*** Guzman / Summers Quarters * SB Unity ***
The call had disturbed breakfast time and Rangi had left
Martin dipping 'soldiers' into a soft boiled egg to answer
it.
Still chewing some toast, she read the brief message telling
her to report to transporter room 4 at 14.00 hours prepared
to board USS Quasar.
Glancing back to Martin who was wiping egg yoke off his
chin, she contacted T'Vel to tell her the time of transport
and to officially hand over the charge of both infirmaries
until further notice.That done, she returned to the table.
" Are you going away?" Martin asked watching her sit down.
She nodded. " Yes...for a while. I'm not sure how long
exactly."
Martin concentrated on scooping egg from its shell.
" Laura will come to stay until I get back." Rangi said.
" Ok." Martin replied matter of factly. He lifted his spoon
to his mouth, ate the egg and resumed digging for the next
spoonful.
"Will daddy be back soon?" he asked without looking up from
his work.
" Possibly." Rangi replied " He might get back before me or
we might arrive together."
Martin shovelled another spoonful, set down his spoon
picked up the empty eggshell, turned it over and placed it
back in the eggcup.
" I've got another egg!" he declared and grinned at Rangi.
" So you have." she replied smiling back to him.
They soon finished the meal without further mention of trips
away or coming home and not for the first time, Rangi
wondered just what exactly Martin thought about it all.
He rarely seemed concerned about either Shane of herself
leaving him, although he was always very glad to see them
return.
He was well cared for in their absence and his daily life
continued along a normal pattern as possible but even so,
Rangi thought that he was sometimes 'too' accepting of it
all.
When breakfast had been cleared away, Rangi said she must
pack a holdall with things she would need for her journey
and gladly agreed to Martins offer of help although it took
twice as long as it would have taken her if she had done it
all herself.
Laura arrived after lunch and they chatted for a while about
this and that and arranged that they would accompany Rangi
to the transporter room and afterwards would go swimming.
So it was that all three...one with a holdall and two with
swimming bags...arrived in transporter room 4 to find Bren
Ohmsford already waiting.
He greeted them and when Martin unexpectadly offered his
hand to shake, did not disappoint the little boy and, Rangi
was glad to see, found amusement in the small incident.
The transporter chief was talking to his counterpart on the
Quasar and it was soon obvious that everything was ready
for their departure.
Bren climbed the three steps and took his place, carrying
Rangis holdhall for her and dropping it on an adjacent pad.
She bent down in front of Martin, her hands on his
shoulders.
" Be a good boy and I'll see you soon." she said.
He nodded and smiled happily enough then kissed Rangis face.
They hugged each other.
"I love you." she said, feeling his soft hair against her
cheek.
She kissed him and stood up.
He took Lauras hand and they stood together watching Rangi
take her place beside Bren.
"Ready?" he asked her.
" Yes." she replied and as Martin began to wave, Bren said "
Energise."
Rangi raised her hand to wave back as the blue beam
surrounded them and next moment, they had been lost to her
view.
*** End Log ***
Commander Rangi Summers
Med.Adv 1st Task Force
CMO SB Unity
&
Martin Guzman
(npc Rangi)