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Well, it's shattered beyond repair as a Horta comes barreling through the doors, followed by two superheros carrying a battered doctor.

Naraht hurries ahead of them to activate the scanners by one of the beds. "Over here," he calls. "We're green and go."

Barry doesn't have time to marvel again at the advanced tech his friends have installed here. No, all he can think about is getting Guppy on the bed and letting that tech do its job.

Amanda saw the whole thing and followed them into the infiramry, "Is there anything I can do?" Her expression conveys both rage and concern.

Hank nods once they have him on the bed and activates the scanners.

Meanwhile he begins to cut off Guppy's shirt with a nearby bladeless knife, his eyes widening at the sight of the wounds revealed.

(ooc: what are the wounds, exactly? Did guppy-mun say?)

Naraht swears again. "The bastards really worked him over," he all but snarls.

Barry backs up a bit to let Hank in closer.

"Glad to see you again, Amanda. I wish the circumstances were better. Do you have any medical knowledge you could throw into the mix? Hank's good at this, but none of us are MDs, and until we find one, this might be a case of 'the more, the merrier.'"

"I know some first aid and alot of herbal remedies." At the moment she just needs to busy herself with anything to help.

Hank has begun using a small tray of warm water bulbs to clean Guppy's contusions and bruiises so as to get a better look. He glances up as he listens.

"They? The Stalkers did this?"

he sighs.

Then he grins a little as he throws a glance at Barry.

"We havent had a chasnce to actually talk since my return from a sojourn on my Earth just before the Otherplot. I finished my medical degree qualifications while there. "

He glances at the nearest computer as it beeps and growls as he sees the computer's report on the extent of the damage.

"It isnt as bad as I feared but it is bad enough. There are medicines on the shelves near the back of the infirmary. We are going to need Pretamine, Isolaine, Betathol and Morican, two packages each. Whoever has a free hand, please."

Amanda is standing right next to the cabinet and reaches for them and hands them to Hank.

"A good thing the Door brought him here. Who knows how long it would have been for someone to find him."

Naraht sighs.

"Was I right about the concussion? If not, I'll gladly eat that table."

Barry gives a small grin to Hank.

"Congratulations, Dr. McCoy." He then does he what can, glad that things are under control.

Guppy stares around in bewilderment, whilst trying to keep still.

"What are my obs Hank?"

Hank takes the items laying them on the small fold out area, next to the bed. He smiles down at Guppy and rattles off the readings slowly, watching the man's eyes.

Then he gently places a hand on the other man's shoulder.

"Can you tell me what happenned? Do you remember?"

"I..."

He pauses to wipe the blood off his mouth.

"I went into the car park after my father. Didn't think of taking an escourt. When he drove off I turned round and Lee was there. I tried to walk away but the gang surrounded me. I tried to stall them and talk loudly to attract attention but nobody was looking. Lee headbutted me. I don't remember any more until I woke up, but when I went out there it was light, and when I woke up it was dark."

He winces and puts his hand to his chest.

"I wanted to call my mum so I crawled and staggered to the phone box. Then I woke up here."

Amanda walks up, wiping the blood off of him with a clean cloth. She takes care to also clean off his hands.

The cop in Barry wants to ask more questions. But 1) this is not the time at all; and 2) this happened outside the Bar, back in Holby. There is very little that Barry could do to whoever this Lee is.

So he just stays quiet.

Hank focuses in on Guppy's voice, listening as he speaks.

"Sounds like Bar was looking out for you. The Door into the booth brought you here. We are going to stabilize you, and then you can decide what you want done here and what you want done back home. Are you allergic to any medicines? And can you breathe okay?"

(ooc: what exactly are his injuries, and how much do you want done here in Milliways?)

[ooc: Several lacerations to head and upper body, although nothing too horrific. Couple of broken ribs, very bruised all over his body. Mild concussion. No details given canonically but I do know he turns up for work the next morning battered and bruised, so what is done in Milliways can basically be anything short of actual magical healing.]

"I don't think I am."

His breathing sounds a little laboured and he still has his hand on his chest. "It hurts to breathe, but I think it's just bruised. I don't think it's a tension pneumothorax."

Hank nods.

"The computers seem to think you just have a lot of bruises, a minor concussion and some ribs that almost but didnt quite break. "

He smiles wryly.

"We can fix up the ribs and the concussion right away and gets you something to lower the swelling on those bruises and eliminate nausea, so you can actually walk. then you will need rest, and a lot of it."

He cocks his head and glances at the others then back at Guppy.

"Beyond that, you will need to decide waht else you want us to do here, and what you want done back on your homeEarth. Do you know if there were anyu witnesses? I know it will be ahrd tyo remember, but try to think back."

Oh indeed there was. But he chose to walk away.

Guppy thinks hard, trying to think if he saw anyone, or heard anything.

"I don't remember anything after the headbutt. But if someone had been there, they would have gone and got security wouldn't they?"

He winces again. "Thanks. Could you possibly please give me something for the pain?"

Hank nods, picking up the Pretamine and Isolaine. He loads them into hypo sprays.

"First, this is Pretamine. It is a drug from my world that is an analogue to aspirin and very strong,. it will relieve the pain and allow you to rest for a short time, plus it will read as aspirin in any dfrug tests done on your blood."

He presses it home and then picks up the second.

"This is Isolaine. It will help the concussion heal fatser and also make the bones in your ribs heal slightly quicker. It isnt detectable in normal or advanced blood tests, so you will be fine with that too."

He presses that hypo home as well.

"I can give you something to help with your lungs next, but we need to wait a few minutes while the others take effect. Hang in there, my friend, and we will get you walking in no time."

Amanda is applying ointment on his injuries and trying to bandage his wounds.

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Barry grabs a pad and writes down what little information Guppy has conveyed, hoping that later - when Guppy is up and about - the beginnings of a police report can be formed from this.

He also take note of the fairly exotic medicines Hank has been using. He suspects knowing wbout them might come in handly later as well.

Amanda may notice how cold his skin is. Not surprising considering he was lying in a car park in Holby in November for goodness knows how long. He is still shivering, and winces a little each time she touches him.

"Thanks. I'm sorry for being so much trouble... was an idiot not to wait for Abs but I wanted to catch my father."

He looks around at the others.

"Can someone please tell Abs where I am? He'll be worried because I didn't come home."

Hank nods.

"One of us can write him a note, so he will get it when he gets in here. Now you try to rest some. Idiot or genius, you are our idiot or genius and I for one want to see that you get healthy."

Hank levels a finger at Guppy.

"And that means not getting up for awhile! I know exactly how much of a workaholic you are, but you need rest to let your body heal some."

While he talks, he begins setting up a couple more hyposprays.

She pust what blankets and heating pads that Hank will allow that don't interfere with his equipment. She gently rubs his hands, trying to give him some of her warmth

"Looks like you're in good hands, Guppy." By which Barry means people who know what they are doing, and not the attractive woman helping to nurse Guppy. (Barry never thinks that way. Except about Sara.) "So I'll slip out. But you'd better listen to your doctor, Doctor." Barry gives a quick grin and makes his way out, and then back to his room to change.

Guppy puts up no resistance to this. He smiles just a little.

"Couldn't move if I wanted to. Too dizzy. Thanks."

He holds onto Amanda's hand, leans back and shuts his eyes.

[ooc: And this is the second point at which I have to leave you for a bit]

A bit of fringe brushes his cheek.

"Then just relax and leave everything to us," Naraht says.

Hank waves at Barry as he goes. As Guppy closes his eyes and lays back more, Hank nods. Then he speaks to Amanda and any of the others still there quietly.

"Well, I need to apply a few more medicines, and then monitor him for awhile. That is about all that can be done until he has some rest. You did a good job here today."

And his smile is full of approval.

Amanda returns the smile to Hank in appriciation but she goes back to scowling at the floor afterwardds. Her hand still holding Guppy's.