=/\= Corridors of the Chimera =/\= Athena raced out of sickbay and down the corridor. She could hear the thundering foot falls of the guard behind her. She rounded another corner and then took another sharp turn and hid in the shadow. The guards steps slowed a bit but were coming ever closer. She stood on tiptoe and stuck her arm out of the shadow she was hiding. The guard barreled into her arm catching him at the base of his throat. Both of them fell to the floor. If it hadn't been for her soft landing on top of the guard Athena wouldn't have been able to jump up as quickly and continue her run. The guard was caught by surprise and the pressure of the counselor's arm just below his adam's apple knocked the wind from his lungs. It was an extra moment or two before he regained his composure and was able to go after Athena as her figure disappeared around another corner. {Damn!} he thought as his legs began to eat up the distance between where he started and where he saw the counselor go last. {If I don't catch her..... I don't even want to think about that. I'll never live it down.} he thought as he rounded the corner and saw a shadowy figure disappear around another. Athena didn't look back just kept running until the only thing she could hear was the beating of her own heart and her legs began to refuse to carry her another step. She fell into the turbolift and leaned against the back wall as she watched the door slide shut. She remained there dragging large breaths into her lungs. The guard came upon the hallway and stood outside the lift. {Now which direction did she go? Oh man, I can't lose her.} He looked one direction and then another {I hope I didn't lose her at the last turn. I can't believe this....} He Started off down a hallway to his right at a stiff clip. {First, I let her get the better of me and then I lose her. Damn, damn, damn!} Breathing much easier Athena stood up and walked toward the doors of the lift which swished open immediately. She looked out into the hallway tentatively and then walked off to the left. She wandered down corridors and around corners until she finally came to a door that felt familiar somehow. She pressed a few numbers on the keypad beside the door and was surprised when it slid open. Athena looked around the space before her and marveled at the calming colors of the room. The bedroom almost looked as if a sunset was being portrayed on the walls. She walked in stumbling awed backward steps until she had managed to step into the bathroom. Her eyes rounded in the dim light, that had been left on, at the bathtub. She shook her head and walked back into the bedroom and over to the closet. She looked at the clothes hanging there. She heard a soft noise and scrambled under the bed as quickly and quietly as she could. She heard a swish and what sounded like soft foot steps. Soon there was another swish. Athena laid under the bed for several minutes after the last swish before she climbed from beneath the bed. Like a child in a candy shop, she indulged in a bath where she splashed as much water out of the tub as she left in it. She changed into a red satiny gown, grabbed a teddy bear from a chair in a nearby corner and laid her head on an inviting pillow. =/\= Mess Hall =/\= The guard entered the mess hall hoping Athena had gone in search of food. He was looking around when he genteelly bumped into a table. He began his apology, "Oh, sorry," he looked at the tables occupants and added, "sir," when he noticed the colonel sitting their with another man whom he didn't readily recognize. Noticing the guards looks to every corner of the room Keylor asked, "Is something wrong, Lt.?" The guard glanced back at the colonel and replied, " I misplaced something, sir." The CO raised his eyebrows as if expecting the guard to continue. It was all that was necessary for the guard to reluctantly admit, "I misplaced the counselor .....Sir." =/\= End Log =/\= Lt. Athena Wellington Counselor USS Chimera