When kids run

Posted on Mon May 12th, 2025 @ 10:41pm by Lieutenant Jasmine Rutherford & Ensign Rose MacGregor & Lieutenant Rynna Csira & Lieutenant Cadence Tyree

Mission: A Dragon named Guardian
Location: Promenade DS9
1998 words - 4 OF Standard Post Measure

Elijah was a little bit busy being in a meeting, of which she couldn't attend. This left Jasmine Rutherford to take her lively twins to the promenade. Tomorrow was the twins' birthday and they wanted to pick out their cake. The twins were turning a year older. Six years old.

"Mama can I have a kitten this time? I'd like to have one. I saw the cutest one, black and fluffy. May I Mama? I will be old enough tomorrow. And I will take care of and feed it the proper food."

"I want a cat too mama."

"I will think about it are you wanting two cats?"

"Yes. Mama!" Matthew added.

"I don't know..."

"Oh look! Mama a juggler!"

The two kids let go of her hands and took off running towards where they saw the juggler.

"Matthew! Priscilla! Get back here!" their dark haired mother giving chase.

Matthew who was darkhaired like his mother, dodged out of the way of a tall willowy redhead. "Good Heavens, where are you going!"

She saw what appeared to be their mother chasing after them. Well, when kids are running the lady probably needs some help.

"Ma'am do you need some help?"

A breathless answer, "Yes please they went that way!"

Priscilla with her blonde pigtails was happily running past another redhead (Rynna), yelling "Make way, make way!" dodged around her, Priscilla going to beat her brother and win the race, to see the juggler first.

Matthew broke through the crowd and bumped into a man with dark hair (Cadence) . "I won, I won!" the boy announced with great glee.

"Hey mister what do you think of that man with the huge knives!" looking up at the man he was next to.

Rynn heard the girl yell as she dodged around her. She reached for the child, but someone cut her off. Where were the girl's parents? She glanced around. Clearly there were somewhere close by. In a place like this, it was far too easy for one to take a runner. Then she saw the boy running in the same direction and ran after him. The least she could do was help corral them before they got themselves in trouble.

She was average height, which made it harder for her to see, so she had to rely on listening to the kids yell--or the adults they bumped into.

As she wove around people, Rynn bumped into the same man one of the kids did. "Sorry," she said, glancing up at the man as she tried to get around him.

Eyes twinkling, Cade glanced down, then crouched to put himself on eye level with the youngster, "Well. I think they're pretty talented. Just like you he told Mathew. Give me a tick and I might have an award for you." Reaching into his coat pocket , he pulled a balloon out. He quickly filled it with air, tied it off and then twisted it into a giraffe shape, even as he pretended to breath hard. "Say, you're not running from security, wanted for breaking any laws are you?" he asked with a grin.

Smiling as the woman moved stopped near he looked up and said, "It's alright. The Station seems a lively place."

"Cade?" Rynn grinned. Nodding at the balloon she added, "You're a man of many talents."

Taking a marker from his breast pocket, he added eyes, lashes, and a mouth to the giraffe and offered it to Matthew, as he asked Rynn, "I am a grand master manipulator of balloon animals for sure. Speaking of animals, this one yours he asked with a smile and nod toward Mathew.

She shook her head. "No. He and his sister did a runner and I tried to catch him." Her mouth turned up in a wry smile. "As you can see, I wasn't very successful. The mom should be around here somewhere."

"Oh, I think you were successful," Cade told Rynna, "Here he is with all appendages accounted for. Though the sister I'm not sure about.."

Rynn looked around. "Or the parents."

She turned to Matthew. "Where's your mom?"

The little blonde girl who had ran to catch up with her brother pounced upon her brother. "Gotcha!" sending him tumbling and popping his giraffe.

"Priscilla you made me break my giraffe, I'm telling Mom!" the two kids starting to wrestle on the floor interrupting the performance of the juggler.

Just then a dark haired woman came running up with redhead. "Oh good, thank you, you found them!" Jasmine huffing a bit. she reached down and separated her two kids. "Enough" her tone rather firm.

"Actually, they found us," Rynn said, straightening. "Glad you found them."

Climbing to his feet, Cade smiled and said, "So much energy. Too bad it can't be bottled."

"You could make a fortune that way," Rynn agreed.

Jasmine gave a chuckle. "I will have to agree and with these two, could make a fortune. Speaking of which. Priscilla, Matthew, we're going back to the ship, you are going to be talking to Daddy and me both."

" I don't want to talk to Captain Daddy" Matthew not liking the sound of his mother's voice.

Jasmine paused. "Oh, and forgive my rudeness. I am Jasmine Rutherford. Thank you for your help."

Captain Daddy? That caught Rynn's attention, but she didn't want to ask. "I'm Rynna Csira."

"Nice to meet you, and-" She looked at Cadence, then to the willowy redhead.

"Oh, I am Rose McGregor." a soft lilt to her voice. Rose's eyes lighting up. "it was lovely see the bairns so active, and they are right lively." giving out a laugh. "I remember getting into a bit of trouble with my siblings. Just like these two."

Feeling drawn into the group, Cade smiled and said, "Cadence Tyree. But I'm mostly called Cade. Pleasure to meet all of you. Except Rynn."

He let that go for a moment, then ghosted Rynn a wink, "I met her yesterday. So, to her I'll say, Nice to see you again."

"Nice to see you again, too," Rynn replied with a grin.

Rose gave a chuckle when hearing that.

Jasmine gave a smile. "If you are of the mind of visiting ships, my husband is the Captain of the USS Majestic, Captain Elijah Rutherford. Just send a message and ask for me, and we'll see about you having a visit. Now for me to get these two back home."

Rose spoke up, "If you don't mind, I'd like to catch a ride with you to the ship. I am to report there. I have been assigned to the ship."

"Oh? Just let me see your PADD for me to confirm this." Jade even though she was grateful for the help in corralling her kids. There had to be some measure of security.

Rose handed her PADD to Jasmine who looked it over, pulling out her own PADD, then gave a nod. "Alright, you may come with me." handing the PADD back. "You don't have to report in as of yet Rose, enjoy your time off."

"I'd like to get settled in first before I do that."

"As for you two." Jasmine looked at her children. “We are going."

Keeping his face straight, Cade said. "You know, that Majestic sounds kind of interesting. Your files say anything about having a spot for me?" His eyes took on a twinkle as he attempted to portray innocence.

Rynn gave Cade a quick look. The tone of his voice and the twinkle in his eye told her he was dissembling, but not about what. She was also heading to the Majestic, and the coincidence of all four of them being assigned to the same ship defied the odds. However, she wasn't reporting in today, and didn't think she'd have a room assignment yet. She decided to watch this play out without saying anything--yet--even though she was quite sure her own eyes sparkled with merriment.

Cadence's question gave Jasmine pause, making her a bit curious.

"Matthew, Priscilla, have a seat right there please." directing them to a nearby bench. The two kids complied with their mother's wish.

Jasmine checked on who was slated to come to the ship, seeing the files she clicked on them, one by one. She pursed her lips glancing towards both Rynn and Cadence, giving out a soft chuckle her eyes dancing with amusement.

"Well now, it looks like the three of you will be on the Majestic. Cadence here, will be working with me more directly. I am one of the counselors on the ship, besides the Captain's wife, and their mum." motioning towards her two children. "If you are wanting to come with me to get to the ship, there is room for you as well."

"That’s a lot of hats," Cade commented with a smile. "And my past has caught up with me it seems. Probably wouldn't hurt to come aboard and join, then perhaps come back to play hooky again, if there's time."

"You've got some time to come back to the station. You've got a couple more days, before we head back out.

Since Rynn had been outed, so to speak, she spoke up. "Or just play hooky unto tomorrow, which is what I'm doing."

Looking at Rynn with interest, Cade asked, "Well. If you've an offer or idea of trouble to get into, I could be tempted. As much as I'm curious of the Majestic, there will be time for work when work is called for."

Rynn grinned mischievously. "There are still spots on Bajor and the station that sound promising. Trouble is always better with company."

The subject of mischief, caught Rose's interest, and she turned to face Cade and Rynn. "Could there be a third party involved or is this a--Two's company three's a crowd situation? "

Jasmine shook her head slightly with another amused smile. "i will see you all on the Majestic later. Have fun!" she gathered her kids and went on her way. There was the matter of her children being reminded of rules they needed to follow.

"Bye, guys," Rynna said to the kids before nodding to Jasmine. Then she turned to Cade with a raised eyebrow, letting him know she'd let him answer Rose's question.

Grinning, Cade spread his hands as if he had no choice as he shook his head. "Two beautiful women and me with a weakness for redheads. I can't really say no. But the question is, what to do?"

Rynn chuckled. "With you? That remains to be seen. I think the question right now is, station or planet?"

"And that is a good question to be answered" Rose piping up "Either way, gotta have a little bit of fun before we lose the chance. "

"Well," Cade said thoughtfully. "I don't know much about the station and such, but that festival on Bajor is still going on and I know there's going to be a small gathering aboard the station later. I also had friends from the Stray reach out and they're taking one or two of the ship’s shuttles to Bajor for R&R and offered a ride. I'd imagine we could squeeze in and just find our way back. If you two are game?"

Rynn grinned. "I'm game for some good squeezing." It would be a lot more fun spending a day exploring with Cade and Rose than wandering around the Majestic.

"Nothing like getting cozy in a shuttle and heading for adventure. And yes I am game for that!" Rose looked towards the direction to where Jasmine had disappeared with her kids. "I am thinking that the Majestic is going to be a rather interesting ship to serve on." She turned back to Cade and Rynn. "Okay let’s go!"

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Lieutenant Rynna Csira
Chief Operations Officer
USS Majestic

Ensign Rose MacGregor
Codebreaker
USS Majestic

Lieutenant Cadence Tyree
Counselor
USS Majestic

Lieutenant Jasmine Rutherford
Counselor
USS Majestic