The Earl of Starbase 400

Posted on Wed Jun 12th, 2013 @ 9:19pm by Ensign Becca Bremer

952 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Mission 83 - Recovery
Location: Family Quaters - Starbase 400
Timeline: Concurrent with present mission

Rachael Yamaguchi looked over at the massive cat who walked
beside her, Earl the white Bengal Tiger as she stopped walking
as she looked left and then right, the Tiger was easily large
enough to kill a person.

Earl was unusual and when she first met him, he had terrified
her witless but she had slowly come around to slowly accept
Earl in her life, she and Paul spent a lot of time together which
meant she needed to accept Earl since Paul thought highly of
the cat.

She had taken the time to get to know Earl, his needs and his
moods, she watched Brandon interact with the cat and she had
followed his example and a couple of weeks had gone by as
she had developed her own relationship with Earl.

She held the leash in her hand as she smiled. "Earl, sit."

The cat instantly sat down the same as a dog would as two
people came around the corner, Rachael instantly recognized
the elder of the two as Becca Bremer, the Admirals eldest
daughter. "Hello." she greeted the much larger and older
woman.

Becca was taken back by the sight of the Tiger. She took a step back while we friend Sara about screamed. “What…what are you doing with a Tiger loose on the Station?” Becca asked of the younger girl.

"I'm just spending time with this big guy.." the twelve year old responded cheerfully clearly in a good mood but she saw she needed to deal with this quickly.

Sara, still afraid, kept her distance. “I’m calling Security!”

Becca grabbed her arm, “Don’t…yet.” She took a step closer as she watched the Tiger, watching her.

“Doesn’t your Mom know you’re out in the corridors alone with him?” Becca asked.

Rachael nodded. "Mom knows I watch over him, as does Admiral T'Lar and a few others.." she responded evenly. "Earl, lie down." she said softly as she looked at the cat who promptly lay down before them, he then slowly stretched out on the deck. "Calm down.... he is not loose and he is very well mannered.." Rachael commented softly to Sara.

She turned her attention to Becca. "My mother is present off the base, on assignment, no idea what ship... She never told me." she commented. "Earl will not harm anyone... he's more afraid of you then you are of him..." she gently ran her fingers through the fur behind Earl's massive head.

Sara held up her hand, "Becca I'll take to you later..." and she walked back down the corridor she'd come from.

Becca had seen wild animals tamed before, including a Tiger. But that Tiger wasn't roaming the corridors of a Space Station. "My Dad is away as well, Admiral Bremer is my dad. I'm Becca Bremer. Who's your mom?"

Rachael raised an eyebrow as she heard the other woman introduce herself. "I'm Rachael Yamaguchi, Torilla Yamaguchi is my mom, Chief Strategic Operations Officer." she explained, clearly she was unintimidated by the reputation that the Bremer family had around it because of their legendary father.

"Nice to meet you." Becca replied. She really needed to get back to her studies, she would be leaving for Starfleet Academy in two months, but she was fascinated by the girl with the Tiger.

"So you're just out here, wondering the corridors, with him?"

"No. I'm taking him home.... I was walking him to the holodeck where he could roam and hunt at will, He needs to keep his skills sharp and he is allowed to do so... he has an hour or so... then I take him home... usualy I take the back hallways so as less chances of people assuming the worst..." Rachael explained. "Also if there isn't an authorized person with him.. within fifteen feel, the tracker lets the Starbase computer know and the alert goes out.... Mr Haines explained it to me after adding me to the list.." Rachael added.

Becca nodded. She thought about how nice it would have been if Westmoreland had ran into the big cat when he was on the station, then Emma and Marc might be alive today. Still, it was hard for her to accept this small girl could handle such a big Tiger, still she was doing so and doing so well.

“As long as he only hunts in the holosuites.” She smiled. “I have to catch up with Sara, we’re doing a little pre-studying for our first week or so at the Academy…we leave in a few weeks. It was nice to meet you Rachael.”

Rachael smiled warmly up at the larger woman. "I know how dangerious Earl is.... I can sense his ferocity as well as his needs." she explained. "I know full well how lethal he can be... and his family, Paul and I take great care in his needs." she added as Earl yawned, his teath were easily two inches long and his mouth was big enough to fit a twenty four ounce steak in there.
"I wish you good luck at the Academy, you may meet my siblings there..."

She bowed to the other woman as they said their goodbyes and Rachael turned her attention back to Earl. "You wanted to make the point, didn't you big guy.?" she inquired

The massive Cat huffed softly at her. "I know... still, some are intimidated by you." she paused. "I think I need to see Mom about getting a pet for myself."
a smile spred across her face. "lets get you home big guy.."

The cat hopped up to his feet as the two resumed their walk towards home.

***** Here's where the fun begins - Anakin Skywalker *****

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