"Are you ready?" Carter asked after Alex had gotten situated in the
wheelchair.
"Do I really need this thing?" He complained.
"Doctors orders." Carter said smiling. Alex was a lot like him stubborn and a terrible patient.
"All right let's go." Alex said flatly.
Carter pushed him down the hallway. He looked in a few of the rooms as he went noticing the primitive equipment filled rooms. It made him understand how different the future was.
"Here we are." Carter said quietly stopping at a darkened room.
Slowly he pushed Alex into the room. It was very cold and windowless. There were a lot of machines running and the hollow sound of their motors made the room even more forbidding. Then he saw Jen she was lying in a bed. She looked so pale. Alex had to turn away.
"Are you all right?" Carter asked.
"Yes, It's just that"
"You've never seen anyone like this."
"In the future, Jen would be healed already."
Carter pushed the wheelchair next to the bed. Alex took Jen's hand.
"Jen, I'm so sorry." He choked. Tears ran down his cheeks.
Alex noticed something move out of the corner of his eye. He turned to see what it was. Wes was sound asleep in a chair on the other side of the bed.
"He's been there ever since she got here." Carter said. "We've been trying to get him to at least eat. But he doesn't want to leave her side."
"He loves her." Alex said quietly.
Alex felt something squeeze his hand. He looked up and saw Jen's eyes flutter open. "Hey," He said gently pushing a piece of hair out of Jen's face.
Jen tried to speak but the tube in her throat wouldn't allow her to.
"Shhh" Alex said "It's all right. We're safe. The Timeship crashed. Do you remember?" She shook her head no.
A doctor came in the room and came over to the bed. "There's a tube in your throat and it's helping you to breathe. Now that you're awake we can take it out. When I count three I want you to take a deep breath and blow it out. All right?"
Jen nodded.
"!, 2, 3"
Jen blew her breath out very hard as she was instructed. Suddenly she was coughing as the tube came out of her throat.
Wes heard the doctor come in and sat up. Alex was by the bed with Carter and Jen was staring at them as the doctor was taking the breathing tube out. He hurried to the bedside and took her other hand being careful to stay out of the way.
"Easy Jen, It's all right." He said softly looking at Alex and Carter.
Jen moved her lips slowly trying to make sound come out of them but she couldn't. Wes put his head down by her lips so he could hear her.
"Why can't I feel my legs?" She whispered.
Wes stood back up a stricken look on his face. He sighed heavily and took her hand.
Alex almost reading Wes' mind explained gently "When the Timeship crashed. Your jump seat was thrown against the wall. Your back was injured."
"Walk" she mouthed.
The doctor shook his head.
Jen broke into tears. She turned to Wes who looked as if his heart was breaking as well. Alex's heart sank.
"Come on let's go." Carter said.
Alex nodded.
"Do I really need this thing?" He complained.
"Doctors orders." Carter said smiling. Alex was a lot like him stubborn and a terrible patient.
"All right let's go." Alex said flatly.
Carter pushed him down the hallway. He looked in a few of the rooms as he went noticing the primitive equipment filled rooms. It made him understand how different the future was.
"Here we are." Carter said quietly stopping at a darkened room.
Slowly he pushed Alex into the room. It was very cold and windowless. There were a lot of machines running and the hollow sound of their motors made the room even more forbidding. Then he saw Jen she was lying in a bed. She looked so pale. Alex had to turn away.
"Are you all right?" Carter asked.
"Yes, It's just that"
"You've never seen anyone like this."
"In the future, Jen would be healed already."
Carter pushed the wheelchair next to the bed. Alex took Jen's hand.
"Jen, I'm so sorry." He choked. Tears ran down his cheeks.
Alex noticed something move out of the corner of his eye. He turned to see what it was. Wes was sound asleep in a chair on the other side of the bed.
"He's been there ever since she got here." Carter said. "We've been trying to get him to at least eat. But he doesn't want to leave her side."
"He loves her." Alex said quietly.
Alex felt something squeeze his hand. He looked up and saw Jen's eyes flutter open. "Hey," He said gently pushing a piece of hair out of Jen's face.
Jen tried to speak but the tube in her throat wouldn't allow her to.
"Shhh" Alex said "It's all right. We're safe. The Timeship crashed. Do you remember?" She shook her head no.
A doctor came in the room and came over to the bed. "There's a tube in your throat and it's helping you to breathe. Now that you're awake we can take it out. When I count three I want you to take a deep breath and blow it out. All right?"
Jen nodded.
"!, 2, 3"
Jen blew her breath out very hard as she was instructed. Suddenly she was coughing as the tube came out of her throat.
Wes heard the doctor come in and sat up. Alex was by the bed with Carter and Jen was staring at them as the doctor was taking the breathing tube out. He hurried to the bedside and took her other hand being careful to stay out of the way.
"Easy Jen, It's all right." He said softly looking at Alex and Carter.
Jen moved her lips slowly trying to make sound come out of them but she couldn't. Wes put his head down by her lips so he could hear her.
"Why can't I feel my legs?" She whispered.
Wes stood back up a stricken look on his face. He sighed heavily and took her hand.
Alex almost reading Wes' mind explained gently "When the Timeship crashed. Your jump seat was thrown against the wall. Your back was injured."
"Walk" she mouthed.
The doctor shook his head.
Jen broke into tears. She turned to Wes who looked as if his heart was breaking as well. Alex's heart sank.
"Come on let's go." Carter said.
Alex nodded.
