What’s in Front of You ‘You’re not alone,’ the captain had reassured her as the body of Ensign Thornby was placed on a stretcher and carried out of the shuttle hangar, but when Joanni came to in her sickbay bed, she was alone. The room was empty and her whole body hurt. As she raised herself up to lean on her elbow, her injured arm gave out with a stab of pain and she fell back down. Brushing away an errant strand of hair that had fallen across her face, she poked herself in the eye with the cast that enveloped her right hand, and the horror of the past hours flooded back into her consciousness. She lay there as hot tears wound their way down her temples, disappearing into her untidy hair. Dr. Pissario walked in at that moment to check on her.
Chapter 24. What's in Front of You
Chapter 24. What's in Front of You
Chapter 24. What's in Front of You
What’s in Front of You ‘You’re not alone,’ the captain had reassured her as the body of Ensign Thornby was placed on a stretcher and carried out of the shuttle hangar, but when Joanni came to in her sickbay bed, she was alone. The room was empty and her whole body hurt. As she raised herself up to lean on her elbow, her injured arm gave out with a stab of pain and she fell back down. Brushing away an errant strand of hair that had fallen across her face, she poked herself in the eye with the cast that enveloped her right hand, and the horror of the past hours flooded back into her consciousness. She lay there as hot tears wound their way down her temples, disappearing into her untidy hair. Dr. Pissario walked in at that moment to check on her.