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Post by Deleted on Jul 10, 2004 16:28:43 GMT
Sonan screamed in agony as the phaser blast hit her, and everything went dark. When she woke up, she found herself strapped to a biobed, the surgical cover still closed over her.
Carefully moving her head, she looked to her left, only to find Jatan looking very worried, standing alongside Fox, who looked equally worried. On her right stood Nick, conversing softly with the new officer, who kept a phaser trained on her.
"I fear I may not have made such a good first impresion here," she said, addressing the new officer, "I assume you are the new Chief of Security?" She coughed, and winced as the chest pain returned.
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"Easy," Jatan said, administering the contents of a blueish vial to her, "you were severely injured and you are very ill. Please remain still or I shall have to sedate you." ~however much I dislike that. Oh my love, who did this to you?~
"I am feeling much better," Sonak replied softly, "though I could use something to eat." She frowned at the shocked looks on the faces of her friends. "Something I said?" she enquired.
<Anyone>
Then she spotted another officer in a teal uniform. "I believe I encountered you before...." then the memory returned. "you stabbed me, after I..." She felt blood rise to her cheeks in shame at remembering. "I must appologize....I trust you are unharmed?" She turned to Fox. "Did I harm anyone? If so, please extend appologies to them on my behalf? Have I been anywhere, that I might possibly have harmed others without you knowing about it?"
Then those memories dawned on her too, and tears formed in her eyes as she felt the shame of it. "Oh my...you must warn their crewmembers commander. Please.."
She fixed her gaze on the ceiling above her and closed her eyes, blinking against the tears. "Is there a cure for this?" she finally asked.
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Post by mathijsbuster on Jul 10, 2004 17:13:37 GMT
Buster walked forward. "We haven't found a cure yet, I'm sorry."
He waited a few seconds and continued. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Medical Officer Buster from the USS Tigershark. I came here to find out more about the attack on one of our crewmembers. I hoped I was able to talk to you. When I got here however... well... you know".
Sonak nodded softly. "I'm truly sorry", she said.
"I am also afraid that I am the one responsable for the injury in your chest. It's a long story and I'll explain it sometime. I'm just glad I didn't kill you". Buster continued.
He sighed and walked back.
Jatan stepped back next to Sonak. "Like he said, we are working towards a cure. But it would help if you could answer a few questions, love".
Sonak closed her eyes for a while and tried to recall some of her memories. She opened her eyes again and wanted to say something.
"But there is no need for that now, dear" Jatan interrupted kindly. "It's important that you rest first, you aren't in a state to answer questions now".
"I agree" Buster said. "You should get some sleep. We will watch over you and work on a cure. If you wake up we can still ask you some questions. That's the reason I came here in the first place".
Sonak closed her eyes again...
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Post by laika on Jul 10, 2004 18:50:51 GMT
Joint Post: J’Leera and Buster
J’Leera had been watching the two doctors from the back of the room. When she saw them beam in Sonak, she nearly gasped and watched in horror as they stabilized her. The two doctors worked quickly and in no time, Sonak was out of danger. When they finished, she heard one of them say something about how he found foreign material in her transport pattern with the biofilter. This caught her attention. I wonder if I have any of that?
She waited a while and then Sonak woke up. J’Leera watched in amazement as she began to express how sorry she was. I know how she feels, {/i] she thought to herself. The memories of her own attacks were still very fresh and it hurt to think about them.
At that moment Buster came walking towards J'Leera. Sonak was trying to get some rest and while Jatan was looking after Sonak, he had some time to check on J'Leera's condition. "So, how are you feeling?" He asked.
“Better actually,” she answered. “I’m not feeling dizzy very much now.”
"I'm glad about that," Buster said. "One thing that strikes me as odd is how you seem to be very able to resist the disease. You haven't bitten anyone and you seem to be able to deal more and more with the disease".
“Well, actually I did bite someone…” she said quietly.
Buster gasped. "You did?" He looked at J'Leera in shock. "Why didn't you tell me earlier? Is he aboard the Tiger Shark?" he asked.
She shook her head quickly. “No, it was here. I…uh…went looking around. In sickbay I found someone, Ensign Caldwell. I bit him,” she said and went silent.
Buster nodded. "Thanks for telling me" he said, and turned towards Jatan. "Jatan? Have you guys caught an ensign called Caldwell? I have reason to believe he is a vampire too"
Jatan nodded. "We know, we've got him contained".
Buster sighed of relief. "Okay thanks". He turned back to J'Leera. "They have him contained. Maybe we should visit him later, when we hopefully found a cure. I think you owe him an apology"
J’Leera nodded. She felt really bad about what happened, but now she was really embarrassed by her actions. Now she was beginning to regret ever stepping foot on the Vesuvius. “Now?” <done>
"Well, we could… but I don't think that ensign Caldwell is really in the mood for an apology, seeing as he is still a vampire and all" Buster said. "And I'd like to ask you something first. You might have bitten Caldwell, but you never made any attempt at biting me... why?"
“I don’t know,” she shrugged. “By that time, I really didn’t want to bite anyone. You seemed like a nice person anyway. I didn’t want to bite anyone that I knew.”
Buster nodded. "Thanks for that" he said, smiling. "But Sonak didn't seem to have much trouble biting people she knew..." He waited a while. "I would still like to take a look at you, if you don't mind? I believe that your body is beginning to resist the virus somehow"
“Okay, what do you want to do? Blood work?”
"Yes" Buster said, and grabbed a device from a table behind him. "We could just scan your or I can take a small sample of your blood, your choice"
“Whatever’s the best way,” she said. “I think it would probably be better if you took a sample. That way you would have something to work with.”
Buster nodded and pressed the device against her arm, obtaining a small sample of her pale blue blood. “There, that should be enough.”
"Okay, could you hang on while I scan this? Just call me if you need anything" Buster said, and walked away to a console. He inserted the sample in the console and the results were shown on the screen in front of him. He studied the sample closely, looking for a sign that could indicate a resistance to the virus. After a while he found out that the virus in J'Leera was slowly fading away.
"Odd" Buster thought to himself. He pressed a few button's and began a search for strands in the DNA that could cause this effect. He found what he was looking for... A strand of J'Leera's DNA was in fact capable of resisting the virus. Buster stared at the results on the screen for a while. "I found it!" he yelled. Everyone in the room but Sonak looked up. "I think I have found a way to cure the disease! He called Jatan to take a look at what he found and ran back to J'Leera. "It seems you have a strand in your DNA that is successfully resisting the virus!" Buster told J'Leera happily. "In just a matter of time the virus will vanish. And it all goes automatic. And I won't have to do anything!"
“Excellent!” she said. “Perhaps it will work with Ensign Caldwell! Do you think so?”
"If I can find a way to transfer the effect of that particular strand of DNA into Caldwell... yes." Buster said, before raising an eyebrow "The DNA may be too different from yours though... But it's worth a try"
"Yes, that's a good idea. You should probably go try it now, because I'm getting hungry and no one has given me anything to eat all day."
"I do hope you're getting hungry for food and not blood" Buster joked. "I'll replicate you something". Meanwhile Jatan had studied the results of Buster's research and walked towards Buster.
"I'm glad that J'Leera is going to be better again, but this won't work for Sonak" he said.
Buster stopped walking. "Let me guess? The DNA is too different?"
Jatan nodded. "We'll have to find another cure if we want to cure the rest".
"Could it work for ensign Caldwell?" Buster asked. "I'm not sure. It could, Caldwell is human" Jatan answered.
"I'll try it out immediately" Buster said, and ran towards the console.
He stopped halfway....
"After I get something to eat for my other patient" he added, and walked towards the replicator on the other side of the room....
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Post by Dolcett on Jul 11, 2004 6:07:48 GMT
Ramsden was back on the bridge, having posted two of his officers on watch over his commanding officer. He reflected that shooting the commodore was probably the most original way he'd reported to a senior officer, and smiled ruefully.
His duty shift ended soon, and he intended to hunt down Nick Martens and some of the other crewmembers to find out what he can about them, get to know them a bit better. And, of course, work out how best to prank them.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 11, 2004 7:06:42 GMT
After a restless sleep, Sonak woke up with a start and cried out. Instantly, several nurses and both doctors were standing at her side. She felt Jatan's reassuring arms around her as he helped her lie back down. "Easy now," he said in hushed voice, "soon you may sit up. Your injuries have not completely healed."
Sonak rememberd and saw the young doctor responsible for that injury flush red in the cheeks. She gave him a wry but reassuring smile. "Do not be embarrased doctor," she offered, "it was you or me, and were the situations reversed I would have done the same. We are all glad I survived this."
She noticed the guards were gone and looked around in wonder. Beside her, Ms Laika was sitting up on a bed and she seemed to look much better. She felt blood rise in her own cheeks as their gazes locked. Sonak looked away, she was not yet ready to face the young woman and talk to her. On her other side, Claire Steenbergen was sitting up, looking a little less pale than before. She too was no longer squining agains the light. A bed further, Caldwell was fighting against the restraints, growling ferally.
Sonak frowned and gazed back at Buster and Jatan. "Claire is being cured?" she asked, "you said there was no cure." She looked at the two doctors accusingly, but then realised that there was no cure for her but that her friends were being helped. "Am I to be like this forever?" she whispered, "not quite myself, but not what I was before either? Am I to live with this guilt? I do not remember who or what infected me, and I am fairly positive that others are infected through my doing too."
Jatan nodded quietly. "We have informed the Black Tulip to look out for any erratic behaviour," he confided, "but we have not been able to track others down. We have had word from another CMO, in the academy fleet, that there are infected crew as well, and the Hanson XO is being cured as we speak. There may be a cure for you, but we cannot be sure. The Hanson XO is Romulan."
Sonak sighed, "well at least it is something to look forward to."
<responses anyone?>
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2004 7:54:25 GMT
Somewhat later, Sonak was starting to feel strange again. The food she'd had was starting to weigh heavy on her stomach and she wasn't feeling right. "Doctor?" she managed, gagging as she tried keeping her dinner down. She felt the canine teeth prick the insides of her mouth and wondered what was going on now.
The medical team had apparently cured Claire and Caldwell, as neither were in restraints anymore and both were enduring the full ilumination of sickbay. However, just to try it, they had injected her too with the antibodies derived from J'Leera;s blood. She felt it have an adverse affect instantly, but the other instincts she'd acquired forced her to behave as if it was working.
It forced her to endure the ilumination of sickbay, but still she could not hide the fangs. She noticed Ramsden eye her curiously, and she stared right back at him. She wanted them all to believe she was getting better. At least her other injuries had been taken care of, and she was getting stronger, she just needed to feed.
~no~ she thought, fighting back against the evil, but the evil was getting stronger still. Soon, she would not be able to fight it anymore. Part of her was glad to be still in restraints, the other part wanted to break free. She saw the human doctor approach and waited, hoping he would release her...and then he would be hers. <I've no intention of biting ye buster no worries>
Yet, she knew somewhere inside her that she had to trust on her shipmates. Currently, they had to make decisions for her, where she was incapable of thinking rationally. Part of her trusted in them completely, the other part, the evil, did not. That part wanted her to mistrust them, but she did not wish to give in to mistrust. She had resigned in the fact that they would do whatever was necessary to keep the crew safe, even if Evil was on the loose.
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Post by laika on Jul 12, 2004 12:07:00 GMT
J'Leera felt better than she did in days. The meal that she just ate didn't upset her stomach at all. This was very encouraging since she hadn't been able to eat anything for a while without getting sick.
Two other people in sickbay were now cured using her unusual DNA. She began to wonder about it. Her species had always been well advanced in the medical fields and long ago, they controlled a large portion of their sector. Perhaps the DNA was deliberately modified to build up resistance? Their had been some indication of genetic engineering from the computer's databanks, but it didn't go into full detail about it. Oh, well, she sighed. The important thing is that it helped someone.
As Buster was preparing to make more of the antidote, he received a subspace message from Earth. It was Captain K'Vada requesting that they return to the Tiger Shark because they had a new assignment. Buster informed her immediately and they began preparing to leave.
OFF: The information I included about J'Leera's species comes from the TOS episode "For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky."
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2004 14:14:10 GMT
<This goes between Sonak's last two posts>
"No! I meant the other way!"
L'Ola hit her head with her hand.
"Got a problem?" Jatan called over.
"No, just a minor setback. They'll be ready in a few more minutes." "I hope..." she added quietly.
She took a deep breath and looked down at the readouts. She did a double-take. "That can't be right..." She entered another instruction, and then rechecked the readouts.
"Computer, what is the compatibility of the antibodies with Sample A?"
"Compatibility is 99.99%"
L'Ola looked surprised "That's much more than if things had gone to plan." She said to herself.
Jatan called over again, "How are those antibodies coming along?"
"They're ready now if you need them."
"The sooner the better."
L'Ola filled three hyposprays with the antibodies and used them on Ensign Caldwell, Claire and Sonak.
She stepped back and watched as Jatan walked round checking vital signs.
It was lucky they had been more compatible. With only a 0.01% chance of a patient having an incompatible strain of the virus, it wasn't really worth checking to see what those effects might be.
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Post by mathijsbuster on Jul 12, 2004 17:07:13 GMT
(Joint post: Sonak & Buster)
"Well, I guess we should go then" Buster said to the rest. "The Tigershark is about to leave again and our infected crewmember seems to be healthy again". He sighed. "I only wish we could have helped finding a cure for Sonak". He looked at Sonak. Somehow she did seem to get better by the cure they had tried on her. Maybe it had worked? He stepped a bit closer to examine her more carefully. "Sonak?" he said. "How do you feel?"
Sonak licked her lips almost undetectable, gazing Buster directly in the eyes. "Much better, thank you," she said, "but it will take quite some time before I will be my old self again."
"I understand" Buster said slowly. "I never thought the cure would work on Vulcans, but it seems it did". Buster seemed lost in thought for a moment. "Odd... very odd, but I'm glad it did" He looked at Jatan happily. "Well I guess we have solved the entire problem here, we should send the cure and information to the other infected ships". Jatan nodded. "Of course, we'll do that right away". Buster turned back to Sonak. "I hope you recover from that nasty injury in your chest too. Once again, I'm really sorry for that"
"You should have looked into my physiology record Mr Buster," she whispered as Jatan walked off to give them some privacy, assuming they were going to say goodbyes. Her eyes glinted oddly as she kept her gaze on him, smiling ever so slightly. "Mr Buster, would you do something for me? These restraints are awfully tight, they are hurting me. Would you loosen them a tiny bit for me?" ~yes come closer, just a bit more now~ she thought urgently, and privately.
"Ehr, sure. Why not? I can't imagine it being comfortable anyway, and you really need some sleep if you want to become healthy again". He walked closer and loosened the restraints carefully, but in a clumsy way. "This should do it"
Sonak leaned on her arms as she worked herself up a bit and brought her face close to his. "Thank you," she whispered, her mouth almost brushing the skin at his throat.
"Gaaah!" Buster shouted, as he felt Sonak's fangs in his neck. The rest of the room was instantly alarmed by Busters shouting and turned to see what happened. Buster tried shaking Sonak off but his power was weakening. He heard people running towards him, but he wasn't able to see clearly anymore.
Sonak held on to him as best as she could, gripping his tunic with her restrained hand. His shout startled her and blood spurted over her as she let go of him. She glared around, eyes gleaming feverishly as she surveyed her alarmed crewmates and friends. Now that she had lost her grip, she shoved him aside as best as she could. She knew she could not get away, but the taste of blood had rekindled her previous instincts, but still her conscience cried to allow herself to be helped.
Buster was thrown aside and hit the ground. He wasn't able to move anymore, and he quietly slipped into unconsciousness.
Jatan and J'Leera ran towards Buster in an attempt to help him, while Fox pushed Sonak deeper into her bed, and kept holding her, making sure she wouldn't go anywere.
Sonak struggled against Fox, trying to get to him but he was smarter than her, and currently also the far stronger party. Roaring in fury, she tried to break free, but the restraints saw to it that she did not.
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Jatan knelt beside Buster and held up his hand in wich L'Ola slapped a loaded hypospray. "He should be cured instantly, the virus has had no chance to spread yet," he commented, as he helped the dazed doctor into a sitting position. "How do you feel now?"
"Better... I guess... She actually bit me?" Buster was still a bit dizzy. He looked at Jatan, who still cautiously looking at Buster. "She did, I'm sorry. I have given you the antidote, you should have no problems. It seems that dear Sonak is far from cured though". Jatan said. Buster nodded. "We should find a cure for her as soon as possible, she can't stay like this". He waited a while and sighed. "But I guess that isn't my job anymore... I have to return to the Tigershark with J'Leera".
(Tag: Fox/Ramsden/Kanz?)
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Post by fox on Jul 13, 2004 11:09:16 GMT
Holding Sonak down, avoiding every chance she also might bite him, Fox tightened the restraints again to make sure she wouldnt escape. Then looked at Jatan.
*Sigh* "It looks like the cure isn't working on Vulcans Doc." He said. Jatan nodded in agreement "Yes, you are right. Sure looks like it." "Is there any other way we could cure her?" Fox then asked. Jatan hesitated to answer. "Well.." Jatan said "There is another way, called gene resequencing. But it can be dangerous." "We must try it." Fox replied "She has to be cured."
Jatan nodded "I'll prepare everything for it." she said. "We'll start in an hour then."
< 1 hour later > Jatan had asked everyone to wait outside except for 2 nurses that would assist her.
OOC: have no idea how it works so i can't describe it
After the treatment Fox was called back into sickbay. "Well Doc? Did it work?" He asked. "As far as i can tell it did." Jatan replied. "For now Sonak needs to rest. She's asleep now, i'll call u when she wakes up." "Thank u Doc." Fox replied. With that he walked off and went to his quarters.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2004 12:09:40 GMT
Nick sat next to the Commodores bedside. His ribs slightly ached from wrestling her to the bed with Fox. Now he felt he needed to watch guard in case he was needed. Jatan noticed the silent sentinel and walked over. He placed a hand on Nicks shoulder.
"Go get some sleep, she'll be fine."
"Alright. I'll come check in later," Nick said stifling a yawn. He stiffly got up and walked out of sickbay.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2004 16:45:33 GMT
Several hours later, Sonak woke up feeling different and awfully sore. She blinked against the light, as her eyes had adjusted themselves to the semidarkness she had lived in the last several days. When she tried to sit up, she winced, but continued in the attempt. Instantly, Jatan lent a hand and helped her into a sitting position.
"What happened?" she asked, wincing as pain shot through her, "did I get stabbed or something?"
Jatan nodded and took his time explaining to her what had happened. She paled visibly as he continued to relate past events to her. "Nick and Fox had to wrestle you, even though you were restrained. They weren't hurt but I am sure their pride is somewhat dented." He smiled wryly as he ran his hand through her hair. "What matters most is that you are cured now, though it will be some time until you are fully recovered."
"Please get Claire for me?" she asked softly.
Jatan nodded and returned several minutes with the Trill/Bajoran counselor.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2004 12:26:42 GMT
I'll leave this thread open for Claire to respond to...everybody else, please reply only to our new mission thread....
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Post by claire on Jul 14, 2004 16:33:57 GMT
After tasting some victims on the way, Claire, no more a weak counsellor, arrived at her quarters. A cruel grin appeared on her face, with this renewed power she could... She shook her head. No, no, what was she thinking of. She, that friendly, pieceful woman, couldn't think such evil things... What she needed was some... relaxation, yes, let's call it "relaxation"...
"Come in, hun," Lena replied when the door rang. Claire entered. Lena was, as usual, very excited about some new hobby. As she didn't exactly work on the ship, maybe except for the herbarium she kept for the medical lab, -of course that's also a hobby for her- she kept herself busy with al sorts of things. Sometimes sports, sometimes plans for holidays, ...
"So what do you think?" she finally paused and looked expectingly at Claire, who hadn't really payed attention to what she had been saying. All the time she had been looking at her cute lover ratling and walking about. Her weet perfume had reached her nose, the curve of her bossom was tempting her. She craved for her... now... She grabbed for the Bajoran woman, she wanted...
"Claire!" lena screamed. Then a long sigh escaped from Claire's lips.
Suddenly the door swooshed open, Ramsden and a couple of officers ran in.
"Lena, are you alright, we heard you scream!" Ramsden said panting.
"You guys are late. I got her stunned," she replied triomphant as she showed them a phaser.
"How did you get... Never mind. Right now, she needs to get to sickbay for the cure." Then he pressed his combadge. "Ramsden to sickbay, we've found her, she's stunned, ready to beam her up."
Then Claire materialised.
~few moments later~
"Claire, Sonak wants to see you. You can experience some dizzyness, but you're cured now," Jatan Reckus said to the waking counselor.
She got up from the biobed and walked over to the commodore.
"Counselor, I want to appologise for biting you. It was inappropriet," Sonak said awkwardly. Claire clearly sensed a feeling of guilt.
"No offence taken, Commodore, you were ill, you couldn't controll yourself propperly, that I can know too," she said while she winked.
With a nod from Sonak, Claire knew they were still friends.
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