Kian's shoulder was on fire. Angel, it was sore. When he had woken up the first thing he had registered was the pain, and then the straps. His wrist was in some sort of dermal regenerator, but from that his upper arm was strapped instead.
Did that Vulcan break his wrist!? Then nerve pinch him!? And then have the audacity to put him in restraints! He was so dead. When Kian found him, that hobgoblin would find himself on the receiving end of a punch.
Kian struggled against the straps, only to discover his movement was limited to a centimetre. He let out a colourful stream of language that would make Doctor McCoy blush, this caught a Nurse's attention and she gave him a stern look, tutted, then walked on to check another patient.
He scanned the med-bay looking for Lexi, and a flutter of panic settled in his chest when he couldn't find her. He shifted his wrist out of the regenerator, wincing as he did so. The break was mostly healed but Kian couldn't move it much.
But sacrifices have to be made he thought.
Trying not to cry out, he reached for the strap over the top of his legs and unbuckled it with a faint click.
"Stop that or I'll put so many sedatives in you, you won't wake up for a year!" shouted McCoy as he stormed across the med-bay to Kian. "That damn hobgoblin sent your girlfriend into shock, I have enough problems without you undoing my work!" At this point the doctor was at the bed.
McCoy produced a hypo from his uniform, and put it in his vein.
"What was that for!" Kian exclaimed as he lost all feeling in his arm.
"Targeted muscle relaxant, stop you resisting me," Kian was about to protest but the Doctor silenced him with a glare. "And don't deny you weren't going to, you looked like the damn captain with that glint in your eyes."
The Doctor lifted his wrist surprisingly gently back into the regenerator and removed the straps.
"Relaxant will wear off in an hour, but if you move your wrist an inch without me saying it's OK, you'll find yourself strapped back down before you can say Jack Robinson."
"Fine," Kian muttered.
"When you're completely healed, you can see your girlfriend, so the longer you spend here the longer you spend without her."
"Where is Lexi?" Kian asked.
"Private room, keep her away from the elf and his tricks," the Doctor said as he went to walk away. "Don't move!" McCoy said over his shoulder.
Kian's brow furrowed, there was something wrong with that conversation, then it hit him.
"Wait, what do you mean girlfriend?!"