Kale nods to Acacia and goes to look for the little boy.

----------Passenger Quarters--------------->

God what has been done to you.  I'm Acacia, I'm a doctor who wants to help you, I don't want you to be hurt anymore.  Do you have a name?

Sephone narrowed her eyes slightly ... was this a trick?  She couldn't think clearly, her head was swimming.  The woman said she didn't want to hurt her, but she was a doctor ... and doctors always hurt her.  They must be wanting her to do something, this must be a test.

"Sephone." she whispered softly.

It is good to meet you, I am afraid to know this, but have doctors been hurting you in anyway.  You seem a little scared of me.

What was going on? Sephone was so utterly confused.

"You- You're a ... a doctor?" she asked, her voice coming out in a quiet, slight lisp, suddenly not even sure if she had been right or not, nothing was making any sense.

Yes, I am, we found you drugged and in a box.  with all sorts of tubes sticking out of you.  Do you know who did that?  I promise you I won't hurt you.   She was trying to put the girl at ease.  She tried to imagine herself at that age and what she would have wanted to hear.

Sephone felt her eyes starting to well with tears, and she tried desperately to sniff them back.  They got mad when you cried. She started shaking her head back and forth. "You did it, the doctors," she could feel panic rising in her chest and she tried to control it. "You lie, always lying, always, always hurting." it looked like the lady was going to say more so Sephone covered her ears and shook her head. "Always, always, always, always ..." she repeated over and over again.

Acacia felt her own eyes tear up she wanted to run up and embrace the girl, but she was afraid it would scare her too much.  I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.  I swear to you, I am not like that.  No doctor should harm anyone, the ones that hurt don't deserve to be called doctors   Acacia put her face in her hands and cried I'm sorry sweetie, I am so so sorry

Sephone stopped shaking her head, and opened her eyes when the doctor didn't touch her or hurt her for crying ... in fact, when she opened her eyes she saw the woman covering her own face and crying.  Sephone looked around bewilderly for a moment, not knowing what to do, she had never seen a doctor cry before.  Ever so gently she placed her tiny hand on the woman's shoulder.

"Shh," she whispered, "It's okay."

Acacia wiped her eyes no, it itsn't.  What's your name? she said placing her own hand on the girl's hand lightly.

Sephone, extremely confused at what was going on, but now worried about the crying lady, didn't pull her hand away ... it might make the lady cry again.  "Sephone." she said. "Number 104." the number tattooed above the barcode on her left forearm.

nice to meet you,   She saw the number on the girl's arm. How long have you had that?

Sephone looked down at her wrist.  "Forever." she said softly, then she started coughing again, moaning slightly with the pain of it.

Parents?  Brothers?  Sisters?  A home?  Acacia asked.  lay down, She said

Sephone did as the lady said, but looked at her confused.  "I don't understand the questions." she said softly, hoping that she wouldn't be angry with her.

It is is ok then, you just rest then   Acacia said.  and remember I will die before I let someone hurt you again sweetie Acacia lightly stroked the girls hair, hoping it would calm her down and make her feel safe.

Sephone, allowed the woman to stroke her hair, no one had ever done that before and at first she thought that she might be getting ready to hurt her ... but she didn't, she just kept stroking, and it felt nice and soon Sephone fell asleep, a tiny smile playing on her small lips.

Acacia pulled a blanket up on the girl and went to go find the others. maybe Kale or someone else had figured something out.  She left the infirmary turned ou the light and shut but didn't lock the door.

[to cargo area]

Charlie walked into the Infirmary, stepping gingerly as she went, relieved at the cold floor under her feet.  Even the soles were burning up, like the rest of her skin...and were no one else around, she would crouch down and rest her forehead on the walkway, the thin metal that seperated her and the negative-four degrees Kelvin atmosphere.  There was a slight smile at the thought, stepping out of Acacia's way, keeping her back to the wall so she's not holding herself up by her hands anymore.

"All I...I think I just have a fever.  Anything that'll just cool me down, y'know?  Kill the headache I'm havin', too..."

Since Charlie had forgotten to turn on the light Acacia was definately assuming worse then a headache.  here is the deal Charlie-girl, you will lay on that table and you will let me check you,   Acacia grabbed a thermomete and stuck it in Charlie's mouth, Let's check that while I check for some pain killer for you

"Acacia, I-..."  She's cut off by the thermometer, rolling her eyes a bit as she looks over to the table.  Best to let the doc do her job...if she came to Charlie with something mechanical that needed doing, she'd just take over as well.  Charlie stretches out, reaching the table before she's fully off the wall to make sure she's stable, sitting on the edge and letting her feet dangle off the edge.  She slowly watches the thermometer before she can speak, waiting for it to beep...

Acacia reaches up puts her hand on Charlie's shoulder and pushes her till she lays down.  No medicine till you lay down  She has a syringe of Ibuprofen, medicine really hadn't improved on it as a pain killer in the 600 years since it's invention.  She looked to make sure the girl didn't see her injecting Charlie.  She hits the syringe into charlie's left forearm.  She injects 100 mg

Kale stepped into the infirmary to see Charlie laying on one of the tables and Acacia injecting something into her arm. "You alrigh' lil' Charlie?" he asks, his face a mask of concern.  She didn't look too good.

Charlie lies back.  She may be resisting the doctor's push, but being this weak, it doesn't really matter.  She lays back on the bed, letting out a sigh.  Her eyes blink as the medicine is put into her, not making a single sound about it...this is what she asked for.  The syringe feels millions of degrees colder than her skin, but it's a good feeling, snaking out around where she was punctured.  She closes her eyes, sighing, letting herself relax again...

Acacia hears the captain come in, she doesn't even aknowledge him.  The thermometer beeped, she took it out and read it.  102.2?!?  You ain't going anywhere sweetie so get comfortable