Posted by Captain John Tiberius Glen (Captain) in Main Sim - Sickbay and Captain
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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?”

‘’Yes Captain they did and one who took the form of something resembling organic is there with our crew as we speak in the conference room’‘.

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.

‘’About twenty four hours give or take ,as for the scrolls they were brought by Verity unintentional as Cross beamed us back without any warning ,I have managed to translate the information so we can give them back ‘’.

“Yes, we should give them back if we want to continue any kind of trading relationship with them, and to have access to some of that Dilithium, but these ascended beings change everything now…” Glen mused.

Hunter sat down wondering what information he could give ‘’ First I should tell you that they have scanned the whole ship and the crew .It seems that these ascended beings are hell bound to create organic life ,they have more stations on other planets apart from the one we orbit for their experiments though if I’m not mistaken as of yet have not received the information from the other structures .They knew about the bacteria which initially killed most of the population though by time the inhabitants became immune to it ‘’ the doctor raised a finger ‘’Ah some good news ,Cara’s immune system has killed the bacteria . Cross did most of the talking with their AI but you know her she finds it difficult to trust ,she thinks all they care about is their experiment testing samples , irrelevant of what damage they may cause, while she view them as devoid of any emotion which preoccupies her.”

“These are powerful beings that we should not provoke,” Glen said. “You must be aware of Kirk’s mission to Trellane, the Squire of Gothos. They will have almost God-like powers and we can’t really prevent them from doing whatever they want!”.

Hunter nodded while muttering something indistinguishable .

“One last thing ,you do remember the inhabitants saying they have a deity called Va ,apparently the AI also told Cross it was called Va .....sorry Captain that is all the information I have.’‘

“It will certainly help our dealings with the natives if we tell them we have met Va,” Glen said. “That will smooth over taking the scrolls too!”

The doctor stood up ‘’Maybe it would be wise to head to the conference room, they have asked about you and we told them for the time being you were unavailable ‘’ Hunter finished off rubbing his forehead noticing a slight headache coming on.

“That’s my intention, but I still feel a little weak,” Glen replied. He was surprised that Dr. Hunter didn’t ask him to rest more, in the way that Dr. Cross would have fussed over him, but he knew that he would be needed at the meeting and he wouldn’t want to miss it.

Glen stood up again. “Do you think you could give me a shot Doctor? Something to give me a little more energy to get through the meeting? Something ‘Orion’ maybe?”

With both hands across his chest the doctor replied ‘’I could if you want too but I don’t recommend it Captain. Your vital signs plus scan were both normal, just a few hours before you’ll feel less tired and back to your old self again, besides its not like you’re going on a marathon just take a seat in the conference room …your brain looks sharp enough ‘’ Hunter had his reasons he did not know why this happened to Glen every now and then , he knew next to nothing about the worm ,so was not comfortable and unsecured in giving the Captain anything lest it would have some unexpected symptom, which could cause an impending undesirable situation …yet he waited for the Captain’s answer .

“If you really think so,” Glen replied, “then I’ll try.” However, Glen felt so exhausted, that he really thought it unlikely he would ever return to his old self. He was unaware that he had been given a sedative early, and he put it down to getting old. He was only 36-years-old but he already had grey hairs and laughter lines at the outer corners of his eyes. How long before he got an actual wrinkle?

“Thanks Doc!” Glen said, and left the Sickbay on his way to the Conference Room.

-Glen, CO

The doctor gave him a slight nod but as Glen turned around to leave Hunter spoke ‘’You are the Captain of this ship..... the crew’s safety depends on you ‘’.

Hunter Dr.