Moonhawk 2 - The Blackcrow

Chapter 44 - Undiscovered Oddities

Now that the Blackcrow was finally docked with the Space Station Wildwhirl, Captain Pitch was capable of walking unaided for a long while with the help of certain medications and a walking stick as support. The Doc was with him and on their way to the medical bay of the station. He also took Saros' hospital bed with him. The exhausted wizard's condition got so bad that he wasn't able to stand up or walk by himself. Which was even more concerning for The Doc.

Standing just in front of the medical station's entrance door, a familiar face stood amongst a few others: Dr. Jouly. She was guiding one of her doctors for the next task they had to complete and spotted The Doc soon after.

"You guys have returned, it seems." She said plainly but with a slight sense of resignation; but she soon changed her expression once she saw Saros' pale face as he was wheeled past on his medical bed. "It must have been a rough mission."

"It was for sure." Captain Pitch answered instead of The Doc.

"Now, what in the name of the galaxy could've possibly happened to Commander Saros? His face looks severely pale to me." Dr. Jouly began to ask, and grabbed onto the hospital bed's handlebars to move him inside. The others followed her.

"Well, to put a long story short..." The black doctor started to explain. "Commander Saros and Captain Pitch ran into a very stubborn opponent that left Captain Pitch injured and Commander Saros exhausted from the battle."

Pitch, looking on, was secretly somewhat glad their doctor decided to save face there. The last thing he needed was Dr. Jouly or anyone else knowing the actual shenanigans that went down back there with Zudak.

"It doesn't just look like exhaustion to me, Doc." She commented in concern and touched the wizard's forehead carefully with one paw to check his temperature. "Hm... his body temperature seems to be normal."

At that moment, Saros woke up from his slumber and looked up to Jouly with blurred vision in his visor.

"W-where am I?" Saros mumbled, puzzled and scared.

The Doc had to step in to calm him down by telling him where he was. "We're back in our Space Station, Commander. Dr. Jouly will take care of you now."

It was obvious that something was wrong, but neither Dr. Jouly, The Doc or even Pitch could fully ascertain. Dr. Jouly suddenly acted on her concerns and she took matters into her own hands. She grabbed a hold of the handlebars of Saros' hospital bed and pushed it along and into the foyer of the Medbay. The Doc and Pitch were yet to fully react, as Pitch ended up coughing a bit, but they soon followed slowly behind.

Now that Saros was taken care of by Dr. Jouly's medical crew, Starla was still thinking about some things she did here and there as she was on her way to her personal room. Especially about this green crystal she had in her ownership. She reached into her pocket once she was alone in her room and pulled the beautiful verdant crystal out to inspect it further with her visor. The green glow was fascinating for the young bean. Inside the crystal, it looked as if tiny leaves were swirling like a whirlwind had picked them up in a flurry.

An unexpected knock on Starla's classical door rang out suddenly as she began to think deeper into the crystal.

She looked up and said: "Yes, I'm here. You can come in."

And the door opened.

It was her mother, Moon, who knocked on her door and went in. Starla quickly moved to place the crystal out of sight as Moon walked into the room before her mother could catch sight of it.

She wanted to check on her daughter before she went to sleep. "Is everything alright, my daughter? How are you feeling?"

"I'm doing alright, mom. I'm just feeling exhausted from the eventful situation and needed some rest." The young bean answered and her mother understood.