ILLUMINARRPG: (5 - 1932) ACSO Ensign jg Zara Khatri

[Zara Khatri]

Mission: Exogenesis
Day 5
Stardate: 2446.06.05

(USS Illuminar - Isolation Ward - ACSO Ensign jg Zara Khatri - 1932)

"I don't want to play another game.  I want to train."  Yevan was speaking through an occasional labored breath.

Zara felt Yevan's frustration.  Day two in isolation had her feeling the same.  Desiring to contribute, she had one of the nurses bring the data the medical teams had, so studying from a science perspective at least provided something to do.  Taking the game PADD, Zara set it on her lap.

"Tell me about your training."

"What about it?" said Yevan.

"What do you do?  How do you train?"

Yevan rolled her eyes.  "What are you doing, Zar?"

"I'm bored.  Tell me about your duties on the ship."

"It's all about you, huh?"  Yevan chuckled weakly.

"You got me," said Zara.  "I can't slip anything past you."

"We heard a science nerd was coming on board, so we had to keep an eye on you."  Yevan wheezed.

Zara's eyes widened and her jaw dropped.  "Nerd?  Nerd?  You called me a nerd!  How do you even know that word?"

"I'm good."

Zara smiled, touching Yevan's hand with a slow, gentle caress.

"Don't get mushy on me, Princess."

"It's: Well, don't get all mushy on me.  So long, Princess."

"See?  Nerd."

Zara laughed.  Gazing at her weakening friend, Zara felt a dry lump in her throat and her heart was heavy.  What was taking medical so long?

"When I have off duty time, and when I can reserve a holosuite, I wear traditional battle dress and fight with my ushaan-tor.  My toughest opponent is a Jem'Hadar soldier.  That keeps me strong and ready," said Yevan.

"What?"

"My training.  You asked how I train."  Yevan stifled a cough.

"But you're an engineer, not a marine."

"I'm Andorian!"

Yevan declared that with so much power and pride, Zara thought her friend would leap off the biobed, fully cured.  Zara wanted so much for that, everything in her tried to will it to be so.

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(posted by Mary Lou)