Barely audible movements and footsteps, then, for a moment, silence. A blow from the flogger came down on my thighs, then more in quick succession dow... to my feet, then back up my legs, over my belly and up to my chest. He stopped when my toes clenched and waited for my soft, subdued mewls to cease. I loved the sensation brought to my skin by the suede fronds. Oh, don't stop, I wanted to tell him. The sting from Cam's harsh blows, and the ensuing tingle as blood rose to the surface of my. I stripped out of my suit in the ship airlock and set it aside. I carried Cara with me to the bridge and set her down. I caressed her and reached in to start her. She shifted and her eyes opened and she looked up and into mine. I caresses her tiny cheek, "your name is Cara."I opened a ration and fed her and carried her to one of the bunks and slept. When I woke I began working on the ship. I placed command and control runs from engineering to the bridge. I moved consoles and set up holo. I was frustrated at that point as we were getting quite busy. She explained to her friend that I had arrived and we were just about to get on with work but her friend decided she wanted to chat. I thought I'm having non of this nonsense and moved closer and started to kiss her neck while she continued to talk on the phone. She smiled but pushed me backwards and put her finger over her lips to shush me. I laughed at her and started to slowly un-button her blouse and pulled it open to view her. But after a short talk and some questions, it became evidentthat 'he' didn't remember being me... or at least that I had been him.To him, everything was as it always was. "At least I didn't leave her a widow," I'd sighed with deepsorrow, thinking about my previous wife. But she was gone... along withmy previous life. Throughout the next year, I lived something of a nightmare. I wasnow a teenager, trapped under the dictates of my 'parents' and forcedto go through all of the trials of adolescence.