"Future Love"- Part II
by Jaclyn Riker
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From Part one:
"Your last name is..." Jean-Luc began, not understanding this at all.
"Picard. My father is Admiral Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise, which is where I live with him...and my mother." Lissa said and she looked at him and smiled slightly. "I am your daughter, Captain."
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"Excuse me?" Jean-Luc asked, his voice incredulous.
"Or I will be. I'm not quite sure about the verb thing." Lissa said, frowning thoughtfully and met his eyes.
Jean-Luc sat in his chair, stunned beyond words and stared at the girl until she squirmed in her seat. Finally she couldn't take any more.
"Dad...Captain, I am still feeling sick. May I go to sickbay and get something, please? My head is pounding and I don't think warm milk with nutmeg or Earl Gray tea, hot or cold, will help much." Jean-Luc stared at her in amazement and she laughed. "Don't look so shocked. That's what you always give me when I can't sleep or feel sick."
"Of course. We will accompany you." Jean-Luc said, snapping out of his trance and rising. She grinned at him and led the way out, heading in the direction of sickbay. She knew exactly where she was going and Deanna, Will, and Jean-Luc could only follow.
"Well, Counselor?" Jean-Luc said and she sighed.
"I believe she is telling the truth. I know it sounds crazy, but there is something very familiar about her." Deanna said and when he gave her a strange look, she shrugged. "When she looks at you, I feel love and warmth, like any other child would have with their parent. The only thing that is odd is when she mentioned her mother. There was a definite sense of sadness about her."
Suddenly a thought occurred to Deanna and she looked at Jean-Luc in confusion.
"Sir, if you are her father, who is her mother?" Deanna asked and Jean-Luc gave her a look, then turned to look at the girl who was walking ahead of them.
"I have no idea, Counselor." Jean-Luc said and was about to call out to Lissa when he realized they had entered sickbay and she had stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes were wide and tears slipped from them to flow down her cheeks as she stared at something in front of her. Jean-Luc, Will, and Deanna looked up to see CMO Dr. Beverly Crusher looking over a medical PADD and they exchanged a looks with each other.
"It can't be." Jean-Luc said and he looked at Lissa, but the child was ignoring him completely. She was hugging herself and silently crying as she watched every move Beverly made.
"Mommy." The word escaped her mouth in a whisper and she took in a strangled breath. Finally it was almost as if a dam inside of her broke and she dropped her hands to her sides in fists. Her mouth opened again and she let out a frenzied cry. "Mommy!"
Beverly looked up quickly and braced herself just in time as the young girl flung her body onto Beverly's own frame. Beverly's body flew backwards with the force of the girl's hug.
"What in the...?" Beverly asked looking down at the girl who was sobbing into her stomach.
"Please, don't try and understand. Just hug me back. Please." Lissa cried and Beverly could hear the raw pain in the child's voice. Without another word, she wrapped her arms around the hysterical child and held onto her. Beverly looked up and met Jean-Luc and Deanna's eyes with a face as confused as their own. Finally the girl lessened her grip on Beverly's waist and took in gulping breaths. She staggered backwards and gripped onto one of the bio beds behind her for stability. She looked up at Beverly with red-rimmed eyes, young eyes so full with anguish, and shook her head.
"I'm sorry." she said, her voice raw and full of emotion. "I didn't mean to scare you. It's just..." She took another deep breath and covered her mouth with one hand. "Mon Dieu, I miss her so much."
Deanna didn't know what was going on, but she felt the pain of the girl and did what she felt was natural. She opened her arms and the girl went into them immediately, clinging to her as if she were her life source.
"Captain, I know we need answers, but she is emotionally and physically exhausted. She needs to sleep." Deanna said and Jean-Luc nodded watching the girl's eyes droop. Deanna helped the girl onto the bio bed that she had been clinging too and soon she was fast asleep.
"Jean-Luc, what is going on? Who is this child?" Beverly asked, frowning.
"She claims to be our child, Beverly. Uh, from the future." Jean-Luc said, frowning as well, and Beverly's eyes widened. "I know it sounds unimaginable, but there was a temporal anomaly and her craft appeared just after it. She is almost 10 years old and her name is Deanna, apparently after Counselor Troi. However, her middle name is Felisa and she has stated that she is called Lissa."
"After my grandmother." Beverly said quietly and looked down at the sleeping girl. "Well, we can tell if the claim of parentage is true very quickly."
Beverly took out a small device and with one quick pierce, she had Lissa's DNA. She entered it into the computer and then brought up her and Jean-Luc's DNA stands. The three strands were displayed immediately and Beverly let out a gasp.
"What?" Jean-Luc said and she turned to him, her mouth open in shock.
"It's true. It shouldn't be, but it is. She is our daughter." Beverly said and all four adult looked at the sleeping child, a million questions running through their heads. There was nothing left to do, but wait until Lissa woke up. Beverly suggested they do that and talk in her office.
TBC
by Jaclyn Riker
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From Part one:
"Your last name is..." Jean-Luc began, not understanding this at all.
"Picard. My father is Admiral Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise, which is where I live with him...and my mother." Lissa said and she looked at him and smiled slightly. "I am your daughter, Captain."
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"Excuse me?" Jean-Luc asked, his voice incredulous.
"Or I will be. I'm not quite sure about the verb thing." Lissa said, frowning thoughtfully and met his eyes.
Jean-Luc sat in his chair, stunned beyond words and stared at the girl until she squirmed in her seat. Finally she couldn't take any more.
"Dad...Captain, I am still feeling sick. May I go to sickbay and get something, please? My head is pounding and I don't think warm milk with nutmeg or Earl Gray tea, hot or cold, will help much." Jean-Luc stared at her in amazement and she laughed. "Don't look so shocked. That's what you always give me when I can't sleep or feel sick."
"Of course. We will accompany you." Jean-Luc said, snapping out of his trance and rising. She grinned at him and led the way out, heading in the direction of sickbay. She knew exactly where she was going and Deanna, Will, and Jean-Luc could only follow.
"Well, Counselor?" Jean-Luc said and she sighed.
"I believe she is telling the truth. I know it sounds crazy, but there is something very familiar about her." Deanna said and when he gave her a strange look, she shrugged. "When she looks at you, I feel love and warmth, like any other child would have with their parent. The only thing that is odd is when she mentioned her mother. There was a definite sense of sadness about her."
Suddenly a thought occurred to Deanna and she looked at Jean-Luc in confusion.
"Sir, if you are her father, who is her mother?" Deanna asked and Jean-Luc gave her a look, then turned to look at the girl who was walking ahead of them.
"I have no idea, Counselor." Jean-Luc said and was about to call out to Lissa when he realized they had entered sickbay and she had stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes were wide and tears slipped from them to flow down her cheeks as she stared at something in front of her. Jean-Luc, Will, and Deanna looked up to see CMO Dr. Beverly Crusher looking over a medical PADD and they exchanged a looks with each other.
"It can't be." Jean-Luc said and he looked at Lissa, but the child was ignoring him completely. She was hugging herself and silently crying as she watched every move Beverly made.
"Mommy." The word escaped her mouth in a whisper and she took in a strangled breath. Finally it was almost as if a dam inside of her broke and she dropped her hands to her sides in fists. Her mouth opened again and she let out a frenzied cry. "Mommy!"
Beverly looked up quickly and braced herself just in time as the young girl flung her body onto Beverly's own frame. Beverly's body flew backwards with the force of the girl's hug.
"What in the...?" Beverly asked looking down at the girl who was sobbing into her stomach.
"Please, don't try and understand. Just hug me back. Please." Lissa cried and Beverly could hear the raw pain in the child's voice. Without another word, she wrapped her arms around the hysterical child and held onto her. Beverly looked up and met Jean-Luc and Deanna's eyes with a face as confused as their own. Finally the girl lessened her grip on Beverly's waist and took in gulping breaths. She staggered backwards and gripped onto one of the bio beds behind her for stability. She looked up at Beverly with red-rimmed eyes, young eyes so full with anguish, and shook her head.
"I'm sorry." she said, her voice raw and full of emotion. "I didn't mean to scare you. It's just..." She took another deep breath and covered her mouth with one hand. "Mon Dieu, I miss her so much."
Deanna didn't know what was going on, but she felt the pain of the girl and did what she felt was natural. She opened her arms and the girl went into them immediately, clinging to her as if she were her life source.
"Captain, I know we need answers, but she is emotionally and physically exhausted. She needs to sleep." Deanna said and Jean-Luc nodded watching the girl's eyes droop. Deanna helped the girl onto the bio bed that she had been clinging too and soon she was fast asleep.
"Jean-Luc, what is going on? Who is this child?" Beverly asked, frowning.
"She claims to be our child, Beverly. Uh, from the future." Jean-Luc said, frowning as well, and Beverly's eyes widened. "I know it sounds unimaginable, but there was a temporal anomaly and her craft appeared just after it. She is almost 10 years old and her name is Deanna, apparently after Counselor Troi. However, her middle name is Felisa and she has stated that she is called Lissa."
"After my grandmother." Beverly said quietly and looked down at the sleeping girl. "Well, we can tell if the claim of parentage is true very quickly."
Beverly took out a small device and with one quick pierce, she had Lissa's DNA. She entered it into the computer and then brought up her and Jean-Luc's DNA stands. The three strands were displayed immediately and Beverly let out a gasp.
"What?" Jean-Luc said and she turned to him, her mouth open in shock.
"It's true. It shouldn't be, but it is. She is our daughter." Beverly said and all four adult looked at the sleeping child, a million questions running through their heads. There was nothing left to do, but wait until Lissa woke up. Beverly suggested they do that and talk in her office.
TBC