Corridors of the Mind
by Shell Lee
Somewhere on land in a hospital a man was waking up from a cooma. He had only been in it for a few days but that was long enough. There was a woman by his bed. She had been there from the start. The hospital employees thought that this woman was married to the man. She wasn't but what other people thought wasn't her business. They could think what they wanted to just as long as it didn't interfere with what she and the man did together. It didn't help that she had checked them in as husband and wife.
Just then that man decided to wake up. He had a strange look in his eyes. It was a cross between mad and embarrassed. It didn't take her too long to figure out what had happened.
He never made the kill.
***
Wendy set down her book and took a good look at her patent. He was laying down on a bed in the middle of a bunch of machines that were supposed to measure heart beat, blood pressure and anything else important. This time he looked ok. The only reason he was hooked up to the machines was just to make sure nothing happened to him.
It was hard to believe that this morning he was brought in because he had slit his wrist. Judging from what Brody and Ortiz said when they brought Tony in Wendy now had a pretty good idea as to why he did that. She chuckled as she thought of that poor nurse when she found out her patient had gotten up and left. He had run to wake Wendy up and then received a good yelling at.
When Jim and Miguel had brought Tony in she had been so relived. Of course that had been before she had seen him. He had been way too pale and breathing seemed difficult for him. They had put him on the machines immediately and he was out of danger. Now he just had to wake up.
Jim had been shoot too but it had only grazed him. A simple bandage and he was good to go. After tending to Tony for a little while Wendy had listened with utter disbelief to what the two men told her. The fact that it explained some things without calling into question her abilities as a psyic help convince her. The thing that cinched it was when Tony didn't wake up. The wound wasn't that bad and he should've been awake by now.
She could hardly believe that Tony had survived all that. That man inside his head. Controlling him like that. And when Tony woke up she was convinced he would have a hard time adjusting to not having company in his own mind. On top of that he had senses that just kicked into gear. Things he had to learn.
Everything was about to get so much more complicated for him. Like it wasn't before, right? He had been dyslectic from the start so he should be able to deal with it well by now.
Then there's his background. It wasn't a peace of cake and he probably got a lot of shit for it. This was demonstrated by the fact he decked a superior officer (or possibly killed. Wendy was waiting for him to wake up before she commented.). That landed him in jail. It couldn't have been a fun place to live.
Of course she couldn't forget the gills. Tony's last chance effort to get out of jail. The thing that brought him to the seaQuest and bunked with Lucas. Everything that has been mentioned so far had tried to separate him from the crew but still he managed to make friends. Almost against their will. Weather he knew it or not.
Now his psyic powers had been woken up. Wendy had no idea how this would be for Tony. Her own had been awakened when she was young. By the time she reached seaQuest she knew how to deal with it. All of this would be new to Tony. He'd have to be guided through it and taught.
Wendy felt sorry for him. She really did. Right now though there was jack shit she could do about helping him. So she just picked up her book and kept on reading.
***
After they had brought Tony in unconscious Jim and Miguel were prodded out into the waiting area and told to go back to their quarters. Figuring someone should go tell Lucas what had happened Jim headed that way before going to his room.
Standing outside Lucas' room he realized he had no idea how to break the news to him. Briefly the thought to just go to his room and let Lucas find out from someone else crossed his mind but that just wasn't him. Bravely he stood his ground and knocked.
An obviously unkempt Lucas came to the door. He probably had been asleep. "Hey. Brody." Some how Lucas made that sound more like, 'Ok you're Brody.' than any sort of greeting. "Do you want to come in?"
"Yeah please." He came in and proceeded to tell the teen what had happened.
by Shell Lee
Somewhere on land in a hospital a man was waking up from a cooma. He had only been in it for a few days but that was long enough. There was a woman by his bed. She had been there from the start. The hospital employees thought that this woman was married to the man. She wasn't but what other people thought wasn't her business. They could think what they wanted to just as long as it didn't interfere with what she and the man did together. It didn't help that she had checked them in as husband and wife.
Just then that man decided to wake up. He had a strange look in his eyes. It was a cross between mad and embarrassed. It didn't take her too long to figure out what had happened.
He never made the kill.
***
Wendy set down her book and took a good look at her patent. He was laying down on a bed in the middle of a bunch of machines that were supposed to measure heart beat, blood pressure and anything else important. This time he looked ok. The only reason he was hooked up to the machines was just to make sure nothing happened to him.
It was hard to believe that this morning he was brought in because he had slit his wrist. Judging from what Brody and Ortiz said when they brought Tony in Wendy now had a pretty good idea as to why he did that. She chuckled as she thought of that poor nurse when she found out her patient had gotten up and left. He had run to wake Wendy up and then received a good yelling at.
When Jim and Miguel had brought Tony in she had been so relived. Of course that had been before she had seen him. He had been way too pale and breathing seemed difficult for him. They had put him on the machines immediately and he was out of danger. Now he just had to wake up.
Jim had been shoot too but it had only grazed him. A simple bandage and he was good to go. After tending to Tony for a little while Wendy had listened with utter disbelief to what the two men told her. The fact that it explained some things without calling into question her abilities as a psyic help convince her. The thing that cinched it was when Tony didn't wake up. The wound wasn't that bad and he should've been awake by now.
She could hardly believe that Tony had survived all that. That man inside his head. Controlling him like that. And when Tony woke up she was convinced he would have a hard time adjusting to not having company in his own mind. On top of that he had senses that just kicked into gear. Things he had to learn.
Everything was about to get so much more complicated for him. Like it wasn't before, right? He had been dyslectic from the start so he should be able to deal with it well by now.
Then there's his background. It wasn't a peace of cake and he probably got a lot of shit for it. This was demonstrated by the fact he decked a superior officer (or possibly killed. Wendy was waiting for him to wake up before she commented.). That landed him in jail. It couldn't have been a fun place to live.
Of course she couldn't forget the gills. Tony's last chance effort to get out of jail. The thing that brought him to the seaQuest and bunked with Lucas. Everything that has been mentioned so far had tried to separate him from the crew but still he managed to make friends. Almost against their will. Weather he knew it or not.
Now his psyic powers had been woken up. Wendy had no idea how this would be for Tony. Her own had been awakened when she was young. By the time she reached seaQuest she knew how to deal with it. All of this would be new to Tony. He'd have to be guided through it and taught.
Wendy felt sorry for him. She really did. Right now though there was jack shit she could do about helping him. So she just picked up her book and kept on reading.
***
After they had brought Tony in unconscious Jim and Miguel were prodded out into the waiting area and told to go back to their quarters. Figuring someone should go tell Lucas what had happened Jim headed that way before going to his room.
Standing outside Lucas' room he realized he had no idea how to break the news to him. Briefly the thought to just go to his room and let Lucas find out from someone else crossed his mind but that just wasn't him. Bravely he stood his ground and knocked.
An obviously unkempt Lucas came to the door. He probably had been asleep. "Hey. Brody." Some how Lucas made that sound more like, 'Ok you're Brody.' than any sort of greeting. "Do you want to come in?"
"Yeah please." He came in and proceeded to tell the teen what had happened.