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the song drabble meme
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Vandal and Thane 993
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8gd6OcUqQI
She doesn't know how else to take the news. Granted, she doesn't know Sagan-- Skyfire as well as she does Thane. She also definitely doesn't trust Skyfire nearly as much, but she's not going to disagree that something is going on that Krios isn't saying.
It didn't concern her terribly, because she figured that if it was important, he would tell them.
But there is that thing about Thane never sleeping in his bed, and that he's hard to spot more than half the time, but she pegged it up to his assassin training and paranoia that's understandable. The bed is dusty and unused, the floor much the same, so where the hell does Thane go?
"All right," Shepard says finally.
They go into Thane's room. Unsurprisingly, he's missing. Shepard frowns, briefly tempted to call him, but. No. They should try to find any clues first.
"Search the room," Shepard orders Sagan without pause. The white-haired man gives a soft noise of confirmation before exploring the room with her.
There aren't many personal belongings to observe. Thane has a perfect memory, so sentimental items don't particularly matter to him. The most are some of the guns he's left stashed across the table. Some are missing.
Skyfire is scouring the bed and the tables nearby, peering into the tea collection. It's a small assortment, and Shepard doesn't think they'll get anywhere with that.
Is there really nothing?
She stands and starts to head for the door, but pauses. One of the panels on the floor is looser than the others.
"Here," Shepard calls for Skyfire, pulling the panel off. She pauses, staring at the underside of the panel.
Several symbols are carved into it. She recognizes some of them, faintly, from when--
Shit.
"Do you have a light?" Shepard says, more as a demand than a request.
Skyfire nods once, holding out a flashlight. "Shepard, I had no idea about this."
"I know." It's not to comfort him, just an acknowledgement. No, she knows that Sagan had no knowledge about this.
She slides under the floor and just. Stares. The space is confining, but the way the floor has been settled here tells her that this is where Thane has been sleeping. There are symbols carved into the underside of the floor here, and other written words that she only assumes are Thane's native language. In plain English, there is twinkle twinkle little star, and a perfect shape of the Marker here.
Shepard scowls and takes some snapshots with her omnitool before climbing back out.
"Shepard--" Skyfire starts to say, tone cautious.
She sees why. There's a very angry drell in the doorway.
"Get out," Thane states lowly. "Both of you."
Never does Thane order her. He advises, he occasionally makes a sly remark, but he never orders Shepard.
"Now," Thane snarls, the frill on his neck trembling.
"Sagan," Shepard says with a nod to Skyfire.
They both exit. Thane just... stands in the door way, as if suddenly lost. Shepard smacks Skyfire in the arm to make sure he's still following.
"Shepard..." Skyfire frowns. "What did you find?"
"Nothing good." And something to confront about after she gets some damn answers.
Re: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8gd6OcUqQI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rABcwOK2TS4
Unsurprising much for Thane, but for her, he imagines that it's overwhelming.
"Hell, there are thousands of these. What do they even want?"
Thane places a hand to her shoulder. "That is something we have been struggling to find out." He pauses, then frowns, whispering to her, "Karrie, get down."
She's guided to some cover quickly. For good reason; a plasma burn appears where they were a second ago.
"Fuck!" Vandal hisses, taking out her plasma cutter. She dares to glance over their cover. "It's those damned things again!"
They peer over their cover, taking shots, but hell they're surrounded and they're fucked royally--
"Karrie, draw their fire. I'll be back."
"What?!" Vandal whirls around to glare at Thane. "Where the hell do you think you're going??"
Gently, he takes her hand, giving it a squeeze. "I promise, I have your back entirely. I will not abandon you."
"I--" Shit, the last time someone supposedly had her back. Vandal grits her teeth, tempted to tell him to fuck off, but.
But damn it, she doesn't have a good reason to not trust him.
"Fine, fine, just hurry up!"
He offers a brief smile, letting her hand go. He takes off into the shadows, practically disappearing.
Vandal focuses her fire on the Collectors, shooting off limbs and heads from afar, but it's not quite enough. She manages to avoid being hit much; most of her suit gets the damage.
But she's still surrounded and cornered.
Suddenly, leaping from the wall like a goddamn demon, Thane is tearing into the Collectors with his hands. He's glowing blue and throwing them around. He snaps a neck, moves smoothly to the next to tackle and punch with a glowing fist a few times until yellow... liquid or some shit sprays up and hits his chest. Maybe it's blood or some shit, she doesn't know.
But she covers him, shooting them down, and he's picking them off with his glowing blue shit and a temper.
When they're down, she's running over to Thane since he's stumbling and about ready to collapse. She supports him, helping him sit down.
"Okay, that was kind of badass," Vandal admits. He laughs a little. "But we can't stay here."
"No," Thane agrees. "We'd best hurry and try to meet with the others."
No telling what's waiting for them.