Shackleton's Folly (The Lost Wonder Book 1) by Yunker Todd

Author:Yunker, Todd [Yunker, Todd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-12-31T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN

The Medical Bay’s alarms blared as Dancer ran into the room. His made his way quickly to the med-bed, scanning the display for the alert but found none. Dancer turned quickly to Electra’s form. Her skin was pale, and the transfusion unit had been hacked. Electra had overridden the safeties and had given more blood faster than her body could produce. She was dying.

Dancer pulled the unit away from her and switched it off. He grabbed an IV stand from a closet and a fluids bag from the cupboard. He hooked it up above her, and, taking a needle, he found a vein in her exposed arm and stuck it home. The flexible tubing attached started delivering the life-giving fluids to save her life.

Dancer adjusted the flow rate of the solution to “high” and hung a second bag to deliver the blood-producing medication intravenously. She needed to be brought back to health. He was obligated. Dancer quieted the alarms, taking readings of her vital signs. They were no longer dropping.

He looked to the monitors over the med-bed. Electra’s brash act to save Alec may have worked, but it was far too early to tell. Alec’s critical condition was no longer in decline. He was just holding on. The next 18 hours would be critical for both Electra and Alec.

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The Medical Bay was not designed for comfort. The automation built into the med-bed meant no medical staff needed to be stationed in the room since it was a relatively small yacht. Electra was in her chair asleep; a pillow had been mashed up to rest her head on, and a blanket covered her. Dancer entered the room, trying not to wake her.

Electra had come back from the edge of death herself. When she awoke and realized that she was no longer attached to the transfusion unit, she demanded to be reattached. It took Dancer a while, but he finally convinced Electra that it was out of their hands. It was up to Alec now.

Electra spent most of her time over the next three days running back and forth from the command deck to the Medical Bay to oversee the Quest’s journey and Alec’s medical treatment.

Dancer was perfectly able to manage the Quest and let her stay with Alec, but she needed a task away from Alec to give her the feeling of control over something. It was plain to Dancer that Electra’s romantic attachment to Alec went well beyond their physical coupling. Dancer provided all the support he could, but that would not cover her emotional need while they both waited for Alec to complete his recovery.

Alec had upgraded the med-bed a few years back, after a near miss when Alec nearly lost the use of his right arm. The old medical system was not too familiar with human physiology and had thought a simple amputation would promote the re-growth of the limb. Alec had managed to dive out of the way as the lasers descended to take his arm.

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