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Kehau walks onto the Bridge just as 2 ships from the Earths orbit approach the Discovery and a bored looking woman with big lips appears on the Viewscreen and says as she looks around at the crew on the Discovery seemingly missing Kehau's entry "a Viewscreen, how quaint I am Captain Ndoye of the United Earth Defense Force your vessel has violated regulations C-1922 and F-031 of the UE-Charter by reaching Earth's perimeter leave immediately you are not welcome here" Saru looks to his side when he hears his wife whisper softly "is it just me or does she look bored?! or maybe that's how she always looks who am I to say!" then he sees her place her finger over her lips and he knows that the black woman on the screen can not see her Michael looks over at her friend and hides a smile then she also sees her place her finger over her lips and she knows the same thing Saru knows and it becomes harder for her to hide her smile but she somehow manages it as Saru turns his attention back to Captain Ndoye and says "I am Captian Saru of the USS Discovery we are a Starfleet Vessel and unfamiliar with the United Earth Defense Force are you a branch of the Federation?" Ndoye replies "your ship is not in our records" Saru says as Kehau takes his hand in hers "Discovery was on a long term classified scientific expedition we are the descendants of it's original crew" Ndoye asks "and you've continued to function as a Starfleet vessel?" Saru replies "we have we wish to contact a Starfleet officer who's message we received Earth was it's point of origin" Ndoye says "your vessel's configuration and metallurgy suggest 23rd to 25th century construction I find it quite odd that it remains in service" Kehau jokingly whispers "she speaks about us as if we're old!" Saru replies within her heart "that's because we are!" she laughs and he hides a smile says to Ndoye "there is no need to replace that which is not broken" Ndoye asks "how did your ship survive The Burn?" Saru replies "it was not at Warp at the time" Ndoye says "for us to consider your request, your ship and crew will undergo a mandatory inspection any evidence of Piracy will be dealt with severely" Saru squeezes his wife's hand gently as Book and Michael leave the Bridge "Piracy? very well, Captian Ndoye we will prepare for your arrival" Saru says "we will be beaming aboard now" Ndoye replies Saru feels his wife let go of his hand and he asks within her heart "where are you going!?!" she replies "I left the children with Hugh I'm going to go check on them" he discreetly nods and feels her leave the Bridge.... just as Kehau picks her children up out of their crib a being with a phaser pointed at her pops up in front of her "don't you point that at me!" she orders and the being lowers his phaser whether it was because of her beauty or because he didn't perceive her as a threat since she's a woman alone and has 2 one and a half year olds in her arms who's to say though she did look quite threatening but in a protective way than a dangerous to him way "and get out of my quarters!" she orders making him jump he looks around him and finds that he did indeed end up in someone's "home" instead of a station and he stumbles with his words as he says nervously "I-I'm sorry ma'am excuse me!" then he walks out of the room missing the fact that the beauty chuckled at his departing figure "at least we have clothes on huh?!" she whispers to her children then she bursts out laughing.... when Book and Michael enter Book's ship they find Kehau and her children playing with his cat "how did you get onboard!?! and how did you get him to do.... THAT!?!" Book asks with a surprised tone Michael chuckles as they watch the two children gently comb/pull on Grudge's fur and Grudge taking it "like a man" acting like he doesn't have a care in the world as the lays there and lets them do what they were doing "you know what never mind!" Book says shaking his head in disbelief Michael laughs "you know I don't think you comb him enough he's so matted!" Kehau teases Michael's laughter grows "alright that's it get off my ship!" Book says then he sees Kehau smile and he scoffs raising his hands in defeat and he and Michael head off to do what they had planned to do from the start.... a few minutes later Book notices that Grudge has taken his place on top of the controls and he turns to find all three of his uninvited guests gone "where did they....!?!" he whispers with a soft shocked tone then he turns his attention to the Viewscreen....
Ndoye stares in shock as a cyan colored woman holding two one and a half year old children in her arms appears on the Bridge just as her people goes to attack the Raiders and ends up hitting the Discovery instead and the explosion that appeared behind her seemed to suck itself right back into the wall "who the hell are you and how did you do that!?!" Ndoye asks Saru turns and sees his wife standing where the black woman was staring in shock "sir, we've lost Shields" Owo reports "we're not miracle workers you know we can only do so much!" Kehau teasingly coos as she walk over to her husband and stands next to him as he sits in the Captain's Chair "divert all non-essential power, get them restored as quickly as possible" Saru orders "I asked you a question!" Ndoye says to Kehau with a demanding tone "and I chose to ignore it! in case you haven't noticed we have more important things to worry about than who does and doesn't belong on the Bridge and you.... are not my Captain! be grateful I didn't send it back completely or YOU would be the one who lost people!" Kehau replies unblinkingly looking the dark skinned woman in the eyes "you're Trill is quite naughty though!" she adds with a much softer tone Ndoye looks at her oddly but nothing more was said about anything for the attention was brought back to the battle ahead "Raiders are charging their Phasers and getting ready to fire back" Rhys reports "United Earth has a standing order to take them down if they have to go through you to stop Wen they will" Ndoye tells Saru "time to fight or die Captain" Georgiou says "Earth is preparing to fire again" Rhys reports "don't you dare!" Saru tells his wife through his teeth "who doesn't love to feel the burn!?!" she teases back he looks up at her with narrowed eyes and she chuckles then says "the way I see it husband is that you have very few choices, do what you believe is right no matter what other people tell you!" Saru's heart flutters at the sound of her calling him "husband" which he knew was the effect she was expecting "come around again, Lieutenant" Saru orders Keyla Keyla looks at Kehau who nods at her Keyla sighs but does as ordered as Owo reports "Booker's ship just cloaked itself" Rhys reports "Captian, Raiders are powering down weapons" after a short pause Ndoye says "Wen has never backed away before" Georgiou says "perhaps they met an unstoppable force" Saru says to Ndoye "tell your people to stand down" Ndoye replies "not until I'm certain that--" just then the Turbolift doors open and they hear Michael say "special delivery" everyone turns to face the newcomers and Kehau whispers softly "he's human!?!.... and full of sorrow he's lost so much!" Saru looks at her curiously for all he saw was a metal looking alien he's never seen before but his wife has never steered him wrong before so if she says he's human then he knew it to be true and figured that the man was wearing a mask to disguise himself after speaking Kehau and her children disappear hoping that the danger they once faced was finally over.... for now.... and they really needed to rest after getting rid of the explosion.... after dealing with Earth's Captian and Wen Saru finds out what his wife meant by "you're Trill is quite naughty though!" when he meets the young one who is a Trill symbiont and the Admiral he and his crew were looking for.... after Book leaves Michael finds Kehau in the place she figured she'd be with her children her garden "well you're not who we expected but perhaps we could show you before we show him" Kehau says when she senses her friends arrival Michael looks at her oddly with a tilt of her head then sees two children who look more their age start to walk towards her "if you're going where I think you're going perhaps you could share this milestone with him!" Kehau says as a surprised looking Michael catches the two children as they fall into her arms after she knelt down to their level Michael looks up and nods then picks up Sarek and Lani as she stands up and they walk out of the garden with Kehau not too far behind....
As he stands before the Viewscreen on the mostly empty with just the essential workers upon it Bridge Saru turns when he hears two children babble "dada!" and he stares in shock when he sees Michael gently holding his son and daughters hand as they slowly take a few steps out of the Turbolift "I fear they have stolen your moment M!" Kehau teases from behind her now smiling friend who replies "that's ok" Saru slowly walks towards them then kneels before his children and gives them a hug whispering into their ears as he kisses the side of their heads "I'm so proud of you!" Michael wraps her arm around Kehau's waist and gives her a side hug as they watch Saru praise his children affectionately then they look at the sight shown through the viewscreen "that's Starfleet Academy" Michael says "indeed, or, at least it was" Saru replies as he stands up taking his children into his arms as he does so "where is everyone?" Michael asks "I gave them Leave to pay a visit you're welcome to join them" Saru replies "no I think I'll admire the view from here.... with you four" Michael replies Saru looks over at her and smiles as his wife wraps her free arm around his waist and lays her head on his arm he hears her chuckle as Lani starts to lightly grip her hair and his smile grows at the sound and sight as Kehau removes her arm from his waist long enough to reach up and take their daughters hand in hers and lightly kiss her fingers then lets it go and once again wraps her arm around his waist.... when Saru had given his crew "five more minutes".... which happened to be more like 10-20 minutes.... he sent his wife and children down to Earth so they could get some much needed REAL fresh air.... a few days later the Discovery ends up going to Trill to see if they can help Adira Tal regain what memories she has lost and in the process hopefully gain the knowledge they so desire about what happened to the Federation.... "why are you coming!?!" Adira asks Kehau with a curious tone as Kehau stood next to Michael with her children in her arms "we spent over a year without any form of true fresh air and for us that is a bad thing!.... we're not meeting the Trill with you more or less we're.... exploring.... a planet we have never been on and depending on the type of planet.... it would be nice for them to see, feel, sense and smell things they've never been able to before no matter how horrid it may be.... not to mention we got the Captains permission this time!" Kehau replies Adira chuckles then they all walk onto the shuttle they fly out of the Discovery and onto the planet and Kehau looks around in awe at the beauty of the Jungle like planet as soon as she walks out of it with her children once again in her arms she lowers them to the ground and lets them walk with their hands in hers as they wander around the land and Michael and Adira walk in the opposite direction than they did