In Need of a Doctor

Posted on Sat Apr 28th, 2012 @ 10:37am by Commodore Samantha York & Lieutenant JG Ronnie Wolfe & Lieutenant Commander Leanne Bowen

546 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Subjugation
Location: In the Mines

ON

Ronnie hurt, but she didn't think anything was broken. Fortunately. But she would have a lovely bruise where Damion hit her before too long.

She and the injured man were making their way to meet Sam when she saw a familiar face.

"Captain...", Doctor Bowen said, feeling sweaty and awful.

"Sam, please. There are no titles here," Sam said. "Good to see you."

She looked up to Ronnie. "What's going on?"

'He was beaten by ... Johnny. If I leave him behind he'll be killed by Hur'Rak."

Sam nodded. She'd heard of him. A bully who used force to carve a niche for himself. He wasn't a sector boss, but the next thing to it. FOr now. She suspected he'd move up once he consolidated his base of support.

"Doc ... Leanne, can you help us?"

"I can only do so little without my equipment...just basic first aid," the doctor said.

"It's better than nothing," Ronnie said. She nodded to the man next to her. "He needs something. He was beaten up."

She felt a little aggitated being in this environment and wished that she had sent Doctor Hart on this mission. But, feeling like she has more experience, she agreed to go, not knowing that she would end up in a devil's den. It was a name that she described the hot condition and a filthy place. "You are going to have to set him down instead of standing," she gestured to a large rock that appears to be a place to sit. "He doesn't look so good," she observed the man's torso.

Ronnie looked around quickly before setting him down. "I really want to get him back to Sector 5 before it gets much later."

Sam nodded. "It is safer there, but we need to make sure he's fit to travel first. The last thing we want is a guard to shoot him while we're trying to rescue him."

Leanne swallowed hard, "I hope not." She bent down on one knee and carefully pulled the man's shirt up to observe his chest and torso. She used one hand to palpate the skin. "Does this hurt?"

He sucked in a deep breath. "No, it tickles. Of course it hurts. Hur'Rok's thug punched me in the ribs."

"I can feel a little movement within two rib bones. You might have a cracked rib and I can't say for sure without my tricorder." Leanne turned to look at the others standing around, "maybe if I can get some long pieces of cloth? If I wrap this, it will hold his rib secure..."

Sam tore a strip off his shirt. "I'll get you another one," she promised him.

She handed the cloth to the doctor. "Here, this should work. If you need more, tear of another strip."

"Thanks," the doctor said. She wrapped it around the man's chest and finished it with a knot. "That should help for now."

"Thank you," Ronnie and Sam said in unison.

"Get him back to the camp. I'll see who else I can find," Sam said to the other two. She had a distinct feeling that this was going to end badly.

OFF

Captain Samantha York
Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Commander Leanne Bowen
Chief Medical Officer

Lieutenant JG Ronnie Lancaster
Assistant Chief Science Officer

 

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