Linda wakes up in sick bay.

The next thing I knew, there was a bright light in my face. I turned my head to get away from it, but it followed me.

"Doctor, she's awake," I heard someone say and felt the presence of another person nearby. I strained to open my eyes but the brightness hit me again and I groaned. I felt an arm hold me down. "Easy now, you've been through a lot."

I heard the familiar sound of a tricorder running. It beeped and Doctor Akira said, "Your vitals are stable, you'll be alright."

I felt a wash of relief over me, realizing I was in the Ishtar's medical bay. I slowly got up to look around. In the beds next to me were Jenny, Chief Bethan and Lieutenant Barberi. Everyone had made it back. I turned to Leena, who was assisting the doctor, and asked her, "What happened to Jaquon... and the Hrmgnnr?"

She gave me a reassuring smile and said, "We caught him thanks to those flares you shot out. We brought him right back to the Hrmgnnr planet so he would face their justice. His captive was reunited with its family and sends its regards to you and everyone else!"

I smiled back, elated that things turned out as they did. I laid back in my bed and looked at myself with a tinge of annoyance. "I still can't have anything to wear?"

Leena giggled, "We beamed you all directly here when we arrived. We didn't have time to get you a new set of clothes I'm afraid." I sighed and let it be. It seemed I was destined to a life a nudity.

"Some shore leave, huh?" Jenny said with a smirk.

"Makes me want to hunker down and do my shifts without any more life threatening adventure for a while..." I laughed back.

Jenny laughed too, "You must get off on it, or else you wouldn't manage to lose your clothes all the time. Let's see if you can go a week without having some sort of episode."

"And if I do?" I asked.

Jenny shrugged back, "If you do..." she thought for a moment, "then I'll spend the day nude in your stead."

"You're on!" I replied with a laugh. I could go a week without excitement, it'd do me some good to stay out of trouble for a while and it'll be all worth it to see Jenny put herself out like that. She smirked back at me, but I could tell there was a little bit of worry in her eyes, as if she realized she walked into something she might regret later. Of course, knowing Jenny, she's not going to play fair... she might try to turn the odds in her favor by putting me in compromising circumstances. I've known Jenny long enough to catch most of her schemes, but she's a crafty one, so I can't be too careful...