As much as I would like to own them, all characters and main plot belong to BIOWARE - I own nothing. No copyright infringement intended. This is purely for entertainment purposes. All writing is my own.
Thx for the love everybody. I really appreciate it. Special shout out to CloudGazer15 for the all the love. Thanks to MechaWolfX for the great ideas. Couldn't have done it without your input! On with the next update and my interpretation of the 'mysterious' mission that they go on...
Elise Shepard had been in the med bay for two whole days. Miranda was right by her side, only leaving when she had to sleep and eat. When she wasn't there, Ashley was watching over her. Shepard told Ashley to watch the ship for her so that Miranda could be with her. The marine happily oblidged and took over.
Chakwas entered the med bay, capturing the attention of Miranda and Shepard. She happily walked over to them and stood beside Elise's bed.
"Commander Shepard. It's good to see you awake and happy. I have good news. You are free to go and rest in the privacy of your cabin. EDI will monitor you, but you can now leave the med bay. I'll leave you two alone so that Miranda can help you get dressed." She smiled happily at the couple.
"Thank's doctor" Elise smiled as the doctor left and pulled the curtains around them so that they were in private.
"Ok, let's see if you can walk." Miranda helped Elise get out of the bed. She watched the commander take a wobbly step, catching her before she fell. "I think you'll need crutches." Miranda chuckled.
"Great. Joker's gonna joke the hell out of this." Elise pouted.
Miranda helped the commander get dressed, putting her basic N7 BDU's on. When she had finished, she pulled back the curtains, asking Chakwas for some crutches.
Elise limped into her and Miranda's cabin, heading straight for the bed. She threw her crutches on the floor and spread herself out. She looked up when she realised that Miranda was still stood by the wall divider.
"Are you joining me?" Elise rubbed her sore eyes.
"I'm supposed to be looking after you, not laying with you."
"You don't know how much it helps when your beside me. If your gonna look after me, I want you right beside me." Elise propped herself up on her good arm.
"Ok." Miranda made her way towards the bed. She sat down in the empty space under the covers, letting Elise rest on her lap. Miranda pulled the covers up over the two of them, making sure that the two of them weren't putting any pressure on Elise's wounds. As Elise drooped herself over the operative, Miranda slowly caressed the commander's shoulders, easing away any pain that she had.
"I love you Miri" Elise then drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
2am...
Miranda was now changed and in the bed resting. Elise was curled up next to her in her arms. Miranda was startled out of her peacful slumber when Elise wrinkled her brow in pain and shifted in her arms. She started murmuring and moving more rapidly as if she was having a nightmare.
"Elise..." Miranda whispered, hoping that she could calm the commander in some way. Although it wasn't happening. "Elise..." Miranda tried again. Elise slowly opened her eyes, tears now running down her face. "What's wrong?"
"It's painful"
"What's painful?"
"My wounds" She convusled in pain, curling up into a fetus position. Her sobs were muffled by the pillow.
"EDI. What is wrong with Shepard?" Miranda leant down, trying to comfort Elise.
"I do not know. I recommend making your way down to the med bay and consulting doctor Chakwas. I will tell her to arrive there now." EDI signed off, leaving Miranda to try and get the commander down to the med bay.
"Come on. Let's get you down to the med bay." Miranda said, helping Elise stand up. She didn't care that she was in her pyjama's, she just wnated to make sure Elise would be ok. She handed her her crutches and they quickly made there way down to the crew deck.
Miranda rushed Elise in, helping her lay down on one of the beds. The commander convulsed in pain once more as she lay on the bed. Chakwas rushed in and straight over to where Elise was laying.
"What happened?" she inquired.
"I don't know. She woke up in pain and it just got worse all of a sudden." She tried to keep the commander held down.
"Ok. Let's have a look" Chakwas scanned the commander with her omni-tool. She immediately gave her a drip. "This should ease the pain" she watched as the commander finally settled. "Scans show that the wounds are infected. I'm sure we got every last bit of that husk blood out. I'll be having serious words with my medical team. EDI, was Mordin successful in creating that counter measure in case this happened?"
"Yes. He left it on your desk doctor" Chakwas immediately ran over to her desk, picking up the vile of blue liquid. She made her way back over to Elise's bed and inserted it into one of her arms. She scanned the commander as the counter measure made it's way through her blood stream
"Ok, it should kill off any remaining infectious bacteria. Then, we can treat the commander for her infection." Miranda nodded and watched the doctor go and fetch a med kit. She came back and unbandaged all of Elise's gastly wounds, revealing bright read gashes across her body. "She'll be lucky if that doesn't scar." Chakwas stated, admiring the huge wounds on Shepard's body.
"What about her heavy skin weave upgrades?" Miranda looked at the doctor pensivly as the wise woman treated the infection.
"It won't help. Those wounds are deep. So deep that I predict that she'll have permanent scarring. I'll leave you two alone. I think that she's stable. Call me if you need me. I suggest she stay here until morning. Then, I'll see if she can leave." Chakwas got to work on re-bandaging Elise's wounds.
"Thank you doctor. You'll never know how much this means to me" Miranda looked back at a now sleeping Elise. At least she wasn't in pain anymore.
"It's ok. Shepard's a friend of mine. I'm happy to help. Good night Miss Lawson" She turned to leave, yawning in the process.
"Good night doctor Chakwas." Miranda watched the old doctor leave the med bay, dimming the lights as she left.
Miranda turned back to Elise and sat on the chair next to the bed. She took the commanders hand in hers and gently caressed it with the pad of her thumb. It comforted her in some way.
'How did this ever happen to you? It was supposed to be a simple pick up mission damn it! Not a suicide mission. That's still to come. God, how will I survive if you don't? I hope you survive this Godforsaken mission or I won't be able to live with myslef. I doubted you at first. I doubted the fact that you could get the job done, but you proved me wrong. You've changed me in so many ways and I'll never trust another human being like this for the rest of my life. I never thought that you could be the one. I never saw it coming. God, I hope you survive.' Miranda thought as she looked at Elise's now peacful face. She was broken out of her thoughts as she heard Elise's quiet and husky voice.
"Hey." Was all she could manage to say.
"Hey." A tear ran down Miranda's face as she leant over and kissed Elise on the forhead just above her wound.
"Don't cry" She squeezed down on Miranda's hand, comforting her.
"I'm sorry," Miranda sniffled. "It's just that I don't know what I'd do if you don't survive this suicide mission. The IFF mission was supposed to be a simple pick up mission, not a suicide mission. If this is you getting injured on a simple mission, how are you going to survive when we hit the collectors once and for all?" Hot tears poured down Miranda's face. Elise used all of her energy to sit up, pulling Miranda into a comforting embrace.
"Don't cry. Please don't. I can't stand it. Don't worry either. We'll all be fine. We have the best team. They won't let us down, and they won't let each other die." Miranda cried into Elise's bare but warm skin.
"I know, but promise me one thing." Miranda slightly pulled away to look Elise in the eyes.
"Yeah?"
"Don't leave me. Your the most important thing I have in my life. The only person who I've ever really loved. Please, just don't die on me. I wouldn't survive if you did." The operative cried even more, straining to get the words out, choking back on her sobs in the process.
"I won't I promise. I haven't stayed dead yet have I?" That earned a smile from the upset woman. Elise pulled her closer, feeling Miranda's hot breathe against her bare skin. Yes, she was wearing a bra.
Two weeks later...
The encounter in the med bay had been emotional. It scared the hell out of the Miranda, but Elise didn't have anymore problems after that. They had docked in the citadel, checking her into a proper hospital to make sure that she was really ok and fit for duty. Once she had the all clear, she was allowed to board the Normandy to continue her mission.
Elise watched the Normandy pull out of the citadel through the windows in Joker's cockpit.
"Ok Joker. Set a course for our next mission on Serao, I want to be there as soon as possible. Oh, and start installing the IFF. We can't waste anymore time than we already have."
"Aye Aye Commander. I'll set a course immediately." He spun round in his seat, setting a course for their next destination.
Elise turned and made her way over to Kelly. She was glad that she could walk without crutches anymore. Joker had harassed her the whole time that she had them. But, he wasn't laughing when she threatend to throw his crippled ass out the airlock. He completely stopped after that threat.
"Hello commander. How are you feeling today?"
"I feel better than I have done these past few weeks. Is there anything I should know?"
"Not right now. You have no private messages and Joker just sent me a message to inform the engineers to install the Reaper IFF. I have just sent the message. EDI will let you know it's progress. Anything else commander?"
"That's all. Bye Kelly."
"Bye Shepard." She waved goodbye as Elise stepped into the elevator.
When she arrived at her and Miranda's cabin, she made her way to the bed. She noticed that she was becoming tired alot lately. Chakwas did say she would be until she was completely healed. She plopped herself down on the bed before drifting off into a deep sleep.
4 Hours later...
Elise groaned as she woke up. She checked the time by the terminal on the bedside table. 8pm. Damn. She missed dinner. No doubt Miranda would bring some food up for her so that they could eat together. She rubbed her eyes as she sat up on the bed. She felt her scars ache as she sat up, so she took her captains shirt off before making her way over to the bathroom. She stood in the quiet room admiring herself in the mirror. The scars were bright pink and nearly healed. She wasn't wearing bandages anymore, lucky for her. She traced the one up her torso with her finger, leading it all the way up to where it ended just below her collar bone. She was lucky that no one saw that one except for Miranda. The one on her forehead had healed nicely, luckily not leaving an obovious scar, but a fleshy mark on her somewhat darkish skin. The one on her arm left a similar mark to the one on her forehead, but it was still more noticable than her head scar. It had just missed her tattoo, thankfully.
Miranda entered the cabin. She looked around for her lover, but only found her shirt laying on the bed. The sheets were still warm, meaning only one thing, she was in the bathroom. She entered the small room and found the commander looking at herself in the mirror at her scars.
"What are you doing?" She knew exactly what she was doing, but asked anyway.
"Oh, I was just looking at these marks on my skin." Elise turned to Miranda, but then turned back to what she doing before. The operative didn't know what to say, so instead, she pulled the commander around to face her, and knelt down so that she was level with Shepard's stomach. She kissed her scras gently, making her way up her body, not saying anything. She then led the commander back into the bedroom, laying on the bed with her.
"Thank you" Elise simply said as they kissed once more.
The next day...
The commander made her way down to the cargo hold. She was glad no one else was down there, as she wanted to look at something on her own. She headed over to the armour crates, hers in particular. Miranda had said that they stored her armour there until she ready to continue on the mission. She was finally ready to examine it. She opened her N7 crate, finding her battered chest piece on top. She pulled it out, examining it. She rested it on the edge of the crate. There was a huge tear mark all the way up the front of it. As she traced the mark with her fingertips, she used her other free hand to feel the same mark on her own body. Eventhough she had her captains BDU's on, she could still feel it. She flashed on the thought of how it happened as she continued to trace it.
"Ladies, a little help here!" Shepard fired a few more shots at the scion that was charging towards her. Where were Ashley and Jack? Talking, not fighting. As the scion raged towards her, she barley had seconds to think before it charged and sent her flying into the railings. She heard the muffled screams of her squad and gunfire before everything went dark and she blacked out.
She stood up, feeling the medi-gel sinking into her new wound. She was helped up by Ashley, feeling a surging pain through her chest. She coughed and watched Jack talk to her lover. She forgot the pain and started making her way for the next door, knowing that the task in hand was more important than her complaining about a wound.
Damn, she thought to herslelf. This armour was certainly not appropraite for another mission. It certainly wouldn't have kept her safe. It had proved that even when it wasn't torn apart. Elise put it back in the crate and slid the top back on. She decided there and then that it was time for a whole new set of armour. She then made her way over to another box marked with the N7 logo. Those crates were only to be opened by her and contained equipment especially for her only. Everybody else had their own crates with the their own logos. She opened the other crate that she was now stood in front of. She slid the top off to reveal the Kestrel pieces of armour. Elise smiled and pulled out the chest piece. It was lightweight, surprising her. She put it down and picked up the datapad that accompanied it in the crate. She scanned the specifics. It was much better than her usual armour, so she changed the colour to her signature black with blue accents. She then made sure that it had the N7 and spectre logo's before changing the shoulder pads for her favourite strength boost pads. She closed the lid and activated her omni-tool. She sent a mesage to Grunt, calling him down to the hold to help her take it up to her cabin.
"Hey Shepard" He smiled as he got straight to work on helping her move the crate.
As Grunt left her cabin, Elise loaded her new armour into her empty locker. It felt good to put things in it again. Visor. She checked the crate, not finding her signature visor. She then checked the place where it would be usually stored. Luckily, Miranda had put it back in it's place, not in the old armour crate, saving Elise another trip down to the cargo hold. She then picked up one of her empty datapad's from her desk and sitting on her bed. She started to assign her squad members to the four teams for tommorow's mission.
"You ready?" Miranda stepped into her's and Elise's cabin.
"Yeah. A little nervous, but I'm ready." Elise sat on the edge of the bed and pulled on her new Kestrel boots.
"Where's your old armour?" Mirand sat on the chair by the coffee table, spinning it around so that she was facing her lover.
"I didn't think that it was protecting me, so yesterday I went down to the cargo hold and examined potential armours and chose this one. It seemed the best, so I customised it and me and Grunt helped me bring it up here. Thank's for bringing my visor back up, it saved me another trip down to the hold." Elise stood up, picking her visor up off the bed.
"Oh, ok. As long as your happy with it." the operative stood up, standing in front of the commander. As Elise put her visor on, Miranda helping her adjust it.
"I admit. It kind of feels weird to be putting my armour on again." she wrapped her arms around Miranda's waist.
"It does?"
"Yeah. Once I get used to it again I'll be fine"
"I never thought I'd hear the great commander Shepard say it was weird to be putting her armour on." Miranda chuckled.
"Get you Miss Lawson." She pecked the operative in her arms on the lips. "Anyway, enough about me, are you ready?"
"Yes. Who are you choosing for your personal squad?"
"Tut tut. You should know, you are gonna be right there next to me at all times. I was also thinking of taking Jack too. Plus, I knew that you wouldn't let me out of your sight on the battlefield and would have come with me anyway against my will."
"I know." Miranda sighed, averting her gaze trying not to cry.
"We'll be fine. The whole squad are gonna be working together. Trust me."
"I trust you." They kissed, letting it get deeper and passionate before being interrupted by a sometime's annoying AI. The two women rested their foreheads together.
"Shepard, I suggest that you take the shuttle for your next mission"
"Thanks EDI. Come on, let's get down to the armoury and then down to the cargo hold. We can't waste anymore time." Elise let the slim woman go and grabbed her hand, leading her out of their cabin and into the elevator.
The shuttle door closed and pulled out of the Normandy's cargo bay.
"Ok, everybody ready?" Elise was met with out of sync nods and yes's. As everybody went quiet, back to their own little words in their heads, Elise truned to her lover who was sat next to her.
"You ok?" She made sure that she said it quietly so that no one else could hear her.
"Yeah" Elise rested her hand on Miranda's, holding it and squeezing for comfort. Miranda smiled and rested her head on Shepard's shoulder.
30 Minutes later...
"Ok, Jack, Ashley, your with me and Miranda, team B1. Thane, Grunt, and Zaeed, your team B2. Garrus, Mordin, and Legion, your team B3. Finally, Samara, Kasumi, and Tali, your team B4. When we land, I'll send you in different directions. There are known Blue Suns and Eclipse signals on this planet. Theys eem to be after the same thing as us, a suspected Reaper research facility. We need to make our way to that location, keeping our eyes open for them on the way. Let's try and eliminate them all. I don't want any problems when we enter that facility. We need to be quick and efficient. Watch your backs, this planet has a stormy atmosphere. Vision may be limited, btu stay in contact to let me know how you are doing. You contact me with your team's name, not individual names. We don't want to be identified by those mercinaries. Ok, everybody clear?" Elise looked around the small cockpit. The team nodded, knowing exactly what they had to do. Elise sat back in her seat, waiting for the shuttle to land.
The rain outside beat down hard on the shuttle. The wind made it worse as it rocked the shuttle as it shakily landed in the planet's exterior.
"Be warned, we're gonna get wet" Shepard said, standing up, the crew mimicking her.
The squad watched the shuttle's door open. Shepard was the first to step out, getting drenced immediately. The squad followed her, assembling into their assigned teams. They stood in front of the commander, waiting for their next orders. Shepard ordered the shuttle into a safe hiding place with her omni-tool before turning towards her team to give them their orders. She ordered individual team leaders and the sent them in their directions and watched them depart.
"Ok girls, we're going this way." Elise started making her way in a westerly direction.
The other women followed her over the wrecked landscape. They climbed up a broken set of stairs, helping each other up. As Elise slowly and quietly made her way ahead, she spotted blue suns troopers, signalling her team to stay low and move to the closest cover. Elise pulled out her sniper rifle, zooming in on the troopers. She gave her team the ok to wreak havock and eliminate them. They literally ripped them apart, the blood mixing with the rain and running past the teams feet. Elise waited for a few seconds, knowing what was coming. As she expected, reinforcements came rushing in, raining gunfire down on the team. As Elise and Miranda ripped most of them apart with their biotics, Jack and Ashley tore through them with gunfire. Elise stood up, pressing her ear piece.
"Team B2, status report." Elise looked around at her surroundings through the stinging rain. It poured down her face.
"Commander, we have encountered a few Blue Suns mercs, but none other than that. Seems as if they were apprehensive about sending teams to this planet for fears of a loss in numbers." The drells voice was mixed with the sound of rain as Elise listened.
"Thanks Thane."
"Team B2 out." Thane cut off the transmission.
"Team B3 Status report"
"Shepard, we're experiencing heavy resistance by Eclipse and Blue Suns. We're ok. Not too much of a challenge." Garrus kept his cool on the comm.
"Thanks Garrus. Keep it up." Elise then heard gunfire and Garrus excused himself, turning off the comm channel.
"Team B4, status report."
"We've experienced a couple of Eclipse mercs, but nothing major." The thief patched through to the commander.
"Good. Keep moving."
"Will do commander. Team B4 out." Kasumi signed out. Shepard released her finger from her ear piece.
"Ok, the sides seem quiet, but the centre seems to be where most of the mercs are located. Let's keep moving." Shepard pulled her gun out before leading her team onwards.
20 minutes later they were approaching the supposed reasearch facility. They were the first team there.
"Damn it. Now we gotta wait. Why have they gotta be so slow?" Jack puffed, leaning up against an old crate.
"They won't be long" Ashley said, doing the same as Jack, wiping the rain off her face.
Miranda pulled Elise aside. Elise rested up against the stacked crates, her left arm extended up, helping her lean against it.
"Are you ok? How's your marks?" Miranda didn't know a better word for them.
"Their fine. They were painful to start off with, but the pain has gone. This armour is much better than my last set." Elise carefully watched how the rain ran down Miranda's perfect body.
"Good." Miranda rested her hands on Elise's wet chest plate and sighed.
"Hey, I'm fine." Elise made her look at her. She thenrested her free hand on Miranda's thigh, feeling the smooth wet latex.
"Hey, keep your mind on the mission. I'll let you touch me when we're done and drying out." Miranda playfully slapped Elise's hand away, making the commander pout.
"Come on, focus commander." They kissed, chuckling with each other. Elise heard a lot of static in her ear, she slightl pulled away from Miranda, trying to make out the transmission that was coming in. She pressed her finger to her ear, getting Miranda to do the same, making sure that the operative was listening carefully. At that moment Kasumi and her team arrived at the meeting site.
"Commander-Shep-ard. We're under-ttack. Collector-Oh God-" Joker's voice was interfered with static. The comm channel went dead.
"Whatever's in there and on the Normandy is scrambly our communications. I suggest we stay together and not split up top far apart. I heard the word Collectors. I also heard screams. I can't contact them. Not even EDI. Let's move. We need to get this over and done with." The final two teams made their way into the meeting site unscathed as Shepard gave her orders. "You guys ok?" Shepard looked at them.
"Yeah. We're fine." Garrus confirmed, wiping the pouring rain from his face and mandibles.
"We're good commander" Thane put away his gun.
"I just got a transmission. The Normandy may be in trouble. Joker mentioned Collectors. I want to be in and out of this facility as soon as possible. Team's B2 and B3 stick together in a big group, Garrus you're in charge. Team B4, you're with us. Whatever's in there is scrambling our comm channels. Move out." Shepard unholstered her gun and made her way to the door. She was the first one to enter, clearing the area and sending the newly formed team of B2 and B3 in the opposite direction. "Let's take these stairs in front of us. Stay close and keep your eyes peeled." Elise started making her way up the grimey, worn steps. The team observed their surroundings as they made their way up the steps.
The walls were brown with rust, covered in green grime and dampness. The rain dripped from the high roof onto the walls and the floor.
"This is creepy" Ashley said, looking at one of the walls.
"This reminds me too much of Pragia. A fucking shit hole." Jack sneered, wiping the remaining water from her brow.
"Something's not right here" Kasumi peeped out from under her hood.
"Reminds me of Illos. Anyway, guys, keep calm. We're fine." Shepard snapped. She had to admit it was creepy, but they had a job to do.
"Shepard, we have found one of the research labs." Garrus came over one of the comms and Elise stopped walking, signalling for her team to stand watch.
"Ok, what have you found?"
"A load of dead husks." Garrus inspected the dead husk in front of him.
"Yeah? Why's that important?"
"Shepard, they're not normal husks"
"What do you mean?"
"They seem to be crossed with another race. Meaning that they're not just human husks."
"Shit. Can you identify what they're crossed with?"
"They seem to be mixed with many different races. Some asari, some batarian, some vorcha."
"Double shit. Ok. Put Mordin on."
"Yes commander?" Mordin came on the comm channel.
"Mordin, can you tell me anything more about these husks?"
"Yes. Seem to be crossed with various races. Omni-tool scans suggest experimentation for mutant combination. Asari. Batarian. Vorcha. Turian. Sad end. Scans say they belong to Eclipse. Blue Suns. Blood Pack. Mutated bodies. Files on various advances in tecnology." Mordin informed the commander in his usual quick paced speech.
"Thanks Mordin. Gather whatever information you can and keep it safe. Tell your team to push on and watch their backs for trouble. I think I'm close to the main lab."
"Yes commander. Solus out"
"Ok, the other team came across mutated husks. They were crossed with Asari, Batarians, Turians, and Vorcha. According to Mordin they belonged to Elcipse, Blue Suns, and Blood Pack. Guess we now know why they had their mercs investigating this place." Elise said as she pulled out her Mattlock rifle once more.
"As in mutated with human husks?" Ashley looked at her with a confused look.
"Yeah. Let's press on. I think we're close to the main lab. Keep an eye out as before. Move out." Elise signalled her hand once more and led the team onwards down a dark, damp corridoor. "Watch your step. This floor is covered in slime and God knows what. I don't want any of you breaking your legs. We need to be done as soon as possible."
"For fuck sake!" Everybody turned to Jack. "What is this blue shit on my feet?"
"I don't know. Don't touch it. I've found out it's effects. I'm not going there again." Jack pouted at the fact she had an unknown stubstance on her boots, barley listening to what Elise had to say. Only taking in the fact that she shouldn't touch it. The rest of the women laughed and started moving again. They continued down the silent corridoor.
The only sounds to be heard were their footsteps and the slow dripping from the leaking ceiling's above their head. Elise halted the team and took cover with Miranda on either side of the door at the end of the hallway on the left. They looked at each other and nodded, bursting in the door, clearing the area. The smell of rotting corpses and damp immediately filled their nostrils as they burst in. Luckily, there was no one in the room, leaving them free to stand with their guns holstered to look around. There were bodies of dead husks scatterd around the room, emmitting a gruesom and horrifying smell. Elise covered her nose.
"Damn. It stinks." They then heard footsteps. "Everybody down, be prepared." Elise and Miranda ducked into cover behind one of the operating tables, focused on the opposing door in the left hand corner of the room. They were relieved when they saw Garrus and Thane enter the room as she and Miranda did. The rest of her team stood up, knowing that they were in no danger. They holstered their weapons once more.
"You guys find anything more on the way here?"
"No. Just a load more of those dead husks. The trail led us here to this room." Garrus pointed to one of the dead husks on the floor to emphasize his point.
"These are an abomination." Samara stated, looking at one of the dead bodies that was mutated with an asari.
"Ok, look around. Take whatever data you can find. Then let's leave. I don't want to be here any longer than what's needed." Elise and Miranda went back to studying the the husk at their feet. "This isn't normal. It has bullet holes in it." They were knelt down, looking at it.
"Yeah. That is strange. Maybe whatever they were doing here turned on them. Went rogue. Whoever killed these must have escaped. It must have been recently or else these bodie's would be decayed by now." Miranda suggested.
"Guys, come and have a look at this." Kasumi called Elise and Miranda over to one of the old terminals. "This terminal has data on our whole squad. Everyone in this room."
"Oh my God. Ok. Take the information and store it safely. Our main concern is getting back to the Normandy and finding out what happened. Everybody, take whatever information you can find. Every last bit. Store it and let's go." Elise commanded her squad to take all the information that they could find.
Her and Miranda investigated one of the terminals. When they had finished taking pictures and collecting information, they made their way to the roof, Shepard calling the shuttle in for a quick and speedy pick up. Elise was concered for what had happened on the Normandy. It had been eating away at the back of mind ever since she recieved the static ridden message from Joker. Once everybody was aboard, the shuttle made it's way back to the Normandy.