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Cross and with everything going on the Captain was not far from her thoughts, she gave orders for security to assist the Captain to sickbay were he would be closely monitored . Once there Dr Kim took over, checking he’s vital signs and giving him a thoroughly check -up.

The Captain was then given a sedative and left to rest ......Cross would check on him later on.

On seeing the Captain in sickbay Hunter wondering what was wrong and made his way towards him ‘’Kate what’s wrong with the Captain ?’’ Kate looked up ‘’ It happens at times but nothing to worry about all he needs is some TLC ‘’ the nursing officer replied ‘’Years ago during a mission something happened to him but I was just a junior nurse and to be honest hardly know anything ‘’ she admitted .

The male doctor nodded ‘’Put up a saline infusion so to avoid him from getting dehydrated and if you need anything just call me or doctor Kim ‘’ Hunter knew that with Kate fussing over Glen he was in good hands.

Later, back in sickbay again, Hunter stopped at were Glen was lying, after checking his vital signs and noticing that the saline infusion was still ongoing the doctor moved on to the next patient , who came in sickbay from the engineering dept with a minor injury to his left leg .

Glen lay in his coma for a day or so. He dreamt that rather than an ascended being visiting the ship, instead, he himself had been ascended and had gone to meet them. He was greeted in a golden world of bright lights and gleaming towers, and was heralded as some kind of honoured guest. However, as the dream continued, dark forces came to that world, he briefly saw the upside down world they had visited once. Then he felt the old headaches, and the ‘Ancient Worm’ came back to enter his brain once again. The golden towers fell to the ground, and the lights were all extinguished. Once again, he felt the intense pain of the other being inside his head, instructing him what to do. This is what had happened to him in the past on the Andromeda Galaxy mission which was still classified, and which no one could talk about. This wasn’t the first time he had experienced such a coma, or had experienced post traumatic stress from his experiences, something he had tried to explain to Major Wong, the psychiatrist, while still being unable to discuss the specifics of the actual mission itself.

Then, without warning, the biobed showed that his vital signs had returned to normal, and be began to awake. He opened his eyes and was confused at first. He wasn’t on the planet surface or on the Bridge any longer. He was neither on the ascended planet of gold nor back in the Andromeda Galaxy. Those had been merely in his dreams. He recognised the Merrimack Sickbay, but the lights were dimmed and he could not see any of the doctors, Cross, Hunter or Kim. He quickly realised that he must have been out for days, and he wondered what must have happened during that time. He needed his yeoman, Faith Hopkins, to fill him in on the developments.

He tried to get out of the biobed but found that the straps were tightened and an intravenous line had been placed into his arm. He desperately needed to empty his bladder. When he had awoken, some kind of alarm had been activated because he could hear it beeping and see a light flashing behind his head. It would only be a matter of time before a nurse came.

A few moments later Hunter was at Glen’s bedside ‘’Ah finally Captain we have you back ‘’ seeing his vital signs were normal the doctor removed the intravenous infusion and did a quick scan .

Hunter was all ready to fill him in as to what was taking place ‘’Sir an ascended is in the conference room ,present is the Cmdr and all of the D’H’s ,unfortunately they can answer on what has ensued and occurred so far, as I have not been present ‘’ he offered the Captain a hand to assist him in a sitting position ‘’Cross has taken on the bridge…don’t worry its still intact ‘’.

Glen took the offered hand to help him sit up, but he thought that he had the strength enough to get off the biobed unaided.

Hunter waited by the biobed both to assist in getting him back on his feet or any questions he might have.

“The first thing I need to do is to go and pee!” Glen told Hunter and he climbed down and made for the nearest head. “And something to drink, my mouth feels and tastes like Ginger’s litter tray. Then you can fill me in on what I have missed. I think that I requested an audience with the ascended beings, so they must have agreed to that then?”

Glen came back within a few minutes with a glass of water and sat down. “How long was I asleep? Tell me everything that has happened since we returned? Someone got beamed up holding the sacred scrolls, I think?” Glen’s memory was beginning to return.

• Glen, CO