HI!
It's me again! *woop*
Now, this story is just over 2.4k, so it's not that long. It took so long to post this one because I was doing other fics, and looking for a job, and driving lessons, and booking driving tests. It's been a busy few weeks!
Anyway. Sorry for my rambling. Here's the head injury fic. Enjoy!
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Miles and Julian were in the Replimat, just finishing their drinks and talking about everyday things.
"Got time for another drink, Chief?" Julian asked cheerfully, hoping he and Miles would spend more time together. If the Chief were to leave, Julian would be bored.
Miles debated it for a moment, thinking if he needed to do any maintenance or repairs. After going through his assignments in his head, he discovered he was free for the rest of the day "Sure. I'm off the rest of the day so I'll have a pint"
"Great!" Julian beamed at the Chief. When Miles didn't budge out of his seat, Julian's face fell in an annoyed scowl.
"I'm getting it then" he mumbled to himself as he rose out of the chair and walked over to the nearest replicator.
Miles scoffed at Julian's annoyance. He always won chicken. All he had to do was sit still and Julian always got the drinks. It was a nice talent that he would always love.
When Julian walked to fetch the drinks, Miles leant back and relaxed. He hadn't had a whole afternoon off for ages! He was relieved but at the same time he had a strong feeling he'd get a call to fix something or other.
He caught site of a fellow Engineer and smiled at her. To his surprise the Engineer, an Ensign Harlson, walked up to him and sat down in the chair Julian just vacated.
"Hi, Chief" She said without a smile. Something was obviously on her mind.
"What is it, Ensign?" Miles asked with concern.
She looked down for a moment, trying to find the words for her request "I know it's a bit short notice, Sir. But I was wondering if you could find someone to cover me for this afternoon" She looked up at him with a pleading look in her eyes.
Miles involuntarily sighed "It is short notice, Jade, why don't you want to work today? Is something wrong?"
Jade shook her head "Not wrong! It's just that my sister had her baby, two weeks early, and she wants to contact me at 1600 hours."
Miles nodded his head in understanding, Jade was so excited for the baby and he knew she felt awful for requesting this at such short notice "I can't give you the whole shift off, but I'll let you have an hour to talk to your sister, is that alright?"
Jade's face lit up, her smile was huge! "Oh, thank you so much! I won't forget this!" She spoke as she got up from her seat and began walking off to start her shift.
Miles smirked at her happiness, he liked Jade, and she always made people smile. He couldn't even think of a time when she didn't make other people smile.
He turned round to see where Julian was, and saw him waiting patiently in line. Julian caught Miles staring at him and blew air out his mouth, in obvious annoyance.
Miles laughed at Julian's expression, before he turned round and looked around the Replimat, bored.
XXX
Julian was getting fed up, now. All he wanted was two drinks and the Bolian in front of him decided they wanted nearly everything in the databanks.
He was about to give up, when the Bolian left. He thanked the Gods and moved to make his order; he hadn't made it far when he noticed a humming. That isn't normal.
He sighed. Typical! The Bolian had over used the replicator, now it's broken. Just when he was about to turn away to go to another replicator, the humming stopped and his order materialised.
"What?" Julian mumbled to himself, what was going on with this replicator?
Shaking his head in annoyance, he walked back to pick up the drink and order Miles' drink.
Now the replicator was screeching. Had Julian been anything but annoyed and fed up, he would have sensed something was about to happen.
It exploded, a bolt of raw energy hit him in the chest and he was thrown right to the other side of the establishment.
Everything seemed to go in slow motion for Julian, he was conscious through it all, the pain! It was excruciating and he wouldn't be surprised if his chest was all burnt.
It was when he felt his back collide with the floor, that he realised what was going to happen. He couldn't prevent his head from impacting the hard metal floor before he lost consciousness.
XXX
Miles was just about to call Julian and tell him not to bother, when he saw the Bolian leave and Julian rush up and place his order.
Thank God! He was so thirsty and couldn't wait to have sip of ice cold beer. His mouth started watering at the thought. Hurry Up!
He glanced away for one second when he heard a bang. He turned round in time to see Julian fly through the air to the other side of the Replimat. Miles was up from his seat quicker than lightening and ran to his best friend's side.
Running up, he could see Julian's jumpsuit was all burned at the front, smoke still emitting from it. Kneeling down to take a better look, he saw the material had melted onto Julian's skin, making his chest a mixture of tan, red, black, grey and teal.
Miles leant down and took his pulse, relieved at the steady thumping beneath his fingers. Sighing his relief, he called for medical assistance. He waited by his friend's side, calling his name softly, when he saw it.
Blood. Quite a lot of it, was pooling beneath Julian's head. Miles looked at the doctor's face and noticed how clammy he was.
He acted on instinct and grabbed a napkin from the nearest table and held it at the back of Julian's head. In no time at all, the napkin was soaked through with blood, staining Miles' hand.
"Damn" Miles grumbled under his breath. He couldn't stop the bleeding; it seemed to just pour out of his head.
Three medics materialised a short distance from the two officers and pushed through the crowd that had gathered around Julian.
"Stand aside!"
The crowd dispersed, leaving Julian, Miles and the three medics.
"What happened?" It was Nurse Prim who had spoken, immediately kneeling down and checking the fallen Doctor's pulse.
"The replicator exploded and he was thrown across the room" Miles said as he was moving out the way for the other medics, who were preparing the anti-gravity stretcher.
Prim nodded and scanned Julian's torso "Third degree burns on the chest and neck…" She listed as she moved to his head. She took one look at the readouts and her eyes went wide. "We need to get him to the Infirmary right away!"
The medics needed no more instructions, they transferred Julian's body onto the stretcher and made their way to the Infirmary, leaving Prim and Miles following close behind.
"What's wrong?!" Miles asked worriedly, he was struggling to keep up with Prim.
"He's sustained a serious head injury, Sir. He needs immediate surgery" Prim was talking so calmly, Miles couldn't believe it!
"Why couldn't you beam him straight to the Infirmary, if it's that serious?"
"He hit his head pretty hard, Sir. He's got a skull fracture and swelling of the brain. I didn't want to risk transporting him, in case of making things worse" They had made it to the Infirmary, Julian was already on the biobed in the surgery area, wired up to the display readouts above his head.
"I need to prepare for surgery. Doctor Bashir has been teaching me for emergency surgery, I know what I'm doing. I need you out of the room, Chief. Only experienced medics are to be in here" She was talking as she was getting changed in the red scrubs.
"Of course. I'll be in the waiting area" Miles spoke quietly, feeling very scared that his friend wouldn't make it. He could see blood still pooling beneath Julian's head, his skin looked incredibly pale.
Miles looked at his hand, seeing it completely red. His stomach churned with his nerves and he turned round and went to clean up, leaving Julian with his nurses.
XXX
Prim was scared. Although she had been taught for emergency surgery, Julian had always been there in case of a mistake. She never made a mistake, but it was a security to have someone behind her.
Now she was preparing for a serious operation on the CMO. She was the most experienced nurse in the room, she had to set an example and panicking would only worsen matters.
"He's prepped" Another nurse called out from the operation room, startling Prim.
"Let me just scrub my hands" Prim answered back, her voice revealing none of her true feelings.
Calm down. You're capable of doing this! Just relax.
Blowing air out of her mouth, she finished scrubbing, composed herself and walked out of the room.
XXX
Miles felt like he should be in the Infirmary for his best friend. But he knew he was needed most here, at the scene of the incident.
He and his engineers were scanning the replicator, to see if anything was amiss, while Odo was questioning the Bolian.
"Damn" O'Brien swore softly. His scans revealed that it was just a simple overload, probably due to the Bolian ordering so much.
He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, he would be damned if Julian were to die by such a stupid thing. A replicator overload! He was meant to stop things like that! It was his fault!
No!
He couldn't let himself think that! He shouldn't feel guilty. He couldn't have known that it would explode, it's not his fault!
He didn't have anything to do. He scanned the replicator, now what? He should go and visit Julian, but he didn't want to be a bother.
Dismissing his engineers, he stood, staring at the broken, black replicator with contempt.
XXX
Take deep breaths! Deep. Nice and deep. Keep going. Calm down. Everything's alright. Deep breaths…
Prim thought to herself constantly throughout the operation. She couldn't afford to be scared during the crisis. She actually managed to will her nerves down, until she saw Julian lying on the biobed.
Her stomach tightened at the sight, but she couldn't show her nerves. It would only worry the other nurses.
Walking up to him, she immediately took the chair at the top of the biobed. She sat down and investigated the wound.
Now it had been cleaned, and the hair shaven off, she could see just how deep it was. Bone was visible through the broken skin.
Her eyes closed for a short moment, thinking how much she'd hate herself if she panicked.
Opening her eyes, she went straight to work, asking for the necessary tools to begin the surgery.
Picking up a laser scalpel, she started cutting the skin around the wounded area. Using the knowledge Julian taught her, she moved to pick up a more powerful tool, to cut through the skull
It was nearly over. She just had to place a fist sized metal plate where the skull was opened then it'll have been a successful operation.
Just a little longer. Don't rush it. If something was to go wrong, it would have already.
Attaching the plate, she leant back and sighed. It was a success!
Prim found herself smiling at the sound of the pulse on the computer screen, he was alive. And judging by the strength of the pulse, everything would be alright.
She was torn out of her thoughts when a nurse approached her "Everything seems to be in order. The cut to the brain and the bleeding has ceased. I think he'll be unconscious for a few days"
Prim thanked her and stood up, placing a caring hand on Julian's shoulder. She knew he would be proud of her, if he remembered.
She stopped breathing at the thought. Grabbing the closest tricorder, she ran her own scan.
She sighed in relief. It was common that someone who received a blow to the head suffered amnesia, but according to the readouts, Julian's memory wouldn't be too seriously affected.
Prim smiled at the scan results and once again at Julian's unconscious figure.
Everything would be fine.
She just needed to treat the burns then he'll be as good as new
XXX
5 Days Later
The Infirmary was crowded with all the senior officers, waiting for their friend and CMO to wake up from his five day coma.
Prim had contacted Sisko, stating she expected Julian to awaken within half an hour. She was surprised to see Sisko, Dax, Kira, O'Brien and Odo all walk in five minutes later.
They had been there for twenty five minutes, now. Prim smiled, she wished Julian could have seen how much everyone had been worried during the last five days.
Her tricorder beeped, causing her to jump with surprise. Julian is waking up.
The beeping startled the officers, their eyes turned to Julian's figure.
Prim moved to pick up a hypospray; it would help Julian regain consciousness.
"Come on, Julian. Can you open your eyes for me?" Prim urged. She could see his eyes fluttering, his face frowning as he struggled back into reality.
And at last, his eyes opened. His hazel eyes searching the room he found himself in, confused to where he was. "Where am I?" he mumbled
Miles walked forward and patted his friend on the shoulder "You're in the Infirmary, Julian. Do you remember what happened?"
Julian stared at Miles with a bewildered look, his face burrowed in a frown as he saw Miles face "What? Wh-who are you?"
Dax gasped and Miles lifted his head to look at Prim. To his amazement, he saw Prim smile sympathetically "It's completely normal, Chief. He's just awakened after a coma, after he received a bad head injury. My scans show the amnesia is not permanent. He should regain his memories in a couple of days. Until then I would like to keep him here for observation, but everyone is free to visit him. It may speed up his recovery" She smiled at Julian and left the room.
Prim felt so relieved to see Julian awake. His hazel eyes were such a sight! She felt like she hadn't seen them for so long.
Moving into the office, she slumped down in the chair. Prim closed her eyes, Julian would be fine.
Everything would be fine. And it was thanks to her
END
Did ya like it? I sure hope you did :P
I changed it so many times, but this one seemed to best so I kept it.
The next fic is one I wrote just today. The idea suddenly came to me and I had to write it down and I couldn't stop now it's finished! O.o
"The alien suddenly walked towards Julian, his hand slowly reaching behind him.
Oh no.
Before Julian had a chance to react, the alien brought out a weapon, much like an old style earth gun, and fired.
The bang echoed in his ears as he felt a burning stab in stomach. He felt himself fall backwards and was barely conscious when the alien's face suddenly loomed over him. Staring at him with interest.
Julian moved a weak hand to try and investigate the wounded area and felt his heart skip a beat…"
