Baby's Blue Eyes
Chapter 8
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 Joxer for the wonderful Review.
@Joxer: Your Reviews really rock!!! They are so much fun to read!!! How Lucas lost his other kidney as a child would maybe also make a nice story. But I will not write it, I prefer writing stories with the seaQuest crew in it. I have told that Lucas lost his other kidney in a accident, should I tell you what a accident it was or do you want to use your own imagination?
Feedback is always welcome.
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6 hours later, Captain Bridger was awaking from the operation. To his relief, he had been a perfect match for a kidney transplantation.
His only thoughts were of Lucas. Had he made it through the operation? How was he? Had the operation been successful?
Dr. Westphalen stepped to Bridger's bedside. "Nathan, how are you?"
The captain looked at the doctor. "A little bit tired but mostly fine. How is Lucas?"
Kristin smiled. "He is fine. He made it through the operation with no problems. As I expected, he has also broken his left arm. It's in a plaster cast."
Nathan nodded his head, relieved. "Where is he?"
"To your right side, I thought that you would want to be near him."
Bridger turned his head. "Thank you!" He looked at the teenager. The boy looked pale and vulnerable and was hooked up to a few medical machines. "What are all those machines for?"
"We need them to observe Lucas. The machines are giving us information about his new kidney. We can watch them to make sure it works the way it should work. We will know in a few days if his body will accept the kidney," explained the red-haired woman.
"When will he wake up?"
"I don't know. Maybe today, maybe in a couple of days." Kristin saw Nathan's disappointed look.
"The sleep is good for him. His body will get all the rest it needs. He will wake up when he is ready. And sleep is also the best for you at the moment. I will go in my office, call me if you need anything." Dr. Westphalen went into her little office next to medbay. It had big glass windows, so that she could always see what was going on in medbay.
Nathan glanced at his son. How could he tell him the truth? What would Lucas think of him? His relationship with the boy could become closer, but it was also possible that the relationship would be ruined.
And with those thoughts, the captain went to sleep and the thoughts followed him in his dreams.
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During the next few days, Captain Bridger was feeling better and better. But to Nathan's disappointment, Lucas still hadn't woken up.
On the third day, Kristin let the captain out of medbay. But in spite of that, all his free time was spent in medbay anyway, wanting to be there when his son woke up.
Dr. Westphalen was the only one who was aware of the fact that Bridger was the biological father of the young computer genius. But the whole crew knew how much Lucas meant to their captain, and also the other way around.
The whole crew was worried about their young friend. They all hoped that he would wake up soon.
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On the fifth day, Nathan was sitting beside Lucas's bed. He held the teenager's uninjured right hand in both of his own.
Suddenly, he noticed a change in Lucas. "Kristin!"
The doctor rushed to him. When she arrived at the bed, she realized immediately why the captain had called. The teenager was waking up. His eyelids flickered at first, and then two blue eyes opened and looked tiredly at the adults.
Bridger smiled. "Hey kiddo, you gave us quite a scare!" The captain gently stroked a few strands of hair out of Lucas's face.
"What happened?"
"A shelf crashed down on you," explained the woman.
The teenager shook his head very slightly. "No, I mean why?"
"Oh, I see. There was a malfunction in one of the ballast tanks; one whole side was emptied all at once. And because of that, the SeaQuest went crooked in the water," explained Bridger.
Lucas nodded his head and thought back to what had happened. "What happened to Ben, he was with me in the supply room. Is he okay?"
Dr. Westphalen smiled warmly at the boy. "Don't worry about him. He had a concussion, but he also has a very hard head. He is fine now and working again."
The teen thought curiously about her words. She had used the word "had." Had he slept that long? It felt as thought the accident had happened just a few hours ago to him. The blond hair that Bridger had just brushed back fell again in his face. The teenager lifted his left arm because he wanted to push it back again, but he stopped the motion when he saw his cast. "Oh no!"
"Don't worry Lucas, it is a clean break. It won't take too long to heal. You were unconscious for five days. You had a concussion and we had to remove your kidney," said Dr. Westphalen.
Lucas got even paler than he already was. He knew what that meant; no kidney meant dialysis for him.
Kristin realized what the boy was thinking and tried to calm him down. "Don't worry about that. We had a organ donor. Your body has accepted the new kidney without any problems."
The teenager was relieved but also confused. "Who?"
Captain Bridger smiled at his son. "Me."
Lucas was still confused. "But, why?"
Nathan looked warmly at the young genius. "Lucas, you mean to much to me. I couldn't let anything bad happen to you!"
The boy looked away with embarrassment. "Thank you! I don't know what else I should say!" He gave a shy smile.
"There is no need to say anything. Your smile and the fact that you are alive is enough for me."
Dr. Westphalen changed the topic. "Lucas, how do you feel? Does it hurt anywhere?"
Lucas shock slowly his head. "No I'm fine, but it hurts my stomach a little bit when I move."
The red haired doctor nodded. "That is to expected at the moment. That comes from the operation."
Bridger grinned from ear to ear. "You can be glad that they only use threads that dissolve automatically when everything has healed. That's different than when I was your age. They used threads that had to be pulled out after a while. But one time, my wound healed faster than they had expected and when they wanted to pull the threads out, they weren't able to do it because the threads had grown into my skin. So they had to pull at the threads until they came out. I swear to you, it hurt like hell when they removed them!"
Lucas put his right hand to his mouth and yawned.
The captain shook his head. "Hey, my story isn't that boring!"
The teenager yawned again. "I'm sorry, Captain. I'm just a little bit tired."
"That is good Lucas, your body needs the rest," said Dr. Westphalen.
The boy shook his head, an uncomprehending look on his face. "And I thought five days of sleep would have been enough."
Captain Bridger the teenager's pillow so that he could lay down more comfortably on it. "Sleep now, we have enough time to talk about everything later."
Kristin nodded in agreement. "The captain is right. You will see; you just focus on feeling better and you'll get out of here before you know it."
Lucas closed his exhausted blue eyes. It didn't take long and then he was asleep again.
Nathan stayed beside the bed. He was so happy about the second chance he had been given. He couldn't even think about the fact that he had nearly lost Lucas. He didn't know what he would have done if the unthinkable had happened. The boy had never heard the truth. But as soon as Lucas was feeling better, he would tell him everything. He would tell him that he was his father.
Bridger was sad when he thought about all the things he had missed in his son's life. His first cries, his first word, his first steps! He had missed Lucas's birthdays, Christmas, and all the other celebrations. He had never been able to put his son to bed at night or to tell or read him bedtime stories. He had missed the unbelievable school career the boy had. He had not been there when Lucas had grown to be the wonderful person he was now.
Bridger had never been there when the teenager had a problem. The boy had been alone after the death of his mother, and with a cold relationship with Lawrence Wolenczak.
Captain Bridger had missed so much in his son's life. Things he could never get back.
Nathan had only known the boy just half a year, but he had always had this strange feeling when it came to the teenager. As if he had known Lucas forever!
The computer genius had always reminded him of someone, but he had never been able to say who. It was different now, he knew that Lucas had always reminded him of Cynthia.
Lucas looked so much like his mother. He had the same tender facial features as she had.
Cynthia had also had blue eyes, but the teenager's eyes were bigger and more fascinating. Lucas's mother's hair color was almost the same, but hers had been a little bit lighter.
Why hadn't he noticed that they looked so much alike earlier? It was so obvious!
Nathan took the teenager's right hand in his and smiled. The hands were something the boy had gotten from him. The blond teen had long and thin fingers. Cynthia, on the other hand, had always had very small hands.
His interest in science was something that Lucas got from both of them. But the big interest in dolphins was something the boy also got from him.
Captain Bridger smiled. He just had to smile when he looked at his son and knew that he would be fine. He just had to smile.
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To Be Continuied...
Written 2002 / Translated 2004
Chapter 8
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 Joxer for the wonderful Review.
@Joxer: Your Reviews really rock!!! They are so much fun to read!!! How Lucas lost his other kidney as a child would maybe also make a nice story. But I will not write it, I prefer writing stories with the seaQuest crew in it. I have told that Lucas lost his other kidney in a accident, should I tell you what a accident it was or do you want to use your own imagination?
Feedback is always welcome.
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6 hours later, Captain Bridger was awaking from the operation. To his relief, he had been a perfect match for a kidney transplantation.
His only thoughts were of Lucas. Had he made it through the operation? How was he? Had the operation been successful?
Dr. Westphalen stepped to Bridger's bedside. "Nathan, how are you?"
The captain looked at the doctor. "A little bit tired but mostly fine. How is Lucas?"
Kristin smiled. "He is fine. He made it through the operation with no problems. As I expected, he has also broken his left arm. It's in a plaster cast."
Nathan nodded his head, relieved. "Where is he?"
"To your right side, I thought that you would want to be near him."
Bridger turned his head. "Thank you!" He looked at the teenager. The boy looked pale and vulnerable and was hooked up to a few medical machines. "What are all those machines for?"
"We need them to observe Lucas. The machines are giving us information about his new kidney. We can watch them to make sure it works the way it should work. We will know in a few days if his body will accept the kidney," explained the red-haired woman.
"When will he wake up?"
"I don't know. Maybe today, maybe in a couple of days." Kristin saw Nathan's disappointed look.
"The sleep is good for him. His body will get all the rest it needs. He will wake up when he is ready. And sleep is also the best for you at the moment. I will go in my office, call me if you need anything." Dr. Westphalen went into her little office next to medbay. It had big glass windows, so that she could always see what was going on in medbay.
Nathan glanced at his son. How could he tell him the truth? What would Lucas think of him? His relationship with the boy could become closer, but it was also possible that the relationship would be ruined.
And with those thoughts, the captain went to sleep and the thoughts followed him in his dreams.
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During the next few days, Captain Bridger was feeling better and better. But to Nathan's disappointment, Lucas still hadn't woken up.
On the third day, Kristin let the captain out of medbay. But in spite of that, all his free time was spent in medbay anyway, wanting to be there when his son woke up.
Dr. Westphalen was the only one who was aware of the fact that Bridger was the biological father of the young computer genius. But the whole crew knew how much Lucas meant to their captain, and also the other way around.
The whole crew was worried about their young friend. They all hoped that he would wake up soon.
****************
On the fifth day, Nathan was sitting beside Lucas's bed. He held the teenager's uninjured right hand in both of his own.
Suddenly, he noticed a change in Lucas. "Kristin!"
The doctor rushed to him. When she arrived at the bed, she realized immediately why the captain had called. The teenager was waking up. His eyelids flickered at first, and then two blue eyes opened and looked tiredly at the adults.
Bridger smiled. "Hey kiddo, you gave us quite a scare!" The captain gently stroked a few strands of hair out of Lucas's face.
"What happened?"
"A shelf crashed down on you," explained the woman.
The teenager shook his head very slightly. "No, I mean why?"
"Oh, I see. There was a malfunction in one of the ballast tanks; one whole side was emptied all at once. And because of that, the SeaQuest went crooked in the water," explained Bridger.
Lucas nodded his head and thought back to what had happened. "What happened to Ben, he was with me in the supply room. Is he okay?"
Dr. Westphalen smiled warmly at the boy. "Don't worry about him. He had a concussion, but he also has a very hard head. He is fine now and working again."
The teen thought curiously about her words. She had used the word "had." Had he slept that long? It felt as thought the accident had happened just a few hours ago to him. The blond hair that Bridger had just brushed back fell again in his face. The teenager lifted his left arm because he wanted to push it back again, but he stopped the motion when he saw his cast. "Oh no!"
"Don't worry Lucas, it is a clean break. It won't take too long to heal. You were unconscious for five days. You had a concussion and we had to remove your kidney," said Dr. Westphalen.
Lucas got even paler than he already was. He knew what that meant; no kidney meant dialysis for him.
Kristin realized what the boy was thinking and tried to calm him down. "Don't worry about that. We had a organ donor. Your body has accepted the new kidney without any problems."
The teenager was relieved but also confused. "Who?"
Captain Bridger smiled at his son. "Me."
Lucas was still confused. "But, why?"
Nathan looked warmly at the young genius. "Lucas, you mean to much to me. I couldn't let anything bad happen to you!"
The boy looked away with embarrassment. "Thank you! I don't know what else I should say!" He gave a shy smile.
"There is no need to say anything. Your smile and the fact that you are alive is enough for me."
Dr. Westphalen changed the topic. "Lucas, how do you feel? Does it hurt anywhere?"
Lucas shock slowly his head. "No I'm fine, but it hurts my stomach a little bit when I move."
The red haired doctor nodded. "That is to expected at the moment. That comes from the operation."
Bridger grinned from ear to ear. "You can be glad that they only use threads that dissolve automatically when everything has healed. That's different than when I was your age. They used threads that had to be pulled out after a while. But one time, my wound healed faster than they had expected and when they wanted to pull the threads out, they weren't able to do it because the threads had grown into my skin. So they had to pull at the threads until they came out. I swear to you, it hurt like hell when they removed them!"
Lucas put his right hand to his mouth and yawned.
The captain shook his head. "Hey, my story isn't that boring!"
The teenager yawned again. "I'm sorry, Captain. I'm just a little bit tired."
"That is good Lucas, your body needs the rest," said Dr. Westphalen.
The boy shook his head, an uncomprehending look on his face. "And I thought five days of sleep would have been enough."
Captain Bridger the teenager's pillow so that he could lay down more comfortably on it. "Sleep now, we have enough time to talk about everything later."
Kristin nodded in agreement. "The captain is right. You will see; you just focus on feeling better and you'll get out of here before you know it."
Lucas closed his exhausted blue eyes. It didn't take long and then he was asleep again.
Nathan stayed beside the bed. He was so happy about the second chance he had been given. He couldn't even think about the fact that he had nearly lost Lucas. He didn't know what he would have done if the unthinkable had happened. The boy had never heard the truth. But as soon as Lucas was feeling better, he would tell him everything. He would tell him that he was his father.
Bridger was sad when he thought about all the things he had missed in his son's life. His first cries, his first word, his first steps! He had missed Lucas's birthdays, Christmas, and all the other celebrations. He had never been able to put his son to bed at night or to tell or read him bedtime stories. He had missed the unbelievable school career the boy had. He had not been there when Lucas had grown to be the wonderful person he was now.
Bridger had never been there when the teenager had a problem. The boy had been alone after the death of his mother, and with a cold relationship with Lawrence Wolenczak.
Captain Bridger had missed so much in his son's life. Things he could never get back.
Nathan had only known the boy just half a year, but he had always had this strange feeling when it came to the teenager. As if he had known Lucas forever!
The computer genius had always reminded him of someone, but he had never been able to say who. It was different now, he knew that Lucas had always reminded him of Cynthia.
Lucas looked so much like his mother. He had the same tender facial features as she had.
Cynthia had also had blue eyes, but the teenager's eyes were bigger and more fascinating. Lucas's mother's hair color was almost the same, but hers had been a little bit lighter.
Why hadn't he noticed that they looked so much alike earlier? It was so obvious!
Nathan took the teenager's right hand in his and smiled. The hands were something the boy had gotten from him. The blond teen had long and thin fingers. Cynthia, on the other hand, had always had very small hands.
His interest in science was something that Lucas got from both of them. But the big interest in dolphins was something the boy also got from him.
Captain Bridger smiled. He just had to smile when he looked at his son and knew that he would be fine. He just had to smile.
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To Be Continuied...
Written 2002 / Translated 2004