Jack's Reunion.
They all made it inside and Lenn unceremoniously dropped the impostor in a corner, turned around and said "Okay we're off to my ship and our home the Normandy, so have either of you ever come into contact with any aliens before?" They both shook their heads to say no. "Alright once we get aboard Grunt our resident Krogan will take that to one of our holding cells." She said pointing to the unconscious woman. "While we go up to our room to drop off your stuff then head down to the mess hall for some grub and a talk with Miranda. Just so you know what to expect we have an Asari Justicar named Samara, a Turian named Garrus, a Drell named Thane, a Quarian named Tali, a Salarian named Mordin, but just call him Professor, and the rest of my squad is human. There is Jacob, Zaeed, Miranda, and Kasumi." Lenn added.
"Don't forget Legion, our Geth." Jack added. That caught Trish's attention "Oh don't worry about him, he just stays in the AI room until he is needed." Trish relaxed. They soon arrived in the hanger of the ship and were met by Grunt who waited for everyone to get out before retrieving the woman.
"Grunt make sure she doesn't have any tracking devices on her." Stepping off the shuttle she pressed her ear piece "Joker get this tin can moving right now, plot a course for Hanglaz I need to talk to our favorite Prothean Expert about getting Jack's family somewhere safe and hidden."
They made their way to the elevator first to that captain's cabin then to the mess hall. Grabbing Miranda from her office they all sat at one end of the tables. "Okay Miri what else do you know about the project in Teltin?" Lenn asked
"Why, did something happen?" Miranda asked hoping she wasn't right.
"Well a woman had our mom tied up in her bedroom and had me try to deceive you into thinking that she was actually our mom." said Trish.
Miranda just stared at her until Jack said,"Yeah but it is impossible to pull the wool over Lenn's eyes." She smiled and grabbed her lover's hand. "We need to find out why she was there in the first place."
Lenn said returning the smile. "But for now it is time for the reunion to commence, Miri I will talk to you later."
"Aye, Aye Commander." Miranda said as she went back to her office.
Lenn said "Okay let's have some dinner and then head back up to the loft, there is a lot less prying eyes up there." With a unison nod they got in line to get dinner, they headed back to their table, ate and headed to the elevator. Once up at the cabin they all sat down on the couch. Jack was the first to speak.
"So how are we going to do this, because for the fucking life of me I am at a lose."
"Jacqueline Anabeth Walker, watch your langue around your sister." Kallen scolded in the true motherly fashion, which made Jack grimace and Lenn wear a shit-eating grin.
"You should have heard her when she first got here. She had a mouth that could make the most grizzled war-vet blush; this is relatively mild since then." Lenn said.
Kallen just looked at Jack then at Lenn and back again. Then she said "How did you know that woman wasn't me?"
"Well first of all when Trish had answered the door she had asked who was there, I had sent that message so you knew we were coming, so I was expecting the question 'Is it them?', then when she made herself visible I saw nothing that would show resemblance between a mother and her child, but when I saw Trish I could of sworn I was looking at a younger version of Jack, and while we were talking every so often she would look at the hallway that led to your rooms, it seemed like she was expecting you to get loose and reveal her. Even Jack knew she wasn't you, by the way your acting has improved quite a lot babe."
"Thanks Lenn I had a great teacher." Jack said with a smile.
"So... anyways when she said that I started to formulate the plan. Knowing Jack hasn't quite mastered the Stasis move and I have barley remastered any of the ones that I can do, to even think I could do it would be a bad idea altogether. Even with this handicap we were still able to get you both out. You did a good job Trish as well."
"Thank you for believing in my ability." She replied.
"Well if you are anything like you sister which I can tell just by looking at you that you are, you most definitely would have been able to do it." Lenn commented.
"So how did the two of you get together?" Kallen asked, "With all that has happened in both of your lives I'm surprised you would even talk to each other let alone date."
"Well when we first met on the Purgatory I was just a convict with a whole lot of issues, was very bitter, and had a very short temper. It has taken Lenn coming down to my old quarters after every mission she brought me on and then some to even admit what I just said. I was always angry; I honestly thought she was just trying to get in my head. She did things that I wasn't use to because for all my life on the run I was used for various reasons. She would come down and ask me about my time in the lab or something else about me and believe me there were times when I did want to kill her, like this one time when me and Miranda got into a fight Lenn had come in when I had just bioticly thrown a chair at Miri and started to yell at us. I had told her what happened then Miri said that I was a mistake and before I could get my hands on her, Lenn came out of nowhere and wrapped her arms around me which pinned mine to my sides so I started to thrash around, she is stronger than she looks.
The next thing I know I'm being dragged back to the elevator where she brought me up here and dropped me on the couch. I was furious and just when I was about to go after her, she simply said in her command voice 'Sit, shut up, stare at the fish, and listen.' Then in a calm voice said she understood why I was mad and I was about say something but she gave me the look she uses for the people she shoots at. That look was cold I knew if I didn't do as she said I would be out the airlock in a heartbeat so I just when back to staring at the fish tank. She told me about Akuze and how she the only one left of her unit or so she had thought when she found out that someone else from her unit was alive. She found out that he was a test subject as well and it was Cerberus that was running it. When she found him, he was a mess she tried to get him to come with her but he was too far gone and he raised his pistol to his head and killed himself before she could do anything. She told me she didn't want to see me end up like he did. He couldn't let go of his anger and in the end it got him killed, but I wasn't about to let her win. She must have saw me getting agitated because she then locked the door, grabbed me by the straps I use to wear and dragged me to her bathroom over there where she used her own biotics to turn on the shower and made sure it was ice cold, then she pushed me in.
Then she said "Feel that, that's what it felt like when I died this is what you will feel if you continue down this path. Now when I turn off the water and hand you a towel and let you pass that door I want you to leave everything that has happened in your past behind you and never go back. Then I followed her out and she let me go back to my hole to let me think about what happened. This was when I first realized I was falling for her." She said with a smile.
Lenn continued smiling back "Yeah but let me you it was like pulling teeth because we both were just as stubborn as the other. First thing I did was, I had this punching bag specially made to have the Illusive Man's full body on it and designed so if she hit it with a biotic punch or kick it would be completely destroyed..."pointing to the said item hanging in the corner. "and had it originally set up down in her old quarters and told her to use that instead of the crew and ship. Then once a day I would make sure that together we would go meditate with Samara and after she would sit and watch me as Samara helped me remaster my biotics. Like my old squad mate Liara would during my hunt for Saren. Then after missions I would send her up here tell her to turn on some quiet music, take a shower, sit on my bed, and meditate while I talked to Miranda and write my reports. When I was done I would grab dinner for the both of us and come up and gave her food that I got while I took my own shower.
When I came out I would eat on the couch, if she wanted me to sit with her she had to ask and only when she asked. If she demanded I would get up, pick up her tray, place it in her hands and tell her to go to her hole to finish eating. I have a very low tolerance for people that have little to no manners but I have a lot patience to teach them. I always told her that if she wanted my company later she was to ask Kelly to tell me that she would apologize and ask if she could come back up to talk and I would let her. I kept doing this for months and every once in a while she would slip up and quickly fix her mistake before I had to say something."
"How did you know that it would work?" Kallen asked.
"Well there was a time when I was exactly like Jack, granted I didn't go through the same⦠um, stuff but never the less I was just as bitter. I was only ten years old when my family was killed by the slavers that attacked Mindior and found out that I was the only one that was alive that wasn't taken. The Alliance marines that arrived had found me near the charred corpses of my own mother, my older sister, and my little brother. That was the last time I cried, well in front of another person alone or not. Being with Jack helped me remember the times I would spend with my family. Sure I have my friends from both Normandys but none of them really know much about my past except what they read on the Extra-Net. As to answer your question, when I first met Jack I could see similarities between my old self and her, it brought me back to a time a couple months after the attack.
I was in counseling to keep me from bottling it all up. My 'doctor' used similar techniques but hers were more gentle than mine, and no offence to you babe, all you knew was years of anger and abuse whereas I only lost my family, your pain was way worse than mine and with you being as stubborn and thick-headed as you are I had to adapt them to your needs. So you basically got the marine version." That comment earned yet another punch to her shoulder to which she just smiled and she pulled Jack to her and continued. "There were times when I couldn't take her with me and I know being cooped up in her hole-in-the-wall would give her time to think on the bad things that has happened which could've made her do a complete 180 on everything she has been able to let go. At least when she's up here, or out there on the field and not in her hole she didn't have time to truly remember them.
There were times when she was up here had fallen asleep while I was had some paperwork over at my desk she would start screaming and yelling in her sleep and depending what she said I could tell which one she was having. The lab was the most frequent. So instantly I would run over wrap one of my arms around her so couldn't accidently use a shockwave, use my other arm to lift her up so I could sit down and put her head on my shoulder. I would hold her until she stopped and during the whole time I would whisper in her ear that she not there anymore, that she somewhere safe and warm with someone that loves her and would never let her go back or never make her go back. Sometimes after she stopped thrashing she would just cry, and other times she would entangle her arms and legs with mine but eventually she would fall back asleep.
So knowing that being stuck here and not being able to stretch ones legs I also had to make sure that the both of us stayed sharp so when I would come back we would have a full contact sparring secession down in the cargo hold and depending on how sore I was already it would determine how much padding I would need. I knew full well it was going to hurt like hell but I knew she needed something to keep her head clear. After months of doing the same process over and over she had asked for some time to think, I never thought she would feel the same way so if she just wanted to be friends I would bury my feelings but one night my whole squad left the Normandy so Joker, our pilot, could run tests on some new tech we acquired. The ship was ambushed by the Collectors. They got everyone except him then we headed right for the Omega-4 we got there blew up the base, saved the crew, and cut ties with Cerberus with no causalities. Since then the only thing that really changed was Jack herself."
"What do you mean?" Trish asked.
Then Lenn turned on her Omni-tool looking for something. After a few minutes she found what she was looking for. "I took this still from my HUD footage the day she came aboard." She said as she showed them a Jack that was bald, that had nothing but belts that covered her breast on her top, and a padded jumpsuit from the waist down. They just stare at the still then at Jack and back again. They were in awe of just how she was able to change her. Then Jack yawned so Lenn said "It's getting late why don't we pick this up during breakfast. Jack you should show your mom and sis to the crew quarters and get them settled in."
Jack got up as well as Kallen and Trish who grabbed their packs "Ok, I'll see you in a few, babe." Jack said after kissing Lenn. She left with her family in tow. So now being alone for the time being she turned on some soft music. Soon Jack returned.
"So are you enjoying yourself so far?"
"Yeah and you were right, Trish is just like I thought I would have been if all this shit hadn't happened."
"That's good, and you have the chance to get to know them better because it will take a few days until we reach Liara's base."
"Thank you so much Lenn." Jack said walking towards her.
"Honey I told you months ago that you were worth it and that hasn't changed at all." Lenn replied as they got closer, then they kissed slowly stripping away their clothes then Jack said, "I love you Lenn, thank you for finding them."
"I love you too, Jack, and you don't have to thank me, I know what it's like not having a family and I have been without one for so long, but you're my family now and I wouldn't have it any other way." Then things got fuzzy as they tumbled around in the sheets.
Sorry that this Chapter is so long. I have never written a Fanfic before so your comments and advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you for reading
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