"The Little Things Are Always The Hardest To Find"
(Previous Post: "Scars and Trophies")
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Stardate: 60341.2215
Their ultimate destination had still been several
hours away at maximum speed, so far away still that
the long-range sensors had yet to be able to find the
planet or the star that it orbited. Luckily though
the sensors had also failed to pickup any signs of
anything resembling a Cardassian patrol, a probe or
any other type of mechanical entity bent on the
annihilation of all life in this galaxy. Although
both the USS HATHOR and USS ANUBIS had remained at
'Yellow Alert' status, the immediate lack of apparent
threat had given each and every officer some well
earned time to get some preparatory work done or
better yet relax even if only a little.
The Shillian woman had decided to make use of this
downtime and check on Talia while her adoptive mother
was on duty on the bridge. With all of the chaos and
tribulations that had taken over both ships because of
their dealing with the Imperians, the daughter of the
Intelligence Liaison Officer had been for all intents
and purposes forgotten by even those closest to her.
This had not meant that the Chief Science Officer had
been concerned for the well being of the child, Talia
having been as well equipped and trained to take care
of herself as most of the Officers onboard the
Intelligence Cruiser.
Because she had expected the daughter of Lieutenant
Commander Enaii to be wide awake in anticipation of
seeing her mother once again, the Shillian woman had
been somewhat surprised to see her requests to gain
access to the quarters met with utter silence. At
first the Chief Science Officer had thought that Talia
had simply been asleep but after having stepped inside
the Shillian had found the quarters completely empty
of any life which included the child and the pet
monkey.
Immediately the acting Executive Officer reached for
her communicator and requested the location of Talia
from the computer, silently hoping that the child had
not somehow found a way to get herself into any sort
of trouble. The Chief Science Officer was only
partially relieved when she was informed that the
daughter of the Intelligence Liaison Officer had been
inside the highly classified and restricted area of
the ANUBIS known as the Intelligence Gathering Center
or IGC.
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To say that the Intelligence Gathering Center was a
highly secured area of the USS ANUBIS would have been
nothing short of a monumental understatement. Even
while carrying the access clearance of the Executive
Officer, the Shillian scientist had been required to
go through multiple checkpoints to confirm both her
identity and clearances. To imagine that a simple
child, even one who had for mothers the head of the
Intelligence department and the Commanding Officer of
this ship was something of a difficult idea to accept.
What had proven to be even more of a surprise for the
Shillian woman as she entered the main area of the
Intelligence Gathering Center had been to find Talia
sitting at the supervisor station where her mother
would have normally been found if she had not been in
her office. Dressed in the grey colours of Intel, the
child appeared to be exactly where she belonged, at
ease with her surroundings and apparently performing
several tasks while the rest of the staff of the
department carried on with their own duties.
"Mahia," Talia beamed as she watched the Shillian
woman approach, the scientist looking pleased and
confused at having found the child where she had.
"Talia," the Shillian scientist said leaning over the
Intelligence Control consol, "why are you here?"
The daughter of the Intelligence Liaison Officer
tilted her head to one side and looked upon the
Shillian as if the question had been completely out of
context. Had the scientist spoke a language unknown
to Talia, the look that the youngest member of the
Draxx family had given to the Executive Officer would
have been exactly the same.
"Looking for Nan'Ha," the child replied in a
matter-of-fact way glaring at the scientist as if she
should have already known this through simple
deduction.
The Shillian scientist remained silent, which by
itself had been a historical feat, stunned into a daze
by what the child had done and further intended to do.
To see a child wanting to find her mother had not
been anything overly special, but to see how
resourceful and determined Talia had been had proven
to be more than the Chief Science Officer had expected
or had been able to process at that particular time.
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"To see the world in a grain of sand, 2006 post #095
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Corridor
Stardate: 60341.2225
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Deck A-4, IGC
Jessica Solarik { maya_992003@yahoo.com }
Lieutenant Commander Maya
Executive Officer and Chief Science Officer
USS ANUBIS
and a heaven in a wild flower.
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
and eternity in an hour."
- William Blake (British, 1757-1827)
