<USS Avalon> Matters of Urgency Junior Lieutenant Mehdi Idrys

"Matters of Urgency"
by Junior Lieutenant Mehdi Idrys
with Ensigns Rupa Lakshmi and Gaylia Brandt
Special Guest Appearance by Commander Skyler-Idrys
   
"Dr. Idrys, this is Commander Skyler. I need you to  report to the Captain's 
ready room immediately."
 
    Medhi Idrys stopped dead in his tracks and  exchanged a silent, worried 
glance with Nurses Lakshmi and Brandt. 
 
    Why is Skyler comming me if this concerns the  Captain? he wondered. 
 
    "Rupa -- toss me that medkit. Gaylia -- with  me."
 
    Nurse Lakshmi grabbed a medkit and, in one fluid  motion, turned and 
threw it across the room to him and he deftly caught it.  "Nice pitch."
 
    "Thanks. I used to play softball when I was growing  up."
 
    "All right. Gaylia, let's go." He began walking at  a brisk pace out of 
Sickbay with Brandt in tow and tapped his commbadge. "Idrys  to Skyler. On my 
way as we speak. Do I need to ask if it's urgent?"
 
    "That it most definitely is," replied Skyler.
 
    He could hear the worried tone in her voice.  ~Hang on, Imzadi, we're 
entering the 'lift right now. Be there in a  minute.~
 
    ~All right,~  she replied.
 
    He stepped into the turbolift with Brandt and  called out, "Bridge." The 
doors closed and the 'lift started to climb.
 
    "At times like this I don't know whether this thing  should accelerate so 
we can get the damn trip over with or slow down so we don't  find out 
whatever it is until ... well, much later," sighed Brandt.
 
    "I know what you mean," replied Idrys, nodding  ruefully. "I think 
whoever programmed these machines thought to compromise  between super fast and 
slower than molasses."
 
    Almost as if on cue, the turbolift doors opened and  they marched out 
quickly towards the Ready Room. Idrys reached forward and rang  the chime.
 
    "Enter."
 
    "We're here, Commander, and I ... Oh my God, he's  not ... ?" Idrys said 
as he walked in and saw Captain Flubb's body.
 
    Nurse Brandt looked from Flubb to Skyler to Idrys  and paled, covering 
her mouth.
 
    Skyler nodded quietly. "I'm afraid he is. His body  has to be ..."
 
    "I know. Full autopsy." He tapped his commbadge  again. "Idrys to 
Lakshmi. Prepare for an autopsy."

"Autopsy? On whom?"
 
    "Captain Joseph Flubb. And no, this is neither a  joke, nor a drill, I'm 
afraid." He looked at Skyler after cutting the comm.  "And it looks like 
you're in charge here."  

Junior Lieutenant Mehdi Idrys,  MD
Imzadi and husband to Commander  Skyler-Idrys
Assistant Medical Officer, USS Avalon  NCC-27926-B
Commander Skyler-Idrys, Acting Commanding  Officer
Celestial Prime Alliance Sim  group
Admiral Gem Rhee, Founder /  Commander-in-Chief

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