Posted by Lieutenant Solal Segal (Oncology and Immunology) in Side sim: Illusive Ideals

Posted by Lieutenant Achilleas Petrakos (Chief Science Officer) in Side sim: Illusive Ideals

Posted by Lieutenant Solal Segal (Oncology and Immunology) in Side sim: Illusive Ideals

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“She and I worked on a medical study together. It’s how we met,” Solal commented. It was something he’d mentioned before. He looked at Achilleas, “However you do it, I hope you and she get along well.”

~ Solal

“I think her and I will get along just fine. I think our first impressions of each other was pretty good. I got to tell her that I was your best friend and such a good friend at that.” Achilleas chuckled. “She was duly impressed and agreed with me that your stubbornness is only matched by your Vulcan-esque compassion for patients.”

CSO Petrakos

The comment seemed to make Solal proud of his Vulcan-ness. It actually looked like he smiled a little bit. Huffing a little harder, he stopped jogging and set a hand on Achilleas’ shoulder. “Achilleas… You.... Ah,” he huffed.

Suddenly he seemed really out of breath, his chest heaving with effort. “You really… Are… Ugh.” That hand he’d set on Achilleas shoulder? He was now leaning heavily on it. *Achilleas, I…” He huffed harder. Where he previously looked healthy again, now he looked pale and sickly.

Solal took measured, careful breaths, but it didn’t seem to be helping. He took another big breath and mustered it to get out one more word: “Help.” Then he collapsed on the path, landing heavily on his side, chest still heaving with effort to breathe. He coughed, a hard, long, hacking cough that didn’t end until he was gasping for breath.

~ Solal

Achilleas stood stock still for several heartbeats as the incomprehensible situation took place before him. There was a look of confusion on his face before the full impact of the situation hit him like a physical blow. “Solal!” He said in a panicked and loud voice as he knelt beside him. He began to pat his back in an attempt to aid his breathing in some way, even if he wasn’t sure if it would actually help. He then looked at Solal’s wrist to see if the monitoring bracelet had contacted Dr Bonner, but the bracelet wasn’t there. Of course it wouldn’t be if he had been cured! Was this a relapse of some sort? But the rapidity of the onset of symptoms was too quick!

As they were both off duty neither of them were wearing their comm-badges, so instead Achilleas called out. “Computer contact sickbay for a medical emergency and send personnel to my location!” A few seconds went by but there was no response. “Computer emergency transport for two people to sickbay!” But again there was no response. “Computer, work you damn thing! Respond!” Again the only sound was Solal’s extremely labored breathing and Achilleas’ own voice being overcome with hysterics.

CSO Petrakos