Chapter Eighteen--The Cure
Briefing Room-1745
Tom stood from his chair. "When can you revive them?"
"In about an hour," the Doctor replied calmly.
"Do you know the cause?" Tuvok asked.
"All I know is that something they inhaled got into their blood streams and that 'told' their brains to shut its higher functions down. I believe the compound cane the torpedo that was lodged in Deck Twelve. I do know keep them conscious," the Doctor smiled.
"Proceed, Doctor. Dismissed."
Tom, Lucille, and Derek stood and followed the Doctor and Naomi to Sickbay.
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Sickbay-1845
"Ready, Naomi?"
"Ready, Doctor," she replied monitoring the three patients vitals.
"Tom, Derek, Lu, ready to go?"
They all smiled weakly. "As ready as we'll ever be," Tom answered for his family.
"Forty-four c.c.'s of therominazine," the Doctor picked up a hypospray. He injected B'Elanna, who had been elected to go first, she would've wanted to be the guinea pig.
An alarm sounded. "Doctor, we're loosing her! Heart-rate's plunging!"
"Setting the charges!" Tom yelled getting some instruments.
"Wait!" Naomi yelled. "She's leveling," Naomi said puzzled.
Tom looked at her face. She saw an eyelash flutter. "Doctor! Doctor look!"
The Doctor rushed over and looked at B'Elanna and saw the flutter.
"It's working," Tom said gripping B'Elanna's hand.
"Let go of me, you pig," B'Elanna mumbled.
The Doctor smiled and injected Miral and Owen. As their heart-rates dropped and leveled, B'Elanna woke up.
"B'Elanna," Tom hugged her. He smiled, and kissed her.
Lu and Derek's reactions were similar.
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