In... Sickbay... Again....

Posted on Wed Dec 3rd, 2025 @ 4:59am by Commander Samantha Howard & Lieutenant Inara Senn & Lieutenant Commander Deanna Celes & Lieutenant Viviana Del Rio

550 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Wild Wild West
Location: Sickbay

Inara laid on her chest while having her wound regenerated. She then spoke. "Hey, you wanna know what makes me feel lots better in sickbay? A cup of black coffee. Will one of you get me that." She didn't expect to get coffee; she was simply messing with medical.

"You will get your coffee when all your organs and arteries are back where they should be" Sam retorted as she prepped the Lieutenant for surgery.

"That could take a while, because I keep on being sent on away mission with space nazis, weird ghost shit, Nord and Celt gods, and from what I hear, the wild goddamned west. Why does the captain take me to all the hostile places in the galaxy?"

"You and the rest of us" Sam snorted as she headed to get ready for the surgery. A few minutes later she re-emerged, gowned and scrubbed with a tray of equipment waiting for her. "Alright Inara, we need to sedate you now while we patch you back up. You should be awake again in about an hour."

"Lovely. Someone make a pot of coffee afterwards and tell Deanna to take us someplace nice next time than the wild goddamned west. You can knock me out now." Inara noted.

Sam nodded and grabbed the requisite hypospray, double checking the dosage before injecting Inara in the carotid artery. The medical team moved her to the surgical bay, somewhat bemused that she hadn't fully succumbed to the powerful anesthetic.

"Well, well, looks like we may have to up the dose" Sam remarked.

Inara started to have a dream that she was on a beach on Risa. Fun in the sun... Until Deanna walked up and shot her in the hip.

Sam hit her with another of sedative, one powerful enough to bring down a small horse and its pony friend to boot. Silence took over, and Sam dared to breathe a sigh of relief. "Let's get this done quickly, I have no idea how quickly she will metabolize the sedative"

Sam moved with purpose and efficiency conducting the operation and repairing the worst of the damage in fairly short order. Whilst the wound was extensive, with a full sickbay and staff at her disposal, the procedure only took half an hour.

When the team finished, they transferred Inara back to a biobed, this time in a quiet corner of Sickbay, and waited for her to wake up.

Viviana entered and saw Sam sitting down at her desk in her office with her cup, an obvious sign that she was pondering something. She didn't want to interrupt her, but she needed to pass along a message. She walked in with a smile, "Hi boss. You look a bit tired. Guess you've been busy. Hate to bother, but you are needed in the conference room. We brought somebody back from the surface, and I think they want to have a powwow regarding everything that happened with your away mission and Cmdr Grayson's, see what information might overlap and what not."

"Are you able to monitor Inara? She should regain consciousness in half an hour, I added a little extra to allow her body and mind time to rest" Sam stood and headed out the door at Viviana's nod. On to the next crisis

 

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