Family

After returning to the Leviathan from his visit to his old friend and the debriefing at Section 31 HQ, Stefen walked towards his quarter. It had been almost midnight when he'd left his friend and by the time he'd got back to the ship, the time was well past one. Reaching the door to his quarters, Stefen found T'Val standing outside the door, watching crew members pass by.

*I wish I could be on a staff again.* T'Val thought.

As Moss came to him, T'Val nodded at his former friend. T'Val knew what awaited the man in his home. A woman that was carrying his child and the mood swings that always came with a pregnancy. T'Val knew that Vulcan\Human pregnancies usually caused hormonally imbalances.

"Stefen hang on." T'Val said, stopping Stefen from entering.

"What is it T'Val ?." Stefen asked him.

"Just to let you know Jessica is in a mood swing." He replied.

Stefen nodded to him as he entered his quarters. He found Jessica looking out at the stars.

Stefen walked over to her. "Jessica ?"

"Stefen give me your word that no harm will come to our family." Jessica told him.

"I swear on the live of every man and women that die next to me and on their honour no harm will ever befall this family." Stefen replied.

"Okay in just six months this child will be born to us." Jessica said.

"Yes and we can be a family." Stefen said.

*K'lang will come after them no matter what.* Stefen thought.

Jessica walked over to the bed and went to sleep. Stefen walked over to his desk, knowing that he was going to need help. His visit to Earth after leaving Section 31 HQ was a start, but he only had himself and a hologram to protect his wife.

He'd thought of asking Lieutenant McQueen to post a twenty-four hour guard on Jessica, but Security was undermanned and he didn't want to put the ship under any danger. Whilst they were on the ship, at least T'Val could protect her, but if they found themselves elsewhere, T'Val would not be able to follow.

Stefen sat down at his desk and decided to look through the mission logs of the Leviathan's previous mission.

*That's interesting.* Stefen thought as he reviewed some of the old crew logs. *Maybe there is a way to have T'Val at my side after all. I'll have to have a word with the Captain when she comes back onboard.*

Stefen switched off the console on his desk, went to the bathroom to change and returned to his bed, trying hard no to wake Jessica.