"Some one needed a consult?" Moira asked walking into the room. She glanced around the room and took Dr. Sheppard standing next to a nurse. A little girl was in the bed and her parents were standing to the side of the room anxiously holding each other's hands.
"Dr. Bennet. I was hoping I could get your opinion on how the patient's presenting." Moira inwardly cringed at the way he worded that.
"Okay. What do we have?" She said walking further into the room. Instead of walking over to Dr. Sheppard she was walked over the bed and smiled down at the little girl. "Hi sweetie. Not feeling good?" She asked. The little girl looked up at Moira and shook her head. "So tell me what hurts." She asked.
Moira stood in the doorway and watched the brunette sitting with Sawyer. The woman was taking a wet rag and slowly running it along Sawyer's perspiring forehead. It was obvious to Moira that the woman has some strong feelings for the man. What those feelings were she was unsure.
She turned from the room and started to head to the main room of the hatch. She had seen the Dharma logo on the walls and knew that whatever this underground building was it was connected somehow to the building they had called 'home' these past weeks.
"I thought you looked familiar and then when you introduced yourself it came to me." Moira let a squeak in surprise and held her hand over her heart. She glanced to her right and saw Jack standing in the entrance of an intersecting hallway. "What are the chances that two doctors on the payroll at the same hospital end up stranded on the same island?" He asked smiling. Moira smiled back.
She wasn't overly familiar with Dr. Jack Sheppard but she has worked with him a few times. It had been a bit of shock to realize that he was the doctor they were going to encounter. She frowned slightly remembering the events leading up to finally meeting the other survivors. She still couldn't grasp exactly what had caused Ana's slight mental break down. She wanted to corner her and try to understand but she also knew she didn't want to upset her. She was one of the few people she counted as a friend and friends were especially important at this time in her life.
"So you and Ana? You know each other?" Moira said breaking from her thoughts. Jack looked off to the side but Moira still managed notice some emotion cross over his face.
"Yeah. We met at the airport bar." He said. He kept it short and didn't explain more so Moira didn't push it.
"So how is Sawyer?" Moira asked changing the subject. Jack looked down the hall in the direction of the room Sawyer was in.
"He's septic. The infection's in his blood. I gave him something for that so now it's just a waiting game to see if the medication can reverse it." He said his demeanor changing quickly to the down to business doctor she knew he was. He went on to explain some more of his condition.
Noticing moment out of the corner of her eye Moira turned slightly and saw the brunette woman walking towards them. She was looking between both Moira and Jack and her expression was one of curiosity of pain. Moira couldn't help but wonder if the pain was because of Sawyer's condition.
"Jack?" Kate asked. Jack looked at Kate for a moment and then apologized and introduced the two women. He finished the introductions telling Kate that Moira was a doctor he knew from the same hospital. Moira bit her tongue wondering why he was explaining their acquaintance as anything more than what it was. She did however notice the look of surprise of Kate's face.
"You know Jack then? Wow. Seems Jack's running into a lot of people that know him from the past." Moira caught the biting undertone of Kate's comment. What was this woman playing at? Moira couldn't help but wonder. Feeling the need to get away as quickly as possible Moira mumbled something about needing to find Ana and then sped down the corridor.
Moira walked out of the room with Jack by her side. She knew he was slightly irritated with the way she handled things in there but she really didn't care.
"Do you mind if I scrub in on this?" He asked looking up quickly from the notes he was scribbling into the chart. Moira stopped walking and turned to face him. He noticed she had stopped and did the same finally looking up from and meeting her eyes.
"Yes. But I have a small request." Jack quirked an eyebrow and slipped the chart under his arm. "Let me handle talking to the parents and to little Meghan." Moira continued. She walked away and left a confused Jack in her wake.
Moira found Ana back in the large main room of the hatch. She was standing there with Eko and Libby. They were joined by several members of the new group and questions were being thrown at them in rapid fire form. Moira quietly joined the group and though she didn't want to be singled out she found she soon was.
"So this is the other doctor. Name's Locke." Moira looked at the elder man and smiled at him. She shook his outstretched hand. Introductions were soon done and Moira was feeling a little overwhelmed.
"So Moira. When you have a moment maybe you can come to the beach and meet Claire and Aaron. Maybe even give Aaron your pediatric seal of approval?" Charlie asked. Moira laughed and told him that she would certainly do that although she didn't think she needed since Jack was a capable doctor.
Stories were exchanged. Accounts of everything each group had endured. After awhile everyone start to part ways. When Moira noticed Ana move off to an empty corner of the room and sit down on the floor. She excused herself and went to join Ana.
"Hey." Moira said sinking down on to the floor next to her. Ana continued to stare at her hands even though she nodded at Moira. "Want to talk?" Moira asked. She didn't want to push her but she also knew that what had happened out there in the jungle was caused by something in Ana's past.
"No. I just…I just need to deal with this on my own." Ana said finally turning her head to look at Moira. Moira smiled slightly and nodded her head.
"Okay. Well…I'm gonna find us something to eat." Moira said and then with a gentle nudge of her shoulder to Ana's she got up and went in search of some food.
"Mr. and Mrs. Goodwin?" Moira asked pulling the surgically hat off her head. The couple rose from their chairs and looked at her anxiously. When she smiled she saw the tension lift from their bodies. "Meghan's doing great. She's in post-op right now and as soon as she's finished there you can see her in Recovery." Moira continued.
"And the tumor?" Asked Mrs. Goodwin. Moira nodded.
"Dr. Sheppard and I were able to remove the tumor from her spinal column. She'll have to have some chemotherapy and I would also recommend a round of radiation therapy." When she noticed the concerned exchange between the two parents she went on. "Now that's nothing to be worried about. It's something that we suggest for all cancer patients. It's a good measure situation to make sure that anything that we might have missed is taken care of. You don't have a thing to worry about."
After talking a little bit more with the couple Moira excused herself and made her way to post-op. On the way she stopped at the hospital's gift shop and bought a small stuffed bear saying 'Get Well'. She needed something to give to the little girl who reminded her so much of her little sister.
"Moira?" Moira turned and was surprised to see Kate standing behind her. The brunette woman came a little closer and stood there for a minute looking off to the side as though she were trying her best to figure out what she wanted to say.
"I just wanted to say thank you for what you were able to do for Sawyer." Kate said finally. Moira's eyebrows shot up.
"I'm not really sure that I did all that much-"
"No you did a lot. Sawyer's…well Sawyer's an asshole but he's a pretty decent guy and I really appreciate all you were able to do." Kate interrupted. Moira smiled.
"Of course. I know Sawyer." It was Kate's turn to raise her eyebrows questioningly and Moira continued to explain what she meant. "What I mean is that I met him in Australia. At a bar and well he left an impression." Moira said. She didn't know what to make of the expression on Kate's face but she turned and left her standing there. She wasn't entirely sure what to make of the woman but there was something about Kate that Moira wasn't sure she liked.