Side Story: Leo's Mate [Part 2]

Smoothing her black uniform with a grey jacket and blue shirt underneath, she picked up her tablet from the desk in her quarters. Swiping her communicator from the edge of her nightstand and affixed to her jacket. As she was adjusting it, it chirped. "First Commander to Captain."

"Captain here," Christine responded.

"Christine, I can't make it to the briefing at 0800. There was a coolant leak in the engineering department," he said.

"When can you make it?" she asked. "You are crucial to this mission. You have to be at the briefing."

"I don't know. Two hours? I have to oversee repairs," he said. "Once I get through with that, I should be able to make it. I'm exhausted, though. Zero sleep over the past thirty-six hours. We need an administrator or one of those holographic AIs that the Fleet is constantly trying to install."

"I thought you were against the holo people," Christine snickered.

"You try staying up for nearly two days and see how yo