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Data's Journey
By : K_nz
Category: Star Trek > The Next Generation
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The Enterprise had been called to a newly colonized planet where all of the inhabitants had mysteriously died. The colonist contacted the Federation, but they perished before the ship reached them. The only symptom they reported was extreme fatigue.
Crusher brought the bodies on board to do autopsies, but utmost precaution was necessary. A cargo bay was converted for the operation. Special isolation pods were used to transport the bodies, and a special isolation chamber was erected in the bay to house them upon arrival.
The medics, donned in full hazmat, were sent to the planet surface to collect the bodies. During transport back to the ship, they were scanned for any foreign substances. Once on board, they took the pods into the chamber and placed them on individual steel tables. They then went through three decontamination rooms before leaving the chamber.
All one hundred and eight were finally on board. It was a depressing sight for Crusher, and she wasn’t looking forward to the disheartening task. But she hoped she could find the cause, and at least give the families an explanation for their loss.
The medics went through a final decontamination scrub down, and Crusher scanned them carefully. They were all fine, according to her instruments. She dismissed them and went to the makeshift morgue.
Nurse Ogawa informed her one of the pods was blinking, indicating a faulty seal. She hailed engineering to have someone inspect and repair the pod, if possible. If not, the unit would have to be replaced, but she preferred to leave the bodies in situ until their autopsies. Until she knew the cause of death, she wanted to minimize any potential risk.
Geordi came to do the task. He felt he should do this, rather than sending in a subordinate. He wouldn’t send anyone into a situation he wouldn’t go into, and if he was able, he felt it was important to take the lead dealing with any hazardous situations. He donned full hazmat and went into the chamber…
The creature could feel the energy surrounding it. It was hungry. It had lain dormant for over two centuries before the energy beings arrived, slithering into a body when the person touched the fossil it lay in. It sucked them dry, one by one, but their energy was not enough to sate the centuries of want. The creature was already beginning to weaken.
These new arrivals did not touch the body it was inhabiting. They used a tractor beam to hover it into a container. Their energies did not even get close enough for the creature to make the transfer, and the pods created a barrier to their energy. It’s body’s hand was resting against the side of the container, so the creature used what energy it had, sending it into the latching mechanism in an attempt to open it. It was unsuccessful, but an energy being was approaching. It would try again to open the container…
Geordi approached the blinking pod, walking past the rows upon rows of dead colonists. It was both sad and creepy at the same time. And scary, not knowing the cause of it. Geordi wanted to get out of there as fast as possible.
He scanned the container. It seemed the sealing mechanism had become partially dislodged, the latch stuck in a half-open position. Suddenly, it sprung fully open and the lid lifted and the colonist’s hand sagged slightly out of the pod.
While the lid was open, Geordi inspected the seal. It all looked good. He made some adjustments to the latch and examined its workings. When everything checked out, he went to close the lid. The colonist’s hand was in the way. He used the tips of his gloved fingers to push it into the pod and pressed the lid down. The seal made an air lock, sighing into position.
Geordi quickly made his way out of the chamber. He went through the three levels of decontamination and then had a scrub down. Crusher checked him over and gave him the all clear. He went back to engineering to continue his day – he was glad this part of it was over…
The creature had used what energy reserves it had to open the latch – it could not have made the jump to the energy being’s body. Fortunately, the energy being touched the body it was in and it was easily able to make the transfer. It wrapped itself around the being’s DNA antennas and voraciously soaked up the incoming frequency…
Two days later, Geordi went to Data’s quarters to see if he wanted to help him work on another model. Neara answered the door…
The creature could feel the potent energy pulsing through this being – the powerful magnetic pull. It felt it could almost leap into the other body, but it was not yet strong enough…
“Hello Geordi,” and she gave him the Ahmrian greeting…
The bodies touched, and the creature quickly slid into its new host. It wrapped around the DNA with relish, engorging itself…
“Hi Neara. Is Data in?” he asked.
Data came out and the two spoke while Neara went to listen to music on the couch.

A week later, Neara was at work in engineering. She went to talk to Geordi.
“I am feeling very tired. Do you mind if I leave early today?” Neara asked.
“That’s fine Neara,” Geordi consented. “You know, I was feeling really tired a few days back, but then it went away. I think I caught a bug at that conference I went to earlier. Sorry, I must have given it to you. Just stay home until you feel better. I’m sure you’ll be fine in a couple days.”
“Alright. I will see you after a couple of days,” Neara agreed and went home.

That evening before bed, Data and Neara made love. Data noticed neither Neara’s orgasm, or by extension his own, was as powerful as usual.
“I am sorry ka’lee, I am very tired,” she apologized. “Geordi thinks he caught an infection at a conference. He got better after two days, so I will have to wait a couple of days to feel better. I am sure I will be fine.”
“Should you see Dr Crusher about this?” Data asked.
“I will wait a couple of days, and if I do not feel better, I will go and see her. She is very busy right now with her autopsies. I do not wish to disturb her over nothing,” Neara explained.
“Alright. Is there anything I can do for you?” Data solicitously inquired.
“No ka’lee, I will just try to get some rest,” she answered and cuddled into his chest while Data tenderly stroked her hair.

Neara slept most of the following day. Data woke her to feed her Ahmrian food to keep up her Ahmriakana. He knew this would help her heal faster. She slept through the night and was still asleep in the afternoon when Data tried to wake her. She was not responding.
“Neara, Neara,” Data was gently shaking her.
Neara’s eyes slowly opened, “What is wrong ka’lee?”
“You have been asleep for sixteen hours,” Data enlightened. “I think we should take you to see Dr Crusher.”
“I believe you are right La’Ma. It has been two days and I do not feel better. I actually feel worse – more tired,” Neara conveyed.
They made their way to Sick Bay and Crusher examined Neara.
“You say you’re feeling tired and it’s been getting worse,” Crusher confirmed.
“Yes. Geordi said he felt tired for two days then got better. That is why I did not see you earlier – I thought this would pass,” Neara elucidated.
Crusher looked concerned. “Neara, all of the colonists progressively tired until they died, and I still haven’t been able to find a cause. Geordi fixed a seal on one of the quarantine pods, so he may have caught something while doing the repair. If so, nothing showed up on his scans. And I don’t understand why he got better. I think we should put you into quarantine and run tests on you and get Geordi in to do the same. We need to figure this out.”
“That will not be necessary Beverly. I already know what it is,” Neara somberly informed. Data and Crusher looked at her in quizzical anticipation. “It is a dimensional energy parasite. I thought perhaps they had died off, but apparently not. We will need to go to Ahmria. They will be able to destroy the parasite once it is out of my body.”
“Alright. Do we need to put you in quarantine? Would that even help?” Crusher asked.
“No, it will not transfer to another body – it has no reason to. But we should get to Ahmria as quickly as possible,” Neara advised.
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Data's Journey	By : K_nz Category: Star Trek > The Next Generation Views: 1351 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Data's Journey