Staying hopeful

[ElaineDelgado 0]

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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

--Hebrews 11:1

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Elaine sat staring at Crispin’s tank of air that he had handed her. Nothing you can do, nothing you can do, nothing you can do… these words of his echoed in her head, as did other things he had said to her.

 

She willed herself to stay calm. Losing control, giving into fear… this would accomplish nothing but using more of her diminishing supply of oxygen. Holding still as possible, she tried to clear her mind of all that had happened in the last ten minutes. That proved quite difficult.

 

I should have never come here. I was put in charge of the sick bay, and as acting chief I should have delegated. But how could I have done otherwise? I could not have forgiven myself for putting someone else in this situation, she thought to herself.

 

Looking up from her lap, she bit her lip. I don’t want to die. She closed her eyes, and thought, I don’t see how we’re going to get out of this situation, but I have faith that we will. Oh God, but how?

 

But for the moment, other thoughts were pushed aside.

 

“McKnight to Delgado, prepare to receive a medical emergency.”

 

Her body jerked at the sound of Adrian’s voice over the comm. Now the thoughts racing through her head were of what trouble he could have gotten himself into this time. She sat the canister to one side a reached for her med kit…