<USS Avalon> "Mysteries..........Part 2" Cmdr Skyler and Ensign Redgrave

"Mysteries.......Part 2" 
written by:
Commander Skyler and Ensign Melanie Redgrave 

Leaning against the table, Skyler looked at Melanie, "You are lying. You are 
not my sister. I called you here to discuss the murder not my family lineage." 
~God I wish this Damn headache would go away~ she thought to herself.
 
"I told you the drink in the glass would help with the headache." Melanie 
huffed as she pressed the heals of her hands into her temples. Melanie knew 
this 
wasn't going to be easy, nothing like this ever is, which is way she had 
wanted to get a DNA match between herself and Skyler before Skyler found out, 
but 
that went out the window when Skyler read her mind. "I know we were supposed to 
talk about the Captain's murder but your the one who bloody brought up our 
personal business."
 
At this point in time Skyler really didn't give a shit what was in the drink, 
her head hurt so much that she just picked up the glass and swallowed the 
liquid in one gulp. "There you happy? I drank your concoction. Now finish with 
your damn report."
 
"I'm still working on identifying several pieces of evidence I found in the 
ready room. Once I have that information I'll be able to give you more." 
Melanie went on as she looked up at Skyler. "And yes I am happy your headache 
is 
lessening." Melanie wasn't sure how she knew about Skyler's headache but she 
wasn't in the mood to think about it at the moment. 
 
~I never told her my headache was any better or worse for that matter~ "Just 
how long do you think it is going  to take you to figure out the rest of the 
evidence? Captain Ketchum is going to want all the answers now not yesterday." 
She was still unsteady on her feet and decided to sit instead of fall down in 
front of this person she had no clue about.
 
Melanie tried hard not to show how frustrated she was becoming. Until now she 
had prided herself on her ability to keep it cool, but this woman seemed to 
know how to push her buttons without even knowing her. "I can't give you a time 
frame, Commander. Do you want this done right or fast? You can't have both." 
 
"Well Ensign, I need both. How's that for an answer. You should be able to 
follow orders by this point or did you miss that in the Academy?" ~Damn this 
woman is very frustrating and aggravating. Not to mention confusing~
 
Melanie laughed out loud without understanding way. "You think I'm confusing 
and frustrating!? Try on the last five years of my life and you'll understand 
confusing and frustrating." Melanie stood up and walked around to the other 
side of the chair where she gripped the head rest so hard her knuckles began to 
whiten. "And as far as taking orders and what I learned at the academy, you 
can't order science to speed up unless your willing to compromise your goal." 
 
Skyler stood there with a shocked look on her face. "Now how the hell did you 
know what I was thinking? I know you are not a Betazoid. So what the hell is 
going on here?
Just what the hell are you doing and why?" ~Damn this headache. I am ready to 
chop it off~
 
It was becoming harder for Melanie to keep her temper and her emotions in 
line and she knew that if she didn't want this to effect her work or what might 
form between her and Skyler she needed to lie it all out on the table. She 
reached into her uniform pocket and pulled out the two PADDS she'd brought with 
her. "When I was in the academy my father became ill. In trying to help him I 
found out that he wasn't my biological father,   nor was the woman I call 
mother 
my biological mother. Turns out I was adopted after being found on an outpost 
that had been attacked by Romulans. The same outpost your mother was killed 
on." Melanie paused as she slide the PADDS towards Skyler. "Of course I didn't 
know that until a long running DNA matching search I was running linked my DNA 
with a man who was killed during the war. Your father. After I found that I 
linked it together and it' lead me to you." 
 
Skyler just stood there totally stunned. She didn't even want to read the 
PADDs for fear that this woman could be telling the truth. If that was the case 
it would mean that everyone she had ever trusted, Georgia, her parents, 
everyone would have lied to her. She wasn't sure she could handle that much 
right 
now. Yet something inside her told her that what she was being told was the 
truth. Yet it couldn't be. She slowly reached across for the PADD's to read 
them. 
She started to read them and as she did tears started to fall down her face. 
"No, this can't be. You are lying! This isn't possible......" Skyler started to 
shake and was getting very pale looking. The longer she held those PADDs the 
more upset she got. The last word out of her mouth before she hit the floor 
was..... 
 
“GEORGIA......."
 
"Skyler!" Her heart was pounding, her breath caught in her lungs, and for a 
moment Melanie wasn't sure what to do, and then it hit her. She smacked her 
comm badge hard and yelled as she made her way across the room, falling to her 
knees beside Skyler.. "Nurse Lewis to CR1. It's Skyler!." 
 

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