Revenge

Posted on Fri Nov 20th, 2009 @ 7:31pm by Lieutenant JG Lucy Carter

412 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Shoreleave - Welcoming Old Friends and New
Location: Sickbay
Timeline: Current

ON:

The sickbay doors was the first sound he heard and he said automatically, "please state the nature of the medical emergency." There was nobody there. Annoyed he had been thoughtlessly summoned, the EMH began cleaning the biobeds.

He stopped. Something was wrong. Something... in his holographic hair. What the hell was that? It was irritating? Itchy? Was that the right word? He stretched up his holographic hand and actually scratched his head.

"An interesting sensation," he said out loud. "Are EMHs supposed to actually itch?"

There is was again, another annoyance. This was getting beyond a joke. He had both hands on his head now scratching.

"Computer?" he said out loud, "what has happened to my head?"

"Insufficient data," came the response. "Please restate the question."

"I mean..." scratch, scratch, "WHY IS MY HEAD ITCHING?"

The computer was silent for a second then stated "Your programme was accessed at time index zero eight four three by Nurse Hugh Jass."

"Nurse Hugh Jass? Who the hell is he?"

He hurried to the console, scratching with one hand and tapping the screen with the other.

"Computer, according to this log, my programme has been altered! It says here it is so that I can study 21st century Earth infestations and this one is..." he tapped some more then actually took a step back as he said "headlice!"

There was more scratching as he added "holographic headlice!"

He was stunned. Someone had deliberately altered his programme to cause him annoyance. Who would do such a thing? Surely nobody on the ship would dare... His face adopted an expression of realisation. Maria Traho. The last time he had seen her he had ejected her useless body from sickbay. The woman was a tacky waste of space.

Angrily he tapped his combadge. "EMH to Nurse Traho."

"Nurse Traho here, doctor. How can I help?"

"You can come back here and return my programming to normal this instant!"

There was giggling then "Sorry, doctor, I am in the middle of something. You'll have to wait until I have finished. Traho out."

Silence.

"THAT WOMAN" the EMH bellowed. He tapped his combadge again. "EMH to Lucy Carter, come in Lucy."

"Hi, doctor, " replied Lucy, out of breath from her run on the holdeck. "What's up?"

"Marian Traho is up, that's what," he replied. "Please can you come and help me?"

:OFF

Post by the EMH and Nurse Maria Traho

both played by Lieutenant JG Lucy Carter, ship's counsellor.

 

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