Posted by Ensign Dradvia (Medical Officer) in So… This Is It

Posted by Civilian Sisnil Zoi (Intelligence Consultant) in So… This Is It

Posted by Ensign Dradvia (Medical Officer) in So… This Is It
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A sharp ache filled her chest. “We all have regrets.” She looked up and stood as Cmdr Morris came in.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

After his conversation, Dee used a forcefield to keep him still and put him to sleep with the sedative.

He was asleep for eight or so hours, the entire lifetime of the sedative. When it started to wear off, he started to wake. He tried to move, but the forcefield was still active and limited what he could do. “Dee? Dee?!”

~ Zoi

“Don’t move. I’m here. It’s just the forcefield.” Dradvia set her hand over his and stood from where she was sitting beside him. “I finally got your pain levels under control.” The forcefield had ended up being necessary. The pain and other effects of the poison had caused him to twitch and writhe quite a bit in his sleep.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“I… Yeah, I guess you did.” He wrapped his fingers around her hand. “Can you let me go?” He asked. He felt really vulnerable and helpless and he didn’t like it.

~ Zoi

“As long as you promise to keep still as much as possible,” Dradvia didn’t want the pain to flare too much. “If you let the bed do all the work, I can sit you up a bit and you can have something to drink.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“I feel like an invalid,” he complained. “Fine. I’ll let the bed do it. Okay? Just let me go.”

~ Zoi

“You are an invalid,” she said without hesitation. She slowly lifted the bed to about 30 degrees leaving the forcefield on so he stayed in place. Then she lowered the forcefield. She didn’t miss the clipped irritated tone. That was okay, she didn’t expect him to be happy about it or with her. “Water or juice?”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

That wasn’t it, he was stressed. Even scared. He tried to hide a face of pain as the bed moved. “I’m feeling better, Dee. Whatever you did is working.” He thought about the options, “Juice. I haven’t eaten, the calories are probably good.”

~ Zoi

She went to the replicator and requested the juice and brought it back. She held it for him so he didn’t have to move his arms. “You can eat whatever you want, but I strongly suggest soft food and easy to digest so your body doesn’t work so hard.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“I can eat but you won’t let me move my arms.” Sisnil said, taking a sip of the juice as she held it. “How am I supposed to eat?’

~ Zoi

“I’ll feed you.” She held up a hand before he could object, “Yes I know you can do it yourself, you aren’t a child, you aren’t paralyzed. You are an invalid for the time being. Any large movements, including bending and raising your arm repeatedly, will make the pain return.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“Alright, fine.” He only relented because he could sense her worry, that he’d end up being paralyzed or something else terrible from either the antidote or the poison itself. He sipped the juice. “Is the antidote working?”

~ Zoi

“I gave you the second dose while you were asleep. It’s too soon to tell. There are no initial signs of complications. The oozing around the wound stopped though, so that’s a good sign.” Dradvia wasn’t sure when they would start to see a significant difference.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

He nodded and slowly moved and arm to check the wound. It was bandaged, of course, but he put gentle pressure around it. It hurt a lot. “It’s not weeping, but it hurts.” He told her. Then he sipped a little more of the juice. “I feel completely defenseless. I hate this.”

~ Zoi

“I know you do. I’ll be here to whole time, or Cmdr Morris will be while I check on Simon. This isn’t a quick cure. I’m sorry.” She took a scan, “You can have more pain meds. Let me get it.” She got up and walked over to a table and filled a hypo and came back. She pressed it to his neck and there was a soft pop hiss of the medication being administered.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

“Simon can’t be here?” Sisnil asked. He wasn’t very comforted by that. When he was sick, Dee was fine as an alert system, and then he could defend himself. But Dee wasn’t a fighter. She couldn’t defend him if someone came for him, and his paranoia was at an all time high. He’d try to get away, but he heard her. Antidote five times a day or agonizing death.

~ Zoi

“I’ll bring him when you’re feeling a little better. He could claw you or step on you wrong. He wouldn’t mean to, but it could make things worse. I’ll make sure he’s okay.” Dradvia wasn’t a fighter, but she had a quick mind. And one of the things they were extensively trained on was how to protect their patients in case of an intruder, another hostile/delirious patient, or boarding.

Dradvia’s face went pale just then, and there was a spike of panic that spread through her. The ship had started moving, they were leaving the space station and going to warp.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil moved to grab her hand. The sudden, jolting movement hurt. And the forcefield prevented him from reaching her. The ship started to move and there was a low vibration and sense of movement that he normally didn’t notice, that right now set his nerves on fire. He was trying to hide it, but his face and muscles were tight. “Dee, it’s okay. We’re just going to warp.”

~ Zoi

Despite her own panicked reaction, she moved to settle his arm back and hold his hand gently. “I know,” her smile was resigned. The movement brought back too much trauma. Seeing Sisnil subjected to that poison made things much more vivid, too close to the surface.

Sisnil seemed to relax as he gripped her hand. “It’s okay, Dee. I’m okay.” He said, doing his best to smile.

She gave him a look. No he wasn’t. If he was, he wouldn’t be in Sickbay. At least he was more coherent now.

She could see the lines of strain on his face. She couldn’t stop the vibrations, but at least they were away from the station and the person who did this to Sisnil. What could she do to help? Oh! She stood up and moved over to the mechanical controls for the bed. The biobeds had stabilizers incase of debris or attack or who knew what. She adjusted the sensitivity all the way up. Hopefully it would compensate for the warpcore vibrations.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

It didn’t completely block them, but almost. She could see him relax again. Sisnil squeezed her hand when she stood, not wanting her to let go. It was the first time in a while he felt Noril’s absence so sharply. He missed his brother so much. “Just… Don’t go anywhere, Dee. Please.”

~ Zoi

She came back and sat down. “I’m not. Cmdr Morris has ordered me to stay with you. All my other duties have been reassigned. Except, I have to go check on Simon. You remember that?” He was so incoherent when they talked about it earlier. She should have gone while he was sleeping, but she couldn’t leave him like that. She could ask Morris to check on him, but she didn’t think Sisnil would want Morris poking around his things. The letter! It was on the floor where she dropped it. Morris couldn’t see that.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil furrowed his brow. “I remember Morris asking what was on my PaDD.” He said. He still wasn’t 100% himself but he did seem more coherent than earlier. Oh. The letter. “Don’t let Morris into my quarters whatever you do.” He whispered.

~ Zoi

Dradvia nodded, “He needed to know so he could protect the crew. You told him not to worry, you would get up and go find it.”

Sisnil smiled slightly, but he groaned. “I was acting tough.” He told her, speaking softly. “I can’t hardly move without agonizing pain and my wound would probably have words if I so much as sat up.”

The corner of her mouth twitched up, “I know. You don’t need to act tough. Surviving this is proof enough.”

Sisnil shook his head. “I’m defenseless, Dee. I can’t… I mean… You understand, don’t you?”

She nodded, squeezing his hand this time. She did. She understood exactly how he felt. “I do. I know I’m not much of a bodyguard, but I will do anything to keep you safe so you can heal.”

She had everything under control enough squeezing it didn’t hurt too much. Sisnil smiled. “I know you would, Dee. I guess I’m just a little more… on edge than usual.”

“That’s understandable. You have every right to be. We are away from the station now, so that’s good.”

Dradvia patted his hand gently rather than squeezing. “I won’t. Hopefully Simon will be more comfortable with me than a stranger.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil smiled again. “I don’t think Simon really cares either way. He will like seeing you though.”

~ Zoi

“He only likes it because I hold him. He’s still a baby and likes being treated that way.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil laughed, but the motion hurt. “Ah… He curls up in between my legs at night. Or on my chest.”

~ Zoi

“Don’t laugh,” Dradvia grinned though hearing the sound. “You are his person. He needs to be close to you.”

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil nodded. “I didn’t think the bond with an animal would be so strong.”

~ Zoi

“In what way?” Dradvia asked. An alarm on her PaDD went off. She silenced it, and turned her attention back to Sisnil.

Ens. Dradvia, Medical Officer

Sisnil thought for a few moments. “He’s like… family I guess. Like a kid. I can sense him like I can you. His emotions, what he wants. He doesn’t have thoughts like a person, but… It’s hard to explain.”

~ Zoi