Ok, so it's kinda like an alternate universe where Trip has a 13 year-old
daughter that came along. Her name is Cassie.
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I can't remember what happened on that day. I don't know why I didn't swim on the beach like I was supposed to have been. All I know that what ever happened was horrible. I know because I have dreams about it every night. I can remember white lights, deep voices, but most of all the pain. The something taken away from me through my upper arm. People think I am an ordinary, happy teenage girl. But they're wrong. I know I'm not. I know that what painful shielding has led everybody to believe is not the truth. I don't know why I shield, only that I do.
Just then my door chimed. I'll have to get back to my self-pity later. "Come" I called. The door opened my dad Commander Charles Tucker III, or "Trip" as everyone called him, and Captain Jonathon Archer entered my tiny room. They both wore excited smiles on their faces. "What's this all about?" I thought to myself.
"We've found an uninhabited planet" John began "It has some important plants Dr. Phlox would like us to retrieve!" I knew the captain could get more explanatory but that he wasn't because I was a child. I stared at them my mouth hanging open slightly. This is what they wanted to tell me? There better be something better than that. Thankfully there was. "We think you should come with us" Me? Come on an away mission! Finally! A chance to get off this ship. I smiled.
"You spend too much time on this ship, so, we figured you needed some fresh air" Dad explained.
"Sounds great" I said smiling sincerely for the first time in months. After they left I started packing. They decided we would stay there a couple nights. The away team would be made up of me ,dad, the captain, and Malcolm. I packed comfortable clothes, good for walking. I was pretty happy. Or, at least I was. A wave of fear washed over me. I froze. Something was getting closer and closer. Something bad. Then the feeling left as suddenly as it came. I relaxed a little. Everything will all go just fine I told myself. Unfortunately I couldn't shake away a feeling of dread.
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I can't remember what happened on that day. I don't know why I didn't swim on the beach like I was supposed to have been. All I know that what ever happened was horrible. I know because I have dreams about it every night. I can remember white lights, deep voices, but most of all the pain. The something taken away from me through my upper arm. People think I am an ordinary, happy teenage girl. But they're wrong. I know I'm not. I know that what painful shielding has led everybody to believe is not the truth. I don't know why I shield, only that I do.
Just then my door chimed. I'll have to get back to my self-pity later. "Come" I called. The door opened my dad Commander Charles Tucker III, or "Trip" as everyone called him, and Captain Jonathon Archer entered my tiny room. They both wore excited smiles on their faces. "What's this all about?" I thought to myself.
"We've found an uninhabited planet" John began "It has some important plants Dr. Phlox would like us to retrieve!" I knew the captain could get more explanatory but that he wasn't because I was a child. I stared at them my mouth hanging open slightly. This is what they wanted to tell me? There better be something better than that. Thankfully there was. "We think you should come with us" Me? Come on an away mission! Finally! A chance to get off this ship. I smiled.
"You spend too much time on this ship, so, we figured you needed some fresh air" Dad explained.
"Sounds great" I said smiling sincerely for the first time in months. After they left I started packing. They decided we would stay there a couple nights. The away team would be made up of me ,dad, the captain, and Malcolm. I packed comfortable clothes, good for walking. I was pretty happy. Or, at least I was. A wave of fear washed over me. I froze. Something was getting closer and closer. Something bad. Then the feeling left as suddenly as it came. I relaxed a little. Everything will all go just fine I told myself. Unfortunately I couldn't shake away a feeling of dread.