=Pediatrics Department=
=Starbase UNITY=
Trent had just finished up his meeting with Shane and Rojac when MaiKai asked to speak with him. He had a feeling he knew what, of whom it was about. He walked into pediatrics and saw Mai with one of her young patients. He stood silent for a moment, wiaitng for Mai to finish.
"Now here's a sucker. Next time we won't try being a monkey when mom's preoccupied." she patted the little youngster on his head before he leapt off the biobed into his mother's arms to leave. MaiKai turned and noticed her brother-in-law. "Trent, could I see you in my office?" she walked in the direction of her office without waiting for Trent's response.
"What can I help you with?" Trent asked.
She sat in her big office chair behind her desk. The baby was really moving today. "Have you heard from Rick?" she asked trying not to sound overly concerned.
"No, I haven't heard anything from him in the past three days," Trent replied. "With the work that he's doing, that's expected."
"Well, have you heard how long he'll be gone or any indication on what he's doing?" she really was not feeling her best at the moment. It's like the baby wanted to see if it could kick through for some kind of record.
"Like I said before, I have no idea what he's working on. If I did, I'm sure you understand I couldn't tell you."
MaiKai tried to get up. She wanted some water despeartely. Her back was bothering her and decided to stay in her seat. She was aware that a pained look was starting to creep up her face.
"Are you OK?" Trent asked.
"Yeah, I'm just really thirsty," Mai clamped a hand to her forehead. This child wasn't suppose to come for at least another month. Mai hoped she wasn't having any complications.
"Let me get you some water," Trent said as he walked over to the replicator. He had seen this before when Sarah was pregnant. He thought he had a pretty good grasp on what to do. He handed Mai a glass of water.
Mai drank the water which was handed. She tried not to drink it too fast, but she was really thirsty. She thought like she was going to be sick. The baby was apparently running a marathon in place.
"I'm going to call sickbay," Trent said.
MaiKai nodded as she took another gulp of water.
Trent was hoping that she wasn't about to give birth. He thought that Rick told him that she was still a few weeks off. But Sarah gave birth to Annie three weeks early, so Trent knew that anything was possible.
"Captain Rodgers to sickbay."
There was no response. After a couple of tries, Trent realized that the comm system must be down. He then remembered that engineering was scheduled to perform maintenance on the comm system. He considered overriding it, but that was only for extreme emergencies.
"Sickbay isn't that far. If I help you, can you walk it?" Trent asked.
"Yes, but I need help up first," Mai usually never asked for help of anyone that often, but this was her first child and she was unaware of what should be going on.
Trent slowly, gently helped Mai to her feet, letting her take her time. He then allowed his sister-in-law to use him for leverage as they slowly walked out of her office. By then, a couple of Mai's pediatric nurses came over. They offered Mai a wheelcheer, which she and Trent gladly accepted. A few minutes later, Trent rolled Mai into sickbay with one of Mai's nurses in tow.
MaiKai was just thinking how Rick better have a good explanation when he gets back. A real good explanation.
= End Log =
Captain Trent Rodgers (npc by Rick)
XO, 1st TF, SSF Command
XO, SB 234: UNITY
XO, 1st TF, SSF Command
XO, SB 234: UNITY
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Lieutenant MaiKai Rodgers
Pediatrics Doctor
UNITY
