Code Name: Baby by Christina Skye

Author:Christina Skye [Skye, Christina]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HQN
Published: 2005-12-12T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

“CAN’T YOUDOSOMETHING?” Wolfe’s voice was raw as he tried to see what Izzy was doing.

“Stop crowding me.” Izzy nudged him away with his elbow. “Go get the Betadine from the shelf near the window.”

“Where?”

“Small brown bottle. Blue label,” Izzy said calmly. “And settle the hell down. She’s going to be fine. Some cuts, a few bruises, but she’ll be good to go soon.” With deft fingers Izzy wrapped a piece of gauze around Kit’s wrist, where he’d just finished cleaning bits of gravel out of a jagged, shallow wound.

“Then why isn’t she waking up?” Wolfe snapped. “It’s been twenty minutes.”

“Sixteen minutes, thirty-two seconds.” Izzy rolled his shoulders. “Stop worrying, Navy. Her pulse is strong and her color is coming back.” Gently, he lifted Kit’s eyelid, checking for a response. Then he made notes in the little notebook that went everywhere with him.

Bright halogen lights blanketed the small examining table where Kit lay motionless. The Hummer was gone, on the way to the government lab for analysis. Wolfe still wasn’t certain how Izzy had managed to procure the snug, self-contained van filled with medical equipment, and he didn’t bother to ask. There was a reason that Ishmael Teague was known as a miracle worker.

“You’re sure you’ve got medical experience, Teague? I mean real medical experience, not stitching up dogs or overseeing mental cases.”

“I’ve got more field training than most senior surgeons at the Mayo Clinic, pal. And these cuts are largely superficial. She’ll have a knot on her forehead for a while, along with the mother of all headaches when she wakes up. Watch her for dizziness, double vision—I’ll give you the list.” He snapped a glance at Wolfe. “Where’s that Betadine?”

“Right here, Doctor Frankenstein.”

Izzy snorted as he opened the bottle, poured dark liquid on a clean piece of gauze, and brushed Kit’s wound. “Sugar would work just as well, but knowing your suspicious nature, you’d probably go evil on me, Houston.”

“Sugar? What kind of jive is that?”

Izzy’s brow rose. “That’s no kind of jive. Sugar and honey have been used to treat battlefield wounds for centuries. The Greeks did it, the Egyptians did it, and it works. We used it over in Bosnia on occasion. Not many people realize that topical sugar is a universal antimicrobial agent. You don’t have to worry about dosage or allergic reactions either. But I’ll spare your sensibilities and go hi-tech here instead.” He smiled as Wolfe glared at him. “True story, I swear it. The sugar melts in a few hours, mixes with fluid from the wound and actually helps inhibit bacteria.”

“What kind of sugar?” Wolfe definitely wasn’t buying this.

“Regular grocery store granulated white stuff. Hell, in tests they had a 99.2% cure rate,” he added smugly.

“I never can tell when you’re dead honest or full of shit, Teague.”

“Just the way I like it. But I happen to be telling the truth on this one. Tuck the fact away, too, because you may need it in the field sometime.” Wolfe did just that.

Teague’s

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