Sea of Storms - Part Five

Posted on Sun Mar 15th, 2020 @ 9:00am by Master Chief Petty Officer Ranav Dvald-Grenix & Post Captain Heris Dvald

Mission: Mission 98: Building Our New Home
Location: Hanger Four - Starbase Watchman
Timeline: 0800Hrs - May 16th, 2393

Captain Heris Dvald regarded the transport before her, it was a large personal shuttle and was busy loading up with personnel only, there was no equipment present, which was something the tall Bolian noted was a little odd. Moat assignments usually had some cargo of some kind or another they were hauling out to assignments that required them.

"Heris." Ranax Dvald-Grenix was trying to get his wife's attention as she snapped out of her funk. "Hmmm?" she inquired.

"You still with us?" he inquired of her, a good-natured smile on his lips.

"Yeah.." the tall Bolian responded. "Wait. whats going on?" it was clear that the Bolian female had been distracted as her two sons turned to her. "Mom, we'll be boarding shortly. This is the transport to the Caitian shipyards." Durin explained

"Right... Yes." Heris answered her second eldest son's comment, she blinked as she sighed. "Right. Are we boarding yet?"

Duran shook his head. "Nope, not yet mom." her eldest commented with a smile, he knew what was bugging her. "You worried about Aunt Siaxx?"

"Well yes," Heris commented before the tall Bolian female sat down in her chair, while she settled in to wait but she didn't like that today was her wedding anniversary and she would be spending it in the back of a Starfighter Corps shuttle traveling between assignments.

Dvald-Grenix slipped away from his family as he went over to the guys who were working on the large shuttle nearby, the Chief nodded. "Yo, whats going on?" he inquired. "Are we gonna board soon?"

Ranav nodded as he regarded the fighter corps officer before him. "Yeah Chief, we'll be boarding you and the other people present in a short time, we just need to finish sorting out our engine checks and the like."

Dvald-Grenix nodded his head. "Okay," he responded before he came back to his family, he sighed as he took a seat next to his mate. "They are going engine checks and the like, they don't know how long it'll take," he explained to his family.

Dvald was not overly happy about the long delay but she knew there was no sense getting angry or frustrated about the delay, she turned her head and checked quickly on her children, one of them had simply settled in and had fallen asleep while sitting in her chair. Duran had settled in to meditate and her second child, Dorin had decided to do schoolwork while they waited.

Dvald-Grenix shifted his attention as he regarded his mate as she slid her eyes closed while Heris tried to go into a trance, she often tried but she could never quite get there as she was often a little too hot-blooded to concentrate on meditation. She was someone who had to be doing something rather than sitting around, doing nothing.

The pilot nodded as he was saying something to the crew Chief before he went over to the man who Dvald-Grenix had been talking to earlier. "Okay ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your patience, we shall board you now, senior ranking officers first place."

Heris watched as only two people rose to their feet before moving over to the officer at the hatch entrance to the shuttle, the man sighed softly to himself more than anyone else. "Okay, everyone else may now board, please have your documentation ready for inspection."

The two dozen or so people gathered all stood up, grasped their bags and went to the officer in question, they were then had their bags looked at and paperwork checked over before being permitted to board.

The Dvalds were permitted to board before they found their seating arrangements, the seating was decent but not the most luxurious. Duran and Dorin selected their chairs before the two teenagers settled in with things that would keep them out of trouble. Dorin closed his eyes and settled in to go to sleep while Duran seemed to nod off and go into a trance.

Heris pulled out the large PADD that she had been reading before she called up the file she was reading earlier, she settled in to read the paperwork she had been working on. "I hate this crap, at times." the tall female complained to herself.

Ranav Dvald-Grenix sat down as did his daughters, two of them began setting up their game of battleships, it was something that Darzana and Halora enjoyed as the two competed with each other for bragging rights and whatever teenaged girls fought over.

Heris gave her daughters the quick once-over, she slowly smiled as she recalled the same old fights she had picked with her own sisters, Theris and Siaxx chief among them but that had been before what Uncle Shivorax had done to Siaxx. Heris knew all about the details but she never inquired about what exactly was done and nor did she wish to know about the details of her sibling being violated. Heris sighed softly as she breathed in and then let her breath out slowly.

Ranav regarded his wife as he could tell she was thinking about something she didn't like or want to be thinking about. His reverie was interrupted by the com system. "Attention all personnel. We're about to get underway."

With that said, one could feel the large shuttle slowly lift off, the sights changed as the shuttle reoriented before it slowly began to move forward and without a sound, the sight of the hanger was replaced by the starfields of space.

The Dvalds admired the scenery as the stars suddenly turned into starlines as the shuttle entered warp. "That's so cool," Duran commented with a crooked smile, while he opened one eye.

"Bah, warp. It's so... mundane." Darzana dismissed her brother's statement with a wave of her hand and her own statement as Halora, quick to take the bait added. "That's because you can't come up with anything better."

"Well, anything's better than warp speed," Darzana responded hotly.

Rather than get angry. Duran simply yawned before he settled in to join his brother in sleep. Heris suddenly found herself feeling a moment of jealousy as she realized that her two sons could do something she couldn't do, that was being able to fall asleep on demand.

Ranax leaned over to his wife and mate. "Maybe Starbase Vanguard won't be so bad of an assignment," he commented softly to her. "Send the kids to find and torment Siaxx while we move into our new home. The kids won't complain and I won't either," he commented.

Heris nodded her head. "Yeah, works for me. I need a shower and... So do you." as she gave her husband a look, it was where they had the majority of their sexual encounters, rather than in bed.

Ranav smiled. "Works for me. I look forward to it."