"Flashback"
[Previous post: 'Going Home']
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Stardate: 60298.1835
Setting: Deck 7, Corridor -> Sickbay
The young woman headed down the corridor on Deck 7 on her way to the ship's main medical facility. James had tried contacting the head of the medical department, but each time a nurse or some other underling had stepped in to inform the ANUBIS' CO that the CMO had been indisposed or simply unavailable. Although a normally patient and understanding man, Cpt. Simmons had decided to dispatch his ExO to least investigate or at worst take over the role of the CMO for the medical examination of Lt. Onison and Ens. Summers.
As she walked into Sickbay, the redheaded woman saw the 2 officers in question each sitting on a biobed with a member of the medical staff attending to them. Everything seemed to be in order and under control… the young woman suspecting that the presence of Marine 2nd Lt. Pravat right next to Lt. Onison, his pulse riffle firmly in hand.
"Excuse me… where is the Doctor?" Rikar inquired of a nearby medical technician as she moved in deeper into the large room, her glance in the direction of the CMO's office not having indicated that anyone had been there.
"Last time I saw him he was hugging the porcelain like some long lost lover… we tried to help but we got yelled at, so we decided to leave him be. I have to admit that I never expected that he would still be there after all this time." The Technician announced, not at all sounding sorry for his lack of empathy towards the CMO's condition.
Since the CMO had not been able to perform his duties, and there had not been a replacement aCMO assigned to the ANUBIS after the departure of Ens. Summers, the young women decided that if James was going to get the report he had been waiting for, she would have to do it. In all honesty though, the ExO was looking forward to performing tasks that she had not done in ages, her time as a CMO seeming like so many lifetimes ago.
With Lt. Onison under the care of the Pravat and a nurse, the young woman decided to focus her attention on the Ensign who truly seemed to be in a totally different world, her gaze aimlessly poiting nowhere in particular.
"You seem lost in thoughts Ensign. Care to share?" Sabrina asked with a smile as she reached for the nearest medical tricorder, not having the slightest idea of where the Ensign's mind had drifted to.
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Stardate: Months ago, when Lea was on NEW ALEXANDRIA
Setting: Section A, Level 2, Observation Platform
(Excerpt from "The Hell We Create" written by Tiffany)
"You seem lost in thoughts Ensign. Care to share?" Sabrina asked with a smile, not having the slightest idea of the horrific images the assistant CMO had conjured.
"GET AWAY FROM ME!" Lea snapped, pushing the woman away with all of her might. Even though she new the thought was illusionary, Lea could not shake the feeling that everyone in NEW ALEXANDRIA would in some way be part of what she had seen. The question had not been a question of *if* it would happen but rather of *when* the opportunity would present itself.
Surprised by the assistant CMO's unexpected reaction, Commander Rikar moved closer once more out of concern for the Ensign thinking that maybe the stress of the decision they had all been asked to make had proven to be too much for Lea to handle on her own.
"Lea? What's wrong?" Sabrina asked, placing a hand on the troubled woman's shoulder. The action had been intended as one of friendship and support, but to Lea it had been nothing short of an attempt to silence her fears. Not expecting what followed, the ExO suddenly found herself on the floor looking up at the enraged Ensign who had used the extended appendage to send Rikar where she now was.
"You and everyone else on this cursed base are nothing more than monsters!" Lea screamed kicking the downed woman in the stomach strong enough to knock the wind from her insuring that Sabrina could not follow. Reacting without thought, the assistant CMO ran away from the observation platform and the nightmare she had created for herself.
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Stardate: 60298.1837
Setting: Sickbay
Lea looked into the ExO's eyes, unable to place the memory that had surfaced. The emotions that she recalled were very real, but Lea could not place or understand them, as if they had been those of another person.
"Are you OK?" Sabrina asked, running the medical scanner over Lea's head, "I am detecting elevated activity in your cerebrum cortex."
"I am just having memories," Lea replied. "More like disconnected flashbacks. I remember this exact Sickbay yet I can't for the life of me remember when I was here before today. I recognize our Marine friend over there, but it is more of an impression instead of a memory," the former Assistant CMO said, pointing to Pravat who had not left Luke's side since they had left the bridge.
"I'm sure it will all come back to you soon," the ExO said, not ready to tell Lea about the time she had spent on NEW ALEXANDRIA. As short as it had been, those few days had been filled with conflicts and Sabrina thought it safer not to mention the mind wipe that Lea had undergone before her departure. If Admiral Koneki decided that it was better for her to be told, someone would do so then. Until that time, Rikar was happy to leave the past where it had been, behind them and out of their thoughts. "Aside from the elevated brain activity you seem to be in reasonable shape. You do look like you have been some rough times though, so I suggest that you head to your quarters and rest. Heat something good, take a nice sonic shower and forget about the universe for a little while."
The idea suggested by Sabrina sounded divine to Lea, but rest had actually not been all that high of a priority. The former Assistant CMO had instead wanted to understand these visions that she had been having. "If it is all the same to you Cmdr I would like to stay here in Sickbay for a little while longer. I think it will help me make sense of some of these flashbacks I have been having. Plus while the CMO is otherwise occupied, I could lend a hand. Like I said I vividly remember having been in this Sickbay, I just can't remember when or exactly why."
Since Sabrina had not wanted to take over the CMO's duties for an undetermined period of time, the ExO saw no harm in granting Lea's request. As soon as she completed the medical examination of Lt. Onison he would be escorted to a secured room and she would be able to return to the bridge. If Lea wanted to stay behind and try to piece her memories back, it would be her time wasted, not that of the ExO.
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Tiffany Rose {lady_tiffany_rose@mail.com}
Ensign Lea Summers
Assistant Chief Medical Officer
USS ANUBIS
And
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Sabrina Jones {sabrina_sweet@hotmail.com}
Commander Sabrina Rikar
Executive Officer
USS ANUBIS, NCC-18501
As well as…
Lieutenant Kittianna
Intel Coordinator
NEW ALEXANDRIA
“We are Grey, we stand between the Candle and the Star, between the Darkness and the Light”
-Entilza Delenn, Babylon 5
2005 post #025
