The Anvil Falls - Part Three

Posted on Wed Mar 11th, 2020 @ 4:08am by Commander Tienn Iteela & Lieutenant Lasarra "Silverbolt" Yamaguchi

Mission: Mission 83: Gender-Blender
Location: Various Locations - USS Courageous
Timeline: 0915Hrs - May 10th, 2392

Unal rose to his feet as he followed Tienn out of the door. A moment later there was a loud shot that could be heard through the door. "WHAT!" a male voice screamed loudly. The pilots all turned as they realized that something very serious was afoot.

Lasarra looked like someone had just smacked him with something large and rather heavy as Tienn Iteela looked as cool as a bowl of cucumber soup. Clearly, the Bajoran was expecting this sort of a reaction but when she sneezed once and then twice. She frowned before she sneezed another half a dozen times. "Yes... I'm pregnant and you." she lightly tapped him in the center of his chest with her index finger. "You are the father." Before she sneezed once.

"Oh.." Lasarra Unal reacted with surprise and something akin to terror.

Tienn regarded him, curiosity in her eyes rather than angry or pity. "Oh?" she inquired. "Should we go somewhere else where we can have this chat?" she indicated the hallway where both of them were located with her hands.

"We can't. I'm on alert fifteen.." Lasarra responded as he looked at the Bajoran woman before him. "Shit!" he muttered quietly.

"Oh no." Tienn paused as the color left her face. "Shit... I.. I didn't know." as she realized that the next mission might get him killed because of what she had just told him, it could distract him at the wrong moment and get him injured or worse.

Unal gently took her hands as he walked her over to the other side of the hallway. "Tienn. You just came down here to tell me this news.. We can celebrate tonight over dinner... Don't worry.. you are not rid of me yet."

Tienn felt her insides turn to jelly as she fought not to burst into tears, as the emotional let down got to her before Tienn felt his arms around her torso as he pulled her into his arms. "It'll be okay Tienn... It's gonna be okay." Tienn for her part had no idea of what to think, it showed too as her eyes looked in all directions before they focused on him before her.

Lasarra regarded her. "So.. I'm. gonna be a father?"

"Yes," Tienn answered. "I felt you had a right to know and... I didn't want to wait.. I'm Sorry for what I did." she let out a sigh.

"No...no, it's okay. Because now I have something else to live for.... My time as a woman is over.. I'm going to remain as a male.." Lasarra paused. "I also need a new name... Nebris." he paused. "For my grandfather."

Tienn blinked as she regarded Lasarra or rather Nebris as he was now called. "Are you sure?" she inquired as she brushed her long wavy hair out of her eyes.

"I am..." he paused as he breathed out and then back in. "Yes... I am. It's time I manned up and started living rather than existing." Nebris responded quietly before he looked at her.

Tienn nodded before she gently coiled her arms around his torso before she kissed him on the lips. "I love you.". It was the first time she had said it and it was more of a spur of the moment thing rather than anything really planned.

Nebris smiled. "I know...I love you too." as he gently kissed her back on the lips. "I'd.. best get back.." he said quietly. "Not that I want to.," he added quietly.

"Yeah.. Until tonight then. We're stuck with rations but we can always have something better whenever this shitfest ends." Tienn explained. "It sucks but... What can we do?" the statement and question were both of a rhetorical nature but that wasn't the point.

"We do the best we can.," Nebris responded before he bade her farewell and he went back to the squadron ready room. The dozen or so other pilots all regarded him. "So... What was all that about?" inquired his wingmate.

"Oh.," Nebris answered. "I need to go see the JAG guys, petition for a legal name change...and I'm going to be a father," he explained in short order, rather than keep the pilots present waiting.

"No way... that's fantastic." responded the closest pilot to where Nebris was sitting.

Master Pilot Officer Olivia "Husker" Austin regarded him with her steely blue eyes. "Well... I guess congratulations are in order... Was this planned?"

"Is anything in life ever truly planned?" Nebris inquired of his skipper. "No, it was not planned but that's okay, I'm okay with this development."

Husker regarded him with a curious look in her eye. "You are making out like a changeling in sheep's clothing Silverbolt." the Asian woman regarded him. "You've been nothing but disruptive and out to fuck everything in sight while you were female and since becoming male... you turn into a completely different person."

"Hey. lay off, skipper. Stop shitting on the moment will Ya!" responded one of the other pilots as several others responded in agreement.

Nebris paused. "I do need to go and see the JAG guys to request a change of my name... and the Operations guys to make sure the change sticks... I am not a woman anymore."

The various pilots all shared looks with each other as many of them knew the stories. "Sir... Do you mind if I work on the paperwork since we're on alert fifteen?"

"Sure, go for it," Husker responded. "If anything else, I think this is a great idea... It seems to have cured all of your issues. but it'll create new ones for you. II hope you are prepared for them." Husker added by way of explanation as she handed Lasarra or rather Nebris a PADD. "Go for it. Have at it."