<USS Avalon> "Reflections" Cmdr Skyler

  
"Reflection's"
Cmdr Skyler  


Skyler was laying in sickbay, again, getting pretty tired of it to  be quite 
honest about it. She knew her own body and what shape it was in. She  would 
get more healing done in her own quarters, not in a sickbay bed. Somehow  she 
would convince the doctor's of this but for now she would just have to  settle 
for the uncomfortable bed and sterile lights.
 
It had been several hours since Georgia, Melanie and Elissabeth had  all 
left. She hoped that things were now on the mend. What she had done was  
probably 
stupid and some would say suicidal but it was a coping mechanism for  her. Why 
they didn't understand that she didn't know. Next they would insist on  a 
Psych Evaluation once they reached Starbase 12. She knew she didn't need such  
an 
evaluation but it was all part of the protocols so she had already sent in  
her request to be seen by Dr. Moreya. That should satisfy everyone, including  
her sister and Elissabeth.
 
Since she had nothing better to do at the moment Skyler thought  back to all 
that had happened over the course of the last two missions. She had  to admit 
she had undergone some traumatic events. Some of which she thought she  had 
handled fairly well, while others she probably could have handled better. In  
reality it was more than just the last two missions, it had been a cumulative  
effect that had been building ever since the Avalon's foray into the  future.
 
          *******
 
There was the encounter with the Tempest and being held  hostage. She thought 
she had handled that situation fairly well. The outcome had  been a positive 
one and had even given her a new friend. True, it was not  without it's 
difficulties. There were those aboard the Tempest that would have  preferred 
that 
the Avalon did not return to it's own time, or with people from  that time. Yet 
the mission had been a success, the Avalon did return, the  gateways were 
closed, and a certain Lt. and friend had returned with the  crew.
 
The negative aspect of that mission was the ordered mind  wipes for all who 
had contact with the crew of the Tempest, which unfortunately  included 
herself. Reluctantly she had consented to the ordered mind wipe only to  suffer 
from 
the after effects, thereby requiring a second mind wipe. The second  wipe was 
not a successful one at all, but Skyler chose not to tell anyone. She  did 
confide in one other person, someone else who was remembering, Lyryn. From  
there 
things just seem to get worse. 
 
******
 
The Captain was promoted to Flt Adm and the Avalon  received a new Captain by 
the name of Joseph Flubb. It was supposed to be a  simple mission, but there 
was nothing simple about it. There were still the  difficulties of the mind 
wipes to deal with and then the death of Captain Flubb.  Now, Skyler was in
charge of the Avalon, supposedly leading the  investigation into the death of 
Captain Flubb, only to find out that somewhere  along the way she had a 
sister that she had forgotten all about. With all the  stress surrounding the 
Captain's death, the mind wipes, and now finding out she  had a sister, Skyler 
went 
into a Betazoid coma. If it hadn't been for Lyryn or  Lissi as she was going 
by at that time, she most likely would have died. Because  of their connection 
they had become friends. While in sickbay, Ketchum had  returned and assumed 
command of the Avalon and her sister had helped to solve  the death of Captain 
Flubb. Skyler still had to accept the fact that she had  this sister and the 
reasons that led to her forgetting about her. 
 
******
 
While on an ordered sabbatical, if you can call it that,  Skyler discovered 
something's about herself that were causing conflicts within  herself. She had 
grown close to Elissabeth Marksbury and they had become trusted  friends, that 
is until Skyler intruded where she shouldn't have, even if it was  with the 
best of intentions. She had betrayed a trust and in the process lost  that 
friendship. So she dealt with it the way she dealt with most things that  she 
did 
that hurt others that she cared about or caused her to shut down  emotionally. 
She resorted to physical pain. It was the only sense she would  allow herself 
to feel. Which is why she was lying in this confounded sickbay to  begin 
with. She hadn't done anything of this nature in over 20 yrs and she  thought 
that 
she had everything under control, apparently she was wrong. To her  it made 
perfect sense, she just didn't understand why others didn't  understand?
 
They thought she was suicidal, crazy or some other such  nonsense. Now she 
would have to undergo evaluation, have it put on her permanent  record and all 
because she cared about someone and meddled when she shouldn't  have.

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