SFS: The Slumber Party (Part Two: The Arcade)

"Huh, seems a lot bigger than the last time I was here."

Traynor looks around the massive room, various glowing signs advertising certain games and activities, from the old-school games like Kepesh-Yakshi and Shattered Eezo to new ones like Illium Raceway and the new Archangel game. The girls all look around in wonder, Syren still on Steve's shoulders. Ayrene gives a low whistle, "Check this place out girls. What should we do first?"

Moving to the controls he inputs a series of random commands. The screen goes black for only an instant before a pair of characters appear. On the left stands Archangel, but on the right.....Velair's jaw drops. The long brown hair tied back in a ponytail, the N7 logo blazing on her armor, the figure of Commander Kaycee Shepard stands, rifle in hand on screen. Velair looks over at Gabriel, "Wait...I can play as my dad?"

Gabriel starts giggling, "Yeah, Dad made the creators put her in as a secret. Shall we?"

Velair picks up the holo-rifle, fingers wrapping around the grip and the trigger. "Shepard and Vakarian together again huh?"

"And that's how you play Kepesh-Yakshi."

As the holo-image of a planet explodes in a shower of multi-colored sparks, Rinyn yelps in surprise as the table gives her a tiny jolt. Sam's eyes widen in sudden horror, "Oh sweetie! I'm so sorry! I forgot to warn you about that."

Rinyn wrings her hand, trying to bring feeling back to her fingers. "It's fine.....this game might not be for me. Velair would be more suited to it."

"You would just need some practice, that's all."

The sounds of cheering reaches their ears, drawing their gaze over to the Illium Raceway stations, where a large crowd has gathered. Rinyn looks up at the puzzled expression on Samantha's face, and gives her a knowing smile. Sam looks back, one eyebrow cocked in puzzlement, "Aya?"

"Aya."

"Outta my way!"

Ayrene causes the small and sleek Cision Supernova to do a triple barrel roll to avoid oncoming traffic, ending the spin with a hard ninety-degree turn through a crowded marketplace, deftly avoiding vendors and stalls before crashing through the windows of the bottom floor of the once-successful Dantius Towers. The crowd behind her all take a deep breath of shock as she flies out the other side onto the Nos Astra Expressway, heading towards the spaceport, barely avoiding the pair of police cruisers that try to box her in. As she passes the spaceport, she does a loop around the Normandy SR-2 making its way into the dock, just for a bit of extra flair. "Kee'lah Aya. I am never driving with you."

Cassie'Zorah, her red and gold bio-suit glinting in the neon lights, her arms uncovered today. Aya gives her a quick smile and wink before making the Supernova ride the ceiling of the tunnel as a pair of trucks collide beneath. "Good to see you Cass. Ready for a night of fun?"

"As long as it doesn't include you driving at all."

"Lightweight."

"No, I just don't have a death wish." 

Chloe Michel's voice sounds over the crowd, her light French accent ringing clearly, "Gabriel. Girls. We're leaving soon. Gather up your things and we'll get some snacks before we meet up with everyone else."

Aya decides to blow her audience's mind for her grand finale, allowing the car to free-fall through five lanes of traffic, coming to a stop gently and neatly into a skycar lot, directly between two police cruisers. The words NEW HIGH SCORE flash on the screen with her name beside it. The crowd cheers as Ayrene takes a bow, before heading off with Cassie to meet up with her aunt Chloe. 

Gabriel walks up with Velair, the pair giggling from their adventures in the Daggers of Omega game. "Where we going next, mom?"

Steve coughs loudly and noticeably before Chloe can respond. "Don't want to spoil the surprise kids. We're gonna go get some snacks before we reach our next destination."

Sam walks up holding Rinyn's hand, "Everyone got their things?"

Syren holds up her Hanar plushie proudly, "Yes! Look what Hillary won me?"

Ayrene picks up her sister into her arms, "That was nice of her, Syren. I'm sure dad would be jealous of that."

Twenty minutes later, the group stands in the entrance of the Armax Combat Arena. Inside, a veritable sea of people vying for tickets, make it almost impossible to move. Sam turns to Hillary, "Could you let your mom know we're here?"

Hillary nods once before closing her eyes, the visor turning from a vivid orange to a light green. "Mom? Yeah we're here. We may need some help getting through the crowds though. Oh? Okay then, we'll wait here for them."

"Problem Hillary?"

"Not at all. Mom's sending us someone to get us through."

"Oh? Who?"

A loud commanding voice reverberates across the hall, "Make way people! VIPs coming through. I said make way! Move it tiny. Jack?"

A blue flash of light and the crowd backs away quickly revealing Urdnot Wrex and Jack Nought standing at the top of the ramp, their biotics swirling around their fists. Syren squeals with delight and hops down from Ayrene's arms to go racing up the stairs, the blue swirls of her biotics around her feet. She collides with her favorite uncle and hugs his leg tightly. "Uncle Wrex!"

The old warhorse chuckles in that deep booming voice, and picks up the ecstatic Asari into his arms, "Good to see you Little Bit. You ready for some excitement tonight?"