Tying up loose ends

Posted on Thu Dec 18th, 2025 @ 3:45am by Captain Mira Rodale Lance & Lieutenant Betaras K'ner
Edited on on Tue Jan 6th, 2026 @ 3:59am

3,061 words; about a 15 minute read

Mission: Death before dishonor
Location: USS Chuck Norris
Timeline: Present

On:
{USS Chuck Norris, holobay}

M’Niras growled as he watched Mira. His little Ice princess let her heart thaw out. He wasn’t sure how this Lance had managed to earn so much trust from her. She had never trusted people. He knew why she didn’t, but it was a trait he felt would keep her safe. He tapped his commbadge. “Ambassador M’Niras to USS Chuck Norris, medical. Please send someone to the holobay…” He frowned.

Did they have more than one holobay and how the hell had they managed to get one on a ship this size? It would seem Mira had a few hidden talents he had not noticed before. The Medic would find them, he was sure. Walking over to her, he took ahold of her wrists to see the damage. “You never fail to amaze me. Even with the holodeck safety protocols on, you still managed to injure yourself.” He frowned looking her knuckles over.

Mira narrowed her eyes at the back handed comment and tried to pull her hands way from him, but he refused to let them go. “Mira, do your breathing exercises until your Medic gets here. You need to stay calm. Tell me, do you want to be married to this Kevin after all he had done?”

Mira frowned up at him, but she stopped struggling. “if I didn’t then, I wouldn’t have married him.”

He nodded, trying to understand. “You have forgive him for his actions in the Matrix because you feel it was all a computer generated program that your minds went through, but not your bodies?” At her nod, he continued. “What about your heart?”

Mira closed her eyes, but she made no reply.

“So the pain is still here.” He told her with a sigh. “Then, before you two are completely bonded, a woman shows up from his past. A past he walked away from, as she drags a child with her. The child was doing perfectly fine on her home world without him and you believe it’s to get Kevin back? Also, this whole thing makes you feel like a home wrecker because, in the back of your mind, you are not sure why he is with you? The Odinskus openly insult you and say your not the type of woman they thought he would be with?”

Mira bit her lip not answering him, but damn it. She was changing the pass code on her personal lodges. Clearly, he had read them.

“I will remind you, he did tell them that he was lucky to be with you. They have been told that he is happy with you. If this kid is his, he may want to get to know the child and you're right, the mother will probably use the opportunity to get Kevin back. She can’t be stupid enough not to notice he left her and her planet behind and he never looked back. I doubt he ever planned to return. I am sure the fact that he has moved on, has a wife and children, has been noticed as well.” He shrugged his shoulders. “Her loss is his gain. If you trust him, then you should know if he will stay with you or not. What you need to do is take care of yourself.” He waved her Injured hands at her eye level to show her to show her what he is talking about.
“Your children, the Empire and the few other problems that seemed to have popped up should keep you busy enough not to care what those inbred humans are up to.”

Mira just blinked. “Nothing you’ve said to me makes me interested in working with or seeing them again. In fact, I think I’ll take the next mission I can find just to be away from them.”

The holodeck passageway opened, completely ruining the allusion of being off ship.

Ensign Alorn stepped through promptly, looking left and right as the door closed behind him. Seeing a number of activities going on, he wasn't immediately sure where the emergency was since no one was crying, screaming, or shooting blood in the air.

A face he recognized formed behind a rather formally-dressed Caitian man. The man he didn't know but the face belonged to Kotsoo, one of the Haz Team medics that he was well-acquainted with. Kotsoo quietly pointed at the Captain who was standing in front of the man, looking none to happy for whatever was going on.

Alorn made his way over cautiously, assessing like it was an accident scene. "Someone called for a medic?"

Behind the man, now further distracted by the medic, and the Captain, Kotsoo made a stabbing motion then adopted a casual, innocent look as the Captain's eyes flicked in his direction. He smiled sweetly and subtly stepped back to give them room and faded into the scenery.

“oh good “ M’Niras all but purred “it would seem the captain as injured herself again.” He held both her hands out for him to see.

Mira rolled her eyes. By all that was holy M’Niras could still make her feel like a 7 year old getting tattled on. “He can see my hands. Let them go so he can treat them.”

M'Niras frowned “I am not sure that is a wise decision. “

Mira raised an eyebrow “you know I could just kick you. “ She gave him a nod. “ Or I could use your own body weight and flip you over me. I am sure Kolar would find that very amusing.”

It was M'Niras turn to frown but he released her than stepped back. “You have 2 meeting to attend tomorrow. One is a Captain’s meeting and the other is with lord Dralohk of house Antaak.”

She frowned yet again at him. By all that was holy if the man stayed much longer her face was going to be permanently stuck in the expression . “no” She told him as she held out her hands to Alorn.

M'Niras chuckled “you use that word far to much. "

“I have no interest in seeing Dralohk. He knows I am married I am not interested in joining house Rasmehlier with house Antaak. How many men do I have to kill for the Chancellor to understand that?”

“Dralohk does understand. But the way Kevin acted at the arena he will need to verify that you two are still together and you need to officially reject his proposal. He also has some rather important information to deliver to you personally. The Chancellor didn’t trust it to be sent in transmission.”

“what is it?” Mira asked thinking why couldn’t he just tell her.

“Because I don’t know it.” He folded his arms over his chest.

Mira laughed “right like you wouldn’t have found it out all ready.”

He shrugged “it was told to Dralohk by the Chancellor. Only the two of them know until he tells you.”

“And then you want me to tell you?” Mira shook her head no. “it will depend on what is said. I can’t promise to tell you anything.”

OFF:

Lt Betaras K'ner
Hazard Team Combat Medic TL-B / CMO
USS Chuck Norris

&


Captain Mira Rodale Lance
CO USS Chuck Norris

Tying up loose ends
ON:
{USS Chuck Norris, holobay}

M’Niras frowned at her answer. “I have the clearance to know!”

Mira shrugged her shoulders. “Then, you ask Dralohk and come back and tell me.” She gave a little grin. “It would save me so much trouble.“ she batted her eyelashes at him.

He looked annoyed, then turned his head to see who was chuckling. “Damn it Mira, you’re being difficult.”

Now that she was annoying him, she smiled. “I did learn from the best.” Mira watched as the Medic ran an instrument over her knuckles.

“That Klingon will not tell me a blasted thing. Speaking of troubles, Ambassador Dalar Lugir.“

Huffing, Mira turned to him. “He kidnapped me, planned to force a symbiont on me and take over my life. I requested security and was drugged. If my doctor hadn’t shown up, I could have died.”

M’Niras frowned. “look, I understand you rejected a symbiont and left Trill before, but this one was an highly ranked Trill Ambassador. She died they were trying to save her and the 500 years of memories and knowledge. BY ALL RIGHTS!”

Mira’s voice raised just as loud. “That’s right, MY rights! I told them no, 5 different times and demanded security.” Seeing this argument would keep going until hell froze over, she told him. “I already have a symbiont. They would have removed mine, saying the other symbiont had more importance. Rodale would have died and I probably would have, too. You can’t remove one symbiont that is bonded to a Trill then shove a another injured symbiont into a traumatized host.

“Why didn’t you just say so?”

“Von!” Mira yelled.

M’Niras growled, then he nodded his head in understanding. “I’ll handle it.”

“You can not use this information. No one can know. I swear, M’Niras, if you betray me…..”

Mira had just been about to threaten him but he held out his hand. “I will not. What about this Entity, Six-Zed-Zero?”

Mira shrugged. “I handed that mess over to Doctor K’ner.”


{ Haz Team Barracks }

Korra saw an alert and snapped her fingers, drawing K’ner’s attention. “Someone is checking your records. Actually, they’re searching for a Doctor K’ner on the ‘Norris. Should I shadow your file?”

K’ner shook her head. “No, the doctor part will narrow it down for them. Only so many K’ners in medical on this ship, plus what they can find on the station records.”

Korra gafuffled, her laughter quiet. It didn’t take long for someone to make the connection to K’ner as the personal name, and Betaras as her family name. “They found Lt Betaras, assigned CMO on the ‘Norris. I carefully backtracked. It’s coming out of a political office, Ambassadorial. One guess…”

K’ner sighed. “M’Niras… wonder what he wants… I’m guessing we’ll find out soon enough. He was just on the ship, the holosuite…” She did her own search, one dot in her HUD pinging. “He’s still there, so he’ll likely stop by on his way out and let us know his directives.”

“Hmmm… should I make it easy on him and head for my office?” K’ner looked around at their snickers. They all had the 411 on the infamous dignitary, and no one would intentionally do him any favors if they could help it. “Anyone up for some exercise with Lt Tela in the cargo gym?”

Hoots and hollers followed those assembled as they made the run to the Jeffries tube. Alorn’s report scrolled on her HUD as they hustled along… ‘Interesting,’ she thought. He had access to all the information so she was curious if he’d seen or heard something she hadn’t heard about yet. She waved the others on as she changed course.


{USS Chuck Norris, holobay}

Mira rubbed her forehead with her middle finger. M’Niras was being his normal annoying self. “No. I did not kidnap an alien Entity. It was a stowaway.“ She waved her hand as if she was brushing off his comment. “It was asking for help.“ She gave a little huff as she sat down on the holobay grass next to her daughter, who was trying to crawl. She leaned down and kissed her cheek. “Hi there, little one.“

Mira was rewarded with a grin.

M’Niras frowned. “It asked for you to take it off the planet?”

Mira raised an eyebrow. “It escaped with us. Don’t you have something more important to look into, like Who set the bomb off, or who tried to kidnap my ward?” Mira looked over at the little girl playing with Venus.

Both incidents are being looked at.” He told her as he watched Shan’nara playing.

Mira nodded “then we will not keep you any longer.”
Mira turned her attention to Ashla.

M’Niras frowned “when are you meeting with Dralohk?”

Mira laid back on the grass looking up at the fake sky. It really did look real she thought but she answered with a sigh. Clearly the man wasn’t going to give up. “I don’t know. If that’s the only reason you’re here just go.”

Kolar squealed happily. He was running to their doctor and jumped into her arms as if he did that everyday. “The 5th Element is safe with mama.”

The doctor nodded, whispering something that led to another squeal and a vigorous nodding of his head.

Mira laughed wondering what those two were up to. Her eyes went back to M’Niras he was standing there with his arms folded over his chest stubbornly.

Mira briefly wondered if she could plan out an incident on the base that would need his personal attention but quickly remembered one had happened already. “Ambassador Dalar Lugir. You wouldn’t be hiding here from him?”

M’Niras laugh was dry and humorless “I am working out a plan to deal with him. His wife’s symbiont has found a new host. Male and not someone Dalar can control. That should be an interesting problem. How much of the symbiont transfer to the new host?”

Mira shrugged a delicate shoulder “it depends on a lot of things. If the new host is strong willed then he will have all the memories of the past hosts but can retain what he is. He will feel what the last host felt for someone but he can walk away and make a new life. If he is weak willed then the symbiont is more dominant like with Von.” She told him softly. Her older brother was a sore spot for her.

M’Niras nodded “the new host is a Starfleet Commander. Good man.“

“Then while he is adjusting to the symbiont, Ambassador Dalar Lugir should be kept away from him. It’s a hard adjustment time. He should stay on his ship and with people he trust until he has adjusted. After that he will decide if he wishes to remain as an Commander or move on to being an ambassador.” Mira told him.

M’Niras nodded “ah yes and about your doctor.”

“no, M’Niras whatever else you want or need just No. It’s my time with my children. No more interrogations from you.” And she had yet to figure out why Kevin hadn’t showed up like he had promised.

“There is a Captain’s meeting tomorrow. Will you be attending?” M’Niras asked.

“Only if that fake Federation star fleet captain isn’t there.”

M’Niras frowned “She was given the rank of captain.”

Mira laughed “ if she didn’t attend the academy and didn’t work her way up into the position of captain then its just a joke. Karrelsdotter should have remained on her planet or gone to the academy to learn things like when you meet someone from a new planet you don’t pull there hair to see if they are real. She is going to do that to the wrong person and start a war. Either send her to the academy or send her home. I am not dealing with her.“

Mira picked up Ashla and walked away clearly done with M’Nira.

Across the playground’s basin, near a pool of water, K’ner was fitting Kolar with a helmet that looked more like a fish bowl on his head.

“Now remember what I said. Relax. Don’t touch anything. We’re here to study.” She switched tactics as his eyes rolled up. “You need to know your opponent’s environment if you wish to truly understand them. To know the tools and opportunities when they are available to you.”

Kolar nodded seriously, making the adjustments more difficult but K’ner just persisted until she got the seal she was looking for. “Once you are a master of this realm, we shall move on to another, yes?”

“YES!” Kolar stood a bit awkwardly stiff, then relaxed as K’ner poked him in the ribs. ‘We need to work on his stealth skills,’ she thought as she herded him to the water.

The water got deeper quickly, bringing the surface of the water to head height quickly. Nodding at Kolar, K’ner touched a valve on the ring of the helmet and Kolar began to sink.

While K’ner was prepared for panic, she was pleased it was unnecessary. She’d programmed plenty of diversity and a rather dense bio-sphere, so there was plenty to hold his attention. He was mostly compliant with the ‘no touch’ rule, but overall he didn’t touch anything that would cause pain, nor disturb the wildlife in its habitats.

He seemed to prefer to float, sometimes inverted, looking at things upside down, but that also allowed him to dip into crevices in the underwater terrain that only his head would fit, and get a peek at whatever was hiding there as he tried to control his breathing which let him go up and down in the water column.

It took a while for him to realize that talking did him no good, he was the only one that heard himself. He would then have to remember the sign for some of the things he saw, and ask what the others were as they floated along.

It didn’t seem long to Kolar, but K’ner watched the counter that had started when they first got wet and they soon began to ascend, just peeking out across the surface at the others on the playground. They bobbed along like buoys, watching everyone from their tactical position as Kolar had dubbed it. When Mira eventually looked around for her missing child, Kolar stealthfully waved his arms, shouting mutely to get her attention.

K’ner’s earlier thought about working on his discipline and calmness under fire might be a bit more of a difficult challenge she figured. . .


OFF:

Lt Betaras K’ner
Hazard Team Combat Medic TL-B / CMO
USS Chuck Norris

&

Captain Mira Rodale
CO USS Chuck Norris

 

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