Chapter 3
Picard was pacing back and forth in his quarters. The idea that he had a son, especially one that he didn't know about, was beyond his mental grasp at the moment. Furthermore, how did Anij of all people get ahold of the child? He had never slept with Anij, even though he had debated doing that at one point in time.
He stopped pacing at the sound of his door chime. "Come." He said briskly, trying all in the world to sound like nothing was bothering him.
Alyssa O'Gawa walked in holding her own tricorder. "Captain, I have something I think you should see. But first, sit down please."
The Captain eyed her suspiciously and started to protest. "Please sir, just sit down. I think what I have here might be too much of a shock for you otherwise." He grudgingly sat down and looked at the tricorder. What he saw there shocked him beyond anything he could have imagined.
Down in sickbay...
Beverly was still cradling the little boy, trying to make him feel better when Jean-Luc Picard strode in. She looked up and then turned away, not being able to face him with the pure anger that was running through her body.
"Beverly," Picard said as he put a hand on her shoulder. "I think I have something here you need to see. Alyssa brought it to me and it adds an interesting turn to the events that have been happening recently."
Dr Crusher stood up and turned around. "What is it?" She said coldly, her normal sapphire blue eyes looking like ice.
Picard handed her the tricorder and the next thing Beverly saw was the floor reaching out for her face as she fell...
Picard was pacing back and forth in his quarters. The idea that he had a son, especially one that he didn't know about, was beyond his mental grasp at the moment. Furthermore, how did Anij of all people get ahold of the child? He had never slept with Anij, even though he had debated doing that at one point in time.
He stopped pacing at the sound of his door chime. "Come." He said briskly, trying all in the world to sound like nothing was bothering him.
Alyssa O'Gawa walked in holding her own tricorder. "Captain, I have something I think you should see. But first, sit down please."
The Captain eyed her suspiciously and started to protest. "Please sir, just sit down. I think what I have here might be too much of a shock for you otherwise." He grudgingly sat down and looked at the tricorder. What he saw there shocked him beyond anything he could have imagined.
Down in sickbay...
Beverly was still cradling the little boy, trying to make him feel better when Jean-Luc Picard strode in. She looked up and then turned away, not being able to face him with the pure anger that was running through her body.
"Beverly," Picard said as he put a hand on her shoulder. "I think I have something here you need to see. Alyssa brought it to me and it adds an interesting turn to the events that have been happening recently."
Dr Crusher stood up and turned around. "What is it?" She said coldly, her normal sapphire blue eyes looking like ice.
Picard handed her the tricorder and the next thing Beverly saw was the floor reaching out for her face as she fell...