Kale speaks lowly as to not alarm the rest of the crew.  "We got nothing Rhaef.   Nav's down, steering offline, no communications, can't even send out a beacon.  He humped us hard." Kale voice was more of a growl now then anything.  He glanced back at all the people in the back of the shuttle.  They were all going to die because he couldn't figure a way out of this.

Geoff was now silent as he stood, leaning against the wall. There was nothing to say. Nothing to say and nothing to do except wait. Wait and hope that they would live through this. Geoff, however, was a realist and held no great hope that they would survive. As much as he hated it, Kyron had left them for dead and there had been nothing any of them could do. Geoff idly wished that he was a religious man, but knew that no amount of prayer would save them. He had learned that prayer did nothing a long time ago and knew that they were dead no matter what few trivial phrases he would send towards whatever god there may be.

So he just leans against the wall with a grim expression on his face as he looks about the shuttle. When his gaze falls on Lei, he feels a pang of regret and dispair within him. He had promised to watch out for her and now he had failed her as completely and utterly as anybody could fail another. It was strange to him that that thought caused him more despair then the prospect of his own death....

"Well, I see what I can do," Rhaef replied, as he ducked under the console. Gorram it, I wish Charlie was here. He done us bad, Cap. Might be able to get comm back online, but even that's gonna take spell." Rhaef did not wait for orders but set to work to get try to get their communications system online.

"Just do what you can. Anything, get something online, we don't got much air with all of us breathing it." he stood up to get out of the mans way, but still couldn't bring himself to step into the back of the shuttle.  He felt like a coward not being able to face them all.  He felt like a failure not being able to save them ... and that's when he noticed.  "Where's Wei-Li?"

   "Not here..." Lei says in a quiet voice. "Still on Destiny?"

Rhaef was uttered a string of curses that'd make the most hardened IC marine blush, but kept working. He was getting woozy and weak, he knew he was going to pass out soon. Yet he willed himself to focus. He was going to let the others die, or let Kyron kill Charlie and the others, not if he could prevent it.

Kale allowed himself a tiny moment of hope.  If Wei-Li was still back on Destiny Kyron hadn't found her - and knowing Wei-Li she probably would be found.  Kale didn't exactly trust the girl but right now he allowed himself to hope that she would take it upon herself to help them out - it was really all the hope he had.

Rhaef pulled back from the console, Tian-Ling-Ling Di-Ling-Ling he said somewhat satisfied. "Captain, I got the comm channels online and open." He added as he tried to stand. Reaching his feet, he staggered and collapsed. His last thought before he blacked out was that he had given them a bit of hope.

Kyoko rushed over to Rhaef.  If she ever laid her hands on that son of a bitch ... Kyoko tried to calm herself and focus on Rhaef. "Help me." she said to Geoff in a business like tone, they couldn't just leave him lying there like that.

   Lei looked at where Rhaef had fallen over on the deck. She could hear his breathing from here, but it was much shallower than it should be. Wide eyed, she crept back to Geoff's side, looked up at him and asked quietly _{"Are they going to come and take him away?"} It's clear she's referring to her past again...

Geoff looked first to the downed man and the companion who looked to him for help and then he looked down to Lei. He sighed lightly and put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "No, Lei. Ain't nobody gettin' taken away. I told ya that....and I meant it.", he said in a quiet tone as he walks over to help Kyoko, kneeling down beside Rhaef and lifting him up with a grunt,"Where do I put him..."

Kyoko pulls her robe off and lays it down on the floor, "Lay him here." she says pointing to the spot she just prepared.  "I have to stop the bleeding more, he's losing too much."

Geoff nodded lightly as he laid the first mate down slowly and as gently as he can manage. He sighed lightly as he stood up and looked down at the man, feeling all the more sorrowful at the sight of him. But sorrow doesn't last long within Geoff, sorrow turning into anger without much effort. Anger at the situation and anger at Kyron. Anger that he woud let sit and wait until he had a chance to unleash it. He now knew he had to live, if only to make the core worlder suffer. That was more than enough of an incentive, in his mind.

Kendra looks up, stands and looks around for something else to help staunch the bleeding. Not seeing anything obvious she removes off her top, rips the arm off and hands it to Kyoko. (OOC: Just so you all know, she's wearing a tank top under her shirt/blouse)

   Lei slid down the bulkhead again, and sat staring at the hatch. They're not coming. They're not coming. Don't think about it. They're not coming... Shuttle's about 8m long... 4m wide... 2.5 tall... That's 80 cubic metres... Plus whatever is in the tanks. Not enough... Don't think about it. Don't think about it...
   Lei huddled into a ball, and tried to forget everything.

"No thank you." Kyoko says, not taking Kendra's shirt, there was still supplies in the med kit and she didn't want to risk getting Rhaef's wound infected.  She pulled out the gauze and tried to wrap it more tightly around the injury, starting it a bit above to hopefully cut of the circulation and thus blood flow.

Rhaef bolts up in pain again, his eyes blood shot, and sweating profusely, its clear he suffering from delirium. "Lao peng you, ni kan qi lai hen you jing shen. When I get my hand on that Liu kou shui de biao zi he hou zi de ben er zi, I'll kill him." He continued to babble incoherently, fading in and out of consciousness.

Kale made sure that Kyoko was alright in helping Rhaef and then slipped up to the controls, he sure hoped that Rhaef was right.  He turned on the communications and tried to connect to the signal, and sparks from under the panel began to fly.  "Ai ya!" he said, under his breath and glanced back at Rhaef.  They were humped, majorly humped.  And now Rhaef was far too gone to be of any use.  He bit his lip and hoped that somehow Wei-Li had stopped Kyron.

Rhaef can vaugely hear the Captain's complaint through his delirium, and he shudders again, the pain still intense, "Da xiang  bao zha shi de la du zi" Then he collapsed again.

   The sound of the Captain's swearing get's Lei's attention away from her thoughts. She looks up in time to see the last of the sparks flying from the console. She stands and wanders towards the shuttles control panel for a better look. She runs her fingers over the console in front of her.
   _{"Broken. Broken. All broken."}

"Lei, snap out of it. I need you to hold yourself together." Kyoko says as she looks to Kale. "Captain, see if you and the girl can fix the system enough for us to pilot this shuttle back. Don't you dare die on me, Rhaef Sorandash! I lost too many patients already."

Rhaef growled something unintelligible and convulsed with pain.

Kyoko slaps Rheaf on the face gently, to keep him awake. "Look at me Rhaef! You can't pass out!"

Rhaef shakes his head, and looks at Kyoko, "What'd gorram do that for? Just let me die, it'll save the air for the rest of you. Hell, a first mate's as expendable as a doctor. I thank you kindly, but you all matter more." With that, Rhaef, despite Kyoko's current efforts passed out again.

"I am NOT letting you go.. no one is giving up." Kyoko says as she continues to work on him. She wasn't going to lose another patient. That girl had died on her watch, nothing she could do about that, she knew that. But Rhaef just needed to hold on till they could get the shuttle back on line.