Star Trek - DS9 - 02 by The Siege

Author:The Siege [Siege, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2010-08-07T10:13:24.879000+00:00

After Bashir finished in Ops, he headed down to the infirmary. Nurse Latasa looked up from one of the medical computers questioningly, and Bashir said, �Preganglionic.� �Kiss me, you fool. But keep telling yourself, Doctor: it�s only a password,� she said, smiling. Then she pointed to a computer terminal. �This stopped working, Doctor.� �I�ll get the chief on it when he has a chance,� said Bashir. �But he�s going to be somewhat tied up for a while. Is this one still operating?� He pointed to another computer terminal. She nodded. �All right, then,� he said. �Copy the entire file we have on the med readings I took on the Edemian boy, Rasa. Also, load on all available information on panoria�symptoms, effects, everything.� Latasa�s fingers tapped out a command. She slid an isolinear chip into a receptacle and waited a moment. �Copy completed,� the computer said primly. She removed the isolinear chip deftly and handed it to Bashir. �Thank you, Nurse,� he said. �No problem, Doctor. May I ask what it�s for?� �Maybe,� he told her, waving the chip, �we can pull something useful out of all the death that�s going on around here. We may just be able to save a life.� He glanced around the infirmary. �It�s quiet today,� he said. �Where is everyone?� She sighed. �Most of the Bajoran orderlies said they felt ill. I hear they�re sealing themselves in their quarters until the crisis is over.� �Well, I appreciate your nerve, at least,� said Bashir. �Don�t worry, Nurse. We�ll weather this storm.� �Whatever you say, Doctor,� she replied. Bashir flashed that famous smile of his once more and then walked out of the infirmary. Latasa walked back to the broken medical computer, sat down in front of it, and punched an entry code onto it. There was still no response. �Stupid piece of junk,� she said and gave it a sharp rap on the side. The computer struck back. CHAPTER 15 �NOW,� SAID BASHIR, crouching behind the bar, out of sight, �you understand what you�re supposed to do?� Nog and Rom crouched with him, stared at him with open curiosity. �Yes, I understand,� said Rom. �And I understand that you promised to put in a good word for Nog with Odo if we helped you out.� �What I don�t understand is why you�re doing this,� said Nog. �For my own reasons. That�s all you have to know.� He peered over the bar and saw that things were just as he had seen them for the past couple of days. The Edemians were in their little section of the Promenade. Matters had become somewhat boring, however. Stragglers were happening by, but very few of them. Most people were either hiding in their quarters or staying in small groups for mutual safety. No one was casually strolling. Rasa was idly wandering about. His mother had wanted him to stay by their side, but Mas Marko had been firm. �You can�t mollycoddle the boy, Azira,� he had said. �Whatever life is left to him, he must use it to do K�olkr�s work in whatever way he sees fit.

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