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Like
any other active unit of Earth's armed forces, the GRS5 are
required to have regular consultations with a psychologist to
make sure they are mentally capable of doing their jobs.
Information from these compulsory consultations is not added to
the Rangers' personal files. The sessions just provide a place
for the Rangers to talk about their problems... whether they want
to or not.
As
usual, Cmdr. Walsh observed the sessions, because the four Series
5's were known to avoid them like they avoided babysitting
Senator Wheiner. He sat in front of the consultation room's big,
soundproofed window. The psychologist this time was Doctor Spock,
who didn't know the Rangers... so far!
First
session: Niko
(Zach
should have been first, but he had signed up for an extra
training class on hyperdrive navigation and wouldn't be back in
time. Of course, that was the reason he'd enrolled.)
"Miss
Niko. You're saying your only dreams are concerned with your
telepathic powers? I can't believe that! You know you have to
answer me honestly, don't you?" He watched the young woman
in front of him and made a short note about her obvious
shyness...
"Yes...."
She sighed. "Okay. There is one..."
"Tell
me about it, please! And don't worry, I won't be shocked by
anything you may say."
"I'm
dreaming about him," she pointed through the window towards
Goose outside, "wearing white skirts with frills while
robbing the Orbital casino."
He
stared at her and erased "shy, maybe innocent". "Are
you worried about this dream?"
"No.
He looks good in white!"
15
minutes later
Next session: Gooseman
"Did
you know that your female teammate has quite unusual dreams about
you?"
"That's
understandable."
"Why?"
...
"Don't
take me for a fool, Ranger! That's physically
impossible!"
"Physically
impossible?" He sounded almost dreamy. Than a wolfish grin
appeared on his face. "Don't talk to me about physical
impossibilities!" He played with his fingers in front of the
psychologist's eyes – and they definitely started to
change.
As Dr. Spock fled out of
the consultation room with eyes wide open in a face gone pasty
green, Walsh looked up. "Didn't I mention he's an ST?"
Third
session: Doc
30
minutes later, after Dr. Spock got a big double whiskey, Doc was
called for his session. He met the other two in the corridor
before he entered the room where Walsh and the psychiatrist were
waiting.
Niko grinned at him.
"Sex and crime are finished. There's only Rock 'n' Roll left
for you..."
"Okay.
I'll tell him something about that orgy with the
guitar."
"We'll be
waiting for you."
After
another 45 minutes, Doc reappeared.
"Why
did it take so long?" Niko asked.
"Seems
this doctor isn't strong enough for his job. He fainted in the
middle of a sentence. Walsh is taking care of him now. It's a
pity they don't test Buzzwang, too." Doc grinned. "I
would have programmed some really funny ideas about his
relationship with the Queen of the Crown into his
memory."
"And then
they'd change the ID code of our unit to GRP5: Galaxy Rangers
Psychopathic 5." Niko grew earnest. "I wonder if there
are any people at B.E.T.A. who really tell their secrets in these
sessions..." The men watched her curiously.
"You
mean humans are that insane?" Goose finally asked.
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