Imzadi: My Version

Final Chapters

Chapter Forty-three

It was a year and half later. Deanna was now aboard the Enterprise-D and was so happy to be the Ship's Counselor. She was also a happier person than she was a year and half ago. Actually, happier than she had been in four years.

She and Will had been talking quite frequently and seemed to have worked a lot of things out. The only thing she had not told him was where she was going to be assigned next. She had looked over the crew roster and thought to herself with a smile, "I am about to surprise the best crew member on this ship!"

She had known that Will was going to be on this ship before she came aboard a few days ago. He had told her. It was then she realized their paths were about to cross again, but rather than tell him, she decided to surprise all three of them.

They were scheduled to pick up the new crew members at Farpoint station in a few days. She felt she could hardly wait, but she knew she had to wait. Their new captain had not quite put two and two together yet, but Deanna was sure he eventually would. For now, she and Will were in two separate quarters. Even so, Deanna thought that could easily be remedied later. She was more concerned about Will and the children's reactions once they knew she was on board.

Will and the children were in the market center on Farpoint station.  They had just met Dr. Beverly Cusher and her son Wesley.

"You'll have to excuse my mother."  Wesley said.  "She's rather shy around men."

"Wesley!"

"I think it will be nice to have other kids aboard."  Will Jr. said.  "Even if they are older than us."

It was then that Will started a conversation with Beverly and the twins chatted with Wesley.  "Yeah, I know what you mean."  Wesley agreed.  "I've been on ships myself where I was the only kid and it can get a little boring, but this ship is so big that there's no way to get bored and there are lots of families.  I looked at the roster."

"You did!"  The twins' eyes got big as they spoke in unison. 

Wesley tilts his head slightly to the side and says,  "Well, it helps when your mom's the CMO of the ship."

"Yeah, it probably does."  Little Will said sadly.

"Oh, I'm sorry."  Wesley said.  "I didn't mean anything by moms.  I lost my dad when I was a baby, so I kinda understand how you feel."

"Oh, our mom's not dead."  Kestra said.  "She's just not with us."

"Oh?"  Wesley asked as he ferrowed his brow.

"She works on a different ship than our dad does and we just miss her.  That's all."  Said Will Jr.

"Say, a..., um,  We didn't catch your name?"  Kestra said.

"Oh, I'm sorry.  Wesley Crusher."

"I'm called Kestra by adults, but my brother calls me Kessa."  Kestra said.  "Has since he learned to talk and other kids have called me Kessa, too, because of it.  Anyway, his name is the same as our dad's."

Will Jr. beamed and quoted the line he heard his dad say when he told them the story of how he and their mom met.  "William T. Riker, at your service."

Wesley laughed.  "So what's the T stand for?"

"Terrrrrrrific!"  Will Jr. said. 

Kestra laughed.  "You have to excuse my brother.  He can be a little silly and obnoxious sometimes."  Then leans over to Wesley and whispers,  "Gets it from our dad."

"Hey!"  Will Jr. did not like her teasing him sometimes and this was one of them.  He crosses his arms and sticks his nose up in the air.  "I personally like how Dad acts."

"Yeah, well, Silly."  Kestra giggled.  "He used it on girls, not potential friends."

Wesley laughed too.  "Don't worry Kestra.  Your brother will grow up and probably use it on girls.  He's only seven."

"Oh, great!  Thanks, Kestra!"  Said her brother.  "Now this fourteen year old thinks I'm a baby."

"No, I don't."  Wesley reassured.  "I think you're a kid, like me only younger."

The only younger part did not help Will's self esteem any.  Kestra ignored him and went on with what she was going to say.  "Anyway, forget him.  I was going to ask you, do you play Fareezees Squares?"

Wesley smiled.  "Do I?  Yeah!  That game's cool! You two play?"

"Mostly with our dad, since the last ship we were on didn't have any kids, except us."  Kestra said.  "Mama doesn't like it that Dad taught us how to play the game."

"Well, you are kinda little to play."  Wesley said.

"We're seven years old!"  Kestra said.  "And if Dad says we are old enough and big enough, then we can play!  Boys!"

Kestra then storms off back to her father's side.  Wesley shakes his head.  "Girls!  Doesn't matter what age they are, they can take offense at something you didn't mean anything by."

"Tell me about it."  Will said, rolling his eyes.  "She's been like that ever since I can remember.  I think I liked her better when she didn't talk."

"You can't remember that far back."  Wesley said.

"Trust me I can."  Then Will saw something he thought was interesting.  "Hey, look at this."

"That is a cool toy shuttle."  Wesley said.  "But this, this is better."  He held up a compact telescope and pulled it out to it's full length.

"Cool!"  Said Will.

"Yeah, I only wish it were in black instead of red."  Wesley said and then the telescope changed colours.

"Wow!"  Will's little eyes got big and wide.

"Amazing!"  Wesley said.  "We gotta go tell your dad and my mom!"

"Yeah!"  Will said and both boys ran back to their parents.

"Hey, Mom!"

"Not now, Wes."  Beverly said.  "I was talking, before you interrupted."

"Dad, this was weird.  You gotta check it out!"

"OK, hold on, son."

"You were saying, Dr. Crusher?"

"Yes, it was a case..."  She paused.  "This is beautiful fabric!  Too bad they don't have another shade.  Anyway..."

Suddenly, there were several colours and styles of material.  Beverly gaped and said,  "That's amazing!"

"That's what we were trying to tell you!"  Wesley said.

"You know, I had wished for something too in Groppler Zorn's office and suddenly it was there."  The adult Will said.

The adults started discussing the strange occurances and decided that maybe they should mention it to their new captain.  Wesley shakes his head and looks at the twins.  "Adults!"

Will crosses his arms,  "Yeah, tell me about it."

Kestra looks down sadly at the ground and sighs,  "Yeah, they never listen to children when it comes to the strange and unusual."

Will, Beverly and the children were finally beamed aboard and Will takes the twins to the nursery before he went to meet his new captain for a breifing.

"Dad!  We're seven."  Whined the twins. 

"Must we go to the nursery?"  Kestra asked.

"Yeah, the nursery's for babies."  Little Will added.

"Well, sorry, kids."  Their father said.  "You're going to stay there and that's final."

"Well, why can't we hang out with Wesley?"  Kestra asked.

"She's got a crush on him!"  Little Will teased.

"DO NOT!"  She yelled.

"DO TOO!"  Will Jr. shouted back.

"Alright, kids!"  Will said firmly.  "That's enough. You will stay in the nursery until I get off duty."

"OK."  They said disappointed and in unison.

Will left them in the nursey and met with Captain Picard in his Ready Room.  Will sat across from the captain as they discussed the oddities that had been occuring on Farpoint and both were equally concerned.

As they talked Will discovered the thing he liked most about his new captain was he accepted Will without reservation.  Once Picard had welcomed him aboard and set out the ground rules, it was as if the captain had left any sort of doubt behind him.  Unlike the other captains, Will had served under, Will felt no pressure to impress Picard.  Instead, it was clear that Picard was going to deal with him in a straight forward no nonsense manner.  Will welcomed that sort of attitude.

They had finished discussing the details of the planet and  Picard asked,  "Ready to beam down?  I'm looking forward to meeting this Groppler Zorn."

"Yes, Sir."  Will replied and they both rose from their chairs.  They chatted as they walked out of Picard's Ready Room and over to the Turbolift.

As the doors to the turbolift opened and everyone stepped out, Will stood in disbelieving shock at who he saw.  There standing before him was his goddess.  The woman that he loved and cherished.  He felt he could hardly move, much less speak.  All he did was stare when Captain Picard waved her over to them and she walked over to them as graceful and as beautiful as he had remembered her. 

Chapter Forty-four

There stood before him the great love of his life, who he had not seen in four long years. At least, he had not seen her in person for that long. He wanted to hug her and kiss her, but he knew now was not the time or the place.

"May I introduce to you our new first officer, Commander William Riker. Mr. Riker, our ship's counselor, Deanna Troi-..." Picard stopped before he finished her name.

Deanna, for her part, looked utterly serene. Then just as he had years ago, before he left to serve on the Hood, she thought to him and he heard her voice in his mind and his soul. "Imzadi, do you remember what I taught you? Can you still sense my thoughts?"

It finally dawned on Captain Picard as he said their names, who these two were. "Obviously, you two already know each other."

Deanna looked at Will with a smile and said, "We do, sir. We do."

Picard tried to cover up his over site by adding, "Well, good. I feel it's important that my officers know each other's talents."

Riker was staring at her still in utter amazement. He wanted to tell her and show her just how much he had missed her and ask her the most important question on his mind. Suddenly, as if she had read his mind she replied, "Yes, Imzadi, I've come home."



The hardest part laid a head of them. The first mission they had together was down on Farpoint. They were under the surface of the planet and up until that time niether of them had any idea just how difficult it could be to work together.

"Counselor, can you sense anything?" Will asked Deanna.

"The entity's emotions are so strong that I've closed my mind off to it." She replied in her Betazoid accent.

"Well, I'm going to have to ask you to open your mind and tell us what you sense." Will requested gently.

She tried and she could feel the entity's emotions. Emotions so strong and powerful that they overwhelmed her. She could feel it's pain and suffering as though it's emotions were apart of her and she empathized greatly with it. "Pain! Intense pain!" She cried.

Will saw how hard it was for her and he ran to her side out of concern for his wife and not out of concern for another officer. Then he put an arm around her. "It's OK. Go ahead and shut your mind off to it. I'm really sorry I asked you to open your mind to it."

Explosions outside the entrance were going off all over the place. Will ordered Deanna to take everyone, but those that were going with him, back up to the ship.

Deanna knew he was not going back up to the ship and as he ran out of the entrance to where the explosions were. She shouted out to him with fear, "If you should be killed!"

He turned and yelled back, "You have your orders, Lieutenant!"

That was the last they saw of each other until their mission was over and their day was finished.



Will went to the nursery to get the children and take them to their quarters. When the twins saw their father, they ran to him.

"Dad!" They both said as they wrapped their arms around him. "Do we get to see our new quarters now?"

"Yes, we do and if we're lucky, I have a surprise ..." He started tell them, but before he could finish his sentence, the twins knew without seeing what the surprise was, although they did had some uncertainties.

They pushed away from him and started for the doors. As the doors opened their mother walked into the nursery and their uncertainty disappeared. "Mama!" They shouted and then ran to her as she knelt down to greet them.

"You knew they were in here?" Will asked.

"Yes and part of it was logic." She said. "Not all empathy."

"Well, how did they guess you were here?" He asked. "I mean they were heading for the door before I could get my sentence out."

Deanna smiled. "It was my greeting to them, Imzadi."

Will smiled and grabbed all three in one big group hug. "I've been wanting to hug you all day."

"Really?" Deanna asked with a devilish smile. "That's not all I sensed."

"Well, we can talk about that later." Then he kissed her.

The twins started to do a giddy happy dance. "Mom and Dad are together again!"

Deanna and Will looked at the twins and they abruptly stopped. "You are, aren't you?" They asked.

Deanna smiles and looks at Will, then back at their children. "Yes."

Will then speaks, "Let's go home, guys."



The children were the happiest Will had ever seen them in years. They were so giddy with joy and could not stop talking and telling their mother what all that has happened clear through dinner.. Deanna for her part seemed to just sit and listen, but Will was certain that the one sided chatter was not all it seemed to be. Even so, he was not certain how Deanna got a word in edgewise even with thought-sending.

Will just sat and watched his family. They were happy and whole again. The thought of that alone made him smile from ear to ear, but he was waiting to show Deanna just how happy he was to have her back.

It was then Deanna looked at him and smiled. "Don't worry, Imzadi, you will get your chance soon enough." She thought sent to him.

After dinner, as though nothing had changed sinced Deanna left the twins on Betazed two years ago, she read them a story. Will had volunteer to clean up after dinner so she could spend a little quality time with the children.

He stood at the opening to the living area and watched the scene as though it were a dream come true. He could not believe their paths had actually crossed and fate had actually allowed them to be a family again. Did Deanna request the transfer after he told her he was going to be first officer of the Enterprise or was it a coinsidenced?

He looked at the children. Kestra was becoming the spitting image of her mother. Her hair was long and dark. Her eyes a deep dark brown and her complexion was the exact same shade as her mother's. Young Will was growing up to be like him. Brown hair and blue eyes. All he could do was smile at the fact their children were so much like them.

As he heard Deanna wrap up the story, he decided to ask her later if her presence here was coinsidence or planned. "Well, it's 2100 hours. Time for bed." She told them.

"Oh, Mama! Do we hafta?" They asked in unison.

"Yes." She smiled at them.

"Why don't we both put them to bed?" Will suggested.

"Will, were you there the whole time?"

"Well, the last half I was." He told his wife with a smile. "OK, go brush your teeth you two."

The children went to brush their teeth and Will walked up to Deanna. "Do you know what I have been wanting to do all day?"

"What might that be?" She said with a playful smile.

He pulled her close to him and kissed her for the longest time. As they broke apart for air, they heard giggling behind them and they turned and looked at the source. As they looked down they could not help but smile.

"You two finished with your teeth?" Will asked.

"Yes, sir." They said in unison while they were still giggling.

"Well, then." Deanna said as she stepped beside Will. "I'd say it's time for you two to crawl into bed."

"Aw." They said as Will and Deanna guided them to their rooms and tucked them into bed.

Both children said how glad they were that Mama was back home with them as Will and Deanna tucked them into their beds. Both children were glad to have both their parents tuck them into bed that night and prayed that it would never change again.



After the children were in bed, Will turned to his wife, pulled her in close and started kissing her. "You know, Will?" Deanna said in between kisses.

"We need to talk about today?" He asked between the kisses he continued to give her.

"Yes, among other things."

"We can do that tomorrow, but for tonight..." He lifted her up in his arms, "I'm taking you to bed."

Deanna giggled as he carried her to their room and he laid her gently on the bed. He kissed her passionately on her valuptuous lips. Then he kissed he chin. She raised her head as he moved down and kissed below her chin, then her neck. He removed her uniform slowly and continued kissing her down to her cleavage. He massaged one breast as he teased the other with his mouth and tongue. Then he slowly switched and did the same to the opposite side.

Deanna moaned with pleasure. Then she raised her chest to get closer to him and groaned out, "Gods, it's been a long time!"

"Yes, it has." Then Will continued showing her just how happy he was that she was back.

He slowly moved down and as he started to stimulate her womanhood with his tongue, her breath caught in her chest. She finally released it and gasped for air as he continued administrations to her. She felt she was going to go insane with his show of appreciation. She moved her lower body up toward him. The insanity increased and she felt she just had to have him, but Will was insistant about taking his time.

Finally, after driving her insane with desire he slowly progressed back up her body. She raised her chest up to him again as he reached her breasts and gasped for air again. She reached up to remove his uniform and then pulled him close to him. She kissed him passionately and relished his body against hers. She explored his mouth with her tongue. Then he moved toward her neck again with gentle love bites, she tilted her head to the side allowing him to do whatever he desired, but she kept him close to her as if she were never going to let him go.

"Oh, Deanna! I've missed you, so much." He whispered into her ear.

Finally, just as she thought she had gone insane with the desire to be one with him, they became one. The insanity did not dissapate immediately, but instead it increased dramatically and she screamed a breathless, "Oh, Gods! Imzadi!"

He kissed her mouth as she let out another groan of pleasure. Then the intensity increased until they both reach their peak of excitement for each other and were blinded by passion. Deanna screamed into Will's head at the moment of their climatic experience. "Oh Imzadi!"

Spent of energy, Will laid his body gently on her and kissed her. "I've missed you so much." He said as he rolled onto his back pulling her with him.

She started teasing him with kisses down his neck and as she reached one of his nipples, she teased it with her tongue. "Oh, Deanna! I don't think I can."

"We'll just see about that." She said with a teasing tone to her voice.

She returned the favour of his foreplay from their previous loving moment and gave him tingling sensations as she moved down his body. Will shivered from the sensation and then she reached the part of his body she was desiring most and teased him some more with her tongue.

To his surprise, his energy, as well as his desire, returned. Finally, Deanna straddled him and he easily merge as one with her again. She leaned forward and kissed him, then she sat up and continued with loving movements.

Will reached out to her womanhood with a finger and massaged it. It did not take long before they reached their plateau of ecstasy, again.

Deanna laid against him. Both drenched with sweat from their welcoming celebration, but still very much in love. In the time it took for them to welcome each other back, they realized their feelings they had for each other in the Jalara were still there after all these years. Even with the time they were apart, trying to find themselves, those feelings never left.

Deanna rolled to his side and he craddled her in his arms. They stayed in each others arms the rest of the night and realized that Imzadi was forever.

They vowed never to be apart again and as they vowed this vow, Will suddenly asked Deanna, "Will you marry me?"

Shocked by his question, she said, "Will, we are married!"

"I know." He said. "I want to renew our vows, just as we vowed never to be apart again."

Tears came to her eyes. "Oh, Will!" Then she kissed him more passionately than ever.

It was deja vu, all over again. "I'll take that as a yes." Will said with a smile.

She curled up in his arms again and said, "You'd better."

Then, for the first time in years, they slept peacefully in each others arms.

Epilogue