Nowhere to Go but Up

Posted on Thu Aug 14th, 2025 @ 10:58am by Lieutenant JG Benjamin "Ben" Dalton & Lieutenant JG Kate Kono

1,500 words; about a 8 minute read

Mission: Wounds From the Mirror
Location: Kate and Ben's quarters.
Timeline: TBD

Ben lay in his bed, he was quiet and concerned about Kate and how she was recovering from her wound she had received from the mirror version of Deanna but he didn't want Kate to know. He was scared of not being able to get biosynthesis legs even though he had been assured repeatedly he would get them after his had been cut off protecting Kate from Mirror Deanna. he hid his concerns with a smile, "How you doing sweetheart?" He asked turning his head to look at Kate.

Kate stretched in the sheets and yawned before landing her arms and legs around Ben. She leaned back and poked at his face a few times like she was fluffing a pillow before squeezing in tightly next to him.

"Enjoying the time off. Every time we get shot, we have a vacation, you know?" Kate said with a smile and closed eyes as she nestled up next to him, her eyes remained closed as she enjoyed the moment.

Ben kissed her repeatedly. His arms going around her to hold her close. "True enough but I could do without the vacation if it meant I got my legs back and you didn't get shot as well." He answered softly.

Kate crawled on top of Ben and kept kissing him wildly before sitting up and shaking her head. "It's okay... With everything that happened it just means I get to claime stake to my favorate boinkable position on the lovepad and get more riding experience. Vroom Vroom!" Kate giggled, leaned in and kissed him some more, obviously not phased by everything that happened. She straightened her legs while on top of him and rested her elbows on his chest and her chin on her hands as she rolled her eyes up to the corner as if thinking. "... after all this I guess I just got used to it. It's traumatic at first but get shot at enough and hurt enough it just becomes normal. I'm like, at that point where as long as we avoid the hit that flips the OFF switch, I'm alright. And that goes for you, too!" Kate poked him playfully and kissed him some more.

Ben couldn't help but smile and laugh as Kate spoke, her view, her attitude was so upbeat it was amazing. "Well there is that and we don't want you to be inconvenienced and not have your favorite boinkable position," He bantered back. "As far as getting shot, Once is more than enough. I don't think I could ever get use ti being shot more than once. Though you are correct in saying as long as we don't get the hit that shuts down main power we are alight." He finished as he returned her kisses with equal passion and vigor.

After an hour of fun, Kate and Ben still lie in bed listening to music and being happily content. She rolled over and wiped the sweat out of her eyes while catching her breath. Blushing and smiling at the same time while hiding the sheets up to her nose playfully.

"How long until you get taller? Can't wait to help you test your new legs out. What's the first thing you want to do when done with the last leg of this ordeal?" She blinked a dew times playfully while a muffled giggle emitted theoguh the fabric. She rested her chin on Ben's shoulder while waiting to learn his thoughts.

Ben chuckled at Kate as she hid behind the sheets and then rapid fired questions at him. "Whoa one question at a time. I'm not sure when I will get taller. Viviana, I'm sure will give me all the details. can't wait to get them let alone test them. As for the very first thing I want to do. Let me think." As he lapsed into silence for a few seconds. Then with a bright smile he answered, "Take you to the beach and swim in the ocean."

"I'll make sure to reserve the holodeck," Kate said with a smile. "Did you switch primary care doctors? I thought it was doctor... oh wait. I remember now. Those mirror meanies are mean. What happened to all of them?" Kate wondered as she lie there relaxed.

"That would be great sweetie, maybe go dancing afterwards. Give the legs a good workout." Ben said and then grew quieter. "The mirrors are sick psychos Kate. I hope they have all been arrested and thrown in the brig." Ben replied with a quiet intensity. He left unsaid his nagging concern that his legs wouldn't take or there would be some other problem with them other than the ones he knew such as transitioning, weight transfer and balance and he would be stuck in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

"Dacning does sound fun. And yeah. Those psycho's need to be stuck in a cell that doubles as a holodeck that replays the Disney ride to 'It's a Small World Afterall' over, and over twenty-six hours a day!" Kate mused as she sat up next to him in the buff without a care in the world as she held her flat palm out and mimicked circling with her index finger as she imagined the ride playing over and over for them until they went completely insane.

She jumped up to her feet and bounced on the bed with her heels suddenly.
"And NOT the pirates of the Carribean ride either, no! We're talking straught unadulterated Small world afterall and in that holodeck program, they're chained to the seats with only their eyes to shut as they plead for the warden to shut the holodeck off ahhH!" Kate fell down onto the bed with a bounce to mimic feighnting of torture while giggling.

Ben closed his eyes as he did imagine what Kate was describing. After a few seconds he began to laugh and he opened his eyes. He was greeted by the sight of Kate sitting au natural on the side of the bed. "You know I've been on that ride and it is the most annoying ride I have ever been on. That incessant singing of that song! It grates on every nerve!' That would be the perfect punishment for the mirrors. The only way I would say put them on the Pirates of Caribbean ride is if the Pirates ate them!"

Kate nodded eagerly as she sat next to him and randomly poked his shoulder as she spoke.

"Yeah they totes deserve that kind of punishment," Kate agreed. Death is too easy a way out of them. They need to be stuck in that small world forever!" Kate jumped back on top of him without warning. Her happy-nature taking over her drive for revenge in the blink of an eye. "Want to go to the ships bar or something? Or do you still have to rest here a while?" She wondered.

Ben smiled at Kate her smile was infectious as was her positive outlook. "I agree trapped forever in a small world. It is fitting for them." He nodded at her question. "That would be nice, I'll have to go in a wheelchair. You don't mind pushing me to you?"

Kate smiled a huge toothy grin at the mention of carting her boyfriend around the hallways on wheels. Her eyes blinked in rapid succession as she got up on her knees as if ready to spring for the ambulatory equipment with ravenous vigor.

I'm gonna get dressed! Where's your racing helmet?"

"Kate? Kate? What are you going to do?" Ben asked wondering just what his girlfriend had in mind. Then he relaxed whatever it was, it wouldn't be dull.

After getting dressed in her civilian clothes which consisted of bluejeans, sneakers, and a tanktop with a logo on it that says I would agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong . She ran over to the wheelchair and danced it over to Ben so that he could get ready and dressed for a fun night out at the ships bar.

"What do they call this place anyway? I know on the enterprise they called it Volume-Ten-Max or something."

Ben got dressed not as quickly as Kate but on his own wearing a t-shirt that said Accidental Pirate and jeans and then slipped into the wheelchair. "Ten Forward" He replied with a grin "As if you didn't know."

Kate activated the grav-chair and it levitated off the ground. She brought it over to Ben with a wicked grin on her face.
"No time to explain, get in!" She paused for a second and giggled. "I know that doesn't make sense but it does for my generation." She added while waiting for Ben get into the chair.

Ben pushed up with his arms and got into the grav chair then waited for whatever it was Kate had planned next for him. No doubt it would be truly amazing if not downright spectacular.

 

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