Chapter 2
Down in sickbay, Beverly was fuming while doing her work. How dare that man sleep with that, that thing! She kept pacing back and forth unsure of where to go now, because she sure as hell couldn't go to her own quarters..damn for having them next to his. Normally, she enjoyed being right next door to him but today.
The doors to sickbay opened and Beverly turned around not quite sure what to expect. However, she most certainly wasn't prepared for what she saw.
There was the little boy standing in the doorway, looking up at her as if he was lost. Beverly's heart immediately melted for the little one. Since it wasn't his fault they did that, he shouldn't be to blame. She carefully walked over to him, trying not to send him running away.
She kneeled down and tried to get near his eye level. "Hello." She said.
The little boy didn't say one word, just crawled up into her arms and held on as tightly as he could. Beverly could feel him shaking all over as if with fear or extreme coldness. Yet, she knew it couldn't be cold. She picked up him and put him onto a bio-bed and started to look him over. Beverly was shocked at the multiple bruises and cuts the child had on him. Sure, her son had gotten hurt on his own, but never this much. She took out her tricorder and began to scan him. Beverly gasped at what she read on her tricorder. The little boy was undernourished and even had some internal injuries. Whoever could do this to a child deserved death in her mind. Then, she took one notice at the bottom. Yes, the boy's father was the Captain, but when she scanned him for Anij's DNA, nothing came up. He wasn't related to her at all!
Down in sickbay, Beverly was fuming while doing her work. How dare that man sleep with that, that thing! She kept pacing back and forth unsure of where to go now, because she sure as hell couldn't go to her own quarters..damn for having them next to his. Normally, she enjoyed being right next door to him but today.
The doors to sickbay opened and Beverly turned around not quite sure what to expect. However, she most certainly wasn't prepared for what she saw.
There was the little boy standing in the doorway, looking up at her as if he was lost. Beverly's heart immediately melted for the little one. Since it wasn't his fault they did that, he shouldn't be to blame. She carefully walked over to him, trying not to send him running away.
She kneeled down and tried to get near his eye level. "Hello." She said.
The little boy didn't say one word, just crawled up into her arms and held on as tightly as he could. Beverly could feel him shaking all over as if with fear or extreme coldness. Yet, she knew it couldn't be cold. She picked up him and put him onto a bio-bed and started to look him over. Beverly was shocked at the multiple bruises and cuts the child had on him. Sure, her son had gotten hurt on his own, but never this much. She took out her tricorder and began to scan him. Beverly gasped at what she read on her tricorder. The little boy was undernourished and even had some internal injuries. Whoever could do this to a child deserved death in her mind. Then, she took one notice at the bottom. Yes, the boy's father was the Captain, but when she scanned him for Anij's DNA, nothing came up. He wasn't related to her at all!