we choose our own pain, mine helps me remember

Chapter 8

Admiral Archer walked towards Annie's quarters. He was furious that she would do something like that to Ash. 'He is kind,caring, sweet and traumatized. He has severe PTSD but is not violent and has never hurt anyone, especially his baby girl.' John thought to himself.

 He got to Annie's quarters, where the guards saluted him. He saluted back and requested to enter Annie's quarters.

He heard Annie yell out "enter!" With a slight bit of hesitation, he enters her quarters. "Admiral Archer, sir,thank you for coming." Archer put on a professional mask and replied. "Hi Ambassador Baratheon." 

"Please call me Annie." "Very well, Annie. Can you explain to me about your report?" "Of course sir, when I went into the mess hall, I saw as child sitting with captain Pike, when I asked who the child was, he told me the child was Ash and Captain Lorca's adopted.

When I heard that, I freaked out for her safety, seeing as Ash is mentally unstable and abusive. Then I saw bruises and shock marks on her and threatened to take her away and threatened to call the admirals unless they told me the truth and they didn't, so here you are." Annie completed.

"Ok, thank you Annie." "No Problem Admiral Archer." Annie replied a little too sweetly. Admiral Archer got taken back to his, where he briefed Kat and Chris and went over everything Annie told him. Before he knew it, it was time to go have dinner with the captains, their significant other and Sienna, in Gabriel and Ash's captains quarters.

'Ding.' Everyone in Gabriel and Ash's captains quarters knew who it was so Chris yelled out "Come!" Everyone, but Sienna, stood at attention. "Oh please, stop it. I have known you all most of your adult lives." 

Porthos jumped up and down at Archers legs. "How was Porthos today Sienna?" Jon asked, when everyone was seated. "Porthos was good. I went running with the cadets and Uncle Chris and Porthos came with us as well, he was really energetic. Then we went to bridge and porthos walked around everyone's stations and got petted by them." Sienna replied energetically.

"Cool!" Archer replied. The rest of dinner was met with light conversation about their shifts. After dinner, Kat and Chris, who were already briefed with what Annie said, went to play with Sienna and keep her entertained while Gabe, Ash and Jon talked. 

"Lets play 3-D chess." Sienna exclaimed. "How do you know how to play 3-D chess?" Kat inquired. "Uncle Spock has been teaching me, when he can." "Really?" "Yep, he even got me my own chess board, do you want to play?" Sienna asked excitedly. "Sure, why not, you can help me beat Aunty Kat." Chris replied.