<USS Avalon> The Meeting by Lieutenant Caine McKinsely and Ensign Anthony Manson

The Meeting

by Lieutenant Caine McKinsely and Ensign Anthony Manson

Ensign Anthony Manson made his way down to Lt. Caine's office. He wasn't too 
sure what it was about, and since he didn't quite know, he let his curiosity go 
as he made way. Stopping at the door of her office, he chimed.

Still feeling like she was on cloud nine, Caine smiled when her chime went off, 
even though she knew that the person she wanted to see most of all would not be 
walking through her doors. "Come in," she called, as she continued to read over 
and compare Commander Skyler and Commander Sierra's stories of what had 
happened on the bridge.

Anthony walked in to see her at her desk. Not knowing what to do, he simply 
said, "you asked to see me ma'am?" 

"Ohh, yes, you're Ensign Manson aren't you?" she asked, nodding him into a 
chair across from her desk. "Would you care for something to eat or drink?" 

Anthony shook his head, "no. Thank you." He took the offered seat and gave a 
quick look around. It was calm with select paintings that seem to be on various 
spots. One he noticed was the Grand Canyon, the other being a desert. The room 
was comfortably furnished.

"Please take a seat Mr. Manson." Moving the PADDs on her desk off to one side, 
she picked up an empty one and smiled nicely at the ensign, trying to get him 
to relax a bit. "I'm sure you are wondering why I called you here."

Nodding and getting comfortable upon the seat, Anthony replied, "yes actually. 
Is something wrong?" 

With a sigh she smiled at him, "that is a million dollar question but overall 
no. I called you into my office to discuss what occurred on the bridge between 
the commanders. As I understand it, you were there and I would like to know 
what happened, from your opinion."

He looked down a little, frowned a little more as he tried to get his memory 
back in order. He looked up then, meeting her gaze. Anthony didn't know if he 
was to give her a detailed summary, so he settled for a short one that best 
explained the situation. "Yes. I was there. I can't give you a step by step 
because most of my attention had been on my work. What I can tell you is that 
it sounded_ I was barely overhearing_ like a casual enquiry from Commander 
Sierra. I must have been back on my work because then their voices started to 
raise just a little with every response they gave to each other." 

Caine marked down Anthony's response and looked up at. "Did it seem that one 
was being a bit more antagonistic then the other? or maybe that one was in the 
wrong?"

"As far as I could tell; they were in equal footing with being antagonistic. As 
for who is in the wrong; I can't really say ma'am. It's a matter of how you see 
it. I thought there was nothing wrong with Skyler taking charge for the 
captain, yet at the same time, I see no reason why Commander Sierra should not 
be concerned for the well being of the ship and thus ask her of her decisions."

"So you really don't know much then?" she asked, slightly disappointed. Caine 
had hoped that Anthony would have been able to shed a bit more light on the 
situation but she could not fault him for not. "Do you have any more 
information or even an opinion at all about the happenings on the bridge?" 

Anthony looked at Caine, there was an opinion. "There is an opinion that only I 
drew from the crew. If the two commanders are going to continue this, they 
ought to do this where they aren't under the watchful eyes of others. Just 
standing there, ma'am, just standing there, I could feel an...uncertainty among 
the crew on the bridge that witnessed. They felt lost and utter confusion on 
whose side to be on. It's not something I'd notice; but it was too strong."

"I understand because of this occurrence measures will be taken to ensure it 
never happens again." Caine wasn't sure what other information she could 
possibly get out of him so she just smiled up at him. "Thank you Ensign, is 
there anything else you would like to say?"

He shook his head, "no that's it."

Caine nodded and set aside her PADD. "Okay, thank you Mr. Manson. If there is 
anything you can think of, please contact me with it."

Anthony got up from his seat. The meeting was over, "I'll do that ma'am."

"Thank you, it was nice to meet you." She said and stood, to shake his hand.

"My pleasure, Miss Caine." Anthony gave a small smile, shook her hand, and made 
his way out. 



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