Disclaimer: Earth: Final Conflict Universe is from Gene Roddenberry.

No copyright infringement is intended. The idea is mine.

Author: Mithril 1999.

Raven: Truth

Onboard the Mothership, an unusually distracted Agent Sandoval stood near of a virtual glass window, glancing outside. However, his attention was far away from the spectacular view. Thanks to his CVI, he could not get Raven... nor their strange, incredible moment, out of his mind. He sighed. That had happened two days... well, nights ago and still, he had no idea of who Raven was or -what was more important- where to find her.

("I will always be with you. I love you, Ronald") her sweet voice echoed in his mind again.

In spite of himself, he flushed. *Stop!* he thought, annoyed, his face turning into an expressionless mask. *I have things to attend to.* He shook his head and went his way to the shuttle bay. He was supposed to meet Captain Marquette in late Commander Boone's office and help her to classify some old files.

******

Twenty minutes later, he arrived to the office and found Lili seated behind the desk, her gaze focused on the monitor.

"Captain Marquette," Sandoval greeted her.

Lili raised her eyes. "Good evening, Agent Sandoval. Are you here to give me a hand?" she asked, a hint of mischief in her voice.

The implant just ignored her teasing tone. "Have you found anything interesting?" he asked seriously.

She denied with a shake of her head. "No. These are just ordinary cases. I was reading about Dr. Larry Clark, who was working with the Alpha series skrills," she informed and then smiled. "I am happy that Boone had been able to save him. He was a good man. Didn't you know that Dr. Clark used to give the skrills nicknames?"

"Nicknames?" Sandoval repeated, suddenly feeling strangely nervous.

Lili nodded. "Yes. In fact, I think that the name of Boone's skrill was Condor and yours..."

"May I see that?" the Agent interrupted her.

"Sure," Lili said, turning the screen towards him.

Sandoval began to read... and his jaw fell open in disbelief when he saw what his skrill's name was.

"Raven," he whispered.

(You are not alone, Ronald) a sweet voice thought to him.

To Lili's astonishment, the attaché blushed in a deep red.

"Sandoval," she called him. He didn't answer. "Sandoval!" she repeated in a louder voice.

He blinked in surprise and cleared his throat. "Yes, Captain?"

"Your skrill is glowing," she said, looking at him with curiosity.

Startled, Sandoval raised his arm... and could not help but smile tenderly at his glowing skrill... Raven.

Fin