"Clouds of memories"

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Anari Erias

Assistant Science Officer

USS Arcadia

 

Clouds Of Memories

Part I

 

 

I had taken time off that fall; there was something I

needed to get off my chest. I left the Arcadia last fall; I

took a ride by a Vulcan freighter that was heading to Earth.

Right, it was only fall on Earth. It might have been eternal

summer on Vulcan or harsh winter in another obscured

planet in the galaxy … universe. I had remembered why

I suddenly ran off to pursue a quest on my own, without the

help from any one, not my commanding officers or my

department chief.

 

There were the people that I missed on Earth, my old

academy instructors, my old science lecturers in the science

academy and of course, my old Vulcan mentor. Past four

years of training and studying with those people had burned

into my memory that I could not forget. And I couldn’t just

lie there and do nothing while my old mentor, the person

I’ve known since seven, became ill. There was of course

my mother and father who I haven’t talked for some time

now. I left Arcadia because memories deep within my mind

now surfaced.

 

I stepped off the freighter at Star Base 001 and transported

to the old science academy. After bringing my resignation

paper work to the personnel office I checked in and was

assigned to be an instructor technician in the science academy.

It was a sad feeling that I had, leaving Arcadia. It was even

harder to not be depressed about leaving my only home in

the stars, leaving all the people that I knew so well and the

people that I worked with every day.

 

I stepped out and looked at the sky that day. It was clear, though

with some cloud covering, but it was blue and clear. The air

smelled good, the scenery looked good. I was glad to be …

no, it was not my true home, my parents did not live here,

it couldn’t be my home. But it still had a nice aura about it.

 

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It was getting dark on the plague planet, but the clouds

were still visible. I walked with Dr. Sasbas towards the

compound that held the entire medical staff and a few

engineers. We slipped into the compound and every

thing was in mere madness, the clouds above took me

away to the memories that I had, but this was the

present, time was short I had snap out of it.

Back to reality …

Edited May 14, 2005 by Anari Erias