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Chapter 6: Gravity

"Understand defies.." A voice whispered into Natsumi's ears tugging her down, down to that spiral of dreams that she hadn't access to. They were ancient dreams of old. These dreams held her in. She suddenly woke up in a sweat breathing hard, immediately allowing her recent memory to sink in as she examined the room but she couldn't see anything..because it the lights had been lowered. By whom! She swiped the covers in her hands and bolted up hyperventilating almost but gentleness almost rested her weary demeanor and spirit.

"Who said that..?" She half whispered and half spoke in a soft tone getting out of bed and tip toeing to the doors as the covers traveled on the floor all around her. When no one rejoinder her, she grew worry and her eyelids plopped down on her small eyes and lines creased on her cheeks and she stretched back that skin looking much older.

"I guess no one well that is defintely..strange.." She muttered wiping the sweat from her forehead with her backhand.

"I wonder.." She stopped a few inches from the door and it chimed. She was somehow ready for this. She stepped back slowly not tripping on the covers that were dirtied from the floor. "C-Come in.." She said meekly in a tone she did not recognize as her own. Was someone speaking for her? No, this was the new voice she had to get use to.

The same voice they would all know by heart. The door slid open and a dark silhouette stood in the doorway but she wasn't afraid. If they were going to get her, then she didn't need to resist any longer. She couldn't hide from them since this was their starship. Her eyes dilated and the man kneeled down beside her, taking his oddly colored hand and stroking through her hair. A kind of mannerism that she flinched at. He saw her discomfort and patted her shoulder and tried to take a look of concernment but it never worked for him because he never pulled off, he seemed off by alot.

"Are you enjoying yourself?" Her lip trembled and she removed him hand from her shoulder gulping, nodding.

"I g-guess..you aren't going to..?"

"No. We just set you free." Free! Then it was indeed true. All terror fled her being and she was left with the emotions of regret and a bit guilt as well as excited happiness. Then she had no reason to carry this fear any longer.

Since they let her out then they wouldn't dare put her back in. She sensed in his gold eyes, a missing piece..but... She grinned clapping her hands together just once beaming as bright as the stars in space maybe even more brilliant. "Thank you then! Umm...what is your name?"

"Data." He replied at once and she gave a nod of her head.

"Okay then...but..I feel that I did some pretty bad things..before coming here-OH! I am so sorry from breaking into your room..You see..."

"I know. Geordi told me about his encounter with you in engineering."

"Is anyone mad at me? I sort of was a bad girl-I didn't mean it for one second! I was afraid that I was to be put back and I just freaked-I have such a bad habit at that. Please forgive me!" She begged in a child's way which means with the puppy dog look and her bending almost downward. He didn't say anything. Did she upset him already with her thousand apologies? She had cut him off so many times-did he..now she was beginning to cut her own thoughts off. Why! She almost panicked again but he sensed this and held her hand, calming her wild nerves. "Thank you Mister Data. I needed that. So what will happen now that I am up?"

"First we have to know what you are; we will have to run tests on you and see if you are indeed human as the tricoder says you are. By my sensors, you seem human to me so I do not understand if you are just human on the surface or what. I can not pick up anything much."

"Will these tests hurt?"

"No. They will not. I think that we should get you proper clothes. A girl of your age-"

"What about the woman?" She asked abruptly. Data straighten up.

"You mean the Miss Tomiko."

"Is that her?"

"Yes. She was the one that found you."

"Then I should thank her greatly..no..I yelled at her." She at once got frumpy and slouched her head downward ashamed of her previous behavior but Data pushed her from her back and they went out together into the corridor. Now trusting him fully, they journeyed to sick bay where Dr. Crusher sat in her office. Dr. Crusher saw Data and Natsumi and jumped up to greet them.

"Well Data, it seems that you found our little devil around here." She smirked switching places with Data and guiding Natsumi to one of the beds. Natsumi obeyed(this was at least she could do) and sat down as Dr. Crusher took her new medical device and examied her from top to bottom. In the background stood Data watching intently.

"What did you mean by that?"She asked quietly waiting for the exact opportunity and seizing it as it appeared.

"Mean by what dear?"

"That thing..I think you called me the little devil. Did I really acquire that nickname while being that way...I'm sorry. Earlier"

"It is understandable. You are excused from this kind of thing. Oh did I offend you?"An eyebrow was raised. Now Dr. Crusher had finished her scans and was staring face to face with Natsumi.

"No."

"Now please lay on your back. Be still okay? It will not hurt at all. Just concentrate on the ceiling and we shall be done with these tests, okay?" Natsumi nodded laying back down but not falling asleep closing up her coat to show nothing of her nakedness. It didn't bother her. Her nakedness by the way.

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Tomiko had given up believing that someone would of found Natsumi by now. Natsumi...That was all she was thinking about..not even..about Robespierre whom she hadn't seen in such a very long time or Tomoyuki who escaped her mind. She kept hearing things as she went down the hallways about Natsumi..again..She halted and came upon the black computer on the wall and spoke directly to it. "Computer.." She started in a shaky voice and the mechanical woman's voice sounded. "Could you locate T. Tomoyuki?"

"Yes. He is in Ten-Forward."

"Where is that computer?"

"Just follow the arrows there." She gave a nod of acknowledgement and strolled following those yellow arrows and found Ten-Forward resembling a bar that held a lot of people chatting and drinking and enjoying their time. It seemed beautiful. It was too beautiful. Earth was here on this starship.

She smiled casually walking over to the darkest part that made the stars shine laminated the mood/room better somewhere Tomoyuki would sit at. He loved these kind of things. But this time, would he be found here?

"Tomiko! Yo! Over here!" He waved at her from the very back and she made her way there thinking about their earlier reunion. That reunion, his face had been blurred to be part of them.

How long had he been here? Was it longer than her? Or was it shorter? If it was shorter then he handled this alot better but when she got closer, she could see the maturity he had grown over she never remembered him having. She sat on the opposite side of him and on the table were drinks already-Coke Cola.

This was a very stupid gesture. A very stupid one. One she (w)idolspise but still it was him. The same him.

"Is this for me little soldier boy?" She joked picking up the yellow bendy straw and sucked the contents of the coke. His hands were placed innocently laced on top of the table. Her eyes squinted a bit before the corners caught the beautiful sight of space and its stars.

"Tomiko, I need to discuss something with you."

"What is it? You sound so serious. So professional. What's the big deal? Did you change so fast Tomoyuki that I couldn't keep up as we were children-"

"No. Stop being a flake and listen to me." He was so serious and she could see it by his facial expression and his tone. He meant it. She could of gotten up from her coke and knocked him up for saying those words to her, but his voice entranced her. Tomoyuki was no longer speaking for himself but a different entity. Her eyes became seldom as she.

"Nani?"

"Its about this."

"What do you mean 'about this'?" She cut him off in midsentence and he grew red straight in the face. She wondered if these choices were wise to perform. He cleared his throat and she started shivering.

"I mean this..situation we somehow landed ourselves in. The reason for me being here..the reason for us..has something to do with our memory. I can't properlly remember since it has been so long but your memory is still fresh. I was wondering..if.."

"What?" Fear danced in her eyes and into her brain. What was he asking her to do? Was he ever going to get to this point?

"How long have you been here and what do you mean my 'memory is fresh'? Are you telling me that you have been here awhile?" She questioned ignoring the distracting outside noise. The background suddenly got very silent and she felt transported a quiet room far away from the reaches of anyone.

"I mean...just let me finish okay? You are pissing me off, okay? I need to be able to speak! I can't speak if you always interrupt!" He roared and she grew timid for a reason or another out of her character. What was this new emotion she experienced?

"Fine, go ahead."

He cleared his throat again and started again.

"Tomiko I am 30 years old-" She gasped clenching her neck to stop her shock from taking full effect. "No, I am over 30. I am near 40..and since that we got you here. You never changed. I see that beauty still. The beauty that I once remember in memories. It has been so long since I have seen you dear sister but I tell you last night..I was thinking about our meeting in the observational lounge and I began to recall my memories. The ones we had in France then I suddenly got a vision from the past-"

Her eyes widen and she almost felt like she was fighting him-her own brother so he wouldn't infect her. Near 40! How long. was he...she just remembered him the days before a little years over herself and now he here was near 40 approaching middle age and she was still a beauty. Was someone playing with them? Who could do such a thing?

She shook her head not wanting to listen to him anymore. She needed not to hear him again. He wasn't worth hearing. He wasn't and she never wanted to hear a thing like that. Why oh why!

As he continued on, her horror grew and she was horrified to hear his entire story so much that she bolted up in righteous anger and frustration. She slammed her fists on the table awakening her deepest fear of the people's eyes. They stared at her. Tears burst forth and she was overcome with this sadness he caused..he placed on her body. She didn't want to hear any of it anymore so she blocked him out sobbing wildly. She understand what he was asking her..to be that guinea pig again. NO!

"I WILL NOT!" She slapped Tomoyuki mustering up every strength she possessed as the doors opened and a few new people came into this tense scene.

"You have to or else we can't get back"

"NO! I WILL NOT! You can't force me to! I won't go back to that life. I thought that we agreed that we wouldn't be chained up again! Or else being older has caused you to be more stupider. I WILL NOT! I WILL NOT! Don't you remember what they did to me! You think that I want to go back to all that? All the pain! What pain, you ask? Mine! The one pain that they disregard. I will not..and I don't care if we never go home..I don't care..I won't"

"Stop Tomiko. Listen to you. You are very hysterical. You are being pressured."

"I AM BEING PRESSURED BY YOU!" She pointed a finger at him leaving no space to touch him then flicked him. He also got up enraged at her obvious lack of insight and lack of control of herself. She huffed unable to hold her own. Tomoyuki was prepared to use that in his weapon. "You don'r care..anymore do you..?" She squeaked.

"I do..I just want to go home..I bet you do to."

"I don't anymore. It is not worth all that pain. I will not succumb to all that pressure from you or anyone. Believe me, believe you that I rather stay here and rot then ever endure that pain once more. That is the end. I don't want to hear anymore."

She stated in a dangerous and menacing tone readying her hand to deliver that strike again. He gave up himself and fell flat in his chair speechless.

Did she really just say that? Did she mean that? Yes. Her memories were very private to her and she wouldn't allow him to view any of it. She could get use to be in space even if she never returned to Earth to Japan again. She had Robespierre and as long as she had him by her side then she would never be truly lonely. She ran out but before she fully ran out, she screamed to everyone in Ten-Forward to shut their goddamn mouths and stop staring. It was no freak show for their pleasure then she ran away. Maybe like Natsumi, she had to find her own freedom from this prison.

(w)new english word ! meaning: to idolized and despise at the same time.