Two hours of waiting - Erik had the time to explain his idea in depth to Samantha, to which she agreed to be possible, but still highly experimental. Still, it was already extremely late. A nurse came in and explained Doctor Naggar's situation, asking whether to wake her up or not. Erik simply shook his head with a smile and the nurse left. He motioned to the door and said "You go on home, miss Valders. We can pick things up in the morning when the doctor's awake."
After everything was set in place, Erik finally exited the pseudo-lab, locked the door, and took a walk throughout the recuperation ward, seeing all those poor souls that more or less made it. It wasn't a pretty sight... but it wasn't too gruesome either, for it expressed the hope for life. A tired sigh. Erik then left New Astarte and shortly after arrived home. Both kids were asleep on the living room couch, TV still on (some random documentary playing). "Heeey thereee." - he began softly - "Sleepy-heads."
He shook both of them just barely, so as to partially wake them. "Come on now, this is no place to sleep." - he took their hands, one in each of his and gently lead them upstairs. Erik left Peter in front of his room, but not before kissing him good night and receiving a hug in return. Then, he lead Ben to a guest-room. "Feel free to make yourself at home, Benjen. Oh... I forgot..." - he drifted off - "Uhm, give me a moment."
Erik ran off to the end of the hallway and opened up a terminal in which he typed something. Seconds later, a drawer opened and Erik took out some clothes from it, coming back to Ben. "I forgot to tell you to pack some things when you left home, so here are some spare pajamas for the night." - he smiled, slightly awkwardly - "Right. I'll leave you to it. Good night!"
As Erik went downstairs, Peter silently came out of his room, tip-toed to the guest room and entered. Luckily, Ben hadn't gone to bed yet, since he had just finished getting changed. Peter hugged him "Good night, Ben." then left as suddenly as he came.
Planet Yuma, Coronado
5 Aug. 824 A.S.
Erik's next morning was more or less the same as the one before. After drinking his morning tea and making sure breakfast was ready for the kids, he left a video-note to be played to them by the AI once they woke up. It was mainly about how he was in a hurry to help Doreen save people's lives, but will be back later to check on them. All things in order, he was back on New Hippocrate before 09:00.
Right now, he and miss Valders were waiting to hear from doctor Naggar.