Nige and Dinara hurried to their quarters to pack their belongings. Dinara hadn't long been aboard and was packed promptly and arrived at Niges door. Nige however, had a lot of things in his quarters and to be honest, he wasn't too great at packing.
"Come on, it's time to go" said Dinara
"Yeah" sighed Nige. "Just a few more things" he said folding away his clothes.
"You know a transfer won't be that bad Nige. I know your going to miss Tumock and Bill, but at least you'll still have me" she smiled.
"I know, it's just.... I thought this would be home for a lot longer. I'm sure everyone else will be able to get along fine without me."
"Their only a subspace communication away Nige, it's not like you'll never be able to talk to them again."
"I know all that, it just won't seem right on a different ship, thats all."
"It'll be alright, you'll see"
"I suppose your right" said Nige hoisting his duffel bag onto his back. "Let's get going."
"Aren't you forgetting something?" Dinara said nodding to the window. Nige looked around to see the shaven silhouette of Torasu in the window.
"Of course" Nige walked over to the window and looked at the cat. Nige thought for a minute and then pulled a blanket out of his bag and wrapped the cat in it.
"Ohh you big baby" laughed Dinara
"Well it feels horrible! That’s one thing about leaving the Knight now, I'm not going to be able to get my revenge on Haakon"
"Forget it Nige, she did what she thought was best. Now lets get on to Supply Base 901 before Kira leaves."
"OK"
Nige, the cat and Dinara headed for the transporter room. Nige was a bit disappointed that he did not get a send off like Kira had done, but he accepted that his transfer had been rushed and there wasn't a lot of time. The two stepped through the doors to be greeted by what was left of the Knights senior crew.
"Thought we'd better see you off" said Carter walking up and giving him a hug. "Good luck Nige, Dinara" she said
"Thank you"
"I'm going to miss you Nige" said Benson stepping forward. "I don't know what I'll do without you watching over me..."
"You still have Tumock"
Benson looked nervously around and then back to Nige. "Don't go...? please?" The crew laughed and Tumock raised an eyebrow. Luckily for Bill, even with Tumocks human side, he still didn't get easily offended.
"I'm going to miss you too Bill" said Nige
"So long Dinara" Benson said turning to her, "It as nice getting to know you"
"Likewise Bill."
Benson stepped back and Haakon stepped forward to say her bit. "Nige, I wish you didn't have to go, but I know that you do. I feel like we've gotten pretty close these past few months, since Bajor was supposedly destroyed."
"Not as close as you'd like though huh?" asked Nige
"Maybe not, no"
"Ahem!" coughed Dinara, obviously getting a bit jealous.
"I'll miss you Linn" said Nige giving her a hug. She kissed him on the cheek and stepped backwards
"I’ll miss you too."
Nige continued to say his goodbyes, as did Dinara and Nige finally came to Tumock. "I guess this is it Tumock"
"Indeed"
"It's been an honour to serve with you Tumock, we've been through a lot together, I just wish it didn't have to end right now."
Tumock with his emotionless response replied "As do I."
"Well, goodbye, Captain" said Nige picking up his bag and his cat. He expected a bit more of a goodbye from Tumock, but wasn't to surprised. "Goodbye everyone, It's been an honour to serve with you all."
"Co-ordinates locked for Supply Base 901" said Benosk from the computer console.
"Energize!"