S.O.S. Call

"Shepard!" Oriana's voice shouted from over Jane's omnitool. The young woman sounded hysterical.

"Ori! Ori, calm down!" Jane replied. "What's wrong? What happened?"

"T-they took her, Shepard! They took Jack!"

"Who took Jack, Oriana? Where are you?"

Kasumi muttered to herself as she scratched at herself. "The next time I pull a stunt like this, I'm doing it on another planet."

Suddenly, the skycar accelerated forward, causing the thief to yelp as she clung to the sides of the trunk, holding on for dear life as her legs wrapped around her recorder and brought it closer to her womanhood.

On the side of the road, Oriana hugged her older sister tightly, Miranda silently sobbing into her hands.

"She loved me, Ori." Miranda whimpered, "She loved me and I let her get taken! I'm weak."

"Weak is the exact opposite of what you are!" Oriana said.

"Then why couldn't I save her?!" Miranda snapped, looking up at her sister in distraught as tears ran down her face. "Why isn't she here in my arms right now recovering from that electroshock, Oriana?! It's because I let her down! I let her get kidnapped! I..." She hung her head and whispered, "I failed her."

"Miri..."

Miranda went to continue, but was stopped when another skycar screeched to a halt. The two Lawson sisters looked up to see Jane and Liara step out from the skycar as a third woman stumbled out of the trunk, trying to hold back her lunch as she staggered back and forth.

"YOU!" Miranda bellowed at Kasumi as she got to her feet, biotics flaring as the thief let out a squeak. Kasumi tried to run, but was caught and pinned down by Miranda's biotics as the dark haired woman stomped forward. "You are dead, Bitch!"

"Geeze! All this because I stole your clothes?" Kasumi asked in disbelief.

"My clothes...?" Miranda asked quietly and darkly, her eye twitching before she suddenly exploded. "MY CLOTHES?! A team of agents from a newly formed Cerberus splinter cell threatened my sister and kidnapped my wife! And you think I'm pissed because you stole my fucking clothes?!"

"Stand down, Miranda!" Jane ordered as she placed a hand on the enraged woman's shoulder as Miranda let the thief go. "Now please, tell us what happened."