Chapter 25
"Charge to three hundred!" Tygra ordered the nurse who was standing on the opposite end of the defibrillator. The entire crew that was working to save the puma's life wore hazmat suits.
"Three hundred!" She announced when the charge was met.
"Clear!" Tygra shoved the paddles onto Pumyra's chest and her body convulsed upward. They all looked at the heart monitor but the line did not move.
"Charge to three-fifty!" Tygra ordered again.
"Three-fifty!" The nurse answered.
"Clear!" Tygra once again shoved the paddles down. This time her body convulsed and the heart monitor finally registered.
"Steady beats Lord Tygra. Her blood pressure and breathing rate are all over the place though," the nurse said.
"I want her lungs checked. She may have more fluid and mucous build up than we thought," Tygra instructed.
"Yes, sir," the nurse nodded before Tygra exited the containment room and into the containment shower. The hazmat suit was chemically scrubbed before he exited the shower and into the changing room where he peeled off the apparatus.
"How is she?" Ben-Gali asked as his brother tiger exited the changing room.
"It's hard to say at this moment. We got her heart started but I don't like the sound of her breathing and her blood pressure. We need to get everything stabilized before I can run more thorough tests," Tygra explained. Ben-Gali swallowed hard. Lion-O clapped a hand on his shoulder and said,
"You stay with her. We can find Che's accomplice with what we have."
"I need to help," Ben-Gali started to object.
"All you need to do right now is take care of yourself and Pumyra. That's an order," the lion said. Ben-Gali nodded. Lion-O gave him a slight smile and then turned to head down to the hangar where Lynx-O was waiting. The lynx would have rushed to the scene when the alarms went off like Ben-Gali had except he knew that he could be of no help. Without his sight, trying to help in medical problems was practically impossible.
Cheetara met Lion-O in the hallway as he exited the Med Bay. She had rushed to the scene as well but was kept outside the medical area to tell others that they had enough help. Only Lion-O had been able to pass through the doors as Ben-Gali had already beaten him down there.
"How is she?" The cheetah asked.
"I worry that she is not getting better. Tygra made it sound like the reason her heart stopped was because there was more fluid and mucous in her lungs than he would like. I've ordered Ben-Gali to stay with her," the lion explained.
"Great Jaga," Cheetara breathed. Lion-O grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze.
"I know we deal with death on a regular basis and that we've had some very close calls but we need to nail down the procedure of how things should be handled should one of us not make it. I want you taken care of," he said.
"And I appreciate it but we need nothing but good thoughts for Pumyra," the cheetah told him.
"Agreed. Now we need to get to Lynx-O and see if he has anything more on our two traitors," the lion started walking down toward the hangar.
"Panthro called in from the hangar a few moments ago. The scientists and Lea are back from the lab. Our traitor was very good at what he did. No fingerprints or any hairs or fibers lying around. Panthro is running background checks on all the scientists and financial ones too," she informed him as they walked together.
"We better catch this bastard and quick. I'm in no mood for mercy," Lion-O clenched his fists.
To Be Continued…