Miranda walked behind Shepard's back, looking around the colony there was no one there.
When the colony went silent, Miranda tried to call Bellona….Miranda shook her head. She didn't want to think about it. The manner in which they parted was not in a good way. There were a lot of angry words between them.
Miranda didn't want to think about what happened to Bellona. Some part of her believed that she was still alive. Bell won't give up so easily. I know her. A flashback of Bellona's cold eyes and hard face came to mind.
She's a pro. She's alive, I know she is. Miranda sighed as they went inside one of apartment. Miranda looked around the room and saw a console to her left which had one message. Miranda walked closer and clicked few buttons. Her eyes widened as she watched her own message asking to call her back.
This was Bellona's apartments. Miranda looked at the Commander as she checked another room.
"This is one of our Agent apartments." Miranda looked at Shepard as she walked closer to the bed where table stood, there was one picture standing there.
Jane walked closer and took the picture in her hand. It was of two girls. One of them was Miranda and the other was a young woman with long brown hair and hazel eyes, in a black dress. Miranda on other hand was in red one. Both of them looked young.
Jane showed the picture to Miranda. "Who is the girl on this picture?" She saw Miranda taking the picture from her hand and gently tracing a finger over the woman face. Jane saw Miranda eyes soften a little and then it was gone.
Miranda looked at Jane. "It's doesn't matter. We come here for information, Commander. We are wasting time." Then she walked outside. Her blue eyes were hard, her jaw clenched even harder. She once again looked at the picture. The woman on the picture looked happy and carefree. She couldn't help but once again traced the woman face on the picture; she shook her head and saw Commander walking away.
She put the picture away as she fallowed the Commander. I'm sorry…
Miranda knew that she had made a mistake. Her pride might have killed her friend. She just hoped that she didn't suffer. Once they find out who did this, they will pay.
Jane was really happy to see Tali once again. Though when she though that she work for Carberus hurt.
But that doesn't matter; she was alive and still fighting.
Sure the group she had right now was a little odd. One a woman, who was wearing a cat suit with a really cold personality, she was a true ice queen. The other was a strong ex-Alliance soldier, a biotic.
Though she did notice Miranda was acting odd back there in that one apartment. And that picture.
The way she touched it made her curious about the picture and the woman on it. She should ask her about it later when they find something here.
Jane knows that there was someone here from the start since the TECH was on. That Veetor guy must have overridden them.
Bellona felt horrible. She was wounded. And she didn't like it. The pain, or the fact she was feverish and having nightmares. The kid Veetor tried to help her, and he did stop the blood, but when she told him that he need to get the bullet out….He was shaking in his armor.
But there was one up-side to it all, she was alive. The pain meant she was alive. That's good. Now only if someone took the bullet out, she would felt great. Maybe even kiss the person who did it. Kiss the quarian. Now that was funny.
From outside she heard gun fire, and she wondered if it was her mind playing on her ears. Someone was here? Did the Collectors come back? She hoped not.
Bellona looked at the kid who was watching the vid on the screen. Those seekers worms. They attacked humans and they all stopped moving. How? What kind of tech was this? I never have seen anything like it before. Maybe Miranda…ugh…Stop thinking about her fool. She is not coming.
Bellona could feel despair in her gut. Here she was in this Forsaken colony, slowly dying and Miranda didn't even know. She could feel tears in her eyes. The image of their fight slowly came to mind.
Bellona cursed and looked back to the kid at the console. He was young. Still a kid. He is researching those worms. Cerbers will want him, to know everything he knows. They would probably do anything to him just to get the information out of him.
Bellona shook her head. She can't believe that Miranda was so blind as to think that Cerbers was good. She even wanted to plan chip into Commander's head. Didn't she understand what she was planning to do? Did she ever think that she acting more and more like her father then herself? And I can't even help her. I can't help her see that it was wrong. If…If I get out of this alive. I promise Miranda, I'll save you. I'll save you from TIMY and even if I had to, I will save you from yourself.
Damn this pain. And this fever makes things worse. She needs medical attention. She needed this fucking bullet out of her gut. It's starting to piss her off!
Bellona hazel eyes flashed in anger, she looked at her wound, probably could take it out herself. She just needed something sharp. She can't take this anymore. The hell with this fever and pain. She looked around the room; there was nothing sharp she could use to take out the bullet. Damn it! Why do these rooms never have anything useful? I need something sharp, something like a knife…wait a sec. Knife! Bell you are an idiot!
Bellona looked at her boots, and took a small throwing knife she always hid there for emergency. She took it by the handle, and took a deep breath. This is gonna hurt.
Bellona clicked on her omni-tool for light. She saw her wound closely and cursed, it was infected. She used her other hand to open her wound wider, then used the sharp end of her knife to pic out the bullet. Her jaw shut tight from the pain, and she could feel groan of pain forming in her throat. She felt the bullet moving closer to the exit of her wound. She forewent the knife, and used her fingers to take the bullet out of her. Her panting increased; the blood started flowing out of her wound again. When she finally pulled out the bullet and cursed out loud as more blood flowed out.
Bellona put her head back on the pillow, and groaned in pain. Her fever was making her dizzy. Fuck. This. Hurts. Like. A. Bitch. I need to close the wound. I guess I'll need to do it old fashion way.
Before Bellona could reach for the knife, the door to the room unlocked and she turned to it and what she saw took her breath away.
In front of her was a fucking Shepard.
Who looked straight at her. Her green eyes narrowed and when she saw her wound it showed concern.
Shepard opened her mouth to say, but was interrupted by another voice. A voice Bellona knows and love, the voice of her childhood friend. Miranda.
"Bellona!" She could hear a slight panic in her voice. Miranda never panic. It means I must look like shit.
"Hey…Frosty…you still look hot." Bellona said in voice full of pain. She could help but smile at Miranda.
Miranda rushed at her and knell by her side. She brushed her hair from her face. Miranda's face was pale and her eyes wide. She looked at her wound, and her face changed.
Shepard looked at the stoic woman that followed her here, and she saw how her personality changed. She looked closely at the woman lying on the bed, she looked quite familiar. She thought for a moment where she saw her face before. Then it came to her. The woman on the picture with Miranda. This was her, she was sure of it. And it seemed those two were close.
Jane walked closer to Miranda and looked at her. Miranda looked over her shoulder and her eyes were frost like ice.
"She needs medical attention! She lost too much blood!" Miranda's voice held urgency in it.
"Do you know this woman?" Jane couldn't help but ask. Miranda eyes narrowed, her face turned back as it was before.
"She is my…our agent. One that I send here to gather information, she went missing. She is on our side."
Jane took a look at the woman. She was old, maybe 25 years, she was really beautiful. She had brown hair that was sticking messily out of her bun. Her eyes were hazel, between brown and green. Her clothes were simple, a buttoned shirt, white in color, and dark blue jeans with army boots. For a moment she didn't believe that this woman was an Agent of Cerbers.
Bellona felt really bad. She could tell that she was losing lots of blood and she would soon be out like a light. So she turned her head to Miranda.
"Not that…I don't like how Commander checking me out. But I think…I'm going to pass out now." She said it with pained voice, soon her word turned dark.
The last thing she heard was Miranda calling her name.
AN: So guys tell me what you all think? Also thanks to my friend fumes for looking at my story. :D