06-26-2026, 11:48 PM
==Commander Michael Denton Chief of Security( Retired), Temp NRC ==
Mike stood there, The woman whose instincts told him was the Chief Medical Officer addressed him. "Commander Denton, I can tell by the way you are wincing and moving carefully that you have some pains and bruises that need tending. While I gather myself, why don't you fill me in on where it hurts? Hmmn?"
“Trying to smile, Mike chuckled slightly, but grimaced in discomfort. “I’m not a Commander anymore, I’m retired,” Said Mike as if "retired" was a foul-tasting word. "Please, call me Mike.” Said Mike, doing his best to work through the discomfort.
Mike took a few breaths, “My ribs, the area between my stomach and solar plexus, my hip on the right side,” said Mike between clenched teeth.
Mike felt relieved to a degree, Whew…at least she didn’t ask me how this happened, and hopefully she won’t.
Mike knew that Jez landed some very good hits; if it wasn’t for his big belly absorbing the energy from Jez’s punches, he probably would have really been hurt. Still, he knew that there had been real anger-driven power in her punches, but he knew Jez needed to release her anger and frustrations; it was her way of dealing with the loss of her parents and friends.
Mike was still trying to figure out how a woman, some twenty-five years younger than him and smaller than him, got the best of him.
I taught her everything she knows, thought Mike. To the casual observer, Mike was clearly not coping well with the idea that he was no longer twenty-five years old anymore and that a woman had bested him.
== Tag O'Shea ==
Mike stood there, The woman whose instincts told him was the Chief Medical Officer addressed him. "Commander Denton, I can tell by the way you are wincing and moving carefully that you have some pains and bruises that need tending. While I gather myself, why don't you fill me in on where it hurts? Hmmn?"
“Trying to smile, Mike chuckled slightly, but grimaced in discomfort. “I’m not a Commander anymore, I’m retired,” Said Mike as if "retired" was a foul-tasting word. "Please, call me Mike.” Said Mike, doing his best to work through the discomfort.
Mike took a few breaths, “My ribs, the area between my stomach and solar plexus, my hip on the right side,” said Mike between clenched teeth.
Mike felt relieved to a degree, Whew…at least she didn’t ask me how this happened, and hopefully she won’t.
Mike knew that Jez landed some very good hits; if it wasn’t for his big belly absorbing the energy from Jez’s punches, he probably would have really been hurt. Still, he knew that there had been real anger-driven power in her punches, but he knew Jez needed to release her anger and frustrations; it was her way of dealing with the loss of her parents and friends.
Mike was still trying to figure out how a woman, some twenty-five years younger than him and smaller than him, got the best of him.
I taught her everything she knows, thought Mike. To the casual observer, Mike was clearly not coping well with the idea that he was no longer twenty-five years old anymore and that a woman had bested him.
== Tag O'Shea ==