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'''The Pain of Loss''' | |||
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Messages from home | |||
'''Messages from home''' | |||
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((Tasha’s Cabin, Cloud Skipper)) | |||
<p><nowiki>::</nowiki>Having left the spa Tasha returned to her cabin. After letting herself in she dropped her towel over the back of a chair and slipped on a loose t-shirt. She picked up a PADD and lay back on the bed.<nowiki>::</nowiki><.p> | |||
<p<nowiki>::</nowiki>>She activated the PADD and saw that she had received a letter while in the spa. She read the sender’s information and grinned, before opening the message.<nowiki>::</nowiki></p> | |||
<p><nowiki>::</nowiki>TASHA MACFARLANE, WHAT THE HELL HAVE YOU DONE!!<nowiki>::</nowiki></p> | |||
<p><nowiki>::</nowiki>Slightly taken aback by the opening line Tasha quickly checked the sender's information again, confirming that it was indeed from her brother. Perplexed and slightly concerned she continued reading.<nowiki>::</nowiki></p> | |||
<nowiki>::</nowiki>Mother received a report from Starfleet and she immediately called me. She is too distraught to even think about trying to contact you. She cried for several hours and was still in tears when she contacted me. | |||
What the hell did you do! We can’t get any information, something about doctor/patient confidentiality. All the report said was that you were “critically injured in the line of duty”. They won’t even tell us if you are alright. | |||
It was worse when dad found out. He went into shock, I watched the blood drain from his face. He clearly feared the worst. He was shaking for hours and unable to form a complete sentence. | |||
Please contact us as soon as you can, Starfleet won’t tell us anything, citing rules and regulations. Please, just let us know that you are alright. | |||
Nicholas<nowiki>::</nowiki> | |||
<p><nowiki>::</nowiki>Tasha dropped the PADD on the bed. She took a deep shuddering breath and wiped some tears from her face. She hadn’t thought of her family. She’d had no idea that they had been contacted and was furious that Starfleet hadn’t told them of her condition.<nowiki>::</nowiki></p> | |||
<p><nowiki>::</nowiki>With another shuddering breath Tasha picked up the PADD and started writing a response<nowiki>::</nowiki></p> | |||
<nowiki>::</nowiki>Hey guys. | |||
Don’t worry, I’m still alive. I was injured on Starbase 173, my left arm was torn off just below the elbow by a creature from subspace. I don’t remember much after that until I woke up in the Gorkon’s sickbay. I am told that I went slightly mad for a time. | |||
I am so incredibly sorry that I didn’t contact you earlier, I was understandably distracted. Coping with the loss of my arm has not been easy. | |||
I have been trying to work through this with the counsellor, and I’ve been working with the medical staff to create a prosthetic replacement. | |||
I am so sorry that you didn’t hear it from me first, it probably would have been better for everybody that way. | |||
I assure you that I am fine now, and I promise to contact you immediately if anything else happens. | |||
Tasha<nowiki>::</nowiki> | |||
<p><nowiki>::</nowiki>With tears streaming down her face Tasha read over her letter. She knew that her mother would be heartbroken to hear of her injury. Her father would take it better, he had served in Starfleet during the Dominion War and knew of the dangers associated with being in the fleet. She wasn’t quite sure how Nicholas would react.<nowiki>::</nowiki></p> | |||
<p><nowiki>::</nowiki>With a shuddering breath Tasha hit the send button and deactivated the PADD, tossing it to one side. With a groan of despair Tasha collapsed backwards and curled into a ball on the bed, quietly sobbing.<nowiki>::</nowiki></p> | |||