By Lieutenant Dr. Terasha
and Nurse Kathy Miller
80125.0700
-=The Morning after the christening=-
The doors to sickbay opened and Terasha entered. It was precisely 0700 hours, and she wanted to get a few things sorted out before the Sera received her official mission orders from Starfleet at 0800. Heading toward her office, she was surprised that she was beginning to feel nervous, and was actually eagerly anticipating what they'd be doing.
She was actually hoping for something exciting. What could their mission possibly be?
Before stepping into her office, Terasha heard a soft moan. Following the sound, she saw a shadowy figure lying on one of the biobeds.
"Computer, increase illumination to normal levels." As the room brightened, Terasha heard someone shriek.
"Agh! Who turned on the damn lights?"
Looking behind the curtain that partially enclosed the biobed, Terasha saw Kathy lying there, a pitiful sight. The nurse's uniform was rumpled, her hair was strewn in every direction, her eyes were closed tightly, and her face was pale. Her boots were off and tossed on to the floor, and a chemical cold pack, long since gone warm, lay across her forehead.
"I think I'm dead," muttered Kathy.
"I told you not to have so many drinks," said Terasha.
"Yeah, yeah, but you know I can't help myself. I love parties too much," said Kathy.
"Have you been here all night?" asked Terasha. Her antennae bouncing in amusement.
"It's morning?" said Kathy incredulously. "Ugh." She tossed the coldpack off her head and began trying to sit up. With another moan and afew grunts, she managed. Swinging her legs to the side, she satunsteadily on the edge of the biobed. "I need another drink."
"You need a shower and a clean uniform," said Terasha. "You also need some mouthwash. An Elkarian cow's breath smells better than yours."
Normally, Kathy wouldn't let the insult go unchallenged, but she felt too lousy to do battle with the doctor. Verbal repartee was part of their friendship, but right now, her brain couldn't even spell repartee.
"Maybe I'll just go and puke all over your desk."
"You do, and you'll be floating back to Earth," said Terasha.
Kathy harumphed and slid off the biobed, taking a few seconds to steadyherself. Very slowly, she bent down and picked up her boots."You do know the room is spinning, don't you, Doc?"
"Yes, and you'd better get yourself cleaned up ASAP. We're getting our mission orders from Starfleet in less than an hour, and you're going tobe conscious, clean, and appear as though you're alive, when we do."
"Appear is the key word here," muttered Kathy. "Any idea at all where we're going?"
"No, but I'm looking forward to it, wherever it is," said Terasha. "Being part of this project, is going to be more than either of us imagined."
"I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit," said Kathy.
Terasha chuckled. "Go get yourself in some semblance of clean and get back here before 0800. You won't want to miss anything."
"Go team," said Kathy, raising one of her boots and giving it a quicktwirl, like a pom-pom.Terasha watched as her nurse slowly shuffled out of sickbay. Entering her office, she sat at her desk and waited, completely forgetting about the work she had come to sickbay to finish.
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Lieutenant Dr. Terasha
Supervising Medical Officer
USS Serendipity NCC-2012
and
Ensign Kathy Miller
Nurse
USS Serendipity NCC-2012