*** Guzman / Summers Quarters * SB Unity
***
From where Rangi lay, there was no part of the starbase
visible, so she looked out only at stars for there were no
craft of any kind moving through her field of view.
Her thoughts drifted from one thing to another before she
finally fell asleep...what had kept Shane so late...his
workload.....her workload..the two new cases who had arrived
that day, both critically injured in one of the skirmishes
that still broke out along the border.
T'Vel, on duty tonight, would give expert care but Rangi
didnt hold out much hope for one of them.
She thought about how she must chase up the requests for
certain supplies that were running low and the constant
threat to the vessels bringing them to the starbase.
She thought about T'Vel, pondering on the fact that she had
children, older children whom she had never mentioned
before.
The thoughts straggled on...the new Chimera was due to
arrive soon...the fourth one of her name and some said that
she would carry the jinx of her predecessors.
Rangi didnt believe in superstitions but knew that many did
and that it would need only one small incident to add fuel
to the supposed fact.
Her eyes began to close..the thoughts were left unfinished
and she drifted to sleep.
" Ohh"..She woke with a startled shiver. " Your feet are
cold!" she said, her voice at once complaining and amused."
Go away..." she added flopping a hand on the bed cover.
This was the wrong thing to say, for a moment later she was
enveloped in a pair of equally cold hands which made her
recoil but she half turned her head when Shane kissed her
neck and grinned at him before turning completely.
"You're very late." she said quietly, returning the kiss he
gave.
Something had needed doing , he told her, something that he
had to complete.
She understood that he couldnt tell her and so didn't ask.
His job demanded secrecy and she respected that.
They shared another kiss that began gently but lasted a long
time and both were lost in the moment of 'here and now' when
thoughts of wars and work loads, infirmaries and diplomacies
were forgotten..when the whole world became just the two of
them together.
It was very late..or very early depending on how you looked
at it...when Rangi woke to find Shanes half of the bed
empty.
"Shane?" she whispered into the dim lit room.
"Shhhh.." came the responce followed by his request that she
go back to sleep. She immediately propped herself up on one
elbow.
" What are you doing?" she asked, though it was obvious that
he was dressing himself in his uniform.
A call had come, he explained, he was needed urgently but he
would possibly be back in an hour or so. Rangi silently
thought that he possibly wouldnt but he came to edge of the
bed and leaned to kiss her.
"Go to sleep please Milacik...I love you." he whispered
kissing her once more and she lay down, telling him the same
and watching him as he crossed the darkened room , opened
the door and went out.
It closed behind him with the soft 'hiss' and Rangi sighed a
long sigh, turned over onto her side and looked out at the
stars, her hand resting on Shanes pillow
*** End Log ***
Commander Rangi Summers
Med Adv 1st TF / CMO
SB Unity
