Chapter 3:
Resurgence
Picard entered Sickbay and found Dr. Crusher at her office. "How's our patient?" Dr. Crusher rose from her chair, "Alive and there's something you need to see." Picard follows her to the med bed where her patient lies. Beverley tilted the man's side to the side. "I don't know what that is, but it cannot be removed. It appears to be connected to the brainstem." Picard called two officers, Data and LaForge to Sickbay. The two officers arrive. "Mr. Data, can you ascertain what it is?" Data looked at the hole, "It appears to be a socket of some type we have never seen before." LaForge added, "I'll have to get more detail on it. When he wakes, we can ask him." "A socket for what?" Picard asked.
"The Matrix," the patient said, who had apparently wakened from the sedative. The patient turned toward his rescuers, "Where am I?" "You are on board a starship, the USS Enterprise. I'm Captain Picard; this is Dr. Crusher, our chief medical officer; Commander Data and Commander LaForge, operations and engineering." Dr. Crusher asked, "What's your name?" The patient answered, "Neo." "Mr. Neo, what's the last thing you remember?" "Fighting Smith."
