Old Memories and Some New Part 3
They arrived and walked over to Zaeed's quarters. "Hey Commander, what's up?" He asked while standing in his usual spot.
"Zaeed did you have a younger brother who got married and had some kids?" Lenn asked,
"Yes I did he died during the attack on Eden Prime. He changed his name at my request to Walker I think, why?"
"Because your sister-in-law and nieces are on this very ship that's why." Lenn replied. If he wasn't confuse when the three women entered his room he was now.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Jack walked up him planting herself right in front of him, and then she lifted her new locket and opened it to show him the picture of her father. Still confused he looks at the picture inside her locket then he looked over to Kallen and it finally dawned on him, "K-K-Kal, Kal is that really you?" She was a little unnerved by his one eye but she could recognize his voice.
"Zee, my god! It is you. I haven't seen you since I was 18."
"So that means Jack is my niece." The women nodded to him, scoffing he said, "So where is the other one."
"Trishiana is with Tali over by the engineers." Kallen replied proudly.
"Well let's go get her and head up to Kasumi's room for some drinks." Lenn said as she laughed.
"I hope she restocked that bourbon." Jack said with an impish smile.
"Jack if you have more than six shots of that stuff you will be banished to the couch until we get to Liara's." Lenn said with her 'command' voice which left no room for arguing.
"Why are you telling she can only that many?" Her soon to be mother-in-law asked, as they walked out of Zaeed's room to go get Trish and Tali.
"Well after destroying the Collector Base we all went to Kasumi's room to celebrate, that's when your lovely daughter here thought it would be funny to drink a whole bottle of bourbon that had a really high proof. I think she only drank about two-thirds of it because the next thing I know, I'm chasing her around the crew deck while she running around with nothing but her bra and underwear with a sheet she stole from Kasumi's bed tied around her neck. By this time she's screaming at the top of her lungs "Na, na nah, na, Batgirl, Batgirl." She keeps screaming it for almost an hour, but I finally caught her ass with my biotics. I had to drag her back to the room to grab her clothes and give Kasumi her sheet back and we retired for the night. The next morning I was dealing with a side of her that I would rather prefer not meeting anytime soon."
"Oh come on I wasn't that bad." Jack sighed.
"Babe remember when I told you, that you can be rather difficult sober or possibly after already having a couple shots" She nodded, "Yeah well those to me seemed to be like a walk in the park compared to the hangover that stuff gave you."
"How bad are we talking?" Kallen asked.
"Severe bouts of nausea, her describing a headache where it felt like someone cracked her skull and was using rib spreaders to rip it open more, oh and I can't forget about her even shorter temper than usual. She made sure I remembered that part because she dislocated my shoulder while I was trying to get her to sleep it off. It was not a pretty picture. Every time she would run to the bathroom I would rub her back during her dry heaves but sometimes as soon as I touch her, she would flare her biotics and I would have to activate my own just in case. After that I had made her go back to bed so I could go make her a special recipe that my best friend Ashley made for me one time when I had a serious hangover. She got pissed because I told her what to do, and she tried to leave the room.
I wasn't about to let her loose on the crew so I had to lift her into the air with my biotics, and yelled 'KNOCK IT OFF JACK! Go after the punching bag if you want but you are not to leave this room.' I put her back down and left while locking the door just in case. I went down to the mess and made her some ramen that had her favorite meat and veggies and a special ingredient I actually had to challenge Ashley to hand to hand for her to tell me. Then I put it in a bowl and went back up, as soon as I get out of the elevator I could hear the chain on the bag rattle and I thought I was safe. I was dead wrong, because as soon as that door unlocked and opened I had to jump out of the way to avoid the bag that came flying at me. She knows I really hate it when I leave her for five minutes to do something and come back just to dodge that damn thing," She sighs and continues.
"I just can't find a chain strong enough to withstand her bio-kicks and punches. The strongest that I have found so far can only take three maybe four hits depending on how much she puts behind anyways I dodge the bag again and lifted it to bring it back inside the cabin then I made her sit on my lap, gave her the ramen and while she ate I rubbed her head and back…"
Jack continued "After I finished the ramen I was feeling a little better, but because of the hangover I got pissed because she locked me inside so I put the bowl down, I start to yell at her and I tried to hit her. But I forgot that when I get hangovers it would slow me down and normally we are equals in our reaction time so when I tried to hit her she was already out of the way. She had gotten behind me, grabbed me, and somewhat roughly threw my ass on to the bed then jumped on top of me and pinned my wrist on either side of my head and stayed far enough away so I couldn't head butt her. I continued to try and fight her but she had more endurance from her training to keep me in place. So I was just wasting energy and I ended up exhausting myself and once I stopped she rolled to the other side of the bed so she could regain her breath. We were both tired but before we fell asleep again I punched her with all I could in the shoulder and said 'Don't fucking lock me in here again.'"
Lenn rubbed the indicated shoulder and said, "And I just pretended to act like it didn't hurt, when it actually left a bruise there for a month and it was the same arm I had used to catch her before she fell to her untimely demise back on the Collector base. Even though she doesn't weigh much using one arm to find something to grab a hold of to stop the both of us dislocated the one I caught her with and nearly did the same to the other. It still gives me problems from time to time, but I brought it on myself. I should have stopped you when you got half way through that one bottle but watching you run around like that was so worth what I had to go through.
Zaeed can back me up on the bruise she gave me because he, Jack, and I had trained on the gun range the next day and I couldn't even hold my assault rifle right because she bruised it so bad." While Jack and Zaeed talked to Trish, Lenn whispered into Kallen's ear "If you and Trish want to see that moment I recorded it on my Omni-tool, you have got to watch it just don't tell her I have it. Its prime blackmail material for when she acts up." Kallen whispered back,
"I want to watch it send it to my Omni-tool. I'll show it to Trish later." They both giggled.
"What are you two whispering about?" Zaeed asked with Jack, Trish, and Tali in tow.
"Oh I was just telling her about that time when I came down to talk to you and you were talking about that time in the Krogan DMZ and you wished you had someone like Jack with you. What was it you called her?"
With fear in his good eye he said "I said I wished I had a 'Destructive little bitch' like her." Jack just looked at Lenn then back to Zaeed and said with a shrug,
"Eh, well I can't blame him for speaking the truth now can I? I will that slide once Uncle Zee." Zaeed made an audible gulp when Jack looked at him with her 'fuck with me, I dare you' smile plastered on her face. A few moments passed then everyone broke into a fit of laughter.
"Yes ma'am!" Was all Zaeed could manage to say.
"So let's go up to Kasumi's, grab some bottles, and head to our cabin." Lenn said,
"Why?" Jack asked.
"Because I'm not in the mood to be chasing your cute drunk ass around the crew deck and I don't think everyone would enjoy your loss of volume control when everyone is trying to sleep."
"Can Tali come too?" Trish asked.
"Oh, I don't want to impose…"
"Tali shut up and come with us." Jack said.
"Okay." she replied and they headed up and did just that. Now sitting and enjoying the alcohol as they laughed. When EDI's voice came over the intercom, "Commander there is a woman here at the refuel station that wishes to come aboard."
"That has to be Ashley. Thanks EDI, I will be right down to greet her."
"Understood Commander, logging you out."
"Well I have to leave for a bit I will be right back." She said as she picked up Jack so she could stand and leave. Now down in the CIC she makes her way to the airlock which is in the end of the decontamination process. The doors open to show Ashley Williams in her specter armour and her hair down.
"Welcome aboard Operations Chief Williams." EDI greeted and left Ashley confused.
"That's EDI our onboard AI and don't worry she part of my crew and I trust her." Stopping Ashley from interrupting her. "Come on let's get your stuff to your quarters and head up to my cabin for drinks and you can met Jack and her family. Oh, and Tali is up there too so hurry up."
"Aye, Aye skipper lead the way." She replied as Lenn guided her to the elevator, they dropped off her stuff, went straight back up to the cabin, and walked in. Ash stopped at the steps and Lenn went to stand next to Jack.
"Ashley you've already met Jack and you remember Tali but there are so new faces here." She said as she pointed to each of them "This is Kallen and Trish Walker, they are Jack's mother and sister. And this old man is Zaeed Massani, gun for hire and Jack's uncle. Everyone this is Operations Chief Ashley Williams the woman that helped me take down Saren along with Liara, Tali, Garrus, and Wrex."
"Hello Ashley." They said in unison.
"Well Ash come down here and celebrate with us." Jack said as she sat back down on Lenn's lap. She did come down and she walked over and went over to Tali to give her a hug.
"How have you been Tali?"
"I've been great I almost got exiled if Lenn wasn't with me." Trish just nodded to her and she returned the gesture. She walked over to shake hands with Kallen and Zaeed and said,
"It's an honour to meet one of Lenn's new squad that helped her defeat the collectors and her fiancé's mother."
"Thank you Ashley" Kallen said.
"It's great to finally meet one of the people that help her take down that reaper." Zaeed said.
Ashley sat down next to Lenn and Jack and had a drink of the stuff Jack was drinking and she coughed as the stuff burned down her throat. "God what is this stuff?" she asked Jack replied with a smirk.
"That is the best Bourbon I have ever tasted."
Lenn said as she help Ash get control of her breathing "Go easy on that stuff or you might end up like Jack did and most alcohol doesn't affect her like this stuff did." Ash gave her a questing look, "Don't ask, but long story short let's just say she got so drunk on this stuff instead of falling asleep it made her strip to her knickers and run around thinking she was a comic book super hero. The next morning I was mauled and bruised, but it was totally worth it."
"How did you deal with her hang over? From what you told me she has a really bad temper."
"Oh I still have my temper I just use that punching bag over there in the corner if I need to get violent." Jack said,
"Then how did you bruise Lenn?" Ash asked.
"I let my guard down when we were about to fall asleep. From now on if that happens I am going to wait till she's out cold before I fall asleep."
"Yeah, I guess you have to. So Trish, are you a biotic like Lenn and Jack?"
"Yes ma'am I am and I'm as powerful as my sister."
"Wow that's saying a lot." Jack said with a proud smile.
"How did everyone react to the two of you getting engaged?"
"Well Miranda, my XO and Jack's Maid of Honor, knocked the wind out of her when she jumped her."
"Yeah and Tali knocked Lenn over after Miri tried and failed."
"Wow you knocked Lenn over?"
"Yes I did." She replied proudly.
"Yeah she came out of nowhere and glopped me like fan-girls would in comic conventions." Lenn said as she rolled her eyes and smiled.
"Hey Lenn since Ashley is here now why don't you tell her what you were going too before you know what happened." Jack said as she nudged her elbow into Lenn.
"Yeah I think your right. The next few months are going to be hell."
"What is it you need to tell me, Lenn?"
"Well Ash after we defeated Saren I had used my Specter status to get your family off the Blacklist and for your granddad to be called what he really was, A Hero. He saved a lot of lives and I made sure the Alliance made it official. I wanted to make sure you had all the same possibilities I had. The night the SR-1 got attacked was the night I was going to tell you, and I never had the chance. Then there was Horizon and we were at each others throats so if I told you, you wouldn't have believed me and probably would have said I was just trying to kiss your ass, and I wasn't about to send a message. No, I had to tell you this in person. It makes me mad I had to wait this long to tell you."
"What... your the one...why?" Ash sputtered out.
"Because remember when we were talking earlier when I told you we were exactly the same except for the N7 training." Ash nodded "Well I wasn't kidding, you know I was on Akuze, and you also know about Mindior, and that I was the only one left alive on both planets. Remember Eden Prime you were the only one left of your unit and the pain of loss just like me and everyone in this room. What they did to him was wrong and to not be able to move up the ranks because of your last name and not because of your skill is even more so. Besides I just lit the fire, it was your ability that got you promoted and was made a Specter."
"Wow, thanks Lenn that means a lot."
"There is no need to thank me. You've always been like a sister to me in more ways than one and I have always taken care of my family. Take Tali for example, she was almost exiled from her home. I was her defender at the lame excuse of a trail. It was only about their war with the Geth. One of the Admirals wanted to blow them up, another wanted a peaceful compromise with them, and the last one wanted to make them slaves again none of them cared about Tali or the fact she just lost her father as evidence of telling her right in the middle of the trail."
Then Tali piped in, "She got so mad that when they asked her what evidence she had found on the Alliri she calmly walked up to the podium and started to yell at each of them. When she finished she looked back at me and I could see that one vein that pops out of her head when she's pissed through her helmet."
"I was also able to convince them not to go to war with the Geth by showing them how well she and Legion get along, sure it hasn't been easy but I made sure everyone on this ship had been taken care of. That also went for you, Liara, and Wrex because even though you guys couldn't come with me I did my best to help each of you. For you I'm going to help you talk to Liara and I did that previous stuff, for Liara I personally took down the Shadow Broker for her and saved her friend, as for Wrex I'm still trying to figure out how to help him."
"Hey speaking of the over grown alligator, how is he? Does he approve of Jack?"
"He is Head Clan leader of the Urdnot and other clans, and yes he approves, he was totally blown away after Grunt's rite. He couldn't believe that someone like Jack could help me and Grunt take down a Thresher Maw with her old attire, biotics, and a shotgun and have not a single acid burn on her, let alone still be alive."
"I would have been pissed if I did get hit, it would have messed up my ink."
"Yes it would have and not only that, you would have been in more pain then ever before. Their acid is nasty stuff. Not only that I don't think I could go through with what could have happened. I know you weren't afraid about dying but that would have been a very slow death and all the pain you have experienced from your years in that lab and on the run combined would still pale in comparison from it. If that alone could break me then the flashback to Vee and that night would have killed me."
"Who's Vee?" the gun for hire asked and everyone but Jack looked at her waiting for an explication.
A/N: Hey Guys. Here is my 7th chapter for you if you still wondering about the mystery woman she be back in the next chapter possibly. I not quite sure though. Please Read and Comment. Reviews are very welcome. Well until next time.
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