replied, moving her
now empty glass to the side. "What brings you here?"
"What? Can't a guy visit his ex to make sure she's recovering
well?" he said jokingly.
"Hey hey Mr. Spectre, how come I never heard from you for about
five years, if that was the case?" she shot back as the drinks
arrived and Mickey went into the back.
"Hmm. So what's with the memorial wall?" He said, pointing with
his head. "The picture's nice, but the plaque? 'In memory of
Katrin Ilnata, Sean and Mitch Connor, the first to enter, the
last to leave'"
"Hey, I'm just the grieving twin here, remember?" she said,
taking a sip of her drink.
"I still think it's a little weird."
"Hey, be grateful you got me. She hated you back in the day.
Remember when I left in the middle of the night and left you
with the Hotel Bill?" Kat asked slyly.
"Alright, I get the message. So, you're alright? No sudden need
to lay eggs and conquer the galaxy?"
"Not a one. How's that SPECTRE stuff coming along?"
"Eh, basically the same as before. I pretty much get paid to
wander across the galaxy on one long pub crawl until something
important happens."
"Sounds fun."
"Mmm." He said noncommittally, taking a massive swig of his own
drink. "There's problems on this pirate planet in the middle of
nowhere, Rouger, or something, but since it's just Pirates and
Terrorists, the council's content to let them fight it out. It's
not technically our jurisdiction, after all."
"Hmm. Rouger... I've heard of it. A nice little desert planet.
You know... If you're ever in the mood for a little
cold-blooded-"
He cut her off. "I'll let you know."
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