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The patient was brought on to Med.Force.One and was received by chief medical officer Dr. Edward Tesh, Commander Haddock and John Holliday himself. Before he began working on his patient, John turned to Commander Haddock, "James, there's really nothing you can do. Make sure the crew of the Corelia gets a decent meal before they leave and that their credits aren't necessary. Perhaps one day they can return the favor to us somehow."
"Will do, Doctor," replied James. But, before he left, he looked at the patient. He noticed the cut on her left cheek and simply said, "Outcasts."
"Outcasts?" inquired Doc, confused.
"Outcasts," replied James, "the cut on her cheek. I've seen that before when I was in the Liberty Navy. Outcasts will leave such a cut just before they finish interrogation to remind people whom not to mess with."
He then excused himself and made his way to the Corelia.
Dr. Tesh and John Holliday began looking over the patient. Immediately, Doc took a portable scanner and began scanning her body as Dr. Tesh began to look her over. He became disgusted the more he looked.
"This is more like a living carcass," he declared in disgust. "Animals do things like this."
"We tried to clean her up a bit, Sir," explained the medic that brought her over. He then hung his head a bit, "admittedly, we don't have the resources or training to handle such cases."
"What a shame," said Dr. Tesh in a quiet voice, "such a pretty young lady and they do this to her." He shook his head as he continued, hooking a monitor to her.
"Let's get some fluid in her and type B positive blood as well, Edward, she's very dehydrated and malnourished no doubt," ordered Doc.
As they began preparing the I.V., the monitor made that dreaded steady beep.
"She's flatlining!" yelled Edward.
"No!" screamed the medic. In his panic, he made a move to begin chest compressions to which he was pulled away.
"Son, you do that and you may well kill her. Scans show broken ribs resting against her heart. DON'T do that!", he barked at the medic. He then turned, to his left, "Nurse, crashcart Now!"
Being that there were many of them on ship, it arrived as fast as he demanded it. As Dr. Tesh cleared her chest of clothing, John Holliday prepped the defibrillator. He placed one paddle on her upper chest, the other at her left side.
"CLEAR!" he yelled. He discharged the electric shock into her body, causing her to jump on the hover gurney. He body settled as Doc looked at the monitor. "Still flat!" he again yelled, "CLEAR!" Again, he discharged another charge into her chest and again her body jumped. This time, the result was a regular rythym. Doc sighed in relief, "She's back. Let's get those fluids into her, some blood and get her stable."
She was brought into an operating room where a staff waited. She was transferred to the table and any remaining clothing was removed. As they did so, Doc began scrubbing up with Dr. Tesh who was a bit annoyed with his friend and boss.
"Outcasts! How you deal with savages such as that!" he grumbled.
Doc answered with equal annoyance, "That's for another time, Doctor. We have a young lady to save."