E for Engineer

The ship rocked again as another missile slammed into the hull of the U.S.S. Enterprise. Lights flashed all over the ship as shouts and swears were raised up from the crew members to try and hide the fear flashing in their eyes. Down in medical Bones could only describe it as hell. People were being rushed in almost every second and Doctor McCoy was having a hard time trying to fit everyone in, but he powered through to get everyone to a biobed or at least somewhere where they could be treated for their injuries.

He was going to throttle Jim for this later.

The Captain had thought that taking a quite shortcut through Klingon space was a good idea. The ship was already badly damaged, limping around space until they could reach a space doc to get repairs done. A nasty run in with some surprise asteroids was something they weren't expecting. Jim had promised that they would be in and out of Klingon space before anyone knew they were there and…well how wrong he was.

Yet another missile from the Klingons exploded nearby and everyone dove for cover as one of the walls gave in and caved in on them. There were some screams and cries for help as Bones stumbled towards the conn, eyes bleary from the dust clouds and soot. Coughing loudly the Chief Medical Officer wiped some grim away with the back of his sleeve before making a hasty call to the bridge.

"Medical to Bridge, McCoy here." There was a long pause with no response and so Bones growled something under his breath before jabbing the button again. "Jim for the love of Christ."

He waited for a reply when suddenly a very exasperated and panicked voice of James Kirk came through. "Bones, I don't have time for- SULU WATCH IT!"

The ship rocked again and Bones clung onto the edge of one of the biobeds for dear life until the floor had levelled out from under him. "One of the walls has just caved in on us and the ceiling will be the next to go."

From the other side Jim barked out some orders quickly before his voice came back with a response. "Get everyone out of there then before-"

"The door's jammed shut."

Long pause as more orders were given, more cries and shouts and hasty responses from those on the bridge. "Well un-jam it then. Kirk out." And with that the Captain was gone.

"Goddammit man I'm a doctor, not an engineer!" He was mostly speaking to himself, but that was of no concern as he turned around again. Quickly his eyes swept the scene in front of him, the wall had caved in with no way through, multiple pieces of rubble were blocking the door beside the fact it was already jammed shut. Loose wires around the place occasionally threw around sparks, there were billows of black smoke and nearly everything in the room had fallen over.

Quickly the Chief Medical Officer made his way over towards the nearest nurse, helping her to get the patient to his feet. There was another jerk as even more things were thrown around, but Bones paid no attention to them as he place one arm around the man's waist before placing one of his arms around his neck. "I've got him," Bones reassured as he took the man's complete weight. "I need you and a few others to un-jam that goddam door before the ceiling falls in on us."

"Yes Doctor." With a hurried nod she turned and was quickly gone from sight.

Bones shifted the man's weight slightly, giving himself less strain around his neck before he slowly began to make his way towards a safer corner of the room. "You're going to be okay," he soothed as he walked. "Only a broken leg, nothing I can't fix."

The man he was helping gave a grunt, his head lolling forwards slightly as he fought to stay conscious. He was an Ensign from engineering, caught in an explosion which threw him against the wall snapping his leg cleanly in half also leaving him with a slight concussion. Bones also suspected some internal bleeding which needed to be sorted, but there was no way to be sure as most of the equipment to check that kind of thing was broken from the explosions.

They were making good headway across the room, but the Ensign was slowly losing consciousness and Bones could feel his weight getting heavier. "Come on Ensign, you're going to make it. Don't give up now." However his words were doing little as the Ensign's young head rolled on his shoulders, body slumping forwards, feet dragging on the floor behind him.

"We've got the door!" Came the cry from the other side of the room and Bones turned his head just in time to see the door sliding open.

"Take him," he noted to the nearest nurse, slipping the Ensign's arm from around his neck and passing him on. "See what you can do for him."

"Yes Sir."

Quickly McCoy turned around, jogging over towards the door before turning back to face the room. "I want everyone out of here in five minutes. Those who are unconscious or can't walk someone carry them. Just get everyone out of here. GO."

The Medical Staff quickly jumped to action, those injured who could still walk stumbling towards the open door. Bones quickly pushed past them, coming to a stop in front of those who were struggling. "Put your arm around me," he ordered one of the female Lieutenants. Gratefully she slipped her weak arm around his neck and in response McCoy put his arm around her waist, other hand holding her arm as he began to lead her towards the door.

"Thank you, Doctor McCoy," she breathed with a small smile. Her face was black with grime and soot, a large burn on one of her cheeks. She was a Science Officer, caught up in one of the large fires which suddenly occurred up there when some of their equipment malfunctioned and burst into flames.

McCoy smiled in return, quickly passing her off again to one of the nurses by the door very gently. "Get her out of here," was the gruff order before he turned again just in time to see someone collapse. Hurriedly he ran over, quickly checking for a pulse with three fingers. It was very faint, but it was still there, but if he didn't get some attention soon he would die.

Underneath him the Enterprise gave a horrible shudder again and so doing the only thing which came to mind, Bone picked his lip body up. Quickly he was over the shoulder in a fireman's lift as the Chief Medical Officer jogged towards the open door, ushering the last through stragglers out before him. Just as he passed through the door there was another loud explosion and a crash as the ceiling and floor above them came crashing down in a cloud of dust and smoke.

Thankfully the above floor had been cleared ages ago so there was no one in the rubble before his eyes. With that thought aside he gentled rested the unconscious officer over his shoulder on the ground in front of him before setting to work to save his life.