Malcolm stopped in his tracks when he seen her entering the armory spot. She was beautiful. Her brown hair just at her shoulders, her outfit was a little dated. Maybe early 21st century. She was staring at him and he was staring back at her.
"Lieutenant? Lieutenant, I'm Commander Winchester. I was assigned to be the officer over you." Her voice was soft and sweet. He noted that she didn't look like she had three, almost two decades of service under her belt. She looked like she was barely more than a kid. Then again, it was in the file she could change her appearance at will. +
She wondered what he was thinking about while he stared at her. She knew her new face barely looked 25. But she had been on an undercover mission for Starfleet these last few months. She had to appear more civilian than officer. So she was out of her uniform when she got assigned to Enterprise. It was last minute honestly. Seven months pretending to be a kid amongst people who were out to take down Starfleet.
She was shown to her quarters and unpacked her stuff. She had a picture of her brother and his family on the desk and a photo of her cat. She opened the door when it buzzed, still in her civilian clothes. "Oh. Thank you for the uniforms." She took them and smiled at them. She raised an eyebrow when the door rang again. This time, she was greeted by her old friend Captain Jonathan Archer. "Hello old friend.' She laughed as she hugged him. "Hello Kalista. I was surprised to see you on the duty roster." Jon said as he hugged her.
Jon was surprised. It had been years since they had seen each other. "I think my armory officer likes you. I got a report that he wouldn't stop staring at you." She laughed at his statement. "Yeah I think he's smitten. I like him too." She admitted.
It was a very odd adjustment period for her, She had to have Phlox find a way to suppress her urge for blood for longer amounts of time. She was feeding once or twice a day at this point anyway, probably why she had a hard time healing anymore. Ex Military Major, Former Doctor and now a Commander of Armory on board the USS Enterprise. She had done a lot in the last two hundred years honestly.
After her divorce from the last spouse, she went back into the Army for a long time. When Star Fleet was commissioned, she had to undergo various amounts of testing an what not so she could be cleared for duty on long missions. So two decades later, she was able to say that she was probably the oldest person to be in Star Fleet. She was after all, almost a thousand years old. She laughed a bit at that thought. "Damn I am old." She said to herself as she laid on the bed in her quarters relaxing for the night.
She had had dinner with Jon and Trip to get better acquainted in the ships build and what had a minor degree in engineering from years ago that she had to get mastered in along with armory for the job she was given. The Admiral had with held the real importance of her all of a sudden reassignment to Enterprise but in all honesty, she was grateful to get away from the mess she was in for so long. She thought, for a moment, that she might finally fit somewhere again. It wasn't impossible to imagine after all.
Time would tell them all they needed to know. Five years she had with these people. Five years to determine if she was a good fit with these people. Five years in deep space. She was excited for this. Only taking orders from her Captain and giving them to those who needed them. She was going to love this she was kinda ashamed to admit. She would finally get to know why that Lieutenant would be in love with her. They had only briefly met.