V35
After a brief discussion about the fate of Mara, the two doctors decide to keep her in containment for study. They congratulate themselves.
"Well, Dr. Crusher, you will have quite a paper to submit to Medical. You are the first to develop a cure for the Dulugal Guddagan Mara."
"We developed a cure."
"It was your idea."
"You refined it."
"Fine. We developed a cure."
"Yes we did! And we will submit the paper."
The Doctor smiles. "We will be famous. The Doctor and Crusher. The most famous doctors in the galaxy."
He stares off to the corner of the room. "We shall be celebrated throughout the Universe."
Beverly smiles and shakes her head. By the time the Doctor is done contemplating his celebrity, she is standing in front of Kathryn's still unconscious body.
"Shall we wake her up?" he asks. "Tell her the good news?"
Beverly shakes her head. "I think we should wait. Remove the stasis but sedate her. Let her body slowly adjust to life again. Besides, I want to do a full assessment of the damage that Mara may have left in her wake. And I imagine she's got a doozy of a headache. How about 20 ml of Lectrazine. That should do it."
He prepares the hypospray while she explains to Kathryn what the plan is. There is not much movement on the cortical scanner and Beverly is worried. She's anxious to begin the examination.
While the Doctor runs the brain scans, Beverly sits, watching, holding Kathryn's hand, feeling the warmth return as the blood begins to move again. And she worries. Worries that Mara's effects are permanent, that too much damage was done, that Kathryn won't be the person she thinks she knows.