Sickbay with Aewia

Posted on Tue Nov 4th, 2014 @ 11:19pm by Captain Enalia Telvan & Aewia Larani & Staff Warrant Officer Nexi
Edited on on Tue Nov 4th, 2014 @ 11:21pm

Mission: Something Amiss
Location: Sickbay

As soon as the runabout docked, Nexi headed to Sickbay with Aewia. She wasn't used to having access to medical facilities, but surely it would be a good place to start. Aewia looked like she could use some attention from Medical.

"See," Nexi said to the damaged woman, "we're out, we're safe, no need to be afraid anymore." Nexi wasn't good at this kind of thing. She wasn't good at dealing with people in general, but she felt the need to see this through.

As they traveled through the halls of the Hera, Aewia had to shield her eyes from the bright lights. She wasn't used to anything brighter than a dim bulb now and the lights here hurting her eyes. "It's too bright... Is this... I hear humming. Frosting ship? To stop the cake? We need more frosting."

"Computer, dim the lights," Nexi said when she saw Aewia shielding her eyes. "You're hearing the ship hum. C'mere..." Nexi pulled her to a wall and pressed her ear to the wall to listen to the hum of the EPS conduits. She watched Aewia to see if she would follow her example. This felt so weird, but if it helped... "It's a ship, not a cake."

Relieved at the dimmed lights, Aewia nervously pressed her ear to the wall as well. That was a good hum. A hum she knew. Relaxing against the wall, she closed her eyes and almost melted against it. "This is a nebula. I'm home."

It took Nexi a moment to realize what Aewia was saying. She wasn't as familiar with the different classes as someone who would have grown up as a Federation citizen, but she did eventually remember that the Hera was a Nebula class starship. "Yeah, a Nebula... You're home, you're safe."

"Thank you big sister," Aewia mumbled as she slipped to the floor almost asleep, relief written all over her face.

"Hey hey, don't fall asleep just yet!" Nexi said, helping Aewia back on her feet. "I'm taking you to Sickbay. They'll make you better and then I can bring you some cake since you seem so obsessed with it." And she didn't refute that they were sibling. She hadn't wanted to tell Aewia in the first place, but Aewia had needed some sort of motivation to get her moving.

Aewia sleepily got back to her feet. "Oh. Will they be able to fix my missing parts?" she asked as she gingerly touched the back of her head again.

"I hope so," Nexi said as she herded the woman towards Sickbay. They arrived and the doors parted to reveal full lighting. Nexi quickly ordered the lights dim again and directed her to a biobed.

Aewia crawled up onto the biobed and laid there staring at Nexi with a goofy grin on her face. "I almost forgot how to smile."

"It's alright, I'll help you remember how." Nexi sat on the bed next to her sister, watching Aewia processing all of this. She couldn't believe Aewia had been reduced to this. The one time she had seen Aewia before all this, she had been such a strong-willed woman. Nexi had only seen her from afar and never really got to know her, but now she wished she had.

Nodding, Aewia reached over to take Nexi's hand, her face scrunching up in concentration. "They took... What did they take... The doctors will know. They'll know how silent it is." Aewia had only seen Nexi in passing over the years. Not enough to remember her, but she knew they shared a connection. Enough of her mind was left to realize that just from the look in Nexi's eyes. "They'll fix me up, won't they? Then we can have cake together."

"The doctors will know," Nexi said, giving Aewia's hand a squeeze. But she didn't have much confidence that the doctor could fix her. Everything in Aewia's head was so chaotic. It was a real mess she had gotten herself into...

As Aewia slipped off to sleep still holding Nexi's hand, the captain walked in through the door. Heading over to the 2, Enalia spoke softly. "How is she?"

"They broke her," Nexi said quietly, watching Aewia sleep. "I don't know if it was something they did to her or just being stuck down there too long, but she ain't right in the head."

"From the reports, she'd only been captured 3 weeks ago so there's no telling what they did to her. I just hope we can get the information we're supposed to get from her." Enalia shook her head as she looked the former agent over.

"Do what you can so that she won't be put in danger again," Nexi said. "That's my payment. If that means putting her on desk duty or retiring her and sending her back to Betazed, I don't care. This cannot happen again."

"I intended to try to do that as it was," Enalia said as she moved to the other side of the biobed. "Will you at least stay and help her recover?"

"I can't, I have a delivery to make... If I didn't have to check in with my boss..." But Nexi wanted to stay! "I'll come back. That's the best I can do."

"Before you go, I'd like to talk with you about your boss a bit more," Enalia said, glancing around the room for the doctor.

"I'd rather not talk about that here," Nexi said. "I'll come find you before I leave," she promised.

"Same here," Enalia said. "I'll be in my quarters for a while. I've ordered us to a nearby system a bit further in Federation space for now so hopefully we won't run into any more Romulan ships."

Nexi nodded. "One can hope," she said.