*** Med Advisors Office * SB Unity ***
"So T'Vel tells me that you're coping very well. Has
anything been too taxing for you?"
Rangi handed a steaming cup of coffee to Scott as she posed
the question.
He thanked her and waited for her to sit down before he
replied:
" No..I've not had any problems..a bit tired now and then
but nothing to worry about."
"Mmmm.well...I'd prefer you to stay on light duties for the
time being." she replied."You know as well as I that its too
easy to overdo it."
He sipped the hot liquid and placed the cup carefully back
on its saucer then set it on the arm of his chair.
" I..err..I have something to ask you." he said and Rangi
looked at him enquiringly.
"What might that be?" she asked.
" I've been thinking about everything...I've had lots of
time to do that over the past six months." He flicked a
glimmer of a smile which she returned.
" Coming so close to dying, escaping death...it puts a new
prospective on everything..at least it has for me.
I used to think that I'd be CMO on a ship like Chimera,
running the sickbay and feeling fulfilled by it all but
thats no longer true...I want to do more than that."
Rangi waited for him to explain, her head tilted slightly to
one side as she listened to him.
" You know ofcourse about the new medcentres on Aeran 3..in
the outlying settlements at Braddock?"
Rangi gave a small nod.
"There's a Chief MO position opening there. I'd like to
have it."
"I see." Rangi said.
She knew about the medical facilities on the planet and
Starfleets part in their improvements.
"Are you sure about this?" she asked. " It would be a huge
change..planet based as opposed to a ship."
"It's what I'd like." he said "..and its not much more of a
change than a starbase is it?"
"Ok..I'll give you that." Rangi agreed reflecting his smile
but she grew serious as she asked:
"Scott...has this got something to do with the fact that the
settlers rescued you from the pod? Is that swaying your
thoughts?"
He shook his head. "Thats not the whole reason." he said. "
I just feel thats it the right time to make a change."
" Right." Rangi considered him for a few moments.
" I wont stand in your way." she said " If you're certain
its what you want. "
"It is." he replied nodding his head. " It's what I want
exactly"
"There's a meeting in a few days." Rangi told him. "
...between the Aeran medical council and the Starfleet
representitive...that's me." She smiled to him.
" I'll put your name forward and with your record and my
recommendation..well...I'd say the chances are looking good
for you."
Scotts face broke into a wide smile. " Thankyou." he said.
"There is one condition though." she added raising her hand
as though in warning. " You remain here until you're fully
recovered...agreed?"
"Agreed." Scott echoed, glad that she wasnt going to impose
restrictions. He got to his feet and looked down at her. "
Rangi... " he said. " Would it be out of place to hug a med
advisor?"
She laughed and shook her head. "No it wouldnt...in fact..."
she stood up "...its expected."
He stepped forward and clasped her in his arms then released
her a moment or two later. They smiled at each other,
friends and colleagues for a long time.
"Will you continue to act as CMO here then?" he asked.
"Mmm.well...I have an idea about that..." she said "...it's
something I've been considering for a while but I cant tell
you yet..not until I've spoken to the person concerned."
"So new beginnings all round then?" he suggested.
"Yes, you could say that." Rangi replied.
Scott held out his hand.
"Thankyou." he said simply.
She offered her hand in return, thinking he would shake it
but instead he lifted it and gently kissed her fingers in an
old fashioned act of chivalry.
He squeezed her hand and they exhanged a smile of lasting
friendship but in that moment, in another time, another
universe, mirrored a thousand and more times away where
things were already different, something else began.
*** End Log ***
Commander Rangi Summers
Med Adv 1st Task Force
SB Unity
&
Lt. Scott Fisher
AMO
SB Unity
