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Reunited	By : Boompeew Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 25157 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Author’s notes: And yes! We’ve just hit chapter 30 in my fanfic about Captain Megan Shepard and her beautiful lover, Miranda Lawson. Unfortunately, real life is beginning to slow down these updates, so if you want those updates, review! And if any of you have suggestions on what I could write in future chapters, please don’t hesitate to PM me. As always, here’s the link to the video of Megan and Miranda making love for visual clarity: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPx43Qqw1X8.

“So how’s my case coming along sir?”Captain Megan Cassandra Shepard asked her mentor and superior, Admiral Steven Hackett as she stood at attention. Hackett had just called her over the QEC, and she had picked it up with her wife and XO, Lieutenant Commander Miranda Anne Shepard. “The NCIS people have just finished their preliminary investigations, and they don’t have enough evidence to formally charge you with mass genocide and several other war crimes although the batarians have been baying for nothing less than full conviction of all those crimes.”The admiral replied wearily as Miranda’s posture stiffened even further. “Well that’s surprising. Isn’t the Alliance fully prepared to sacrifice Meg-Captain Shepard to appease the batarians? What changed, and how’re you people now going to PR your way out of this one?”Miranda asked, unable to keep the venom out of her tone.

“Lieutenant Commander Shepard, I understand your dislike for us given that you were formerly 2^nd in command of Cerberus, a group that disagrees with us on many fronts. But we’re on the same side here. We both want the same thing: we want the Reapers dead and Captain Shepard a free woman. As for the batarian issue, we invited the batarians to provide whatever evidence they could, which means that almost all of the evidence was gathered by them. And the evidence was found to be insubstantial by the Council, or by Councilor Quentius and Esheel at the very least, so there won’t be any claims of bias that can actually be substantiated.”Hackett explained, his voice pleading as Megan’s eyes narrowed. “But..? I know there’s going to be a catch somewhere.”The redheaded Spectre asked suspiciously.

“We’re going to need both of you to come in. We need you back on Earth at Alliance Prime HQ in Washington DC. We’re not imprisoning you; we just need you to assist in investigations. Think of it as a political diversion to appease the batarians, whose ships have been massing dangerously close to human systems. Also, it’s going to keep any batarian assassins off you and your family. Last I heard, there’s still a 30 billion credit bounty on your head.”The admiral replied honestly. “Then what about our children? Our crew?”Miranda asked forcefully. “Of course, we will provide accommodation for your children and you. As for your crew…well, they’re free to go wherever they please, but the ex-Cerberus crew is still wanted by us.” “If that’s the case, what will become of LC Shepard?”Megan asked with more force than she intended to, worried for her wife.

“LC Shepard is an Alliance officer now, Captain. We officially extended her amnesty and gave her those bars in exchange for her knowledge on Cerberus, which she has provided us with in abundance.”Hackett reassured Megan, who blew out a long, hard breath. "Okay good. We need you to return by the end of this month, so go do as much damage as you can to the bad men out there, alright? Hackett out."The admiral concluded as the QEC flickered off. "Well, that went better than expected."Miranda huffed as she regarded her wife. "Yeah. Still doesn't change the fact that we're still getting imprisoned and figuratively fucked up our asses for delaying the damn Reapers."The redheaded woman in question snorted in disgust as she shook her head. "Well, it's just like Jacob put it. Pissing yourself in dark pants, if I recall correctly?"The raven haired XO chuckled fondly as Megan finally cracked a smile.

"Something like that, yeah. I seriously wonder why the hell nobody believes that the Reapers are real. There's a fuckload of evidence out there that just proves it!"The Captain exclaimed in frustration as Miranda gently laid a hand in her shoulder. "Well, they just don't want to believe that there's something so evil and so destructive out there that will erase their beloved status quo for good as we know it." “Why the hell do they always have to defend the damn norms even though it will kill people? It’s so fucking stupid!”The redhead continued ranting. “It’s always been like that. Even for Earth back in the 21^st century, there was a consortium of individual bankers and the leaders of very powerful transnational corporations that were starting wars for their own selfish gains until that crazy yet smart man began assassinating all of them. You see, these people only feel good about themselves only when they are above everyone else and have subjugated them.”Miranda shook her head.

“And I hope to God that these assholes are the first to die when the Reapers come.”Megan huffed as she turned and walked out of her cabin followed by her wife. “So, what do we do now?”Miranda asked as they exited the lift on Deck 2. “We clean out that Blue Suns slaving and smuggling ring on Korar that Liara gave us intel on, and…we celebrate our children’s 1^st birthday before we turn ourselves in.”Megan replied as Miranda sighed. “Celebrating our children’s 1^st birthday just a week before we become inmates. Bloody brilliant.” “At least the Alliance is letting us take care of Zach and Tabby, and that’s pretty much the only bit of gratitude I can work up for the Alliance right now.”The redhead grumbled before she sat down in front of the galaxy map and selected Korar as their next destination. “On to Korar huh? We’ll be there in about 8 hours, and in the meantime-”Jeff ‘Joker’ Moreau began before both Megan and Miranda cut him off. “No porn!”

“Sheesh. You two just cut the fun out of everything.”Joker grumbled back before Erin, or EDI as she used to be known as, spoke up. “I’m still here Jeff.”The blonde copilot-cum-supercomputer said matter of factly with a note of annoyance in her voice that her boyfriend had pretty much overlooked her. “I know Erin. And I’m glad for that, cause without my sweet busty blonde girl right here by my side, my performance is gonna suffer.”The pilot replied over the comm. as Yeoman Kelly Chambers giggled at their exchange. How the hell am I going to break it to everyone that there’s not going to be a Normandy after this anymore? Where do they go? Megan wondered to herself as she played some old rock music from the early 21^st century before starting to compile the preliminary report for the raid on the slaver base.

7 hours later, Megan and Miranda walked into their cabin to armor up for their mission. However, as soon as Megan grabbed the chestplate of her usual Armax Arsenal Shield Harness body armor, Miranda grabbed her wrist lightly as both Zachary and Tabitha slept soundly in their cribs. “Sorry baby, you’re not going down there; I am. Stay here and take good care of our babies, okay?”The brunette Sentinel smiled as she put on her own Kestrel greaves. "What? No! I'm going down there too-"Megan began before Miranda cut her off. "No you're not. The babies need someone to stay here and take care of them, and I haven't seen any action in over a year now."She rebutted as Megan's mouth just opened and closed wordlessly a few times before she shook her head. "But-" "Don't worry Megpie, I'll be fine. Just look after Zach and Tabby while I'm down there."Miranda replied, putting on her boots before kissing Megan on the lips.

A few minutes later, Miranda, Ashley, Legion, Thomas, Garrus, Samara, Nyla, Jentha, Jack, Grunt, Verlus, Erin, Mordin and Chloe were assembled around the Kodiak shuttles which would bring them down to the Blue Suns base on Korar. "Hey, where's Shepard?"Verlus asked, priming his X29 Incisor sniper rifle. "Oh, she's taking care of the children today, and I'll be leading this mission."Miranda replied as Jack snorted. "Shit, you sure about that Cheerleader? You look fat as fu-"The biotic ex-convict ribbed Miranda as her eyes narrowed, but Ashley cut her girlfriend off with a quick application of the butt of her Vindicator rifle to Jack's armored stomach. "Oof! What the fuck was that for?"Jack snapped at Ashley, who glared back until Jack fell into a sulking silence, getting a few chuckles from the group.

"As I was saying, I'll be leading Alpha, which will consist of me, Verlus, Jentha, Grunt, Samara, Jack and Mordin. Thomas, you'll lead everyone else."Miranda smirked at her arch-rival as everyone just nodded and shouted "Yes ma'am!" in unison as they split up into the 2 shuttles. About 5 minutes after the team had left the Normandy in the shuttles, Megan contacted them via the shuttle's holoscreens. "Okay team, I've got Liara on the line with more intel on that slaver base we're hitting. Go kick some ass out there for me team. Oh and Miranda, stay safe-settle down Tabitha!"Megan snapped, snapping her head away to avoid Tabitha's swipe at her face, resulting in some chuckling in the shuttles. Megan then tapped several buttons and the holoscreen now showed Liara T'Soni, the Shadow Broker and quite possibly one of the most powerful people in the galaxy.

"Hello there Miss Lawson- I mean, Mrs. Shepard. I have acquired more intel on the Blue Suns base located in Panem, Korar that you're about to hit. In the last 2 weeks, about 2 companies of additional Blue Suns have been on site, and the number of slaves taken to that base has more than doubled. Also, they have received 3 black market shipments of Kishock IJ9 anti-ship missiles, and each shipment numbers 20 crates. Also, their weapons and ammo smuggling caches have roughly doubled."Liara droned as she read off a nearby screen. "Christ, 60 crates of IJ9s, a whole colony of captured hostages, and to top it all off, an entire weapons depot worth of munitions and guns. Fuck this is going to be one bloody hot mess."Thomas whistled lowly as Miranda nodded in agreement.

"According to the sat images and penetrative scans of the facility I managed to acquire, the hostages are being held in this wing of the facility."Liara continued as she sent them a holographic 3D image of the facility and highlighted the indicated wing in red. There are some weapons, munitions and missiles strewn around the loading bay, but most of it is stored in this reinforced bunker in the basement of the main building. I have also outlined and highlighted the guard patrols and positions that I have managed to observe over the last few days." The asari concluded as Miranda nodded gravely, her brilliant mind working in overtime. "Okay people, change of plans. Heinz, Rolston, you land the shuttles here about 2 klicks away from the facility. We're going to split into 3 teams instead."The XO announced as everyone acknowledged.

As soon as the shuttles dropped off the teams, they flew back to the Normandy. "Alright, this is how we're going to take this facility. Thomas, Garrus, Erin and Legion, you guys will be sniping the exposed mercs from these positions. Thank goodness you brought your sniper rifle today Erin."Miranda began as she highlighted the 4 sniper nests she wanted them to be at. "Grunt, Chloe, Jentha, Samara, you'll be with me. Verlus, you'll lead Ashley, Nyla, Jack and Mordin and hit them from the rear landing platform on my go. Got it?"The raven haired Sentinel concluded as everyone nodded. "Sounds like a plan. I've got the northwest perch."Thomas agreed as he unholstered his X98 Widow as Legion followed suit while saying "Affirmative, Lawson-Shepard-Lieutenant Commander. We will provide cover from the south sniping platform."

Miranda then looked over at Erin and Garrus, who were checking their X97 Viper and X29 Incisor rifles respectively, as they nodded in agreement. "Alright then. Take your positions, and on my first go, snipers will begin firing at will. On my second go, everyone forward. Clear?" "Yes ma'am!"Everyone replied sharply to Miranda's question, and surprisingly enough, Jack's reply was one of the loudest. It took everyone slightly less than 5 minutes to set up, and after waiting a couple more minutes to make sure everyone was ready, Miranda issued her first 'go' order. Garrus and Erin began sniping all the mercs that they could see while Thomas and Legion were on counter sniper duty, shooting every merc sniper they spotted as fast as they could. After the Blue Suns began to panic and became disorganized in their panic, Miranda regarded Samara with a nod. "Alright Samara, we're going throw shock waves down the middle in unison."

"Waiting on your move, Miranda."Samara replied evenly, letting her biotics flare up and envelop her body in blue biotic flame as she readied up for Miranda's shockwave. Miranda didn't even need to say a word; as soon as she flung a massive biotic shockwave down the middle of the path, Samara followed suit, flinging mercs about everywhere and killing a few. "Everyone gogogo!"The brunette yelled into her mic as Verlus acknowledged. "Yes ma'am! All forward people! Jack, get a singularity right in the middle!"He barked at his team as everyone began to rush forward while firing their weapons, overpowering the already confused mercs. It all went so smoothly that by the time both Miranda's and Verlus' teams began encountering enough resistance to make them stop and take cover, they were just a few metres away from the doorstep of the facility.

"Watch out, you've got 2 YMIRs advancing on your location!"Erin, who was covering Miranda's team with Legion, warned them as she sniped down a turian merc who was attempting to flank them. "We've got it! Legion, keep firing at the YMIR! Jentha, get a combat drone on it and then overload its shields!"Miranda barked as she let loose an overload pulse from her omnitool. "Affirmative Lieutenant Commander Shepard Lawson! Engaging at once!"Legion confirmed as he fired at the mech, the round from his Widow being stopped by the shields on the mech, but at least it dropped the shielding from 3/4 strength to less than half strength. Jentha just nodded and deployed her combat drone while overloading the mechs shields, which finally failed a few seconds later due to the overload pulse being couple with the heavy gunfire Grunt, Miranda, Samara, Chloe, and Legion were pouring upon it.

"Shields are down! Hit it, hit it!"Jentha screamed as she fired her Mattock rifle as fast as she could at the mech while her combat drone hit it with a rocket, which was really a plasma projectile. "Grunt, Jentha, Samara, get on the other YMIR now! Legion, Chloe and I will take this one out!"Miranda yelled as Samara hurled a Reave field at the mech, severely thinning out its armor and continuing to eat away at the remaining armor as she replied "As you command!" Legion then shot it in the exact same spot that Samara had hit, penetrating right through the armor and severing several components, as the YMIR began to stumble and its weapons fire ceased temporarily despite having its weapons up. Miranda then hit it with a warp field to the head, vaporizing a small chunk of its armor and exposing the circuitry beneath.

The Sentinel then fired an overload pulse from her omnitool at the exposed circuitry, hitting them with perfect aim as the mech finally fell, its core systems fried as it issued a beeping sound before it detonated violently, stumbling the other mech which had its shields depleted to roughly half strength from Jentha's overload attacks as well as Samara and Chloe's gunfire. "Chloe! Stay down and watch out for any mercs trying to flank us! Erin, shoot any mercs trying to flank us as well! Everyone else, hit that mech!"Miranda barked at the top of her lungs as Erin sighed. "You know, that's what I was doing for the last few minutes. I feel kind of neglected now."The blonde cyborg huffed as she fired her Viper, destroying a merc's shields and stumbling him, forcing him to take cover.

"Thank you then! Now can you please get to it?!"Jentha screamed back as the YMIR destroyed her combat drone with its chaingun as she finally overloaded its shields, leaving it with only its armor for protection. "I already have Jenny, so calm down."Erin replied with a smirk as her next shot hit a batarian merc right in the forehead, taking a good chunk of it off. Samara hurled a Reave field at the mech, impacting it as she turned to Miranda and yelled "Warp it now Miranda!" The brunette simply nodded and flung a warp bolt at it, setting off a massive biotic explosion as the warp field detonated the unstable dark energies in the Reave field, effectively blowing the mech apart. "Well finally! Team 2, what's your status?"Miranda panted into her radio as Verlus' strained reply came on amidst a cacophony of gunfire.

"We're in the compound and we're moving to secure the hostages, over!"The turian Spectre yelled back over the radio as Miranda gunned down the last merc with her Collector Assault Rifle. "Copy that, my team is moving to secure the weapons and eliminate remaining resistance. Erin! Stow your sniper rifle and get down here! Thomas, you're staying here and covering us. Move up team." The XO ordered as everyone complied, carefully moving up past dead mercs lying on the floor. "Oh yeah, I'd love to be covering your ass."Thomas chuckled; eliciting scowls from both Miranda and Chloe, and guffaws from the rest. "Really Tom?"The French doctor said exasperatedly as Thomas just began whistling innocently as Jentha hacked the doors open while she shook with uncontrollable giggling.

Jentha hacked open the doors just as Erin caught up to them, panting and sweating with her X9 Tempest drawn. "The robot is sweating and tired? Well, I never thought it would happen."Chloe commented as Erin sucking in big lungfuls of air. "Hey, I'm being constrained by the limits of this physical body. Give me a break."The blonde huffed as the team made their way into the facility. Other than the odd few mercs here and there, there wasn't much resistance left. In a matter of minutes, Miranda and her squad had made it to the secure weapons bunker. "Shit...they've got enough weapons and equipment to start another Skyllian blitz here."Jentha whistled lowly as Grunt grinned madly. "Hahaha! So much firepower here. Hmm...this could be used for a glorious battle with lots of carnage and explosions!"The krogan chuckled eagerly, his mind already churning out dozens of images of huge battles.

"Sorry to disappoint you Grunt, but these weapons aren't going anywhere other than to the Shadow Broker's army."Miranda spoke up, shaking her head slightly as she finished surveying the massive stockpile of weapons. "Bah! You're sending them to the soft, squishy blue...woman? You people are really wasting this."Grunt growled. "Her army is quite formidable, and they could definitely put it to better use than us. Verlus, how are you and your team doing?"The raven haired XO asked as Verlus replied over the radio. "We're in the block holding the hostages! Facing some resistance here so we're going slow. How about you?"The turian Spectre asked. "We've secured the weapon stockpile, and it doesn't look like a run of the mill smuggler cache. Someone is definitely preparing for war."Miranda replied. "I doubt it's the Blue Suns. They could be simple middlemen in a trade."Samara spoke up as she closed a crate.

"You're right. The Blue Suns wouldn't need this much firepower even if they were going to take on almost every rival merc band in the Terminus."Miranda concurred as Erin looked up from a crate of antiship missiles at the far end of the room and waved at her team. "Hey guys, this crate is going to the Patriots of Khar'shan terrorist organization according to the manifest embedded here! The Patriots-" "Of Khar'shan? That's widely rumored to be a Hegemony controlled terror cell! Of course, nobody could ever prove it, but I think it's quite obvious."Thomas cut in, finishing Erin's sentence. "Exactly. And the Patriots don't have any ships of their own."The blonde android continued as Megan, who'd been monitoring the progress of the 2 squads on the Normandy, finally spoke. "So you guys think that all these goodies are actually being sold to the Hegemony."The redhead stated, more a fact than a theory. "Exactly."

"Fuck me. They're planning another Skyllian Blitz or something?"Megan cursed as Jack cut in. "Well it makes perfect sense. You piss em right the fuck off by blowing up one of their systems, and what better way to retaliate than to hit a few hundred human colonies?"The ex-convict replied as Megan sighed. "You're right. Verlus, what's your status?" "All clear here and we've got all the hostages secured. Jack took a couple of rounds to the leg, but we've slapped some medigel on her. Mordin took one to the arm, but refuses treatment. Stubborn old bastard."Verlus reported. "Fail to see how refusing to waste medigel on minor bullet graze wound makes me a stubborn old bastard."Mordin shot back, tone annoyed as Grunt, Jentha, Thomas, Ashley and Jack began chuckling. "Now that's the only salarian I've seen that has a quad."The krogan guffawed.

"Salarian males do not have quads. But I have been called a 'tough cloaca' before.'"The salarian professor corrected as more chuckling erupted. "Alright team, let's do a sweep for any Blue Suns that may be hiding before we let the Broker know that it's safe to send her people down to grab all this stuff."Miranda ordered before Verlus cut in. "Ma'am, what about the slaves here?"He asked. "The Shadow Broker will collect them and drop them off at the Citadel in an unmarked ship."Megan replied as Nyla finally spoke up. "Shepard, how do you know the Shadow Broker will make good on her word?"

"Don't worry Nyla, I know her very well personally. Once she's promised me something, she'll deliver."The redheaded Spectre reassured them as the teams just consented and proceeded with the sweep, which turned up nothing as all the mercs were either dead or on the run. The ground team stayed behind with the hostages until some of Liara's private army showed up to take charge of the hostages and the equipment. Leading them was Feron, which was a pleasant surprise for most of the crew, save for Verlus and Nyla, who'd never seen the drell agent before. "Feron! It's surprising to see you here!"Miranda greeted as Feron gave a small smile. "Miss Lawson. The Shadow Broker has placed me in charge of ground operations, so here I am. We'll be taking these weapons and we'll free the slaves at the Citadel."He stated as Miranda nodded.

"Very well then. I look forward to working with you again."The brunette said formally as she shook hands with Feron before heading back to the shuttles with her team. On the way back, while everyone else was discussing the 1st birthday party of the twins, Miranda was sitting in the shuttle quietly contemplating what would become of her and her family, as well as the crew of the Normandy. Most of them are Cerberus, or more accurately, ex-Cerberus, and the Alliance is just going to throw all these good people into the deepest, darkest hole they can find just because they used to be in a 'terrorist organization'. Miranda thought. "Hey Miranda, why so glum? Your two bundles of joy are turning 1 the week after next!"Chloe smiled at the brunette, who just gave a sigh and a wan smile back.

"I'm just thinking about what the galaxy is going to do when the Reapers get here. Anyways, what were you talking about?"The Normandy's XO asked as she joined the conversation, which lasted until they reached the Normandy. All this while, Miranda couldn't help feeling despondent as she wondered about what she and her family would do when the Reapers finally arrived. Will the Alliance let us out to fight the Reapers, or are they just going to keep us in lockdown. Of course they'll let you and Megan out, silly. They'll probably be pissing themselves, and the 2 of us are the only ones who know what the hell is going on, and maybe how to defeat the Reapers. The minute Miranda stepped out of the shuttle; she was snatched into a tight embrace by Megan. "Miri, you okay?"The redhead asked concernedly. "Yes. But how do we tell the crew there's not going to be a Normandy anymore?"Miranda asked softly in reply, and Megan's despondent look said it all.

2 weeks later, the crew cheered loudly as Megan blew out the candles on her children's birthday cake while both Zachary and Tabitha gurgled happily at the assembled crew. "Happy birthday Zachary and Tabitha!"Erin smiled at the children, who giggled and waved at her. After a few hours when the party was almost over and the twins were back in their cabin, Megan stood up. "Alright guys, sorry to be the wet blanket, but next week will be our last as a crew. In 2 weeks time, we will have to return to Alliance HQ in Washington D.C., and this vessel will become an Alliance one. Miranda and I will be under Alliance protective custody, and you guys are free to go. A word of caution to the ex-Cerberus crew though; you guys are still wanted by the Alliance, so let me know where you guys want to be dropped off at."Megan announced, unable to keep the bitterness and sorrow out of her tone.

"Oh fuck that shit Shepard! Just go pirate and tell the Alliance to go fuck themselves up their own stinking asses!"Jack cried in outrage as Ashley shot her a dirty look. "Well, we all knew this shit was going to happen sooner or later."Thomas muttered, shaking his head as Chloe gasped and hugged his arm tightly. "Whatever it is Shepard, we'll support your decision."Chakwas said respectfully as more muttering broke out across the hall. "It was necessary to blow that relay up! If you need me to testify, I will gladly do so!"Nyla yelled as Verlus stood up. "As will I! They cannot simply disregard our word as Council Spectres!"The turian snarled as Miranda raised her hands for calm. "People! We are merely going into protective custody! The case against us was thrown out due to a lack of evidence!"The raven haired XO hollered above the din of the crew's outraged chattering.

"Even worse! This is nothing more than imprisonment without trial! Despicable!"Mordin scoffed loudly as he shook his head. "This isn't fair! The cunts dinna even give ye a fair trial! Slimy bastards, the whole lot of them!"Ken blustered in his thick Scottish accent, slamming his fist into his palm. "People! Please calm down! This is the only way to make them listen to us! This is the only way to get them prepped for the arrival of the Reapers!"Megan finally yelled, slamming her palm into the table as everyone finally quieted down. "I know there's another way C'mmander, but if you think that's the best way, then I'm behind ya 110%."Sergeant Gardner sighed resignedly as Samara stepped forward. “As do I. Although I doubt that they will heed your warnings, I wish you the best of fortune.”The Justicar said firmly as muttering broke out around the table once again as everyone agreed with Megan and wished her the best of luck.

“Thank you all for your support and understanding, both Megan and I appreciate it greatly. You’ve all become like a family to me over these couple of years, so…”Miranda trailed off with a sniffle, her eyes moist with unshed tears before she cleared her throat. “Alright then, if any of you are intending to leave before we reach Earth, just let me know and we’ll drop you off on the Citadel.”The brunette continued as everyone just nodded, and among those who were leaving were Garrus, Legion, Grunt, Kelly, Verlus, Nyla, Jentha, Mordin, and most of the Cerberus crew save for Goldstein and Patel as they had nowhere else to go to, and Ken and Gabby because they steadfastly refused to leave even when Miranda had pleaded with them to leave to avoid being imprisoned. “I want to thank everyone of you for sticking with us even when the shit hit the fan. I will never forget you.”Megan said as she teared up.

"We will never forget you either Captain. You were a lot more than just our commander and our friend. You too LC, even though you were completely frigid at the start." Hawthorne added somberly as he saluted both Megan and Miranda, and the entire crew followed. "Ma'am, I'll be with the both of you right to the very end. I'm not going anywhere because both of you are my family now."Joker said resolutely as he saluted alongside his crew mates. "Thank you all very much for your service and comradeship. I won't forget any of you."Miranda replied, returning the salute of the crew with her wife. The next week passed in a dark, moody atmosphere of dread, restrained rage against the Alliance high command, and gloom knowing they might not see each other ever again.

Finally, the Normandy docked at the Citadel, and both Megan and Miranda were standing by the airlock to say their goodbyes to the crew. "Goodbye Garrus. You've been with me this whole time and through it all. I really appreciate it. What're you going to do now?"Megan asked the turian sniper, hugging him as he reciprocated. "I'll head back to Palaven and do my best to get support for the war effort." "What about you Kelly?"Miranda asked Kelly as they shook hands. "I'll be following Garrus to Palaven as well. It's going to be tricky because of the whole amino-incompatibility with the food, but I'll manage. I'll put my psych skills to use there among those who need it."The redheaded psychologist replied as she caught Miranda in a surprise embrace, and the brunette awkwardly reciprocated a few seconds later.

"Regret that our relationship has to end here. Nevertheless, will always support you. Going back to STG to provide them with intel about Reapers."Mordin informed Megan as they shook hands. "The STG believes in the Reaper threat?"The Vanguard asked in pleasant surprise as Mordin nodded rapidly. "Yes-yes, STG one of few groups who believe in Reaper threat. Others willing to turn a blind eye to threat, but not STG! Evidence impossible for any half-decent STG operative to ignore."The professor sniffed in pride as Megan smiled. "Thank you and I hope I'll see you again Mordin." "You're welcome Captain. I look forward to working with you again."Mordin waved as he ambled off onto the Citadel with his go bag. "Goodbye battlemistress. You are a worthy mate for my battlemaster. Go make more babies with Shepard while I learn to be a true krogan on Tuchanka."Grunt chuckled as he gave Miranda's hand a firm pump before he stepped forward and clashed chests with her.

Miranda simply blushed as Grunt stomped off while those within earshot started chuckling. "What about you Verlus? What're you planning on doing now?"Megan smirked as the turian Spectre grinned back. "Well, I'm going straight to the Council and I'm going to lay down all the evidence I've taken about the Reapers ever since joining you. If they refuse to listen, then I might just stage a coup d etat and install you as queen of the galaxy."Verlus chuckled as Megan burst into raucous laughter at that. "That sounds awesome! I think I'll take up your offer."The redhead joked back. "I knew you would. All the best Shepard."Verlus shook hands with Megan before disembarking. “I’m going to resume my Spectre duties, and I’ll probably take Jentha as a partner. It’s unconventional, but it’ll work.”Nyla answered Miranda’s question with a hug before Jentha hugged Miranda as well. “Good luck and I hope to see you both again.”The brunette smiled sadly as the couple departed, waving goodbye.

"Alright Joker, everyone who wanted to leave is gone now. Set a course for Earth."Megan sighed with reluctance as Joker saluted. "Aye aye ma'am. So I guess this is it huh? No more Normandy, no more fun times?"Joker asked bitterly as Erin hugged his neck. "No more us till the Reapers come. I just hope we can get everyone back."Miranda replied. "Me too. We'll be there in about 6 hours."The pilot informed both the CO and XO of the Normandy. "Thank you Joker. Take care of yourself while we're not there to play mother hen to you, ok?"Megan smiled at her ace pilot as he snorted. "You just had to make one last dig at the cripple huh? When I'm your pilot again, I'm gonna get you back." "Jeff, you're not a cripple. You're very able and fit, especially in bed."Erin ribbed her boyfriend as everyone in earshot guffawed while Joker threw his hands up in defeat.

"What about you and Chloe Thomas? What're the 2 of you going to do, and won't you be arrested?"Miranda asked Thomas. "Well, I covered my tracks pretty well when I was with Cerberus, and I know for a fact that the Alliance doesn't know about me joining and serving with Cerberus. Thus...I might go back to the Alliance, and Chloe here has told me she'll probably be joining up too, probably as a medical officer." "Non Thomas, I said I wanted to be a combat medic."Chloe replied with a pout as her boyfriend kissed the crown of her head while hugging her close. "I know you did honey, but it's too dangerous. Better to stay as a medical officer and make better use of your skills."He replied before placing a gentle finger on the French doctor's lips to silence her protest. “Besides…I’ll get to see you more often that way.”

“Alright, fine. You got me there.”Chloe pouted as Thomas just grinned and hugged her tighter as she wrapped her arms around him. “What about you and Ken?”Megan asked Engineer Daniels, who sighed. “I really don’t know…we’re not going to leave you, but the Alliance will probably imprison us for our involvement with Cerberus.” “Don’t worry Gabby; we’ll do everything we can to get the both of you out when the Reapers come. I promise you.”Miranda said, laying a reassuring hand on her shoulder. “Thanks LC Shepard. I really appreciate that.”The engineer smiled wanly as Megan turned to Samara. “Samara, thank you for all that you’ve done for us and taught us. Miranda and I truly couldn’t have done much without you.” “You’re very welcome Captain Shepard. I’d like to share with you and Miranda the technique I use to calm the babies down.”The Justicar smiled at both Megan and Miranda as they gathered around her.

“Open your minds and embrace eternity.”Samara said softly as she laid a hand on both their foreheads and began the meld. A minute later, both Megan and Miranda pulled away as Samara ended the meld. “Oh I see…so that’s how you use your biotics to calm them down. Thank you Samara.”Miranda thanked as Samara nodded. “You are most welcome Mrs. Shepard. I wish you both all the best.”The asari nodded, shaking hands with both of them before she turned to leave. Over the next 6 hours, Megan and Miranda went around together to say goodbye to the crew who hadn’t left yet, and it was too soon before Joker announced that they had landed at Langley Naval Base. The minute the Megan, Miranda and the crew stepped off the Normandy, they were greeted by the sight of Councilor Anderson standing there with at least 30 Alliance soldiers in armor.

“Glad to see you both again. I just wish it would be under better circumstances.”Anderson said curtly as he led both Megan and Miranda, who were carrying Tabitha and Zachary respectively, into a waiting APC while they heard names being called out by the squad leader. Both women then turned around to see all the ex-Cerberus crewmembers being separated into a group with heavy guard while the rest were let free. “Wait a minute; are you just going to throw them into the brig? You can’t bloody do this!”They heard and saw Thomas yell at the Alliance guards as the leader tried to usher him away. “Captain Hansen, you’re free to go. This doesn’t concern you.”He said as the ex-Cerberus crew was led into a truck with their hands behind their heads. “Ma’am? We’re on a tight schedule here, so I’d like for you both to quickly get into the APC.”A marine behind Megan and Miranda requested as they clambered aboard, catching each others’ eyes just as the doors closed.

Their look was a mutual one of despondency. What the hell do we do now?

Final notes: Next up, the Reapers invade! I would like to thank Dalish Elf, Jeffster24, Hewhoislost, Heart of Lies and Crofty1010 for making the effort to review the last chapter, and I’d appreciate it if you guys could review this chapter too. As for the rest of you, do kindly review, and have a pleasant day.
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