Apocalypse Eire: Muff Vs. Kat

Prologue

"How's patient 0 doing? Is she still in the coma?"

"Yes she is doctor, but there's been several developments while you were away"

"What kind of developments?"

"Well, last weekend her uncle came to visit, and we no--"

"Her uncle? Conlan Fox's brother was here? and nobody bleedin told me? the doctor was obviously quite upset .

"I'm sorry doctor, We just wa--"

"Look, I know we're on waterside and all and a wee level of decorum is needed time and again. But I still consider Bernard Fox a hero and would have liked to be aware of him visiting one of our more tragic patients." The doctor, though upset, was obviously trying to keep his temper in line. "Keep it together, don't want to explode and alienate the staff first day back from vacation."

"I am sorry sir, we just wanted to respect your wishes not to be bothered while on vacation unless absolutely necessary" stated the nurse nervously.

"I know nurse, I know. What's your name?"

"Roisin................um.... Roisin Connor"

"Alright Roisin, now Kathleen Fox has been in a coma for 9 months. Are you familiar with her wee file?" Doctor Ó Fearáin was obviously much calmer now.

"Yes, yes I am. I read up on her right before Mr. Fox came to visit her. That's why I wanted to talk to you as soon as you came in today."

"Alright, what's happening with her like?" The doctor seemed puzzled.

"Well Doctor O'Fearain....." She paused. "It says in Patient 0's file that after holiday in San Francisco she came home to Belfast and shut herself inside her home for 3 days straight. She then borrowed a wee motorbike from a mate and headed off to Muff for the annual Muff Festival. Shortly after riding into Muff she hit a length of barb wire causing a major wreck. She was then rushed by ambulance to Altnagelvin with a major concussion, possible broken ankle, and severe burns on her legs from sliding down the hill where the wreck happened."

"I remember. We told he we'd need to keep her for at least two weeks so her legs could recover and we could pull all the rocks out of her skin. I was in the middle of telling her that we feared she had shattered her ankle due to her inability to move it and she might need major surgery when she interrupted me and-"

"It says here she had a full ankle fusion 2 years ago."

"That's correct." The doctor laughed. "It was one of the few times she smiled. I must have looked like a right fool, delivering this terrible news about her awful foot injury just to hear it was an old surgery and both her feet were probably fine. She was still in a bad wee state, but at least she no longer had to worry about broken bones"

"I'm sorry doctor, I didn't get to read the whole file. We were so slammed last weekend I had to skip to the end of her file to make sure I knew her current treatment needs. How did she end up in the coma?"