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Fri, 27 July 2012 16:41

artisticrainey
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Karma:

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9 AM Friday, June 1; Tracy Island

"Here they come," Jeff said to his wife, immediately after giving the jet carrying Brains, Alan and Lena clearance to land. "Shall we go down and meet them?"

"By all means. I want to see for myself how Lena is. From what Alan said, she'll probably need some counseling. What happened to her is apparently just starting to sink in."

Frowning, Jeff looked into Dianne's troubled eyes. "You may be right. I hope we can help her get over the trauma."

Together they left the lounge, remembering what Alan had told them.

"Just before we left, Penny asked me to keep an eye on Lena. She said the woman had been too calm during her stay. She thought that Lena might have a delayed reaction to what happened, once she was in the jet. She seemed to be okay, but a couple of times, when she didn't realize I was watching her, I saw her shaking, and she would mutter something and make a visible effort to stop. She hasn't really smiled the entire trip, nor has she slept."

They arrived at the jet just as the door opened. Both were shocked at Lena's appearance. She was fatigued and rumpled -- which they expected -- but the worst part was the lack of emotion. She also appeared to have aged years since her last visit. She returned their hugs of welcome halfheartedly.

"To the guest room with you, for as long a sleep as you need," Dianne said immediately. "No arguments -- doctor's orders."

Lena smiled wanly. "In dat case, I will obey. It's been a very tiring couple of days. Lead on, doctor."

The two women turned and headed to the Villa. Jeff turned to Alan and Brains. "Okay; talk to me."

"Dad, I can't tell you much more than I already did. She didn't sleep, and she barely ate anything; she said she wasn't hungry. You saw her; this whole episode did something to her. When I tried to talk to her about it, she closed up. She said it had nothing to do with International Rescue, and for that reason alone she was sorry she used her IR equipment to call for help. But she had no other way of contacting anyone for help. I told her not to be silly; that as an employee of Tracy Industries, she had a right to expect our protection."

"And you were right. Brains, do you have anything to add?"

"Not really, Mr. Tracy. Except that I heard her mutter something about being Masai. I'm afraid I don't really know what that means."

"Okay. I'll tell Dianne what you said. Now go get something to eat, then some rest. Brains, no going to the lab until you do both." He smiled at his engineer, who looked slightly chagrined. "I know you; you'd go straight there if no one prevented it. But you need food and sleep as much as anyone else does."

"Okay, Mr. Tracy."

"See you later, Dad."

The two headed up to the Villa, and Jeff contacted Kat on the commlink, asking her to check over the jet as soon as she could. Then he followed his son and engineer up to the Villa.

From: Hobbeth Sent: 11/10/2005

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