Operation: This WILL End Poorly - Part Two

Posted on Sat Mar 7th, 2020 @ 1:52am by Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Yamaguchi-Solusar & Lieutenant JG Rachael "Ripcord" Yamaguchi-Cullen

Mission: Mission 73: Near Misses and Close Encounters
Location: Various Locations - USS Dreamcrusher
Timeline: 1400Hrs - March 20th, 2392

"So... You are going to rule against me?" Rachael sighed softly.

"For the fifth time. No." Elizabeth responded. "I am not here to decide your child's fate. I am here however to evaluate you for motherhood." the taller Yamaguchi then sighed. "The trouble is... you're not listening to me.."

"You're not saying anything worth hearing." Rachael growled.

"That statement by itself tells me that you honestly need to take a step back and consider which you want to have more... the kids.. or your career." Elizabeth continued, steamrolling over Rachael's dark frown and her protests. "You are not that well established in your career where as Ennis is... and I doubt he will play second fiddle.. Considering he is a fully qualified neurosurgeon and he could become Chief Medical Officer of his own ship just like that." Elizabeth then snapped her fingers, the skin rubbed against each other with violent force producing the 'SNAP' effect.

Rachael sighed, sitting in silence she felt beaten.

Elizabeth regarded her sister. "Have I gotten to you yet?"

"Yes.... Get on with it.." Rachael responded, a dark growl in her voice.

"You are feeling tired and stressed... Its been non-stop with you... hasn't it." Elizabeth responded. "Going from one extreme to the next, one disaster to the next... I sometimes wonder how you and Ennis manage to handle your relationship.. I'm suprised its not already started to disintegrate." Elizabeth sighed softly. "Kameron and I discuss everything. I don't decide what we're going to be doing that evening without first checking with him. He might want to go snowboarding and I might want to go to the beach... so we compromise... I go snowboarding tonight and then he goes to the beach tomorrow night... Either way, we both win." Elizabeth explained. "Saki however is dealing with her own issues.... While you are under a great degree of stress and strain, she's seeing it and what's worse.. She's feeling it too... Mom told me what happened two nights ago."

Rachael sighed softly. "I figured she would... Saki losing her temper and crushing a glass at dinner before she is terrified of being taken away.."

"Rachael... If being in Starfleet is this much of a misery.. Then why stick around... Fuck it, call it a career and find something else.. There are a LOT of other jobs out there other then just being in Starfleet... Besides.. Gabe and I can handle the family legacy is being in Starfleet. Besides we got the Unals too and Ouros in particular is a nice girl when she wants to be."

"Lasara pretended to be me.. She seduced Ennis and let him think that she was me.."

"Yes. I heard about that too." Elizabeth responded. "I think everyone is in a foul mood with her for that particular stunt.." the larger Yamaguchi sighed softly.

Rachael sighed. "Ever since that.... Nothing has gone right... I mean with the second Peeves incident... or whatever they call it.."

"The Pineapple incident.." Elizabeth supplied helpfully with a wide smile. "It was enjoyable..." she added with a grin. "What can I say?"

Rachael glowered at her sibling. "Yes... It was... different."

"Personally Rachael.. You want to know what I think?" Elizabeth leaned forward ever so slightly towards her sibling.

"Sure... Humor us all." Rachael waved her hands to indicate the room and everyone in it. "We are waiting." she added in a snide tone of voice.

Elizabeth suddenly grinned at her sister. "I think.... That you are so consumed by rage over what happened between you and Saki that you can't tell the difference between your friends, your allies, hell even your family and your enemies.."

Rachael now got angry but she didn't say anything.

Elizabeth regarded her sibling. "You see it's like Kameron's father said to me... When you want honey, just follow the bee's." she then shrugged.

"I cannot believe you are sitting there in judgement over me." the smaller woman hissed at her sibling.

"Rachael... You can be as dense as granite... But then all of us Yamaguchi's have had that issue at one time or another." Elizabeth smiled. "Your trouble is... You're pissed off with the entire universe because you resent their intrusion into how you raise your child, how you do things.. How you do your work... How you spend your leisure time... How you-" she was interrupted by Rachael coming unglued. With tears streaming down her face, Rachael went on the rampage against every single last member of the Roanoke's crew.

"I've given my all for these fucks... I'm sick and tired of having to play by other people's rules. I am a fucking adult and yet they treat me like I'm the fucking child!" Rachael yelled. "I sink in more hours then most on the job and I'm always in shit. I've spent more time with Saki in various ways then either Sarah or Daniel and I'm still getting bitched at by others for it.. Nothing I do is fucking good enough and I am well and truly sick to fucking death of it!" she paused. "I want it to end.. Do you understand me!. Rachael screamed at her sibling who sat in stunned disbelief.

"I want out... stop the ride, I want off... I'm dizzy... turn the fucking oven off ma... my ass is truly cooked.." Rachael was so enraged she wasn't seeing or thinking straight. "What more do you fucking want from me Elizabeth.... Are you fucking happy now!. You got what you wanted... I fucking Hate You. That dammed uniform we both wear and everything in my life thats led me to this!" Rachael was screaming at the top of her lungs at this point, the fuse had burned out and the warhead had detonated with truly horrific results.

Elizabeth sat in silence, still in a state of stunned disbelief as she for her part, honestly had no idea that her siblings rage went this far or this deep but she knew that Rachael wasn't done. "I fucking hate you all... Every last one of you bastard shitbags... from Teval, that fuckstick on down to the peons who populate engineering and the hanger bays... Fuck you all... Fuck every last one of ya!" before she ran out of steam and sighed softly. "Go ahead... do you're fucking worst... write your fucking report and comdem me as a bad mother... Go on, what are you waiting for...?" Rachael wiped at her face, her hands came away wet, her skin slicked with her tears, angry and hot.

Elizabeth regarded her sibling in silence for a moment. "I was wondering when you'd get here." the larger woman said quietly. "Rachael... there is nothing wrong with your situation... You have a lot of things on your plate... But your balance is wrong."

Rachael glowered in silence, still too drained to say anything else at this point as Elizabeth then gently proceeded to explain other options for Rachael. "Spend half the day on watch and half pursuing your own ideals... Its okay to be selfish, you are a full time mother... and its okay to feel guilty about the fact that you never got your goals... It was forces outside your control that led you to this point... But you still have the option to change."

"So... you're going to write me as an unfit mother..?"

"No...I wanted you to let out what was bothering you. Had you not been able to do that then I would have recommended more time on the sofa with a therapist." Elizabeth explained. "Because you do need therapy. What's more, you need your family close to you. We all need a little help from time to time.. but Saki needs to learn for herself that her mother's time is precious... and thats something only she can learn... Can you teach her?... Yes... but she also formed connections with Commander Lasky, Kameron, myself and a few others... She is also angry with you because you don't like what Zara Tane did... with that boneheaded stunt with that tank."

"Zara nearly got her killed."

"It was still an accident. Rachael.. She meant no harm.." Elizabeth responded evenly. "Give her another chance... Oh course, do take precautions and the like... but Zara means well... I mean she does alright with little Kurt.. She's even threatened me about it once."

"Wait... Zara Tane.. the woman who's scared of you... got the stones together to threaten you about it?"

"Yep." Elizabeth answered simply. "As far as she is concerned. Kurt is her special little guy and nothing I say or do will change that... I've come to accept the fact Rachael that there are some things in life I cannot change... You have something I had... yet I gave him up because he was not mine to keep.. and I accepted that responsibility... It doesn't mean it does not keep me up at night... or that I miss him.. You have Saki... So... I'm going to say one last sentence before I boot you out of my office so I can write this formal report."

Rachael regarded her sibling in silence.

"Do not fuck this up with Saki. Your daughter is unique and special in her own way, she is fragility and strength, honor, courage and wisdom. All tied up in one package and in her own special way, she is unique.. Take the time to be with her and let her know that its okay to be herself.. and you need to know that its okay to be yourself as well... But you two must discover that together.... Now.. off you go."

Rachael rose to her feet and turned to depart. "Thank you." and with that, she departed in silence.

Elizabeth lifted her head as she regarded the spot where her sibling had been. "I am sorry Rachael..." but Rachael wasn't around to hear the statement. "I'm sorry but this... It had to be done." Now Elizabeth began working on her report, knowing she might have just ended her relationship with her younger sibling.