Hi all! This is Writer Girl. As much as I want them, these people are not mine.

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You know, After watching the episode The Empath a few times, I suddenly started wondering…what was Gem feeling? After all, she couldn't speak. What did she know?

This story is what I think Gem felt.

My Compassion

I do not like the dark.

And yet here I am, encompassed by it in the caretaker's chamber, and I cannot forget…

Someone is coming- I hear footsteps. My breath quickens. Suddenly I am surrounded by light, and I open my eyes.

A strange face stares down at me. A face covered covered with light brown hair; hair, like what I have- not like the caretakers. His face looks kind, concerned. But still, he frightens me. He is pointing something at me. I hide my face.

Then he makes- a sound. I do not understand sounds. But he…speaks. Like the caretakers.

I do not understand him. But he puts the object away.

Does he…care…about…me?

I suddenly hear more sounds, like his. I turn around. There are two more men there, too! One, like the first, is…human, like me, and the…the scientists. He has a kind face. He also lowers his object. He moves closer, but not in a threatening way.

The third man seems similar enough to the others, but his ears…they are different. They are pointed. He looks at me with just a hint of puzzlement in his eyes. When he sees me staring, it is quickly masked.

Why?

The second human moves closer. I reach out to his essence.

In the split second that our nervous systems are connected, I learn much.

He is a human. His name is…McCoy. Leonard McCoy. He is a healer. A….a doctor. He is concerned.

For me.

McCoy starts to move closer to me. He wants to help me.

The first human pulls McCoy back. He makes more sounds. This time, I can make something out…a word…

"…wait…"

I can understand!

I eagerly reach out with my senses to the first human.

Kirk. Jim Kirk. A…captain. Of a…starship. He, also, is concerned, but also confused. Now it is only the non-human I do not know.

Kirk turns to me.

"Are you…..bringing…us here?"

The sounds still frighten me. I cower back.

Kirk is puzzled. He turns to McCoy.

"…what's wrong with her?"

There is nothing wrong with me…is there?

I quickly put my fears at rest. McCoy is a healer- he must know.

Strangely……I trust them.

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