<USS Banshee> Joint Log, USS Banshee: Nightmares Part II
- From: ElRiovtrIdrys@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 02:43:30 EST
"Nightmares, Part II"
a joint log by Lieutenant Junior Grade Jansug Idrys and Lieutenant Joe
Castillo
Jansug Idrys sat in his office going over the usual dull stack of PADDs
and wishing like Hell he had an assistant to help him out of this mess. He'd
have to talk to the Captain about that, but doing so was impossible at the
moment. He sighed inwardly and wished Lwax were here as she'd get things
whipped
into shape quickly.
Joe was on his way to Sickbay for his appointment with the Counselor. He
wasn't thrilled about it. It wasn't the perfect end to the perfect day.
Getting shot at, having his crewmates shot at and injured, he really felt like
canceling the appointment but he prided himself on being a man of his word so
he
found himself outside the Counselor's office even though he really was
disinclined to be there. He rang the chime.
Idrys looked up. "Come in." He wondered who it could be, then saw Joe
Castillo in the doorway. "Come right on in, Joe, have a seat." He smiled.
Joe flashed a smile at the Counselor and walked in heading straight for
the chair. "Thank you, Counselor, I'm glad this day is finally over and we're
both here to keep this appointment."
Idrys nodded. "So tell me, Joe ... are you having any more of those
recurring dreams?" He didn't want to say "nightmares" but he had a feeling this
was
why Joe had come. He hoped to make some significant progress.
Joe looked Jansug straight in the eyes then sighed heavily. "Yes, I had
another one last night."
Idrys nodded and began tapping on a PADD. "Can you recall what happened?"
"Well, it wasn't just one, I had several. I can't remember all of them."
"Several ... well, can you remember any in particular? Anything leave a
very strong impression?"
Joe sighed again and thought for a while. "There was one. It involved Dr.
Crusher, some Romulans and I. We were on an away mission and we ran into
them. We tried to reason with them but they became hostile."
"Romulans ... let's see, as I recall, last time you mentioned Lt. Kaelyre
and the Jem'Hadar. Another hostile situation. How long did it take before
they turned on you?"
"Well, we were talking for a few minutes. We introduced ourselves, they
introduced themselves, we were finding out what we were both up to, when some
of them came up behind us, took out some of my Security detail and made a break
for it."
"Entirely unprovoked? I wonder why."
"I don't know. I turned around to see what had happened and then I was
knocked out cold. When I came around I saw three Security guards dead and Lt.
Crusher missing. I guess they left me for dead. Someone in their party must
have
been badly hurt because
they left a bloody trail that was pretty easy to follow."
Idrys nodded quietly and made notes. This was a tough nut to crack all
right. The pieces of the puzzle just weren't fitting together correctly. "So
let's see what we have so far .... meeting with the Romulans ... exchanging
info
... suddenly they turn hostile ... no
explanation ... guards killed ... Crusher missing ... a trail of blood."
Joe nodded.
Idrys looked up and then off to the side, tapping his chin. "I can't
quite figure this out. Go on with what happened next." He frowned, trying to
find
some meaning in all of this.
"I followed the trail of blood, and it seems my team gave about as good a
fight as it got. There were only two Romulans left and one was badly hurt.
They must have really thought they had killed me because they were truly
surprised to see me. They had Lt. Crusher tied up and were threatening her with
kalehs when I arrived. 'Let her go,' I said to them, but they just laughed at
me
and the one that wasn't hurt replied, 'Or you'll do what?' I told them if they
hurt her they wouldn't live to regret it. The one that wasn't injured laughed
at me again. 'OK, hevamsu,' he said, 'I'll make you a deal ... if you can beat
me in a kaleh duel I'll let you and your friend live. I admire your tenacity
and for that I'll give you a chance at your life'."
"Then what happened?" Idrys had to fight the urge to go to the replicator
and order popcorn, which is precisely what Lwaxana would have done in this
situation.
"I had no other choice but to accept given the circumstances. The injured
one that was now positioned next to Sara, I mean Doctor Crusher, threw his
kaleh at me, just barely missing impaling my foot with it. I picked it up, and
the duel began. I didn't fare too badly at first. I learned to use the kaleh in
a club I joined while at the Academy. It was a group of us that were
fascinated by all types of blades. It wasn't an Academy-sponsored club as I'm
sure
they wouldn't be too thrilled at the idea of their Cadets running each other
through the chests with blades. Nonetheless it was my only pastime besides my
studies and one
of the blades we used was the kaleh. I cut the Romulan a few times and he cut
me as well. Neither one of us received serious wounds but we were both
bleeding from several places. 'You fight well with the kaleh for being
hevamsu,' he
jeered at me to try and break my concentration but I ignored it."
"And did either of you gain an advantage after that?" This is getting so
strange, Idrys thought.
Joe sighed heavily again, the weight of having to repeat this tale was
taking its toll on him. "The combination of the blood I was losing and the blow
to the head I had suffered eventually got the better of me. I lost my footing
and fell and before I could regain it he was on top of me and had his kaleh to
my throat and was laughing maniacally. 'You fought well, hevamsu, but not
good enough.' He forced me to turn my head towards where Sara was being held
and
his partner had from God knows where taken out another kaleh and then slit her
throat. I screamed in anguish, pain and anger but it was short lived as he
began to cut mine but just after he first pierced my skin I woke up in a cold
sweat."
Idrys shook his head. "I have no idea where this is leading. What do you
make of it, Joe?"
Joe shook his head and then put it in his hands. "I don't know, Doc, I
just don't know; what I do know is I can't go on like this. It's starting to
affect my work. If I can't get to making it through a night without a nightmare
it'll start to slow me down. I won't react as fast in certain situations and in
my line of work that means people might die. I just can't afford that."
Idrys nodded. "Well, I do have some medicine here that I believe will be
of help." He handed a vial to Joe. "Just take one before bedtime and I think
it ought to help calm you. Let me know if anything else happens, all right?"
Joe looked up at Jansug and the anguish was plain in his face. "Isn't
there something else you can do for me, Doc? I feel like I'm falling apart.
What's wrong with me?"
"I don't know. We'll have to find out. But, Joe ... I don't think you're
crazy or falling apart. I think you're doing the right thing, coming to see me
and trying to work things out. This is good for you, as you'll see in the
end. Trust me on this."
"OK Doc, you're the expert. When should I see you again?"
"Try in another week." He rose and shook Joe's hand and watched him walk
out, then sat down at his desk. He grinned, and quietly hummed, "What a
difference a placebo makes ..." He also knew that, once one used the lavatory
after
ingesting methylyne blue, unless one happened to be Bolian or Andorian, one
would have a very strange reaction indeed on seeing one's urine turning blue
...
although the drug itself was completely harmless.
Lieutenant Junior Grade Jansug Idrys
Ship's Counselor, USS Banshee
&
Lieutenant Junior Grade Joe Castillo
Chief of Security, USS Banshee
Captain Rhiannon Morrigan, Commanding Officer
Celestial Prime Alliance Sim group
Admiral Gem Rhee, Founder / Commander-in-Chief
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