Leave it to Kyle to actually give Alex a little bit of a chuckle during all of this. At least an internal chuckle. Outwardly, he merely shook his head at Kyle’s comment. “You doctor, me soldier,” he reminded Kyle. “I’m the one who’s actually been hit through a vest, so I know what’s likely to happen. Somehow I don’t think you get a lot of flak vest injuries in the sleepy town of Roswell. At least I hope not.” Sure, there were always those kids dumb enough to play with guns in the middle of the desert, but those were actual bullet wounds.
“You told me my father was in a coma under your care,” Alex reminded him. “When yesterday we blew up one of his research facilities.” Not intentionally, never intentionally when there’d been that many people there. But they’d blown it up nonetheless. “There was no way I wasn’t coming to find out what happened.”
He took a breath. “I should. If only because there was blood on Michael’s shirt the last time I saw him.” He took one of Kyle’s hands in his. “But I don’t think you should be driving anywhere.” His hands were still shaky and that was no wonder. Kyle hadn’t been through any of the training or situations that Alex had. It wasn’t any wonder he wasn’t reacting well to any of this. He was having to learn very literally on the battlefield. He squeezed Kyle’s hand and let go.
“Why don’t you come with me? You can give Liz a call on the way and find out if she needs any more advanced care than she got when you were playing field medic.” And meanwhile, Alex would have to start contemplating whether they were going to need actual medical supplies on hand if no one was actually going to get proper medical care. His basement was only stocked for someone going through recovery and everything in it was years out of date.
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“You told me my father was in a coma under your care,” Alex reminded him. “When yesterday we blew up one of his research facilities.” Not intentionally, never intentionally when there’d been that many people there. But they’d blown it up nonetheless. “There was no way I wasn’t coming to find out what happened.”
He took a breath. “I should. If only because there was blood on Michael’s shirt the last time I saw him.” He took one of Kyle’s hands in his. “But I don’t think you should be driving anywhere.” His hands were still shaky and that was no wonder. Kyle hadn’t been through any of the training or situations that Alex had. It wasn’t any wonder he wasn’t reacting well to any of this. He was having to learn very literally on the battlefield. He squeezed Kyle’s hand and let go.
“Why don’t you come with me? You can give Liz a call on the way and find out if she needs any more advanced care than she got when you were playing field medic.” And meanwhile, Alex would have to start contemplating whether they were going to need actual medical supplies on hand if no one was actually going to get proper medical care. His basement was only stocked for someone going through recovery and everything in it was years out of date.