[IC] [Rare] Mass Effect: Incursion [Dredigan]

[Dredigan]

Ryleigh sat on the couch in the living room of her and Derck's apartment in Vancouver, focusing on the news as she combed back Tommy's hair after his bath. The reporter on the monitor had been going on for at least five minutes about the Defense Committee's meeting with Counselor Anderson and the famous Commander Shepard this afternoon to discuss the strange energy emissions found just outside the Sol system a week earlier. In the background of the monitor Ryleigh could clearly make out the Committee's tower and just below it their holding area. To the right of her television monitor was a wide Bay Window, outside of which she could make out the sprawling mass of Vancouver, the skyway was clouded by transit shuttles and ships flying to and from the Committee Tower, the ground was no less crowded as people moved about their business through the streets on bicycles, on foot, or in street-cabs. It was a pretty average day in the city.

"Alright, baby hop off." Ryleigh said, lifting Tommy from her lap and setting him on his feet. She stood up and stroked his hair back once with her hand. "Go play with your brother." She said, to which Tommy responded with a grin and then bolted out of the room. "Be careful!" she yelled as he darted down the hallway. Ryleigh shook her head and headed across the living room and into the kitchen area where she opened up the slow-cooker, viewing the Roast inside.They had been living on imported food for a while so Ryleigh figured she'd surprise Derck with a human style food tonight. It was there anniversary after all. She couldn't wait until he got home from work. Her sister Aren was coming over at six to pick up the kids for the night so they could have a romantic dinner together, and afterward Ryleigh had plans to try on some new lingerie for Derck.

Ryleigh plucked an onion out of the box she kept by the refrigerator and began to dice it up finely, after half of it had been satisfactorily cut she dumped the pieces into the roast and put the rest away. After that she performed the same ritual with a potato, and then a carrot. Finally she opened up a can of corn (this was imported, oh well) and drained it, then poured it over the roast. Perfect, she thought as she finished up. It would be done shortly after Derck got home. After placing the finishing touches on dinner Ryleigh sat back down in front of the news.

"I'm told the meeting is now underway. The committee will likely withhold results from us until they have come to a true conclusion, but we'll keep yo-..." Ryleigh shut the television off and stood up from her seat at the couch, then moved across the room and into the hallway to find Danny's bedroom. She opened the door to find the boys playing some video game. She sat behind them and held Tommy in her arms.

"Whatcha playin'?" she asked.

"First Contact," Danny said.

"It's where we kill Turians!" Tommy responded gleefully. Ryleigh had never liked her children playing such violent games but she let it go. She was never very fond of Turians anyway.

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Derck turned his head away for the computer and looked at his co-workers, surrounding the television monitor. He then got up and walked towards them, usual if you're not at your desk, you get a warming, but today was special. Today was the day, that Shepard and Anderson were at Defense Committee's meeting to discuss the strange energy emissions found just outside the Sol system a week earlier. One of his co-workers said, "Is Commander Shepard going to tell them that the 'Reapers' are the cause of the energy emissions?" and then another co-worker laughed and said, "You know that they're just a myth, the Geths were the ones that attacked the Citadel, but I wouldn't bet you anything.".

Then Derck said, "Either known she saved the Citadel, she is bat-shit crazy." and then almost all of the co-workers laughed and one of them said, "Yeah, even the councils said that the Geths invaded not the 'Reapers'.". He looked at the television screen once more and then saw the time on the screen and said, "Oh shit. I got to get home for my anniversary." and walked to his desk to shut everything off and then headed to the elevator. Another co-worker said, "Well, I hope you have a great anniversary in bed." and Derck laughed as he said, "Shut up.", to him as he walked inside the elevator and pushed the button to the parking lot, where his flying car is, and waited as the elevator moved up towards the last floor.

The elevator stopped and then opened it's door as Derck got out of the elevator and walked towards his car. He then opened the door with his omni-tool and got into the driver seat as he turned on his car with his omni-tool again. The car started as it got up to the air, since his car was facing towards him, all he have to do was to drive forward and he would be up in the sky with other cars beside him. He did that as he turned the radio one and it was on the news, where they are talking about the Defense Committee's meeting and why it's important and stuff. He drove the usual way to his home and heard the radio as the reporters were keep talking about Shepard's actions and Anderson's as well.

He then saw his home, a white color house with a view of the Committee's tower, it has a good view of the river and below them as well. He turned and saw the landing pad as he landed on the pad and turned off his car as he got out and closed it with his omni-tool. He then walked to the door and opened it, which then released the smell of roast being cooked, she got him a human style food. He then walked to the bookshelf as he looked for the gift, a box of chocolate, and then find it behind a book. As he opened up, he smell the vanillas and the chocolates inside of the box and then shut the box and put it behind his back as he stand there and walked slowly into the hallway and headed towards the noise.

He walked closer towards the noise and realize that Ryleigh and the kids were in there as well. He walked towards Danny's room and said, "I knew I should of have locked my room before leaving for work." as he saw the kids playing 'First Contact'.

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Danny and Tommy paused the game and jumped up, Tommy stepped on Ryleigh's foot in doing so and she let out a little grunt. They both rushed over to hug their father. Ryleigh stood up behind them and approached to give Derck a kiss.

"Come on kids let your father relax for a minute." Ryleigh demanded and the kids let him go to return to 'First Contact'. They had just finished the part where the Turian forces retreat from Berlin when they had paused it and now continued driving them back into France. "I missed you sweetie." Ryleigh added as she moved passed Derck and walked back down the hall, not seeing the candy behind his back. She approached the food in the kitchen and removed the top. It was ready to be eaten, but waiting until the kids left would just make it more tender so she elected not to tell Derck.

The doorbell rang just then and Ryleigh rushed over to see who it was. Peeping through the hole she could see that it was Aren. With a tap of the terminal next to the door it slid open and Aren walked inside. She looked a lot like Ryleigh, they both shared long red hair though Aren's was up in a bun whereas Ryleigh had left hers down in an attempt to look prettier for Derck. They both shared a short nose and narrow mouth, though Aren had inherited blue eyes and Ryleigh had her fathers deep green. Aren was much taller than Ryleigh as well. Ryleigh only reached the height 5'7 whereas Aren was 5'10.

"Thanks for taking the kids, Aren." Ryleigh said, kissing her sister on the cheek.

"No problem dear. Where are the rascals?" She responded before seeing Derck. "Oh happy anniversary, darling." She said, bringing Derck in for a hug. "It smells like you're going to get some decent food tonight, huh?"

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Derck was met with hugs for Danny and Tommy as they ran towards him and then Ryleigh giving him a kiss, he was great to be home. He saw them going back to play the game as he saw Berlin and then France on the television, but he didn't care as his wife was here. "I miss you too, honey." said Derck as he saw Ryleigh walking back to the hallway and then he did the same, leaving the kids to play their game. He then saw the roast in the pot, as it was done and ready to eat, but he would have to wait until the kids left. Derck then put down the box near the roast, so she could see it, as they heard the doorbell. Ryleigh
walked to the door and opened it as it was Aren at the door as she walked inside.

They look almost similar, but if it wasn't for the height differences, the hair, and the eyes, they could be identical twins. Area then gave Derck a hug as he did the same and he smiled, "Yeah, I can't believe that she got me some roast. But, as for the little rascals, they're in Danny’s room.". Derck then when to the hallway and shouted, "Danny! Tommy! Your aunt Aren is here!" as the kids heard that, they shut off their game system and the television and ran out of their room and towards the hallway. They ran pass Derck and gave their aunt a hug and she smiled, "There they are! Are you guys ready to go out?". Both kids shouted, "Yeah!" as they stop hugging their aunt and ran towards Derck. They said goodbye as they gave a hug and Derck gave them a kiss; while the kids gave their mom a hug and a kiss as well.

They walked towards their aunt and she said, "Well, I'll take them to get dinner and then they'll stay over at my house. I'll drop them off here tomorrow.". Aren grabbed the kid's hands and open the door as Tommy waved bye to his family before the door shut. Derck waited as he heard Aren's car, driving away for the house, he waited until the car was gone to make such that they were gone. He smiled and said, "Well honey, you better sit down and wait for your food, because I'm going to serve us." as he grabbed two plates and placed them by the roast. He found a large knife, and used it to cut the roast, and grabbed some roast with a fork and put it on the plates.

He did that until the plates were almost covering in roast, it was rare to have a human style food, and they usually get imported food. He carried the plates to the table and put them down side by side and said, "Honey, let's eat our dinner.".

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Ryleigh was fairly silent as the kids got ready and Aren took them out the door. She waved goodbye to her sister and then sat at the table as Derck had asked of her. She saw the chocolates, she loved them but she could wait to tear into them. Derck made sure to put plenty of food on each plate, Ryleigh was sure she could eat every bite of it too. After Derck set the food down and took his own seat Ryleigh began to take bites of the roast, she was pretty proud of herself. The couple made small talk all throughout dinner and once they were done Ryleigh stood and picked up both plates. She placed them in the sink and then quietly walked - no more like tip-toed - back over to the table where Derck was sitting. Before he could say a word to her she swung her leg over his thighs and sat down on his lap facing him. She planted a long kiss on his lips and ran her hands through his hair. Fifteen years they'd been together and she had loved every day even more than the last.

"I bought something special for tonight. Wanna come see?" Ryleigh asked. Just as she stood up the lights in the kitchen flickered and then shut off all at once. She looked around, shocked for a minute before approaching the switch and flipping it up and down. "Tha-..." She started to speak but was cut off by a deafeningly loud monstrous grumble, it sounded like a highly over-powered bass system. It lasted a few seconds before being followed by a loud thrash and a shaking in the ground that sent Ryleigh to the floor. Mere moments later she heard a low-pitched screeching noise and looking out the window across the apartment showed a vast red beam entering the Committee tower. Were they under attack? She looked up to Derck, speechless and terrified. Her primary thoughts consisted of:

Kids!

Kids!

Kids...

[Rare]

After Derck had placed the food onto the table, he and his wife began to eat the roast. It was good to not have imported foods once in a while and the small talks were fun. They just talked about work and other things, like how they met and their first kiss. When he was going to say something, he felt a kiss by his wife and a hand, feeling his hair. Fifteen long years with Ryleigh and he hoped that she still would be around for the next fifteen years. As she was going to show him something, the lights in the kitchen flickered and then shut off all at once. He got out of his chair and looked at the lights, it was odd for a power outage to be happening at this time. But then as Ryleigh was going to flip the switch and said something, a deafeningly loud monstrous grumble made her stop talking. Then it stopped a few second, but then it was followed by a loud thrash and a shaking in the ground which sent Ryleigh to the ground. It send Derck towards the couch, but he held on the couch as the ground stopped shaking.

He was speechless and terrified as he saw the a vast red beam entering the Committee tower. Did someone just destroy the Committee tower. But then, he remembered the kids and he was even more terrified of them and rushed to Ryleigh and said, "Get in the car! I'll drive!". He got her up for the ground and hugged and said, "It will be okay, honey." and then said, "Get going to the car!". He then ran towards the phone and picked it up as he tried to called Aren, who might be still driving, but then he heard a voice. "Derc-. Listen to me! We ar- at the do-nto-n ar-e- near the -tower! Come ge-." it stopped as Derck just heard nothing and then looked towards the window once more. He saw another beam hitting a building and then he dropped the phone and ran towards the car as he grabbed the box of chocolate. He saw Ryleigh and said, "I tried to call Ryleigh, but something was wrong with the phone. They're at a tower, but I don't know what tower and then the call went dead.".

He looked up as saw tons of cars going towards the same direction and he said out loud, "Why does the air have to be so bloody busy during this time?".