Let's Talk

"Eve, frin tolar colcaxi brauy trevlear," Brien Singletary said.  Dante looked confused.  Turning back and seeing his look, he said, "I told her, 'Don't worry...you're going to be just fine.'"

Tabatha frowned.  Why didn't they understand that?  Was the universal translator on the fritz again?

Then Eve grabbed his arm, sat up and said, "Torea... torea... es tui premadet... fre min ques valorete," before she passed out.

Tab withheld her curiosity until this Dr. Singletary finished fixing her up – quick and neat, she noted.  When Dante asked "How did you do that?," it mirrored Tabatha's own wonderment.

Singletary's smile vanished.  "Because I've treated this before."

And then Tabatha understood.  Or thought she did.  At least part of it.

"You helped bring her to life," Tabatha said half-questioningly.

Singletary's smile was without humor.  "In a manner of speaking."

Tab grabbed her medical tricorder and went to scan Eve.  Unconscious... sleeping restfully... stable.  "Thank you Lord," Tab whispered and turned back to Singletary, slipping the tricorder into her lab coat.  "I can't begin to tell you how grateful I am.  Eve means a lot to me.  If you would, I'd like to discuss this with you in my office."  She half-turned and gestured a hand, indicating the way.  "Besides, we have a bit of a crisis going on here.  Might not be safe for you to go back out there until it's over."

Langui couldn't sleep anyway, standing helpless against a biobed after Ringo's holo-attack.  Dante looked on.

Then came the announcement over the intercom: They had caught Ringo – on the flight deck.  Security began issuing orders to stand down.  Those in sickbay heaved a collective sigh of relief (but for Singletary, slightly confused as to what was going on).  Langui asked Dante if he would escort her to her quarters.

Tabatha tapped her com-badge: "Security, bring Ensign Ringo to sickbay, post haste.  I need to examine him.  And be careful with him; especially his head.  Don't injure him."

Little did she know what Q & Quarton were planning to do to him at that very moment, in the shuttlebay... and security couldn't do a damn thing to stop them.