The Message

Posted on Tue Jun 4th, 2024 @ 10:54pm by Captain Mira Rodale
Edited on on Wed Jun 5th, 2024 @ 2:21am

Mission: Cat in the box
Location: USS Chuck Norris
Timeline: Present

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{Mess Hall, USS Chuck Norris}

Mira felt exhausted as she walked into the mess hall. She had eaten a very small meal before her workout ....Correction that might have been more of a run-in with her brother. Kronnelti wanted her to use all she had against him. But she kept that monster buried deep inside her. Maybe that was why seeing her mirror counterpart, so brutal and cold, had freaked her out so much. if Mira didn't use restraint and restrictions, she could become Angel or, as they called her over there, the Angel of death.

Mira had a heart. it had been stepped on, smashed around, and broken, but it was still beating. Having Kolar had softened it. Being with Kevin had cracked the protective shield. They hadn't jumped into this ...relationship with both feet. It was more like a pulling of an unseen force. Kevin had things he didn't want to talk about in his past, and Mira was fine with that. She was interested in the man he was now. The same with herself. Since coming on the ship, she had made many changes to herself. She was finding out who she was now.

She sat next to Kolar, he was watching her way too intensely. Mira glanced over at Zimia. "What happened?"

"Nothing, nothing, just some people were talking about the shuttle bay." Zimia told her.

Mira nodded. "There are no bad guys on my ship." she leaned in and kissed his cheek. “Mama is fine, but I think I'll go to bed when you do. It's been a long day."

Zimia nodded. "You need to eat."

"I know I should, but...." Mira leaned back in her chair with a tried little sigh.

Zimia kept moving to the replicator and then returned with a large mug. Mira had been about to say it wasn't a good idea to have another raktajino this close to bed, but it was orange.....She frowned then looked up at Zimia. "What is it?"

Zimia's smile was huge. "Creamed vegetable soup. It's good for you. You said you were too tired to eat so now you can drink it."

Mira started to make a face until she looked over at Kolar. He was watching to see if his Mama drank her veggies. Jam it all to toast, she thought. Then, she frowned at herself. She could have just said the real words on her head. Kolar wouldn't have known.

She picked up the mug and took a sip.....it wasn't bad. Fine. Without giving it too much thought, she drank the whole mug to get it over as quickly as possible. As she put the mug down on the table, sure enough, Kolar looked it her mug to see if she had really drank it. Then he smiled, wanting her to pick him up. “Ok, little man, it's bedtime for us both."


{Family quarters }

Sneaking into her quarters so she didn't wake up, Kevin almost made her laugh. Kevin normally went to sleep after she did, so she hadn't had to deal with this before.

Once Vaytoc was comfortable, he watched Mira and Kolar get ready for bed.

Some time during the night, her console beeped. Groaning, she got up and tapped the button.

"Sorry captain, there is an incoming message for you." the Ensign told her.

Mira glanced at her sleeping child. "I'll take it on the bridge."
Grabbing a hoodie that was oversized, she slipped it on as she walked out to the bridge. She hoped she wasn't disturbing Kevin.


{Bridge, USS Chuck Norris}

Walking in, looking like she, more than likely, just rolled out of bed. G'ginloss nodded to her, giving her the chair as someone else handed her a raktajino. "Thank you, play message."

Mira was surprised to see one of the admirals from earth. "Admiral Stewart? To what do a owe this honor?"

He gave her a gentle smile. "Sorry to wake you, Captain Rodale, but I am connecting to a few ship at one time." He nodded to someone off the view screen. “This just came in." Another video took over the screen.

"Captain there is too many of them." A woman's voice could be heard.

A male cursed, "we can't get to them... Keep shields up rotating frequencies."

"Sir, the planet is a total loss, but I was able to pick up communications from the planet."

Forward all we have to Star fleet command, then get us out of here."

The screen went black, and then it looked like a monitoring feed was playing.

It was of the Gorn attacking a city. Mira set up straighter in the chair and swallowed hard. Part of her wanted to look away, but that would be a dishonor to the ones that died. The Gorn didn’t care who they killed. Men, women, and children. You didn't hurt children!

the admiral came back on. "That was a planet we were studying in the Shackleton Expanse. They have also attacked a Klingon and Romulan outpost as well. Captain Rodale, it is imperative that you get Ambassador M’Niras to Romulus, and we all start working together against the Gorn. "

Mira nodded. That was what they were working on.

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Captain Mira Rodale
CO USS Chuck Norris