Not quite himself ...

[Shalin 0]

Shan laid motionless on his bunk, groaning. Transporting usually wasn't painful; usually the subject didn't feel anything. This time, however, was very different. It wasn't just the disorientation that came from not being prepared for beaming - he still felt ill, and it was getting worse. His body ached, or was numb. He was hot, then cold, then ... he couldn't describe it. He was feeling an overwhelming wave of sensations, and almost all of them couldn't really be described.

 

He winced as the door slid open, his sight flashing as the sound of the door met his ears. He could only lay there as Nurse Ratchet examined him. "So - you apparently are suffering from nausea ... any other symptoms?" Shan could only moan in reply. "Hmm ... some pain as well. Don't worry - I have just the thing for you." Drawing out a series of vials, the nurse began dispensing medicine into his system. "This one will take care of the nausea, this one for the pain ... and here's one to help you rest." After three injections she made a note on a datapad. "Now you just rest easy - you'll be fine in the morning."

 

As the nurse left, Shan moaned again. The injections seemed to be having an opposite effect - the room had begun to swirl. All colors began to flash into his head in neon, and his stomach was churning. He tried to get up ... he needed to make it to the head before making another mess, but the room seemed to stretch out for miles while twisting about in a corkscrew pattern. Shan closed his eyes, but it was to no avail. His head was alight with a kalidoscope of colors swirling about.

 

Stumbling and falling to the ground Shan could only gasp slightly as pain, light, heat, cold, pins and needles all conspired to fill him with unmanageable sensations. As he crawled, a black maw of nothing began to form in the center of his sight. As frightening as it was, it also held a welcoming promise of calm, cool silence. It was more than an unending darkness - it was a place of rest.

 

Shan pitched one final time before embracing the comatose state that enveloped him.