Disclaimer: Again, not mine.

A/N: Again thanks go to Kathy for betaing this. Also, thanks to everyone for reviewing.

Nathan had arranged it so that Krieg looked as though he was ordering supplies with Tim and Kristen while he and Lucas spent the day browsing through stores. Eventually they ended up at a miniature golf course and decided to play a few balls while they waited to hear back from the others. Nathan felt quite pleased with himself as he realized that Lucas was happy. Or at least happier than he'd been in some time. He had a sneaky suspicion that it had something to do with the way he was losing and the money they had put on this game earlier. They had played away the majority of the afternoon and Nathan thought that it was time that they headed back to their hotel. Nathan ordered Lucas to put on his best clothes and to meet him back at the hotel restaurant in an hour. In this time Nathan planned to get changed himself and to meet up with the other senior members of his crew for a last minute check up.

"How did you go today?" Nathan queried a slightly disheveled Doctor.
"Excellent, I've arranged everything that you had in mind. I even managed to find the lasted gadget for Lucas' computer. I hope we pull this off Nathan"
"So do I", Nathan turned to Krieg, "Did you arrange the pass?"
"Now Captain you told me that you didn't want to know about it remember" Krieg gave Nathan one of his famous smiles.
"I know I did"
"Well..."
"All right, I don't want to know."
Lucas finished putting the final touches to his appearance looking at the clock on his bedside table he realized he was fifteen minutes late. He ran from his room toward the elevator only to find a sign saying, "Closed for Maintenance, we apologize for any inconvenience". Lucas ran to the stairs on the left side of the elevator shaft to the foyer. Lucas slowed to a walk as he entered the foyer where he saw Nathan waiting by the restaurant door, appropriately dressed and with a smile on his face.

"Mr. Wolenczak, you look decent this evening, even if you are fashionably late"
"Sorry."
"Never mind."
Nathan draped a hand over his young companions shoulder and escorted him into the restaurant where he was greeted by a loud "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" from all but one of the senior members of the seaQuest crew. Nathan looked to his young friend, whose expression went from surprised, to happy and then to blank. Nathan caught him moments before he would've hit the floor.
Kristen pushed her way from the back of the others to the side of Lucas. She checked his pulse before calling out for an emergency team. Tim had already made the call before Kristen uttered any words.
To Nathan it had felt like hours before the emergency crew had arrived. He knew logically it was only minutes but it still didn't feel that way. He had traveled with Lucas to the nearest hospital. The doctors wouldn't allow him to go into the emergency room with him, so Nathan had resorted to pacing outside the doors.

Nathan continued to pace as the other members of seaQuest arrived. Kristen had made her way to the front desk to try to get information about Lucas' condition when a doctor emerged from Lucas' temporary room.
"How is he?" both Kristen and Nathan said in unison.
"I'm Dr. Sanderson, and you are?"
"I'm Captain Nathan Bridger of the UEO flag ship seaQuest and this is our CMO Kristen Westphalen."
"At the moment we're running some tests. We tried to have a look in his medical file but it keeps coming up as classified on the UEO database. Do you know why his file has such a classification?"
"Yes, what do you need to know?"
"Well for starters, does he have any history of this happening before?"
Kristen took over from Nathan explaining in limited detail Lucas' past. A nurse interrupted them at the end of Kristen's assessment.
"Excuse me Dr. Sanderson, I think you should see this."
The doctor followed the nurse back inside and went over to a monitor. "Well that is very interesting, you said he had epilepsy?"
"Yes, that was what his previous doctor assessed and I agreed with the diagnosis, why?"
"I'm not so sure, this here indicates that he might have a condition known as Long QT."
Kristen looked in turn from monitor, to doctor, to Lucas. "Are you sure?"
"Did you ever run a ECG on Lucas while aboard the seaQuest?"
"I...well...no"
Kristen and Nathan sat in Dr. Sanderson's office. Lucas had been transferred to a ward over two hours ago. The doctor finally arrived and took a seat opposite the two-crew members. "Sorry to have kept you waiting, I would like to discuss Lucas' condition with you. As you seem to be the primary care giver for Lucas," Sanderson indicated to Kristen "and his legal guardian." he indicated to Nathan, "I thought that you should hear this first hand. As you know we've now officially diagnosed Lucas with Long QT. This is a condition, which if treated properly, doesn't have to be fatal. The condition causes Lucas to have arrhythmia, his heart beats too fast. His QT interval is longer than what it should be. Hence the name. The reason that Lucas faints is because of his irregular heart beat, you would've noticed it usually happens after he has exerted himself."
"What about the epilepsy"
"Captain Bridger, there isn't any epilepsy, unfortunately Long QT often gets misdiagnosed as this. Fortunately, we can now help Lucas to live a fairly normal life. We've started him on the medication that should control the Long QT. We'd like to keep him a couple of days to make sure we have him on the correct dose. Now why don't the two of you go get something to eat and then go get some rest, he'll probably sleep through the night."
"Dr. Sanderson would it be possible for us to stay with him tonight just in case he should wake?", Nanthan asked.
"Normally we don't encourage family members to stay with patients, but I think considering everything we can make a exception in this case. I'll let the nurses know that you'll be staying with Lucas when you get back from dinner."
"Thank you."

Kristen felt the pit of her stomach fall some more. How could I have missed this, she thought, I should've run more tests. Nathan waited until they had left the doctors office before he spoke to Kristen.
"I know what you're thinking, and it's most certainly not you fault. You heard the doctor in there it's one of the most misdiagnosed conditions." Kristen avoided looking directly at Nathan. "Kristen look at me", he slowly lifted Kristen's chin until she was forced to look at him, "and it's not your fault." With that she burst into tears, Nathan took her into his arms and let her cry until she felt better.

"Now all we have to do is explain it to Lucas..."