<USS Avalon> "Within Reach"

"Within Reach"
By: Lt. Melanie Redgrave
 
A light scent of juniper wafted in through the open window of the small  
hotel room that Melanie was staying in. She could have returned to Elijah’s  
place 
in Tennessee, but she felt it was unfair to show up so late. It had been  
nearly one in the morning by the time she’d left Georgia and her friend Eliza 
 
Mae. She had wanted to take the long walk back to the city and to the hotel, 
but 
 Georgia wouldn’t hear of it, so Melanie arranged to have herself beamed from 
 Eliza Mae’s to the hotel. As soon as she’d settled into her room she sent 
a 
 message to Elijah to let him know she was ok and that she’d been able to 
talk to  Georgia. She’d even told him that Georgia had promised to have some 
things sent  to her that would help explain more. 
 
The message had ended with Melanie telling him that she needed another day  
or two and then she’d come back to his place just as she’d promised. For 
the  
first time in her career, Melanie was grateful for the long stretched out  
amounts of time that it took Command to get anything done. She knew that as 
long  
as Kendrick was out there and everything was unresolved on Avalon, she had 
time  to resolve her own issues plus spend time with Elijah.  
 
Melanie laid wide eyed in the over padded, over covered bed trying to  
process everything Georgia had told her. She’d replayed the whole night in 
her  head 
over and over and it seemed that each time she had she picked up something  
new. She smiled when she thought about how Georgia had told her what her name  
had been and that her parents thought of her as their little sunshine. She  
rolled over on her side and hugged her pillow, still smiling, as she recalled  
the stories of how Skyler had adored her baby sister. Her smile quickly faded 
as  Melanie wondered if Skyler would ever remember any of that. Suddenly 
knowing  that once upon a time Skyler had not only known who she was but loved 
her,  
seemed to made the pain worse. 
 
She knew that she needed to give Skyler time. She also knew that Skyler may  
never recover her memories. Perhaps T’Arah had been right. Perhaps she did 
look  for that happy ever after ended far to much. At least now she knew more 
about  who she was then she did a week ago. 
 
Her mind was still and quiet for a moment and Melanie was just starting to  
fall into an emotionally drained sleep, when another part of her conversion 
with  Georgia replayed in her mind. She’d said that the last time she and 
Skyler 
had  seen her was while she was in the hospital. The memory of Georgia saying 
that  trigged part of the conversation she’d had with Elijah that morning. 
He’
d asked  if she’d been sick or if she needed to be with her mother for any 
reason. 
 
Melanie got up from the bed and made her way over to the small desk with  the 
computer terminal. It only took a few moments and a quick connection through  
her comm badge and Melanie was linked with the Avalon’s computer. “Computer 
 
access any known medical records, Federation, civilian and... Betazed..   for 
a child named Soliel. Parents names are Celeste and Maddox. Display results  
on this terminal.”
 
“It will take approximately four hours to complete the search.” 
 
Melanie nodded. “Copy all results to my computer onboard ship as well as  
displaying them here.” 
 
With the computer working on her behalf. Melanie went back to bed. She was  
close to the answers she was looking for, she could feel it.

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