Page 14 of Grulen

After midday meal a couple days later, Grulen saw Ladies Talia and Emmy ahead of him in the corridor.His brow wrinkled when he realized they appeared inebriated.Concerned, he approached them.

“Ladies, are you okay?”

“No, we need to get to…” Lady Emmy looked at Lady Talia in confusion.“I forgot.”

“Doctor.”Lady Talia said.“My heart’s beating too fasht.”

“Your eyes look almost black and your skin is pale and wet.”Grulen put an arm around each female’s waist.“Hold on to me.I’ll get you to med bay.”

The humans clumsily wrapped their arms around his neck as he lifted them off the floor and began running to the healers.

“Gonna be shtick,” Lady Talia mumbled against his shoulder.

“Me, too.”Lady Emmy’s eyes closed and her head bounced as she lost consciousness.

“Oh, Goddess, stay with me, ladies,” Grulen said.Commander Durek strode toward them.Thank the Goddess.

“What is going on, Jevax?”Durek growled.

“I don’t know.I’m trying to get them to the med bay.”

“Vared.”Lady Talia reached for the commander.“I think Emmy pashed out.”

Durek grabbed her gently.“I’ll help.Let’s go, Jevax.”

Grulen couldn’t hear what she mumbled to the other male.Vared?She calls him by his first name?

They ran into the med bay.

“Rivezt!”the commander shouted.Lady Talia winced.

Rivezt and Lady Natasha rushed from the office.Lady Natasha spoke with Lady Talia as Durek settled the female on the bed.Grulen placed Lady Emmy on another med bed and Healer Rivezt began examining her.

Grulen said, “The ladies were stumbling in the corridor when I found them.”

Rivezt and Lady Natasha spoke quietly.She said, “We’ll need bloodwork, but it looks like they’ve been poisoned.”

“Poisoned?How?”Durek said as he held Lady Talia’s hand, and she closed her eyes.

“I don’t know.But from their symptoms and our examinations, they appear to have anticholinergic syndrome.There’s a plant on Earth that can induce it.It’s called belladonna or nightshade.Maybe there’s something onboard that has the same properties.It’s rare.I wish I had access to the internet.I would like to look up successful treatment strategies.”

Rivezt said, “We do have a copy of Earth’s internet from when we left your world.”

Lady Natasha’s voice rose.“Really?Let me see.”She tapped hurriedly on the tablet.“Here.These are the active components and various treatments.”

“Let’s start with this one.”Rivezt pointed to something on the tablet.“As soon as we know the females are stable, I can cross check the plant’s components against Svesti flora and see if we have something similar.”

“How were they poisoned?”Durek growled.

“I don’t know,” Lady Natasha said.“As hard and as fast as they seem to be experiencing multiple symptoms would suggest they ingested it.”

“Jevax.Locate the other females and bring them here.They may have eaten the same thing.”

“As you will, Commander.”

Following Durek’s instructions, Grulen rushed to the aquiponics area.

“Lady Lin, are you alright?”

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