In law To Be

Posted on Sat Jul 10th, 2021 @ 5:46pm by Commodore Keiben Haistro & Lieutenant Commander Melanie D’BrooNi- Haistro & Lieutenant JG Osil Haistro

1,140 words; about a 6 minute read

Mission: Episode 3 - Fear Is Fear Itself
Location: Deck 2 - Transporter Room
Timeline: Mission Day 3 @ 1000 Hours

ON

The hum and glitter display of the transporter effect slowly started to fade and three forms could be seen. One stood behind the transporter console safely bringing her in to the Copernicus transporter room. The other two waiting expectantly. One she recognised instantly... although she did intend to give him some grief about the beard even if it did look thicker and better kept than Keiben's. The other she didn't recognise but could sense an unease at meeting another family member of the Haistro clan... Could this be the one that Kei had mentioned in his last message?

Finally the hum of the transporter ended as did the light show and the flung herself full tilt at her Brother, her arms wide to grab him into a hug that only an over bearing, vivacious Betazoid women could do.

"Os, its so good to see you... The beard looks kinda odd on you... I want my baby faced older brother back... You should call more as well Kei! And you are?" in one fluid movement she had embraced her middle brother around his neck, greeted, nagged him, nagged her older brother and moved on to meeting the next person while hanging from Osil's neck.

"Hello little sister," Osil beamed as he wrapped big arms around the younger woman, playfully ruffling his fingers through her hair. "it's good to see you, and I like my beard thank you very much."

Mel stood politely waiting for her fiance to introduce her.

"Mel, this is Ileyana, our little sister... watch out she is an atypical Betazoid Women. Strong willed, opinionated and not afraid to share them!"

Keiben moved forward, his arms outstretched to catch Yana as she hoped from one brother to the next hugging Keiben just as fiercely before she dropped down, standing a full two or three heads shorter than her brothers and stretched out her hand to greet the Trill.

"Ileyana Haistro. A pleasure to meet you Mel!" Ileyana gently took the Trills hand and started to shake it when something struck her head on from Mel. "You are Trill but you have some rudimentary psionic ability... I'm impressed. It takes years of training for another species to.... wait, its more than that isn't it?"

“I … ermmm … we are Imzadi,” she said indicating her brother. “And something … it happened … I don’t know what. But yes it’s lovely to meet you,” she smiled at her new sister in law to be.

"Yes yes yes... I'm a stronger telepath than Kei and Os combined... I can feel in you a duality and part of it feel artificial!"

A concentrated look crossing her otherwise pretty face as she tried to pick at the threat of the artificial tack she could feel within Mel. "It feels... cold!"

Osil rolled his eyes at Keiben as their sister bragged about her telepathic skill but his attention was drawn at her next statement. "What is cold?" he asked curiously, unwilling to venture into his soon to be sister in law's mind without her express permission.

Mel was beginning to feel like Keibens immediate family were just determined not to like her. She instinctively stepped closer to Keiben. “Im joined. My symbiont isn't cold in any way and there is nothing artificial about me, ” she told her firmly.

"It's not your Symbiont... I can sense her and the hosts but something else... much further down in your psyche..." Ileyana stopped herself before she started to actively probe the Doctor who would before long be her sister in law. "I'm sorry, that was rude of me, and you don't need to feel like I don't like you... He's a grump though" she pointed at Osil.

Osil simply snorted in response. "Comes with the job," he chuckled.

"Of course it does, you keep telling yourself that" she turned from her brother allowing her devilish smile to turn into beaming smile aimed at Mel, pulling the other women close with linked arms, her excitement almost bubbling over. "I could sense he proposed... was it romantic, I bet it was romantic... tell me he did it in a romantic way?" the last part of her statement sounding almost like a threat to Keiben if he had not put on his most romantic efforts.

"Well it was completely out of the blue," Mel said honestly. She didn't appreciate being told she had a cold part to her and to suddenly being linked arms with her was strange after that statement. "He pretended the box had a pip in it. But Im glad it was ring. I don't want the pip," she said honestly.

"That's just mean Kei," Osil scolded his older brother, "making her think she's getting promoted when you know she doesn't want it." He smirked at the Trill woman. "I'm glad it was a ring and no pip, you feel happy where you are...that's what I sense."

"Hey, I only proposed so I could strong arm her into taking the promotion... A Captain married to a Lieutenant... I mean, really!"
The older Betazoid pulled a face of mock disgust which elicited a giggle from Ileyana.

"Backfired though didn't it my dear," Mel smiled at him. "And now your stuck with me and Charlie."

"I wouldn't say I'm stuck with Charlie... She's a good kid and it means I can correct those cooking skills you seem to have instilled in her!"

Keiben laughed as he took Mels hand and lifted it to his lips to kiss the back of it gently. "But I do still love you!"

'Oh Kei thats so sweet!' Ileyana sent telepathically to both Keiben and to Mel, partly testing Mel's abilities again.

Mel smiled. She heard his sister faintly but said nothing. She tried to act as though she hadnt heard it worried she would say something worse than she had a darkness inside her.

“The abuse at my cooking skills, ” she joked. “One day they will save everyone you know.”

"Oh I'm sure," Osil laughed heartily. "Anyway I better get back to work, and let the lovebirds here have their alone time. C'mon sis, I'll show you the ship."

"It really was lovely meeting you Mel" Ileyana gave both her brother and Keiben a final hug before following Osil from the room.

"She didn't mean anything by it I promise but she is the strongest telepath in the family... Perhaps we need to look at this a little more. See if we can try and understand what the machine actually did to you... and to me and Peter as well... although I feel we were just being used. It had another agenda for you!"
He pulled her close, sensing her worry bubbling up so he wrapped his arms around her, holding her against his chest. "We will figure this out!"

END

 

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