HI EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!
So my muse went into bear like hibernation , she wouldnt come out for anything. But all the emotional crap is getting gone, so she is coming out. Please enjoy the next installment of After Ten years!
As always Mavfan you are amazing, and this story would not be the same without my amazing beta!!!!!!!!!!
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None of the eyes around the table was left dry after the story.
B'Elanna laughed, "Was Mr. Lucas as romantic as Icheb was?"
Naomi laughed, "See they are special, it was romantic in a Lucas and Miral kind of way. Now, I get the honor and privilege to tell you the story of the engagement of Miss Miral and Lucas."
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"Lucas, are you sure you really want to do this?" Naomi shook her head, "But…"
"Don't say those words I know you want to say, she won't do anything…"
Naomi just stood up and walked out of the room shaking her head at Lucas.
"Wait does that mean you'll help?"
Naomi laughed, "Maybe…" she walked out of his quarters and back into Astrometics.
Lucas ran out of his quarters, Naomi had disappeared, "AHH NAOMI." Lucas yelled as he ran to catch up to Naomi.
Lucas grabbed Naomi by the back of her shirt, "Come on sis please, please help me…"
Naomi laughed as he wrapped her in a hug, "I guess I will help you, if you take over my duty shift on my anniversary on Friday."
Lucas groaned, he didn't want to work the Friday shift, but he really needed her help, "I guess I will do that…"
"AND I get this as a bonus day…" she unwrapped herself from Lucas's arms to stare at his face.
"I guess, please make sure that she is there on time…"
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"RED ALERT!" Faulk yelled, "EVERYONE TO BATTLE STATIONS IMMEDIATELY."
Miral and Lucas quickly scurried out of the bedroom, Miral threw a robe on over her nightgown as Lucas pulled a shirt on over his boxers. They ran out the door and found the nearest entrance to the network of crawlspaces around the ship. The crawlspace would get them to the bridge quicker, they knew that if Faulk was up at night and waking everyone up, it was something bad. Thankfully they had stayed in Miral's quarters that night, it was closer to the bridge than Lucas'.
As they moved up the crawlspace Lucas looked up and smirked, "The view is looking pretty good from where I'm standing Love."
Miral laughed, "Come on sweet talker, we are here."
As they climbed out of the crawlspace, Miral went to the ops station while Lucas hurried beside Naomi at the astro station, while Emily and Chase controlled the computers in Astrometrics.
A couple of days before they left, Naomi realized that she needed a larger department, Lucas and she could not run the department all the time. She was picky about who she hired, because they made the lab so that two people, who worked well together, could get a lot done, but it couldn't just be ran by one person. So she hired two different couples that she heard were exemplary in astrometrics but also had a partner they could work with. She hired Emily and Chase Reynolds and Elizabeth and John Tucker. And on this night, Emily and Chase had the lucky opportunity of being on night duty when the alert went up.
"Nice boxers." Naomi commented looking at Lucas' Daffy duck boxers.
He smirked, "Well you know my Miral loves um, so what can I say…" and continued looking at the screen. Their job, when on the bridge, was to become experts in the area of space and to direct the crew as the battle ensued.
Faulk started the update, "Short range scanners picked up a rogue Romulan Warbird, it matches the configuration of the rogue ship that was stolen ten months ago. I have contacted Romulus and they have asked us to disable the ship and continue on our mission after ships from Romulus have arrived. I changed course and was met with a nice message from the supposed captain of the ship telling me that if I changed course to intercept with them that I would be killed and my ship destroyed. That ship is dangerous, it has experimental equipment on it which Starfleet and the Romulan Star Empire have been working on. That ship cannot get into the rebels hands, it could spell a lot of disaster."
Miral intruded, "We are coming up on the ship."
Faulk nodded, "Power weapons."
"Weapons powered, sir" Mannif, chimed.
"Fire forward phasers at their weapons system, target their engines."
Naomi's fingers flew over the controls, she was manning the space post, while Lucas manned the sensors. They had this orchestration almost down to an art, after being in two battles. Since they had been friends for a long time, they knew mannerisms of the other person and could communicate without speaking.
"Conn, go to 114 by 67, with the ship faces backwards towards the nebula that should protect our engines." Naomi yelled out.
Michelle Talons listened carefully to what Naomi had said, her mind was focused on keeping this ship in one piece, "Aye, aye."
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Miral yelled across the banter, "SHUT THE HELL UP EVERYONE, what did you say Lucas?"
"The damn fleet is screwing with our sensors, you need to manually aim the phasers for Mannif. Ill be your guide, Mannif you got that?"
"Aye" Miral and Mannif confirmed. Lucas started coordinating the attack while Naomi kept the ship out of harm's way from the blasts that were coming from the Romulan ship.
Lucas yelled, "MIRAL, Mannif 111 by 308…"
The Romulan ship was disabled, the bridge crew all sagged in their places, Miral leaned on her post.
Faulk smiled, "Good job group…"
Lucas smiled at Miral and suddenly all plans he had flew out of his mind. He started walking towards Miral as a comm signal came through.
The Romulan Warbird Commander appeared on the screen, "Commander I…"
At that same moment Lucas pulled Miral in front of her station, all eyes turned to them, much to the discontent of the Romulan Commander.
He went down on one knee, "Miral I had this amazing thing planned, got Naomi, Faulk and most of the crew into it. But I looked at you standing here after this battle, your face is flushed, your adrenaline is pumping, you hair is a mess, you're standing at your station in your pajamas, sweat is pouring down your face..." he paused, pulled and opened a small box revealing a white gold, diamond and aquamarine stones set in it, "and yet, you have never looked more beautiful or so damn sexy. Miral, my love, my darling will you marry me?"
Miral laughed, "You crazy man stand up…" she pulled Lucas up to his feet, "and kiss your fiancé." She had tears in her eyes as he put the ring on her finger.
He wiped the tears that had fallen down her cheeks, and pulled her into an embrace, crashing his lips against hers.
"I love you so much." Miral smiled at Lucas when they broke from their embrace.
"Excuse me if you are done now, I was about to say we have the rogue captured." He stared at Miral and Lucas, "And congratulations." The screen went blank.
"Time to celebrate!!" Faulk yelled.
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