Fun With A Scalpel

Who: Keto, Wildflower
Where: Medibay Office
When: I've been away for a long while, give me a break
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> Back in the medi-bay, Jay had re-entered the office, "I'll be back
> for you later" he said to Keto, who was currently bound to a chair,
> and behind him Wildflower was tied to a second chair, which Jay had
> then tied to back of Keto. Lets face it, he wanted to torture the
> Doctor.
"Mmmffphg," managed Keto through the gag that Jay had placed upon
him.
"What?" asked Wildflower. Jay, in the true evil spirit of a mind-
controlling, utterly cruel hymenoptera, had not gagged her.
"MMMFFPHG!"
"I can't understand you at all," sighed Wildflower, then shook her
head, "You know, I'd never have believed Jay would have done this to
us."
"Mms-m-mmphmpngmffmmm," stated Keto. ["He's a hymenoptera, fool."]
"I mean, I know he can occasionally be a little cold and callous..."
[For the love of God and my remaining unstable sanity, please let
her fall unconscious,] thought Keto, giving up on the attempts at
speech. In an attempt to get this to occur, he gave a sharp nod.
"OW!" yelped Wildflower.
[Ow!] winced Keto.
"Do you mind being more careful? That hurt!" she complained, then
continued, "By the way, did you want your scalpel back?"
"Mmf?" ["You what?"]
"I was just wondering, since I happen to have it here," shrugged
Wildflower, almost dislocating Keto's shoulder, "I thought now might
be a convenient time."
There was a short pause while Keto tried to find some angle of
reflection in the office that would allow him to glare his hatred at
Wildflower.
"Mmng mmf!" ["Hand it over!"] he managed, trying to reach his hand
round to receive the scalpel.
"Oh, is that a yes? Here you go," said Wildflower, and flicked the
scalpel backwards.
There was another long pause.
"Oops."
"MMMGNGPF!" ["AAARGH!"] shrieked Keto incomprehensibly as the blood
began to flow from his palm, making his grip on the sharp end of the
scalpel even more tenuous. Involuntary tears of pain beading in the
corners of his eyes, he switched hands and began to saw through the
thin splint-supports that Jay had tied them to the chairs with.
-- Five Minutes Later --
There was a final small snap, and the ropes came free.
"Whew, that was an ordeal," grinned Wildflower, jumping up. Keto
slowly reached a bloodsoaked hand round, removed his gag, and stood
up. Then he turned around.
"This," he growled, brandishing the scalpel and marching towards
the door, "Is something that is going to be fixed..."
"You...mean Jay?" asked Wildflower, looking somewhat
concerned, "You're going to fix whatever's affecting Jay?"
"Oh, I'll *fix* him alright," muttered Keto with something of a
nasty expression on his face as he marched out of the medibay and
began looking for the bug-infested Chrysler, leaving a small trail of
blood behind him.
"This can't be good," mused Wildflower for a moment, then turned
and clicked her fingers. The Big Pink Tree hesitantly peered around
the corner of a filing cabinet.
"Here's the deal, Tree," said Wildflower, rummaging through some
cabinets, "I won't tell Charlie that you were there all along if
you'll help me keep both him and Jay alive. Deal?"
*Rustle!* announced the Tree, and Wildflower smiled.*
"Good. Let's go," she said.
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OOC: Tag anyone on the way to the Drive Room...or anyone in the Drive
Room...or anyone, in fact. Yes, I've been away for a while. So sue
me. ;)
* For those of you who don't know - the Big Pink Tree is a mobile,
sentient tree (pink, naturally) who can only talk in rustles and who
can only be understood by the medical staff. Think of it as a
friendly triffid. ;)