The first thing that Wei-Li became aware of was the steady dripping sound and whir if the machines as they distributed the required medicines into her.  She blinked woozily as she found the source of the dripping sound and followed the tube from it to her arm.

'That's weird...' She thought, then tried to focus on the room.  'White.'

She blinked.  'Medical.  Not Infirmary.  Not dead... alone.'

The thoughts were growing clearer, but not by much. There were several times where she looked back to find the source of the dripping sound before remebering that that she had done that already.

She let her breath out and slowly moved an arm to her stomach.  'Hurt.... shot... Some one carrying here.  The Doctor... Dr..... Acacia... '

It took a good half an hour before the thoughts came with any reliability and any of them were remembered.

It was harder with no source of information other than sight and sound.  Finally the 'alone' became a comforting thought.  If she was alone, then they didn't think she needed constant monitoring.

That was a start.

Rhaef had grown weary of sitting, and called out to the guards. "Hey, guys. Can I at least check on my ship mate who came in with me? Or at least get a report on her status?"

Wei-Li fought to open her eyes.  This time she didn't trace the IV, she remembered the needle.  She tried to remember how many times she had woken up now, but it was never clear.

There was the sound of the machine, and then the whirring noise after she woke up.  The whirring noise always came a few mintes before she drifted back to sleep.

Woozily she looked at the machine only to see the secondary machine, the one that made the whirring noise, push some liquid into her IV.  She drifted off as she watched the medicine it had disbursed entered her arm.

'Pain killer,' was her last concious thought

Wei-Li lost count at one after that, but she knew pain killers and sedatives were like that.  It was why she hated them.  She knew it took her at least three tries to move her hand, maybe another three to actually press the down arrow on the machine, but after that the lucid periods increased and she was able to dial the machine down further.

Her stomach felt tight, like any strenuous movement would cause it to rip open, but so far the seal held.

She forced herself to remain still, to focus on her breathing like she would if she were preparing for a dificult gag.

'Breathe in 2, 3, 4... hold... think of nothing but the beat of your heart... Release, 2, 3, 4.. I am at peace... nothing can reach me... I am at peace... Breath in 2, 3, 4... "

The meds would make it easier-- but they would also leave her unable to react and that was against everything she had learned as a performer... and a Latrans.

Clearly they were ignored Rhaef. Ignoring his "doctor's" orders, Rhaef wheeled himself to his crutches and pulled himself to his feet. He was no use to the anyone in the chair, he hobbled around the room, although the secondary treated seemed to be taking hold and he could feel the strength returning to him. He was wandered the room, trying to get a feel for his situation. Then realized he had not slept in far too long, he collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.

Eventually Wei-Li fell back asleep.  Her deep, even breaths slowly relaxing her body and allowing her the first natural rest she had had in the past day or so.  She awoke again, a lot less groggy, later that night to the sound of voices.

"It is of vital importance to our investigation to question your patients." a males voice said, sounding frustrated and slightly angry.

"And I have already told you it won't do them any good to come now.  The woman hasn't regained concioussness yet since the surgery, it would be pointless and frankly I will not allow it until she is completely stable."

"You are being difficult.  The Alliance has-"

"Yes, I am being dificult.  I do not appreciate being told how to run my facility.  The Alliance had best take care - the stunt you pulled with our receptionist will not be-"

"What of the man?  He is stable, correct?" he really didn't have time for this.  There was a short silence.

"Yes, but I would prefer if you waited until he was released."

"We'll have someone here in the morning." the mans voice said curtly.

A nurse then entered Wei-Li's room, changed over her fluids IV and left.  Leaving Wei-Li alone.

Wei-li hovered between waking and sleeping, but the conversation kept coming back to her... she tried to focus on what she'd heard.

'Investigation.  The woman.. surgury.. the man.. stable.. someone there in the morning... questioning...'

'The Woman, - ME
'The Many, stable, - Kyron?... no..Rheaf...
'Investigation - Kyron?  It didn't make sense.

...

After a long while she realized, she had to find out who the man was, and what had to be done.  She got up, managing to keep the leads and IV attached and grabbed her stuff from the closet.  Her jeans, underpants, socks and shoes.  She wondered about the shirt, then remembered that that had a rather large hole in it.

She found that if she moved carefully, her wound didn't hurt as much as pull.  She adjusted her movements, favoring her injury.  This was going to be interesting.

She heard someone coming and quickly slipped back into bed, tucking her things under the sheet with her.

Rhaef woke up a few hours later, feeling significantly better. He stood he found he could walk without his crutches. He was favoring his injured leg somewhat, but other than gritting through the pain - he was reasonably mobile.

He knew he needed to find Wei and they were able - escape. Even if the Alliance cleared Kale and the others, Rhaef had a pretty good sense that neither he nor Wei-Li were going anywhere because of their pasts. The Alliance will be desparate for some victory, if they loose Kale, and even though they deposited that gorram monster Kyron on their doorstep, someone will be looking for more, Rhaef thought to himself.

He walked to the door to check on the status of his guards.

One huge man was still standing guard outside Rhaef's door.  He yawned as Rhaef peeked outside looking a little more then bored out of his mind.  They always gave the newbies jobs like this.  Guarding hospital room doors was not exactly the reason the young man had joined the Alliance.

A few doctors and nurses walked by as well, but none of them so much as looked at Rhaef's room.

As Wei-Li her door was opened and a cart wheeled in.  The orderly stopped, checked the clipboard at the end of her bed.

“Checked in today I see,” she said in a cheerful tone, knowing that the patient had remained unconscious.

“I’ll see about changing your sheets later,” she said in the same voice as she changed the water in the pitcher next to Wei-Li’s bed.

“No, no, don’t get up… I’ll let myself out.. you take it easy now, and don’t give the doctors no lip…”

Wei-Li had to fight to suppress a smile, as the woman spoke, realizing just how boring the job could be.  Still, it gave her an idea.

She slipped out of the bed and detached the IV and tucked it into the bedding, using the pillow and blanket to make the bed look occupied.  Then she slipped to the door and peeked out.

She could see an Imperial soldier guarding a door down the hall.  She didn’t know why, but she could guess.  That would probably be the ‘he’ they were talking about.  She slipped back into her room and put on the clothes she had, then tucked the hospital gown into her jeans.  At least it was something.

She opened the door and headed down the hall, away from the guard, looking for a supply room.

Rhaef settled back in for a moment to consider his options. Normally one guard, even one as large as the one outside his door would not be an issue. But his leg was still not completely healed, and he also had to worry about getting Wei-Li out of the hospital as well.

As Wei-Li headed down the hall, she passed several rooms before she found not only the supply room, but the break room as well.  Next to the break room was the supply cart.
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Wei-Li slipped into the room and began pulling out a few things, so that if anyone came in, she wouldn't be just looking around.

She pulled out two pairs of scubs, and some sheets, placing them on the cart outside.  Once it looked properly loaded, she closed the door to the supply room and slipped on another pair of scrubs before opening the door again and picking up the cart.

She wheeled it back up the hallway, stopping in each room along the way, changing magazines and towels and filling water pitchers along the way.  She continued this until she finally reached the guarded door, where she smiled at the guard and went for the door.

Rhaef was about to dive back into bed as the door opened expecting some orderly, doctor or worse Alliance official coming into to check on him. When he looked up, he saw a familar face. "Wei-Li, but hey I thought I was supposed to be figuring how to help you escape?" He said with a sheepish grin.

Wei-Li gave him an appologetic smile.  "I wasn't sure if it was you... I hoped it was... "

She gave him a relieved sigh.  "Last time I saw you... "  she shook her head.  "I.. I could only watch..."

"S'not a problem, the gorram bastard set us all up, and from what I remembered you got the worst of it, and we be owing you our lives. So consider us even." Rhaef smiled reassuringly, or at least as reassuringly as he could - not really his strong suit. "So have you any thoughts of getting me by the gorram Alliance gorilla out there?"

Wei-Li smiles and starts to laugh then stops, with the laugh ending in a wince.  She looks at him shaking her head.  "All I've got here is the cart.. not sure if you can contort yourself up in there or not.."

She lets her breath out slowly.  "... so...everyone is all right?"

Rhaef looked at the cart, and then saw her wince, "Are you all right? Should you even be out of bed? Cause trust me, I ain't worth risking much over. Certainly not a serious injury or worse."

He paused, "Yeah the others were okay for now, the Alliance arrested all of them, some trumped charge that Kale stole the ship or something."

Wei-li smiles at Rhaef's concern waving it off.  "As long as I don't strain... and.. don't laugh... I should be fine." she assured him.

"And personally, I don't want to be here when they come to question us.. tomorrow... lets just say my family has.. a reputation," she explained.

"Trust me, sister, you ain't the only one who'd rather not be here tomorrow." Rhaef said as he removed his gloved to reveal his Charred Hand.

"But I have an idea. As far as that lug outside knows - you're just some pour orderly checking on me - if you screamed like I was attacking you, he'd have to come in."

Rhaef bent down to rummage through the supply cart and found what he was looking for, selecting a series of strong turnicut tubing, a couple of syringes and a vial of Monoxcelin-B. "When he comes in, we pump him full of painkillers, and then he passes out, I take his blaster, ident card and we try to get out of here before anyone else notices we're gone."

Wei-Li gives him a nervous nod, and then waits for his signal that he's ready.  Then she takes a deep breath and screams at the top of her lungns.

The sound changes slightly as she screams, and the force causes her wound to twinge.

Fortunately the door opens and she stops.

As Wei-Li screams, Rhaef plunges the syrnige into the painkiller and waits for the gorilla to enter, hoping that the syringe full be enough to knock him out.

As the door opens and Rhaef's Alliance guard enters, Rhae pushes off his wounded leg, ignoring the the pain and jumps on the man's back and jabs the sryinge of painkillers in his neck. Rhaef pushes himself back off, and quick refills the syringe in case a second dose is needed.

The guard wavers, reaching for his gun before falling hard, face first into the Linoleum.  His radio sqwaks, but there is no other sign of trouble.