*** Exact location unknown ***
Something or someone was gently patting her cheek, so making
an effort to open her eyes, Rangi began to shake off the
induced sleep and soon saw a blurred face close to her own.
The patting stopped and a voice she recognised said:
"Wake up."
The face swam into focus and she saw it give a tentative
smile which widened when she said:
"Martin"
He stepped back as she sat up and swung her legs over the
side of the bed.
" You've been asleep for ages." he said reproachfully.
" Have I?..I'm sorry." she replied, reaching out her arms
which he immediately snuggled into and hugged her back.
"How are you?" she asked after a few seconds. " Let me look
at your head...does it hurt you?"
The bruise was quite large and covered a small lump.
"Only if you poke it." he replied.
"Then I won't." she said and instead leaned forward to plant
a gentle kiss on it which he accepted without complaint.
Rangi glanced around the room.
It was larger than the previous one and was more comfortably
furnished with chairs and table this time as well as twin
beds.
There was also a view port.
She stood up feeling the lead like heaviness of her limbs
quickly wearing off and walked towards it, eager to see
where they were.
"There's nothing outside." Martin said, following her steps.
He was right.
The viewport looked out onto the rich blackness of space
with its multitude of stars but there was nothing in close
proximity.
Rangi leaned forward and looked down, then to left and right
but the only visible thing was the edge of an overhang when
she looked up.
They were, she decided, either on a starbase or a stationary
ship.It was difficult to tell.
There were no spacecraft plying back and forth as was
usually the case with a starbase but the Romulan had told
them they were being taken off the shuttle so that could
have meant merely to a ship.
She turned away and asked: "Has anyone been in here?"
Martin shook his head. " No, nobody."
She looked at him absently, trying to make sense of things.
"Mmmm." she said but Martin had more pressing matters on his
mind.
"I'm hungry." he announced and his demand snapped her away
from her thoughts."There's a replicator." he said running
across the room towards it "...but its too high for me and
you said not to climb on chairs."
He looked back to her with a faint expression of
displeasure, as though she was solely responsible for his
hunger.
"Well you're a very good boy to remember that." she said as
she walked towards him. "...if you had had an accident when
I was till asleep. " She gave him a knowing look and he
nodded.
"Let's have a look at this then. " she said "...what shall
we have this time?" but she wasnt surprised by his choice of
his current favourite.
The spaghetti arrived on a plate with the required cutlery
along with two full glasses. Martin hurried to seat himself
at the table as Rangi carried the meal towards it.
"Where's your dinner?" Martin asked as she set his plate in
front of him.
"I'm not hungry thankyou." Rangi said " I'll just have a
drink."
The little boy began to wind a long strand around his fork.
"Will daddy know we're not at the beach yet?" he asked.
" Yes...he'll know by now. " Rangi replied.
".....and will he be looking for us?" Martin asked but
frowned when the strand untangled itself.He began to rewind
it.
"Oh yes." Rangi answered. " He'll look for us."
Martin managed to get most of the forkload into his mouth
and munched on it, content that all was well then. His daddy
was looking for them and he had no doubt that it was just a
matter of time before he turned up to collect them.
Rangi watched him enjoying his dinner.
{ I have no idea how he will ever find us.} she thought.
*** End Log ***
Commander Rangi Summers
Med Adv 1st Task Force
CMO
SB Unity
&
Martin Guzman
(npc) Rangi
