Miranda had just managed to get Benny to take a nap after getting home and shortly after that she'd immediately went through the messages Jack had sent her. From her terminal she was able to decipherer the older Cerberus methods from the messages. As she worked she kept noticing that the methods were changing more with each passing message. At first they were straight forward and demanding but halfway thought they changed to a more subtle threat.

By the ninth message she was sure that Cerberus was behind this and she had a faint clue to what there next step would be.

"Miranda! where are you?!" she heard shortly after the slamming of the door.

"At my terminal" she said knowing full well that in Jacks angry panic she'd tear the house apart if she didn't receive an immediate answer. Seconds later her door was thrown open as Jack rushed to her side squeezing her for reassurance she was okay.

"You got the messages right, can't believe those bastards are threating the academy to let me go. Then they have the nerve to try and recruit you." she started pacing mumbling about what she would do if she saw them.

"Jack calm down."

"Calm down! I can't calm down Miranda not with Cerberus ruining our lives!" in her anger she punches a hole in the wall. "I should have gone with Shepard and dealt with them myself."

"And leave your pregnant wife alone with an asari child. Do you have any idea who worried I'd be with you gone and people coming after me?" she knew it was a low tactic but it was the only way she would ever get Jack to calm down.

And as she watched Jack's face go from anger to guilt she knew it worked.

"I know getting angry isn't going to help but Miranda it's all I know how to do. You're smart and resourceful to come up with a plan, all I can do is get angry and charge them like a psychopath." She sat down on the bed not knowing what to do.

Miranda sat down next to her "Jack you're more then just angry biotics you're my protector. The only reason I have times for plans is because I know you'll keep me safe while I think. Without you as my rock I'd be a mess."

Jack looked away embarrassed by her wifes words but thankful for them.

"So did you find anything?" she said after regaining her tough composure.

"It's definitely Cerberus but from the looks of it they'e changing their tactics. In the past when they wanted to bring someone to their side they used one of three methods. The first was to show that Cerberus was the right path for humanity, if that didn't work they'd stage an attack by aliens and swoop in and rescue them earing their favor and if that didn't work they'd resort to threats and kidnapping to get what they wanted."

She could't help clenching her hands as she remembered the many recruitments she'd done in the past. Most of them had been the first two methods but she could sill remember the few kidnappings she'd been part of.

Jack saw the distant look on her wifes face and instantly knew what she was thinking.

"Babe I know what your thinking but it's all in the past now."

"I know but I can't stop myself from thinking about it. Anyway I'll get in touch with Jacob to see if he's been having the same problem."

"Okay" as Jack was about to get up she felt like she was being watched and when she turned around she saw a light blue head duck back behind the door.

"Benny I know you're there." moments later a blue head poked around the corner slowly.

"I heard yelling." Jack sighed before waving her over. As soon as she got close Jack scooped her onto the bed.

"Listen Blue what you heard was me just letting out some steam."

"Why?"

"Because I got some bad news and acted on impulse."

"Like when daddy destroys her models when she makes a mistake. Momma is always saying for every one she buys she throws away two." Jack laughed a she imagined Sheaprd making a little mistake and then throwing her prized model away and starting again.

"Yeah something like that, but Benny this problem is a bit harder to deal with."

Benny could tell from her aunts face that this was serious. Her father had a similar expression whenever someone mentioned the war or reapers.

"Is it those people from cerbros?"

"Cerberus dear" Miranda corrected "And how did you know about that?"

She looked away not wanting to speak.

"Benezia" she turned back to her aunts knowing them using her full name meant they were serious.

"I heard you talking about them, am I in trouble?" She hadn't meant to eavesdrop but when she heard yelling she wanted to know what it was about, before she could stop herself she was listening to her aunt yell about them.

"Normally you would be but we'll make an exception this time. But Benny your parents have told you that eavesdropping is wrong." Miranda said sternly

"Okay... but are people really coming after you?" neither Jack nor Miranda answered and their silence told Benny everything.

She panicked and threw her arms around her aunt. " No! I don't want bad things to go away!" hearing her niece's voice filled with such worry and pain pushed Miranda's already unstable emotions over the edge and she picked up a crying Benny and held her close to her chest.

"Don't cry Benny we're not going anywhere." as she tried to calm Benny down Jack could only watch. From her point of she was seeing a vison of the future as her wife calmed down a crying child, it filled her with hope and anticipation.

As soon as Benny stopped crying Jack got up and joined in the hug.

"There's nothing to worry about blue, it take nothing sort of an army to drag us away and besides your dads taking the fight to them."

"She is?"

"Yeah so don't worry."

"Okay... can I sleep with you guys tonight?" She believed her aunts but that didn't completely stop her worries.

"Sure go get ready." as soon as her feet touched the ground she ran to her room to get ready. When Jack knew she was out of range she turned to Miranda and deeply kissed her.

"Jack what was that for?"

"Cause I felt like it now send the message to Jacob before Benny gets back." they'd deal with this in due time but right now they had more important things to deal with.