Just Need Someone: Just Remember
Chapter 3
==Later That Day, Citadel Schooling Facility, 1400 hours==
News was slow to react to the attack upon Aura and Samara, it was only later in the afternoon when neither parent had arrived by 1400 hours to pick up their daughters that the school contacted C-Sec about the matter.
Ashley Williams was the next contacted to pick up the twins to take them home, the active Spectre listed as an emergency contact and care taker. Landing the hover car the twins innocent of the news of their missing parents yet ran to meet Ashley, "..Auntie Ash!" Sunra cried hugging the Spectre tightly with surprising strength for a five year old asari.
Rubbing each daughter's head crest she smiled down to them, "..Hey kiddos how was your first day of school?" She asked each of them.
"..Okies I guess, teacher Mayra was hard to get taught from." Sunra said in her own way of expression.
"..Yeah Mayra smelled." Milra giggled.
A clearing of a throat behind the twin asari caused each to jump and scamper inside of Ashley's hover car. Looking up the Spectre found a 200 some year old asari she guessed approaching. "..Teacher Mayra I presume?" She asked.
"..Indeed Spectre, thank you for picking them up at this late hour." Mayra said.
"..Yeah, we..." She paused closing the hover car door and lowering her voice, "..we began searches of the wards to find them both, only thing we found were their hover car near the Normandy Memorial and two odd piles of goo. No other signs of them from there. Cameras and comm lines were blocked for almost an hour after they left here for most of the Citadel's areas, no clue yet who did it." Ashley explained.
"..Will the Shepard daughters be returning to my school tomorrow?" Mayra inquired.
"..Yeah, I'm their god mother as it were, so you can bet they'll be here bright and early. How were they?" She asked.
"..Sunra is bright and strong for her age, though she seems to me to have a eagerness to learn that Milra could deeply take part in." Mayra said.
"..What do you mean?" Ashley asked.
"..Milra is impulsive, antsy, and hyper active, her discipline to stay in one place for more then a few minutes is...disappointing to say the least. She has a knack for getting into trouble even after this first day, and she seems to enjoy playing tricks upon the other children, I had to discipline her three times today. Before she settled down to her lessons." Mayra explained.
Ashley nodded some, running a hand through her hair. "..Well I'll be sure to talk to her when we get back to my apartment, any homework?" she asked.
"..Yes, each has five mathematics problems to have ready for review by tomorrow." Mayra answered. "..As well as reviewing basic biotic disciplines of Antara, each should have a data pad with the information they are to review. Though much of it was meant for her Mother to practice with them. If they are missing...well I can let the discipliens slide for now till they are found or...well you know." The teacher shrugged.
Ashley nodded, "..Yeah of course, thanks. Well best be going then, see you tomorrow." She said getting into her hover car after securing each twin into their belts.
The expected question was not long in coming soon after the twins got back to Ashley's moderate apartment near the Embassies. "..Where's momma and father?" Sunra asked.
"..Probably smoocheying." Milra giggled then made a 'yuck' face.
Ashley could not help but smile slightly, "..Aura and Samara are...on a small trip for a few days, you'll be staying with Auntie Williams till they get back." Ashley said hoping her lie would not be noticed by the twins, unlike Aura she had not the social cues to lie or ease out the truths of others.
Thankfully neither twin noticed and took the lie for its truth, "..Okies, can we eat? I'm hungry." Sunra politely asked.
"..Sure Sunra, what you two want?" Ashley asked leading the pair into the Kitchen.
==20 years later, Williams Apartment, Wards==
"..God Milra I can't believe you went and got that!" Ashley scolded the now 25 year old asari, who had gone and gotten a tattoo of a old Earth motorcyle with a half nude asari maiden riding off it with biotic flames crying 'Love Mother'
"..Oh come on it's not that bad!" Milra complained. "..Besides its too late to get it removed its permanent!" she said sticking her tongue out.
Ashley scowled, the past 20 years since Aura and Samara had been designated as lost and missing had not been easy for the god mother. While Sunra was fairly level headed and was easy enough to raise on the whole, Milra on the other hand was a lot like Aura had told her she had been when younger. She was a wild and in many ways untamed and undisciplined spirit who was eager to make her mark in society and the galaxy, added to that to further get out on her own. A detail that Ashley was forbidding till she was at least 30.
Sunra on the other hand was quiet and reserved, almost without a wild streak, oh sure she had her moments where she rebelled a times but was easy enough to either reign herself in or else submit to any disciplinary actions that came from her choices and actions.
"..Urgh," Ashley said in frustration, "..How much did that cost you?" she asked, mentally wondering if it was possible to get it laser removed depending on the quality of the work done. Inside, and privately she admitted the artwork was nice on some level.
"..4000 credits." Milra replied as the pair walked down a flight of steps.
"..Just how did you afford that! Your job at Zakera Arms does not pay enough for that in a month." She said pausing to glower at the asari.
"..I used your account as a Spectre." Milra shrugged as if it wasnt a big deal showing the Spectre issued credit card.
"..WHAT! OH SONVA..." Ashley swore loud and proud at the asari as she snatched back the card. Barely holding herself back from slapping the girl in anger.
It was only Sunra's arrival with a pair of small bags that likely saved the young twin asari from this fate. "..Um..Aunt Ashley?" Sunra's voice timidly asked.
Ashley turned taking a deep breath to control her response, "..What Sunra?" She replied.
"..I um, well just wanted to let you know I would like to try my hand at making dinner tonight so um, I bought...things." She said holding up both bags filled with fresh meats and vegetables of assorted varieties.
Milra taunted her twin, "..Oooh and how did YOU buy all that?" She said then flinched at the glare Ashley tossed her way.
Sunra though missed this and winced, "..I saved my credits up!" She said defensively, "..from my job as a dockworker!"
Ashely took another calming breath, honestly wondering how she kept her sanity these past 20 years at times. "..Thank you Sunra, your welcome to try your hand at it this evening. Come on let's get back home." She said tired from her own day of shopping and trying to keep track of the free spirited Milra.
As the trio walked back to the apartment, Sunra brought up the next topic of conversation. "..Um Ashley? The uh proms coming up next week and well I was...wondering if I could go?" Sunra asked.
"..Oh right! I forgot, I got to ask that hunky new transfer student to it, what was his name sis?" Milra asked excitedly.
"..Transfer? Oh um...Kloth I think." Sunra answered.
Ashley said nothing for the moment simply listening. "..Oh who you going to take sis?" Milra prodded for gossip.
"..Oh um, I am not sure Milra. I really was only going to go to you know help setup and stuff." Sunra said shuffling her feet as Ashley opened the door.
"..Oooh now I KNOW there's someone, come on who is it? Don't tell me its that Salarian engineer your always hanging out with what's her name? Oh, right! Maltow?" Milra prodded.
Blushing Sunra, shifted, "..Um no.." She said rushing inside with her bags of food in hand.
Milra laughed, only to be silenced by a glare from Ashley, "..At least she is asking me to go, by your own behavior you'll be lucky if I let YOU attend." Williams said.
"..What! Oh come on.." Milra whined.
"..Dont whine to me girl! You may be 25 now but I'll be damned if I just let you run off with some Krogan to a prom without superivsion!" She said.
Further conversation was halted though as both sniffed the air smelling something burning. "..What's burning?" Milra asked.
Then the alarms went off in the kitchen as Sunra screamed. "..ASHLEY! THE WATERS ON FIRE!"
