[USS Vanguard] Introductions...
- From: "Kieran Darkwater" <kdarkwater@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ncv80221@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:57:43 +0000
Kieran stopped around the first corner, leaning back against the wall,
trying desperately to regain his breath in what felt suddenly like a methane
atmosphere. Having little luck, he set off for his quarters, knowing that
lying down in the dark would help.
At the first corridor he was blocked by a group of engineers heading to, or
from - he wasn't paying that much attention - the function, and continued
to the next. Rounding a corner, however, still breathing shallowly and
glancing over his shoulder, he ran headlong into a Klingon woman.
She fell to the floor, leaving him stunned in his tracks, and she lurched to
her feet, lunging with both hands for his throat. He stiffened rocking back,
pushing her arms away for a second until her words cut through.
"You need to breathe. Slowly, you need to relax..."
He stiffened, finally, enough that she could loosen the stiff collar of his
uniform, and something about the change, or the sound of a calm, quiet
voice, seemed to bring him back to himself as she stepped lightly away.
He turned, leant back against the wall with his eyes shut and breathed
deeply, trying to focus on staying upright as his legs started to quiver and
his fingers twitched as the adrenaline left his system.
"Damn" He muttered, through gritted teeth. "Damn, damn, damn." His head
bounced off the bulkhead behind him, and not gently, with each curse, and he
finally opened his eyes, to look at her, a strangely wary expression on his
face.
"Ensign Khan, yes?" he asked, an ironic chuckle lifting his heaving chest
just once. "Not the best of introductions, is it? I'm Ens... Lieutenant
Darkwater."
OFF>
Lt (jg) Kieran Darkwater
USS Vanguard
KDarkwater@xxxxxxxxxxx
Vanguard_4@xxxxxxxxxxx
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