"I don't know, she just collapsed in the hallway," the ensign was saying, putting Gem down on a table. It was then that she opened her eyes, confusion painting her features. She was not in sickbay a moment ago. Her mind trying to explain the lost time as she tried to remember what had happened.

The nausea, the feeling of being lost, too far away....and then the floor coming up at her.

Something must be wrong. At least her friend McCoy was here, she brightened when he came into view. A true friend that never gives up, her surface thoughts betraying the name she had given to McCoy since she could not speak herself. Even her thoughts are not exactly words, more impressions and strong emotions.