Rae Summers: A New Beginning Chapter 8 By: Desiree Jones   Character's Rae, Lana and Valen BuiLieutenant from several source Books, GURPS by Steve Jackson, Robotech RPG Book Four: Southern Cross from Palladium Games and Champions by Hero Games. This is a work of fantasy. Special thanks to Senior Editor Jenna FL, stanman63, Maid Joy, Faraway, cyclist, and Erin for their suggestions. Love you all so much your help has made this so much easier.

Cuddling in our gooey glow, “Lana, will you scan the rest of the women tomorrow. I plan on having a meeting of all the new women. Of course it will be a meeting for feed back of the test. I'll talk to our core six at O nine hundred with the Feedback meeting at ten hundred.” I had already sent the emails to all participants with a bcc to the XO.

“I hope You know, you did not need to ask that, dearest Rae.” Lana kisses me again and I proceed into really sweet dreams.

My dreams were almost as good as the real thing. My sweet dreams are interrupted by the phone ringing, ARRGH, “Hello, Lieutenant. Summers speaking.”

“Hello Ma'am, RM1 Saunders speaking. Sorry to call so late Lieutenant we have 2 of 3 radios down and Duty ET is Fredricks. We need a tech to come up to Radio.”

“Oh I know where she is. I'll make sure she gets there as soon as posible.”

I return the handset to the receiver up and look at Lana sleeping so peacefully, my little angel. I think about going up and doing the work myself but, that could cause more trouble than it is worth.

“Lana, need you to get up and head to Radio love.” I say as I Kiss her lightly on the lips.

Lana got into her uniform grabs the spare toolkit that's kept in the Stateroom. Once she's gone, I can't sleep, so I sit down at the computer and check to see if there is anything about the platform test with Females on board. I was happy to find 3 questionnaires so I queue them to print on the laser printer. I figure HM1 will be a good choice to run that part, so I Fire off an email to her with a file of the questionnaires.

For some reason, Jill comes to mind, I put on my khakis and head down to sickbay. HMC is on duty, “HMC I came to check on EN1, I would like to sit with her if I may.”

HMC scrutinizes me, “I am not sure that's a good idea, are you here for revenge?' Some would be, though you don't strike me as being that petty, Lieutenant.“

“I do so out of my sense of duty, as I am the Female Officer in Charge(OIC) of the Detachment. She belongs too the detachment, I am responsible for all the women, that includes EN1, HMC.”

HMC smirks, motions me to go ahead, “But I am sure not as special, as one young lady in your group. Well you are welcome to sit with her. She is heavily sedated so will sleep 'til morning most probably.”

Sitting in the chair next to the cot, I take Jill's hand in mine, “Shock it Jill, you know I never wanted the Mess President position. I even offered to trade and be your VP. I have tried to be your friend, and will keep on trying. I want you to be a part of this team. You're smart and know the engines better than anyone I have seen in the last 10 years. I Never would have earned my ESWS(Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist) without your help”

I see and feel blue light glowing from our hands and looking closer at Jill she is bathed in blue Light. -Could this be what the Goddess was talking about when she said Sara and I would be healers?- -Come on Jill, please see I want to be Friends.-

Someone was shaking me gently, “Rae, You should head back to bed.”

“Um... ah OK.”

Jeez I hope I am not called on to speak to groups to often. I am just so glib it hurts. I shake my head to clear some of the cobwebs.

As I stand up I see that Jan is the Duty HM, ”Jan, did I really make everything worse?"

“No Rae, I was miserable as a man, I went from E-4 to E-6 so picked up two pay-grades as well. I look pretty; I have some very wonderful friends. I thought that you were trying to be noble by Keeping the twins. After looking carefully at the entire episode, I see your keeping them to protect Sara."

I was weeping; I step closer to her and wrap my arms around her tenderly kissing her, “Thank you Jan.” Hugging for a bit more before I walk out and on up to bed.

As I Walk past the door to Engineering Berthing, It opens quickly, and a hand grabs my shoulder trying to pull me in. I snag his hand and shift forward Pulling him over my shoulder. I turn and back up, putting my foot on his chest as two more come out of the berthing, “STOP RIGHT THERE AND SIT DOWN!" They Blink and do as they are ordered.

I glance up the passageway, Jan is out with the phone to her ear. She is keeping an Eye on me as she talks on the phone.

She dumps the phone back into sickbay and comes down to me. She kneels down to check the guy and I take my foot off of his chest. “Why did you attack Lieutenant Summers?”

“I didn't attack the bitch, she attacked me.”

“Well from the video display I saw it looked like you attacked her. Oh, you did not know about the cameras that are in each passage way do you? One More thing Don't call a Lady a Bitch.”

I see the eyes of the two sitting by the door go wide, “I was wondering why you stepped out so quickly.”

“Yes, I have a monitoring station for this passageway.' She stands and whispers in my ear, ”I was watching you shake your tail all the way down. I'm off tomorrow night think I could join you and Lana."

“This isn't the time or place to ask that, but yes.”

The XO comes down the ladder, as the Master at arms walks around the corner. The XO asks, “What happened here, Lieutenant?”

I did not bother trying to explain as the three guys started yelling all at once.

The XO shouts, “SILENCE!” and she was really scary. “I asked the Lieutenant, What happened not you three.”

“Well, I was walking towards the Ladder when....”

“She just attacked me for no reason opened the door, and threw me to the deck.”

“IF YOU SPEAK OUT OF TURN AGAIN, I WILL COURTS MARTIAL YOU FOR DISOBEYING A LAWFUL ORDER. That goes for anyone that speaks out of turn. Now Lieutenant Summers, you may continue."

“Well as I passed the door here of Engineering Berthing, I was grabbed from behind, and the person tried to drag me back into the berthing. I grabbed his hand, and bent over pulling him over my shoulder. I then secured him to the deck by putting my foot on his chest so I could defend myself if there were other attackers. These two men came out to 'help', I think. For they sat down and waited for you and the Chief Master at Arms to get here. I noticed Jan was on the Phone and then she came down and check to make sure everyone was okay. That is my statement , Ma'am.”

“So these two were not attacking you as well Lieutenant.?”

“I believe they just came out to 'help', Ma'am."

“Very well, and MM2 Punch, it is now your turn to speak.”

“Well I was sleeping in my rack, when the door slams open, and this BITCH...”

Cathy interrupts him, “MM2, you need to remember Lieutenant Summers is an officer, and the positional respect at least is required, and the Navy takes a dim view of epitaphs as well. So go on with that in mind.”

MM2 gulps and resumes, ”Well um; the Lieutenant drags me out of my rack, and gets angry when I refuse to have sex with her. Then when my friends HT3 Welden and BB2 Turbo come to my aid, the Lieutenant hits them on the head, and that's what happened.”

Jan, The XO, and I are having a hard time trying to stop from laughing when the Chief MAA sneezes, ”Bullshit!”

Jan, and I say, ”Goddess Bless you Chief.” As the XO almost doubles over in pain trying not to Laugh.

“Um, BB2 Turbo, do you have a statement you want to make?”

“Ma'am I really did not see anything, I came out of the head, heard the scuffle in the p-way and came out to find HM1 checking MM2 to see if he was injured. I thought MM2 had slipped on the deck again, Ma'am.”

The XO turns around and is waving her hands in front of her face. I know she was crying with laughter, ”and HT3 do you have anything to say.”

HT3 looked at the XO, ”Ma'am, I was trying to sleep, but I have the rack above MM2. He has been going on all night, saying how the next time he heard a pair of heels coming down the p-way he was going to grab the , um well woman and give her what she needed a good um... Ma'am I just cannot say the words he was using. My momma said to read the bible, and be like Jesus, and I should have done more to help, the Lieutenant."

MM2 was yelling, ”YOU LITTLE FAGGOT, I'LL KILL YOU...” the Chief MAA knocks him to the deck, and is out like a light.

“OOP'S, my baton slipped sorry about that XO.”

“You did what you had to Protect Us Chief.”

I kneel beside MM2, and send a bit of blue light healing into him, and get up, ”Grab the stretcher BB2; he needs to be seen in sickbay. Oh excuse me XO, unless there was another course of action that is needed.”

“Very Good Lieutenant Summers, You might make it to O-6 after all. Well, hop to it, men.” the XO walks back to 'O' Country with me, “I do not know if I could have healed him if he had attacked me, Rae.”

“Cathy, I am sure that you would have.”

We hug at my door, Cathy goes on, I go in and find Lana fast asleep. I shed my uniform and climb in next to her.