Pike is being carried to sickbay after an unsuccessful away mission. He's got crude but effectively made arrows stuck in him from the natives they encountered. One in his shoulder, one in his side, and one right through the leg. Pike grits his teeth as he's moved, trying not to cry out in pain. It had been an ambush from the start.
Then RNG must be obeyed XDloveshypoJanuary 27 2012, 14:31:51 UTC
Most away missions result in some sort of injury, Bones has learned that much in his years as CMO onboard the Enterprise. But of all the people to come through the doors of his sickbay, he had never thought he would see Pike. He moves to the door quickly helping to support him as he leads him towards one of the beds.
Pike grinds out an answer before the others can, "Diplomatic dispute. Be careful with those arrows, I saw them dipping them in something while they were shooting them." The wounds were burning like they were on fire, he could only imagine what they had put on them. They were straight tubes, like a reed with a sharpened end and little micro barbs sticking out along the surface. Which was going to make pulling them out another adventure in pain. Pike, however, was determined to not lay still till he got report on everyone else. They were bringing in a half conscious redshirt ensign who had taken one a little closer to the heart. "Better....get to him first..." Pike shoved off Bones' hands that were trying to examine the arrows.
He looks over at the ensign and then back at Pike with one of his stern looks. "Nurse Chapel is taking care of him and she is perfectly capable. Right now, you're my priority. Now. Lay still or this will hurt more than it should." This is his sickbay you're in now Pike, you better do as he says. He starts by giving him a hypo for the pain.
Pike is a stubborn sort, though not nearly as adverse to hypos as Kirk is. He takes it with a barest wince. "I don't have to be a doctor to know that man is hurt worse than me." The pain does subside a bit and it's easier to lay still. The arrows do make laying down flat a problem though.
"And I'm CMO for a reason. I do know what I'm doing. Now just try to relax." There's not much that Bones can do without getting these arrows out...so, sorry Pike but they're coming out. He grips the first near the head and pulls it out quickly. No need to prolong the pain.
/more making stuffs upcptn_pikeJanuary 28 2012, 00:42:07 UTC
Pike clenches his fists as the arrow is removed...and with it a cascade of blood. Seems what they were dipping the arrows in was a compound to keep one's blood from clotting. A delayed death for their enemies if they lived long enough to get medical treatment. Pike is now bleeding out and looking very pale.
Re: /yay for making stuffs up!loveshypoJanuary 28 2012, 00:55:40 UTC
Bones swears inwardly as the blood starts pouring out of Pike's wound. He presses a number of bandages to the wound to at least lessen the flow, "Nurse, I need some help over here!" He shouts out to the nearest nurse, telling her to press it against the wond while he tries to find a clotting agent to see if it has any effect.
The combined efforts should work, the native were clever but not technologically advanced. Clotting agent is a really good idea and probably some blood transfusions after that because Pike is going to be on the low side for awhile.
"What, what's wrong?" Pike tries to sit up to see but the world tips dizzily around him and he has to lay down again. No, he's not going to faint, it's almost unbecoming as a Captain, he tells himself.
The clotting agent is injected and he replaces the nurses blood soaked bandages with some new ones. Now to see if it works. When Pike tries to sit up Bones' hand is there instantly pushing him gently back down into the position that he had been in.
"Everything's going to be fine, Captian. Just stay with me. Stay awake." Blood. He needs more blood.
Right, stay awake. Good plan. "Doctors...orders...?" Pike manages, trying to keep his eyes open.
The bad part is, he's got two more stuck in him. Good news? Clotting agent, when it does kick in, should make pulling them out a whole lot easier.
There's a long fuzzy tunnel growing around Pike's vision, Bones looking like he's talking at him from the end of it. He's having a hard time following those orders to stay conscious. He mumbles something as if trying to give an order of his own before he passes out entirely from the blood loss.
The clotting agent has started to kick in but it needs to work a hell of a lot faster than it is right now that's for sure...
And then Pike passes out. Great. "Damn it! He calls over another nurse as he pulls the other two arrows out and ordering the nurse to press bandages to the wounds until the clotting agent starts to work properly. He needed to get them out so he could focus on the blood.
The other two bleed but not nearly as fast as the first. Looks like it's working.
Pike stays out until they start pumping more blood into him than he's losing. If glazed over, half lidded blinking counts as awake, that is. He's going to be kicking himself later for passing out.
And Bones is going to be extremely relieved at that.
Have another sigh of relief when the captain starts to wake up. The bleeding from the wonds has completely stopped now and he's all patched up. He might even get one of Bones' rare smiles. Only a slight one though, "Nice to have you with us again, Captain."
"..mmrf..." Pike gets out, blinking away the gray tunnel. Wondering how long he'd been out. "...what's the damages?" At least there wasn't much pain anymore, just a dull ache where the arrows used to be. He makes sure not to move around too much.
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"Good god, man! What happened out there?"
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"What, what's wrong?" Pike tries to sit up to see but the world tips dizzily around him and he has to lay down again. No, he's not going to faint, it's almost unbecoming as a Captain, he tells himself.
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"Everything's going to be fine, Captian. Just stay with me. Stay awake." Blood. He needs more blood.
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The bad part is, he's got two more stuck in him. Good news? Clotting agent, when it does kick in, should make pulling them out a whole lot easier.
There's a long fuzzy tunnel growing around Pike's vision, Bones looking like he's talking at him from the end of it. He's having a hard time following those orders to stay conscious. He mumbles something as if trying to give an order of his own before he passes out entirely from the blood loss.
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The clotting agent has started to kick in but it needs to work a hell of a lot faster than it is right now that's for sure...
And then Pike passes out. Great. "Damn it! He calls over another nurse as he pulls the other two arrows out and ordering the nurse to press bandages to the wounds until the clotting agent starts to work properly. He needed to get them out so he could focus on the blood.
Blood transfusion coming right up.
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Pike stays out until they start pumping more blood into him than he's losing. If glazed over, half lidded blinking counts as awake, that is. He's going to be kicking himself later for passing out.
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Have another sigh of relief when the captain starts to wake up. The bleeding from the wonds has completely stopped now and he's all patched up. He might even get one of Bones' rare smiles. Only a slight one though, "Nice to have you with us again, Captain."
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