Chapter 8
With the help of Doctor Bishop and the Spectrum security team, Doctor Gold was able to get both men on to stretchers. They were then escorted back to the airbase where they had landed in the hummingbird earlier that day. However, because of the circumstances, they were unable to return to Skybase in the aircraft they had arrived in. Instead Doctor Gold, upon informing Colonel White of their situation, had requested a medical jet to pick them up. Although Doctor Gold had had to inform the Colonel of injuries to members of his staff before, for some reason having to tell him about this was harder. He put it down to the fact that this time both Captains' Scarlet and Blue were injured; and because of the circumstances surrounding their visit to the lab in the first place. All he knew was, he did not envy the other person on the other end of the call that he knew Colonel White was going to make to headquarters after he had finished speaking to him.
"An explosion?" the Colonel said, he couldn't believe what Doctor Gold was telling him.
"Yes Colonel" Gold replied "Both Scarlet and Blue were in the vicinity when it occurred..."
Gold could have sworn that the Colonel's features paled somewhat at this news "Are they okay?" he asked, not giving the doctor chance to continue with his report of the situation "Were they injured?"
"I'm afraid so sir, although I won't be sure of the true extent of their injuries until I get them back to Skybase. But for the moment they are both stable" The Doctor then went on to describe both men's injuries as he knew them from their initial treatment after the explosion had taken place
Colonel White nodded his head and let out a small grunt of understanding
"Lieutenant Green, I need a medical jet dispatched to DragonTech laboratories immediately"
"S.I.G Colonel" Green replied before opening a comms channel to dispatched the requested aircraft
"Doctor, keep me informed of their condition"
"S.I.G" Gold said, signing off and closing down the communication
Lieutenant Green turned in her chair to face the Colonel "How bad is it sir?" Colonel White got up from his desk and walked over to where Green was seated at her console
"Adam has a severe concussion and he dislocated his shoulder"
"And Paul?" she looked up at her commanding officer
"His injuries are a little more serious. But I'm sure it's nothing for us to worry about, he's been through worse"
"S.I.G" Green said. She knew like the rest of them that because of Scarlet's retro-metabolism that he would be back to his normal self in a few days, but she was worried about Captain Blue. Although nothing had actually happened between herself and Adam, she knew she cared about him as more than just a friend; part of her was even convinced that he felt the same way about her too, although neither of them had actually admitted anything to each other.
"Don't worry Serena, they're in good hands" White said, noticing the concerned expression cross her face, he gently placed a comforting hand on her shoulder before returning to his desk. She really hoped that the Colonel was right because she had an unsettling feeling about this situation which she just couldn't seem to shake.