Till death, or at least adversity, did us part.

Posted on 01 Sep 2016 @ 6:51am by Lieutenant Min Zhao

294 words; about a 1 minute read

[Earth]
[MD -13]

Min hefted her duffel bag on her shoulder as she took once last glance around the room of her parent's place. After 40 days leave she was tired of staying around earth and needed back into space, to get away from the reminders of the past month and bury herself into her job. Placing a hand on her stomach, Min was reminded by the small remaining tummy that the two children she'd carried inside her for seven months were no longer here.

[Earth]
[MD -20]

Min sat in her room at her parent's place, gently spinning a small golden ring in her fingers. Jared had left it in an envelope along with a small paper note on her parent's door step the day before. Apparently the stress of losing both of his unborn children to medical complications at such a late stage in the pregnancy had been too much for him and he'd bolted, leaving Min alone to grieve their loss. Placing the ring down when her sister entered the room, she smiled at her as she stood. The family was going out for supper, most likely to get her out of the house and distract her.

[USS Wolff]
[MD -06]

Min glanced out the windows of the lounge as the flash and blur of a small Nova class vessel marked the arrival of the USS Galileo. Her stuff was already with the quartermasters which meant she just needed to transport over to the Galileo. A quick walk down two decks and she soon found herself standing in the alcove of the Wolff's transporter.

"Energize." was the last word she said before the world faded, going white as the transporter whisked her from the past and onto her new, old home.

((TBC))

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