Posted by Lieutenant Commander Ethan Nash (Chief Engineer) in Sickbay…When the past doesn’t match the present…or the future…Routine Maintenance

Posted by Lieutenant Devon Rand (Intelligence Officer) in Sickbay…When the past doesn’t match the present…or the future…Routine Maintenance
“And that is when everything went to hell and the Captain got hurt,” The Bajoran Intelligence Officer ended the short story that he had used to fill Nash in on what was going on. Leaning on the console that the Chef Engineer had been using to draw up reports, Rand crossed his arms and adjusted his powerfully built shoulders, aware of the glances of a small number of Engineers as he spoke to Nash. Nash and Rand were two men who had a similar background, in that both of them had a chequered history in Starfleet and both had been Court Martialed. Rand had even been dismissed before being picked up by Starfleet Intelligence and with Nash most people knew the story of how he had disobeyed orders and gotten the Starship he was in temporary Command of destroyed in combat. The reasons Kelly had picked up both of these two was lost to most of the crew, but both of them had their own reasons to be here.

“So what happened to the aliens?” Nash asked, giving up on his data entry for the time being and crossing his arms in similar fashion to Rand. Taller than the Bajoran, the Mintaran was similarly built though not as wide of the shoulder. “Kelly is in sickbay?”

“The bulk of them are in the Brig after the firefight in the Transporter room under the Security Chiefs watchful eyes,” Rand continued, “Lauren had some business in there taking samples for some reason, but that’s the other part,” he paused slightly, “they have taken a girl along with the Captain to the Medical wards, she was apparently injured in the fight badly enough to require emergency surgery. They even have a couple of Security gorillas standing watch over the bed in Sickbay itself despite the bio-contamination fields like she’s going to grow claws and rip everyone apart, probably the Security Chief being overzealous again but the Captain’s in recovery as well.”

“That’s to be expected, maybe,” Nash nodded, “we have no idea who these people are or where they are from, right? In the Sickbay is odd though, outside the doors is the standard procedure if there is no imminent threat so the Medical team can work without distraction.” Nash shrugged slightly and looked at Rand, “So what do you want me to do?”

“So I know that the Sickbay is due to have diagnostics done on the fields, but how about you bring that check forward seeing as we have the Captain and a guest from gods-knows-where visiting. I’m likely going to be caught up with Intel for the next day or so, so it would do me a solid of you could check on Lauren as well.”

“Consider it done. It gives me a reason to check on Kelly anyway, and the diagnostic does need to be done, better now than later, right.” Nash turned and picked up his tool belt from the chair next to the console and began to strap it on.

Pushing himself to his feet, Rand grinned and clapped the Chief Engineer on the shoulder. “Thanks, I’ll owe you one, drinks on me next time I see you in the lounge, alright.”

Lt Devon Rand, Intel

“You still owe me from last time, you cheap sod,” Nash quipped as the two of them walked out of Main Engineering. Where Nash stopped for a Turbolift to Sickbay however Rand kept on walking, he had another job to see to.

Minutes later and Nash walked through the sickbay doors, then paused. The bustle of activity without an immediate emergency and the presence of the aforementioned ‘Gorillas’ was obvious. While Nash had the unmistakable urge to check on Kelly he knew she would be well cared for by the CMO directly and he would just get in the way so he turned directly for Lauren.

“Hey, Gassy Doctor,” he threw out in greeting as he approached Lauren, “I decided to bring the diagnostic on that Bio-field forward, heard you might need to make sure the field works right.” Reaching Lauren, he leant on the edge of the desk and looked around. “Busy day right? Heard you got Kelly in here and another guest too,” he leaned his head towards the Security team as he spoke. “How are you holding up? Rand told me if I checked on you he would buy me booze, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to make him pay for a change, personally.”

Nash, CE

“I feel like a metric crap-ton of $hi# has been dumped on me but I don’t have a fractured skull or lost half my body weight in blood so I’m hanging in there,” Lauren looked up at the officer standing next to her. For the moment sickbay was eerily quiet. That was because all cases were being directed to the secondary clinics on other decks unless it was an emergency. There were plenty of doctors on the Altantis so the care of the crew was easily maintained until whatever was going on settled down and life could return to normal. Dropping her stylus she rubbed her eyes before leaning back in her seat.

“Kelly seems to be doing fine. Evrilla is damn good at her job. While it sounds serious when I throw all the medical terms at you it’s kinda like an issue with the warp core. You throw about all kinds of words that make people want to run to the nearest life pod but in reality, things are under control.” Lauren could list all the procedures and injuries to Nash but it would be a laundry list and cause more questions than reassurances right now. “Ripping the band aid off,” she shrugged, “Kelly will be back to herself in no time.” Her comment was vague but not because she didn’t want to share information. It was because Lauren’s mind was somewhere else.

Rarely did Lauren have the soft look on her face as she did now. The woman was far from helpless but the expression she was giving him was one only Rand ever saw.
“Nash…I neeh,” she started to speak before a bleep and then steady beep began to sound from Jessa’s monitors. Forgetting what she was about to say, Lauren was already on her feet and heading to the small isolation bay Jessa was recovering in.

Crossing the room, Lauren saw the men at the door and instantly prepared for a fight. “Don’t start,” she leveled a finger at one of them never stopping her pace. “I need to check on her and he needs to make sure this field does not go down,” she snapped in a don’t cross me tone. Lauren could not do two things at once. Her priority was the patient and if the man in front of her tried to slow her and Nash’s forward progression it would not be the first time she took someone out. She had gassed an entire security division once on the Chimera over the welfare of a child and had zero issues doing it again. Approaching the biocontainment field, Lauren thought she saw it flicker a half-second before she entered but it had been a long day and she was starting to feel the effects. Entering the room Lauren immediately began to take in the readings from the hologram above the girl’s bed.

Jane Doe’s life signs were stable but she she seemed to be struggling to come out of the sedative. While not exactly needed, Lauren needed the girl to stay sedated a bit longer. It wouldn’t hurt her and with everything going on, letting the girl rest until the adults figured things out was the best option.