Exploring Humanity (Data x Reader)

Chapter 5: Memory Loss

Disclaimer: This chapter contains injury, but it is not in any way described graphically or explicitly. Honestly, if you were able to make it through the TV series, you can read through this. :)

Memory Loss

The situation that the Enterprise went through was very tense. It turned out the ship had been sucked into a trap set up by a new species that was discovered. It was a tough situation to get out of. But eventually thanks to the effort and collaboration of every crew member on the ship, you all managed to escape alive, though many were critically injured and sickbay was packed. That included you.

In one of those instances of rush and adrenaline, you were ordered by the bridge to launch a shuttle in hopes of creating a diversion to distract this unknown entity. You were not one of those on board the craft, but you carefully monitored their plan from your office with all of the display monitors in front of you. Once they had successfully executed their carefully set plan to create the distraction, the shuttlecraft traveled back to the ship. As they approached the entrance of the bay, there was an issue on being able to land the shuttlecraft in. As head of your department, it was your responsibility to make sure they were all alive and well, so you carefully told the away team what to do. Finally, after much instruction over your communicator between engineering and yourself, the shuttlecraft slowly came in the shuttle bay and broke through the invisible barrier between cold space and the breathable ship oxygen.

Once it was fully inside the bay and it had landed, you ran out of your office to meet your crew. The door of the shuttle opened and you went inside to go check on all the people in it. One of them was critically injured on her side from the mini plasma blast of the shuttle's control panels, which had caused the arrival problem. You took the crewmember's arm and placed it over your shoulder and began to exit the shuttlecraft to take her to sickbay. You were carefully taking a step down from the shuttle, when all the sudden the Enterprise shook violently as it went to a high warp and it finally freed itself from the trap. There was no warning. You lost balance from the weight of the injured crew member and, in a flight-or-fight moment, you took the fall for her.

"...(Y/N)!..."

"...(Y/N) are you okay?..."

You looked up at the high ceiling of the shuttle bay with blurry vision. The lights were bright and you saw many heads over you, none which you could identify. The next thing you knew, the world went black.

When you woke up, you felt a slight headache come in. Your eyes saw a blue ceiling. You stayed in that same position that you found yourself in, not moving a single centimeter. You tried to remember where you were and what had happened. You looked straight ahead, trying to focus your vision on the fine texture up at the ceiling. When you gained a little strength and began to rise and sit up. A lightweight blanket over your body began to fall and you caught it before it exposed your bare skin. You took a quick look around as best as you could and saw more beds in the room, but you were isolated at a far low dimmed corner.

"(Y/N)! You are awake! Please lay down," you heard a concerned female voice.

You didn't know who this voice was talking to and if it was directed at you, but you laid right back down. A female with red hair popped into your view as your back laid flat on the biobed.

"How are you feeling (Y/N)? Do you feel any pain?" the female asked as she scanned you with a strange handheld device across your body.

"Are you speaking to me?... ouch, my head hurts..."

The red-haired woman stopped scanning you and went over to her side pocket on her medical coat to retrieve another strange device. You heard a slight hiss go over your neck and within a few seconds, you began to feel the headache go away.