EXPLANATION: 1.) I do not own Sea Quest or any of its characters. 2.) For the sake of this story the building of the second Sea Quest took about 1 year and six months instead of 2 as it did in the show. 3.) Ben and Katharine stayed on Sea Quest as while as Dr. Westphalen, however Tony and Dr. Smith also joined the crew. 4.) Lucas originally lied about his age when he came on board, he was only 14. Also I will use a date of August 21 2004 for his birth. 5.) Also of note there will bee references to both the TV series and to this site. 6.) Also Tony was moved out of Lucas's room about two weeks into the tour as he complained he wasn't getting much sleep as Lucas spent most o the night on his computer.
THE TRUTHCHAPTER 1
THE DECISION
Lucas woke up one morning in with pain in his abdomen that he had never felt before. He wasn't sure what he should do, should he just tough it out and if it got worse see the doctor or should he just go to her right away. He looked at his clock and saw it said 6:30 am; he really wasn't used to waking up that early so he decided that maybe he should go and see the Doctor. He walked out of his room that was labeled Chief Computer Systems Annalist/ Mammal Engineering/ Resident Teen Genius. The first one was the official title that the UEO had given to him for helping design the new computer programs on board the new SeaQuest and for basically keeping them all running. The second title was a little joke from his previous quarters on the first SeaQuest, and the third had been Lt. Ben Krieg's idea, he had originally suggested "Caution Resident Teen Genius" but Lucas wasn't to happy about that.
Lucas made the decision to go see the Doctor, he got up and exit is room. He looked at the door and chuckled at this. His abs started to hurt him even more now. He headed down the hall towards Med Bay when he ran into the Captain who immediately asked him.
"Lucas why are you up so early and why are you roaming the decks of SeaQuest in nothing but a pair of boxers and a t-shirt"
Lucas thought for a moment should he lie to the Captain and make up some excuse or should he tell him the truth. He decided to tell him the truth.
He said "I woke up with pain in my abdomen and decided to go see the Doctor about it."
The Captain then decided to help the teen get there and also he new that as the Captain of the ship the UEO had appointed him Lucas's legal guardian in the absence of his father who was off working on a second World Power project. When they got to the Med Bay, Dr. Westphalen had just arrived and was getting ready just in case she needed to treat any patients today. Most of the time she just took care of minor cuts and bruises and sometimes in the case of Lucas minor electrical burns. She looked up from her office and was shocked to see the Captain and Lucas in Med Bay at this hour; she immediately suspected that there must be something wrong with the teen. She opened the door and told Lucas to get up on one of the examining tables. Normally the teen put up a fuss when she said this, but today he just lay down on it without a word to her. She figured that he must be really sick today or he had injured himself somehow. She went over to him and stuck a thermometer in his mouth to take his temperature. She noticed that it was about two degrees above normal not to serious but it could be the first sign of infection.
She then asked "Lucas why have you come in to Med Bay this morning."
"I woke up at about 6:30 this morning with pain in my abdomen." say Lucas.
"Where does it hurt the most?"
Lucas lifted up his shirt revealing his somewhat scrawny frame, he then pointed to the area just above his right hip. The Doctor begins felling his abdomen there when the teen immediately said that it hurt.
"Lucas have you had pain in this area before?"
" No, not in that area before, do you think it might be my appendix?" asked Lucas.
She then left the room for a minute and came back with a portable ultrasound machine which she used on his abdomen. Well she was doing this Lucas commented that he had had this done to him before, after one of the beatings from his father. He also said that they had needed to rush him to surgery right away and remove his spleen to stop the internal bleeding he had. The Doctor, as had the Captain, of course had known about this and as few of his other injuries from what he had told him. She also knew of some other scars that Lucas had that were not mentioned in his medical file and she wasn't sure why. Also there was a section from the time when he was four to six years old that was sealed off to even her, she had often questioned Lucas about this and he usually just gave her the answer that it was something she didn't need to know. It made her wonder all the more what was Lucas hiding, what had happened to him in those years that someone would want to seal his medical file. After she finished with the test she said to him.
"I'm afraid that your appendix is going to have to come out young man."
"Ah Man that really sucks. I guess that means surgery then right?"
"Yes unfortunately it does and also that means you will have to spend a couple of days here and then another week on LIGHT duty, and no swimming for at least three weeks."
Lucas looked at her and just mooned. He then decided to tell them something about himself that only he and his parents knew about him. He decided to tell them what was in the sealed portion of his medical file.
Special thanks goes to my new Beta Reader wolenczak2004