Nowhere again?

Posted on 28 Feb 2021 @ 4:21am by Commander Amelia Fox & Lieutenant Syvar MD
Edited on on 28 Feb 2021 @ 5:34am

Mission: Mission 5 - Season of the Witch?
Location: Dreamspace
Timeline: During "The Search for the cure"
690 words - 1.4 OF Standard Post Measure

ON:

Amelia found herself once again surrounded by white. Except for this time, she had a splitting headache for some reason. Her thoughts were all confused, jumbled.... wait.... she remembered landing at the colony then.... oh no... It all came to her... how she was acting.... She must have fallen asleep on the Runabout.

She shook her head and looked around. Suddenly, she saw what looked like Syvar. He was sat with his eyes closed. She approached and spoke tentatively to him. "Syvar? Is that you?"

Having been barred from finding a way down, a resigned Vulcan doctor had returned to his quarters. He felt sick with worry, and utterly restless. Normally very inadept at meditation, Syvar decided that now was the time to try again. He was desperate for a means to calm his raging thoughts.

He closed his eyes, and after a few seconds found himself in that odd place, even without opening his eyes, he knew his consciousness had shifted. He was still sat on the floor but at the sound of Amelia's voice, he opened his eyes. "Amelia? Are you alright?"

Tears filled her eyes and she sat down next to him and held him tight for a moment. "No.... No, I'm not alright. I'm scared Syvar." She had started to tremble in his arms. "There's something down here that's causing some adults to act like children and it happened to me. It was painful and terrifying to feel my mind slip away like that. I can remember doing everything... Playing like a child.... feeling lost and helpless like a child. I couldn't snap out of it.... I still can't snap out of it. When I wake up..... I'll be a child again."

Syvar cast her a worried look as he wrapped his arms around her. "You called me, and I tried to come down to you but I couldn't. Nothing can transport down and all the shuttles are gone. I've got no way to get to you. You have to be strong Amelia, for yourself, and the baby. Is there anyone still sane and looking after you?"

Amelia took a deep breath and tried to calm herself and nodded. “Yes. There’s Ensign Leighton, Lieutenant Xu and the doctor are unaffected, in fact.” She frowned for a moment as she tried to remember details but it was not easy, her younger mind had not been paying attention. “We... we went to a market and there was some people there.... unaffected. We got a.... blood sample.... I think.” She shook her head “I’m sorry, it’s really difficult for me to remember the details. The emotional sensation of the experience is far stronger.” She held on to him tight. “I’ll come back to you! I promise! And I won’t let anything harm our baby. She’s still in here.” Although it was only her mental projection, her stomach was, as in reality, swollen and she took his hand in hers and placed it on top of the bump. “”Can you feel her?”

"Her?" Until now, Syvar hadn't been aware of the unborn's gender. "We are going to have a daughter?" He smiled as his hand rested on her abomen, feeling the unborn shift and move towards his hand.

Amelia got a funny little smile on her face. “Don’t ask me how I know, I just do, ok?”

Her image shimmered momentarily and a look of panic came back across her features. “Oh no! I’m waking up! She kissed him quickly. “I love you Syvar. Always remember I.....” and in the bunk of an eye, she was gone.

Back in his quarters, Syvar drew in a deep breath as he opened his eyes. Briefly disoriented, he looked around his quarters. "Amelia?" he called out, for a moment believing this hadn't been a dream and that she was right here at home. Then the realization dawned on him that this must've been their bond, that somehow, they had managed to connect even though he still didn't know or understand how.

OFF:

Lieutant Amelia Fox
XO
USS Andromeda

Ensign Syvar
Medical Officer
pnpc Aidan