TJ strolled around Destiny, ever so often twinging in pain from her gun shot wound that only 2 days ago had taken the life of her daughter. Red rings around her eyes from where she had been so often crying from grief, were catching glimpses of civilians not knowing what to say or how to react to a military personnel loosing the one hope she was clinging on to.
"Why me?" Was the question she kept asking herself. Had she done something wrong ,for such a terrible thing to happen to her? She reached her infirmary, walking in she had flashbacks of the gun struggle that left two dead and herself injured. She saw the yet to be cleaned up blood stain that she had lain in, it was overwhelming, she pressed herself against the nearest wall and sunk down to the floor sobbing.
"TJ come in" she had not come out of her quarters since the incident and by the sound of the radio Scott was worried not to find her still in there.
"TJ come in please".
She turned her radio off still violently sobbing.
"Sir this is Scott, I can't find TJ anywhere". Scott was reluctant to contact Colonel Young, although he had shown no signs of grief he knew it was killing him inside.
"TJ? Erm... I haven't seen her Lt. Maybe she went to the infirmary" Young replied.
"Sir I'm worried about her, Becker said to me that she hasn't been to the mess since... well since the accident, which means she's not had any food. I want to make sure she's alright" Scott's voice was getting more and more concerned.
"Check the infirmary Lt and get back to me. Young out"
How could he be so cold, the woman that he had impregnated was in pieces after loosing her child, had he no heart?
Scott on his way to the infirmary had joined up with Chloe and Eli both heading to the infirmary to clean up the blood stains so that TJ wouldn't see them.
"How is she?" Chloe said, matching the fast pace that Scott had set.
"I honestly don't know, last time I saw her she was asleep in her quarters. I don't know what to say to her I've never been good with the whole comforting and understanding things. I thought that I'd check on her this morning but I cant find her anywhere" Scott replied.
"I would have checked on her but Colonel Young told everybody to leave her and let her deal with the grief I guess you were not there. I mean does he even care, it was his baby too!" Chloe said getting more agitated.
"WHAT? Young's the father?" Eli said puzzled, Chloe had forgotten that Scott and herself were the only ones that knew.
"Erm... oh crap, Eli you've got to promise me that you wont tell anyone else" she said.
"Did I just hear what I thought you just said?" Rush's head came around the corner that Chloe, Eli and Scott had just passed.
"Oh no their both going to kill me" Chloe said, turning her back to everyone and hitting her head half-heartedly against the wall.
"I did hear that didn't I. Whatever possessed her to sleep with that man, let alone her Colonel. Chloe I wouldn't even dream of telling anyone, as much as I'd love to see the Colonel shamed, I very much like Ms Johansen and wish her no more pain, in fact I was just coming to help out in the infirmary I hear some equipment was damaged and I didn't want her to go back to work with broken equipment".
They approached the infirmary, walking in they heard a soft sniffle from over the far end of the infirmary.
"TJ?" Scott said sympathetically.
"OH sorry I didn't know you were here" a voice replied.
"TJ is that you?" Scott now confused, it didn't sound like TJ. A young woman came from behind a table. Camille Wray had been on her hands and knees scrubbing at the floor the get the blood stains out. As she rose from the ground she placed the bucket of water to the side of her, took off her rubber gloves and rubbed her nose.
"Have you been crying Camille?" Chloe asked.
"I'm just being silly, it's just only yesterday we were throwing her a baby shower" Camille's voice got quieter "And now this". Chloe placed a comforting arm around her and said "everything is going to be okay ".
"Camille have you seen TJ?" Scott asked, he wasn't too fond of Camille but he never liked seeing people upset.
Still sniffling Camille replied "I haven't seen her but I think that she must have been here. Look I found her radio switched off on the floor. I must admit I am a bit worried, I told the Colonel that I'd found her radio but he told me to come here and clean up".
"He's lost his mind, he doesn't care about anybody any more if he cared in the first place" Rush said "Eli go to the Control room and get a kino, we can gather more space if we split up".
" I agree but do you think that we should tell the Colonel" Chloe said
"No lets keep it to ourselves, tell as many people as possible to meet me in the gate room" Scott replied.
They all went their separate ways ready to start the search.
