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Chapter Three: Memory Bank

Author's Note

Heed my warning, this sucks. I'll be rewriting it after I get part I done for sure, but for the sake of continuing it, I will post it. 

Also, I'm super excited about the next Star Trek coming out tomorrow! Trying to convince someone to go with me, but unfortunately, I'm like the only Trekkie I know. 

Hope y'all enjoy. 

Her heart is in her stomach as she takes in the accusation. Love and united becoming a mantra screaming in her mind as her breath sped up, her heartbeat raising, thumping wildly in the cage of her ribs. She felt her pulse in her fingertips. 

"United Republic of Earth?" Rose's lips tremble with the unfamiliar words, her brows crunching in confusion. She focuses on the things she can make sense of. United Republic of Earth. United Republic of Earth is tangible, and there has to be proof of its existence. Facts. Facts that cannot be applied to Fenris. 

Charles's hesitates before speaking again, as if the doctor is contemplating if they should go on or not. "All remaining countries have come together, united-- it's great really, but Elysium, Elysium is independent, and it plans on remaining independent."

Her lips twitched up as she tried to make sense of what she was hearing. Is this what hysterical feels like? Is this how she acts without her Elysian near? 

"What-- you're," her voice breaks in half, and she hates it-- hates that it's dipped in fear and anger and and the intense desperation of seeing her Elysian. "Where is Piper? I would like Piper, and I'd like to talk to your commanding officer, and I'd like, I'd--" Her voice is rising, rising, rising. 

"Rose, please," Charles's eyes have blown wide, as if they hadn't expected this kind of implosion of her senses. Their hands come forward, as if to anchor her back, or maybe to just shut her up again. "Don't work yourself up, we can continue this conversation but only if you remain-"

"Where is Piper?" I need Piper. "That's the only fucking question I am asking. That's the only one I'm going to ask. Where is Piper?!" Because she didn't care about any of this-- if there was a bigger plan, a much larger plot to the universe she lived in, it was not concerning to her. The only direct threat, the only thought that harassed her mind was Piper, and where she was, and if she were scared. 

"Only if you calm yourself down," Charles replies easily, in a soothing voice that does the exact opposite. 

"I'm not going to calm down!" Rose yanks at the IV until she begins to feel the sting of the needle pulling against her skin in a way it wasn't meant to. Her heartbeat is rising and the machine above her is blinking in rage; she doesn't care. "Tell me, please. Please." 

"She's on Earth," the voice that says it isn't Charles, but Fenris, who leans against the door frame with one hand stuck in his pocket. He's observing her again, his expression now blank other than his ticking jaw. 

Rose's face turns into a brilliant grin at the news. Piper is alive. Piper is breathing. Piper is-- "Proof," she demands, and it's not the proof Fenris wants to show her, that much is obvious with her next words. "Give me proof of Piper." 

"What do you want?" Fenris asks her, voice deep as he takes a step towards her. The way he speaks sounds like he would push through Heaven and Hell to do just that-- get her exactly what she wanted. He hovers near the hospital bed, unsure of himself, although the look in his dark eyes made it clear he wanted nothing more than to scoop up her hand and sooth the wrinkles on her forehead forged from stress.