*** Bridge * USS Chimera *** All the Bridge crew,except for one, were engaged in work .Rangi thought that there was little she could do for the moment except to sit and wait. {...and I can do that in the Ready Room} she told herself. Deciding that she would take a quarter of an hours rest, she made to stand from her seat in the XOs chair and took a breath prior to saying to Foster 'you have the command lieutenant' But even as she framed the word, the ships comm channel activated and a voice said: 'Sickbay.. Bridge' Rangi sat back in the chair and used the breath to say: "Rangi here...what is it Scott?" "Rangi...There seems to be a... growing problem" Small lines of suspicion formed near Rangis eyes. "In what way?" she asked looking down at the chair arm and the small console there. "In the past twenty minutes we've had five admissions to sick bay." The AMO paused and then explained in a quiet yet clear voice."They're all unconcious." {Unconcious?...whats happened?..} Rangi looked across the Bridge as though she might have missed a report. "Please explain." she said staring back at the combutton. "Two came in together...Garenn and Ahlero...they seemed unsteady and.." "They brought themselves in?" "Yes....apparantly they were eating in the mess hall and both were aware of feeling disorientated. They'd only just arrived here when Corporal Vel'ky was brought in by a fellow engineer. He had suddenly become confused...didnt seem to know what was going on." Rangi listened in silence, picturing the events. "Shortly after that, that science officer..Maly?...he arrived complaining of a severe headache. We'd hardly begun a bioscan when T'pchek arrived...same complaint" "I see..." Rangi said slowly, then as a thought occurred she asked, "Is anyone else affected?...I mean...the patients you've mentioned...they're all Betazoid or Vulcan, right?" "Right." Scott replied "...well ..I think so...isnt Vel'kys father human?" "I'm not sure...how are they?" "Well..." This time his voice wasn't confident. "Well?" Rangi prompted, knowing she wasnt going to like the answer. The pause was a moment too long to be reassuring. "Meditating" Scott Fisher answered as he stood in sickbay observing the two Vulcans who resembled mirror images on biobeds side by side. Both men lay with steepled fingers resting on their chests. "Meditating?" Rangi couldnt hide the surprise. "Yes..they seem to be in some kind of trance." "And the others?" she asked. "Much the same. It's like the they're all hypnotised....their biosigns are stable but they're not reacting to any stimulant." Rangi stood from her seat and walked swiftly towards the turbo lift. "Lt Foster...you have command. I'll be in sickbay." *** End Log *** LtCmdr Rangi Summers CMO/AXO USS Chimera & Ltjg Scott Fisher AMO USS Chimera (npc) Rangi