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"Tasha" she heard a familiar voice say.

Tasha slowly opened her eyes and her cloudy vision began to clear. She began to move but found that she was unable.

"Lie still Tasha, you are very weak right now." Beverly said in her calm but soothing voice.

"Deanna, is she alright? How long have I been here?" Tasha said worriedly.

"She's fine, and so is Ben. You've been out for five days, we were worried you wouldn't make it, but you pulled through." Beverly said setting down her tricorder.

Just then the door opened, and Captain Picard, Data, Troi and Commander Riker walked in, all with smiles on their faces.

"Hello Lt, nice to see you awake again, how are you feeling?" Jean-Luc asked as they approached the bed. She still looked weak and the spot on her cheek began to fade.

"Terrible." She replied, Before the captain could ask another question, her eyes drooped and closed. Everyone began to worry until Beverly reassured them that she was only sleeping.

"She is going to have to spend a few more days in sickbay, I will let you know when you can talk to her." Beverly said while scanning her with her tricorder. They gave a sigh of relief, wished her well and went off to their businesses.

Tasha had woken up again a few days later and was cleared to leave sickbay, but she would not be able to resume her duties for at least another day. Everyone had come by and were very happy to see her again. She herself was very happy to see them also.

She sat in her quarters looking out the large window watching the stars fly by while the ship was at warp staying silent until the door rang. She didn't really want to see anyone right now but didn't want to come off as rude.

"Come In." she said and turned to see Deanna walking through with a small box in her hand. She smiled and was glad to see her.

"I was wondering when you would come see me." Tasha said as Deanna sat down on the couch next to her. She opened the box and inside was some chocolate. If it wasn't for Deanna, she never would've ate it.

"I'm sorry, I've been busy and when I got off I came here. I wanted to see how you were feeling Tasha." Deanna said.

Tasha took a bite and savored the taste. She looked over at Deanna with a small smile. She was glad the two were good friends and that she could speak anything to her even when she wasn't counselor on duty.

"Physically, I am much better." Then she paused and her small smile went serious again.

"Tasha, what's wrong?" Deanna asked scooting closer and placing her arm around her. Tasha closed her eyes and opened them again after a few seconds.

"When I was unconscious" she said and told Deanna about the experience she had in her head. She placed her hand in Tasha's listened to every word. For the next few hours they spoke, about her mind, about the rescue and the creature now left behind forever.

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The events of what happened have been pushed to the back as she continued her routine on the Enterprise. She got her Job back and made Worf one of her Security officers. He would also take over away missions or tactical depending on the situation and he changed to the yellow uniform, a color she felt looked better on him.

She had a new outcome on life and she was going to make sure she lived life to the fullest. You never know what could happen in the future. Some of her colleagues noticed her slight attitude change.

Over the course of a few weeks, they were involved with a conspiracy and the reemergence of the Romulans. Along with three humans from the 21st century. It had been a busy for her something she didn't mind at all.

"Goodbye Tasha I'll miss you" Beverly said as she hugged Tasha. Tasha wasn't happy to hear that their chief medical officer was leaving for Starfleet medical. But she gave her blessing and with everyone else watched her beam off the teleport pad to earth below. She sighed as she walked out and towards the turbolift.

She entered the turbolift with LaForge who had just been promoted to Lieutenant and was now chief engineer of the Enterprise. They spoke about Beverly leaving and not knowing who was going to replace her yet.

"Going to be at least two weeks I hear" Geordi said as they walked off the lift onto deck 10. They headed into 10 forward and sat down still talking about current events.

"How is engineering?" she asked

"I love it; I wish I had done this a long time ago. It feels right" he replied She smiled as he continued on about his new duties and expectations. He seemed happy.

"So, what's up with Riker's new beard? He asked

"I heard he disliked shaving and chose to grow it out. Besides; I think he looks kind of handsome now" she said and they both laughed. After about a half hour of talking, they got up and walked to their respective destinations.

She entered her quarters changed into her night clothes and laid herself down on the bed falling asleep dreaming good dreams for the first time in a while.

(A lot of my story will likely be between the episodes and with some scenes during the episodes)

Chapter 3- Season 2