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Bad Dreams
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By: The Genital Engineer
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"No! Don't, don't!" yelled Barkley as his uniform
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was mercilessly ripped from his body. "Stop!!!"
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The buzzer rang. It was early morning by the
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Enterprises computer. An wretched repeating nightmare
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had once again given him a hellish night. Staring at
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the ceiling he moaned and shivered from the glistened
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sweat all over his body.
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"I.... I... Uh..." he mumbled, "I've got to stop
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this." Jumpin up he ran into the sonic shower and
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cleaned himself off, threw on his standard Starfleet
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uniform and ran hastily out the door towards Couselor
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Troys office, which was by now almost his second home.
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As he entered the room, almost knocking himself
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clumsily into the door, his hair clumped down over his
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eyes. Too late, he thought. The counselor had already
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spotted his uneasiness.
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"Nightmares again, Luitenant?" she said in a caring
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tone as she looked up from a book of ancient greek
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poetry. It was simply a rhetorical question, as the
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answer was self evident in his twisted face.
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"Well.... I... Yes.. Ya, I had that dream again.
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I don't know what to do about it, I feel so... I feel
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trapped.." he tried to murmer as he turned his face
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back and forth, not able to look her straight in her
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dark, Betazoid eyes.
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She took him and sat him down almost as a mother takes
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in hand a small child. Habitually, she looked at his
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emotions and thought of all the possible ways she could
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help him. "Perhaps," she said, "one way you can cope
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with these fears you have, these fears you dream about,
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is to desensitize you to them. Confronting your inner
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fears."
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Barkley looked at her startlingly. "You aren't
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suggesting?! You couldn't possibly mea...."
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"No, no," she said as she applied a finger to his
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lip. "You do not need to confront in in the real world,
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the holodeck might serve as a good place to confront
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your fears. It might eventually make you begin to
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enjoy these dreams of yours."
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Barkley looked confused, as he normally did at times
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like this. His mind batted back and forth between
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acceptance and denial of this new idea. And every time
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he thought the idea might work, simply because he
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trusted Dianna's opinions, he had to confront his fears
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and he was instantly confused again.
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Troy took his arm into hers and said, "Come, I'll take
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you. Everythings going to be ok. Tonight you won't
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be having nightmares any more." And they walked out
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of the room and towards the main holodeck.
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"Do I really need to do this, counselor. Maybe the
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nightmares aren't that bad. In fact, I'm sure I'll get
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over them. See? I'm over them already," he turned
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and began to turn around and started to walk away but
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hesitated at Troys assuring smile.
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And she just gazed into his eyes.
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"Computer. Create program, Barkley-Nightmare-Alpha."
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troy told the ships computer.
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Instantly the user friendly computer stated, "Please
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specify program perameters."
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She looked back at burkley, took his hand, and gave
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him a hug. "Come tell me how you feel after you are
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done."
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Luitenant Barkley slowly entered the holodeck. The
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doors closed and disappeared behind him. He turned
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and looked at the blank wall where they had been.
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He was standing in the middle of the bridge. No
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bridge crew was evident, just the silent hum of the
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computers running the ships systems. What now? he
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thought to himself.
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"Barkley!!!" yelled out the voice of Riker. Startled
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he turned around to be met with the strangest view of
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Riker he had ever seen. Riker stood there, just outside
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the turbolift door, wearing nothing but a black leather
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bikini and holding a black whip. He smiled and heaved
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his hairy chest in and out and licked his lips. "The
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captain will see you now."
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Barkley fainted.
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"Wake up dear. Everything is going to be alright."
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The Luitenant slowly came to. "Mother, I just had
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this terrible nightmare."
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He felt a kiss on his forhead. "That's alright, I'll
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take care of you. That's my job as captain of this
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worderfully orgasmic ship."
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Barkley's eyes snapped instantly open and he found
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himself inside the captains ready room laying on the
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couch. Fear struck him and he turned white. The
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captain began stroking his head.
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Barkley could not believe his eyes. This was almost
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more nerve wracking than that mornings dream. Picard
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was totally in the buff, no hair on his naked body what
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so ever. He was holding Barkleys head and saying soothing
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things to him.
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Gotta confront my fear, Gotta stay in the holodeck,
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he told himself as he fought an irresistable urge to
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halt the program.
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"I have a mission for you Barkley," said the captain
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in his deep, authoritive voice. The shaken Luitenant
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could do nothing but comply.
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"So," asked the Counselor, "how was it? You look
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much better. A smile even."
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All Barkley did was smile back, and say thankyou.
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At fourteen hundred hours Barkley entered the bridge,
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actually on time for his shift. He walked down to
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the con with almost a skip to his walk. He relieved
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the current con officer and sat down.
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"Barkley!!!"
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Turning around he smiled at the face of Riker sitting
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in the captain's chair.
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"The captain will see you now."
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Good. Thought Barkley, I've been waiting all day. |