Lore/Shae Vizla, Lilith Talon Shepard - Reunited

**Reapers**

*Shae briefly remembered another moment from her childhood... her sister. She had no idea where she was. In fact, she didn't even know how she looked like. She did remember her mother calling her Nak'ika, and her father calling her Naku. Other than that... not a clue. She wondered where her sister was... or if she even remembered her. Her only memory of her sister was that from when she was very little... a teenager boarding a plane to go to some school in another country. It was for the best, her mother told her.*

Lilith looked through the scope of her sniper down at the village. The Enforcers had taken the village not too long ago, and the Reapers desperately needed the ammo cache hidden in the village. It wouldn't be long before the Enf found the ammo dump... and got away with it. They needed to move, NOW.

She put her scout skills to work and identified as many targets as she could, noting that there were two majors on the ground for this operation. Interesting... she was under the impression majors are pricks that never risk their own hide. Well she was sure she still got half credit on that answer.

She radioed in to ground forces, "Six hostiles, two out of which are Majors. Proceed with caution, we only slightly outnumber them, and they are positioned in preparation of an attack."

The response buzzed through, "Roger that. Any idea who the majors are? This could be a good chance to end some Enf scum."

She looked through her scope again and recognized the father of former Reaper commander Meredith Michaels. "Major Shawn Michaels is down there... the father of you know who?"

"Roger that. Any idea who the other is?"

"No idea. She has flaming red hair... exactly like mine actually."

"Fuck... goddamn that's Major Naku Hatsumi... she's a goddamn good sniper. We gotta be sneaky on this one... alright tell us when."

"Now. We gotta go now."

"Roger that. Lemme check with the Avenger... and we're a go!" She waited for a few minutes, and the shots started ringing out. She held her breath and waited... and shot the first Enf who stuck out of cover, shredding his leg. The Enf Major darted out of cover and dragged the downed Enf back to cover.

She waited for a few more minutes, but could see no clear shots. The Reapers on the ground had suffered a few casualties while inflicting a few, but the battle had become spread out and confused. She slung her sniper across her back and drew her revolver, jumping from her sniping position to join the battle. She was behind the Enf flank, so they didn't see her coming, and she was able to make it to the buildings without getting caught.

She felt the hard barrel of a gun being pushed against her back. "So much for not getting caught..." she mumbled, recognizing the feel of the Delarado Coastliner Revolver.

"Up against the wall," a female voice with an accent much like hers commanded, "You're under arrest for crimes against the state." The voice then yelled, "Over here! I captured one!"

She took advantage of the major's distraction to quickly spin and... freeze. The major did not freeze and grabbed her by the neck, shoving her against the wall.

Lilith stared into the eyes of the Major. Hazel... just like hers. And her father's. The exact shade.

And the features of her face... her red hair... just like hers... and her mother's.

The major seemed to come to the same conclusion from her end... and her eyes widened and she whispered, "Sha'ika? Is that you?"

She now understood. The accent? A mando'ade accent, like hers. And it was no coincidence that she looked exactly like her. Still... it didn't seem possible... and yet, "Naku?"

The major gasped and then flinched as she came under heavy gunfire, letting go of Lilith to return fire. "Lilith! Get out of there!" She heard a Reaper yell from across the village.

Naku cursed and said, "Go Shae. We never met here." When Lilith hesitated, she shouted at her in mando'a, "Slanar! Viinir!" (Go! Now!)

Lilith nodded rather dumbly and sprinted into the woods. She then stopped and leaned against a rock to catch her breathe, looking back towards the now-burning village.

The village where she had just met her sister again... after 15 years.

**Enforcers**

Leo Hugos, the Enforcer recruiter on duty was still on the radio with the Enforcer high command, trying to determine whether or not it was legal to let a Reaper into the Enforcers when a Wilforce Trekstar with the sirens on pulled into the base, screeching to a halt in front of the two of them.

Leo apparently recognized the insignia on the jeep and stood at attention. Shae had just spent 3 months in exile... so her clothes and armor were still dirty and in tatters, and her hair looked like a birds nest, but she pretended to be all official looking anyways. The Enforcer stepped out of the jeep. Shae avoided looking at her face, afraid of being recognized. She stared straight at the Enf's shoulder, noting the major patch.

To her left, Leo saluted. The Major lifted her arm to return the salute, and Shae's eyes followed it to the major's face.

Her sister's face. Staring right at her with the same burning hazel eyes that belonged to herself and their father.

"Su cuy'gar... sister." Naku said to her.

"Su cuy'gar..." she replied. The Mando'a greeting had a literal meaning, "You're still alive", which did not escape either of them in this situation.

Naku strode up to her and examined her up and down, "You look taller..."

"Of course I do you di'kut it's been 15 years."

"You also look terrible."

"Well I'm glad to see you've been doing so well. Y'know... serving with the people who killed our father for how long now?"

"Oh you know that's not true. That's why you're here. You and I both know that he was framed... and you came here to clear his name. Well you should be glad to know that I already cleared it a while ago."

They stood staring at each other, both tensed as if about to fight. Naku had the advantage of size... and Shae was weak after having lived in a fucking destroyed house in the jungle for 3 months... but she could still win a fight if-

"Um... am i interrupting something?" Leo asked.

Naku relaxed, "No Leo. Kindly leave us for a second."

The Private walked away, looking quite confused. Naku looked her up and down one more time and asked, "Me'varr ti gar?"

Shae shrugged and replied, "Naas."

((What's new with you? - Nothing))

Naku suddenly laughed and hugged Shae. "It's so good to see you again Sha'ika."

Shae closed her eyes and replied, "It's good to see you too vod... wow it's been so long since anybody called me by my real name."

Naku suddenly grabbed her and held her at length, "You were with the Reapers? And you changed your name to Lilith? Me'vaan?!" ((literally: WTF?!))

"Yeah... it's a long story. But... I don't know."

She nodded, "We can talk more later."

Shae promptly responded, "No. No more talk about my time in the Reapers. You want to know about it? Talk to an intelligence officer. I'm sure they got plenty on me. I was the captain of the scouts after all."

Naku laughed, "Oh so you're that annoying besom ((rebel)) that kept buzzing us in pells whenever we tried to operate in Reaper territory? I was wondering how you ALWAYS managed to find us."

Shae smiled a little and shrugged, "It's in the blood I guess."

Naku's smile faded a little and she nodded, "Indeed it was. So you're joining the Enforcers? We're finally going to fight on the same side... as sisters?"

Shae nodded, "Elek, cin vhetin." ((yes, a fresh start))

Naku smiled and said, "Well then... let's get you to HQ then, shall we?"