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Astronomy compels the soul to look upward, and leads us from this world to another. — Plato, 342 B.C

Geordi La Forge felt horrible. It felt like every bone in his body had been taken apart, and then put back together. Badly. He was also very wet, but that was beside the point. The raindrops that were falling on his closed eyelids…

Uh-oh. Geordi's VISOR was missing. Despite his body's protests he stretched out his arms, moving them in different directions to try to find the smooth surface of his VISOR. Without it, he had no chance of getting back to the Enterprise in the storm, while badly hurt, and after being thrown over a cliff.

He had no chance anyway, come to think of it.

A hand touched Geordi's back, making him spin around and slip into a some very wet stones. Ouch. A calm voice was talking very fast. "Are you searching for this?"

Geordi could have cried (though he probably wouldn't have) when he heard Data's voice and felt the coolness of his VISOR in his hand. He lifted the device to his face and put it into place, immediately getting a huge amount of readings which he interpreted into images.

"We must find shelter, then attempt to contact the Enterprise." Data's voice rose above the wind and rain. Geordi nodded his agreement and started to stand up. He didn't get more then a half-foot off the ground before his left leg buckled and he fell back down to the rocks, cursing under his breath.

Data tugged on his arm, and Geordi had to suppress a groan. Data had no idea how strong he was. Data had nearly dislocated his shoulder.

Putting his full weight against the android, Geordi and Data made their way to an outcropping of rocks about five hundred meters away that suggested some cave, or at least shelter from the rain.

Before they had gotten little more then half-way, however, a ripple seemed to go through the earth. Geordi didn't even have to look up to know that a couple of rocks had dislodged themselves from the cliff and were coming down directly on top of him and Data.

Data pushed sideways into Geordi, sending both of them tumbling down through mud and rocks. The rocks missed them by feet.

Geordi was on bottom, and was feeling pretty much like a pancake. He was pretty sure that he had a couple of broken ribs, but at least he didn't have a broken head.

"I am sorry for the abruptness of my action, but I feel that if more time had been taken we would both most certainly have perished." Again, Data's voice could barely be heard above the wind and rain, but Geordi did hear it as he got pulled to his feet by his friend.

"That's okay Data, I think my life's worth more then a couple of bruises."

Again, they started for the cave, hoping that there would be no further earthquakes before they got there.


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