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[guppy_sandhu]

[ooc: After this, this and this]

Guppy is in the infirmary, only this time as a patient. He sleeps, monitored by the machine beside him.

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[abs-denham.livejournal.com]

Having got a note, Abs comes in and goes up to his bed.

When he sees the injuries, he is for once at a loss as to what to say or do.

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

As Aeryn enters behind him, there is no indication that she's even seen Guppy. Somehow, she looks small. She never looks small.

Guppy...

[guppy_sandhu]

The bruises on his face show prominantly now, and he looks small too. He always looks small, but now he looks totally helpless.

[abs-denham.livejournal.com]

Abs moves over to the side of the bed and looks at the obs on the machine next to him.

"He seems to be stable."

He looks at Aeryn. "Are you okay?"

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine."

I'm...

"I can deal with it. Every time it gets easier."

There was no sign on her face that she even cared, she had withdrawn from battle.

"Is there anything I can do?"

[guppy_sandhu]

Abs shakes his head.

"I don't think so. It looks like Hank's been very thorough. All we can do is be here for him and make sure he doesn't do anything daft like work."

Guppy stirs a little and opens his eyes.
"I don't think I'm going anywhere just yet."

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

"Guppy!" Aeryn rushed to his side.

Her thoughts were scrambled, she wanted to run, to jump, to cry from relief.

"You don't have to do something so extreme just to get me to notice you, you know."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy reaches out stiffly and holds her hand, smiling just a little. He is bruised on his face as well as all over his body.

"You guys are going to have me down as an attention seeker before long."

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

Aeryn was gentle, very gentle.

"Don't move, you'll injure yourself further." She forced a smile.

"I guess this weekend is no good for some fighting practice."

[amanda-darieux.livejournal.com]

Night had fallen and Amanda walks into the infirmary. She is wearing a smile as she approaches Guppy's bed. She has long since changed out of the blood stained shirt.

[guppy_sandhu]

His breathing sounds less laboured now, although the bruises on his face are fully formed. He hasn't moved since she last saw him.

[amanda-darieux.livejournal.com]

Carefully and gently she takes a hold of his hand, both for comfort and to try to gauge if he is warm enough.

[guppy_sandhu]

He feels warmer now. He opens his eyes and looks at her.

"Hey."

[amanda-darieux.livejournal.com]

"Hey there. How is our patient feeling today?"

She puts a gentle hand to his forhead. and moves the blanket a bit further up.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Sore."
He reaches up and holds the hand.
"But alive, thanks to you and the others."

[amanda-darieux.livejournal.com]

Finding a glass she fills it with water and tris to help him drink.

"Thank Lady Bar. She was good enough to bring you here sowe could help." Amanda is smiling all anger and hate temporarily suspended with the task of trying to cheer Guppy up.

[guppy_sandhu]

He winces as he sits up to drink the water, every part of his body bruised and sore.

"Thanks. Need to replace that fluid volume. If I'd lost much more I think Hank would have had me on a drip."

[csi-catherine.livejournal.com]

Catherine's sitting close by, quiet and pale, watching him sleep in silence.

[guppy_sandhu]

His breathing sounds better than it did earlier, but the bruises are now fully formed. He has hardly moved from where he was laid last night.

[csi-catherine.livejournal.com]

She looks down at the calla lilies (http://www.world-florists.com/prod_images_large/us072g.jpg) she brought to the infirmary, reaching over to put the jar lightly by his bedside before getting up. Her eyes are strained and infinitely worried as she heads towards the door.

[guppy_sandhu]

"Catherine?"

[csi-catherine.livejournal.com]

"Guppy." She turns around, eyes lighting up. "Don't try to move--" dragging a chair over to his bedside, "--how are you feeling?"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Sore. Like a punchbag. Congratulations by the way."

[csi-catherine.livejournal.com]

She shakes her head, looking down at her hands. "That gang, I could kill them--"

[guppy_sandhu]

"Sounds like there's a queue."