Chey
I was listening to her story, but I kept getting the feeling she was hiding something. "She stuck around for five whole minutes after the attack before leaving." She said. My only question was "How would she know unless she was here?" I kept it to myself though. I could be reading too much into it too. Still the bad feeling remained. "Liara was expecting me. She would have left a message or something. Let me take a look around, maybe I can find something else." Shea says. As we walked around her apartment, it was beautiful despite the bullet hole. I could not help but picture Miranda and I in it. We could stand by the window and look at the sunset. My hands would be on her growing belly. We could make love on the couch looking at the sky. The bathroom was a sight to behold. There was a hot tub and enormous shower. The things we could do in there. I got lost in my thoughts and Miranda nudged me. And pointed down to my slightly bulging pants . "I would love to know the fantasies that have just went through that dirty little mind of yours. But alas investigate now. Fantasize later." She says quietly.
I do notice that a pregnant Miranda is on my mind a lot lately. So I steer my mind away from that image and all the ones related to how she got there, and just focus on the investigation and my growing concerns about Vasir. As we continue to explore the apartment I begin to wonder if my concerns, were due to my experience with Saren or just my general mistrust of any spectre that isn't my sister. So lost n my thoughts again. I do not realize Shea has found the message, nor do I hear where we are going next. I just follow Shea. "Now I would pay you a credit for your thoughts love." Miranda says. I check to make sure neither spectre can hear us. "It's Vasir. I know she is a spectre, but I feel like she is hiding something. I mean how could she know how long until Liara left the apartment unless she was here and could see her." I share with Miri.
"That's a valid point. Unless we find Liara we won't know. We'll just keep an eye on her. You should tell Shea." She says. "I will as soon as Vasir isn't hounding our every step." I tell her. I feel hot, it was the first time I had to use an injection since we had been on Ilium. "You okay there little one?" Vasir asks me. "I am fine. I just had to take my medicine." I reply. I won't tell her for what exactly, I may need those Biotics sooner then I think. I hope and pray Shea does not share that information with her. I need not worry Shea has her mind on the mission entirely and focusing on finding Liara. Miri rubs my back soothingly as we ride in the back of the cab. Vasir is driving, she knows where the Dracon Trade Center is. I feel a slight buzzing in my head. I whisper it to Miri. "Take another injection if it gets too bad. We really need to start working with your Biotics. After we are done with this and have some free time we'll start working on it." She says. I nod and lean on her shoulder and close my eyes. "I'm not sure the small one will make it through this." I hear Vasir say. I glare at her in the review mirror. Shea looks at me. I nod that I will be ok. "She'll be fine. She's just been feeling under the weather. She's adjusting to full nights of sleep now. Her body is just catching up to the change." Shea says.
"Well if you think so, but you may want to send her back when we get there. She could be a liability." Vasir says. "With all due respect, I know her better then you. She knows her limits, and she won't overdue it. I believe in her." Shea says. I am grateful she kept my new condition to herself. Perhaps she too is starting to question Vasir. I certainly hope so. I close my eyes again bask in my Miri's touch and sent. She strokes my hair in a also soothing manner. I sigh in contentment. How I love this woman. If I could spend the rest of my life with her near me I would have no regrets when it is finally time for me to go to my eternal rest.
Miranda
Something is off with Chey's passive Biotic energy. The buzzing and headaches aren't supposed to star until she actively uses biotics. Unless they are defending her from intrusive biotics. I look at Vasir in rear view she is still staring at us, no Chey and her eyes have a bit of blue energy in them. Damn Asari they would be able to sense latent and suppressed biotics. "Vasir is there a reason why you keep staring at my girlfriend?" I ask her with a hint of threat in my voice. " Yes. I was wondering if that hot little piece of ass was taken, but that answers my question. Perhaps we could have a little tryst us three you are pretty smoking yourself." She says. I feel my biotics flare. "Not even if the universe depended on it." I growl at her. ''Vasir. If you value your existence you will refrain from gawking at my sister, if Miranda doesn't rip you to shreds with her biotics, then I will with my bare hands. Chey is not a piece of meat." Shea says in that commanding voice that brokers no compromise.
Thankfully she heeds Shea's word. I still feel a bit like tearing her apart. I feel Chey caress my stomach and all hostility ceases and my biotics calm. Shea busies Vasir's mouth with questions about the tower. I really can't wait till we can be away from her. I know her excuse was bullshit so I faked my jealousy, but not my anger. No one gets into my girl's mind without her permission. We land at the base of the tower. They go ahead of us, I stay back a bit with Chey. "Is the buzzing and headache gone?" I ask her. "Yeah. It stopped after you two yelled at her." She answers. "Good. Vasir was probing your mind and body with subtle biotic waves. I am pretty sure she knows you have Biotic potential." I say. "Well, damn there goes my secret weapon." She states.
We hear an explosion and run to catch up with Shea. The building is on fire. "Well fuck me sideways." Chey says. "Later darling. Things just got a whole lot more complicated." I said. "Please do not share your sexy times with us. I really don't want that image in my head.. too late. Time to kill things until I forget." Shea says. "Mmm.. I won't be forgetting it anytime soon." Chey says her voice dripping with lust. "Okay new rule. Either fuck till it's out of your system for a bit before missions or else I won't take you two along at the same time." Shea says. We both look guilty. " Sorry Shea we'll contain ourselves." We say at the same time. "Thank you." She replies.
We can see her smile. It doesn't bug her as much as she'd like us to think. The only reason it bugs her at all is because she misses Ashley. I have a feeling that if Ashley were with us, she wouldn't be much different then us. I should ask Liara, or Chey what Shea was like with Ashley. Floor after floor we face the shadow broker's forces until we come to the top only for Vasir to be there already spouting how if she had only gotten her sooner she could have saved Sekat. I really want to call bullshit on her as does Chey. "Check his body, maybe he has the data on him." Shea says. "He's empty they must have looted it off his body." I said. "Must have. Speaking of bodies did you find your friends?" she asks. "You mean this body." Liara steps forward and points her predator hand gun at Vasir. "Wait Liara, she's on our side.'' Shea says.
" I doubled back after the explosion. She killed Sekat and tried to kill me at my apartment I saw her through the window. She has the data." Liara says. Vasir tries to make up an excuse. Shea finally puts all the pieces together and turns her gun on to her as well.
Shea
I can't believe I didn't put it together sooner. "Now it makes sense. How else could you have known how she diverted the bullet or how long she was in the apartment before. You saw me coming and figured you could use me to find where Liara went." I felt like an idiot. She tries to hit us with a powerful wave of Biotics Liara and Miranda stop it with a barrier. I run through barrier and tackle Vasir. Then we are falling and twisting and punching each other. Finally she gets her feet on me and kicks off of me sending me crashing hard to the floor. The wind was knocked out of me as I was catching my breath I see Liara jump down and chase she doesn't even look back. Chey helps me up as we watch Liara tear through a couple of mercs and races after Vasir.
We stood shocked at that, we didn't have much time to think about it as more forces swamped us. We dove into cover. Again I saw Miranda at her most terrifying display of Biotic attacks. She really wanted Vasir too. I was reloading when I thought back to the ride in the cab with her. In hindsight that whole charade that happened was not sincere. Something else was transpiring there. I made a note to myself to ask Miranda at a later time. Like when we weren't ass deep in mercs. Even my sister was really tearing them up, so she must know too. So either one I can ask about it. "Later." I reminded myself. I also had a few choice words and questions for Ms. T'Soni. I was quite cross with her at the moment. So I guess I'll take it out on these poor sods.
We reached the parking lot and I was further incensed to see Liara just waiting there. "I'm fine by the way thanks for asking." I say with irritation. Miranda and Chey climb in back. I could tell Chey was worried about me driving in a high speed chase. Ideally she would be better at it. I shake my head. I'm far too agitated to just sit there, and I planned on driving like a mad woman like I used to in the Mako just to scare Liara. Chey buckles herself and Miranda in and grips her hand. I hear her say. "If we die here, I just want you to know, I would really have liked you carrying my babies." Miranda lightly slaps her. "You arse. Now you tell me." She says. Then kisses her passionately. " I just wanted to kiss you one last time before we died in a fiery crash." Another kiss. "Also I would have loved to have your babies." She said. I couldn't tell if they were kidding or not, but I was plainly able to see Liara blush. Which gave me an idea.
"Hey so if you two wanted to fuck one last time, I can push this button to raise the tinted window. Won't do shit to keep out sound though." I smirk at them. Liara blushes further. "Nah the way you drive it be too hard and not in a good way." Chey says. I start laughing my ass off and so do they. "For Goddess sake! Please refrain from any fucking back there and talking about fucking too!" she shouts. We are stunned she never shouted before let alone cussed. She glares at me. "You focus on following Vasir! I won't let her get away with that data!" My eyebrows arch. "Yes Mistress." I say cheekily. She is silent other then telling me to go faster, stay on her, turn here and some other amusing comments. I kind of liked this more commanding and confident Liara. Now if only she wouldn't be so cold and distant. "We'll work on it." I decide.
Miranda
"Hey Miri, this might be bad but I think Liara gave me a hard on." Chey says. I see Shea trying to suppress a grin. " Don't feel bad, I think my thong just caught fire. That was fucking sexy as hell. Maybe we should try to be more commanding when we are being the dom during sex." I admit truthfully to her, I also see she was telling the truth she was very hard I thought she might bust out of her armor. I can't see Liara's face but I see Shea mouth "She made me hot too." She mouths. I smile. Chey leans in closer to my ear and whispers. "I think Liara's eyes were starting to turn black there. I think being dominate and hearing us say she got us horny made her horny too." I kiss her ear. "God that was so hot. Next time be that way with me." We giggle.
"Alright giggle girls back to the matter at hand." She orders. "Yes ma'am." We say. "Truck! Truck!'' Liara shouts. "I know. We'll be fine." Shea says. "You're enjoying this aren't you." She says. "Maybe just a little." Shea replies. I sit back and just enjoy the show of calm collected Liara freaking out from Shea's driving. I can sympathize in a way every time I get into the Hammerhead with her, my ass involuntarily clenches. Chey seems pretty relaxed. Though I can feel the tension through out her whole body. It's a little easier to handle riding with Shea when Chey is next to me. Eventually we catch up to Vasir and knock her out of the sky and straight down to Hotel Azure.
We follow Vasir's blood trail through a hotel room, an Asari and a human are huddled in the corner by the bed. Shea and Chey's eyes are drawn to soft core porn with Asari on the large screen. "What kind of hotel is this?" Shea asks. "It's resort hotel with an exotic edge. Azure is slang for a part of the Asari body in some areas on Ilium." Liara answers. "Where?" Chey and Shea ask. "In the lower reaches, near the bottom." She shyly responds. "We meant where on the Asari body." Shea clarifies. "So did I." Liara says. I laugh at the faces and blushes on their faces. I look at Chey. "You only need to worry about my lower reaches, love. Though that look is priceless." She blushes again and I love it. Shea clears her throat. "Moving on." She says
Liara moves ahead a bit probably still flustered about the whole Azure thing. " So to clarify, an azure is an Asari's lower naughty bits right?" Shea asks. I laugh again. Even Chey is attentively listening. "Really?" I ask. "What? We've each only had human women as partners." Chey defends. "Yes. Azure is slang for the Asari's sex organ. In all truth, asari bodies are pretty much human. The only differences are the obvious ones. Fine scales, tentacles instead of hair, completely hairless and blue." I explain. "Have you ever with… an Asari before?" Shea asks me. " I pinch the bridge of my nose. "No I am a scientist I had a semester study on the Asari body, when I was in college. Have you two never watched Asari porn before?" I ask. They shake their heads. "Seriously what kind of bloody lesbians are you? I mean you both have had sex with women." I'm a bit shocked at this development.
"Technically, I am the only lesbian here. Shea and Liara are pansexuals like your sister. Gender does not matter to them. You are a little bit hard to label, because I'm a woman with a penis. And not women. Woman in Shea's case including you I have only been with two women." Chey explains. "Hmm.. I have always identified as bisexual. But I guess I'm Chey sexual now. Since I only want to have sex with you from now on." I said. "Awww.. come here." She pulls me towards her and I lean down and kiss her.
Chey
I could get lost in her kiss forever, but sadly breathing is a necessity. "Ugh come on lovebirds that spectre won't stop herself." Shea says. Vasir thought to use a hostage to disarm us. Shea said how she sacrificed thousands of lives to save the council and while she was distracted Liara hit her with a table as Miranda pulled her to us with biotics. Then the fight began. She moved so fast I could barely aim and keep up with her pace. Shea and I had to use our concussive shot skill constantly to get her to stop long enough for us to shoot at her while the others powers charged, it was mostly warps from Miranda and Liara and concussive shots from us, eventually we beat her. Miranda and I are on a adrenaline high, so while Liara and Shea talk we find a nice secluded place for a quickie it isn't quite that quick due more to Miranda's cat suit. But we manage.
We give each other secret smiles. "God you felt so much better without the condom. It's a good thing we want to make babies together." She says. "I completely agree no condoms are way better.'' I reply with a stupid grin. Once on board the Normandy we grab a quick shower in our respective areas. I head to go see Aunt Karin. I will be needing more vials and probably stronger doses, in combat I burned through them quickly. I explain the situation, and what I noticed about the cocktail. "Alright, I'll work on a stronger dose, but since Liara is here why don't you ask her for help." She suggests. "Good idea. Let's hope that Liara is feeling like helping then." I said. "Why wouldn't she?" She asks. "It's a complicated and confusing thing with her Auntie Karin. Have you not noticed how closed off she has become?" I ask. "Good point. I'll get Mordin to help. We should have something for you by the time we reach our destination." She says. I hug her thanks Auntie Karin, love you." She squeezes me tighter, it just occurred to me I hadn't told her I loved her since before Liana died.
Liara is sitting at the table eating some food. "Hey Liara. Do you have a minute?" I ask. "Not at this moment, I need to go over these plans and make a strategy for the base. Can it wait for a bit?" she says. "Sure Liara, I apologize for bugging you." I head to Miranda's office. "Hi honey I'm home." I say teasingly. "Welcome home love, did Karin look you over?" She asks. "Yep, her and Mordin are going to work on a stronger serum that's good on and off the battle field." I reply. "Liara can't help you figure out how to access your biotics either?" She asks. "I don't know. I asked, if she had a minute, but obviously she doesn't she hasn't looked anywhere but at that data since arriving." I said. "Damn, I wish I knew how to access your Biotics, I was a baby when mine started. " her eyes widen. "I can't believe we didn't think about it. Your mom, hers developed when she was an adult. We should ask her." She says. "I can't. I tried it appears all her comms are down. I sent her a message, it came right back saying message could not be delivered. It had an error code looked it up said recipient communications failure." I tell her.
"Well damn. Are you alright love? You look a bit pale." She says. "I'm ok a bit tired, I think I should retire to my tent for now." I said. "Or you could stay here. I've been meaning to ask you this for awhile, but timing always seemed off. I would like you to move in here with me. I am tired of sneaking around, I want you to come to bed with me at night and stay until whenever." She says. I smile and grab her and kiss her deeply. "I thought you'd never ask. I was close to just subtly moving my things in." I admit. She smiles too. "After this thing with Liara we'll start moving you in." she says. I nod.
Shea
"You sure Chey is ok to go Auntie?" I ask her. "Yes she will be ok, this serum will survive battle longer, so she shouldn't burn through it as quickly. I had suggested she speak with Liara, but from what I could see Liara just brushed her off. What I don't get is how Vasir could detect the Biotics in Chey, but Liara seems oblivious too it?" She says. "Liara seems to be of a single mind at this time. I don't know if I should sympathize with her or try to shake some sense into her." I comment to her. "Do you know why she is so hell bent on this?" She asks. She explained that a Drell named Feron was helping her and how as many times as he betrayed her, he sacrificed himself. So that she could escape with my body. At first she wanted revenge, but when she learned he was alive it became about a rescue and the shadow broker needing to be stopped." I explain.
" I can see why you are conflicted. She is going down the same path as Chey was when she first joined us on our hunt for Saren.'' She said. "The only difference really is that instead of putting herself in danger needlessly like Chey was, she is risking us and our mission. If Ash or Tali were here they may be able to reach her. Ash however, wants nothing to do with us right now, and I haven't gotten Tali from Haestrom yet. Now I kind of wish I had gotten her first before giving Liara the intel. If rescuing and stopping the shadow broker doesn't help matters. Well, I would have to risk Chey more if I had to go collect Tali, to talk some sense into Liara. I fear if l let Liara sit with this too long, that I may be too late to save her. I wouldn't be so torn about this if I didn't know Chey would never forgive me for putting her above Liara." I explain further.
"Double edged sword." She states simply. "Hey commander we are at Hagalaz. Chey, Miranda And Liara are waiting for you in the shuttle. Garrus wanted me to update and say that the upgrades you have gotten are almost finished. With the rest of the crew helping out it should be completely done in 3 hours." Joker says over the speakers. "Got it Joker. Thank you." I reply. "Until next time Commander." She says. I wave to her and head to the cargo bay. We take the shuttle and drop down onto the shadow broker's ship. Now that we are traipsing over this ship, Liara seems almost normal. Well, not overly cold or distant, but very professional. She has changed so much in two years, some of it good changes while others are not so good. I look back at Chey and Miranda, they both give me the thumbs up. I had asked Miranda to stay close to Chey, not that I needed to ask her. She would have done it regardless.
I am relieved to see that the new serum is working well, she manages to make it through most of the top of the ship and throughout various battles. The first injection she needs is when Liara is putting in the stint program to hack open the door. "What's Miranda injecting Chey with, is she sick?" Liara asks. She's almost done. "Yes and no. Biotics have begun to develop, but since none of us know how to access them to help her, Karin and Mordin came up with a serum, that the energy can burn through other then her. It's a stop gap, but we think once we recruit Samara she could help. At least that's our hope." I explain. "Why didn't you say something sooner I could have helped, Asari use a knowledge meld and it puts the information inside so it is readily accessible to the new Biotic." She says. "From what I could tell and what Auntie Karin saw, she tried to approach you and you brushed her off." I said. "When did I do that, I wouldn't have done that if I had known about it?" She asks. "Really Liara? Vasir could sense them. Why couldn't you?" I ask. "I was preoccupied." She says. "Exactly my point." I said to her.