====== Turbo lift, USS Chimera ===== Shane stared at the turbo lift's door and sighed with relief. In this time line it was hardly a hour since LT. Taggert died while saving the lives of the Engineering crew to temporal anomalies ... but in Shane's own time ... 2 days passed! Originally was he on his way to the bridge where Commander Palmer summoned him thinking she could assume command of the Chimera when he's struck by yet an another time anomaly. Shane was no science officer and he could not exactly explain what or how it happend, but he spend the last two days! on an another Chimera. The same ship, the same situation ... and Shane experienced a bitter end of the federation. But let's recapitulate ... Palmer assumed command and attempted to seal the time anomaly the X'Chi created with the Gott's techology. She was successfull ... but the side effect was the fact that she sacrified all the ODA teams that were on the Gott ... all were lost in some past. While returning to federation space from the Spinward March, the crew realised that the X!Chi managed to alter the past in a major way ... there was no federation ... no humans in Alpha quadrant ... just a HUGE X!Chi empire. The united intelligence of bilions of X!Chi created some sort of an Overmind which's power reached over light years. The Chimera was instantly attacked by ambushing X!Chi forces ... and only with all the strenght the 'other' Chimera managed to return Shane to his own time with a solely mission ... to prevent THAT future to happen. Now, standing on the turbo lift, clad in a battered uniform, face unshaved for two days with a killer mood, Shane was not in mind to be oposed. He's seen too much ... too much pain ... too much death ... to many looses. Suddenly the turbo lift stopped and the door opened. With a grim expression Shane entered the bridge. He focused on Commander Palmer sitting on the CO's chair but he realised the surprise and amazement the rest of the bridge crew, including Athena on the XO's seat, stared at him. Having pierced the female mission specialist with his gaze, Shane turned to Dexter and barked: "Ensign, I want a status report about the ship's system ASAP!" Not even waiting for an answer he tapped his commbadge: "Guzman to Engineering, who ever is is in charge down there answer!" +TAPS+ Lieutenant Rodgers here sir + Came a reply in a trace of amazement about the harsh tone the Commander was asking for a reply. "Lieutenant you have exactly 5 minutes to make whatever you think it need's to be done to make her fly. Shortly we will head into the anomaly and I supposed it will be quite a rocky ride." Shane said fastly. +TAPS+ But Sir! ... + Came the perplexed and a bit angry woice of LtJg. Rodgers, but Shane interrupted him. "Do what I've said Lieutenant and pray I am not going down to engineering to look after order" Shane cut the connection and established a new one: "Guzman to Oriana" +TAPS+ Lieutenant Oriana here + Came the vulcan like cold toned reply. "Lieutenant, we will enter the artifical anomaly in about 5 Minutes. I have you PERSONALLY responsible for doing whatever is necessary to do for the ship and the crew to survive the trip. If you say every dammed crew should work an EVA suit, it will be so ... but dont even think of forgetting some detail and endanger teh ship. Understood?" He cut the connection again. A psychologist would surely raise alarm by now and have Shane under medical attantion. His eyes were flashing in a sickly light, he was pale and rough. Not the usual XO ... not at ALL! Anyway, there was no psychologist on the bridge by now and Athena seemed to be somehwhat out ... the Harker fellow was not presnt and Palmer was still like frozen .... so Shane went on. He tapped his commbadge again: "Guzman to Summers" the tone was only slightly more softer then before. +TAPS+ Summers here Commander + Came the reply from the Sickbay. Shane saw many deaths in the other time line the past 2 days, including the woman he loved most in his life. A sudden surge of feelings filled his stoned heart ... she was still alive. {And I am gonna make it to last!} he said to himself as he replied: "Rangi, we will enter the anomaly is less the 5 minutes. I need you and your FULL staff to be on duty. Watch for side effects when we will pass the anomaly. When we will pass it, I need a crew able to follow my orders, not a bunch a half dead dwarfs. Inject us with whatever medical shit you think is needed, but I need it to work" Now was the suprise clearly hearable in Rangi's words. It was like she could not believe her own ears. "I ... I am not sure ..." she started when Shane interrupted her: "Just do it, DO it now" and he cut off the pannel. He then pointed his finger on Commander Palmer who finally regained control over her body and she was about to stand from the CO's seat. "You" he said harsly: "Follow me into the Conference longue, NOW!" Turning around he didnt waited to see if the Commander is following him ... he made his way towards the door that connected the bridge with the conference longue. His commbadge was in work again: "Guzman to security, 2 man to the bridge, ASAP!" The door to the conference longue opened and Shane entered the room. ===== End of log ===== Shane Guzman XO USS Chimera