Moons over Utgarde - Part One

Posted on Sun Jan 31st, 2021 @ 7:11am by Division Admiral Thomas Lasky & Commander Gail Hobbs & Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Yamaguchi-Solusar & Lieutenant Commander Ouros Yamaguchi & Post Captain Plataea "Phantom" Lasky

Mission: Mission 98: Building Our New Home
Location: Various Locations - Starbase Vanguard
Timeline: 1530Hrs - October 8th, 2393

The time was zero six hundred hours as the alarm clock started wailing as it so often did. Lasky was awake almost instantly, far faster than his wife as he slowly sat up and got himself out of bed, before turning to his now heavily pregnant wife to see how she was feeling. In truth, Plataea loved the attention he lavished on her, it was a far cry from her first husband who was not even worth the memory's that were wasted on him.

Plataea groaned softly as she opened her eyes. One day now bled into the next and she was tired most of the time, her energy was going into preparing to give birth to the twins which she was expecting to do any day now.

"It's almost over." Plataea Lasky muttered as she slowly sat up in bed. "I feel like someone has used me for target practice." as she gently picked herself up and got out of bed, she gently touched the alarm clock to silence its deafening tone. She smiled as the silence of the peace returned.

"I'm awake already..." she muttered to herself as she went into the shower, she had just turned it on when she felt a soft wet liquid beginning to trickle down her leg. "Wow. So this is what having no bladder control feels like.." Lasky sighed softly as she turned on the water and stepped inside.

Tom Lasky knew his wife liked to shower alone in the mornings, if she desired his company then she'd have said as much and this didn't bother Tom in the least, he knew that his wife was a very tactile woman, same as any other Yamaguchi. He would get the kids up for their trip to daycare.

Lasky gently began washing her body as she normally did every single morning as she began singing to herself in the shower. It was part of her morning ritual as she felt the first contraction hit her, she looked down at her large belly. "So... Its time.." she commented softly before she finished in the shower.

Lasky stepped out and began to dry off before she donned her clothing which in this case was the uniform with a skirt rather than a pair of pants. She had already secured a change of clothing in sickbay a few weeks earlier in anticipation of this event.

Lasky sighed softly, she finished donning her clothing, she then proceeded to have breakfast as she wanted something that would fill her but take a long time for her to digest.

Lasky sighed to herself. "I fucking hate this endless shit." before she set off to face the nightmare that she was sure today would become.

Lasky entered sickbay a few minutes later as she regarded Lt Commander Gail Hobbs. "Hey... You got a minute?" she sighed softly.

"Sure Plataea. What's up?" Hobbs inquired with a smile.

"Bring your medical kit. I want a second opinion as I already gave the first to myself.." Lasky responded. The tall Halanan female followed the shorter Human female into her office before she gave the taller, heavily pregnant woman a quick once over with her tricorder. "Plataea... You are having your babies now," she commented.

"Okay." Lasky smiled. "Alright... so I guess you'll be hooking me up to all the toys in the delivery room.?"

"Some of them, yes." Hobbs smiled. "Come on. I'll get you set up." and with that, she led Lasky down the hallway, moments later Lasky was seated in a chair as she could focus on her impending birth of her son who was on his way. "Could you call Admiral Lasky... He should be in his office planning for various operations for the ships under his command."

"Yeah... I'll go call him." and with that Hobbs tapped her combadge. "Hobbs to Lasky...?" she inquired with a gentle smile on her lips, knowing that medical personel get an automatic override to speak with whoever they with, regardless of restrictions of rank or of its someone who wished to be marked as unavailable.

Moments later a male voice came over the com system. "Lasky here. what can I do for you Doctor?" he inquired of her.

"Hello, Admiral. Your wife in the hospital, having her babies now... I thought you should know.." Hobbs answered.

Tom Lasky took a second to respond. "Wait, what?" He asked confusingly. "I didn't think she was due just yet... Um, acknowledged. I'm on my way to the Starbase Hospital now. Lasky out." and with that, the comlink was terminated.

Lasky meanwhile was focusing on her breathing as she felt a wave of pain wash through her. "Ohh... dammit this hurts!"

"You're doing well Plataea. Keep going." the nurse encouraged her.

"Yeah. Let's get this done." Lasky responded while she breathed in and then out.

Tom Lasky entered the hospital as he stopped at the first desk. "Hey guys, my wife is presently having our baby... Can I see her.?"

The nurse smiled. "Ahh. Right this way Admiral, we were told to expect you." as the young Andorian Zhen went over to the replicator and got a glass of water. "For you."