AN: The honeymoon isn't all fun and games...
During the first several days, and nights, on Nevos, Lenea and I spent pretty much the entire time in our room enjoying newlywed bliss. There were those brief instances where we ventured to one of the on property restaurants to grabs something to eat. On the fifth day I decided to go surfing.
"do you realize I am going to be the first human to ever surf on another planet. This is going to be so cool!" I said as I went over my gear, trying to decide if I wanted to wear the wetsuit or go with a bikini. I decided on the bikini, I need a tan. Traveling through space is not conducive to not looking like Casper the Friendly ghost. I seriously thought about getting a tanning bed, but I doubt Asari used.
Lenea eyed me with apprehension as I tide my shark knife to my right calf "Why are you taking a knife with you?"
"Saw Shark Week too many times, but they always said on those shows...take a knife with you if you plan on diving or surfing, it may just save your life. Haven't seen one yet surfing, but better safe than sorry. You sure you don't want to go with me? I brought the other board for you."
"That is all right, I will be content to watch you from the shoreline. Just be careful. There are creatures in these waters I am sure." She said as I picked my board up.
" It's 7, but I'm only gonna ride for an hour or two, we have and appointment at 10 for a couples massage, and I want to shower beforehand. Grab the beach chair from the terrace and take it with you. Don't go sitting on the ground."
Safety strap in place, I entered the water paddling out past the breakers. Moving perpendicular to the wave I gauged to be about 10-12 feet, I moved toward the shoulder of the wave turning towards the shore. After moving to the proper position atop my board, I caught the crest at the perfect angle, leaning into my turns as I rode the barrel. Dragging my hand through the tube I was doing it...Suring on another planet. I continued to surf for about an hour, but about fifteen minutes into the second hour a large black mass came into my peripheral vision. Being at least 20 yards from shore, there was no way I was going to out swim whatever this thing was, so I grabbed my knife. And just in time, as right when the knife was in hand, this nasty 7 foot shark jumped up , jaws clamping on my left leg.
"Motherfucker!" I screamed as jammed the knife into the sharks skull as hard as I could, instantly killing the shark. Biotics flared essentially blasting the shark's carcass off me as I began to lose conciseness.
Lenea watched in horror from relative safety of her beach chair as her beloved was attacked by the shark. An ear shattering scream escaped her lips as she ran toward the downed surfer "Shea!" Tama and Dmitria were also on the beach, and instantly reacted. Tama called the paramedics while Dmitria followed Lenea closely. Lenea has released a warp toward the shark the second she saw the beasts jaws close down on Shea. As she approached Shea, she was relieved that her head was above water, resting on the surfboard. Quickly, Lenea and Dmitria pulled Shea's motionless form from the water, the first concern was to make sure she was still breathing, which thank the Goddess she was. Apparently her own biotics had flared in panic, providing a barrier, which prevented water from entering her lungs.
There was however, the problem of the bite on her left quad. Dmitria applied a thick amount of medigel, effectively stopping the bleeding. But it was clear Shea needed immediate medical attention. As the medics arrived to take Shea to the hospital, Lenea called pulled up her omni-tool and called Aria in a panic. "Aria, there has been an accident. You need to get Shea's mother and get her to the Nevos Triage Hospital as fast as possible."
"Goddess, what happened. She get in a fight again?"
"No, not with a sentient species anyway. It was a shark attack. She has last a good deal of blood. The synthblood they have at the hospital will function in keeping her alive through surgery, but it is only intended for 48 hours of use. Her mother will need to get here as soon as possible for the transfusion." Lenea said in broken sobs. "Goddess, Aria what am I going to do. Shea was so pale, so weak. I cannot lose her!"
"You won't, I told you Shea's a tough bitch, a little bite's not gonna kill her."
"I pray to the Goddess your right. I cannot lose my bondmate. Not now, not ever!"
"Just keep strong and don't panic. Nevos has one of the best trauma hospitals in Asari Space. She's in good hands. They'll take care of her. Listen, I'm on my way. We'll be there later this afternoon if I have to kill someone."
"Aria, hurry, I cannot do this alone."
"You won't...now get off the omni and go with your bondmate. I'm on my way" Aria said as she ended the transmission. "Fuck." The older Asari screamed in fury, her biotics erupting in her emotional display. "Terlok, get the FTL cruiser ready. We need to get to Nevos yesterday. Your cousin Dorlan's on the Citdal right"
"Yes boss, he's been on the Citadel for the past six months with our father, Why?"
"Call him and tell him to pick up Delaney, Jennifer and Stacy T'Saudo at this location: Aria said, hands shaking as she handed he the Krogan a datapad with the T'Saudo's address. "Get them to Nevos as soon as possible and head straight to Nevos Triage. DO NOT tell them why, have Jennifer or Delaney, preferably Jennifer, call my transport once there in space."
"What happened boss?" the young Krogan asked.
"Shea's been in an accident. I'll fill you in on the way. Let's go." Aria and the krogan quickly made their way to the spaceport, leaving Omega behind in a blur as they raced to Nevos.
Meanwhile on the Citadel, watching a vid Shea had given Stacy during their trip to Earth, three loud knocks are heard at the front entrance. Biotics at the ready, Delaney answers door comm. "May I help you Krogan?"
"I 'm Urdnot Dorlan. I was sent by Aria T'Loak. Are you Delaney T'Saudo?" Dorlan asked
Shocked look on her face, Delaney opens the door inviting the young krogan in. "Yes Dorlan, come in. What is this about?" the asari questioned she put her arm around her bondmate, Stacy still on the sofa but listening to everything.
"Aria was not specific. She has requested I transport you and your family to Nevos immediately." Dorlan look at the alien standing next to Delaney, suspecting this was the human Aria mentioned "Pardon me. Mrs. T'Saudo," he said, addressing Jennifer "Please, the three of you grab an overnight bag and come with me. Aria did not give me any details other than it was an emergency. She has requested that you call her while in transport, and she will fill you in, but we must leave now." Looking at the young asari, the Krogan feels saddened that the young one may lose her sister, but that is not for him to disclose, Aria was adamant about that. "You too whelp, go get your stuff. We need to get going."
The T'Saudo household was a flurry of activity as the two Asari and human packed what little they could in five minutes before following the young Krogan toward the spaceport. "We will be taking one of Aria's ships she keeps on dock here." The family followed to the transport, taking their seats as the krogan barked to the pilot "Get outta here yesterday pyjak. Mess this up and you'll deal with Aria."
Once seated, but far from calm, Jennifer and Delaney stepped into the comm room to call Aria. The Queen of Omega's holo was awaiting them as they entered the room.
"Sorry for the rude and abrupt departure. But under the circumstances it was necessary."
"It's alright Aria. What happened." Jennifer said, speaking to her daughter's sister-in-law.
"There was an accident a few hours ago on Nevos. Shea was attacked and bitten by a Lusia Reef Shark."
"Goddess." Delaney and Jennifer gasped in unison. Jennifer was beside herself with worry, Delaney embraced her bondmate and spoke to Aria as Jennifer cried into her shoulder "Is Shea alright?"
"Yes, but she's in critical condition right now. So far from what Lenea has told me Shea will not lose her leg, but she has lost a lot of blood and will need a transfusion. I will see you both at the hospital. Dorlan will escort you to the hospital. See you in a few hours." Aria's heart aches and a few tears even break her steel facade as she sees the anguish in Shea's mother "Jennifer, don't worry. Shea has some of the best doctors in the galaxy working on her right now. She'll be alright."
Friday, February 8, 2013 1600 Galactic Standard - Nevos Triage Hospital ICU Patient Recovery
"She's been in surgery for three hours, when will we know more?" Lenea asked the attending nurse outside the recovery area.
"Ms. T'Loak, your bondmate should be out of post-op within the next few minutes. They will be bringing her to room 456. The room only allows for limited visitors, however two of you will be able to stay with her while she recovers."
Lenea, eyes bloodshot from hours of crying and uncertainty, approaches the group in the waiting room. Everyone is there, Shea's mother and stepmother, Stacy, Aria, even Tama and Dmitria. Jennifer, still weak from the transfusion, is being monitored by one of the nurses.
"She's out of surgery. They' be moving her to a room. They've said I may stay with her in the room."
"Did they say how long she'll be in the hospital?" Delaney asked.
"No, the nurse did not have that information. However I would imagine the doctors will let us know how long we should expect to be here. I would imagine it will not be long though, as I have already contacted the Dr. T'Lanin. All her recovery will be aboard the Tevura. "
"I thought the Tevura was still on the Citadel?" Aria asked.
"Asana recalled the crew and the ship should be here in the morning." Delaney answered. Looking up, Delaney and Aria noticed the orderlies rolling the hospital bed toward the room.
"There's your girl Lenea." Aria said to her sister, hand squeezing her shoulder. as the pair followed the hospital staff into the room. Lenea and Aria took their seats in the bedside loungers as the nurses finished setting up Shea's monitors and equipment. Once finished, the nurses exited the room as the doctor entered the room.
"Good evening Mrs. T'Loak. I'm Dr. Kurin. Shea is stable now. We've sedated her so she will sleep as the nanites repair her leg. She should wake within the next few hours. Shea hassuffered a broken femur, as well as severe lacerations several centimeters long all over her thigh and quad area. Fortunately, despite the amount of blood no arteries were damaged. She will have not have any significant scarring and will make a full recovery, but she will need to take it easy over the next several weeks. I have forwarded her physical therapy regimen to your physician Dr. T'Lanin. She was very lucky the shark did not have a long time to inflict additional damage, as those reef sharks have been known to kill. The Goddess certainly has someone looking over that young lady."
"Thank you doctor. She does have her own guardian angel it would seem." Lenea mentioned. "When will she be able to leave the hospital?"
"Normally we would keep her at least two weeks, however Dr. T'Lanin has requested the patient be transferred the Tevura tomorrow evening. Right now she will be fine, she just need to heal." The doctor finished discussing Shea's condition and excused herself from the room.
Seeing her bondmate so vulnerable weighed heavily on Lenea's heart, but she was thankful that after all the blood, Shea was going to be alright. Interlacing her hand with Shea's free hand, Lenea said a silent prayer before looking at her sister. "Thank you for getting everyone here so quickly Aria. I do not know what I would have done had Shea rejected the synthblood. Goddess, there was so much blood."
"No problem. I told you she's a tough bitch. Tama said me crushed the shark's skull with her diving knife before you warped the thing off her." Pulling a jagged shark tooth out of her pocket that Tama had given her along with the knife that had washed to shore upon arrival "The paramedics pulled this out of her leg. Kind of a morbid souvenir."
"That foul beast could not take her." Lenea forced a weak smile as she replayed the scene in her mind, Shea screaming obscenities while the shark bit down on her leg.
"You think the shark got the hint...don't fuck with a T'Loak" Aria said, trying to lighten the mood.
"Perhaps." Lenea's eyes began to get heavy, the day had been exhausting. "Aria would you please let the rest of the family know Shea will be alright? I am going to sleep here tonight, but please take everyone back to the resort. They all need their rest. I owe Tama and Dmitria immensely. Goddess knows what would have happened had they not been there for us."
"Will do. I'll be back later with a change of clothes for you."
"Thank you Aria. Oh and Aria, would you mind going to the resort concierge desk in the morning? Shea and I made some purchases yesterday at the mall that we expected to be delivered tomorrow. "
"Sure thing. I'll let you get some sleep. I told you everything was going to be fine Lenea. She'll beat this and be as good as new in no time. I'll see you in the morning." With that the elder Asari exited the hospital room and took the rest of their group back to the resort.
The following morning, I woke up in agony. "What the fuck," I mumbled as I tried to move to get up from the bed. "Shit, that's right...shark...motherfucker." My bitching woke up the angelic asari sleeping in the chair next to the bed. "Morning beautiful. Sorry I wrecked our honeymoon."
Chuckling through a teary smile "Shea, Goddess, you did not ruin our honeymoon. I did not think the reef sharks would have been an issue this time of year, typically the water is too cold for them to be this far north before May. But you will be alright. Your surgery went well and T'Lanin will be her in a few hours to transfer you to the Tevura."
"The Tevuras here?" I asked, puzzled.
"Yes. You will need on-going treatment over the next six weeks, however Dr. T'Lanin insisted on having you aboard the Teveura to decrease recovery time."
"Yea, she did fix my hand pretty fast, so I guess that makes sense. I feel like my leg went through a meat grinder." I said as I pushed the green button, administering another dose of pain medication. "Will I need cruches?"
"No, Dr. T'Lanin will like you to stay off of you feet completely for the next several weeks, so you will need to use a wheel chair for the time being. Do not worry however, as the doctor has said once the repairs have completed you will not need any walking devices, not even a cane. Your leg is going to be much stronger, as they replaced part of your femur with an alloy composite and damaged muscles with synthetic weave."
"So I'm Wolerine huh?"
"What?"
"Nevermind. Come here." I said, right arm reach for Lenea as lifted the head of the bed using the controls. Guiding her to sit on the bed next to me as I scooted over a tad. "I love you." I murmured atop her crest as we embraced. Feeling her tears through my hospital gown, I pulled her closer, stroking her back "Shh, shh. It's alright. Don't cry."
"Goddess Shea," She said, muffled against my breast. "I almost lost you."
"Hey, look at me." I said, tilting her head up with my other hand. "I'm not going anywhere. Ever. Jaws himself couldn't take me from you." I said, kissing her lips delicately.
"Besides, we're having a baby." I smiled at Lenea.
"Yes we are...Daddy" Lenea smiled, tears still fresh.
"Hmmm...I like that..." I said, hand going lower on Lenea's back, grasping her backside.
"Shea, you are insatiable." Lenea smiled, though she did not protest further. In fact I could feel the heat building in her body as I continued my gentle ministrations on her lower back and backside.
"You're so damn sexy, I just can't help it." I smirked, as I leaned down for another kiss, hand snaking its way past the waistline of Lenea's pants, possessively squeezing the supple flesh beneath.
"Ahem..." We heard the cough from across the room. Lenea smiled into my neck as I pulled my hand back, looked up blushing to greet a waiting Aria. "You two never stop do you"
"We are on our honeymoon. I can't help it we're in a hospital room instead of our villa."
Chuckling, Aria motioned to the door. "You've got some people her to see you super bitch" she said as the family entered the room.
"Look up." I whispered to Lenea, she started to get up, I said, "No, stay." She didn't argue.
"Hi Mom, Delaney, Stacy. Guess y'all heard about my wild kingdom moment huh?"
"Wild Kingdom?" Delaney said.
"Oh, that was a wild life show back on earth." Jennifer answered. "We came as soon as we could. Aria made sure of that. I'm glad your alright honey. But it looks like the doctors here are the best, just as Aria said. You're going to be just fine. Had this happened on earth I would be worried sick, but fortunately modern medicine in Asari space is far more advances than even the best on Earth. You'll be back on your feet in no time."
"Sorry to worry everyone like this."
"No worries Shea, we're just glad you're alright" Delaney said.
"Are you okay Stacy, you are awfully quite."
"I saw the vid on the news Shea...it looked like that thing was going to eat you." the child said, face a mask of worry and fear. "There was so much blood and you didn't move...I thought you were going to die. " she said with a broken voice as Delaney comforted her.
I smile, tears in my eyes "Come over here, let me tell you something." I'm a Nelson damn it, its gonna take a little bit more than a stupid fish to kill me kiddo... I ain't going nowhere any time soon. believe that." I said, assuring my little sister.
"I know, it was just scary. Did you really do what Aria said, killed the shark with just a diving knife?" the younger asari asked.
"Yea. It's common practice on Earth actually. Most divers and a lot of surfers take diving knives with them for safety. We rarely need them, but they are there if needed. Looks like it was a good idea this time. But I think I'll stick to boats. No more surfing. At least not on Nevos."
"Yes, I am in agreement with you regarding that fact. I think we have seen enough of your 'surfing' on Nevos, Shea. " Lenea answered.
"Yes ma'am." I said.
Aria shook her head and smiled "You're so whipped."
"Yea yea...so what...I like the rewards." The adults in the room busted out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Stacy asked
"Don't worry about it." I said.
"Looks like someone's feeling better." We heard Dr. T'Lanin's voice before the doctor entered the room. "We're here to take you home Shea. You ready."
"Yea. Thanks doc. Hey Asana, thanks again for coming so fast. I sorry leave got cut short."
"It is no problem really Shea. Our crew is like family, there was no way any of them would have stayed behind knowing you were in the hospital. They insisted. Everyone is glad you will be able to complete your recovery on the Tevura."
After completed all the release procedures, we returned to the ship. The crew had already retrieved all of our belongings from the resort. Aria handled the checkout process. The resort offered us a free stay in the future at either this resort or their ski resort on Noveria, should I decide I'd rather not deal with the beach after the shark incident.
"Well, we have somewhere to go on our anniversary. " I said as I was settled into the Tevura medbay.
"Yes, Noveria does have some lovely hotels. I am surprised the resort offered that, it is unusual."
"You know that was Aria's doing. She said she knew the Asari who ran the resort, so that's probably why they did that. I'm not complaining though." Thinking to myself, I don't want to be away from Lenea I ask "Doc, how long do I have to stay in here?"
"A few hours a day while your medicines are administered through you IV and as I monitor your progress. You will be able to sleep in your own bed however. Lenea and Asana have already made preparations for you to sleep in your cabin tonight in fact. "
"Can I you know...mess around, or is that restricted too."
"I had a feeling you were going to ask me that. You should avoid strenuous physical activity for at least the next five days. After that we'll see."
I pouted, "Damn...okay, thanks doc."
Smiling as she entered the room, Lenea asked "What are you pouting about?"
"Gotta keep my hands to myself for the next week. It sucks."
"Shea, you do realize that there are other ways to express ourselves. You need not be the one always in control." She smiled seductively as she looked down at my exposed cleavage "There are many ways Asari can be intimate with their bondmates without strenuous activity my. In fact I believe I may enjoy having you 'at my mercy' as you say."
A wicked grin crosses my face as heat builds between my thighs "Looking forward to it."
"Let's get you to bed."
"Yes ma'am." I say as Lenea helps me back to our quarters. The look she gives me as we near the bed reaffirm that weeks of painful rehabilitation will go by quickly.