Chapter Two

A/N: this chapter takes place several days after Teri's mother dies. And as a side note, Commander Robbinson, was one of the bridge crew personnel, due to the fact that I am the one writing this.

Several days after Teri had been rescued by the Yorkton, she had been staying with the commanding officer of the ship. Captain Hickory could never replace her mother, but Teri had come close to reminding the old captain of happier times.

"Teri!" Janna called, entering her quarters for the night. Looking around them, she shook her head fondly. Since her children had left the nest years ago, she had forgotten how much she loved children. Having Teri stay with her brought back fond memories of those times. Spotting the girl, asleep the couch, she walked to her.

"Teri, I have something important to tell you." she said, lightly shaking the young girl awake.

Teri looked up, confusion in her eyes. Seeing that the captain was serious, Teri made room for her on the couch. "What is it, Captain Janna?"

Janna sat down, pulling Teri on her lap, cuddling the girl one last time. "Teri, we might have found your father and his ship. They will be intercepting us in a couple of hours." Teri looked up at the woman, who had almost become her grandmother. Seeing how Teri didn't understand her, Janna tried again. "Teri, what I'm trying to tell you... You will be joining your father aboard the Erstwhile, you're leaving us."

Teri turned to her, tears streaming down her face. All that she had known since she was young, had been taken away from her, again and again. "But your coming with me, Captain Janna...aren't you?"

Janna shook her head sadly, cradling Teri in her arms. "Not this time, Teri. You're going by yourself, child." Snuggling with Teri for a few more moments, Janna knew that they had to gather the few things that Teri called her own. "Come on, little one. I know you're sad, but you'll have many adventures with your father."

Pulling Teri away from her, Captain Janna Hickory smiled fondly into Teri's hazel eyes. "We still need to pack your things, your father will arrive before long."

Captain Janna Hickory watched as the Yorkton hailed the cargo ship, Erstwhile. The man that answered their hail was brown haired, with a pony tail down his back. A white shirt and a black vest were the only things that she could see of him. But what she could see made Janna sure that this was Teri's father, she looked just like him.

"I am Captain Thadium Okona. How can I help you?" He smiled an impish and maybe just a tad bit cocky smile.

"I think you better beam over, captain Okona. This might be better said face to face." Janna told him, wanting to make sure that staying with the captain would be a good idea for Teri. Janna Hickory had made a silent promise to Teri's mother when she had to give Teri to her. Bronwy Robbinson hadn't asked the question with words, it was a plea that only a mother had when she was faced with life and death situation.

"And what might that be, dear captain?" Thadium Okona asked, flirting with the female captain.

"Captain this is a life and death situation, I'll have you beamed over shortly." Janna told him, knowing exactly what Okona was doing.

"Of course. Any time you're ready, dear Captain." Thadium smiled, giving Janna a wink.

Captain Hickory shook her head, turning to one of her officers and making sure that he was beamed over.

TNG

Teri waited with Deanna Riker outside the captain's office. They had only been waiting for about ten minutes, but to Teri it had felt like forever. She was dressed in a pale green turtle-neck sweater dress, with her brown hair pulled back into a braid, Deanna ad come helped her get ready to meet her father.

Turning to Deanna, she asked. "What's he like?" Teri only knew one story about her father and she asked her mother to tell her over and over again, until her mother started to make up more adventures about Captain Okona. In the stories it wasn't about the plot or Adventures, she only asked for them so she could hear about her father.

Aboard the Enterprise, many of the other children had both mother and father, except Alexander Rozhenko. So she and Alexander had become quick friends, it helped that his father worked the same shift as her mom.

Teri fidgeted beside, Deanna, very nervous to meet her father when she hasn't even heard about him

A/N: Sorry about the really long wait folks, I was finishing my other books and then I got sidetracked because my horse was sick. So here ya go, I'll work on the next one ASAP