Chapter 14

"Doctor Gold he's waking up" Destiny shouted, drawing the Doctors attention to her rather that the reports he was looking at

"Destiny?" Scarlet rasped, his voice sounding weak as he spoke "What happened?

"You were hurt in an explosion, Captain" Doctor Gold said as he entered the room to stand next to Destiny at Scarlet's bed side

"Explosion?" Scarlet replied momentarily confused. Suddenly the memory of what had taken place while at the lab emerged clear in his mind "Adam!" he demanded trying to get up from the bed so he could look around for his friend

"Easy Captain, you need to take it easy"

"Where's Adam?" Scarlet begged Gold, fear evident in his pain riddled tone

"Apart from a few cuts and bruises, a mild concussion and a dislocated shoulder, Captain Blue is fine. In fact he's resting in his quarters" Gold told him. It was clear to the Doctor that his words had reached Scarlet because he visibly relaxed "If you'll excuse me a moment I'll just go and let Colonel White know that you're awake" With that the Doctor returned to his desk to contact central control

"How are you feeling?" Destiny asked returning her attention to Scarlet

"I've been better" he said with a small smile on his lips as he tried to lighten the mood once he noticed the look of worry on Destiny's face "I guess the explosion was worse than I thought it would be. But at least Adam's going to be okay"

"Only because you pushed him out of the way in time and shielded him from the worst of it" Destiny informed him turning away suddenly as tears filled her eyes. She didn't want Paul to see her upset, not now. Yet instinctively he knew that something was wrong; that something was bothering her and it scared him because he had a feeling it was something to do with his condition

"Destiny what is it?" he demanded in a voice he hoped would sound stronger than it actually did. As he spoke the heart monitor began to beep faster, showing his fear

"Paul...I..." her words were cut off as the door opened and Doctor Gold walked in followed by Colonel White. Destiny could also make out Captain Blue standing outside the room anxiously waiting for news.

"Glad to see that you're awake Captain" White said as he approached the bed in which Scarlet was lying "How are you feeling?"

Destiny quietly left the room, leaving Scarlet to talk to the Colonel and Doctor as she went outside to speak to Blue

"How's he doing?" Blue asked his concern evident in his tone and on his face

"I'm not sure. He says he's okay but I think he's lying so he doesn't worry me, but he knows something's not right. I think he was just about to ask me what was going on when the Colonel turned up"

"You mean he doesn't know" Blue snapped, an angry expression on his face.

"He's been unconscious Adam how could he" she snapped back.

"I'm sorry Destiny I didn't mean to..." he replied is tone and features softening as he realised that he had upset her with his reaction "I'm not angry at you, it's just..."

"I know Adam, I'm scared too"

"Colonel what's going on?" Scarlet asked, turning his head as best he could to look at the Colonel. He knew something wasn't right. Not only because of how he was feeling but because of the way everyone was looking at him

"I'm afraid I have some bad news Captain" Doctor Gold began

"The way I'm feeling isn't just from being caught up in that explosion is it"?

The Doctor shook his head "I'm afraid not"

"Then what is it? I thought that because of what the Mysterons had done to me I would be ok I've been caught up in explosions before and never felt like this..." Gold looked over at Colonel White, they were both concerned by Scarlet's reaction; neither man had heard him like this, it was obvious he was terrified

"From an ordinary explosion you would have Captain. But there was more to this than a simple laboratory accident" Gold continued

"What do you mean?" Scarlet asked trying to look from one man to the other but he couldn't quite turn to look at the doctor because of the way he was lying and where Gold was standing "Colonel, will someone please tell me what the hell is going on?" The heart monitor began to race clearly indicating how agitated Scarlet was becoming

"Calm down Captain" White commanded "It won't do you any good to get worked up like this"

Just then the doors to Scarlet's room opened and Destiny walked through, followed closely by a bandaged and bruised Captain Blue, his left arm in a sling across his chest.

"Adam" Scarlet croaked, relieved to see that his friend was up and about "I'm glad to see you're okay"

"Only because of you Paul" Blue said as he made his way over to the side of Scarlet's bed so his friend was able to see him properly; and so he was able to see his friend better too.

"Captain" Colonel White addressed Captain Blue "I thought you were supposed to be resting?"

"I'm sorry Sir, but when Doctor Gold told me that Scarlet was awake, I wanted to see how he was"

"Yes quite" the Colonel responded nodding his head in understanding.

"I was just about to inform Scarlet of his condition..." Doctor Gold said his voice trailing off with the look the Colonel gave him

"Perhaps" the Colonel interjected "it would be best if I informed everyone of the situation"