All Along the Watchtowers - Part Fourteen

Posted on Fri Dec 31st, 2021 @ 7:53pm by Commander Galiaan Fordring & Commodore Siaxx "Bluemoon" Dvald-Vaxx MD & Post Captain Tirion Fordring & Master Chief Petty Officer Chen Vaxx

Mission: Mission 116: All Along the Watchtowers - Part One
Location: Various Locations - Starbase Vanguard
Timeline: 1935Hrs - October 26th, 2393

Dvald-Vaxx regarded the gathering before her while she let out a soft sigh. The small Bolian lifted her left hand to her breast as she tapped her combadge. "Dvald-Vaxx to Fordring. Tirion." she inhaled softly. "I need your help... Could you come to lounge Two-one please?"

"I'm on my way Siaxx..." came the answer. The small-framed Bolian female settled in to wait. She heard a second voice address her. "Siaxx?" as the small female turned to find herself face to face with her own spouse. "Chen." Dvald-Vaxx slowly smiled warmly as she regarded her spouse. She turned back to the bartender. "Thanks for your help."

"No problem," he answered. "I'll keep an eye on her until her husband gets here."

"Okay," Dvald-Vaxx answered before turning back to her spouse. "Let's go over there and take a seat," she commented as she wanted to be out of the way and not draw attention to herself. The bartender questioning her age over her small stature did not help and she did not want to cause additional concerns.

Chen Vaxx regarded his spouse. She was smaller than he was and he wasn't going to screw around with her. He often took the time to listen to his spouse as he considered that her issues and concerns were his issues and concerns. He knew that his spouse had been through an awful lot of issues in the last two years as they had been parted due to assignments. Her assignment to the USS Roanoke and before that, to Starbase Four Hundred had only inflamed her already existing concerns. Vaxx knew that his spouse was a devoted parent and she had been separated from her children for far too long. He also knew that if a separation like that were to ever take place again to them. Siaxx would resign from Starfleet instead and then settle down somewhere rather than simply accept it.

Dvald-Vaxx took a seat at an empty table nearby and Chen sat down across from her. "What's wrong, Siaxx?" as he regarded his small-framed spouse. He knew that nothing was simply bothering her. He know that something was up, as the humans tended to say.

"Galiaan Fordring is here." Dvald-Vaxx indicated the large female nearby. "She's as drunk as a skunk..." she commented softly.

"Alright." Vaxx raised an eyebrow. "I assume you called Tirion?" he asked of her as he lifted his hand but she answered before he could tap his combadge to call his friend.

"I did." Dvald-Vaxx nodded her head. "I wanna know what pissed her off... I've never seen like this before." the small Bolian admitted. "I've known her since the Dominion War... She was one of my professors in medical school... She's helped me with my sexual assault issues..."

Vaxx regarded Fordring over his spouse's shoulder. "Mmmm... Fair enough..." he sighed softly as he knew full well that demons bothered his spouse. "Well. We won't find out at the present time... " he commented. "When Tirion arrives. He and I can make sure she gets home so she can sleep it off... Or we can take other measures. Then you and I can have our dinner afterwards."

Dvald-Vaxx smiled warmly at her husband. "That sounds good to me."

Vaxx regarded his spouse. "I know how long you two have known each other and what she means to you... But your right. She never drinks like this..." the larger Bolian commented when the door opened and in walked the massive Vrykul male. "He's here," Chen commented. He spotted Fordring first rather than his spouse.

"Alright." and with that. Dvald-Vaxx waved down the massive Engineer with her hand. She watched him amble on over to her. "Siaxx. You called hon. What's up?" the massive Vrykul male asked of the woman who looked small enough to be a young Vrykul child, except she was blue-skinned and bald.

"It's your wife," Dvald-Vaxx commented softly as she indicated where Galiaan was presently finishing off her last bottle of booze. She was still sitting alone. What was worse was that she looked miserable.

Fordring shifted his attention from the zafting Bolian before him to his now heavily drunk spouse. "Alright," he commented softly as he let out a soft sigh. "I'll help you," Vaxx commented.

"Okay. Let's get her home." Fordring and the two Bolians went over to Galiaan Fordring. "Galiaan..." Fordring addressed his spouse. "It's time to go, honey," he commented softly. All while he really hoped that his spouse would not make an issue.

Fordring slowly rose to her feet as Vaxx caught her when she stumbled. He gently grasped her arm as he pulled her to him. Fordring did the same with his spouse on her other side. Dvald-Vaxx went with both men to ensure their path was clear and that as few people as possible interfered with the effort.

Dvald-Vaxx smiled as she went over to the barkeep. "Charge all of her booze to the office of the Starbase Exec. I'll pay for it."

"Yes ma'am." the bartender answered. "I assume that you'd like this to be quietly forgotten about?"

"Please. That would be lovely." The small Bolian answered, a wide grin on her lips.

"It'll be done." the man answered. Moments later the pregnant Bolian was moving out the door as she chased her husband and two friends down the hallway. Galiaan Fordring had mercifully passed out which meant she was no longer a hindrance to her husband's efforts to get his wife home.

Vaxx and Fordring waited by a turbolift as Dvald-Vaxx arived a moment later. "The bartender will charge all this to my office. Galiaan can pay me back later."

"Thanks, Siaxx..." Fordring answered quietly. "She passed out."

"Good," Dvald-Vaxx answered. "Let's get her home."