A stitch-in-nine... and Susie-Q was just in Time! In her usual ball of pink, sparkly smoke, she had materialized.
But not on the bridge, but just beyond the starboard bow of the Enterprise-D, which had reached the ringed gas giant
planet with 47 moons. And around the farside of one large and habitable moon - a large, black asteroid flew at the ship!
Susie focused all her energy and strength... and let out a wide, pink beam from her outstretched arms and hands... blasting the
asteroid into a billion tiny fragments, of which only a small percentage then flashed like a swarm of fireflies when they soon hit the
quite sufficient shields of the Enterprise. Susie had exhausted her surplus supply of energy, and barely had the strength to teleport
back onto the ship... and into an empty medical bed. Doctor Crusher quickly informed Picard, of the new 'patient' she had just received.
Before Susie-Q went into a short, deep sleep, she said to Beverly: "Wow - I am... so tired. Guess I should have just deflected it... into the gas giant?"
Though the girl (really an ancient being) was not of a species that Doctor Crusher had on Starfleet medical files, she got Susie to recover.
Susie-Q soon awoke... was 'woke'... sat up in her medical bed with a start. For she knew she must now finish what she had started!
"My, you look much better, than when you popped in, not long ago" said Doctor Crusher, smiling. Susie smiled back.
"Yes... Thank-You, Doctor Crusher... Beverly. Is the ship alright?" replied Susie, a worried look crept onto her face.
Beverly: "Why, yes... The asteroid fragments were very minimal... How did you detect it, before the ship's sensors did?"
Susie-Q: "Oh, I am so sorry. Maybe I should not have returned... after Risa? I must get to the bridge... and the Captain!"
Without another word, Susie left in a minimal cloud of pink-lavender smoke/haze. "Be well..." from Doctor Crusher, now alone.
(to be continued...)