Chapter One: Lights and Colors:

Author's Note: I honestly don't know what to say. I'll let you read and judge it for your own. I don't own Star Trek or its characters so please don't sue.

Data thought it was a dream even when his internal chrometer said he was awake. The entire room was red. Everything was. Data knew something was wrong. He ran a self diagnostic but found nothing out of the ordinary. The room gradually returned to normal. Data was concerned. Dream or not, he went to see Geordi.

Geordi was likely to still be asleep but Data could not wait. His issue was very serious and needed immediate attention. Geordi woke up to the door chime and went to answer the door. He was surprised to see Data here this late at night. He sensed something was wrong. The android looked spooked.

"Is there something wrong, Data?" Geordi asked his friend concerned.

"I believe I am seeing things that aren't real and I am not sure if I was just dreaming." Data explained.

Geordi looked at his friend both shocked and very worried. Was the android having some realistic nightmares or was he hallucinating or maybe there was something wrong with his programming? Geordi had to find out.

"We're going straight to engineering! You can tell me what you saw there." Geordi ordered.

Data nodded. They headed to engineering. Once there Geordi began gathering supplies to examine Data.

"What did you see, Data?" Geordi finally asked.

"I saw red." Data answered.

"Where?"

"All over everything in my quarters."

"How long?"

"Ten minutes, twenty seconds."

Geordi looked at his friend bewildered. His friend's positronic net was more active than usual. Yet, there didn't seem to be anything wrong. Geordi checked what he could and found nothing else unusual.

"Your brain is more active than I've seen it, but there doesn't seem to be anything wrong." Geordi told his friend.

"I see." Data said looking a bit on edge.

Then Data jumped a bit surprised, "Did you see that, Geordi?"

"See what?!" Geordi asked looking around.

"There was a flash of light."

"Maybe we should check your eyes."

Data nodded. Geordi ended up checking all of Data's systems to see what was causing the problems. He found nothing.

"Maybe we should get you to Sick Bay."

"Okay, Geordi."

The friends walked down to Sick Bay. The night crew was there, but no Dr. Crusher. They figured they needed Dr. Crusher so she was called to Sick Bay. She saw Geordi and Data together but something was off. One of them must have gotten injured somehow or something worse. She looked at Geordi, but he pointed to Data. She couldn't imagine Data getting hurt or sick, but she was a doctor and was always concerned when someone was not in good health. Besides, there was a first time for everything.

Her first suspicion was that something was up with Geordi only because he was probably more likely to get sick or injured but that didn't mean Data couldn't be sick.

She patiently waited for them to explain themselves when she noticed Data looking around nervously. He looked bewildered. Yet, it only lasted about thirty seconds.

"Did someone just alter the lights?" Data asked.

"No, Data why?" Dr. Crusher asked looking worried and confused.

"Everything just went dark for about nine seconds."

Dr. Crusher then understood why he and Geordi was here.

"What other visions have you been seeing?" Dr. Crusher asked Data gently.

"First, everything in my quarters were red, then there was a flash of light in engineering, and now darkness."

"Perhaps we should go to your quarters and see if anything is out of the ordinary. Then we can talk more about what you saw."

They scanned every inch of Data's quarters but found absolutely nothing amiss.

"There is the possibility that my dream program has malfunctioned. It must be working even when I am awake." Data offered.

"We'll make sure to consider the possibility. Any other theories?" Dr. Crusher asked gently.

"When I scanned Data in engineering, I found that his positionic matrix was working a little bit faster than usual. Is this the cause of Data's visions?" Geordi asked.

"Possibly." Dr. Crusher replied placing some kind of scanner on Data's head, "I'm going to monitor his condition overnight to see if we can't find the problem and Data I suggest you don't use your sleep program if you can help it."

"Thank you, Doctor." Data replied politely.

"Data, there is another reason I believe you are experiencing these things. It could be a physchiatric problem. If all else fails, it would be good to set up an appointment with Counsellor Troi." Dr. Crusher told him before she left.

"I will, doctor."

Author's Note: This is only the very beginning of what I will throw at Data next. Hope you like it! Please review! And thanks for reading! 8D!