Identity Crisis Part 2

[Brian Graham 0]

Assistant Security Officer's Log

Lt. jg. Brian Graham

USS Excalibur

Stardate 200407.07

 

"What's wrong with him?" Doctor Hines asked.

"I don't know sir. According to the scans he's perfectly normal for his species but his breathing is labored."

"Anything blocking his airway?"

"No it's clear."

"Put him in stasis now, give us time to see what's going on."

"Aye" said the Ensign, tapping the console. The body on the biobed suddenly settled down and acted normal, finally.

Just then the doors to the Starbases medical bay parted and the Executive officer of the station entered. "Doctor, what happened?" she demanded.

"No idea yet, I need more information."

"We're working on it, I'll send you whatever we find."

"Thank you."

The Commander turned to leave, catching sight of the form laying on the bed. "Wait a minute, who is that?"

"The officer from the shuttle."

"I thought there was a human on the shuttle."

"I don't know about that ma'am, I wasn't informed. But he was the only one in the shuttle."

"Alright, maybe I'm wrong. Get his complete medical file from Starfleet database."

"Doing that now, we'll patch him up Commander."

"Good, I'll be back in a few hours," said the XO exiting sickbay.

The Doctor turned back to the biobed. "Ensign, run every scan you can think of, I want to know what his problem is."

"Yes Doctor," said the Ensign, beginning to run the medial scans. Meanwhile, the Doctor entered his office and activated his computer. "Computer, give me the Starfleet file on Lieutenant Junior Grade Brian Graham." As soon as the file came up, the Doctor furrowed his brow. "This can't be right."

 

"What have you got?"

"So far nothing Commander. We're running a scan on the shuttle now. It should take two or three hours to finish."

"Fine. What did that systems check reveal?"

"Nothing, all of the systems checked out. I'll be checking the navigation records and the transporter logs after I'm through with the engines."

"Alright, inform me when you find anything, I want to get to the bottom of this. Shuttle working perfectly, but I have an officer in sickbay after sending a distress signal in a shuttle with apparently nothing wrong with it. Doesn't make sense. Was there anything in the shuttle?"

"Nothing out of the ordinary. There was a container, but it had the Doctor's samples in it."

"Scan that too, it might have what we need."

"Yes ma'am."

The Commander exited the shuttlebay and headed toward a turbolift, intent on getting back to the bridge.

"Doctor Hines to Commander Marlel."

"Go ahead Doctor."

"I've found something I think you should see."

"On my way" said the Commander, entering a turbolift. "Sickbay."

 

The Commander walked through the doors into the sickbay for the second time that day and went into the Doctor's office. "What have you found?"

The Doctor looked up from his computer. "You were right, there was a human piloting that shuttle."

"Then what is that out in your sickbay."

"Here look at this this." The doctor said, walking out into the main examining area. "A Brian Graham was piloting that shuttle, human, raised on Earth. Every scan I run turns up Andorian, except one, this," said Hines, bringing up a neuroscan. "These are his neuroscans. The top is what I just took, the bottom is the one in the medical file."

"They are the same."

"Right, whatever happened physically changed him into an Andorian, but his memories, personality, everything mental is the same."

"Is he still in stasis?"

"No, just sedated. His antennae have greatly enhanced his sense of smell, as well as a few other senses, but that's the one giving him the most trouble. He's not used to that so I've surprised his olfactory nerves, he can breath normally now."

"Can we wake him up?"

"I don't see why not, but he's going to get the biggest shock of his life."

"Well we have to tell him eventually, wake him."

"Yes ma'am," the doctor said, walking over and giving Brain a hypospray. Brian's eyes fluttered and he tensed up.

"Where am I?"

"Lieutenant, your fine. Your on Starbase 343."

"Oh, thank goodness," Brian said, bringing his hands up to cover his face. "Doctor," Brian said, still covering his face with his hands. His words were a bit muffled but still discernible.

"Yes?"

"Why are my hands blue?"

"Brian-," the doctor began, trying to choose his words carefully "there's been some kind of accident. You're not exactly human anymore."

"And I am..?"

"Andorian."

"What? How??"

The Commander jumped in, "That's what we're trying to figure out."

"Commander," came a voice through the starbase's comm system.

"Yes Captain."

"Commander Zenth has some information on the shuttle and the container. You and the Doctor report to the Briefing room in ten minutes, and bring the Lieutenant."

"Aye Captain, out. Lieutenant can you walk?"

"Yes Commander I can make it," Brain said, easing off of the bed.

"Good, let's go" the Commander said, leading the two others out of sickbay.