It amazed Damar how easily Raina connected with people. Rusot's wife, Kishka seemed quite fond of Raina. It was like they were old friends.

Rusot sat with Damar, chuckling at the in depth conversation his wife was engaged in. "It seems my wife has found a friend in yours."

"I'm glad she's making friends." Damar smiled when Raina laughed loudly. "I don't her to be lonely on Cardassia."

"I'm sure Kishka will drag her to all of those events that she goes to."

"They'll all be bragging that they are friends with the Federation Ambassador to Cardassia."

"Corat, I need to know." Guilt flashed across Rusot's face. "I pointed a gun at her, but she refused to let you shoot me. Why?"

"She knew it would hurt me. We've been friends since we were children."

"She's a good woman. The irreplaceable kind."

"Did you know that Humans when they get engaged they exchange rings?" Rusot shook his head. "Raina's father gave me her mother's ring. He said, I wasn't allowed to propose unless it was with Eleanor's ring. That's what she wanted."

"Do you have it?"

"No. I left it with Raina's doctor friend for safe keeping."

"When are you planning to ask her?"

Damar thought about it. He hadn't really decided when to ask her. He wasn't even sure how he'd ask her. "I'm not sure."

"I asked Kishka to marry me while I was drunk." Rusot and Damar chuckled at the memory. "I'm glad she forgave me for it."

"She has a big birthday coming in a few months. I might do it then."

Raina woke up in a haze, having dreamt of her mother yet again. It was the same as before, the planet and a cryptic clue. "Casey began here."

Suddenly, she gained some clarity. Casey was conceived on that L class planet that Damar crashed the shuttle on. It had to be it.

Jolting Damar awake, Raina got up from the bed to check the coordinates of the planet. "Baby, awake up."

Damar groaned in protest, not wanting to open his eyes. "What is it?" He huffed.

"I know what planet mum is directing me to."

He opened his eyes and sat up to look at her. "Where?"

"We had sex many times on that planet."

He looked at her confused. "We've had sex on many planets."

"Yes, but we engaged in a lot of al fresco fucking, in which you successfully knocked me up."

Damar chuckled at the memory of their antics as he stood up and stretched. "We can take the shuttle. Leave the children with Kishka and Sigol."

"Try not to crash this time." Raina smirked as Damar gave her a withering look. It had been nearly two years and Raina still got laughs out of it.

It felt strange being back on the planet that started everything. The shuttle that Damar had stolen was still there. Well, the frame of the shuttle was there. Everything of value had been stripped by Starfleet recovery crews. The blankets they made love on for the first time was still on the ground where they left them.

"Shall we…." Damar motioned to the blankets and grinned. "For old time sake."

Raina laughed, playfully punching his arm. "We should take it with us."

"What would you use it for?"

"I'm sure I could find a use for it." She smiled thoughtfully. "Doesn't seem right to leave it. Our youngest child was conceived on it."

"We could always make another on it." Raina gave him a guilty look. "Are you….?"

"Maybe." She shrugged, giggling as he pulled her to him in a crushing hug. "I feel the same as with the other pregnancies."

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"It's only been a few days. Wanted to make sure I wasn't imagining it."

"Do you feel it, do you feel pregnant?" Damar supressed the excitement he felt at the idea of a new baby. They both felt like their family had room to grow but they didn't expect it to happen just yet as they were taking precautions against it.

"I feel like something has changed in me."

"We'll find out for sure once we've finished here."

Day turned to night and neither Raina nor Damar had any clue as to what they were searching for. They made a camp after travelling miles on foot. They huddled up in a small tent unable to see each other in the darkness.

"Are you ok?" Damar asked as he played with her hair.

"Just thinking about her."

"Try and sleep. It might help."

Raina drifted off and instead of dreaming about her mother, she dreamt of a solitary path. She followed it and it led her to a river then darkness. She woke up with only the sound of Damar's light snoring to help her realise where she was. It was still dark, but it had started to lighten. She lay staring up at the top of the tent for hours. Suddenly her tricorder bleeped telling her that Breen life signs were in the vicinity. "Corat, get up. Breen troops are nearby."

The troops moved quickly as if they were running. It was then the sound of weapons fire got their attention fully. Both Raina and Damar moved quickly, taking cover on some rocks that gave them a view down a path they assumed that the troops were taking.

Raina kept her eye on the scanner while Damar kept look out. The scanner showed something that it hadn't picked up before. A Human life sign. "Mum." Raina whispered.

"I see them." Damar told her. "They are chasing a Human."

Raina grabbed a rifle and aimed it towards them, waiting for her moment to fire. Damar moved into a standing position grabbing his gun from the holster. They waited a minute or two for them to get closer. "Now!" Raina shouted and they opened fire on the Breen troops.

Eleanor climbed the rock that Raina and Damar were on and grabbed a spare gun. "Shoot at their helmets. They are dependent on them."

After a tense firefight, the last two Breen troops retreated back the way they came. "They're going." Damar huffed out a breath.

Mother and daughter looked at each other briefly before Eleanor pulled Raina into a crushing hug. Both cried rivers of tears as they held each other after fifteen long years of separation.

Damar hated to break up the reunion but they needed to leave. "We should get back to the shuttle before more Breen arrive."

The three of them walked back to the shuttle, and Raina introduced Damar to her mother. Raina had given her mother a small update on what had happened in her absence but there was another time to give her more details.

"So, what happened?" Raina sat with her mother at the back of the shuttle, eager to find out what happened to her. "How did you end up in a Breen facility?"

"We had not long left the ship for the scientific research when a Breen ship disabled the shuttle. Before we knew it, we were on the Breen ship and the shuttle was destroyed."

"How did dad not find any trace of a Breen weapon in the wreckage, or any warp trails?"

"I don't know how exactly, but they didn't fire on the shuttle, they destroyed it from within. I can't answer about the warp trail."

"So what took you so long to contact me." Raina picked up a hairbrush to brush the knots out of her hair.

Eleanor took the brush out of Raina's hand and continued to brush her daughter's hair. "I had no idea your abilities had gotten so strong. When you first visited that planet, I started to dream of you. Then I realised you could hear me."

"So, we established a link?"

"Yes, although it wasn't very strong due to the distance."

"I've missed you." Raina cried as she fell into her mother's arms.

Eleanor held her youngest in her arms for what felt like forever for her. She hadn't seen her daughter in nearly 15 years and in that time she had grown into strong, beautiful woman. "I've missed you too, Rosie."

Eventually, Raina calmed down enough to make some coffee for the three of them. "You can meet some of your grandchildren when we get back to DS9."

"How many have you kids given me?" Eleanor asked as she took a cup of coffee from Raina.

"Soon to be seven. Andrew and his wife, Sarah are expecting their first. James and his wife, Mia have a one year old, named Everly. Scott and his wife, Amelia have a three and five year old, Jackson and Emily. I have a seven year old stepson, Cadim, two year old Cora and ten month old Casey."

"He seems like a nice man." Eleanor gestured towards Damar who was still sat in the cockpit. "He adores you."

"He's amazing. Cora and I were lucky to have him in our lives."

"He's not Cora's father?"

Raina sighed. "Cora's sperm donor betrayed me in ways you could never imagine."

"So how did you meet Corat?"

Raina snorted out a laugh. "My ex ordered Corat to kidnap Cora and me. He only got me and on the way back we crashed on that planet. That was the beginning of everything."

"That is a tale that rivals how I met your father."

Raina's reply was cut off when the overwhelming urge to vomit hit her hard. She made it just in time to vomit in the toilet.

"Is grandchild number eight causing those symptoms?"

"Maybe." Raina groaned as she wretched.

Damar appeared from the cockpit, worry on his face. He helped Raina up and got her into the sleeping area. "Are you ok, treasure?"

"Just morning sickness."

"Time for you to get some rest." Damar insisted despite her protests.

"Corat is right, Rosie. You look very flushed."

Raina sighed as she flopped down onto one of the beds. "Fine, you bullies."

"She's still not good at being ill?" Eleanor asked Damar.

"No. She got shot by a Jem'Hadar soldier and she wouldn't admit that she had a flesh wound. I dread to think what she'd have done if she took the hit fully."

"She broke her ankle when she was ten. It took all three of her brothers to convince her to have it looked at." Eleanor stroked her daughter's hair as she nodded off. "My beautiful baby girl. I've missed so much of her life."

"She's got many more years for you to share with her."

Eleanor gripped Damar's shoulder. He was good man; she could tell, and he worshipped Raina in a way that Eleanor knew she deserved. "You love her?"

"More than love. I wake up in the morning happy knowing that I'll see her face and I'll get to hold her and our children."

"What more could I want for my girl?"