Posted by Lieutenant Commander Bethany Kovra Gadi (Chief of Security) in Nightmares Tell Us What to Pray Against

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Aasrel Izei (Chief Medical Officer) in Nightmares Tell Us What to Pray Against

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Bethany Kovra Gadi (Chief of Security) in Nightmares Tell Us What to Pray Against
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Aasrel shook his head. “I’m comfortable enough. I need to work.” He said, gesturing at his PaDD. He sighed and glanced at Bethany, glad she was sleeping easier. “I don’t know how much time she has left…”

~ Aasrel

Elbbirt took the time to pull the sheet up and try to make Bethany company. “We only have as much time as we have. She should make the most of it.” She sighed, “Hopefully the new medication will work. I know you already checked, but there is nothing in our database like this.” She smiled sadly, “I know you and Th’rethiss are working on it, but I’ll look at it too. Another pair of eyes couldn’t hurt.” She went to the door, “Page me if you need anything.” Then she left.

Elbbirt

Aasrel sighed and nodded, and then went back to work on his PaDD. He felt like he was close and his lingering confusing frustrated him. His head was hurting more and more but he had to keep working. He worked for several more hours.

~ Aasrel

The alpha wave inducer kept her asleep and allowed for REM stage to happen. Luckily for Bethany her dreams were happy rather than nightmares.

At the end of her shift, Elbbirt returned to remove the device. “I’m not going to wake her, just let it happen naturally. Then I will go brief Th’rethiss.” She looked at the readouts and took a small blood sample. She was glad to see respiration and heart rate was down.

It was another half an hour before Bethany woke up. Her hand reached out for him, but she found empty bed rather than his hand. She came instantly awake, but was momentarily unclear why she was on his biobed and not in the chair. “Aasrel???”

Bethany

Aasrel was squinting at the PaDD, still trying to work. When Bethany woke and asked for him, he reached for her hand and smiled. “I’m here. Do you feel any better?” He asked gently, looking at her.

~ Aasrel

Bethany latched on to his hand and breathed slowly. She closed her eyes, focusing inward for a moment. Then she looked at him. “Yeah. I feel okay.” She sat up slowly, “Did you sit there all night? Shouldn’t you be up here? Th’rethiss is going to want to do your scans.” She swung her legs over the side of the bed with all intentions of getting up.

Bethany

“I’m okay. We can switch when he gets here. You rest a little more.” Aasrel said, squinting against the light in the room. He smiled at her. “Are you hungry?”

~ Aasrel

She was worried that she had slept so long. Which was probably counter-intuitive, but it was a change in the symptoms. She never slept well on her own any more. Was something new wrong? She didn’t say anything though.

She saw him squint and ordered the computer to adjust the lights. Then she reached over and gently took the PaDD from him. “You’ve given yourself a headache. Take a break.” She nodded then giving him a really flirtatious look. “Yeah, I’m hungry.”

Bethany

He’d given himself a really bad headache. He just didn’t want to worry her. Aasrel reached for the PaDD but didn’t argue. Her look made him grin. “It shouldn’t be much longer before we can fill that appetite.” He sighed dramatically, “But for now, I mean food.”

~ Aasrel