<USS Meridian> Falling
- From: scurrdi@xxxxxxx
- To: ussmeridian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 02:27:05 -0400
Falling
By Oridian Starfire
Falling... An actually sort of relaxing feeling if your not looking down.
However, the smoothness of one's journey can be abruptly stopped when hitting
the ground.
Almost like a mind in motion. Oridian's eyes flashed open. Closing them
instantly as the lights from sickbay hit his pupils, Oridian began to focus.
Recalling the events from before. Lots of falling.
Back into falling. Oridian found himself floating within the very memories of
his recent past. He watched as he and Kai broke free from the prison cell. He
witnessed as the knife hit his body, and as if it was almost waiting for that
moment Oridian's body surged with pain.
Hitting the ground. Oridian's eyes sprang back open again as he fought the urge
the scream. Closing them quickly again, Oridian began to become familiar with
where he currently was. Bright lights had hit his body, and by the feeling of
them on his skin he knew it was not sunlight or the lighting system that was
used in the cell. Therefore he had to be on the Meridian.
As if it never stopped. Oridian's thoughts came back to him as he rolled under
a table, knocking it upward as he drew out a knife from his uniform pants and
stabbed it into the chest of a guard who was innocently sitting there playing
some card game...
Something never felt so bad. Oridian jolted his memory again. He knew now that
the pain he felt was in his left side, where he was foolish enough to get hit
by the guard. But nevermind that, he still needed to figure out where he was...
Eyes still closed Oridian focused his mind, reacting to what he felt around
him. There was a sheet covering him, not the normal that he would find in his
quarters. Also, those lights were not the ones he had, his could never get that
bright. Sickbay, thats the only other option.
Flowing through space itself. Oridian found himself crouched behind a column as
phaser fire flew around him. He was outside the control room back on the
planet, at least thats what he remembered. Waiting a few enternal moments as a
lull in the fire occurred, Oridian turned and raised his rifle.
As though it never began. He was sure of it now, sickbay was where he was,
which meant that he must have gotten there somehow or someone must have brought
him here. Regardless, it was now time to clear his mind, he needed to focus and
regain his strength.
It had taken alot for Oridian to do what he did back on the planet, and in the
next week or so he would pay for it. Using his mind like an override switch had
sent his body to its limits, something which he knew very well he should not
have done. However he could not have remained idle.
Relaxing his body Oridian began to flow his body into a trance, seeking the
inner energy that flowed and powered his body. Drawing from it he began to
center it within himself, willing himself to come out of this phase and move
into the world, come out of falling and hit the ground...
Opening his eyes again Oridian sat up slowly on his bed in sickbay, looking all
too familiar to him as though he had been staring at it for a few minutes. He
could feel the pain in his side and also that it was slightly more difficult to
breathe, meaning it was properly wrapped and cared for. Smiling to himself for
a moment as he watched nurses and other crew move about, someone would come to
him soon, but until Oridian knew that he needed to rest, gather his strength
again.
Gather his strength to stop from falling.
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