"Peek-A-Boo!"
(Previous Post: Jessica's "Finding Something...")
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Stardate: 60301.0900
Setting: Admiral Koneki's Anteroom
Allyson sat at her desk reading over a report when Captain James Simmons and his first officer, Commander Sabrina Rikar entered.
"Captain, Commander" Allyson said with a smile.
"Afternoon Allyson. Is he in?" James inquired.
"Let me check" she said as she looked over a padd, "one second" she stood and went to the door. It opened and she stepped through. Seconds later, she re appeared.
"He'll see you, but I was told to tell you to make it quick. We have a situation..."
"Understood" James said as he and Sabrina entered.
"Needing a little more muscle Commander?" Koneki said from his seat not looking up as the two senior officers of the ANUBIS apporached.
"You know me sir... a stickler for protocol" Sabrina replied sarcastically.
"Admiral... I won't take much of your time so I'll be real quick... for starters..."
"Forgive me for interupting, but I'll be even quicker. I can't and *won't* waste time on one particular officer Captain. You're here about Lieutenant Dawson. He's been re-assigned, and now he's recovering from a injury. Now... My decisions don't have to be cleared through you, your ExO, or any of your staff. When I make a decision its for the greater good of *this* base. End of story. Now... if you'll..."
"It's going to take a little more than that sir" James said as Koneki's eyebrow rose up his forehead.
"I beg your pardon?" the flag officer asked.
"You heard me. Now... please don't take this as disrespect, but you'd be *pissed* if... and a big if I might add, someone other than yourself in Starfleet found out about this base and started re assigning your staff without even informing you of such. Now... if he's re assigned, so be it... the ANUBIS will jusy have to hope when his assignment is over, he'll be returning..."
"Just as soon as he's compl..." Koneki said but James steamrolled on.
"Now... what I *do* want to know is... how and who authorized Wallin to remove one of my officers from life support?"
Koneki rose from his seat to take on James' challenge.
"*Every* officer assigned to this base is *my* officer Captain. Whether you like it or not. Wallin had his orders..."
"So it came from you?" James challenged.
"No... it came from his father." Koneki said and Sabrina laughed.
"Captain Dawson has been dead for 13 years Admrial. How could he give you..."
Koneki handed her a padd and she read the contents. She handed it to James.
"How is that possible?!" Sabrina asked excitedly.
"A old legal EARTH term Commander... called power of attorney."
"Admrial... really" James said placing the padd on his desk.
"Many of you don't know this" Koneki said pacing away from his desk and looking through the big bay window that shower the docking area of the secret intel base, "but David's been here before... when his father was alive. As much as he believes its *my* fault that his parents are dead, his father was my most trusted officer" and Koneki turned and eyed both James and Sabrina, "I trusted David Dawson with my life... and its been a few that I've entrusted that gift to. So before he died, one of the things I ask of my senior officers is in the happenstance something happens that doesn't bring them back home, I'd take care of theie family. *That's* why David was taken off life support."
Sabrina's green eyes rolled in her head. "I don't believe it. Captain Dawson is intel... surely you could have contacted him..."
"Then the proverbial *jig* would be up wouldn't it Commander?" Koneki asked, "true enough Captain Steve Dawson is a intel officer, but not along *these* lines" he gestured towards the bay window for emphasis.
"So... what would you have done if David died Admiral? You would have..."
"Like every officer that's transfered here Commander. We'd send his body back to EARTH with a letter from his captain" and Koneki looked at James, "not you of course."
James nodded, seeing the Admiral's logic, "Of course."
"Commander..." he said circling his desk and standing before her, "I take the best interest at heart of each and every man and woman on this base. David was taken off life support, he's recovering. Which shows me he's a more stubborn bastard than I give him credit for. I promise you, once he's recovered and he's completed his task here on the base, I'll personally contact the both of you with his transfer orders..."
The Admiral's door opened and Allyson appeared, "Sorry to interupt Admiral, Captain, Commander, but its time sir."
"Well... good seeing your both again. Excuse me" he said gesturing to the door as James and Sabrina followed Allyson out. Once outside in the cooridors Sabrina grumbled.
"Something wrong number one?"
Sabrina ran her hands through her red hair, pulling it into a bun, "if you believe any of that cock and bull story Koneki said, you'll be getting your command of the AVALON back."
"Aww... and I thought you were starting to like the ANUBIS." James said with a grin.
"Seriously James" Sabrina said witha smirk, "power of attorney?! Who in the hell uses that anymore."
"Apparently Captain and Doctor Dawson before they died." the ANUBIS' CO replied.
"And they're dead... rest their souls" Sabrina countered, "but how can a dead father give the order to remove his son from life support? As David told me once before, something's rotten in Denmark... and I plan to find out what."
"Sabrina" James said, "I don't want to do this, but let nature run its course. Koneki has his reasons, and you and I both know that we'll never know the true intent... but for your *own* sake, let it alone. Now... that was from a friend. Do I need to throw the pips on it as well?"
Sabrina frowned. Since she still haven't heard from Enaii and not knowing how much longer it'll be and now her friend, confident, and former lover lay at death's door she was taxxed... and growing more perturbed by the minute.
"No sir" she replied.
"Then let's grab a bite and later we can go check on Mr Mircle" the Captain said.
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Stardate: 60299.1330
Setting: NEW ALEXANDRIA, Section C-2, Level 1, Infirmary
After a leisurely lunch and a pass through the ANUBIS to check on the progress of the repairs James, Sabrina, and Serrena entered the Infirmary.
"Captain" Maya said as the CO approached.
"Lieutenant" James said, "how is he?"
"Condition is unchanged sir" the CSciO replied, "I guess the some good news is that the nanites repaired his heart so he's good as new there."
"Thank God" Sabrina said and Serrena nodded.
"But its his brain patterns that worry me" Lea said from David's bio-bed she said nodding to the monitor in front of Maya.
"What are we seeing?" Serrena asked.
"Different patterns originating from the same brain." the Science chief of the ANUBIS replied.
"Are those David's?" Sabrina asked as she fell back upon her CMO side.
"Affirmative Commander" Maya said, "...
(bits and pieces from Jessica's post)
"...I mean if I did not know that both of these scan results had been taken from David directly, I would have been ready to argue that they were from two distinct individuals. Of course both you and I know that this is not possible unless something happened to the personality that makes David the person that we know him to be."
"Maya... could any of that have to do with when David was possessed?" the COO asked.
"Good question Lieutenant" James said.
"No" Maya replied, "there have been many recorded instances where a person suffered from a traumatic experience which altered their brain chemistry and subsequently their brainwave patter without changing the psychological identity of the individual. What I have been trying to do for the past hours is to evaluate if this change in brainwave pattern is indicating a psychological modification or a biochemical change in the way the brain processes information. So far I have not been able to clarify this to a certain level of certitude which is why I have been working on this same information for so long."
(end excerpt)
Sabrina sighed, "He never did have a lot of counseling after that."
"What would that have to do with anything?" Lea asked.
"One of the things counselors can do Ensign is to record the brain patterns of their patients. Just in David's case... he never fully trusted them."
"So strike one" James said.
"Not entirley Captain" Maya said, "I'm still waiting on the report from David's earlier physche evals and counseling sessions."
"Earlier evals?" James said, "when was that done?"
"Shortly after the death of Captain and Doctor Dawson" Maya replied, "David entered a deep state of depression, dropped out of the Academy..."
Sabrina's brows knitted together when she saw movement out of the corner of her eye. She glance din Diavid's direction... there it was again. She rushed to his side.
"David? David can you hear me?!" the ExO said.
"Commander... don't shake him!" Lea said as everyone saw the CEOs right arm move... then three fingers and then his hand clenched into a fist.
"David... David, its Sabrina" she said taking his fist into her hand, "David... can you..."
"Help... me..." the CEO said over a whisper.
"What did he say?" Lea asked.
"He said help me" Serrena said from across the room and Maya and Lea looked at the Chief of Operations and she tapped her earlobe.
"Sa... some... one... please..." and his eyes snapped opened and he sat bolt upright which made every one jump back. He grabbed his head.
"The pain... please STOP THE PAIN!" David bellowed as he pounded both his temples.
"David... DAVID!" Lea snapped, "relax... lie down..." she said as a nurse came to assist and she placed a hypo in Lea's hand. She tried to apply it to his neck, but David grabbed her hand and slapped the hypo out of it.
"No way bitch!" he said as he was trying to get off the biobed, "no more sleep for me...."
With the speed of a cheetah, David bolted for the door. Lea tapped her badge, "Security to the Infirmary, emergency!" as James, Serrena, and Prav tried to subdue the massive CEO, but he shucked them like flies.
"Captain... really" David said as he had the captain by the throat as Serrena and Prav tried to break the vise like grip. With his left arm, he shrugged off the COO and MCO and for good measure, tossed the captain at them both. As David went to exit the Infirmary, he ran into a wall... a 7'6" wall of Lieutenant junior grade Elak Fairborn.
David's eyes drifted upward, "So... think you can stop me?!" he said through clenched teeth.
"My friend, please think before you re..." and David went for the big man's throat. Elan flicked his finger at David's head, rendering the man uncounsciouness. The big Oltarian grabbed the CEO before he could hit the deck. James and the rest of the staff appeared just as security arrived.
"I'm terribly sorry Captain, but if didn't..."
Through baited breath, James waved him off, "Think nothing of it... Elan... and I'm sure David won't take it the wrong way."
As they went to put David back in bed, Maya worked steadly on the new readings she took from him as he tried to escape. And what she saw she didn't like.
"Oh no... this is *not* good!"
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Julian Knight {d_dawson_1@yahoo.com}
as
Lieutenant David Dawson
Chief Engineer
USS ANUBIS NCC 18501
"A Starfleet officer...that's all I am and that's all I'll ever be." 2005 post #079
- Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko,
Commanding Officer of the Federation Spacestation Deep Space 9
