"Deeper In"
(Previous post: Tallulah's 'Susan and Sol')
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Stardate: 60315.1830
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Upper level of the "Black Hole"
After 30 minutes of doing everything he thought
possible to get some kind of conversation with the
ANUBIS' aCMO, David mentally threw up his hands.
"Lea... are you gonna eat, talk, or do anything else
besides sit there?"
She didn't respond. She was looking at him, blinking,
but didn't say a word.
"Um... hello?" David said as he waved his hand in front
of her face and shook his head. His food had grown
cold and it didn't look too appitizing.
"Well... when you feel like talking, call me" he said
and rose from his seat. He rose from his seat, headed
towards his quarters.
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David entered his quarters and sat on the couch. He
removed the coat he was wearing and he chuckled. This
is the most time he'd been out of uniform as he was
still dressed as his new idenity, Kreedar Brell. David
decided to do some more reading on the mysterious
bounty hunter when he noticed that a light was
blinking on his desktop monitor. He sat at his desk.
"Computer, messages?"
=/\= Affirmative. Please enter security clearence =/\=
"Security clearence?" the former CEO said to himself
and chuckled, "I *am* in the center of a base that
doesn't exist. Computer, reconize as Dawson,
Lieutenant David R. Authorization 25-alpha-069-omega"
=/\= Authorization code accepted. Continue playback? =/\= the feminine voice of the ANUBIS' computer asked.
"Please" David replied as the United Federation of
Planets symbol was replaced by the image of his
cousin, Lieutenant Commander Stephanie Dawson.
=/\= David... I hope this message finds you. I've asked
Daddy to do his normal 'snooping' but no one seems to
know where you are...=/\=
David shook his head and cursed the day he decided to
join this rag tag outfit. He was completely cut off
from his family... which was another note he needed to
add to his homework assignment before he met with
Susan in the morning. He thumbed a button to continue
the playback.
=/\=...a bit of good news though. My promotion came
through. I'm a full commander now and got a new posting
as the Xo of the USS LINCOLN...=/\=
"Wow... congrats Steph" David said as he saw sadness
on his cousin's face as tears dropped from her eyes.
=/\= I really hate doing this... and I wish you were
here so I could kick you ass... I hate it when you
pull these disappearing acts... but something has
happened...=/\=
That got David's attention. He leaned forward with his
elbows on his desk.
=/\=...its Jordan David. One of my first tasks when I
got my new posting was to look for the MERCURY. It had
been missing for 2 1/2 months. We found her...=/\=
"God no... please don't do this to me..." David said
above a whisper as the tears streamed down his
cousin's face.
=/\=...we found him in a escape pod... with this...=/\=
and she leaned forward and the image switched to his
brother. He was haggard, unshaven, and looked 30
seconds away from death.
=/\= Stardate 60302 Marine 1st Lieutenant Jordan
Dawson making what probably my final entry. From what
can recall, its been 2 weeks since the MERCURY ripped
herself asunder. Captain Wellington gave the abandon
ship call after we were brutally attacked by 2
renegade Cardassian Galor class warships. My men
fought with bravery and dignity when we were boarded
but at least I can go to my grave knowing the MERCURY
took as many of those Cardie bastards as she could...=/\=
He coughed... violently. He was shaken as David felt
the life seeping out of him.
=/\=... the one thing I'm going to miss is the fact
that my brother never saw me get married. Never saw
his little brother get his promotion... never got to
know that he would have been a uncle... Martia never
made it off the ship... and never got to hear his
brother tell him how proud I am that he is my big
brother... that if it weren't for his strength after
Mom and Pop died I would probably be a lost cause.
That I'm grateful he put up with my tantrums, my sour
assed attitude while we were growing up. I want you to
know Uncle Steve... Aunt Marsha... Stepphie... and you
to Dave... I love you all...=/\=
The screen went black and Stephanie's image appeared.
=/\= I'm bringing Jor home David. We need you.=/\= she
said as she wiped the tears from her face, =/\= Contact
me soon... please.=/\= as she blew a kiss towards the
screen and it went black also.
David sat back in his chair... his mind numb and his
blood pressure rising. He closed his eyes and started
breathing deeply. The world felt a little different
now... knowing that he now truly was the last of his
line.
"Computer, lock my door and alert anyone who
approaches that I *don't* want to be disturbed."
The computer made its customary bleeps as the former
CEO of the USS ANUBIS sat at his desk... jobless and
alone and cried.
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as
Lieutenant David Dawson
"A Starfleet officer... that's all I am and that's all I'll ever be." 2005 post #140
Stardate: 60314.1845
Setting: USS ANUBIS, David's Quarters
Julian Knight (d_dawson_1@yahoo.com)
Chief Engineer
USS ANUBIS NCC 18501
- Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko,
Commanding Officer of the Federation Spacestation Deep Space 9
