Semper Fi ch 31Chapter Thirty "Salen? ...Salen, wake up, we're here. Salen?" "I am awake." Salen muttered sleepily. "Perhaps you should let Joanna take a quick look at you down in sick bay." Toby said critically. "You look a few heartbeats away from death." "There is nothing she can do." Salen informed as he got to his feet after having fallen asleep on the floor of the observation room. "Did you at least say good bye to her?" "No. I...I have left her a video message for later." "That's cold, Salen. I though you loved her." "I do, more than anything. I am sorry that she must suffer because of my poor choices." "I should use my med
Semper Fi ch 30Chapter Twenty-nine Panting in an unnatural sleep Razor struggled to wake. Fever from the infection that was ravaging his system caused sweat to roll off his skin. He managed to flutter his eyes open for a moment, but the flash of pain that consciousness brought with it quickly caused him to pass out once more. Dreaming of the past Sam looked out across the campus of Starfleet Academy from the top steps of the Hall of Ceremonies. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the salty air that blew in from the near by ocean. After years of the musty recycled air of the prison planet it was heavenly to take a breath of fresh Earth air.