A shared pain

Posted on 16 Jun 2020 @ 8:47am by Lieutenant C'Tora Kuroka & Commander Amelia Fox & Lieutenant Commander Aidan Datari & Lieutenant Emmony Safford & Lieutenant Syvar MD

Mission: Mission 4 - Race against the machine
Location: Amelia's quarters / Sickbay
Timeline: MD4 0745
1691 words - 3.4 OF Standard Post Measure

ON:

Amelia's eyes fluttered open and she groaned. She hurt all over, especially her chest which felt like there was someone sat on it. Her back felt like her ribs were on fire and her face stung for some reason.

"Fox to bridge. Mirror Fox has escaped the brig...."

A voice cut her off "Yes sir, we''re aware. The situation has been..... dealt with. Are you ok?"

She groaned "I've been better. I'm going to sickbay. I expect to be filled in when I come up to the bridge."

"Aye Lieutenant."

Amelia threw on her robe. She paused a moment as she felt her stomach. She didn't know why, but she knew her baby was ok but.... she wanted to get checked just to be sure. Also, she wanted to find Syvar. She exited their quarters and headed for sickbay.

Entering sickbay, she saw Syvar on the main biobed being tended to by the new Doctor. She came over to his side and gently took his hand. "Are you ok?"

Her taking his hand seemed to have an effect on him as the monitors indicated a slight reduction in stress levels. "No," was the muffled answer from beyond the oxygen mask, "breathing hurts." And breathing was difficult, as indicated by his difficulty in speaking. "You?"

She shook her head. "Feels like I've been hit by a shuttle and my jaw hurts like hell for some reason."

C'Tora's ears flattened down, unhappy with whoever did this senseless act. "Breathing hurts?" He glanced up briefly. " Nurse 15 ml Metorapan for ensign Syvar and put Lt. Fox on a bio bed next to him and scan her with a tricorder and let me know the results." He looked down at Syvar. " That will help with the painful breathing and easier to talk with your mate." And then focused on repairing the damage.

"H-her first," Syvar gasped, "treat h-her f-first." Despite the medication, his first concern was for her. He felt all the nerves in his chest were on fire, and he wasn't sure if this was hurting worse than what the agonizer had done to him. It was certainly difficult to focus and he felt like his consciousness was slipping away from him.

Unwilling to let go, she squeezed his hand again. "Hey! Stay with me. You're going to be ok. Erm.... was I dreaming or did we have a little visit to your home while we were unconscious?" She asked him quietly.

He turned his head ever so slightly, grimacing as he did so. His eyes widened ever so slightly at that revelation. "D-dream," he whispered, "I dreamed of h-home." He closed his eyes again. "Need s-sleep," he murmured, the readings on the monitor dropping instantly.

Amelia ran a hand through his hair. "Shhhhh, you sleep now my love." She turned to the Doctor. "How is he?"

"Syvar is going to be just fine. He's going to be sore for a day or two,But that is to be expected. My prescription for the two of you is bed rest in your quarters for the next day or two. Does that sound acceptable to you?"

Amelia went to the nearest biobed and sat down. "My mirror counterpart did all of this. I'm surprised she managed to find the stun setting on a phaser." Despite her feeling, she asked the Doctor "Can you check my baby?"

The medical tricorder hummed for several long moments and then stopped. " The baby is doing just fine." he said reassuringly. " The only thing I noted was that your folic acid count was a tad lower then i would like to see, that can easily be corrected by ingesting some leafy greens,peas, beans or liver. Other then that everything is fine."

Emmony opened her eyes. Something was wrong. She felt empty, unwhole somehow. She glanced around her. "What happened?" Her brain was mushy confused.

The Trill in her arms groaned softly, feeling sore all over. "Owww," he moaned as he sat up, "ohh I don't feel so good." He carefully flexed his arms, then rubbed his chest. "Em?" he looked up, locking eyes with his wife. "Are you alright?" he asked, "is the baby alright?" He looked up as Sherlock hovered over them. "Did he keep watch?"

"I don't know . . . I just woke up. Something feels wrong." Emme didn't want to say it, that the baby was gone. Then she heard a cry from behind her and threw her head around her aching body to see the doctor carrying a small infant toward them.

The blue kept hovering over them, out of reach but close enough to watch them like a mother hen. Aidan sat up straighter, eyes wide. "Is that..." he started, looking up at Emme, "when did you..." Since he'd been unconscious, he had no idea when or how this had happened.

C'Tora shook his head as he walked back into the main room of sickbay with a tiny bundle in his arms,Four persons in sickbay with phaser wounds and all done by the same person. Two of the victims pregnant females, there is a special place in the abyss for people like that he thought as he came towards the bio bed emmony was on with the now crying infant.

" I believe I have someone here who would like to meet you." He stated with a smile. " We had to preform an emergency beam out on your child as the heart rate was dropping to low and was able to stabilize it quickly. Your baby is healthy and rather hungry." As he handed the wiggling bundle to Emmony. " Congratulations to you and your husband on the birth of your child. Do you require some privacy or have any questions?"

Emme was completely stunned. "I . . . . no, I don't think so. The baby is okay though? Healthy?" She asked contradicting herself. It was at the moment she realized she did not know if they had a boy or a girl. She looked down into the infants blue eyes and forgot all about that. The baby stared right back up at her with a cross expression on its face and Emme let out a cross between a laugh and a sob.

Having been cleared by the doctor and still wearing her robe, Amelia had got up and headed in the direction of A familiar voice. She paused at the door. “Aidan! Emmony! Are you both ok?”

Irritated by the intrusion, Aidan ignored the XO for now, focusing on Emme and the baby. "I think it's hungry," he suggested, leaning closer to look at the baby, then up at Emme. "Your eyes, my spots," he chuckled, the effects of the stun nigh forgotten. "Is it a boy or girl?"

She didn’t need to be an empath to pick up on the strong vibe of ‘Go away’ coming off Aidan and who could blame him after what her mirror counterpart had just done. She just hoped that hadn’t permanently damaged her relationship with him, or his wife. “I’ll check in with you later.” She added and backed out of their room.

"Aidan," Emme chided gently. She put the babe to her breast and reached down to undo the diaper since the busy doctor had not answered their question. "A girl," Emme said her eyes flashing back up to Aidan. "We have a daughter."

Amelia stopped a passing nurse. "The Doc says I'm ok so I'll head back to my quarters to rest for the day but I intend to be back on duty tomorrow. Please let me know when Syvar regains consciousness. I'm worried about him.

The nurse nodded. "I'll let you know and inform the Doctor."

With that Amelia left sickbay.

Aidan only had eyes for the infant in Emme's arms. "A daughter," he whispered as tears welled up in his eyes. "We have a daughter..." He looked up, offering the best smile he could muster. "I'm so proud of you Em..."

"Me?" Emme asked bewildered. "Why? I was unconscious for the birth." On the third try the babe finally latched on and settled right down.

"You carried her for almost nine months," he added, carefully leaning over to kiss her. He grimaced as the stun burn pulled, leaning on one hand to keep himself steady. "She's beautiful." Carefully, he shifted to sit next to her so he could better see his new daughter. "What shall we name her?"

"We should have this conversation earlier," Emme smiled. "What about after your sister. Both our sisters? Saeri Maralah Datari?"

Sherlock crooned in approval, landing carefully beside his masters, tilting his head at Emme as if to ask permission to come closer.

"That's beautiful," Aidan whispered, carefully reaching out to touch the nursing baby's cheek. "So soft... so tiny..."

"What are you being shy about?" Whispered Emme to Sherlock. She held out her hand to him so she could draw him closer to the baby. "You're her official babysitter. She might pull your tail occasionally. You have to be patient with her."

Sherlock chirped and drew closer, gently nuzzling the baby. He crooned as Aidan stroked his blue hide. "Don't worry buddy, you'll never be second rate. You're the guardian of all of us, I promise." He crew his arms around them all, grimacing a second time. "That doctor better come back and treat us, or I'll be of no use to any of you."

C'Tora walked back over to the bio bed with a Padd in his hand and stood in front of Emmony. " Well all of the test results have come back positive
and you and your child are fit enough to be discharged from sickbay." He gave her a stern glance. " And if you are feeling any type of discomfort I want you back in here ASAP."

OFF:

●● Lieutenant Amelia Fox
Executive Officer
USS Andromeda


Lieutenant Emmony Safford
Science Officer
USS Andromeda

●● Lieutenant Aidan Datari
Chief Science Officer/2nd Officer
USS Andromeda

○● Lieutenant JG C'Tora Kuroka
Chief Medical Officer
USS Andromeda