Daughters of Light
Chapter 5
"Rommie told me you were coming in what's going on?" Trance asked as she moved to the Maru's hanger doors to see what had happened.
"I don't know. As Cameron tells it Beka's hand started to shake and then she just collapsed. We haven't been able to arouse her." Dylan began as Trance ran through the Maru to Beka's bunk where she was lying on her back with the twins on either side of her.
"Auntie Trance are you going to help our mommy?" Kathryn asked her.
"I'll do the best I can," Trance said as she placed two fingers on Beka's carotid artery and looked for a pulse. Not finding one she looked towards Dylan. "We need to get her to medical now!"
"What's wrong?" Dylan asked as he picked Beka up and started carrying her out of the Maru.
"I have an idea but I hope that I'm wrong," Trance said as she followed him out of ops and to medical.
()
"Put her on the table," Trance ordered as she turned to Rommie. "Possible blood clot the only thing I can't pinpoint is where it is."
Rommie started running some scans until she pinpointed the source of the blood clot. "Her brain."
Dylan's mind just went blank. "What the hell does that mean?"
"It means that blood can't flow to her brain so oxygen can't get to her central nervous system," Trance said. "I'm sorry Dylan you'll need to wait outside we'll come get you when we know what's happening to Beka."
Mechanically Dylan walked out of medical and took the twins hands. He walked down the hall with them and bought them back to Beka's quarters.
()
Dylan was scared out of his mind. He wanted Beka to be okay but that was all he could think about. When he ran the water to give the twins a bath he forgot to check that water level and almost overfilled the tub. His mind wasn't on task and all he knew was that Beka was in medical possibly dying and he didn't know about it.
He had put the girls to bed and sat on the couch in the main room of Beka's quarters and stared at the wall hoping that this was all a dream that he would wake up and be back on the planet with Beka smiling and playing with Kathryn and Cameron.
He remembered Beka from the morning when she had been playing around in the field with Cameron and Kathryn. Cameron had been it while playing tag and Beka was merely a third nonjudgmental party in the game. He imagined her smiling with those perfectly straight teeth. He picked up a frame that held a picture of Beka, the girls, and him and unable to control his emotions he started to cry.
"Dylan?" a shy voice said in the background.
Turning to see who it was he saw Cameron their hugging a teddy bear to her chest, her red hair down to her shoulders, she looked like Beka when she had been little. "Hey Cameron, what are you doing up?"
"I had a bad dream," Cameron stated coming closer to Dylan. "Can I sit on your lap?"
"Sure," Dylan said as he helped the little girl onto his lap. "So what's wrong?"
"I want to see mommy," Cameron said. "Is Auntie Trance finished making her better?"
"No," Dylan replied. "Auntie Trance is still helping your mommy get better. She'll call me when she is done."
"Dylan," Cameron began. "Is mommy going to go away like her daddy did?"
"No your mommy is not going to leave she loves you very much. Why would she leave?" Dylan asked.
"I was singing a song for mommy when she fell," Cameron pointed out.
"Really?" Dylan questioned. "Would you sing it for me?"
Cameron began opened her mouth and began to sing like any two year old child would: "Oh...oo oo
I don't understand
This should be so easy
To just reach my hand
And know the world is free
But nothing's, as it seems
I can tell you freely
Touching's not the only way to feel
(Chorus:)
When the rain falls
It's like heaven's crying
When the name's all
The difference that there is
Cause tears are
The same when they are trying to grow something good
Out of all the pain
There's no difference between the teardrops and the rain.
I know you proudly say
That I'm just talking crazy
To think of life that way
Means that I'm confused
There's happy and there's sad
But maybe yes just maybe
The sadness can make the happiness more true
(Chorus:)
When the rain falls
It's like heaven's crying
When the name's all
The difference that there is
Cause tears are
The same when they are trying to grow something good
Out of all the pain
There's no difference between the teardrops and the rain.
Because I know the bones were necessary
I don't let it bother me at all
(Chorus:)
When the rain falls
It's like heaven's crying
When the name's all
The difference that there is
Cause tears are
The same when they are trying to grow something good
Out of all the pain
There's no difference between the teardrops and the rain.
Oh...oo oo"
"That was great," Dylan said realizing that Cameron had practically sung herself to sleep. The doorbell rang to Beka's quarters and he saw Harper come in.
"Boss," Harper began. "Trance wanted me to come get you. She told me to watch the girls."
"Thank you," Dylan said mechanically as he gently transferred Cameron from his lap to the couch and proceeded out the door.
&(& Author's Note: The song "When the Rain Falls" comes from the Pixel Perfect Soundtrack and is performed by the Zetabytes.
Chapter 5
"Rommie told me you were coming in what's going on?" Trance asked as she moved to the Maru's hanger doors to see what had happened.
"I don't know. As Cameron tells it Beka's hand started to shake and then she just collapsed. We haven't been able to arouse her." Dylan began as Trance ran through the Maru to Beka's bunk where she was lying on her back with the twins on either side of her.
"Auntie Trance are you going to help our mommy?" Kathryn asked her.
"I'll do the best I can," Trance said as she placed two fingers on Beka's carotid artery and looked for a pulse. Not finding one she looked towards Dylan. "We need to get her to medical now!"
"What's wrong?" Dylan asked as he picked Beka up and started carrying her out of the Maru.
"I have an idea but I hope that I'm wrong," Trance said as she followed him out of ops and to medical.
()
"Put her on the table," Trance ordered as she turned to Rommie. "Possible blood clot the only thing I can't pinpoint is where it is."
Rommie started running some scans until she pinpointed the source of the blood clot. "Her brain."
Dylan's mind just went blank. "What the hell does that mean?"
"It means that blood can't flow to her brain so oxygen can't get to her central nervous system," Trance said. "I'm sorry Dylan you'll need to wait outside we'll come get you when we know what's happening to Beka."
Mechanically Dylan walked out of medical and took the twins hands. He walked down the hall with them and bought them back to Beka's quarters.
()
Dylan was scared out of his mind. He wanted Beka to be okay but that was all he could think about. When he ran the water to give the twins a bath he forgot to check that water level and almost overfilled the tub. His mind wasn't on task and all he knew was that Beka was in medical possibly dying and he didn't know about it.
He had put the girls to bed and sat on the couch in the main room of Beka's quarters and stared at the wall hoping that this was all a dream that he would wake up and be back on the planet with Beka smiling and playing with Kathryn and Cameron.
He remembered Beka from the morning when she had been playing around in the field with Cameron and Kathryn. Cameron had been it while playing tag and Beka was merely a third nonjudgmental party in the game. He imagined her smiling with those perfectly straight teeth. He picked up a frame that held a picture of Beka, the girls, and him and unable to control his emotions he started to cry.
"Dylan?" a shy voice said in the background.
Turning to see who it was he saw Cameron their hugging a teddy bear to her chest, her red hair down to her shoulders, she looked like Beka when she had been little. "Hey Cameron, what are you doing up?"
"I had a bad dream," Cameron stated coming closer to Dylan. "Can I sit on your lap?"
"Sure," Dylan said as he helped the little girl onto his lap. "So what's wrong?"
"I want to see mommy," Cameron said. "Is Auntie Trance finished making her better?"
"No," Dylan replied. "Auntie Trance is still helping your mommy get better. She'll call me when she is done."
"Dylan," Cameron began. "Is mommy going to go away like her daddy did?"
"No your mommy is not going to leave she loves you very much. Why would she leave?" Dylan asked.
"I was singing a song for mommy when she fell," Cameron pointed out.
"Really?" Dylan questioned. "Would you sing it for me?"
Cameron began opened her mouth and began to sing like any two year old child would: "Oh...oo oo
I don't understand
This should be so easy
To just reach my hand
And know the world is free
But nothing's, as it seems
I can tell you freely
Touching's not the only way to feel
(Chorus:)
When the rain falls
It's like heaven's crying
When the name's all
The difference that there is
Cause tears are
The same when they are trying to grow something good
Out of all the pain
There's no difference between the teardrops and the rain.
I know you proudly say
That I'm just talking crazy
To think of life that way
Means that I'm confused
There's happy and there's sad
But maybe yes just maybe
The sadness can make the happiness more true
(Chorus:)
When the rain falls
It's like heaven's crying
When the name's all
The difference that there is
Cause tears are
The same when they are trying to grow something good
Out of all the pain
There's no difference between the teardrops and the rain.
Because I know the bones were necessary
I don't let it bother me at all
(Chorus:)
When the rain falls
It's like heaven's crying
When the name's all
The difference that there is
Cause tears are
The same when they are trying to grow something good
Out of all the pain
There's no difference between the teardrops and the rain.
Oh...oo oo"
"That was great," Dylan said realizing that Cameron had practically sung herself to sleep. The doorbell rang to Beka's quarters and he saw Harper come in.
"Boss," Harper began. "Trance wanted me to come get you. She told me to watch the girls."
"Thank you," Dylan said mechanically as he gently transferred Cameron from his lap to the couch and proceeded out the door.
&(& Author's Note: The song "When the Rain Falls" comes from the Pixel Perfect Soundtrack and is performed by the Zetabytes.