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Juhdia beamed back over to the Excalibur, his quarters were still there, or at least the door. He thought what he would find behind the door, he breathed in deeply then exhaled. Juhdia placed the magnetic locking handle on door and forced it open.

 

What he saw when he opened the door was nothing, his quarters were gone. The last things he thought of as he was pulled into the vacuum of space was the painful death his beloved pet Denubian Ferret Angus had suffered, then he thought of how his mementoes were gone. Thousands of years of priceless artifacts gone. And how he would never see Brian or Elaine ever again. Then he felt the pain as every oxygen particle left his body, ripping it apart. Then nothing.

 

 

 

"Okay Juhdia just open the door."

 

Juhdia forced the door open, preparing himself for the worst.

 

"Always expect the worst, if it doesn't happen then you are pleasantly surprised. But if it does, then you are prepared."

 

And Juhdia was surprised that otherwise his quarters had survived the recent fiasco. Sure things were a little shaken up, but that happens when a Romulan Warbird hits you then the Warp Nacelle crashes into your ship. Juhdia was slightly amused by the fact that the Spear of Longinus was still in place, but even more so to the fact that the Sword Excalibur had fallen into the deck plating. He gazed at the ancient sword, then at the floor that it was imbedded into. "Great, now I'll need Riothamus to pull it out." Juhdia allowed himself a chuckle. Then he heard an odd sound coming from what was once his bedroom, not so much odd as different.

 

"ANGUS!!" Juhdia ran to the bedroom and found his pet Ferret Angus lying on the floor, barely able to chirp. He placed Angus into his travel cage and gathered his belongings, ordering a crewmember to carry the rest of his belongings.

 

Juhdia returned to the Morningstar with Angus and his belongings in tow, after storing them, he took Angus to the animal Doctor and once Angus was cleared, he then went to the general messhall and had a light lunch. He watched as the Morningstar slowed to Impulse then to thrusters as it docked with Camelot. While the past few hours had been pleasant, Juhdia would rather get back to his quarters on Camelot and settle down with a nice hot shower and a nap.

 

After Juhdia had rested he got up and dressed in one of his custom made uniforms and made his way to one of the finer bars on Camelot. The bar was filled with Excalibur crewmembers getting their drink on, all were a chatter with news of the future and what would happen next. Rumors were going around that the crew was going to be reassigned, that Commander Corizon was going to be demoted, that the crew who were left on the planet were already dead, that the Excalibur was to be scraped and the Morningstar was to be redesignated as Excalibur-C. Juhdia laughed and decided to get in on the fun.

 

"Yeah, well I heard that Commander Corizon is going to be demoted to a Warrant Officer, then transferred to a penal colony. And that Admiral Day is being forced to resign his post. And the Excal, well she is going to become a museum in orbit around Mars. It's all true, I am after all the Chief Engineer, or was."

 

Juhdia turned from the group that had gathered to listen to his tall tale and smiled into his drink, trying hard not to laugh out loud. He had seen it so many times before, people making up facts to fill the need when there were none.

 

After Juhdia finished a few rounds, mostly toasting his missing friends Brian and Elaine, he was on his way to his quarters for the night, when he was called away to a meeting of the Senior Staff by Commander Corizon.

 

"What Senior Staff? It is just me."