PART 8:
Doctor Phlox ran his tri-quarter over Trips' body. His greatest concern was that hours later he still remained unconscious.
He had received a message that Lieutenant Reed was coming back to Enterprise to get him, and that there had been an accident involving Commander Tucker.
The Katarian doctor watched Phlox as he continued his examination. "You're not human," he said. "And yet you know how to treat them."
"I am Denobulan," Phlox explained. "And I joined a medical exchange program. I've been living with humans for a little over two years now."
"Must be interesting."
"It's had its moments."
"How is the Commander doing?" he asked.
Phlox looked over the scans on the tri-quarter. "He's got some broken ribs and he's definitely got a severe concussion," he told him as he set his scanner down.
"How do you treat these injuries?"
"For the concussion we wait for Commander Tucker to wake up," Phlox said. "Which hopefully will be soon."
"And his ribs?"
"Those we can wrap with bandages," Phlox replied.
"Do you want to transfer him back to your ship," The doctor asked him as he moved over to a cabinet.
"No, I don't want to move him," Phlox said. "Your facility will do just fine."
The doctor took some bandages from the cabinet and walked over to Phlox. "What ever we have here is yours to use," he handed Phlox the bandages.
"Thank you, I appreciate your hospitality."
"Well I'm sure that there's much I can learn from you in the time you're here," the doctor said.
"We can start by showing you how to wrap some rips," Phlox said with a smile.
"You have a group of people out there who want to know how this young man is doing," the doctor said.
"I know," Phlox replied. "But first thing first."
End of Part 8