*** CMO Office * Sickbay * Chimera-C ***
Rangi sank down onto her chair and breathed out a long
breath. She leaned back in her seat, pressing the palm of
her hand against her forehead in a futile attempt to ease
the sudden searing headache that had struck. It didnt help
much and she reached out to press the button that would make
the office windows become opaque.
*
Scott Fisher was perched on a stool in one of the medlabs
humming somewhat tunelessly to himself as he read through a
series of results.
'"Fisher." he said in responce to the chirrup of his
commbadge.
+Taps + Scott...can you come to my office...immediately.+
He could tell by the sound of her voice that something was
not right and frowning, he replied:
+Taps+ On my way+ ....already disentangleing his long legs
from the stool.
It took him less than a minute to arrive at the CMOs office
and seeing it screened, he tapped on the door which slid
open for him.
{Jeeeez} he thought when he saw her and hurriedly crossing
the distance to where she sat asked : " Whats wrong?".
" I feel dreadful." she said " ....I cant continue..you're
acting CMO as of now."
He took little notice of her words and glanced quickly
around the room thinking that there was never a medtricorder
about when you needed one.
" Whats happened to you?" he asked laying a hand on her
shoulder and leaning forward to look at her face.
" I just feel so ill." she said "...feverish and weak...I
cant stay on duty like this....I just can't deal with it."
"Don't worry about that." Scott said straightening up. "
Lets get you to a room. Can you stand?"
"Yes." she said but needed to take his arm for support as
they crossed to the door.
" Get Nurse Fleming please." Scott said to a young nurse who
was passing as they appeared in the door way. " Emergency
Room two."
"Yes sir." she replied looking at Rangi in a startled way.
"Come on..nice a steady." Scott said gently holding Rangis
arm but feeling her need more support at each step.
Lucy had joined them by the time they reached the emergency
room but in a few minutes, she and Scott both knew that they
faced a crisis.
For his part, Scott had never seen a patient deteriorate so
quickly.
They treated as best they could with Neodextraline
Leporazine and a Morathial drug but nothing was making a
difference, at least not for long.
Scott summoned help in the form of Lieutenant Syrok, a
Vulcan doctor who had worked aboard Chimera-B. Neither could
find a solution to prevent what appeared to be a fast moving
shut down to Rangis body where one systen after another was
beginning to fail.
Rangi herself was, by this time, incapable of offering
opinion and when Syrok stood back indicating that Scott move
away from the biobed too she was not able to hear his
suggestion.
" Doctor Fisher." he said in measured tone. " The most
logical move is to place the Commander into a Stasis Unit as
we are unable to confirm the cause of her illness. I suggest
we do so within the next ten minutes. That will give us the
necessary time to work through her symptoms from the
beginning."
Scott looked towards the bed. " I think you're right." he
said and moved back to Rangis side.
"Rangi...we need more time...we're going to use a stasis
unit...do you understand?"
She opened her eyes and moved her head slightly as though
trying to nod.
"You'll be fine." Scott said and Syrok wondered at the
wisdom or need to tell patients such platitudes. It was
something he had never become accustomed to although he
occasionally resorted to such phrases himself when treating
human patients..
" I will prepare the unit." he said leaving Scott and Lucy
to move the biobed into the stasis room.
It was done with efficiency and soon all three stood beside
the unit as Scott monitored the suspension of all cellular
activity in their patient.
When it was done Scott looked at his companions.
"I'll inform the Captain...and the Commodore." he said.
Syrok inclined his head in silent agreement and Lucy nodded.
"Then we'll get to the bottom of this." he said looking more
at Rangi than the others.
He strode purposefully back to the CMOs office, leaving the
windows in their opaque form and making straight for the
desktop terminal.
He placed a call to Captain Rojac and informed him what had
happened, that the Commander was currently in a stasis unit
and that as yet he had no idea what was causing her illness.
That done he contacted Starbase unity and while he waited
for the connection, he tried to frame the words he would use
to Shane.
*** End Log ***
Commander Rangi Summers
CMO
USS Chimera-C
&
Lt Scott Fisher
AMO
USS Chimera-C
&
Lt Syrok
AMO
(npc) Rangi
