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 "Yer th' only one filled with bullshit, Hendrix!" Hawk shot back, trying to keep his focus on Leon, who he saw as the only possible purveyor of truth at the moment.  Unfortunately, the retribution only served as bait for further retort. "Yer th' only one filled with bullshit, Hendrix!" Hawk shot back, trying to keep his focus on Leon, who he saw as the only possible purveyor of truth at the moment.  Unfortunately, the retribution only served as bait for further retort.
  
-"Well ain't you th' little brute?" the commander returned as he stepped onto the transporter pad himself, his voice laced with sarcasm, revealing his prejudice towards Hawk as both pretentious and amusing.  "I guess our baby fly-boy here thinks he's a big shot now!" he remarked over his shoulder to the troops on the pad behind him, drawing chuckles of disrespect.  "I tell you what, Mister Death Wish," he rebuked Republic's first officer.  "Why don't you stick to drivin' the boat, and we'll take care of the doctor's homeworld, okay?"+"Well ain't you th' little brute?" the commander returned as he stepped onto the transporter pad himself, his voice laced with sarcasm, revealing his prejudice towards Hawk as both pretentious and amusing.  "I guess our baby fly-boy here thinks he's a big shot now!" he remarked over his shoulder to the troops on the pad behind him, drawing chuckles of disrespect.  "I tell you what, Mister Death Wish," he rebuked Republic's first officer.  "Why don't you stick to drivin' the boat, and we'll take care of the doctor's homeworld, m'kay?"
  
 At the mention of Leon's homeworld, Hawk's attention suddenly re-focused back to the actual reason he came down to greet the doctor upon his return to the ship. At the mention of Leon's homeworld, Hawk's attention suddenly re-focused back to the actual reason he came down to greet the doctor upon his return to the ship.
  
-"Leon," whispered Hawk as they stood in the open doorway.  "We got a burst of flash traffic from the fleet battlecomm jus' now.  A personal memo came through for you from Elysium colony..."+"Leon," whispered Hawk as they stood in the open doorway.  "We got a burst of flash traffic from the fleet battlecomm jus' now.  An emergency personal memo came through for you from Elysium colony..."
  
-Leon stared at Hawk, recognizing not only the source of the memo, but also the seriousness in Hawk's demeanor that indicated something terrible had happened.+Leon stared at Hawk, recognizing not only the source of the memo, but also noted the "flash" and "emergency" precedence, as well as the seriousness in Hawk's demeanor that indicated something terrible had happened.
  
 "Dad?" he whispered. "Dad?" he whispered.
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 "Let's go, Cromwell," beckoned Hendrix from the transporter.  "Yer homeworld is waitin'." "Let's go, Cromwell," beckoned Hendrix from the transporter.  "Yer homeworld is waitin'."
  
-The commander's voice resonated in the doctor's mind as if it were calling from across a great chasm.  Leon heard it, but it was so inconsequential compared to the news he had just received, that he didn't acknowledge it right away.  His gut tightened and his pulse skipped as a touch of vertigo washed over him.  His father was gone.  He would never hear his voice again, to say nothing of seeing the joy in his face when Leon expected to tell him that he could come home and carry out the rest of his sentence on Cestus III.  Everything he had worked for -- everything he had sacrificed to make his father's homecoming possible -- was for naught.  His honor... his principles... his self-respect... he gave it up for this war against the Gorns, just for the selfishness of wanting to bring his father home.+The commander's voice resonated in the doctor's mind as if it were calling from across a great chasm.  Leon heard it, but it was so inconsequential compared to the news he had just received, that he didn't acknowledge it right away.  His gut tightened and his pulse skipped as a touch of vertigo washed over him.  His father was gone.  He would never hear his voice again, to say nothing of seeing the joy in his face when Leon expected to tell him that he could come home and carry out the rest of his sentence on Cestus Three.  Everything he had worked for -- everything he had sacrificed to make his father's homecoming possible -- was for naught.  His honor... his principles... his self-respect... he gave it up for this war against the Gorns, just for the selfishness of wanting to bring his father home.
  
 "Cromwell!  Let's go!" Hendrix beckoned again.  The doctor stirred, but just barely.  He moved slightly in Hendrix's direction, but felt lost.  He wasn't sure of where to go next. "Cromwell!  Let's go!" Hendrix beckoned again.  The doctor stirred, but just barely.  He moved slightly in Hendrix's direction, but felt lost.  He wasn't sure of where to go next.
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 "You do that," he replied with self-assurance, confident that the outcome would be in his favor.  "In the meantime, I gotta job to do..."  Turning his attention to Ensign Goldman standing behind the transporter controls, he gave finality to the conversation with his next order.  "Energize." "You do that," he replied with self-assurance, confident that the outcome would be in his favor.  "In the meantime, I gotta job to do..."  Turning his attention to Ensign Goldman standing behind the transporter controls, he gave finality to the conversation with his next order.  "Energize."
  
-//(to be continued)//+//([[current_story:these_are_the_times_part_3|to be continued]])//
  
 **OFF** **OFF**
  
 **LTCR Leon Cromwell, MD, PhD\\ Chief Medical Officer\\ USS Republic, NCC-81371** **LTCR Leon Cromwell, MD, PhD\\ Chief Medical Officer\\ USS Republic, NCC-81371**
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