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Reunited	By : Boompeew Category: +M through R > Mass Effect Views: 25156 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Author’s notes: This is chapter 31 in my fanfic about Captain Megan Shepard and her beautiful lover, Miranda Lawson. For those who’ve been waiting, yes this is where the Reapers finally invade! If any of you have suggestions on what I could write in future chapters, please don’t hesitate to PM me.

“Wow. It’s already 6 months since Anderson quit the Council and Udina took over, and those political pundit bullshitters are still talking about it.”Captain Megan Cassandra Shepard grumbled as she hugged on to her wife, Lieutenant Commander Miranda Anne Shepard, as the brunette did squats. Due to the fact that over the last one and a half years spent in the Alliance protective custody, the Alliance had refused to give them weights because of some irrational fear that Megan and Miranda might use it to escape and thus, both women had to make do with whatever they had in order to exercise, and sometimes, they even used each other as deadweights. “Well, that’s what you get with a bunch of brain dead people with nothing else better to do.”Miranda panted as she mentally counted off her 57^th squat. “Heh…true. Personally, I can’t believe that Anderson would quit and let Udina just take over.”The redhead replied with a chuckle.

“Well, there isn’t much in the way of choice, and we both knew that Anderson was going to quit sooner or later. He just isn’t cut out for politics. Alright, you can get off now. God, you weigh a ton Cassie.”The Sentinel huffed as Megan let go of her bear hug around her wife. “You’re just getting soft Miri, and you’re blaming it on me.”Megan teased Miranda as she threw her a towel. “Oh really? If I’m getting soft…you’re worse.”Miranda smirked as she grabbed both of Megan’s breasts through her BDU tee, making the Vanguard squeak in both shock and bashfulness. “Oh that’s how you wanna play it huh Miri? It’s on now!”Megan laughed evilly as she threw Miranda onto their bed and pinned her down, only to be interrupted by one of their two and a half year old twins; Zachary James Shepard started yammering “Mama, mama”.

“Oh great. Does he need to go now, or is he hungry?”Miranda sighed. "I think he wants his milk...he just went about an hour ago."Megan grunted as she pushed herself off the bed and into an upright position before walking off into the small kitchenette to make the baby formula. Meanwhile, Miranda went to check up on Zachary before confirming that he did indeed want milk. A minute later, Megan walked up to Zachary and gently placed the sippy cup in his tiny hands. "Hey sweetie, drink up! Finish the cup and you'll be a big, strong boy!"The redhead smiled affectionately as she ruffled the tuft of brown hair on her son's head. Miranda gently patted Zachary on his back to help him get the milk down. "Good boy Zach! Mommy loves you so much!"Miranda laughed as she kissed the crown of his head as Megan pouted. "And what about me, hmm?" "I love you too, you adorable idiot."The brunette smiled as they kissed each other hungrily.

Suddenly, the intercom came to life as their guard, Lieutenant James Vega, spoke up. "Hey Captain, LC, your family's here. I'm letting them in, alright?"The muscular soldier notified the couple as they broke the kiss. "Thanks James. Send them in."Megan replied back over the intercom as Miranda went to wash her face. The door slid open to invite Aaron and Carla Lawson, Miranda's father and stepmother, into the room. "Hello Megan. How have you been?"Aaron asked as he embraced his daughter in law. "I'm fine, Miranda's doing ok, and the kids are great."Megan replied as she broke away to hug Carla." That's good to hear Megan. Where's Miranda?"The blonde asked as Miranda stepped out of the bathroom. "I'm here mum. I missed you."The brunette said as they hugged. "And dad, I missed you too."Miranda said as she turned and hugged Aaron, who tested up a little as he hugged and kissed his daughter.

"I really missed you, my darling Randa."He said affectionately as Tabitha woke up as starting cooing unintelligibly in joy as she saw her grandparents while Zachary was laughing as he half-ran, half stumbled to his grandparents as Aaron scooped up both twins in his big arms and hugged and kissed them. "Christ, these 2 little ones sure have grown, haven't they?"The elder Lawson beamed with love and pride as Carla kissed both of them. "Oh yeah, no kidding. They learned to walk about half a year ago, and they caught on really fast. Also, they've been drinking lots of milk."Megan replied with a radiant smile. "That's good-oh, Tabby weighs a ton!"Carla exclaimed as she carried her granddaughter as Tabitha happily attempted to wrap her hands around Carla's neck for a hug.

"So, what's been going on out there Aaron?"Megan asked as Aaron reached around for his datapad. "Well, the batarians-what the hell? Where's my datapad?"The information broker cursed as said datapad enhanced with a blue hue, made contact with the side of Megan's face. "What the fu-Zack! Stop that!"The redhead growled as Aaron and Carla began howling with laughter, Zachary and Tabitha began laughing and Miranda looked cross but had a hint of a smile tugging at the corners of her luscious lips. "I'm glad you're all getting a good laugh out of my misfortune."The Captain growled as she picked up the datapad and began to read it. "So, both Zachary and Tabitha are born biotics?"Carla asked as Miranda nodded. "Yes. They started exhibiting the signs about 5 months ago, and we're only going to give them an amp when they're about 4 years of age."The brunette replied.

"That's good. Now I have 2 biotic daughters, 1 biotic daughter in law, and 2 biotic grandkids. So, do you 2 have any plans to give me more biotic grandkids?"Aaron asked cheekily as both Megan and Miranda blushed. "Stop it, Aaron!"They both whined at the same time, making everyone, save for themselves, in the room burst into laughter. When the laughter subsided, Aaron spoke up. "As I was saying, the batarian fleets are gathered dangerously close to Alliance and colony space, and Alliance High Command is pissing themselves about what to do."The elder Lawson informed Megan and Miranda as Miranda shook her head disparagingly. "Typical Alliance. Pissing themselves fretting over the politics instead of actually doing something."She snorted in derision.

"Yeah. But I'm more worried about the fact that the Reapers are coming, and we may get into a war with the batarians just as the Reapers decide to show up."Megan pointed out as there was just sullen silence in the room. "Okay, depressing thoughts aside, let's talk about something else. Do you have anything to drink here?"Carla spoke up, breaking the uncomfortable silence as Miranda nodded. "Yes, we have tea and coffee."The brunette responded as Carla smiled and took a seat with Tabitha still cradled in her arms. "Great! Both Aaron and I will have tea, thank you." "You heard them Cassie, go get it ready."Miranda nudged Megan, who was completely engrossed with the intel that was on Aaron's datapad. "Who, me?"Megan asked as Miranda rolled her eyes. "Obviously. Who'd you think I was referring to, Zachary?" "In that case you're coming to make tea with me."The redhead sighed as she grabbed Miranda hand and led the unwilling, protesting woman into the kitchenette.

"Well, it looks like our daughter's marriage will be a long, loving one. They're already bickering like an old married couple."Aaron chuckled to his wife as he cradled Zachary, who was grabbing at the elder Lawson's shirt. A few minutes later, the couple came back with the tea and they sat down and began to talk. They lost track of how long they talked, but suddenly, Vega interrupted them. "Uh...Captain, LC? Admiral Anderson wants to see you both in a real hurry right now. In fact, he's right out here with me."James reported over the intercom as Megan sighed. "Alright dad, mum, just stay here with the kids, ok? Love you both."Miranda said as she kissed both her parents before walking to the door to answer James. "Alright, just unlock the door and we'll be right out." "Done."Admiral Anderson replied as their door slid open to reveal the Admiral standing there expectantly.

"Admiral."Both ladies saluted as Anderson returned it. "At ease. I'll brief you as we head to the Assembly Hall." "What's going on? Did the batarians decide to invade, or did the Reapers arrive?"Megan asked urgently as Anderson strode past a few ensigns who were running somewhere with urgency. "I fear that it's the latter. The batarian fleets just disengaged from their initial positions and went away for no apparent reason. Also, we've lost contact with 2 of our deep space outposts 12 hours ago."The admiral reported as Megan cursed. "Shit. The Reapers are already here, and how are we doing on readiness?"The redheaded Captain asked as they walked up a flight of steps. "All 29 fleets are mobilizing since Hackett put the word out about 9 hours ago. I just hope it's enough."Anderson replied. "It won't be enough. There are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of Reapers out there."Miranda cut in forcefully.

"Exactly. How many dreadnoughts and carriers do we have again?"Megan asked as they entered a lift and headed to Assembly Hall. "As of this moment, all 29 Alliance fleets comprise a total of 356 dreadnoughts, 175 carriers, over 600 cruisers, and there are several thousand more frigates and support and patrol craft. The turians have the same number of dreadnoughts as us, but they only have 90 or so carriers. They do have over 1300 cruisers and about 3500 other smaller ships. The asari only have 152 dreadnoughts and no carriers, but they've got the most cruisers, frigates and support craft out of any other race in this galaxy. The salarians I'm worried about though. They've only 88 dreadnoughts, slightly more than 250 cruisers, and just over a thousand frigates and support craft."Anderson finished listing out just as the lift reached the Assembly Hall level.

"The salarians don't need that many ships. They usually hit and run, and with their stealth systems and weaponry, they hit harder than us and run faster than the quarians."Miranda pointed out as Anderson nodded. "True. But there's only so many times that you can hit and run before the Reapers catch on to what you're doing."The Admiral replied as Megan finally burst out. "So what the hell are we doing here then?"The Spectre demanded as Anderson sighed. "High Command called for an emergency summit to consult with you both-" "Unless we're planning on talking the fucking Reapers to death, this is a damn waste of time."Megan shot back angrily. "Look, I understand what you're feeling. But they're running scared, and only the 2 of you know anything about the Reapers. Hell, you even talked to one and then killed it!"He defended.

"Actually, both Megan and I spoke to one on that asteroid we sent into the Alpha relay."Miranda clarified as they walked into the security screening area outside the Assembly Hall where they saw both Captain Thomas David Hansen and Lieutenant Ashley Madeline Williams. "Shepard!"Both of them called out to the couple as they shook hands. "Ashley, Thomas, it's good to see you both again."Miranda returned as Megan noticed the Lieutenant's bar on Ashley's uniform. "I see you've let your hair down, Lieutenant Williams."The redhead greeted, referring to Ashley's hair which was not done up in her usual bun but instead flowed freely and hung around her shoulders like Miranda's hair. "Yep. They bumped me up last year while you were still under protective custody."The Latina lieutenant winced at the last 2 words.

"Thomas, how've you been doing?"Miranda asked as she shook hands with the British sniper. "They reinstated me to Captain, and they made Chloe Junior Medical Officer. She's still waiting on a ship assignment."Thomas replied as a female ensign approached Anderson. "Sir, they're ready for you."She reported as Anderson returned the salute. "Megan, Miranda, get in there and talk to them. No bullshit, just straight up facts."The Admiral told the couple as both Ashley and Thomas saluted and sized them good luck. When they walked in, both Megan and Miranda were ushered to the podium at the centre of the room, and seated in front of them were the 5 members of Alliance High Command. There was Grand Admiral Arnold Miller, a tough old veteran who was beloved and deeply respected by everyone in the Alliance including Megan, and his fights with the politicians and Alliance Parliament were the stuff of legend.

There was Admiral Anderson, who took his seat on Miller's left, and there was Fleet Admiral Zheng, who was a more mellow version of Miller in terms of his fire and distaste for politicians, and was known to bend to the politicians sometimes. Admiral Kastanie Drescher, the one who led the fleets that liberated Shanxi, was there, and Rear Admiral Mikhailovich was sitting in for Admiral Hackett, who was currently overseeing defense operations at Arcturus. "Captain and Lieutenant Commander Shepard, I'm sure you've both been briefed on the situation by Admiral Anderson. So tell me straight, are the Reapers already here, or is someone else screwing with us?"Admiral Miller asked in his deep baritone voice as Megan nodded. "Yessir. I'm absolutely certain that it's the Reapers. LC Shepard and I talked to their leader, Harbinger, and it said it would be arriving soon. That was about 2 years ago."

"How do we know these Reapers are here now? It could be just the batarians."Mikhailovich asked as Miranda spoke up. "If it were batarians, why would they bother taking out our deep space outposts? Also, why did they retreat from the borders if they were going to attack us?"The brunette asked in reply. "That is true, but it could be a diversion."Drescher opined as an ensign sprinted into the Hall. "Sorry to interrupt but we've just lost contact with both our Moon and Mars bases!"He panted as everyone in the room stiffened with shock. "The moon? How'd they get here that fast?"Anderson wondered in shock. "Sirs, ma'am, UK headquarters reports that they're under attack and they've got a visual!"A breathless comm specialist reported as she ran into the room and began a live stream showing London under attack by Reapers, and right in front of the camera was a Major who was shouting into the mic but nothing but static could be heard.

"What do we do?"Drescher asked helplessly as Megan strode forward. "We stand together and we fight, or we die."The Captain said resolutely as Mikhailovich shook his head. "That's it? That's the plan?"He asked in dismay. "If we're going to defeat the Reapers, we need every single race in the galaxy doing this with us. We can't beat them alone for sure. Unless you have a better plan Admiral, this is what we're going to do."Miranda said loudly and forcefully, stepping right up to where the Admirals were seated as Megan's eyes widened in shock. "Stand down Lieutenant Commander! Your insub-" "Stow it Mikhailovich! LC Shepard is right; we can't take these damn things on by ourselves. We need to get the turians, asari, salarians and just about everyone in this goddamn galaxy if we're going to send those Reaper bastards back to hell."Miller boomed, cutting off his subordinate's rant.

Suddenly, Megan and Miranda could see that there were Reapers descending upon Washington D.C. through the huge glass window behind the Admirals overlooking the city. "Oh my god..."Drescher gasped in horror as literally dozens of Reapers descended to Earth right in front of their eyes, and one landed barely a few meters away from them. "Get down! Get down!"Megan yelled just as said Reaper fired its laser at them, decimating the room just as everyone dived for cover and beams and masonry started falling down all around them. Megan and Miranda gingerly got up just as Anderson was helping Miller up. "Where are the others?"Miranda yelled as Miller dusted his uniform off. "Both Zheng and Mikhailovich are under that and they're probably dead."The veteran Admiral coughed as he pointed at a huge slab of fallen concrete lying flat on the floor.

"Drescher's here! She-dammit. She's dead due to a cracked skull."Anderson cursed as he rose up from behind a fallen column. Just then, the Reaper spoke. "I am Harbinger. Your time has come, and your death is inevitable. Do not resist."It boomed as it began to assume control of both Megan and Miranda, who had Reaper picotech ingrained right into their DNA. Both women screamed in pain and clutched at their heads with agony, slumping to the floor just as Thomas, James and Ashley dashed into the room. "Shit! The fucking Reap-what the hell!"Thomas cursed upon seeing Megan and Miranda crying out and falling to the floor while grabbing at their heads. "Help us get them the fuck outta here, now!"Miller roared as he grabbed Megan's shoulders and lifted her up while Thomas grabbed her legs. Miranda was being carried by James and Anderson while Ashley had her pistol out to make sure that no husks decided to creep up on them.

As soon as they were out of the room, both Megan and Miranda's eyes shot open, and they had a sickly yellow glow characteristic of someone being controlled by the Reapers. "Oh shit, Harby's trying to control them!"Thomas yelled as the group ran towards the nearest safe room. "Who?"Miller yelled back. "Harbinger! That's the leader of the Reapers!"Ashley yelled as she shielded her eyes from the flames. Once they reached the safe room, Megan and Miranda came around, the yellow glow gone from their eyes as they groaned and stood up. "Oh...my head-wait! Where are my children?!"Megan screamed as she frantically whirled around to face the group. "They're still in your apartment!"James replied as Miranda forced the safe room door open. "Then we're going to get them!"She yelled as both she and Megan made for the door.

"Wait! Vega, go with them! Anderson, Hansen, Williams, you 3 head to the Normandy and take it on my authority!"Miller barked as James ran after the couple. "What about you sir?"Anderson shot back. "I'm heading to the comm centre to try and contact whatever forces we have! Now move your asses! That's an order!"The veteran Admiral boomed as the trio simply nodded and ran. "Well, shit just got real."He whistled to himself as he drew his S5 Phalanx pistol and headed to the comm centre. While Miller made his way to the comm centre, Megan, Miranda and James arrived at their apartment, which was thankfully unscathed. "Dad! Mum! Open the door, it's me!"Miranda yelled, frantically pounding on the locked door before it slid open. Aaron was standing next to the door with his Predator pistol drawn, and Megan, Miranda and James ran into the apartment, the destruction of Washington D.C. not going unnoticed by them.

Just as the door was about to close, Oriana, Miranda's younger sister, dashed in with a Predator pistol of her own. "Ori? What the hell are you doing here!"Miranda yelled in shock as she noticed her younger sister wearing the Alliance casual uniform. "I'm sorry Randa, but Ori wanted to keep her enlistment as a surprise until she was ready to tell you."Aaron apologized as Miranda stared at him and Oriana coldly while cradling a confused and terrified Zachary. "Come on sis, I'm not a little girl who needs protection all the time! Besides, it's not like I decided to choose 'prostitute' as my career path!"The youngest Lawson whined plaintively. “Guys, Admiral Anderson just ordered us to get our asses to the Normandy! Follow me to the dockyards!”Vega bellowed as he received the order over his radio.

“Wait! What the hell is my ship doing in Alliance HQ dockyards? Wasn’t it down in Langley?”Megan asked as they ran out of the room with Vega leading, his Predator pistol out as Carla and Aaron carried Zachary and Tabitha respectively took the middle, surrounded by Oriana and Miranda, whom Aaron had passed his pistol to, who had their weapons out, and Megan, who was alight with her biotics. They ran through the gutted Alliance HQ and towards the port as fast as they could, and they finally came to the Normandy’s docking bay, where Anderson, Ashley and Thomas were taking up defensive positions with rifles out while the Normandy’s engines were starting up . “Get in!”Anderson commanded the group as they ran in through the airlock as Thomas and Ashley followed them in.

“Anderson! Hurry up!”Megan yelled at her mentor while standing at the threshold of the airlock as he shook his head. “Negative! I’m going to stay here and direct whatever’s left of the Alliance! You saw some of those soldiers out there and there are millions more!”Anderson yelled back just as Admiral Miller dashed into the docking bay. “I can’t raise anyone! What the hell are you doing standing there David? Get on the damn ship!”The Commander in Chief of the Alliance Navy yelled at him. “I can’t just leave when Earth is like this!” “I need you to supervise Udina on the Citadel! We both know that he won’t get more than 2 steps before fucking the gig up! I’ll stay here and coordinate whatever forces we have left! That’s an order!” “Yes sir. Good luck out there.”Anderson sighed with resignation as he stepped into the Normandy before saluting. “You too Anderson. Oh, Megan, Miranda, you’re both reinstated to active duty.”Miller saluted the crew before he ran out of the hangar.

“Good luck to you sir.”Megan saluted to the Admiral’s retreating figure just as the airlock doors sealed and the Normandy took off. As Megan strode into the CIC, which was now cluttered with more equipment and had thick bundles of wires running across the floor at some areas, causing Miranda to shake her head in disapproval. “Hey Shepard, been long enough huh?”A familiar voice asked from the cockpit as Megan, Miranda, Ashley and Thomas turned to face the voice, which belonged to none other than Jeff ‘Joker’ Moreau. “Joker! Glad to see you’re back here!”Megan smiled as Erin Iverson, their AI who transferred herself into human form, swiveled her copilot’s chair around to face them. “Hello again Shepard. It’s good to see you again.”She smiled as Megan and Miranda noticed that she was wearing an official Alliance flight uniform with the rank of Junior Flight Lieutenant.

“Hi Erin. Good to see you here too, but we’re needed for a briefing right now.”Miranda returned the greeting as Erin nodded and turned back to her console. Through the cockpit windows, the group could see that hundreds of Reapers were dropping down to Earth while the Normandy flew off to space. “My God…how do we fight off something like that?”Ashley asked no one in particular as the group walked to the galaxy map. “Honestly, I have no idea besides trying our damndest-” “I’m sorry to interrupt you ma’am, but Admiral Hackett is on vid comm.”A beautiful brown skinned woman who was sitting at Kelly’s old terminal, which was now cluttered with half a dozen holoscreens, spoke up as the group looked at her. “Thank you Specialist Traynor. C’mon Shepard…both of you.”Anderson beckoned to the couple as he headed to the comm room, through a security field with 2 female guards manning it and into a completely unfamiliar room.

“Where’s the science lab? The conference room? And more importantly, where’s the armory?”Megan asked in confusion as they followed Anderson past a round centerpiece had several terminals around it and holo displays in the centre. "They've been replaced by this war room now. The war room is basically a high tech conference centre complete with a QEC that can transmit to several fleets at once. It was actually Miller's intent to make this my flagship, but it's now yours again Captain."The Admiral replied as they arrived in the vid comm room, which was blue hued instead of the usual QEC orange, and Anderson hit the receive button. "Shep-Anders-read-come-n"Was the garbled and static filled transmission coupled with a fuzzy image of Admiral Hackett that appeared.

"EDI, can you clear up this transmission?"Megan asked. "One second Captain. Done. Transmission should be clearer now."The AI replied over the ship's speakers as none of the new Alliance crew knew that EDI was also their blonde copilot, Erin, flying the ship with Joker. "Anderson. Shepard. Wish we were meeting under better circumstances, but this is urgent."Hackett intoned. "How's the situation at Arcturus?"Anderson cut in as Hackett just shook his head sadly. "Arcturus was destroyed by the Reapers. First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Twelfth fleet had to retreat. Second, Eighth, and Eleventh fleet were all completely destroyed to allow the rest to escape. We're now in the Horsehead Nebula, repairing the hell out of our ships. What's the status on Earth?" "Earth has fallen to the Reapers. All 6 fleets save for half of Fifteenth were obliterated. Miller gave the order for Fifteenth to retreat as they had more ships left."Anderson replied morosely.

"Dammit. We've just presided over the most humiliating and devastating defeats in all of human military history."Hackett lamented as Megan spoke up. "I know it's a monumental task sir, but we can fight back if we get everyone on board. And how's my mother?"The redhead asked. "Admiral Shepard is alright. The Orizaba was damaged in battle but managed to make it out with us. Hannah's got her crew repairing the hell out of her ship, and she's exhausted but otherwise ok."Hackett assured Megan. "Thank you sir. What's the urgent situation you were going to brief us on sir?"Miranda asked, getting the briefing back on track. "Just after we made our retreat to Horsehead Nebula, our Mars outpost reported being under heavy attack by Reaper forces. The most important part is that the squints there reported finding new data from the Prothean cache there. It was something pertaining to a weapon...and the Reapers."Hackett replied.

"The brains there think that they may have found a weapon that could defeat the Reapers?"The brunette Lieutenant Commander asked as Hackett nodded. "Exactly. Which is why I need you to get to Mars ASAP and rescue the researchers and the data. We cannot afford to lose them." "Got it. Anything else that we should know, Steven?"Anderson asked his weary colleague. "Good luck, and may God be with you."Hackett signed off as Anderson pressed the transmit button on the shipwide intercom. "Lieutenant Moreau, get us to Mars as fast as you can." "Roger that Admiral, we'll be there in about 10."The pilot replied as Anderson turned to Megan and Miranda. "Captain, LC, you've got 10 to get suited up. I know one of you always stays aboard the ship while the other goes planet side, but we're shorthanded here. I'll be up here on the Normandy providing support."Anderson commanded as both Megan and Miranda reluctantly saluted with an "Aye sir!"

As soon as Anderson dismissed them, they headed up to their cabin to say their goodbyes to their children and Aaron and Carla before getting ready for the mission. As soon as Aaron and Carla excused themselves and Megan and Miranda stripped out of their casual Alliance uniforms and down to their underwear, the woman with the pleasant British accented voice, who was apparently called Traynor, buzzed on their cabin door. “Ma’am? Am I interrupting?”She asked timidly over the intercom as Miranda opened the door while still in her underwear, revealing the Specialist standing there with 2 crates and a shocked expression upon seeing Megan and Miranda in nothing but their lingerie. “No. What is it, Specialist?”Miranda asked nonchalantly as she pulled her tank top over her lithe body while Traynor ogled at both Miranda and her redheaded wife who had just gotten fully dressed in a navy blue tank top and black gym shorts.

“I-um…ah, I’m Specialist Samantha Traynor, and…ah…Admiral Anderson ordered me to bring these up to you. They’re your old armor set, which wasn’t removed from the Normandy even while being refurbished.”Samantha stammered, her face bright red and blushing from seeing the 2 undeniably sexy women near-nude as Megan walked to her wife’s side as Miranda pulled her tight spandex shorts on. “Thank you Samantha, you can just call me Megan, and her Miranda.”The Vanguard smiled coyly, tilting her head to one side as she placed her hand on her hip. “I-um-okay…”Samantha trailed off in a small voice, obviously embarrassed yet turned on as Miranda cleared her throat. “Thank you Samantha. Are our weapons in there as well?”The XO asked, mentally rolling her eyes at her wife’s obvious flirting with the dark-skinned beauty. “Um, no…I don’t think so.”

“Thank you Specialist. You’re dismissed.”Miranda announced curtly to Samantha, who quickly scampered away while Megan moved the crates into their cabin and opened them. “Well I never…they actually kept our armor.”The Spectre smiled as she saw her old, hot pink suit of armor in one of the crates while the other held the matching armor that Megan had made for Miranda. “Really Cassie? You’re flirting with that Specialist whom you’ve just met when the Reapers are destroying civilization as we know it, and you’re doing it right in front of me too?”Miranda asked Megan, her tone hard and her arms crossed around her chest. “Oh relax Miri, it’s not like I haven’t noticed you constantly checking Lieutenant Vega out for the past year and a half.”Megan snorted as she put on her greaves while Miranda did the same.

“I was not!”Miranda scoffed in indignation as both women donned their armored gloves before tucking their breather helmets under their arms and heading to the lift. “Totally was.”Megan shot back as the lift doors closed to bring them down to the shuttle bay. As soon as the lift doors opened, Megan and Miranda saw Thomas, Ashley, James, Erin and to their shock, Oriana was there, fully armored like the rest and checking over her weapons. “Oriana Janine Lawson, what the bloody hell do you think you’re doing?!”Miranda snapped loudly at the youngest Lawson, who shrugged as she holstered her M3 Predator pistol. “What does it look like? I’m going down with you guys to fight.”She replied in her Texas drawl, acquired from living with her adoptive parents. “Are you insane?!”The older brunette screeched in outrage before Megan cut in. “Oriana, what combat training did the Alliance give you?”The redhead asked as everyone in the shuttle bay looked at them.

“Basic training, B4 level biotic training, and zero-g certification.”She replied as she loaded her X8 Avenger smoothly enough to convince Megan that she knew how to handle a rifle. Miranda, however, was still highly unconvinced. “And you think that’s enough to keep you alive against the Reapers?”She asked, her voice soft but chillingly cold. “Actually, I do. Stop worrying about me and let me go down with you guys, I can handle myself.”Oriana tried again before Thomas cut in. “Look Oriana, B4 biotic training is barely intermediate level training. You should really stay up here in the Normandy.” “I said I can handle myself! Besides, didn’t Anderson just say we were short handed? I’ll stay back if it’ll make you guys feel any better.”Oriana sighed as Megan nodded while looking through the selection of guns the armory had. “Alright then Oriana, you stay in the back and provide us with biotic support.”

“It doesn’t make it any better. Why do you keep insisting on going down there?”Miranda hissed as Ashley finally stepped in. “Look Miranda, I know how you feel about letting your younger sister engage in something real dangerous. But you gotta let her decide for herself.”The Latina said soothingly as she holstered her X15 Vindicator rifle alongside her X90 Indra sniper rifle, which was a new fully-automatic sniper rifle made by Kassa Fabrications for the N7 teams, and her M23 Katana shotgun. “Fine. You can decide for yourself, but don’t come crying to me if you’re badly wounded and paralyzed!”Miranda shot back at Oriana, her voice cracking despite her stone cold expression. “Miri…calm down.”Megan soothed as she turned to Thomas. “What weapons are here?” “Well, we’ve got some new rifles, but we don’t have any Collector Assault Rifles or Geth Pulse Rifles.”Thomas began.

“In addition to the X8 Avenger, X15, X76 Revenant machine gun, X96 Mattock…we’ve got the X7 Valkyrie, which is a sweet little bugger made just for N7s. Fires in two round burst and full auto, 40 round clip, and packs decent stopping power. Then we’ve got the airburst grenade launcher called the X37 Falcon that Mister Vega over here is packing in addition to his X76. You sure you’re good mate?”Thomas concluded as James nodded. “Don’t worry bro, I’m used to lugging all this weight. Not a problem.”The heavily muscled marine replied as Thomas just nodded. “What are these 2 shotguns, and what is this handgun?”Miranda asked, finally picking out her weapons as Megan took an X7 Valkyrie for herself before looking over the shotguns. “Angel, that right there is the S7 Eagle handgun. Full auto baby comes with a 24 round clip. The shotgun that looks like a mini Eviscerator ripoff is the M11 Wraith. Packs a bigger punch, but only got 4 shots compared to the Eviscerator’s 6, and the last one is the M7 Crusader. Just for the N7s once again.”James informed them.

“I’m sorry, what did you just call me?”Miranda asked as she holstered the Eagle and X7. “Angel. No offense LC, but it’s just a nickname.”James raised his hands as Megan cut in. “Alright, what’s so special about the Crusader?”Megan asked, holstering an S5 Phalanx before hefting said shotgun. “It fires a single slug as opposed to a cluster of pellets. It’s the most accurate and far reaching shotgun we have.”Thomas explained as a dark-skinned man approached them. “Captain Shepard, I’m Flight Lieutenant Steve Cortez and I’m the shuttle pilot as well as procurement specialist. The Kodiak’s warmed up and good to go.”He saluted as Megan returned the gesture. “Thank you Lieutenant. You heard him people, let’s go.”Megan said solemnly as Thomas holstered his X98 Widow alongside his X8 rifle, and Erin her X15 rifle before the team got into the shuttle and blasted off to Mars, ready for whatever the Reapers had in store for them there.

Final notes: Sorry for the lack of action in this chapter, but I promise the next one will have more! I would like to thank everyone who made the good effort to review the last chapter, and I’d love it if everyone who read this chapter could give it a review as well. Oh, don’t forget to create an account with yourfanfiction so that you guys can read all the awesome fics that’ll move there once FF. net starts its purge. See you soon!
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