*** Deck 2 * USS Chimera *** The door slid shut with a quiet 'hiss' and Rangi walked into her quarters feeling glad to be there. She dropped her bag onto the chair as she passed and yawned. {Ohhh I'm tired} she thought { ...and hungry...but first...} She headed into her bedroom, unfastening her tunic as she went and kicked off her shoes beside the bed.She took her uniform off and laid it more or less tidily on the stool. Catching sight of her reflection in the mirror, she ran a hand over her hair and turning away, pulled on her soft dressing gown, tying the belt loosely around her slim waist. She yawned again as she walked back into the main room and wondered what she would enjoy eating most as her steps took her to the replicator in the small kitchen area. {Tuna Salad...with some of that nice crusty bread...or a mushroom omelette..that would taste good..yes..good idea! } "Mushroom omelette" she requested,visualising her supper. Wrapping the gown around herself more snugly and feeling its softness warm against her skin, she began to retie the belt. She stopped suddenly. Her fingers, twisting the material, paused in midaction. Rangi turned her head an inch to her right, her eyes looking in that direction. Slowly she moved her head, almost fearful to look over shoulder, for suddenly, but without reason, she had the strongest sensation that she was being watched. In a quick movement, she turned, her eyes now darting glances around the room. Noone was there. All was as it should be.Nothing had changed. Without thinking about it, she completed the task of tying her belt, checking for what she didnt know. Her bag lay on the chair as she had left it.The sofa cushions showed an indent where she had sat that morning. The ornaments on her shelves were all untouched.Her father smiled to her from a holograph and close beside him in another one, she and Shane beamed happiness. Rangi took two steps in the direction of her bedroom, stopped and looked back. The replicator light was fading and a dish was now in place. {This is silly} she told herself, but didnt believe it. She looked back to the bedroom, her fingers clenched on the belt at her waist. There was no sound..no movement. She took and released a breath, swallowed and summoning courage, walked to the door.Her heart beat fast and after slightest hesitation, she went in. Her uniform lay on the stool, her hairbrush and cosmetics as she had left them on the dressing table.The bed was undisturbed, her jacket lay over the chairback. Her eyes moved to the door leading to the shower room. She walked to it and looked in. Nothing was altered. She shook her head and sighed, turned and retraced her steps. {What was I expecting?} she asked herself. {...for goodness sakes...you'll give yourself heartfailure!} She walked back to the replicator, beginning to smile at her own foolishness. { I'll eat first, then finish the report.} Reaching into the replicator, she lifted out the Tuna Salad. {Did I ask for that?..I thought I said...no...or did I?} She stared at the plate in her hands then with a sigh carried it towards the computer. {You are losing it fast!} she told herself. Her fingers tapped in the requirements to access sickbay and she re read the beginning of a report she had written earlier in the afternoon.It contained details of the most recent treatments in sickbay, most of which were for severe headaches. Only one was for accident, a 'blackeye' caused by the crewman walking into a door he was adament he had closed a moment before. She wrote up her encounter with Athena, stating the counselors symptoms and the resulting medication. At the end she made a short addition. Though not strictly a medical case, she knew she had to record the events in the temporary sickbay. Her name and rank were added and the report sent to the Bridge. She turned the terminal off , carried her plate over to the sofa and settled down to eat. The food looked tasty and inviting but in the quietness of her quarters, Rangi found that she wasn't, after all, very hungry. *** End Log *** LtCmdr Rangi Summers CMO/2XO USS Chimera