"Ties Undone - Part V"

[Laehval tTemarr 0]

"Her genetic scans came back. She has a Galae record."

 

The doctor handed the medical file to the nurse as he entered the room and moved to examine the patient. He studied the display for some time, making minute adjustments to the medication being dispensed to the prone body that lay beneath the bed's sensor arm. The woman, nearing the end of her sixth decade, now looked to be much older. A dozen different tubes and sensor devices were affixed to various surfaces of her body, monitoring her lifesigns, transfusing blood, and aiding her strained organs. Though the blade's damage to her abdomen had been repaired, the woman had not yet gained consciousness. The blood loss she suffered was significant, fatal had the hotel's servant not happened to find her dying before her makeshift altar. Assumed to have been attacked, she had been rushed to the nearest medical facility and into surgery. Her heart had ceased to function twice while they worked to heal her and they'd had to shock it back to life. They had also placed her on a machine to assist her breathing, not trusting her shallow, ragged breaths to provide the oxygen she needed.

 

Lifting her eyelid, the doctor shined a light into one eye, then the other. Straightening, he shook his head and sighed. "Still no response. Her body is healing, but she may have gone too long without oxygen to her brain. Let me know if her vitals shift. I'm keeping her on the respiratory aid until her saturation levels are a little higher."

 

The nurse glanced up from the file. "There is no next of kin listed."

 

"If there ever was, they have been wiped out of her records. I searched every database I have access to and she has no family listed. All I could find in the file was her service record and her current ship assignment. I do not have access to Galae, so I asked the medical authority to contact her ship. They can deal with the rest."

 

"That is very odd. Did they ever find out who attacked her?"

 

"No. They believe she was performing the ritual. They found a data file in the room with her and are reviewing it, but I have heard nothing further."

 

The nurse stared, a bit shocked. "But... she twisted the blade. In her own stomach. Who would do such a thing?"

 

"She must have been very determined to die." The doctor glanced over with pity in his eyes. "The Elements have spared her. I only hope she will appreciate the gift she had been given and accept her new life... if she ever wakes."

 

"Elements be praised," the nurse breathed. "I will pray that she does."

[KhreRiovtRex 0]

Damn woman, another excellent log!

[tAehjae 0]

wonderful series Laeh had me tearing up. I hope AU Pull through. tRexan was right WOW!!