Story:Star Trek: John J. Pershing/Taking Charge

He hated siting outside offices, he always had, and it didn't help that Lieutenant Commander Colin Davis was now sitting outside the office of Vice Admiral Ron Tae-Won on Starbase 142. He thought to himself, ''What have I done this time? I've done everything I was supposed to, I made sure Astrophysics delivered all their reports, I compiled the duty roster for Security, and I didn't flirt with Ensign Sh'rhokrot.'' He kept going back over his activities of the past week, trying to think of anything that might have led to hime being called to the Admiral's office first thing in the morning. While he was waiting, he tried to calm himself down, ''Look at you, you're panicking like some cadet, there's nothing to worry about. It's been three weeks since the last time I was called down here. They probably just want to tell me that I'm doing a fine job and to keep up the good work.''

After several minutes of waiting, he had managed to convince himself that he was not in trouble, and it was probably just some courier mission to deliver some equipment or file to another part of the starbase. While he was lost in thought, Captain Monette Gleyre walked out and stared angrily at him for a moment before talking in a quiet, but very aggressive tone, "Davis, the Admiral will see you now." She then turned and walked off and Colin swore he could see the smoke coming out of her ears. This worried him again, Captain Gleyre was rarely mad, and the fact that she was mad at him didn't help. He stood a deep breathe as he stood up and walked through the sliding doors into the Admiral's office, doing his best to appear calm and professional. As he approached the desk, Admiral Tae-Won looked up from his computer, "Sit down, Lieutenant Commander, please." Colin glanced at the chair before sitting on it, "You sent for me, sir?"

"I did. I'm going to cut straight to the chase, we haven't always gotten along with each other and you know that."

"Yes, sir, but I've been trying to improve my conduct, as I've demonstrated over the past we-," he was cut off as the Admiral raised a hand, signaling him to stop.

"That being said, I am greatly impressed with your performance these last few weeks. You've demonstrated that you can be a great officer when you put forward the initiative. I'd hate to see you ruin your career by goofing around, and it has become clear to me that you have messed around because you don't have enough responsibility to keep you busy."

Colin was yelling in his head, ''Oh no, he's going to give me three times the PT as I've already got, isn't he?"