Sickbay Chaos (Backpost)

Posted on Sat Jul 11th, 2026 @ 12:39am by Lieutenant Amu Hinamori M.D. & Ensign Rin Kagamine 'Twin 2' & Petty Officer 1st Class Yoshika Miyafuji & Commander Thomas Johnson & Lieutenant Colonel Ashok 'Ash', Son of Norath & Lieutenant Commander Nyxala Valentine & Lieutenant Ralen Trellis & Lieutenant Soyo Hamada
Edited on on Sat Jul 11th, 2026 @ 12:40am

2,419 words; about a 12 minute read

Mission: Flight Of The Valkyries
Location: Sickbay
Timeline: March 18th, 2397

[USS Tokyo Sickbay

The ship shook violently as the chunk of diamond impacted the shields. The call to brace for impact from the bridge had hardly given them any time. Rin was thrown off one of the biobeds and went crashing down to the floor. The lights in sickbay flickered and one of the wall consoles sparked before bursting out, showering the room in debris.

"You alright there, Ensign?" The head nurse inquired as she hurried over and helped Rin back to her feet.

"Not the first time I've been knocked around today..." Rin said giving her a small smile. She was about to make another joke, however she was cut off as the doors of sickbay opened and a flood of people came rushing in. Many of them were being supported by others. Everything from deep cuts and broken limbs to burns started to come in.

"We've got wounded!" a petty officer dressed in a gold uniform called out.

"And here I was thinking we'd start receiving casualties during the actual battle..." Soyo muttered as she reached up and tapped her comm badge. "Surge alert; all available Medical personnel to Sickbay; I repeat, Surge Alert, all available Medical personnel to sickbay."

Doctor Aria Montembault stepped out of the office that she'd taken over temporarily while the CMO was out and put on her work face, "Triage to the left," She pointed towards the large open area, "Serious injuries straight to the beds." The awkward angle of one arm made her face grow pale. She was more of a epidemiologist than anything else, but there wasn't much of a choice. She grabbed one random medical tech by the arm, "Nurse, take the lightly injured, patch them up and send them back out. It'll reduce the crowding."

Counselor Ralen Trellis was helping support Crewman Davis as they stumbled through the doors into the chaos of sickbay. One moment they'd been discussing her concerns about her transfer assignment, and the next the ship had lurched violently and a panel exploded, throwing them both across his counseling office while showering them in debris.

A piece of shrapnel was still embedded in Davis's shoulder, blood soaking through her uniform. She was trying to make light of it - that was her coping mechanism - but Ralen could see the pain behind her attempted smile.

"Easy, just keep pressure on it," he said, guiding her toward the triage area Doctor Montembault had designated. His counselor's demeanor had shifted instantly into something more practical - first responder mode, drawing on Jaret's field medicine experience stored in the symbiont's memories.

Counselor Trellis caught a Dr. Montembault's eye as they were directing the overwhelming flow of casualties. The sickbay was transforming into a war zone of its own - broken limbs, burns, deep lacerations. The diamond impact had done more damage than anyone expected.

"Hey Doc, this one needs priority," Ralen called out, gesturing to Crewman Davis's shoulder wound. "Shrapnel removal and shoulder repair. Stable vitals otherwise."

He squeezed Crewman Davis's uninjured arm briefly - a gesture of reassurance - before moving to help other incoming casualties, his counselor's training temporarily shelved in favor of immediate medical necessity.

"What else can I help with?" Counselor Trellis said as he observed the frantic movement within Sickbay.

Aria moved over to the counselor with Davis and took a physical look at the wound while her tricorder came out, "I think the crewman can handle herself for a little bit." She pulled out a hypo and checked it, pressing it against Davis's neck, "Over to the left, Nurse Ashent will see to you shortly. Nothing serious hit, it's just all for show."

As the crewman went towards the nurse, Aria turned to Trellis, "If you're handy with a dermal regenerator or a bone knitter, you could help with the lightly wounded, it would free up one of the nurses for the more seriously wounded. But if you're more experienced?" She gave him a hopeful look.

A few moments later, the doors of the sickbay opened and in walked Doctor Hinamori followed by Nurse Miyafuji. "Flight Deck Sickbay is a little beat up, so we're transferring patients here." She said. She was followed by others who were being helped in by some of her medical staff.

"Who's in charge here?" she asked.

"Amu, what are you doing here?" Soyo asked, evidently surprised at the pinkette's sudden appearance. "I know I asked for all available Medical personnel, but who's looking after Tadase?"

"Right now I hav..." however Amu got cut off.

“Nurse!” Aria barked, “Doctor Hinamori certainly has her personal affairs in order. Help get the transfers settled and updated reports on them. We have work to do here.”

Soyo reached up and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Yes, I'll get right on that," she sighed as she spun around and hurried off to attend to the patients.

And with that matter more-or-less out of the way, Aria was free to turn her attention to Amu. "Doctor Montembaut, call me Aria, Doc Valentine left me in charge while she’s gone. Bring in your patients so we can take care of them. I’m gonna need all the help I can get with the wounded we’ve got coming in.“

"Ok," Amu said. She didn't hesitate as she grabbed a medical tricorder and one of sickbays medkits.

"We should have a few minutes before any serious injuries come in, or maybe we'll get really lucky and not have any of those. Go ahead and get your patients settled with Nurse Sayo, I'll direct traffic here." Aria gave a sigh, "Besides.. She wants to know something."

"At least get my name right, Doctor!" Soyo called out from across the room.

"Sorry!" Aria snapped at Soyo before she turned away from her and moved away to be ready for the new patients.

More people started coming through the sickbay doors. "Yoshika, start prioritizing patients." Amu told her as she ran a tricorder over an injured crewman with burns. "Save their lives first, pain can come later. Right now only the ones in danger of losing their life need immediate treatment."

She glanced over to Aria, hoping that they were all on the same page.

Montembault nodded and then hustled herself towards an incoming man on a stretcher, scanned him and pointed him towards one of the surgical rooms where another doctor was already waiting for them. She saw a pair of Marines walk in the door, neither injured by anything obvious and then she saw the insignia and she took a couple jogging steps towards them and raised a hand partway, "Hi, I need one of you to help with the triage center and one of you to take over right here."

The Marines looked at each other, before nodding firmly, as the Private took over for Montembault. He just gave her a firm nod and took over.

"Thanks. For this spot, it's a quickie triage: minor injuries one way, moderate go to the main triage area, serious go straight through. With you here, I can dive in to help with the serious ones." Aira spoke directly to the Marine in front of her, "Sound good?"

"Whatever you need, Ma'am. The Colonel sent us to work and so, we work. Just direct us where to go or we'll find out own place to jump in." The Private replied firmly with a nod.

"Thank you, Private, I'm absolutely sure you're going to be a great help and let me say we appreciate that you're willing. We've got more than enough injured to go around." Aria gave him a smile and gestured to one side of the room.

"I'll take triage," Counselor Trellis said, already moving toward the cluster of stretchers near the door. He pulled a tricorder from the rack without ceremony and ran it over the first patient — a young ensign, chest cavity compromised, vitals dropping in a way the equipment didn't need to interpret for him.

"Nothing to be done here. Not in time." He said flatly to the nearest nurse, his voice carrying none of the gentleness he'd use in a session. "Morphine, he's not going to make it to surgery." He moved on before the words could fully land, because pausing helped no one.

The next was a crewwoman with a crushed leg, conscious, screaming. Survivable. Move her. "Surgical two, now — she's stable enough to wait the ninety seconds it'll take to get her there."

A third patient, unconscious, burns covering most of one side. Ralen's jaw tightened almost imperceptibly as he read the scan. Survival was marginal, really not much more than a coin flip.

Aria came out of effectively nowhere and hovered over this patient, "I'll take this one. Surgical three. I'll be there in thirty seconds." The nurse began to move him and Aria pulled Ralen to face her, "Keep it together." She barked at him, stress and some panic on her face, "This is important, just, just, just, be the calm in the storm and don't let anything slow you down."

"You sure you got this, Doc?" Soyo called out, observing Aria's distress from afar. "I can get one of the surgeons to take this one."

"I've GOT this, Lieutenant." Aria hissed back, starting out loud but clamping down on the volume, the glare in her eyes briefly replacing the panic that was there. She was shaking, "Just do your job."

There was a short pause.

"...Doc, I understand that you were asked to fill in in Doctor Valentine's absence, but you gotta promise me that you're not gonna start losing patients because you're out of your depth," Soyo warned. "Especially when-!"

She didn't get the chance to finish before the Tokyo was rocked by another jolt. The doctors and patients stared at one another as they realized what was going on.

"Looks like the battle's begun," one of them grimly remarked.

There was a squeak that came from near where Aria stood and anyone who looked at her saw the outright terror in her eyes as she froze where she was. The nurse kept wheeling the burn victim further on, but she couldn't move with them.

"...Doc? DOC!"

Amu spotted that Aria had frozen on the spot. She rushed over. "Soyo. Get Kimpel to start on the patient." She ordered quickly.

"On it," Soyo nodded as she reached up and tapped her combadge. "Doctor Kimpel to Surgical Three, repeat, Doctor Kimpel to Surgical Three."

With the patient being tended to, Amu took one look at Aria's face and placed a single hand on her shoulder. "Aria. Calm down. Focus on my voice. Look just at me. Come back to us."

The head turned and looked at Amu, her eyes still wide and open and just staring, then they met Amu's

"Hello there." Amu smiled. "I see you're back with us."

"I can handle it." The voice sounded weak, unsure of itself.

"Yoshika?" Amu called out towards the young petty officer.

Yoshika turned at her name being called. She was just finishing securing Crewman Warren's broken arm with a makeshift sling made from the sickbays biobed sheets. "Yeah?" She asked as she finished tying the knot tightly. Crewman Warren winced slightly. "Sorry, but just try to keep it still ok. We need to prioritize those who are more heavily injured."

Crewman Warren gave her a small nod. Yoshika left him and trotted over to Amu and Aria. She stumbled a little as the ship shook, likely from weapons fire.

"Yoshika. Take Aria into the office. Calm her down give her 2CC's of Tetrovalene to help. Then once she has her focus back, we'll have her back in here." Amu said.

"This way Aria." Yoshika said as she gently took the other woman's arm. "You did really well, but Amu can handle it for a while. Lets get you sorted out so none of make a silly mistake. We're just going to have five minutes..." with that said Yoshika paused as she grabbed a hypospray, quickly loaded it with the Tetrovalene and pressed it against Aria's neck.

"There are too many.. Nashville was never like this, too much, too many injuries, too many.." Aria kept repeating as the drug started to take effect, "I can't do it Yoshika, I don't know why Valentine left me in charge."

"Its ok." Yoshika reassured her. "This is very different for all of us."

Counselor Trellis watched Yoshika lead Aria away, filing the moment without dwelling on it. As a Marine, Trellis' previous host, Jaret, saw this more times than he could count. The mind shutting a door when there's nowhere left to stand. It was the brain's way of protecting itself during a crisis. He'd seen Marines twice Aria's size do the same thing the first time a friend died in front of them.

There was nothing to be done about it now except keep the line moving so she'd have something stable to come back to.

He turned, tricorder already out, and caught the Marine private's eye as another stretcher came through the doors — a crewman, midsection soaked through, breathing shallow and fast. No time to wait for a doctor to be free.

"PRIVATE— over here, now." Ralen Ordered moreso than requested to the junior Marine. It appeared some habits just kicked in during an emergency. "Hold pressure here, both hands, full weight, don't ease up no matter what he says to you." He guided the young Marine's hands into place over the wound. "He's losing blood faster than we can replace it walking."

He raised his voice across the bay without waiting to see if the Marine understood. "Surgical one — incoming, abdominal trauma, severe blood loss, he needs a table now!" He gestured for the Private to get moving with the patient while he moved onto the next of incoming.

Amu turned slowly, watching yet more injured flood through the doors. She ran a hand through her hair. There was only one word to describe this. Chaos.

Posting by:

Lieutenant Amu Hinamori M.D.
Flight Deck Chief Medic
USS Tokyo

Ensign Rin Kagamine 'Twin 2'
Starfighter Pilot
USS Tokyo

Petty Officer 1st Class Yoshika Miyafuji
Nurse
USS Tokyo

Other NPC'S written by:

Lieutenant Colonel Ashok 'Ash', Son of Norath
Marine Commander
USS Tokyo

Lieutenant Commander Nyxala Valentine
Chief Medical Officer
USS Tokyo

Lieutenant Ralen Trellis
Nurse
USS Tokyo

Lieutenant Soyo Hamada
Nurse
USS Tokyo

Commander Thomas Johnson
Acting Commanding Officer
USS Tokyo

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