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Jul 31st, 2006, 03:20:01 PM
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Brave New Worlds: Visiting Hours (Sanis, Rebels)
I don't know how long I was out for. Opening my eyes was difficult, but the greenish goo I found myself suspended in did not alter my vision too much. There were people outside the tank, standing, looking at me. Before I could get my bearings I started floating upwards.
At the top of the tank hands pulled me out of the bacta, carefully pulling me on to a padded grate that nearly covered the tank. I gagged as the breathing tube was carefully extricated from my throat, and found my muscles to be completely unresponsive. "Don't try to stand," a calm male voice said, and the excess bacta was efficiently removed from my body, dripping back into the tank below. I shivered, but was powerless to help myself as I was moved again.
Down from the tank, I was put on a table. A bright light was shining in my eyes, and they teared up in defense. I closed them, trying to ask what was going on, but the breathing tube had left me unable to speak.
"Your voice will come back, just give it some time." Someone was washing my hair, using water. "In your condition we cannot use a traditional ion shower to remove the rest of the bacta," the male voice continued to explain. "You have suffered burns over about twenty-five percent of your body. You are a very lucky lady - we got you just in time to prevent permanent scarring."
I didn't feel lucky. At his words the memories flooded back, and tears welled up. While I was washed, my wounds bandaged with ryll enhanced bacta paste, and dressed, I cried.
Last edited by Lilaena De'Ville; Sep 2nd, 2006 at 02:59:17 AM.
and if you go, furious angels will bring you back to me
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Jul 31st, 2006, 04:41:22 PM
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Jul 31st, 2006, 04:44:17 PM
#3
I opened my eyes, turning my head slightly so I could see my visitor better. "Hi Sanis." My voice was scratchy from the smoke and the breathing tube for my dip in the tank.
I smiled, glad to see a familiar face. "Guess I've been a lotta trouble for you."
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Jul 31st, 2006, 05:38:22 PM
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Jul 31st, 2006, 05:44:33 PM
#5
I chuckled, but it was a bad idea. I coughed, my eyes tearing up from the pain in my chest. The medical droid came over, helping me drink a little water, and settled me back into my bed.
Sanis looked worried, but he was trying to hide it. I smiled, attempting to make him feel better. "Well, I care about your trouble. Stopping... its expensive for you not to be... working."
I wished I could move my arms, but they were immobilized until my skin could heal. "I... I have an itch on my nose..."
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Jul 31st, 2006, 07:28:59 PM
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Jul 31st, 2006, 10:23:37 PM
#7
I smiled wryly, "I didn't do much navigating and you know it." I sighed, resting my head on the pillows and closing my eyes briefly. "But, thank you."
He seemed to be fiddling with something in his hands, and I raised an eyebrow. "Whatcha got there?"
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Jul 31st, 2006, 10:39:09 PM
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Jul 31st, 2006, 10:43:45 PM
#9
He stuck it between my wrapped fingers - the hologram of my father. "You kept it for me?" I smiled, almost crying again. Gods but I was emotional. "Its my father. When my mother died her friends gave this to my social worker."
I looked up from it, not noticing the change in his expression. "Thank you, Sanis. Really. For everything."
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Aug 1st, 2006, 08:34:46 PM
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Aug 1st, 2006, 08:39:47 PM
#11
I shook my head slowly. Carefully. My muscles were sore. "No. I never met him."
The holo slipped between my bandaged fingers, resting on my palm. "This flimsy is all I have to connect me with him." I bit my lip, "My mom died in childbirth. She was a prostitute, he was a john. At least, that's what I think he was to her. Good riddance to them both, right?"
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:06:58 PM
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Hey baby, you've got something on your butt: my eyes.
"Yeah."
I replied to her without any zeal. Then again, I'd had a little more insight into dad than she did, and so far in my life, I'd made sure the apple hadn't fallen far from the tree.
Old Man Prent was a space addict, a drifter, and a rolling stone. He'd bedded probably as many people as he'd visited planets, and he'd probably killed a few people along the way. And for what? The only thing he'd left me was a name, and half of a reputation.
How far from the mark was I, then?
"Good riddance."
Was I melancholy that my dad was a no-show in my life, and that I was more or less the same kind of person. At times, yeah. I really couldn't get that worked up about it. Where else was there to go but straight ahead anyway?
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:10:07 PM
#13
I closed my eyes, resting. "Sometimes I wonder what he was like. What they both were like."
I opened one eye, "When I was little I pretended they were a king and queen of some faraway planet and I was a lost princess." I blushed, "Silly kid stuff, really. Helped me get through some rough foster homes though."
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:15:41 PM
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:19:02 PM
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I sighed, "People like us, we know that people don't always come back. Makes us stronger." I turned my head to look more directly at him.
"Sanis, what's wrong?" I'd never seen a look on his face like the one he was giving me.
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:22:55 PM
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:23:39 PM
#17
My eyes widened. "You do? How? Who is he? Where is he?"
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:25:29 PM
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:27:49 PM
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"Your father..?" I fumbled for words, my mind reeling. "But he's my father. He can't be your..."
My voice trailed off and the gravity of what he said sank in. "But... I... I mean ...we... you know..."
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Aug 1st, 2006, 10:29:14 PM
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