Chapter One

She walked off of the transporter pad and looked around

at the surroundings, so this was my new assignment...

DS9, formally known as Torak Nor while under the

Cardassian Rule.

She looked over to the transporter technician and smiled

at him, "Hi, I'm Karme Xiva."

The technician smiled back, and replied, "Nice to meet

you, I'm Miles O'Brian."

"Nice to meet you, chief," Xiva said, noting the pip on

his collar. Then with another hurried smile, she walked

out of the transporter room.

The beautiful Betaziod/Bajoran mix walked down the

corridors of the station. Gods, she thought. This

place may be different from what it was under Cardassian

rule to the eyes, but there are scars that can't be

seen, and that are timeless.

Shaking her head to clear it, she continued to the end

of the corridor, where the turbolift was. Walking onto

it with another Bajoran, one with short, spikey red

hair, she nodded to her, and they both put our command

to the computer at the same time. They were going to the

same place. The other woman turned to Xiva and said,

"New to the station?"

"Yes, I just got reassigned here," I said.

"What position?" she asked taking in my Starfleet

uniform.

"Chief Diplomatics officer."

The other woman nodded her head, and they lapsed into

silence, then Xiva said, "I'm Karme Xiva."

The other smiled and said, "I'm Kira Nerys."

Xiva opened her mouth as though to say something, but

the turbolift brought them to their destination. They

both got off the lift and Xiva looked around while

Major Kira went to a station.

Looking around, Xiva spotted a door off to the left. She

headed for it and sounded the chime. At the spoken

"Come," Xiva entered the office and saw her commanding

officer. There was another man in the office with him,

"Yes... Commander?"

"Commander Sisko, I just got reassigned to DS9, here are

my orders," I handed him the PADD and stood back from

the desk, and tried to ignore the other man who was

scrutinizing me closly.

Sisko looked up from the PADD and put it on his desk and

said, "Very well, Commander Karme. Constable, please

take our new Diplomatics Chief to her quarters."

The other man, nodded to Sisko and lead Xiva out of the

office, and to her new quarters. "If there is anything

you need, please don't hesitate to ask..."

"Just one thing," she said, "What's you name?"

The man turned around and looked at her, "Odo." Then he

turned to leave.