The Pie by Captain Keith Ketchum Keith walked into his office at Starbase 12, the Avalon had left only a few hours before, picking up Commander Skyler and Doctor Alexis Cazook. The doctors on the station for the conference were also returning to their posts around the galaxy. Doctor Brookman was on a shuttle back to Starfleet Medical on Earth. Finally the station would be getting back to normal. That's when he saw it. A pecan pie on his desk, he only knew one person that would have sent him a pecan pie. Georgia. He sat at the desk and took a deep whiff of the pie. 'Ah'. Before he even took a bite of the pie, he sent a thank you note directly to Ensign Georgia Jackson on the USS Avalon. The Avalon. He was going to miss the ship and her crew. But he knew that someday that this change would come. It was inevitable. Sitting back in his chair, he cut a piece of pie, and turned towards the windows and looked out, while he ate it. One day, maybe when he was an Admiral, he would have the Avalon back, as his own ship.