Baby's Blue Eyes
Chapter 7
By Kiddo
*IN LOVING MEMORY OF JONATHAN BRANDIS*
Disclaimer:
SeaQuest, Lucas Wolenczak, Captain Bridger, Darwin, Lawrence Wolenczak and all the others don't belong to me. I have no rights to them.
A special thanks goes to my beta-reader Jackie and to Karel, FishFace12, Joxer, Samantha, Kas, Tamara and Ailowyn for your Reviews.
Feedback is always welcome.
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There was a lot of excitement on the bridge. Captain Bridger looked at his commander. "Report! Why is the SeaQuest slanted in the water?"
Ford looked at a computer screen. "It looks like the one side of our ballast tanks is defective. The whole ballast was flushed out in one moment!"
Bridger nodded grimly. "Flush the ballast tanks on the other side out too, so that we can at least get straight in the water again."
Commander Ford did what the captain had said. A few seconds later, the SeaQuest was straight in the water again.
Nathan Bridger looked at Tim. "Lieutenant O'Neill, call medbay and ask if anybody was injured."
Tim O'Neill did what he was told. A minute later he told the captain what he was able to find out. "Captain, 5 people were injured, but Dr. Westphalen said that it isn't very bad. They were all lucky."
Now Bridger looked at Katherine Hitchcock. "Take a team and look closely at the ballast tanks. I want to know why this whole thing happened! Mr. O'Neill, call Lucas, he should take a look at the computer system. We have to find the problem!"
Tim O'Neill tried to call the teenager, but he wasn't answering. He tried it again and again. After some time he looked at Bridger. "Captain, I tried it four times, but I'm not able to reach Lucas. He isn't answering."
Captain Bridger felt an anxious feeling rising in the pit of his stomach. "Please try it again. I'll also look in his cabin." He hoped that the boy was okay and that he had just forgotten his Pal some place on the submarine.
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Benjamin Krieg was awaking slowly. He had a terrible headache. And with the headache, came the memories. Lucas! That was his first thought. The last thing he had seen of the boy was that he had fallen down off the chair and crashed to the ground.
His worry about his young friend made him forget his headache immediately. He stood up as fast as he could and looked around the room. "Lucas?"
The Lieutenant couldn't see the boy. The room looked like a tornado had hit. Many things had fallen down and even one of the heavy shelves had broken away from the wall. That was something that shouldn't happen; normally all the shelves were fastened to the wall so tightly that they couldn't fall down when the ship was in a battle or had an accident.
Finally Krieg found the blond teenager. But he wasn't happy about what he saw; the genius was lying under the shelf, and he was unconscious.
Ben rushed to him and called his name. "Lucas, Lucas! Please, say something!" He tried to lift the shelve, but it was much too heavy for one person. He took his Pal. "Tim, call medbay. They need to send a team down to B-deck, Room 14a. Lucas is injured! A shelf is lying on him and I can't lift it alone! Send help, quick!"
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Captain Bridger had just come back to the bridge and had heard everything. The frightened voice of the Lieutenant told him that it was bad.
He raced down the corridors of the SeaQuest and he arrived at the storage room even before the med-team. "Lucas!" He went down beside the boy and Krieg. The teenager looked so pale. He forced himself to look away from his son and looked at Ben. "Lets try to get the shelf off him. It's crushing him!"
With all their strength, they pulled at the shelf and were thankful when they were able to pull it off the teen.
Just seconds later, the med-team with Dr. Westphalen arrived. Kristin went down next to Lucas, looked over him, and gave orders. "Get onto a stretcher; be careful but be quick!"
The captain could only look despairingly at the whole thing and try not to get in the way of the med-team. "Hold on kiddo, hold on!"
Two of the med-team lifted the stretcher and carefully went the shortest way to medbay.
A pretty nurse took care of Benjamin Krieg.
Nathan was walking on one side of the stretcher and Dr. Westphalen walked on the other side. Bridger couldn't take his eyes of Lucas. "How bad is it Kristin?"
"I think he broke his left arm. He also has a few bruises and it is very possible that he has a concussion from the fall. But I'm mostly worried that he could have internal injuries. We have to check it out in medbay to be sure. That's the first thing we have to do. The other injuries can wait until later."
Still walking, Bridger stroked a few strands of blond hair out of Lucas's face. "Hold on, hold on!"
A few seconds later, they arrived at medbay.
During the medical examination, Nathan had to stay in the waiting room outside of medbay. He was pacing from one end of the corridor to the other. Like a lion in a cage.
A few minutes later, one of the staff came out of the medbay and let the Captain in.
Lucas was still unconscious and Dr. Westphalen's face looked very worriedly at the boy. When she felt Bridger next to her, she looked up. She took a deep breath. It wasn't easy for her to give him such news. "Nathan, it doesn't look so good. One of his kidneys is badly injured. We have to remove it."
The captain couldn't take his eyes off his son, even as he spoke to the red- haired doctor. "But he will live, right? It's not a problem to live with only one kidney."
"Normally yes, but Lucas lost his other kidney years ago from an accident!"
Bridger was shocked and was getting more and more worried, if that was even possible. "What does this mean?"
"When we remove his kidney, we will have to get him on a dialysis. And his name will be put on the list for organ-transplantation. But the problem is that I need the permission from his father to remove the kidney. But like always, I can't reach Dr. Wolenczak. And the longer it takes, the more dangerous is it for Lucas!"
Captain Bridger knew immediately what he had to do. "Kristin, start the operation. You have my permission."
"Nathan..."
The captain shook his head. "No Kristin, operate on him. I'm Lucas's father!"
Dr. Westphalen looked disbelievingly at the man next to her. "What?"
Bridger looked her in the eyes. "I'm his father! Lucas has known for two days that Dr. Wolenczak isn't his biological father. He told me yesterday about that and he showed me a picture of his mother. I knew this woman, I met her at a conference, and I slept with her. Lucas has no idea that I'm his father. Kristin, he can't die, he means too much to me, he needs to know the truth!"
Dr. Westphalen nodded her head and looked at a nurse who just had entered the room. "Susan, can you please make everything ready for the operation? We will have to begin now!"
The nurse nodded and left the room to call the other people they would need for the operation. They began to make everything ready.
"What is Lucas's blood-type?" Asked Captain Bridger.
"He has A-Positive," answered Kristin.
In the meantime, the teenager was rolled into the operating room by Susan and another nurse. Nathan's glance followed the boy. When he was out of sight, he nodded thoughtfully. "Just like me. The chance of a successful organ transplantation is the biggest by close relatives. Isn't that right?"
The red haired doctor just nodded. She knew what the captain wanted to do.
"Good, I want you to test me. And if I match for a organ donor, I want to give Lucas one of my kidneys."
Dr. Westphalen smiled. "Alright. Dr. Levin will test you. And if you match, we will operate Lucas immediately. The sooner we begin, better everything will be. Please excuse me now, I have to check on Lucas. I send Dr. Levin to you."
Captain Bridger looked after the doctor when she disappeared into the operating room. He prayed that he would be a perfect match. He couldn't lose another son!
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To Be Continuied...
Written 2002 / Translated 2004
Chapter 7
By Kiddo
*IN LOVING MEMORY OF JONATHAN BRANDIS*
Disclaimer:
SeaQuest, Lucas Wolenczak, Captain Bridger, Darwin, Lawrence Wolenczak and all the others don't belong to me. I have no rights to them.
A special thanks goes to my beta-reader Jackie and to Karel, FishFace12, Joxer, Samantha, Kas, Tamara and Ailowyn for your Reviews.
Feedback is always welcome.
***************************************************************************
There was a lot of excitement on the bridge. Captain Bridger looked at his commander. "Report! Why is the SeaQuest slanted in the water?"
Ford looked at a computer screen. "It looks like the one side of our ballast tanks is defective. The whole ballast was flushed out in one moment!"
Bridger nodded grimly. "Flush the ballast tanks on the other side out too, so that we can at least get straight in the water again."
Commander Ford did what the captain had said. A few seconds later, the SeaQuest was straight in the water again.
Nathan Bridger looked at Tim. "Lieutenant O'Neill, call medbay and ask if anybody was injured."
Tim O'Neill did what he was told. A minute later he told the captain what he was able to find out. "Captain, 5 people were injured, but Dr. Westphalen said that it isn't very bad. They were all lucky."
Now Bridger looked at Katherine Hitchcock. "Take a team and look closely at the ballast tanks. I want to know why this whole thing happened! Mr. O'Neill, call Lucas, he should take a look at the computer system. We have to find the problem!"
Tim O'Neill tried to call the teenager, but he wasn't answering. He tried it again and again. After some time he looked at Bridger. "Captain, I tried it four times, but I'm not able to reach Lucas. He isn't answering."
Captain Bridger felt an anxious feeling rising in the pit of his stomach. "Please try it again. I'll also look in his cabin." He hoped that the boy was okay and that he had just forgotten his Pal some place on the submarine.
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Benjamin Krieg was awaking slowly. He had a terrible headache. And with the headache, came the memories. Lucas! That was his first thought. The last thing he had seen of the boy was that he had fallen down off the chair and crashed to the ground.
His worry about his young friend made him forget his headache immediately. He stood up as fast as he could and looked around the room. "Lucas?"
The Lieutenant couldn't see the boy. The room looked like a tornado had hit. Many things had fallen down and even one of the heavy shelves had broken away from the wall. That was something that shouldn't happen; normally all the shelves were fastened to the wall so tightly that they couldn't fall down when the ship was in a battle or had an accident.
Finally Krieg found the blond teenager. But he wasn't happy about what he saw; the genius was lying under the shelf, and he was unconscious.
Ben rushed to him and called his name. "Lucas, Lucas! Please, say something!" He tried to lift the shelve, but it was much too heavy for one person. He took his Pal. "Tim, call medbay. They need to send a team down to B-deck, Room 14a. Lucas is injured! A shelf is lying on him and I can't lift it alone! Send help, quick!"
***************
Captain Bridger had just come back to the bridge and had heard everything. The frightened voice of the Lieutenant told him that it was bad.
He raced down the corridors of the SeaQuest and he arrived at the storage room even before the med-team. "Lucas!" He went down beside the boy and Krieg. The teenager looked so pale. He forced himself to look away from his son and looked at Ben. "Lets try to get the shelf off him. It's crushing him!"
With all their strength, they pulled at the shelf and were thankful when they were able to pull it off the teen.
Just seconds later, the med-team with Dr. Westphalen arrived. Kristin went down next to Lucas, looked over him, and gave orders. "Get onto a stretcher; be careful but be quick!"
The captain could only look despairingly at the whole thing and try not to get in the way of the med-team. "Hold on kiddo, hold on!"
Two of the med-team lifted the stretcher and carefully went the shortest way to medbay.
A pretty nurse took care of Benjamin Krieg.
Nathan was walking on one side of the stretcher and Dr. Westphalen walked on the other side. Bridger couldn't take his eyes of Lucas. "How bad is it Kristin?"
"I think he broke his left arm. He also has a few bruises and it is very possible that he has a concussion from the fall. But I'm mostly worried that he could have internal injuries. We have to check it out in medbay to be sure. That's the first thing we have to do. The other injuries can wait until later."
Still walking, Bridger stroked a few strands of blond hair out of Lucas's face. "Hold on, hold on!"
A few seconds later, they arrived at medbay.
During the medical examination, Nathan had to stay in the waiting room outside of medbay. He was pacing from one end of the corridor to the other. Like a lion in a cage.
A few minutes later, one of the staff came out of the medbay and let the Captain in.
Lucas was still unconscious and Dr. Westphalen's face looked very worriedly at the boy. When she felt Bridger next to her, she looked up. She took a deep breath. It wasn't easy for her to give him such news. "Nathan, it doesn't look so good. One of his kidneys is badly injured. We have to remove it."
The captain couldn't take his eyes off his son, even as he spoke to the red- haired doctor. "But he will live, right? It's not a problem to live with only one kidney."
"Normally yes, but Lucas lost his other kidney years ago from an accident!"
Bridger was shocked and was getting more and more worried, if that was even possible. "What does this mean?"
"When we remove his kidney, we will have to get him on a dialysis. And his name will be put on the list for organ-transplantation. But the problem is that I need the permission from his father to remove the kidney. But like always, I can't reach Dr. Wolenczak. And the longer it takes, the more dangerous is it for Lucas!"
Captain Bridger knew immediately what he had to do. "Kristin, start the operation. You have my permission."
"Nathan..."
The captain shook his head. "No Kristin, operate on him. I'm Lucas's father!"
Dr. Westphalen looked disbelievingly at the man next to her. "What?"
Bridger looked her in the eyes. "I'm his father! Lucas has known for two days that Dr. Wolenczak isn't his biological father. He told me yesterday about that and he showed me a picture of his mother. I knew this woman, I met her at a conference, and I slept with her. Lucas has no idea that I'm his father. Kristin, he can't die, he means too much to me, he needs to know the truth!"
Dr. Westphalen nodded her head and looked at a nurse who just had entered the room. "Susan, can you please make everything ready for the operation? We will have to begin now!"
The nurse nodded and left the room to call the other people they would need for the operation. They began to make everything ready.
"What is Lucas's blood-type?" Asked Captain Bridger.
"He has A-Positive," answered Kristin.
In the meantime, the teenager was rolled into the operating room by Susan and another nurse. Nathan's glance followed the boy. When he was out of sight, he nodded thoughtfully. "Just like me. The chance of a successful organ transplantation is the biggest by close relatives. Isn't that right?"
The red haired doctor just nodded. She knew what the captain wanted to do.
"Good, I want you to test me. And if I match for a organ donor, I want to give Lucas one of my kidneys."
Dr. Westphalen smiled. "Alright. Dr. Levin will test you. And if you match, we will operate Lucas immediately. The sooner we begin, better everything will be. Please excuse me now, I have to check on Lucas. I send Dr. Levin to you."
Captain Bridger looked after the doctor when she disappeared into the operating room. He prayed that he would be a perfect match. He couldn't lose another son!
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To Be Continuied...
Written 2002 / Translated 2004