Chapter 10

AN: Been since January since I last updated, my muse stopped playing nice. I think the damn little bitch blew away in a snowstorm. So I'm trying to find my groove for this fic once again, also I don't have medical knowledge so if there's strangeness in the chapter that's why.

Rachel gripped the door to keep herself steady, "Injured?"

Tex nodded, "That's what that one ensign told me after Garnett sent him to find me, Doc Rios wants your help."

Rachel nodded; "They'll be brought onboard by the entrance to the lab?"

"Yes but they said they didn't come into contact with any infected people but they'll still be sent there."

"I need to get dressed tell Doctor Rios I'll be there shortly."

Tex nodded and she shut her door then got dressed in record time, then quickly headed for the hanger deck.

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When she got there Slattery was helping Lieutenant Mason on a table, she tried not to gasp at the injuries of his leg.

"We met up with some people with some serious attitudes, especially their leader." Slattery told her, his tone of voice said that was all the info he was prepared to give.

"And Captain Chandler?" She asked.

Just then Jeter and Green brought in Captain Chandler; she could see the wound on his head, and blood on his shoulder.

She cut his uniform top from his shoulder and could see the knife wound, thankfully it didn't look life threatening.

She quickly got some anesthesia and soon the captain who had been moaning was asleep.

Green gave her a quick rundown on events, "Did the knife have any venom like the one Mason stepped in she asked.

Green shook his head, "Mason started showing symptoms right away, and the Captain was hit in the head by the button of a weapon."

Rachel went to work stitching his shoulder then after that was done she checked his head.

Thankfully it was a mild concussion but the anesthesia would make him confused for a while but that would pass in a few hours.

She took a blood sample from all the team members and went to the machine to test them. Within five minutes the test came back negative.

She went back to Rios who was just finishing up with Mason, "How is he?"

"He'll be fine thankfully whoever gave him the antidote for the venom also did a little medical work for his leg, he came close to losing it."

Rachel shook her head; times like these could remind someone how life could change in an instant.

Rios soon called some additional staff to help Chandler and Mason to the infirmary. Slattery, Jeter, and Green were able to go on their own.

"Thank you Doctor Scott." Rios smiled at her.

"No problem." She replied.

After they were all gone she had some other members of the crew help her with the crates.

It took time as some of the monkeys had woken up; they were quickly sedated and put in plastic cages.

She quickly connected them to oxygen IVs and placed devices on the cages to monitor their vitals.

After all that she then turned her attention to the vaccines she wanted to use, they'd brought her back fifty monkeys so she planned to start with only five.

She knew the Captain would want to be present when she started her tests, she so knew it would be two days before the first test could begin. At the very least the monkeys would be more used to their surroundings and more likely to stay calmer.

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Rachel walked to the infirmary and Slattery who was coming out held open the door for her.

"How are they?" She asked.

"Mason will have to spend five days here, but he'll have a lump for a while, the Captain should be out by tomorrow, he's now awake."

"Is he coherent?" She asked.

"Now and then, for a while he's normal then starts talking nonsense, Doctor Rios says it'll stop in five to six hours."

"How are you?"

"Just a little cut on my forehead and a little banged up, I'll be cleared for duty tomorrow."

Slattery nodded and went off down the corridor, she went in to find the Captain awake. "Captain?"

He looked at her like he didn't believe what he was seeing, "Darien?" He whispered.

She was confused then remembered it was his wife's name, the picture of the woman she'd seen in his office.

She took his hands, "Yes it's me."

He squeezed hard, "I missed you and the kids so much."

That confession seemed to exhaust him and he closed his eyes, Rachel removed her hand from his.

What had possessed her she had no idea.

She went to see Rios, "When will he be cleared?"

"I say two days as long as he takes it easy his shoulder should be better in a month."

They talked a little more then she went back to the Captain, his eyes were open but held a little confusion, "Doctor Scott?"

"Yes Captain?"

He gave her a sad look, "Why do you have to be so beautiful, such forbidden fruit?"

"You're confused right now Captain."

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She quickly hurried out of the infirmary before it could get even more awkward, by later on he wouldn't even remember any of it.

"Hey doc!" She turned to see Tex, "About to grab some dinner want to join me?

Rachel couldn't believe how fast the day was going, "Sure I need a distraction."

They arrived and soon found a table and began eating, she was thankful for the silence."

Tex soon broke it, "How are Mason and the Captain?"

She gave him a brief rundown, "They'll be fine."

She refused to think of her last encounter with the Captain, she would not let things get awkward.

Just then Jeter came and sat with them, a shocked look on his face.

"What happened to you?" Tex asked.

"The radio room intercepted a recorded message for the Captain, it's four days old."

"What's wrong?" Rachel asked.

"The Captain's wife has died."