Reunited

Author’s Notes: This is the 19th chapter in my epic, 30-40+ chapter fanfic about Captain Megan Shepard and her beautiful lover, Miranda Lawson. I honestly thought that we’d never get this far, but I’ve still got over 10 chapters lined up. Thank you, all you 60 reviewers for your continuous reviews which have enabled this story to go so far, and yet continue. So please keep reviewing if you want this fic to go on people. And there is a short rape scene in this chapter, as well as coupla child abuse scenes, so read at your own risk. Captain Megan Shepard can be seen with Miranda Lawson in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVPIKd0LUQI

Lieutenant Commander Miranda Anne Lawson awoke naked with a throbbing tenderness deep within her womanhood and ass, moaning softly as she stretched, trying to get rid of all the soreness from yet another passionate lovemaking session with her sultry lover and 2-time savior of the galaxy, Captain Megan Cassandra Shepard, who was spooning up behind Miranda with her arms around the brunette’s chest and her right leg was draped possessively over Miranda’s left leg, and Megan’s hands were firmly grasping her perky D-cup breasts as she snored softly, making Miranda smile warmly at the adorable sound. The night before, after Miranda had given Megan a very relaxing massage, the redhead thought it appropriate to reward the brunette with another bout of mind-blowing sex.

Thus, Megan was now thoroughly exhausted and fast asleep. Miranda gently extricated herself from the Vanguard’s embrace, causing her to whine softly in protest at the loss of body heat before her breathing went back to normal. The brunette seductress considered giving Megan a ‘wake up call’, but decided against it as she deserved the sleep. Miranda kissed Megan on the lips as she rolled the redhead onto her back before she planted a series of wet kisses down Megan’s lightly-tanned body, finally ending it with an extra-wet kiss on the redhead’s clitoris, making her smile and whimper in delight before she resumed her soft snores. Miranda smiled at her girlfriend’s adorable reaction as she trotted into the bathroom for her daily morning shower and brushing routine.

When she came out of the bathroom, still completely nude, Megan was yawning as she walked towards the bathroom. “Morning princess.”Miranda purred with a big smile of her pretty face as she hugged Megan, “Morning honey cake.”Megan giggled as they engaged in a passionate and very sloppy French kiss, which lasted a couple of minutes before they had to break it off to breathe. “Ugh! Your breath stinks Cassie! Go brush your teeth, now!”Miranda scoffed in disgust as Megan laughed and purposely exhaled right in Miranda’s face, earning a playful punch on the chest as Miranda pouted. She then got dressed, and she sat down at her private terminal to begin her day’s work.

When Megan came out of the bathroom, a new message came in, but Miranda was so busy trying to get a report done that she ignored it until Megan got dressed in her usual uniform. “Well, aren’t you gonna read that?”Megan asked upon hearing the 3rd beep. “Oh right, the message!”Miranda said absentmindedly as she opened it and she squealed with joy. “What is it Miri babe?”Megan asked as she stood behind the chair and bent down to hug Miranda. “Ori’s going to graduate with a Masters in Colonial Management, as well as a Masters in Modern History and a Masters in Physics next week! And the best thing is that you promised the crew shore leave on Bekenstein at the same time!”Miranda exclaimed joyfully as Megan smiled.

“Wow! I sure have a damn good knack for being in the right place at the right time, don’t I? Well, let’s go attend her graduation.”Megan joked, a radiant smile on her face as Miranda pulled her in for another French kiss. “Oh indeed. I love you, Megan dearie.”The brunette grinned, totally excited at the prospect of being at Oriana’s graduation. “Love you too Miri honey.”Megan grinned back as another message came in. Miranda opened it, and she gasped in shock before rage and indignation took over. “What is it Miri?”The Captain asked as she looked at the message and gasped in shock herself before she felt righteous anger course through her veins. It was from Aaron Lawson, Miranda’s estranged father.

The message read: Dear Miranda, I know you don’t want to ever see or hear about me again, unless I come up in an obituary column, but I have to do this. I’m sorry for all that I’ve done all through the years to you. I’m beyond sorry, and I know there’s nothing I can do to even remotely try and make up for all the suffering and abuse I put you through. I’ve had an epiphany, and that epiphany made me realize I’ve been worse than the devil himself towards you, and the 6 other daughters I’ve had before you. I would like to meet you at the 88Degrees bar in the Twin Royals Hotel in Milgrom at 6.30 this evening, or tomorrow if you can’t make it today. And I would like to request that you bring Oriana along as well. I need to reveal something about Oriana to you.
Sincerely,
Your Dad

“’Your dad?’ How dare that old bastard call you that…”Megan snarled at the message as Miranda just sat there and began to recall unpleasant memories of her father. “Miranda! You got a ‘B+’ for your Advanced Mathematics!”Aaron Lawson boomed at the 11 year old Miranda Anne Lawson as the girl stood before him, trembling in fear as the senior Lawson examined her grade report on a datapad. “Yes daddy. But I got an A+ for every-”She began timidly, her voice quavering as her father interrupted her. “No excuses young woman! You were made to be perfect, so why’d you get a ‘B+’? Perfect people don’t get ‘B+’s!”He snarled at Miranda, who was trying her best not to cry, blinking rapidly to prevent the tears that were in her eyes from flowing over.

“I’m sorry daddy…”Miranda sniffled as Mr. Lawson glared at his daughter. This was his 7th ‘daughter’, and while she was accomplishing more and doing much better than all of her 6 now deceased predecessors, it still wasn’t enough to satisfy his obsession. “I don’t want apologies, I want an explanation. Why?”He growled as Miranda shuffled a bit before she replied in a tiny voice. “Because…because I was busy playing with little Rover instead of studying.”The black-haired girl whispered in reply as Aaron Lawson stood up from his chair and undid his belt as Miranda backpedaled away from his desk. “No-no-no please daddy…I’ll do better next time…please…not the belt daddy…”Miranda cried out in fear, her hot tears finally leaking out of her eyes.

“It’s too late, Miranda. That’s the way the world is. Once a mistake is made, it must be corrected. Now pull your skirt and panties down, and bend over on the table for me.”The elder Lawson ordered as Miranda mutely complied, taking off her skirt and panties and bending over on her father’s desk like she had done so many times before and awaited the inevitable stroke of the belt, which came too quickly for her. Miranda cried out in pain, tears streaming out of her eyes, and when her father brought the belt down on her buttocks the second time, Miranda began to scream in pain and writhe around, knowing that she had to endure another 3 strokes. “Stay still Miranda!”Aaron Lawson commanded, and Miranda somehow managed to do that until the 3rd stroke landed on her buttocks, which split open her flawless, smooth white skin and blood began to trickle out.

“Please stop daddy! It hurts so much! I’ll be a good girl and study harder, I promise!”Miranda screamed as she tasted the hot, salty tears that had gotten into her mouth as it flowed freely down her pretty face. “Be quiet and stay still.”Her father boomed as she struggled to comply with his orders. She had no idea how she managed to survive the last 2 strokes, and her entire bottom was red and welted, and there were a few trickles of blood. She couldn’t stop crying as she gingerly massaged her abused buttocks as she stared at the floor while she cried, not daring to look at her father and tormentor. “One more time this happens, and your little dog is out of this mansion. Understood?”The elder Lawson warned Miranda as she just nodded, still sobbing uncontrollably.

“Good. You’re dismissed.”He said with a dismissive wave of his hand, immediately getting back to his work. Miranda silently picked up her skirt and panties and practically ran out of the room without putting them on and rushed back to her room sobbing, passing by Adeline, a mother of four and one of the maids who worked there on the way. She lay face down on her large, lavish bed, not wanting to lie down as her wounds would sting once more, and a minute later, Adeline came in, carrying a towel in a basin full of ice water and a pack of medigel. “Oh God Miss Lawson, what did that monster do to you?”Adeline said, more a statement than a question. “P-p-please Mrs. Braithwaite, call me Miranda.”Miranda sniffled as she turned around to look at her maid, who sat down behind her and wrung the towel of excess water and gently dabbed Miranda’s buttocks, causing the girl to whimper in pain.

“Then you must call me Adeline, Miranda.”The brunette replied tenderly as she pulled Miranda into a hug, which the young girl eagerly returned, sobbing into the maid’s embrace. “It’s ok Miranda. Just cry it out.”Adeline whispered as Miranda did just as the maid advised while the maid sang a soothing song to her. When she was finished singing, she made Miranda lie face down on the bed and cleaned her welts of the dried blood, making Miranda whimper in pain, before applying the medigel to heal the wound and banish the pain. “Goodnight, Miranda. Sleep tight.”Adeline said as she tucked the girl into bed after applying the medigel, and Miranda just nodded mutely and smiled as the maid kissed her on her forehead before leaving.

“Miri? Miri, are you okay?”Megan asked, concerned for her girlfriend who was just sitting there and staring into space with her jaw clenched so tightly it clearly showed, and her entire face was red with fury, but Miranda was too lost in her unpleasant memories to even notice that Megan was beside her. “You…you slut! No, you’re worse than a slut! You’re sleeping around with other girls!”Aaron Lawson yelled at his 15 year old daughter, who was sitting naked on her bed, hugging her knees to her chest as she desperately avoided her father’s spiteful glare, staring at a corner of her blanket that she was nervously gripping. Just minutes ago, she was nearing orgasm thanks to Larissa, a maid, as well as her friend and lover, but she got caught in flagrante delicto with the maid, who had just been escorted out by security mechs.

Miranda’s father took Miranda’s refusal to say anything and to even look at him as a sign of disrespect, and he promptly grabbed her off the bed and roughly tossed her against her dresser. “Dad, no-stop, please!”The teenaged beauty begged in vain as Lawson Sr. pushed her down so that she lay flat on her chest on the dresser. Miranda tried to get up, but her attempt failed when Aaron Lawson brought the cane he held in his hands down on her buttocks and caned her savagely. Miranda lost count of how many strokes of the cane she was given, but she managed to stay bent over on the dresser the whole time until he was done. By then, her entire bottom was red and welted, and there was some blood, as her entire face was streaked with her tears as fresh ones kept falling.

“Listen to me Miranda Anne Lawson. You are not to sleep around unless I instruct you to do so, and you will only sleep with those that I tell you to. Remember that!”He growled at Miranda, who was curled up in a fetal position on the floor. “Yes dad.”She sobbed, still curled up on the floor. “Oh, and by the way…” he scowled as her reached into the drawer of Miranda’s nightstand and pulled out a 2-year old holo of Megan and Miranda hugging each other and smiling which was taken during the brunette’s year-long stay with her father at Megan’s family mansion. “Forget about that tawdry little ginger tart.”He snarled as he threw the holo onto the floor, where it shattered and winked out of existence as he strode out of Miranda’s room.

Miranda uncurled from her fetal position and picked up the shattered holo, still sobbing as she put it back into her nightstand drawer. Fortunately, Miranda had more than a dozen other holos, and she pulled another, her favorite to be precise, holo out from the second drawer in her nightstand and she gingerly climbed into her bed and pulled the covers over herself as she lay on her side, hugging the holo of Megan giving her a kiss on her cheek to her chest as she sobbed. “Cassie…please…save me from this hell…”Miranda whimpered over and over again as she sobbed herself to sleep. Megan was beginning to get worried for Miranda, as the brunette was getting increasingly agitated by the minute and she wasn’t responding to her.

16 year old Miranda awoke naked in a musty smelling place and she groaned and tried to rub the back of her head, but she found that her wrists were cuffed to a table, and so were her ankles, which had been spread apart wide, revealing her sex, and she shivered as she felt the cold, musty air on the petals of her vagina. She then forced her eyes open to see 3 masked men, all completely naked with erections in their hands, and one had a vidcam in his free hand, leering at her. “What-what do you want?”Miranda stuttered, feeling fear rising up her spine and she tried to fight it down like her instructors told her to in her self-defense classes, but it wasn’t really working. “Isn’t it obvious honey? We’re gonna demand ransom from your dear old pappy.”One of the men, whom Miranda thought to be the leader, sneered in a thick Geordie accent at the struggling, naked teenage girl on the table.

“Let go of me! He’ll never pay dirty lowlife fuckers like you! You’ll be sorry when I get free, I’m a biotic!”Miranda yelled in defiance as all 3 kidnappers just guffawed harshly. “Oh, he’ll pay alright…see that vidcam there, little lass? We’re going to cut him a deal he can’t resist, and he’ll pay so handsomely to protect his beautiful little flower…and your implant is gone, by the way.”The second man leered in a thick Welsh accent as Miranda froze in horror as her mind connected the dots and she realized that they were going to brutally rape her while recording it, and then send it to her father. Worse, she didn’t even have her biotics to protect herself. She looked up at the men pleadingly as her struggles intensified.

“Please, don’t touch me…I’m sure we can work something out here without any of us getting hurt…”Miranda began before cam-guy cut in. “Don’t worry sweet-titties, nobody’s gonna get hurt…in fact, we’re all gonna enjoy deflowering daddy’s little flower…”He chuckled as Miranda realized that they were dead set on raping her, and she thus decided not to give them the satisfaction of seeing her beg. “I’m a biotic, you bloody cuntheads! You’d better let me go this damn minute or I’ll kill you all!”Miranda screamed, successfully hiding her fear. “Ooh, little flower’s a biotic. Never had sex with a biotic before…this should be fun…get recording Paul.”The leader smirked as he got atop Miranda and put his penis on her generous cleavage and mashed her more than ample breasts around his cock and began to fuck her breasts. He was thrusting rapidly, grunting and groaning loudly in pleasure as Miranda kept screaming for him to stop.

Soon, he reached his peak and he pulled away and ejaculated, coating Miranda’s breasts and her face with his vile seed as he groaned in delight. The Welshman in the group roughly tipped Miranda’s head back, and forced her mouth open as the leader kept cumming, aiming his semen into Miranda’s open mouth, and most got on target as Miranda spat out his disgusting cum out as soon as it landed into her unwilling mouth. “You fucking scumbag!”She shrieked in rage as her biotics activated and everything in the room flew around, including her 3 kidnappers, and her cuffs dissolved into dust. Miranda sat up in shock, staring at her hands which were glowing blue like the rest of her body. Her biotics were powerful, but she’d never done that before, and she’d never used her biotics without her implant before.

The leader and vidcam-man stood up groggily as Miranda stared at the body of the 2nd man, who died when his head hit the wall with such force the part of the wall he’d made contact with was in rubble now. Vidcam-man was the first to recover, and as he lunged at Miranda, she snapped back into reality and flung him against another wall, snapping his neck in multiple places, killing him instantly. The teenager then set her eyes upon the leader, who had just pulled out a pistol and was taking aim at her, and the foul taste in her mouth and the warm, sticky liquid on her cheeks, chin, neck and breasts were more than enough to remind her of what the monster aiming the pistol at her had done to her against her will.

“YOU MOTHERFUCKER!”Miranda screamed in pure rage as her biotics flared up stronger than before as she charged him. Before he could fire the shot he was aiming, Miranda delivered a roundhouse kick so flawless even Chuck Norris would’ve cried tears of pure delight and acknowledged Miranda as his biological daughter. However, Miranda’s kick was even more devastating than Norris’ as hers was augmented by her biotics, and the leader flew to the end of the room as his pistol dropped from his grasp, and he landed against the wall with his spinal cord snapped, rendering him paralyzed from the waist down and his jaw broken in several places. Miranda then jumped on him, screaming while she cried tears of disgust, shame, anger and hurt as she wrapped her hands around his throat and she strangled him to death.

When she stood up, she felt much lighter, but when she saw the 3 dead bodies, courtesy of her handiwork, bile rose up in her throat and she fell to her knees, vomiting profusely. The stench of death was overpowering, and killing them…made her sick to her stomach, even though they were scum. When Miranda was done heaving she stared at her hands as if though they were dirty. She cried out in terror as she raced to the bathroom, scrubbing her hands profusely for nearly an hour before she collapsed in a heap, crying loudly as she turned on the shower to maximum heat, and the scalding water beat down on her, washing away her dead rapist’s cum and scalding her porcelain skin as she curled up in a fetal position in the corner of the shower, crying for hours before she finally left the trailer of torment after finding her omnitool, but she couldn’t find her clothes, and none of the kidnappers’ fit her.

Miranda had been walking on the deserted English country road for hours, and it had turned from early morning to 730 in the morning, and Miranda was dehydrated, starving, exhausted, cold, but worst of all, she was emotionally broken. Suddenly, a sound of a hovercar approaching roused her from her sobbing and depressed thoughts, and she quickly spun round to see one approaching her, and she jumped onto the road where it stopped, and the window opened and a middle-aged, 80-ish lady popped her head out of the car. “Oi little one, where’s your clothes, and where’s your parents?”The woman asked as Miranda ran up to her and hugged her tightly, crying with joy when she realized her ordeal was over. “Thank God! Thank God! Thank you so much ma’am! I’ve just been kidnapped and I got free-”

“What! Ye’ve been kidnapped? Don’t talk, just get in my car yeah?”The woman instructed her as Miranda nodded gratefully, racing over to the passenger door and flinging it open before she got in. The teenager told her rescuer everything about her kidnapping while the woman drove back to her home, and she dressed Miranda up in her sweaters, which fit very loosely, and served Miranda the traditional bacon&egg breakfast along with a glass of milk as Miranda called her father, who personally picked her up from the kind lady’s farmhouse, much to Miranda’s surprise. It wasn’t till 4 months later that Miranda realized that everything about her kidnapping was staged by her father to boost her biotics, and also to display her biotic prowess. Fortunately, the kind lady wasn’t a set up, much to Miranda’s delight. She then made sure the woman was very well compensated, and from what she last heard, the lady was now doing well and owned a few farms on Earth.

“Grrraah!”Miranda screamed in rage, bolting upright from the office chair she was seated on as she threw the terminal against the wall below the fish tank, where it crackled and died as Megan jumped back, startled by Miranda’s sudden display of violence. Megan feared for Miranda’s mental state, but she was actually slightly afraid of Miranda, her love and the one she slept with in the same bed every night. “Miri…”Megan began tentatively as Miranda finally came out of her rage-induced trance and she realized Megan was behind her, looking a little terrified. “Oh Cassie I’m sorry…”Miranda sighed as she flung her arms around the Captain, who reciprocated the hug. Suddenly, the raven-haired beauty realized that there was something about her sister in the message, and she quickly remembered.

“Oh shit! We-we’ve got to get to Milgrom, now!”Miranda cried out in terror as Megan looked at her in puzzlement. “Why-oh right! We need to save your sister from your father!”Megan exclaimed as she recalled what Aaron Lawson had said about wanting to meet Miranda and Oriana in Milgrom, which meant that he now knew where Oriana lived. “Yes-yes! He’s going to kidnap her and he’s going to…to…to…”The Sentinel dissolved into terrified sobs at that point as her imagination ran wild, as she began to picture Oriana undergoing the torture she underwent when she was a child and teen. “Joker, ETA at Milgrom?”Megan barked into the intercom, and Joker’s reply came almost instantly. “4 hours, ma’am.” “Make that 2.”Megan ordered as she strode out of the cabin, leaving Miranda to reply in the affirmative to her father and tormentor.

Ten minutes later found Megan briefing Thomas, Jacob, Garrus, Legion, Jack, Jentha, Ashley and Samara in the briefing room. “All right, people, you guys are going to need to save Oriana, who’s Miranda’s little sister. She’ll be in Charles Miller University’s business school wing when we go in, so ask the clerk to page for her. Watch out for mercs trying to snatch Oriana, they’re working for her father.”Megan briefed the assembled group. Jentha raised her hand and asked Megan, “Shepard, why are we trying to save Miranda’s little sister from her father?” Before Megan could reply, Jacob cut in and led Jentha aside and told her the entire story, which he knew as he was with Miranda, Megan, Garrus and Grunt when they rescued Oriana the first time a year ago, and gasps of horror and swears were heard from the Latina ex-merc.

“Okay, I know now. I say we just kill that old hijo de puta and eliminate the threat for good.”Jentha spat out, disgusted that a father could do such inhuman things to his daughter. “We’ll see. If he has nothing good to say, I’ll rip his fucking balls off with my biotics then toss him out the window.”Megan snarled, getting angry at the thought of that monster abusing her sweet Miri. “But how are we going to go in? We cannot just go in and demand that Oriana come with us, we’ll be mistaken as mercs and the local police will surely arrest us.”Samara asked as Megan called up a holo of the faculty Oriana was in, as well as the surrounding buildings and tapped on it. “Okay, Jacob, Jack, Jentha, Thomas and Ashley, you’ll pose as N7 operatives and go in.”Megan began as Garrus raised his talon.

“Um…the ID is a problem…and where are the rest of us going to be?”The turian asked as Megan replied. “Your old buddy Fade had a shitload of fake N7 IDs that were such good forgeries that even I thought they were genuine at first, and I kept them around. Now Garrus, you’ll be taking the sniper position here, and Legion you’ll be there, and Samara will stay with the shuttle. Clear?”The redhead ordered as she indicated that Garrus would be on overwatch on an adjacent block’s roof facing the back door, while Legion would be covering the front entrance at an elevated position in a deserted building slated for demolishing in a month. “Clear!”All the members present shouted in unison as Megan smiled. “Good. That’s what I like to hear.”

3 hours later found Thomas, Jacob, Jentha, Ashley and Jack at the enquiries counter of the business faculty of Charles Miller University. “Good afternoon miss, I need to call a certain Miss Oriana Janine Lawson to this desk right here.”Thomas flashed his trademarked million-dollar smile that had Chloe infatuated with him at the clerk as he handed over his ID, earning a flirtatious smile and even more suggestive “Yes sir, I’ll get right on it.” from her, and knowing snickers from the group. It felt great to be in his Kestrel Armor (he swapped the helmet for an Archon Visor, and the shoulder pads for Amplifier Plates) with his old N7 logo engraved on the upper left chestplate. Other than the newer, heavily upgraded armor, everything felt very much the same, just like it was 15 years back when he was still in N7.

10 minutes later, Oriana arrived at the enquiries counter with her haversack and a datapad in hand. “Thomas? What’s wrong? Is Randa ok?”The young brunette asked as the team escorted Oriana towards the entrance as Ashley filled Oriana in on the situation while Thomas pinged Garrus on the comlink. “Garrus, how does it look up there?”He asked curtly as he gently pushed past 2 awed students. “All clear, Cap.”Garrus replied as Thomas repeated the question to both Legion and Jentha, getting reports of no hostile activity from both. “Ok Oriana, we’re going to bring you to the Twin Royals Hotel, but we’re not going in first till Shepard and Miranda make sure it’s clear, cause your father may have brought mercs in to trap you and Miranda.”The Adept told Oriana as she just nodded and got into the shuttle. In the meantime, Megan and Miranda were 5 minutes out from the hotel in the back of an aircab as Miranda relived her escape from the Lawson Manor back in London.

This is it, Miri. Don’t screw it up. 17 year old Miranda Anne Lawson mentally reminded herself as she let out a long exhale while she looked around her lavish room which she was about to leave behind for good. “You ready, Miranda?”Tanya Wilkins, Miranda’s personal bodyguard and close friend asked her as she looked at the slender bodyguard and gave her a wan smile. “2 weeks of careful preparation with Cerberus aid can’t go that wrong. And is Miss Atkins ready to assist Niket in getting Ori out?”Miranda asked Tanya, referring to another guard named Jenna Atkins, who was in charge of watching over Oriana, Miranda’s 1 year old genetic twin. Most of the guards knew the much of the abuse Aaron Lawson was inflicting on Miranda, and they were supporting her escape plan.

“Yes she is. We’re just waiting on you, so good luck. And before you go, take this just in case.”Tanya kissed Miranda on the cheek as she pressed an X4 machine pistol into Miranda’s hands. “Thanks Tanya. I hope I don’t have to use it though.”Miranda smiled as she shifted the backpack containing her ID, clothes, some vital documents, and most importantly, all her holos of her time with Megan in Washington D.C. After she got comfortable with the backpack’s weight, she headed to her private terminal and activated the homemade virus that would disable all the security mechs and security cams long enough for her to escape, but not before knocking Tanya unconscious with much reluctance, so that Tanya could maintain her cover that Miranda had knocked her out to escape. After she saw the 2 security mechs on the front lawn, which her palatial room overlooked, crumple to the ground and remain motionless, she opened one of the large bay windows and jumped out.

Miranda used her biotics to slow her 4-storey, 15 meter descent to the lawn where she landed gently. Wow, I’m getting good with my biotics. I may yet survive this. Miranda thought with a self-satisfied smirk as she started running towards the front gate, where her Cerberus contact, Robot, said that a hovercar would be waiting. Unfortunately, a mech that somehow survived her virus spotted her and raised its weapon, blaring its recorded warning to stop or be shot dead. “Not a bloody chance.”Miranda muttered as she raised her omnitool and fried its circuits with a massive overload pulse, which she learned from Kevin Nolan, a bear-sized and oddly jovial bodyguard protecting the elder Lawson.

She sprinted across the massive lawn/garden and saw the silhouette of Niket being boosted over a wall by Jenna Atkins, and she saw that Niket was cradling a wrapped up bundle close to his chest, and a content smile formed on Miranda’s face. Niket was a good person, a simple young man who never wanted anything more than friendship from Miranda, which she so badly craved due to her father’s suffocating grip on her mostly-nonexistent social life. Unfortunately, when Miranda was almost at the wall, 4 mechs started shooting at her. “Shit! Fuck!”Miranda swore as she quickly hit the dirt, mentally kissing the now unconscious Tanya for giving her the machine pistol in her hands as she raised it up, taking aim at the first mech and she put 3 3-round bursts into its chest as it slumped to the turf.

The teen missed her first burst at the second mech, but put in 2 bursts into its chest, killing it. Miranda then repeated the process for the 3rd mech, but she was out of ammo, and the 4th mech was still popping rounds at her. The brunette sighed as she used her biotic slam on the mech, crushing its face, which gave Miranda a sick sense of satisfaction. Miranda ejected the spent thermal clip before she stuffed the weapon into the waistband of her jeans, and when she reached the wall, she used her biotics to propel herself up in the air over the wall. She was exhausted from the brief biotic flight, and half shuffled, half ran to the waiting car which contained Niket in the back seat and Robot in the driver’s seat, but most importantly, Oriana was there, and Niket was playing with her. Miranda then crashed into the passenger seat, exhausted.

“Let’s go.”The young woman croaked out as Robot simply drove them to the spaceport, where Miranda’s ship to Shanxi waited. On the way there, she asked Niket to pass her Oriana, and the grinning boy complied as he gently handed Oriana into Miranda’s outstretched arms. Miranda looked into Oriana’s beautiful; smiling face as the toddler gurgled in happiness as her older sister tickled her and tears of joy welled up in Miranda’s azure blue eyes. “God, you’re beautiful. Ori, I swear to God and whoever else who’ll listen that I’ll protect you from the monster that created you with my own life.”Miranda whispered so softly that only Oriana could hear. Oriana seemed to understand what Miranda was saying as she gripped her sister’s hand tightly and smiled, still gurgling happily.

On the ship to Shanxi, Miranda was looking through the documents she’d brought along with her as she turned to Oriana, who was soundly asleep, which brought a smile to Miranda’s face. Robot came in just then empty handed, which made Miranda puzzled. “I thought you were getting my new ID?”She asked, an eyebrow raised in question as the Cerberus man just smiled slyly. “Well Miss Lawson, the Illusive Man has come up with a better security plan for your sister. We’ll use your real identity, but a fake for your sister, so if your father tries to check up on anything related to you or Oriana, we’ll know. Also, we can get rid of quite a few informants working for your father that have...rather different goals from Cerberus, and thus eliminate threats to you and your sister.”Robot grinned, leaning in to whisper the details of the plan as Miranda’s intelligence went into overtime analyzing the plan. After some deliberation, Miranda grinned back at Robot. “Damn good plan, I say.”She chuckled approvingly.

“Miri? We’re at the hotel.”Megan said to Miranda, snapping the brunette out of her reverie. “Oh right. Sorry, my bloody eidetic memory’s giving me vivid flashbacks again.”The Sentinel apologized as Megan just gave her a reassuring peck on the cheek as they headed up to the 88Degrees Bar on the 88th floor. When they entered the swanky bar, they discovered that it was completely empty, save for a half dozen service staff, one of which escorted them into a private room right in front of the entrance where Aaron Lawson, who was now a gaunt shadow of his former bear-sized self, and a strange, frail and thin blonde woman in a hoverchair were waiting for them. The moment Miranda stepped into the room; Megan noticed her entire face go red with rage, and a visible tightening of her perfectly-sculpted jaw. “Miri. I...you look amazing.”Aaron Lawson began as he stood up; dropping the cigar from his lips while cautiously approaching Miranda.

“No thanks to you, you old bastard. And don’t you dare call me Miri.”Miranda hissed, her rage at the sight of the person who’d created her and tormented her for most of her childhood and adolescence rising as she noticed his cigar. Wait, he’s smoking? What the bloody hell? He used to detest it as an unnecessary vice and weakness. Miranda thought in puzzlement as she finally noticed his female companion giving her a venomous glare. “I-I’m sorry Miranda...but...I had an...epiphany and I’ve realized I’ve treated you worse than an animal, and no apologies are going to make up for that now.”He sighed as he tried to embrace Miranda, but she roughly shoved him away and sat herself down in the booth as her father and Megan followed suit.

“Oh really? So I’m supposed to forgive you just because you’ve had a bloody epiphany?”Miranda hissed, her voice practically dripping with venom and sarcasm. “I know you won’t forgive me Miranda, and I don’t expect you to.”Aaron Lawson sighed as his frail companion spoke up. “Can we get the bitch to business now?”She snarled as Miranda’s biotics briefly flared up at the insult at such an emotional time. “Okay dear...wait Miranda. Where’s Oriana?”The older Lawson asked Miranda, who snarled at him. “Dear? I see someone’s gotten himself a woman who doesn’t mind his bullshit. Did you really think I’d bring Ori here just so you could kidnap her back to your delusional little kingdom and set up a rape for her just so you could see how powerful her biotics are like you did for me?”Miranda spat in reply as the frail woman turned her glare to Aaron Lawson.

“You actually set your daughter up to be raped to test her biotics? No wonder she ran away.”The woman seethed at Aaron Lawson, who sighed. “I know Carla; I was crazy and an egomaniacal bastard back then. But I’ve changed, I swear.”He sighed as Carla then turned her piercing stare to Miranda. “So, where is my daughter, you little family-breaking bitch?”Carla growled as Miranda laughed in derision. “Daughter? What daughter?”Miranda snorted as the blonde’s glare just became even more venomous. “Oriana is my daughter, you bloody tart.”Carla snapped at Miranda, whose face became paler. “What? Impossible...Oriana was created...she’s created like me...I even saw the files...”The brunette whispered in plain shock as Megan finally spoke up.

“Look Lawson, cut your bullshit and give it up. We’re never going to return to Oriana to you just so you can torture her like you tortured my Miri.”The redhead growled at Aaron Lawson, who simply took out a datapad and passed it to the couple. “Yes, the files were accurate, but before Oriana could be created, I fell in love with Carla, and we had Oriana. Yes, we gave her extensive genetic treatments to make her intelligence on par with yours, and also we gave her many other genetic enhancements, the main one being her powerful biotic abilities that supersede yours Miranda.”Aaron Lawson said softly, looking directly at Miranda, who was slumped back in her seat with the datapad in her hands, reading and re-reading it with her mouth agape with shock as she muttered “No-no-no...it can’t be...”to herself over and over again.

Megan looked at it, and it was Oriana’s birth certificate, which listed down her father as Aaron Lawson, and her mother as Carla Dartmouth, and she assumed that the Carla seated in front of them was the Carla Dartmouth in the birth certificate. Her assumption was confirmed when a holo of Carla came up, and it was a much younger, happier and healthier looking blonde in the picture, but it was essentially the same person. “I was going to tell you once Oriana was older, but by then you took her with you when you ran. The moment I saw her beautiful blue eyes, and heard her cry when she was born, I couldn’t help but forget all my stupid notions of having perfect children. Oriana was my epiphany.”Aaron Lawson continued as Miranda finally managed to come out of her stupor. “But...but how come I never found out about it?”She whispered in shock, her mind reeling at the revelation that she had actually kidnapped a woman’s daughter and broken up a family.

“Because very few people knew about it. I kept it very low key, and Carla and I got married in a ceremony involving only a priest who’d been paid enough to keep quiet, and a few high level directors from my textiles manufacturing company.”Aaron Lawson replied as he revealed to Megan that he actually owned SynText Textiles Limited, which Megan and every other Alliance soldier knew as the supplier of their uniforms and battle fatigues. “I see…”Miranda whispered, still in shock at the revelation. “Well Miranda, I understand your confusion since there was so much evidence to support your assumption, but where’s my daughter?”Carla asked, her tone softer now as she realized that Miranda had misunderstood everything and kidnapped her daughter because she was actually concerned for Oriana.

“She’s on her way. I’ll ask her to come up under escort, so don’t be alarmed when you see men and women in armor and toting weapons.”Miranda replied as Megan paged Thomas, who was already downstairs with Oriana and the team, to come up to the bar immediately. As soon as Megan closed the link, Aaron Lawson turned to her. “Miss Noakes-I mean, Miss Shepard, you’re very beautiful. I never got the chance to say how sorry I am about your father’s passing; he was a great man and one of my only real friends.”He told Megan, who just teared up slightly at the mention of her father as it was still a touchy subject for her. “Thanks. They caught the drunk driver that ran him down and gave him jail time.”The redhead sniffled as Miranda comforted her with a hug.

“Miss Shepard, it was a setup. That drunk was paid to run down your father.”The elder Lawson sighed as Megan immediately looked up at him. “What? Who? How’d you know?”The Spectre gasped in shock as Miranda’s right hand flew up to her mouth to cover the exclamation that was on its way out.”I’m also an information broker who supplies the Alliance with much of their intel, and I found this out just 2 years ago. Does the name ‘Shadow Broker’ ring any bells?”The brown-haired man replied as Megan’s jaw practically hit the floor. “Yes…as a matter of fact, I killed him just 3 months ago.”She said as tears began to roll down her pretty face as she thought about her father and how she avenged him. Dad, you can rest in peace now. I’ve killed your killer. She thought as she began to sob, relieved that she killed her father’s murderer. “But why?”She whimpered tearfully.

“Your father had gathered up enough info to destroy the Shadow Broker, and he somehow found out about it. So in order to keep himself safe, the Shadow Broker had to kill off your father.”The magnate replied as Miranda hugged Megan closer, and the Vanguard buried her face in Miranda’s shoulder as she continued sobbing softly. Meanwhile, 88 floors below, the team, save for Garrus and Legion, who were in sniper positions watching the grand hotel entrance, was escorting Oriana to the bar. While Thomas showed his ID to the receptionist, the rest of the team saw Eclipse mercs inbound. “Shit!”Jentha swore as Thomas rejoined the group. “Ah bugger it…this is going to be dicey.”Thomas grumbled as the group unholstered their rifles, and Jack her shotgun, as the Eclipse stormed in.

Wait a minute…they’re going too fast to be coming for Oriana. Jacob thought and he decided on a very high risk test. He grabbed Oriana’s arm and practically spun her right into the merc captain, who grunted and shoved Oriana out of his way as he glared at Jacob. “What, you looking for trouble homie?”Jacob snarled as the merc captain’s lips twisted into a sneer. “Yeah. Trouble in the form of 2 bitches called Alison Gunn and Hannah Charlton.”He spat back as his team of 59 headed into the lifts, leaving Jacob and Jack shell-shocked. “Oh fuck.”Jack managed to whisper out as Thomas shook Jacob to get the ex-marine out of his shock. “What? What’s wrong?”The sniper asked as Jacob turned to him before replying.

“Alison Gunn and Hannah Charlton were the aliases Megan and Miranda assumed when they took down Donovan Hock with Kasumi.”Jacob replied shakily as revelation dawned on Thomas and the rest who hadn’t been around before the events of Horizon, when Megan, Miranda and Kasumi infiltrated the late Donovan Hock’s mansion. “This means these mercs are here for payback, and they’re going after the Captain and XO. Oh bloody hell…Megan, Miranda, watch out! You’ve got 60 mercs here for your blood on behalf of the late Donovan Hock! They’re not here for Oriana, repeat, not here for Oriana!”Thomas spoke loudly into his radio as Megan and Miranda’s swears could be clearly heard over the net. “Alright, Jack, Jentha, Jacob, you’re on me while the rest of you stay put and defend Oriana! Let’s move it!”He bellowed, attracting curious stares from the surrounding hotel guests as he and his small squad raced to the lifts.

“Okay, I need you to take your staff to safety. Get them somewhere safe, like the meat locker or whatever is the most secure room in this place.”Miranda ordered the manager, whom they’d just called over, as he just nodded and gathered up his 5 subordinates, herding them towards the kitchen while Carla shook her head. “No can do, Miranda. I’m gonna stay here and kill those fuckers.”She growled as she pulled out an X4 Shuriken from her pocketbook. “Oh for Pete’s sakes Carla! These aren’t your run-of-the-mill muggers, they’re well trained mercs!”Aaron Lawson protested as Megan took cover behind the bar, which was made out of thick asari katanite, which closely resembled Earth marble, as she aimed her heavily customized Carnifex, Jack’s birthday present for her, at the door.

Carla just locked down her chair and glared at both Miranda and Aaron as they futilely tried to move her, but the father and daughter pair just gave up in the end and flipped the large table they had been seated at onto its side, providing cover for the frail, feisty woman as Miranda and Aaron Lawson got behind the same bar counter Megan was taking cover behind, and Miranda aimed her S5 Phalanx and Aaron his S3 Predator at the main entrance. It didn’t take long for the mercs to come spilling through the entrance. The merc captain who ran right into Oriana was the first casualty, courtesy of a perfect double-tap to his forehead by Miranda. The mercs weren’t dissuaded by the loss of their leader as they kept pouring through the entrance like shit through a goose, wildly firing their weapons on full auto.

Megan double-tapped 3 mercs who were trying to take cover behind a recently overturned table before she had to reload as Aaron Lawson popped up over the counter to fire 3 shots into a merc’s chest, instantly killing her as another one fell with multiple shots to his chest from Carla from across the room. Miranda spotted 2 mercs who had flanked Oriana’s biological mother and were about to open fire on the clueless woman, but before they could, Miranda double-tapped 1 in the head as she simultaneously flung a warp bolt from her free left hand, vaporizing the remaining merc in a dissipating could of his blood before heavy fire forced her to duck. Despite having good cover and taking a few dozen mercs, there were still at least 40 left, and the defenders were almost out of ammunition.

Aaron and Megan were the first to run out of ammo, and Megan stood up and flung a reave field at a group of 4 mercs huddled behind another overturned table, killing them all instantly before she ducked to regen her biotic barrier. Carla ran out of ammo next, tossing her machine pistol in frustration at the merc she shot at, knocking the salarian in the head and stumbling him as a warp bolt from Miranda ended his career as a merc and effectively saved Carla as she yelled a heartfelt “thanks!” to the brunette, who was now out of ammo. Miranda just smiled back and yelled “you’re welcome!” as she used her biotics to fling a clustered trio of merc out of one of the ceiling to floor windows and send them to their deaths 88 floors below. Carla had lost her hate towards Miranda, and she now felt a sense of motherly love towards the brunette who’d saved her life twice now, and who just killed another merc with her biotic slam.

“Yes! Get ‘em girl!”She cheered softly, pumping her right fist as Miranda flung another merc out of a window while Megan tossed a shockwave at a cluster of mercs, killing them. Finally Thomas, Jacob, Jentha and Jack arrived, and Thomas put a few 5 round bursts out, nailing all of his targets in the head as Jack pulled 3 that were trying to flank Megan, Miranda and Aaron towards herself before Miranda warped them, resulting in a massive biotic explosion that practically vaporized them. Jacob added to the hail of fire as he covered the trio pinned down behind the counter with long bursts from his X76 Revenant while Jentha mopped up with shots from her X96 Mattock. Soon, with the sustained gunfire from Jack, Thomas, Jacob and Jentha, and biotic attacks from Megan and Miranda, the mercs lay dead in the ruins of what used to be 1 of the swankiest bars in Milgrom.

“Whew. Thanks for saving our asses Thomas.”Megan sighed in relief as Carla made her way to them by the bar in her hoverchair. “Don’t I always save your beautiful arses?”He grinned nonchalantly as the women just laughed. “So…you’re Aaron Lawson and you tortured Miranda when she was young.”Jentha spat in disgust as soon as the laughter died down. “Yes and nothing’s going to make up for that now, even though I will try my damndest.”Aaron sighed in regret before a punch to the gut from Jack knocked the wind out of him as Megan calmed the ex-convict down. “Goddamn you and you kind, torturing kids like Miranda and me. Fucking pricks.”She swore as Megan held her back. “Well, I guess I more than deserved that.”The elder Lawson croaked out as he straightened his posture while Megan went over to assist Carla after Jack stormed off.

Thomas then paged the rest of the team to bring Oriana up to the now-ruined bar as Jentha and Jacob secured the perimeter. Suddenly, Miranda noticed a merc who was badly wounded aiming his X8 at Megan’s unprotected back, and she knew that if she didn’t do something fast, both Megan and Carla would die, so she went with her instincts, lunging at Megan and Carla, tackling them both to the floor as the merc’s rifle spoke. Everything seemed to go in slow-mo for Miranda as she collided into the 2 women as they cried out in shock, and then horror as they realized that Miranda was putting herself in the line of fire to save them. Thomas spun around yelling “Fuck!” as he unclipped his rifle and shot the merc dead with a 5 round burst into his head, but he had shot at the 3 women ten times now, and most of the shots missed.

However, 4 shots were on target and 3 hit Miranda in her upper abdomen, and one lodged into her diaphragm as Miranda felt the burning pain of the shots as she limply rolled off her lover and Carla, blood trickling from her mouth as her hands instinctively covered her wounds as she cried out in agony. She looked at her stomach and saw bright red spreading all over her white blouse as Megan and Thomas knelt over her, Thomas administering medigel as he yelled “man down! Man down!” and for medbay to be on standby into his comm(fortunately, Chakwas and Chloe had declined shore leave, as Chloe wanted to learn more about treating battlefield wounds from Chakwas), while Megan had tears running down her face as she frantically yelled for Miranda to hang on. Jacob, Jack and Jentha rushed in and stood there in shock at the sight of Miranda wounded and her own blood soaking her blouse, and finally the 2nd team came in with Oriana, who screamed in shock at her beloved sister’s badly injured state.

“Ohmigod Randa! How the hell did you get hurt so bad Randa! Please, don’t die! I love you so much! You’re my closest relative!”Oriana blubbered out as she began to cry. Miranda also began to cry, not because of her wounds, but because it hurt her to see the 2 women she loved the most, Megan and Oriana, crying. “Ori…meet your mum and dad. I made such a big mistake…”She sobbed weakly, pointing at Aaron and Carla as Jacob, Megan, Jack and Samara lifted her onto the stretcher Samara had rushed to grab from the Kodiak as soon as the team heard that someone was WIA while everyone else scouted ahead of the stretcher procession, making sure that it was really clear of Eclipse this time. “What? I thought you said...”Oriana sobbed as Miranda grabbed her hand. “I made a mistake Ori. You have a mum.”She rasped out before she drifted into a state of semi-consciousness.

As Miranda vaguely saw the roof of the Kodiak as she was loaded into it, and the worried and crying faces of Megan, Oriana and Carla watching over her, she slipped into memories of her biotic implantation operations which were done when she was 6 and ended when she was 9, but not before hearing Jack’s cry of “don’t you dare die on me cheerleader! If you die, I’ll have nobody to hate!” earning a series of glares from everyone, shutting her up almost instantly. She then saw Oriana speaking to Carla, her biological mother, before they embraced and cried tears of joy at finally being reunited, before they turned back to Miranda with tear-streaked faces as she struggled to breathe.

7 year old Miranda was curled in her hospital bed. It was 2 days after the 6-hour long op to implant her with hundreds of eezo nodules all over her body, and she hadn’t eaten anything since the op as whatever she tried to eat would inevitably end up in the toilet bowl, as the eezo nodules were making her very nauseous, tired, giddy and generally miserable. Forget it; I don’t want to be perfect like daddy says I was created to be anymore. I just wanna be normal like other girls for once. I wanna be like Joyce, who has a happy family and parents who love her so much. Little Miranda thought, beginning to sob at the thought that she never had any parents who really loved her.

Suddenly, the door opened to reveal her father, carrying a large teddy bear for her, and she quickly wiped away her tears. Her father hated seeing her cry, and she didn’t want to make him angry. “Hello Miranda. I got this for you.”The elder Lawson smiled his insincere smile as he sat down on the bed as Miranda sat up and received the bear, hugging it close to herself as she kissed its forehead. “Daddy, why do I have to undergo all these operations? They always make me so sick!”Miranda whined as Aaron Lawson sighed. “Little Miranda, you need to undergo these implantations so that you can be special. No scratch that, you’ll be perfect.”He said softly as he held Miranda’s hand in his own. “But I don’t want to be perfect! I just wanna be normal like everyone else!”The little girl cried as the magnate’s expression hardened, and the mood in the room changed from slightly buoyant to downright depressing.

“You mean you want to be like the rest of the girls out there, who just go through life and do nothing special? You are a Lawson! You are not ordinary, you’re special! And don’t you forget that! Now, I need to go back to work, so take care of yourself. Remember, you’re special, so don’t ever bring up this topic ever again.”Aaron Lawson warned Miranda as he walked out of the room, leaving the child on her own with the teddy bear and her thoughts. Miranda finally noticed that she was in the medbay with Drs Andrea Chakwas and Chloe Michel standing over her as they removed the shards of metal out of her chest. Unfortunately, Miranda had lost lots of blood, and her vision was starting to fade even though the bullets were out of her body. The HR monitor started to bleep erratically, signaling her impending heart failure and death. Upon hearing that, Megan, Oriana and Aaron rushed to her side as she flatlined, her last breath coming out in a soft sigh as everything went black for her.

“No! No! Don’t die on me Miri! I can’t live this life without you fighting alongside me! You promised that we’d get married and have kids! Please Miri! Wake up!”Megan screamed in anguish, tears running down her face and landing onto Miranda’s ashen cheeks as she shook Miranda while Oriana grabbed Miranda’s arm and started tugging. “Randa! Don’t die! You can’t die now! I’ll have no loving sister who’s gonna vomit aunt agony advice on relationships to me during exnet chats! I can’t live without you either!”Oriana wailed, tears pouring out of her eyes as Chakwas and Chloe performed CPR on Miranda, which was tricky as they had to squeeze for space alongside Megan, Oriana and Aaron Lawson. Behind them in the medbay, there was not a single dry eye, save for Legion who didn’t have any tear ducts but still looked extremely sad.

Even Thomas as Jacob teared up at the outpouring of emotion, but they quickly wiped their eyes and cleared their throats, leading everyone else out of the medbay, leaving the 5 alone around Miranda’s med bed. Finally, Aaron Lawson managed to get his sobbing under control and he spoke those words he wanted to say to Miranda ever since Oriana was born, but never got a chance to. “Miranda, Daddy’s so proud of you and everything you’ve achieved. I love you, and nothing will ever change that.”He quavered as he leant down to kiss his eldest daughter on her cheek, the first time he ever did so. Suddenly, the HR monitor bleeped as Miranda simultaneously shot upright on the bed before it triggered a wave of intense pain from her wounds, making her scream in agony as she fell back onto the bed as she clutched at her wounds.

“Thank God Miri! Oh Miri! You’re alive!”Megan exclaimed in pure joy as her tears of anguish turned into tears of joy, just like Oriana and Aaron. “Sis! I knew you wouldn’t dare die on me!”Oriana joked as she sniffled, making the 2 doctors, who were also sobbing, Megan, Miranda and her father laugh as they wiped away their tears while Miranda turned to her father. “Dad, did you mean it when you said that you’re proud of me and that you love me?”She quavered weakly as Aaron Lawson nodded. “Yes Miri. I meant every bloody word.”He choked out as Miranda lifted up her arms, and father and daughter embraced for the very first time and stayed that way for quite awhile before Chakwas cleared her throat loudly, signaling to them that they needed to leave so she and Chloe could work on Miranda, which they did once the trio had left.

One Week Later
“And the top student in this year’s cohort with a record number of Masters Degrees attained in just 3 years of study, Miss Oriana Janine Lawson!”The dean announced as Oriana went onstage to receive her 3 Masters, and she beamed radiantly as she graciously received her certificates from the dean before turning to the crowd and jumping for joy as she saw Megan, Miranda, as well as her parents seated in the front row and all of them grinned back at her, and she could see that her father and mother had tears of pride and joy in their eyes, and Miranda’s eyes were also threatening to spill over with her own tears of pride at seeing her little sister accomplish so much. Carla and Miranda were seated next to each other in their hoverchairs, and Carla nudged Miranda with her elbow.

“Thank you so much for taking such great care of my daughter all these years. I probably couldn’t have done any better than you.”Carla beamed at the young woman she now took to be her daughter as the brunette laughed. “Oh you’re too modest mum.”She giggled as Carla let out a bark of laughter. Carla was by Miranda’s bedside 24/7 throughout the entire time the Sentinel was lying in medbay recovering from her gunshot wounds, and Miranda now took her to be her mother as she never had one, but always longed for one. She also fully accepted Carla as Oriana’s mother as a maternity test done by Chloe had shown that Carla and Oriana had a 49.998% similarity in genetic makeup.

Now, Carla’s mental and physical health were steadily improving due to her getting Oriana back, and in the process, she had gotten a new daughter. Chakwas had predicted that Carla would be free of the hoverchair in a few months if her recovery kept up. After posing for holos with her newly-acquired degrees, Oriana skipped off the stage and sat in between her father and Miranda. “Ori, I’m so proud of you. Miri, I’m so proud of you too.”Aaron Lawson beamed at both his daughters as he stood up to hug them both as they hugged back. “Thanks dad!”Both daughters laughed simultaneously as they hugged their father. They continued chitchatting until the ceremony was over, and they all went for a family dinner after that, and Aaron Lawson had insisted that Megan come along as he wanted to get to know his future daughter-in-law, which made Megan and Miranda blush furiously as he, Oriana and Carla laughed themselves silly at the couple’s utter bashfulness.

It was late at night (Milgrom time) when Megan and Miranda finally retired to their cabin after saying goodbye to their future sister and parents in law, as Carla had teased Megan. Megan helped Miranda out of her hoverchair and onto the bed despite the brunette’s protests. “Honey, it just mildly stings! I don’t really need help.”She protested as Megan just smiled and tossed her a nightgown and dressed herself in a black, form fitting N7 t-shirt and a pair of plain blue boyshorts, once again going commando underneath. As Miranda dressed herself, she started feeling in the mood, and when Megan slipped into bed alongside Miranda, the Lieutenant Commander cheekily slid a hand past the waistband of the redheaded Spectre’s boyshorts and began to gently fondle the lips of her womanhood.

“Miri, are you nuts, stupid or both to want sex even though you’re still injured?”Megan sighed as she forcefully pulled Miranda’s wandering hand out of her boyshorts. “Well, I’m currently very horny, which makes me totally fuck crazy as you already know.”Miranda purred in a low, seductive tone as she stealthily slid a hand up Megan’s shirt, and the Captain didn’t even notice till the hand cupped her firm right breast and the fingers pinched her erect nipple hard, making her cry out in a mixture of pain, shock, and pleasure. “Ooh, you’re already stiff Cassie. I know you want me so bad, so just give in.”Miranda whispered throatily as she engaged her girlfriend in a passionate lip lock. Megan considered against it for awhile, but she was beyond aroused, and she knew damn well she wanted to have sex as well, so she gave in.

“Oh all right you horny woman. Let’s have sex, but let’s take it slow so you don’t aggravate your injuries, all right?”Megan sighed theatrically as she gently pushed Miranda away as the brunette smiled, her heart warmed that her Cassie was so concerned for her wounds. “Okay. Why don’t you go get me the chick dick, hmm?”Miranda smiled as Megan stripped out of her shirt and boyshorts, leaving her fully naked. “Uh...okay...”Megan said uncertainly as she walked to the closet and procured the toy while Miranda stripped out of her own nightgown. “Tonight, I’m dominating. It seems rather appropriate given that I saved your life, doesn’t it?”Miranda teased with a salacious wink as Megan grinned. “Mhm. I was beginning to wonder how I was gonna repay you.”Megan shot back saucily with a deliberate sway to her hips as she walked back to the bed and crawled towards Miranda.

Just as Megan was about to strap the dildo onto Miranda, the brunette stopped her, causing her to arch an eyebrow in puzzlement. “Lie down honey cunny.”Miranda smirked randily, patting Megan’s side of the bed as the redhead simply complied with a lusty smile while Miranda slid down the bed, lying on her stomach as she parted Megan’s long, willing legs and she ran her tongue along the insides of Megan’s well toned thighs, causing the redhead to sigh in delight. Miranda continued teasing her lover that way for a few more moments before she swept her tongue across Megan’s soft, wet folds, causing Megan to moan in pleasure as Miranda savored the sweet taste of her lover’s sex and juices. After a few minutes of licking Megan’s folds, Miranda drove her tongue into the Captain’s pussy as her thumb rubbed her throbbing clit.

“Oh yeah Miri! Don’t stop!”Megan cried out as she grabbed a fistful of Miranda’s hair and forced her deeper into her crotch as she began to hump Miranda’s mouth, trying to get more of the brunette’s tongue deeper into her as Miranda steadily drove her to her peak. After a few minutes, Megan came, gushing her cum into Miranda’s eager mouth as she screamed and bucked wildly in an overload of pleasure as Miranda greedily lapped up all of her orgasm, which helped her down from her high. While Megan panted heavily, trying to recover from her orgasm, Miranda strapped the dildo onto herself and activated it, mewling softly in pleasure when she felt the wires attach and connect to her clit and her most sensitive spots.

Megan then rolled off her back and in between Miranda’s elegant legs, grasping the dildo in her hands as she began to pump it up and down the phallus, making Miranda moan, and after a minute, she decided to ramp it up and she took it into her mouth. “Mmh Megan baby...so good...oh...”Miranda moaned as her lover began to bob her mouth up and down as her tongue forcefully stroked the underside of the fake cock. Megan kept sucking Miranda until she decided to make Miranda finish, and the moment she deepthroated the brunette, Miranda came. “AAAAAHH SO FUCKING GOOD BABY!”She screamed in orgasmic bliss as her juices shot into Megan’s mouth and throat, flooding both with her sweet female juices.

Miranda kept squirting her juices as she screamed and moaned, and Megan dutifully drank it all down. When Miranda’s thrashing subsided somewhat, Megan sat up, licking her lips suggestively as she wiped her chin, which was glistening with Miranda’s cum, with the back of her hand. Miranda looked so adorable in the afterglow of her orgasm, what with her red face, her cute ‘O’ face whenever she had an orgasm, and her beautiful eyes were shut tight. Finally, the brunette seductress was ready for round 2, and she signaled Megan that she was ready by shaking her dildo around and winking suggestively. Megan simply grinned and straddled her hips, slowly lowering herself down onto the dildo as both women moaned at the sensation before Megan lowered her torso and claimed Miranda’s lips in a bruising kiss of passion.

Even though Megan had lost her virginity 15 years ago and had numerous sexual encounters since, her womanhood was still as tight as a virgin’s, a fact that Miranda loved. “Oh fuck yeah...so good...”Megan whimpered as she began to ride Miranda’s chick dick. “Uuh...so bloody tight...”The XO hissed in pleasure as she began to thrust her hips upwards in time with Megan’s bobbing. “I love fucking your tight little cunt so much. If I wasn’t injured, I swear to God that I’d gladly fuck that tight little twat of yours into next year. Aah yes baby!”Miranda cried out, knowing full well her sexy redhead loved it when she talked dirty during sex, which was why she always did it to push her girlfriend closer to orgasm. They kept up their thrusts for a few more minutes, their cries and moans of ecstasy filling the cabin until they climaxed at the same time.

“OOOOHHH FUCK MIRI HONEY!”Megan screamed as she began to gush her feminine cum, and it trickled out of her fully filled pussy and down Miranda’s dildo as her vaginal walls clenched tightly around the sex toy, milking Miranda for everything she had as she herself came. Miranda’s face twisted into what Megan dubbed as her ‘orgasm face’, and no sound managed to come out from her parted lips for a few seconds until she finally shrieked in pleasure. “FUCK YES CASSIE! SO GOOD!”The brunette shrieked as she shot her juices deep into Megan’s cunt and her womb, and the Captain wailed softly at the warm, welcome sensation as Miranda filled her up with her cum. Finally, Megan’s grinding began to slow down, and Miranda helped to lift the redhead off the dildo as she collapsed next to her raven-haired lover, still moaning from her orgasm.

After sharing a series of soft, tender kisses while they recovered, the 2 sultry lovers got off the bed and stood at the foot of it as Megan bent her front half over the bed, propping her arms on the bed to support her as she told Miranda what she wanted through her delightful honey green eyes. The brunette got the message and smirked as she teased Megan’s anus with the dildo before she pushed in slowly due to her being severely restricted by the tightness of the Spectre’s ass. Megan let loose a wordless cry of pleasure as Miranda penetrated her anus as Miranda moaned loudly in pleasure at the sensation of Megan’s ass clenching and squeezing her temporal manhood tightly. “Shit...so damn tight...I wanna fuck your arse so bad...”Miranda moaned as she began to thrust slowly, and Megan ground her hips into Miranda’s in tune with the Sentinel’s thrusting, getting the member deeper into her.

Miranda kept pounding her redheaded girlfriend’s ass for a few minutes before she came, wailing incoherently in pleasure as she began to unload her vaginal juices into Megan ass, which made Megan cum. “FUCK! UUUUUHH I’M CUMMING BABE!”Megan shrieked as she began to gush her own feminine cum onto the floor and Miranda’s thighs as she gently thrust in and partially out of the Vanguard’s anus as the waves of the brunette’s cum began to subside. Miranda then gently pulled out of Megan’s anus as a stream of her cum followed the dildo out of the redhead’s tender ass before she deactivated the toy and tossed it onto the nightstand as both women slumped into bed. Miranda then spooned up behind Megan, earning a satisfied purr from the Captain as Miranda pressed her hips against Megan’s buttocks.

Miranda then wrapped her arms around Megan’s chest, her hands groping the redhead firm b-cup breasts as she kissed Megan on her neck. “Goodnight honey.”Miranda whispered tenderly as Megan turned her head to face her raven-haired lover as she smiled. “Goodnight Miri babe.”She whispered in reply as they shared a short, sweet kiss before they lay back down as they pulled the covers over their nude bodies, and it wasn’t long before Miranda heard Megan’s familiar soft, adorable snores. I never thought that I’d actually have someone to love with all my heart, and who also loves me with all her heart as well. I never thought I’d be part of a happy family and have someone to call ‘mum’ and dad, but now I do. Maybe my life is getting better, and it’s all thanks to Cassie. Don’t worry baby, I’ll always stay by your side. Miranda thought with a contented smile as she joined her Captain and lover in a deep, satisfying sleep.

Final notes: Yep, another original idea (and really long chapter) here. So far, nobody except me has thought that Oriana may have had a mother and wasn’t 100% engineered (the absence of Miranda’s amazing body was a giveaway), and I thought it would be interesting to see how Miranda deals with the fact she made a big mistake about Oriana’s origins. So, review and tell me if you liked it or not! I’m gonna work on my Christmas chapter now, so see ya!