Pacifica #76"
By: Teilani Dane, Chief Medical Officer, [PC]
Gloria
, Nurse
, [NPC]
Stardate: 58205.27 1600
Location: Sickbay
"Hand me the cortical stimulater," Teilani called out to one of her nurses. She deperately tried the stelp the bleeding. Sickbay was croued after the Zion was struck by multiple phaserhits. The medical staff was running around attending to all the wounded. Triage was full, if this continued there would not be any place left.
"There is nothing I can do for him, get the ships chaplain." Teilani said as she covered the young Lieutenant with a blanket. "Rest in peace Lieutenant," she said. "May your soul shine bright."
***Flashback***
People were screaming, running around, burning rubber and lubricant smells reached Teilani's nostrils as she tried to make her way to the Kitty hawks sickbay. Although she was just guest she could be of use to the medical staff. She had been en route to Qultuq for a medical convention when the ship came under attack. They still did not know what happened. The red alert was flashing.
***Present***
"Docter, we are loosing her," one of her medics called out to her, trying to heal some plasma burns on a young female ensign. Teilani handed the medic the hypospray. "Not today we are not, give him 10 cc of cordrazine and 5 cc of Tri-Ox." She placed a neurostimulater on the young womans head. "Monitor her hartrate and neuro impulses every 10 minutes. She will make it."
***Flashback***
Screams reached her ears as Teilani ran thru the Kittyhawks corridors. She was violently smacked into a bulk head as the ship clearly made some evasive maneurvres to outrun those which attacked them. "Doctor please we need help here." A young woman pleaded, kneeling besided a young child. Teilani kneeled alongside the unconcious girl, she felt her pulse and it was rapid and shallow. A nasty gash was visible on the girl's head. Teilani's quick and cool hands tore her uniform to stelp the bleeding. "Press it hard, I will see if I can find an emergency medkit."
***Present***
She worked on autopilot. Stelping bleedings, fixing plasma burns and broken bones, she had lost count. She re-directed wounded to the holodeck for recovery. There was an occasional moment of rest and she tried to use that to sit for a moment, lowering her head and closing her eyes. So many wounded. How many were killed again, she had lost count. The morgue was slowly filling. She had been up for more then 36 hour and the fatigue began to take her toll.
***Flashback***
The alarm kept sounding in her ears, the warning; Abandon ship, abandon ship. Teilani ran, althought it seemed her movement were thick and slow. There had to be escape pods on this deck. But where? Suddenly a small group of people passed her. "Doctor, there are boarding parties, hide they take all sceintists. Run!!!. Teilani began to run........
***present***
Gloria shook Teilani's arm. "Wake up Doctor, there are new casualties arriving. She opened her eyes and shook her head. Her hair felt greasy and Teilani knew she had some cuts on her cheek from a blown console. "Right lets go people!!! she motivated her crew. "When this is over, all drinks are on me.!" For the next hour she and her team worked frantically. Setting broken bones, healing cuts and gashes. In her mind Teilani stood knee deep in blood and gore. Confronting families with the lost of their loved ones. Then as sudden as it had come the flow of casualties stopped and she had a moment to her self. It had been ages since she had coffee and as she collecting the mug from the replicator, inhaling the warm scent of the aroma, instead of the desinfectant her mind started to drift.
***Flashback***
The escape pod was small. Teilani had managed to secure one for her and another crewmember. He was hurt severly but she had managed to drag him in. When the escape pod launced from the Kitty hawk Teilani had a small but good view over the damaged ship. Its nacelles were damaged, venting plasma. The hull had multiple breaches and the ship was drifting in space motionless like a fly ready to be squatted. Then suddenly a big bright flash made Teilani cover her eyes for protection. When she opened them again there was nothing, nothing more then the blackness of space.
***present***
Gloria looked down at her Chief, who sat on the ground next to the replicator. Her arms folded around her knees and her head resting on top of them. A single tear appeared in her eyes and Gloria could only imagine what when through Teilani's head. Gloria knew about the Kitty hawk and how Teilani had come on board. This battle must have been bringing up memories. Gloria took a spare blanket and placed it over Teilani's shoulders. "Let her rest for 10 minutes," she said to the staff. "She earned it."