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Discussing Bosses

Posted on Tue Nov 4th, 2014 @ 11:18pm by Captain Enalia Telvan & Staff Warrant Officer Nexi

Mission: Something Amiss
Location: Enalia's Quarters

Enalia had been in her quarters for a few minutes after the rescue and had just sat down to some tea and pastries. The agent had been through hell, for sure. She just hoped she could still tell them what they needed to know.

Nexi took her time leaving sickbay, but there was little she could to do help Aewia when she for now she simply needed rest. From there, Nexi wasted some time in her shuttle going through a system check in preparation for departure. The Engineering crew had made so many repairs to her Wandering Star it almost felt like a whole new ship! But once she felt comfortable with how her ship felt, she powered it down and headed out, wandering the halls as she considered Enalia's offer. Part of her wanted to accept, but she didn't think she could. She had too many skeletons in her closet. Anyway, Grek wouldn't let her...

Eventually, Nexi made it to the Captain's quarters and she rang the chime.

"Come in," Enalia called out. The doors opened to reveal Nexi and the look on her face didn't give Enalia much hope. "Please, join me," she said, motioning to the open chair and pouring a second cup of tea.

Nexi entered and took a seat near Enalia. "So, you wanted to talk about my boss..."

"I do and I'm going to be blunt about it," Enalia said. "What will it take to get you away from him? Latinum? Beetle snuff? A small moon?"

Nexi stared at her blankly for a moment. She had to be kidding! "You're serious? Why?"

"For starters, there's someone in our sickbay that needs you. Other than that, You deserve better and I'd like a chance to help you find a better life. Maybe not all Starfleet and so on, but not servitude to a Ferengi only interested in profit." Enalia had a bit of a pleading look in her eyes as she spoke.

"You don't know me well enough to say what I do or don't deserve," Nexi said quietly. "If this is just your high and mighty Starfleet values talking, I don't take charity."

Enalia shook her head at that, looking down into her teacup. "No, not Starfleet values. Trill values if anything. They tell me a person shouldn't be owned. They also tell me family is important. I'm not offering you charity, I'm offering you a chance to be your own person."

Nexi thought long and hard on this. She nearly had enough saved up that she could buy her freedom, but she would have little left to live on. It was why she wasn't free yet, she knew better than to strike out on her own without funds to live on, especially given the condition her ship was in. Was, Enalia had 'Star repaired. It would still be risky to clear her debt now, but with a safe haven here on Hera the risk was worth it.

"I'll take what I need from the goods you had brought on board," Nexi said. "And I'll be back as soon as I've delivered Nerol to the Commerce Association."

"Thank you." Enalia was still somber. She still had bad news to deliver apparently. "After we restored comms with Starfleet, I looked into her parents. While we were out of contact there was a shuttle accident. They're trying to pin it on political extremists."

"An accident?" Nexi felt numb. "Please tell me they survived."

Enalia closed her eyes and shook her head. "No, all 37 passengers and 7 crew... It was an old Sydney class executive shuttle taking them to a rally at the Betazed moon colony. Traces of kemocite were found in the debris." Picking up a PaDD next to her, she offered it to Nexi. "There's the public report."

"Don't tell Aewia," Nexi said as she looked over the PaDD. She would be looking into the personally before returning to the Hera. "I'll tell her... eventually. I just don't think she could handle it now."

"I didn't plan on it." Enalia said, sipping at her tea finally. "After all she's been through... You're the only family I know of left that she has."

"Thanks for not telling me that earlier," Nexi said. "I probably woulda hit you for trying to guilt me into staying." She sighed and returned the PaDD to Enalia.

"I'm glad you agreed to stay first. I would have told you either way, but..." Enalia sighed heavily. "I don't want you to trade Ferengi slavery for emotional slavery. I'm sorry."

"I don't know the first thing about being family..." Nexi admitted. "I don't think I can be what she needs, especially once she learns about what happened to her parents."

"I don't think she'll be able to process what happened to them for some time, if ever. If you're there for her, that's most of what family is, I think." Enalia picked up a pastry thing and looked at it for a few seconds before biting into it.

"I need time to think," Nexi said, rising from her chair and heading to the door. "Have your people open the shuttle bay doors."

"Try not to take too much time." Enalia set the half eaten pastry down and headed to her desk to make arrangements for Nexi's departure.

"I'll do what I need to, then come straight back," Nexi promised.

"Thank you. I'll send the Hera's transponder code to your runabout just in case." Enalia said as she started punching buttons.

Nexi nodded, then walked out the door. She was going to need a good, hard drink to process this...

 

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