Chapter 4: We're not in Kansas anymore

"Dr Crusher to La Forge."

"La Forage here."

"I just wanted to let you know that Reggie made it through the surgery. He is going to be alright" replied Dr. Crusher.

"When can I see him?" asked Geordi.

"You can see him in a couple of hours, he is sleeping right now." replied Dr. Crusher

"Thank for the good news La Forge out."

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B.A ran through the holodeck door having to stop short to keep from running into Hannibal. "SWOOSH" the door closed behind him; he looked at his team mates noticing that they seemed to be frozen in place. Looking around he asks "Man what is this place?"

Glancing around the strange hallway, then turning and look back at the door that leads to the farm in the woods, "anyone thinks they can explain this?"

"Yeah, our friend Roy is a lot more funded than we thought." replied Face.

Hannibal pointed to the left "B.A go down that hall and check it out." Hannibal and Face headed to the right. "Keep your eyes peeled for signs that Murdock might be around here somewhere."

B.A makes his way cautiously down the hallway, as it curves around he stops suddenly and backs up against the wall. There were two female crew members walking towards him. The ladies are too busy talking to really notice him. B.A turns and runs back to where Hannibal and Face were checking out to see where some of the other doors lead. "Hey Hannibal there are some people coming this way."

Hannibal lights his cigar "Let s try not draw attention to ourselves."

"Yeah we don't look out of place." smirked B.A

Walking down the hall; the two female crew members smile at Face as they pass the team. Face subconsciously adjusted his tie; he can't help but smile at the beautiful ladies. "Excuse me ladies" handing them a card, "I am Templeton Peck of the Templeton modeling agency. You two would be perfect for my swim suit line I am shooting in Hawaii."

Hannibal crosses his arms and smiles while B.A just shakes his head as they watch Face.

The girls, one blonde with long hair tied in a pony tail she extends her hand "Hi I am Mandy."

The other one with black curly hair, that extends just past the shoulders. Smiles and extends her hand "Hi I am Deanna."

Mandy and Deanna look Face over, his navy blue suit and perfect hair, a very handsome man. They both giggle to themselves that with his backpack and a rifle over his shoulder looks out of place with his nicely pressed suit. Mandy is clearly interested in Face "we were just heading to 10 forward maybe you would like to come with us and we can talk about it over drinks." Mandy said as she ran her fingers down Face's tie.

Face smiles slyly "Yes... I would like that very much." And puts one arm around Mandy and attempts to put his other arm around Deanna but she moves aside. Undeterred Face starts to walk with Mandy.

Irritated with Face's antics, Hannibal takes his cigar out of his mouth, snuffs it out and places it back in his jacket pocket "Umm... Lieutenant we are looking for Murdock right now."

Deanna looks over at Hannibal in jeans and a cream colored shirt tucked in nice and neat and his off white jacket. He is also wearing a backpack and a rifle slung on his shoulder. And then there was B.A in his green jumper with the sleeves ripped off, with his backpack and rifle. Topped off with his gold chains and Mohawk hair style the look would make you think twice about tangling with him, but at the same time Deanna sensed he could be as gentle as a kitten. Turning back to Face "Hawaii huh what are the weapons for? Clearly you were not shooting swimsuits."

"The guns are props for the sports illustrated Guns and Ammo calendar" replies Face keeping a smile on his face that says what else would they be for.

Not fully believing the modeling story "who is Murdock?" asks Deanna

"Well Murdock is my cameraman and he got hurt this morning and we can't find him" replied Face.

Mandy smiles sadly "a rain check then" and heads towards 10 forward.

"Have you checked sickbay?" Deanna asks. She can feel that these men are truly worried about someone; the rest is anyones guess.

"No... No we haven't" replied Face.

Deanna taps here coming "Deanna to sickbay."

"Dr Crusher here"

"Dr I have some people here looking for a friend that got hurt today. Do you have anyone?" Deanna asked

"We have had everything from skinned knees to a holdeck accident this morning" replied Dr. Crusher

"thank you Dr." Looking at the team thinking that the holodeck would explain the casual clothes they were wearing, plus the fact that they were near the holodeck. All this put Deanna at ease, "the turbo lifts are right over there, sickbay is on deck 12"

"Where are we at?" Hannibal asked

"You are on deck 10." replied Deanna; she watched them head towards the turbo lifts before she headed to 10 forward.

Stepping into the turbo lifts first, "come on guys lets go find our captain." Hannibal ordered.

"I guess we just follow the yellow brick road," stated Face as he looked in the lift before entering

Hesitantly stepping into the lift, "Man this place is crazier than that fool Murdock."

Dr Crusher checks the monitors and turns off the stasis field

"How is he doing Dr?" the assistant asks.

"The damage to his lung took longer to repair than I expected but his vitals are back normal, he should be waking up anytime." replied Dr. Crusher as she checked out how well the wound had mended.

"Deanna to sickbay."

"Dr Crusher here"

"Dr I have some people here looking for a friend that got hurt today. Do you have anyone?" Deanna asked

"We have had everything from skinned knees to a holdeck accident this morning" replied Dr. Crusher.

Barclay groaned as consciousness slowly returned to him, a feeling of heaviness had settled in his chest. Laying there not wanting to open his eyes he tried to take stock of himself, were was he and why did it hurt to breath? Hearing voices causes him to open his eyes and look in their direction.

Dr Crusher smiled "well look who s back." walking over the to the bed "how do you feel?"

"My chest feels really heavy" he said as he struggled to get up, "I've got to report to engineering commander La Forge is expecting me"

But Dr Crusher gently held him down "oh no you don't... you need to rest".

Despite the dull pain in his chest he struggled to a sitting position rubbing his sore chest "what happened?"

Dr Crusher gave up and let him sit up "You... had a serious gunshot wound and I was hoping you could tell me how it happened".

Shaking his head "I don t remember." As if on cue "Crique, Crique"

Barclay looked over at his jacket, the memory of the day s events started flooding back. Barclay stood up, the dull pain in his chest got a little sharper. He braced himself against the bed, waiting until the room stopped spinning then he walked over and picked up his jacket.

Dr. Crusher not missing the flushed look in Barclays face "are you ok?"

Taking the little white box out of the jacket pocket; he absently dropped his jacket back on the chair as he looked at the word Fred printed on the box, "Can I go now?" not waiting for an answer he headed for the door.

Trying to stop him "Lt. Barclay You are very lucky Geordi found you when he did" warned Dr. Crusher. "Barclay are you listening to me?"

Stopping just outside the door "Dr. I really need to go if I promise to rest will you let me go."

Dr. Crusher reluctantly nodded her head "it is clear you are going weather I like it or not."

Barclay headed to the left; she stood just outside the door and watched him round the corner. Turning to go back into sickbay she watched as three strange men walked towards her from the right corridor.

Face smiled "Hannibal I think I am going to like this place"

Hannibal looking at the strawberry red haired lady standing in the hallway "I think I do too"