"Hopes"
(Previous Post was Jessica's "A Billion…")
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Stardate: 60342.0922
The young woman stood on the bridge of her ship, her body present with
the rest of those who were working to bring Enaii back, her mind in a place
and time far away from the Cardassians, Imparians, SURIAL III, the ANUBIS
and its crew.
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The sun had only begun to appear over the watery horizon of the heavenly planet on which Sabrina had decided to spend her shore leave on, at least that had been the official reason Lt. Cmdr. Rikar had given to her superiors. The truth, which she and her partner had not wish to divulged had been quite different and would forever change the lives of the 2 women who now stood on barefooted on the sandy beach in front of a religious Risian official.
It had been the ILO's wish that the ceremony take place on RISA and it
had also been Enaii's desire that the wedding be private. According to
Risian law the ILO had been given no choice in the first part of her request
since Lianna, Talia's other biological mother had been Risian and that her
permission from beyond the grave had been required for the parental
rights to be transferred onto Sabrina.
The young woman had been curious as to why the blond haired woman had wished for things to unfold this way, following the requirements of Risian laws instead of any other world found within the Federation but in the end the redheaded woman had simply been happy to be included. Since the first time she had met the mysterious woman, Sabrina's life had never been the same and through all of the adventures they had shared Rikar had learned to just accept things as they were and not ask why. That had been part of the mystery which had endeared Enaii into her eyes and why the young woman had felt it perfectly right for the 2 of them to be where they were now, seconds away from taking their marital vows which would grant Talia a new second mother.
When she had graduated from Starfleet Academy the young woman had hoped
to one day find someone who would make her feel the way Enaii did,
although the redheaded woman had never expected for this person to be an Intel
Operative of the same gender as she was. Yet their lives had become so
intertwined that the subsequent sequence of events, including the late nights spent arguing about things Sabrina had done wrong during an undercover
missions, had all seemed to be meant to be.
On that day new hopes had come forth to claim the young woman's heart
and as she stood on the Risian sand listening to the priest proceed with the
ceremony, Sabrina could only hope that she would prove to be the mate
that Enaii had both needed and wanted to be part of her life.
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"We have a 93% pattern lock," the Shillian CSciO reported, snapping the
young woman out of her daydreaming and back into the stress of the
moment. There had been only 7% left to get but judging by the way the ANUBIS'
Avatar had appeared those last few percentage of energy patterns would be the
most difficult to obtain. So far the theories of the aExO had proven
accurate and for that the redheaded CO had been eternally grateful, yet it left Rikar hoping for a speedy increase and a successful reconstitution… something that had up to this point never been successfully attempted.
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An unexpected explosion had left the young woman drifting in the cold emptiness of space inside a piece of sealed wreckage, alone with no life support system and just enough air to survive a few days at most. Sabrina knew all too well that the lack of air had not been her true enemy… that the rapidly decreasing temperature would claim her life far before her lungs would be incapable of drawing another breath.
At that time hope of seeing Enaii and Talia once again had given her the strength to fight and use whatever limited means she had at her disposal to stay alive. Hope to feel her life-mate's tender touch on her cheek or her adoptive daughter's embrace had made the young woman fight against all odds and by the end of this ordeal she would have emerged alive but without any memories of the person that she had been or those who had given her the strength to make it through.
On that day it had been Enaii's hopes that had kept the family going, hopes that the redheaded woman would be one day found safe and sound despite the reports from Starfleet which had ladled the then CSciO *missing in action* and presumed dead.
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"Annie is not going to be able to maintain this for much longer… if we
do not engage the transporter system now we may not have another chance
later on," Elan announced as her scanned the android with his tricorder the
ANUBIS' Avatar having begun to show clear and unmistakeable signs that
the task had become too much for her to handle.
"We cannot… pattern lock is only at 98%. It would be like trying to
beam a regular person and disposing of 2% of their energy pattern, that could
leave them with missing fingers, an incomplete nervous system or missing
several parts of their vital organs which would instantly lead to death.
Attempting a reconstruction beaming now would condemn Enaii to certain death,"
Maya explained with far more conviction than the crew of the ANUBIS had come
to expect from the Shillian. The CSciO had always been known to be a
verbacious woman… but one with a very soft spoken and gentle demeanour.
Faced with the explanation given by her ExO and using her own scientific knowledge to confirm what the Shillian had said, the young woman took in a long deep breath and glanced back at Elan before shaking her head no… they would wait… and hope that the few more seconds required to make this
possible would not prove to be time that the ANUBIS' Avatar did not have.
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David had hoped that the last few months the two of them had spent
together would continue for until the end of time. The mysterious woman who had been rescued and who had apparently forgotten the majority of her past had
become an integral part of his present, and the CEO had hoped that she would
accept to become a permanent part of his future.
To him the redheaded woman had been Samantha Rikar, an adventurous soul
who had quickly proven herself worthy of the confidence of their superiors
and had easily stolen his heart to claim it as her own. At the time the
CEO had been most happy for this theft had had only hoped that she had felt the same way towards him… so that had been why he had decided to ask for her
hand in marriage.
Hope it seemed on that day would not prove to be enough to keep the
memories of the past to come rushing back and claim the woman that had fainted
into his arms… forever taking away any hopes he might have had of a future
with *Samantha* Rikar. Apparently the hold Enaii had on Sabrina had been
simply too strong for David or anyone else to break.
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Hope was all that the young woman had left… hope that time would be on
their side… hope that the sensors of the orbital defence platforms would be
sufficient… hope that the transporter would be able to reconstitute
Enaii… and hope that the redheaded woman's love for her life-mate would be
enough to bring her back from wherever her soul had ventured to.
"We have it! Pattern lock at 100%!" the ExO announced almost jumping over her station at the back of the bridge for a second time on less than an hour.
The one word command seemed to become lodged in the young woman's
throat as her hopes came in full frontal conflict with her fears. If this
worked, Enaii would be brought back to them and life could resumed as it had
meant to be… but if it failed, all hope would be lost and the ANUBIS' CO
would have to accept the finality of the situation. Hope against fears…
which would win?
"Energize."
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"We are Grey, we stand between the Candle and the Star, between the
Darkness and the Light" 2006 post #110
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
Stardate : 58221.0630 (2 years, 121 days, 2 hours and 8 minutes ago)
Setting: RISA, Beach
Stardate: 60342.0923
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
Stardate : 59053.0914 (1 year, 209 days and 9 minutes ago)
Setting: Ship Wreckage
Stardate: 60342.0924
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
Stardate: 60142.0920 (200 days and 4 minutes ago)
Setting: GATEWAY OUTPOST, Promenade
Stardate: 60342.0925
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Bridge
Sabrina Jones {sabrina_sweet@hotmail.com}
Captain Sabrina Rikar
Commanding Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501
-Entilza Delenn, Babylon 5
