Nuts and Bolts - Part Two

Posted on Mon Feb 24th, 2020 @ 12:05am by Commodore Siaxx "Bluemoon" Dvald-Vaxx MD & Jillian "Phoenix" Sullivan & Company Sergeant Major Jeffery "The Mountain" Duval
Edited on on Mon Feb 24th, 2020 @ 12:05am

Mission: Mission 7: Finding My Way
Location: Various Locations - Starbase 400
Timeline: 1815Hrs - March 1st, 2389

Phoenix's face paled greatly with shooting pains going through her arm and the pilot came off the bench and hit the floor almost immediately, cuffing her prosthetic to her chest. Then she began to roll and scream to the top of her lungs, mostly from the power leaks moving through open currents in her now broken, metal joint.

"Make it stop," Jillian finally cried out before she became really quiet from shock settling in. All the nerves connected to the thumb joint in her arm, were making all sorts of signals that just kept acerbating the problem.

Duval wasn't sure of how to help her, he was not an engineer but the issue here was the faulty prosthetic limb as he tapped his combadge. "Duval to Infirmary, medical emergency. Two to beam to the infirmary..."

Lieutenant Siaxx Dvald came over as she quickly assessed the injuries sustained by the Major. "Phoenix... your prosthetic limb is damaged." the Bolian woman explained as she heard the Major preferred to be addressed by Callsign rather then name, something Siaxx wasn't having an issue with.

"Morep," Phoenix prodded Dvald as she fought to remain alert. "Master Sarge broke... the joint. Just... fix it."

Siaxx nodded as she prepared a hypo. "I'm going to give you something for the pain okay?" she smiled warmly at the other woman, hoping the Major would not fight her, she gently administered the painkiller once she had leave to do so. "There is no sedative, just a painkiller." she added, by why for explanation.

"Sarge, help her onto the bed please."

Duval nodded as he gently picked up the Major and with one smooth motion as he placed her on the biobed as the Bolian went to work. "Lets see.." and with that she opened her medkit as she proceeded to go to work.

"Cracked bracket, and broken wires," Phoenix spoke with very glassy eyes as she looked at the metal thumb.

"Easy Phoenix... you're going to be okay." the nurse commented as Duval stood silently nearby, clearly proving the small Bolian's point as the Bolian tapped her combadge, calling for an Engineer to report to her quickly.

A few minutes later as the Nurse continued to work, an engineer came "Yessir" he inquired upon seeing her rank.

"I need an opinion on this prosthetic limb... its broken..."

The engineer nodded as he opened his tricorder from his kit as he looked over the prosthetic limb. "Oh yeah.. its old and busted alright... it'll need to be replaced." he looked at the nurse and then he turned to Phoenix. "Major... you with us?"

"Oh yeah," Phoenix answered with a half-grin. Opiates in her system generally did calm her, when she was in extreme pain. "But no new limb... Just make replacement parts."

"Okay.." the engineer replied. "You can be fitted with a whole new limb if you-"

"No...replacements parts only." Duval's voice rumbled like an old style grav sled that was badly in need of repairs. "....Sir.." he added a moment later, almost as an afterthought.

Siaxx nodded her head. "The limb can be repaired.. right?"

The engineer nodded. "Yes... but it would be easier to replace it with a new one..."

Duval mearly crossed his arms across his chest. "Why?"

"The limb was replaced in service by the mark eleven hand replacement system." he explained. "this is a mark eight... and I'll have to do some digging to find replicator specs for it...."

"No-new-prosthetic," Phoenix spelled out between gritted teeth. "Just fix the damned thing. Mmm kay?"

Siaxx raised an eyebrow. "Phoenix... you need a new hand... I can't force it on you and lets face it... we're better off waiting until you come back to yourself from your trip on cloud eight.." she commented with a smile. "I cannot ask you to make this choice in your present state... its unethical of me."

"I said no, on the new limb. Fix what's broken," Phoenix said flatly, and then started patting her tummy with an odd fixation. "Tis a good drum... Thump... thump.... thump-thump-thump..."

"Fix her hand Ensign... look for the specs and replace what she needs to make her hand work." Dvald explained with her soft dusky accent coming out, it sounded a cross of French Canadian and Pennsylvanian which made her hard to ignore.

"Computer, play Wipe Out," Phoenix commanded and began to air drum with her left hand.

The Engineer nodded. "Yessir.." and with that he departed, leaving the Major with the lovely Bolian who was presently checking on Phoenix's vitals as she ran her tricorder over the Major's form. "How are you feeling Major.... I can give you something to sober you up... if you wish." she had her medkit beside her as she checked it over while they waited.

"Ooooh," Phoenix snickered as she realized something that only she thought was important. "You could be percussion too, Doc. You'd fit in well with that Blue Man Group."

"You mean the band in the bar on the promenade.?" Siaxx inquired. "I've seen what the waitresses in there wear.... its not much... besides.. I think red clashes with my skintone..." Dvald commented back. "Maybe black or really dark red..." she raised an eyebrow. "your blood pressure is normal.... you sure you don't want anything to counter the effects?"

"You need to get high at least once to get why it's fun when you feel nothing," Phoenix stated rather seriously, then made a sound that nearly mimicked a symbol clash.

Siaxx regarded the Major who was higher then a kite in a strong breeze. "I find I get more mileage out of singing." she replied as she checked the major's vitals. "You have another few hours with that painkiller.... "

"I get a lot of mileage in the sack," Phoenix admitted with a goofy grin, and then suddenly went bug-eyed once she realized she'd said that aloud. "Err... Yeah. Drumming again."

For which Phoenix went for the most epic solo, one-handed air-drum routine once more.

Siaxx chuckled softly. "Experience in the sack is a great thing... its a good way to release stress and the like." she commented as the engineer returned. "Sorry for the delay Lieutenant." he addressed Siaxx who looked at him expectantly.

"Did you find what she needed?" the handsome Bolian replied.

"I did... took a bit but we can start.." he commented. "Major... I will start fixing your arm now... with your permission?"