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

Youre working too hard, Cheerleader. Jack said softly as she came up behind Miranda. The insult no longer held any venom or spite now it was just an endearment that Jack used to call her old lover. In truth they had -all- been working their asses offbut the young biotic was afraid that her girlfriend was going to burn herself out with all this medical shit. The ex-Operative had been working at the hospital all the time cleaning the wounds of the Commander and changing her dressings as they became saturated with blood. While Jack knew that no one else could rebuild Shepard as well as Miranda could, she also knew that there was a lot of pressure on the older woman from the Alliance so that they could have their goddamn hero back. And ontop of that pressure, Miranda had her own issues, such as the loss of contact with Orianna. It must be killing her inside Although her and Miranda had been estranged for a little while with the ex-Operative on the run and in hiding from Cerberus and were going through their own shit to get back together, Jack loved her enough to attempt to shoulder burdens where she could. Come onwhy dont you go to sleep back at the apartment, Ill watch Shepard for a little while. Wiry arms wrapped themselves around the older woman from behind and Jack gave Mirandas neck an affectionate little nuzzle before planting a tender kiss there. Shed definitely mellowed out in the time she had spent working for the Allianceshed gotten a lot better at handling matters with a delicate touch. Though, the temptation to cop a feel was too great and she gave Mirandas rear a light swat in an attempt to shoo her off so that shed go catch some sleep. As usual, when Jack came by to visit, she had a book with her. Shed heard somewhere that it helped to read to unconscious people, so whenever she wasnt out in the field, searching for survivors with her students, she took time to recharge her batteries by reading Shepard A Farewell to Arms by Hemingway. She plopped herself down into a nearby chair and began to read aloud The coward dies a thousand deaths, the brave but one The man who first said that was probably a coward He knew a great deal about cowards but nothing about the brave. The brave dies perhaps two thousand deaths if hes intelligent. He simply doesnt mention them --- Liara had been avoiding the Memorial Wall aboard the Normandy as though it were a rabid varren poised to strike. There was talk of adding Shepards name to it amongst some of the lower ranking crewmembers, but she couldnt bring herself to really entertain the idea. Shepard had to be aliveif her lover was dead, Liara would knowshe would have felt something, right? Oh Shepard Liara sight softly and wiped the tears from her eyes. She felt weak, helplessshe hadnt felt like this in such a long time, not since her mothers death. After defeating Saren with Shepard, Liara had become more confident and strong, so confident and powerful in fact that she had become a top information broker all on her own. Though with- her lover, anything was possible she had managed to take over the Shadow Brokers lair and gather all of his resources, using her connections with help with the war effort as best that she could. But nowwithout Shepard, she felt like all was lost. Repairs on the ship had slowly but surely been progressing. Liara desperately wished that they could get off of this planet soon. The colony was dealing with their own problems and it would be unfair to ask them for aid with the repairs on the Normandy. So the task of getting the massive Alliance frigate spaceworthy once again had fallen to its modestly sized crew. Communications were still down and it was impossible to send out a long range distress signal, even the colony was unable to get a message out. Not only had the Mass Relays been responsible for faster than light travel, they were also responsible for FTL communications. Liara left her office once she was sure that there would be no tears, and moved out towards the Engine Room where Tali and Garrus were working on restoring power to the Normandys drive core. The asari was not a tech specialist in the slightest, but Tali had an interesting idea that perhaps they could use Liaras biotics to jump start the engines. It sort of made sense she supposedthe drive core worked by generating huge mass effect fields in order to provide power to the ship. It was a much large scale version of what she herself did when she fired off Warps or deployed a Singularity. Tali? The maiden called as she peered about the Engine Room, blue eyes searching for her long-time friend.