When Wei-Li passed by the infirmary, she saw no one there.  She figured she'd check in later since they were ahead of schedule.

She moved on to her quarters to log the failures and start working on what went wrong while it was fresh in her mind.

Wei-Li reviewed her notes, making sure they were complete and then looked at the last box in her log... the one for the Doctor's sign off.  With a sigh she marked the page and got up.

'Time to get checked out I guess she thought.

----- To Infirmary ------>

After getting their ship back the crew of Destiny began to pick up the pieces that Kyron had shattered.  Against most of the crews wishes Kyron was kept alive - although no official plans had yet been made for what to do with him when it became apparent that Wei-Li was falling into critical condition. Destiny needed medical help and fast.  They made way for the nearest planet at the time - Orisis.

   Lei was just idly sitting, playing with an old battered deck of cards she had found. When she'd woken up earlier, Geoff had told her that Kyron was safely locked up, so it was safe here again.
   She lifted the next two cards from the deck, getting ready to balance them on the third layer of the tower she was building. It kept her occupied.
   Then the Captain's message blared over the intercomm. She dropped the cards, accidentally knocking over the rest of the tower, and jumped up. The captain didn't sound happy at all, things weren't shiny. She knew something had to be wrong, so she dropped everything, and started running towards the shuttles on the upper level.

   ((To: Cargo bay -> Dining hall -> Entrance to shuttle 1))

After the fire fight at the Grand Yacht Party Kale worked out an arrangement with the Caddigan's.  Conveniently, the crews good friend Kyron Bates footed the bill with his bank card that he accidently dropped during his hijack attempt and which Wei-Li luckily found.  So finally the crew returned home ... back to Destiny.  Although slightly worse for wear.

They had been out in the black for a few days when Kale recieved a wave from his good friend and old professor, Walton Squires.  It was a pleasant surprise to recieve an invitation to his home on Regina and also to hear that he had a job for them ...

Lei sat quietly on one of the couches in the passengers quarters, a book propped up against her knees.  Geoff had looked at her increduously when she had taken up reading technical manuals but Lei found them absolutely fascinating.  Much more so then the storybooks that Charlie's bunk was full of.  Those stories didn't mean anything, they weren't real.  These however offered her solid facts and information that Lei could store away.

Mostly Lei read however to forget about all that had happened.  Geoff said that his magical forgetting drink did the trick ... but Lei didn't like that stuff and so she found that she could distract her mind from thoughts that she didn't want to have.  And Lei had a lot of those.  She had very carefully been avoiding Rhaef and Wei-Li for the past few days.  She was fairly certain that they were not one of the 'bad people' but she could be entirely sure so she felt it best to stay out of their way.

She was happy to be back on Destiny.  Lei had never had a home before, she had never even known what a home was, but the way Geoff explained it, it was someplace that you liked to be more then any place else.  A home was where your family lived and the place that you felt comfortable and happy in.  Lei felt happy on Destiny.

After a while Lei heard her stomach growl at her.  She knew that it was merely her hypothalamus sending a message to her stomach and intestines, causing them to begin releasing the acids and digestive fluids neccessary for her body to consume food (she had been reading many of Acacia's medical volumes as well), but it sounded like a monster.  A monster growling in her stomach.  Whichever way you looked at it however it meant that she was in need of food.  So she closed the book in her lap and lugged it upstairs with her to the dining hall.

----- Cargo Bay ---- Dining Hall -->
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[From Destiny: Cargo Bay]

Geoff glanced back at Wei-Li as she spoke, "Ya, mean back there with the Cap'n an' Rhaef?" he deposited his armful of books into Lei's bunk (which used to be Charlie's) and stepped into the passenger's quarters common area, "Heh, I wouldn't really know 'bout that.  Not havin' a family ta speak of."

Lei followed behind Geoff with books in her hand. She began to organize them in the room. Deciding to give them a call number that she created in her head based on various information about the publishers and author.

Wei-Li handed her pile of books to Geoff and shrugged.  "Sorry.. I keep forgetting... she said, flopping into a chair.

"Me.. I think I have too much family... its..." she sat up and looked at him.

"Its kinda like the crew here... where you look out for eachother, but its more than that.. and when Mom and dad fight..." she shook her head.  "... Everybody finds someplace else to be..."

Geoff chuckled, "Well, I don' know about you but I don't really think 'o Kale an' Rhaef as mom an' dad ... that picture's all sorts of wrong in my head.  But I think I get what ya mean.  Hell, here we are stayin' here in the passenger quarters while the storm blows on over."  he said, sitting down in the chair next to Wei-Li - a little too concious of the fact that their legs were touching now cause in all fairness the chair wasn't exactly big enough for the both of them.  He actually found the feeling kinda nice, but he scooted over a tad, not knowing how Wei-Li would feel about it.  She was a bit naive he had discovered about such things, he didn't want to offend her or nothing.

"Its got its good points and bad.  You've got folks watching out for you...but.. .you also have folks interering with everything... " she tried to explain.

"I just... " She sighed and looked at Geoff.  "Kale told me... Fed's have grounded my folks... I go  home... " she bit her lip and looked at him.  "I can never leave..."

Geoff looked over at her.  He didn't much like the idea of her leaving - and never coming back.  No he didn't really like that idea at all, "Now that just ain't right, folks weren't meant ta be stayin' put their whole lives.  Way I see it the 'Verse is so big cause we're supposed ta have options, ya know?  Freedom to move 'bout as we choose.  It'd be a damn shame if you were stuck on Paquin, mind ya it's a nice planet an' all - I'm not sayin' nothing against it just -" he thought for a moment, "Are you goin' back?" he asked.

Wei-li shrugged.  "I don't know... I..." she looked at him.  "This is the longest I've been away from my family... and... If I stay out... I can't talk to them without fear a' being picked up..."

She sighed again  It was hard to explain.

"Well, I guess this is just somethin' you have to figure out fer yerself." Geoff said, not really knowing what else to say.  He'd never really had a problem like this, with family matters and such, he was lost on how to help Wei-Li deal with it.

"Come on." Geoff said as Kale's voice announced a meeting in the cargo bay.  He waited for Wei-Li to get up as well, as he walked by Lei's room he called in, "All hands includes you little lady, come on."

[To Destiny: Cargo Bay]

Wei-Li sighed as she got up.  There was so much more she wanted to ask but she wean't even sure what exactly she was looking for with Geoff.

She smiled as he waited for Lei and then walked with them to the cargo bay.

---->To Cargo bay

Lei had finished arranging her books just so. They were categorized easily and although she had read some of the most important issues, she looked forward to reading them again.

She gut up and brushed dust from her clothes as she heard the announcement and then Geoff calling for her. She headed toward him and grabbed his hand, following them to the Cargo bay.

----> Cargobay

Wei-Li quickly kicked off her shoes as she entered her compartment and quickly pulled out a pair of worn, soft shoes.  She knew she didn't really need them, but the shoes would serve as a reminder to be light on her feet.

She quickly slipped them on and did a low deep stretch before giving the room a quick look around and heading back to the cargo bay.

---> TO Cargo Bay.

After successfully delivering the stamp to the Professor and despite the loss of their first mate, the crew of Destiny headed back into the black.  Back to work.  A few jobs later has left them with a crate from Xiaygin to be delivered to Torrance Station.  They've just docked at the space station located on the rim.

Its now been almost a month since the museum job and Rhaef leaving - the wounds are healing but they haven't been forgotten yet.

Lei cocked her head to the side as she looked at the tubing she had just installed into the hydroponic system, she still needed a few parts in order to make the system operational.  The Captain hadn't let her get off the ship at their last two stops though and had given her a highly annoyed look when she kept asking.  So Lei had given in to waiting.  And she had discovered that she wan't an extremely patient person.

She looked up when she heard voices in the cargo bay, and like she had done at the last two ports she made her way quietly towards them.  She'd listen and see if perhaps this time she'd be allowed to get off.  If not then she'd head back to her bunk.

[To Destiny: Cargo Bay]

After their daring escape from Torrance Station the crew of Destiny was left broken and beaten ... and one crew member short.  The mourning had just begun for the crew but they had to press on.  They dropped the young boy which Kale, Geoff, and Wei-Li had saved off with his father and then turned to Paquin for Ren's funeral.  It was a short trip that left all of them with heavy hearts but Ren's death had effected no one as hard as Acacia.  So two weeks later found the crew of Destiny on Osiris saying goodbye to their doctor.

And although he was millions of miles away, as Destiny and her crew suffered ... so did Rhaef ...

The crew of Destiny has finally managed to get itself back on its feet.  After a trying past few months things are starting to go back to normal.  The absence of Ren and Acacia is still felt but the ships newest members have begun to find a home on board the old freighter.  Most relationships have been mended and although there are still some unanswered questions between members of the crew life has been peaceful.

However, after a few months of excitement and trials the crew has discovered that the cash flow has come to a sputtering halt.  The crew needs a job and soon.  First rule of the black is to keep flying.  Fortunately, one of Kale's contacts managed to put him in touch with the infamous Sin Twins.  The girls are probably the most ... unpredictable of contacts, one can never be quite certain what they're getting into when dealing with them.  But one thing is for certain, the pay-out is always good.  The crew has set up a meeting with the twins in a casino on Santo to get more details about the possible job.
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[From Destiny: Cargo Bay]

Lei moved quietly into the empty common area for the passenger quarters, not that passengers ever really used the space.  Wei-Li didn't count anymore cause she was crew now, even though her bunk was down here, so the comfy couches were used mainly by the crew.

Settling into a big chair Lei, set her purple bear on the couch beside her and pulled her book up from the small end table where she had left it.  She'd already read this one, in fact, she'd already read all the books that the Professor had lent her - multiple times.  Lei was a very fast reader but she found with each reread she had new thoughts about a subject.  This particular book was about horticulture, not exactly Lei's favorite subject but she found it interesting none the less.

After reading for a while Lei realized that she was supposed to be meeting with Kyoko for a lesson.  It was unlike her but she had completely forgotten due to the excitement of going to the arcade.  She had a feeling that Kyoko wouldn't be happy that the reason that Lei was late was because Dake had decided to take her out to play games.

She quickly marked her place in her book and hurried up towards the companions shuttle.

[To Destiny: Kyoko's Shuttle]