Rematerialize

Slowly, the humming and shimmering return, slightly higher and slightly brighter. Reality comes back into focus as your body materializes and your vision clears. Just as soon as you realize you're standing on a transporter pad, you're yanked off of it by two security personnel. As they haul you out of the transporter room and down the corridor, you can't help but notice the lack of daggers and sashes. Everyone's uniform is back to normal.

"I'm back? I'm back!" you shout with joy even as they toss you into the brig. You're so overcome with relief, you don't even care.

"Poor guy," one of them says as he activates the **** field and looks down on you, but all you can do is lay there laughing with glee.

Your stay in the brig isn't very long though. A pair of footsteps approach. Turning to see who it is, your jaw nearly hits the floor. Lieutenant zh'Thracia stands there staring at you through the forcefield. Guilt washes over you again as your mind replays the moment you saw the other zh'Thracia fly out the hangar doors.

"Mistre... um... Trac... I mean... Lieu..." you stammer in shock. She just folds her arms and raises an eyebrow. One of her antennae cocks to the side.

"Well, I was just going to let you go, but now I think maybe I should take you to sickbay first," she says dryly.

Just then, you hear a commotion on the other side of the brig. It sounds like the Captain.

"I... ORDER YOU... LET ME GO! Spock, get these men off me! SPOCK!"

"Sickbay... yes. Let's go to sickbay," you finally manage to say to her. She drops the forcefield and motions for you to step out. As soon as you move closer to her though, she stops you. She sniffs the air and makes a puzzled expression. Then she leans in closer and sniffs your face. Her eyes narrow. She takes a finger and runs it along your cheek, scooping up some of the half-dried viscous fluid the other version of her left behind. Cautiously, she brings her fingertip up to her lips and tastes it.

"How...? Ugh! Doe, you disgusting pig-lizard!" she says as she turns and walks away from you in disgust.

"Wait! Tracie, I can explain!" you call after her and chase her down the corridor.