Thread: Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end [1x1 with Javorcek]

All fleets! The Crucible is armed. Disengage and head to the rendezvous point. Admiral Hacketts voice crackled over the radio. Shepard had done it! She had activated the Crucible! But now they wereretreating? Liara blinked as her exhausted mind tried to come up with a reason why. Shouldnt they stay? Shouldnt they keep fighting, just incase? But she soon realized that no one actually -knew- what the Crucible did. For all they knew it would just set off a massive explosion, decimating anything and everything in its path. Which meantwhich meant that Shepard would be right there, right in the center of the destruction! They had to go back! Her life had been saved before by Cerberus because there had been pieces left to rebuild, but if she was right in the middle of the Crucible when it went off, there wouldn't be anything left to build off of! Joker, no! We cant....we cant leave Shepard. We have to go back. We have save her! Liaras unsteady legs had carried her right out of the medical bay, despite Dr. Chakwas pleas to have her lay back down she had torn through the ship, and sprinted straight to the cockpit in an attempt to keep them from turning around and away from the Sol system. If they left, it would be all over. She'd never see Shepard again... Never get those little blue babies... Dont worry, Im not leaving the Commander behind! Jokers hands quickly flew over the controls as he tried to set a course straight to the Crucible. He couldnt let the Commander die for himnot again She deserved better than that. I repeat disengage and get the hell out of here. Joker..its time to go... Ashleys voice was barely above a whisper, as though she didnt want to say the words herself. She gently rested her hand on the pilot's shoulder, giving it a soft squeeze to make him focus on the here and now. We made a promise Promise, what promise? Liara looked between the two of them as they exchanged secretive glances. What were these humans hiding from her?! Aye aye, Maam. And just like that, Joker was rerouting their course. WHAT PROMISE?! Liara shouted, much louder than she needed to in the small, cramped cabin. Her biotics flared uncontrollably, blue energy shimmering over her entire form as fear and frustration caused her to lose control of her powers. I cannot do this again. We were supposed to be happy together. There was supposed to be time This time It was supposed to be different. Oh Shepard... Her blue eyes welled up with tears and suddenly she felt like her head was spinning, like her mind was being knocked around by giant waves in a stormy sea The asari's knees suddenly buckled and gave way to her weight. She felt like she was falling, tumbling, only crash into an armored form, captured in a pair of strong arms that were so like her loversand yet not the same at all. We promised to keep you safe Was all she heard as her vision turned to black and she was enveloped in darkness. ---- Liara had woken hours later on one of the medbay beds. Her wounds from the final battle had evidently been more severe than she had thought, because Dr. Chakwas had hooked her up to an IV as well as several other monitors that beeped and hummed softly as they took her vitals. Apparently medigel had not been enough to treat her. Slowly, carefully, she sat up, her head was still spinning and she was afraid that she would black out once again. But she felt restless and laying down was so very, very uncomfortable. She didnt want to be still anymore, she wanted to know what was going on and to move, to help, to do whatever it took to go back and search for her lover. Its good to see that youre awake, Dr. Tsoni. You gave us quite a scare there. The old Doctor's voice started Liara. But she became relieved as the human slowly got up from her desk to check on her patient. I wishI wish to walk. Please. I-I need to I cant Words were very hard to form. Was she on some sort of medication? A painkiller? Alright dear, aright. Chakwas cooed softly, trying to help soothe Liara as her heartrate spiked into the redzone, causing the monitor to let off an annoying, high pitched beep. Ill let you upjust relax. You have to go slow. And with that, Chakwas unhooked Liara from the machines and wrapped her arm about the young maiden so that they could take a walk to calm Liara down. Come onIll help you outside. Weve landed. A bit of fresh air might help you. --- Wherewhere are we? Liara had to blink a few times as the bright light of the outdoors made her pupils constrict. She had left Chakwas' side, wanting to test out her body on her own. Eden Prime. Joker sighed dejectedly as he looked over the ships hull. This was not good, -really- not good. Most pilots would be proud of landing an enormous Alliance vessel without the whole damn thing exploding, but now they were stranded in the middle of a lush forest. The Normandy had sustained quite a bit of damage from the landing, not to mention from the beam that had seemed to be chasing them from the Crucible. EDI had said it was her faultthat the beam was looking for her, trying to seek out and destroy Reaper technologyand so she had powered down in an attempt to make the beam stop tracking the Normandy. Neither Joker or Tali had managed to get the unshackled AI to power back up again. Ashley stepped out of the ship and took a look around. Were The Spectre looked around, trying to collect her bearings. Shed been on patrol out herethe details were fuzzy, it had been a couple years ago, but there was no mistaking the foliage in this particular area. They were near the colony! Were not that far from the colony. Its probably about 50 kilometers due East. She smiled, this was good news, it meant that they wouldnt be stranded here forever. Me, Garrus, and Tali will go search for supplies. You guys stay here, see what you can get back up and running. I want to come too. When Ashley shook her head, the asari pressed on. Ashley I am fine, really, I can help, I- Liaraplease The newly promoted Spectre quickly interrupted the asari maiden before her pleas touched the marine's heart and she would not be able to stand firmly by her decision. Your injuries are still fresh, you need to rest. I want you to stay with the ship. Skipper told me to keep you safeIm not going to let you open up wounds and bleed to death. Now go. And then, the brunette's features softened because Liara looked as though she were going to burst into tears. We're going to get this ship up and running and go back as soon as possible to find her, I promise. Liara could only nod and bite her lower lip in order to keep the sob that was tickling the back of her throat from coming out. So many people had made her so many promises...