<USS Avalon> "The Great Escape" Part 2 Cmdr Skyler, Dr. Moreya, & Cpt Ketchum


    "The Great Escape" Part 2
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Commander Skyler & Doctor Moreya & Captain Ketchum


      Skyler had gotten permission from Keith to take the shuttle for a few 
days. It would actually serve two purposes, 1) she would deliver the message 
 to Captain Offenburger about the alien on the Allegiance and Captain valQis 
Kat and her crew and 2) Skyler would get the chance to talk to Moreya, who 
seemed to be the only one who fully understood the situation. It would be nice 
to 
see her again. She had talked to Georgia and already had a fresh pecan pie 
ready to take with her.

      Skyler had her bags packed, and had checked the shuttle out and was 
ready to go. She made one last stop to see the Captain before she left to see 
if 
he had anything special he wanted her to tell Captain Offenburger.

     She stowed her gear on the shuttle and then returned to Keith's 
office. When she entered he was still going over his pile of PADD's and they 
didn't seem to be getting any smaller.

       "Sir, I am ready to depart and wanted to check with you to see if 
there was anything else you wanted me to tell Captain Offenburger?"

       "Just tell him, I am taking his information under advisement. He will 
understand."

    Three days out from Cardassia Prime, Moreya was surprised to receive a 
message that a shuttle from the Avalon was inbound, its passenger looking to 
meet with her.

    She had been concerned that Commander Skyler was still upset over an 
abrupt breakup with one of the Avalon's other officers, but after Moreya had 
been 
suddenly transferred to the Blackwell, she hadn't had much time to think about 
it.  Certainly she hadn't expected to hear from Skyler again so soon.

    She headed down to the docking bay to greet the arriving shuttle.

    Skyler had taken the runabout RA Genevieve-NCC-27936-B/2 for her mission. 
She had stopped at the Southland long enough to give the information to 
Captain Offenburger to pass on to Starfleet Command. Now she had sometime to 
herself. She was currently on her way to catch up to the USS Blackwell, where 
Dr. 
Moreya was stationed.

    The RA Genevieve had docked with the Blackwell and Skyler had shut down 
all major systems. She entered the airlock and waited for to cycle so that she 
could enter the Blackwell. Once it finished it's cycling, the doors opened and 
Skyler saw Dr. Moreya standing there waiting for her. 

    The first thing Skyler did was hand the good doctor a special package. "I 
don't know what makes you so special, but before I left I was given strict 
orders to make sure that this arrived in tack without a piece missing. You have 
no idea how hard it was to keep from disobeying those orders. I would have 
been shot when I returned. " Skyler actually laughed for the first time in 
quite 
some time. It was actually a good feeling.


    The first thing Skyler did was hand the good doctor a special package. "I 
don't know what makes you so special, but before I left I was given strict 
orders to make sure that this arrived in tack without a piece missing. You 
have no idea how hard it was to keep from disobeying those orders. I would have 
been shot when I returned. " Skyler actually laughed for the first time in 
quite some time. It was actually a good feeling.

    Moreya laughed as well.   "Come back to my office, we can sit and talk -- 
and carve off a slice of this for you."

    Once settled in Moreya's office -- little more than a cubicle with room 
for a
desk and guest chair, but dominated by an enormous Boston fern hanging from 
the ceiling -- Moreya cut two slices of pie and offered one to Skyler.  "What 
brings you out to the Blackwell, Commander?"

     Skyler sat in Moreya's small yet cozy office, eating a piece of 
Georgia's pecan pie, finally starting to relax. It was the first time in weeks 
that 
she had been able to relax and not have to worry about anything. 

     After taking a sip of her Diet Pepsi, she felt comfortable enough to 
start talking to Moreya. "Well, I am sure you have some idea of why I am here. 
It 
of course has to do with Javan. I had to get away for a while to clear my 
mind and I couldn't think of anywhere or anyone to go see or talk to besides 
you, 
so here I am. I hope I am not intruding?"

       "Not at all," the Deltan answered with a smile.   "We still have a few 
days 
before we reach Cardassia Prime, and I am taking a break from my simulator 
training.

       "What is happening with you and Javan?  I presume that he still wants 
nothing to do with you, on a personal level.  That is very hard, especially 
after things were so close, and so intense."

       "You presume correctly. In fact, he has taken up with the new 
counselor. The last time I saw them, they were getting along famously. Which is 
what I 
don't understand? Being a full Betazoid he must know how I feel and what this 
is doing to me so why is he doing it. Is it me, did I do something wrong? 
What went wrong? I stayed by his side when he almost died, I took care of him 
until he recovered. I thought everything was going great and then one day it's 
sorry Skyler, but I don't think this is the way I want my life to go. Does that 
make sense to you, because it sure as hell doesn't make any sense to me?"

      The more Skyler thought about it the more frustrating it got. Maybe she 
should just block him from her mind and forget anything ever happened. That 
would be easier said than done. Maybe Moreya would have an idea on the subject.

       "You wouldn't happen to have any type of mind blocking technique or 
agent I could use to keep me from thinking about him, would you?"


       "For better or worse," Moreya said, "the only agent that can keep you 
from 
thinking about Javan is yourself.   I can teach you some techniques that can 
help, but there's a couple of decisions you'll need to make first.

      "The first thing is for you to accept that Javan's decision to end this 
was all his.   It has nothing to do with you, and it isn't your fault.   You 
didn't do 
anything wrong.   Maybe he does understand the effect it's having on you.   
Maybe not.   But you need to accept that he made his choice.   You can't 
control it."

      Moreya frowned.   This was the sort of thing the Avalon's counselor 
should have been helping Skyler with.   But if she had taken up with Javan ... 
Moreya 
suppressed an irritated snort.   Personally, she thought both Javan and the 
Avalon's counselor needed a spanking.   But that wouldn't help Skyler.

      "The second thing -- once you've done the first -- is to let him go.   
He's not 
coming back -- so let him go, and don't let the thoughts of 'why did he go?' 
and 'what if he comes back?' torture you.   Because that's all it's doing, 
and 
you don't deserve that."

      She looked across at Skyler.   "Am I making sense so far?  Do you think 
you can do these things?  Understand that it may well take some time, and 
more than one try.  But I can promise you this:  the pain will go away in time, 
if you give 
it a chance."

      Skyler thought for a moment, thinking over what Moreya had said and the 
more she thought about it the more she realized how much of a fool she had 
been. She should have let go of Javan a long time ago. It was obvious that 
there 
wasn't going to be a relationship now or at any point in the future.

      "Moreya, I knew there was a good reason that I chose to come here, 
other than to pick up our new OPS officer. Everything you have said makes 
sense. 
It won't be easy, but it is something that has to be done. I will do it, but 
don't be surprised it you get a subspace message or two........

      Skyler hugs Moreya and promises to keep in touch. "Thank you so much 
for the advice and for sharing you Pecan Pie. You wait until I see Georgia 
again." Both women laugh as they walk to the Captains office where Skyler is to 
go 
and request the transfer of Ensign Manson.

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