<USS Avalon> Under the Cover of Night

Under the Cover of Night
Felicity Roan
 
 
Felicity happily sat in her lab and worked in silence.  This wasn't an  
artificial silence or a self-imposed silence, but a silence that Felicity  
genuinely enjoyed.  There had been so much noise and activity in the area  that 
having 
quiet this late at night was an amazing gift.  Yes, the new  Medical staff 
were fast at work, she could sense that they were out there doing  whatever it 
is that new Ensigns and Lieutenants did to try and get a leg up  on one another 
and jockey for position, but Felicity was safe behind these four  walls.
 
The research was what kept her reporting for each shift.  The  interaction 
with the crew was pleasant enough, but it was fleeting and the crew  was 
usually 
less than sincere in their sentiment of wanting to see a  Doctor.  Research 
had no emotion, it had no opinion or vested interest to  be nice or not.  It 
just existed.  It was sinister in its nature,  diseases that could maim or 
worse, but it was benign in what it felt or thought  about what was affected.  
As a 
Medical researcher, there was no greater  reward than coexisting with it.  
Alas, not many (if any) of the crew  understood this fact.  She found it sad, 
but understood that this was the  nature of the beast.
 
She looked at her to-do list.  Physicals were more or less up to  date.  
Staff training was ongoing.  Reports were being generated for  the Captain and 
Commanders as needed.  Her research was at 56% and her  targeted completion 
date 
would probably only need to be modified once or twice  more.  Not bad work if 
you can get it.
 
Felicity decided that she did her best work under the cover of the  night.  
She'd leave the day job stuff to the outgoing.  With a smile,  she exited the 
lab, enacted the security protocols and headed off to get some  rest.  One of 
the Med Techs handed her a stack of PADDs to sign off, which  promptly got 
moved to her desk for later.  
 
Paperwork was the tedious downside.  Chocolate mousse was the upside,  she 
concluded as she headed for her quarters.  This was what she had signed  on to 
StarFleet to do, and with a smile, took a bite of the mousse and opened up  her 
latest book, "War and Peace".

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