Astra slowly awoke from a long sleep. As her vision became more clear she notice something on her leg. She saw her leg wrapped up. She moved it up and down. She had feeling in her leg, and the pain wasn't there anymore. Next she heard something barking at her. She turned to see a dog barking at her.
"Dogs? Am I back home?" she thought to herself, "No that's not possible."
She looked around her surroundings. She was in a metal bar cage. Around her were various animals in cages, some of them having some injuries, while others looked just fine. "I'm in a vet office?!"she thought.
She stood up on her legs. She quickly examined the lock on her cage. Using her magic, she flipped the lock on the cage, and jumped out.
"Too easy" she said looking back at the cage.
When she turned her face forward, she saw a very large figure. He had pale skin, a large patch of fur under his nose. He was a very round. He had a shocked look on his face.
The two stared one another down. Astra thought he may be one of the people who saved her. so she slowly approached him. He quickly grabbed a long pole with a loop on the end.
"I don't know how you got out of your cage, but your'e going back in." he said.
"Are you one of the people who saved me back on the wretched planet?" replied Astra.
"Wait!! You talk?!" yelled the person.
"Yes I can." said Astra.
"I must be off my meds," he said turning his back to her, "Come on Archie, animals don't talk. Just turn around, and put that thing in the cage."
Archie turned back to Astra, with the pole. "Just put this thing around the neck, and stick it back to the cage." Archie said softly.
"That thing goes around my neck?" asked Astra.
Archie panicked and lunged at her with the pole. Astra used her magic to take it out of his hands and threw it behind her. Archie screamed, and jumped at her. Astra quickly dodged to her right and ran towards the door.
Archie picked himself up from off the floor and saw Astra running out of the door. He quickly ran over to the intercom and yelled, "WE HAVE BREECH!".
Archie waited a few seconds and a response came back, "Archie, you're fired."
Astra ran out of the room, into a smaller room, where she saw several aliens standing on two legs. She kept running towards what looked like an opening. She ran by one alien that stood tall in armor, it was battered, and on the left chest piece were the numbers 3-4.
He saw her running past him, he quickly yelled, "Hey, where are you going?!"
Astra didn't hear him as he ran out of the building. She ran without looking around her. All she did was dodge anything that was in her way. Dodging left and right of oncoming aliens. She kept going until she hit a very large alien, which knocked her to the ground. The alien wiped out a gun and pointed it right at her face.
She could recognize the species of alien she ran into. Krogan. This was a big one. He had scars on one side of his yellowish face. He was angry too.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!" yelled the Krogan.
Astra tried to get an answer out but, she was cut off by a familiar voice.
"She's with me." said 3-4.
"Who the do you think you are?" asked the Krogan.
"Sargent Jeff Maxwell, Alliance Special Recon Division. My "pet" ran off when I took her to the vet." said 3-4.
Jeff hopped the krogan would buy his lie.
"Hmm, keep this thing on a leash, cause the next time I see it, it's going to be my next meal!" said the Krogan.
The alien walked away from them. Astra turned to her savior, and asked him, "Where am I? What is this place?"
Jeff walked closer to her, and got down to her eye level. "This is the Citadel."
Astra looked around her surroundings. She gazed on at all the lights on the streets, all the different aliens walking, some she could tell which was which, but many new ones to her. Then she looked up and saw another city on the other giant arm of the space station. It took her awhile to take it all in, as the sights were just simply magnificent. The lights shined all around her.
"This place is...huge." said Astra.
"I still have some sense of awe every time I come here." said Jeff.
Astra turned to Jeff and asked him, "So what are we going to do now? I have no idea how or even if I can go back to my home."
"Hey, listen here," Jeff said raising her head up," I know about a group of people who can help."
"Yeah, many can help, but how many can truly understand what has to be done." replied Astra.
"Was it Barla that did this to you? Killed your friends?" asked Jeff
"Yes. What was the point of asking that!" she snapped at him.
"What if I told you that the leader of the group hates Barla just as much as you do?" said Jeff.
"Show me." replied Astra.