Vax Memory

Star Trek: Odyssey

Aitera / katra-cave / Vax Memory

Between 11-Nov-21 03:47 PM and 11-Nov-21 04:42 PM

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 03:47 PM

*Vax entered this part of the cave after a bubble had emerged, he wasn't sure what to find down here. But he got told this was an interesting place to be.*

Narrator 11-Nov-21 03:51 PM

*As Vax walked into the cave, the air was warm and misty, almost like it had rained prior to him coming. The more Vax walked into the cave, the warmer it got, man it felt like he was back on Trill. As Vax rounded the bend of a curve, a tall lengthy man stood there, almost Vax's height, long dark hair, a light black beard on his face. He turned around.*

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 03:52 PM

"Did you get what I asked for?" *The man said with an angry tone.*

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 03:53 PM

*Vax blinked, he looked confused, then blinked more.* "What?"

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 03:53 PM

"I said did you get what I asked for? And why are you late Terzom? Why must you always be late?"

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 03:54 PM

"F-Father?" *Vax still looked confused, but when he heard that name, he knew it was his father. Instant rage swept through his body, its like a volcano just erupted.* "Don't call me that." *He tried to keep calm, it was quite hard, his blood was boiling.*

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 03:56 PM

"Call you what? Terzom? Oh please, you didn't go get what I asked for, you probably went to go spend it on parts, and for what? That stupid speeder you have at your aunts house? It'll get you no where." *The man was sincere and started to chuckle for a second or two.* "IF you actually spent MY hard earned money on the stuff WE need to SURVIVE! Then MAYBE you could afford such luxury as a NICE speeder."

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:00 PM

"Why." *Vax couldn't keep calm, even looking at him just brought rage to himself.* "WHY DO YOU ALWAYS CALL ME THAT! IM JUST VAX NOW!" *He shouted at the top of his lungs, probably the entire universe could hear.*

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 04:00 PM

"Because that's your name boy! That's what you've been named since birth! That's what your mother named you before you were even born! Why don't you accept that's what your called!"

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:07 PM

*Vax was taken back by his words for a second.* "Mother's dead! Don't you dare even mention her again! You prick you!" *Vax didn't have any other words for him.* "You abused me!" *He finally said with all the anger he could muster.* "I was trying to make our lives better, but all you did was call me a loser and abused me! Why are you here!"

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 04:12 PM

"I was trying to teach you a LESSON, ONE YOU DIDN'T CLEARLY LEARN!" *His father said back with more shouting.* "Your mother was a fool to join Starfleet in the first place, she died being a fool. You clearly have your mothers arrogance and not being able to LISTEN! You were out there! Stealing! Betting on Speeder races! Even competing in them! You almost got arrested so many times!"

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:13 PM

*Vax had had enough of this man's talk. He lunged at him, punching him right in the face, sending the man back into the wall.*

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 04:14 PM

*Ferzen fell back, his lip had been bloodied by Vax's punch.* "You still can't punch can you."

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:14 PM

"LEAVE, MOTHER, OUT, OF THIS!" *He shouted.*

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 04:19 PM

"She's dead Terzom! There's nothing you can do! Just forget about her, focus on your family! The two of us!" *Ferzen said, wiping the blood from his mouth.*

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:20 PM

"I have no family! Why would I focus on someone who DIDN'T LET ME HAVE A CHILDHOOD!"

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 04:21 PM

"YOU!? Terzom please!" *He laughed.* "You had a childhood, you just spent yours throwing it away with speeder races and building that stupid ship of yours. You could have learned the FAMILY BUSINESS, but no! You decided to sneak off each time and go play 'I'm a pilot!'." *He did this mocking face.*

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:29 PM

"The family business? The business?! Father you were a MINER! You have no FAMILY BUSINESS! You lie to my face?! Why are you even still alive?! I joined Starfleet, I haven't talked to you in YEARS, and here you are, STILL SPEWING THE COMPLETE FATHERLY CRAP."

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 04:31 PM

"Then you're a fool like your mother, you'll probably even die the same fate as her."

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:32 PM

*Vax lunged forward again, trying to punch him again, but Ferzen tripped him, making Vax fall face flat into the wet ground.*

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 04:32 PM

"You're not as quick, or as skillful as me. You never will be."

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:34 PM

*Vax looked up at him, but he didn't get up. His anger was just gone, he couldn't take it anymore. All those years of being enraged, what got him threw starfleet, what got him through the day, the hatred inside of him. It just..left. A tear left Vax's face, then a few more.* "Why?" *He said in a mellow, whimpering tone.* "Why did you do what you did to me."

Ferzen Vax 11-Nov-21 04:36 PM

*Ferzen kneeled down to Vax's level.* "If you only understood, which you don't. You never will. Be your own man Terzom, I am letting you go."

Narrator 11-Nov-21 04:37 PM

*A wind set in, and Ferzen was gone with it. Only Vax stayed, his knuckle bloody.*

Lt. JG Terzom Vax 11-Nov-21 04:42 PM

*Vax got up to his feet, he was still in tears. He went against the wall, leaning against it. If he had alcohol, he would just drink the lot of it. But he didn't. In the end though, his father was right. He would never understand his father's reasoning, his father's abuse. He would only have to go on, be his own man as his father said. After several minutes of utter silence, he got up to leave. He looked back at the cave area. IT wasn't something to come back to, but in his mind, it gave him something to remember, it was to be their last argument, their last brawl. Vax felt closure, at least his father tried to explain himself, but in the end, Vax knew he didn't get it. He never would. He didn't tell his father about Cecilia, he wouldn't understand that, didn't say anything about the Odyssey, his life since. His father only knew how to protect, but he had a terrible way of showing it. Vax walked on, his bubble popping...*