Running with bait

"I say we run together... After Shep and The Blueberry cause a little distraction for the crowds so we get noticed by fewer people."

"There. Was it so difficult to finally - " Jane began, stopping when her brain finally registered what Jack had said. "WHAT?!"

"Hey! Your fetish and Liara feeding it was what got us into this mess, and people already know what you two look like naked, so..." Jack replied with a shrug.

"This isn't exactly a sentence that I go around saying all the time, Shepard," Miranda commented, "but Jack has a point."

"Oh, now that is just absurd!" Liara spat.

"She's right." Jane agreed, "We either run together or not at all!"

"Okay then." Jack said with a smirk, "Let's do this demonically."

"Democratically." Miranda corrected.

"Whatever." Jack shrugged. "All in favor of Shepard and Liara playing bait until the rest of us get through the festival and we meet up with them again?"

"Aye!" Jack, Miranda, Ashley, Shiala, and Kasumi said simultaneously.

"All opposed?"

"Nay..." Jane and Liara muttered in defeat, glaring at the other five.

"The Ayes have it." Jack said, "We'll meet up with you at the entrance."

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"Let's see..." Samantha said as she sat in a chair in The Normandy's control room, turning on a monitor to were the music festival was being broadcasted live. Tali stood beside her. "I hope these folks are ready to see seven naked asses."

"Excuse me, Samantha." EDI said, "But we have two guests at the elevator."

"They couldn't be back already, could they?" Tali asked in disbelief.

"It would appear to be Shepard and Dr. T'Soni-"

"Oh! They are back early!" Samantha said, almost excitedly, "I was really hoping they would! I mean, it's impossible, but I'll take it. Let them in, EDI. When Jane and Liara come in, I'll strip down."

"Samantha, I am afraid that these are -"

"I said you can let them in, EDI." Samantha interrupted, handwaving the voice as she got up from her seat and stood in front of the doors with a smile on her face. Her smile disappeared as the doors opened and a Shepard and an Asari stepped out... But not the ones she was expecting.

"Janette Marigold Priscila Shepard!" Hannah called out angrily, stomping past Samantha and looking around as Aethyta stepped of the elevator with a scowl. "You get your sorry ass out here right now, Young Lady!"

"EDI...?" Tali whispered.

"As I was trying to inform Samantha, it was Shepard and Dr. T'Soni's mothers who were at the elevator doors."

"In point of fact, Ms. EDI, I am actually Liara's father." Aethyta corrected as she sternly looked between Tali and Samantha. "More to the point, you two wouldn't happen to know where our daughters would be at the moment, would you?"

"Well, the thing is -" Tali began.

"OH MY LORD!" Hannah shouted as she looked up at the monitor, seeing Jane and Liara handcuffed together as they ran up onto one of the stages, the crowds going wild as the band stopped and gawked. The Admiral went red in the face as she grit her teeth. "So, you wanna give a repeat performance, huh, Jane? We'll let's see how much you enjoy your little stunts when The Hero of The Universe is getting spanked silly by her mother!"

And with that, Hannah marched off angrily towards the elevator. Tali turned to the others and whispered, "Wouldn't that just be making her -"

"I don't have the heart to tell her." Aethyta whispered in response as she followed the enraged admiral, the two leaving The Normandy just as quickly as they arrived.

"Shepard's middle names are 'Marigold Priscila'?" Samantha asked in confusion.

"All that has just happened, and that is what you decide to question?" Tali asked in disbelief.

"On the plus side, Jane is gonna get the levels of humiliation that she wanted..."

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"I hope this plan of yours works, Jack." Shiala said as the five snuck out from the alley and made their way past the distracted crowd.