Deja Q - Part One

Posted on Sun Feb 23rd, 2020 @ 11:50pm by Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Yamaguchi-Solusar & Lieutenant JG Rachael "Ripcord" Yamaguchi-Cullen & Ensign Paul Harrison
Edited on on Tue May 25th, 2021 @ 9:17pm

Mission: Mission 6: Q-ualty Time
Location: Various Locations - Starbase 400
Timeline: 0900Hrs - February 18th, 2389

The doorbell beeped as Rachael ignored it, she was busy focusing on schoolwork as Elizabeth, her older sister was home as she went to
answer the door and like on that day a year ago, she smiled at the
boy she found there. "Hello again handsome." she gave him a smile
as she clearly recognized and remembered Paul Harrison. "You have
come to the right place... how many I help you?" she gave him a lusty
look.

Paul sighed and spoke under his breath, "Great." He feigned smile,
"Hi, is Rachael here?"

"Well yes she is home.... doing homework." Elizabeth commented
with a smile. "But you don't wanna bother her.... when you could
have-"

He sighed again, "Seriously?. Just tell her I'm here."

"Beth, are you done yet?" Rachael commented as she looked at her
older sister, she sighed softly. "stop hitting on my boyfriend, come
on in Paul.... no this is not a bad time.... and you.... behave yourself."
Rachael addressed Beth then Paul and then Beth again in that order.

"Thank god." He followed Rachael as the smaller woman walked into
the kitchen as she ordered herself something to drink. "Whats up?"
she inquired as she leaned against the countertop as she looked at
him.

The tension was thick in the room, "I don't know. I was about to
ask you the same thing." He looked at her, "Look. I'm sorry about
what I said but sometimes you do things and it makes me nervous.
You're too young to put yourself in danger. That is what Starfleet
officers are here for."

Rachael looked up at him since he was close to a half foot taller then
she was as Elizabeth came over as she picked up her sweatshirt.
"I'll let you two have these quarters.... I'm going to go visit my
nephew."

Paul glared at her, "Good riddance."

"Behave you two..." and with that she slipped on her boots and the
twenty-two year old departed.

Rachael waited until Elizabeth had departed before answering.
"I can control my abilities and I've not been in that many situations
anyway..."

"I didn't say that you couldn't control them but until your abilities
are refined, I think you need to use them carefully. You know, you
don't always have to be the heroine."

"I've only been in the one life threatening situation." she commented.
"Unless I missed one."

"Not yet but you will be at some point." He took a deep breath and
exhaled, "I have to be honest with you. When you jumped in there
with the dinosaur, I felt...useless. I don't like feeling that way. I
want to have a girlfriend who looks to me to save her, not the other
way around."

Rachael looked at him. "Paul... you are far from useless.... but that
particular species of Dinosaur had binocular vision as such it was a
serious threat to the two of us, you did the right thing by staying
out of it... " she sighed as she raised an eyebrow. "and I'd stay out
of Elizabeth's way if I were you..."

"Why's that?" Paul was puzzled.

"Elizabeth was overly enthusiastic but you are being overly mean
and cruel to her." she grinned darkly at him. "She might strangle
you for it."

"She started it. And I don't like the way she greeted me this time
either. It's creepy." Truth of the matter, he didn't like girls with big personalities.

"All the same,. I'd stay away from her... if I were you." Rachael
commented. "So she's outgoing.... is that a bad thing?" she inquired.
"so fair warning... she will want ten minutes alone with you... so
you are informed....do behave with her..."

"Ten minutes?" Paul sighed, "When the heck will that be?"

"She will come for you soon enough.... but enough about her."
Rachael commented. "My time of blooming will soon end and
then my powers will be shall we say fixed and I'll need to eat
more food to make up for it...." she explained as she looked up
at him.

"I didn't know."

"You will never have my problems and issues... with you its just
puberty and with me, my mind is rewriting itself because of the
bloom..... "

"Oh."

Rachael raised an eyebrow as she looked at him. "I must use my
abilities... the most often I use them, the stronger I'll become..
otherwise I'll lose them all my Beth almost did..."

"So if I want to be with you, I have to put up with you using your
abilities. If so, you have to promise me that you will let me once
in a while protect you."

Rachael considered it. "I can agree to that.." she replied. "using my
abilities can be exhausting at times.." she commented evenly as she
raised an eyebrow as she looked at him. "So long as you can remind
me that its okay to be myself and not be mature and controlled all
the time." she shrugged. "responsibility gets old after awhile.."

"Okay, I can do that."

Rachael smiled as she polished off her drink as she placed the empty
glass back in the replicator but didn't recycle it, she then went over
to her school books on the table as she picked up the large textbook
as she closed it, on the cover was labelled 'DINOSAURS' in large bold
letters. "Lets get out of here.... "

"Before we do, I want to do something." He took the book out of her
hands and set it down. He took her in his arms and kissed her, "I'm
sorry."

Rachael raised an eyebrow as he took the book from her and before
she knew it, their lips met as all rational thought flew out of her mind
like shuttles and escape pods fleeing a doomed ship. "Its okay... I
still have much to learn... so I'll let you handle protecting me from harm."

Paul smiled, "Good."

"Lets go track Elizabeth down... so you can apologize to her.... I'll be
there to make sure she remains civil.... nothing worse then her trying
to strangle you."

"Uh, wait a minute. She should be apologizing to me. And just because
she can do something to me, it doesn't mean she can. If she does, I'll
nark on her so fast."

"That would cause more harm then good." Rachael commented as she
walked beside him out the door and down the hall, the two walked in silence
until they reached their destination.

The Starbase Infirmary had a few people in for various ailments and issues
as Elizabeth was standing there with a small infant in her arms as she
generally made a fuss over her nephew. "Aren't you so adorable.... yes... yes you are.." as she looked at her younger sibling.

"Ahh Rachael.... Mom is with Savannah and Gabriel. she gets out today and she's climbing the walls..." she looked at Paul. "You and I have to chat.." as she handed her nephew over to Rachael. "Rachael doubtless warned you I wanted ten minutes alone with you.

Rachael raised an eyebrow as she regarded her sibling. "Elizabeth?"

"Relax Rachael, I will behave..." the larger woman commented evenly. "Shall we Mr. Harrison?".

"Where do you want to go?" Paul inquired although he really didn't want to talk to her.

"Oh I was thinking of having a drink on the Promenade.... because we have an issue we must address..."

Paul shrugged, "Okay. Why not."

Elizabeth turned and walked out of the infirmary as she seemed to disappear as she went around the corner.

Paul sighed when he lost sight of her.

Beth raised an eyebrow as she was now across the promenade. "over here" she called over to him. "You have an issue with me.... Lets have it."

Paul walked over to her, "First if all, I want you to know that I don't hate you. It's just that you make me feel uncomfortable."

Elizabeth ordered two glasses of water, she lifted them as she placed a glass before Paul. "I'm the eldest of my siblings... I look after them and I protect them.... its an old habit..." she commented. "You don't seem to like people with big personalities... I spent one semester in a class with a professor that makes the Admiral look angelic, this guy was just cruel to his class.... made them do four hours of homework a night." she shook her head. "two thirds of his class drop out due to the workload." she explained. "Its why I have my sense of humor.... "

"I guess I just don't understand your humor." Paul admitted.

"Well, one either develops a sense of humor... or you go insane.... or quit." she shrugged. "I survived... but only just.. then there was my last boyfriend.." she then sighed. "Do me one favor... Don't do to Rachael what he did to me..."
she commented. "I will skip the threats and the like and I'll make it a request."