(I don't own Babylon 5 JMS dose)
(St Florentina Hospital, California, American State)
The three days David was kept under observation allowed David allot of time to think, he had considered many things and drawn up many plots but thinking was one thing action was another and as he analysed and recalculated plans within plans, but it all came back to his options but he wasn't ready to make the choice.
Instead he concentrated on the technological knowledge he had gained and how to apply the technology to his world, he knew of several companies that were on their verge of insolvency in the fields he needed, he also knew that in several aces the Earth Alliance was more advanced than the Ferengi and the Packled which was respectable but not fantastic for an interstellar power of their size, and going from the memories he had of the rest of the powers in this sector of the Galaxy it was sad to say that they weren't all that powerful ether.
It amazed David that there wasn't more innovation within the local powers, only the Markeb had shields, only the Centari and the Vree had matter anti-matter technology and if you added the Brakiri to the list you would have all the know races that had gravity on their ships, even the Minbari as David had discovered threw his new memories where subject to this same stagnation.
It was a sorry state that David found the galaxy in and he had to wonder how much of it was from Vorlon interference, what else they had done to the so called younger races, had they hamstrung them and if so it could be undone.
"Mr Clark" the voice was a deep rumbling tenor that David knew all too well
"Doctor M'Butu" David nodded in greeting, the doctor was a good man and had a very dry humour that David connected with, he was also very frank and would tell you to you face what was wrong without pulling any punches
"How are you feeling today" he said as he grabbed the medical pad and began to examine the documentation, he nodded to himself before pulling out a stylus and signing, he smiled as he placed the pad back in its slot
"I am good, feeling allot better"
"That's good" he smiled "well I'll let you have your breakfast then you can sign you discharge papers and be out of here as soon as you parents get here with your clothes"
"Wonderful" David smiled "no offence doc but after three days of being poked and prodded I'm looking forward to it"
"That's fine Mr Cark" he chuckled "I can sympathise" he said before turning to leave "well Mr Clark I hope we don't meet each other under the same circumstances again for a long time" he said as he presented his hand, David Shook it firmly as he had been taught
"I hope so too doctor" David said as the Doctor made his way out of the room.
The breakfast wasn't anything to write home about; the scrambled egg had very little taste the bacon was mostly gristle, the sausages where overly chewy and the orange juice had no pulp in it, but it did the job of filling David up, at about 12:30 David's parents arrived with his uncle and his clothes.
"David are you ready to go" it was David's mother, she was a tall thin woman who's looks didn't fade with time, she had mousy blond hair and wore a pink jumper with white trousers and black flat shoes, she always smelt like lemons not an overpowering smell but you could pick up on it if you were hugging, she had been to see David every day since the accident.
With her was David's father he was a tall broad balding man, he had a black hair and blue eyes he wore a dark tailored suit and a blood red tie and black highly polished shoes, he smelled of old spice, in his left hand was a small rucksack that looked stuffed full.
"As soon as I'm dressed" said David as his father passed him the rucksack
"Well hurry up kiddo" he said with a small smile, though you couldn't see it at first glance if you looked into David's fathers eyes you could visibly see the relief in his eyes.
"Thanks dad" David smiled as he grabbed the rucksack and headed to the bath room to change.
His parents had brought his favourite t-shirt, it was a classic black with an iron cross emblem on the front with one on each shoulder, they brought his blue acid washed jeans and his black classic inspired converse sneakers, they also remembered his black wide cuff leather wrist watch and his green and black letterman jacket.
After he was dressed David smiled at last he was comfortable again and his ass wasn't on display to the world which was always a plus in his or any other book. David moved to leave but stopped just short of the door as he caught sight of himself in the mirror, the face that greeted him there was his but at the same time wasn't, he was just as tall as he remembered being but for some reason he thought he had grown allot thinner and he remembered his hair being a lighter brown that what he saw and he was sure his eyes were blue like the virgin sea not green as emeralds his face shape was wrong too his jaw wasn't as square and he didn't have a cleft, he stared at the mirror as if trying to decipher the secret to life the universe and everything before a hard loud knocking.
"David, are you alright" it was his mother he could hear the concern in her voice, he turned his head slightly towards the door his eyes locked still on the mirror
"Yeah, I'm...I'm fine"
"Well come on son" shouted his father "one would think that you wanted to stay" he joked David could hear the chuckle as he finished talking, David took a few more seconds to reacquaint himself with his face before he headed to the door.
The journey home went quickly though it could just have been that David was distracted he had a decision to make, a decision that could and would change allot of things with in the Alliance, he knew how to start but the changes but he now he had to decide the means.
