Disclaimer: I don't own SeaQuest or anything affiliated with them. Don't sue me . . .I'm poor.
Authors Note: Sorry that this took so long in coming . . .It may be a little while before I post another chapter again so relish this whilst it lasts. J Also I don't have a beta so I am trying my hardest not to make stupid mistakes like leaving out words like I did last time. . If anyone wants to offer to do it for me I would really appreciate it and think about it, you get to read my crappy work before anyone else . . . oh right I'm supposed to entice you to want to do it . . . right . . . oh well . . .
Nathan was still trying to come to grips with what Kristen had told him. Looking down at Lucas' pale features made the news all the more real. Nathan never could stand reality when it dealt blows as big as this one was and this was an almighty big blow. The two adults still hadn't figured out what to tell the rest of the crew and so they decided that silence about the matter was the best for the moment.
Kristen was going about making calls to the mainland hospitals trying to find the doctor that was listed in Lucas' file as his family physician. So far the doctor had worked temporarily at more than five hospitals and the search was continuing. Kristen couldn't work out why the doctor had not mentioned anything about Lucas' condition in his medical file. After all, it was important information and it was something that was not just going to go away.
Lucas had finally awoken but fallen to sleep before Kristen could be summoned off the vidphone to talk to him. Ben had taken over Nathan's shift in watching over the boy. Nathan and Kristen hadn't told Ben all the details just enough to comfort Lucas when he awoke. Ben sat by Lucas vigilantly, watching for any signs of reawakening.
In the meantime Nathan was making a call to Lucas' father, if anyone should know about Lucas surely it would be the man that was supposed to look after him. Nathan sat in his quarters waiting for the vidphone to signal a connection. Wolenczaks secretary had given him the run around twice already. He was in no way going to take no for an answer. Nathan needed to speak to Wolenczak immediately before he lost his patience was probably better both for the secretary and Nathan.
"Oh Captain Bridger you again" The red headed secretary sounded sickly sweet. Nathan thought he would be sick if he ever saw another fake smile like hers again that year.
"Yes, me again. Is Mr. Wolenczak out of his meeting yet?"
"Let me just check for you sir. One moment please" The screen went blank for a few moments before the secretary returned.
"Yes Sir, I believe he has finished his meeting however he is talking to another client at the moment, may I get him to call you back at his next earliest convenience?" Bridger had lost all the patience that he had once possessed.
"No. . .No I would not like to speak to Mr. Wolenczak at his next convenience I would like to speak to him now. Currently his son is lying in my med. Bay, and the sooner I could talk to Mr. Wolenczak the better it would be for all parties involved. Now, if you could please get up, and go over to that door and summons Mr. Wolenczak so that I can speak to him I would greatly appreciate it otherwise I may have to seek other action against Mr. Wolenczak. Am I understood Miss?"
"Yes, Sir. One moment please"
Kristen had finally managed to find the doctor that was written up in Lucas' charts and records. Only to be told that he hadn't treated Lucas for anything of that nature. This news only infuriated Kristen more now that she was on the end of her tether.
Kristen looked over to where Ben was sitting with Lucas he seemed to be waking up slowly and Ben was talking quietly to him trying to coax him to wake up quicker so that they could talk. Kristen couldn't help but warm up to the scene it was amusing to see Ben anything but his manly self. Lucas brought out both the best and worst in Ben. In fact, Lucas brought out those characteristics in most of the crew, the most noticeable being Nathan.
Nathan was infuriated with the man that he had just finished speaking with. It appeared that the Wolenczaks had known about Lucas for a long time. Nathan couldn't help but feel a little guilty at the same time for firstly not noticing anything was wrong with the boy and secondly because if Nathan hadn't been yelling at Lucas the other day then he might've heard what Lucas had to say. It seemed that Lucas was finally going to tell the Captain of his condition mainly because he had to. Nathan walked slowly to the med. Bay to talk to Kristen about his events and listen to her search results. Hopefully they had been as if not more productive than his conversation with Wolenczak.
"So you see, Lucas needs to have his medication readjusted apparently."
"And what, no body saw fit to notify me about this?" Kristen was almost yelling she was so infuriated.
"I think Lucas planned to, I think that things just got in the way."
"Oh yeah, something out of the ordinary there" They both walked over to where Lucas was now fully awake and talking to Ben.
"Lucas, we need to talk," They said in unison.