The Only Way Is Up

Posted on Mon Jul 11th, 2022 @ 4:24pm by Lieutenant JG T’Neela

Lieutenant (jg) well I suppose I got lucky but, Lieutenant Commander; that is a long way to fall. I know I did the right thing. They were just young boys, young frightened boys even if they were Cardassian, children fighting an adults war. To me it was so simple, they were injured and dying and I had sworn an oath, not just to Starfleet but to the universe that I would help the sick and the dying and do no harm. Holding that young Cardassian boy in my arms as he died was not a choice I made but a promise I had sworn to uphold. Out of twelve young Cardassian soldier boys I saved nine. Cardassia give me a medal, Starfleet nearly cashiered me out and here I am on the USS Sunfire beginning that long slow climb out of the hole I dug for myself.I fought so hard to stay in but maybe it was the wrong thing to do. That young girl who promised her life to Starfleet was so naïve. More human than Vulcan my father told me, but since my enforced leave I have discovered a sort of peace in meditation and the teachings of the Vulcan texts. My next shore leave will take me home to Vulcan where I will begin my training. The human side of me is over so now the Vulcan side will use the logic of the situation to render me useful to this new family of mine. I will suffer my loneliness in silence as my penance.