#miri be like 'why did i get stuck with the fucking therapist in the middle of a full-scale takeover'

[solheimisms]

@smokedanced asked:

“ back-up isn’t coming. is it? we’re on our own, right? “ / from lucius

"Backup? In this chaos?"

Miranda couldn't believe what she was hearing. Cerberus soldiers were pouring in to the Citadel in droves. Where they were coming from, she hadn't the faintest clue, but it wasn't good. It wasn't good at all. She'd managed to hack together a small comm link and reached out to Thane; she knew he was at Huerta, and he'd been with Major Alenko--now a Council Spectre--at the hospital.

"There is no backup in this situation, Lucius. You may have been pardoned by the Alliance, but I haven't--and every goddamn Cerberus soldier out there would make a fortune if he killed me for the Illusive Man. Not that I'm about to let them." C-Sec wouldn't bother arresting her, at least, and any Alliance soldier would be an idiot if she was busy taking out Cerberus troops. Peering out from behind the table she'd flipped over and dragged the poor man behind, Miranda fired off a couple of shots, hitting a couple of troopers clean in the head.

Frowning at him, she reached out, biotically pulling a pistol from one of the troopers over and handing it to Luci. "You're not a terrible shot, so make yourself useful, would you? I can't handle all of these bastards on my own." He could shoot, and that was what mattered. As long as he was careful and used every bit of cover to his advantage, they'd be fine. "Just don't get yourself hurt. If it's Cerberus, shoot it." If you can't hit the head or the chest, hit something that'll cripple, like the knees or a foot. It'll at least knock them down and I can take them from there."

"Lawson--where are you?" Thane's voice crackled over the comms.

"I'm pinned down in one of the lower levels," she replied, ducking out and firing off a few shots before biotically tossing a few loose tables at a Phantom, pinning her underneath it. "I can see where Cerberus troops are shuttling in and moving up toward the Presidium. I'm going to try and hold them off from here. What about you and Alenko?"

"Spectre Alenko and I got separated; he's headed for the Embassies to catch up with the Council. C-Sec's communications are down; I'm headed to the headquarters to see who's left. Cerberus has control of it." Of course Cerberus went directly for C-Sec. The best she could do was hold out here; if they could stall the Cerberus troops headed toward the Presidium, then perhaps they could help C-Sec retake things.

"If you find Commander Bailey, he may recall me from when I worked with Shepard. Let him know I'm around and doing all I can. The last thing I need is C-Sec trying to shoot me in the back when I'm here to help." Bailey, at least, could be trusted. "Lucius--stay in cover and go through comm channels, see who you can contact, if anyone--C-Sec, the Council, another Spectre, I don't give a damn who it is, as long as they're on our side."