Redemption

Stepping Forward (Old Version)

The next day had thankfully started off much less eventful than the one prior, I managed to get a good night's sleep despite all that happened yesterday and woke up feeling awake and refreshed, quickly got dressed and enjoyed a lovely breakfast prepared by Belfast which we each lovingly partook in before heading out back towards the hospital.

There was still a bit of things that needed to be hashed between us and the new recruit, questions that needed to be asked though none quite as personal as the ones from last night.

We needed to decide what exactly should be done in regards to her ship, her opinions on repairing it and some ideas we had, no work on it could be done until that happened.

I was also curious on what name she might have picked out, she had all of last night and this morning to pick one out.

We arrived at the hospital at around 9:30, this time without the company of Washington and Vestal who had gone back to the dormitories upon seeing that they were no longer needed to stand guard, and were greeted by the different doctors and nurses working the next shift.

Until finally we arrived back at the door to her ward, walking into the room without feeling any of the tension from yesterday we found Enterprise conversing with the woman, bringing up seemingly random topics while she swung her legs hanging over the side of her bed.

'They must have taken the handcuffs off when she fell asleep.' I thought as we made our way over.

Enterprise turned her head upon hearing our footsteps and saluted, the woman did the same this time with much more energy than she showed us the night before, she still looked about the same with her hair tangled and greasy and her body still completely covered in bandages but she seemed to be more alive and attentive now that she was well-rested.

Well... as well-rested as one could be, given a woman like her.

"You feeling better now?" I asked her.

"Much better now. Still a little worse for wear but... yeah."

I turned back to Enterprise and addressed her next, "And how about you? Did you managed to find out anything more that we should be aware of."

"Oh, um... no, I didn't really ask her anything like that, figured after last nights events I'd give her a bit of a break to recover before going into anything too harsh."

"Well, if you two don't mind, I'd like to go over just a few more things. Nothing quite as harsh as the ones we have asked, just somethings that we'd like to get clear."

"Alright, as long as it's necessary." The woman responded and gestured back to the same bed we talked to her from.

"Thank you. Um, Belfast." She looked towards me as I sat down, "Do you think you could find someone and ask them about what they have planned for her today?"

She bowed and made her way out of the room to find the nearest attending nurse, with that we started talking.

"Let's get started. So, since your recovery we have decided that we would have your ship repaired but we would like your stance on how much we would need to replace of you."

"Well... ideally not a lot but I think that we both know that's not case."

"Then in what areas do you think we would find the least amount of problems?"

"The least amount I'm not sure, probably in the Engine room and cargo holds, not Cargo Hold 1 though."

"Why not?"

"Because last I checked that one was completely flooded..." She said and paused thinking for a bit with a blank stare before responding, "...or at least it was."