Post PT Grumbling

Posted on Mon Feb 1st, 2021 @ 8:21pm by Lieutenant Sineade Darnel & Lieutenant Flowerpetal Sheme

873 words; about a 4 minute read

Mission: Shake Down Mission
Location: Sickbay

Sineade let loose a string of gaelic cuss words as she struggled to make her legs work properly. Every step she took was a struggle. While the bones may have knitted, she was still very tender.

Flower meowed as her back was sore from therapy that day. “I hate water!” She hissed as she walked slowly over.

"I don't mind the water as much as I hate trying to tread the water." Sinead replied, "Not a very pleasant experience to say the least. I feel like I ran a marathon and lost."

“Today wasn’t the best day either! Sometimes I wonder if we will fully recover from this earthquake?”

Sineade sighed, "I certainly hope so. We have a bunch of Klingons ready to pounce. But I swear I am in worse shape after the PT than I was before."

“Tinker... you know we have to have this PT. But it’s not fun!”

"I know, I know," Sineade said as she gingerly sat on the biobed, "But sometime I wonder if the doctor likes to torture us whenever possible. I mean, everyone knows you don't like water. Why force you into it?"

“I guess to work on balance. Again give me a tree to climb and I will show you how fast I can scale it.”

Sighing heavily Sineade shifted to get more comfortable, "It's not the balance that's off. It's the joints not moving like they should." She pulled one leg and then the other onto the biobed with her hands, "And just how am I supposed to be able to work If I can't even move, or bend? Not going to be able to crawl into any access panels now am I?" She gave a disgusted snort before she leaned backwards on her elbows to take pressure off her hips.

Flower sighed. She couldn’t do her job either. “I can’t even stand on my paws to do tactical. I mean, what kind of chief am I?”

"Engineering is installing a chair for you, That should help," Sineade said, "And you are a great Chief! But I on the other hand am not even a good engineer if I can't get in there to fix the problems."

Flower tape her shoulder. “Don’t think that Tinker!! Who will take the time to work with an officer who knows nothing about engineering? You are the best Tinker I know, says it right on your tool belt ,”

Sineade smiled, "Thanks, Petal Girl! And working with you is great. I'm just sorry we got.... well... broken... on my watch."

“We will mend, but we do it together. “

Sineade smiled and nodded her head, "we do make a great team, even with healing from our injuries."
“You teach me what you know.”

Sineade nodded again, "We teach each other. Now if I could just not get injured every time I get off this ship..." She chuckled as if it was a joke, but in the back of her mind she was thinking it was true.

Flower stiffly removes her brace as she lays down, cuddling her plushie. “Well that’s one of the reasons why I wanted to accompany you, to keep you safe.”

Sineade raised an eyebrow,"And here I thought it was for my bubbly personality. Seriously, Flower, you're hurt because of me. Because I failed. Are you sure you want to be around me? You might be safer if you didn't." Sineade kept flipping from happy to have Flower as a friend to feeling guilty for that friendship.

“If I could hit you with my tail without causing me to meow I would. Stop thinking like that Tinker!! If I didn’t want your friendship, would I have gone so far to give you a personalized gift just for you?”

"I guess I am just not used to having friends," Sineade said as she laid back completely on the bed, "But I just feel bad that you are here and in pain because of me. I wish I could go back in time and make it right."

“I knew the risks when I joined starfleet. We all did, also I wanted to keep you safe,” she gently bopped his head with Rait’s tail.

Sineade chuckled and reached out her hand and snagged that tail, "Thank you for being my friend. " She tried to stifle a yawn but was not very successful, "Who would have thought a dip in a pool could be so exhausting!"

Flower purred and gently pulled back, “we should try to rest. Our next pt is in a few hours.”

Sineade nodded, "Good point. Need to conserve energy for the next round of torture." She lay her head back and closed her eyes, "Sleep well, Flower."

“You still have the lion’s tail. Can I have it back? You have a purple gorilla to snuggle.” Flower purred as she buries her face in her plushie.

Sineade chuckled and let go of the plushie's tail, "I think I'd rather have a hot blooded male to snuggle than a purple gorilla." But she reached down and pulled the grape ape from the floor and snuggled to it as her eyes drifted closed, "but this is ok too."

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