The moment Towalr closed his eyes, he opened it again as if time disappeared, and so did his surroundings as he found himself on the ground. He gets off the ground, seeing that he is now standing in the training room. “What is going on….I know this place,” Towalr mutters to himself as he shrugs. A voice appeared from his side that made him look toward a woman leaning against the wall with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face.

“Of course you do. It is your time on the USS Trebuchet, you know that old dusty Steamrunner-class you hated to so much” She looked a bit around in the training room. “But it has its charms, in my opinion.” 

“Yozria….what are you doing here?” 

She pushed herself from the wall with her shoe and walked closely to him. “I am the Ghost of the Past; you were warned of my arrival.” A grimace appears on her face. “You are to face the things that formed you and got you where you are now.”

“What are you talking about? What am I to see here…” Towalr couldn't finish his sentence as he turned his sight to the side, hearing a group of young people entering the room. Lieutenant Towalr follows, “Oh… that is me.” He looked puzzled back at Yozria. “How is that possible….” 

“Just watch, see why I brought you here, Commander,” Yozria replied, still looking at the group. 

Lieutenant Towalr clapped his hands. “Gather around. We are about to start this training; please pay attention as your efficiency is needed in this.” He observed the people in the room. “Ensign Jessy, if you have something to share, then please share it with the group.” 

The woman snapped to attention. “No, sir, I was just sharing my pure excitement for this training, sir.” Some people laughed silently at that reaction. 

A hum came from Lieutenant Towalr as he rolled his eyes. “Right, the training for today will be the dominion combat operations. The Dominion War is far away, and I hope none of you will have the pleasure to face that. It is always good to be prepared for such an encounter.” He looked at his side, seeing a man raise his hand. “What, Rivok?” 

The Trill shrugged a bit. “Sir, the Engineering team has concluded that there are malfunctions going on with the holodeck. They have not cleared this deck to be free for usage” 

“Duly noted, but I am the senior officer here; let us get started,” Lieutenant smirked at Rivok as he shook his head in disapproval. “Computer start combat-dom-14, start from the beginning” The holodeck changed in a new surrounding 

The people started their training program as Commander Towalr shrugged, “I remember this clearly as if it was yesterday. There was an issue with the computer system, and it overrode the safety protocols. We had critical wounded and a death.” He looked at Rivok. “He didn't make it out.” He felt a growing guilt in himself.

“Not only that, your convincing argument got you in a favorable position with the command team. They fired the ship's chief engineering officer because you were not informed. You even took credit for ….heroic acts that you actually never did.” Yozria looked a bit disapproving at him. “But I guess you forgot that minor detail, right? There is more for you to see.” 

Towalr shook his head. “No, please, I don't want to see anything. I know what happened here. I don't need to see more.” 

“Heh, yeah, right, you think you have a choice.” Yozria snapped her fingers as the area changed around them into the next area. Planetary, it was looking over a valley that had a city down below. 

Looking around, Towalr shrugged, recognizing the area immediately. “Please get me out of here….” 

Yozria shook her head as she pointed at the open area where two people appeared. 

Lieutenant Towalr appeared right behind a female Betazoid with pips indicating the rank of lieutenant commander. “Come on, Towalr, the view is beautiful,” She stated with a big smile on his face. She leaned on the edge and looked downwards, “Look at that…”

“Please, Commander, be careful,” Lieutenant Towalr stated, looking concerned at her. 

“Lieutenant Commander Venan Utoiri, the First Officer of the USS Tokyo. I greatly respected her. She was a walking source of knowledge and bravery. She was…” Commander Towalr shrugged at finishing the sentence.

“…the person that rejected you here your feelings for her.” Yozria finished his sentence and looked at him. “Do you know why I am showing you this?” She points a finger up. “It is an important turning point of whom you later become.” Yozria smiled as she looked at the two standing at the edge.

Venan shook her head. “I am sorry, Towalr. I am thankful for your expression of feelings for me. But I am unable to return your feelings.” Venan shrugged a bit. “My heart belongs to someone else that I greatly respect, and I would follow in a heartbeat.” 

“Captain Trazin Kicag,” Commander Towalr shrugged. “A man that served on the Tokyo as a Chief Operation Officer back then. He got promoted to Commander and his own command later on, Commander Utoiri did what she said. She followed him and became the First Officer of Kicaq that she loved and admired so much.” Towalr shrugged and looked at Yoziria. “Are you done?” 

The area changed again back to the bedroom on the Tokyo when Yozria turned around. “At the second alarm, the next insight of your life is shown. Be ready, Commander" Yozria smiled as she pushed him onto the bed.

He wanted to resist, he wanted to talk more, emotions were rushing through him. But his body felt heavy again, exhausted again. He did his best to resist, but the power of sleepiness was too much. His eyelids closed again as the next journey would soon start for him. Towalr could hear the second alarm going off but kept his eyes closed.