[USS Juno] Encountering a Favor

Posted on Fri Aug 3rd, 2018 @ 2:00am by Captain Harrold Anderson

775 words; about a 4 minute read

Mission: [USS Ottawa] S1, E2: Empok Nor
Location: Captain's Quarters, Deck 3
Timeline: MD+4, 0600 Hours

The Juno, was scheduled to leave around 1000 hours this morning. And Kerja still had some things she needed to gather. Harry had a few meetings that he could not get out of, before he left Deep Space Nine. He tapped on his combadge. "Computer open a channel to Commander Bers."

Commander Bers sat up in bed, awakened by the beeping of the ships comms. Thoughts raced through his mind as he answered. "Bers here." he said, rubbing the sleep from his eyes.

"Sorry to wake you Commander, but I need a favor from you, on a personal nature, can you please stop by my quarters as soon as possible?" Asked Harry, not really wanting to say over the communications channel, what he needed. Somethings were better to ask in person.

He nodded. "No problem, sir." he said. "Give me a few minutes to get a uniform on and I'll be right over." Bervag replied. He donned a uniform. wonder what that's about? he asked himself as he made his way there. He rang the chime, anxious to know.

Kerja glanced towards her father's bedroom. When he didn't immediately answer the summons at the door she got up and stepped closer to it, pressing the button. The doors made their familiar swishing sound and there stood a tall male Kerja assumed was the first officer though he looked a little sleepy still. Her eyes drifted up and down his form, focusing a little longer on the spots on the side of his face and then looking into his blue eyes. "Ummm . . . . my father's in there." She pointed toward the bedroom.

Harry had been getting ready, he was making his bed when he heard the intercom. He could hear voices in the room, they were faint, but he assumed it was Bervag, the first officer of the Juno. He walks out into the living room, already dressed in his uniform as well. "Number one, I see you meet my daughter." Pointed out Harry, who was stating the obvious.

"A genuine pleasure miss." he smiled. "Commander Bers." He said in introduction

"I need a favor, I am not going to order you, but I am going to ask you, if you can take a shuttle down to Bajor, to allow Kerja to pick up a few belongings from her home residence, I would owe you one." Said Harry, as he waited for a confirmation. He looked over to Kerja, noticed, she seemed content with the idea.

"I'd be glad to, Captain. Not a problem at all." Always welcome a chance to do some piloting in He nodded to the CO's daughter who he had just met.

Kerja looked from her father to the new man. "When do we leave?" She asked, eager to both get on the shuttle with him and to see her home again for what might be the last time.

"Do you think maybe you should change first?" He asked Looking at Kerja, still wearing her pajamas. He smiled as he went on to say, "As soon as possible we are scheduled to leave DS9 by 1000 hours, I want my daughter and first officer back by then." He suggested looking at Kerja and then at Bervag.

Kerja looked down at herself, horrified and then dashed off to her bedroom without another word. Her cheeks were so red when she came back out fully dressed. She didn't think she'd ever be able to look at Bers again without blushing.

Being a joined Trill, Bers had seen a lot. Bervag however was different. How could you not feel a little twinge of embarrassment as well. How do you make small talk with the COs daughter who you've just met. He smiled, not knowing what else to do.

"Ready whenever you are, miss." he said. Find out her name he told himself.

"Kerja," she said quietly, daring to look up at him again which was quite a stretch for her short frame. She knew she still had some growing to do but wished she would hurry up about it so there wasn't so much distance between them. "And I guess I'm ready." She slipped on a jacket and some shoes and walked to where he was standing, waiting.

"I'll see you at lunch time, when you get back, Commander Bers will introduce you to your new teacher, until then have a safe trip." Said Harry, not really good at saying goodbye. He looked to Bervag and to Kerja.

Bervag nodded to both father and daughter. "We'll be back before you know it." he reassured.

 

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