Chapter 5

A/N: Sorry that this took so long to get up, I have been busy. Also, I lost the notebook that this was in. I hope that this chapter makes up for it.

Warning: Character Death.

Spoiler: This is a tie into the episode: "Skin of Evil", which is where Picard's speech comes from.

Let's get on with the story!

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Lisa, having recovered from the whole apple incident, was happy to be heading back to school soon. She had missed her friends, and even the homework. But mostly her friends. She smiled, thinking about all of the notes that she had gotten from all of them. She was surprised at the amount of "get well wishes" that had poured in from all over the ship. She had no idea that she had been that popular. She smiled brightly then, looking at the huge vanity mirror that she had in her room. It had been so long since she was able to look at herself. She felt her smile grow as she brushed her hair. She still had along way to go, but she was making progress, and that was a good thing.

She turned to look out of her bedroom window then, watching as Deanna's shuttle left the ship. Deanna, she had heard, was headed to some conference and would be back in a couple of days. Lisa smiled as she thought of all of the things that Deanna had done for her when she was sick, hoping and praying that Deanna would make it back to the ship safely. It was during these thoughts that she began to feel pangs of sadness and dread, like something very bad was going to happen to someone that was close to her, but she pushed those thoughts out of her mind. There was no sense in focusing on something that she could not control. At least not yet.

She grabbed her toothbrush and pajamas, heading for the bathroom when she was ambushed by a little person who grabbed onto her leg for dear life. "Hi Theresa," she greeted, smiling. The little Riker looked up at her sister, smiling a big toothy smile, "I'm glad to have you back sissy!" she smiled. Lisa was beginning to feel her leg go dead, but didn't have the heart to tell the younger one that she was the cause. Instead, she just smiled and patted her on the head, "I'm happy to be home too".

"She's not the only one who's happy to have you back home," a voice said from the archway that lead to Lisa's room. Lisa smiled again as she watched her father cross over with Samantha, who was babbling happily in his arms. When they got closer to Lisa, Sam's arms sprang out, indicating that she wanted to be held by her big sister now.

Lisa reached over and picked her out of his arms. Samantha giggled wildly in her arms and tried to stick her fingers into her mouth.

"How are you feeling?" Riker asked, concerned, she hadn't complained about having any serious reactions, but he wanted to make sure.

"I feel that I'm ok," she said simply. Riker took a step closer, his concern spreading, "You look like someone killed your best friend," he said.

Lisa shot him a look that told him that she didn't want him to say anything. "I just have this feeling that something bad is going to happen to someone that I know, that's all," she said quietly.

Riker didn't push her; he knew that if and when she wanted to say more, she would. For now, he was just happy to have her back with them. "Get some rest," he said, gently reaching over and taking Sam out of her sister's arms. He kissed Lisa gently on the forehead, turning his head to smile at her as they walked out.

Lisa waved to them both, smiling as Sam wailed in protest.

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The next couple of days went without incident, and Lisa began to think that she had been wrong about something happening to someone on the crew.

So she wasn't sure what set it off when she was heading to her history class. Something felt off, but she couldn't place it. She just felt uneasy.

"Welcome back, Ms. Riker," her teacher greeted as she passed through the door way. Lisa smiled back, "Glad to be back," she replied, taking her seat, which was next to her friend, Collin. Collin smiled as she waved to him. He was tall, had brown hair that was cropped, and had the most interesting eyes that she had ever seen. They were green and blue. With one eye being green and the other being blue. "You came back!" he whispered to her as she sat down.

"Yeah, I figured that this place was getting pretty boring without me," she replied, her voice a bit on the edge. "I'm sorry," she said a second later, "I have had a lot on my mind lately".

Collin, to her great surprise, wasn't angry with her, "Maybe we could talk about it over lunch," he said, taking note of their teacher's glare. Both teenagers gulped and turned to face the board to pay attention to what she writing down on the board. Lisa watched as the other children filled in behind her. Most of them were thrilled to have her back, smiling and waving wildly at her as they passed. Many of them expressed how happy they were to have her back. Lisa smiled at each of them, thanking each of them.

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When she was finished with her class, Lisa's uneasy feeling began to grow more and more intense, this time, she was certain that she wouldn't be able to shake it. It was a definite thing now, something bad was going to happen to someone that she was close to. Maybe even more then one. She shuddered violently at the thought. She forged the urge to call the bridge, knowing that Captain Picard didn't want people to use the ships intercom except for very bad emergencies.

Plus, he was never thrilled when the children were, in his words, "playing with the ship." It seemed to Lisa, that if he had his way, their wouldn't be any children on the ship at all.

Lisa tried and tried to make the feeling go away, but she couldn't fight it. The feeling was too over whelming. And now she was getting visions of a being that was covered in what she thought looked like mud, only more slippery. As the visions began to progress, she thought that she saw who it was that was going to die, a second later she was sure when she heard the klaxons begin to wail throughout the ship. Something has happened to the shuttle, she thought, worried.

She closed her eyes then, trying to "see" in her head what had happened to the shuttle. From what she could see, it had crashed on what must have been the home world of the creature that she kept seeing in her visions. It was a growing presence in her mind, so full of anger and pain. Like it wanted revenge for some injustice that had been caused to it. Despite everything that she was sensing, Lisa felt her heart go out to the creature. She had never known what it was like to feel unwanted by the people that had created her. She could only wonder what this creature's life was like.

And then she felt something that she would never forget. She sensed the away team, which consisted of: her Father, Data, Geordie, Tasha, and Dr. Crusher. They were all worried about the shuttle crew. She could feel it coming off of them in waves, just like she felt the creatures' hatred, which was beginning to over whelm her senses again. She wanted to warn the away team, wanted them to beam back up, but it was too late.

She felt her knees begin to buckle just then, watching as Tasha was thrown by the creature. And she felt her friend die, the life drained from her like she was a balloon that had all of the air taken out of it. It was several minutes before she make herself get back to her feet, tears stinging at her eyes.

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Lisa barely touched her lunch, her mind still on what had happened to Tasha. She couldn't but think that she wasn't the only person that creature would do something to. She became worried for her father and anyone else that was probably going down to the planet with him. She knew that the creature knew now they weren't going to leave the shuttle and its crew.

A moment later, her fears bore fruit when she heard her father's screams of anguish. She could see him being dragged by the creature. She felt him begin to resist the creature, fighting it with everything that he had. She felt proud of him. She didn't want the creature to have the right to gloat over them. He had caused them the life of a good person. And as much as she hated him for that, she felt even more pity for him. She could sense that he wasn't getting any thing that he wanted from either Tasha or her father, which was to break them. If anything, she sensed that the team was stronger because of what was happening.

No, Lisa thought to herself, this creature, this Armus, wouldn't get what he wanted.

Her fears were put to rest though when she felt her father be 'spit up' back on the beach. She sighed in relief and headed for sickbay, not caring about the rest of her make up work.

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Lisa wasn't too thrilled about going back to sick bay so soon after she had left, but she was happy that she did. She ran for her father when she saw him sitting up in the bio bed. Dr. Crusher, Data, and Geordie made no effort to block her. She flung her arms open and wrapped them around her father, nearly knocking him over. Riker laughed it off though, returning the hug. He knew that she knew about what had happened to Tasha. No words were needed to be said. They hugged each other again, happy that he was still alive.

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The memorial service was light, Lisa thought as she scanned the area. Only the bridge crews (with the exception of Dr. Crusher) were there. Her dad and Deanna were standing together, Dr. Crusher and her son, Wes, were standing behind them, Geordie was standing next to them, Data next to him, and Worf, who was now the head of Security .

Lisa and Collin were standing near the back with her sisters. They watched as Captain Picard ascended to the place that stood in the middle of what was supposed to look like a peaceful sylvan glade. The mostly cloudy skies would have fooled people who didn't know why they were really there.

The Captain turned to look at the assembled group. His voice began to crack as he spoke.

Eyeing the group, he forced a smile and went about his eulogy: "We're here together to remember our friend and comrade: Lt. Natasha Yar. Coming to terms with the loss of a colleague is perhaps the most difficult task we must face in the work that we have chosen to pursue……"

Lisa didn't pay attention to the rest, as she was fighting back tears. She watched as Tasha's holographic image appeared on the plate from that was in back of the Captain. She was barely able to pay attention to the holo of her dead friend.

She looked around at all of the people there, watching their expressions instead. From most of them, she sensed sadness. Except for Worf and Data. Worf, because of his Klingon up bringing, was happy that Tasha had gone in a way that was befitting a warrior. And Data, well, Data was lucky not to experience the emotion of sadness.

At least for now. When Lisa looked closer, the Android seemed to be thinking about something in great detail. She hoped that she would be able to ask him what it was that he was thinking about.

When the service was concluded, Theresa grabbed Lisa's hand and tugged at it.

Lisa looked down at her, "What is it?" she asked. The younger Riker looked at ground, sniffing, "I miss 'Asha," she said quietly. Collin dropped down on the other side of young girl, and so did Lisa, who was careful not to drop Sam in the process.
"I know," she said comfortingly, "We will all miss her," she hugged her sister, blinking back tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes.

"Come on," she said a moment later, noticing that Data and Captain Picard were standing in the place that Tasha's holo had been. She could tell that Data had been affected by her death. She felt her heart go out to him. Tasha's death had left a whole in everyone's hearts.

The upside to the whole thing was that not only had they been able to help the shuttle crew, but they had prevented Armus from leaving by destroying the shuttle all together.

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Commander Riker and Deanna were standing out side the Holodeck doors when Lisa and her sisters came walking through, Collin tagging along after them.

Right away, Riker noticed that Theresa had put her head down on Lisa's shoulder. He didn't have to ask why, he already knew. He was feeling the same way himself. He reached out and gently picked her up out of Lisa's arms. He rubbed her back comfortingly as she placed her head on his shoulders.

"Daddy?" Theresa asked, looking up at him, "Is Tasha in a good place?" she asked, concerned. Riker was taken aback by the question, not really knowing how to answer it at first. Then he looked directly at her, determined not to lie to her, he answered with a quiet: "I hope so".

End of Chapter.

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