Star Trek PBEM Sim / Star Trek RPG
OUR STAR TREK PBEM STORIES: REMEMBRANCES PAST
Title: Remembrances Past,Part Eleven
Location: Pandora's Box, CO's Stateroom
Flashback Setting (Emma): Takharesh X
Ensign Peel moved swiftly with the children. She flinched when the last
explosion came and heard more rocks fall on Saladar's location, but like him she
did not look back. She kept going forward with the children and hoped that the
destruction of parts of the cave by the monsters in control would turn around on
them and foil any attempts to find the Prince so she could make safe their
escape from the planet.
As she traveled, the girl told her story and what had happened. Emma guessed at
that point who her parents were in relation to helping out their unit. The girl
was all that was left of the last family she had tried to get out, but could
not.
The Prince too told his story and of how Saldar had rescued him. He tried to
fish out from Emma who Saldar really was, now convinced that he had met him two
years ago. She changed the subject quickly and skillfully with practiced ease.
She then worked on some plans in her head to get the two safely raised in a
remote part of the galaxy away from not just their own people but from
Federation space. She did not know how far up the conspiracy went and how many
had been compromised by Mahldemi and his followers and wasn't going to take any
chances.
Two hours later, Emma stopped to rest with the children and shared the remainder
of her water with them.
"We'll be exiting the caves soon and we need to be clear on our stories. For now
I want you two to pretend you are brother and sister and got separated from your
family who has already been evacuated from the planet months ago. That will cut
down the questions. I will give you to someone who can keep you safe, but you
must help keep them safe by never telling them or anyone the truth.
That is hard to explain but to keep them and all of us safe, you will need to do
this. While we walk the remainder of the way back, I want you two to make up
names for your parents, any other brothers and sisters, games you like to play
together and all kinds of details including how you were separated. We will
practice them so you both have the same kind of stories to share if anyone asks
you.
I am going to say that Saldar never arrived and I found you two wandering around
lost on the side of the cave we are getting out of looking for your parents,"
she said.
The children nodded yes but looked very confused. Emma went over this a few more
times. Each time, she reinforced how important it was no one knew the real and
whole truth at any time but her. She didn't know how far or deep the conspiracy
went or how deep were the pockets and lies of Mahldemi and wasn't taking any
chances.
