"Ah, I see we've found him." Kale says as he enters the passenger quarters and sees Geoff standing beside the young boy all wrapped in a blanket now.  The kid has some dirt and grease stains on his arms and on his cheeks though, Kale looks at him in concern, "Why don' we get you all washed up, son." Kale says.  The boy backs away from him though, stepping behind Geoff and looking warily up at him.  "Uh, well, Geoff, why don't you show him to one of the spare rooms, tell him where the shower is so he can wash up ... perhaps see 'bout gettin' him somethin' to wear, I'm goin' ta check on Charlie."

----------Infirmary---------->

"Sure enough, Cap'n. Get him washed up...I guess.", he said, though the prospect of doing that didn't seem to agree with him. He, himself, wouldn't have been inclined to use the shower and he wasn't much for telling the kid to either. But he shrugged and nodded at the captain as he headed for the infirmary. He then turned to Tate and shrugged again. "Uh...well, then. Ya want one o' these rooms here or ya want ta eat or ya want some clothes or what? Just tell me what ya want and we'll get it done."

"I would just like to be alone now ... if that's alright." Tate said, he needed to get his bearing about him, he needed time to think over everything that had just happened and what he was going to do ... and it wouldn't hurt to have a warm shower and get some clothes.  Then when he was done with that Geoff said that they would give him some food, and that sounded alright.  "I get a room?"

Geoff nodded to the boy, smiling lightly. "Sure enough, kid. Can't expect ya ta share a bunk after all ya been through. Wouldn't be right.", he said and then looked over the doors to the rooms around and pointed out the one he had gone in before, "That one should do. Just go ahead and go in and make yerself comfortable. I'll be 'round if ya need anything, okay? I gotta watch out fer stuff on the ship. That's my job, after all. Well, sorta my job."

Tate nodded, not wanting to say much more until he understood his situation better.  He crept into the room that Geoff had pointed out and shut the door.

---------Tate's Bunk--------->

Kale steps into the room and looks at Geoff, "The lil' one go off to get some rest?" he asks, running a hand through his hair, his face still showing his worry over Charlie.

Geoff watched Tate as he slipped into the room and then sighed lightly as he leaned against the wall again. What in ruttin' hell did I get myself into when I signed up with this ship? This ain't gonna turn out well. Not well at all..., he thought with a shake of his head. This was definitely more than he was used to.

He looked to the captain as he walked into the hall and nodded lightly. "Yep, he did, Cap'n. Went in there ta rest.", he said in a light tone before sighing a bit and looking serious for once, "How's Charlie? If yer expression is any sign, it ain't good, is it?"

"She told me ta tell everyone she was fine - which is a sure sign that she ain't if you know Charlie at all.  Doc's with her now though, ain't much we can do.  I'm startin' ta feel a bit useless." Kale sighed, "I'm headin' back to my bunk for a bit, gotta decide what we're gonna do next.  We're humped, an' we need to figure a way outta this.  Keep an eye on the lil' one if he comes out again, and see about findin' him somethin' ta wear, just a shirt an' a belt will do fer now I guess, ain't got no clothes fer children." Kale looked back at the infirmary once more, he could see Acacia leaning over Charlie through the glass window, then he head to his bunk,

-----------Kale's Bunk----------->

Ren walked into the room nodded at geoff and out of the corner of his eye noticed charlie laying on a bed in the infirmary, he pule began to race, the girl layin in there was like his sister and suddenly he felt as if a ton of bricks had been dumped into his stomach. On instinct he sped towards the infirmary.

----->Infirmary---->

Passing through the Passenger's quarters to head towards Cargo Bay, she sees Geoff. "Something god awful is happening, charlies out cold on the table and Acacia isn't do so well either, voice trembling with concern, I'm going for the captain - do you have any idea where he is?

Geoff looked to Kendra with a furrowed brow, gesturing out of the room. "Cap'n went to his bunk. Dunno nothin' else.", he said with a light shake of his head. Ta ma de! Now the doc is gettin' sick too? What the ruttin' hell is goin' on here?!, he thought with a look over his shoulder to see through the infirmary windows. He spots Ren trying his best to take care of Acacia and Charlie both.

He sees the man sitting down and holding both of the women's hands and sighs lightly as he looks away. He had thought to go and offer his help, but it wasn't his place. There was very little he could actually do and moral support from an outsider like Geoff means nothing at a time like this. So he just sighs and leans his head back against the wall, banging his skull lightly against the metal of the wall. Pain distracts for a bit and he can understand it better than anything else that's happened recently...

   ((From Charlie's bunk.))

   The door to Charlie's bunk cracks open a little. Lei can be seen peering out through the small gap.

Geoff looks over at the sound of the door opening up and spots Lei looking at him in a less than trusting manner. Not that he can blame her for looking at him in such a way. Were their positions switched, he would probably be reacting the same way. He sighed lightly and figured that he should try and make some sort of attempt to be friendly, considering he was probably going to be dealing with these kids on the ship for awhile. "Hey there, little lady. I see yer up and about. Ya wannt ta get somethin' ta eat now or are ya still ruttin' 'fraid o' me? 'Cause I really ain't gonna be goin' anywhere so we're gonna have ta learn ta deal with each other eventually...", he remarked in an amused tone.

   When the giant first speaks it surprises Lei enough that she lets go of the door. It falls open enough to show her kneeling just inside the bunk room. She grabs the door and gets ready to slam it shut if the giant looks like coming near her.
   Then the rest of what he said sinks in. Still ready to slam the door shut, she quietly asks "Food?". She was starting to get a little hungry...

Geoff grins lightly and nods to Lei. "Feng xin. Food. We got stuff ta eat and I'm sure yer probably hungry after everythin' ya've been through. We got a lot o' things, thanks ta me. Grabbed a bunch o' supplies ta restock so we ain't short on anythin'.", he said and then chuckled lightly, "Also, if ya like, I could get ya one o' my shirts ta wear instead o' that sheet o' yers. It'd be really big on ya, but it would cover everythin' 'cause o' that..."

   Lei simply nods to Geoff's mention of food.
   When he mentions getting her something else to wear, she says "O... Okay."
   She gets to her feet, keeping one eye on the giant the whole time, ready to follow. From a distance. Lei still wasn't too sure about him, and didn't want to get too close, just in case.

Geoff smiles as kindly as he can and nods as he heads out of the room slowly, gesturing for her to follow. "Come on then, little lady. I'll take ya ta the dinin' hall...", he said with a nod as he walked out of the halls of the passenger's quarter in the direction of the dining hall, looking over his shoulder every so often to make sure Lei is still following.

--------->Dining Hall

   Lei hesitantly comes out of the room, looking all around to check that there was no-one else hiding around the corner. She crosses the room, heading towards the corridor that Geoff went down, but bieng careful to not get too close. She hangs back a good six feet, well out of arms reach.
   Crossing in front of the infirmary door, she can see in. She gives a small shudder at what she sees. Two people on the beds like that, a scene she had seen a few times in the white place... They didn't look like they'd last too many days. She looked around nervously, half expecting a pair of people in white coats to walk past talking about strange things like "failure" and "regression", but there was no glass for them to hide on the far side of here. The white cloaked ones always liked to stay on the other side of the glass...
   She followed the giant down the corridor, at a safe distance.

   ((To Dining hall, (via cargo bay, it's empty, so no post) ))

Tate slipped out of his room and into the room with the couches ... there wasn't anyone in there anymore, and Tate was half dissappointed to not see Geoff.  He had been expecting to see him sitting there.  Tate peered into the room where everyone was lying on beds and shuddered, he'd have to avoid that place at all costs.  What he needed now though was a Gun.  He had thought long and hard and he felt that his best option of not being sent back to that place was to have one, that way if anyone tried to hurt him, he could hurt them.

   ((From: Dining room, via cargo bay.))

   Lei slows down from her full pelt run, and goes to the chair furtherest from the infirmary door. She sits down on it and pulls her knees up to her chest. From here she could see all the doors to the room, and would know if someone was coming for her. The room she slept in was a short distance away, and she was sure that she could get there and lock the door before someone got to her. The only other person in the room was one of the other kids she'd seen in the white place. Tate? He was safe to be around.
   She sullenly sat there watching, and picked at the protien pack that she had grabbed. From here, she could see into the infirmary. The man sitting there didn't look well now. She wondered which way the white coats would come from when they came to take the sick ones away.

Geoff entered the passenger's quarters at a light trot and stopped at the doorway as he saw Lei take a seat on a chair, watching everywhere with wary glances. He also spotted Tate wandering around and smiled lightly to the boy from his place at the doorway. "Good ta see ya up and around, kid. How ya doin'? Anythin' I can help ya with?", he said with a slight incline of his head.

Tate froze as someone entered the room, coming at a run.  It was a girl that he recognized as he had seen her before in the white place.  They had spoken once he believed but the doctors got angry when you talked.  He glanced around the room again before deciding to try and sneak back out into the big room, when Geoff entered.  The big man smiled at him and Tate decided he liked his smile, it was nice, and friendly.  The doctors only smiled when they said that something they had done had worked.  Geoff smiled just cause he saw Tate, and Tate thought that that might mean that he liked him, and if he like him .... well that'd be alright.

"Hiya, Geoff." he said, again imitating his way of speech.
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Geoff nodded lightly to the kid and kneeled down so that he wouldn't have to look up at him so much. Give the kid a bit of equal footing. "Hiya. Ya out lookin' ta hide out again or what? Heh. Anyway, ya feelin' all right? People 'round here are gettin' kinda under the weather and it wouldn't do fer ya and the other kids ta get sick on top of everythin' else ya been through.", he said with a genuinely worried tone in his voice. He had taken a liking to this kid. The fact that he had been clever enough to get by the captain and the doc and hide himself, not to mention being ready to fight Geoff when he found him, made him all right in Geoff's book. The kid was tough and wily and those were merits that Geoff respected.

"I'm feelin' alright." Tate said very quickly, if he thought that he was sick then he might take him into the room with the beds, then he cast a look in the direction of the doctors room, looking back to Geoff he said seriously, "The doctors will come and take them away soon.  Then they'll never come back."

Geoff looked at the boy quizzically as he spoke, not quite understanding what he meant. "Doctors take 'em away? Whaddaya mean? Ain't no doctors but Acacia and she's one o' the ones on the beds.", he said, gesturing towards the infirmary as he said so,"Tate. What doctors are ya talkin' 'bout? They the ones put ya and the other two in that there crate?"