Need a Sitter

Posted on Sun May 2nd, 2021 @ 8:19am by Lieutenant JG Gallia Norris & Lieutenant Colonel Azhul Naxea

Mission: MISSION 0 - History Speaks
Location: Naxea's quarters
Timeline: during Running...no way out of it
1260 words - 2.5 OF Standard Post Measure

Gallia had been called to the holodeck, she didn't know why but she was, she knew she needed a sitter though and Mrs. Blankenship was unavailable, at the doctor as older people often are. So, with that in mind, she set her sights on Marine Country, Naxea was going to get to spend some quality time with Tayalas, if she was willing and able. Gallia rang the chime and waited for her with Tayalas, who was excited about seeing her See-a again, "Mommy take me to see See-a, See-a is my fwiend."

"Tha's right, love." Gallia smiled, "See-a is ye friend and mine, she'll take good care o' ye."

Naxea wondered who could visiting her during this time. She had to admit thought she was beginning to feel lonely in her quarters with S'hib out on a scouting Away Team. Answering the door, she smiled at seeing Gallia and Tayalas standing before her. "Hey!"

"SEE-A!!!" Tayalas said in her usual high pitch, grabbing Naxea and squeezing her tight, "I WUB OO,SEE-A!"

Naxea laughed at Tayalas, bending down and hugging the girl back. "I love you too, Blueberry. What is the occasion?" she asked, standing again.

"I dinnae what te tell ye it is." Gallia shrugged, "They jus called me to the holodeck is all I know."

"Ah, sure, I can watch her for you then," Naxea responded with a smile as she picked Tayalas up. "Are you ok with that?" she asked Tayalas, grabbing the tip of her nose playfully.

Tayalas giggled and said, "Uh huh, uh huh." Tayalas was a little confused why See-a even had to ask, she knew she loved her.

"Alright then," Naxea smiled at the little girl. "Has she eaten?" she asked, looking at Gallia.

"Aye, that she has." Gallia replied, having given Tayalas some bacon and eggs from the replicator a few minutes before they came, "Ye shouldn't need te feed her, but if ye do there's her favorite recipe on the replicator."

"Thank you. I guess you'd better get going. Don't want to be late," Naxea offered. "Maybe we can find a game to play," she offered to Taylalas.

"Okay, mommy I be okay with See-a." Tay said, letting her mother go the...whatever it is she was going to, 'We pway game."

"Aright, darlin'. Naxea, love, I dinnae how to thank ye." Gallia said, "Excuse me, I got to go."

Naxea smiled as she watched Gallia leave. "So," she said to Tayalas as she entered her quarters. "What games do you like to play?"

"We pway wif Ducky." Tayalas answered, holding up the stuffed duck, "We pway wif him for wong time.''

"Oh?" Naxea asked as she set Tayalas down on the floor by the couch, chuckling at the little blueberry. "And what does Ducky like to play?"

"Ducky wikes to dance!" Tayalas said, making the duck do an impromptu dance routine, 'See, him dance."

Naxea laughed as she watched Tayalas made Ducky dance. "So, what kind of music does Ducky like?" she asked, sitting down on the sofa.

"All kindsa moosic." Tayalas answered, "Moosic Enna liked."

"Hmmm," Naxea thought. "How about some Bajoran Folk Music? Computer, Tor Jolan Folk song 'Starlight'. " Music began to fill Naxea's quarters.

"This Enna's moosic." Tayalas said dreamily, then added sadly, "I miss hew."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I can change it," Naxea offered. She hadn't thought the song would make Tayalas sad.

"No, moosic pwetty." Tayalas said, adding, "I just miss Enna."

"So," Naxea began, wanting to take the girl's mind off of the music. "What else does Ducky like to do?"

"He wikes oo." Tayalas reassured her, putting Ducky up to 'kiss' See-a for emphasis.

Laughing, Naxea returned the 'kiss'. "I like Ducky as well. But better not tell S'hib, he might get jealous," she winked at the child.

Tayalas laughed, she wasn't sure what Jealous was, but she knew it was a bad thing, and she didn't think Sib was capable of anything bad, "Wub Sib.''

"So does Ducky like stories?" Naxea asked. She enjoyed Tayalas and being around the little girl often made her think about having a child of her own, though there was alot to consider--least of all her career as it was a dangerous one.

"Uh huh, he wike and I wike too." Tayalas smiled, sitting and waiting patiently for the story.

"Alright," Naxea said, before pausing to think of a story. She recalled an Andorian one that was similar to the Terran's Beauty and the Beast. "Do you know the story of The Prince Trapped in Monster Form?"

"Uh uh, tell us about the pwince the monstew fawm." Tayalas said anxiously, "We wanna know."

Naxea chuckled as she tried to recall the story. "A long time ago on Andor, lived a Prince called S'harl. S'harl was a petty and greedy prince who cared only for the most successful and other royals. Once a week he would throw parties at his castle until one night a elderly shen entered the castle during a bitter snow storm. Cold and hungry, the elderly shen was only looking for a place to sleep and some food. Seeing the woman dressed in torn, ragged clothes and her wrinkled face, Prince S'harl mocked and laughed at the shen in front of everyone at the party."

Well, Tayalas didn't know everything, but she knew she didn't like this prince, but she had to know, "Then what happen?"

"Well, the elderly woman was indeed an ice witch and she cast a spell on Prince S'harl. The spell caused the prince to change into a fearsome looking monster with thick blue and white fur, sharp claws and teeth. The ice witch made a deal with the Prince, saying the spell could only be broken if he could find someone to love him for who he was and not what he looked like."

"Years went by and the castle began to fall into disrepair as the Prince lived alone in his castle. The Prince began to fell as if he would be a monster for the rest of his life when one day during a bad storm, he spotted a beautiful shen being chased by large Makra near his castle. The Prince intervened and killed the Makra but not before being wounded by the large creature. The shen, named saw something in the Prince and helped him back to his castle where she helped him get better. The two became close and the shen ended up falling in love with the Prince. When the two finally kissed, the spell was broken and the Prince was changed back into a normal Andorian. From that day on, Prince S'hral became a generous and noble Prince to everyone and even ended up marrying the beautiful shen. The end."

"Yay!" Tayalas said and clapped, she hadn't been so impressed with the Prince finding love, but was very impressed he had become a nice guy.

Naxea smiled at the girl. "I'm glad you liked it. What should we do now?"

"We should watch the stowy." Tayalas said, she'd seen it before, it was one of her favorite, especially the little teacup, but she could see it again.

"Ah," she recalled the terran version had a talking teacup or such. "Ok, let me get the video set up on the wall monitor and I'll get us some popcorn."

"Yay, poppycorn!" Tayalas grinned and snuggled in next to her See-a, happy to have her back.

Naxea could only chuckle as she went over to the replicator to get some popcorn for them.

-End