Seymour - "TransMed Pharmaceuticals" part 1

Seymour arrived at the spaceport of Transpar city and began walking to
the address written on his hand.
He had travelled to many different cities on many different worlds
over the past few weeks trying to find a doctor who would be able to
cure Jenny. The doctors on Titan had told him that her head injury was
far too severe to cure, but being as stubborn as he was, Seymour
didn't believe there was nothing they could do.
Transpar was an unusual city. All of it's buildings were made of
glass, or other transparent materials. This took a lot of getting used
to, as he could see clearly through every wall. He could see directly
into every office, and see hundreds of people sat working at their
transparent desks. He could also see people climbing invisible stairs
and riding in transparent lifts to higher floors that seemed to be
levitating above the ground.
He walked past another building and had to avert his eyes as he could
clearly see into a toilet block. The patrons sat with their pants
around their ankles, oblivious to (or uncaring) that the world could
watch them. One man turned from his monthly issue of "nuts" magazine
to give Seymour a wave. Seymour turned and hurried along.
He dreaded to think what it would be like walking around domestic
houses, seeing into peoples bedrooms. Do these people not value privacy?
The address Seymour had been given was a 20 story high tower building.
In glowing letters on the transparent front wall it says "TransMed
Pharmaceuticals."
Seymour shrugged. "Sounds like the kind of company that sends out spam
emails."
As he rode in the elevator he could see clearly how high he was just
by looking down. Or anywhere around him in fact. He carefully got out
of the lift, feeling with each step that there was ground below his
feet. He felt he was walking on thin air.
A receptionist showed him into a room full of advanced scientific
equipment, most of which was transparent.
"Hello, good to meet you Mr Nipples." said a naked man walking towards
him. "My name is Doctor Nettles."
"That's Niples -" Then the shock of seeing the man's naked hairy body
sank in. Seymour immediately looked elsewhere but the man insisted on
shaking his hand.
"Oh I'm sorry, I appear to have caught you at an inconvenient time,
I'll wait outside as you get dressed."
"The man looked confused for a moment then looked down at himself. "Oh
actually I am fully clothed. This is the latest fashion, transparent
clothes. What do you think?"
He stood with hi hands on his hips.
Seymour forced himself to look, but swallowed hard to prevent from
being sick. It was clear the man didn't work out. "Erm... very... nice."
The doctor went and sat behind his transparent desk, where Seymour
could still see everything. Gladly, the overhang of the doctor's belly
covered the most offensive item.
The doctor picked up a ring binder from his desk and started reading.
"You're here about the patient Jennifer Bond is this correct?"
"That is correct." Said Seymour. "She's currently in a hospital on Titan."
"Is she your wife?"
"No."
The doctor studied her file some more. "But you have a child with her,
is this correct?"
"Yes. "
"And where is the baby now?"
"A zero-gravity crèche on Titan. I didn't want to be one of those
annoying parents who insists on taking their screaming children on
interstellar transports."
The doctor glared. "I have seven children and we go on holiday on
interstellar transports three times a year."
Seymour bit his lip.
The doctor took a data CD from the file and turned it over in his hands.
"This case interested me so I asked the hospital on Titan to send me
over all their data. But I have to say I disagree with their analysis."
"Jolly good!" Said Seymour "Then you know how to save her?"
"No."
"Oh."
"But I disagree with their basic analysis on her species."
"What?" Seymour stood up.
"This file says she is human. But my analysis says different."
"Of course she is human. She looks human. She gave birth to a human
child!"
The doctor interlaced his fingers and leaned forward. "She looks
human, yes. But there is enough evidence in her DNA to prove otherwise"
Seymour was stunned into silence. "But the doctors on Titan... why
didn't they discover this?"
The naked man shrugged. "They probably never even thought to check.
Next time come to us first. TransMeds look for this type of thing,
it's our speciality."
"I don't believe you!" Seymour shouted across the desk. He then
paused. "What about Alota?"
"Ah yes, the baby. I think we need to do some tests on her."
"Not a chance." Said Seymour puffing his chest out.
"That baby is very important Mr Nipples. You must bring her to us. Or
we'll have to take her for ourselves."
Seymour's face dropped and he turned to run out of the office. He had
to get back to Titan, back to his baby.
As Seymour left, Dr Nettles picked up his phone. "There is a halfbreed
baby on Titan I need you to collect. She'll make us extremely powerful.
<To be continued>