0000 Disclaimer=Me no own 0000000 Okie-dokey, here goes. This is the sequel to Daddy's Little Girl (as if you couldn't tell from the ingenious title). Set many years later probably about ..................13 years later give or take. Another time travel story-aren't they fun?!?! Written a) for fun and b) because someone wanted to know what happened between Denny and Charlie after she went back and found they were involved with each other as they had been in the previous timeline. So read on, enjoy and don't forget to tell me what you think!!! Oh also er, slightly higher rating for this chapter because she swears a couple of times-you have been warned!! 00000
Adrienne looked around her, the Bridge was in a mess, consoles randomly sparking, crew members strewn across the floor-not dead-just injured. Somehow she knew what was coming. She braced herself and waited.
"Lets get these people to sickbay! Reed that includes you, I'll deal with you later!" Captain Tynso ordered. "I need a damage report from each section."
Adrienne sighed and helped Ensign McFarlane up.
"C'mon lets get you to sickbay," she said shortly, pulling the young Ensign into the turbo-lift.
Several dazed and confused members of the bridge crew followed her in.
"Sickbay."
"Adrienne that was incredible."
Adrienne snapped out of her thoughts and turned her gaze to the comm. officer, Lieutenant Maria Brandon.
"Yeah, incredible I didn't kill anyone," she sighed.
"Are you kidding? We were as good as dead! I've never seen a weapons tactic like it!" Maria exclaimed.
Denny pulled a face and said no more.
The turbo-lift doors opened and they all made their way to sickbay.
"I just can't keep you away can I?" Doctor Richardson joked weakly.
"There aren't as many as I thought there would be," said Denny gesturing round the almost full sickbay.
"We've not had everyone report in yet," Richardson replied.
Denny nodded and leant against the wall.
"One of the nurses will be around to see to you in a minute," he said before rushing off.
Fresh new casualties were brought in, one at least seriously injured; it instantly became pandemonium with Doctor Richardson desperately trying to calm them all down.
"SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!" Denny bellowed. "YOU WILL ALL GET SEEN TO!"
Sickbay instantly fell silent. Richardson shot her a look of gratitude. Denny slid down the wall and watched the nurses rush around.
00000 Flashback 000000
"Shields have failed!" Denny yelled. "They're firing again!"
The ship rocked violently and the helm console suddenly exploded sending young Ensign McFarlane flying.
"We've lost helm control!"
"Sir! The next shot will destroy us!"
"They're firing again!"
"FIRE AT WILL!"
An idea suddenly came to Denny; her fingers flew across the console.
"REED FIRE!!"
"Give me a minute sir! I've got an idea!"
"Reed for Gods Sake FIRE!!!!!!"
"But sir!"
"No buts Reed!! Do as you're told and fire on the ship!"
"With all due respect no sir!"
Tynso gazed at her open mouthed for a few seconds a look of disbelief.
Denny pressed on final control and watched as weapons various erupted from the ship causing a direct hit to the other vessel.
"Captain, their engines have been disabled. Their warp core is breeching."
"Get us out of here," said Tynso urgently, momentarily forgetting the loss of helm control.
"I'm on it sir."
Denny hacked back into Helm control and reset the autopilot.
000000 End Flashback 0000000
"Adrienne are you trying to destroy my ship?" a familiar voice asked.
Denny looked up and pulled a face, seeing one of her friends looking down at her.
"Not funny, Tynso's gonna chew me out for sure."
"He won't. From what I hear you saved us."
"I ignored a direct order and did my own thing without telling the Captain."
"Don't you do that anyway?"
"Not helping. Not helping at all."
"Ok, I'm sorry. Have you had someone look at that head wound?"
"Not yet."
"Maybe you could use it as an excuse, say you momentarily lost your marbles."
Denny fixed him with a look.
Commander Dave Fossway grinned.
"Why are you here anyway?"
"Came down with Crewman Green."
Denny nodded and leaned her head back. By now it'd started throbbing painfully.
"Those new torpedoes work well though," Dave added as an afterthought.
Denny's chest puffed out with pride.
"Those little beauties did their job alright."
"I assume this is yet another father/daughter creation."
"Actually this one was all my idea as were all the others if you remember, dad only helped me once," said Denny defensively. "I'd just finished a few prototypes to show the Captain before we were attacked."
"You said you'd already asked him!" Dave exclaimed.
"I had!" Denny protested. "He let me make a few prototypes ready for testing; he just didn't expect me to test them on an actual target."
"Reed, let me see to that wound," said Richardson pushing through.
"Denny, whatever happens you did good," Dave assured her. "If you need me I'll be cleanin' up your mess!"
Denny stood up smiling grimly.
"Looks nasty," Richardson commented, peering at her head.
"Yeah well flying bits of metal just don't agree with me," she said staring round at the other casualties. "How much damage did I do?"
"That depends."
Denny whirled round only to find Captain Tynso stood behind her.
"Doctor, give us a moment," he said fixing his gaze on Denny.
"Captain, I still haven't tended to her wound yet," Richardson argued.
"It can wait."
"Captain, I........"
"Doctor!"
Richardson backed off to tend to a new patient looking decidedly annoyed.
Denny stood up rearranging her face into a neutral expression. Tynso walked round the biobed and stood looking down at her.
"It seems I owe you an apology," he began.
"Sir?" she asked confused, this was definitely not what she'd expected him to say.
"I should've listened to your idea, after all as much as I hate to admit it, it probably saved the ship," he continued.
Definitely not what she expected.
"On the other hand, you disobeyed a direct order. Not once, not twice, but four times. Four times Reed! I wouldn't have expected that of you, not of an officer of your background! I need to know I can trust my officers, that they will follow my instructions."
Tynso paused a moment and gave Denny a long searching look. He couldn't tell anything, her face had remained impassive and her body language neutral throughout. He couldn't even be sure she was listening.
"As it stands Reed, I've made a note in your record about your refusal to follow orders. I would confine you to quarters if it weren't for the fact I need your expertise in helping to get this ship back in working order."
Denny gave the slightest nod that she'd understood.
"However, just remember, next time there won't be any form of refusal to follow my orders, I tell you to fire and you fire understand?"
"Yes. Sir."
"I don't deny that I've had my doubts about you Reed," Denny visibly stiffened but said nothing. "I wasn't impressed with having you onboard my ship, not because you're a woman but because I wondered if you were living in your father's shadow; whether he was giving you career that extra boost."
"I assure you. Sir. My father has not in any way shape or form given my career 'that extra boost'."
Tynso gave a small snort of disbelief.
"Just don't let it happen again Reed, or you will be off my ship so fast your feet won't touch the ground!"
He turned heel and left. Denny sat back on the biobed.
"Sexist wanker," she muttered. "Not because I'm a woman my arse!"
"Don't be so hard on him," said Richardson coming back up towards her. "He's under a lot of pressure, he needs to know he can trust you, whether you saved the ship or not."
Denny didn't trust herself to reply and waited impatiently while her wound was seen to.
"All done," Richardson told her. "You can go now, but if you feel............"
"Yeah, I know the drill," she said slipping off the biobed and walking out of sickbay.
She stormed down the corridor and into the turbo-lift, however, when she stepped out again she realised she was no longer aboard the Magellan.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," she groaned.
"Denny?"
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Adrienne looked around her, the Bridge was in a mess, consoles randomly sparking, crew members strewn across the floor-not dead-just injured. Somehow she knew what was coming. She braced herself and waited.
"Lets get these people to sickbay! Reed that includes you, I'll deal with you later!" Captain Tynso ordered. "I need a damage report from each section."
Adrienne sighed and helped Ensign McFarlane up.
"C'mon lets get you to sickbay," she said shortly, pulling the young Ensign into the turbo-lift.
Several dazed and confused members of the bridge crew followed her in.
"Sickbay."
"Adrienne that was incredible."
Adrienne snapped out of her thoughts and turned her gaze to the comm. officer, Lieutenant Maria Brandon.
"Yeah, incredible I didn't kill anyone," she sighed.
"Are you kidding? We were as good as dead! I've never seen a weapons tactic like it!" Maria exclaimed.
Denny pulled a face and said no more.
The turbo-lift doors opened and they all made their way to sickbay.
"I just can't keep you away can I?" Doctor Richardson joked weakly.
"There aren't as many as I thought there would be," said Denny gesturing round the almost full sickbay.
"We've not had everyone report in yet," Richardson replied.
Denny nodded and leant against the wall.
"One of the nurses will be around to see to you in a minute," he said before rushing off.
Fresh new casualties were brought in, one at least seriously injured; it instantly became pandemonium with Doctor Richardson desperately trying to calm them all down.
"SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!" Denny bellowed. "YOU WILL ALL GET SEEN TO!"
Sickbay instantly fell silent. Richardson shot her a look of gratitude. Denny slid down the wall and watched the nurses rush around.
00000 Flashback 000000
"Shields have failed!" Denny yelled. "They're firing again!"
The ship rocked violently and the helm console suddenly exploded sending young Ensign McFarlane flying.
"We've lost helm control!"
"Sir! The next shot will destroy us!"
"They're firing again!"
"FIRE AT WILL!"
An idea suddenly came to Denny; her fingers flew across the console.
"REED FIRE!!"
"Give me a minute sir! I've got an idea!"
"Reed for Gods Sake FIRE!!!!!!"
"But sir!"
"No buts Reed!! Do as you're told and fire on the ship!"
"With all due respect no sir!"
Tynso gazed at her open mouthed for a few seconds a look of disbelief.
Denny pressed on final control and watched as weapons various erupted from the ship causing a direct hit to the other vessel.
"Captain, their engines have been disabled. Their warp core is breeching."
"Get us out of here," said Tynso urgently, momentarily forgetting the loss of helm control.
"I'm on it sir."
Denny hacked back into Helm control and reset the autopilot.
000000 End Flashback 0000000
"Adrienne are you trying to destroy my ship?" a familiar voice asked.
Denny looked up and pulled a face, seeing one of her friends looking down at her.
"Not funny, Tynso's gonna chew me out for sure."
"He won't. From what I hear you saved us."
"I ignored a direct order and did my own thing without telling the Captain."
"Don't you do that anyway?"
"Not helping. Not helping at all."
"Ok, I'm sorry. Have you had someone look at that head wound?"
"Not yet."
"Maybe you could use it as an excuse, say you momentarily lost your marbles."
Denny fixed him with a look.
Commander Dave Fossway grinned.
"Why are you here anyway?"
"Came down with Crewman Green."
Denny nodded and leaned her head back. By now it'd started throbbing painfully.
"Those new torpedoes work well though," Dave added as an afterthought.
Denny's chest puffed out with pride.
"Those little beauties did their job alright."
"I assume this is yet another father/daughter creation."
"Actually this one was all my idea as were all the others if you remember, dad only helped me once," said Denny defensively. "I'd just finished a few prototypes to show the Captain before we were attacked."
"You said you'd already asked him!" Dave exclaimed.
"I had!" Denny protested. "He let me make a few prototypes ready for testing; he just didn't expect me to test them on an actual target."
"Reed, let me see to that wound," said Richardson pushing through.
"Denny, whatever happens you did good," Dave assured her. "If you need me I'll be cleanin' up your mess!"
Denny stood up smiling grimly.
"Looks nasty," Richardson commented, peering at her head.
"Yeah well flying bits of metal just don't agree with me," she said staring round at the other casualties. "How much damage did I do?"
"That depends."
Denny whirled round only to find Captain Tynso stood behind her.
"Doctor, give us a moment," he said fixing his gaze on Denny.
"Captain, I still haven't tended to her wound yet," Richardson argued.
"It can wait."
"Captain, I........"
"Doctor!"
Richardson backed off to tend to a new patient looking decidedly annoyed.
Denny stood up rearranging her face into a neutral expression. Tynso walked round the biobed and stood looking down at her.
"It seems I owe you an apology," he began.
"Sir?" she asked confused, this was definitely not what she'd expected him to say.
"I should've listened to your idea, after all as much as I hate to admit it, it probably saved the ship," he continued.
Definitely not what she expected.
"On the other hand, you disobeyed a direct order. Not once, not twice, but four times. Four times Reed! I wouldn't have expected that of you, not of an officer of your background! I need to know I can trust my officers, that they will follow my instructions."
Tynso paused a moment and gave Denny a long searching look. He couldn't tell anything, her face had remained impassive and her body language neutral throughout. He couldn't even be sure she was listening.
"As it stands Reed, I've made a note in your record about your refusal to follow orders. I would confine you to quarters if it weren't for the fact I need your expertise in helping to get this ship back in working order."
Denny gave the slightest nod that she'd understood.
"However, just remember, next time there won't be any form of refusal to follow my orders, I tell you to fire and you fire understand?"
"Yes. Sir."
"I don't deny that I've had my doubts about you Reed," Denny visibly stiffened but said nothing. "I wasn't impressed with having you onboard my ship, not because you're a woman but because I wondered if you were living in your father's shadow; whether he was giving you career that extra boost."
"I assure you. Sir. My father has not in any way shape or form given my career 'that extra boost'."
Tynso gave a small snort of disbelief.
"Just don't let it happen again Reed, or you will be off my ship so fast your feet won't touch the ground!"
He turned heel and left. Denny sat back on the biobed.
"Sexist wanker," she muttered. "Not because I'm a woman my arse!"
"Don't be so hard on him," said Richardson coming back up towards her. "He's under a lot of pressure, he needs to know he can trust you, whether you saved the ship or not."
Denny didn't trust herself to reply and waited impatiently while her wound was seen to.
"All done," Richardson told her. "You can go now, but if you feel............"
"Yeah, I know the drill," she said slipping off the biobed and walking out of sickbay.
She stormed down the corridor and into the turbo-lift, however, when she stepped out again she realised she was no longer aboard the Magellan.
"Oh, you've got to be kidding me," she groaned.
"Denny?"
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