<USS Avalon> "Perfect Timing."

"Perfect Timing."
By: Ensn Melanie Redgrave

The forensic labs were amazing. They had the latest technology and even a few 
updated pieces of equipment that Melanie was surprised to find since the ME’s 
office back in Pittsburgh hadn’t gotten them yet. She walked around the labs 
making herself familiar with her new surroundings, wondering where her 
department CO was, and thinking about her conversation with Georgia. The kind 
old 
nurse had given her so much to think about, though she was sure she did know 
she 
had. The things she said, the questions she asked, and that look. For the 
briefest of moments Georgia had looked at her as if she knew her. Had she seen 
something familiar in her?

Melanie walked into the DNA lab and looked around. She walked over to the 
blood analyst scanner and trailed a finger along it. Until now all her 
research, 
all her work, had been done though transit records, services records, death 
records, paper clippings, and long boring conversation with library computers. 
But now she had the chance to get rock hard biological evidence to verify all 
she’d found out. All she needed was a sample of the blood Georgia had taken 
from her and a sample from..... 

"Computer where are the blood samples taken from the crew kept?" Melanie 
asked as she leaned against the cold steel lab table. 

The computer chirped and then replied. "In the biological compound 
refrigeration unit in medical lab one." 

Melanie nodded her thanks to the computer as she started to chew on the nail 
of her left thumb. How could she get the samples she needed? Could she just 
walk right in and draw what she needed unnoticed? She had to try but when? 

"Ensign Daros this is Commander Skyler I need you to report to the Captain's 
ready room immediately. Dr. Idrys this is Commander Skyler I need you to 
report to the Captain's ready room immediately."

Daros was her DCO and Idrys must be the doctor on call. "Perfect." Melanie 
said as she quickly reached for an empty sample kit. She loaded the small gray 
box with two extraction needles, two purple topped test tubes, and two labels. 
She’d wait a few minutes to make sure the calls weren’t repeated which 
would 
mean everyone was in the ready room and then she’d go get her samples and 
soon 
her proof.

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