The Mad Queen
Memento Mori. Unus Anus
Jenna O'Connor and Doctor Ralph Fisher: The Lodge
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Colt had returned in a rather foul mood, but was still willing to show Jenna how the rifle worked, letting her handle the gun but not shoot it. It was a lot heavier than she had expected, but at the very least Jenna was grateful for the help. After going their separate ways, she ran into a rather panicked Ralph and managed to calm the man down...A little.
Guard positions set up and two drinks of water later, Ralph filled her in.
The wonders of childbirth had rendered Ralph a mess. Even if Jenna had offered to help deliver the baby earlier, there was fat chance of her involving herself in that now. Besides, she could shoot now which lessened her chances of exile. Instead, she tended to the Doctor and wrapped him up in a blanket.
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"No signs of a stroke, heart rate is returning to normal and..."
"What about a concussion?"
"Did you actually hit your head? Or experience any whiplash? Anything like that at all in the past few days?"
He stopped "No. No, I don't believe I did."
"Then that's physically impossible."
She gently pushed him back as he tried to get up.
"Ralph." She said, plainly "I know what an anxiety attack looks like."
He scoffed "Me? Really?"
She just glared back "Have you ever had one before?"
He said nothing so she continued to glare, folding her arms.
"You're not going to go away until I answer, are you?"
Keeping her glare maintained, Jenna lightly shook her head
"Alright." He sighed When...When my wife, June gave birth to our daughter there were some... Complications. Minor? Yes. Did I overreact? Perhaps."
"I guess it's normal for a stressful delivery like this to..."
"Normal?" He snapped, standing to his feet and throwing off the blanket "Don't talk to me about normal, young lady! I am a professional! A Doctor! How am I of any use to anyone if something this simple throws me into a spiral..."
"Oh wow, you get panic attacks over a very specific thing that's going to come up...Well, hardly ever. How many pregnant people do you think actually survived the outbreak? Or the school following that, hmm? Besides, you've been around hospitals since then, right? Surely people have been giving birth as you've been looking into some virus. If those births gave you panic attacks you wouldn't be in your job anymore."
"Of course, but this is different."
"Everything's different now, that goes without saying. We've got dead cu**s chowing on the living and American mercenaries have gone from shooting up a village in some Middle Eastern place to a city in Colorado."
She raised a finger before he could get another word in.
"Get some rest. I'm sure if they need you with the baby, they'll call."
While turning to leave, he called her.
"Jenna."
"Yeah?"
"What's with you and Leliana? She mentioned not having you at the birth in case..."
"Doesn't matter. Go the fuck to sleep."
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Jenna had wrapped herself up in a sleeping bag in the pantree, with Cammy curled up by her side but was suddenly awaken by the sounds of people arguing and someone else running around the lodge. Were they under attack?
She reached under her pillow, drew the hatchet and moved into the kitchen. The smell of burning filled her nostrils, and she saw something hideous. Someone had set fire to a bag of coffee.
Too stupid to be the hazmats. It had to be someone from the lodge. Marching into the living room, Jenna plunged the hatchet into the armrest of one of the sofas.
"Alright." She grinned, hate burning in her blue eyes like the seventh circle of Hell "Which one of you fucks set fire to the coffee?"
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