==/\==Earth, San Francisco, Starfleet Command==/\==
"Admiral, Lady ch'Jay is here for you."
Richard Chiran had been watching the shuttle traffic zoom past the gray spires from his office on the forty second floor of Starfleet Command and was totally content with doing so. He was worried about Aayla, the Charon was over 300 lightyears away and might just be in trouble. He had considered many times to send the Victory to investigate, but had convinced himself he was just a little too over protective. After all she was 21 now, Stellar Cartographer on the USS Charon. Fine ship, fine crew, fine Captain, he kept reminding himself that Rheu would keep her safe, she just had that determination in her.
And now Lady Sihlri ch'Jay, humanitarian, senator, and the biggest nuisance on Earth, had come to see him yet again, somehow though, he knew this visit would be different. "Send her in." He said as he straightened his uniform and sat back down in his chair.
Sihlri ch'Jay was the exotic beauty that every man went ga-ga for. Sharp and elegant features made her both intimidating and beautiful, her long black hair was in its usual tight pony tail and her amber eyes glowed with the usual Romulan spunk and at the same time she looked like a beautiful yet scary, Jackal. Her short silk dress who's end went in a horizontal line from her right knee to her left ankle, moved as her long light green legs moved towards Chiran. Her stilettos made a sharp and elegant clank against the long marble floor that lead to the stairs that came up to his desk. As she approached one could be memorized and terrified at the sight of the seductive yet dark beauty that was Sihlri ch'Jay.
"Admiral, I cant tell you how lovely it is to see you again." Silhri said as she approached the Admiral's desk in a seductive and graceful walk.
Richard stood up to great her, her voice while flowing and seductive, held a more cunning and beautifully sinister tone to it. They both stared at each other for a moment before Richard gestured for her to sit down. "Lady ch'Jay, what do I owe this pleasure." Richard said in a false polite tone. If they both played at the false pleasantries then this should go smoothly.
"Admiral lets skip the false pleasantries this time and get right to the chase." Sihlri said with a direct tone.
Richard was taken back by Sihlri's unwillingness to play her own game and just stared at her for a moment. "And what would the chase be my Lady?" Richard asked in a currious yet partially scarcastic tone.
Sihri smiled. "As you well know their is a ship called the Charon at the edge of our space, seeking out new life forms and new civilizations." Sihlri mocked. "And there is a certain crewman I'm interested in, one Cadet Aayla bree-Shore Bre'accoria."
Richard was stunned, how the hell did she know about Aayla? "Aayla, why?" Richard asked, this time without the sarcasm.
"Is it natural for a mother to worry about her daughter?" Sihlri asked, this time playing the cryptic response game.
Richard didnt know what the hell she was talking about but he was determined to find out. "Sihlri she cant be your daughter, she's a Vree, she grew up on Aldurian, the blood tests don't show any kind of Romulan DNA." Richard explained in a frantic tone.
Sihlri laughed. "Admiral I must give my lover Neyal for removing the Romulan DNA from her system, but I assure you, she is my daughter, she is a Romulan!" Sihlri shouted.
"Then she would be half Romulan lady ch'Jay, and I would bloody well know if she was!" Richard said with a booming and defending tone.
Sihlri sighed. "You know Admiral the Vree have a very weak genetic structure, if you had a strong DNA structure to it like a Romulan's, the child would come out a Romulan and very little Vree DNA would be left, just some basic internal functions and maybe some heightened telepathic abilities but that is it. Aayla would be a Romulan through and through and her name is Shore ch'Jay, she was born on Romulus to Neyal and I. The political shame for the union was more than both are careers could take and I asked Neyal to take her back to Aldurian to be raised quietly in the hills. How he got rid of the DNA I will never know, but Shore is my daughter admiral and I have a right to see her!" Sihlri exclaimed.
"And you came to inform we of this why?" Richard asked, getting annoyed at Sihlri's accusations.
"She is a Starfleet Officer and she is onboard a Starfleet ship, I want her transferred of the Charon and relieved of duty and sent to Romulus!" Silhri shouted.
"Why dont you do it? You have an entire fleet in the area where the Charon is, you could beam her out and destroy the ship!" Richard explained.
"As much pleasure It would give me to blow Rheu's ship out of the sky it is not my choice, I may have once been a part oft The Rei'Krannsu but that was forty years ago and I hold very little sway on military matters. The house of ch'Jay is one of the most revered and ancient political houses on Romulus, we are warriors of the mind, not the body. We are descended from The Jorani and hold very little sway in the military. But if you went in there with one of your cruiser's you could take Shore to Romulus personally." Sihlri explained.
"Sihlri don't lie to me, you have a personal fleet of thirteen Romulan Warbirds, all very powerful and right off the production line from R&D. You are still a senior member of the Rei'Krannsu and you are highly revered in their ranks so don't give me that bull." Richard said agitated at the Lady's dishonesty.
"Fine Admiral, I'll go personally after I make some stops on Romulus, we'll be at the Charon within the next six weeks and if Rheu makes some bad choices, I cant be held responsible for what happens." Sihlri said as she stated down the stairs. "Oh and Admiral, make sure to tell Shore mother is on her way." Sihlri said in her sinister and dark tone.
Richard sank back into his chair. "There goes one clever bitch." He said as he watched Sihlri walk out of the office and into the brightly light hallway.
"One clever bitch."
==/\==TBC==/\==
Vice Admiral Richard Chiran (NPC)
Deputy Head Of Starfleet Science
Starfleet Command
Lady Sihlri ch'Jay (NPC)
Romulan Senator
Romulan Imperial Senate
