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

Someone has to. Anyone else would have gotten it wrong. Their relationship was an odd one, and one that Miranda cherished. She'd never thought she'd find someone who would like her. For many years the thought of courtship was one that spawned fragility. Would she find someone who'd like her for her personality and not for what her father made her into? Not to mention she was barren, a child would be an unaccomplished goal. She hid her insecurities behind her frigid mask and her productivity, meeting any attempts at getting to know her with wit and scorn. Then she met Jack and things changed. How it did was another story entirely. Suffice to say, she knew exactly where the scars started and the tattoos ended. She never thought she'd be with someone like Jack, someone who had hated her on sight. But after going through a suicide mission, fighting side by side with the convict, things had changed between them. In some ways they were more alike than either had realized. Both of them were made to be great. They had both broken from their chains. And deep down inside, they were good people that deserve to be loved. Sappiness aside, Miranda realized that she wanted to try to be in a relationship with Jack. She admired the biotic for her strength, for her will and perhaps her dirty mouth as well. Thanks Jack. She gripped Jack's hand with her own. After running around the galaxy shaking off her old boss, she never got a chance to reconcile with the biotic. Even before the last battle, all she knew was that Jack was on the ground giving support for Shepard. Miranda didn't even know if Jack survived until later, when they wheeled Shepard in. Miranda shot Jack a glare, her perfect genetic eyebrows raised and then she smiled. Alright. I'll go. No need to be so violent. The ex-operative shot one last glance at Jack before leaving. The biotic was right, she was burning herself out. Just a few hours of sleep and then she'll come back. ---------- No one would ever accuse Tali'Zorah of being a geth sympathizer, not when she shad her shotgun on her. She wouldn't be the first quarian and certainly not the last to have ill thoughts of their past servants. But she was a geth sympathizer, although truthfully it was more of a Legion sympathizer. After Legion's sacrifice she became the ambassador of sorts. The geth wanted to talk to her and only her. It left the young admiral in a capricious place. It was truthfully the only reason why she knew that something was wrong. The geth runtimes that were communicating with her all of sudden went dark. Then the Normandy jumped and EDI stopped responding. Jeff's crash landing was more landing than crash. Thankfully all the upgrades the Normandy went through to prepare the ship against the collectors kept them all alive. After the crash, Garrus took control and helped maintain order. With Shepard gone and Liara in emotional straits, someone had to take command. Immediately he organized search parties, and made repair rosters. Luckily they had landed on Eden Prime. Luckier still, the Normandy was fully stocked with food for dextro and levo. It meant she and Garrus won't starve. Not this month, or the next. But they couldn't stay here, not for long. They had to return to Earth. First thing she was tasked was to get the mass effect engines running. For that she needed something more than sticks and stones. She needed Liara to get her blue ass down here and make the largest singularity she could and then make it explode. That should theoretically give the drive car the spark it needed and then it would be self sustaining. Theoretically. That or it could blow them up. Garrus was helping calibrate. Without the AI, they all had to run double shifts to get anything working. EDI had ran more than the cyber warfare suite, she was the Normandy. Without her, the ship required a larger crew than it had. And more engineers definitely. The work made her not dwell on the war, on Shepard, on everyone else who are stuck in the Sol system. What happened to her people? To Earth? If she dwell on these thoughts she might work herself into a nervous fit. Garrus touched her elbow gently, as if sensing her thoughts. He was the moral suppot of the crew, stepping into Shepard's gigantic shoes. Yes, Liara? Tali looked up from her console. Alright. Let's get this started. She wringer her hands together nervously. They could potentially blow themselves up and make a new crater on Eden Prime. Or it could kill Liara. Keelah. Liara I need you to create the most gigantic ginormous singularity you can. Or was it a warp? There was a moment as the quarian composed herself. Better idea. I need you to mimic the reactions inside a drive core. Now... Tali gestured. It's going to be dangerous and delicate and possibly something that our grandchildren will be talking about. If we don't all die. Besides her Garrus bites back a laugh. Don't worry Liara. We-or rather Tali ran the numbers. It's going to be fine. Yes. We just need you to make a singularity and then to make it erupt, hopefully jump starting the drive core. Again she was wringing her hands, nervous habit really. Let's..make history.