"Trying To Think Through The Silence"
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Setting: IRRAJ, Royal Palace, Underground Dungeon
Lea watched with great attention the resting Shillian. There had been
only room for one on the bunk, so the CMO had sat down against the wall
right next to Maya. Laying down on a cold stone slab had not been all
that inviting anyway. Even if the CMO could have laid down, Lea had
too much on her mind to get any sort of rest.
At first Lea brought herself to the verge of a nervous breakdown. Thinking about being in a dungeon accused of kidnapping the Princess had made the CMO imagine the worst type of punishment conceivable. The CMO would have been more than happy to have her friend Susan right there by her side. The Cns would have surely been able to say or do something to make Lea relax.
Luckily Lea found something to occupy her thoughts while they waited
for what would come next. The CMO studied the resting Shillian next to
her taking in each and every detail of Maya's form. It was then that
Lea noticed something that went beyond what the CMO could have imagined.
The CMO had truly been amazed to see how Maya's metabolism work.
Without any help from instruments and using only her eyes the CMO could
*see* Maya's wounds heal. Cuts and bruises which had been clearly visible
a hour ago had almost entirely vanished. Lea would have to make a
point to study this aspect of the Shillian. That was as soon as they got
out of the mess they were in. In the meantime Lea had been content to
continue to watch Maya's body repair the damage it had suffered in the sewers.
As Maya's chest rose and fell with each breath, Lea could hear the
gentle rhythm of the air entering and leaving the CSciO's lungs. The CMO
had almost become entranced by the sight and sound which had sheltered
Lea from the cold walls that had surrounded her on all sides. The more
time passed, the more Lea watched and the more the CMO wondered about
Maya.
At one point Lea even began to understand what Pravat had likely seen
in the Shillian. There had been a kind of aura of innocence that
enveloped Maya. As the CMO of the ANUBIS, Lea had never noticed this before
and wondered if maybe there had been a medical reason for it. After
all there had been a great many things that had remained unknown about
the Shillians and Maya specifically. Maybe that had been the reason for
the ILO's interest in the CSciO. Taking into account that Enaii
possessed a fascination for other women, as displayed by her having wedded
Sabrina the CMO could only guess at the full extent of the ILO's
interest. Many races considered to have multiple mates to be perfectly normal.
Lea bounced to her feet when the silence of the dungeon was shattered
when the door to her cell was opened. Responding as any CMO would
towards their patient, Lea moved to stand between the shadow in the door way
and Maya. On the outside Lea tried to appear as strong as she could.
On the inside though, the CMO had been more terrified then she had ever
been in her life.
Who was this person and what had they wanted with Maya and/or Lea? The
CMO could only guess and hope that someone somewhere would come to
their rescue before it would be too late.
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Lt. J.G. Lea Summers 2006 post #205
Stardate: 61015.0115
Tiffany Rose {lady_tiffany_rose@mail.com}
Chief Medical Officer
USS ANUBIS
