Beverly only vaguely remembers where in her timeline she came from after over a year of not living in it. She distinctly recalls falling asleep on the Enterprise-D, in her quarters, before her eyes fly open and she gasps for breath. It takes her a few seconds to properly process the multitude of emotions flying around her head and the clashing memories all jumbled up again. Pressing a hand to her head, she takes a few deep breaths, pushing everything aside to focus on--
--Ah right. The Borg.
"Doctor--?"
"I'm fine," she insists as her captain and lost patient emerge from the Jeffries' Tube. "Let's go."
Ignoring any other protests, she follows Captain Picard and the others to the Bridge. A fleeting thought, and the angry emotions that come with it, passes through her as she realizes that Annie and Finnick aren't here. Q must have made her break her promise to them and she hates him even more for that. She doesn't care that he sent her home; what she cares about is that they never get sent back to Panem.
Never.
All of that is shoved to the back of her mind as she climbs out of the maintenance shaft onto the Bridge to find several officers pointing phaser rifles at two people lying on the ground. At first, nothing seems to be happening, but then someone shifts and Beverly gets a good look at the two people barely waking up.
"Annie! Finnick!"
She doesn't waste time. Knowing that one, if not both, of them will likely cave to an instinctual fight response in this situation -- and who could blame them? -- she pushes forward, shoving people out of her way until she can fall to he knees next to Annie and Finnick.
"It's okay. It's Beverly. I'm right here. You're safe."
For... various values of safe.
She can hear Jean-Luc calling in the background, but she ignores him. Any questions can be answered later. Annie and Finnick are her most important concern right now.
finnick + annie }{ this is how you remind me
--Ah right. The Borg.
"Doctor--?"
"I'm fine," she insists as her captain and lost patient emerge from the Jeffries' Tube. "Let's go."
Ignoring any other protests, she follows Captain Picard and the others to the Bridge. A fleeting thought, and the angry emotions that come with it, passes through her as she realizes that Annie and Finnick aren't here. Q must have made her break her promise to them and she hates him even more for that. She doesn't care that he sent her home; what she cares about is that they never get sent back to Panem.
Never.
All of that is shoved to the back of her mind as she climbs out of the maintenance shaft onto the Bridge to find several officers pointing phaser rifles at two people lying on the ground. At first, nothing seems to be happening, but then someone shifts and Beverly gets a good look at the two people barely waking up.
"Annie! Finnick!"
She doesn't waste time. Knowing that one, if not both, of them will likely cave to an instinctual fight response in this situation -- and who could blame them? -- she pushes forward, shoving people out of her way until she can fall to he knees next to Annie and Finnick.
"It's okay. It's Beverly. I'm right here. You're safe."
For... various values of safe.
She can hear Jean-Luc calling in the background, but she ignores him. Any questions can be answered later. Annie and Finnick are her most important concern right now.