Medical Nightmares - Part One

Posted on Sun Mar 8th, 2020 @ 2:39am by Commander Ethan "Hardcase" Duval & Lieutenant Commander M'Tillie Nasao & Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Yamaguchi-Solusar & Major Sir Bruce "Scorch" Fraser, 15th Baron Fraser of North Cape & Division Admiral Celeste Yamaguchi-Hobbs & Post Captain Plataea "Phantom" Lasky

Mission: Mission 75: Through the Looking Glass
Location: Various Locations - USS Dreamcrusher
Timeline: Apr 3rd 2392

Renhai walked into Dreamcrushers medical Bay along with Anzan and Kasana and approached Celeste first. "So whats going on here."

Commander Celeste Yamaguchi regarded Renhai. "You got me Doctor." she responded as the five people all beamed in. Celeste watched as her medicas all went to work like a well oiled machine. Elizabeth Yamaguchi among them. "Hey mom, let me help you with him..." Elizabeth had stopped trying to tell the difference between her mother and her twin, as far as she was concerned, both women had equal claim to being her mother so she simply called both 'mom.'

Plataea smiled. "Thanks sweetie." as the two women both hefted Duval onto the bed. Celeste came over. "Hey ladies... Let me have... Jeff Duval?" the pregnant female inquired, surprise written all over her face.

"Its from the reality I came from." Plataea responded. "I have a funny feeling... and if he comes to then step back... He's liable to have a very violent reaction to you... Considering the... version of.. you in my home reality once tortured him for failing to carry out his orders.." the tall Halanan female explained with a soft sigh.

Celeste understood but when she heard the last of Plataea's statement, she was suddenly horrified. "She did what?" Celeste hissed softly as her eyes widened in surprise.

"It'll all be in my formal report... which you'll have by this time tomorrow.." Plataea explained gently. "Its wasn't you Celeste... You aren't her... You could never become that monster.." Plataea gently touched Celeste's shoulder with her hand. "You aren't her..."

"Good.." Celeste, still horrified, whimpered the response in a soft tone, before she cleared her throat and then she turned her attention back to the case before her, she activated her tricorder before she went to work. "Oh yeah.. this guy is a walking train wreck... half a dozen old injuries and three sexually transmitted diseases... Lovely."

Elizabeth regarded the prone form of Moni Nasao as she gave her a quick checkup. "Well... El Tee.. I can give you the bad news all at once... and I can help... If you wish.. but I need your consent." the tall female regarded the injured Caitian female before her.

"Why do you care?" Nasao inquired, in a curious tone of voice, rather then the angry tone that Elizabeth was expecting.

"Because I am nothing without my vow... I will not violate anyone else ever.... Not even to save their life... I made that mistake once already... twice actually.." Elizabeth said softly. The tall woman sighed softly.

Nasao regarded the tall woman with a calm eye as she could easily tell that Elizabeth Yamaguchi was very serious about her medical oath, a far cry from some of the medics in her home reality. "Very well... Proceed then Lieutenant." Nasao. "Whats wrong with me... other then the usual.."

"You have more muscle strains and sprays then I can count outside of the lab... You have a dozen broken bones that were set poorly. With your approval... I can heal all of your injuries. past and present... you'll never know anything was ever wrong with you." Elizabeth explained with a smile.

"What do you wish of me in exchange..?" Nasao responded. "Will it be booze... or sex?"

"Nei-wait what?" Elizabeth responded in a rather suprised tone of voice, she was also horrified that someone had to trade their body for healing.. "My... Oh wow... you have come to the wrong place... and you owe me nothing other then your gratitude.."

"I'm.. sorry El Tee... I'd forgotten what that felt like." Nasop responded with a sigh. The Caitian regarded her. "I assumed that the people here... were like the people in my home reality.."

"Don't worry.. Its fine. I will heal you." and without further comment. the massive woman went to work on her new patient.

Meanwhile Celeste Yamaguchi regarded Renhai. "What do you think of this guy?" she indicated Duval and his small army of problems.

Renhai looked at Duval. "He looks abused. All three of them do. But he doesn't have any OISU Based technology in him, but the other two do."

Celeste nodded as Plataea intervention. "Can he leave sickbay tonight?"

"He can... In a couple of hours after I finish healing him of his maladies.. Why do you ask?" Celeste inquired of the tall Halanan who was nearby with a large PADD in her hands.

"I'm going to take him home with me... He can borrow my bed while I sleep in the spare bedroom I maintain." Plataea explained. "That way, if he wakes up. I can reason with him.... See I know the demon he deals with... and I can deal with him... with myself as bait."

"If you aren't careful, he'll rape you." Celeste paused. "I can't-" was as far as she got before Plataea lifted her hand for silence. "I can and I will. Besides.. the risk is mine to deal with... I can get through to him... Especially if he's in a comfortable area and not in your ships brig Celeste... He will not open up to you... even with me present... so I'll take him somewhere where the two of us can be alone and we'll deal with his demon together."

"Thats a very dangerous plan you propose.." Celeste responded softly.
"He may rape you." the look on her face spoke volumes, clearly she had experienced on that subject.

"I don't have a rape taboo dear." Plataea responded with a gentle smile. "So if he does then all it will be is simple forcefull sex with him fucking me... Not exactly something I don't already know... you forget who I was married to on my side."

Celeste nodded. "You told me about him..." she cringed in sudden fright. "Jake...." she whispered. "Its hard to imagine." Celeste regarded Renhai and Plataea. "I don't know how to put that into words.."

"Its harder still for me to put into words considering the kind and gentle soul your cousin is here... I am envious of you and yours Celeste... You have been blessed..." Plataea smiled warmly at the other woman. "Your father on my side never saw the monster the other Celeste became... But I know he would have been proud of you." the Halanan explained.

"I am blessed... I have a wife and children of my own." Celeste explained. "My entire family are all here, all of us alive and well.." as she spoke, her hand went to her abdomen. "My son will be born soon,..." she paused. "You still wish to do this?"

"I do... Even if he does bed me... It won't be rape..." Plataea shrugged her shoulders in a gentle manner. "Worst case scenario is that he beds me without my consent... Which honestly is what I expect of him anyway." Plataea then shrugged a second time.

Even Renhai looked surprised by Plataea's statement," That's a very Akurian viewpoint."

Plataea slowly smiled. "I've had good role models." as she gently touched Teval behind his ears. "These guys have been very good to me... They took my daughters and myself in and protected us even after I had stolen from them... They have never asked me for anything in return.. A lot of species and nations could learn a great deal from these guys example." as she gently brushed her fingers through the fur between Teval's ears. "Besides they look so adorable anyway..."

Celeste chuckled softly. "I have a plushie of one of them for myself and so do the kits..." the pregnant female explained with a smile.

"However I'd expect to see me and him back here tomorrow morning.. for a follow up." Plataea explained patiently.

Celeste regarded the other woman dubiously. "A follow up?"

"To some stupidly abusive sex." Plataea answered, before she smiled.

Renhai didn't have anything else to say on the matter so she turned her attention to the two caitians. Anzan was already looking them over and he quickly confirmed their suspicions. "Yeah, they are definitely OISU style energy manipulator implants."

Celeste turned her attention to Anzan as Plataea responded. "So... somewhere out there the Akurians are missing a couple of their guys... and these alternate universe guys have your tech as a result.."

Celeste sighed. "Fucking assholes.."

Plataea regarded Celeste in silence, her dark eyes spoke much as she gently placed her hand on the other woman's shoulder. "We'll find out how they got it... but what I want to know.. is how they got over here in the first place... and ... I know someone who can help us with that."

"What... who?" Celeste looked puzzled.

"Talon... No, not your Talon... mine.. She's over here too.." Unal responded with a smile. "Ouros told me about her." she added, by way of an explanation.

Anzan looked over the implants thoroughly with is scanner then replied. "These implants are from the OISU, but they aren't Akurian implants. These are copies of Orion Federation implants. Unfortunately without access to the OISU Database, I cannot get any more information as to their probable origin. However they appear to have been manufactured approximately three years ago, but there are some unusual characteristics with these implants as well."

Unal raised an eyebrow. "So... we have a real mystery here... Alright." she responded with a soft sigh. "So what about him?"

"What about him?" Celeste responded. "Yes... I can have him relocated to your quarters... Are you sure you want to do this?"

"I am." Unal responded. "Stop worrying about what could happen... worst case scenario is that I'm back in here tomorrow wanting you to heal my injuries.." she shrugged. "He won't be doing anything to me that I haven't already been through thanks to the... vile version of Jake."

"Come back in an hour... I'll have him ready for you then... I'll keep him sedated the whole time. Just in case." Celeste responded.

Unal turned to regard the two Caitians. "So... now that that is sorted out... What do we do with those two?" she inquired of Renhai.

Renhai was about to say something else but Anzan found another problem. "Um, OK this is definitely not an Akurian implant."

Nasao sighed as Elizabeth finished tending to her. "Easy El Tee... You're going to feel a little groggy for the next while... But do not overdo it... your muscles will be tender for the next couple of days... but you will feel no pain anymore from your usual activities.."

Nasao gingerly tied to lift her right arm, she found it restored to her peak physical condition. the response was something Elizabeth didn't expect. The female Caitian burst into tears.

Elizabeth paused. "El Tee...?"

"You have... no idea...do you?" Nasao responded. "What its like to move without pain..."

"No... I can't say that I do..." the tall woman responded, somewhat at a loss for words.

Celeste raised an eyebrow as she regarded Anzan. "Talk to me goose.?... Just what are we looking at here?"

Anzan shrugged. "Not sure, its definitely Federation technology, but at least our federation does not have any records on this device at all." He then looked at Unal. "Do you know what this thing is."

"Actually I do." Unal responded. "Considering its my own design... to carry information in case these guys were ever captured by someone not hostile to the Empire." she explained. "But... what is that.." she indicated the second device. "Is that... what I think it is..?"

Anzan shrugged," I'm not really sure, but it definitely isn't a power cell."

Plataea narrowed her eyes, before she suddenly turned to Celeste. "I need an Explosives Expert here right now... thats a bomb. More to the point... Its a suicide implant... and I'd bet they all have them."

Celeste Yamaguchi tapped her combadge. "Yamaguchi to Fraser. I need you in sickbay in the double... bring your explosives kit."

"Copy that, on my way." came the instant response.

A minute or so later, the door opened and in came a Marine, wearing body armor with a rather massive armored kit over his back. "Who needs me."

Plataea nodded. "Right here..." she indicated her patients. "These three.." she explained. "They look like they are fitted with a type of suicide implants."

Frasier nodded his head as he produced his tricorder. "Let me see.." he rumbled, before he turned to Anzan. "Yep... these explosives are enough to not only kill these three.. but it'll disintegrate their bodies too...they are downright lethal to anyone around them."

Celeste regarded him. "What would it take to get them out?"

"I'd need to know what makes them tick in the first place.." he responded. "Give me five minutes, I'll brief you." and with that Fraser yanked off his pack and went to work. "Impressive.." he muttered.

Berin, whom just came too, corrected Unal's Assessment. "These aren't suicide implants, they are control implants. For if we where to rebel against the empire, someone with a remote could activate them and kill us instantly."

Unal nodded. "That was going to be my second guess Lieutenant." she responded. "Welcome back Mister Eskar. Its good to see you again... Authenticate Delta Tango One one. I am who I appear to be."

Nasao meanwhile had calmed down. "Commander Unal... Its.. strange to see you again. I have many questions..."

"I am aware of that Lieutenant Nasao." Unal commented. "We will get those implants out and you won't need to worry about things anymore."

"Yeah... about that.." Fraser commented. "They'll detonate if they come into contact with oxygen. So.. I'll need an inert gas over the site.. This is going to be interesting."

Celeste regarded Scorch. "Bad news.?"

"Yup.. This is not going to be a fun assignment... I'll need to remove these bombs carefully... Otherwise I risk detonation afterwards. So I'll need to dispose of them." he paused. "Do you know anything about how these bombs work Mister... Errr Eskar." Fraser addressed Berin.

Berin shook his head. "All I know, don't attempt to beam them out."

Anzan offered up a suggestion. "We might be able to disable them using Akurian nanoprobes, we do have nanoprobes designed or this purpose."

Fraser nodded. "Okay.." he responded. "So no beaming... means I'm doing this the old way... Which I expected anyway." he turned to Anzan. "How long before you can be ready with your option?" he inquired.

Anzan thought about it then answered. "Well, I'll need as much information on them as possible then it should take me no more than a few minutes to program and retrieve the nanoprobes."

Fraser nodded his head, processing the request before him, he then went to work on gathering the information requested. "Alright... Lets see.." as he went over Duval's implants first. "The implant is decently designed. However its designed to be idiot proof... Whoever built it was shoddy though.." as he regarded the scan information. "Here." he handed the tricorder to Anzan.

Anzan gave the tricorder a funny look, then pointed out. "Um, sorry, I'm not really familiar on how to use one of these tricorder things."

Fraser sighed softly. "Alright... Lets this another way." as he turned to the console next to the two of them, he proceeded to upload his data into the display which then proceeded to create the implants in three dimensional form. "Okay... Lets see.." he pondered the problem before them.

Renhai looked at the scan results then commented. "Well it looks like there are no defenses against nanoprobes." She then turned to Unal.
"What do you think."

Plataea ran a finger over her jawline, clearly deep in thought. "We should be careful all the same." she paused. "We can place a forcefield around the excision site with a complete vacuum or an inert gas before we apply the nanoprobes." she paused. "First thing they disarm is the bomb before anything else... make it safe for us to remove... once we remove it... then we recover that implant next to the bomb, I wish to see what they did with my work.." she paused. "The bomb is not my work however.... I would not bobytrap my own people...It goes against what I believe in."

Fraser nodded. "Alright Anzan. Here is how we do this..." and with that he began briefing the smaller being on his plans. "We need to disarm the bombs first thing.."

Anzan looked over the plan and relied," Alright well give me all the data you have collected then and I'll go retrieve the nanoprobes."

Fraser regarded the smaller being before he gathered all of his information, he then produced an isoliner chip which he handed to the Akurian. "Simply pop it in and it should automatically translate into your language... If you wish it."

Anzan nodded and left for his ship.