========================================================================== VIOLATION Kathy Wolenczak a.k.a. Kathleen Brown ========================================================================== Timeline: SeaQuest 2032 Author's E-Mail: kwolenczak@hotmail.com ========================================================================== Moon Pool. Lucas is there, quietly working. Kathy comes in, practically knocking into walls. Lucas looks up and sees her awful state. He walks down the steps to meet her. He quietly pulls her silver glasses off and looks into her bloodshot eyes. LUCAS What's wrong? KATHY I'm exhausted, Lucas. I spent all day in training in Med-Bay. LUCAS (grinning) Well, go get some sleep. KATHY I can't, they're repainting my quarters. _Again_. LUCAS What _aren't_ you allergic to? What is it so far, strawberries, penicillin... KATHY Hey, you're allergic to that, too. LUCAS Bees, paint, lidocane, _novicane_... KATHY Going to the dentist is hell. LUCAS Of course it is, you've got White Knuckle Syndrome. They thought I had that, turned out I was just abused so bad I didn't know _what_ to fear anymore...... KATHY Come back, Lucas. He looks at her. LUCAS You can sleep in my quarters. KATHY You sure Tony won't mind? (Lucas is sharing quarters with Tony as the room repainting of B-Deck is not going as planned) LUCAS Yeah. Go 'head. KATHY Thank you, honey. He kisses her on the forehead and laughs softly at her. LUCAS Just go to sleep. She leaves sleepily. Lucas smiles and shakes his head, still holding her glasses, going back to work. Lucas' Quarters. Kathy's asleep on the bottom bunk in her uniform jumpsuit. She's really quite beautiful with her long blonde hair laying on her pillow and her smooth skin and her slender body. She sighs softly and turns onto her back, continuing her peaceful sleep. The door opens. A man enters, dressed in the uniform of Warrant Officer. He walks to her bedside and watched her a moment. He sits next to her on the bed and gently reaches out to touch her face. Kathy wakes, blinks at him. She smiles in recognition. KATHY Hi. The man pounces on her, Kathy screams at the top of her lungs, No!!!!!..... Bridge. Lucas is quietly working when he looks up, taking in air sharply. Miguel looks up from his station, concerned. ORTIZ You OK, bud? Lucas nods softly, regaining his composure. LUCAS I just got an odd feeling. ORTIZ What kind of "odd"? LUCAS I don't know. Cold, sortof. Lucas looks at Miguel. LUCAS (perfectly serious) I think my soulmate just had a bad experience. Maybe a car accident? I don't know. ORTIZ You really believe in that? LUCAS Don't you? Miguel looks at Lucas closely. Miguel and Lucas both look over as Kathy comes running onto the Bridge. Hudson turns, infuriated. Kathy whispers frantically into Lucas' ear. He bugs out and grabs her hand, allowing himself to be dragged off the Bridge. HUDSON I can't believe we're being forced to deal with this. FORD She looked really upset, Captain. HUDSON Probably found a spider in her quarters. Hudson leaves, angry, going to go look for the two young officers. They're standing together in the hallway not far from the Bridge, just out of earshot. As Hudson turns the corner he finds Lucas holding her in his arms, gently stroking her hair as she sobs into his uniform. Lucas seems dazed and Hudson has to wonder whether this has something to do with their mother. They do not acknowledge the Captain's presence, and he takes the opportunity to see, maybe, what's wrong with her. Her hair is matted and tangled, dripped with blood in spots. The left pant leg of her uniform is bloody, and he sees a smear of blood near her mouth. Lucas quietly, very tenderly, pulls her away from his chest, Hudson sees the round red splotch of a still-forming black eye on her face. Lucas strokes Kathy's hair aside and turns to look at Hudson. Lucas is shaking, looking ready to cry, too. LUCAS Don't let Darwin or Piccolo off the ship, Captain. Lucas leaves with his sister without another word. Hudson lets his fury build until he walks after them. Med-Bay. Lucas is sitting with his head in his hands, hunched over, shaking, trying to sort out in his mind what's going on. Hudson comes in. HUDSON What the _hell_ is going on?! Lucas picks his head up, he's been crying. He looks up at Hudson and shakes his head. LUCAS I don't know. HUDSON Tell me what you _do_ know. LUCAS Kathy's in with Doctor Smith. We have to wait. HUDSON I'm her captain, I deserve answers, I don't _have_ to wait for anything having to do with her. LUCAS You have to wait, Wendy's doing an exam. HUDSON Why aren't you in there with her? LUCAS Because she's a girl. Hudson's beginning to understand. He kneels beside Lucas. HUDSON Is she sick? Lucas suddenly remembers a key factor. LUCAS Put Piccolo in the brig. HUDSON Why? LUCAS Because if what I think happened happened I'm going to kill him. Hudson nods softly, stands, and walks over to a wall intercom. HUDSON Brody. BRODY Sir? HUDSON Capture and detain Piccolo. Brig him up. BRODY Why, sir? HUDSON Do it now. BRODY Aye, Captain. As Hudson finishes the transmission, Wendy walks out of the other room, looking as shaken as Lucas. LUCAS Is she all right? Can I go see her? WENDY She's sedated, I thought she could use the rest. She's all right. LUCAS What happened? WENDY She said she woke up and he was sitting beside her. She smiled and said "Hi" and he attacked her. LUCAS Did he....? WENDY He tried. He tried _very_ hard. But women possess amazing powers. But he was still able to injure her before she could pull away to defend herself. Lucas nearly breaks a smile. WENDY Don't smile yet, Lucas. She's only fifteen, she's just had the _most_ traumatic experience of her life. LUCAS But she's gonna be okay.... WENDY Physically, I suppose. Mentally is a completely different story. Lucas, he had her naked. He had his hands around her neck, he was ready to kill her. Lucas, she was covered in his body fluid. It's possible she could get a disease, it's possible she could be _pregnant_. LUCAS Oh my God....... Lucas turns away, tears streaming down his cheeks. LUCAS Are you sure it was him? WENDY I'll need a full DNA workup to be sure, but the blood type was B, so is his. Lucas walks out, ready to kick some serious ass. Brig. Tony's sitting on a bed, bored. He thinks this is about those vid disks he stole from Brody's quarters, he thinks this is a joke. Lucas comes in, locking the door behind him. He comes over and folds his arms in front of his chest. LUCAS Did you do it? PICCOLO Do what? LUCAS Did you do it?!?!?! PICCOLO Do _what_?!?! LUCAS You know exactly what. PICCOLO (steal the X-rated disks, grinning) Yeah. Lucas slams the button and the glowing green bars rise, and there's no barrier between the two. Lucas grabs the collar of Tony's shirt and slams him against the wall. Lucas punches Tony in the face and stomach, then knees him hard in the groin. Tony blacks out. That _hurt_. Lucas looks at Tony a moment, thinking of how great it would be to end this life, but turns and leaves, saving it for later, when he'll be conscious to enjoy the pain. Lucas leaves and allows the bars to come down, while Tony lays writhing and moaning on the floor. Med-Bay. Later. Kathy's asleep in bed while Lucas sits at her bedside, his hand dunked in a bowl of ice, reading Kathy's chart. Wendy comes in. WENDY You did a job on him, Lucas, he could have you booked on assault. LUCAS I'll be proud to go to the brig for a week for that. Wendy comes over and takes the chart from him. WENDY You shouldn't be reading this. LUCAS _Please_, Wendy, I just wanted to know what was wrong with her. WENDY You should ask. LUCAS Reading about it is bad enough, I'd haul out and _kill_ Piccolo if I actually heard you say it. Wendy nods softly. Having been in his mind within the passed 20 minutes, she knows his fury is enough to drive him over the edge, even if he may be the most mild member of the crew sometimes. Lucas looks over at Kathy and Wendy sees that, truly, he would do anything for her. She wonders if he's in love with her. As she examined Kathy, the young girl would break from her broken sobbing and cry out desperately for Lucas. Wendy sighs and leaves Lucas to his quiet thinking. Later. Kathy's lying in bed, looking terribly anguished. KATHY Wendy. Doctor Smith turns. WENDY He's on his way, darling. Kathy rests her head back and sighs shakily. Lucas comes in, half asleep but waking fast, dressed in a short blue robe with a seaQuest logo on the chest. Lucas runs to Kathy and gathers her into his arms. She sighs shakily and breathes in the warm smell of him, as comforted as if in the arms of her own father. Lucas holds her close, sitting beside her, rocking her gently. KATHY Lucas.....Tony..... LUCAS It's okay. He's locked up, he won't hurt you anymore. Kathy rests in his arms, feeling the gentle motion of rocking, hearing his heart beating steadily. She sleeps in his arms. Brig, the next day. A lawyer is sitting outside Tony's cell. Tony's face is badly bruised, he was damaged slightly, nothing he can't recover fully from, though. LAWYER Where were you yesterday afternoon at 2:25 p.m.? PICCOLO I was in my room, watchin' a movie. LAWYER Was anyone with you? PICCOLO No. LAWYER Can anyone positively say they saw you in your room at 2:25? PICCOLO I don't know. Ask 'em. LAWYER Don't be sarcastic, Mister Piccolo, I'm trying to help you. PICCOLO I'm no more guilty than Lucas is, lock him up in here, too. The JAG officer looks closely at Tony. LAWYER Do you know what you're being charged with, Mr. Piccolo? PICCOLO NO! The lawyer nods solemnly. LAWYER You're being charged with assault and the attempted rape and murder of Ensign Kathleen Olivier. PICCOLO What?!?! I'd never...... No Way! Med-Bay. Wendy's doing DNA tests, working quietly. Lucas quietly enters. LUCAS (whispering, his voice low.) Wendy? She turns, something's wrong. LUCAS Kathy's crying. Wendy stands and takes Lucas' hand as she walks with him into the room where Kathy sleeps. Kathy's lying on her side, curled up and crying. Wendy gently urges her to look up. Kathy does, her face is red and blotchy. WENDY What's wrong, beautiful? Kathy glances at Lucas. WENDY Lucas, go wait outside. LUCAS Oh.... He leaves. Kathy looks at Wendy. Later. Lucas is sitting in the other room. Wendy enters. WENDY Lucas? (he looks up) You can go in now. She just had a little bleeding, it was pretty scary for her. Not to mention painful. LUCAS Is she gonna be okay? WENDY Yeah, it shouldn't happen again. Lucas sighs shakily. LUCAS We were right about to go for a swim. WENDY So go. LUCAS I don't want to push her. WENDY You're not. Trust me, she'll let you know if there's something she doesn't want to do. Maybe you two can just take a sort walk, maybe you can try to get her to eat something. Lucas nods, realizing for the first time he hasn't eaten for a while. Later. Galley. Lucas and Kathy are together, off to the side. Everyone's heard about what happened, they all know they should be careful around them. Kathy looks up suddenly, without warning. _Tony_. Standing in the doorway, with Brody beside him. Lucas grabs at Kathy's hand, but she's halfway across the Galley by now. She stands before Tony. Tony watches her. He so desperately wants to tell her how sorry he is, how he didn't do it. He wants to help her find the guy who did. Kathy stares into Tony's eyes. Lucas gently touches Kathy's back, she jumps in fright. She sees it's only Lucas and gently, not at all unkindly, slips his hand off her shoulder. Kathy looks back at Tony. She's shaking in fear. Kathy kneels before Tony. She lowers her head and looks at his hand hanging by his side. She does a full visual exam of his right hand. She reaches out and takes his hand in her two shaking white ones, turning it over, palm up. She pushes up his sleeve and looks at his wrist and upper arm. She lets his hand drop down and stands slowly. She takes a step backward into Lucas, turns, and sobs with her face buried in his chest. KATHY It's not him. He's still out there. Lucas holds Kathy and looks at Brody and Tony, completely perplexed and utterly confused. Later. Med-Bay. Lucas is sitting next to Kathy on her bed, holding her hand. LUCAS You're sure. WENDY Positive. LUCAS (looking at Kathy) You're sure. Kathy nods. KATHY Without a doubt, Lucas. I bit him. Lucas nods softly, relieved, yet with a more desperate mission now. KATHY (softly) God, he's out there. LUCAS Don't worry, honey, we'll get him. KATHY But what if in the time we've been sitting here he's done it to someone else. And killed them? Lucas! Lucas makes an inner decision. LUCAS Okay. C'mon, let's find out what this guy looks like. He takes her hand and leaves with her. Med-Bay 12. Kathy's lying in a reclining vinyl chair while Wendy probes her mind. Lucas is watching with a computer screen. Tony's looking over his shoulder. Kathy's dreaming now, they're inside her head, showing the dream she remembers. Her, at home, jumping a course of oxers and verticals, while her father looks on. She laughs joyfully, and Lucas is watching her. She smiles, trots over, slips down off Harley, and kisses Lucas passionately. In Med-Bay, Lucas blushes furiously. In Kathy's mind awakened from her dream by someone nearby. Everything's badly blurred. TONY Why is it like that? LUCAS It's not the program, it's gotta be her eyes. The man doesn't look unlike Tony, Kathy should have no reason to believe he's _not_ Tony, he's in Tony's uniform. The man pounces on Kathy. Sickened, Lucas stands to wake Wendy. Brody looks at Lucas, stops him. BRODY Wait. LUCAS (gesturing to Kathy who is struggling even in sleep) Jim..... BRODY Just wait. Work the computer. LUCAS (sitting back down) This isn't right.... Lucas watches as the screen shows Kathy struggling against this man at least twice her size. Watches in nauseating horror as she's pulled from her uniform top and her pants are ripped to her knees. Jim rushes foreward and wakes Kathy quickly. She wakes, pushing frantically at Jim, finding herself safe, with Lucas not far, and Tony beside him. She swallows hard *It's _not_ him* and stands, shaky on her feet. KATHY I'm not ready, Lucas. LUCAS I know. I told him. But he wouldn't.... BRODY KATHY It's okay. Did you get him? LUCAS Yeah, it's just gonna take a little fine-tuning. Why don't you try to go get some sleep? KATHY I'm not gonna be able to sleep, Lucas. LUCAS You wanna stay here? Kathy turns to Wendy, who's gently peeling the diodes off her temples. WENDY You can if you like, I don't see anything wrong with that. Kathy smiles at Lucas. Later. Lucas is working on the computer, trying to get a clear image. Kathy's asleep nearby on a couch, covered in a thin blanket. Lucas loses hope in the computer, sighs, and turns to her. She's peaceful and, in Lucas' eyes, the most beautiful creature on this earth. He can't give up on her. He sighs and goes back to work. Later. Hudson walks into the room, Kathy's awake, staring over Lucas' shoulder at the image on the screen. Hudson looks at the black and white picture of a man who really doesn't look that much like Tony anymore. LUCAS That's him. HUDSON Send it to the UEO. Hudson goes to leave with urgency. LUCAS Captain! He turns. LUCAS Can I ask Tim to check up on the Launch Bay surveillance film? HUDSON Good idea, go ahead. LUCAS Thank you, Sir. Hudson leaves, Lucas turns to Kathy and firmly grasps her upper arms. LUCAS Go to your room, lock the door. Don't open the door to anyone except me, okay? KATHY (nodding, frightened by his tone of voice) Okay. LUCAS Now let's go. He leads her out. Bridge, Lucas is with Tim at his station, reviewing the Launch Bay surveillance film from the passed 3 days *_3_ days? seems like forever*. Tim leans back and sighs. O'NEILL Everybody checks out, Lucas. Lucas thinks. The picture of Kathy being violated by that man flashes through his mind. He places the back of his hand to his lips. Ping. Idea. LUCAS Give me a schematic of the whole boat. O'NEILL What in particular? LUCAS Heat. Tim punches it up. People are everywhere like little dots. Lucas looks around. There's a single unmoving dot in engineering. LUCAS There. Captain. I found him. He's on the ship. HUDSON Where's Ensign Olivier? LUCAS Her quarters, locked up tight. HUDSON Let's get the bastard. Lucas grins as they leave. Engineering Deck. Lucas, Hudson, Ford, and Tony are stalking down the hall with pulse pistols set to kill. Lucas nods to Hudson concerning a metal panel in plain sight, which we...suppose could fit a person. Ford and Hudson poise themselves on either side of it, ready to rip it off. Lucas stands off to the side while Tony holds his gun directly in front of the panel. Ford and Hudson rip the panel off, exposing a man huddled inside. The three men pull him out. One look at him unleashes a torrent of fury within him. Lucas knocks the man to the ground and just starts whaling on him. Lucas is screaming obscenities and curses at this man, unable to control himself. He knocks him out and continues to beat him, unable to quell his desire to kill. Hudson finally pulls Lucas to his feet. HUDSON That's enough, Ensign. Enough. LUCAS No, no, he needs to die. He raped her, he needs to die. HUDSON I agree with you 100%, Lucas, but if you kill him now, you'll never be able to see her again, you can't be defending yourself if he's unconscious. Lucas looks at Hudson. Hudson grins at Lucas. Lucas wipes the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand. PICCOLO And I thought you were pissed off at _me_. I would _not_ wanna be this guy. LUCAS (disgusted by what lies before him) Get him out of here. Two Days later. Lucas is asleep in his private quarters, dreaming of God-only-knows. His door opens, someone slinks into the room. Someone sits beside him on the bed. He picks his head up, somewhat startled, awake with concern. LUCAS (groggily, pushing at his hair) What's wrong? Kathy looks exhausted, desperate. KATHY Can I sleep in here tonight, Lucas? LUCAS Yeah, sure, hop in. She slips under the covers besides him, facing him, her head nestled in his chest. She sighs and is comforted and safe. KATHY (softly) Lucas? LUCAS (gently stroking her head and soft blonde hair) Yeah, honey. KATHY I can't stay here now. Not yet. LUCAS Okay. (beat) Where will you go? Home? To Virginia? KATHY I think I wanna go back to school. LUCAS Can I visit? KATHY Daily. LUCAS (smiles) Okay. She sighs and is asleep. He lays awake in the darkness, feeling her warm body nestled against his, wishing to God she wasn't his sister, wishing he could kiss her and hold her and _tell_ her how much he loves her in his heart. He closes his eyes and sighs deeply. The End. ========================================================================== Copyright Kathleen Brown May, 1997.