Changes are Quick Part #2 - Family

Posted on 10 Aug 2026 @ 5:00pm by Captain Alexandria Somers
Edited on on 10 Aug 2026 @ 5:07pm

1,710 words; about a 9 minute read

Mission: General Sim Postings
Location: Somers house/Various
Timeline: Current

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Alex entered the transporter at the Academy and appeared outside her family's house. It was massive, with a few acres around it; she could not believe it had survived all this time, over the centuries. Steeling herself, she hefted her kitbag onto her shoulder. She was now back in regular uniform, but this time her shirt was red, and she wore Captain pips; she had the white band around the base of her shoulders and the crossbelt of the Rifles. She opened the gate and walked up the walkway. As she was about to open the door, it opened, and she came face to face with her father.

"Hi Daddy!" she said with a sheepish smile.

Samuel Somers, Lieutenant Colonel Retd, was surprised to see his eldest daughter there and was about to ask why she was not at the Academy when he saw her undershirt and four pips.

"Hi, sweetie, would you care to explain?" he asked.

"A strong drink, see my kids and husband, then we talk," she said. Sam knew enough not to push Alex, so he nodded and allowed her to enter, where she had the wind knocked out of her by her baby sister, now twenty-five. She gave Kathryn a big hug. After the hug, she held her sister at arm's length. "Wow, Katy, you have grown and are finally an Ensign. Where are you stationed?" Alex asked.

"Security Officer at SFHQ. I really want a ship posting," Kathryn responded with a smile.

Both sisters broke apart as a strong drink was brought to Alex. She took a sip as she sat down after dropping her stuff on the floor. It was then her father noticed her uniform and rank.

"Congratulations, Alex. I see you finally made full Captain!" he said, then looked puzzled. "I thought it was not due till September?" he asked.

"Well, something has happened out in the Mira Sector. Jasmine is being moved to Starbase 51 and made Commodore. Apparently, her First Officer was not fully trained yet, so I was, what you could say, activated. When I get there, I am told that I will also get a new First Officer. It seems a new CO and a new XO," she explained.

"That is quite strange," her father, Samuel, said as her kids came rushing at her like Quantum torpedoes. She changed her attention to her kids and looked up and saw her husband, and she smiled.

"Well, well, my wife, the new commanding officer of the Tomcat, how long do we have you for?" Paul asked.

"I have to leave two days from now, so we have time," she said with one of her mischievous smiles.

3 Days later...

On the morning of the third day Alex was up early and packed. Paul was awake too, and so were the kids. When she packed, she was dressed in denim, with a white T-shirt, 4-inch block-heeled ankle boots; she had a minimal amount of makeup on hair in a ponytail and some sunglasses on her head. She put on a faux brown leather jacket and put her Commbadge on her T-shirt so it would be hidden, and to top it off, she put in some medium-sized hoop earrings; the more people thought she was strange, the less chance they would recognise her. She put her Commbadge in her jacket pocket and put it on, and with that she said goodbye to Paul, and somehow her kids woke up early, so she said goodbye to them too and her parents, who were woken up by the commotion.

Then, waving farewell, she entered the transporter, her kitbag in hand and tapped in her destination and then vanished from her house.

- Departure Terminal - Earth -

She materialised at the Departure Terminal and checked in with the official, showed her Id, the junior Starfleet officer did a double take and was greeted with a sweet smile.

"WOW!" was all he could say, and promptly registered her as being there and then directed her towards her transport that was going to the Mira Sector and Starbase 51.

With a polite "thank you," Alex walked down the gangway and showed her ID at the ship's hatch; she was waved in, she was given a berth number, and she quickly located it. Entering the room, it was modest and compact; she plopped her kitbag down and looked at what facilities this transport had.

When she saw there was only a bar, she headed straight to it; the transport was due to take off in an hour, so she would eventually get to her destination.

Alex was sitting in the transport's bar when the transport left the spaceport; she watched as the ship passed freighters and Starfleet patrol craft, when it was safe to do so the transport jumped to warp.

She did not know how long she was in the bar, but the booze was not synthehol, and by the time she had left, she was drunk, and so it took all her skill to make it safely back to her cabin where she managed to strip off to her underwear and the collapse onto the bed.

- Dreamscape -

Once again she found herself in her old barracks on Earth from all those years ago when she was but a newly minted Corporal one of the youngest, she looked around and saw her younger form with a crewcut hairstyle and standing opposite her was her old friend Annablle Graves.

Alex was no longer surprised by this; she simply looked at her friend "Not that I mind ending up in my younger form, but how come you have put us in this setting Annie, I mean you could have chosen a nicer setting!" Alex complained. The next moment, they were both in bikinis and on a hot tropical beach, Alex was back to her normal age, while Annie while still as young as the day she died had like Alex long hair and in a ponytail.

"Well, this is definitely a step up," she said "Okay, now why am I here?" She asked.

Annie did not explain just spoke "You are troubled about your new assignment. Why do you think that is?" Annie asked.

*Deflecting*

"Last time you came to me was as a disembodied voice at the wall of the fallen during Armistice Day last year, okay the wall was holographic, but still, you said that it would be the last time seeing you or hearing you. So what has changed?" Alex asked.

"You have Alex, you have, now answer my questionm why are you troubled? Think about all the times I have come to you over the years; what state were you in during those times?" Annabelle asked.

Alex gave it some thought as she replayed all the times Annie came to her; it was always when she was worried or troubled and feeling down about something, and here it was again: her late friend was visiting her in her sleep again and if she only appeared when Alex was such then that would mean!" she looked up at Annie with a surprised look.

*Looks at the reader* "Dammit, she is right," she said, then returned her attention to Annie, who seemed not to notice that the fourth wall was broken.

"There it is, light dawns on marble head," Graves said.

"HEY!" Alex exclaimed

"So let's be honest, why are you worried about this posting?" Annie asked.

"I do not know, I mean I have been in command of the Tomcat before, but it is true I am uneasy about this one and it is there just out of reach!" Alex responded.

"I will tell you, shall I? The last few times you commanded the ship, you knew it was temporary..." Annie began.

"... This time it will be a more permanent arrangement!" Alex finished as realisation as to why she got drunk hit her "So in your own cryptic way are saying that my drunken stupour is the result of my worry over my new command?" Alex asked.

"Yes," Graves said simply

"Well, hot damn!" Alex said, then she looked up "How come you are still here? Why have you not moved on yet?" She asked.

*mysterious smile* "I have my reasons; you better wake up, as you have a delivery," Annie said and vanished.

- Real world -

A raging hangover, Alex grumpily stood "Ow, I am getting too old for drinking binges!" She complained to herself. She walked over to the replicator and replicated a strong Earth coffee, taking a sip she opened the door and was handed a data chip, she signed for it and the crewman who brought it to her nodded and left, curious she closed the door placed her mug down on the table, pulled out her desktop comnputer, opened it and switched it on, it took seconds to fully activate, she activated the security encription abnd put in the data chip into the slot and the filkename that came up was First Contact... Maybe then she read the species name "Trelan, What the hell!" She exclaimed, and she read on what immediately went through her mind was...

"Hello Captain Somers, your mission should you wish to choose it..."

Four weeks later...

The Transport finally arrived in the Mira Sector and approached Starbase 51. Alex was now dressed in a fresh pair of tight blue jeans, a T-Shirt that hugged her body, her hair back in a ponytail with a fringe, and she wore some braided bracelets and, of course, her wedding ring. She had medium-sized hoop earrings in, and she had simplified makeup on; this consisted of a darkish red lipstick, some mascara and a black border line around her green eyes. She put her black faux leather Biker-style jacket on and pinned her Commbadge onto her shirt. She packed what of hers remained into her kitbag and left her cabin and headed to the bar, but this time she would be drinking some water.

A few hours later, the transports dock with the Starbase and the passengers disembark.

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Corporal Annabelle Graves (Deceased)
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