"We made it to the dig site, Moreau. Not much resistance yet. A few members of the Crimson Calvary just outside the entrance, nothing we couldn't handle. We are going into the facility soon, I will give it four more minutes. Just wait for my mark. Be aware radio signal might be a bit choppy when we go down." Joker didn't know what they were waiting for, but in the 22 hours that he had known the enigma of a person he realized that although she had many strange quirks, every move she made was thought out in the highest degree.
He thought back on each of the occasions even her small actions confused him. They all turned out to be strategized according to heavy planning and a strangely whole and astute understanding of her surroundings. She seemed to always know everything going on and, apparently, everything that would go on. Earlier that morning he had made his way down to the mess hall for an early breakfast before dawn, and the beginning of the day he was expecting to be long, and hard. He was sitting at the counter eating, Tali to his left fiddling with wires and pulling random pieces from a box of scraps next to her on floor. She was so focused and completely oblivious to her surroundings that when he rummaged through the fridge and cabinets, less than gracefully, and finally sat down next to her she didn't even flinch. It was almost too quiet, they were the only two there and only the occasional sigh from her helmet comm broke through the silence. The elevator hissed open and Joker couldn't help but watch as Shepard stepped off the elevator and joined them in the kitchen area. This was only the second time he had really seen her, and he would be lying if he said in that moment he didn't feel the awe and worship tugging on him from the full armor she was still wearing. She tapped the brim of his warn hat down in front of his eyes as she walked by him and he tried the best he could to scold her, but the small shaking of her shoulders showed that she was laughing inside her helmet. He felt a small smile pull at his lips and he didn't know why. As he readjusted his hat on his head, she grabbed a glass from one of the cabinets and filled it almost to the brim with water. He was preparing to make some kind of joke surrounding drinking through the helmet when she again reached over and grabbed his hat, this time taking it all the way off his head and setting it on the counter in front of him while setting the glass on the corner of the counter on the opposite side of Tali, near the edge. She bent over and hoisted Tali's box of tech walking behind him and setting in back on the floor on the opposite side of him with a heavy thud. The Quarian was still oblivious, but Joker was genuinely confused and now looked at her with an eyebrow raised. She didn't seem to notice as she pulled a dishtowel out of a drawer and spread it on the floor near yet another corner of the counter, the one farthest away from him. Next, she opened the fridge and pulled out a strange bottle of black syrupy liquid, slightly straining to twist and loosen the cap before setting it back gently in the door- even taking the time to twist it slightly to return it to the exact position it was in before- seemingly untouched, simultaneously grabbing a straw from a cabinet above and setting it next to the fridge. As if her actions were a well rehearsed dance, she flowed into reaching back into the fridge and pulling out from it, of all things, a magazine for a gun. Shepard set it on counter, and the captain of the most illustrious and powerful battle crew, two time champion competitor, and literal gladiator powerhouse…..dragged a stool over to the cabinets for a boost. 'She's actually standing on tiptoes to reach the top'. She pulled a surprisingly colorful box out of the top shelf of the cabinet and jumped down, metal boots clunking heavily on the floor of the mess. She reached into the box and pulled out a small package. The box had a label on it that he couldn't read, but what he could read almost made him laugh, because written in thick black marker were the words 'SHEPARD ONLY.' and below it 'THAT MEANS YOU, VAKARIAN!' She took the box and knelt down, shoving the entirety of the box into a large pot and covering it with the lid. Joker was still watching her when she turned to him, paused and reached down to pull out another small package. She replaced the lid and closed the cabinet pulling the stool back to the island counter in front of him. She finally left, but not before covering one of the packages with his hat, then holding up her finger to her helmet where her mouth would be- the universal sign for 'quiet'. He was lost, that was the biggest collection of randomness he had ever seen.
Her entire display came to light when he was joined by a busy crew of Titans. First came Kaidan. He was sweaty and had obviously been working out downstairs in the Hangar area where the team practiced, sparred, and kept their equipment. Panting, he rushed over to the counter and gulped down half of the glass of water before setting it down on the other side of the counter, wiping the sweat off his face with the towel around his neck, and heading to the Men's room, mumbling about a shower. Williams came next searching viciously for something, starting by rifling through the papers on the table in the middle of the room before moving to the counter. She was haphazardly throwing things around all over the place, knocking various papers and equipment to the floor. She shoved a plate across the counter, which slid into a bowl with a big spoon balanced on top. The spoon was knocked off balance and fell into the now half full glass of water- effectively pushing it over the edge of the counter. The dish fell and Joker winced, waiting for the crash of shattered glass, but it never came. Instead, Ashley bent over to pick up and set the glass in the sink, as well as a now very wet towel- the same one that Shepard had set down earlier. 'That's lucky' was all the feat drew out of the weapons specialist who must have thought that the whole thing was a coincidence. She didn't know that the place the glass fell was the same place that there was until recently a box of electrical equipment, which would have been flooded with water if Shepard hadn't moved it. She must have also known where Alenko would leave his glass and that Ashley would knock stuff over. 'What the he-' With a loud and successful 'Aha!' she finally spotted the magazine on the counter and left. Tali finally returned to the present to set down her tools and walk to the fridge, opening it and grabbing the familiar black bottle.
"Did you know," she said to Joker, "that these bottles used to come closed so tight that I couldn't open them?"
He could only shake his head.
"Well, I am glad they fixed it. These are my favorite!" She said cheerfully. She turned her head both directions and started to spin, opening drawers. 'The straw…'
Heavy steps from behind alerted him to another Titan interrupting his breakfast. Joker knew that they were not the terrifyingly solid steps of a Krogan, so that only left Garrus. Joker liked Garrus. Sometimes when Joker would meet up with Nora after classes, Garrus would be there and they would talk, as well as his frequent attendance to Nora's matches. They would cheer together and when she won she would wave at them with the brightest smile on her face, usually there was blood too, which Joker knew he would never get used to. For the first few weeks, it was hard for Joker to understand their attachment, and he even found himself slightly jealous of their relationship. Even now weeks later he still didn't fully understand, but he no longer worried about it, assured that it was very similar to his relationship with his own sister, Hilary. Protective, caring, and always wanting what is best. But brotherly. They actually had very similar senses of humor, and both wanted what was best for Nora. They bonded holding each other back from attacking her more aggressive opponents, and more frequently holding Anderson back, which sometimes took the both of them.
Garrus came in and reached around Tali to hand her the straw directly on the counter behind her. She grabbed her drink and left, leaving just the two of them. He cleared his throat looking around and releasing and involuntary rumble. He looked… guilty?
"Seen Shepard?" he asked voice an octave too high. He winced and cleared his throat again. The image of Shepard holding up her finger flashed into his head.
"Uh...nope."
Garrus nodded quickly, and with another quick glance around tried to nonchalantly reach behind him onto the highest shelf of the cupboard, which his alien height offered him relatively easy access to. He let out a Turian curse under his breath and then arched his neck up to peer over the shelf.
"Lose something?" Joker swallowed a smirk.
"I swear I found it!" He growled.
"Found what?" Joker asked, trying as hard as he could to fake innocence.
"Her stash! Shepard has this candy sold only on Mindoir, her home colony. And they are Dextro/Levo friendly. Are you sure she didn't come move them?" Joker glanced down at his hat. He just nodded his head, afraid his voice would give him away. Garrus left grumbling to himself.
Waiting until he was sure Garrus was gone, Joker lifted his hat to look closer at the gift Shepard had given him. She planned it all out. Saw through every event that happened, and kept perfect control of everything. Thinking about it, the only time he had ever caught her surprised was that evening on academy campus when they collided all those weeks ago. But even then, she had instantaneously flipped them over so that she would be the one to fall and support him…. So he wouldn't break any bones….Like she knew he could…
…..
"Moreau, report." A distant voice dragged him out of his thoughts. He had to blink a few times and shake his head to clear the train of thought. "Moreau? Do you copy?"
"Uh, sorry! Williams and Tali are almost done searching the refinery. They met some trouble with the Heart Hunters and Ashley was hit in the shoulder, but she should be alright. According to Tali's triangulation, the beacon's signal should be inside a 100 yard radius of your target location. The Mako and I are back at the Normandy, cloaking device is activated, and prepared for extraction. Just waiting for you to grab the beacon."
"Careful Recruit, you almost sound optimistic." Shepard joked. "By the way, Wrex would like me to tell you, and I quote, 'You could have dropped us off a little closer to our target, Human'."
"Tell him I say he could use the exercise."
"Will do." She snorted. "Activating helmet cams now, you should be able to see what we see. Keep sharp. We need you for extra eyes."
"Waiting for transmission…...got it." Joker flicked through checking camera transmitters on his screens at the Normandy's helm. When he got to Alenko's he had a full view of Shepard waving at him with a very sharp, very long knife.
"Ha. Nice. Where do you even keep that, Shepard?" he taunted.
"Nowhere you need to know, Flight Recruit." She quipped back.
"Well, now I am curious, Captain." He grinned. A moment later, he heard a high pitched buzzing sound coming from the speakers at the helm.
"Oh great, wave to the fans everyone." Shepard mumbled. Joker saw through the video feed on their helmets that cameras were hovering and circling them- capturing the proceedings of the match for fans watching back home.
"Camera shy, Captain?" he smirked.
"Maybe I'm just not very photogenic, Moreau."
"I don't know about that, you kinda look like a tough, short knight going to storm the castle, slay the dragon, save the damsel in distress, and then get married and live happily ever after. Now all you need is the trusty steed."
"Seeing as you dropped us off, I guess I must have ridden in on an ass."
"Ouch. Words hurt, Captain."
"What are you humans talking about?!"
"Nothing, Wrex. Tell you later." She responded, checking her scanners.
"Don't worry, Captain. You can always wear heels to the wedding." Joker heard Kaidan mumble something, only understanding words like 'professionalism' and 'respect'. But his jokes obviously didn't bother Captain Shepard because she only scoffed.
"Time to get moving. How many fingers?" She held up her hand behind her in front of Wrex.
Joker flicked through his screens to Wrex's helmet camera.
"Ha. Just the one."
"Helmet cams seem to be functioning properly. We are good to go. Activating door now. Kaidan, Garrus, Wrex, Expect heavy resistance. The target's signal is still stationary, which is good for us. But we don't know how many teams have already gotten inside. Eyes open."
"We are definitely late to the party, Shepard." Garrus groaned stepping over an eliminated Asari in bright yellow armor. She and her entourage walked through yet another room full of eliminated crew members, casting a dull red glow on the Titans' armor.
"Maybe she should have driven faster." Joker ribbed. She ignored the universal groans over the comms. When the crew first complained, Joker thought that they were exaggerating, but seeing first person the rally race that was the Captain's driving, he knew that their complaining was well deserved. He thought he would break every bone in his body just being in the Mako with her.
"What's that phrase, Boys? Cleverly waiting for the right moment to strike?"
"Can't say I've heard it." He added, comparing what she was looking at to the schematics he had on one of his holoscreens. "Looks like it's the lift on your right, Captain."
"Got it." The four of them loaded into the elevator after one last look around. Shepard punched a panel on the inside of the elevator and it groaned before falling down slowly into the cavern area below. She stowed her weapon and turned to Garrus, Wrex and Kaidan. For some reason, Joker felt like she was staring into his own eyes instead, and he was paralyzed by the intensity.
"Listen, these 'capture the flag' missions always have a pattern- an order of execution. The first in never lasts. We have studied the tactics of matches like this in the history of Academy Team Battle. A trap will be set for those who are stupid enough to think they will rush in heroes. That must have been the enabled security system disabled in the entrance tunnel, and the new crew we saw scattered on the floor." She scoffed. "They tried too hard to impress everyone. It's a shame. I have seen them practice, they had potential." Shepard fell silent and turned to look over the edge.
"Hm. The next two-ish, maybe three or even four, teams will have known this, and rushed in at the same time, thinking the path is opened up. They take care of eachother, if we are lucky. If a strong team was smart, they would-"
Before the elevator could reach the bottom, it screeched to a sudden halt with sparks shooting from the grinding gears. Wrex stumbled into Shepard who slammed into the now ajar door, immediately drawing fire from cover on the floor of the open room. Kaidan pulled her from the opening and all four of them crouched taking cover inside the elevator.
"There are some heat signatures at the base here, Captain." Kaidan reported. Joker snorted, 'Obviously!' Shepard signaled to Garrus who tossed his Mantis Rifle to her, Joker could tell that it was well practiced. She docked the barrel in the corner of a window and slowly peered over the ledge through the scope. Joker, seeing through her eyes, barely saw a flash of what was below before another shower of bullets tore through the wall behind her and ricocheted off the window frame. She ducked back down quicker than lightning.
"It's the Shock Sentinels. Or most of them anyways. Shala'Raan has stocked her team with Quarians with extraordinarily high tech scorers. Professionals, almost. I recognize some of them from my lists of potentials for the Titans. Most if not all have done engineering work or hacking for the Quarian Military, before being recruited to CITA. They must have hacked into the lift system. Luckily for us, none of them are that strong of combat fighters. Wrex, Kaidan, if we go in quick, strong, and up close, they won't stand a chance." She let out a low whistle that resonated through the comms. "Good thing I got to Tali first, or we would have a real problem."
"Jeez, Cap, you got all that from a glance?"
"Impressed, Flyboy?" She laughed. For some reason, her words rang familiar. 'Flyboy?' "There is a platform about 8 feet down, we are going to have to jump. As soon as we pass through the door, they are going to start firing on us. Don't get hit and move yourselves to the shallow cover of railings on the left." Her companions just nodded. "Garrus, set up here and utilize the vantage point they so generously created for us. There are three across the field, behind a pile of crates, and a turret. 238 yards. Can you take them?" Joker grinned at the low growl that emanated from him, accompanied by a deep laugh from the massive Krogan. "Alright, alright don't look at me like that."
She then continued to tell Wrex and Kaidan that as soon as he senses a lull in the enemy fire they were to storm in hot but out of sight from the snipers and the turret until Garrus takes them out. Both of them hooked their weapons onto their armor for their jump and Garrus rolled over to Shepard's position by the window taking his gun back, attracting some enemy fire.
"Ready boys?" Shepard asked. Garrus notched his rifle in the window frame and Wrex pounded his fists together with a menacing grin...
Shepard slowly paced in front of the barrier separating them from the beacon. They easily neutralized the Shock Sentinels, but were halted by an unexpected force field dividing the large open room and another smaller room. The beacon was floating there lazily, silently taunting any team that got this far. They had been stuck there like sitting ducks for a while, while Garrus fidgeted with the wires connected to the wall.
"Captain, just letting you know, Tali and Williams are checked in, back on the Normandy."
"Sounds good, Joker thanks for the update." She froze her pacing and tilted her head sighing. "Hey Joker, ask Tali if she can try hacking this security field."
"I am here Captain Shepard." Tali spoke through the connection to her armored suit's helmet. "I have been trying to get in- but the system is a mess. The Sentinel's previous attempts locked up and tangled the coding. The facility will probably have to change their security systems with all the damage that has been done. Oh, and the Sentinel's were not the first ones to try and get in. Another team with an even more rudimentary understanding of the coding used has attempted a purge of the system. It failed. Keep an eye out, they cannot be far. I don't think I will be able to get in now even if I was there with you. Maybe if I had an industrial T98 prototype frequency jammer I-"
Shepard was distracted by a heavy mass of scales and muscle pushing past her and charging towards the blue glowing barrier.
"Aughhhhh-"
"Wrex, STOP!"
But it was too late. The Krogan threw himself heavily against the wall with a great roar, trying to break it down with sheer strength. With a shock and flash of light, he was thrown back passing Shepard and over the balcony towards the solid ground below. He crashed into a large machine and rolled off the side, dazed and paralyzed. Joker was surprised that the pain from the shock and the fall didn't eliminate him. 'Or actually kill the moron.'
"Wrex!" From the flat of his back, Wrex looked up to Shepard and Kaidan leaning over the rails. Joker skipped to Garrus' screen to see him almost doubled over in two-toned Turian laughter. "Are you okay?"
"It's nothing, Battlemaster."
"Are you sure?" She asked peering over the ledge.
He grunted. Her gaze lingered a moment later, until she saw that he could stand, and then refocused on the unchanged barrier.
"No wonder the Sentinel's were camped here. Sh-These students are all tech specialists, how are we going to figure it out if ALL of them couldn't?" Kaidan groaned sitting on some mined rubble. The rubble gave Joker an idea and he opened a private connection to Shepard.
"Captain!"
"Wah!" She jerked. Her teammates gave her strange looks, and she had to nod to show she was okay. "Jeez, Jeff! Don't do that!" 'Jeff? That's new'
"Uh, Prodigy? If we are doing the first name thing…I guess that's not your name- whatever, But I will have you know, my friends call me Joker." He smirked when she shook her head and made a noise of discomfort.
"Sorry, what do you need, Moreau?" She replied instead.
"I, uh, need you to spin for me." There was a span of slightly uncomfortable silence between them.
"Why- what?"
"You wanted me for extra eyes, and I have a hunch. Spin?" He asked again when she sighed. "Trust me."
She let out an even breath and slowly started to spin in place, drawing strange looks from Wrex and Garrus. Garrus tilted his head in question and a slight rise and fall of her screen showed her clueless shrug. Joker focused as hard as he could on the screens in front of him, looking for the one thing that would keep him from looking like a complete idiot in front of, arguably, the best captain in CITA's history.
"Moreau-" she began exasperated.
"No, wait! There! Right in front of you. Do you see that?"
"Uh...The thing Wrex fell on?" She continued to spin.
"Ha!" He shifted in his seat and leaned back in his seat. "You know what it is?"
"Sure I do. It's a drill." 'Wait for iiiiiittt-' She froze and Joker could tell she just figured out the same thing he did when he saw the rubble. "It's a drill!"
"Yep." He grinned. Her gaze darted back to the wall where the barrier's controls were mounted. "There you go, Shepard. That's what I was thinking."
"Oh, Moreau you genius!" Even with the helmet, he could tell that she was beaming. She returned to a public channel. "All three of you, get away from the wall and take cover. Tali, can you get a long distance connection?"
"Charging now, Captain. Firing when ready." Tali's voice came smiling from right behind Joker's chair in the helm. Joker had no idea when she got there.
"Aim for the panel and cut as much power as you can to the barrier."
Whatever Joker was expecting to happen, it was much worse. And louder than he could imagine. As soon as the bright red beam struck the wall, Joker had to rip off his headset and almost fell out of his chair. The explosion reverberated was like a cannon going off, and even after he could refocus on the screens, his ears were ringing. All the screens in front of him were showing clouds of flame and rubble and the sound cut connection with Shepard or her crew. Rocks, dirt and piles of dust rained down across his cameras. All he was left with was white noise.
"Captain?...Captain Shepard?..." Just crackling feedback replied to him. 'I just killed Captain Shepard!'
"Garrus?...Hey, Vakarian!...Oh, come ON Turian! Not you too!"
"Moreau? Recruit! Do you copy?"
"Oh, my- Copy, Captain!" He let out a deep sigh and let his forehead fall heavy on his control panel.
"I am flattered that you care so much, Joker." Garrus trilled through a weak, static filled connection.
"Only because Nora would kill me if I let you die, Bird-lizard!"
"Yeah, sure. She would obviously ditch you and realize her buried undying love for me."
"Alright boys, back to work." Shepard's comm crackled back.
"Yes, Captain." They replied in unison.
"I told you there was a weird Indiana Jones vibe coming off that beacon, Shepard!"
"Not helping Moreau!" She yelled back, barely audible through the blending orchestra of lockdown alarms and gunfire. As soon as she pulled the beacon from where it hovered in the cavern, the entire facility started to shut down and the four of them, now in possession of the beacon sprinted down a side corridor, barely slipping under a heavy metal containment door. Panting, they ran into a wide open room and were immediately pinned down behind a group of pillars. Garrus was unlucky, and had taken multiple hits in the leg and side for pushing Shepard to the side as soon as he heard the roar of the enemy team's Krogan Captain. He was leaning on Wrex, who was also hit on the side but because of the nature of his species was in less pain. Single fire was immediately joined by the rest of the enemy, waiting patiently for whoever got the signal out of the barrier to bring it straight to them. The door that leads to the outside, and to victory, was directly across from Shepard and her crew, and straight through the enemy.
"Moreau, we are going to need a pick up. I don't know where this entrance let's out. Tali, find us."
"Yes, Captain."
"On our way, Shepard!" Joker assured, decloaking the Normandy and powering up the engines.
"Kaidan, we are down our sniper and our wrecking ball. I need you to lay heavy fire so they can't move in on us. Not one inch closer." Joker heard her order over his comms.
Joker knew this was the moment when they needed him most, Tali told him they didn't have much time before the door closed and they were trapped. He tried to keep calm listening to the gunfire, trying not to focus on the fire and yelling in his ears, trying to imagine that this was just another simulation. In most of his simulations, it was quiet except for the artificial sounds of the ship he was controlling, and the occasional echo of Professor Solus singing outside the simulator. Joker tried to imagine the strangely calming, yet extremely hyper voice of the Salarian. He had kept his nerves in check the entire match so far, and he wouldn't lose it now. As soon as he found the facility, he could see where the rest of the Krogan captain's team had Shepard and the Titan's pinned down. He scanned his sensors for the ships of the other teams, but strangely found nothing. Circling above Shepard again he prepared to speak then his voice caught in his throat.
"Uh, Captain...Shepard, I am right outside but the door is closing it lets out to a balcony and then to some scaffolding. Looks like construction isn't finished, you'll need to find a different way out."
"Not an option, Moreau. How close can you get?"
"There may be a hallway back behind your po- wait what?!" Joker froze.
"We will jump the gap between the edge of-" Joker watched from the ship as she rolled out from a pillar and covered Garrus and Wrex. "The scaffolding and the ship. Get as close as you can."
"Is she insane?" Ashley asked, running up to the cockpit, still in full armor.
"Captain, if we try to run we will get hit. We will loose the beacon. And the match. Besides, he can't .That is crazy!"
"Tali and Ashley can cover us from the ship, and he can, I know he can!" 'What's that supposed to mean?' There was a moment of radio silence, interrupted only by cross fire and alarms. "Joker?"
"I- I can do it Captain." He promised, sounding more confident than he felt. "You can trust me."
*Lock down sequence at...93%*
"I can do it, Shepard! You have to run now!"
"GO Now! I will cover you!"
"Captain-"
"That's an order, Alenko!" She commands as she shoves beacon in his hands. "Garrus, Wrex, Trojan horse Alenko!"
Wrex grabs Kaidan and Garrus covers the other side of him while the three of them run towards the now halfway closed door. They run up the ramp towards the sunlight with Shepard firing from behind and Ashley and Tali leaning out of the Normandy doors to help lay down cover fire as well. Shepard followed once they got through the door, but was hit in the leg by a stray bullet from one of the enemy Krogan assault rifles. She fell and rolled standing back up to run, but Joker could tell by her helmet camera that she was continuing with a heavy limp. On her way out she ducked under the door, almost entirely shut, and stabbed her knife into the door panel, leaving it there because of the heavy sparks. However, by now the door had large holes in it, and bullets were still getting through.
"Run Shepard!" Garrus yelled leaning out of the still wide open Normandy door, stray bullets flying around them... "Moreau, her leg- get as close as you can!"
Joker watches as she sprints towards them, and just as she tries her best to vault away from the scaffolding, he risks jolting the Normandy to the right for the slightest moment, practically scooping her out of the air.
"Joker! Go!" She yells into the comms. But she didn't need to. Joker watched what was happening through Alenko's cams and had already slammed the airlock closed. At the same time, he had been preparing the engines for a launch with the drive core, and within seconds, they were through the atmosphere of Therum and out of the gravity pull of the planet, rapidly streaming through space. There is a collective sigh through all of the comms, a moment of collective silence, and then Joker had to once again rip his earpiece out, this time because of the cheers and celebration of the still fully armored crew.
The crew cheers for a bit towards the front of the Normandy, near the airlock before leaning to take off their armor and get checked out in the Med bay. Also congratulating him and some patting his shoulder. He thinks he is finally alone, before being corrected by the light clang of armor boots on the metal ship floors, the skip and uneven sound telling him it was someone with a limp. Shepard.
"Hey, you know, next time, we could not jump out over a 100 foot drop to a fiery inferno of death….just, food for thought." He suggests with a joking tone. Her laugh through her helmet shows that she understood and didn't take him too seriously.
"You are the one who promised to catch me, Flyboy." She simply replied, lightly tapping the tip of his cap again. She stares out of the front of the ship, watching the universe pass by for a few moments. "Thank you for catching me."
"Always, Captain." She lightly put her hand on his shoulder from behind him, before walking away, probably to clean up and get her leg healed.
"Let's go home." She replies.
KLMAGZ: So…. I am so, so sorry. I quit, and this is me un-quiting. There are no words for how bad I felt, but I just didn't feel it anymore…I even had this chapter almost completely finished. And then there were a few comments wanting me to continue,but I never saw them, but they recently inspired me, (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE ^-^) and I wanted to also, I have so many PAGES planned out… I will try so hard to keep going, I think I have reconnected with my momentum. I will try hard!