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Ray winced at the feeling of Galvus' hand grasping his, completely forgetting that he was just recently in a fight. Thankfully the Zaetherian let go, and the Captain of the Monroe mentally sighed as he put his hand down, examining Galvus' activity. He was going to reply to the man, but it seemed that Rae beat him to it, Raymond simply nodding at her response before she walked away without an introduction. Before Galvus could ask, Ray nodded in the direction Rae walked off to. "That's Doctor Luirae Driani, the Monroe's lead medical expert." Raymond explained. "She's not... emotion-friendly. But you'll get used to it." Ray looked around before nodding back at Galvus. "Get yourself situated. We'll be leaving port sometime soon." And with that, Ray walked up the ramp onto the Monroe, back on to his ship. Hopefully he could make it to the bridge without crossing another person's path. He didn't need a lecture on his wounds, especially from Rae. These past few days had been extremely stressful, and all of their bodies have paid the price, both physically and mentally. 

Rae had made her way to the kitchen in a relatively short amount of time and made pretty quick work in placing her bagged items away where she found them most useful. It wasn't long before she was headed to the bridge to double check mission specs and to check over the holo-map for any irregularities in their given course since it would need to be altered otherwise if such a problem occurred. It was on the way to the bridge that she ran into Raymond's path and the words that were about to form on her lips died to be replaced with new ones."What in stars name have you done to yourself?" she asked, swiftly stepping forward but gentle in the lifting of his hands as she inspected them."Atlas, how is it that every time you are not in sight that you come back injured in some form? Actually, I don't want to know that answer. Let's just get you to the medical bay so we can get these bandaged and look at what other damage you have managed to acquire since I am positive this isn't all of it." Rae sighed, motioning her arm to head in the direction of the infirmary and not letting 'No' be an answer as she crossed her arms across her chest to wait for him to do so. 

As soon as Rae turned the corner to be in the same hall as him, Ray tried his best to avoid eye contact, hoping that she didn't notice... But she definitely noticed. His hands were examined, showing shades of red and blue and cuts of all sizes. "Plauge" had a lot of thick skin, and it did a number on his fist. He was going to answer her question, but she stopped him, speaking at a mile a minute as she ranted on about it. Ray had known the Doctor for years, and he couldn't help but smile faintly. She rarely showed much emotion or understood humans, but she had the anger emotion down to a tee whenever it came to him. Ray was smart enough to know that he wasn't going to say No to Rae, but he did shift his eyes farther down the hall, wanting desperately to see if Tango put the coordinates down. The first lead he ever had on his sister, and he was afraid of losing it. Ray nodded, motioning her to go first. "Lead the way, Doctor."

Rae raised a brow at him before stepping pass her Captain in the lead to the infirmary but the thing getting to her was that desperate look down the hallway. What was so important about the bridge? She shrugged it off for the moment, thinking that maybe she was trying to read too much in something that wasn't there. It wasn't long before the two were standing outside the infirmary doors, waiting as they slide open and the two could enter."Take a seat." Rae said, not stopping in her task to grab the supplies needed to fix up Raymond's hands, at least for the start. She pulled up a chair, sitting in front of him before dabbing the cuts with a disinfectant. "You really should be more careful..." Rae said softly, trying to strike up a conversation and in her own way showing her worry for the other. 

"When have I ever been careful?" Ray asked with a wince, watching the doctor dab his hands. "It's not that bad... It was just a little fight in the lower sector." Raymond tried to explained, and stopped before going too far into the information. It was true that Rae was the only person who knows everything about Raymond and his past, but it was still a sore subject for him. "You didn't really give our new recruit a warm welcome, by the way." Ray added, his eyes moving up to look at her.

"Don't try to dodge the situation by using something I did earlier and besides, he seemed much busier with his gun than trying to make another introduction. I am sure the opportunity to [i]warmly[/i] introduce myself would have arisen." Rae replied. "You usually don't go to the lower sector, why the change of pace and for a fight at that?" 

"An old friend needed my help." Ray simply replied, which was partly true. He shifted a little in the seat, and after a couple more seconds of silence he looked away from her. "They were insulting my family." He said quietly, looking back down at his hands. "I went to stop it."

Rae watched him, her eyes not moving from him as he replied about helping an old friend. She knew better than most when someone was keeping something from her so she waited patiently as Ray began to shift a little bit and looked away from her before he gave a slightly surprising reply. She didn't speak a word and just continued to wrap his hand, not really sure how to reply. Did family defend each other like that? Words didn't have that much harm if the person they were speaking of didn't hear it, right? It was confusing but it was obvious that it had been upsetting to Raymond in any case. "I hope your opponent looks worse than you do or that you got some good shots in." Rae said, avoiding some choice comments she could have said since it wasn't going to be of much help. 

"He was an Xonax. A big one... I knocked him out." A short pause. "And broke a leg... and one of his arms." 

"Well, that certainly explains the damage to your hands. You are lucky that nothing is broken but you will be hurting for the next few days or longer depending on how deep your bruises are." Rae said, finishing up her work before standing up and replacing all the supplies."Guess we should head to the bridge before we are ready to leave. Make sure everything is in order so this time, you lead the way."

Ray examined his hands after the wrap up. They were still aching slightly, but he knew that if it weren't for Rae, his hands would be much worse. He leaped off the seat, wincing a bit as pain shot through his body, luckily Rae was looking the other way so she didn't need to do more on him. "Thanks." Raymond said simply, not really looking forward to the bridge and explaining the change of coordinates. Ray walked out of the med bay, and the two were now in the bridge, the view of deep space filling the windows. Tango was at his terminal, his head rotating a full 180 as it always did when someone walked in. "Captain on Deck!" He announced. Ray never liked how he did that, but it was protocol... That, and Ray didn't know how to deactivate it. Ray went to the navigation terminal, glancing at the screen. "Captain, I placed the coordinates in, but couldn't help but noticed it is located in another sector. Are you sure you want to confirm them?" The robotic voice asked, and Ray mentally cussed. He didn't look away from the screen. "Yes. Lock the coordinates in, Tango." 

"Ray, these coordinates aren't correct for the next mission. Why have Tango lock them in as the next destination? " Rae asked in confusion, looking to Raymond for immediate answers. 

"I got another set of orders on my private terminal..."

"Your heart rate would not be jumping if that were the case. Raymond, the truth, now."

Ray didn't look away from the screen, hesitating a bit before answering. "There's someone on that planet. I need to know if they are actually there." Ray said simply.

"Who? Who is worth defying orders for?! Risking your life for?" Rae shot back.

"I have a lead on someone, the only one I've gotten in years, I need to follow through with this. Orders or not." Ray's voice kept calm, his hands holding tight to the side of the terminal.

"Have you lost all logic? If it wasn't for the fact that I can see it, I would have thought you have lost your mind. You are going to an unknown planet, on a pathetic nonfactual rumor that you got from what...an underground fight in a lower sector? Oh wait, no, you want to take all of us on this unknown journey and not just yourself, putting us all at risk for something that screams trap because this planet lies just beyond a danger zone or did that escape your notice along with everything else. How could you be so blind!? You have no real proof that your sister is there!" Rae said, actually raising her voice do to utter disbelief, anger, and irritation.

"I am NOT losing my sister again!" Ray yelled, turning to face her, his own face full of frustration and anger. "Why don't you show just a little bit of emotion for once and trust me!" Ray demanded. "Or better yet, get off the ship! Take everyone! Inform the Committee I've gone rogue and hopefully they blow the Monroe up before I land on the planet for a trap! Then you can say I told you so at my funeral!" Raymond exploded, all his emotions erupting from him. Rae was right that it was a stupid idea, and a risky one, but he didn't care. She didn't care about gut instincts or a feeling, and this time he was not letting her be the voice of reason.

Rae was hurt, it didn't show on her face but to hear Raymond basically say that he didn't care if she was here and to further say that she would do something that awful gave her a pain she had never felt before. She didn't know this kind of hurt. It was like a vice grip on her heart and she felt shaky like she might be sick. She sucked it back, putting up a wall that had never been there for the man before her and usually was reserved for the Committee. "It seems I have forgotten my place. I will be in my cabin to await orders or for emergency cases with any crew members, [i]Captain Raymond Chase[/i]." Rae said in a dull cold voice, giving a small bow before turning on her heel and walking away as a tear started to slid down her cheek since she couldn't hold back her pain much longer. 

She made her way to her room, locking her door for the first time so no one could enter and even went as far as pulling the panel out of the wall on her side so it couldn't just be ordered open. "Tango..." Luirae called out through her communicator.
"How can I be of assistance, Doctor?" the robotic voice sounded probably thinking it had to do with something medical since it was programmed to do so. 
"Override command ES1CC and pass-lock activation LD27GC." Rae choked out.
Silence was her reply for a moment before the robotic voice clicked back on to answer,"Command Confirmed. All communications to this cabin has been sealed to those but myself. Pass-code required for direct contact and emergency messages shall be relayed promptly. Will that be all,Doctor?"
"Yes Tango, thank you..."
"It is my pleasure to be of assistance."
Rae finally felt alone and she crawled in bed, curling into a ball to cry for the first time in as long as she could remember. No wonder her people didn't want emotions if this was the kind of feelings that happened when you let others closer. How was she suppose to act around the captain now? She barely knew how to act before when she thought they were on common ground. Was avoiding the way to go? Silence? Would it be this way always? She didn't understand why this train of thought was making this mysterious pain worse. "What is wrong with me?" she asked to no one. 

Raymond knew he shouldn't have said any of that the second it came out of his mouth, but he couldn't help it. It had been years since he had heard any word on his little sister, and it felt like Rae was purposely trying to stop him... He knew that wasn't true. The way she said his name sent a cold air into his veins. His left hand shook violently as he looked at her, giving a simple nod before saying. "Doctor." in a just as cold voice. He should have apologize right there and then, and said that he went too far, but she was gone too fast and a part of him said that he was the captain, and what he said goes. 

"Locking in coordinates." Ray said, pressing a few buttons. 
"Aye, Captain." Tango said in an uncertain tone, not really knowing what to take from that exchange. Ray walked out of the bridge, and back into the hallway, holding his arm steady as the shaking died down. He passed everyone's cabin, and stopped at Rae's door, hesitating a bit. Should he go in and apologize? Try to fix their relationship? Did they have one? After a couple seconds Ray kept walking until he eventually got into his cabin, the weight of the pain his body, and heart, felt finally taking a toll on him. He ruined a lot of things in his life, and hurt the only two people he really cared about in his life. 

The more he tried to not act like his father, the more he did... Maybe he can make things right with his sister, and eventually Rae. He needed to go to that planet. He was so desperate and hopeful that this wasn't a trap... What was he getting his crew into?