Over the next couple of days, I was able to stay up longer and was able to eat more. Uhara would come down almost every night. She would tell me things from her childhood that she remembered and what was going on around the ship.
Today was the day that I was being relised from the medbay. She came down last night with a hair brush and small little bands as well as a small device that would play music. She sat behind me and braided my hair into different designs while I listen to her music. She ended up settling on a simple side braid that lay over my left shoulder.
When I woke up, Kirk and Spock were standing by my bed, which was the most creepiest thing I have ever seen.
"About time you woke up," Kirk said, "we've been here for like 20 minuets," I gave out a quiet laugh and opened my eyes.
"Captain, that's kind of creepy," I said keeping my eyes closed. Even though I had my eyes closed, I could see him smiling.
"A Captain can do what he wants," he said. My leg shot out from under the covers and nailed him in the crotch. I heard gasp in pain and fall to the floor.
"Captain, I did warn you about this," Spock said, "I warned you that waking her was a bad idea," I heard the captain groan in response.
"And I am not part of the crew," I said with a smile, "so I cannot be punished," I finally opened my eyes to see Kirk laying on the floor and Spock standing over him.
"You two are going to break him," Bones said as he walked up beside my bed, "he could hardly handle Spock. Now that there are two of you, I don't know how his going to survive," Kirk's hand grabbed the side of my bed and he pulled himself up.
"I will admit that I sometimes have my logical side likes to come out," I said sitting up, "but not often. I am more human than vulcan," I looked at Kirk, whose face still showed pain from my kick. "Just be glad that I don't have my full strength, or else you would be in a lot more pain,"
"Ya, I have felt that vulcan strength before," Kirk said, "Are you ready?"
"Ya," I said looking towards Bones, "Am I good to go, Bones?" I asked. He pulled out a scanner of some kind and ran it over me.
"Just take it easy," he said, "and if you feel any pain you come back here," I rolled my eyes at him and got off of the bed.
"Yes, Mother," I replied sarcassitly. Bones mumbled something about vulcans before walking off to another patient.
"So, "I said turning around to face Kirk, "Where are we off to now?"
"To Uhara's room," he said as we walked out the door and down the hall, "we don't have any spare rooms for you to stay in, so Uhara voluntied for you to stay in her room,"
"That doesn't bother me at all," I said as we made a turn in the hallway, "she has been coming to visit me in the medbay,"
"I was wondering who did the braid in your hair," Kirk said as we stopped outside a door. He punched something into a key pad and the door opened. The room had two beds in it, one of which had blankets and pillows on it which meant that it was Uhara's bed. It was clear which side of the room was hers and which was mine. On my bed was the black battle suit that I wore when I fought that creature.
"It was the only clothing that you had," Kirk said as I picked it up, "unless you want to walk around in a medical gown all day."
"No, it's fine," I said, "I'll change into it and meet you guys at lunch," I said walking into the bathroom.
"Are you sure that you remember the way?" Kirk asked.
"Yes, I remember it," I said though the closed door, "Now go," I heard the door open and then close and I breathed a sigh of relief. Kirk and Bones were like the over-protective brother that I always wanted and Uhara was like the awesome sister. I still have no idea what Spock is. Maybe like the silent friend or something.
I silently laughed and took of my shirt to see how bad the damage was for myself. Over the past few day, Bones and the nurses have been feeding me when I am awake. Foods with a high fat continent to gain some weight back. I was still thin enough to were you could still count my ribs. Most of what I had left on my bones was pure muscle and there was quite a lot. Most of it was on my arms and legs, I had some in my stomach. Enough so that it didn't go from my ribs to a drop into my stomach, but less so that there was still some what of a drop.
When I slipped into the suit, I noticed that it was baggier than the last time I wore it. Uhara must have stretched it out for me so it wouldn't look like I had just painted my skin black and walked out.
I looked at myself in the mirror for a few minuets before walking out of the room. I really had no idea where the cafeteria was, so I just followed my nose and sure enough I found my way there.
Kirk, Uhara, Spock, and Sulu were sitting on the far side of the cafeteria. I stepped in line to grab my food and made my over to them. They were laughing about some joke that Kirk most likely said.
"I'm almost afraid to ask what you guys are laughing about," I said as I sat down beside Uhara. Spock was reading something on his PADD while Kirk, Uhara, and Sulu were talking and laughing. He is really is the quiet friend of the group.
"Just going though old memorys," Uhara said, "How do you feel?" I had two legs of chicken, two biscets, corn, and a bottle of water. As soon as I sat down, I took a huge bite out of the chicken.
"Starved," I replied with a mouthful of food. They all laughed and went back to their conversation. I continued to tear into my chicken, taking out huge bites at a time. I didn't notice they way that I was eating it. I was biting into it and then shaking my head to tear it off. My teeth were sharp enough that they could tear though it with out shaking it, but it was how I ate when I was hungry. Spock noticed this and was looking at me closely. Nor I or the others noticed this and they just kept on talking and I continued eating.
"fascinating," he said aloud. Everyone turned to look at him and then looked at me. I stopped eating, only because I had reached the bone of both of the legs of chicken. Bones were all that remained and they were striped clean. I looked up and Kirk was staring at me wide eyed, Spock had his head tilted to the side, and Uhara had the same look as Kirk.
"Hungry much?" Kirk asked, "You only sat down like two minuets ago," I smiled sweetly and took a bite out of my biscet which halved it.
"What can I say?" I asked eating the other half, "I am a very hungry girl," Spock seemed to be the only one who understood why I was eating some much so he explained it while I finished off my meal.
"Since she is vulcan, she needs a higher calorie in take than humans," he explained, "Vulcans have more muscle than humans so they work more. A normal human needs about 2000 to 2100 calorie to work during the day, vulcans need twice that amount. A vulcan that is under the normal weight needs more than that depending on how much under weight they are. Doctor McCoy said that she is about 30 to 40 pounds under weight so she needs about 6000 to 7000 calorie to get back to her normal weight and have enough energy for the day,"
"So, what you are saying is that she isn't getting enough calories," Kirk said looking back at me. I had finished everything that I had on my plate by the time Spock had finished.
"That is the reason that she is always eating meat," Spock said again, "Meat has a higher calorie continent then other foods,"
"Do we have enough food to properly feed her?" Kirk asked again.
"It doesn't matter how much you feed her," Spock said, "what matters is how many calories are in the food she eats,"
"I'm full," I explained, "but I have only eaten about 3000 to 3500 calories. I need vulcan food to get me back to the proper weight," Spock reached into his pocket and pulled out a snack bar and handed it to me. I grabbed it from his hand and ripped it open and bit into it.
"What was that?" Kirk asked. I started gnawing on the bar with my sharp teeth and thankfully, no one noticed them.
"It is a vulcan recovery bar," he explained, "it has 4000 calories in it and it will bring her up to the calorie intake that she needs for the day,"
"So, it's like two pounds in a bar?" Uhara asked.
"Two pounds for a normal human," I said taking a break from gnawing on the bar, "but it is only one pound for vulcans,"
"Vulcan healers would give these to the sick because sick vulcans cannot eat much," he said, "I always have them in my quarters or on me in case the food will not meet my calorie needs," I continued to gnaw on the bar, but I spoke anyway.
"I may be stealing some of those from you," I said, "so don't be surprised if most of them are gone,"
"Take as many as you need," he said looking at me, "you need them more than I."
I flashed him a grateful smile before I continued gnawing into the bar. After a few minuets, everyone was done with their meal. Spock gave me the code to his room so I could grab some of the bars. Everyone was heading back to the bridge and I headed to Spock's room. I grabbed 10 bars and walked back to my room, where I then fell on the bed and fell asleep.