Dec 31, 2003 13:21
::wakes up, eyes half closed, dazed and depressed, surveying the room from left to right with his eyes, and recalls a line from one of his favorite (and oldest) British holovids.::
"Welcome Back To Reality."
::sighs, lying there for a while, then decides to actually try to do something constructive.::
But what?
::it hits him.::
The Flyer...
::he talks to one of the nurses, then is redirected to go and see Phlox after leaving before, but sees that the CMO is missing, but instead of giving up, bluffs his way out, telling them that Phlox okayed him taking a trip to the Shuttlebay earlier.
Let out on a twelve hour pass, he heads for the Turbolift, crutches replaced by a modified walking stick, his injuries getting better, and ends up in the Shuttlebay, seeing his ship, entering the hatch, door sealing behind him, and collapses into the pilot's seat, sighing, bent over the controls, hugging the control panel lovingly.::
At least you'll never cheat on me...