Posted by Captain Remy Boudreaux (CO) in California - (Tag Remy)

Posted by Lieutenant Alita Claire (Chief Security Officer) in California - (Tag Remy)

Posted by Captain Remy Boudreaux (CO) in California - (Tag Remy)
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Liza had been observing all of them together and decided that this was no place for her. She loved the family and had been a part of it for many decades now but there were some places she never went. Alita and Donnie could certainly take care of Anna and she had the strong sense that Remy would as well, if need be. Nodding, she slipped out the door.

Anna watched her go.

“I love that woman. She’s very good to me and probably knows when I’m going to have an episode long before I do. But not even she could explain this.”

Anna had opened the book tot eh same Page Alita had shown Remy on board the Wolverine. Probably the only picture of Bre and Remy together. With the other hand, she slowly pulled back the covering on a large painting she’d been standing next to since entering the room.

“My grandmother was the Comms officer on the Merrimack and she liked to paint her own life Mister Remy. I know that is her life because I can point out half a dozen people in this picture and now, you are another one.”

Donnie and ALita looked stunned at the painting. It was a finely detailed work that matched the picture in the book but with more an more elements every time one looked. right down to the silver hair sticks in Bre’s blonde hair and the details in Remy’s uniform.

• Alita/Anna/Donnie/Liza

Remy stared at the picture a moment, then slow turned to Anna. “Oui, dat is me in de picture. It’s . . . .complicated, an’ much about dat photo is classified. I will try to explain as best as I can, but, Anna, did Bre ever talk to or you’ mother. . . did she ever discuss wit’ you ‘bout you’ grand-pere?”

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Donnie was looking from Remy, to the painting, to the picture, and back again. Feeling quite disoriented, he stopped when he felt Anna’s green eyes on him.

“Oh go get Leanna’s mirror and look for yourself Donnie. You have damn near the same eyes.” Anna said sharply.

Sitting in a small chair, Anna looked form Remy to Alita to Donnie and shook her head slightly.

“My mother was kind of the wild child of the family. Alita’s dear mother takes after her. Bre tried to instill a lot of history in every generation she lived to see so that we would continue it. If we ever lost our way uncle Kord would come around every few decades and remind us. Of course I have a feeling you’ve met him haven’t you Mister Remy? He’s the one who took that picture and I don’t think Bre was supposed to have it.” Anna explained quietly.

“Oui, I ‘ad met Lt Cmdr. Kord briefly. I ‘ave no’ seen ‘im since . . . .dat time,” Remy replied.

Donnie had actually done as Anna had suggested and found a small ornate mirror in a chest of drawers. Wiping it clean, he looked into it and stepped close to the familiar stranger that had come to the house.

“This is just to surreal. I’m a miner, not a scientist, can someone explain this to me?” Donnie asked.

• Alita/Anna/Donnie/Liza

“Donnie, you may wan’ to sit fo’ dis, but . . . much of what I am going to tell you an’ Anna is ‘ighly confidential. “Lita is already aware of dis. De pin in Bre’s hair was the impetus for she an’ I discoverine our rela-SHON-ship.”

Remy found another chair and sat down across from Donnie and Anna.

“De general popula-SHON does no’ believe it, but it ‘as been proven by Starfleet dat time travel does indeed exist. It is ‘ow I met you’ arrière-arrière-grand-mère.” He paused to let that sink in.

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Alita took the remaining hair stick and showed it to Anna who knew it well.

“There were two in the picture. I fear the other one is lost to time.” Anna said softly handing it back to Alita.

“I don’t know Gran, maybe not. Maybe S’Vol or Remy would know. You see, along with the book, S’Vol also sent me a guided tour of the whole situation. I don’t remember how many bottles of bourbon we wen’t through that night.” Alita said smiling at Remy.

“Too many, cher. But, I know exactly where de ‘airpin is. I found it in my personal quarters on Black Rock. Bre was in a hurry to leave the next morning an’ must ‘ave forgotten about it, or maybe she left it on purpose as a reminder. . . .”

Donnie looked from one to the other, realization dawning in his eyes, “So you and Bre… But then… Wow. I guess you couldn’t be Alita’s fiance if you wanted to. Damn.”

It was clear that Donnie was in the spirit of things but became very serious, “So we’re not supposed to know this are we?” he asked Remy directly.

• Alita/Anna/Donnie

“De Merrimack’s time travel was confiden-SHAL an’ officially never ‘appened, but, dis is you’ ‘istory, you’ family, my family. Until ‘Lita came aboard de Wolverine, a part of my family I never knew I ‘ad.”

Remy got comfortable in the chair as he retold the story of his night with Bre, keeping out specific, intimate details, of course. He was a gentleman after all.
“By de time I woke up de next morning, Bre was gone. I rushed to main Ops just intime to see de Merrimack disappear trough de wormhole. Aftr dat, I check Starfleet records to see if Bre made it back to ‘er own time. When I saw dat she did, I stopped investigating and never considered dat she may ‘ave become pregnant dat night. Please, believe me, if I ‘ad known, I would ‘ave looked for you all much sooner. As I said, it wasn’t until “lita an’ I got to know each other dat we began to put de puzzle pieces in place. . . “

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The room was quiet for a few seconds as Anna and Donnie took the information in. It was finally Donnie who spoke up.

“And how did you guys decide to start looking in the first place?”

Alita’s cheeks immediately began to redden as her mind flew back to an encounter in Remy’s quarters on Blackrock that could have ended so differently in so many ways. Looking up, she could see both sets of eyes on her but there was a gleam in Donnie’s eyes and Alita knew he wouldn’t let it go.

“Aw come on sissy, let’s hear it. This looks like it’s going to be really good.”

Alita coughed and sputtered a bit before Anna chimed in.

“Now Donnie, Alita looks like she’s going to embarrass herself quite proper. Be kind until she’s finished.”

With that, Donnie shut his mouth and waited and Alita began to tell the story of how she had gone to see her Captain regarding crew transfers, had a drink, and had fallen into his lap. Suggestive words were said on both parts which finally ended up in her plucking the hairpin straight from his trousers.

“I never ran so fast in my life out of those quarters. I don’t know where I went exactly but I ended up sitting in the plaza until out CIO, Lt. Alder, found me and we had a very long talk.”

She paused for a minute looking at Remy, her soft green eyes spoke volumes. Alita had actually loved that man but he would never know, and Remy had never known about this part of the story until now.

“So that was the beginning of a very strange trip that lead us here, and I don’t want to hear a word about it Donnie.”

Anna, Donnie, and Alita were all laughing to one degree or another but Alita couldn’t keep a bit of sadness from showing through. Her life had never been the same since stepping onto the Wolverine. Everybody she cared about was either dead, or someone that she had to learn to care about in a different way.

• Alita/Anna/Donnie