<USS Avalon> Allegiance Log 'Harsh Reality'

"Harsh Reality"

-Doctors Kaiser and Fuller

(Onboard the Allegiance)

 

 

It was a nice day, pleasant and green. The sun had only been up for a few 
hours, so the day hadn?t had a chance to heat up yet. Carson lay on his back 
amid a field of wildflowers in full bloom. A meandering brook cut through the 
field and disappeared into the thick forest beyond. The sounds of birds singing 
and metal hull plates groaning filled the air.

Carson blinked. Hull plates? He sat up and looked around. There was nothing but 
green grass, colorful flowers, and blue skies as far as the eye could see. 
Everything seemed normal?except that it was flashing in hues of red.

Slowly, as if he were swimming upward towards a distant light, things began to 
blur. Grassy fields and placid skies were no more, replaced by scorched 
bulkheads and sparking conduits. 

?Carson? Carson!? called the voice of an angel.

Or Lindsay Kaiser.

?Are you awake??

?Yes I?m awake! What do you mean--Oh! My head?my back?what the hell??

?I?m so glad you?re alive!? Lindsay seemed close to tears.

Carson sat up, wished he hadn?t, steadied himself, and spoke. ?What exactly 
happened? I remember the call for red-alert. There was an explosion?then what??

?You got hit in the head. That wall,? she indicated with her hand, ?it 
collapsed and?oh Carson, I?m so glad you?re alive.?

?And the rest of the crew??

?I?I don?t know. The door is stuck, and the access tunnel underneath the floor 
is collapsed in both directions.?

Carson looked around the thrashed room. Scraps of blankets and sheets from what 
had been a bed were tossed in a corner. They resembled a nest, one that 
presumably Lindsay had been sleeping in for? ?How long have I been out??

?Three, maybe four days.?

?What have you been eating??

She smiled oddly, a kind of deprived smiled that felt more like fear than joy. 
?Replicator still works?when you hook a phaser up to it.?

?That can?t be enough power to sustain you!?

?I?m fine. There?s plenty of food. The main power only went out yesterday. I?ve 
stored some bread and water. That should hold us till a rescue squad can bust 
open the door.?

Carson laid back down, his mind beginning to list from all the information. 

?If they come.?



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