Spock's daughter

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Icheb woke up from his regeneration. He stepped out of his alcove and looked to his left.

"Already awake?" Seven asked.

Icheb nodded.

"And let me guess. You want to go to the sickbay and see Lil?"

Icheb nodded again.

"I will show you the way", Seven said.

She walked out the door down some corridors. Icheb followed her till they got to the sickbay. The doors opened with a hiss. They could directly see Lil lying on one of the beds.

"Seven, nice to see you here this early", the doctor greeted them as he came around the corner.

"Icheb here wanted to see Lil and how she's feeling now."

"I can assure you, that she will be completely healthy again."

"What does she have?" Icheb asked.

The doctor walked to a computer.

"She had a little concussion and internal bleedings. Also a few cracked bones, in her leg and arms and hip bone. But the worst was her fever from the sepsis."

"Can she be released from the sickbay today?" Icheb wanted to know.

"Yes she can", the doctor said, "but only if she's under supervision."

"I will watch her. How long?"

"Three days maximum."

"Icheb you can't forget to regenerate", Seven argued.

"I already took care of that problem. Here."

The doctor handed something to Icheb.

"She won't be able to sleep at the cargo bay with you, but you can regenerate in her room. And this will wake you when there are difficulties. If there are some", the doctor explained.

"Thank you doctor."

"Okay, now let's wake the sleeping beauty from her sleep."

He injected something into Lil's neck and just seconds later, her eyes fluttered open.

Lil POV

"Where am I?" I asked.

"At the sickbay. Everything is alright. What do you remember?"

"Not much. Only that I got hit by something electrical and then I think I blacked out. But doc?"

"Yes?"

"Did everyone make it? Commander Chakotay, Neelix, Tom? And Harry?"

"Yes they all are alright", Seven said when she came to my side.

"What... about the other... Borg?"

Seven turned her head looking at someone while she helped me sitting up slowly. In front of the bed I was sitting on, was a really cute boy in my age, maybe one year older than me.

"Who is this?"

"My name is Icheb."

'Wait, I know this voice.'

"You're the other teen boy, am I right?"

He nodded. I smiled and swung my legs over the bed's side.

"Careful Lil. We don't know if you're strong enough", the doctor warned me.

I still proceeded in my intention. When my feet touched the ground, I limped towards Icheb. My limited movements causing me to be clumsy, brought me to stumble and fall right into Icheb's arms.

"I guess you're right doctor. I'm tired, can I go to my quarters?"

"Of course. Icheb will watch you the next three days, just in case something happens."

"But doesn't he need to regenerate?" I asked curiously.

"We arranged that he will regenerate in your room and the doctor gave him something that will wake him up if something happens."

"Well, I hope that nothing happens. I don't want to keep you from... 'sleeping'."

"I don't mind", he responded, "now let's get you to your quarters."

We were almost out the door when the doctor yelled:

"Not to much walking for your leg!!!"

I sighed.

'Should I bounce to my quarters, or what?'

I was suddenly yanked from my feet, causing me to yelp.

"If he orders it, then I will carry you", Icheb mumbled.

He was so cute.

'Wait, what? Why am I thinking this?' I asked myself in my thoughts.

"Everything alright?"

"What? Yeah, yeah. Everything's fine. I'm just not used to this", I answered his question.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

"Such missions and injuries and all. I live here since just a few weeks. Maximum three month."

"How did you get here."

"They found me on a class M planet with unbreathable air. I was sleeping in a capsule. I was beamed here."

"What about your family? Aren't they worried?" he wanted to know.

"I don't know. But I think they're long gone. Dead, I mean. The doc said I slept for more than one hundred years", I said, half crying.

"I'm sorry."

"Oh no, you don't have to be. ... But... I don't remember any of my life, like you, before I came to this great ship and its crew."

We didn't talk for some minutes and I eventually laid my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes. The swaying of his movements when he walked let me fall asleep.