AN: Thanks everyone! You guys are the highlight of my day and don't think
I'm kidding! I love you so much. Oh and Maryrose thanks for the tip, I was
so sure that I'd done that but anyway I'll sort that out and be more
careful from now on. I hope this isn't an anti-climax, it's the best I can
do.
Emotions are Edible.
Chapter 4
Beka stood by the bed in Medical chewing on her thumb nail nervously. Trance was busy checking and tweeking the medical equipment. Beka didn't stop her chewing to ask. "Is he okay?"
"He should be fine." She didn't emphasise the word 'should' out loud but that was how it sounded in her head. Harper lay out straight on the bed. He was only half asleep, he looked asleep but he struggled to breathe, it was uneven and ragged with pain. His brow creased and he groaned quietly. Beka stopped her chewing and took a step forward.
"Harper?" He opened one eye to look at her.
"Oh, hey boss." Beka smiled, as did Trance when she reached his side. He turned to see her on his other side. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice weak but full of concern.
"I'm fine Harper." She thought it was incredibly sweet that he was lying in Medical with an injury he'd taken for her and one of the first things he did was to ask her if she's okay. Beka laughed.
"Harper, you've just been impaled. I wouldn't worry about Trance." He looked down at the bandage wrapped around his middle.
"Nah! I'm fine!" he assured, though he grimaced as he sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed.
"Well, you just take it easy." Trance told him as she left the bedside for a few moments.
"Are you okay?" Beka asked Harper in the 'be honest' voice.
"I just told you, I'm fine." Jumping off the bed to prove it and nearly collapsing into a heap on the floor.
"No, I mean......well you've just been attacked by a magog."
"I am not the victim here." he said, slowly making his way towards the door."Rev is." Beka frowned. He hadn't answered her question. As she opened her mouth to try again, Rommie's urgent voice ordered them to come help her. Apparently Dylan and Tyr had had a fight! She was worried for Dylan. Not that she thought he was weak or anything but Tyr was a neitzchean, he was very musculer and had very impressive arms. Did she just think that?................Nah!
Harper slipped out, temporarily forgotten, and headed for Engineering. He wasn't gonna go and tell Beka how he really felt. His whole body throbbed, he felt dizzy and sick, but Trance had done a great job and he knew that it would all pass. He ran his hand over the corridor walls to guide and steady him. The pain across his stomach was more than a little distracting and once or twice he forgot where he was going and why but he staggered on quickly. He wished that he'd stayed in Medical as panic seeped through him. There was a magog in these corridors somewhere and he wasn't fast enough to get away.
Trance injected the nano-bots into Dylan, cleaned him upand turned to check on Tyr. He had a broken jaw and a cracked rib among all the cuts and bruises. And Dylan had internal bleeding. John-bob must have known their weak points to get them to do this to each other. She didn't know what those weaknesses were but she didn't care, just as long as all of her patients were okay. Hang on. Shouldn't there be three? She turned to the bed furthest away from her. The last time she'd seen Harper, he'd been sitting on that bed. Now he was gone.
Okay, so she'd patched him up pretty well and he was apparently able to walk but it was still important that he stayed in Medical. She'd had to pump him full of chemicals that don't particularly make you feel well. He'd been unconcious for hours and she'd nearly lost him once or twice. His stomach would still be painful and, last but not least, Rev was still out there! Weakened, confused and she didn't know about him but she would be scared too. Oh why hadn't she told him to stay in Medical?
Trance got herself more and more worked up and was about to run off to find him and bring him back when she remebered Dylan and Tyr.
"Rommie?" The hologram popped up beside her."Where's Harper?"
"Engineering."
"Would you take care of Dylan and Tyr for a while?" She nodded, smiling kindly at the young girl. Trance smiled back. "Thanks!" And with that she turned and ran out the door.
Emotions are Edible.
Chapter 4
Beka stood by the bed in Medical chewing on her thumb nail nervously. Trance was busy checking and tweeking the medical equipment. Beka didn't stop her chewing to ask. "Is he okay?"
"He should be fine." She didn't emphasise the word 'should' out loud but that was how it sounded in her head. Harper lay out straight on the bed. He was only half asleep, he looked asleep but he struggled to breathe, it was uneven and ragged with pain. His brow creased and he groaned quietly. Beka stopped her chewing and took a step forward.
"Harper?" He opened one eye to look at her.
"Oh, hey boss." Beka smiled, as did Trance when she reached his side. He turned to see her on his other side. "Are you okay?" he asked, his voice weak but full of concern.
"I'm fine Harper." She thought it was incredibly sweet that he was lying in Medical with an injury he'd taken for her and one of the first things he did was to ask her if she's okay. Beka laughed.
"Harper, you've just been impaled. I wouldn't worry about Trance." He looked down at the bandage wrapped around his middle.
"Nah! I'm fine!" he assured, though he grimaced as he sat up and swung his legs over the edge of the bed.
"Well, you just take it easy." Trance told him as she left the bedside for a few moments.
"Are you okay?" Beka asked Harper in the 'be honest' voice.
"I just told you, I'm fine." Jumping off the bed to prove it and nearly collapsing into a heap on the floor.
"No, I mean......well you've just been attacked by a magog."
"I am not the victim here." he said, slowly making his way towards the door."Rev is." Beka frowned. He hadn't answered her question. As she opened her mouth to try again, Rommie's urgent voice ordered them to come help her. Apparently Dylan and Tyr had had a fight! She was worried for Dylan. Not that she thought he was weak or anything but Tyr was a neitzchean, he was very musculer and had very impressive arms. Did she just think that?................Nah!
Harper slipped out, temporarily forgotten, and headed for Engineering. He wasn't gonna go and tell Beka how he really felt. His whole body throbbed, he felt dizzy and sick, but Trance had done a great job and he knew that it would all pass. He ran his hand over the corridor walls to guide and steady him. The pain across his stomach was more than a little distracting and once or twice he forgot where he was going and why but he staggered on quickly. He wished that he'd stayed in Medical as panic seeped through him. There was a magog in these corridors somewhere and he wasn't fast enough to get away.
Trance injected the nano-bots into Dylan, cleaned him upand turned to check on Tyr. He had a broken jaw and a cracked rib among all the cuts and bruises. And Dylan had internal bleeding. John-bob must have known their weak points to get them to do this to each other. She didn't know what those weaknesses were but she didn't care, just as long as all of her patients were okay. Hang on. Shouldn't there be three? She turned to the bed furthest away from her. The last time she'd seen Harper, he'd been sitting on that bed. Now he was gone.
Okay, so she'd patched him up pretty well and he was apparently able to walk but it was still important that he stayed in Medical. She'd had to pump him full of chemicals that don't particularly make you feel well. He'd been unconcious for hours and she'd nearly lost him once or twice. His stomach would still be painful and, last but not least, Rev was still out there! Weakened, confused and she didn't know about him but she would be scared too. Oh why hadn't she told him to stay in Medical?
Trance got herself more and more worked up and was about to run off to find him and bring him back when she remebered Dylan and Tyr.
"Rommie?" The hologram popped up beside her."Where's Harper?"
"Engineering."
"Would you take care of Dylan and Tyr for a while?" She nodded, smiling kindly at the young girl. Trance smiled back. "Thanks!" And with that she turned and ran out the door.