Subject: Grail - The Great Brightness' - `Hot Pursuit'

<Stardate: 47307.29- 15:00>

<Enroute to Sickbay>

Logan Castle moved quickly through the halls on his way to Sickbay.

After calling for a sound-off of the current duty shift, he knew that

none of his on-duty personnel were the victims of the assault Dr. Ramius

indicated.

Finally, he just asked the computer to identify all the personnel

in Sickbay. After editing out everyone who should be there, he had only

one. Tifa Charr.

Castle hissed through his teeth. He had been having a fantastic day

until a few minutes ago. Hell, he was practically euphoric in the wake

of his meeting with Eve this morning. He thought nothing would wipe the

goofy grin from his face.

But Dimitri had succeeded admirably. He did the one thing he

shouldn't have done. He broke THE rule. He messed with Castles lov....

`Loved Ones!', he said it to himself, the admission acceptable now. He

loved Eve Mallory. It didn't make sense AND he had only known her for

less than a month AND she was a Replicant from the deepest reaches of

the galaxy AND... it didn't matter. He felt how he felt. He was never

one to fool himself.

And Dimitri had assaulted that. And his ass was grass after Castle

settled this whole situation with Tifa. He arrived at Sickbay with a

full head of steam. Someone had insulted him and beaten one of his

people, all within the same breath of time. And that meant someone was

getting their ass removed. He wondered who that was going to be.

Suddenly and unexpectedly, the doors to the Sickbay opened,

revealing a snarling and furious Tifa Charr. She didn't even see him,

shouldering him aside and racing topless down Deck 12 like a bolt of

lightning.

Castle ran after her, but lost her immediately. She wasn't wearing

her uniform tunic, ipso facto, she wasn't wearing her commbadge. He

couldn't use the computer to track her. He was going to have to do it

the old fashioned way.

When he came to the first intersection, he was already lost. But a

startled ensign showed his face. "Ensign.", Castle gripped the mans

shoulders. "Did you see a beautiful naked Caitan come this way?"

The young man nodded in nervous fear and pointed down the hall.

Castle was off and running in hot pursuit.

Lt. Logan Castle

Chief Security Officer, USS Grail