Familiar

Posted on Thu Mar 19th, 2020 @ 11:36pm by Commodore Jane Saulitis

Mission: Cruel Meridian
Location: Ready Room
Timeline: MD 04 08:00 Hours
266 words - 0.5 OF Standard Post Measure

Jane entered her ready room almost as soon as she got the bridge.  It was a privilege of being a Captain that she got to hide herself away whenever she felt like it, as long as nothing pressing was going on.  At the moment they were on course for Sozon II and it had been a boring ride. She ordered coffee from the replicator, sat down at her desk, picked up a PADD and immediately dropped everything as the world around her came unglued. 

She couldn't tell what was wrong at first.  It could have been dizziness but it wasn't.  Her eyes were seeing clearly, her head was steady, it was everything around her that had blurred and reformed.  Just when she thought it was all over and she looked up and saw herself standing at the replicator.  The other Jane turned, smiled and walked toward the desk right into the present Jane causing her to scream and jump backward. She blinked when she did so and everything was exactly the same as it was supposed to be.  Perfectly normal.

The chime sounded on her door.  "Come," Jane said, still panting from the experience and staring toward the replicator.  
"Captain?  I thought . . . I mean we thought.  Did you scream?"

"Yes, I . . . . never mind.  It's fine Ensign McCallum, go back to what you were doing.  I spilled my coffee."

The ensign nodded, left the room again and left Jane to staring at someone who existed and yet didn't, who had been there and was now gone into only Jane's imagination.  

Captain Jane Saulitis
Commanding Officer
USS Majestic