mbv, various parts of town, Mech-hunt
Rachel: *calls Emilia because Patrick's phone is dead*
Emi: *sounding a bit flustered and just a bit panicky* //Rachel? Has Pat left your place yet?//
Rachel: .... He left last night around six thirty.
Emi: //... *hollering for Mia, Lisa, and Autumn to get the truck out of the garage* He never made it here!//
Rachel: *quietly and dismayed* His phone's dead. //Geordi!!!!//
Jack: //Yes, Crusher?//
Emi: *arguing with Mia on the other end, seems to have forgotten she's on the phone*
Rachel: //Captain Picard never got to the farm last night.// *yes, she knew he was going to go that way, even though she'd told him not to*
Jack: //...Have Seven of Nine, Miramanee, and Tasha Yar begun a preliminary search pattern?//
Rachel: //They're still yelling at each other while Miramanee's on the phone. Will you alert Sulu?//
Jack: //I'll do that. Should we alert Chekov as well?//
Rachel: //He's sitting in my lap, wearing a dress.//
Jack: //...*Snerk*//
Rachel: //I'll see what he can find. Be careful, okay, buddy?//
Jack: //Take care as well. Geordi out.//
Rachel: //Crusher out.// EMI!
Emi: *Startles, and sounds close to hysterical* //What?!//
Rachel: Are you arranging the standard search pattern?
Emi: //Mia, Lisa, and Autumn are already out looking... they said I should stay here, in case he shows up...//
Rachel: Alright. But losing it's not going to help him. //Guinan, do you read me?//
Serenity: //Loud and clear, Crusher.//
Emi: *quietly, not sounding anything like the leader she is* //I'm scared, Rachel...//
Rachel: You can't afford to be scared yet, Emilia. We need you. //Get the kids somewhere safe. Now.//
Serenity: //Understood. I shall inform the others immediately. Guinan out.//
Emi: //I can't help it... I just have this feeling that something is very wrong right now...//
Rachel: //Crusher out.// You have to help it, Emi. Patrick's life could depend on your helping it.
Emi: *nodding* //I know... It's just... *taking deep breaths and trying to calm down*//
Rachel: *quietly* Don't fail him now, Emi.
Emi: *quietly* //He'd better be home by Christmas... or I'll have to knock some sense into that head of his...//
Rachel: If he can be he will. He's got a mission he needs to accomplish. But I need to get off the phone now and contact the others. Has anyone talked to Alex yet?
Emi: //Mia was on the phone with him when she, Lisa, and Autumn left.//
Alice: *pings Rachel's comm* //Janeway to Crusher, what's the status of the situation?//
Rachel: Good. //Talking the Captain's wife down.//
Alice: //Sulu informed me that Captain Picard did not arrive as expected... Could the Borg be responsible?//
Rachel: I'll call back in a little while, Emi. Rachel out. //It's them or the anti-Federation.//
Alice: //... Will Chekov be assisting Chekotay and myself on the reconnisance mission?//
Rachel: //I just have to pry him away from his 'Hobbit' book and out of his dress and pointy hat, and we'll be on our way.//
Alice: //...Tell Chekov that he's not old enough to be Gandalf the Grey.//
Rachel: //Okay, out of his wizard robes. Good thing I never said 'dress' out loud. We'll meet you at the academy, under that tree.//
Alice: //Affirmative. Janeway out.//
Rachel: //Crusher out.// *looks down at the two drones in her lap, who are pouring over the beautiful 'The Hobbit' graphic novel* Alright, Moofy. We have work to do. Can you find Patrick?
Moofy: *looks up, curious chirrup*
Rachel: *quietly* He and the baby are lost, buddy.
Moofy: *inquisitive chirrup, does Mama have Patrick's spark signature?*
Bubba: *wiggles off of Rachel's lap, trying to take the graphic novel with him*
Rachel: *saves the book. She knows how careful Bubba usually is* *to Moofy* Ready?
Moofy: *nod nod*
Bubba: *about to protest, spots Lyra snuggling with a stuffed animal, beetles over to sibling for snuggle time!*
Rachel: *tucks the book under the couch where Bubba never looks as she transmits the signature to Moofy*
Moofy: *quiet for a few moments, scanning* *chirrup*
Rachel: *undoing his robe and taking his hat off* Alright, let's get into the car and you show me, okay?
Moofy: *plays the "Intel Inside" jingle*
Rachel: *gets the little robe free and sets it by the hat on the coffee table* Are you sure?
Moofy: *wiggles and moves to climb down so he can beetle to the door*
Rachel: *sets him down, then looks at Lyra* Take care of Fluffy and Bubba, alright, my girl? *com pings Javan*
Bert: *running up from where he got off the bus just as Russell stops his scooter in front of the house* Red. Rachel's still here?
Russell: *Getting his helmet off* Her car's still here.
Lyra: *Deedling and snuggling Bubba, while keeping an eye on the basement door in case Fluffy comes upstairs*
Javan: *distractedly* //Th's is Khan...//
Rachel: //I have to go join the search for Picard. Are you going to be alright without me? Only Fluffy, Lyra, and Bubba will be here.//
Javan: //...Picard's missin'?//
Rachel: *quietly* //He never made it to Miramanee's last night.//
Javan: // ... *curses in Klingon*//
Serenity: *pings Rachel's comm* //Gainan to Crusher... Away team is returning from its excursion.//
Rachel: //Wait... Guinan... bring them to Bones' place. Or are you already out of town?//
Serenity: //Just arriving at the spaceport... I'll get them to Bones'.//
Rachel: //Thanks. Khan?//
Javan: //Yeah, Crusher?//
Rachel: //You didn't answer my question.//
Javan: //We're fortified 'gainst th' Borg, 'n th' anti-Federation... Go find Picard, 'n give 'im a good dressin' down f'r worryin' Miramanee.//
Rachel: *gently, as she pries herself off the couch and then gets up off the floor so she can follow Moofy to the door* //I better not find this place wrecked when I get back. Crusher out.//
Javan: //Aye-aye, Crusher. Khan out.//
Moofy: *beetling to the door and tapping at it*
Rachel: *grabs her jacket and her black bag, and then leaves the house to join Russell and Bert and start searching*
((co-written with random_xtras))