captain james t. kirk (buckleup) wrote in colligo_threads, @ 2009-10-25 23:48:00 |
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WHO; James T. Kirk & Gaila
WHERE; Building A, Room #309A
WHEN; evening of the 25th
RATING; TBA
Gaila had died. Jim Kirk was never one for handling death well, but he somehow managed to cope with her passing. Maybe it was because he'd been an adult and not an infant with no recollection of the event and having taken part in the incident with Nero and seeing the wreckage of the ships in orbit of Vulcan with his own eyes made what lead to her death much more real and tangible, whereas his father's had been something that was more a story, part of family and Starfleet lore, than something he felt he was a part of. Even after getting to know his father here in Colligo before whoever ran this hellhole sent him home, it still felt that way; a mark on the map of the history of time. It was in the past and he didn't remember it.
He wished he didn't remember Gaila's death. He felt horrible for not realizing that she might not be on the Enterprise like he and Uhura had been during the event. It hadn't been until afterward, when the ship returned to Earth and he got his hands on the casualty list did he learn that Gaila was lost in the attack. She'd been on the Farragut. It'd been hard to swallow, but he'd managed. Uhura, here in this place, had helped a lot with that. Odd how he actually considered the linguist a close friend now, where before he wouldn't even dare call her a regular one. She was taking this harder than he was, despite the brave face she would putting on and despite his offer to tell Gaila of her fate himself since he was the captain and it was a captain's duty to do what his crew could not, she insisted they both tell her. He would keep his promise and not tell Gaila what'd happened to her.
But right now, he needed to see her. Seeing her would make her being alive again more feasible, despite how real it already was speaking to her over the PDAs. Conveniently, she seemed to be housed right next door. That saved him from searching every floor on all three buildings to find where she was.
He raised a hand and knocked. Hopefully she was in. If not, he had his PDA shoved in his back pocket to raise her.