Unexpected Stowaways part 2
Posted on Mon Jan 21st, 2019 @ 12:32am by Lieutenant Commander Thex sh'Zoarhi & Lieutenant Asa Dael & Ensign Tathaa
Edited on on Mon Jan 21st, 2019 @ 12:32am
Mission:
Earthly Visitation
Location: USS Hera, E Deck, Intel Pod
Timeline: 2396
It didn't take long before the chief of engendering was in the most advanced transporter on the ship. It took her longer than she thought before she was ready to go and even then she had a feeling this would end badly. Still it wasn't like they had a choice. Tapping her combadge she spoke calmly.
=^= All ready at this end doctor. =^=
Doctor Dael fed the bio signatures they had been able to separate over to engineering. They had the pod brought to Sickbay, which had been evacuated. There was a low probability of success, but the being in the pod would not survive without intervention.
=^= Just sent you the signatures. Are you beaming to your location, or can you Beam to sick bay direct in case emergency treatment is needed? =^= Dael replied.
" I'll beam them straight to sickbay. Have your teams be on standby." Thex said as she began to target the first of the DNA structures in the mess. She ran her fingers through their hair before placing her fingers over the console. " Let's do it. "
With that, the andorians figures shot across the surface as she got to work. " First being should be rematerialized about now." She said into the open coms.
Shrieking as he appeared, an elfin person from the Worldship came into being. He was covered in foul smelling goo and completely nude, but appeared to be otherwise unharmed.
"Hi there," Asa said in as calm a voice as possible, "My name is Asa Dael, I'm a doctor on the USS Hera." Then, motioning to a nearby brunette figure, they continued, "This is Nurse Vimes. She is going to take a look at you to make you are well, ok?"
Shaking his head, the elf shrieked, "Noooooo! This cannot be! I was finally dissolving, I was finding rest! Why have you brought me here? Why am I summoned? I do not wish to beeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!"
Remembering how desperately the being on the worldship craved Death, Doc Dael felt sorrow for him, but hoped in time perhaps he would be at peace being alive. If not, perhaps other options could be considered. Cryogenic sleep was certainly an option, but Dael was not ready to go down that path quite yet.
Vimes took Elky, as he screeched to be his name when asked, to a nearby shower to get the remaining goo off him. After all, smelling better certainly couldn't hurt.
=^=We have the first one taken care of. So far, so good. Sickbay standing by to continue=^= Dael relayed to Thex and Tathaa
A slight smile was on the andorians face as she continued to work. One by one the other being we're drawn out of the muck until only one remained. Judging by the sobbing and screams from the other side of the comms not all of them were grateful at being freed.
=^= Thex to sickbay are you ready for the last one?" She asked
With a deep breath, Asa respond =^=Aye, please proceed. =^=
The twinkling lights receded, signaling the transport was complete. What was on the biobed in front of Asa was unlike any creature they had ever seen. It was approximately seven feet in height, and appeared to have the gills of a fish as well as a nose generally associated with humanoids. The creature was green in appearance with streaks of blue running diagonally down its face; the face had four eyes, two on each side of the nose sitting atop each other. The bottom eye on each side of the face was deep black with no iris, while the top eye was a piercing gray that turned amber gold as the being frantically looked from side to side. There was a small mouth with gray lips, and gray antennae were atop the creatures head.
Doctor Dael wiped slime off the prone form in front of them and took vital signs, reading the being to be biologically male. He had lungs equipped for air and water, and four small hearts joined together in a chain. Each heart seemed to take turns beating, creating a march like rhythm. His hands were more like flippers with webbed fingers, matching the webbed long, flat feet. This was a being that would be at home in the water and also on land, but had very fragile, light bones and the beginnings of a psionic energy transference organ was growing where an appendix would have been in a human.
"There.....there is no way this is what you originally were. I'm sorry. Please try to remain calm, we are going to work this out," Asa said gently, patting the hand of the person they dubbed Triton in their head.
=^=We have him, but I'm not sure who he is yet. What is left in the pod?"=^= Dael inquired.
" If the scanners are correct the innards of a cryo pod, mixed with part of the carpet and pillow. Looks like we've got them all. " Thex said feeling very relived.
“Well done Commander, feel free to stop by Sickbay and come meet our new friends. After all, you helped save them.” Asa replied, focusing on the being in front of them. He was beginning to move restlessly, looking concerned as his blood pressure reflected a rise in anxiety levels.
" Will do doc." The andorian replied a large smile plastered over her face.
Doctor Dael gently stroked one webbed hand, offering what reassurance they could. While the doctor was whispering soothing words and conducting scans, an impression formed in their mind of the being saying, “Why do you call me Triton? Where am I? Who am I? How did I come to be here?”
The unexpected telepathy took Asa by surprise for a startled moment, then they internally kicked themself, realizing the being had no other way to communicate. Keeping a calm smile on their face, Asa replied, “I did not know your name, so I gave you one in my head. I’m sorry, I wasn’t trying to force a name on you. You are on a Starfleet starship, the USS Hera. We believe you were fleeing a world that was collapsing and transported yourself on board. However, due to the chaos surrounding the collapse of the world, your signature became…entwined….with some others. We have done our best to separate out your DNA to give you form again, but is probable that other DNA has become incorporated with your own. I do not know if this is who you were, but we have done our best. How do you feel?”
The pressure in the back of Asa’s mind took on a feeling of melancholy, there was a brief pause, and then the mental communication resumed, “I feel…..different. I cannot express how, but I know that I was once only aquatic, and I also know I was once only an air breather. I know I was more than this….and less than. I am a paradox, and I am new. Perhaps there is beauty in being this way. Whoever I was before, I believe that to be gone. There are….scraps….of memories of faces and peoples. Of fear, love, joy, hope, sadness, and everything else. But those feelings are remote, as if in a dream. I accept the name of Triton as I do not have one otherwise. What….what happens to me now?”
With a reassuring squeeze to Triton’s hand, Asa said simply, “Now we learn together who you are and what you want. I’ll do whatever is in my power to help you find a happy life. For now, you are under observation for a few days to make sure your health is stable. I imagine you need to spend some time in the water relatively soon, and I will arrange for that. I’ll ask our EMH to join you in the water as he can observe your vitals without breathing or being impeded by a breathing apparatus as I would be. Fear not, you are among friends. We are explorers, and I am honored to help you explore your new identity….if you will let me.”
It was at that moment that Thex and Thaana entered Sickbay. Turning to them smiling broadly, Asa said, “Hello! Triton, meet the other 2 people who helped form you. This is Lieutenant Commander Thex sh’Zoarhi and Ensign Tathaa. Ladies, this is Triton.”
" Hello, Triton. I'm happy we could help you. Shall i have one of the special habitat rooms prepared for him as soon as you're done with him?" The andorian said calmly. The annear at her side said nothing, but judging by her antenna movement she was saying hello with her mind.
Sensing a feeling of confusion coming from Triton, Asa replied for him, "Yes, I think that would be good. He is going to need the ability for his quarters to be both aquatic and standard air based depending on what he needs to breath at the time."
It was going to be a journey for the new life to understand who he is and reconcile that with who he used to be, but Asa felt confident the crew of the Hera was up to the task of helping him rebuild a life.
