Black, and Blue

OOC - There was no clear timeline of events that I read, so I hope the following helps to clear up a little (makes sense to me anyway :p). Well, how Alex was in two plavces at once anyway.
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It was two days after the mining began that Alex had been brought into the med bay. Jade was nursing a slight hangover, nothing big, but enough after the 'girls night in' that her and Cass had just had. It had taken a while for Cass to relax enough to even take a drink, but Jade had managed to convince her, after a few tequilas and another few Harvey Wallbangers to agree to a 'girls night out'.

Jacky breezed in and out, leaving Jade with a distinct impression that either he had found peace with whatever he had been struggling with on the planet; or he had gone completely batsmeg insane. Jaxx also had left, leaving to go and practice more. She was worried about the man (man-shark?), but knew that in time the amnesia would clear.

She looked down after it had quietened down again at the nearly naked Alex. Shaking her head at him, she took in the trauma, grizzley and inflamed. It was much worse than when he had tried to strip in the corridor and 'knock boots' with her. The two ripped stitches where the Haruk had caught them had become badly infected by the mining dirt and dust.

"You silly man. Why didn't you come see me sooner?" She tutted at him "Typical man." The infection had gone deep, she gently pressed on the wound and a nice thick ooze of puss flowed out of the wound. As she pressed, to see the damage, Alex woke up flailing.

"Bedge?!" He struggled up, Jade could see the wound crease and secrete fluids of various shades. She stepped back. "Get away from me foul beast!" He screamed at the Doctor.

"Hey, Alex. It's me. Jade... Doctor Black... Do you know me?" She spoke calmly and slowly, backing up to the cabinet with the syringes and sedatives in it.

"Thats right, get back." He growled, picking up his t-shirt and brandishing it at her. She didn't know, but he thought it was a heavy tree branch. He was twitchy and looking around, as if he was looking for a way out. Whilst he was distracted, Jade hastilly unpacked a sealed syringe, and filled it with a sedative. A strong sedative.

"What I wouldn't do for more staff..." She had no idea where Phi had been. There was a soft foot on metal sound that only a Doctor would have heard. She spun around, it was too late though, Alex slammed the tree branch down on her head and laughed manically.

"Take that monster!" He whooped. Momentarilly confused by the jumper than now shrouded her vision, Jade scrabbled and pulled it off.

"Mr Solvay! Would you please stop that." She ordered, still calm in her voice.

"No! No I killed you! It's you isn't it? Did you kill Bedge too?" He lunghed forward, and clubbed Jade around the face. A huge fist slamming into her right eye. She went into her quiet place. A place born of abuse, she retreated, closing her eyes as Alex thumped her again. When she didn't fall he backed off. "Why wont you die?!" He wailed. "I jsut want Bedge back!"

"I'm your friend Alex. I promise. I can help you."

"No! No you can't!" He bent down to pick up the tree branch that she had discarded on the floor. The Doctor saw her chance, she stepped into his space and plunged the syringe into his neck. "Ah! Poisonous snake!" He stumbled and tripped, falling onto his knees. He grabbed her legs, pulling her down too.

"I'm sorry Alex." She said, as his grip weakened and his ramblings got more indistinct. He slumped slowly to the floor and she went with him so that he didn't hurt himself as he hit the hard floor.

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After an hour, she had inserted a drain into the manky end of the scar and had extracted the remaining stitches. Most of the wound was ok, and would clear up in time, but the infected end would scar. Nothing she could do, it was his own fault for not coming to see her in his stubornness.

She took some samples and started running them through the scanner. She hooked up an IV of anti-biotics, making sure that the cocktail of drugs would keep him down long enough for the infection to clear. From her prelim results, it wasn't septicemia, so he would live. As an after thought, she engaged the restraints on the bed too. Holly could disable them if he came around and was sane, but she doubted that would be any time soon.

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- Three ish days later -

Jade sat in quiet meditation, an ice pack on her right eye, which in the last few days had swollen up and bruised nicely. She had avoided the crew so far, even Katrina and Cass. Inscense wafted about the room and calmed her, glad of the quiet time, time that she had neglected over the last few weeks since stasis.

"Yo Doc Black. Meeting for an away mission in the shuttle bay" Holly blurted, intruding into the quiet meditation music.

"Thanks Hol." Jade stretched, picked up her mobile medical kit bag. The same one she had on the jungle and left to join the others. You never know when you'd need a medic.

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OOC - If asked about her bruises, Jade would say she walked into a door or something. If pressed further (certainly if Cass asked) and if she was alone with that person, she might tell them it was Alex, but would defend him as he was halucinating.

Also, see what I did with that title? Yeah... no laughs? Screw you guys, I thought it was funny.