AN: Sorry if my description of M'Ress isn't consistent with the tv show or whatever, but I'm going off what I saw in the movie. :) And my own imagination. I see her as a humanoid with a tail, ears and eyes of a cat. If you would like to imagine her in a different way that is completely fine, I won't describe her any more to make that easier for you. Let your imagination take her wherever you want. I'd also like to point out that Shiboline is M'Ress' first name, but it's rude to call a Caitian by their first name unless you're family. (This is only in my story I don't know if this is actually true or not so don't crucify me).

Warning: There is graphic description in this chapter, proceed with caution if you're a bit squeamish.

And on with the chapter.

Chapter Two

M'Ress stood there with her hand over her mouth. The room was completely covered in blood, she walked in a little more trying to spot where it was coming from. She sniffled and gagged as the metallic smell of blood flooded her nose. She cursed her sensitivity to smells at that moment, but pushed forwards, moving towards the en suite bathroom where the blood seemed to originate from.

She pushed open the door slowly, closing her eyes. It occurred to her that she should call the police, but she had to know, she had to know if her mom was alright. The odds weren't in her favour at the moment. When she pushed the door fully open, she opened my eyes again. The curtain had been activated over the bathtub, she pushed the button on the wall to slide it back and inched her way closer. The blood was dripping down the side of the tub and she could feel tears spring into her eyes as she got closer.

She couldn't see anything over the sides so she had to go closer and closer until she saw the top of a head. She gulped down the feeling of nausea that overcame her as who was in the tub became known to her.

It was her mother. She was lying there naked, her throat was slit but that wasn't what had resulted in so much blood loss. Her entire lower body looked like it had exploded, various part of her intestines and stomach were draped over her. The blood looked like it had been harvested and then spread over the bedroom.

M'Ress lunged for the toilet as she vomited.

She lent against the toilet as she cried, fumbling to find her phone, quickly dialing in the number for the police and waited as the phone rang.

"Hello you have reached the emergency services, how can we help you today?"

She took a deep breath to steady her tears and gasped into the phone. "There's been a murder, my mother..." She sobbed again before she could continue. "My mother's been murdered."

There was a brief paused on the other side of the phone. "Could you tell me your whereabouts?"

"24 Pentonville Drive." Her lips were trembling as she tried to stop crying, she could smell the blood again and she retched into the toilet.

"A unit has been dispatched and should arrive in approximately 2.4 seconds."

She heard the door knock downstairs and stumbled to her feet. Accidentally catching a glimpse of her mother in the tub, she lunged for the toilet again, dry heaving.

"Ma'am!" Came a shout down the stairs. "Ma'am are you alright? It's the Police. We've been called to this address." M'Ress heard footsteps coming up the stairs and tried to make herself stop heaving but it was too difficult.

"Oh Christ." She heard a voice from the bedroom door, the footsteps came closer to the bathroom and she finally managed to get a hold of her stomach.

"In here." She managed to stand up. Gripping her stomach she made sure not to look in the direction of her mother and turned her attention to the police officer who had appeared at the door. He had his hand covering his mouth, likely in an attempt to stop the smell. The smell that would probably never disappear from her nose. He noticed her and the tears that were streaming down her face and motioned her over to him.

She stepped carefully over the blood, lips trembling again.

He reached out a hand for her to grab hold of. "Are you okay? Are you Lieutenant M'Ress?" He asked, looking into her eyes. She found it difficult to answer with anything but a nod. She held his hand tightly, afraid that if she let him go she would start vomiting and crying again. She needed something to anchor her to this moment.

"I'm going to take you out of the house now, there are paramedics downstairs that can treat you for shock, do you understand what I'm saying to you?" She nodded up at him, unleashing another valley of tears. Once she was out of the house, he went back inside with a crew of other people.

"It's terrible." She heard him say. "Her mother's up there in the bathroom off the bedroom." She couldn't hear the rest of the conversation as he got out of range, and one of the paramedics came over to her.

"Lieutenant M'Ress?" He asked, gently taking her hand after she nodded and helping her up onto the ambulance that was floating steadily off the ground. "I'm going to treat you now." She nodded again and tuned him out, even though he was hovering over her waving whatever tool he had in his hand over her, listening to the beeps it gave off.

He injected her neck with something that immediately calmed her down. The shaking soon stopped and the tears gradually slowed to a stop. She wiped her face clear of them and sat up properly.

"Thank you." She said as she took the blanket that he had offered her.

The police soon came out of the house and the one who helped her out of there came over to talk to her. "Lieutenant M'Ress, I'm going to have to ask you some questions, if you're feeling up to it?"

"Yes of course." She said, sitting up even more.

"When did you first discover the body?" He asked, M'Ress winced when he referred to her mother as a corpse, he noticed this and backtracked. "I'm sorry that was insensitive."

She sniffed. "No it's fine. The Enterprise had landed at fifteen hundred hours, I wanted to see my mother and step-father so I came here immediately."

"And was your step-father not here?" He asked.

She shook my head. "No, I went upstairs and found her in the tub, Brain wasn't in the house, well at least not that I know of."

"Okay last question, do you know of anyone that has a grudge against your mother or step-father?"

She furrowed my eyebrows. "No, they were lovely people. I don't know of anyone who didn't like them. But I have been on the Enterprise for six months."

"Thank you for your co-operation." M'Ress nodded and watched as he stepped off the ambulance, going over to a few of his colleagues and motioning to the house. She didn't want to stay here any more so she jumped off the ambulance and headed back over to Starfleet headquarters, knowing that she would be given accommodation and her friends to help her through this horrible time.

She told the police officer where she was going and a contact number if they needed her. She hailed a cab and held in her tears as whatever the paramedic had given her wasn't strong enough to control her distress. She started crying again, the cabbie looked really uncomfortable and she could feel him speeding up to get rid of her quicker. Way to show some sensitivity.

M'Ress got out and was about to pay the cabbie but he was already speeding away. She guessed males of all species couldn't handle a crying female. She was lucky that she'd remembered her bags and managed to get them out of the cab before it fled. She wiped the tears away again and headed for the doors, going to reception to find her room.

"Hello. May I help you?" She asked, typing away at her datapadd.

"Lieutenant M'Ress, requesting accommodation."

She nodded, checked her datapadd and told her where to go. "Thank you." M'Ress said, before heading for the elevators. Once she was safely in my room she collapsed to the floor and sobbed.

Her poor mother was dead and she could do nothing about it. The only thing she could do is wait, and waiting is what she was going to do. A thought occurred to her, she grabbed her phone and punched in her step-father's number.

She waited for him to pick up and he did so quickly. "M'Ress is that you?" He whispered.

"Yeah it's me, where are you?" She whimpered. "Did you see what happened to my mom? Where were you when it happened?"

"Listen I can't talk now, I wasn't there when it happened but I know that I told your mother to get out of there, but she didn't listen. Where are you are you safe?"

She nodded even though he couldn't see her. "Yeah, I'm in starfleet's headquarters. Why was she killed? Do you know that?"

He sighed. "Yes, I know why. I made a deal with a man named John Harrison."

"Who?" She shook her head. "That's not important. Are you saying he killed her?"

"I'm sure it was him. I made a deal with him to do something, but I couldn't. I just couldn't do it and this is my punishment."

"What was the deal?" She asked, her voice shaking.

"He wanted me to deliver a code to the archives, it would detonate a bomb. I couldn't do it, I didn't know he would go after your mother, if I knew what he was going to do I would have done it." She could hear him start to cry. "I'm so sorry Shiboline. I'm so, so sorry."

She started crying as well. "Well she's dead, and the police are all over the house. You have to tell them what happened. Otherwise they're going to think you killed her. I can't lose another parent."

"You're not going to." He promised. "But if you ever meet a man named John Harrison promise me you'll run. I don't know if he knows about you but I don't want to take that chance. The best option is for you to go back on the Enterprise as soon as they take off, will you promise me this?"

She shakily nodded. "I promise."

"Okay, I'm going to go now, I can hear someone coming. I'm going to the police as soon as possible but for right now I need to stay out of contact."

"Okay, bye. I love you." She sobbed.

"I love you too, and I'm sorry. Goodbye." The dial tone sounded and M'Ress couldn't take it anymore. She slid down on her bed and cried, letting out all the pain and anger she was feeling. This was going to be the last time she was going to cry, she'd had enough of being useless. She knew she'd made a promise but if she ever found this John Harrison, she was going to make him pay.

It was with this final thought that she fell into an uneasy sleep.